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Tri-State Preview

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Tri-State University begins its third year of competition in 2007-2008, and this season marks their first year of NCAA eligibility following their probationary periodin Division III.  Head Coach Dan Callahan returns six starters with winning records from a year ago and looks forward to joining the Midwest Regional.

School: Tri-State University
Head Coach: Dan Callahan
Years at School: 3
Assistant Coaches: Mike Ester

2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 7-8
2007 NCAA Place: —
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: —

Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: —

Total Number of Returning Starters: 6

Notable Incoming Freshmen:
Josh Billeau – MI runner-up (133)
Zane Stenz – MI placewinner (157)
Derrick Duke – 3x IN qualifier (165)
Mike Dosal – MI placewinner (285)

Projected Lineup
125: Levi Mundy/Greg Janise
133: Thomas Pompei/Josh Billeau
141: Bryan Wight/Ryan Lineberry
149: Kyle Pittman/Nick Wheetley
157: Zane Stenz/Cody Derrow
165: Derrick Duke/Matt Perry
174: Nick Kraus/Cass Settlemyre
184: Louis Posa/Alex Fleet
197: Mike Tees
285: Mike Dosal/Kyle Brown

UW-La Crosse Preview

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lax.jpgUW-Lax will have a very young and inexperienced team with as many as 5 freshman that could break into the lineup to join a solid returning group with 2x All-American Jordan Kolinski,All-American Tim Palmer, returning champ Josh Chelf, and qualifier Dan Laurent. Their typical tough schedule includes home duals with Luther and Augsburg along with trips to Midlands and National Duals. In 2007-2008, La Crosse will be attempting to make it 11 consecutive WIAC titles.

School:University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Head Coach: Dave Malecek
Years at School:2
Assistant Coaches:Tony Ganas, Tony Beardsley, Jason Lulloff, Ryan Allen, Derek Fulgsang

2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 13-1
2007 NCAA Place: 3rd
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 1st WIAC

Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans:3 All-Americans and 1 qualifier

Total Number of Returning Starters:6

Notable Incoming Freshmen:
Mark Wilson 141, Matt Mauseth 149/157, Mitch Brekke 165, Zach Strickland 197, Hakan Binek HWT

Projected Lineup
125: Pat Parrillo
133: Jordan Kolinski
141: Mike Rohowetz, Mark Wilson, Danny Crone
149:Eric Seppelt, Ryan Farwell, Jake Lewis, Matt Mauseth
157:Jay Milz, Cory Ferguson, Matt Mauseth, Pat Taylor
165: Tim Palmer, Mitch Brekke
174:Josh Chelf, Dan Schulte
184:Josh Zabel, Breaden Faust
197:Tim Winker, Andy Moore, Zach Strickland
285:Dan Laurent, Hakan Binek

University of Dubuque Preview

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Coach Jon McGovern continues to build the Dubuque wrestling team up in the tough Iowa Conference. Three time Virginia State Champion Hunter Davenport leads the incoming class that will join four returning starters in 2007-2008 as Dubuque looks to qualify wrestlers to the NCAA tournament for the fourth consecutive year.

School: University of Dubuque
Head Coach: Jon McGovern
Years at School: 5
Assistant Coaches: Brian Keck, Jared Creason, Robert Larson

2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 8-9
2007 NCAA Place: —
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 6th IIAC

Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: 0

Total Number of Returning Starters: 4

Notable Incoming Freshmen (limit 5-7):
Hunter Davenport (3X State Champion – Great Bridge, VA)
Adam Canty (St. Rita High School)
Roy Feltson (Glen Bard North High School – State Placewinner)
Nic Hagen (Iowa City West High School)

Projected Lineup
125: Andre Taylor
133: Adam Canty / Mark Schultz
141: Noah Southworth / Nate Harm
149: Hunter Davenport
157: Josh Terrell / Nic Kein
165: Darrin Kaisand / Jacob Durbin
174: Evan Brown / Joe Depew
184: Matt Wonderlin / Cesar Dominguez
197: Jacob Elmhorst / Gordon Johnson
285: Nic Hagen / Eric Daughetee

Stevens Institute of Technology Preview

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Mike Clayton takes over for Andy Lausier at Stevens for 2007-2008. He comes from the US Military Academy and looks to take Stevens into its 4th season since the rebirth of the program in 2004. Three time NCAA qualifier Brandon MacWhinnie leads the team this year along with seven other returning starters from a team that last year placed 7th in the team GPA.

School: Stevens Institute of Technology
Head Coach: Mike Clayton
Years at School: 1st
Assistant Coaches: Ed Willis, Brian Cipalone, Zach Greenberg, Andrew DeMartino

2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 4-17
2007 NCAA Place: 46th
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 6th in the Centennial

Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: Brandon MacWhinnie (165)

Total Number of Returning Starters: 8

Projected Lineup (feel free to list multiple names at each weight if unsure about the starter)
125: Kyle Brisson
133: Mark Bistis
141: Rob Bolomey/Pat Conrad
149: Leo Dormann/Charles Favia
157: Zak Lenz
165: Brandon MacWhinnie
174: James Ray
184: Ernie Guaimano/Vince Termini
197: Justin Galati
285: James Roarty

Loras Preview

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This will be the 15th season for Head Coach Randy Steward. Rick Casarez (’98 National Champion) returns to Loras as the # 1 assistant. Rick Healey (’01 2X AA) returns for his 5th year. Terry Morgan (2XAA) and Dave Early (’07 NCAA Qualifier) begin their 2nd and 1st years respectively. Loras College finished 11-8, 16th in the final NCAA DIII Dual meet poll, and 36th in the NCAA tournament. With the return of 7 starters, Loras will look to make dramatic improvement and will be lead by senior All American Jay Figgins (184) for leadership.

School: Loras College
Head Coach: Randy Steward
Years at School: 15th Season
Assistant Coaches: Rick Casarez, Rick Healey, Terry Morgan, Dave Early

2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 11-8
2007 NCAA Place: 36th
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 5th in IIAC

Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: All-American Jay Figgins (184)

Total Number of Returning Starters: 7

Projected Lineup
125: Mark Beatty
133: Jordan Loy
141: Caleb Dietrich
149: Chris Bishop
157: Erik Hansen
165: Brandon Bauer
174: TBD
184: Jay Figgins
197: Ryan Allen
285: Trevor Kaufman

Gettysburg Season Preview

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With the start of competition a month away, d3wrestle.com will begin to preview the teams for 2007-2008. Today, we start with Gettysburg College.

Head Coach Andy Vogel takes over for Troy Dell, who left to become Athletic Director at Frostburg State University. Gettysburg returns two national qualifiers and gets sophomore 165 lb. wrestler Pat Doherty back from a season ending knee injury of a year ago. Undefeated Florida state champ heavyweight Bobby Christopher anchors a freshman class that should also see significant action this year.

School: Gettysburg College
Head Coach: Andy Vogel
Years at School: 1st Season
Assistant Coaches: Gino Frank, Steve Kareha, Wes Brenner

2006-2007 Dual Meet Record: 3-12-1
2007 NCAA Place: 50th
2007 National Qualifying Tournament Place: 7th in Centennial

Returning NCAA Qualifiers and All-Americans: NCAA Qualifiers Matt Shank (149) and Andrew Goldstein (157)

Total Number of Returning Starters: 5

Notable Incoming Freshmen:
Bobby Christopher – Florida State Champ (285)
Jack Bostrom – 2x Massachusetts Qualifier (125)
Joe Aversa – National Prep Qualifier (125)
Ben Cutrell – National Prep Qualifier (197)

Projected Lineup
125: Joe Aversa/Jack Bostrom
133: Rich Masella
141: Ray Cottiers
149: Matt Shank
157: Andrew Goldstein
165: Pat Doherty/Aaron Balk
174: Ben Swanson/Zach Travis
184: Drew Wolenter
197: Ben Cutrell
285: Bobby Christopher

Good News

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At least one team started practice this past week, and we are currently 35 days from the opening of the 2007-2008 season.

Coombs Replaces Kenney at BSC

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Derek Coombs has replaced Mike Kenney as the head coach at Bridgewater State College. Coombs has been the assistant for the past two seasons before recently taking over. See his bio HERE. It is unclear at this time why the change was made, and the Bridgewater State staff has been asked not to comment on the reason for the change.  Also, there has been no official announcement of the change from Bridgewater State.  If more information becomes available, I will post it here.

World Championships Video

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There is actual wrestling going on these days at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. FILA posts the videos of the matches online, and here are links to some of the American wrestlers in action this week. I’ll update this post as the videos become available.

Freestyle
Cejudo vs Dadashi 55kg
Zadick vs Prizreni 60kg
Schwab vs Cordero 66kg
Schwab vs Balashi
Schwab vs Garzon
Schwab vs Tushishvili
Heskett vs Wu 74kg
Heskett vs Hatos
Heskett vs Murtazaliev
Williams vs Bucheli 84kg
Williams vs Bichinashvilli
Williams vs Gattsiev
Williams vs Yazdani
Cormier vs Wardell 96kg
Cormier vs Kodaira
Cormier vs Krupnyakov
Rowlands vs Rodriguez Valera 120kg
Rowlands vs Siddiqui

Greco-Roman
Durlacher vs Nyblom 55kg
Durlacher vs Fris
Lester vs Hiltunen 66kg
Lester vs LÕRINCZ
Dantzler vs Shatskykh 74kg
Dantzler vs Guenot
Vering vs Knezevic 84kg
Vering vs Abdullayev
Vering vs Fischer
Vering vs Tahmasebi
Vering vs Kim
Vering vs Mishin
Ruiz vs Tarkong 96kg
Ruiz vs Svec
Byers vs Petkovic 120kg
Byers vs Ivanov
Byers vs Papadopoulos
Byers vs Baroev

Freestyle Gold Medal Matches
55kg Besik Kudokhov vs Bayaraa Naranbaatar
60kg Mavlet Batirov vs Anatolie Guidea
66kg Ramazan Shahin vs Geandry Garzon
74kg Mahach Murtazaliev vs Ibragim Aldatov
84kg Georgy Ketoev vs Jousop Abdusalomov
96kg Khadzhimurat Gatsalov vs Saeid Abrahimi
120kg Bilyal Makhov vs Alexis Rodriguez Valera


TheMat.com Special World Championships Coverage

Miller named AWN Man of the Year

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Wartburg Head Coach Jim Miller was named Amateur Wrestling News Man of the Year. Miller’s Knights have won 115 straight conference matches, 15 straight IIAC titles, and five national championships. See the Wartburg release by clicking here. Congratulations to Coach Miller.

By the way, most teams start practice in less than two weeks, meaning we’re inching ever closer to opening weekend.

LeVesseur in a different kind of combat

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Four time DIII champ Marcus LeVesseur is now full time into mixed martial arts (see this poster, he’s on the left) as he works to finish his degree at Augsburg. He fought this past weekend in Minneapolis at the “Downtown Throwdown.” You can see some introductory information in this article. However, it sounds like there was some unexpected drama in the form of a gunshot fired in the stands just before LeVesseur was set to begin his fight. After a delay, they restarted the event, and according to this page, LeVesseur won, running his record to 8-0, though details on the actual results have been tough to come by so far.

Back to actual wrestling: congratulations to my high school teammate, fellow Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Royal Harry Lester, on his second straight bronze medal in greco roman at the World Championships.

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I received the following email this morning with some more details.  Also, see the link below for event results.

The gun shot happened before Marcus was supposed to fight.  The lights in the arena went on and fans watched as police searched the seats.  There was speculation that the police were looking for a gun because the men they arrested did not have a gun on them.  Some said the show would not go on if a gun was not found.  The show went on and Marcus was very calm and in control.  The night before at weigh-in, Marcus’s original opponent did not show.

 Downtown Throwdown Results 9.15.2007

Site Update

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The photo gallery has been totally redesigned.  See it at the link to the left.  It now will better display large numbers of pictures and it has added functionality.  Now, send me pictures from this past season, and they will be posted.

If you have video from the season, I would appreciate that as well.

Delaware Valley Photos

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Below you’ll find some photos of Delaware Valley from last season. They will make their way into the photo gallery shortly. If you have photos from this past season, please send them to me to be posted. If there are enough, I may start creating individual team gallery pages, but it’s up to you to get me the photos.

Flowrestling Match Page

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The link below will take you to the Flowrestling matches page where you can see wrestling matches organized by event.  Just go there and click around to see the large number of matches (both from YouTube and Flowrestling’s own archive) that are organized and very easy to find.

Flowrestling-Matches

8 New Photos

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There are 8 new photos in the gallery (7 from TCNJ at the NCAA Tournament) under “Other NCAA Division III Photos.” They are also below.

Trinity hires Stephen Makein as new head coach

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This one caught me a little off guard, as the announcement from Trinity that Coach Poloskey resigned came in the same announcement saying they hired Coach Makein.  It will be added to the list of changes, bringing the total up to 12 new head coaches since the NCAA tournament.

Hartford, Conn., Sept. 4, 2007 – Trinity College has hired Stephen Makein (Meriden, Conn.) as head coach of the Bantam wrestling team. The Trinity wrestling squad finished with a 1-24-1 dual match record and finished 14th in the NECCWA Championship Team Standings this season. Makein replaces Keith Poloskey, who resigned this summer after one season to pursue other opportunities.

Makein was an assistant coach at Trinity last season, after serving as head wrestling coach at Francis T. Maloney High School from 2002 to 2006. Makein earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Central Connecticut State University, where he was a varsity wrestler, in 1999 and added a master’s degree in counseling from his alma mater in 2001. A gold level certified coach by USA Wrestling, Makein serves as a Connecticut National Team coach and as the coaches’ director for USA Wrestling CT.

“Coach Makein was an integral member of our coaching staff last season and has a proven commitment to the sport of wrestling over his fine career at the high school level,” says Trinity Athletic Director Richard Hazelton.. He has dedicated himself to the recruitment of top student-athletes to our program and I am confident that Trinity wrestling is headed in the right direction. We are fortunate to have Steve Makein take over the Trinity wrestling program.”

Trinity hires Stephen Makein as new head coach

Thanks to InterMat for the heads up

Gettysburg College Assistant Coach Position

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Gettysburg College, an NCAA Division III school located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is searching for a part time assistant wrestling coach.  The position includes recruiting, on the mat coaching, administrative, and travel responsibilities.  Pay is $3,000 for the season.  Please contact head coach Andy Vogel at 717-337-6415 with questions, and email a letter of interest and resume to avogel@gettysburg.edu.  Applications will be accepted until September 14th, 2007.

D3 In the News

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A look back at 2006-07’s successes – article from NYU student paper highlighting Nick Coleman’s 6th place finish at the 2007 NCAA tournament

Central names new assistants – Jason Zastrow, formerly of Wartburg, joins first year coach Eric Van Kley’s staff

Tigers take part in Luther camp – article with some info about this summer’s Luther Camps, attended by over 900

Plymouth State 2007 HOF class announced – 2x All-American Kevin Sheehan honored

Iowan named head wrestling coach at D-III school – Des Moines Register article about Mike Clayton’s hiring at Stevens Institute of Technology

d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 285

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This does it for the d3wrestle.com preseason rankings.  They can be found permanently by clicking “Rankings” to the left, and will be done again as the season gets underway.

Blake Gillis spent 4 years in the finals at this weight, finally taking the title in 2007.  With both finalists gone, one of the returning All-Americans at this weight will look to capture the championship.  Levitin, Hiffa, and Rutledge return as All-Americans, while Miller, Bowers, Laurent, Bilquist, Taylor, Tartar, and Wilbert all qualified last season.  The newcomers include at least the five state champs listed, making 285 a deep weight for 2007-2008

1. Levitin (Hunt)
2. Hiffa (One)
3. Miller (Luth)
4. Rutledge (Knox)
5. Bowers (Heid)
6. Laurent (LX)
7. Bilquist (DV)
8. Taylor (Osw)
9. Tartar (Muhl)
10. Wilbert (Ply)

Contender

Johnson (WW)
Edwards (Thiel)
Kauffman (Lor)
Misko (Oliv)
Carder (Coe)
Carbone (NJ)
Panizzi (York)
Williams (Urs)

Newcomers

Wozniak (WSP)    2nd WI
Gesford (Lyc)    6th PA
Glotfelty (McD)    MD Champ
Fisher (ONU)    MI Champ
Binek (LX)    WI Champ
Laplante (Osh)    4th WI
Toll (WW)    WI Champ
Christopher (Getty)    FL Champ

d3wrestle Preseason Rankings: 197

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Many of the top wrestlers from 2007 return at 197 lbs. for 2008.  National Champ Miller and runner-up Strandberg return along with three other 2007 All-Americans.  Weatherspoon (Olivet) and Strickland (Lax) seem to be the top newcomers, but it will of course depend on how quickly the incoming freshmen develop.  There doesn’t seem to be a strong contender in the weight who can knock off Miller, but in 2006 it seemed the same way going into the tournament before Kelly from Wilkes beat Miller twice in the tournament for Miller’s only two losses of that season.

1.Miller (Wart)
2.Bonander (Luth)
3.Strandberg (BV)
4.Archer (Cort)
5.O’Connor (Aug)
6. Crespo (JWU)
7..Burger (BW)
8. Fogliano (Heid)
9. Orr (DV)
10. Schmidt (WW)

Contender

Vincent (KP)
Yurisich (Oliv)
Schmalfeldt (Osh)
Miller (Lyc)
Schmidt (JH)
D’Amico (BSC)
Roggenbuck (ConcM)
Wonderlin (Dub)

Newcomers

Nemunaitis (ONU)    4th OH
Weatherspoon (Oliv)    MI Champ
Connell (KP)    4th MN
Strickland (LX)    2X 3rd WI
Griffiths (Wheat)    VA placer
Murphy (Spri)    2nd New Engl.

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