Heidelberg vs. John Carroll on Flowrestling
See video of last night’s match between John Carroll and Heidelberg by clicking below.
Augsburg Article
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published an article about Augsburg wrestling and first year head coach Mark Matzek. Click below for the story.
Site Issue Fixed
It has come to my attention that the d3wrestle.com email box has been full for a little while and messages have been bouncing back to the sender. This has been fixed and should no longer be a problem.
Augsburg-UNO Highlights
Highlights from Wrestling411 of the recent matchup between DIII #1 Augsburg and DII #1 University of Nebraska-Omaha
Friday and Saturday Results
Busy weekend in Division III, as the dual meet season is in full swing.
Friday
North Idaho 45, Pacific 6
Waldorf 42, St. Olaf 9
UNO 28, Augsburg 9
Delaware Valley 38, Wilkes 3
Saturday
Jimmie Open
Iowa Conference Duals – @ Dubuque | @ Buena Vista
Monon Bell Duals at Wabash
Border Brawl at UW-Whitewater
Mel Barry Duals at Thiel
MSOE Quad (MSOE, Wheaton, Maranatha, UW-Oshkosh, Lakeland)
Norwich Quad (Norwich, BSC, Williams, Plymouth State, MIT) – last schedule home match for Norwich!
Centennial Quad @ Muhlenberg – Muhlenberg def. Gettysburg, Ursinus def. Gettysburg, Johns Hopkins def. Gettysburg, Muhlenberg def. Johns Hopkins, Ursinus def. Johns Hopkins
Centennial Quad @ Stevens – USMMA def. Stevens, USMMA def. McDaniel, USMMA def. Washington & Lee, Stevens def. McDaniel, Stevens def. Washington & Lee
NYU Quad (NYU, Rhode Island, York, King’s)
Gannon 33, Waynesburg 12
Elizabethtown 46, Scranton 3
Niagara CC 26, Elizabethtown 15
Oneonta 24, Oswego 18
Wilkes 30, Hunter 15
St. Cloud 36, UW-Eau Claire 6
Wesleyan 40, WPI 12
Romeo Djoumessi on Wrestling411 Radio
Click to hear Wartburg 184 lb. defending NCAA champ Romeo Djoumessi on the January 22nd episode of Wrestling411 Radio.
d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week – Mike McInally
The d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is Mike McInally of Rochester Institute of Technology. McInally became the only Division III champion at the New York State Intercollegiate Championships this past weekend at Oswego. McInally, the top seed at 125 lbs., won five matches to take the title including a 3-1 victory over #2 seed Dan Bishop from Division I Buffalo in the finals. The win moved McInally to an undefeated 22-0 on the year.
A junior from Bergen, New York, McInally has won titles at Oneonta and RIT, and he is currently ranked 5th in the latest d3wrestle.com Division III rankings. He is a two time NCAA qualifier who has each year made the round of 12. His win in the finals this past weekend was his 90th career victory. RIT is back in action tonight against Morrisville and this weekend at a quad match at Thiel. McInally will hope to capture another Empire Conference championship on February 21st to earn a third trip the the NCAA tournament.
NEWA Rankings #7
NEWA Individual Rankings #7 January 20, 2009
Of note: Steve Valastro is back at 133 after spending most of the year at 141, and Ryan Malo has moved up to 197 for good.
Save Norwich Wrestling
Here is some more information about Norwich and an encouragement to write a letter of support for the wrestling team. The school has announced that this season will be the last. Please take the time to write a letter to the parties below.
Updated Contact Info:
President Richard Schneider
Norwich University
158 Harmon Drive
Northfield, VT 05663
pres@norwich.edu
1-802-485-2065
Executive Assistant Mrs. Judy Bailey
General Gordon R. Sullivan (Ret.)
Chairman of the Norwich University Board of Trustees
Association of the United States Army
2425 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington VA 22201
abelyea@AUSA.org
email of the General’s personal aide Ms. Ann Belyea
703-907-2609
Bear in mind that the team has 27 current members, and it is unlikely that those students would be there if there was no wrestling team. For a tuition-driven school, athletics is an important part of enrollment, so eliminating a 27 member team may not make good econcomic sense. Additionally, the team has historically been successful in New England and nationally as evidenced by the information below:
139 All-New England (conference placers)
47 Conference Finalists, 21 Conference Champs
8 All-Americans
2 National Finalists
1 National Champ
15 Scholar All-Americans
11 Nationally Ranked teams
1998 Conference Coach year – Coach Rich Hasenfus
Please write in support of the team so their 2009 NEWA Championship appearance will not be their last. Norwich is the only college wrestling team in Vermont, and we do not want to see another state devoid of college wrestling.
Weekend Results
Tournaments
Dan Gable Open at UW-Oshkosh
North Central Invitational
New York State Intercollegiate
Messiah Open
Al Hanke Invitational at Elmhurst
Manchester Spartan Mat Classic Team | Brackets
Washington & Lee Invitational
Central Invitational
Clackamas Open
NEWA Dual Meet Championships
Duals
Delaware Valley 43, King’s 9
Delaware Valley 47, Stevens 3
Stevens 25, King’s 23
TCNJ 25, Elizabethtown 18
TCNJ 18, York 17
Centenary 28, Elizabethtown 16
York 24, Centenary 16
Wartburg 38, Luther 3
Loras 24, Augustana 13
Gettysburg Wrestling to Appear on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
From Gettysburg Sports Information
The Bullets pose with “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” designer John Littlefield (center) following their meeting in November.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. –Gettysburg College’s wrestling team will take the stage in primetime with an appearance on ABC’s hit TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition†on Sunday, Jan. 18, at 8 p.m. The Bullets played a part in an episode filmed in nearby Quincy Township in which a house was built from scratch in under a week last November.
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition†teamed with Dan Ryan Builders to demolish and rebuild the home of the Drumm family in just 106 hours. Looking for inspiration on designing one of the rooms, actor and designer John Littlefield led a film crew into Bream Gym on Nov. 13 and interacted with the Gettysburg wrestling team for about two hours. Part of that meeting will be aired in the episode set to run this Sunday.
