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For Immediate Release

March 22, 2013

Wrestling/Contact: Andy Fledderjohann

Cavalier duo become 14th and 15th All-Americans in Virginia wrestling history

DES MOINES, Iowa – Jedd Moore (R-Sr., Mount Vernon, Ohio) and Nick Sulzer (R-So., Cleveland, Ohio) clinched All-America honors Friday evening at the 2013 NCAA Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The duo helped vault the Cavaliers into 19th place in the team standings with 23.5 points heading into the final day of competition.

Moore and Sulzer became the 14th and 15th All-Americans in Virginia wrestling history.

The No. 12 seed at 157 pounds, Moore earned All-America honors with a clutch day, including a pair of dramatic wins. After falling to Northern IowaÂ’s David Bonin, 3-0, in the quarterfinals, Moore bounced back with a pair of wins over seeded foes. He first knocked off No. 5 seed Jesse Dong of Virginia Tech, 7-3, in sudden-victory time before pinning No. 4 seed James Green of Nebraska in the third period. 

Moore advances to wrestle sixth-seeded Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State on Saturday morning. 

Seeded eighth at 165 pounds, Sulzer fell to top-seeded Kyle Dake of Cornell, 13-0, in the quarterfinals. He rebounded to top sixth-seeded Patrick Graham of Oklahoma, 3-2, in the round of 12 to earn All-America status before dropping a 4-2 decision to Iowa StateÂ’s Michael Moreno. He will wrestle Cody Yohn of Minnesota in the seventh-place bout on Saturday.