Northwestern University Athletics

Wildcats Compete in Midlands Wrestling Championships

6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling

December 29, 1998

36th Annual Midlands Wrestling Championships

  • December 29-30, 1998
  • Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
  • Hosted by Northwestern University

    Championship Bracket Results
    Preliminary Round

    133 pounds
    Ryan Egan (Northern Illinois) def. Sean Shea (George Mason), 10-3

    141 pounds
    Jason DeBruin (Hofstra) def. Tony Clark (Pitt-Johnstown), 8-6
    George Bell (Cornell) def. JR Moore (Chicago) 8-7
    Johnny Hurtado (Lassen) def. Jay McGuffin (Oregon) 3-1
    Ezra Kramer (Michigan State) def. Corey Hamrick (unattached) 7-5
    Mike Zadick (Iowa) def. Benjie Winegarden (Iowa State) 11-4
    Isaac Miller (Michigan State) def. Daana Holland (Iowa Central) 8-2
    Jon Archuleta (CSU Bakersfield) pinned Ryan Guciardo (Cleveland State) 5:31
    Mark Perryman (Arizona State) def. Joe Calavitta (Minnesota) 8-4
    Lyle Cronk (Montana State Northern) def. Matt Bendler (MacMurray) 16-5

    149 pounds
    Tim Lawson (Eastern Michigan) def. Jason Lawrence (Eastern Illinois) 9-3
    Isaac Greeley (Pitt-Johnstown) def. Doug Harwood (SF State) 7-1
    Chris Simmons (Boston) def. Matt Gogel (Iowa) 6-1
    Shawn Bradley (Cornell) Darnell Carr (Manchester) 9-7
    Jeremy Hardman (Central Michigan) def. Tom LeCuyer (Northern Illinois) 5-4
    Ryan Bernholz (Lehigh) pinned Alex Pons (Wildcat WC) 5:23
    Frank Ruiz (Stanford) def. Jason Grant (George Mason) 5-4
    Tim Glover (Lassen) def. Chris Tyler (Michigan State) 5-2
    Greg Mayer (Central Michigan) pinned Will Reisman (Wildcat WC) 1:16
    Stan Spoor (Clarion) def. Quinn Foster (Arizona State) 13-7
    Ben Shirk (Iowa) def. Jason DeFranco (Cleveland State) 6-2
    Mike Castillo (Michigan State) def. Mike Castillo (Illinois) 7-2
    Mark Hoffer (American) def. Bosh Budke (Iowa) 7-4
    Chris Elliott (Slippery Rock) def. Ryan Anderson (Eastern Illinois) 10-3
    Eric Schmiesing (Hofstra) def. Dan Weaver (Bucknell) 12-1

    157 pounds
    John Fogarty (Cornell) def. Matt Koyl (Michigan State) 7-1
    Russell Read (Boston) def. Mike Ziska (Pittsburgh) 7-3
    Dominic Delgatta (Montclair) def. Rob Serio (Eastern Illinois) 13-8
    Kenny Johnson (Wildcat WC) def. Mike Kelly (Northern Illinois) 12-5
    Jason Butler (Illinois) pinned Tim Sweeney (MacMurray) 3:09
    Jamie Heidt (Iowa) tech fall Rashaan Williams (Bucknell) 21-6, 5:14
    Jason Ramstetter (Dave Schultz WC) tech fall Wes Hand (Iowa) 18-2, 4:29
    Nathan Vasquez (Cal State Bakersfield) def. Zachary Miller (Hofstra) 8-2
    Griff Powell (Illinois) def. Brandon Gibbs (Cleveland State) 10-6
    Yoshi Nakamura (Penn) def. Matt Merrill (Eastern Michigan) 6-4
    Tim Bonebright (Maranatha) def. Andy Combs (Chicago) 13-4
    #9 Alex Coriano (Wildcat WC) def. Ryan Fasnacht (Bucknell) 10-4
    Beau Weiner (Stanford) def. Doug Riddell (Rutgers) 5-2
    Jose Moreno (Arizona State) def. Matt Erwin (VMI) 6-3
    Eugene Harris (Lassen) def. Jonah Walther (Northwestern) 11-0
    Shaun Shapert (Edinboro) def. Cory Posey (Michigan State) 3-2
    Dan Catarello (Illinois) def. Joshua Wheeler (SF State) 12-0

    165 pounds
    Ben Uker (Iowa) def. Chad Denton (UNC Greensboro) 5-0
    Brian Pardini (Pittsburgh) def. Rob Finn (Northwestern) 11-0
    Will Marcantel (Northwestern) pinned Billy Osborne (UNC Greensboro) 5:53
    Brian Wood (Wyoming) pinned Joel Trim (Central Michigan) 2:24
    Ryan Bonfiglio (Princeton) pinned Tony Brescol (Manchester) 3:01
    Dusty Werner (Pensacola Christian) tech fall Tarus Nelson (Lassen) 16-0, 5:46
    Perry Parks (Iowa State) def. Vernon Cannon (Central Michigan) 7-2
    Spiro Megrimis (Wildcat WC) def. Adam French (Eastern Michigan) 3-2
    Andy Varner (Cal State Bakersfield) def. Kevin Spiess (Michigan State) 13-4
    Mike Lane (Montana State Northern) def. Tony Scacco (Northwestern) 6-2
    Warren McPherson (Stanford) tech fall Greg Shelton (Eastern Michigan) 16-0, 3:59
    Kevin Johnson (Pittsburgh) def. Mitch Payton (Iowa) 8-5
    Gerald Harris (Cleveland State) def. Yanni Diamond (Edinboro) 2-1
    Chad Vance (Iowa) def. Nate Laslovich (Montana State Northern) 9-4
    Troy Barbusch (Pitt-Johnstown) def. Clay Hackerman (Stanford) 7-3
    Bill Zeman (Illinois) def. Sean Severin (Cornell) 8-6
    Dennis Papadatos (Hofstra) def. Ed Kreutle (Rutgers) 11-4

    174 pounds
    Jamie Hensch (UNC Greensboro) def. Josh Smith (Cleveland State) 3-1
    Mark Lane (Montana State Northern) def. Dave Smith (Lincoln) 7-2

    First Round
    125 pounds
    Tim Dernlan (Wildcat WC) tech fall Robert Potashnick (Northwestern) 15-0, 3:05
    Charlie Soto (Edinboro) def. Rafael Mejia (Eastern Illinois) 8-4
    Bruce Kelly (Lehigh) def. Patrick Carey (Eastern Michigan) 16-10
    #9 Dominic Caruso (Northwestern) def. Rudy Ruiz (Stanford) 5-2
    #10 Davon Gray (Central Michigan) def. Aaron Taylor (Cornell) 4-2
    Todd Boerner (Bucknell) def. Oliver Ruiz (VMI) 9-4
    Tom Combes (Eastern Illinois) def. Jesse West (Iowa State) 4-3
    Willie Haris (American) def. Toan Pham (Northern Illinois) 8-6
    Ahmad Sanders (Central Michigan) def. Marc Juergens (Iowa) 6-3
    Chris Williams (Michigan State) def. Justin Bravo (Penn) 9-2
    Kenny Cox (Oregon) def. Phillip Mansueto (Cleveland State) 8-4
    Steve Doerrer (Illinois) def. Dean Martinez (Lincoln) 12-5
    #3 Matt Azevedo (Arizona State) def. Max Schurkamp (SF State) 11-3
    Chad Hay (Illinois) def. Randall Braunfeld (Penn) 6-4 (OT)
    Jody Strittmatter (Pitt-Johnstown) pinned Jeff Jeznit (Chicago) 5:10

    133 pounds
    Justin Wilcox (Edinboro) def. Adam Webb (Bucknell) 7-2
    Eric Juergens (Iowa) tech. fall Josh Turyna (E. Illinois) 21-5, 5:34
    Brett Lawrence (Minnesota) def. Steve Mlynarczyk (Chicago) 12-1
    Cody Sandeson (Iowa State) def. Nick Boucher (Cleveland State) 12-7
    Jason Nushbaum (Michigan State) def. James Brennan (Penn) 5-2
    Roman Fleszar (Hofstra) def. Mike Hawkes (UNC-Greensboro) 5-1
    Pat McNamara (Michigan State) tech. fall Tommy Doerr (Bucknell) 16-0, 3:51
    John Giacche (Northwestern) def. Tim Brosnan (Lehigh) 9-1
    John Strittmater (Pitt-Johnstown) def. Brad Hull (Cal-Bakersfield) 7-3
    Jason Nagle (Penn) def. Jay Vesperman (Central Michigan) 3-0
    Zach Zimmerer (Stanford) pinned Eric Blamos (Minn.-Morris) 1:13
    Bart Golyer (Minnesota) def. Dale Eggert (Wildcat WC) 5-1
    Eric Larkin (Arizona State) def. Ryan Egan (N. Illinois) 4-3
    Dave Stoltz (Illinois) pinned Doug Hess (E. Michigan) 3:43
    Jesse Schaeffer (Montana St.-Northern) def. Kelly Martinez (San Francisco State) 6-3
    Juan Venturi (Princeton) def. Chris Walker (Wyoming) 13-8

    141 pounds
    Issac Miller (Michigan State) def. David Watson (Oregon) 6-3
    Don Pool (Eastern Illinois) pinned Eric Plunkett (N. Carolina-Greensboro) 2:35
    Mark Angle (Clarion) def. Jason DeBruin (Hofstra) 5-4 (OT)
    Lyle Cronk (Montana State-Northern) tech. fall Paul Orange (Triton) 18-3, 6:00
    Dwight Hinson (Cyclone WC) def. David Marratt (Iowa) 12-4
    Mike Zadick (Iowa) def. Mark Piotrowsky (Pennsylvania) 5-1
    Doug Schwab (Iowa) tech. fall John Ivers (C. Michigan) 24-11, 4:00
    Shawn Ford (Sunkist Kids) def. Armando Orozco (San Francisco State) 6-2
    Scott Owen (Northern Illinois) pinned Marc Smith (Eastern Michigan) 5:40
    Scott Schatzman (Northwestern) def. Jon Archuleta (Cal. State-Bakersfield) 11-3
    Ezra Kramer (Michigan State) def. Aaron Paterson (Lehigh) 3-2
    Rafael Vega (Edinboro) tech. fall George Bell (Cornell) 18-3, 5:09
    Chris Marshall (unattached) def. Carl Perry (Illinois) 7-6

    149 pounds
    Ryan Shapert (Edinboro) pinned Tim Lawson (Eastern Michigan) 3:32
    Jeremy Hardman (Central Michigan) def. Chad Jesko 6-3
    Frank Kisley (ISU) def. Chris Simmons (Boston) 10-4
    Issac Greeley (Pitt-Johnstown) tech. fall Jonathan Friedstat (Northwestern) 20-5, 3:55
    Ben Shirk (Iowa) pinned Melvin Saunders (North Carolina-Greensboro) 5:24
    Stan Spoor (Clarion) def. Phil Rembert (Sunkist Kids) 9-3
    Greg Mayer (Central Michigan) def. Brett Matter (Pennsylvania) 6-4
    T.J. Williams (Iowa) def. Tim Glover (Lassen College) 16-5
    Shawn Bradley (Cornell) def. Mike Mendoza (Cal. State-Bakersfield) 5-2
    David Douglas (Arizona State) def. Tony Marti (Lincoln) 10-3
    Florian Ghinea (Montclair State) def. Johnny Murtado (Lassen College) 10-2
    Adam Tirapelle (Illinois) def. Eric Schmiesing (Hofstra) 3-2
    Chris Elliott (Slippery Rock) tech. fall Todd Mullet (Manchester) 16-0, 5:41
    Ryan Bernholz (Lehigh) def. Ben Shane (Wartburg) 19-8
    John Forster (Rutgers) def. Frank Ruiz (Stanford) 4-1
    Cole Sanderson (Iowa State) def. Mark Castle (Oregon) 6-1
    Dave Esposito (unattached) def. Mike Castillo (Michigan State) 11-8
    Marc Hoffer (American) def. Emery Petchauer (Wheaton) 20-8

    157 pounds
    Ben Boozer (Edinboro) def. Dominic Dellagatta (Montclair State) 5-3
    Mark Perryman (Arizona State) def. Rocky Miller (Bucknell) 5-1
    Clint Musser (Penn State) def. John Fogarty (Cornell) 5-2
    Russell Read (Boston U.) def. Dan Blagaich (Triton College) 12-1
    Darryl Christian (Oregon) def. Griff Powell (Illinois) 2-0
    Drew Pariano (Northwestern) def. Beau Weiner (Stanford) 6-5
    Casey Cunningham (Central Michigan) def. Nathan Vasquez (Cal. State-Bakersfield) 14-3
    Alan Fried (Sunkist Kids) def. Jason Ramstetter (Dave Schultz WC) 12-6
    Terry Murphy (Wilcat WC) def. Jason Butler (Illinois) 7-3
    Jose Moreno (Arizona State) def. Warren Stout (American) 7-2
    Eugene Harris (Lassen College) def. Glenn Pero (Arizona State) 3-2
    David Maldonado (Iowa State) def. Kenny Johnson (Wildcat WC) 3-1
    Alex Coriano (Wildcat WC) pinned Jamie Heidt (Iowa) 4:57
    Jeff McGinniss (Hawkeye WC) def. Dan Catarello (Illinois) 12-1
    Chris Ayres (Lehigh) def. Yoshi Nakamura (Pennsylvania) 9-7
    Shaun Shapert (Edinboro) def. Terry Garbis (N. Carolina-Greensboro) 12-7
    Mike Eierman (Panther WC) pinned Tim Bonebright (Maranatha) 0:15 -- fastest fall in Midlands history at this weight class. Previous best was 0:16 by Mike Schmidlin in 1990. --

    165 pounds
    Ben Uker (Iowa) def. Randy Rager (Minnesota-Morris) 3-0
    Steve Blackford (Arizona State) def. Chad Vance (Iowa) 21-7
    Joe Heskett (Iowa State) pinned Spiro Megremis (Wildcat WC) 1:41
    Mark Samples (Edinboro) def. Bill Zeman (Illinois) 9-4
    Kevin Brandon (unattached) def. Brian Pardini (Pittsburgh) 12-6
    Gerald Harris (Cleveland State) def. Wil Marcantel (Northwestern) 4-3
    Rick Springman (Pennsylvania) def. Troy Barbush (Pitt-Johnstown) 7-1
    Ryan Bonfiglio (Princeton) def. Dusty Werner (Pensacola Christian) 14-5
    Tod Surman (Dave Schultz WC) def. Kevin Johnson (Pitt) 12-0
    Sean Morgan (Oregon) pinned Brian Wood (Wyoming) 4:52
    Perry Parks (Iowa State) def. Brian Pitzer (Bucknell) 14-12
    Andy Varner (Cal State Bakersfield) def. #8 Chris Snyder (Central Michigan) 3-2
    Warren McPherson (Stanford) def. Carl Zindars (Navy) 8-5
    Travis Doto (Lehigh) def. Mark Newman (Navy) 11-4
    Chad Liott (Rider) def. Dennis Papadatos (Hofstra) 7-3
    Karl Haywood (Navy) def. Mike Lane (Montana State Northern) 8-3

    174 pounds
    Scott Duffy (Iowa State) def. Jeremy Fetty (Manchester) 7-3
    Nick Mengerink (Pittsburgh) def. Ryan Stonitsch (Northern Illinois) 2-0
    John Sears (Illinois) def. Ryan Slack (Pennsylvania) 6-1
    Joe Tucceri (Cornell) pinned B.J. Friedrichs (Minnesota-Morris) 3:14
    Joe Williams (Hawkeye WC) pinned Shawn O'Rourke (Oregon) 1:47
    Shane Cross (Stanford) def. #3 Mark Bybee (Northwestern) 5-3
    Jason Moaney (Clarion) def. Mark Land (Montana State Northern) 5-3
    Ryan Cunningham (Central Michigan) def. Lewis Taylor (Lassen) 9-4
    Josh Koscheck (Edinboro) def. Ben King (Illinois) 6-4
    Mark Dufresne (Lehigh) def. Austin Palmer (VMI) 7-3
    #2 Matt Hughes (Wildcat WC) tech fall Jesse Culp (Oregon) 18-1, 3:12
    Ian Nelms (Cal State Bakersfield) def. William Hill (Michigan State) 5-3, ot
    Mike Feeney (Eastern Michigan) def. John Groundwater (Arizona State) 3-1
    Gabe McMahan (Iowa) def. Pat Catarello (Arizona State) 18-9
    Jason Townsend (Hofstra) pinned Cody Bush (Central Michigan) 1:45
    Leo Giel (Rider) def. Jamie Hensch (UNC Greensboro) 3-1

    184 pounds
    John Van Doren (Lehigh) def. David Potter (Northern Illinois) 5-1
    Greg Gingeleskie (Navy) def. Josh Didion (Cleveland State) 3-2
    Ricardo Romero (Rutgers) def. Tim Kendall (Stanford) 7-4
    Paul Jenn (Iowa) def. Brian Anderson (Manchester) 13-6
    Mike Greenfield (Central Michigan) def. Nik Fekete (Michigan State) 11-3
    Ottie Pendleton (Cornell) def. Bryan Maher (Edinboro) 4-1
    Casey Strand (Arizona State) def. Tom Ciezki (Northwestern) 11-5
    Doug Lee (Oregon) def. Matt Esposito (American) 10-5
    Lionel Halsey (Cal State Bakersfield) def. Lee Weber (Iowa) 11-6
    Aaron Simpson (Sunkist Kids WC) def. Anton Talamontes (Lassen) 12-3
    Nate Patrick (Illinois) pinned Kyle Bracey (Eastern Illinois) 5:02
    Cael Sandeson (Iowa State) def. Mike Gadsby (Penn) 19-4
    Dax Pecaro (UNC Greensboro) def. Kyle Cooper (Bucknell) 17-4
    John Van Doren (Lehigh) def. David Potter (Northern Illinois) 5-1
    Russell Jones (Hofstra) def. Matt Patitz (Iowa State) 8-1

    197 pounds
    Chael Sonnen (Oregon) def. Zach Derrico (Eastern Illinois) 3-1
    Andrei Rodzianko (Penn) tech fall John Berry (Lincoln) 16-1, 4:48
    Turk Lords (Montana State Northern) pinned Corey Slator (Eastern Michigan) 1:47
    Zachery Thompson (Iowa State) def. David Shunamon (Edinboro) 4-2
    Phil Baroni (Hofstra) pinned Todd Going (Montclair State) 5:06
    Nicholas Britton (Iowa State) def. John Cole (Cleveland State) 3-0
    Raphael Davis (Cal State Bakersfield) def. Jason Nape (Northern Illinois) 15-2
    Jameel Abdullah (Boston) def. Jaison Klingensmith (Pitt-Johnstown) 7-5
    Nick Muzashvili (Michigan State) def. Glauco Lolli-Ghetti (Lehigh) 9-1
    Lee Fullhart (Iowa) pinned Phil Alejandro (Arizona State) 1:09
    Sam Neider (Northwestern) pinned Mike Clark (Arizona State) 3:10

    Heavyweigh
    Wes Hand (Iowa) pinned Rigo Jimenez (SF State) 3:42
    Josh Saul (Northwestern) def. Anthony Calcagno (Chicago) 13-8
    Damon Davis (Northern Illinois) def. Randy Leydecker (Arizona State) 3-1
    Shelton Benjamin (unattached) pinned Cedric More (UNC Greensboro) 2:42
    Leslie Apedoe (VMI) def. Dan Griffith (Iowa State) 7-2
    Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (Penn) def. Kevin Keeney (Oregon) 6-2
    Mike Russow (Eastern Illinois) def. Brian Criddle (Cleveland State) 11-7
    Brian Keck (Wildcat WC) def. Josh Pearce (Edinboro) 2-1
    Karl Roesler (Illinois) pinned Barrett Cervetto (Montclair State) 3:36
    Angelo Borzio (NYAC) def. Shawn Laughlin (Lehigh) 3-2
    Seth Charles (Cornell) def. Corey Stevenson (Iowa State) 1-1, ot
    Steve Neal (Cal State Bakersfield) tech fall Mark Knauer (Iowa State) 18-3, 5:09
    Derek DelPorto (Slippery Rock) def. A.J. Jhnson (Edinboro) 2-1
    John Lockhart (Illinois) def. Hercules Ward (Old Timers WC) 3-2
    Matt Lamb (Michigan State) def. Abe Boomer (Wyoming) 3-1

    Second Round
    125 pounds
    Jody Strittmatter (Pitt-Johnstown) pinned Charlie Soto (EDI) 1:59
    Steve Doerrer (Illinois) def. Ahmad Sanders (Central Michigan) 9-4
    Time Dernlan (Wildcat WC) tech. fall Todd Boerner (Bucknell) 4:54
    Davon Gray (Central Michigan) def. Jason Gabrielson (Edinboro) 9-8
    Kenny Cox (Oregon) def. Chris Williams (Michigan State) 11-7
    Matt Azevedo (Arizona State) def. Willie Harris (American) 15-3
    Bruce Kelly (Lehigh) def. Dominic Caruso (Northwestern) 12-9
    Tom Combes (Eastern Illinois) def. Chad Hay (Illinois) 11-4

    133 pounds
    Jay Vesperman (Central Michigan) def. John Strittmatter (Pitt-Johnstown) 5-4
    Dave Stoltz (Illinois) def. Juan Venturi (Princeton) 11-5
    Pat McNamara (Michigan State) pinned John Giacche (Northwestern) 1:34
    Zach Zimmerer (Stanford) def. Brett Lawrence (Minnesota) 10-2
    Eric Larkin (Arizona State) def. Jesse Schaeffer (Montana State-Northern) 6-2
    Roman Fleszar (Hofstra) def. Bart Golyer (Minnesota) 7-3
    Eric Juergens (Iowa) def. Justin Wilcox (Edinboro) 8-2
    Cody Sanderson (Iowa State) pinned Jason Nushbaum (Michigan State) 3:55

    141 pounds
    Scott Schatzman (Northwestern) def. Ezra Kramer (Michigan State) 7-3
    Dwight Hinson (Cyclone WC) def. Scott Owen (Northern Illinois) 7-4
    Florian Ghinea (Montclair State) def. Rafael Vega (Edinboro) 3-2
    Mike Zadick (Iowa) def. Lyle Cronk (Montana State-Northern 7-3
    Shawn Ford (Sunkist Kids) def. Don Pool (Eastern Illinois) 4-1
    Chris Marshall (unattached) def. Mark Perryman (Arizona State) 5-3
    Mark Angle (Clarion) def. Issac Miller (Michigan State) 19-7
    Doug Schwab (Iowa) def. David Douglas (Arizona State) 16-6

    149 pounds
    Dave Esposito (unattached) def. Ben Shirk (Iowa) 6-5
    Shawn Bradley (Cornell) pinned Frank Kisley (Iowa State) 1:50
    T.J. Williams (Iowa) def. John Forster (Rutgers) 17-5
    Ryan Bernholz (Lehigh) def. Jeremy Hardman 9-4
    Ryan Shapert (Edinboro) def. Issac Greeley (Pitt-Johnstown) 4-1
    Adam Tirapelle (Illinois) def. Chris Elliott (Slippery Rock) 6-4
    Stan Spoor (Clarion) def. Greg Mayer (Central Michigan) 6-3
    Cole Sanderson (Iowa State) def. Marc Hopper (American) 3-2

    157 pounds
    Clint Musser (Penn State) def. Russell Read (Boston U.) 5-2
    Chris Ayres (Lehigh) def. Mike Eierman (Panther WC) 10-3
    Jeff McGinniss (Hawkeye WC) pinned Eugene Harris (Lassen) 3:01
    Alan Fried (Sunkist Kids) pinned Jose Moreno (Arizona State) 4:50
    Casey Cunningham (Central Michigan) def. Shaun Shapert (Edinboro) 4-0
    Darryl Christian (Oregon) def. Drew Pariano (Northwestern) 3-1
    David Maldonado (Iowa State) def. Ben Boozer (Edinboro) 8-7
    Alex Coriano (Wildcat WC) def. Terry Murphy (Wildcat WC) 5-4

    165 pounds
    Chad Liott (Rider) def. Warren McPherson (Stanford) 5-2
    Sean Morgan (Oregon) def. Kevin Brandon (unattached) 8-3
    Travis Dodo (Lehigh) def. Steve Blackford (Arizona State) 8-6
    Mark Samples (Edinboro) def. Karl Haywood (Navy) 17-4
    Gerald Harris (Cleveland State) def. Perry Parks (Iowa State) 10-8
    Tod Surmon (Dave Schultz WC) def. Andy Varner (Cal. State-Bakersfield) 5-0
    Rick Springman (Pennsylvania) def. Ben Uker (Iowa) 11-0
    Joe Heskett (Iowa State) def. Ryan Bonfiglio (Princeton) 11-2

    174 pounds
    Joe Williams (Hawkeye WC) pinned Mike Feeney (Eastern Michigan) 4:59
    Joe Tucceri (Cornell) def. Ryan Cunningham (Central Michigan) 2-1 (2OT)
    Josh Koscheck (Edinboro) pinned Jason Moaney (Clarion) 6:49
    Gabe McMahan (Iowa) def. Ian Nelms (Cal. State-Bakersfield) 16-7
    Nick Mengerink (Pitt) def. John Sears (Illinois) 1-0
    Matt Hughes (Wildcat WC) pinned Scott Duffy (Iowa State) 1:59
    Leo Giel (Rider) def. Mark Dufresne (Lehigh) 1-1 by sudden victory tiebreaker
    Jason Townsend (Hofstra) def. Shane Cross (Stanford) 4-2 (OT)

    184 pounds
    Nate Patrick (Illinois) def. Doug Lee (Oregon) 8-0
    Carl Sanderson (Iowa State) def. James Brimm (Michigan State) 5-0
    Russell Jones (Hofstra) def. Paul Jenn (Iowa) 9-4
    Mike Greenfield (Central Michigan) def. Lionel Halsey (Cal. State-Bakersfield) 4-3
    John Van Doren (Lehigh) def. Ricardo Romero (Rutgers) 5-3
    Casey Strand (Arizona State) def. Ottie Pendleton (Cornell) 17-7
    Greg Gingeleskie (Navy) def. Kevin Brown (Eastern Michigan) 11-2
    Aaron Simpson (Sunkist Kids) tech. fall Dax Pecaro (N. Carolina-Greensboro) 18-3, 4:20

    197 pounds
    Lee Fullhart (Iowa) def. Phil Baroni (Hofstra) 17-0
    Terry Martin (Triton College) tech. fall Andrei Rodzianko 16-1, 4:30
    Nick Muzashvili (Michigan State) def. Nicholas Britton (Iowa State) 12-2
    Sam Neider (Northwestern) def. Bob Greenleaf (Cornell) 12-4
    Turk Lords (Montana State-Northern) def. Jameel Abdullah (Boston U.) 10-8
    Chris Vike (Central Michigan) def. Rafael Davis (Cal. State Bakersfield) 9-5
    Zachery Thompson (Iowa State) def. Chris Federici (Rutgers) 5-2
    Chael Sonnen (Oregon) def. Isaac Moore (Va. Military Institute) 4-3

    Heavyweight
    Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (Pennsylvania) def. Karl Roesler (Illinois) 5-2
    Shelton Benjamin (unattached) def. Seth Charles (Cornell) 18-5
    Angelo Borzio (New York) def. Derek DePorto (Slippery Rock) 5-3 (OT)
    Steve Neal (Cal. State Bakersfield) pinned Damon Davis (Northern Illinois) 0:17
    Brian Keck (Wildcat WC) def. John Lockhart (Illinois) 2-1
    Wes Hand (Iowa) def. Josh Saul (Northwestern) 17-4
    Mike Russow (E.Illinois) def.Matt Lamb (Michigan St.) 4-3
    Leslie Apedoe (VMI) def. Jack Leffler (C.Michigan) 11-3

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