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WISCONSIN WRESTLING 65 NCAA All-Americans | 103 All-America Honors | 18 Individual National Titles | 69 Big Ten Champions 2012-13 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL: 7-8 • BIG TEN: 4-4 (T-6TH) DATE OPPONENT RESULT Nov. 11 vs. #25 HOFSTRA W, 18-13 Nov. 16 at Old Dominion L, 12-19 Nov. 18 vs. Campbell W, 35-7 at #12 Virginia Tech L, 6-32 Nov. 24 vs. NORTHERN IOWA W, 24-13 Nov. 30-Dec. 1 Cliff Keen Invite 14th place Dec. 7 vs. MICHIGAN STATE * W, 19-12 Dec. 9 at #9 Nebraska * W, 19-17 Dec. 29-30 Midlands Championships 12th place Jan. 13 vs. #11 MICHIGAN * W, 19-16 22012-13012-13 Jan. 18 at #1 Penn State * L, 6-36 Jan. 20 at #6 Ohio State * L, 10-29 Jan. 25 vs. INDIANA* W, 26-9 WWisconsinisconsin WWrestlingrestling YYearear iinn RRevieweview Jan. 28 vs. #22 Purdue * L, 14-22 Tyler Graff (133 lbs.) earned All-America honors at the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des Moines, Feb. 10 vs. #4 MINNESOTA L, 5-34 Iowa, winning a third-place title. The ﬁ nish made Graff a three-time All-American. Feb. 17 vs. #24 Northern Iowa L, 15-24 at Kent State L, 10-33 TYLER GRAFF CAPS BADGERS’ SEASON WITH THIRD ALL-AMERICA HONOR Mar. 9-10 Big Ten Championships 10th/37 pts. Redshirt junior Tyler Graff captured the third All-America honor of his career at the 2013 Mar. 21-23 NCAA Championships T-27th/16.5 pts. NCAA Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Graff earned the highest finish of his career, winning a third-place title at 133 lbs., after previously finishing in fifth-place at both the 2011 and 2010 championships. * Big Ten Conference match --Note: Rankings reflect opponent’s NWCA/Division I poll The No. 3-seeded Graff began his run through the 133 lbs., bracket with a 13-4 major deci- ranking at time of match sion victory over Maryland’s Geoffrey Alexander. Graff entered the third period of the match with a 4-1 lead, but unleasehed a flurry of takedowns -- four in total -- in the final minute of the match to secure the major decision win. Next up for the Loveland, Colo., native was a second round match-up with Lehigh’s Randy Cruz. The match was tight throughout and remained scoreless heading into the third period. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Graff broke through with a reversal to take the match’s first lead and was able to ride out Wrestling contact: Ryan Evans Cruz for the remainder of the period, tacking on a ride time point to win 3-0. Email: [email protected] In the quarterfinals, Graff faced Missouri’s sixth-seeded Nathan McCormick. Graff defeated McCormick, 5-3, to advance to the semi-finals and assure himself of his third All-America honor. Secondary contact: Anna Poulter-Hendrickson With the win, Graff became the ninth three-time All-American in Wisconsin history. Email: [email protected] Ofﬁ ce Phone: 608-262-3545 WIth a spot in the national title match on the line in the semifinals, Graff and Iowa’s No. 2-seeded Tony Ramos engaged in another class dual after their tightly-contested match in the semifinals at the 2013 Big Ten Championships. Again Graff and Ramos went down to the wire. Graff built a 4-2 lead heading into the third period with a takedown in the first and a reversal in the second, but surrendered an escape to Ramos and was then hit with his second stalling warning giving Ramos a point and tying the score to send the match to overtime. It took until the second sudden victory period for the match to be decided. In that period, Graff took a shot for Ramos’ legs, but came up empty, allowing Ramos to scramble for the takedown and the 6-4 win. The loss dropped Graff into the semifinals of the consolation bracket. Showing the leadership he had all season, Graff quickly erased the disappointment from his loss to Ramos and bounced back to close out the championships strong in the consolation bracket. Graff began his run for third place with a win over Minnesota’s No. 5-seeded Chris Dardanes. Graff scored two takedowns and a reversal in the match before tacking on a ride time point to finish off the 7-4 victory and advance to the third-place match. In the bronze medal match against Edinboro’s No. 4-seeded A.J.Schopp, Graff got a first period takedown, but found himself in unfamiliar territory when, after surrendering a three-point near fall in the second period, he trailed in regulation for the first time at the championships. Graff quickly responded with a reversal in the waning seconds of the second to re-build a lead that he would not again relinquish. Graff added a takedown in the third period against Schopp to secure a 6-3 victory and the third-place title. Athletic Communications Office • University of Wisconsin • Kellner Hall • 1440 Monroe Street • Madison, WI 53711 2012-13 Season in Review BADGERS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS In addition to Graff, Wisconsin also qualified two WISCONSIN WRESTLING other wrestlers for the 2013 NCAA Championships, both of which made their first appearance at the THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICANS national tournament. Bob Kovnosky (1954, 55, 56) JACKSON HEIN -- 197 LBS. Ron Paar (1962, 63, 64) Unseeded redshirt junior Jackson Hein (197 lbs.) Andy Rein (1978, 79, 80) got off to a fast start is Des Moines, notching an John Giurra (1983, 84, 85) upset win over Missouri’s No. 12-seeded Brent Jim Jordan (1984, 85, 86) Matt Demaray (1990, 91, 92) Haynes. The match went to overtime after regula- Eric Jetton (1996, 97, 98) tion finished with a 3-3 tie, and from there it took Andrew Howe (2009, 10, 11) until the third sudden victory period to be decided. Tyler Graff (2010, 11, 13) Tyler Graff - 133 Third place In the third overtime, Hein broke through with a takedown to secure the upset and a 5-3 win. #3 Graff maj dec. #17 Geoffrey Alexander (MD), 13-4 FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICANS #3 Graff dec. Randy Cruz (LEHIGH), 3-0 From there Hein dropped his next two matches and was knocked out of the tournament. In the second #3 Graff dec. #7 Nathan McCormick (MIZZ), 5-3 Lee Kemp (1975, 76, 77, 78) round, Hein matched up with Oregon State’s No. #2 Tony Ramos (IOWA) dec. #3 Graff, 6-4 SV2 Matt Hanutke (1992, 93, 94, 95) #3 Graff dec. #5 Chris Dardanes (MINN), 7-4 5-seeded Taylor Massa. Hein kept it close through- Donny Pritzlaff (1998, 99, 00, 01) out the match, which was tied at three heading into #3 Graff dec. #4 AJ Schopp (EDIN), 6-3 the third period. Hein started down with a chance to escape and take the lead, but was unable as Massa rode him out and tacked on the ride time Jackson Hein - 197 DNP point for the win. #18 Hein dec. #12 Brent Haynes (MIZZ), 5-3 SV3 Hein was then eliminated from competition in the first round of consolation bracket matches, #5 Taylor Meeks (ORST) dec. #18 Hein, 4-3 falling to Illinois’ Mario Gonzalez, 6-4. Hein made a spirited effort at a comeback, tying the #14 Mario Gonzalez (ILL) dec. #18 Hein, 6-4 score at four after trailing, 4-1, to start the third period, but Gonzalez was able to escape and add a ride time point, which was too much for Hein to be able to overcome. Connor Medbery - HWT DNP #10 Medbery dec. David Marone (VT), 5-2 CONNOR MEDBERY -- HWT. #6 Jarod Trice (CMU) dec. #10 Medbery, 6-4 Redshirt freshman, and seventh-seeded heavyweight, Connor Medbery also got off to a fast #15 Levi Cooper (AZST) dec. #10 Medbery, 3-2 start at the NCAA championships, opening the tournament with a 5-2 win over Virginia Tech’s David Marone. In the second round, Medbery lost to Central Michigan’s No. 10-seeded Jarod Trice, 6-4. TEAM FINISH: T-27th / 16.5 points The match was tied, 2-2, heading into the third period, but Medbery was unable to put Trice away. Trice started the third with an escape and added a takedown and a ride time point to build a 6-4 victory. The loss dropped Medbery into the consolation bracket. In his consolation round match, Medbery faced Arizona State’s Levi Cooper, and again was unable to pull out a win with the score tied with a period remaining. Tied at two to start the third, Cooper was able to escape and hold onto that 3-2 lead for the win. TTYLERYLER GGRAFFRAFF Tyler Graff (133 lbs.) went 5-1 at the 2013 22013013 NNCAACAA AAll-Americanll-American NCAA championships to earn the third All- TThirdhird pplacelace ---- 113333 llbs.bs. America honor of his career. Graff is the ninth three-time All-American in UW history. 2012-13 Season in Review BADGERS AT THE B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS Wisconsin wrapped up Big Ten Conference competition with a 10th-place finish at the 2013 Big Ten Championships at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill. The Badgers finished in 10th place with 37 team points, just one point behind ninth-place Purdue. Penn State won its second-straight Big Ten title with 151 points, finishing 12 points ahead of Matt Cavallaris - 125 DNP second place Minnesota. Dom Malone (NU) fall Cavallaris, 2:35 #13 David Thorn (MINN) fall Cavallris, 1:25 The Badgers put four wrestlers on the podim at the Big Ten championships as Tyler Graff finished third at 133 lbs., Tom Kelliher finished Tyler Graff - 133 Third place in eighth-place at 141 lbs., Jackson Hein cap- TTyleryler GGraffraff #3 Graff tech fall Garrison White (NU), 20-5, 5:30 tured a seventh-place finish at 197 lbs., and TThirdhird pplacelace - 113333 llbs.bs.

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