Weekend Results
North/South Duals at Ursinus (this result is just a scan of the match results. For easier to read results, go to the page of the specific team you are interested in. Competing teams were Cortland, Delaware Valley, Gettysburg, Ithaca, Kutztown, McDaniel, Messiah, Rhode Island, TCNJ, Trinity, Merchant Marine, Ursinus, West Chester, Wesleyan, Wilkes, and York)
NY/PA Duals at RIT (RIT, Oswego, King’s, Lycoming)
NYU Quad (NYU, Scranton, Hunter, Southern Maine)
Scott Viera Invitational at Roger Williams
Wrestler of the Week: Gage Pederson
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Gage Pederson of Olivet. Pederson wrestled 149 for the Comets at the recent Desert Duals in Las Vegas, helping Olivet to a 3-1 record and winning all four of his bouts. In the opening match, he was the only victor for the Comets against #1 Wartburg, and his 8-6 win came against defending 141 lb. NCAA Champion Kodie Silvestri. He continued his day with pins in Olivet’s wins against #4 Coe, #28 Loras, and Washington & Lee. As a result of their performance at the Duals, Olivet moved up to #7 in the NWCA Team Rankings.
Pederson, a junior from Hastings, Michigan, is now 14-4 on the year and 9-0 against Division III competition. His career record is now 65-28. He was 34-10 a year ago and was the runner-up in the Midwest Regional. This year, he was 3rd in the Ohio Northern Invitational, helping Olivet to the team title. He is now ranked #2 in the latest NWCA Individual Rankings (the d3wrestle.com Rankings have not yet been updated since this past weekend’s action). Olivet will be back in action January 5th at the Waynesburg Invitational before heading to the NWCA National Duals the following weekend.
Thursday Result
Pacific 24, Southwester Oregon 22
Wrestler of the Week (12/2-12/9): James Buss
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week for the week of 12/2-12/9 is James Buss of Loras. Buss continued his excellent debut season with a win at 285 at Wartburg’s Dick Walker Invitational. After a major decision and decision got him to the finals as the #2 seed, he faced returning All-American and #2 ranked Ryan Fank of Wartburg, a 2012 All-American. In a low scoring bout, Buss prevailed with a 3-1 tiebreaker win. The win was the third tournament win for Buss in his young career.
Buss, a freshman from Chicago, is now 14-3 on the year. He was the champion in the Silver Division of the Loras open and the Freshman Division at the Luther Open along with last weekend’s victory at Wartburg. Of his three losses, two came in a tri-meet against Division I Purdue and Northern Illinois. Prior to this past weekend’s victory, buss was ranked #7 in the latest NWCA Rankings. Loras next competes in the Desert Duals in Las Vegas on December 16th. against Waldorf, Olivet, and Rhode Island College.
Wrestler of the Week (11/25-12/1): Kaleb Loht
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week for the week of 11/25-12/1 is Kaleb Loht of Messiah. Loht continued his undefeated season with a championship at the Messiah Petrofes Tournament on Saturday, December 1st. He rode a fall, a major decision and a decision to the finals at 141 lbs. where he faced NWCA #1 ranked Brian Bistis of Cortland, a returning All-American. Loht scored a late takedown to provide the margin of victory in a 6-4 win.
Loht, a sophomore from McClure, Pennsylvania, is now 17-0 on the season after picking up another win in last Friday’s dual meet with York. He has won titles at the Messiah Invitational, Roger Williams Invitational, and the Messiah Petrofes Invitational. He was also named the Outstanding Lightweight Wrestler at the Mount Union Duals. He is #3 in the latest d3wrestle.com Rankings and #9 in the NWCA poll. His career record is now 55-6 after putting up a 38-6 record as a freshman and placing 3rd at the Empire Championships. Messiah is off until the North/South Duals on January 5th at Ursinus.
Weekend Results
Friday
York 22, Messiah 19
Ohio Northern 30, Manchester 15
West Liberty 22, Waynesburg 14
Mount Union 24, Thiel 12
NYU 20, Stevens 13
Rhode Island 27, WNE 15
UW-Stevens Point 38, UW-Platteville 6
Brockport 29, Lycoming 6
Hunter 44, Mount St. Vincent 3
Saturday
Dick Walker Invitational at Wartburg
Art Kraft Memorial
Dan Gable Open at Oshkosh
North Central Invitational
St. Cloud Husky Open
Long Island Invitational
Alma 30, Tiffin 9
Baldwin-Wallace 41. Case 3
Boston 48, Bridgewater State 3
Centenary 28, Hunter 12
Coe 27, Dubuque 12
Cortland 36, RIT 3
Cortland 26, Niagara 16
Niagara 36, RIT 8
Ithaca 27, Oswego 9
JWU Quad (Johnson & Wales, Williams, Oneonta, WPI)
Roger Williams 34, Norwich 12
St. Olaf 32, UW-Eau Claire13
UW-Platteville 27, UW-Eau Claire 16
Thiel 32, Washington & Jefferson 12
Wilkes 34, Rhode Island 10
Wesleyan 34, Rhode Island 9
Wilkes 24, Wesleyan 16
Sunday
Southern Maine 30, Bridgewater State 15
Southern Maine 25, AIC 13
AIC 35, Bridgewater State 13
Gettysburg to host East Region
The NCAA announced today that Gettysburg College will host the East Regional on March 2nd, 2013 as a replacement site for The College of New Jersey. The event was moved due to the recently passed sports gambling law in New Jersey. The East Region is made up of 18 teams and includes the entire Centennial Conference as well as many of the Metro conference teams. See a full list on the d3wrestle.com Team Listing Page.
The NCAA announced the move in an email, a portion of which is reproduced below:
Wrestling
Championship Site Selection: 2013 Division III Wrestling East Regional to be hosted by Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA.
