NCAA Championships finals summaries
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by Denny Diehl
125 LB FINAL
#1 ANGEL ESCOBEDO, Indiana vs. #2 JAYSON NESS, Minnesota
1st period:
0:45 Escobedo slips by and ducks under for takedown. 2-0
0:15 stall warning on Indiana
0:12 escape Ness, 2-1
2nd period:
1:25 escape Ness , 2-2
Ness shoots at 0:30 but countered by whizzer
3rd period: Escobedo chooses bottom
1:35 warning on top (Ness)
1:30 escape Indiana , 3-2
0:56 takedown Escobedo on low single, 5-2
0:30 Ness escape, 5-3
0:05 Escobedo takes advantage of slipped throw (TD), 7-3
0:01 Near fall for Escobedo, 9-3
Riding time: 1:05 FINAL: 10-3
133 LB FINAL
#3 COLEMAN SCOTT, sr, Oklahoma St vs. #4 Joey Slaton, so, Iowa
1st period:
2:20 Scott double leg takedown and worked quickly into a cradle
2:11 Win by fall
Scott: WBF 0:49
141 lb Final
#1 CHAD MENDES, sr, Cal Poly vs. #6 J Jaggars, so, Ohio State
1st period: No scoring, 0-0
2nd period: Jaggars on bottom
1:47 escape Jaggars, 1-0 OSU
0:06 Mendes shoots single to a double; no score at buzzer
3rd period: Mendes on bottom
1:38 Mendes quick sit-out, attempts switch and escapes, 1-1
1:00 Mendes shoots double but countered
0:45 Jaggars stacks Mendes (inverted) for TD, 2-pt NF 5-1 OSU
0:16 Jaggars injured in a scramble (time-out)
0:13 Mendes leap frogs out for escape, 5-2
FINAL: Jaggers, 5-2
141 lb Final
#1 CHAD MENDES, sr, Cal Poly vs. #6 J Jaggars, so, Ohio State
1st period: No scoring, 0-0
2nd period: Jaggars on bottom
1:47 escape Jaggars, 1-0 OSU
0:06 Mendes shoots single to a double; no score at buzzer
3rd period: Mendes on bottom
1:38 Mendes quick sit-out, attempts switch and escapes, 1-1
1:00 Mendes shoots double but countered
0:45 Jaggars stacks Mendes (inverted) for TD, 2-pt NF 5-1 OSU
0:16 Jaggars injured in a scramble (time-out)
0:13 Mendes leap frogs out for escape 5-2
FINAL: Jaggars, 5-2
149 Final
#1 Brent Metcalf, so, Iowa vs. #6 Bubba Jenkins, so, Penn State
1st period:
2:15 Metcalf initiates high crotch TD
2:00 Jenkins dives through and comes out back door for double ankle grab TD, 2-0
1:43 Metcalf escape, 2-1
1:15 Jenkins shrug move
0:40 Jenkins converts for TD at the edge, 4-1
0:31 escape Metcalf, 4-2
2nd period: Metcalf chooses bottom
1:56 Escape Iowa, 4-3
1:40 Metcalf takedown on single leg, 4-5
1:23 Jenkins escape, 5-5
1:10 Metcalf lift and carries Jenkins to center but Jenkins counters
0:06 Metcalf lifts again and dumps PSU hard to mat, Jenkins holds on butYields TD and 3-point near fall, 10-5
3rd period: Jenkins down
1:40 Jenkins escape, 10-6
1:20 Metcalf counters attempted cement job for his own TD, 12-6
0:58 Jenkins turned loose, 12-7
0:09 Metcalf single leg TD, 14-7
0:03 Jenkins escape, 14-8
157 Final
#2 Mike Poeta, jr, Illinois, vs. #8 Jordan Leen, jr, Cornell
1st period:
0:50 Leen shoots and converts at 0:40, 2-0 Leen
0:10 Escape Poeta, 2-1 Leen
2nd period:
1:30 Leen escape
0:30 Leen shoots, Poeta hit for fleeing the mat, 4-1
Poeta nearly counters for a score
3rd period: Poeta
1:15 Poeta escapes, 4-2
0:51 Poeta body lock and passby, 4-4
0:40 Leen escape, 5-4 Leen
165 Final
#1 Eric Tannenbaum, sr, Michigan vs. #2 Mark Perry, sr, Iowa
1st period:
2:42 Tanenbaum shot, but Perry 'boot scooted' around and threw in the legs (TD), 2-0 Iowa
0:06 Double stalling call
2nd period:
1:59 Perry is cut loose by MU on optional start, 3-0 Iowa
Tanenbaum shoots low, Perry attempts back door but injures himself in the attempt to gain control (knee) - inury time-out at 1:06
1:00 Tanenbaum shoots low single
0:25 Tanenbaum shoots again; Perry nearly comes around behind
3rd period: Tanenbaum chooses neutral
1:02 Tanenbaum converts double leg TD after Perry flips him first, 3-2, Iowa
0:34 Perry turned loose, 4-2, Iowa
Riding time: 2:11
Perry wins, 5-2
174 Final
#1 Keith Gavin, sr, Pittsburgh vs. #2 Steve Luke, jr, Michigan
1st period:
2:40 single leg attempt by Luke; countered out-of-bounds
0:15 single attempt by Gavin; countered
2nd period: (Gavin on bottom)
1:55 Gavin stands and escapes
1:35 single leg TD by Gavin, Gavin, 3-0
1:30 Luke escape, Gavin, 3-1 (blood time-out)
3rd period: (Luke on bottom)
0:20 Escape Luke
1:20 riding time
Gavin remains unbeaten, 4-2
184 Final
#1 Jake Varner, so, Iowa State vs. #2 Mike Pucillo, so, Ohio State
1st period:
1:10 Varner executes a throw-by but they go out-of-bounds
2nd period: (Pucillo chooses bottom)
1:52 Pucillo escapes, 1-0 OSU
0:20 High crotch by Varner, out-of-bounds
3rd period: (Varner on bottom)
1:56 Varner escapes, 1-1
0:30 Partial shot by Pucillo
Sudden Victory Period-1
1st Tie-breaker Period-1
0:16 Varner standing granby roll for the escape 2-1 ISU
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2
0:21 Pucillo escapes with sit-out, 2-2
0:03 Pucillo shot
Sudden Victory Period-2
1st Tie-breaker Period-1
0:15 Pucillo stands to escape, 3-2
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2
0:21 Stalemate called after Pucillo follows granby roll and headlocks for control
0:13 Varner gets out, 3-3
Margin of victory: 0:06 riding time difference
Pucillo wins 3-3, tb2
197 Final
#2 Philip Davis, sr, Penn State vs. #4 Wynn Michalak, sr, Central Michigan
1st period:
1:23 Davis converts a TD after a lengthy (45 sec) exchange initiated by CMU, 2-0 PSU
0:53 Michalak escape, 2-1 PSU
0:35 Warning on Michalak
2nd period: (CMU down)
1:36 Escape PSU, 2-2
1:18 Magnificent power counter on Michalak shot; TD Davis, 4-2 PSU
3rd period:
1:40 PSU escape, 5-2 PSU
1:10 stalling warning on CMU - 1 pt PSU, 6-2 PSU
0:10 low single shot by CMU 1:44 riding
Davis wins, 7-2
285 Final
#1 Dustin Fox, sr, Northwestern vs. #2 J.D. Bergman, Sr, Ohio State
1st period:
Not much action to report
2nd period: (Bergman chooses bottom)
1:57 stand-up escape , 1-0, OSU
0:30 single leg shot by Bergman
3rd period: (Fox bottom)
1:46 escape Fox, 1-1
0:42 part double leg shot by OSU
Sudden Victory Period-1
Several good exchanges before an accidental head butt (time-out, Fox)
1st Tie-breaker Period-1 (Bergman bottom)
Fox lift and slam
0:15 Bergman granbies and escapes, 2-1, OSU
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2 (Fox bottom)
0:26 Fox runs out and free, 2-2
Sudden Victory Period-2
0:51 Bergman initiates single, countered by Fox for the winning score
0:39 Fox TD, 4-2
#1 ANGEL ESCOBEDO, Indiana vs. #2 JAYSON NESS, Minnesota
1st period:
0:45 Escobedo slips by and ducks under for takedown. 2-0
0:15 stall warning on Indiana
0:12 escape Ness, 2-1
2nd period:
1:25 escape Ness , 2-2
Ness shoots at 0:30 but countered by whizzer
3rd period: Escobedo chooses bottom
1:35 warning on top (Ness)
1:30 escape Indiana , 3-2
0:56 takedown Escobedo on low single, 5-2
0:30 Ness escape, 5-3
0:05 Escobedo takes advantage of slipped throw (TD), 7-3
0:01 Near fall for Escobedo, 9-3
Riding time: 1:05 FINAL: 10-3
133 LB FINAL
#3 COLEMAN SCOTT, sr, Oklahoma St vs. #4 Joey Slaton, so, Iowa
1st period:
2:20 Scott double leg takedown and worked quickly into a cradle
2:11 Win by fall
Scott: WBF 0:49
141 lb Final
#1 CHAD MENDES, sr, Cal Poly vs. #6 J Jaggars, so, Ohio State
1st period: No scoring, 0-0
2nd period: Jaggars on bottom
1:47 escape Jaggars, 1-0 OSU
0:06 Mendes shoots single to a double; no score at buzzer
3rd period: Mendes on bottom
1:38 Mendes quick sit-out, attempts switch and escapes, 1-1
1:00 Mendes shoots double but countered
0:45 Jaggars stacks Mendes (inverted) for TD, 2-pt NF 5-1 OSU
0:16 Jaggars injured in a scramble (time-out)
0:13 Mendes leap frogs out for escape, 5-2
FINAL: Jaggers, 5-2
141 lb Final
#1 CHAD MENDES, sr, Cal Poly vs. #6 J Jaggars, so, Ohio State
1st period: No scoring, 0-0
2nd period: Jaggars on bottom
1:47 escape Jaggars, 1-0 OSU
0:06 Mendes shoots single to a double; no score at buzzer
3rd period: Mendes on bottom
1:38 Mendes quick sit-out, attempts switch and escapes, 1-1
1:00 Mendes shoots double but countered
0:45 Jaggars stacks Mendes (inverted) for TD, 2-pt NF 5-1 OSU
0:16 Jaggars injured in a scramble (time-out)
0:13 Mendes leap frogs out for escape 5-2
FINAL: Jaggars, 5-2
149 Final
#1 Brent Metcalf, so, Iowa vs. #6 Bubba Jenkins, so, Penn State
1st period:
2:15 Metcalf initiates high crotch TD
2:00 Jenkins dives through and comes out back door for double ankle grab TD, 2-0
1:43 Metcalf escape, 2-1
1:15 Jenkins shrug move
0:40 Jenkins converts for TD at the edge, 4-1
0:31 escape Metcalf, 4-2
2nd period: Metcalf chooses bottom
1:56 Escape Iowa, 4-3
1:40 Metcalf takedown on single leg, 4-5
1:23 Jenkins escape, 5-5
1:10 Metcalf lift and carries Jenkins to center but Jenkins counters
0:06 Metcalf lifts again and dumps PSU hard to mat, Jenkins holds on butYields TD and 3-point near fall, 10-5
3rd period: Jenkins down
1:40 Jenkins escape, 10-6
1:20 Metcalf counters attempted cement job for his own TD, 12-6
0:58 Jenkins turned loose, 12-7
0:09 Metcalf single leg TD, 14-7
0:03 Jenkins escape, 14-8
157 Final
#2 Mike Poeta, jr, Illinois, vs. #8 Jordan Leen, jr, Cornell
1st period:
0:50 Leen shoots and converts at 0:40, 2-0 Leen
0:10 Escape Poeta, 2-1 Leen
2nd period:
1:30 Leen escape
0:30 Leen shoots, Poeta hit for fleeing the mat, 4-1
Poeta nearly counters for a score
3rd period: Poeta
1:15 Poeta escapes, 4-2
0:51 Poeta body lock and passby, 4-4
0:40 Leen escape, 5-4 Leen
165 Final
#1 Eric Tannenbaum, sr, Michigan vs. #2 Mark Perry, sr, Iowa
1st period:
2:42 Tanenbaum shot, but Perry 'boot scooted' around and threw in the legs (TD), 2-0 Iowa
0:06 Double stalling call
2nd period:
1:59 Perry is cut loose by MU on optional start, 3-0 Iowa
Tanenbaum shoots low, Perry attempts back door but injures himself in the attempt to gain control (knee) - inury time-out at 1:06
1:00 Tanenbaum shoots low single
0:25 Tanenbaum shoots again; Perry nearly comes around behind
3rd period: Tanenbaum chooses neutral
1:02 Tanenbaum converts double leg TD after Perry flips him first, 3-2, Iowa
0:34 Perry turned loose, 4-2, Iowa
Riding time: 2:11
Perry wins, 5-2
174 Final
#1 Keith Gavin, sr, Pittsburgh vs. #2 Steve Luke, jr, Michigan
1st period:
2:40 single leg attempt by Luke; countered out-of-bounds
0:15 single attempt by Gavin; countered
2nd period: (Gavin on bottom)
1:55 Gavin stands and escapes
1:35 single leg TD by Gavin, Gavin, 3-0
1:30 Luke escape, Gavin, 3-1 (blood time-out)
3rd period: (Luke on bottom)
0:20 Escape Luke
1:20 riding time
Gavin remains unbeaten, 4-2
184 Final
#1 Jake Varner, so, Iowa State vs. #2 Mike Pucillo, so, Ohio State
1st period:
1:10 Varner executes a throw-by but they go out-of-bounds
2nd period: (Pucillo chooses bottom)
1:52 Pucillo escapes, 1-0 OSU
0:20 High crotch by Varner, out-of-bounds
3rd period: (Varner on bottom)
1:56 Varner escapes, 1-1
0:30 Partial shot by Pucillo
Sudden Victory Period-1
1st Tie-breaker Period-1
0:16 Varner standing granby roll for the escape 2-1 ISU
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2
0:21 Pucillo escapes with sit-out, 2-2
0:03 Pucillo shot
Sudden Victory Period-2
1st Tie-breaker Period-1
0:15 Pucillo stands to escape, 3-2
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2
0:21 Stalemate called after Pucillo follows granby roll and headlocks for control
0:13 Varner gets out, 3-3
Margin of victory: 0:06 riding time difference
Pucillo wins 3-3, tb2
197 Final
#2 Philip Davis, sr, Penn State vs. #4 Wynn Michalak, sr, Central Michigan
1st period:
1:23 Davis converts a TD after a lengthy (45 sec) exchange initiated by CMU, 2-0 PSU
0:53 Michalak escape, 2-1 PSU
0:35 Warning on Michalak
2nd period: (CMU down)
1:36 Escape PSU, 2-2
1:18 Magnificent power counter on Michalak shot; TD Davis, 4-2 PSU
3rd period:
1:40 PSU escape, 5-2 PSU
1:10 stalling warning on CMU - 1 pt PSU, 6-2 PSU
0:10 low single shot by CMU 1:44 riding
Davis wins, 7-2
285 Final
#1 Dustin Fox, sr, Northwestern vs. #2 J.D. Bergman, Sr, Ohio State
1st period:
Not much action to report
2nd period: (Bergman chooses bottom)
1:57 stand-up escape , 1-0, OSU
0:30 single leg shot by Bergman
3rd period: (Fox bottom)
1:46 escape Fox, 1-1
0:42 part double leg shot by OSU
Sudden Victory Period-1
Several good exchanges before an accidental head butt (time-out, Fox)
1st Tie-breaker Period-1 (Bergman bottom)
Fox lift and slam
0:15 Bergman granbies and escapes, 2-1, OSU
2nd Tie-breaker Period-2 (Fox bottom)
0:26 Fox runs out and free, 2-2
Sudden Victory Period-2
0:51 Bergman initiates single, countered by Fox for the winning score
0:39 Fox TD, 4-2
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