NCAA Championships finals summaries

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Denny Diehl and Jay Hammond ()
03/22/2008


125 LB FINAL
#1 ANGEL ESCOBEDO, Indiana vs. #2 JAYSON NESS, Minnesota

1st period: 
0:45 	Escobedo slips by and ducks under for takedown. 2-0
0:15 	stall warning on Indiana
0:12 	escape Ness, 2-1

2nd period: 
1:25 	escape Ness , 2-2 
	Ness shoots at 0:30 but countered by whizzer

3rd period:  Escobedo chooses bottom
1:35	warning on top (Ness)
1:30	escape Indiana	, 3-2
0:56 	takedown Escobedo on low single, 5-2
0:30	Ness escape, 5-3		
0:05	Escobedo takes advantage of slipped throw (TD), 7-3
0:01	Near fall for Escobedo, 9-3
	Riding time: 	1:05		                               FINAL: 10-3

133 LB FINAL
#3 COLEMAN SCOTT, sr, Oklahoma St vs. #4 Joey Slaton, so, Iowa 

1st period: 
2:20   Scott double leg takedown and worked quickly into a cradle
2:11   Win by fall					
Scott:  WBF  0:49

141 lb Final
#1 CHAD MENDES, sr, Cal Poly vs. #6 J Jaggars, so, Ohio State

1st period:   No scoring, 0-0
 
2nd period:  Jaggars on bottom
1:47   escape Jaggars, 1-0 OSU 
0:06   Mendes shoots single to a double; no score at buzzer	

3rd period: Mendes on bottom
1:38   Mendes quick sit-out, attempts switch and escapes, 1-1
1:00   Mendes shoots double but countered
0:45   Jaggars stacks Mendes (inverted) for TD, 2-pt NF	5-1 OSU
0:16   Jaggars injured in a scramble (time-out)
0:13   Mendes leap frogs out for escape, 5-2
FINAL: Jaggers, 5-2

141 lb Final
#1 CHAD MENDES, sr, Cal Poly vs. #6 J Jaggars, so, Ohio State

1st period:   No scoring, 0-0
 
2nd period:  Jaggars on bottom
1:47   escape Jaggars, 1-0 OSU 
0:06   Mendes shoots single to a double; no score at buzzer	

3rd period: Mendes on bottom
1:38   Mendes quick sit-out, attempts switch and escapes, 1-1
1:00   Mendes shoots double but countered
0:45   Jaggars stacks Mendes (inverted) for TD, 2-pt NF	5-1 OSU
0:16   Jaggars injured in a scramble (time-out)
0:13   Mendes leap frogs out for escape			5-2
FINAL: Jaggars, 5-2

149 Final
#1 Brent Metcalf, so, Iowa vs. #6 Bubba Jenkins, so, Penn State

1st period: 
2:15  Metcalf initiates high crotch TD
2:00  Jenkins dives through and comes out back door for double ankle grab TD, 2-0
1:43  Metcalf escape, 2-1
1:15  Jenkins shrug move
0:40  Jenkins converts for TD at the edge, 4-1
0:31  escape Metcalf, 4-2
 
2nd period:   Metcalf chooses bottom
1:56  Escape Iowa, 4-3
1:40  Metcalf takedown on single leg, 4-5
1:23  Jenkins escape, 5-5
1:10  Metcalf lift and carries Jenkins to center but Jenkins counters
0:06  Metcalf lifts again and dumps PSU hard to mat, Jenkins holds on butYields TD and 3-point near fall, 10-5	
	
3rd period:   Jenkins down
1:40   Jenkins escape, 10-6
1:20   Metcalf counters attempted cement job for his own TD, 12-6
0:58   Jenkins turned loose, 12-7
0:09   Metcalf single leg TD, 14-7
0:03   Jenkins escape, 14-8

157 Final
#2 Mike Poeta, jr, Illinois,  vs. #8 Jordan Leen, jr, Cornell 

1st period: 
0:50   Leen shoots and converts at 0:40, 2-0 Leen
0:10   Escape Poeta, 2-1 Leen
 
2nd period: 
1:30   Leen escape					
0:30   Leen shoots, Poeta hit for fleeing the mat, 4-1
          Poeta nearly counters for a score
 
3rd period:  Poeta 
1:15    Poeta escapes, 4-2
0:51    Poeta body lock and passby, 4-4
0:40    Leen escape, 5-4  Leen

165 Final
#1 Eric Tannenbaum, sr, Michigan vs. #2 Mark Perry, sr, Iowa

1st period: 
2:42  Tanenbaum shot, but Perry 'boot scooted' around and threw in the legs (TD), 2-0 Iowa
0:06  Double stalling call          

2nd period: 
1:59  Perry is cut loose by MU on optional start,      3-0 Iowa
Tanenbaum shoots low, Perry attempts back door but injures himself in the attempt to gain control (knee) - inury time-out at 1:06
1:00  Tanenbaum shoots low single
0:25  Tanenbaum shoots again; Perry nearly comes around behind

3rd period: Tanenbaum chooses neutral
1:02  Tanenbaum converts double leg TD after Perry flips him first, 3-2, Iowa
0:34  Perry turned loose, 4-2, Iowa
Riding time: 2:11                                                         
Perry wins, 5-2

174 Final
#1 Keith Gavin, sr, Pittsburgh vs. #2 Steve Luke, jr, Michigan 

1st period: 
2:40  single leg attempt by Luke; countered out-of-bounds
0:15  single attempt by Gavin; countered
 
2nd period:  (Gavin on bottom)
1:55  Gavin stands and escapes 
1:35  single leg TD by Gavin, Gavin, 3-0
1:30  Luke escape, Gavin, 3-1 (blood time-out)

3rd period: (Luke on bottom)
0:20   Escape Luke
 1:20 riding time                                                 
Gavin remains unbeaten, 4-2

184 Final
#1 Jake Varner, so, Iowa State vs. #2 Mike Pucillo, so, Ohio State

1st period: 
1:10  Varner executes a throw-by but they go out-of-bounds

2nd period:  (Pucillo chooses bottom)
1:52   Pucillo escapes, 1-0  OSU
0:20   High crotch by Varner, out-of-bounds

3rd period:  (Varner on bottom)
1:56   Varner escapes, 1-1 
0:30   Partial shot by Pucillo

Sudden Victory Period-1

1st Tie-breaker Period-1
0:16  Varner standing granby roll for the escape 2-1 ISU

2nd Tie-breaker Period-2
0:21  Pucillo escapes with sit-out, 2-2
0:03  Pucillo shot

Sudden Victory Period-2

1st Tie-breaker Period-1
0:15  Pucillo stands to escape, 3-2 

2nd Tie-breaker Period-2
0:21  Stalemate called after Pucillo follows granby roll and headlocks for control
0:13  Varner gets out, 3-3

Margin of victory:   0:06 riding time difference
                                                                     Pucillo wins 3-3, tb2 

197 Final
#2 Philip Davis, sr, Penn State vs. #4 Wynn Michalak, sr, Central Michigan  

1st period: 
1:23   Davis converts a TD after a lengthy (45 sec) exchange initiated by CMU, 2-0 PSU
0:53   Michalak escape, 2-1 PSU
0:35   Warning on Michalak 

2nd period: (CMU down)
1:36   Escape PSU, 2-2
1:18   Magnificent power counter on Michalak shot; TD Davis, 4-2 PSU

3rd period: 
1:40   PSU escape, 5-2 PSU
1:10   stalling warning on CMU  - 1 pt PSU, 6-2 PSU
0:10   low single shot by CMU 1:44 riding                  
Davis wins,  7-2

285 Final
#1 Dustin Fox, sr, Northwestern vs. #2 J.D. Bergman, Sr, Ohio State 

1st period: 
Not much action to report
 
2nd period:  (Bergman chooses bottom)
1:57  stand-up escape , 1-0, OSU
0:30  single leg shot by Bergman

3rd period:  (Fox bottom)
1:46  escape Fox, 1-1
0:42  part double leg shot by OSU

Sudden Victory Period-1
Several good exchanges before an accidental head butt (time-out, Fox)

1st Tie-breaker Period-1 (Bergman bottom)
Fox lift and slam
0:15 Bergman granbies and escapes, 2-1, OSU
 
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2 (Fox bottom)
0:26  Fox runs out and free, 2-2

Sudden Victory Period-2
0:51  Bergman initiates single, countered by Fox for the winning score
0:39  Fox TD, 4-2