2:44 pm: Session I comes to a conclusion. We will be back blogging for Session II. Here are the team results after Session I:
1. Iowa 19
2. Central Michigan 18
3. Iowa State 16
4. Minnesota, Nebraska 15.5
2:40 pm:No. 2-seeded heavyweight JD Bergman of Ohio State wasted little time with Patrick Walker of Liberty, picking up a pin in just 27 seconds.
2:37 pm: No. 12-seeded Mark Ellis of Missouri edged John Wise of Illinois, 5-4, at heavyweight.
2:33 pm: The No. 11 seed at heavyweight, Mike Spaid of Bloomsburg, picked up a pin over Levon Mock of Brown.
2:31 pm: Iowa's Matt Fields was a 7-3 winner over Reece Hopkin of Northern Colorado at heavyweight.
2:27 pm: At heavyweight, No. 5-seeded Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State looked great in picking up a first-period pin over Trey McLean of Penn. Rosholt was leading 5-0 before picking up the pin.
2:22 pm: Team results after 184:
1. Iowa: 17
2. Minnesota: 15.5
3. Central Michigan, Nebraska: 12
5. Iowa State: 11
2:20 pm: More tough luck for Tennessee Chattanooga. At 197 pounds, Cayle Byers of George Mason defeated Matt Koz of Tennessee Chattanooga, 3-1, in the tiebreaker period.
2:16 pm: Another Missouri Tiger, No. 5-seeded Max Askren, who was upset in the first round of the NCAAs last season, looked good in picking up a 15-5 major decision over Joe Fagiano of Indiana at 197 pounds. Askren will take on Daren Burns of UNC Greensboro in the second round.
2:02 pm: No. 6-seeded Raymond Jordan of Missouri wrestled like a man on a mission in picking up a technical fall, 23-7, over Matthew Gevilinger of Brown at 184 pounds.
1:59 pm: Sandy Stevens announced that the attendance for Session I was 15,513.
1:50 pm: A heavily-bandaged Roger Kish of Minnesota, a 2006 NCAA runner-up who entered this event seeded No. 8 at 184 pounds, won a 6-3 decision over Josh Edmondson of Tennessee Chattanooga.
1:44 pm: No. 1-seeded Jake Varner of Iowa State registered a shutout, 6-0, over Lior Zamir of Penn at 184 pounds.
1:32 pm: At 174 pounds, Boise State's Nathan Lee picked up a 3-1 victory in overtime over No. 8-seeded Gabe Dretsch of Minnesota.
1:22 pm: Zack Shanaman of Penn, who was runner-up in the EIWA, pulled an upset at 165 pounds by defeating No. 7-seeded Jake Dieffenbach of Oklahoma State.
1:19 pm: No. 2-seeded Mark Perry of Iowa gave the Hawkeye fans something to cheer about by picking up a pin over Marcus Effner of Cleveland State at 165 pounds.
1:14 pm: Early team results (after 157):
1. Minnesota: 13
2. Hofstra, Iowa, Penn State: 9
5. Central Michigan: 8
1:05 pm: At 157 pounds, No. 6-seeded Matt Kocher of Pittsburgh defeated Ryan Morningstar of Iowa, 4-2, in the second sudden-victory. The Hawkeyes now have two wrestlers, Morningstar and LeClere (141), in the consolation bracket.
1:02 pm: It was announced that Tennessee Chattanooga's protest at 133 pounds was denied. Lou Ruggirello wins the match by a score of 3-1 to advance to the second round.
12:52 pm: Tennessee Chattanooga lost another tough overtime match when Bill Garvin lost in overtime, 5-4, to No. 3-seeded Dan Vallimont of Penn State at 157 pounds.
12:52 pm: Tennessee Chattanooga lost another tough overtime match when William Garvin lost in overtime to No. 3-seeded Dan Vallimont of Penn State at 157 pounds.
12:47 pm: Freshman Adam Hall of Boise State gave No. 2-seeded Dustin Schlatter of Minnesota all he wanted at 149 pounds. The match was tied 2-2 heading into the third period, but Schlatter, who needed injury time in the third period, pulled out the 5-3 victory.
12:46 pm: In a battle of All-Americans, Jordan Leen of Cornell defeated Ryan Hluschak of Drexel in a tight match, 4-3, at 157 pounds.
12:37 pm: No. 6-seeded Lou Ruggirello of Hofstra defeated Stephen Hromado of Tennessee Chattanooga in a controversial triple overtime match at 133 pounds. The Tennessee Chattanooga coaching staff has filed a protest.
12:35 pm: At 149 pounds, Darrion Caldwell of North Carolina State avenged a midseason loss at the Southern Scuffle to Mike Roberts of Boston by picking up a first-period pin. He will now take on Brandon Carter of Central Michigan, who upset Scott Ervin of Appalachian State.
12:27 pm: Luke Smith of Central Michigan needed double overtime to defeat Tyler Clark of Iowa State at 125 pounds.
12:18 pm: No. 1-seeded Brent Metcalf of Iowa excites the Hawekeye faithful with a pin over Will Rowe of Oklahoma at 149 pounds.
12:16 pm: At 125 pounds, No. 1-seeded Angel Escobedo of Indiana got a bit of a scare against Pac-10 runner-up Anthony Robles of Arizona State in the opening round. Escobedo was trailing 2-1, but picked up a takedown and added riding time to win by a score of 4-2.
12:10 pm: No. 7-seeded Kyle Ruschell of Wisconsin was trailing heading into the third period against true freshman Corey Jantzen of Harvard, but the Badger sophomore picked up a pin to advance to the second round at 141 pounds.
12:02 pm: Zach Bailey of Oklahoma avenged a Midands finals loss to No. 8-seeded Dan LeClere with a come-from-behind 8-7 victory at 141 pounds.
12:00 pm: At 141 pounds, No. 12-seeded Garrett Scott of Penn State looked impressive in pinning Carter Downing of Wyoming.
11:36 am Minnesota picked up two pins right off the bat. Jayson Ness pinned Marcos Orozco of UC Davis … while Mack Reiter pinned Jeffrey Schell of Brown
11:06 am (CT): The 2008 NCAA Division I Championships are underway at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. RevWrestling.com will be providing a blog throughout the event and end-of-the-day stories and audio clips. We also be providing this running blog on Thursday. Thanks for visiting RevWrestling.com.
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