Medal Round Wrapup
By Clyde Hughes
InterMat Correspondent
FINDLAY, Ohio “Nebraska-Omaha’s Patrick Allibone, the defending national champion at 157 pounds, bounced back from a championship semifinal loss this morning to capture third place in his weight class at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships.
Allibone, who has finished second in his class before winning the title last year, lost to David Nordhues, of Fort Hays State this morning. Afterwards, he recovered to beat Dustin Teeman, of Truman State, 5-3, to earn the right to fight for third place, and then beat Austin Scarset, of Augustana College.
Nebraska-Omaha continued to lead the team standings going into tonight’s championship rounds with 103 points, followed by Nebraska-Kearney with 90.5, Shippensburg with 66.5, and Central Oklahoma with 65.5.
The results of the afternoon medals rounds are as follows:
125 pounds
Third Place: Sophomore Nick Smith, of Minnesota State-Mankato, made a name for himself with an impressive 15-7 victory over No. 3-ranked senior Rob McCabe, of Adams State, who was the highest-ranked All-American returning to weight class this year.
Fifth Place: Trevor Charbonneau, of Nebraska-Kearney, ranked No.. 1 in the class going into the championships, pinned Shane Caruthers, of Central Oklahoma at the 2:55 mark. Caruthers was ranked No. 7 before arriving in Findlay.
Seventh Place: Findlay freshman Chris Fechko was awarded seventh place by medical forfeit over Mike Compton, of Ashland.
133 pounds
Third Place: Central Oklahoma’s Earl Jones, a national junior college champion, gutted out a 7-1 win over Shane Perkey, of Indianapolis, who finished fourth place last year as well. Jones came into the championships ranked fifth in the country while Perkey was fourth.
Fifth Place: No. 6-ranked Ralph Acosta, of Upper Iowa, beat Brandon Reasy, of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 3-2.
Seventh Place: Jeff Pfaffinger, of Minnesota State-Mankato, edged No.
7-ranked Dan Hilario, of Nebraska-Omaha 3-1.
141 pounds
Third Place: No. 3-ranked Brian Pitts, of Adams State, edged No.
8-ranked Zach Stevens, of Minnesota State-Mankato, 6-4.
Fifth Place: No. 6-ranked Jeff Rutledge, of Nebraska-Kearney, took a big early lead and cruised to a win over Patrick Sharp, of New Mexico Highlands, rebounding from a lost Friday to defending national champion Thad Benton, of Pittsburgh-Johnstown.
Seventh Place: J.J. Zanetta, of Mercyhurst, was awarded a medical forfeit over Willie Hilton, of University of North Carolina-Pembroke.
149 pounds
Third Place: No. 4-ranked Michael Delk, of Fort Hays State, beat No.
8-ranked Charlie Pingleton, of Indianapolis 9-7. Delk dropped into the consolation bracket after losing to championship finalist Shane Unger, of Nebraska-Omaha, on Friday.
Fifth Place: Ryan King, of Augustana, the No. 1-ranked wrestler coming into the championships, recovered from a championship semifinal loss with a 3-1 victory over Shea Timothy, of Central Oklahoma.
Seventh Place: No. 2-ranked Ronald Paterniti, of Gannon, bounced back from a first-round upset to capture All-American honors with a
9-7 win over Camille DuPont, of Western State, Paterniti came into the championships ranked No. 2 in the class and finished third here last year.
157 pounds
Third Place: Defending national champion Patrick Allibone, of Nebraska-Omaha, settled for third with an exciting 10-8 sudden victory win over No. 6-ranked Austin Scarset, of Augustana. Scarset was trying to capture third place after losing his first-round match to Zachary Lee, of Western State.
Fifth Place: Dustin Teeman, of Truman State, scored a 4-2 decision over Shane Cleve, of Adams State. Teeman finished in fifth place in last year’s championship..
Seventh Place: Stephen Humphrey, of Carson Newman, scored a 6-1 win over No. 4-ranked Zach Lee, of Western State.
165 pounds
Third Place: Nebraska-Omaha freshman Ross Taplin overcame a fall in the championship semifinals to reel off two wins, the second against No. 7-ranked Cody Henriksen, of Augustana, 5-4, for third place, who finished sixth at the championships a year ago.
Fifth Place: Albert Miles, of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, pinned No.
5-ranked Cort Peterson, of Central Oklahoma, at 0:41, for the win.
Miles lost to Taplin in the first round on Friday morning. Peterson was a seventh-place finisher last year.
Seventh Place: No. 2-ranked Andy Pickar, of Minnesota State-Mankato, pinned Larry Wilbanks, of Western State, at the 2:14 mark for the victory.
174 pounds
Third Place: Upper Iowa’s Clinton McNaught beat No.. 2-ranked Travis Krinke, of Minnesota State-Mankato 13-7. Krinke was the national runner-up in this division last year, but loss earlier Saturday in the championship semifinals.
Fifth Place: No. 5-ranked Aaron Meister, of Fort Hayes State, won a hard-fought contest against No. 6-ranked Tommy Clark, of West Liberty State.
Seventh Place: Newberry’s Quinn Tolbert beat Jesse Sheets, of Central Missouri State 3-2. Sheets took the consolation route, losing to former 165 pound champion J.D. Naig in the first round Friday.
184 pounds
Third Place: No. 6-ranked Mark Murphy, of Shippensburg, who finished fifth last year, improved two spots with a pin of No. 7-ranked Clinton Salisbury, of Findlay, at 1:17.
Fifth Place: No. 1-ranked Greg Nurrenbern, of Truman State, beat No.
2-ranked John Koons, of Minnesota State-Mankato 6-2 after both lost in the championship semifinals.
Seventh Place: No. 4-ranked Nate Buys, of Augustana, pinned No.
8-ranked Nathan Jones, of Carson Newman, at 4:57, for the victory.
197 pounds
Third Place: A national champion in 2004, Jeff Sylvester, of Nebraska-Kearney, scored an 11-3 major decision against No. 1-ranked Tim Boldt, of Augustana. Sylvester, who was ranked No. 3, and Boldt, both fell in the morning championship semifinals, but followed it up with wins to move to the third place match.
Fifth Place: No. 5-ranked John Goral, of Wisconsin-Parkside, registered his 100th victory of his wrestling career, scoring a fall against Joel Wipperfurth, of Southwest State, at the 1:23 mark.
Seventh Place: No. 6-ranked Ryan Kirst, of Ashland, scored a 16-5 major decision over Casey Woodall, of Adams State, avenging a 5-4 loss to Woodall in the first round of the championships on Friday.
285 pounds
ird Place: No. 2-ranked Jacob Liniger, of Shippensburg, scored a
12-2 major decision over Heath Soderstrom, of Adams State. It was Liniger’s second win over Soderstrom, beating him 5-4 in the first round on Friday morning..
Fifth Place: No. 6-ranked Chris Tuchscherer, of Minnesota State-Moorhead, a national runner up in 2005, captured a 6-0 decision over No. 7-ranked Chris Finn, of Central Oklahoma.
Seventh Place: Jose Navarro, of Indianapolis, won a 6-3 match over No. 4-ranked Chris Bietz, of Augustana, avenging 4-2 loss to Bietz in the first round on Friday.
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