d3wrestle.com Rankings #7
Here is the latest set of d3wrestle.com Rankings and the first team ranking of the year. The team ranking is calculated via an algorithm using the individual rankings to generate a score. Wrestlers ranked 1st through 10th are given 12 to 3 points based on position. Contenders are worth 2 points and Honorable Mention is worth 1.
d3wrestle.com Rankings #7 – January 18, 2017
Team Rankings
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Wartburg | 81 |
| 2 | Ithaca | 44 |
| 2 | Messiah | 44 |
| 4 | Whitewater | 42 |
| 5 | Stevens | 39 |
| 6 | Wabash | 39 |
| 7 | Johnson & Wales | 37 |
| 8 | Augsburg | 35 |
| 9 | La Crosse | 33 |
| 10 | Central | 32 |
| 11 | Delaware Valley | 27 |
| 12 | Lycoming | 24 |
| 13 | Brockport | 21 |
| 13 | Roger Willliams | 21 |
| 13 | Wheaton | 21 |
| 13 | Wilkes | 21 |
| 17 | Cortland | 20 |
| 18 | Heidelberg | 19 |
| 19 | Coe | 17 |
| 19 | Oneonta | 17 |
| 21 | Millikin | 16 |
| 22 | Augustana | 15 |
| 22 | Olivet | 15 |
| 24 | York | 14 |
| 25 | Baldwin Wallace | 13 |
| 25 | Cornell | 13 |
| 25 | Southern Maine | 13 |
| 25 | Stevens Point | 13 |
| 29 | Concordia Moorhead | 12 |
| 29 | Gettysburg | 12 |
| 29 | NYU | 12 |
Tuesday Results 1/17
Huntingdon 22, Ouachita Baptist 21 (pin at 285 with six seconds left provided the margin of victory)
Ohio Northern 22, John Carroll 12
Heidelberg 34, Otterbein 6
Mount Union 42, Muskingum 3
Greensboro 45, Southern Virginia 3
Washington & Jefferson 28, Thiel 21
Shippensburg 38, Elizabethtown 12
TCNJ 32, Merchant Marine 10
Wrestling This Week 1/17-22
Tuesday
Ouachita Baptist at Huntingdon
John Carroll at Ohio Northern
Otterbein at Heidelberg
Mount Union at Muskingum
Greensboro at Southern Virginia
Thiel at Washington & Jefferson
Penn College at Centenary
Elizabethtown at Shippensburg
Merchant Marine at TCNJ
Wednesday
Oswego at Brockport
Nebraska Wesleyan at Wartburg
Norwich at Springfield
Cortland at Oneonta
Loras at Buena Vista
Bergen CC at Mount St. Vincent
Thursday
Southern Virginia at Allen
Olivet at Adrian
Trine at Wabash
Lincoln at MacMurray
St. John’s at Ridgewater CC
Eau Claire at Stevens Point
Friday
Gettysburg at Elizabethtown
Augustana at Platteville
Johns Hopkins at York
Concordia-Moorhead at Augsburg
Millikin at Cornell
Centenary at TCNJ
Oshkosh at Lacrosse
Chicago at Wheaton
Baldwin Wallace at Thiel
Saturday
MAC Championships
Alma Open
Empire Championships
Max Servies Duals at Wabash
Border Brawl at Whitewater
Si Ostrach Duals at Case (John Carroll, Muskingum, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, Lourdes)
Huntingdon Quad (Southern Virginia, University of the Ozarks, Truett-McConnell)
IIAC Duals
Ursinus Quad (Johns Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Washington & Lee)
Stevens Quad (Merchant Marine, Gettysburg, McDaniel)
Elmhurst at Chicago
Sunday
NEWA Dual Meet Championships
St. John’s at Augsburg
Weekend Results 1/13-15
Friday
Budd Whitehill Duals
Gettysburg 27, McDaniel 15
Eastern Michigan 48, Adrian 6
Johnson & Wales 45, Rhode Island 3
Scranton 28, Elizabethtown 6
Baldwin Wallace 27, John Carroll 11
Saturday
Budd Whitehill Duals
Cornell Matman Invitational
Manchester Spartan Mat Classic
Elmhurst Al Hanke Invitational Team Scores | Brackets
Ridgewater Open
Brockport Open
Ursinus Will Abele Invitational
Plymouth State Jim Aguiar Invitational
Gettysburg Quad (King’s, Keystone, Penn College)
Norwich Quad (Coast Guard, JWU, WNE)
Roger Williams Tri (WPI, Trinity)
Johns Hopkins Tri (Merchant Marine, Washington & Lee)
Brewton Parker 25, Huntingdon 16
Delaware Valley 40, Hunter 7
Delaware Valley 50, Mount St. Vincent 6
Sunday
Mount Union Purple Raider Open
Pacific Boxer Open
Ithaca Tri (Cornell University, LIU-Post)
Weekend Wrestling 1/13-15
Friday
Budd Whitehill Duals
Gettysburg at McDaniel
Eastern Michigan at Adrian
Rhode Island at Johnson & Wales
Elizabethtown at Scranton
Pacific at North Idaho College
Baldwin Wallace at John Carroll
Saturday
Budd Whitehill Duals
Cornell Matman Invitational
Manchester Spartan Mat Classic
Elmhurst Al Hanke Invitational
Ridgewater Open
Brockport Open
Ursinus Will Abele Invitational
Plymouth State Jim Aguiar Invitational
Hunter Duals (Mount St. Vincent, Delaware Valley)
Gettysburg Quad (King’s, Keystone, Penn College)
Norwich Quad (Coast Guard, JWU, WNE)
Roger Williams Quad (WPI, Trinity)
Johns Hopkins Quad (Merchant Marine, Washington & Lee)
Mount Union Tri (Mercyhurst NE, Heidelberg)
Brewton Parker at Huntingdon
Sunday
Mount Union Purple Raider Open
Pacific Boxer Open
Ithaca Tri (Cornell University, LIU-Post)
NWCA Rankings #5
NWCA Rankings #5 – January 11, 2017 – Team | Individual
Wednesday Results 1/11
Ferrum 32, Greensboro 9
Washington & Jefferson 24, Waynesburg 22
WPI Quad (Castleton, Mount St. Vincent, Western
New England)
Ursinus 37, Muhlenberg 4
Otterbein 37, Case 9
d3wrestle.com Rankings #6
A few 2nd semester returners highlight the 6th set of d3wrestle.com Rankings for 2016-2017
Weekend Results 1/6-8
Friday
NWCA National Duals (7th straight National Duals win for Wartburg)
John Carroll 27, Washington & Lee 16
Waynesburg 41, Thomas More 12
Centenary 41, Bergen CC 18
Saturday
Washington & Lee Invitational
Waynesburg Invitational
Scott Viera Invitational at Roger Williams
Williams Open
Central Invitational
Flash Flanagan Open at Loras
Ursinus North/South Duals
NY/PA Duals (Lycoming, King’s, RIT, Oswego)
Chicago Duals (Dubuque, Manchester, St. John’s, Trine)
Luther 27, Stevens Point 6
Cornell 39, Stevens Point 9
Cornell 22, Luther 16
2017 NWCA National Duals
The NWCA National Duals starts today at 9am at the Fort Wayne War Memorial Coliseum. 22 teams will battle for the Division III crown. Wartburg has won the event seven years in a row and has been in the finals all 15 years that the event has taken place.
Live Results | Bracket | Program
DIII Teams in Attendance
| Alma | Augsburg | Augustana |
| Baldwin Wallace | Coe | TCNJ |
| Concordia Wisconsin | Concordia-Moorhead | Ferrum |
| Ithaca | Johnson & Wales | Millikin |
| Mount Union | North Central | NYU |
| Olivet | Springfield | Wabash |
| Wartburg | Wheaton | |
| Oshkosh | Whitewater |
Wrestler of the Week: Lucas Malmberg
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Lucas Malmberg of Messiah. Malmberg was the lone DIII placewinner at the Midlands and was the first DIII placewinner at the event since 2011. He finished in 6th place at 125 lbs. after beginning the tournament as the 8th seed. He opened with wins against Jake Silzer from Illinois and Zac Denny of Whitewater, the #2 ranked wrestler in DIII. After dropping a match to eventual champ Thomas Gilman of Iowa, he defeated Paul Bianchi of North Dakota State and Christian Moody of Oklahoma to reach the consolation semifinals. He dropped his final two matches to finish in 6th place.
Malmberg, a graduate student from Marathon, New York, is the defending NCAA Champion at 125 lbs. and was the runner-up in 2014 and 2015. He has won the Mideast Regional each of the past three years and has won more than 40 matches in each of his college seasons. He is currently 22-3 on the year and is 152-13 in his career. This year, he has won the Messiah Invitational, Roger Williams Invitational, and the Messiah Petrofes Invitational. Malmberg and the rest of the Falcons begin their 2017 competition at the Ursinus North/South Duals on Saturday.
NWCA Rankings #4
NWCA Rankings #4 – January 2, 2017 Individual | Team
Wrestling This Week 1/5-8
No DIII wrestling until Thursday this week when the National Duals kick off from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Thursday
NWCA National Duals | NUWAY Open
Huntingdon at Allen
St. Olaf at St. John’s
Friday
NWCA National Duals
John Carrol at Washington & Lee
Waynesburg at Thomas More
Centenary at Bergen CC
Saturday
Washington & Lee Invitational
Waynesburg Invitational
Scott Viera Invitational at Roger Williams
Williams Open
Central Invitational
Flash Flanagan Open at Loras
Ursinus North/South Duals
NY/PA Duals
Chicago Duals (Dubuque, Manchester, St. John’s, Trine)
Cornell Tri (Luther, Stevens Point)
Day 1 Results – Midlands and Citrus
Midlands Session 2 Update – Day 1 Brackets – Wrestling begins at 1pm Eastern for Malmberg and Lefever.
125 – #8 Malmberg (Messiah) lost in the quarterfinals to #1 Gilman (Iowa) 23-7. He will wrestle Bianchi (NDSU) for a spot on the podium.
125 – Denny (Whitewater) defeated Duffield (Oklahoma) in consolation before losing 5-1 to #11 Jimenez of Wisconsin
149 – Lee-Lermer (Chicago) has been eliminated
165 – Cannon (Messiah) was eliminated after a 4-2 loss #16 Luke Zilverberg (SDSU)
165 – Sepke (Chicago) has been eliminated, but won his first consolation match
174 – #12 Swarr (Messiah) was eliminated after a 6-5 loss to #6 seed Brucki (Central Michigan)
184 – Newman (Whitewater) has been eliminated
197 – #2 Lefever (Wabash) gave up a late takedown to lose 5-4 in the quarterfinals to #7 Wolfe (Rider). He will wrestled #9 Williams (Bakersfield) to place.
The Citrus Invitational also began yesterday. Augsburg leads 2nd place Cornell after Day 1. Brackets and Team Scores
#Midlands54 Today – Session 1 Update
Update after Session 1 – Live Results
Session 2 begins at 8pm Eastern
125 – #8 Malmberg (Messiah) is in the quarterfinals vs. top seed Gilman (Iowa)
125 – Denny (Whitewater) upset #9 seed before losing to Malmberg in round of 16; faces Duffield (Oklahoma)
149 – Lee-Lermer (Chicago) has been eliminated
165 – Cannon (Messiah) lost his opener but won next two to stay alive; will face #16 Luke Zilverberg (SDSU)
165 – Sepke (Chicago) has been eliminated, but won his first consolation match
174 – #12 Swarr (Messiah) won his first but lost to the #5 seed in round of 16; will face #6 seed Brucki (Central Michigan)
184 – Newman (Whitewater) has been eliminated
197 – #2 Lefever (Wabash) defeated #15 Wilcke (Iowa) to move into the quarterfinal against #7 Wolfe (Rider)
Four D3 teams are in attendance at the 54th Midlands today and tomorrow at Northwestern
University of Chicago – Kahlan Lee-Lermer (149) & Mike Sepke (165)
Messiah – Lucas Malmberg (#8 at 125), Larry Cannon (165), Ben Swarr (#12 at 174)
Wabash – Riley Lefever (#2 at 197)
Whitewater – Zac Denny (125) & Jordan Newman (184)
Live Results | Live Video (free from BTN)
Robert Patnesky to coach Penn State Behrend
Robert Patnesky, the current head coach at Davidson College, has been named the head coach at Penn State Behrend. The Lions will return from a 38 year absence to once again field a team in the fall of 2017. Patnesky spent the past 14 seasons at Davidson and has been head coach since 2004. He has also coached at Ohio University and his alma mater West Virginia University.
Robert Patnesky Named Head Wrestling Coach
ERIE, Pa. – Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has selected Robert Patnesky to become the second head wrestling coach in program history.
Patnesky spent the last 12 season as the head coach at Division I Davidson College in Mooresville, North Carolina. He left the program ranked second in career victories, mentored five national championship qualifiers and four Southern Conference Champions for the Wildcats.
“We are excited to have Coach Patnesky as the lead of our wrestling program,” said Director of Athletics Brian Streeter. “His previous experiences will benefit the department as we begin to grow a team once again. Patnesky is a proven coach who understands the academic standards in which to recruit.”
Davidson was consistently one of the top wrestling programs in the country for academics under Patnesky’s tutelage. The Wildcats were ranked in the NWCA’s Division I All-Academic Top 30 for five consecutive years (2006-10), earning the fifth-best team grade-point average in 2009 and 2010, and also ranking 12th in 2012.
Patnesky spent two seasons as an assistant coach before being named interim head coach in 2004-05. He led the Wildcats to an 8-7 overall record, their first winning campaign in over 10 years. Prior to Davidson, he served as an assistant coach at Ohio University while earning his master’s degree in recreation and sports sciences.
Patnesky was a three-year starter for the wrestling team at West Virginia, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Communication in 2001. The three-time NCAA qualifier is the all-time winningest wrestler in his weight class at West Virginia. Patnesky was the 2000 Eastern Wrestling League champion, helping his team win the EWL crown and a sixth-place finish in the country. He was a three-time Jr. National All-American, a national finalist, individually ranked among the top 12 wrestlers in the country for three years and finished his college career with more than 100 victories. He also competed for the U.S. on a tour of France and Poland in 1999 and earned NWCA Academic All-American accolades.
Patnesky takes over a wrestling program that has been absent for 38 years. Penn State Behrend offered NCAA wrestling from 1967 until 1978, using Erie Hall for practices and home matches. Wrestlers will again use that space beginning in the fall of 2017.
Patnesky and his wife, Pam Moss, will reside in Erie.
