77th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 2007 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007 at Auburn Hills Team Champion Minnesota - 98 Points Outstanding Wrestler: Derek Moore - California-Davis Gorriaran Award: Matt Pell - Missouri Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Minnesota 98 (1) 6 Michigan 62 2 Iowa State 88.5 (1) 7 Hofstra 60.5 3 Missouri 80 (1) 8 Iowa 57 (1) 4 Northwestern 71.5 (1) 9 Edinboro 56 (1) 5 Oklahoma State 69 10 Ohio State 54.5 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 1251st: Paul Donahoe [6] - Nebraska (3-1 SV) 2nd: Sam Hazewinkel [1] - Oklahoma 3rd: Troy Nickerson [2] - Cornell (3-0) 4th: Angel Escobedo [7] - Indiana 5th: Jayson Ness [4] - Minnesota (WBF 1:00) 6th: Ode Blanc [9] - Lock Haven 7th: Tanner Gardner [3] - Stanford (WBF 2:41) 8th: Charlie Falck [5] - Iowa 1331st: Matt Valenti [2] - Pennsylvania (4-2) 2nd: Coleman Scott [4] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Nick Simmons [1] - Michigan State (8-0) 4th: Matt Keller [5] - Tennessee-Chattanooga 5th: Darrel Vasquez [6] - Cal Poly-SLO (7-4) 6th: Tyler McCormick [8] - Missouri 7th: Jake Strayer [US] - Penn State (WBF 2:38) 8th: Andrae Hernandez [US] - Indiana 1411st: Derek Moore [2] - California-Davis (WTF 17-2, 5:41) 2nd: Ryan Lang [1] - Northwestern 3rd: Charles Griffin [11] - Hofstra (6-2) 4th: Nathan Morgan [3] - Oklahoma State 5th: Don Fisch [US] - Rider (WBF 4:42) 6th: Brandon Rader [7] - West Virginia 7th: J Jaggers [US] - Ohio State (7-1) 8th: Max Meltzer [US] - Harvard 1491st: Gregor Gillespie [5] - Edinboro (3-1 SV) 2nd: Josh Churella [3] - Michigan 3rd: Dustin Schlatter [1] - Minnesota (1-0) 4th: Lance Palmer [10] - Ohio State 5th: J.P. O'Connor [6] - Harvard (6-4) 6th: Tyler Turner [US] - Wisconsin 7th: Matt Coughlin [US] - Indiana (11-6) 8th: Jordan Leen [4] - Cornell 1571st: Trent Paulson [1] - Iowa State (6-5) 2nd: Craig Henning [7] - Wisconsin 3rd: Michael Poeta [5] - Illinois (2-1 TB) 4th: James Strouse [3] - Hofstra 5th: Matt Kocher [11] - Pittsburgh (2-1) 6th: C.P. Schlatter [4] - Minnesota 7th: Josh Zupancic [US] - Stanford (11-10 TB) 8th: Ryan Hluschak [US] - Drexel 1651st: Mark Perry [2] - Iowa (4-3) 2nd: Johny Hendricks [1] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Matt Pell [9] - Missouri (WBF 3:15) 4th: Eric Tannenbaum [3] - Michigan 5th: Travis Paulson [4] - Iowa State (5-4) 6th: Mike Patrovich [6] - Hofstra 7th: Deonte Penn [7] - Edinboro (WBF 4:55) 8th: Mike Miller [US] - Central Michigan 1741st: Ben Askren [1] - Missouri (8-2) 2nd: Keith Gavin [2] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Eric Luedke [5] - Iowa (3-2) 4th: Matt Stolpinski [8] - Navy 5th: Brandon Mason [US] - Oklahoma State (1-0) 6th: Steve Luke [3] - Michigan 7th: Brandon Sinnott [7] - Central Michigan (7-3) 8th: Matt Palmer [9] - Columbia 1841st: Jake Herbert [1] - Northwestern (6-1) 2nd: Jake Varner [6] - Iowa State 3rd: Roger Kish [2] - Minnesota (3-2) 4th: Alex Clemsen [7] - Edinboro 5th: Tyler Todd [4] - Michigan (WBF 4:34) 6th: Mike Pucillo [3] - Ohio State 7th: Louis Caputo [10] - Harvard (2-0) 8th: Josh Arnone [US] - Cornell 1971st: Josh Glenn [2] - American (6-4) 2nd: Kurt Backes [9] - Iowa State 3rd: Chris Weidman [11] - Hofstra (9-4) 4th: J.D. Bergman [6] - Ohio State 5th: Phil Davis [4] - Penn State (8-4) 6th: Jerry Rinaldi [5] - Cornell 7th: Mike Tamillow [3] - Northwestern (7-3) 8th: Nick Roy [US] - Michigan 2851st: Cole Konrad [1] - Minnesota (WBF 1:53) 2nd: Aaron Anspach [2] - Penn State 3rd: Dustin Fox [4] - Northwestern (3-1) 4th: Ty Watterson [5] - Oregon State 5th: Bubba Gritter [3] - Central Michigan (9-6) 6th: Wade Sauer [12] - Cal State-Fullerton 7th: Payam Zarrinpour [US] - Sacred Heart (11-8) 8th: Mike Spaid [9] - Bloomsburg Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2007 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 30 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007 at Auburn Hills, MI Sam Hazewinkel, Oklahoma [1] Sam Hazewinkel 8-0 Javier Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattanooga Sam Hazewinkel 7-4 Matt Fisk, Lehigh 125 Weight Class Mark McKnight 12-4 Mark McKnight, Penn State Sam Hazewinkel 16-4 Ode Blanc, Lock Haven [9] Ode Blanc 9-4 Chad Sportelli, Kent State Ode Blanc Fall 4:54 Eric Hoffman, North Dakota State Gabe Flores 2-0 Gabe Flores, Illinois [8] Sam Hazewinkel 10-0 Charlie Falck, Iowa [5] Charlie Falck TF 15-0, 7:00 Marcos Orozco, California-Davis Charlie Falck 5-3 Steve Mytych, Drexel Steve Mytych 5-0 Matt Eveleth, Pennsylvania [12] Fernando Martinez, Army Jayson Ness 3-0 Tyler Shinn 5-2 Tyler Shinn, Oklahoma State Taylor Cummings, North Carolina State Jayson Ness Fall 4:17 Jayson Ness Fall 2:28 Jayson Ness, Minnesota [4] Paul Donahoe 3-1 OT Tanner Gardner, Stanford [3] Tanner Gardner 1-0 Brandon Kinney, Columbia Tanner Gardner 5-2 TB Nick Ramirez, Wyoming Brandon Precin 7-4 Brandon Precin, Northwestern Paul Donahoe 8-3 Dave Tomasette, Hofstra [11] Dave Tomasette 5-1 Anthony Mustari, Northern Colorado Paul Donahoe Fall 5:26 Patrick Castillo, Northern Illinois Paul Donahoe 4-1 Paul Donahoe, Nebraska [6] Paul Donahoe 2-1 TB Angel Escobedo, Indiana [7] Angel Escobedo 6-1 Luke Smith, Central Michigan Angel Escobedo Fall 5:31 Mike Sees, Bloomsburg Mike Sees 9-4 Nick Fanthorpe, Iowa State [10] Collin Cudd, Wisconsin Troy Nickerson 2-0 Collin Cudd 9-3 Eric Stevenson, Oregon State Christian Smith, Liberty Troy Nickerson Fall 1:25 Troy Nickerson Fall 2:39 Troy Nickerson, Cornell [2] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2007 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 30 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007 at Auburn Hills, MI Maldonado, Tennessee-Chattan Maldonado 5-3 Fisk, Lehigh Maldonado 7-1 125 Consolation Bracket Cudd, Wisconsin Maldonado 4-3 Sportelli, Kent State Sportelli 9-7 Hoffman, North Dakota State Falck 8-0 Sees 7-3 Sees, Bloomsburg Falck, Iowa Orozco, California-Davis Orozco 8-3 Blanc 6-5 Eveleth, Pennsylvania Tomasette 14-0 Nickerson 13-0 Tomasette, Hofstra Nickerson, Cornell Tomasette 9-1 Martinez, Army Martinez Fall 5:45 Cummings, North Carolina Stat Blanc 6-5 Precin 8-2 Third Place: Troy Nickerson, Cornell 3-0 Precin, Northwestern Blanc, Lock Haven Fourth Place: Angel Escobedo, Indiana Kinney, Columbia Kinney 9-4 Fifth Place: Jayson Ness, Minnesota Fall 1:00 Ramirez, Wyoming Shinn 6-1 Sixth Place: Ode Blanc, Lock Haven Shinn, Oklahoma State Seventh Place: Tanner Gardner, Stanford Fall 2:41 Shinn 4-3 TB Mustari, Northern Colorado Eighth Place: Charlie Falck, Iowa Castillo 7-1 Castillo, Northern Illinois Escobedo 9-3 Castillo 3-2 Mytych, Drexel Escobedo, Indiana Smith, Central Michigan Fanthorpe 9-1 Escobedo 9-3 Fanthorpe, Iowa State Fanthorpe 5-3 OT Escobedo 7-3 Flores, Illinois Ness, Minnesota Fanthorpe 16-3 Stevenson, Oregon State Stevenson 9-1 Smith, Liberty Gardner 6-2 McKnight 6-3 McKnight, Penn State Gardner, Stanford Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2007 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 30 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007 at Auburn Hills, MI No Pigtails Bouts for 125 Weight Class Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2007 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 30 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007 at Auburn Hills, MI Nick Simmons, Michigan State [1] Nick Simmons 13-2 Dan Mitcheff, Kent State Nick Simmons 7-0 Tyler Dillashaw, Cal State-Fullerton 133 Weight Class Dave Marble 14-7 Dave Marble, Bucknell Nick Simmons 3-0 James Kennedy, Illinois [9] James Kennedy 7-4 Seth Ciasulli, Lehigh James Kennedy 3-2 Chris Staylor, Old Dominion Tyler McCormick Fall 3:52 Tyler McCormick, Missouri [8] Coleman Scott 4-3 Matt Keller, Tennessee-Chattanooga [5] Matt Keller 9-6 Kyle Anson, Northern Iowa Matt Keller Fall 4:47 T.J. Enright, Ohio State Robbie Preston 6-3 Robbie Preston, Harvard [12] Conor Beebe, Central Michigan Coleman Scott 6-4 OT Mario Galanakis 12-1 Mario Galanakis, Iowa Omar Gaitan, California-Davis Coleman Scott 6-0 Coleman Scott 11-1 Coleman Scott, Oklahoma State [4] Matt Valenti 4-2 Adam Frey, Cornell [3] Nick Gallick Fall 2:41 Nick Gallick, Iowa State Jake Strayer 4-2 Jake Strayer, Penn State Jake Strayer Fall 6:19 Lou Ruggirello, Hofstra Darrel Vasquez 9-3 Drew Headlee, Pittsburgh [11] Zach Tanelli 7-4 TB Zach Tanelli, Wisconsin Darrel Vasquez 11-3 Cory VomBaur, Wyoming Darrel Vasquez Fall 4:40 Darrel Vasquez, Cal Poly-SLO [6] Matt Valenti 4-2 Mack Reiter, Minnesota [7] Mack Reiter Fall 5:36 Richard Donald, Bloomsburg Mack Reiter 12-5 Joe Baker, Navy Joe Baker 5-1 Evan Sola, North Carolina [10] Mark Budd, SUNY-Buffalo Matt Valenti 4-0 Andrae Hernandez 2-0 Andrae Hernandez, Indiana Bobby Pfennings, Oregon State Matt Valenti 9-3 Matt Valenti 6-2 Matt Valenti, Pennsylvania [2] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 2007 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 30 3/15/2007 to 3/17/2007 at Auburn Hills, MI Pfennings, Oregon State Budd 7-2 Budd, SUNY-Buffalo Preston Fall 6:10 133 Consolation Bracket Preston, Harvard Preston 10-5 Sola, North Carolina Sola Fall 2:48 Donald, Bloomsburg Strayer 9-6 Galanakis 6-1 Galanakis, Iowa Strayer, Penn State Albright, Virginia Albright 4-2 McCormick 4-1 Headlee, Pittsburgh Albright 16-6 Simmons 9-0 Marble, Bucknell Simmons, Michigan State McCormick 6-3 Ruggirello, Hofstra Frey 3-2 Frey, Cornell McCormick 4-3 McCormick FFT Third Place: Nick Simmons, Michigan State 8-0 McCormick, Missouri Reiter, Minnesota Fourth Place: Matt Keller, Tennessee-Chattanooga Tate, Gardner-Webb Beebe Fall 2:38 Fifth Place: Darrel Vasquez, Cal Poly-SLO 7-4 Beebe, Central Michigan Baker 4-3 Sixth Place: Tyler McCormick, Missouri Baker, Navy Seventh Place: Jake Strayer, Penn State Fall 2:38 Hernandez 7-5 Enright, Ohio State Eighth Place: Andrae Hernandez, Indiana Enright 6-4 OT Anson, Northern Iowa Hernandez 4-3 TB Hernandez 2-1 TB Hernandez, Indiana Kennedy, Illinois Staylor, Old Dominion Staylor 5-0 Keller 9-2 Ciasulli, Lehigh