The second round of the championship has been wrestled and the quarter finals are set. The race for the national title is now a four horse race.

Penn State is doing fine, but they have suffered a couple upsets. At 133 pounds, Jordan Conaway went down in the first round, as did Andrew Alton at 149 pounds. They were playing with house money with Conaway, so his ejection from the championship bracket doesn't set them back too far, but the Alton loss stings a bit. On the other hand, Alton's twin brother at 157 pounds is wrestling quite well; he's won three matches already and will face Jason Welch in the quarterfinals. Five other PSU wrestlers made the quarters with David Taylor at 165, Matt Brown at 174, and Ed Ruth at 184 all registering 2nd round pins. If PSU keeps this up, their lead will only widen.

Putting together an excellent first day is Oklahoma State. With their fire power, they stand the best shot of catching PSU. Tyler Caldwell at 165, Jordan Oliver at 149, Chris Perry at 174, and Alan Gelogaev at 285, Oklahoma State's big guns, have all done their job. Joining them in the quarters will be Jon Morrison at 133, Alex Dierenger at 157 and Blake Rosholt at 197. If OSU has an incredible quarterfinal round they will be positioned well to challenge for a title.

Iowa is in third, they've seen both the good and the bad from the Hawkeye wrestlers. Matt Mcdonough at 125, Tony Ramos at 133, Mark Ballweg at 141, Dan St. John at 157, and Mike Evans at 174 are all in the quarters as expected. A surprising Ethan Lofthouse will make a quarter finals appearance as well. Unfortunately, Hawkeye heavyweight Bobby Telford has hurt his knee and had to forfeit his second round match, if he is out for good, Iowa's title hopes may be dead.

It's a good thing that this is a double elimination tournament, because Minnesota is going to need big performances from its wrestlers in the wrestle backs if it wants to crawl back into contention. Aside from Cody Yohn's victory at 165, the Gopher's second round was a disaster, with Nick Dardanes at 141, Dylan Ness at 149 and Kevin Steinhaus at 184 getting bounced out of the championship bracket. Still, Minnesota will be well represented in the quarters with Yohn, Chris Dardanes at 133, Logan Storley at 174, Scott Schiller at 197 and Tony Nelson at Heavyweight.

The quarter finals tomorrow morning will give us a better picture of the championship picture. Keep an eye on the 141 pound weight class quarters which feature some wrestlers from teams who rarely, if ever, feature a quarter finalist- Franklin & Marshall's Richard Durso and the Citadel's Ugi Khishignyam.

I'll see you tomorrow morning for the live thread during the ESPNU broadcast.

Team score, wrestlers remaining, and possible points via pennstatewrestlingclub.org

Team Points Maximum

Potential

Points # Round 2 # QF # Consi # Cons 2 Penn State 26.5 283.5 6 5 4 Oklahoma State 20 278.5 7 5 3 Iowa 19 245 7 6 2 Minnesota 17 271.5 8 3 2 3 Oklahoma 12.5 137 4 2 1 2

Championship bracket winners in round 2, each two winners will face each other in the quarterfinals.

Results via trackwrestling.com

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Champ. Round 2 - Alan Waters (Missouri) 31-0 won by decision over Sean Boyle (Michigan) 23-11 (Dec 4-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Matthew Snyder (Virginia) 22-7 won by decision over Trent Sprenkle (North Dakota St.) 29-5 (Dec 10-6)

Champ. Round 2 - Dominic Parisi (Appalachian S.) 30-11 won by decision over Tyler Cox (Wyoming) 32-9 (Dec 5-4)

Champ. Round 2 - Nicholas Megaludis (Penn State) 26-3 won by decision over Christian Cullinan (Central Michigan) 22-8 (Dec 5-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Matt McDonough (Iowa) 22-3 won by decision over Steve Mitcheff (Kent St.) 29-12 (Dec 5-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) 40-4 won by decision over Evan Silver (Stanford) 26-14 (Dec 5-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Nathan Kraisser (North Carolina) 33-5 won by decision over Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) 18-11 (Dec 5-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Jesse Delgado (Illinois) 23-3 won by tech fall over William Watterson (Brown) 21-17 (TF-1.5 7:00 (20-5))







133

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Logan Stieber (Ohio St.) 23-0 won by fall over Shelton Mack (Pittsburgh) 18-10 (Fall 2:40)

Champ. Round 2 - Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) 23-5 won by major decision over Levi Wolfensperger (Northern Iowa) 24-9 (MD 11-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Christopher Dardanes (Minnesota) 19-6 won by fall over Vincent Dellafave (Rutgers) 27-9 (Fall 2:47)

Champ. Round 2 - A.J. Schopp (Edinboro) 31-3 won by tech fall over Derek Steeley (Binghamton) 16-13 (TF-1.5 2:42 (18-1))

Champ. Round 2 - Tyler Graff (Wisconsin) 30-4 won by decision over Randy Cruz (Lehigh) 32-11 (Dec 3-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Nathan McCormick (Missouri) 32-4 won by major decision over Dane Harlowe (Boston U.) 10-6 (MD 11-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Jonathon Morrison (Oklahoma St.) 25-6 won by decision over Scotti Sentes (Central Michigan) 20-7 (Dec 3-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Tony Ramos (Iowa) 29-1 won by fall over Joseph Ward (North Carolina) 20-11 (Fall 1:07)





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Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Hunter Stieber (Ohio St.) 33-0 won by decision over Steven Keith (Harvard) 28-9 (Dec 7-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Richard Durso (Frank. & Marsh.) 39-3 won in tie breaker - 1 over Nick Dardanes (Minnesota) 26-8 (TB-1 5-4)

Champ. Round 2 - Evan Henderson (North Carolina) 36-6 won by major decision over Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) 35-8 (MD 10-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Mitchell Port (Edinboro) 32-3 won by major decision over Luke Vaith (Hofstra) 22-13 (MD 13-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Michael Mangrum (Oregon St.) 38-4 won by decision over Trevor Melde (Rutgers) 21-13 (Dec 6-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (The Citadel) 40-4 won by decision over Zach Neibert (Virginia Tech) 17-10 (Dec 3-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Mark Ballweg (Iowa) 23-5 won by decision over Charles Cobb (Pennsylvania) 24-8 (Dec 3-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Kendric Maple (Oklahoma) 27-0 won by fall over Joey Lazor (Northern Iowa) 34-8 (Fall 2:42)





149

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Jordan Oliver (Oklahoma St.) 35-0 won by major decision over Derek Valenti (Virginia) 18-9 (MD 13-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska) 24-5 won by decision over Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) 28-5 (Dec 4-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Steve Santos (Columbia) 28-1 won by decision over Eric Grajales (Michigan) 23-7 (Dec 6-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) 27-2 won by decision over Dan Osterman (Michigan St.) 21-13 (Dec 7-6)

Champ. Round 2 - Kevin Tao (American) 26-13 won by decision over Raymond Borja (Navy) 23-8 (Dec 9-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Drake Houdashelt (Missouri) 30-9 won by decision over Dylan Ness (Minnesota) 15-5 (Dec 5-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon St.) 26-6 won by decision over Ivan Lopouchanski (Purdue) 28-3 (Dec 4-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Jason Chamberlain (Boise State) 28-1 won by major decision over Nick Lester (Oklahoma) 17-11 (MD 14-5)



157

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Jason Welch (Northwestern) 32-1 won by decision over Scott Winston (Rutgers) 25-10 (Dec 6-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Dylan Alton (Penn State) 27-6 won by major decision over Zac Cibula (Rider) 24-11 (MD 13-5)

Champ. Round 2 - Jedd Moore (Virginia) 31-6 won by decision over James Fleming (Clarion) 29-3 (Dec 4-0)

Champ. Round 2 - David Bonin (Northern Iowa) 28-7 won by decision over Kyle Bradley (Missouri) 27-14 (Dec 4-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Georgi Ivanov (Boise State) 24-5 won by decision over Taylor Walsh (Indiana) 30-11 (Dec 9-6)

Champ. Round 2 - Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma St.) 32-2 won by major decision over Spartak Chino (Ohio) 21-14 (MD 9-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Josh Demas (Ohio St.) 19-10 won by decision over Jesse Dong (Virginia Tech) 24-4 (Dec 4-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Derek St. John (Iowa) 28-2 won by decision over Joshua Kreimier (Air Force) 28-5 (Dec 9-5)



165

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Kyle Dake (Cornell) 34-0 won by major decision over Ryan Leblanc (Indiana) 24-9 (MD 10-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Nicholas Sulzer (Virginia) 26-8 won in tie breaker - 1 over Josh Veltre (Bloomsburg) 33-6 (TB-1 3-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Massa (Michigan) 27-7 won by decision over Steven Monk (North Dakota St.) 34-3 (Dec 7-5)

Champ. Round 2 - Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma St.) 31-4 won by decision over Josh Condon (Chattanooga) 21-7 (Dec 4-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Peter Yates (Virginia Tech) 32-1 won by decision over Zach Toal (Missouri) 23-17 (Dec 7-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Cody Yohn (Minnesota) 26-11 won by decision over Patrick Graham (Oklahoma) 22-5 (Dec 4-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Conrad Polz (Illinois) 24-6 won by decision over Michael Moreno (Iowa St.) 27-8 (Dec 5-2)

Champ. Round 2 - David Taylor (Penn State) 28-1 won by fall over Zachary Strickland (Appalachian S.) 24-12 (Fall 2:42)



174

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Chris Perry (Oklahoma St.) 32-2 won by decision over Jonathan Fausey (Virginia) 30-9 (Dec 4-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Nick Heflin (Ohio St.) 17-5 won by decision over Hunter Gamble (Gardner-Webb) 23-13 (Dec 8-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Josh Asper (Maryland) 21-1 won by decision over John-Martin Cannon (Buffalo) 12-9 (Dec 8-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) 35-3 won by decision over Cody Walters (Ohio) 36-3 (Dec 8-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Michael Evans (Iowa) 21-4 won by major decision over Phillip Joseph (Eastern Mich.) 18-14 (MD 11-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Logan Storley (Minnesota) 26-3 won by major decision over Matt Mougin (Northern Ill.) 23-16 (MD 9-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Tanner Weatherman (Iowa St.) 20-7 won by decision over Jordan Blanton (Illinois) 23-11 (Dec 16-14)

Champ. Round 2 - Mathew Brown (Penn State) 27-4 won by fall over Nick Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) 18-8 (Fall 1:30)



184

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Edward Ruth (Penn State) 30-0 won by fall over Kevin Radford (Arizona St.) 22-14 (Fall 3:42)

Champ. Round 2 - Max Thomusseit (Pittsburgh) 16-4 won by decision over Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) 25-7 (Dec 3-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) 20-7 won by decision over Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota) 27-3 (Dec 3-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Steve Bosak (Cornell) 22-2 won by decision over Mason Bailey (Navy) 30-14 (Dec 2-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) 24-3 won by decision over Daniel Rinaldi (Rutgers) 28-7 (Dec 6-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Ryan Loder (Northern Iowa) 32-4 won by decision over Mike Larson (Missouri) 28-11 (Dec 2-0)

Champ. Round 2 - Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) 37-3 won by decision over Jacob Swartz (Boise State) 28-4 (Dec 3-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Ben Bennett (Central Michigan) 29-0 won by major decision over Alex Utley (North Carolina) 26-13 (MD 10-0)



197

Round 2 Champ

Champ. Round 2 - Dustin Kilgore (Kent St.) 41-0 won by major decision over Phillip Wellington (Ohio) 24-15 (MD 10-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Micah Burak (Pennsylvania) 18-2 won in tie breaker - 2 over Jake Meredith (Arizona St.) 27-8 (TB-2 3-2)

Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Meeks (Oregon St.) 33-5 won by decision over Jackson Hein (Wisconsin) 21-11 (Dec 4-3)

Champ. Round 2 - Alfonso Hernandez (Wyoming) 32-1 won by tech fall over Nick Whitenburg (Eastern Mich.) 18-8 (TF-1.5 7:00 (19-4))

Champ. Round 2 - Matthew Wilps (Pittsburgh) 21-2 won by major decision over Richard Perry (Bloomsburg) 29-5 (MD 9-1)

Champ. Round 2 - Blake Rosholt (Oklahoma St.) 15-7 won by decision over Kyven Gadson (Iowa St.) 24-3 (Dec 8-7)

Champ. Round 2 - Scott Schiller (Minnesota) 25-4 won by decision over Nathan Schiedel (Binghamton) 27-3 (Dec 9-5)

Champ. Round 2 - Quentin Wright (Penn State) 29-0 won by decision over Brandon Palik (Drexel) 25-5 (Dec 3-2)

