Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 219 West Colorado Avenue -- Suite 212 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Chris Fitzpatrick Phone: (719) 471-4936 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Fax: (719) 471-0088 Assistant Commissioner Email: fi [email protected] www.rmacsports.org RMAC Wres- Wednesday, February 25, 2004 tler RMAC Wrestling of the Week Week No. 12 RMAC Overall School W L Pct. W L Pct. Derek Thompson *Western State 5 1 .833 10 3 .769 Colorado Mines Adams State 4 1 .800 9 5 .643 Nebraska-Kearney 3 2 .600 7 10 .412 Sophomore Fort Hays State 2 3 .400 10 4 .714 Heavyweight Chadron State 2 3 .400 6 5 .545 ^San Francisco State 0 1 .000 2 12 .143 Cortez, CO Colorado Mines 0 5 .000 0 12 .000 *RMAC Regular Season Dual Meet Champion Dolores HS Note: The "offi cial" RMAC Champion will be determined at the 2004 RMAC Championships/NCAA Thompson recorded two vic- West Regionals on Sun., Feb. 29. tories last week and moved ^San Francisco State University is an associate member of the RMAC in the sport of wrestling. The Gators compete and are eligible to win the RMAC Championship. his win streak to four straight matches heading into the Recent Results Recent Results (continued) RMAC/NCAA Division II West Sunday, February 8 Wednesday, February 18 Regional Championships at Shawnee Heights High School - Topeka, KS @ CHADRON STATE 23, COLORADO MINES 12 Fort Hays State this Sunday FORT HAYS STATE 25 vs. Truman State (MO) 16 WESTERN STATE 32, @ Air Force (CO) 12 (Feb. 29). On Wednesday, Thompson earned an 8-2 Tuesday, February 10 Thursday, February 19 decision over Cale Bicker- CHADRON STATE @ Dickinson State (ND) Cancelled NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 21, @ FORT HAYS STATE 17 dyke in a 23-12 dual loss at Wednesday, February 11 Friday, February 20 No. 16 Chadron State. On NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 40, @ Bacone (OK) 6 Air Force (CO) 33, @ COLORADO MINES 9 Friday night, he picked up his 20th win on the season with Thursday, February 12 Upcoming Matches a 15-13 decision over Kurt @ Central Oklahoma 39, NEBRASKA-KEARNEY 3 ADAMS STATE 23, @ COLORADO MINES 18 Sunday, February 29 Skarstedt of NCAA Division I @ WESTERN STATE 28, Northern Colorado 14 RMAC Championships/NCAA Div. II West Regionals Air Force (CO). Thompson is FORT HAYS STATE All Day Friday, February 13 now 20-10 in the heavyweight Friday & Saturday, March 12 & 13 division this season, including CHADRON STATE 35, @ Air Force (CO) 6 WESTERN STATE 35, @ COLORADO MINES 6 NCAA Division II Championships an 8-4 record in dual meets. Minnesota State-Mankato All Day Saturday, February 14 Note: All matches are Mountain Standard Time. Central Missouri State Jamboree-Warrensburg, MO All contests in CAPS are RMAC matches unless noted. FORT HAYS STATE 26 vs. Central Missouri State 12 FORT HAYS STATE 27 vs. Southwest Minnesota State 12 FORT HAYS STATE 37 vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 7 FORT HAYS STATE 46 vs. Northern State (SD) 0 FORT HAYS STATE 36 vs. Indianapolis (IN) 6 Sunday, February 15 @ Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 28, SAN FRANCISCO STATE 9 KILO 94.3, the offi cial broadcast provider of THIS WEEK IN THE RMAC. Visit www.rmacsports.org to listen to the RMAC's weekly radio show. Adams State College, Chadron State College, Colorado Christian University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Fort Hays State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, New Mexico Highlands University, Regis University, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Western State College RMAC in Top 25 RMAC Top Individual RMAC vs. (thru 2/20) NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches As- Top 25: ..............................................6-15 sociation Performances NCAA I: ..............................................9-15 Pre: ASC (5), WSC (7), UNK (10), NCAA II: ............................................13-15 SFSU (t17), CSC (t19) Ben Holscher, Chadron State NCAA III: ............................................0-2 Dec. 10: WSC (5), ASC (7), UNK (t8), Last Wednesday (Feb. 18), Holscher scored a major NAIA I: ..............................................7-1 FHSU (14), CSC (18), SFSU (20) Jan. 13: WSC (5), ASC (7), UNK (11), decision over Eric Romberg of Colorado Mines help- FHSU (15), CSC (19), SFSU (20) RMAC Individuals Jan. 28: ASC (7), WSC (10), UNK (12), ing the 16th-ranked Eagles to a 23-12 RMAC dual CSC (16), FHSU (19), SFSU (RV) meet victory over the Orediggers. Holscher has now Nationally Ranked Feb. 11: WSC (7), ASC (9), CSC (14), (2-25) UNK (15), FHSU (16), SFSU (RV) won nine of his last 10 matches and has improved Feb. 25: WSC (8), ASC (10), UNK (13), his overall mark to 22-11 in the 184-pound weight 125 Pounds FHSU (15), CSC (16), SFSU (RV) class this season. 1. Jared Haberman, Western State 1. Jared Haberman, Western State 2003-2004 NCAA Division II Wrestling Jordan Nichols, Fort Hays State (Colo.) Coaches Association Nichols, the sixth-ranked 184-pounder in NCAA 2. Bryce Abbey, Nebraska-Kearney Top 20 Poll 3. Curry Pickard, North Carolina- (3-3) Division II, won his only match of the week by fall Pembroke Rank/School (1st Votes) Pts. PR 1. North Dakota State (8) 160 1st (4:01) in Thursday's 21-17 dual loss versus No. 13 4. Andy Uhl, Findlay (Ohio) 5. James Phillips, Ashland (Ohio) 1. North Dakota State (8) 160 Nebraska-Kearney. Nichols has recorded all three 1st 6. Dustin Tovar, Nebraska-Omaha 2. Central Oklahoma 150 of his falls this season in his last four matches. 7. Aaron Graumann, Augustana (S.D.) 2nd The win over UNK's Zac Rice improved his overall 8. Chonci Houston, Carson-Newman 3. Nebraska-Omaha 143 3rd (Tenn.) 4. Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) record on the season to 20-5 for the 15th-ranked 131 5th Tigers. 133 Pounds 1. Cole Province, Central Oklahoma 5. Findlay (Ohio) 130 4th Bryce Abbey, Nebraska-Kearney 6. Ashland (Ohio) 116 6th 2. Donald Lockett, San Francisco 7. Western State (Colo.) 103 Abbey, the No. 2 wrestler in the NCAA Division II State (Calif.) 8th 125-pound weight class, won his 29th match (29-3 3. Kortney Lake, Adams State (Colo.) 8. Nebraska-Kearney 98 13th 4. Roylando Lucas, North Carolina- 9. Augustana (S.D.) 97 7th record) of the season as he defeated Kory Lira of Pembroke 10. Mercyhurst (Pa.) 91 Fort Hays State, 6-1, last Thursday. Abbey, who 5. Adam Keiswetter, Nebraska- Kearney 11th helped the No. 13 Lopers defeat the No. 15 Tigers 11. Adams State (Colo.) 83 6. Nick Magee, North Dakota State 10th (21-17), is 14-2 in dual meets and is just eight 7. Jack Scott, Findlay (Ohio) 8. Mitch Waite, Nebraska-Omaha 12. North Carolina-Pembroke wins shy of tying the school record of 37 wins in a 77 14th 13. Chadron State (Neb.) 52 season. 141 Pounds 16th Jack Quintana, Western State 1. Shane Barnes, Adams State (Colo.) 14. Minnesota State-Mankato 2. Joey Simcoe, Findlay (Ohio) 49 12th Quintana scored his eighth fall of the year with a 3. Pacifi co Garcia, San Francisco 15. Central Missouri State 48 victory over Josh Peterson of Air Force (CO) last State (Calif.) 4. Jason Rhoten, Minnesota State- 17th Wednesday. The victory in the 157-pound weight 16. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 47 Mankato 15th class helped the RMAC's top-ranked team (No. 8) 5. Merrick Meyer, Truman State (Mo.) 17. Indianapolis (Ind.) 26 defeat the NCAA Division I Falcons, 32-12, in Colo- 6. Brad Russell, Wisconsin-Parkside NR 7. R.C. LaHaye, Western State (Colo.) 18. Wisconsin-Parkside 22 rado Springs, CO. Quintana, the second-ranked 8. Andre Van Der Velde, Augustana 9th wrestler in the 157-pound weight class, is now 16-6 (S.D.) 19. San Francisco State (Calif.) on the season. 21 NR 149 Pounds 20. Shippensburg (Pa.) 12 1. Ryan King, Augustana (S.D.) 19th 2. Luke Santos, San Francisco State (Calif.) Denotes: RMAC / West Region Teams 3. Mitch Napier, Indianapolis (Ind.) 4. Adrian Jiron, Western State (Colo.) RMAC Wrestlers 5. R.J. Paterniti, Gannon (Pa.) of the Week 6. www.rmacsports.orgDavid Nordhues, Fort Hays State November 28 (Kan.) Shane Barnes,For Adams Updated State Wrestling Info Visit: www.rmacsports.org/wrestling7. Patrick Allibone, Nebraska-Omaha December 5 8. Jerod Goodwin, Central Oklahoma Jared Haberman, Western State RMAC Weight-By-Weight RMAC Fall Leaders Wrestler, Yr., School No. 125 Pounds 165 Pounds Jordan Johnson, Sr., CSC 11 Jared Haberman WSC 27-2 .931 Jordan Johnson CSC 31-11 .738 Adam Keiswetter, Jr., UNK 11 Bryce Abbey UNK 29-3 .906 Scott Cleve ASC 21-12 .636 Jeff Sylvester, So., UNK 11 Seth Groff CSC 16-11 .593 Aaron Dalton UNK 12-10 .545 Jack Quintana, Sr., WSC 8 Joey Bareng SFSU 17-12 .586 Phil Hart FHSU 16-15 .516 Bryce Abbey, Jr., UNK 6 Kory Lira FHSU 12-11 .522 Pete Jenson CSM 14-14 .500 Ryan Hoffman, So., CSC 5 Rob McCabe ASC 13-15 .464 Buck Meredith SFSU 8-14 .364 Nate Pilcher, Fr., CSM 5 David Lee CSM 6-16 .273 Tyler Lancaster WSC 9-19 .321 Rick Rank, Sr., CSM 5 Jered Jorgensen, Jr., UNK 5 Dustin Sullivan, Sr., ASC 4 133 Pounds 174 Pounds Travis Peak, Sr., CSC 4 Adam Keiswetter UNK 16-3 .842 Aaron Meister FHSU 22-4 .846 Jeff Rusher, Sr., CSC 4 Kortney Lake ASC 33-7 .825 Cameron Bretz WSC 15-13 .536 Peter Jenson, Jr., CSM 4 Donald Lockett SFSU 24-10 .706 Caleb Young UNK 18-21 .462 Derek Thompson, So., CSM 4 Chase Francis CSC 12-16 .429 Jake Schluckebier CSC 10-18 .357 Aaron Meister, Jr., FHSU 4 Garrett Eller CSM 15-21 .417 Zach Cornett CSM 8-16 .333 Andrew Ubben, So., FHSU 4 Devin Schwartz FHSU 7-10 .412 James Reynolds ASC 5-14 .263 Joe Ellenberger, Fr., UNK 4 Jeremy Goss WSC 6-17 .261 Danny Dahl SFSU 5-18 .217 Caleb Young, Fr., UNK 4 Blake Wilson, Jr., WSC 4 141 Pounds 184 Pounds Scott Cleve, So., ASC 3 Nate Pilcher CSM 26-6 .813 Jordan Nichols FHSU 20-5 .800 Travis Koppenhafer, Sr., ASC 3 Shane Barnes ASC 30-8 .789 Matt Trout WSC 27-8 .771 Kortney Lake, So, ASC 3 Pacifi co Garcia SFSU 15-7 .682 Ben Holscher CSC 22-11 .667 Chase Francis, CSC 3 R.C.