NWCA Rankings #3
December 9, 2008 Team | Individual
Next rankings January 6th, 2009
d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week: Ryan Malo
The fourth d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week is 184 lb. Ryan Malo of Williams College. Malo traveled with his team across the country from Massachusetts to Iowa where they wrestled Luther and Simpson before competing in the Simpson Invitational the next day. Malo pinned #8 Nic Barclay of Luther and received a forfeit against Simpson. In the tournament the next day, Malo bumped up to 197 and won a weight class featuring #2 Rob Kramer of Coe, #10 Brian Stueve of Buena Vista, and Contender Matt Wonderlin of Dubuque. Malo pinned Wonderlin and won a tight 5-4 match over Kramer in the finals to finish the week 6-0.
A transfer from Boston University, Malo is in his first season at Williams and currently carries a 13-0 record in 2008-2009. He won titles at the Ursinus Fall Brawl, Springfield Doug Parker Invitational, and the Simpson Invitational. Prior to college, Malo wrestled in Massachusetts for St. John’s Prep where he won two state titles and finished his senior year 58-0. He went on to place 8th in the NHSCA Senior Nationals before moving on to Boston University where he was 5-5 as a freshman before transferring to Williams this season.
Tuesday Results
Augsburg 41, Southwest Minnesota State 3
UW-Whitewater 28, UW-La Crosse 13
St. John’s 32, St. Olaf 12
Ohio Northern 48, Manchester 0
Cornell 30, William Penn 16
Whitewater defeats La Crosse for the first time since the 1990-1991 season.
News Articles
Millville grad sharpening his skills on the mats (Elizabethtown wrestler Deron Sharp)
Lion grapplers win in N.Y. (TCNJ)
Saturday Results
RIT Invitational Team | Brackets
Simpson Invitational Team | Brackets
Little State Results
MSOE Invitational Team | Brackets
Ted Reese Invitational Results
Wisconsin Open Results
Messiah Petrofes Brackets
Spartan Invitational Results
MSU-Moorhead Dragon Open Red | White
Notable:
- Justin Hanson of Wartburg beats NCAA champ Tyler Burkle of Coe in Simpson final
- Williams 184 Ryan Malo bumps up to 197 and gets 3 falls on his way to the Simpson title
- NCAA runner-up Ben Hoover of Maranatha storms to title at MSOE
- Max Oldenburg of Whitewater wins outstanding wrestler at Little State
- Matt Magill of NYU defeats NCAA qualifier Mike Martini on way to RIT championship
- 2nd Trimester transfer Andrew Van Dyk of JWU wins at USM in 2nd competition
- NWCA #1 Paul LeBlanc beats #2 Frank Cammisa in 2nd Sudden Victory to win at Messiah
- Chris Sheetz of Del Val avenges an earlier loss to Tyler Erdman of Etown at York
- Lane Lunde of Concordia (MN) defeats Jason Adams of Augsburg in Dragon Open semis at 157
Centenary 26, McDaniel 9
McDaniel 35, Scranton 14
Centenary 44, Scranton 0
WPI 29, Norwich 12
WPI 46, RPI 6
Norwich 37, RPI 18
UW-La Crosse 2×4 Duals – Full Results
More to Come
Friday Results
Luther 24, Williams 24
Luther 39, Simpson 6
Williams 34, Simpson 6
Highline CC 28, Pacific 12
Clackamas CC 41, Pacific 0
Hunter 26, Stevens 25
More to come. Intermat’s sortable college schedule is currently on the fritz.
Thursday Results
UW-La Crosse 46, UW-Platteville 0
UW-Whitewater 39, UW-Eau Claire 9
Dubuque at Central
Simpson Invitational This Weekend
The Simpson Invitational is one of a few very tough tournaments this weekend. Here is the field:
No. 23 Buena Vista
No. 4 Coe
NAIA No. 4 Dana College
No. 18 Dubuque
Grand View
NCAA Division II Missouri Baptist
NW Missouri State Club
Simpson
SIU-Edwardsville
Division II No. 19 Truman State
Division II No. 10 Upper Iowa
Waldorf
No. 1 Wartburg
No. 17 Williams College
NAIA No. 11 William Penn
That’s five ranked DIII teams and some very tough teams from other divisions. A number of returning NCAA champs should be wrestling. Results will be seen when available on the Simpson website.
Also this weekend is the Messiah Petrofes Invitational, Indiana Little State @ Wabash, MSOE Invitational, RIT Invitational, Spartan Invitational @ York, Wisconsin Open @ UW-Parkside, and theTed Reese Invitational @ Southern Maine
Mount Union vs. John Carroll Video
Flowrestling was at Mount Union last night and has published video of all 10 matches of Mount Union’s 23-20 win over John Carroll.
Erdman article in Patriot-News
The Harrisburg Patriot-News has an article about Elizabethtown College freshman Tyler Erdman online. Erdman was the 119 lb. AA Pennsylvania state champion last year and is 14-1 in his first year of college wrestling. Last week, he defeated 2008 All-American Chris Sheetz of Delaware Valley in a dual meet. Erdman is ranked #10 in the NWCA rankings and is a Contender in the d3wrestle.com rankings. Both sets of rankings were released before his recent win over Sheetz.
York Wrestlers Sue Over Skin Infections
Three former York College wrestlers have filed a lawsuit against the college concerning skin infections related to participation in wrestling. See the articles below for more information.
Herpes suit raises wrestling rules issue
UPDATE: I’m disabling comments for this post, since it is a potentially explosive topic in the sport of wrestling and no one has all the information. Also, since there is pending litigation, some of the primary parties involved are unable to either give their side of the story or correct rumors, errors, or misconceptions.
Articles on St. John’s upset of Augsburg
#7 St. John’s beat #2 Augsburg for the first time in 22 years this past week, and the stories from each school are linked below. St. John’s 18-13 win broke a streak of 92 straight MIAC wins for Augsburg that stretches back to the 1985-86 season. Each team had an unranked wrestler beat a ranked opponent at St. John’s 157 Matt Baarson defeated #3 Jason Adams and Augsburg 141 Lucas Murray defeated #4 Minga Batsukh. The only bonus points of the night were scored by Augsburg 197 Jared Massey in a 14-5 win, but no other match was decided by more than 3 points.
St. John’s: No. 7 Johnnie Wrestling Snaps Streak, Tops No. 2 Auggies 18-13
Augsburg: No. 7 St. John’s Upsets No. 2 Augsburg
UPDATE 12/3 – Article from the St. Cloud Times: Rajkowski column: St. John’s wrestlers post big victory
Wednesday Results
Kutztown 19, Delaware Valley 19
Delaware Valley 29, Elizabethtown 16
Kutztown 26, Elizabethtown 15
St. John’s 18, Augsburg 13
Enjoy Thanksgiving, and travel safely.
d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week: Justin Hanson
For the second week in a row, a Wartburg wrestler is the recipient of the d3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week. This week, it is 165 lb. wrestler Justin Hanson. Hanson was 5-0 this weekend on his way to the title at the Concordia Open in Mequon, Wisconsin. To win the championship, Hanson had to knock off last year’s 4th place NCAA finisher Ben Youel of North Central 5-3 and last year’s NCAA runner-up Ben Hoover 11-5 in consecutive matches.
Hanson, a senior from Dakota City, Iowa, placed seventh in last year’s NCAA tournament at 165 lbs. after a 2nd place finish in the Iowa Conference to defending champion Tyler Burkle of Coe. Hanson got a late start on his season last year, not taking the mat until January 12th. He brought an 8-2 record into the tournament and finished the year at 12-4 with All-American honors. Last year was his first in the IIAC championship since placing 5th as a freshman at 157. Wartburg next takes the mat at Loras on December 3rd.
d3wrestle.com Rankings #3
See below for the latest rankings from d3wrestle.com. Things become slightly more clear as the top wrestlers start running into each other at these early season tournaments. Also, if someone has not been wrestling, this is where we start to remove people from the rankings until they actually compete, especially if their team has wrestled more than once up to this point.
