Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern in Second After Session I of Midlands
12/29/2011 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Dec. 29, 2011
Site: Evanston, Ill. (Welsh-Ryan Arena)
Team Standings: Northwestern 2nd/43 (through Session I)
Next NU Event: Midlands Championships Session II - 7 p.m. CT
FINAL Session I Brackets and Team Standings (5 p.m. CT)
2011 Midlands Championships Website
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EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern had a solid showing in the first session of the 49th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Wednesday and sits in second place with 34.5 points, four points behind first place Iowa. Four NU wrestlers are still alive in the championship round and nine others are fighting for the medal stand in the consolation bracket.
Top-seeded Jason Welch (157), No. 4 seed Levi Mele (125), No. 5 seed Lee Munster (174) and No. 10 Mike McMullan (heavyweight) are the Wildcats still competing in the championship round.
Session III begins at 7 p.m. inside Welsh-Ryan Arena. Complete updated brackets can be found up top and Northwestern's bout-by-bout results from Session I are below.
125
No. 4 Levi Mele (NU) fall Adam Wyeth (Chicago), 3:48
No. 4 Levi Mele (NU) medical forfeit Vinny Dellafave (Rutg)
Chuck Zeisloft (Rider) dec. Grant Greene (NU-UNATT), 9-4
Austin Miller (Bucknell) fall Grant Greene (NU-UNATT), 1:02
133
Jameson Oster (NU) fall Scott Chene (Okla.), 3:33
No. 4 B.J. Futrell (Ill) Maj. Dec. Jameson Oster (NU), 15-5
Chris Perez (Prin) fall John Coukos (NU), 2:55
Shawn Amato (Bucknell) Maj. Dec. John Coukos (NU), 10-2
141
Pat Greco (NU) dec. Tyler Bedelyon (Clarion), 9-7
No. 5 Matt Mariacher (Amer) fall Pat Greco (NU), 1:08
Pat Greco (NU) dec. Tom Glenn (Wisc), 3-2
Pat Greco (NU) dec. Dalton Kelley (CSUB), 5-2
Andrew Zobac (NC) dec. Colin Shober (NU), 8-1
Colin Schober (NU) dec. No. 9 Jimmy Kirchner (Rider), 10-7
Colin Schober (NU) dec. Kevin Fanta (NIU), 7-6
149
Caleb Ervin (IL-UNATT) fall No. 9 Kaleb Friedley (NU), 4:17
No. 9 Kaleb Friedley (NU) dec. Dillon Pousson (SIUe), 8-2
No. 9 Kaleb Friedly (NU) fall Alex Pellicciotti (Bucknell), 2:36
157
No. 1 Jason Welch (NU) Maj. Dec. Pat Smith (MN-UNATT), 9-0
No. 1 Jason Welch (NU) fall Jackson Morse (IL), 4:39
No. 1 Jason Welch (NU) Maj. Dec. Casey Fuller (Edin), 10-1
Nick Flynn (SDSU) dec. Dylan Marriot (NU), 5-2
Steve Ross (SIUe) dec. Dylan Marriot (NU), 7-4
David Helmer (NU) dec. Jim Layton (Chicago), 6-3
No. 2 Ganbayar Sanjaa (Amer) dec. David Helmer (NU), 11-5
165
Pierce Harger (NU) Maj. Dec. Bret Baumbach (Stan), 11-1
No. 3 Brandon Hatchett (Leh) dec. Pierce Harger (NU), 7-3
174
No. 5 Lee Munster (NU) dec. Chris Hrunka (Edin), 8-2
No. 5 Lee Munster (NU) Maj. No. 12 Dec. Frank Cousins (Wisc), 10-0
No. 2 Ethen Lofthouse (IA) fall Robert Kellogg (NU), 1:53
Robert Kellogg (NU) dec. Mike Kelly (Harper), 6-3
184
No. 9 Timmy McCall (Wisc) dec. Marcus Shrewsbury (NU), 9-3
197
John Schoen (NU) fall Joe Johnson (UNI), 1:29
No. 2 Joe Kennedy (Leh) dec. John Schoen (NU), 3-1
285
No. 10 Mike McMullan (NU) dec. David Devine (SIUe-UNATT), 10-4
No. 10 Mike McMullan (NU) dec. No. 7 Blake Rasing (Iowa), 4-3
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