Kelly vs. Geesman Video
A few weeks ago, then #1 Glenn Geesman of MIT was knocked off by Phil Kelly of Roger Williams. See the video below.
NWCA Rankings #7
Last NWCA rankings before the national qualifying tournaments.
Also, starting Monday, d3wrestle.com will be publishing a preview for each of the NCAA qualifying tournaments and will throughout the week attempt to predict all 160 NCAA Qualifiers.
NWCA Rankings #7 February 10, 2009 Team | Individual
Tuesday Results
King’s 21, Elizabethtown 15
Heidelberg 36, Wilmington 6
Ohio Northern 27, John Carroll 12
Mount Union 32, Muskingum 6
Click below for video from the Heidelberg-Wilmington match
Mount Union vs. Wilmington Video
Flowrestling was the Mount Union vs. Wilmington match on Sunday and the video is posted there.
Weekend Results
Friday
Messiah 23, Johns Hopkins 17
Coe 21, Cornell 19
Luther 20, Dubuque 17
Loras 26, UW-Platteville 18
Wilkes 31, Elizabethtown 9
UW-Whitewater 54, Lawrence 3
Saturday
North Country Open @ St. John’s
John Summa Invitational @ Baldwin-Wallace
Mid-States Conference Tournament
UW-Eau Claire Invitational
UAA Championships
All-Academy Championships
Messiah Quad (Messiah, King’s, Gettysburg, McDaniel)
York Quad (York, Etown, Hunter, Cortland)
RIC Tri (RIC, Southern Maine, RWU)
Scranton Quad (Scranton, Apprentice, Muhlenberg, TCNJ, Oswego)
Ithaca 29, Wilkes 10
Wartburg 42, Central 6
WPI 29, Bridgewater State 22
Washington & Lee 39, WV Tech 9
Concordia (WI) 33, St. Olaf 9
Sunday
Williams 25, Oneonta 21
Oneonta 18, Wesleyan 17
Williams 24, Wesleyan 13
Plymouth State Quad (PSU, JWU, Springfield, Trinity)
Mount Union 30, Wilmington 12
Wednesday Results
Central 33, Knox 6
Augustana 36, Simpson 16
Knox 33, Simpson 21
Augustana 33, Central 15
UW-Whitewater 20, UW-Stevens Point 20
Springfield 27, STCC 22
STCC 28, WNEC 21
Springfield 41, WNEC 7
AIC 31, WNEC 14
Springfield 32, AIC 13
AIC 42, STCC 8
Lycoming 24, Stevens 12
Rhode Island 35, Coast Guard 9
Oswego 39, Morrisville 9
Ithaca 32, Oneonta 6
Concordia (MN) 18, MSU-Moorhead 15
Cortland 40, RIT 9
UW-Oshkosh 29, UW-Eau Claire 12
York 33, Thaddeus Stevens 7
Ursinus 22, Muhlenberg 17
d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week: Jason Brew
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Jason Brew of Olivet College. Brew, a senior from Sparta, Michigan, was the Outstanding Wrestler a the Pete Willson Invitational at Wheaton College. The 31 team tournament brings together some of the top teams in Division III, and Brew was the champion for the second time. He won four matches to take the title, winning by a 15-4 major decision against Zach Mizer of Heidelberg in the finals. His efforts helped Olivet to a 7th place finish in the tournament won by Division II UW-Parkside.
Brew, a physical education major, is now 37-3 on the season and has yet to drop a match to a Division III opponent. He was also the Outstanding Wrestler at the 19 team Ohio Northern Invitational. He has been ranked #2 in Division III on both sets of rankings for the entire season behind only Wartburg’s Aaron Wernimont, the wrestler who defeated him in the NCAA finals last season. He and teammate Kyle Vanderhyde are both ranked second in the nation after both were NCAA All-Americans last year. Both are likely to crack the 40 win barrier before the NCAA Championships and will be looking to bring home NCAA titles. Olivet is next in action Saturday at the Mid States Conference Tournament before taking two weeks off until the Midwest Regional hosted by Trine.
Jim Miller and Mike Duroe Interviews
Click below to see interviews with Wartburg head coach Jim Miller and Cornell head coach Mike Duroe. (Courtesy IIAC)
Weekend Results
Friday
Augsburg 21, Wartburg 16 (audio broadcast archive here)
Johnson & Wales 32, Rhode Island 14
Thiel 23, Washington & Jefferson 16
Concordia (MN) 18, St. John’s 15
Wesleyan 38, WNEC 6
Coe 42, Luther 2
Delaware Valley 52, Luther 0
Delaware Valley 26, Coe 15
Saturday
Delaware Valley 17, Wartburg 17
Pete Willson Invitational – Tournament Website
Grand View Open
Jamestown CC Tournament
Metro-NEWA Challenge
Wesleyan Quad (RIC, MIT, Wesleyan, Springfield)
Gettysburg Quad (Gettysburg, Wilkes, Kutztown, Plymouth State)
USMMA Quad (USMMA, Stevens, Ursinus, Muhlenberg)
Johns Hopkins 24, Washington & Lee 18
Waynesburg 42, WV Tech 9
Oneonta 39, RIT 7
Dubuque 35, Buena Vista 14
Pete Willson Invitational
The Pete Willson Invitational kicks off today at Wheaton College. One of the top late season tournaments in Division III, it annually brings together many of the top teams in the midwest. The tournament typically hosts about 30 teams, and some of the teams in attendance this weekend include #4 UW-Whitewater, #6 North Central, #9 UW-La Crosse, #11 Heidelberg, #13 Elmhurst, #16 Olivet, #23 John Carroll, #28 Messiah, and #30 Lakeland.
Needless to say, there should be a large number of ranked wrestlers in attendance including quite a few returning All-Americans. The group is headlined by current #1 ranked wrestlers Jake Oster of Elmhurst and Austin Bautista of UW-Whitewater.
NWCA Rankings #6
NWCA Rankings #6 – January 27th, 2009 Team | Individual
d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week: Brian Thomason
Brian Thomason of York the d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week. Thomason, a sophomore wrestling 174 lbs., won three matches on Saturday to help York College defeat NYU, Rhode Island, and King’s. Against King’s, Thomason defeated 2008 NCAA qualifier Mike Reilly, and he defeated Naum Shuminov of NYU the same day. Each of them was ranked ahead of Thomason in the January 15th Metro conference rankings. The previous week, Thomason defeated Heffernan of Wilkes and Osgoodby of TCNJ. Going into last weekend, Thomason was ranked 5th in the conference, and over the next two weeks proceeded to defeat wrestlers 1-4 in order.
A sophomore from Wernersville, Pennsylvania, Thomason is currently 25-3 in his first season of competition for the Spartans. A 2005 graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School, Thomason transferred to York this year from Clarion. His only Division III loss was early this season to Frank Heffernan of Wilkes, and he avenged that loss last weekend. He is currently the top 174 lb. wrestler in the Metropolitan Conference, and he will again compete tonight against Millersville University as he and the rest of the Spartans work toward the Metro championships February 21st.
