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11:32 p.m. And that puts a wrap on the national tournament, and what an awesome event it was. Bo Nickal of Penn State was named the outstanding wrestler.
10:58 p.m. Ohio State finishes as national runners-up with 133.5 points. Penn State was your national champions for a third straight year, seven in eight, with 141.5 points. Iowa third, Michigan and North Carolina State in joint fourth.
10:56 p.m. To cap off the national finals program, Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) wins his third national title on a throw-by and shuck for the takedown with just over 20 seconds left in the bout. He beats Adam Coon (Michigan) 3-2 in the rubber match of this season. Snyder now a three-time national champion.
10:38 p.m. A takedown in the last 15 seconds gets Michael Macchiavello (Noth Carolina State) a 3-1 victory over ACC rival Jared Haught (Virginia Tech). Macchiavello mostly dominated the bout. North Carolina State now in joint fourth with Michigan.
10:22 p.m. Myles Martin had a blast double for two and backs, Ohio State was ecstatic. Then somehow in some way, Bo Nickal scooted out of it, created a reversal and near falls of his own for the deck at 2:29. Penn State are your national champions. The most electric moment of these championships, and arguably of any.
10:15 p.m. If Ohio State is to have hope at the national title as a team, they need this next bout, and it's a head-on. Myles Martin (Ohio State) has a 2-6 record against Bo Nickal (Penn State), though Martin won the 2016 national final; Nickal was the 2017 national champion.
10:10 p.m. A takedown in each period for a comprehensive display from Zahid Valencia (Arizona State). He knocks off returning national champion Mark Hall (Penn State) 8-2, which avenged last year's national semifinal loss. Valencia was the "first believer" for Zeke Jones at Arizona State, where only better things are coming.
9:58 p.m. Just received confirmation from tournament management that Cleveland has set a single session and all-session record for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Tonight's attendance was 19,776 with a six-session attendance mark of 113,743.
9:53 p.m. Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) repeats as a national champion. It's a 6-1 final score getting the inside trip at the edge and then a turn for two points inside the last ten seconds of the first period. Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) won titles as a freshman and sophomore, then was condemned to runner-up finishes the last two years. Death row now 8-0 in national finals these last two years.
9:30 p.m. Like in the match before, Jason Nolf (Penn State) uses a pair of first period takedowns to win 6-2. This time over the top seed, though not a favorite at all, Hayden Hidlay (North Carolina State). Penn State one win from the national title.
9:15 p.m. Three-time national champion as Zain Retherford (Penn State) wins 6-2 over a very game Ronnie Perry (Lock Haven), who entered the tournament as the 15th seed at 149 pounds. Retherford ends his career with 94 straight wins.
8:55 p.m. Unreal counter defense from true freshman Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) to lock up a cradle for four points. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) went on the attack leading 4-3, Diakomihalis locked up the cradle out of the flurry and crackdown. It was awesome stuff. The crowd was electric. 7-4 final score, the second true freshman national champion, first time in 71 years. They were the top two recruits last year.
8:40 p.m. Seth Gross becomes South Dakota State's first national champion, he wins 13-8 over Stevan Micic (Michigan). Gross won it in the first period when he scored a takedown and four near falls off a bar-arm tilt. Micic had four takedowns in the bout, but they were too little too late; Gross also gave up four takedowns in the semifinal.
8:22 p.m. A supreme wrestling display from the true freshman Spencer Lee (Iowa), and he beats Nick Suriano (Rutgers) 5-1. Takedown right at the end of the first period and then one midway through the third period after a great flurry. Fourteen months ago he was undergoing surgery, and now he's a national champion.
8:00 p.m. We are live on ESPN2, or will be as soon as women's basketball ends. First whistle at about quarter after the hour.
2:00 p.m. And that wraps up session five. Penn State trails by six, 130.5 to 124.5. HOWEVER, they have FIVE finalists and Ohio State has JUST two.
1:52 p.m. And Penn State with another boom for their team hopes. Shakur Rasheed wins by major for seventh, while Kollin Moore lost for Ohio State. Kyle Conel (Kent State) winning 5-3 keyed by the early third period near fall.
1:38 p.m. Emery Parker (Illinois), the No. 10 seed, finishes third with an 8-1 decision over No. 7 seed Taylor Venz (Nebraska). Parker won SEVEN straight bouts to finish third after losing the opener 4-3 to Chip Ness (North Carolina). Ness beat Venz the next round 11-6, but would end up finishing seventh.
1:28 p.m. With a takedown late in the third period and then a takedown right off the bat in sudden victory, Myles Amine (Michigan) got bronze by a 4-2 score over Daniel Lewis (Missouri) at 174.
1:20 p.m. Bo Jordan's last match won't be a match. He'll get a medical forfeit to finish in fifth. Four-time All-American, placements of 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, and 5th. Ohio State's lead is nine, but it won't be enough barring a massive miracle. Penn State has 197 and 285 for seventh, Ohio State has 197 for third.
1:15 p.m. Getting the bronze at 165 is Evan Wick (Wisconsin) via a pin at 3;18 with - you guess it - a cradle. Wick trailed Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) 4-1 at the point of the turn/fall. It was the last match for head coach Bary Davis in his 25-year reign, and he goes out a winner.
<>1:08 p.m. In the 157 pound weight class, Michael Kemerer (Iowa) had to default with what seemed like a shoulder issue, so Tyler Berger (Nebraska) took third. Ohio State suffered yet another loss to Michigan, as Micah Jordan fell 6-3 to Alec Pantaleo in the fifth place bout.
12:57 p.m. Four-time All-american Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) finishes his career in fifth. 2014 national champion Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State) finishes seventh. Those coming at 149.
12:47 p.m. Ohio State and Penn State mirror each other in the 141 weight class. Joey McKenna won 6-2 over Jaydin Eierman (Missouir) for bronze. Nick Lee won 9-7 in overtime for fifth, beating Kevin Jack (North Carolina State); he was in a two second neutral danger defense, but was able to counter out and move for the winning takedown.
12:35 p.m. From unranked coming into the tournament, and not seeded, Tariq Wilson (North Carolina State) took third, winning 17-8 over Luke Pletcher (Ohio State). Pletcher went for a couple of home runs but missed.
12:25 p.m. Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) finishes his career as a four-time All-American. He won 8-6 in overtime over Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) this time. Tomasello finished third three straight years after losing to three different Iowa wrestlers in the semifinal round; he was the 2015 national champion.
12:17 p.m. Darian Cruz (Lehigh) caps his career off with a 7-4 victory for fifth place. Cruz is a three-time All-American, and the 2017 national champion. All at 125 pounds.
12:05 p.m. Ohio State gets a fourth win this round, Kollin Moore does it at 197, 7-4 over Ben Darmstadt (Cornell). Those were the top two seeds of the tournament. Buckeyes lead Penn State by five, but it's likely not to be enough.
12:00 p.m. A pair of pins end the consolation semifinals on mat three, both in the first period. Kyle conel (Kent State) got the pin at 197 over Jacob Holschag (Northern Iowa). At 285, it was Jacob Kasper (Duke) getting the headlock on Sam Stoll (Iowa). The Hawkeyes were dinged a team point for post-match misconduct, I am almost sure. Both wrestlers winning by fall are Ohio natives.
11:55 a.m. Ohio State suffers a second consolation semifinal loss as Myles Amine (Michigan) dominates Bo Jordan 6-2 at 174 pounds. That win by Amine propels the Wolverines into fourth place by two points over the Wolfpack of N.C. State for the moment.
11:45 a.m. Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) continues his bounce back season/career, and he'll go for third later this session against Evan Wick (Wisconsin). Marsteller wins 5-3 over David McFadden (Virginia Tech) at 165.
11:35 a.m. The team title hopes for Ohio state took a significant hit. Micah Jordan lost 4-2 in overtime to Tyler Berger (Nebraska) at 157. Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan had some words on press row with the supervisor of officials about the call that decided the bout. That said, Jordan chose neutral to start the third in a tied bout.
11:25 a.m. Ohio State has retaken the lead in the team race. Joey McKenna won 4-3 over Kevin Jack (North Carolina State), while Penn State's lone wrestler in the consolation semifinals - Nick Lee - lost by major to Jaydin Eierman (Missouri). Those both at 141.
11:12 a.m. Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) wins 12-8 over Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State). Ohio State cuts the deficit relative to Penn State down to two points. Also winning in consolation was Ethan Lizak (Minnesota), who avenged last year's championship final loss with a 5-2 win over Darian Cruz (Lehigh).
11:05 a.m. Nathan Tomasello (Oho State) on his second takedown locked up a cradle and got the pin at 1:14. Buckeyes trail by 5-1/2 points.
10:50 a.m. Twelve hours later, we are back about ten minutes from first whistles of the consolation semifinals. Wins in this round are 3-1/2 team points.
10:50 p.m. Friday night wrestling concludes. Penn State 120.5 to Ohio State 109.5
10:48 p.m. No. 1 seed Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) the 10-5 semifinal winner, and is a four-time national finalist. Last year, Jacob Kasper (Duke) lost 19-6, so this was a game effort. No. 2 seed Adam Coon (Michigan) wins 4-2 over No. 6 Ameer Dhesi (Oregon State) in his semi. They'll meet in a rubber match tomorrow night.
10:45 p.m. Penn State ends the night with two straight losses in consolation. Nick Nevills falling 5-1 in overtime to Sam Stoll (Iowa) in a five-over-three showdown. Nevills will seek seventh tomorrow morning.
10:35 p.m. No. 1 seed Kollin Moore (Ohio State) beats No. 5 Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) 7-4 in the consolation quarterfinal match at 197 pounds. Ohio State cuts the team point deficit to 18 points, as Penn State suffers their first loss of Friday night.
10:32 p.m. It's an all-ACC showdown in the 197 pound weight class, as No. 3 seed Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) beat the two seed Ben Darmstadt (Cornell), also by fall at the 5:40 mark.
10:30 p.m. Despite giving up the first takedown, the No. 4 seed Michael Macchiavello gets the pin as he planted unseeded Kyle Conel (Kent State) at the 4:18 mark. Conel's Cinderella run through the front side ends.
10:20 p.m. High school teammates and classmates met in the 157 pound consolation quarterfinals, as No. 6 seed Michael Kemerer (Iowa) beat No. 4 seed Josh Shields (Arizona State) 6-2. Both wrestlers graduated from Franklin Regional (Pa.) in 2015.
10;15 p.m. It'll be the top two seeds in the 184 pound final. Bo Nickal (Penn State) into his third straight final winning 6-3 over No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan), while Myles Martin (Ohio State) wins 8-4 over No. 6 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech). This will be a rematch of the 2016 finals bout that Martin won by upset, though Nickal has something like a 6-2 series lead over three years.
10:10 p.m. Penn State remains perfect for Friday night and pushes the team race lead to 26 with Nick Lee's 12-4 major decision in the consolation quarterfinals at 141. The Nittany Lions started out tonight trailing by 13.
10:00 p.m. No. 1 seed Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) rallied from 5-2 down to beat No. 5 seed Myles Amine (Michigan) 7-5 in the other semifinal at 174.
9:56 p.m. What was a pro-Ohio State crowd for three sessions is turning into Happy Valley. Mark Hall with the deck at 6:22 to make the final for a second straight year. the lead is now 21-1/2 points.
9:50 p.m. Like with Ohio State, it'll be eight All-Americans for Penn State. They also extend the team race lead to 12-1/2 points. Nick Nevills winning 6-1.
9:42 p.m. A rematch of last year's NCAA final at 165 is on. No. 1 seed Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) wins 5-2 over No. 5 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) with takedowns in each of the first two periods. No. 3 seed Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) beats No. 2 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) 3-1 via takedown late in the second period. Martinez won two weeks ago at Big Ten, but Joseph won last year in the NCAA final.
9:38 p.m. It'll be an eighth All-American for Ohio State as No. 1 seed Kollin Moore scores the 6-2 win in consolation at 197 over No. 14 Cash Wilcke (Iowa). Ohio State trails by two points again, 89 to 87.
9:35 p.m. Despite being ridden the entire third period, No. 5 seed Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) beats No. 7 Frank Mattiace (Penn) 6-5 to earn All-American honors. He's the seventh Nittany Lion to get on the podium with Nick Nevills still to go.
9:24 p.m. Ohio State finally gets a Friday night win as Bo Jordan wins 12-6 at 174 in consolation. The No. 6 seed beat the unseeded Ben Harvey (Army West Point) to temporarily shrink the deficit to two points on Penn State.
9:22 p.m. No. 1 seed Hayden Hilday (North Carolina State) makes it an all-Pennsylvania native final for the second straight weight. He beat No. 5 seed Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) 10-2 in his 157 semifinal, a six point move early in the second period was key.
9:20 p.m. No. 3 seed Jason Nolf (Penn State) with the 16-0 technical fall midway through the second period against No. 7 Micah Jordan (Ohio State). The two-time national champion propels the Nittany Lions into the team lead by 5-1/2 points, 86 to 80.5
9:05 p.m. Top seed, and two-time national champion, Zain Retherford (Penn State) reaches the final with a 10-4 win over No. 4 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) at 149. On the other side of the spectrum, it was No. 15 Ronald Perry (Lock Haven) with a takedown inside the last 20 seconds to beat No. 11 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton). Perry is the first finalist for Lock Haven since 1997.
8:58 p.m. No. 8 seed Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State) goes from a first round loss to an All-American honor beating two-time former medalist Chad Walsh (Rider), the No. 4 seed, 11-9 on a late takedown. He beat seeded wrestlers Logan Massa and Anthony Valencia just to get to the chance to beat Walsh at 165.
8:49 p.m. Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) into the finals as a true freshman, 6-4 n overtime over Jaydin Eierman (Missouri). That was a three-over-two in terms of seed at 141. Diakomihalis joins Spencer Lee as true freshmen in the finals tomorrow night. They were the second and first ranked Class of 2017 wrestlers respectively.
8:46 p.m. Ohio State drops to 0-4 on Friday night. No. 1 seed Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) with a second finals appearance in three years, beating No. 4 joey McKenna 1-0 via second period escape. McKenna chose neutral in the third, a late boot scoot attempt for a cradle was blocked off.
8:40 p.m. Entering the tournament unseeded and with a losing record, SaDerian Perry (Eastern Michigan) will leave as an All-American at 141 as he beats No. 11 seed Mike Carr (Illinois) 8-6 to earn the honor.
8:35 p.m. The first of three consolation round of 12 matches for each team at the top of the standings concludes. Ohio State loses at 149, Ke-Shawn Hayes falling by 9-0 major to No. 2 seed Brandon Sorensen (Iowa); while Penn State wins at 141, Nick Lee by 13-6 decision over Tyler Smith (Bucknell), Lee came back from losing first round.
8:30 p.m. Stevan Micic (Michigan) with a four-point move off the neutral danger takedown inside the last ten seconds to take out Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) 8-4. Seth Gross (South Dakota State), the No. 1 seed, despite zero regulation takedowns in regulation outlasts unseeded Tariq Wilson (North Carolina State) with a pin at the 7:18 mark after a 10-10 regulation bout.
8:25 p.m In consolation, Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) rallied from 6-2 down to force overtime and knock off true freshman Austin DeSanto (Drexel) 8-6 at 133. Redshirt freshman Chad Red (Nebraska) precludes two-time national champion Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) from a fourth All-American honor with a first period pin at 141.
8:15 p.m. Defending national champion and No. 1 seed Darian Cruz (Lehigh) loses 2-0 to No. 4 seed Nick Suriano (Rutgers). Suriano escaped in the second period, while Cruz was called for stalls in the first and second periods.
8:13 p.m. No. 3 seed Spencer Lee (Iowa) with a second straight pin, which followed two technical falls. The pin came at 6:04 after mostly dominating 2015 national champion Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State), who has lost three straight semifinals to three different Hawkeye opponents.
8:10 p.m. Our first consolation All-American of the night is Ethan Lizak (Minnesota), who knocks off Nick Picininni (Oklahoma State) by shutout technical fall, 16-0 within two periods at 125 pounds.
7:57 p.m. We're minutes from getting started. Two mats in the middle of semifinals, four mats on the outside for All-American honors and then consolation quarterfinals. Ohio State with six in the semifinals, but only favored in two; Penn State favored in all five semifinals. Those matches are seven points plus bonus. Each team has three in consolation.
2:45 p.m. Session III has been completed. Below is a look at the team standings heading into tonight's session.
1. Ohio State 80.5
2. Penn State 67.0
3. Michigan 59.5
4. Iowa 53.5
5. NC State 44.0
6. Missouri 41.0
7. Virginia Tech 35.5
8. Cornell 30.0
9. Rutgers 28.5
10. Arizona State 23.0
10. Lehigh 23.0
12. South Dakota State 21.0
13. Illinois 19.0
13. North Carolina 19.0
15. Lock Haven 17.5
16. Oklahoma State 17.0
16. Wyoming 17.0
18. Duke 15.5
19. Kent State 14.5
20. Minnesota 13.5
20. Nebraska 13.5
22. Oregon State 13.0
23. Princeton 12.5
24. Purdue 12.0
25. Virginia 11.5
2:45 p.m. Teshan Campbell (Ohio State) is eliminated by Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) 4-3 on the riding time point. Wanzek riding Campbell out in the second period was the difference as the 12 beat the 13. Buckeyes lead Penn State by 13-1/2 headed into the evening session.
2:43 p.m. No. 8 seed Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State) beat a pair of seeded wrestlers, No. 7 Logan Massa (Michigan) and No. 15 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State). Rogers against No 4 seed Chad Walsh (Rider) for All-American honors tonight.
2:33 p.m. Nick Lee (Penn State) picks up the 13-5 major in consolation at 141, which cuts the deficit on Ohio State to 13-1/2, 80.5 to 67. No. 2 seed Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) picked up a consolation win at 149, which puts him into a round of 12 bout with No. 5 seed Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State).
2:18 p.m. A pair of previous All-Americans who graduated high school at Collins Hill (GA) were knocked off in the third consolation round at 125. No. 11 seed Sean Russell (Edinboro) losing 4-3 to No. 14 Luke Welch (Purdue), and No. 15 Ryan Millhoff (Arizona State) falling 5-2 to No. 10 Sebastian Rivea (Northwestern).
1:58 p.m. Ohio State picked up seven points in the team race at 285 to push their lead to 15 on Penn State. No. 1 seed Kyle Snyder survived 6-3 over No. 8 seed Derek White (Oklahoma State), while No. 3 seed Nick Nevills (Penn State) lost 4-2 to No. 6 seed Amar Dhesi (Oregon State). Snyder vs. No. 4 seed Jacob Kasper (Duke) tonight, and Dhesi vs. No. 2 seed Adam Coon (Michigan) in the other semifinal.
1:42 p.m. Lower bracket semifinal at 197 will place No. 2 Ben Darmstadt (Cornell) against No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech). Darmstadt survived a third period barrage from unseeded Chris Weiler (Lehigh) to win 5-4, while Haught won 3-1 over No. 6 seed Willie Miklus (Missouir)
1:40 p.m. Ohio State can breathe a sigh of relief as Michael Macchiavello (North Carolina State) scored reversal early in the third and then a takedown with 25 seconds left in the bout to beat Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) 5-4. That was 5 seed over 4 seed.
1:32 p.m. Double unders for the unseeded Kyle Conel (Kent State), and he launched No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) to secure the fall at the 90 second mark. The Penn State and Iowa sections rejoiced.
1:25 p.m. No. 5 seed Domenic Abounader (Michigan) wins 11-9 in TB-4 over No. 4 seed Peter Renda (North Carolina State). Abounader ensures that St. Edward H.S. in Ohio extends its streak of an alumnus earning All-American honors in Division I reaches 28.
1:17 p.m Penn State and Ohio State mirror at 184, both winning by decision to advance to the semis. No. 1 seed Bo Nickal, seeking a repeat title, won 13-7 over Max Dean (Cornell), while No. 2 seed Myles Martin - the 2016 national champion - won 10-6 over unseeded Chip Ness (North Carolina).
1:15 p.m. No. 6 seed Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) gets that breakthrough win at the national tournament, 3-1 in overtime over No. 3 seed Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) after an amazing scramble.
1:03 p.m. All ten Buckeyes remain alive in the tournament, Te'Shan Campbell led 7-1 after two periods but hung on for a 9-8 win in consolation over Connor Flynn (Missouri) at 165.
1:00 p.m. No. 6 seed Bo Jordan (Ohio State) fails to make the semifinals for the first time of his career. Loses 3-1 to No. 3 seed Daniel Lewis (Missouri), takedown late in the second period the difference. Lewis will face returning national champion and No. 2 seed Mark Hall (Missouri) in the semifinal; Hall scored his points mostly in the first period.
12:50 p.m. It took all of 38 seconds for undefeated No. 1 seed Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) to reach the national semifinal at 174 pounds.
12:44 p.m. Vincenzo Joseph (Penn state), the returning national champion and No. 3 seed, outlasts NO. 11 seed Isaiah White (Nebraska) 3-1 in SV-2. White beat Joseph 3-1/2 years ago in overtime in the Walsh Ironman final, December 2014. Joseph vs. No. 2 seed - and undefeated - David McFadden (Virginia Tech) tonight.
12:40 p.m. Upper bracket 165 semifinal will place two-time national champion and No. 1 seed Isaiah martinez (Illinois) against No. 5 seed Alex Marinelli (Iowa). Marinelli 7-6 over two-time All-American Chad Walsh (Rider), while Martinez won by 10-1 major.
12:25 p.m. 157 semis will be No. 1 Hayden Hidlay (North Carolina State) vs. No.5 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), Hidlay won 3-2 over No. 8 seed Tyler Berger (Nebraska). In what was the national final, in my opinion, No. 3 seed Jason Nolf (Penn State) beat No. 6 seed Michael Kemerer (Iowa) 5-2 on takedowns in the first and third periods; Nolf will face No. 7 seed Micah Jordan (Ohio State), who won by major decision. That will be the first Ohio State vs. Penn State bout of the tournament.
12:10 p.m. Potential turning point of this tournament to the favor of Penn State. No. 4 seed Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) wins 2-1 TB over No. 5 seed Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) in the quarters at 149. Heilmann had the better of that bout on his feet also. Hayes likely drops into No. 2 seed Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) for his consolation round of 12 bout.
12:03 p.m. Princeton vs. Lock Haven in the semis at 149. Kolodzik beat No. 3 seed Grant Leeth (Missouri) on a late takedown 4-3; Perry beat three-time All-American Sorensen (Iowa) last night and then 2014 national champon Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State) 7-3 last night.
12:00 p.m. Penn State picks up two wins, one in consolation, Nick Lee by decision at 141; No. 1 seed Zain Retherford winning by technical fall in the quarters at 149. That Retherford quarterfinal win moves Oklahoma State to 0-4 in quarters so far.
11:47 a.m. True freshman Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) arguably with the moment of the tournament so far. Takedowns with about 30 seconds left in the second period and third period get him the 6-4 win over two- time national champion Dean Heil (Oklahoma State). Diakomihalis vs. Eierman tonight.
11:38 a.m. Top seeded wrestlers Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) and Jaydin Eierman (Missouri) win by first period fall at 141. In consolation wrestling, Penn State lost Corey Keener, he was pinned at 133 by Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado).
11:30 a.m. Flipping losses and going into the semifinals tonight are No. 2 seed Stevan Micic (Michigan) and unseeded Tariq Wilson (North Carolina State). Micic was majored in December, but wins by major over No. 7 seed Austin DeSanto (Drexel) today; Micic vs. Pletcher tonight. Wilson was teched in January but wins by major over No. 4 seed Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State) today; Wilson vs. Gross tonight.
11:27 a.m. Luke Pletcher (Ohio State), our No. 3 seed, extends the Buckeyes' record to 21-1 with a 3-1 win. At the same time, No. 1 seed Seth Gross (South Dakota State) wins 7-3, though Montorie Bridges (Wyoming) almost had near falls at the end of the bout. Gross the defending national champion.
11:15 a.m. The upper bracket semi will feature No. 1 Darian Cruz (Lehigh), the defending national champion, against No. 4 seed Nick Suriano (Rutgers) at 125. Both wrestlers shut out their opposition this morning, Cruz 2-0 with the riding time point added in.
11:10 a.m. No. 3 seed Spencer Lee (Iowa) gets the pin off the bar-tilt at 3:58 over Nick Piccinnini - and he's a semifinalist. The in-season rubber match with him and No. 2 seed Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) is on for tonight at around 8:00 p.m. Tomasello winning by 12-4 major decision.
Friday 10:43 a.m. Wrestling starts in just over 15 minutes. Television for this session is ESPNU. Quarters in the middle, consolation (two rounds total) on the outside. Seven points for a quarterfinal win plus bonus, 1/2 point for consolation.
10:35 p.m. Thursday at the NCAA tournament is done. Team standings:
1 Ohio State 36.0 (9 QF/1 CON)
2 Penn State 28.5 (7/2)
3 Iowa 27.0 (3/5)
4 Michigan 23.0 (5/3)
5 NC State 20.0 (4/5)
10:05 p.m. Iowa suffers their first elimination at 174, Josef Johnson (Harvard) beat Joseph Gunther 3-2.
9:32 p.m. With an 11-9 win in consolation by Khristian Olivas at 149, Fresno State gets its first win at NCAA's since returning as a program.
9:28 p.m. True freshman Nick Lee (Penn State) wins 7-3 over Josh Alber (Northern Iowa). That was 8-over-9 in consolation. The Nittany Lions have nine left in the tournament, seven in the quarters and two down below.
9:15 p.m. Corey Kenner stays alive for Penn State winning 9-7 over Cameron Sykora (North Dakota State at 133. Just 1/2 point, but more importantly he remains in the tournament, and the next match is against an unseeded wrestler in Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado).
9:08 p.m. Nick Nevills of Penn State, the No. 3 seed, rides out Michael Boykin (North Carolina State) in TB-4 to have the greater riding time in the course of a 4-4 bout. Nevills had two escapes sandwiched around a Boykin takedown in TB-3. Ohio State up 8-1/2 on Penn State, nine on Iowa through the round of 16.
9:00 p.m. Championship round of 16 is down to one last bout. Consolation first round wrestling is up on the mats. Buckeyes lead Iowa by nine, Penn state by 9.5. Michigan is four back of that in fourth after the upper body toss and pin from No. 2 seed Adam Coon at 285.
8:59 p.m. Couple of side-to-side overtime round of 16 bouts at 285. No. 4 seed Jacob Kasper (Duke) beat Shawn Streck (Purdue) 4-2, while No. 7 seed Nate Butler (Stanford) beat No. 10 seed Jordan Wood (Lehigh) 3-1.
8:54 p.m. Chris Weiler (Lehigh) used a takedown with about ten seconds left to beat No. 7 seed Frank Mattiace (Penn) 6-4. Weiler beat both the ten and seven seeds at 197, which is something that Chip Ness (North Carolina) also did at 184.
8:52 p.m. Yet another high end seed losing for Iowa, and it's No. 12 Youssif Hemida (Maryland) beating No. 5 Sam Stoll 7-2, a six-point move late in the bout at 285.
8:50 p.m. Ohio State's day at the NCAA championships have ended. No. 1 seed Kyle Snyder gets the technical fall over Jere Haino (Campbell). Buckeyes have nine in the quarters, and they go 19-1.
8:40 p.m. From the pigtail match, then facing the nine and eight seeds, unseeded Kyle Conel (Kent State) into the quarterfinals. He got a takedown and near falls early in the match. Conel looking at a likely all-Ohio quarterfinal against No. 1 seed Kollin Moore (Ohio State) should he hold on to the 11-3 lead that he has in the last minute of the bout at 197.
8:30 p.m. Trailing 12-10 with around 20 seconds to go, No. 7 seed Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa) gets a reversal and four near falls to win 16-12 over No. 10 seed and 2015 All-American Ethan Ramos (North Carolina). Lujan's reward, a quarterfinal date with national champion Mark Hall (Penn State) at 174.
8:27 p.m. In the team race watch, Bo Nickal (Penn State) only wins 10-4, which means no bonus points. He's to the quarters at 184 against Max Dean (Cornell) if he hangs on to the 5-0 lead early in the third period against returning All-American Drew Foster (Northern Iowa), that would be No. 9 over No. 8 seed.
8:20 p.m. Evan Wick (Wisconsin) extends the season series lead to 3-1 over Logan Massa (Michigan) with a 9-6 win at 165 pounds in the quarters. Wick has won the last three bouts in the series, though Massa was the seven seed and wick the No. 10
8:16 p.m. No. 6 seed and UWW U-23 world champion Richie Lewis (Rutgers) loses 3-1 in overtime to No. 11 seed Isaiah White (Nebraska) at 165. White will face Joseph in the quarterfinal round tomorrow morning.
8:14 p.m. No. 3 seed at 165 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State), last year's national champion, held down to a 3-1 victory over Branson Ashworth (Wyoming). Ohio State suffers their first loss as No. 13 seed Te'Shan Campbell loses by 9-0 major decision to No. 4 seed Chad Walsh (rider), a two-time All-American.
8:10 p.m. No. 3 seed Jason Nolf (Penn State), the returning national champion at 157, wins 6-1 over Andrew Crone (Wisconsin). That is the first non-bonus win of the tournament for the Nittany Lions.
8:06 p.m. Micah Jordan (Ohio State) gets the second period fall. The Buckeyes move to 15-0. He will face either No. 15 John Van Brill (Rutgers) or unseeded giant killer Kennedy Monday (North Carolina) in the quarters.
7:59 p.m. 2014 national champion Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State) - who won hi title at Northwestern - outlasts Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) 4-3 at 149. That was the No. 10 seed over the No. 7 seed.
7:56 p.m. No. 3 seed Grant Leeth (Missouri) outlasts No. 14 Beau Donahue (North Carolina State) 3-1 with a takedown in overtime.
7:55 p.m. Top seeds remain perfect as Hayden Hidlay (North Carolina State) beats Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh) 4-2 at 157 pounds.
7:48 p.m. Two-time national champion Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) wins 6-2 over Mike Carr (Illinois) at 141.
7:47 p.m. National No. 2 seed at 149 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa), a three-time All-American, loses 3-2 to Ronald Perry (Lock Haven). Perry scored a takedown with about 30 seconds left in the bout.
7:42 p.m. True freshman Austin DeSanto (Drexel) gets the major decision over Jack Mueller (Virginia), who earned All-American honor last year as a true freshman. DeSanto won 16-8 at 133, and is now one win from All-American honors. That was seven over ten seed.
7:38 p.m. A second North Carolina State five-seed falls to defeat, as it's two-time All-American Kevin Jack losing 6-4 in overtime to No. 12 seed Tyler Smith (Bucknell) at 141. Smith vs. Joey McKenna tomorrow morning in the quarters.
7:35 p.m. Ohio State to 13-0 on the day, 3-0 this session. Nathan Tomasello by injury default at 125 and Joey McKenna by 15-0 technical fall at 141.
7:33 p.m. National champion and top seed Seth Gross (South Dakota State) with the 13-5 major decision over Mitch McKee (Minnesota) at 133.
7:29 p.m. It's another one point win for No. 3 seed Luke Pletcher (Ohio State), who beats No. 14 Korbin Myers (Edinboro) 4-3 in the second round. He'll face either No. 6 Scott Parker (Pennridge) or No. 11 Dom Forys (North Allegheny); either a 2014 state high school final rematch that Pletcher won in overtime or an all WPIAL showdown.
7:25 p.m. Cruz will face Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) in the quarters tomorrow morning. Bresser knocks of returning national runner-up Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) 4-2 in overtime.
7:21 p.m. Top seed and returning national champion Darian Cruz (Lehigh) outlasts Drew Mattin (Michigan) 1-0. Cruz escaped in the second, Mattin chose neutral in the third.
7:20 p.m. And Suriano will face Louie Hayes (Virginia) in the quarters tomorrow, a 10-4 overtime winner over Sean Fausz (North Carolina State), a 12-over-5 upset at 125.
7:15 p.m First quarterfinalist of the session, pin in 2:57 for No. 4 seed Nick Suriano (Rutgers), who beats 2015 national runner-up Zeke Moisey (West Virginia)
7:00 p.m. We got whistles. Ten wrestlers will be eliminated now, we'll determine quarterfinalists, and then 80 more will be eliminated. Eight going for gold and sixteen more trying to All-American at the end of tonight.
6:45 p.m. The Thursday night session is 15 minutes away from starting. Our order of matches: the 10 pigtail consolation bouts, championship round of 16, then first consolation round bouts.
3:43 p.m. All matches of the first session have ended. Iowa leads with 18-1/2 points, Ohio State second with 17, Penn State with 16, Michigan with 13 and North Carolina State with 12 round out the top five. Wrestling resumes at 7:00 p.m. for the round of 16 on ESPN.
3:34 p.m. Nick Nevills gets the first fall of the day for Penn State, who went 7-2 in the opening round. They have 16 points, as all seven of their wins came via bonus points; four via major and two by technical fall.
3:27 p.m. Pair of Ohio natives at 285, both seeded fall to defeat. No. 16 Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) lost 8-3 to Jere Heino (Campbell), No. 13 Billy Miller (Edinboro) lost 11-5 to Shawn Streck (Purdue).
3:20 p.m. No. 5 seed Sam Stoll (Iowa) gets the pin at the 2:24 mark, which ensures the Hawkeyes will exit session one with the lead in the team race. 18-1/2 points while Ohio State has 15 and Penn State 13, each having a 285 pound wrestler left.
3:10 p.m From an hour east in Ashtabula, Ohio, Kyle Conel (Kent State) upset No. 9 seed Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State) 5-0 in the opening round at 197. Conel also won a preliminary match, while Weigel suffered an injury during the first period of the match. This is also the second (single-digit) seed for the Cowboys to lose in the first round.
3:05 p.m. Top seed at 197, Kollin Moore (Ohio State) hangs on to beat Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley) 12-8. Orndorff had two takedowns in the third to cut the deficit to 9-8, let Moore up. Then took a shot late in the bout, and Moore went behind for the final margin.
3:04 p.m. Down goes No. 10 seed at 184, as Chip Ness (North Carolina) beats Emery Parker (Illinois) 4-3. Parker was close to a takedown late, the Illinois coaches challenged, but the no takedown call stood.
3:00 p.m. Iowa's big Thursday afternoon continues as Mitch Bowman knocks off No. 15 seed Canten Marriott (Missouri) 10-2 at 184.
2:37 p.m. It's survive and advance for three-time All-American Bo Jordan (Ohio state), the No. 6 seed. He wins 4-2 in overtime at 174 pounds against returning All-American Brandon Womack (Cornell).
2:35 p.m. Four national champions for Penn State have taken the mat, all four have won with bonus. No. 3 seed at 165 Vincenzo Joseph got a major, while No. 2 seed Mark Hall also got a major.
2:30 p.m. No. 4 seed Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) outlasts Josef Johnson (Harvard) 2-0, as he got the rideout in the third period at 174 pounds.
2:25 p.m. A six-point move early in the match for No. 13 seed Jacobe Smith (Oklahoma State) augmented by a six-pointer at the end of the match gives him a 13-2 major decision at 174 over Joseph Gunter (Iowa).
2:10 p.m. Jonathan Viruet (Brown) beats No. 8 seed Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State) 6-5 at 165, next up is No. 9 seed Chance Marsteller (Rider) in the round of 16. Also down to upset at 157 is No. 2 seed Joey Lavallee (Missouri), losing 8-6 to Kennedy Monday (North Carolina)
2:05 p.m. No. 5 seed Alex Marinelli (Iowa) gets the fall at 6:20 in the 165 class. That's five in the round of 16 for the Hawkeyes. Ohio State is 6-0 with the 4-1 win for No. 13 seed Teshan Campbell in that same weight class.
1:58 p.m. Returning All-American Paul Fox (Stanford) beats No. 11 seed Clayton Ream (North Dakota State) 4-2. That was the second straight year with Fox beating Ream in the opening round, Fox faces No. 6 seed Michael Kemerer (Iowa) tonight in the round of 16 at 157.
1:55 p.m. No. 4 seed Josh Shields (Arizona State) beats Jake Short (Minnesota) 4-3, the fact Shields rode out Short in the second period was the difference with that advantage point added to the 3-3 score at the end of the bout. That was at 157 pounds.
1:45 p.m. No. 10 seed Jason Tsirtsis (Arizona State), a 2014 national champion, beat Dane Robbins (Air Force) 2-1 in the tiebreakers at 149. Tsirtsis originally won in sudden victory, but they ruled the takedown happened after time was up.
1:42 p.m Second straight technical fall for Penn State, No. 3 seed Jason Nolf beats Colin Heffernan (Central Michigan) 22-7 at 157.
1:33 p.m. Hayes wins 6-5. Amine dinged for a third stall eleven seconds in to TB-2 on top. Hayes reversed twelve second later and hung on for the win. The O-H ... I-O chants blare.
1:30 p.m. No. 5 seed Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) in a marathon of a bout with Malik Amine (Michigan). Hayes beat Amine 9-2 in the regular season dual. Hayes ridden out in the third period leading 3-2, so Amine got the riding point to tie it up. In sudden victory, both wrestlers were close to scoring takedowns, Hayes got one prior to review but it was reversed. Amine got the reversal in TB-1 before time was up, Ohio State challenged, but the on-mat call stood.
1:20 p.m. No. 1 seed Zain Retherford (Penn State), a two-time national champion, got three sets of near falls in the last minute of the third period to win 16-1 via technical fall over Kyle Springer (Eastern Michigan) at 149.
1:17 p.m. Returning All-American Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) loses 3-0 to No. 10 seed Mason Smith (Central Michigan) at 141. Another returning All-American, No. 6 seed Scott Parker (Lehigh) survives 2-1 in the tiebreakers against Cameron Sykora (North Dakota State) at 133.
1:15 p.m. Iowa State's lone qualifier Jarrett Degen upends No. 13 seed Colton McCrystal (Nebraska), an Iowa native, 9-5 in the opening round at 149.
1:10 p.m. Vincent Turk (Iowa) beats No. 16 seed Cole Weaver (Indiana) 4-3 on a takedown to the back inside the last fifteen seconds of the bout at 141. Turk also won a pigtail earlier this session, advances to face No. 1 seed Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) tonight.
1:00 p.m. Two-time national champion Dean Heil (Oklahoma State), this year the No. 6 seed, outlasts Evan Cheek (Cleveland State) 4-2. Heil scored a takedown late in the first period, which was the difference at 141 in the opening round.
12:50 p.m. The Ohio State crowd is buzzing as Penn State has lost two matches by fall on mat two in the last five or so minutes. Keener at 133 and then No. 8 seed Nick Lee at 141 at the 2:18 mark. Lee led Ryan Diehl (Maryland) before Diehl tossed Lee for the fall. Next door on mat one, No. 3 seed Luke Pletcher won 2-1 over Mason Pengilly (Stanford) for Ohio State, second period takedown the difference.
12:45 p.m. All unseeded in the round of 16 at 133, as Wilson will face Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado), who beat No. 12 seed Josh Terao (American) 10-5 in his opening round bout.
12:40 p.m. Down goes No. 5 seed John Erneste (Missouri) at 133 pounds, as Tariq Wilson (North Carolina State) got three takedowns to pick up an 8-3 victory. Wilson the redshirt freshman from Steubenville, Ohio.
12:35 p.m. No. 15 seed Ryan Millhof (Arizona State) win 4-3 on a penalty point as Christian Moody (Oklahoma) grabbed the headgear while on the bottom inside the last ten seconds of the bout. Millhof was an All-American at Oklahoma two years ago, and advances to face Tomasello tonight.
12:32 p.m. No. 2 seed Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) gets the pin at 2:18 against Gabe Townsell (Stanford) off his second takedown. That's three points in the team race for the Buckeyes, one for advancing and two for pinning.
12:30 p.m. No. 5 seed Sean Fausz (North Carolina State) outlasts true freshman Michael McGee (Old Dominion) 8-5 in the tiebreaker. McGee was close to a winning takedown in overtime, Fausz fended it off; Old Dominion did challenge for the takedown, but it was confirmed as no takedown on review.
12:25 p.m. Returning national finalists Darian Cruz (Lehigh) and Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) both pick up first round wins. They are the No. 1 and No. 8 seeds, both from the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem Catholic and Parkland high schools repectively.
12:18 p.m. Drew Mattin (Michigan) with the pin at 3:50 over No. 16 seed Jacob Schwarm (Northern Iowa). Mattin gave up a first period takedown and was ridden for the full first period, including being hit for stalling twice, so he trailed 3-0 prior to the sequence of the fall.
12:10 p.m. Steve Bleise (Minnesota) is the first winner of the tournament, 5-3 at 149 over DeLuca. He faces No. 3 seed Grant Leeth (Missouri) later this session.
12:03 p.m. Vincent Turk (Iowa) gets the opening takedown of the tournament, he's at 141 pounds facing Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) on mat 3.
11:53 a.m. First matches will be starting very soon. Live television on ESPNU, can pick up all mats on ESPN3/WatchESPN. Pigtails will start the tournament, ten in total, then the opening round of 32. Biggest match off the bat is on mat 4 at 149, Eleazar DeLuca (Rutgers) vs. Steven Bleise (Minnesota)
11:18 a.m. One update to the brackets, Jason Renteria (Nebraska) missed weight at 133 pounds. The alternate, Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern) was inserted into the bracket. This is the first year of alternates being able to replace wrestlers at the tournament site.
11:12 a.m. Thanks for following along during the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Action starts at noon.
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