Earl Hall (133) continues his rampage through the Scuffle tournament as he makes the 133 finals for the Cyclones. After a scoreless first period, Hall picked up two takedowns over Penn State’s Jimmy Gulibon to really build his lead and he finished with a score of 5-2. Tonight, Hall will face Michigan’s Rossi Bruno, who is coming off a big upset of his own over Mason Beckman of Lehigh. Bruno will hold the edge over Hall in the rankings, but Hall is riding a two match upset streak and will look to push it to three.
Tanner Weatherman (174) put up a strong performance in his Round of 12 match as he pinned Army’s Jack Wedholm in 4:44. With that win Weatherman secured his spot on the stand and it was up to him to determine what spot that would be. In the consolation quarterfinals, Crutchmer of Oklahoma State added a takedown with under :05 left in the match to win 3-1. Weatherman will wrestle for 7th.
Kyle Larson (125) fell 6-2 to Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) to end his tournament. Coming in unseeded, finishing in the final 12 is what you like to see from Larson.
Gabe Moreno (149) also fell in his Round of 12 match to Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) whom Moreno beat earlier in the team’s dual matchup 7-6.
Willie Miklus (184) championship side dominance came sadly to an end when he ran into Gabe Dean in the semifinals. Dean was able to take an early 2-0 lead in the match and never relinquished it. On the backside Miklus had a 8-7 lead late in his consolation semifinal (with just over a minute of riding time), but his opponent Matt McCutheon hit a late match takedown to not only take the lead 9-8, but also accumulated enough riding time to drop Miklus’s total riding time under a minute and therefore clinching the match. Miklus will wrestle for 5th last night.
Dakota Friesth (165) of Wyoming (and Adel, IA) picked up a major in the Round of 12 over Duke’s Brian Dorsey to secure a spot on the medal stand. His next match was against Marshall Peppelman (who took out former Iowa prep Mikey England last round) who pinned Friesth in :13. Friesth will wrestle for 7th tonight.
The finals air at 6:00 PM tonight on FloPro.
Results (Finalists in bold)
NCAA 125 – Kyle Larson
Champ. Round 1 – Kyle Larson (Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Ben Willeford (Cleveland State) won by decision over Kyle Larson (Iowa State) (Dec 9-5)
Cons. Round 2 – Kyle Larson (Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Kyle Larson (Iowa State) won in sudden victory – 1 over Sean Russell (Edinboro) (SV-1 6-4)
Cons. Round 4 – Kyle Larson (Iowa State) won by decision over Max Soria (Buffalo) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 5 – Kyle Larson (Iowa State) won by decision over Tanner Shoap (Drexel) (Dec 7-2)
Cons. Round 6 – Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) won by decision over Kyle Larson (Iowa State) (Dec 6-2)
NCAA 133 – Earl Hall
Champ. Round 1 – Earl Hall (Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Earl Hall (Iowa State) won by decision over Jared Browning (Chattanooga) (Dec 6-1)
Champ. Round 3 – Earl Hall (Iowa State) won by decision over Zach Synon (Missouri) (Dec 6-4)
Quarterfinal – Earl Hall (Iowa State) won by fall over George DiCamillo (Virginia) (Fall 5:34)
Semifinal – Earl Hall (Iowa State) won by decision over James Gulibon (Penn State) (Dec 5-2)
NCAA 149 – Gabe Moreno
Champ. Round 1 – Gabe Moreno (Iowa State) won by major decision over James Hunsberger (George Mason) (Maj 12-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Gabe Moreno (Iowa State) won by fall over Geoffrey Verallis (Drexel) (Fall 6:43)
Champ. Round 3 – Gabe Moreno (Iowa State) won by decision over Tyler Berger (Nebraska) (Dec 6-1)
Quarterfinal – Edgar Bright (Pittsburgh) won by decision over Gabe Moreno (Iowa State) (Dec 10-6)
Cons. Round 6 – Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) won by decision over Gabe Moreno (Iowa State) (Dec 12-7)
NCAA 174 – Tanner Weatherman
Champ. Round 1 – Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) won by decision over Trey Adamson (Duke) (Dec 8-5)
Champ. Round 3 – Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) won by decision over Brian Harvey (Army) (Dec 4-1)
Quarterfinal – John Eblen (Missouri) won by decision over Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Round 6 – Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) won by fall over Jack Wedholm (Army) (Fall 4:44)
Cons. Round 7 – Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) (Dec 3-1)
NCAA 184 – Willie Miklus – Southeast Polk, IA (5th-6th)
Champ. Round 1 – Willie Miklus (Missouri) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Willie Miklus (Missouri) won by fall over Ryan Hembury (George Mason) (Fall 2:44)
Champ. Round 3 – Willie Miklus (Missouri) won by fall over Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) (Fall 4:40)
Quarterfinal – Willie Miklus (Missouri) won by major decision over Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) (Maj 18-10)
Semifinal – Gabriel Dean (Cornell ) won by decision over Willie Miklus (Missouri) (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Semi – Matt McCutcheon (Penn State) won by decision over Willie Miklus (Missouri) (Dec 9-8)
NCAA 165 – Dakota Friesth – Adel, IA (7th-8th)
Champ. Round 1 – Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) won in tie breaker – 1 over Santiago Martinez (Lehigh) (TB-1 2-1)
Champ. Round 3 – Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) won in sudden victory – 2 over Austin Wilson (Nebraska) (SV-2 4-2)
Quarterfinal – Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) won by tech fall over Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) (TF 18-1)
Cons. Round 6 – Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) won by major decision over Brian Dorsey (Duke) (Maj 14-6)
Cons. Round 7 – Marshall Peppelman (Lehigh) won by fall over Dakota Friesth (Wyoming) (Fall 0:13)