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    Delgado defeats Cox; No. 2 Moreno, No. 3 Telford upset

    ST. LOUIS -- The 2015 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships kicked off on Thursday morning at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, with 330 wrestlers from 69 schools participating. Six returning NCAA champions are looking to repeat. Eight wrestlers entered this year's tournament undefeated.

    The biggest upset of the opening session came at 165 pounds, where Nebraska's Austin Wilson stunned No. 2 Michael Moreno, a two-time All-American, 7-5. It marks the second straight year a No. 2 seed has lost in the opening session. Last year No. 2 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota) was upset by Matt Frisch (The Citadel) at 149 pounds. Another major surprise came at heavyweight where Maryland's Spencer Myers defeated No. 3 Bobby Telford of Iowa, 7-5. Several All-American suffered defeats in the first session, including returning NCAA runner-up Josh Kindig of Oklahoma State and two-time All-American Hunter Stieber of Ohio State at 149 pounds.

    Ohio State took an early lead in the team race with 13.5 points. Four-time defending NCAA champion Penn State went unbeaten in the first session and sits in second place with 11.5 points. Cornell and Missouri are tied for third with 11 points. Iowa sits in fifth with 10 points.

    The attendance for Session I was 18,383.

    Here's a look at some of the notable results from Session I:

    Jesse Delgado of Illinois defeated No. 8 Tyler Cox of Wyoming (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)
    125: In perhaps the most anticipated first-round match at 125 pounds, unseeded two-time NCAA champion Jesse Delgado (Illinois) edged No. 8 Tyler Cox (Wyoming), a 2013 All-American, 3-2. Delgado picked up a first-period takedown and added an escape in the second period to go up 3-0. In the third period Cox picked up an escape and point for stalling on Delgado, but it was too little too late. David Terao (American) upset No. 9 Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) in a high-scoring affair, 12-10. The No. 14, No. 15 and No. 16 seeds dropped first-round matches. In a battle of conference rivals, Josh Martinez (Air Force) defeated No. 14 Josh Rodriguez (North Dakota State),4-2, avenging a loss from earlier this season. Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) handled No. 15 Chasen Tolbert (Utah Valley), 14-6. Connor Youtsey (Michigan) topped No. 16 Paul Petrov (Bucknell), 3-2. Big Ten champion Nathan Tomasello gave the Buckeyes bonus points by pinning Joe DeAngelo (North Carolina State) at 2:25.

    133: A couple returning All-American took losses in the opening round. Two-time All-American A.J. Schopp (Edinboro) was ousted in his opening match by Penn's Caleb Richardson (Penn), 4-2. Schopp has been hampered by an injury that kept him off the mat all of January and most of February. No. 10 Mason Beckman (Lehigh), an NCAA sixth-place finisher last season, was knocked off by Jade Rauser (Utah Valley), 5-3. Unseeded Mark Grey (Cornell) pinned No. 15 Nick Soto (Chattanooga) to advance to the second round.

    141: Freshman Kevin Jack (North Carolina State) stunned No. 5 Josh Dziewa (Iowa), 6-3, to advance to the second round. It marks the second straight year in which the Hawkeyes have had No. 5 seeds fall in the opening session. Last year two fifth-seeded wrestlers, Nick Moore (165) and Ethen Lofthouse (184), dropped matches. Three-time NCAA champion Logan Stieber (Ohio State) was dominant in an 18-1 technical fall in 3:33 over Jordan Laster (Princeton).

    Edinboro's David Habat defeated Oklahoma State's Josh Kindig at 149 (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)
    149: Two All-Americans, Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) and Josh Kindig (Oklahoma State), both unseeded, dropped their opening matches. Stieber, an All-American in 2012 and 2013, fell to Cody Ruggirello (Hofstra), 10-8. Ruggirello nearly pinned Stieber in the second period and held a 6-3 lead heading into the final period. Stieber battled back, picking up two takedowns, but ran out of time. Kindig, an NCAA runner-up last season, was blanked by David Habat (Edinboro), 7-0, in a battle of returning All-Americans. Pac-12 runner-up Garrett Schaner (Stanford) upset No. 6 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), 11-10. Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) earned a 5-3 victory over No. 9 Gabe Moreno (Iowa). The only other seeded wrestler to lose in this weight class was No. 16 Mike Racciato (Pitt), who lost to Brandon Nelson (Purdue), 10-6.

    157: Lou Mascola (Maryland) came from behind to knock of No. 5 Cody Pack (South Dakota State), 10-9. Noel Blanco (Drexel) defeated returning All-American Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers) in sudden victory, 5-3. ACC champion Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech), a 2013 All-American, topped No. 9 Joey LaVallee (Missouri), 5-2. The No. 15 and No. 16 seeds fell in this weight class. Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) won 8-2 over No. 15 Justin Staudenmayer (Brown). Spartak Chino (Ohio) topped No. 16 Aaron Walker (The Citadel), 6-4.

    165: Austin Wilson (Nebraska) stunned No. 2 Michael Moreno (Iowa State), 7-5. Wilson, who entered the tournament with a 16-14 record, raced out to a 5-0 lead and held on for the two-point victory. Mike England (Missouri) excited the large Mizzou contingent when he upset No. 11 Tristan Warner (Old Dominion), 6-2. The Hawkeyes had their third wrestler drop to the consolation bracket when No. 7 Pierce Harger (Northwestern) defeated Nick Moore (Iowa), 6-3. Max Rohskopf (North Carolina State) picked up a mild upset, beating No. 16 Harrison Hightower (Ohio), 3-0.

    174: Missouri suffered a major blow when No. 4 John Eblen dropped a 6-4 decision to Pac-12 champion Joe Lathan (Oregon State), 6-4. Another Iowa State seeded wrestler fell when Dominic Kastl (Cal Poly) sneaked past No. 11 Tanner Weatherman, 7-6. Ohio State suffered a key loss when No. 10 Mark Martin lost to Kurtis Julson (North Dakota State), 5-3, in the second tiebreaker. In a Big Ten battle, Chad Welch (Purdue) blanked No. 16 Frank Cousins (Wisconsin), 6-0.

    184: After Eblen's loss at 174 pounds, Missouri picked up a much-needed victory when Willie Miklus pinned returning All-American Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) at 2:16. Kenny Courts (Ohio State) helped the Buckeyes chances by upsetting No. 6 Hayden Zillmer (North Dakota), 6-4, in sudden victory. Minnesota saw its first seeded wrestler lose when Scott Patrick (Davidson) defeated No. 11 Brett Pfarr, 8-6. It's Davidson's first point scored at the NCAAs since 1968.

    197: Five seeded wrestlers in this weight class -- all seeded from 9 to 16 -- fell in the opening round. Trent Noon (Northern Colorado) defeated No. 9 Jace Bennett (Cornell), 8-4. Jake Tindle (SIUE) topped No. 11 Alex Polizzi (Northwestern), 9-7. Pac-12 champion Cody Crawford (Oregon State) edged No. 12 Timmy McCall (Wisconsin), 3-2, in tiebreaker. Anthony Abro (Eastern Michigan) took out No. 14 Phillip Wellingon (Ohio), 4-2, in sudden victory. Lastly, Jeffrey Koepke (Illinois) defeated No. 16 Elliot Riddick (Lehigh), 5-3, in sudden victory.

    285: The last shocker of the round came when Spencer Myers (Maryland), a 2011 All-American, toppled No. 3 Bobby Telford (Iowa), 7-5, and silenced the Hakweye faithful. Myers jumped out to 4-0 lead in the first period after a takedown and nearfall points, and held off the Iowa big man.
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