American's David Terao defeated Illinois' Jesse Delgado in the second round at 125 (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fal.com)At 125 pounds, both returning NCAA finalists, Jesse Delgado of Illinois and Nahshon Garrett of Cornell, suffered defeats in the second round.
Delgado, who missed much of this season due to injury, entered the tournament unseeded. After beating Wyoming's Tyler Cox in the opening round, Delgado lost to American's David Terao, 4-2. Delgado led 1-0 after two periods. In the third period Terao grabbed the lead 2-1 after an escape and clasped hands call against Delgado. Terao then added another takedown to go up 4-1. Delgado would get an escape to inch closer, but was unable to take Terao down.
Garrett, seeded No. 2, was upset by West Virginia true freshman Zeke Moisey, 5-2. Moisey jumped out to a 4-0 lead after a takedown and two nearfall points. In the final period Garrett reversed Moisey and cut the deficit to 4-2. Moisey then added an escape to make it 5-2, which is how the match would end.
In addition, two No. 3 seeds and four No. 4 seeds were knocked out of the championship bracket in the second round.
Ohio State leads the team race with 23 points. Iowa sits in second place with 21 points, followed by Oklahoma State, Penn State, Missouri and Nebraska.
Ohio State, Iowa, Penn State and Oklahoma State all have five wrestlers in the quarterfinals. Minnesota has four wrestlers in the quarterfinals.
Here's a weight class-by-weight class look at some of the notable results from Session II.
125: Aside from Jesse Delgado and Nahshon Garrett losing in this weight class, the next biggest surprise was No. 5 Sean Boyle (Chattanooga) going down to No. 12 Kory Mines (Edinboro), 12-7. No. 6 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) needed overtime to defeat No. 11 Jordan Conaway (Penn State), 3-1. No. 1 Alan Waters (Missouri), No. 3 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech), No. 4 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) and No. 7 Eddie Klimara (Oklahoma State) also advanced to the quarterfinals.
133: The top three seeds, Chris Dardanes (Minnesota), Ryan Taylor (Wisconsin) and Cory Clark (Iowa) picked up wins to move on to Friday's quarterfinals, but the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds lost. Two-time All-American Cody Brewer (Oklahoma), seeded No. 13, won by major decision over No. 4 Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State), 9-1. George DiCamillo (Virginia) edged No. 5 Zane Richards (Illinois) in sudden victory, 6-4. Also advancing to the quarterfinals were No. 6 Earl Hall (Iowa State), No. 7 Jimmy Gulibon (Penn State) and No. 8 Kevin Devoy (Drexel).
141: The biggest second-round surprises in this weight class were No. 3 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) and No. 6 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota), both on teams expected to contend for the NCAA title, taking losses. Mayes, who had won 34 of 36 matches this season, was edged by No. 14 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State), 3-1, in sudden victory. Dardanes' loss came to No. 11 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion), 11-6. Unseeded freshman Kevin Jack (North Carolina State) continued his run through the championship bracket with a victory over No. 12 Joey Ward (North Carolina). The top two seeds, Logan Stieber (Ohio State) and Mitchell Port (Edinboro), were untested in the second round and moved on to the quarterfinals. No. 4 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech) was pushed in his second-round match, but won 8-6 over Randy Cruz (Lehigh). Other second-round winners include No. 7 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) and No. 9 Anthony Abidin (Nebraska).
149: C.J. Cobb (Penn) scored a 4-3 upset over No. 4 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa). Sorensen became the third Hawkeye seeded in the top five to lose on Thursday. The top three seeds, No. 1 Drake Houdashelt (Missouri), No. 2 Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) and No. 3 David Habat (Edinboro), advanced to the quarterfinals. Tsirtsis was pushed by B.J. Clagon (Rider), but claimed the 2-1 victory. The other 149-pounders to advance to the quarterfinals were No. 6 Chris Villalonga (Cornell), No. 7 Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech), No. 8 Alexander Richardson (Old Dominion) and Tywan Claxton (Ohio). All-Americans Josh Kindig Oklahoma State) and Hunter Stieber were knocked out of the competition on Thursday night.
157: The top four seeds, No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois), No. 2 Brian Realbuto (Cornell), No. 3 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) and No. 4 James Green (Nebraska), all cruised to the quarterfinals with bonus-point victories in the second round. Martinez earned a pin, Realbuto and Gren won by technical fall, while Ness earned a major decision. No. 11 Brian Murphy (Michigan) defeated No. 6 Josh Demas (Ohio State), 4-3, in the rubber match between the two Big Ten rivals. All-Americans Ian Miller (Kent State), Mitch Minotti (Lehigh) and Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) also advanced to the quarterfinals.
165: The shocker in this weight class was Cooper Moore (Northern Iowa) pinning No. 4 Nick Sulzer (Virginia) in the first period at 2:19. The Jordan cousins, Isaac (Wisconsin) and Bo (Ohio State), advanced to the quarterfinals with decisions. Top-seeded Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) stuck Max Rohskopf (North Carolina State) at 4:48. It was Dieringer's second pin of the day. No. 15 Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) earned a 6-3 win over Nebraska's upset-minded Austin Wilson, who beat Mike Moreno (Iowa State) earlier in the day. Also advancing were Big Ten wrestlers Taylor Walsh (Indiana), Pierce Harger (Northwestern) and Jackson Morse (Illinois).
174: The Big Ten's big four of No. 1 Robert Kokesh (Nebraska), No. 2 Matt Brown (Penn State), No. 3 Mike Evans (Iowa) and No. 6 Logan Storley (Minnesota) were victorious in their second-round matches. No. 12 Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma State) took out No. 5 Blaise Butler (Virginia), 5-2. The others to advance were No. 7 Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech), No. 8 Matt Wilps (Pitt) and Pac-12 champion Joe Latham (Oregon State). Latham is the lone unseeded wrestler to reach the quarterfinals in this weight class.
184: The top two seeds, No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) and No. 2 Max Thomusseit (Pitt), moved on to the quarterfinals. However, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds were sent to the consolation bracket after falling in the second round. Freshman Matt McCutcheon (Penn State), seeded No. 14, stunned No. 3 Blake Stauffer (Arizona State), 3-1, in sudden victory. Vic Avery (Edinboro) edged No. 4 Jack Dechow (Old Dominion), 3-3, in the second tiebreaker. Sammy Brooks (Iowa) topped Big Ten Domenic Aboundader (Michigan), 4-2, in a hard-fought match. Also advancing to the quarterfinals: No. 5 Taylor Meeks (Oregon State), No. 7 Nathaniel Brown (Lehigh) and unseeded Kenny Courts (Ohio State).
197: This weight class saw no surprises in the second round. Seven of the top eight seeds advanced to the quarterfinals. The only lower seeded wrestler to win in the second round was returning All-American Conner Hartmann (Duke), who defeated No. 7 Abram Ayala (Princeton), 5-2.
285: Like 197 pounds, seven of the top eight seeds moved on to the quarterfinals. For the second straight match unseeded Spencer Myers (Maryland) knocked off a seeded wrestler. His second-round victory came over No. 14 Joe Stolfi (Bucknell). Earlier in the day Myers defeated No. 3 Bobby Telford (Iowa).
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