NCAA Div. I Championships results, University Park, Pa., March 18-20

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
03/23/1999


1999 NCAA DIV. I  CHAMPIONSHIPS 

at University Park, Pa., March 18-20

125 pounds: 1st - Stephen Abas (Cal-Bakersfield) dec. Jeremy Hunter (Penn State), 7-4; 3rd - Teague Moore (Oklahoma State) dec. Shane Valdez (Oklahoma), 2-0; 5th - Leroy Vega (Minnesota) dec. Moses Delfin (Cal-State Bakersfield), 7-6; 7th - Matt Roth (Virginia) won by medical forfeit over Jason Silverstein (Purdue)

133 pounds: 1st - Eric Guerrero (Oklahoma State) dec. Cody Sanderson (Iowa State), 3-1, ot; 3rd - Eric Jeurgens (Iowa) vs. Eric Larkin (Arizona State), 10-4; 5th - Stan Greene (Fresno State) dec. Eric Keller (Northern Iowa), 3-1; 7th - Aaron Holker (Brigham Young) dec. Robert Sessley (Ohio State), 4-3

141 pounds: 1st - Doug Schwab (Iowa) dec. Michael Lightner (Oklahoma), 4-2; 3rd - Mark Angle (Clarion) dec. Dustin Denunzio (Harvard), 4-3; 5th - Chris Marshall (Central Michigan) dec. Whitey Chlebove (W. Virginia), 4-3; 7th - Damion Logan (Michigan) pin Jose DeAnda (Nebraska), 4:55

149 pounds: 1st - T.J. Williams (Iowa) dec. Tony Davis (Northern Iowa), 5-3; 3rd - Adam Tirapelle (Illinois) dec. Reggie Wright (Oklahoma State), 5-3, ot; 5th - Brett Matter (Pennsylvania) dec. Ryan Bernholz (Lehigh), 5-3; 7th - Troy Marr (Minnesota) dec. Biff Walizer (Penn State), 2-1, tie breaker

157 pounds: 1st - Casey Cunningham (Central Michigan) dec. Clint Musser (Penn State), 2-1; 3rd - Larry Quisel (Boise State) dec. Bryan Snyder (Nebraska), 8-2; 5th - Chad Kraft (Minnesota) dec. Chris Ayres (Lehigh), 2-1; 7th - Beau Weiner (Stanford) dec. Jamie Heidt (Iowa), 8-6

165 pounds: 1st - Kirk White (Boise State) dec. Rodney Jones (Oklahoma), 3-1; 3rd - Joe Heskett (Iowa State) dec. Steve Blackford (Arizona State), 7-2; 5th - Don Pritzlaff (Wisconsin) dec. Joey Killar (Harvard), 8-2; 7th - Mark Samples (Edinboro) pin Jim Harshaw (Virginia), 1:47

174 pounds: 1st - Glenn Pritzlaff (Penn State) dec. Otto Olson (Michigan), 10-4; 3rd - Sam Kline (West Virginia) dec. Josh Koschek (Edinboro), 4-2: 5th - Mark Smith (Oklahoma State) dec. Leo Giel (Rider),7-3; 7th - Ryan Cunningham (Central Michigan) won by med. forfeit over Mike Feeney (Eastern Michigan)

184 pounds: 1st - Cael Sanderson (Iowa State) dec. Brandon Eggum (Minnesota), 6-1; 3rd - Vertus Jones (West Virginia) dec. Brad Vering (Nebraska), 14-2; 5th - John Van Doren (Lehigh) dec. Viktor Sveda (Indiana), 10-3; 7th - Mike Greenfield (Central Michigan) pin Andy Hrovat (Michigan), 5:23

197 pounds: 1st - Tim Hartung (Minnesota) dec. Lee Fullhart (Iowa), 2-1; 3rd - Nick Muzashvili (Michigan State) dec. Andrei Rodzianko (Penn), 3-1; 5th - Raphael Davis (Cal-State Bakersfield) dec. Chris Vike (Central Michigan), 3-1; 7th - Sam Neider (Northwestern) dec. Zach Thompson (Iowa State), 6-2

Heavyweight: 1st - Stephen Neal (Cal-State Bakersfield) dec. Brock Lesnar (Minnesota), 3-2; 3rd - Karl Roesler (Illinois) dec. Matt Orndorff (Oregon State), 7-2; 5th - John Henry Ward (Oklahoma) dec. Leslie Apedoe (VMI), 4-2; 7th - Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (Penn) dec. Derek Delporto (Slippery Rock), 3-2

Outstanding Wrestler - Cael Sanderson, Iowa State, 184 pounds

Most Falls - Larry Quisel, Boise State, 157 pounds, with three falls in 10:31

Team Standings: 1. Iowa, 100.5 pts.; 2. Minnesota, 98.5 pts.; 3. Oklahoma State, 84 pts.; 4. (tie) Iowa State and Penn State, 78.5 pts.; 6. Oklahoma, 73.5 pts.; 7. Central Michigan, 67.5 pts.; 8. Cal-State Bakersfield, 58.5 pts.; 9. West Virginia, 54 pts.; 10. Boise State, 46.5 pts.; 11. Pennsylvania, 45.5 pts.; 12. Illinois, 45 pts.; 13. (tie) Arizona State and Michigan, 39 pts.; 15. Nebraska, 37 pts.; 16. Fresno State, 34.5 pts.; 17. Northern Iowa, 32 pts.; 18. Edinboro, 27.5 pts.; 19. Lehigh, 26.5 pts.; 20. (tie) Harvard and Oregon State, 22.5 pts.; 22. Michigan State, 21.5 pts.; 23. Virginia, 20.5 pts.; 24. Indiana, 18 pts.; 25. Wisconsin, 17.5 pts.