Session 1 Notes - NCAA Division I National Championships
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John Fuller (TheMat.com)
03/21/2002
Due to the new NCAA regulations, live updates of any kind will not be permitted during each of the sessions. Complete match results, stories, and photos will be posted immediately after the session. The pigtail matches are underway. Sean Gray of Viginia Tech secured the first pin of the tournament at 1:38 over Clinton Frease of Brown. #1 ranked and top seeded Stephan Abas is up on Mat 6 wrestling Jose Leon of Boston University. With an escape and a riding time point, Abas advances with a 2-0 decision. At 174 Michael Barger of Oklahoma pins Brady Reinke of Wisconisin in :49 At 157 Jeremiah Jarvis (UC-Davis) wins over Doug Cielski of Oklahoma to advance. First Round Matches are now underway Jason Powell of Nebraska pins Jesse Leng of Ohio State at 4:18 No. 1 Stephen Abas of Fresno State won a tight 2-0 match over Jose Leon of Boston Univ., a fellow native Californian.Abas scored a takedown and riding time. On mat 6 in the second period Leroy Vega leads 8-3 over Jared OpferofKent State with nearly 3 minutes of riding time. Vega wins the match 13-4. At 125 Shawn Bunch of Edinboro defeats Chris Rodriguez of N. Carolina #4 seed Chris Fleeger of Purdue wins a 4-0 decision over George Clinton of NC State. #7 seeded Luke Eustice of Iowa advances with a decision over Michael Delaney of Oregon State. Greg Shaefer of Indiana wins a 5-2 decision over Willie Harris of American Luke Eustice of Iowa won the Hawks first win by tall over Michael Delany of Oregon State. In a battle of tough Easterners, Tom Noto of Hofstra beat Mason Lenhart of Penn, 6-3. The first seed to win at 133 was No. 1 Ryan Lewis of Minnesota by a 22-9 margin over Joe Cristaldi of Drexel. Also at 133, Marat Tomaev of Penn State edges No. 12 Rad Martinez of Clarion, 5-4. No.4 Kevin Black of Wisconsin pins to open at 133 with a 5:54 pin of Jason Gabrielson of Millersville. #8 seed Foley Dowd of Michigan wins an 11-5 decision over Evan Sole of N Caronlina #3 seed Witt Durden of Oklahoma tech fall 18-3 at 7:00 over Cory Ace Edinboro #11 seed Chad Hay wins an over decision over Dan Hyman of Lehigh Second seeded Johnny Thompson of Oklahoma State leads 5-2 over Shawn Amistad of Pittsburgh. Thompson wins the match 6-2 with riding time. Cliff Moore of Iowa wins a 19-8 decision over Efren Ceballos of Cal Bakersfield Urijah Faber UC-Davis wins a 13-6 decision over Chris Matarrese of Slippery Rock Aaron Holker of ISU wins a tech fall at 6:50 over Scott Moore of Penn State Oklahoma's Nate Parker wins a :57 fall over Brad Metzler of Stanford #8 seed Chad Erickson of Minnesota earns a 8-6 decision over Chad Caros of Edinboro At 141 JP Reese of Missouri wins a 14-4 major decision #7 seeded Luke Moffit of Iowa Skylar Homan OSU wins a major decision 14-1 over Rob Rebmann of Drexel Cedric Haymon of Cal-Poly wins a 3-0 decision over Mark DiSilvo of VMI At 149 Mike Zadick of Iowa pins Billy Smith of W. Virginia at 1:52 Eric Larkin of Arizona State wins an 8-4 decision over Brandon York of Maryland At 157, #8 seeded Matt Anderson won a decision over Rocky Smart of Arizona State Shane Roller of Oklahoma State wins a decesion over Mike Tolar of Kent State Luke Becker get the fall over Gabe Webster at 3:33 Tyrone Lewis OSU wins by fall over Seth Cameron of James Madison Nate Baker of Minnesota advances with a 13-11 decision over Pierre Pryor of NC State Top seeded Joe Heskett of ISU wins 7-2 over John Garriques Michigan's Otto Olson wins by fall over Mark Cantry of N Carolina, 2:59 Doc Vecchio of Penn State wins 4-2 over Chris Carlino Cal-Fullerton Matt Lackey of Illinois wins a 5-2 decision over Carl Fronhofer of Pittsburgh Top seeded Scott Justus of Virginia State was upset first round 14-7 by Randy Lindegreen of Cal-Fullerton #7 seed Tyler Nixt wins a 18-5 tech fall over Ben Chunko of Drexel #5 Viktor Sveda wins a decision over David Colabelle of James Madison Andy Hrovat of Michigan wins a 17-6 major decision over Pat Miller Drexel Second seeded Damion Hahn of Minnesota wins 4-1 over Ali Abri of Boston U At 197, Cael Sanderson stepped onto the mat to a round of applause. In his quest to capture his fourth consecutive NCAA National title, Sanderson defeated Eric Mausser of Clarion with a pin at 3:32 Scott Barker Missouri 19-2 tech fall over Randy Davidson Portland State Anthony Reynolds of Sacred Heart wins 8-5 over John Wechter of Michigan State #2 seed John Trenge of Lehigh win by fall 1:47 over Marcio Bothello of Fresno State Justin Ruiz of Nebraska win by major dec. 12-3 over #7 seeded Chris Skretkowicz of Hofstra Top seeded Tommy Rowlands of Ohio State won by injury default Mark Knauer of Iowa State #9 ranked Pat Popolizio dropped a 7-5 decision to Josh Millard of Lock Haven John Lockhart Illinois won a 3-2 decision over Eric Webb Oregon #2 seeded Steve Mocco of Iowa wins by fall at 2:18 over Greg Forbes of UNC-Greensboro Due to the new NCAA regulations, live updates of any kind will not be permitted during each of the sessions. Complete match results, stories, and photos will be posted immediately after the session.