Kolodzik rolled to a 12-7 victory at 149 pounds over the Duke senior in the final match of the NWCA All-Star Classic on Friday night in Denver, Colo.
At 141 pounds, second-ranked Joey McKenna (Ohio State) topped No. 5 Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State) 11-4 in a battle of two-time All-Americans at 141 pounds. After a back-and-forth first period, McKenna led 5-4 after the opening period. The Buckeye senior broke the match open in the second with a four-point nearfall. He added an escape and riding time point to win by seven.
Fourth-ranked Derek White (Oklahoma State) overcame an early 4-0 deficit to defeat No. 3 Youssif Hemida (Maryland) 7-5 in sudden victory at 285 pounds. Hemida, a returning All-American, used a takedown and two-point nearfall to go up by four points early, but White worked his back into the match and eventually sent the match to sudden victory. In sudden victory, White used a leg attack to secure a match-winning takedown.
No. 3 Myles Amine (Michigan) handled Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma State) 11-2 at 174 pounds. After a scoreless first period, Amine turned it up in the second period, getting an escpae, takedown and four-point nearfall to go up 7-0. Smith used a reversal to cut the deficit to five, but it was all Amine the rest of the way as he scored with an escape, takedown and a riding time point to get the major decision.
At 184 pounds, No. 3 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) picked up two third-period takedowns to en route to a 10-5 victory over No. 8 Max Dean (Cornell). Venz defeated Dean by five points (11-6) in their previous meeting at the NCAA Division I Championships as well.
In women's action, four No. 1-ranked wrestlers claimed victories: Simon's Fraser's Dominique Parrish (123), McKendree's Alexis Porter (143), Emmanuel's Maria Vidales (109) and Wayland Baptist's Brittany Marshall (170).
Parrish cruised to a 10-0 technical fall over Wayland Baptist's Gabriela Ramos-Diaz, the nation's top-ranked wrestler at 116 pounds.
Porter used a late four-point counter for a come-from-behind 6-3 victory over No. 1 (136) Nicole Joseph (King) at 143 pounds.
In a rematch from last year's NWCA All-Star Classic, Vidales claimed a 12-0 technical fall over Charlotte Fowler (Campbellsville).
Marshall upended No. 2 Mariah Harris (Campbellsville) 3-1 at 170 pounds in a rematch from last year's national championship match. The two wrestlers traded passivity points off the shot clock, with Marshall scoring the last one to take a criteria lead. Marshall then added to her lead with a takedown in the final minute.
No. 3 (123) Abby Nette (Emmanuel) picked up a 10-0 technical fall over No. 2 Erika Mihalca (Missouri Baptist) at 130 pounds.
Men:
141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Ohio State) dec. No. 5 Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State), 11-4
149: No. 1 Matt Kolodzik (Princeton) dec. No. 8 Mitch Finesilver (Duke), 12-7
174: No. 3 Myles Amine (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 10 (184) Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma State), 11-2
184: No. 3 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) dec. No. 8 Max Dean (Cornell), 10-5
285: No. 4 Derek White (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 3 Youssif Hemida (Maryland), 7-5 SV
Women:
109:  No. 1 Maria Vidales (Emmanuel) tech. fall No. 2 Charlotte Fowler (Campbellsville), 12-0
123: No. 1 Dominique Parrish (Simon Fraser) tech. fall No. 1 (116) Gabriela Ramos-Diaz (Wayland Baptist), 10-0
130: No. 3 (123) Abby Nette (Emmanuel) tech. fall No. 2 Erika Mihalca (Missouri Baptist), 10-0
143: No. 1 Alexis Porter (McKendree) dec. No. 1 (136) Nicole Joseph (King), 6-3
170: No. 1 Brittany Marshall (Wayland Baptist) dec. No. 2 Mariah Harris (Campbellsville). 3-1
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