Final team scores:
1. 169 Mount Union (OH)
2. 149 Rhode Island
3. 122 Oneonta State (NY)
4. 103 John Carroll (OH)
5. 94.5 Washington and Jefferson (PA)
6. 86 Buena Vista (IA)
7, 67 Ursinus (PA)
8. 46.5 Case Western Reserve University (OH)
9. 46 Wimington (OH)
10. 39 Concordia (WI)
11. 27,5 Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI)
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Nick LeClere of Coe College. This past weekend, LeClere was 4-0 with three major decisions at 165 lbs. at the Desert Duals, helping #3 Coe to a 4-0 record on the day. LeClere’s one regular decision was a 10-6 win over the previously #1 ranked Mike Morin of Southern Maine. LeClere came back from a 5-2 deficit against Morin to win 10-6.
LeClere, a sophomore from Coggon, Iowa, is now 16-1 on the year with wins at the Loras Open and Dick Walker Invitational. His only loss was 6-5 to Ryan Morningstar of the University of Iowa. LeClere previously spent two years at the University of Iowa, redshirting in 2008 and wrestling sparingly in 2009 before transferring to Coe for the 2009-2010 season. In the latest NWCA rankings released after the Desert Duals, LeClere has moved into the #1 spot at 165 as a result of his win over the top-ranked Morin. LeClere is the brother of teammate Chris LeClere and University of Iowa 141 pound starter Dan LeClere. Coe takes a break from competition until January 3rd when they travel to the Cornell Matman Invitational.
NWCA Individual Rankings #4 December 22, 2009
NWCA Team Rankings #4 December 22, 2009
Next Rankings January 4, 2010
Photos from the Coe at the Desert Duals on Sunday
Loras 28, Augustana 9
Waynesburg 29, Apprentice 16
Jim Fox Open at Dubuque
Purdue Duals (MSJ, Lakeland)
Desert Duals
Gator Duals – partial results
Notable Results from the Desert Duals include Carrington Banks (Wartburg) and #2 Nick LeClere (Coe) defeating #1 Morin (USM) at 165, #4 Youel (North Central) defeating #1 Moenkedick (Concordia) at 184, #2 Kist (Wartburg) and #3 Rush defeating #1 Oster (Elmhurst), and #4 Anderson (Concordia) defeating #2 Sandy (Wartburg). That’s three #1 ranked wrestlers going down on the same day at the same event.
Here are the latest d3wrestle.com Rankings. Several weight classes seem to have a lot of parity this year, so there can be some pretty significant shakeups in the rankings from week to week. Also, this last period had a few wrestlers bump up and defeat highly ranked wrestlers the next weight class up. Generally speaking, we have moved the winners up based on a win over a quality opponent, but we have not moved the losing wrestler down much, if at all, as that loss was not to anyone below them in their weight. If the winning wrestler appears to make a permanent move up to the higher weight, that will be considered in the next set of rankings. Also, a few wrestlers have been moved to different weights based either on recent performance or outside information. This will all shake out as the season continues to progress.
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Chris Sandy of Wartburg. This past weekend, Sandy won the 141 lb. bracket at Wartburg’s own Dick Walker Invitational. He won four close matches to take the championship over Nick Coffman of Grandview. Sandy was the #2 seed in a weight class with returning All-American Kevin Donahue of Cornell, though the two did not meet.
Sandy, a senior from Spirit Lake, Iowa, is currently 18-2 on the year and has won championships at the Concordia Open and Simpson Invitational along with his recent Dick Walker title. He is 8-0 against Division III competition including a win over All-American Austin Bautista in the finals of the Concordia Open. Wartburg next takes to the mats this Sunday at the Wartburg-hosted Desert Duals in Las Vegas. Desert Duals Website
Scroll down and select Bluejays Wrestling vs. Augustana to watch the match from December 9th.
Dick Walker Invitational at Wartburg
North Central Invitational
Husky Open at St. Cloud State
University of Dubuque Duals (Dubuque, Lakeland, Loras)
Binghamton Quad (USMMA vs. Binghamton, Princeton, Liberty)
Duals at the Dells hosted by UW-Whitewater (UWW, Heidelberg, St. Johns, UW-Lax)
WPI Quad (WPI, Williams, JWU, Oneonta)
RWU Quad (RWU, BSC, USM, AIC)
York Quad (York, Wilkes, PSU-DuBois, Muhlenberg)
Delaware Valley 31, Nassau 6
Delaware Valley 29, Gloucester 3
Lycoming 21, Brockport 17
Hunter 22, Messiah 15
Ithaca 35, Oswego 6
Cortland 50, RIT 0
Thiel 17, Waynesburg 16
Flowrestling was at the recent John Carroll vs. Mount Union dual meet held at John Carroll on Tuesday.
Mount Union at John Carroll – presented by Flowrestling
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Jake Strausbaugh of Wabash College. Strausbaugh won the Indiana Little State Tournament this past weekend as the #3 seed at 141 lbs. He advanced to the semifinals with a fall and a major decision where he met #2 seed Thomas Pompei of Trine. He defeated Pompei with a third period fall and moved on to the final against #1 seed and returning 2x All-American and 3x NCAA Qualifier Austin Bautista of UW-Whitewater. Strausbaugh upset Bautista in a hard fought 7-6 match (video here) to take the title and avenge a loss from earlier this season.
Strausbaugh, a freshman from Orrville, Ohio, is now 15-4 on the year with a 3rd place finish at the Concordia Open to go along with his Little State championship. Last year, he wrapped up his high school career with over 140 wins and became the first ever three time Ohio state placewinner from high high school after a fifth place finish in the Ohio Division II state tournament. Wabash next competes this Saturday at the North Central College Invitational in Naperville, Illinois.
