Messiah 44, Muhlenberg 9
Augsburg 32, UW-Stevens Point 3
Wilkes 27, King’s 9 (school record 22nd win for Wilkes)
PAC Championships (Waynesburg wins first ever PAC championship)
Trinity Quad (Trinity, Rhode Island, AIC, Bridgewater St.)
WNEC Tri (WNEC, JWU, Coast Guard)
Heidelberg 24, Ashland 13
UW-Platteville 37, UW-Oshkosh 10
CCIW Championships (photo from Benjamin Chase of Elohim Photography in Wheaton, IL)
Delaware Valley 24, Centenary 15
St. Cloud State 22, St. John’s 17
Central 27, Simpson 12
Ohio Northern 32, Mount Union 13
UW-Whitewater 39, UW-Platteville 0
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Eric Vincent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Wrestling at 197, Vincent won the All-Academy Championships this past weekend hosted by the Naval Academy. Vincent was seeded first at his weight and won matches against wrestlers from Air Force and Navy to win the title. His victory was only the second time a Division III athlete has won the All-Academy Championship. Teammate Vincent Renaut won the 165 lb. championship last year at this event.
Vincent, a senior from Trussville, Alabama, is currently 22-3 on the year and was also the champion at the Long Island Open in January. Vincent is a two time Centennial Conference champion and has made two trips to the NCAA Championships. His conference wins have helped Merchant Marine to each of the last two Centennial team championships and a #13 national ranking. Vincent is ranked #10 in the latest NWCA Individual rankings and is just outside the top ten in the latest d3wrestle.com rankings. Merchant Marine will next compete tomorrow in a Centennial Conference quad at Gettysburg. They will follow that up by attempting to defend their conference championship next weekend at Stevens.
All-Academy Championships (USMMA, Coast Guard, Norwich)
John Summa Invitational at Baldwin-Wallace
UW-Eau Claire Invitational
Duhawk Open at Loras
Mid States Conference Tournament
Cortland 19, Stevens 16
Ithaca 24, Wilkes 15 (150th win for Ithaca Coach Marty Nichols)
Oneonta Quad (Oneonta, Wesleyan, Williams, Lycoming)
King’s 22, Messiah 12
King’s 39, Morrisville 6
Messiah 36, Morrisville 9
UAA Championship (Chicago, NYU, Case)
Lakeland 24, MSOE 21
Simon Fraser 28, Pacific 18
Coe 33, Cornell 10
Dubuque 38, Central 6
UW-Platteville 31, Loras 9
Centenary 32, Scranton 15
Delaware Valley 31, Mercyhurst 10
Delaware Valley 50, Shippensburg 0 (Bilquist ties Del Val victories mark)
Washington & Jefferson 21, Thiel 17
Bridgewater State 27, WPI 18
Springfield Quad (Springfield, Plymouth State, Johnson & Wales, Trinity)
Southern Maine 23, Rhode Island 21
Roger Williams 19, Southern Maine 17
Rhode Island 20, Roger Williams 15
UW-Oshkosh 36, UW-Eau Claire 12
Notre Dame 45, Mount Union 3
UW-Whitewater 20, UW-Stevens Point 13
Augsburg 16, Wartburg 15 (Bonus point win my Molitor at 174 is the difference. Wartburg got upsets at 157 and 285, but it wasn’t enough)
Luther 37, Simpson 6
Delaware Valley 21, East Stroudsburg 15
McDaniel 29, Gettysburg 12
Hunter 22, Centenary 16
Ursinus 48, Muhlenberg 0
Brockport 49, RIT 0
Ithaca 42, Oneonta 3 (every subsequent Ithaca win this year resets the single season school record)
Cortland 25, Oswego 12
MSU-Moorhead 22, Concordia-Moorhead 18
King’s 22, Elizabethtown 21
Cannon 39, Waynesburg 3
City of Springfield Championship (WNEC, Springfield, AIC, Springfield TCC)
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week for this week is Mark Corsello of Elmhurst. Wrestling at 285, Corsello was the champion and outstanding wrestler at this past weekend’s Pete Willson Invitational at Wheaton College. Wrestling from the #2 seed, Corsello defeated the #7 seed in the quarterfinals and the #3 seed Lynn Panko of Indianapolis (ranked #7 in DII) in the semifinals to set up a rematch of the 2009 NCAA Championship bout against Dan Laurent of UW-La Crosse. With the score tied 4-4 due to riding time, Corsello got a last second escape to win 5-4 over the two time defending NCAA champ.
Corsello, a junior from Park Ridge, Illinois, is 26-0 on the season and is ranked 2nd in the latest d3wrestle.com rankings. Last season, Corsello came from the #5 seed to upset the 4th and 1st seeds on his way to the finals where he dropped a 6-3 decision to Laurent. In 2008, Corsello finished 7th at 285. His career record stands at 83-17, giving him 100 total career matches. Elmhurst is off this weekend as they prepare for the CCIW Championships to be held at North Central College next Thursday.
Video highlights from North Central at the Pete Willson Invitational can be seen HERE.
Also worth noting is that North Central’s Gabe Youel, in winning the 184 lb. bracket, became the first four time champion since Pete Willson himself won his fourth title in 1950.
Pete Willson Invitational at Wheaton Team | Brackets (Corsello of Elmhurst wins OW)
North Country Open at St. John’s
Grand View Open
Boxer Open at Pacific
Wilkes Quad (Wilkes, Gettysburg, Plymouth State, Kutztown) – 100th win for Wilkes Coach Jon Laudenslager
Muhlenberg Quad (Muhlenberg, Stevens, USMMA, Ursinus)
Thiel Quad (Thiel, RIT, Mercyhurst NE, WVU-Tech)
Rhode Island Tri (Rhode Island, Springfield, Wesleyan)
Trinity Tri (Trinity, Southern Maine, Coast Guard)
Metro/New England Duals (Williams, TCNJ, RWU, Hunter, NYU, WPI)
Coe 28, Luther 19
Wartburg 31, Cornell 9
SW Minnesota State 41, Buena Vista 3
Centenary 34, McDaniel 7
West Liberty State 21, Waynesburg 16
Seton Hill 23, Washington & Jefferson 18
Oneonta 18, Oswego 15
Delaware Valley 27, Cortland 15
Wesleyan 55, WNEC 0
Binghamton 35, Ithaca 3
Ithaca 28, Boston 6
Springfield 25, TCNJ 16
Johnson & Wales 36, Rhode Island 6
One of the top Division III tournaments kicks off today at 1pm Central at Wheaton College. This two day, starters only tournament features 32 teams and includes 8 teams ranked in the top 30 as well as the #7 team in Division II. There could be as many at 26 wrestlers ranked in the d3wrestle.com top ten, and teams from six of the nine DIII conferences will be there. See below for the tournament home page.
Ranked DIII Teams
#7 UW-La Crosse
#10 North Central
#16 UW-Whitewater
#20 Trine
#22 Elmhurst
#24 Heidelberg
#28 Mount Union
#29 Elizabethtown
BadgerStateWrestling.com has video from the recent Augsburg vs. UW-La Crosse match posted. They also have some other matches from this season available.
http://www.huntercollegeathletics.com/news/2010/1/28/WREST_0128102840.aspx
New York, NY – The Hunter College athletic community is saddened by the sudden loss of a former wrestling standout, Arkadiy “Archy” Levitin, who passed away on January 22, 2010.
Levitin, finished his four-year career at Hunter last season with a 74-11 record as one of the program’s most dominant heavyweights. Making an impact from the moment he stepped onto the mat, Levitin recorded a 30-4 record in his first season and became the first ever freshman to win the New York State Championship and was just one of two freshmen to compete in the NCAA Championship Tournament that year. During his career, Levitin would place at the New York State Championships three-times, won two Metropolitan Conference Championships, advanced to the NCAA Tournaments twice and was named an NCAA All-American. He also holds the school record for most pins and most wins in a season, along with quickest pin in a match.
“I consider myself fortunate to have coached Archy, and to have developed a close relationship with him”, stated Hunter Athletic Hall of Fame Coach Bob Gaudenzi. “He really generated so much interest and excitement for this program, because everyone loved to see him wrestle. He really had an impact on the program.”
Current interim head coach at Hunter, Mike Simmon, had the following to say about Levitin, “As a teammate and close friend of Archy’s it was remarkable to know someone with such a magnetic personality, big heart and limitless potential both on and off the mat. It is often cliché but Archy truly was one of a kind, and I am lucky to have had him in my life.”
“Archy was a contradiction in many ways. As intimating a presence that he appeared, he was really a gentle giant. When we first met, he explained staying close to home was a priority to care for his mother who lost her battle with cancer his freshman year. He was a care giver, throughout his life. He was loyal to his teammates, friends, and to Hunter’s athletic program,” stated Hunter’s Director of Athletics, Recreation and Intramurals, Terry Wansart. “He brought a lot of excitement to our wrestling/athletic program and losing him so young, is one of the saddest moments in our history.”
A wake will be held on Saturday, January 30 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and then again on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at De Riso Funeral Home (5012 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY). The funeral will be on Monday morning with the time and location to be announced in the following days.
There will also be a celebration of Levitin’s life on February 3, following the first round of Hunter’s home quad match starting at 5:00 p.m. Anyone who would like to contribute to the celebration can do so by sending in your favorite memories, stories or even just a statement about Levitin. Please send those to jdebened@hunter.cuny.edu.
