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34 DIVISION III Wrestling—INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Wrestling DIVISION III Highlights Four years. Four titles. Four years of domination for Wartburg: With the team trophy already headed to Wartburg’s Wa- verly, Iowa, campus for a fourth consecutive season, four Knight seniors went after individual titles at the 2014 NCAA Divi- sion III Wrestling Championships at U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 15. Three of the four got their hands raised. Kenny Anderson provided some theatrics to become the 14th three-time champion in Division III. A second-period ride-out by Ithaca senior Alex Gomez sent the 133-pound finals bout to the third at 0-0 where an early reversal gave Gomez a 2-0 lead. Anderson quickly reversed back and rode the rest of the way, erasing Gomez’s riding-time advantage and forcing overtime. One final shot, one completed attack, a low-level double-leg, sent Anderson (15-2) and Wartburg fans into a frenzy. “That’s all heart in overtime, especially in a tournament like this because everyone is good,” said Anderson. “You can throw skill out the window, it’s conditioning and heart. I am not going to lie, I was really nervous at the start of the match. I knew [the takedown] was going to be there eventually.” The win also completed an impressive 76-3 career. For Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Nazar Kulchytskyy no dramatics were needed. A native of Ukraine, he locked up a second-period cradle and pinned Coe’s Dmitri Boyer in the 157-pound weight class to earn his third title and finish a 42-2 season and 143-5 career. Wartburg senior Cole Welter scrambled his way to a 5-1 win against Washington & Jefferson’s Nick Carr, who entered the finals with a 12-0 record. Welter (34-1) was fifth a year ago. Title number three for the Knights came thanks to a dominating performance by senior 174-pounder Landon Williams. He won a championship in 2012 and was fourth in 2013. He turned Anthony Bonaventura, a senior for Waynesburg, multiple times before getting a pin at 2:46. Loras sophomore James Buss kept the Knights from a fourth title. After beating two-time NCAA champion Chad Johnson in the semifinals, Buss beat Wartburg’s Ryan Fank in the 285-pound title bout 4-1. In the end, it was a 36.5-point margin (103.5-67) for Wartburg against second-place Wisconsin-Whitewater, which was three points better than Messiah. Coe and Augsburg rounded out the top five in a field of sixty-five. “I am so happy for these guys,” Wartburg head coach Eric Keller said. “This group of seniors has been unbelievable, how they have worked how they have put in the time from start to finish. All they have done is win.” The three champions pushed Wartburg’s all-time total to 41. The Knights do lose seven seniors, including all six All-Americans. Augsburg’s DIII-leading 44th national champion came in the form of junior 125-pounder Mike Fuenffinger, who defeated Messiah freshman Lucas Malmberg (46-4) in a 12-4 major decision. The champion finishes 34-3. Two bouts later, Messiah and 11-year head coach Bryan Bunk did get a champion as junior Kaleb Loht concluded a 48-1 sea- son with a 6-3 win against Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Matt Adcock in the 141-pound final. His performance, along with three other All-Americans, gave Messiah a third-place finish, the best in program history. Wabash freshman Riley Lefever finished a 38-0 season with an overtime win againstT CNJ’s Brian Broderick, a finalist in 2013, at 184 pounds. Lefever, from Fort Wayne, Ind., became Wabash’s first national champion in wrestling. “The first day of practice we had goal sheets and I wrote down, first, have fun, then be national champion at 184 pounds,” Lefever said. “I am on cloud nine right now, I am so excited. I have so many emotions right now; I am thankful to my parents, my team, my brothers … without them beating the crap out of me every day I wouldn’t be here right now.” The U.S. Cellular Center crowd reached its loudest all weekend when Cornell (Iowa) senior Alex Coolidge beat Wisconsin- Whitewater sophomore Shane Siefert in a solid 197-pound battle. Coolidge, a finalist in 2013, finishes 29-4 and is the first national champion for Cornell since Shawn Voigt won a title in 1990. DIVISION III Wrestling—TEam RESULTS 35 Elmhurst senior Ryan Prater (19-0), a Division I national qualifier for Illinois before transferring to Elmhurst, beat SUNY Cort- land’s Bobby Dierna 4-2 in the 149-pound final. Wartburg became the first program since the opening of DIII festivities in 1974 to win four consecutive team titles. Augsburg (2000-02) is the only other school to win three consecutive. WRESTLING 2014 TEAM STANDINGS 20. Olivet .........................................................................19 40. Dubuque ...............................................................6½ 1. Wartburg ...........................................................103½ 21. Wis.-La Crosse........................................................17 41. Mt. St. Joseph ..........................................................6 2. Wis.-Whitewater ..................................................67 22. Baldwin Wallace ............................................... 16½ 42. Coast Guard ..........................................................5½ 3. Messiah ....................................................................64 Johns Hopkins .................................................. 16½ Rhode Island Col. ................................................5½ 4. Coe .............................................................................54 Thiel ....................................................................... 16½ 44. Ohio Northern .........................................................5 5. Augsburg ................................................................43 25. Wash. and Jeff. .....................................................16 45. Bridgewater St. ....................................................4½ 6. Delaware Valley ................................................ 39½ 26. Roger Williams .................................................. 15½ 46. Southern Me. ............................................................3 SUNY Cortland .................................................. 39½ 27. Wheaton (IL) ..........................................................14 Stevens ........................................................................3 8. Johnson & Wales (RI) ..........................................37 Wilkes ........................................................................14 48. Heidelberg ............................................................2½ 9. Wabash ....................................................................36 29. Centenary (NJ) .................................................. 13½ 49. Luther .........................................................................2 10. Wis.-Oshkosh ..................................................... 34½ McDaniel ............................................................. 13½ Rochester Inst. .........................................................2 11. Ithaca .................................................................... 30½ 31. Brockport ............................................................ 12½ 51. North Central (IL) ................................................1½ 12. Concordia-M’head .......................................... 28½ NYU ....................................................................... 12½ St. Olaf .....................................................................1½ 13. Williams ....................................................................28 33. Chicago ................................................................ 11½ Wis.-Eau Claire ......................................................1½ 14. Loras ..........................................................................25 Trine ....................................................................... 11½ 54. Elizabethtown .........................................................1 TCNJ ...........................................................................25 35. Pacific (OR) .................................................................9 55. Central (IA) ............................................................... ½ 16. Cornell College ................................................ 23½ 36. John Carroll ..........................................................8½ Ferrum ....................................................................... ½ 17. Elmhurst ............................................................. 22½ Springfield ............................................................8½ Merchant Marine .................................................. ½ Mount Union ..................................................... 22½ 38. Concordia Wisconsin.........................................7½ Trinity (CT) .............................................................. ½ 19. Waynesburg ...........................................................20 Ursinus ....................................................................7½ 2014 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WRESTLEBACKS Wis.-Whitewater, def. Jacoby Bergeron, Concordia-M’head, First round: Murray def. Rivera, 7-3; Page def. Corrigan, 5-2. 7-4; Dustin Weinmann, Wis.-La Crosse, def. Silas Murray, 125-pOUND Class Second round: Ambrocio def. Poynter, 9-4; Mui def. Page, Rhode Island Col., 11-9; Ryan O`Boyle, McDaniel, def. Colin Opening round: Paul Bewak, Johns Hopkins, def. Jonathan 13-6; Santos def. Murray, 3-1 (sudden victory); Kempf def. McDermitt, Heidelberg, 8-3.