Finals Play-by-Play from NCAA Championships Craig Sesker USA Wrestling 03/17/2007 125 – No. 6 Paul Donahoe (Nebraska) dec. No. 1 Sam Hazewinkel (Oklahoma), 3-1 OT First period No scoring. Second period Hazewinkel chooses down and escapes with 1:42 left to lead 1-0. Third period Donahoe chooses bottom and escapes with 1:27 left to tie it 1-1. Overtime Donahoe shoots in on a single and finishes with 39 seconds left to win 3-1. 133 – No. 2 Matt Valenti (Penn) dec. No. 4 Coleman Scott (Oklahoma State), 4-2 First period Scott shoots in and wins a scramble for a takedown with 50 seconds left. Valenti scores a reversal with 15 seconds left to tie it 2-2. Second period Scott chooses down, but Valenti rides him out. Third period Valenti escapes with 1:59 left to lead 3-2. No more scoring and Valenti adds a riding-time point to win 4-2. 141 – No. 2 Derek Moore (UC Davis) won by tech. fall over No. 1 Ryan Lang (Northwestern), 17-2 First period Lang shoots in on a leg attack for a takedown with 2:41 left. Moore gains reversal with 1:34 left. Second period Moore scores reversal with 1:33 left to lead 4-2. Moore puts the legs in and cranks Lang over for a three-point near fall with 1:07 left to lead 7-2. Moore cradles Lang for a three-point near fall to lead 10-2. Third period Moore drives in for a takedown to lead 12-2. Moore records back-to-back near falls on tilts to complete a 17-2 technical fall. 149 – No. 5 Gregor Gillespie (Edinboro) dec. No. 3 Josh Churella (Michigan), 3-1 OT First period No scoring. Second period Churella chooses down and escapes with 1:33 left to lead 1-0. Third period Gillespie chooses down and escapes to tie it 1-1. Overtime Churella is in deep on a leg shot and nearly finishes, but Gillespie comes back in the same scramble go behind Churella for the winning takedown with 15 seconds left. 157 – No. 1 Trent Paulson (Iowa State) dec. No. 7 Craig Henning (Wisconsin), 6-5 First period Henning counters shot attempt and scores takedown with 1:38 left. Paulson escapes with just under a minute left to cut it to 2-1. Second period Henning chooses down and escapes to make it 3-1. Third period Paulson escapes and wins scramble for takedown with 1:20 left to lead 4-3. Henning escapes to tie it 4-4 with 1:07 left. Paulson shoots in for a double-leg takedown with 16 seconds left to lead 6-4. Paulson cuts Henning with five seconds left. 165 – No. 2 Mark Perry (Iowa) dec. No. 1 Johny Hendricks (Oklahoma State), 4-3 First period Perry warned for stalling as Hendricks is on the offensive. No scoring in the period. Second period Perry chooses down, but Hendricks rides him out. Third period Hendricks chooses down and scores reversal with 1:14 left. Perry scores reversal with 58 seconds to tie it 2-2. Hendricks is warned for stalling with 41 seconds left. Perry tips Hendricks to his back for a two-point near fall with 22 seconds left to lead 4-2. Hendricks escapes with five seconds left. 174 – No. 1 Ben Askren (Missouri) dec. No. 2 Keith Gavin (Pittsburgh), 8-2 First period Gavin hits inside trip for takedown with 1:27 left. Askren escapes with 1:14 left to cut it to 2-1. Second period Askren chooses down and escapes early in the period to tie it 2-2. Third period Gavin chooses neutral. Askren warned for stalling with 1:52 left. Askren gains takedown and three-point off scramble with 1:27 left to lead 7-2. Askren adds riding-time point to win 8-2. 184 – No. 1 Jake Herbert (Northwestern) dec. Jake Varner (Iowa State), 6-1 First period Herbert drives in for an early takedown with 2:12 left to lead 2-0. Herbert rides him for the rest of the period. Second period Herbert chooses down and escapes with 1:34 left. He quickly attacks Varner and spins behind for a takedown with 1:26 left to lead 5-0. Third period Varner escapes to start period to cut it to 5-1. Herbert adds riding-time point to win 6-1. 197 – No. 2 Josh Glenn (American) dec. No. 9 Kurt Backes (Iowa State), 6-4 OT First period Glenn shoots in on a single and trips Backes to the mat for a takedown with 2:42 left. Backes escapes with 1:08 left to cut it to 2-1. Second period Glenn escapes with 1:48 left. Backes scores takedown on scramble in the closing seconds to tie it 3-3. Third period Backes escapes with 1:19 left to lead 4-3, but Glenn has locked up riding time. Glenn shoots in on legs and is awarded a takedown with 20 seconds left, but the referees wave it off. Glenn picks up riding-time point to tie it 4-4. Overtime Glenn shoots in and finishes for a double-leg takedown with 48 seconds left. 285 – No. 1 Cole Konrad (Minnesota) pins No. 2 Aaron Anspach (Penn State), 1:53 First period Konrad body-locks Anspach to his back with 1:33 left and records the fall with 1:07 left.     Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/themat/public_html/specialevents/2007/collegepostseason/division1/main.php on line 185 Warning: include(http://www.themat.com/includes/return.inc) [function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/themat/public_html/specialevents/2007/collegepostseason/division1/main.php on line 185 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.themat.com/includes/return.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/themat/public_html/specialevents/2007/collegepostseason/division1/main.php on line 185