Average Team Points Per Place – 2014 NCAA Championships
Place
Points
1st
21.2
2nd
16.15
3rd
14.2
4th
13.3
5th
11.15
6th
8.45
7th
7.1
8th
5.4
NCAA Tournament Scoring
Win in Championship rounds – 1 point
Win in Consolation rounds – 0.5 points
Win by Fall, Disqualification, Medical Forfeit, Injury Default – 2 points plus advancement
Win by Tech Fall (with back points) – 1.5 points plus advancement
Win by Major Decision or Tech Fall (no back points) – 1 point plus advancement
Kerry Volkmann received a stirring tribute before the start of his final home dual meet
From John Carroll Sports Information
2/10/2015 8:53:00 PM | by Cole Larson, staff writer
Volkmann Sent Out On Best Of Notes As JCU Blanks Muskies In Final Home Dual Meet
Kerry Volkmann probably had a feeling something would happen in his honor during the final home dual meet of his 28-year coaching career. He had coached too long and impacted too many lives for him not to expect some form of tribute.
Still, the sound of bagpipes and the sight of over 200 graduates who could be counted as former wrestlers, coaches, teammates, friends and fans of the program — and the man — had to be overwhelming.
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Donny Longendyke of Augsburg. Longendyke began his competition last week with a 12-4 major decision win at 285 lbs. over d3wrestle.com #3 ranked Ben Nagle of Wartburg in the annual matchup between the Knights and Auggies. He followed up that win with a championship in the Don Parker Open, notching a pair of falls and a 16-1 tech fall over Conner Herman of Luther, a d3wrestle.com Contender. Longendyke is now 33-2 on the season.
A native of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, Longendyke is in his first season with the Auggies after transferring in from the University of Nebraska. He was a member of the Huskers for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, putting up a 40-21 record between his redshirt and redshirt freshman seasons. He was a multiple time Junior and Cadet National All-American and was the top ranked 285 lb. recruit in 2011. This season, he has won the Auggie-Adidas Open, Citrus Invitational, Matman Invitational, and Don Parker Open. Longendyke also finished 2nd in the Dragon Open and 3rd in the Husky Open. He was ranked 5th in the d3wrestle.com Rankings, but that will surely change since his win over #3 Nagle came after the release of the rankings. Augsburg next competes against La Crosse on Thursday of this week.
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Kaleb Loht of Messiah. Loht won the 141 lbs. bracket at the Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational for the second year in a row this past Saturday. After a first round bye, Loht scored a pair of major decisions to reach the semifinals where he defeated Layten Binion of North Central by a 6-1 score. This set up a rematch of the 2014 NCAA finals against Matt Adcock of Whitewater. Loht prevailed again over Adcock, winning by fall in the second period. Loht was named the George Olson Outstanding Wrestler at the tournament, running his record on the year to 30-0.
Loht, a senior from McClure, Pennsylvania, was the 141 lbs. NCAA champion in 2014 in his first trip to the NCAA Championships. He has been ranked #1 in the d3wrestle.com Rankings all season, and has won titles this year at the Messiah Invitational, Roger Williams Invitational, Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, and the Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational. Loht has not lost to a Division III opponent since the 2012-2013 season and currently has a career record of 147-12 with 43 falls. Loht and the rest of the Falcons will host York College in a dual tonight at 7pm.
Quick Reminder: The team rankings are calculated mathematically based on the individual rankings. A team is awarded 1 point for having an Honorable Mention wrestler, 2 points for a Contender, and then 3 points for 10th, 4 points for 9th, all the way up to 12 points for 1st.
John Carroll’s Dan Mirman will try to defend his title at the Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational this weekend
The following preview was provided to d3wrestle.com by the Wheaton College Wrestling staff. The Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational starts today at noon Eastern and concludes on Saturday. Unfortunately, the tournament is a little behind the times and will not have live results. Bracket updates are typically posted every few hours at the link below under 2015 Results.
On January 30-31, Wheaton College will host the Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational, which is shaping up to one of the best in tournament history. Initially a private college tournament hosting NCAA DI, II, III, and NAIA institutions, the PWWI over the last 20 years transformed into a competition modeled after the NCAA tournament and has over 30 NCAA Division 3 teams and one Division 2 team. The premier DIII tournament has been running since 1938 and is only outmatched in length by the NCAA D1 Tournament.
If teams are full strength, there are several possible matchups worth getting a good seat at King Arena on Friday and Saturday. Winning by over 35 points in 2014, Whitewater will try to repeat as Team Champion but will contend with a field featuring 10 teams ranked in the top 25 in the country. UWW (2 NWCA, 2 d3wrestle.com), Messiah (9,3), Wabash (3,4), La Crosse (4,5), Mount Union (7,9), John Carroll (NR,16), Alma (12,11), Baldwin Wallace (13,16), Ohio Northern (NR,23), Olivet (26,NR) and Heidelberg (NR,28) are all entered into this year’s field.
In addition to a great team race, there are several possible matchups in every single weight class that will have national significance. Let the battle for the individual weight class championships begin….all rankings are from the latest NWCA poll and these are all probable matchups as official entry doesn’t happen until Friday. It is incredible that there could be as many as 40% of the countries ranked wrestlers and five top ranked individuals entered into the 2015 Pete Wilson Invitational. Here is a brief look at the weight classes with special note that there are 5 number one ranked individuals scheduled to wrestle at PWWI
125—The three top ranked individuals are Lucas Malmberg (2, Messiah College), Jesse Gunter (3, Baldwin Wallace), and Nick Mancini (8, Mount Union). You could also see 2014 NCAA qualifier Cole Ferguson (Platteville) as well as returning placewinners from the tournament last year in Zac Denny (Whitewater) and Ronzel Darling (Parkside). Malmberg is the returning champion at this weight class where he beat Gunter in the finals. Malmberg finished as NCAA runner-up and Gunter was 3rd in the same tournament last year.
133—This weight class features the returning Pete Willson champion and top ranked wrestler in the country at this weight, Jerermy Border (1, Mt. Union). The field is deep, and several ranked wrestlers will be looking to knock off Border. Ronny Hauser (Whitewater), Sean Ambrocio (7, Concordia, WI), Dustin Weinmann (10, LaCrosse) are having great years with Ambrocio a returning All American at 125 in 2014 and Weinmann a 2014 NCAA Qualifier. 2014 place winners Joe Her (Parkside) and Brandon Preston (Trine) could add excitement.
141—This weight class features returning Pete Willson champion, returning NCAA Champion and the top ranked wrestler in the country at this weight, Kaleb Loht (1, Messiah). Even better, we could see the NCAA championship finals rematch with NCAA runner up Matt Adcock (10, Whitewater) as an entry. 2014 NCAA qualifiers Bryant Roby (Mt. Union), Logan Meister (Ferrum-schools first ever!), and Nathaniel Behnke (Eau Claire, All-American 2013) could also be here.
149—Dan Mirman (5) from John Carroll University looks to make it back to back championships. He will face a stiff challenge from Elroy Perkin (3, Whitewater). They met twice in the NCAA tournament in 2014 with Mirman winning the quarterfinal matchup and Perkin winning the 5th place match. Also in contention for a title is Kasey Einerson (4, La Crosse) who just suffered his first loss of the season to Perkin. Nathan Segal (North Central) and Kyle Witgen (Olivet) are former PWWI place winners.
157—With the most returning All Americans, this is a very deep weight class with some quarterfinals potentially matching top ten ranked competitors. Reece Lefever (3, Wabash), Jon Garrison (5, Mt Union), Larry Cannon (8, Messiah) and Tom Gerszewski (10, Whitewater) are all nationally ranked. Lefever was 4th at the NCAA tournament while Garrison was 6th in the same bracket. Throw in Wheaton’s All-American Mark Savenok and there should be fireworks on Friday night!
165—The ranked wrestlers at 165 are Terner Gott (5, John Carroll), Matt Tuttle (6, Alma), Tyler Schneider (7, LaCrosse), and David Shapiro (9, Baldwin Wallace). In addition, this weight will have Parkside’s Nick Fishback who is ranked in Division 2 and placed high in past PWWI. Fishback may be a top seed but Gott and Tuttle have not lost in the current season and Wheaton’s Stephen Aiello was 7th at the 2014 NCAA tournament.
174—Once again, nationally ranked wrestlers could be meeting in the quarters on Friday night. Connor Lefever (2, Wabash), Josh Thomson (3, Messiah), Nick Allen (6, Olivet), Jamie Jakes (7, Alma), and Jordan Newman (9, Whitewater) are the five ranked wrestlers at this weight. Allen, Lefever, Jakes and Thomson were all 2014 NCAA Qualifiers. Thomson is a two time All-American and Jakes was Alma College’s first NCAA qualifier.
184—You have probably noticed the Lefever name in the above analysis and the third member of that family comes in as returning NCAA Champion and top ranked sophomore Riley. Riley had an amazing undefeated freshman year for Wabash and fans will enjoy his style of wrestling. Challenging for the top spot will be Richard Carlson (5, La Crosse) and Ryan Aprahamian (7, Whitewater). Former placers include Thomas Reyhons (Augustana), Richard Dowdley (Heidelberg) and Wheaton 2013 All-American Dan Olsen.
197—There are two former PWWI champions at this weight in Eric Twohey (5, La Crosse) and Shane Siefert (1, Whitewater). Twohey won the title last year at 184 and has moved up to challenge defending champion Siefert at this weight. These two may be on a collision course unless someone in the field, including Jake Reuteler (9, Concordia, WI) can slow them down.
285—Fans of the heavyweight class, the top three ranked wrestlers in the country will enter and contend for a championship. Cody Lovejoy (1, Ohio Northern) leads Division III wrestling with 17 pins this season. Also ranked in the weight are Mackenzie Green (2, Trine), Nino Majoy (3, Heidelberg) and Anthony Edgren (8, Whitewater). Lovejoy, Green and Edgren are all past All-Americans and the winner of this weight class could leave the tournament ranked first in Division III.
