CLEVELAND — This morning, true first-year Colin Valdiviez (133) was the first alternate in his weight class. In Session II, he knocked off the 19th-ranked wrestler in the nation to advance in consolations.
 
In all, four Wildcats remain alive in the NCAA competition.
 
Valdiviez, who topped Illinois' Dylan Duncan, 7-5, for the second time this season, will wrestle 14th-seeded Korbin Myers of Edinboro in the second round of consolations.
 
Redshirt junior Johnny Sebastian (174) commanded his bout against Drexel's Austin Rose in the first round of the consolations, winning via 6-1 decision. Sebastian will battle 16th-seeded CJ Brucki of Central Michigan in the next round.
 
Both of the Wildcats who earned berths to the Round of 16 dropped one-point decisions on Thursday evening, with (10) Sebastian Rivera (125) dropping a 6-5 decision to (7) Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) and (7) Ryan Deakin (149) losing 4-3 to (10) Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State).
 
Rivera will battle Elijah Oliver (Indiana) in wrestlebacks tomorrow morning, while Deakin will wrestle Khristian Olivas of Fresno State. Rivera pinned Oliver in 4:55 at the Big Ten Championships, while Deakin has never faced Olivas.
 
Redshirt junior Conan Jennings (285) saw his NCAA Championships come to a close with a 6-3 (TB2) setback to George Mason's Matt Voss.
 
Session III will begin on Friday at 10 a.m. CT at the Quicken Loans Arena and will feature the quarterfinals and second- and third-round wrestleback action. It will be televised on ESPNU.
 
Results
 
Round of 16:
125: (7) Taylor LaMont (UVU) dec. (10) Sebastian Rivera (NU), 6-5
149: (10) Jason Tsirtsis (ASU) dec. (7) Ryan Deakin (NU), 4-3
 
Wrestlebacks
133: Colin Valdiviez (NU) dec. Dylan Duncan (ILL), 7-5
174: Johnny Sebastian (NU) dec. Austin Rose (DREX), 6-1
285: Matt Voss (GMU) dec. Conan Jennings (NU), 6-3 (TB2)
 

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