Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book
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DIVISION I WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2015 Championships 2 History 14 Team Finishes 28 All-Time Team Results 34 2015 CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHTS Logan Stieber joined an exclusive club at the 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The senior 141-pounder for Ohio State beat Edinboro’s Mitchell Port, 11-5, on March 21 to win a fourth national title and become just the fourth wrestler in NCAA history to accomplish that feat. “This is something I have dreamed about since I came to Ohio State,” said Stieber, who finished 29-0 this season and a 119-3 career for the Buckeyes. “To finally do it is unbelievable.” Two slick first-period takedowns built a small cushion. Stieber scored another takedown and took a 7-2 lead and 2:38 of riding time to the final two minutes of his collegiate career. A double-leg midway through the third made it 10-2. Port (36-2), also a senior, made one last push by scoring a late takedown, but it was too little, too late as the capacity crowd at Scottrade Center in St. Louis came to its feet and gave Stieber a standing ovation. Following the tournament the Outstanding Wrestler Award also belonged to Stieber. Stieber is the leader of a Buckeye squad that claimed the program’s first team title. Ohio State totaled 102 points, 16 more than second place Iowa. Edinboro, at 75.5, finished a program-best third, with Missouri, Cornell and Penn State rounding out the top six. Stieber’s teammate, freshman Nathan Tomasello, opened his collegiate career with a national title at 125 pounds. Tomasello thwarted West Virginia fresh- man Zeke Moisey’s attempt to become the first unseeded wrestler to claim an NCAA crown since Oklahoma State’s Mark Branch in 1994. Moisey (31-13) shocked the Scottrade Center crowd Friday evening when he cradled and pinned Iowa’s Thomas Gilman in 52 seconds. Moisey, a freshman from Northhampton, Pennsylvania, let it fly in the finals against Tomasello, but came out on the short end of a 9-5 score. Iowa State senior Kyven Gadson finished in style. He fought off a single-leg attack by Ohio State freshman Kyle Snyder and countered with a sweet toss for a pin at 4:24 of the 197-pound final. Gadson’s father, Willie, was a two-time All-American (1975 and 1976) for Iowa State. He died a day after Kyven won the 2013 Big 12 title. Oklahoma State junior Alex Dieringer won the 100th match of his career with a comfortable 14-7 decision of Indiana’s Taylor Walsh in the 165-pound final. Dieringer, 34-0 this season, was a champion at 157 pounds in 2014. North Carolina State junior Nick Gwiazdowski (35-0) joined Dieringer as a two-time champion. Gwiazdowski led early and held off a late charge to beat Michigan sophomore Adam Coon 7-6 in the 285-pound finals. Illinois rookie Isaiah Martinez (34-0) dominated Cornell’s Brian Realbuto 10-2 in the 157-pound title tilt. The first period included a handful of fantastic flurries, but in the end Martinez proved too much. Cornell’s second finalist, sophomore Gabe Dean, beat Lehigh’s Nathaniel Brown in the 184-pound final. A third-period takedown was the difference in a 6-2 victory for Dean (44-2). Video review won the day at 174 pounds. Penn State’s Matt Brown and Pittsburgh’s Tyler Wilps wrestled a wild seven minutes, then stood through a number of coaches challenges. The final 25 seconds included a takedown by Wilps (19-4) for a 4-3 lead, a stalling call on Wilps to tie it at 4-4, and apparently send it to overtime. Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson challenged the call and after a lengthy review that required multiple looks, Brown was awarded a point for a locked hands violation. The scoreboard read 5-4 and Brown (29-3), who lost in the finals in 2013, was awarded the win. The first bout of the night required extra wrestling as Missouri’s Drake Houdashelt and Edinboro’s David Habat, both seniors, went to overtime tied at 1-1 when Habat (36-3) lost his balance during a takedown attempt. Houdashelt pounced on the Fighting Scot and won 3-1. The Tiger senior, a three-time All- American, finished 37-1. Oklahoma junior Cody Brewer (22-1) put his No. 13 seed to bed with a finals victory against Iowa’s Cory Clark. Brewer had three major decisions, a pin and the decision against Clark for the week. The 2015 tournament drew an NCAA record 113,013 fans for the six sessions. 2015 Championships 2 2015 TEAM STANDINGS 1. Ohio St. 102 2. Iowa 84 3. Edinboro 75½ 4. Missouri 73½ 5. Cornell 71½ 6. Penn St. 67½ 7. Oklahoma St. 65 8. Minnesota 59½ 9. Nebraska 59 10. Virginia Tech 56 11. Michigan 54 12. Illinois 51 13. Lehigh 39½ 14. Iowa St. 39 15. Northwestern 34½ 16. North Carolina St. 34 17. Wisconsin 32½ 18. Oklahoma 29½ 19. Virginia 26½ 20. West Virginia 23½ 21. Pittsburgh 23 22. Old Dominion 22 23. North Dakota St. 19½ 24. Indiana 18 North Carolina 18 26. Kent St. 16 27. Rider 15½ 28. Duke 14 29. Arizona St. 12½ 30. Oregon St. 11½ 31. Ohio 9½ Princeton 9½ Rutgers 9½ 34. UNI 9 35. Hofstra 8 Stanford 8 37. Lock Haven 7½ 38. Penn 6½ 39. Maryland 6 Wyoming 6 41. Drexel 5 42. Purdue 4½ 43. Appalachian St. 4 Boise State 4 45. Chattanooga 3½ 46. American 3 Brown 3 Bucknell 3 Northern Colo. 3 50. Army West Point 2½ Central Mich. 2½ 52. Air Force 2 53. Cleveland St. 1½ Davidson 1½ Eastern Mich. 1½ Navy 1½ South Dakota St. 1½ 58. Binghamton 1 Cal Poly 1 Citadel 1 Columbia 1 CSU Bakersfield 1 SIUE 1 Utah Valley 1 65. George Mason ½ 65. Harvard ½ 67 Gardner-Webb 0 Northern Ill. 0 69 Michigan St. -1/2 2015 Championships 3 Wrestlebacks 2015 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Round Results Pig Tails Dominic Parisi (Appalachian St.) won by decision over OUND LASS 125-P C Paul Petrov (Bucknell) (Dec 6-4) Round Results First round Brandon Jeske (Old Dominion) won by decision over Dominic Parisi (Appalachian St.) (Dec 6-4); Tyler Cox Pig Tails Josh Martinez (Air Force) won by decision over Dominic (Wyoming) won by decision over Dylan Peters (UNI) Parisi (Appalachian St.) (Dec 8-5) (Dec 8-5); Scott Parker (Lehigh) won by decision First round Alan Waters (Missouri) won by decision over Brandon over Ares Carpio (Arizona St.) (Dec 9-5); Ethan Lizak Jeske (Old Dominion) (Dec 6-1); Conor Youtsey (Minnesota) won by decision over Joe DeAngelo (North (Michigan) won by decision over Paul Petrov (Bucknell) Carolina St.) (Dec 8-3); Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota (Dec 5-4); David Terao (American) won by decision St.) won by decision over Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) (Dec over Dylan Peters (UNI) (Dec 12-10); Jesse Delgado 9-4); Joaquin Marquez (Citadel) won by decision over (Illinois) won by decision over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) (Dec Evan Silver (Stanford) (Dec 10-3); Nick Herrmann 3-2); Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) won by decision over (Virginia) won by decision over Trey Andrews (Northern Scott Parker (Lehigh) (Dec 6-5); Kory Mines (Edinboro) Colo.) (Dec 7-5); Tim Lambert (Nebraska) won by major won by decision over Ares Carpio (Arizona St.) (Dec decision over Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley) (MD 9-1) 10-5); Ben Willeford (Cleveland St.) won by deci- Second round Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) won by decision over Brandon sion over Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) (Dec 8-4); Nathan Jeske (Old Dominion) (Dec 10-6); Ronnie Rios (Oregon Tomasello (Ohio St.) won by fall over Joe DeAngelo St.) won in sudden victory 1 over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) (North Carolina St.) (Fall 2:25); Joey Dance (Virginia (SV-1 3-1); Jordan Conaway (Penn St.) won by deci- Tech) won by fall over Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) (Fall sion over Scott Parker (Lehigh) (Dec 4-3); Ethan Lizak 6:37); Josh Martinez (Air Force) won by decision over (Minnesota) won by decision over Josh Martinez (Air Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota St.) (Dec 4-2); Jordan Force) (Dec 11-4); Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota St.) Conaway (Penn St.) won by decision over Joaquin won by decision over Ben Willeford (Cleveland St.) (Dec Marquez (Citadel) (Dec 12-7); Thomas Gilman (Iowa) 8-3); Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) won by decision over won by major decision over Evan Silver (Stanford) (MD Joaquin Marquez (Citadel) (Dec 5-1); Nick Herrmann 14-4); Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) won by decision (Virginia) won by injury default over Jesse Delgado over Trey Andrews (Northern Colo.) (Dec 9-4); Ronnie (Illinois) (Inj. 2:52); Conor Youtsey (Michigan) won by Rios (Oregon St.) won by decision over Nick Herrmann decision over Tim Lambert (Nebraska) (Dec 10-7) (Virginia) (Dec 6-5); Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) won by major decision over Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley) (MD Third round Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) won by major decision over 14-6); Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) won by decision over Ronnie Rios (Oregon St.) (MD 13-3); Jordan Conaway Tim Lambert (Nebraska) (Dec 10-6) (Penn St.) won by decision over Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) (Dec 7-3); Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) won by decision Second round Alan Waters (Missouri) won by decision over Conor over Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota St.) (Dec 5-4); Youtsey (Michigan) (Dec 4-0); David Terao (American) Conor Youtsey (Michigan) won in sudden victory over won by decision over Jesse Delgado (Illinois) (Dec Nick Herrmann (Virginia) (SV-2 9-7) 4-2); Kory Mines (Edinboro) won by decision over Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) (Dec 12-7); Nathan Tomasello Fourth round Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) won by major decision over (Ohio St.) won by major decision over Ben Willeford Kory Mines (Edinboro) (MD 11-0); Jordan Conaway (Cleveland St.) (MD 11-3); Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) (Penn St.) won by decision over David Terao (American) won by decision over Josh Martinez (Air Force) (Dec (Dec 8-5); Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma St.) won by fall 8-4); Thomas Gilman (Iowa) won in sudden victory over over Sean Boyle (Chattanooga)