Grand Valley State leads going into second day of NCWA National Championships
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Mark Scott (USA Wrestling)
03/16/2002
The 5th Annual NCWA National Championships moves into the second day with Grand Valley State beginning to pull way from the field with 123.5 points. They followed by Apprentice School with 88 points and U of Nevada Reno with 85 points. Grand Valley had 10 athletes make it to the semifinals which will begin at 11:30AM today. Apprentice School and University of Nevada Reno each had four athletes make it to the semifinals but will be hard pressed to overtake Grand Valley. The University of Southern Colorado also had four wrestlers make the semifinals but do not have the depth to move up on the other teams. Outstanding performances have been turned in to-date by the Gervais brothers, Eric 125lbs. and Vince 133lbs. of Grand Valley, Anthony Perez of Western Texas A&M 149lbs., Vail Minn 157 lbs. and Jason Tapia 174lbs. out of the University of Southern Colorado, and Aaron Tutwiler 285lbs of Auburn. Today's action will include three rounds of consolation in addition to the semifinals and finals. The consolation round should prove to be important for those teams vying for second and third place in the team race. Wrestling fans can keep up with this final day of wrestling action by going to www.ncwa.net or clicking on the NCWA Championships button on TheMat.com. Today's action will include video streaming, webcam shots, audio and up-to-date brackets. The Finals will include real time scoring on specially designed web based bout sheets.