MoTW: Messiah Petrofes Invitational
The Petrofes Tournament at Messiah has quietly become a top Division III tournament over the past few years. After many years at Lebanon Valley College, the tournament shifted to Messiah College for the 2000-2001 season when Lebanon Valley dropped wrestling. Named for long time Lebanon Valley coach Jerry Petrofes, the 2007 edition features four ranked teams in #4 Heidelberg, #14 Cortland, #15 Brockport, and #27 Oneonta.
The 165 weight class should be the toughest, with a lot of top talent and great depth throughout the weight. #2 Shaheim Bradshaw (Brockport), #4 Zach Bogardus (Cortland), #7 Ian Rammel (Heidelberg), #8 Jake Tyler (Springfield), and #9 Trent Zempel (Messiah) should all be wrestling tomorrow, and there are a number of talented wrestlers in the next tier down like Aaron Jon Henry (Heidelberg) and Anthony Boniello (W&L) looking to play the spoiler role and make names for themselves going into the holiday break.
At 125, Cortland’s Peppy Cabrera is coming off a win over #6 Mike McInally of RIT two weeks ago an a championship at Oneonta where he defeated Oneonta’s Erik Johanson in the finals. Hainey of Brockport should also contend.
133 has the top ranked wrestler and defending national champ Dave Morgan from King’s. Morgan was upset at Petrofes last year by Eddie Petroskey of Mount Union, coming back to beat him for third. Stephen Kingsland of Ursinus is coming off a 2nd place finish at the Fall Brawl. Fechko of Heidelberg pinned Petroskey earlier this week, and Colagiovanni of Cortland won at Oneonta.
#6 Nick Sanchez of Heidelberg highlights 141, with the 9-1 Joey Widrick of Cortland and 2007 National Qualifier Billy Hall of Muhlenberg right behind.
2006 All-American Paul LeBlanc heads the field at 149, with national qualifiers Matt Shank (Gettysburg) and Rob Kein (Muhlenberg) also to earn high seeds. Gin (Messiah) was 2nd to Kein at King’s and 2nd to Cole (Johns Hopkins) at Messiah’s opening invitational.
2007 National qualifier Andrew Goldstein (Gettysburg) and 2006 qualifier Donald Williams (Brockport) top 157. Perry (Springfield) was a finalist at Springfield, while Bressler (Messiah) won at Messiah and sits at 8-2 on the year.
174 has #5 Eric Van Patten of Brockport and #9 Josh Wake of Oneonta along with Corey Barber of Cortland who defeated Wake at Oneonta. Jones (Messiah), Fitch (Muhlenberg), and Barrese (Kings) should also be here.
At 184, All-American #4 Treavor LeBlanc of Cortland is off to a pretty good start along with fellow national qualifiers #10 Eric Fishel (Johns Hopkins) and Elliot Smith (Springfield). Horn (Muhlenberg) has yet to lose, and there are several other wrestlers at the next level down.
197 has #7 Ryan Fogliano (Heidelberg), along with Schmidt (Johns Hopkins), and Christopher (W&L).
All-American #2 Trevor Hiffa is the class of 285, but national qualifier Joe Tartar of Muhlenberg will be here as well Christopher (Gettysburg), who has wins over Murphy (Cortland) and Williams (Ursinus) who will also be here. Bowers and Brubeck of Heidelberg could also place high.
Messiah Petrofes Invitational
November 30th & December 1st
Hitchcock Arena at Messiah College
Teams: SUNY Cortland, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Oneonta, Heidelberg, Mt.Union, Springfield, Gettysburg, Johns Hopkins, Ursinus, Muhlenberg, Washington & Lee, King’s College, Messiah
Update 10:37PM: Dave Morgan (King’s), Nick Sanchez (Heidelberg), Andrew Goldstein (Gettysburg), and Treavor LeBlanc (Cortland) are all late scratches. Each was set to be the #1 seed at his weight but will not compete this weekend.
J Robinson Article
J Robinson obviously isn’t a Division III coach, but I wanted to point out this article that appeared on ESPN.com yesterday, as the sport can always use more national exposure.
Minnesota’s eclectic leader by Andy Hamilton for ESPN.com
Thanks to InterMat for posting the link first
InterMat Live Text schedule
InterMat will be at several Division III events this season covering them with live text updates. The York vs. McDaniel match was their first DIII event, and there will be several more throughout the season:
November
27 Elizabethtown at Franklin & Marshall (Lancaster, PA)
January
12-13 NWCA National Duals (Cedar Falls, IA)
19 Apprentice School at York College (York, PA)
22 Elizabethtown at Gettysburg (Gettysburg, PA)
February
15 Gettysburg at Franklin & Marshall (Lancaster, PA)
How they fared: #1 ranked wrestlers
Most teams took a small break this past weekend for the holiday, so now is a good time to check up on the top ranked wrestler at each weight class, now that most, if not all, teams have competed. Both the NWCA and d3wrestle.com rankings concur on the top wrestler at each weight.
125 – Seth Flodeen – Augsburg – Flodeen has not competed yet, but he only really missed the Auggie Open. Augsburg did dual Augustana (SD) on Wednesday, but Augustana forfeited 125 to a different Augsburg wrestler.
133 – Dave Morgan – King’s – 2007 champ Morgan is undefeated, winning the King’s Tournament over #10 Mike Gummerson and continuing with the lone victory for King’s against Delaware Valley, defeating Eric McCann.
141 – Mike Bonora – Rhode Island – Bonora sits at 10-0 with titles at the Roger Williams and Doug Parker Invitationals to go along with a dual meet win. Rhode Island won both team titles as well.
149 – Joe Pflug – Heidelberg – Pflug has one match on the year, winning in a dual against Tri-State at 157. Where he wrestles in tomorrow’s dual against Mount Union and the Petrofes Tournament this weekend may show whether he plans to stay at 157 or 149.
157 – Quincy Osborn – Augsburg – Osborn won the 157 Gold Division of the Auggie Open by sweeping four matches, a good indication that he will handle the two weight class jump just fine.
165 – Tim Palmer – UW-La Crosse – Palmer opened with a third place finish at the Harold Nichols Open, losing only to Aaron Denson of Division II Nebraska-Omaha. He followed his 5-1 day with a three match sweep at the Olivet Duals, defeating #6 Daron Cruikshank in the process.
174 – Josh Chelf – UW-La Crosse – Chelf also placed third at the Harold Nichols, falling to Cauley of Lindenwood. Chelf also went 3-0 at Olivet, defeating #4 Ben Plowman 10-0 in the opening dual.
184 – Romeo Djoumessi – Wartburg – Djoumessi rolled to the title at Coe, defeating NAIA #5 Nigel Kenworthy in the finals. He continued with a technical fall against UW-Stevens Point on Wednesday to get to 5-0.
197 – TJ Miller – Wartburg – Last year’s D3 champ made the finals at Harold Nichols, falling only to Iowa State starter David Bertolino 5-0. Wednesday, he became the first #1 ranked wrestler to fall to a Division III opponent, losing 5-3 to #4 Craig Bollig of UW-Stevens Point.
285 – Jaran Rutledge – Rutledge won the Knox Invitational with three falls and a 5-3 win over McGlaughlin from Rend Lake Community College.
This week, Augsburg has the MSU-Moorhead Dragon Open and UNI Open. Wartburg is at Loras Thursday with the Simpson Invitational on Saturday. UW-Lax wrestles Platteville Thursday and the UW-Lax Invitational on Saturday. King’s is at TCNJ on Wednesday and the Petrofes this weekend. Rhode Island College has Plymouth State on Wednesday and the RIT Tournament on Saturday. Heidelberg wrestles Mount Union tomorrow and Petrofes this weekend. Finally, Knox will be at the MSOE Quad on Friday and the MSOE Invitational on Saturday. This week is one of the last chances to see top ranked wrestlers in action before the end of the fall semester.
NEWA Rankings #2
The second NEWA rankings were released today. Find the team and individual rankings below and on the Rankings page.
NEWA Rankings #2 – 11/20/2007
Thanks
Thanks to all the visitors to this site. Yesterday was the first day since our launch that we reached over 1,000 visits in a day. Yesterday also saw d3wrestle.com cross the 50,000 mark for total visits. All in all, there have been over 13,000 unique visitors to the site since our launch in May. It was great to see, and I hope it continues.
Posting will be a little light over the next few days as I travel for Thanksgiving, but things will ramp right back up after the holiday and continue through the end of fall semester competition.
Auggies Win Four Weights at Open
The host Auggies took four of the Gold Division weight classes at the 2007 Auggie Open this past weekend. Jason Adams and Lucas Murray shared the 141 lb. title, Willy Holst won at 149, and Quincy Osborn handled his two weight class jump well, winning the 157 class. Also moving up a weight from last year Robbie Gotreau won for the hosts at 184. It was a large tournament, with 25 weight classes contested in Gold, Silver, and Bronze divisions. Over 20 teams sent athletes, and there was a large Unattached contingent as well, including 125 lb. champ Jayson Ness from Minnesota, who just last night wrestled in the NWCA All-Star Classic at the University of Oregon. He was dominant with four falls in four matches.
Though #2 Wartburg and #3 UW-La Crosse had wrestlers in attendance, neither team sent their starters, as Wartburg was at the Kaufman Brand and UW-Lax competed at the Olivet College Duals. These teams will cross paths again, as Wartburg takes on Augsburg February 2nd, a week after UW-La Crosse hosts the Auggies. This is in addition to any matchups at the NWCA National Duals January 12-13.
In other finals, Trevor Franklin of Upper Iowa defeated Jeremiah Johnson 12-1 at 133. Holst majored Derek Stolarzyk of Upper Iowa 10-0 while teammate Osborn slipped past UIU’s Travis Eggers 2-1. Mitch Norton gave Upper Iowa another champ at 165, beating Augsburg’s Matt Curtis 6-4, and teammate Brady Hakeman kept it going at 174 with a 7-2 over Augsburg 184 National Qualifier George Lynaugh. All-American Gotreau beat Jake Stevenson of Morningside at 184. At 197, UIU and Augsburg had their hold on the championship matches halted by Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Josh Holforty who stopped Aaron Young from ICC 6-2. To finish off the Gold Division, Mike Freeman of Ellsworth Community College beat Seth McGregor of Ridgewater Community College at 285.
All in all, Augsburg and Upper Iowa combined to have 12 finalists, dominating the event. Augsburg is back in action tomorrow at home against Division II Augustana College.
d3wrestle.com Rankings #2
Click for the latest d3wrestle.com individual rankings. The rankings are up to date, taking into account action up through November 18th. They will also be found on the Rankings page.
Week 3 Dual Results
11/13/2007 Lakeland 31, UW-Stevens Point 11
11/13/2007 Portland State 24 , Pacific 21
11/13/2007 Heidelberg 22 , Tri-State 17
11/13/2007 Wilkes 41 , Scranton 7
11/13/2007 John Carroll 30 , Case Western 7
11/14/2007 York (NE) 36 , Central 24
11/14/2007 Morningside 57 , Central 0
11/14/2007 Bridgewater State 24, Southern Maine 15
11/14/2007 Rhode Island 33, MIT 12
11/14/2007 Shippensburg 37 , York (PA) 10
11/14/2007 TCNJ 30 , Hunter 9
11/14/2007 Elizabethtown 24 , Johns Hopkins 21
11/14/2007 Thiel 29 , Seton Hill 12
11/14/2007 Lycoming 39 , Scranton 9
11/14/2007 Norwich 20 , Plymouth State 18
11/14/2007 University of Chicago 22, Wheaton 18
11/15/2007 UW-Platteville 31, UW-Oshkosh 10
11/17/2007 Olivet College Duals
11/17/2007 Messiah College Duals
This Weeks’s Tournament Results
MoTW: Auggie Brute-Adidas Open
This weekend will see the defending champion and #1 ranked Augsburg kick off their season by hosting the Auggie Brute-Adidas Open. #2 Wartburg will have wrestlers in attendance, as will #3 UW-La Crosse. It could be a stern test for some of the top wrestlers in the Midwest and all of Division III. With Cornell sending wrestlers, that will make four teams in the top ten in attendance, though the makeup of each squad is unknown at this point.
As the top ranked Auggies begin their title defense, they will have a new look to their lineup with at least three former University of Minnesota wrestlers including Travis Lang at 133, Willy Holst at 149, and 2007 D3 champ Quincy Osborn at 157. Lang was a 25 match winner for the Gophers, while Osborn qualified for the NCAA D1 championships. Lang looks to fill the hole left by 2 time finalist Jafari Vanier, while Osborn steps up into the weight class vacated by national champion Jeremy Anderson. Holt will fill the spot left by All-American Jared Evans. With four returning All-Americans and promising newcomers, the Auggies will be tough to beat in 2007-2008.
If the teams involved all send their top wrestlers, ranked wrestlers could include at 125 #1 Seth Flodeen, #2 Chris Heilman, and #5 Rob Struthers; at 133 #4 Jacob Helvey, #5 Jordan Kolinsky, and #9 Nick Nothern; at 141 #2 Zach McKray, and #4 Dan Crone; at 149 #2 Jacob Naig, #3 Willy Holst, and #6 Dave Paramski; at 157 #1 Quincy Osborn, #2 Aaron Wernimont, and #3 Pat McCauley; at 174 #1 Josh Chelf; at 184 #1 Romeo Djoumessi and #2 Robert Gotreau; at 197 #1 TJ Miller and #3 Wally O’Connor; and at 285 #4 Brian Borchers and #7 Dan Laurent. It seems unlikely that all of these wrestlers will be there, as Wartburg is splitting its team three ways, but the possibility remains for some excellent matchups.
Auggie Brute-Adidas Open
November 17th, 2007
Si Melby Hall
Augsburg College
Partial list of teams: Augsburg, Wartburg, UW-La Crosse, Cornell, Simpson, Central, St. John’s, UW-Eau Claire
Last Year: 2006 Results Page
NWCA Rankings #2
November 13, 2007 Team | Individual
IIAC wrestler of the week
Wrestling – Chris Heilman, Cornell College, Colorado Springs, Colo./St. Mary’s
Heilman, a senior, went 4-0 in claiming the 125-pound Gold title at the Pointer Open in Stevens Point, Wis. He allowed only five points in four matches, opening an 18-0 technical fall over Indianapolis’ Josh Allen. Heilman followed that up with major decisions over North Central College’s Joe Norton (12-0) and UW-Parkside’s Brandon Kircher (11-1), before defeating Upper Iowa’s Tyler Mumbulo 11-4 in the final. All except Norton wrestle for Division II schools.
Bridgewater and Rhode Island share RWU Title
Bridgewater State College and Rhode Island College shared the team title at the Roger Williams invitational, each notching 139 points to beat third place Southern Maine by 7.5 points. Rhode Island College had three champs, led by #1 Mike Bonora at 141, who rolled to a technical fall over Wesleyan’s Kyle Baicker-McKee. Freshman Kevin Sutherland kept Rhode Island rolling with a win at 149, and he defeated #10 Frank Cammisa of Bridgewater State in the semifinals. Finally, Kevin Davis won at 197 for Rhode Island for their third championship out of four finalists. Travis Drappi fell to Nate Recoulle of WNEC in the 133 pound final. Head Coach Jay Jones of Rhode Island was pleased with his team’s performance. “Most of all I am excited that our team put in the effort and maintained a cohesive and excited attitude throughout the day. It was great to see the enthusiasm they had for each other; it was infectious.” As to his champs, Jones had this to say, “Michael Bonora showed why is ranked number one in the country at 141. He gets after it on his feet, and has focused on riding in order to improve himself at the national level. Kevin Davis won his first college tournament, and immediately talked about how he should have wrestled better. He provided us with great leadership. Freshman Kevin Sutherland has been working with Bonora in the wrestling room, and one thing about this kid is that he didn’t care who he was wrestling, he never takes himself out of position. He is a quiet kid, but the team seemed to really rally around his performance.”
Bridgewater State had a single champion in #9 James Quinlan at 184, but had nine overall top six finishes to tie Rhode Island for the title. For his efforts, Quinlan was awarded the Most Outstanding Upperweight Wrestler, while Recoulle of WNEC won the award for lightweights.
In the other finals, Carl Anderson of WPI squeaked by Jon Reyes of USM at 125 by a 3-2 margin. Pete Reilly of Johnson & Wales got past USM’s Mark Moyer 2-1 at 157 while Moyer’s teammate Mike Morin defeated the host school’s Dan Zotollo 5-3 at 165. Greg Hurd of Wesleyan won in another close final 4-3 over Jared Czarneski of Roger Williams at 184. Finally, 285 saw Sean Jameson default to fellow MIT wrestler Glenn Geesman to wrap up the finals. See some pictures from Rhode Island College below.
Results of the 2007 RWU Invitational
