Here is the third set of d3wrestle.com rankings for 2010-2011. After this past weekend’s results, we thought there was enough information available to update the rankings from November 16th. One final note: these rankings do not include any results from the Coe Invitational, as results from that tournament were not available as of Tuesday night due to a computer crash at the tournament.
Click below for video of the matches at the tightly contested York Quad on Saturday. York, Messiah, and Waynesburg were the DIII teams in attendance along with DII Lake Erie College.
York vs. Messiah (York wins 18-15)
York vs. Lake Erie (York wins 23-15)
Waynesburg vs. Lake Erie (Waynesburg wins 22-21)
Messiah vs. Waynesburg (Messiah wins 22-15)
Ashland Harris Open
Auggie Brute-Adidas Open at Augsburg
Body Bar Invitational at Cornell University
Coe College Invitational
Concordia (Wis.) Open
Doug Parker Invitational at Springfield Brackets | Team Scores
East Stroudsburg Open
National Catholic Invitational at Mercyhurst
Oneonta Red Dragon Invitational Brackets | Team Scores
W&L Fall Classic
Olivet Duals
Mount Union Duals
York Quad (York, Messiah, Waynesburg)
Iowa 44, Coe 0; Coe 37, SIU-Edwardsville 6
Cornell 32, Iowa Central 15; Cornell 39, SIU-Edwardsville 6
Concordia (WI) 32, Triton 13
The d3wrestle.com/WWsport.com Wrestler of the Week for this week is Byron Tate of Wartburg. The junior from Clinton, Iowa, was the 197 lb. champion at the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open this past weekend in Ames, Iowa. Tate recorded three falls and a major decision on his way to the finals where he met Jerome Ward of Iowa State, the #10 ranked wrestler in Division I at the time of the match. Tate scored an 8-5 decision over the Cyclone to become the only Division III champion at the event and run his record to a perfect 5-0 on the year.
Tate was the 197 lb. NCAA Champion a year ago for the Knights after entering the tournament as the #5 seed. He defeated both of the previous year’s finalists on his way to the title and a 39-6 season record. After a 15-6 record as a freshman, Tate now has a career record of 59-12. In high school, Tate was a three time state placewinner and 2008 Iowa state champion, even though he only began wrestling during his freshman year of high school. Wartburg splits their squad this week at a pair of opens with some wrestlers going to the Augie-Brute-Adidas Open and others headed to the Concordia Open.
Here is the first set of in-season rankings from d3wrestle.com. At this early date, not every team has wrestled, so it can be difficult to ascertain exactly who is wrestling and at what weight. We have tried to do the best job possible with the understanding that some wrestlers are working their way down to weight, some are coming off of injuries, and there are some teams who have multiple wrestlers at a weight who might be deserving of mention should they claim the starting role. Every week of competition gives more information as we work to make these the best Division III rankings.
Ursinus Fall Brawl
Roger Williams Invitational Brackets | Team Score
Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic
Knox Invitational
Pointer Open
Michigan State Open FR/SO Division | Open Division
Washington & Jefferson Open
Binghamton Open
Harold Nichols Cyclone Open
Bison Open
Southern Oregon Open
John Reese Duals at Wilkes
Wrestle for a Cure Duals at Hershey, PA (York, Johns Hopkins, Waynesburg)
Dubuque Duals (Dubuque, Loras, Wheaton, UW-Oshkosh)
Baldwin-Wallace 31, Case 15
Oswego 27, RIT 14
UW-Whitewater vs Northwestern, McKendree, SDSU at Northwestern Duals
As pointed out by Jim Brown in the Discussion Forum, Cornell is exploring the possibility of leaving the IIAC. The Rams have sent a letter of inquiry to the Midwest Conference seeking membership. Cornell was previously a founding member of the Midwest Conference before joining the IIAC in 1997. Currently, Knox College is the only MWC member with a wrestling team, and they compete in the Great Lakes Regional. That leaves two possibilities. Cornell could join the Great Lakes Region, or they could remain an associate member of the IIAC in wrestling. See the article below.
Olivet 18, Heidelberg 18 – big win for Heidelberg at 149, as Sean Pincura decisioned national qualifier Vince Tucker to help preserve the tie.
The first d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week for 2010-2011 is Jared Myhrberg of Cortland. Wrestling in the 197 lb. class, Myhrberg, the fourth seed, won the Ithaca Invitational this past weeked, defeating the #1, #2, and #5 seeds in the process of taking the championship. In the quarterfinals, Myhrberg downed #5 Vincent Termini of Stevens. In the semifinals, he won by fall in just 1:14 over 2010 184 lb. NCAA runner-up Brennan Ward of Johnson & Wales. This moved him into the finals against teammate and #5 ranked Carl Korpi where Myhrberg was victorious with a 3-2 decision.
Myhrberg, a red shirt sophomore from Queensbury, New York, is now 4-0 on the year after posting a 17-13 record during his freshman campaign at 184 lbs. He also placed fourth in the Empire Conference championships in 2010 at 184 lbs to go along with tournament placings at RIT and the New York State Intercollegiate Tournament. Prior to his time at Cortland, the Physical Education major was a New York state placewinner in high school before spending one year at a local community college. As he settles into his new weight class, it will be interesting to see how Cortland again deals with having two national caliber wrestlers at 197. Myhrberg and Cortland next take to the mats on Saturday at the John Reese Duals hosted by Wilkes University.
NEWA Team Rankings #1 – November 8, 2010
Wrestler of the Week – Ron Fusco, Springfield
Rookie of the Week – Josh Gerry, Coast Guard
