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2013 165 lbs. Preview

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West 1 Kulchytskyy Oshkosh
West 2 Schuler St. John’s
West 3 Bowland Augsburg
Central 1 Williams Wartburg
Central 2 Bonte Luther
Central 3 Kubica Dubuque
Midwest 1 Gibson Whitewater
Midwest 2 Schulte Stevens Point
Midwest 3 Myers Olivet
Mideast 1 Guidi Waynesburg
Mideast 2 Plummer Messiah
Mideast 3 Powell Thiel
East 1 Favia Stevens
East 2 Darling TCNJ
East 3 Vernon Centenary
Northeast 1 Crowell Roger Williams
Northeast 2 Longo Springfield
Northeast 3 Gillen Oneonta

d3wrestle.com Ranking #11 – March 5, 2013

This is the first of three weight classes that has a defending champion in the bracket. Adding to the excitement is the fact that last year’s champ at the previous weight class is also here. #1 Williams has gone wire to wire at the top this season with only a single non-DIII loss on his record. He has yet to face #2 Kulchystskyy, the defending champ at 157. Kulchytskyy has put together an amazing 40-1 season with an NCAA all division leading 21 falls and a nigh insurmountable lead in the Most Dominant standings. The rest of the top five here include last seasons 5th place finisher #3 Favia, the 6th place finisher from 157 in #4 Darling, and last year’s 3rd place finisher #5 Longo. Favia beat the other two, and Darling defeated Longo. #6 Gibson wrestled unattached in the first semester, then spent most of the second at 157 before heading up to 165 for the last few weeks, culminating in a Midwest Region title against #7 Schulte. #8 Myers was 6th at this weight last season and was 3rd in the Midwest. #9 Crowell reversed an earlier loss to Longo to win the Northeast Region and was a qualifier here last year, with #10 Vernon used a 3rd period comeback to win the final spot out of the East. Outside the top ten, Schuler is 16-2 with both losses to Kulchytskyy. Guidi won the Mideast over Plummer and lost twice and won once against Powell, while Plummer defeated Powell last weekend.

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6 COMMENTS

  1. The scorers made a mistake. Guidi is 1-0 against Plummer. He did not wrestle the Waynesburg dual meet at messiah. A backup went in.

  6. How does Guidi get seeded behind the two kids he finished ahead of at the regional? There should be something in the point system to reward winning in the post season. No regional champ should be facing the top seed… especially not in this bracket, right off the bat!

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