Posted on 03/21/2014 5:04:22 PM PDT by FlJoePa
Here are the matchups or Friday night's NCAA Wrestling Championships semifinal round at Oklahoma City.
Tonight's winners wrestle in Saturday night's finals. The losers drop to the consolation semifinals and on Saturday could place anywhere from third through sixth. The top eight earn All-America status.
Penn State leads the team race with 61 points to Minnesota's 59 and Oklahoma State's 56.
125 pounds: Jesse Delgado (1) Illinois vs. Dylan Peters 5) Northern Iowa. Nico Megaludis (3) Penn State vs. Nahshon Garrett (2) Cornell.
133: Joe Colon (1) Northern Iowa vs. Tyler Graff (5) Wiscsonsin. Tony Ramos (3) Iowa vs. A.J. Schopp (2) Edinboro.
141: Evan Henderson (9) North Carolina vs. Devin Carter (4) Virginia Tech. Zain Retherford (3) Penn State vs. Logan Stieber (2) Ohio State.
149: Drake Houdashelt (1) Missouri vs. Jason Tsirtsis (5) Northwestern. Mitch Minotti (15) Lehigh vs. Josh Kindig (11) Oklahoma State.
157: Dylan Ness (9) Minnesota vs. Ian Miller (4) Kent State. Alex Dieringer (3) Oklahoma State vs. Brian Realbuto (7) Cornell.
165: David Taylor (1) Penn State vs. Steven Monk (4) North Dakota State. Nick Sulzer (3) Virginia vs. Tyler Caldwell (2) Oklahoma State.
174: Chris Perry (1) Oklahoma State vs. Mike Evans (4) Iowa. Logan Storley (6) Minnesota vs. Andrew Howe (2) Oklahoma.
184: Jimmy Sheptock (1) Maryland vs. Jack Dechow (13) Old Dominion. Gabe Dean (3) Cornell vs. Ed Ruth (2) Penn State.
197: Nick Heflin (1) Ohio State vs. Scott Schiller (4) Minnesota. Chris Penny (14) Virginia Tech vs. J'den Cox (2) Missouri.
285: Tony Nelson (1) Minnesota vs. Bobby Telford (5) Iowa. Adam Chalfant (3) Indiana vs. Nick Gwiazdowski (2) North Carolina State.
| Team Standings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | Maximum Potential Points |
# SF | # F | # Cons 4 (Rd of 12) |
# Cons 5 (All Amer.) |
# Cons Semi | # 7th-8th |
| Penn State | 61 | 179.5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Minnesota | 59 | 197 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Oklahoma State | 56 | 174.5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Iowa | 42.5 | 146 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Cornell | 39.5 | 143 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Ohio State | 38 | 107 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Edinboro | 30.5 | 84.5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Virginia Tech | 30.5 | 99.5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Illinois | 30 | 84 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Oklahoma | 30 | 103.5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Missouri | 27.5 | 77 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Northern Iowa | 26.5 | 95.5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Wisconsin | 22.5 | 76.5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Virginia Tech is missing their best guy who tore his hamstring.
The VT coach is a local high school coach who made it big.
Tough loss for Megaludis. I think that about seals PSU’s fate in the team at this point.
If anyone wants to see the LeBron of Collegiate Wrestling - watch David Taylor at 165. The call him “The Magic Man” for a reason.
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