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    2012 NCAA Division I Championships Day 1 Recap

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    ST. LOUIS -- A number of recently-crowned conference champions had their dreams of a national title denied -- or, in some cases, deferred for another year -- in the first day of competition at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis on Thursday.

    Meanwhile, Penn State -- 2012 Big Ten and 2011 NCAA team champs -- was in first place at the end of Day 1 with 38.5 team points and seven wrestlers alive in the championship bracket. In second was Minnesota with 33 points and eight wrestlers in the championship bracket. Oklahoma State was third with 28.5 points and four wrestlers in the championship bracket. With 27 points Cornell was in fourth place with four wrestlers in the championship bracket. Iowa finished the day in fifth with 26 points and six wrestlers in the championship bracket.

    Three No. 4 seeds -- including two conference champs -- were derailed from their title quest in Session I:

  • At 149, 2012 CAA (Colonial Athletic Conference) champ Donnie Vinson of Binghamton lost to unseeded Nick Lester of University of Oklahoma.
  • At 157, Harvard's Walter Peppelman -- a 2011 NCAA All-American -- was pinned by unseeded David Bonin of Northern Iowa.
  • At 197, Christian Boley of Maryland -- 2012 ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) titlist -- was defeated by unseeded Cody Reed of Binghamton.

    Vinson, Peppelman, and Boley all rebounded to win in the wrestlebacks on Thursday night.

    Thursday evening saw even more upsets. Among the casualties of Session II:

  • Virginia Tech's Devin Carter, ACC champ and sixth seed at 133, lost to No. 11 seed Steven Keith of Harvard (Carter had been ranked No. 1 in his weight class for a time this season.).
  • Also at 133, third-seeded Alan Waters of Missouri -- 2012 Big 12 champ -- fell in overtime to unseeded Anthony Zanetti of Pitt.
  • At 141, No. 7 seed -- and 2012 ACC titlewinner -- Nick Nelson of Virginia was topped by unseeded Zach Neibert of cross-state rival Virginia Tech.
  • In the 149-pound bracket, fifth-seeded freshman Ian Miller of Kent State -- 2012 MAC (Mid-American Conference) titlist -- was pinned by unseeded Justin Accordino of Hofstra.
  • At 157, sixth-seed EWL (Eastern Wrestling League) champ James Fleming of Clarion fell to No. 11 James Green of Nebraska.
  • Iowa's Mike Evans -- the No. 5 seed at 165 -- lost to No. 12 P.J. Gillespie of Hofstra.
  • At 197, 2012 Big Ten champ and No. 7 seed Mario Gonzalez of Illinois was defeated by Big Ten rival Sonny Yohn, the No. 10 seed from Minnesota.

    The quarterfinals begin at 10 a.m. CT on Friday.

    Team Standings (Top 10):
    1. Penn State 38.5
    2. Minnesota 33
    3. Oklahoma State 28.5
    4. Cornell 27.5
    5. Iowa 26
    6. Illinois 23
    7. Oklahoma 19.5
    8. Ohio State 19
    9. Lehigh 18
    9. Nebraska 18
    9. Northwestern 18
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