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Trackwrestling.com Links to Live Results

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Here are links to the Trackwrestling.com results for all the Regionals. Not all tournaments are necessarily using the Trackwrestling software to do live results, so these links may or may not work for the tournament you are interested in following.

Northeast Regional (Wesleyan) – Live Results (Saturday & Sunday)

East Regional (King’s) – Live Results (Sunday)

Mideast Regional (York) – Live Results | Possible Alternate Site: Brackets | Team Scores (Sunday)

Midwest Regional (Wabash) – Results Updated After Each Round (Saturday)

Central Regional (Loras) – Live Results (Saturday)

West Regional (Augsburg) –Live Results (Saturday)

2014 Northeast Regional Preview

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2014 Northeast Regional
Saturday & Sunday, March 1 & 2, 2014
Wesleyan University – Middletown, Connecticut

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2013 Results

Teams
Bridgewater State, 
Coast Guard, Cortland, Ithaca, Johnson & Wales, Norwich, Oneonta, Oswego, Plymouth State, Rhode Island, Roger Williams, Springfield, Trinity, University of Southern Maine, Wesleyan, Williams, Western New England, WPI

Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – none (Casper was #8, but does not appear to be entered)
133 – #4 Gomez (Ithaca)
141 – #3 Bistis (Cortland), #8 Giacolone (Ithaca)
149 – #1 Dierna (Cortland)
157 – #9 Desilets (JWU), #10 Biscaha (Springfield), HM Lopez (Williams)
165 – #4 Schimek (Ithaca), #10 Crowell (Roger Williams)
174 – #4 Puca (Cortland), #8 at 184 Lenhardt (JWU)
184 – #3 Welch (Roger Williams), #7 Deupree (Southern Maine)
197 – #3 Giaramita (Cortland)
285 – none

Top 30 Teams
#4 Cortland
#12 Ithaca
#25 Springfield and Roger Williams (tie)

Once again, Cortland and Ithaca provide a lot of the top level talent in the Northeast Region, but Springfield and Roger Williams both have strong top to bottom teams, while Johnson & Wales has a few excellent individuals that will vie for All-American awards.

The top wrestler here is Bobby Dierna of Cortland at 149. He finished 3rd in a very tough weight last year, and has handled all DIII competition in an abbreviated season on his way to a #1 ranking. 157 could be the best weight, with a pair of All-Americans including last year’s NCAA champion Biscaha at #10 and Lopez of Williams just outside the top ten. Ahead of both them is #9 Desilets of Johnson & Wales who is undefeated at 157 this year and beat both Biscaha and Lopez this year. Biscaha shocked everyone with his unseeded run to the championship last year and hopes for a repeat performance. 157 gets some competition from 174 this year, as #4 Puca was an All-American a year ago, and Colin Lenhardt, a 184 placewinner in 2013, made a late drop to 174 this season to make things very interesting. Add Ithaca’s Toribio, who has been ranked this year, into the mix, and 174 is looking quite good.

A pair of Cortland wrestlers to watch are #3 Bistis at 141 and #3 Giaramita at 197. Both were All-Americans in 2012 and are situated well to repeat the feat after a year off the podium. #8 Giacolone will challenge Bistis at 141, while Ayen of Springfield and 2013 NCAA qualifier Parcel or Roger Williams will make a run at Giaramita. Roometua of Wesleyan qualified at 197 last year as well, but he has fallen completely out of the d3wrestle.com Rankings this season.

A last interesting note is that with Casper apparently not entered at 125, all three qualifiers from the Northeast at that weight will be wrestlers who do not appear anywhere in the last d3wrestle.com Rankings.

2014 Central Regional Preview

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2014 Central Regional
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Five Flags Center – Dubuque, Iowa

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2013 Results Team | Brackets

Teams
Augustana, Buena Vista, Central, Coe, Cornell, Dubuque, Knox, Loras, Luther, Simpson, Wartburg

Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – #3 Camacho (Wartburg), #7 Wangsness (Luther), #9 Page (Central)
133 – #1 Obert (Luther), #2 Gotto (Coe), #3 Anderson (Wartburg)
141 – #4 Holmes (Loras), #9 Travis (Dubuque), #10 Schaub (Augustana)
149 – #9 Engle (Cornell)
157 – #2 Boyer (Coe), #3 Dewitt (Loras), #5 Yonkovic (Wartburg)
165 – #2 Welter  (Wartburg), #5 Mizaur (Dubuque)
174 – #1 Williams (Wartburg), #3 Ball (Coe)
184 –  #9 DeVilbiss (Luther), #10 Sheldon (Coe)
197 – #1 Coolidge (Cornell), #5 Soriano (Wartburg), #10 Lowy (Central)
285 – #2 Fank (Wartburg), #3 Buss (Loras)

Top 30 Teams
#1 Wartburg
#5 Coe
#11 Loras
#12 Luther
#14 Cornell
#27 Dubuque

The qualifier may have changed last year, but the top team remains the same. Instead of the Iowa Conference, Wartburg has moved on to dominating the Central Region. With seven ranked individuals, they will be a heavy favorite both in the region and to win their fourth consecutive NCAA Championhip. Even without the Knights, the Central would be very good, as there are five other ranked teams led by #5 Coe. The region has nine returning All-Americans; five are from Wartburg. Every weight has at least one top ten individual, and nine have more than one. If you make it to the NCAA Championships from this region, you have earned it.

133 is the best weight with three top ten individuals who are all returning All-Americans. Two time champ Kenny Anderson of Wartburg has battled injuries and some unexpected losses to #1 Obert and #2 Gotto, but should not be counted out on the big stage. Gotto was the runner-up at 125 last year, and Obert finished 8th at this weight. The other returning NCAA champion in the region is #1 Landon Williams of Wartburg at 174. Williams was 1st in 2012 and 3rd in 2013, both at 165, and he is undefeated against DIII competition.

The other weight with multiple returning All-Americans is 285 with #2 Fank and #3 Buss both in the mix. Buss was 4th and Fank was 7th last season, though Fank has the win over Buss this year and only a single loss to the defending champion Johnson in Division III competition. The top returning non-champion from last year is #1 Coolidge of Cornell. He was 2nd in the NCAA last year and has split this year with both #2 Siefert (Whitewater) and #5 Soriano (Wartburg), winning the last bout in both cases.

Daniel Webster College Adds Wrestling

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Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire has added wrestling and women’s ice hockey and will elevate the men’s ice hockey club to varsity status. All three teams will begin competition next season. Read the release below. They will be hiring a full time head wrestling coach. Click here for the job posting.

Athletics: Daniel Webster To Add Women’s Ice Hockey, Wrestling, Elevate Men’s Ice Hockey

Nashua, NH – Daniel Webster College (DWC) announced today that it will add three NCAA varsity athletics programs including women’s ice hockey, wrestling, and the elevation of the men’s ice hockey ACHA program to varsity status. All three programs will begin intercollegiate competition during the 2014-15 academic year.

“This is an exciting moment in the history of Daniel Webster College,” said Dr. Michael Diffily, president of DWC. “The addition of these three varsity programs exemplifies the college’s continued commitment to athletics and provides additional opportunities for student-athletes to compete at the NCAA level.”

These three new programs bring DWC’s athletics sponsorship to 17 and is the largest expansion of athletics programs since the college added field hockey, women’s lacrosse, men’s golf and men’s volleyball in 2008-09.

“This is a major milestone for Eagles athletics,” added DWC Director of Athletics Chris Gilmore. “We look forward to welcoming additional students to our college community in the coming years.” In keeping with the NCAA Division III philosophy, “we also expect our programs to strike the right balance between being competitive in conference championships and academically competitive in the classroom,” Gilmore said.

Women’s ice hockey and men’s ice hockey will compete as NCAA Division III independents next season and will seek affiliations within the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) for the following year. The wresting program will begin as an independent while seeking conference affiliation for the following season.

Daniel Webster College will focus on hiring full-time head coaches for all three programs in the coming weeks.

Daniel Webster College, located in Nashua, New Hampshire, is a private, co-educational college offering degrees in 17 programs of study that include accounting, business management, health services management, homeland security, sport management, air traffic management, engineering, computer science, game design, psychology and several others.

 

2014 Mideast Region Preview

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2014 Mideast Regional
Sunday, March 2, 2014
York College – York, Pennsylvania – Event Website

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2013 Results Team | Brackets

Teams
Baldwin-Wallace, Brockport, Case Western, Elizabethtown, Heidelberg, John Carroll, Lycoming, Messiah, Mt. St. Joseph’s, Mt. Union, Muskingum, Ohio Northern, RIT, Thiel, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, York

Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – #4 Malmberg (Messiah), #10 Gunter (Baldwin-Wallace), Ellis (Brockport)
133 – #6 Border (Mt U), #10 McDermitt (Heidelberg)
141 – #1 Loht (Messiah), #6 Black (Mount St. Joseph)
149 – #5 Mirman (John Carroll), #10 Lohr (Waynesburg)
157 – #6 Garrison (Mount Union), #8 Gott (John Carroll), Contender Etzel (Wash.&Jeff.)
165 – #7 Carr (Wash.&Jeff.), #8 Daniels (Brockport)
174 – #5 Plummer (Messiah), #8 Bonaventura (Waynesburg), #10 Powell (Thiel)
184 – #5 Thomson (Messiah), HM Meaney (Elizabethtown)
197 – #4 Glover (Brockport), #8 Lowry (Thiel), HM Kramer (Messiah)
285 – #7 Lovejoy (Ohio Northern), #9 Majoy (Heidelberg)

Top 30 Teams
#3 Messiah
#15 Brockport
#19 Mount Union
#27 tied Waynesburg, Heidelberg

The Mideast Region looks to be one of the toughest of the six regions in 2014 in large part due to the depth and balance across the 17 teams. Messiah leads the way after one of the best seasons in program history, but should be challenged by the other ranked teams in the region.

There are several very tough weights in the Mideast region that include 2-3 top ten individuals and additional contenders vying for three births to the tournament. 125 could be the toughest weight in the tournament headlined by Lucas Malmberg and 2013 All-American Ellis. In addition to the two ranked wrestlers, Schneider (Heidelberg) and Spearman (W&J) qualified for the NCAA tournament last year in this weight. 174 has three top 10 wrestlers, however it lacks some of the depth of 125.

There have been some interesting developments in the second semester at 165 leading to a tough, deep weight. The addition of former Pennsylvania state champ Carr to the Washington & Jefferson roster as well as Daniels (Brockport) dropping from 174 bolster an already deep weight that includes 2013 region champ Sam Guidi (Waynesburg). The top individual in the region appears to be #1 ranked Kaleb Loht (Messiah) at 141 as he’s run up a record of 39-1 with no Division III losses.

With real balance in the region, most teams have a realistic shot to send individuals to the national tournament. One final interesting fact is that only Thomson (Messiah) at 184 is a returning All-American who is the top ranked wrestler at his weight in the region. Will those other returning placewinners step up like last year, or have they been eclipsed by the competition?

2014 West Regional Preview

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2014 West Regional
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Augsburg College – Minneapolis, Minnesota – Event Website

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2013 Results Team | Brackets

Teams
Augsburg, Concordia-Moorhead, Concordia Wisconsin, Lakeland, Maranatha, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Pacific, St. John’s, St. Olaf, Eau Claire, Oshkosh, Platteville

Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – #5 Fuenffinger (Augsburg)
133 – #9 Bergeron (Concordia Moorhead)
141 – none ranked, Behnke (Eau Claire)
149 – #6 Long (Concordia Moorhead)
157 – #1 Kulchytskyy (Oshkosh)
165 – none
174 – #2 Schiferl (Oshkosh), #7 Roach (St. Olaf)
184 – none
197 – #7 Hechsel (Augsburg)
285 – #1 Johnson (Augsburg), #5 Kasprick (Concordia Moorhead)

Top 30 Teams
#6 Augsburg
#8 Concordia Moorhead
#16 Oshkosh

The West Region will again be one of the weaker regions in 2014, though it has two of the better wrestlers in Division III in its ranks. That said, it looks to be a two team race between Augsburg and Concordia-Moorhead for the team title, and both teams should again have a large representation at the national tournament. There are three weights without a top ten ranked individual in the West. No other region has more than one (Central and Mideast have zero).

As stated before, despite the lack of depth, the West features two wrestlers each seeking a 3rd NCAA Championship after winning each of the last two years. Nazar Kulchytskyy was the 2013 d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Year after earning his second title in Cedar Rapids last March, putting the cap on a dominant season. He is back at 157 where he won his first title in 2012. Chad Johnson of Augsburg is also hoping to finish out his career as a three time champion. He has not lost to a DIII opponent since his freshman year, and has only lost three matches total in the last three seasons combined. Neither should face much of a challenge this weekend, though Johnson has the tougher task with #5 Kasprick in the mix.

In addition to Kulchytskyy, Oshkosh has a second wrestler in Dan Schiferl looking to gain the top of the podium. Schiferl lost in the round of 12 last season, but is now up to #2 in Division III. He has just one Division III loss, but that loss is to #7 Roach of St. Olaf, who he will likely see in the finals this weekend, unless Gardner (Concordia Moorhead) or Martin (Augsburg) can insert themselves into the mix.

Finally, this region would have had a third returning NCAA Champion here at 149 in Greg Sanders of Concordia Wisconsin, but he was unfortunately the victim of a season ending injury and will not be able to defend his national title. That makes Long (Concordia Moorhead) the favorite here for sure with Keeter of Augsburg looking to regain his old form that saw him place 3rd at 141 in 2012.

2014 Midwest Regional Preview

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2014 Midwest Regional
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Wabash College – Crawfordsville, Indiana – Event Website

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2013 Results Team | Brackets

Teams
Alma, University of Chicago, Elmhurst, Manchester, North Central, Olivet, Trine, La Crosse, Stevens Point, Whitewater, Wabash, Wheaton

Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – none
133 – #7 Binion (North Central), #8 Nehls (Whitewater), HM Venecia (Elmhurst)
141 – #5 Holm (Olivet), #7 Adcock (Whitewater)
149 – #2 Prater (Elmhurst), #4 Pederson (Olivet), #7 Perkin (Whitewater)
157 – #4 Lefever (Wabash), #7 Tardy (North Central)
165 – #3 Gibson (Whitewater), #9 Sampson (Wabash)
174 – #9 Allen (Olivet)
184 – #1 Lefever (Wabash), #2 Twohey (La Crosse), #6 Holm (Olivet), HM Olsen (Wheaton)
197 – #2 Siefert (Whitewater), #9 Balderas (Elmhurst)
285 – #4 Edgren (Whitewater), #6 Minske (La Crosse), #10 Koranda (Stevens Point)

Top 30 Teams
#2 Whitewater
#6 Olivet
#9 La Crosse and Wabash (tie)
#20 Elmhurst
#21 North Central

The Midwest was very tough last year, and this year follows the same script. There are only 12 teams, but a full half of them are ranked in the top 21. Four of the weights have at least six wrestlers in the d3wrestle.com Rankings, and three have three guys ranked in the top ten, making it tough to even get to the NCAA championships if a wrestler is not predicted to challenge for an All-American Award.

184 takes the prize as the toughest weight for sure, with the top two wrestlers in #1 Riley Lefever (Wabash) and #2 Eric Twohey (La Crosse) leading the way. #6 Holm is the third top ten guy here, but do not forget about Dan Olsen of Wheaton, a returning All-American after finishing 7th last season at this weight. 149 and 285 are the other weights with three ranked wrestlers, but of those six wrestlers, only #4 Edgren of Whitewater was an All-American a year ago. That said, #2 Ryan Prater of Elmhurst is 13-0 in an abbreviated season at 149 with a win over an All-American this year. He was a transfer from Illinois and will be heard from at the NCAA Championships.

Wabash has a trio of brothers in Reece (157), Connor (174), and Riley (184) Lefever, and all three stand a good chance of making it to Cedar Rapids. Reece was an All-American last season and sits at #4 in the rankings. Connor is just outside the top ten at 174, but is likely the #2 seed at the Regional. Finally, freshman Riley has gradually worked his way up to the #1 spot this season and sits at 34-0 in an outstanding debut year.

Finally, keep an eye on Alma College this weekend. They have not had a national qualifier since the program was resurrected in 2011, but they have a great shot at a few qualifiers this weekend. Matt Tuttle has been in and out of the top ten and has pins in 18 of his 25 wins this year, while Jamie Jakes will be seeded to qualify and has a win over #5 Plummer of Messiah this season.

2014 East Regional Preview

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2014 East Regional
Sunday, March 2, 2014
King’s College – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – Event Website

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Teams
Centenary, Delaware Valley, Ferrum, Gettysburg, Hunter, Johns Hopkins, King’s, McDaniel, Merchant Marine Academy, Mount Saint Vincent, Muhlenberg, New York University, Scranton, Stevens Institute of Technology, The College of New Jersey, Ursinus, Washington & Lee, Wilkes, Yeshiva

Top Ten Ranked Individuals – 2013 All-Americans in bold
125 – #1 Bewak (JHU),#2 Donaldson (Ursinus)
133 – #5 O’Boyle (McDaniel)
141 – #2 Jones (NYU)
149 – #3 Hartenstine (Wilkes), #8 Polizzi (Stevens)
157 – none ranked, Krawchuk (Wilkes), Ajagbe (Delaware Valley)
165 – #1 Burdge (Centenary), #6 Desir (King’s)
174 – #6 Zotollo (TCNJ)
184 – #4 Broderick (TCNJ)
197 – #6 Karns (Delaware Valley)
285 – #8 Roseberry (Delaware Valley)

Top 30 Teams
#17 Wilkes and Delaware Valley (tie)
#22 Centenary and TCNJ (tie)
#24 Ursinus

In 2013, the East Region was one of the toughest of the six in terms of both the difficulty of qualifying for the NCAA Championships and the region’s performance at the Championships itself. There has been a bit of a drop off this season, but there is at least a top ten wrestler at every weight but one. Wilkes and Delaware Valley head the team rankings here, but Ursinus is very balanced and expects to score well at all ten weights.

The top individual at this region is probably #1 ranked Chris Burdge of Centenary at 165. He is a 3x All-American who was upset in last year’s NCAA semifinal but bounced back to finish 3rd at 157. He is undefeated this year, but is just 13-0 thanks to missing some time in the middle of the season. He should be challenged by #6 ranked Desir of King’s, as well as Mancella of TCNJ and the talented but relatively untested Carlo of Ursinus. The other top ranked individual here is 2012 All-American Paul Bewak of Johns Hopkins at 125. He has a win in his only matchup this season with #2 Donaldson of Ursinus who defeated Bewak for the first time ever in last year’s Regional semifinal. Donaldson did lose this past weekend to Mui of Merchant Marine in the Centennial final, so that’s another name to watch for in what is becoming an interesting weight class.

Another top ten wrestler to lose since the rankings came out is Polizzi of Stevens. Derek Arnold of Ursinus continued his great freshman season with a dominating win in the Centennial finals at 149 to put himself firmly in the NCAA conversation. With #3 Hartenstine of Wilkes in the mix along with Delaware Valley’s Fava just outside the top ten, 149 will leave a very good wrestler at home after Sunday’s tournament.

NWCA Rankings #9

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NWCA Rankings #9 – February 25, 2014 – Individual | Team

Wrestler of the Week: Mike Mui

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The final d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week for the 2013-2014 season is Mike Mui of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Mui was the 125 lbs. champion and outstanding wrestler at the Centennial Conference Championships on Saturday at Ursinus College. He opened the day with a first period fall before winning a wild 13-10 match in the semifinals against Rob Murray of Stevens. In the finals, he faced 2013 All-American and #2 ranked Chris Donaldson of Ursinus. Mui scored the opening takedown and then added a second takedown, after which Donaldson used an injury timeout. Donaldson continued the match, but when Mui scored a third takedown, the Ursinus wrestler defaulted.

Mui, a sophomore from Hingham, Massachusetts, is 22-5 in his first year of competition for the Mariners. He was 4th at both the York Invitational and the All-Academy Championships this season. In high school, he was a three time Massachusetts state champion and two time New England placewinner. He will next compete this Sunday at the 19 team East Regional held at King’s College.

Sunday Results

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d3wrestle.com Ranking #10

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This will be the last set of rankings before the regional tournaments.

d3wrestle.com Rankings #10 – February 20, 2014

Team Rankings

Rank Team Points
1 Wartburg 76
2 Whitewater 51
3 Messiah 44
4 Cortland 40
5 Coe 38
6 Augsburg 32
6 Olivet 32
8 Concordia Moorhead 29
9 La Crosse 27
9 Wabash 27
11 Loras 26
12 Luther 25
12 Ithaca 25
14 Cornell 17
15 Brockport 16
16 Oshkosh 15
17 Delaware Valley 14
17 Wilkes 14
19 Mount Union 13
20 Elmhurst 12
21 North Central 11
22 Centenary 10
22 TCNJ 10
24 Ursinus 9
25 Springfield 8
25 Roger Willliams 8
27 Waynesburg 7
27 Dubuque 7
27 John Carroll 7
27 Heidelberg 7

Wrestler of the Week: Myzar Mendoza

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The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Myzar Mendoza of Wilkes. Mendoza only wrestled once, but it was a big win, as he defeated #1 ranked 2013 All-American Alex Gomez of Ithaca 3-2 as part of a 23-9 Wilkes win. The victory was the 800th dual meet win in Wilkes history, making them one of only 12 wrestling programs to hit the mark, and one of only two in Division III.

Mendoza, a senior from Westminster, Maryland, is now 23-6 on the year, winning the Monarch Invitational and placing 4th at both the Wilkes Open and MAC Championship. His career record is now 105-29, and he was also named MAC Wrestler of the Week this week. Wilkes finishes up the regular season on Thursday at home against King’s and then will prepare for the East Regional on March 2nd.