COLUMBUS, OH - A long day of dueling is complete is at the 2002 National Wrestling Coaches Association National Wrestling Duals held on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. This year marks the first time that a national dual championship for three divisions of college wrestling are being held simultaneously. Top schools from Division I, II, and III are on hand to battle for the championships. The host team shocked fans in the semifinal round competition tonight against the No. 3 ranked Oklahoma Sooners. In a tight dual, the Sooners led the Ohio State Buckeyes 17-13 heading into the final match, which pitted No. 2 Tommy Rowlands of Ohio State against No. 3 Leonce Crump of Oklahoma. The final match was a battle ending with and overtime pin by Rowlands to win the match and the dual, 19-17. Second ranked Oklahoma had a rough day dropping a second round loss to the Buckeyes, 19,13 and then again in the consolation quarters to Iowa State, 25-20. After giving up forfeits in the first two matches, Iowa State bounced back with wins at 141, 149, 165, 197 and 285, along with six points at 174 when the Cowboys Ty Wilcox was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Cowboys also lost one team point for the violation. The top team in the nation, Minnesota breezed through dual competition today, handing losses to Northern Iowa 27-12, Penn 25-6, and Michigan 26-6. They will meet up in the finals tomorrow with No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes, who earned their finals position with wins over Lock Haven 37-3, Oklahoma State 19-13, and Oklahoma 19-17. Consolation semifinal matches will be held tomorrow between the No. 6 ranked Iowa State Cyclones and No. 4 ranked Michigan Wolverines, and the Oklahoma Sooners and No. 5 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes. The winners of those duals will wrestle for 3rd place at 3 p.m. PT tomorrow. Division I team scoring for the day was as follows: Round 1 Minnesota 27, Northern Iowa 12 Penn 22, Fresno State 15 Iowa 36, Central Michigan 6 Michigan 30, Edinboro 6 Oklahoma State 36, Michigan State 5 Iowa State 29, Arizona State 14 Ohio State 37, Lock Haven 3 Oklahoma 27, Lehigh 9 Round 2 Minnesota 35, Penn 6 Michigan 23, Iowa 12 Fresno State 20, Northern Iowa 17 Edinboro 16, Central Michigan 17 Michigan State 25, Lock Haven 10 Ohio State 19 vs. Oklahoma State 13 Arizona State 21, Lehigh 21 (ASU wins on criteria) Oklahoma 21 vs. Iowa State 15 Round 3 Consolations Penn 25, Michigan State 9 Oklahoma State 25, Fresno State 16 Iowa 39, Arizona State 3 Iowa State 24, Central Michigan 17 Round 4 Ohio State 19, Oklahoma 17 Minnesota 26, Michigan 6 Iowa 17, Penn 15 Iowa State 25, Oklahoma State 20 Division II The battle of No1 versus No.2 will take place tomorrow in final round competition. No. 1 ranked North Dakota State easily made its way to finals with dual wins over Carson-Newman 37-6, Findlay 34-3, and No 4 ranked Nebraska-Omaha 22-13. NDSU will battle for the championship with No 2 ranked Central Oklahoma, who secured a finals position with wins over American International 43-6, Central Missouri 31-12, and No.3 ranked Ashland 18-14. In consolation semifinals action tomorrow, the No. 4 Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks will take on unranked Augustana, while No. 3 ranked Ashland battles unranked Findlay University. The winners of those duals will then challenge for 3rd place tomorrow afternoon. Division II team scoring for the day was as follows: Round 1 NDSU 37, Carson-Newman 6 Findlay 23, Chadron 17 Pitt-Johnstown 30, Augustana 16 UNO 25, San Fran State 12 Ashland 26, Central Washington 9 SDSU 27, Gannon 19 Central Missouri 22, St. Cloud State 12 Central Oklahoma 43, American International 6 Round 2 North Dakota State 34, Findlay 3 UNO 24, Pitt-Johnstown 14 Chadron State 36, Carson Newman 9 Augustana 24, San Fran State, 19 Ashland 34, South Dakota State 6 Central Oklahoma 31, Central Missouri 12 Central Washington 37, Gannon 6 St. Cloud State 35, American International, 35-6 Round 3 Consolations Central Missouri 22, Chadron State 16 Augustana 26, South Dakota State 21 Pitt-Johnstown 34, Central Washington 8 Findlay 35, St. Cloud State 9 Round 4 Augustana 26, Central Missouri 19 Findlay 25, Pitt-Johnstown 18 North Dakota State 22, UNO 13 Central Oklahoma 18, Ashland 14 Division III The battle of No. 1 and No.2 continues in Division III competition. Tomorrows championship final will set No. 1 Augsburg against No. 2 Wartburg. Augusburg kept its opponents in single digit scoring today, making its way to the finals with dual wins over Thiel College 47-3, Buena Vista 31-7, and Kings College 36-6. No. 2 Wartburg secured its position in finals competition with dual wins over Montclaire State 27-18, Upper Iowa 27-6, and Wisconsin-Lacrosse 25-15. Consolation semifinal competition tomorrow morning pitts No. 7 ranked Upper Iowa against No. 4 ranked Kings College, while No. 3 ranked Wisconsin-Lacrosse will face unranked Springfield College. The winners of those duals will battle for 3rd place tomorrow afternoon. Division III team scoring for the day was as follows: Round 1 Augsburg 47, Thiel 3 Buena Vista 22, John Carroll 11 Springfield 22, Lycoming 18 Kings College 21, Ohio Northern 17 Wisconsin-Lacrosse 19, Ithaca 15 Luther 27, College of NJ 10 Upper Iowa 25, Delaware Valley 21 Wartburg 27, Montclaire State 18 Round 2 Augsburg 31, Buena Vista 7 Kings College 19, Springfield 16 John Carroll 39, Thiel 6 Ohio Northern 21, Lycoming 18 Wisconsin-Lacrosse 25, Luther 12 Wartburg 27, Upper Iowa 6 College of NJ 31, Ithaca 9 Delaware State 39, Montclaire State 16 Round 3 Consolations Upper Iowa 19, John Carroll 18 Luther 25, Ohio Northern 18 Springfield 28, College of NJ 12 Buena Vista 25, Delaware Valley 15 Round 4 Augsburg 36, Kings College 6 Wartburg 25, Wisconsin-Lacrosse 15 Upper Iowa 23, Luther 10 Springfield 30, Buena Vista 11 Final Day Schedule Tomorrow's competition will begin at 9 a.m. with consolation semifinal matches in all divisions in both St. Johns Arena and the French Fieldhouse. Matches for 7th place will be held at 11 a.m. for all divisions followed by 5th place matches for all divisions at 1 p.m. and the championship finals at 3 p.m. The 5th, 3rd, and championship rounds will be held in the main St. Johns Arena. Complete results of all duals are available in our Special Section