Freshman Brandon Precin (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) took third place at 125 lbs., junior Greg Hagel (Linwood, N.J./Blair Academy) captured fourth place at 165 lbs. and junior Nick Hayes (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Lewis Central) took sixth at 174 lbs. Northwestern placed 6th overall.
Tamillow stormed to the finals, pinning three of his opponents en route to the final match. The junior recorded falls against Thor Moen of Arizona State, Eric Hinebauch of Great Falls and Kelly Anundson of Newbury before notching an 8-1 decision over Cal Poly's 15th-ranked Matt Monteiro in the semifinals. Tamillow dominated the eighth-ranked Michalak 6-2 in the finals to capture the crown at 197 pounds.
Precin, who continues to impress in freshman season, advanced to the semifinals of the 125-pound bracket before falling to Cal Poly's sixth-ranked Chad Mendes, 10-5. The freshman defeated Wyoming's Cody Grant with a pin at 2:31 in his first match, pinned Mike Wilding of Western Wyoming CC at 4:09, pinned Tyler Sim of the Citadel at 5:40 and won a 4-3 decision over Oklahoma State's 18th-ranked Tyler Schinn in the quarterfinals. The freshman captured third place with an 8-3 decision over Central Michigan's 13th-ranked Luke Smith.
At 165 lbs, Hagel advanced to the quarterfinals. He knocked off Oregon State's Brett Arand in an 8-3 decision in his first match before taking down Davidson's Kyle Dubs 7-2 to advance to the quarters. Hagel fell to Oklahoma State's Kevin Wainscott 9-2 in the round of eight. The junior topped Liberty's Chad Porter by a 7-2 score in his first consolation match and followed that up with wins over Jonny Nunes of Boise State and Brandon Kelly of Newbury to advance to the third-place match. Hagel ended his night with a loss to Scott Loescher of Stanford, but captured fourth place for the Wildcats.
Hayes, who appears in the top-20 in several polls this week at 174 lbs., defeated Clarion's Scott Joseph in his first match by a 15-3 major decision. Hayes took down Arizona State's Ricky Renzi and Oklahoma State's Brandon Mason before falling to Central Michigan's seventh-ranked Brandon Sinnott in the quarterfinals, 6-5. Hayes recorded a win over Boise State's Nate Lee when Lee defaulted, but Hayes had to default in his fifth-place match to Jeremy Larson of Oregon State to take sixth in the tournament.
At 133 lbs., Eric Metzler (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg-Casco) won his first match by forfeit over Liberty's Sam Walters. He fell to Oklahoma State's Coleman Scott in his round of 16 match by a 3-1 decision. Metzler won a match in the consolation bracket, knocking off Arizona State's Shawn Jones in a 9-3 decision before falling to Purdue's Sean Schmaltz.
Marty Gould (Lincolnwood, Ill./Niles West) fell in his first match at 149 lbs. to Cal Poly's Eric Maldonado and dropped his match in the consolation bracket to Brandon Carter of Central Michigan.
Vincent Colletti (Naperville, Ill./Montini Catholic), also wrestling at 149 lbs. for the 'Cats, lost to an opponent from Wyoming in the first round and fell to Arizona State's Chris Remsen by a 10-8 decision in the consolation bracket.
Jim Friend (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) also wrestled at 165. Friend fell in his first match to a foe from Central Michigan but won two matches in the consolation draw. The junior defeated Fullerton's Scott Judd in a 6-0 decision after Arizona State's Pat Pitsch defaulted. Friend's tournament ended with a 9-2 loss to Dubs from Davidson.
Carl Howe (Three Rivers, Mich./Three Rivers), also at 197 lbs., fell to Purdue's Nate Moore in his first match, but fell in his second consolation match to Travis Gardner of Oregon after an opponent from Duke defaulted.
Third-ranked Dustin Fox (Galion, Ohio/Galion), wrestling at heavyweight, won his first two matches before defaulting in the round of 16. Fox had topped Brandon Rupp of Western Wyoming CC by a 7-1 decision and Oregon Jamie Rakevich in 5-2 decision.
The Wildcats return to action at the 44th annual Midlands Championships held at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena Dec. 29-30. For information on the Midlands visit The 2006 Midlands Homepage.
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