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Maryville is No 1 in Div. II rankings heading into the NWCA National Duals

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by D2Wrestle.com

Maryville still No. 1 in second regular season poll of 2015-16
Saints are unanimous top dogs entering National Duals

NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Maryville University Saints remain at No. 1 in the second regular season 2015-16 Division II Wrestling Coaches’ Association Poll, which was released New Year’s Day.

The Saints once again picked up all eight first place votes from the voting committee, with Nate Rodriguez (141) holding onto a No. 1 ranking. Maryville has wrestlers ranked in the top eight nationally in six weight classes.

St. Cloud State ranks second thanks to three wrestlers who remained ranked in the top spot – Tim Prescott (125), Clint Poster (165) and Austin Goergen (285).

Nebraska-Kearney is ranked third with Daniel DeShazer (133) and Romero Cotton (197) ranked in the top spot. Mercyhurst is fourth and Notre Dame fifth. The Falcons have two top-ranked wrestlers – Jonatan Rivera (157) and Joey Davis (184).

Wisconsin-Parksde leapt 11 spots in the rankings to No. 6, with Nick Becker (174) ranked first in his weight. Findlay’s Nick Goebel (149) rounds out top-ranked individuals.

The next national rankings will be released on January 13, following the National Duals.

TEAM RANKINGS
Rank School 1st Points Prev
1. Maryville (Mo.) 8 160 1
2. St. Cloud (Minn.) State 149 2
3. Nebraska-Kearney 143 3
4. Mercyhurst (Pa.) 136 4
5. Notre Dame (Ohio) 127 5
6. Wisconsin-Parkside 117 17
7. Pitt-Johnstown 107 7
8. California Baptist 105 10
9. Lake Erie (Ohio) 93 6
10. Lindenwood (Mo.) 72 12
11. Upper Iowa 62 RV
12. Findlay (Ohio) 57 8
12. Tiffin (Ohio) 57 13
14. Wheeling Jesuit (W. Va.) 51 14
15. Augustana (S.D.) 43 11
16. Indianapolis 41 16
17. Western State Colorado 32 RV
18. Newberry (S.C.) 25 9
19. Ashland (Ohio) 21 19
20. Colorado Mesa 20 20

125 pounds

1.

Tim Prescott

St. Cloud State

2.

T.J. North

Augustana

3.

Dustin Reed

Newman

4.

Josh Kieffer

Indianapolis

5.

Dustin Warner

Wheeling Jesuit

6.

Ivan McClay

Notre Dame

7.

Connor Bolling

Nebraska-Kearney

8.

Evan Link

Pitt-Johnstown

133 pounds

1.

Daniel DeShazer

Nebraska-Kearney

2.

Blake Bosch

Minn. St.-Moorhead

3.

Joe Calderone

LIU Post

4.

Martin Ramirez

Adams State

5.

David Bavery

Notre Dame

6.

Hunter Haralson

Lindenwood

7.

Chandler Minnard

Ashland

8.

Nolan Whitely

Wheeling Jesuit

141 pounds

1.

Nate Rodriguez

Maryville

2.

Daniel Salazar

Colorado Mesa

3.

Dylan D’Urso

Mercyhurst

4.

Bryce Killian

King

5.

Darren Wynn

McKendree

6.

Nick Crume

Indianapolis

7.

Corbin Bennetts

Western St. Colorado

8.

Preston Bowshier

Wheeling Jesuit

149 pounds

1.

Nick Goebel

Findlay

2.

Terrance McKinney

Chadron State

3.

Jeremy Landowski

Mercyhurst

4.

Keenan Hagerty

Maryville

5.

Frank Yatonni

Wisconsin-Parkside

6.

Tyler Stenberg

Northern State

7.

Spencer Rutherford

Central Oklahoma

8.

Ty Lydic

Seton Hill

157 pounds

1.

Jonatan Rivera

Notre Dame

2.

Matt Martoccio

Kutztown

3.

Terrel Wilbourn

Lindenwood

4.

JaCobi Jones

Colorado St.-Pueblo

5.

Chris Baughman

Lake Erie

6.

Matt Mincey

Minnesota State

7.

Chase White

Nebraska-Kearney

8.

Joey White

Findlay

165 pounds

1.

Clint Poster

St. Cloud State

2.

Jessie Hoffschneider

Colorado Mesa

3.

Dimitri Willis

Maryville

4.

Francis Mizia

Mercyhurst

5.

Nick Fishback

Wisconsin-Parkside

6.

Matt Vandermeer

Lake Erie

7.

Kyle Bateman

Colorado St.-Pueblo

8.

Nate Ross

Gannon

174 pounds

1.

Nick Becker

Wisconsin-Parkside

2.

Zeb Wahle

Maryville

3.

August Mizia

Mercyhurst

4.

Archie Williams

Central Missouri

5.

Justan Rivera

Notre Dame

6.

Blaze Shade

UNC Pembroke

7.

Austin Harris

Western St. Colorado

8.

Caleb Copeland

Chadron State

184 pounds

1.

Joey Davis

Notre Dame

2.

Travis McKillop

Pitt-Johnstown

3.

Huston Evans

Newberry

4.

Nick Burghardt

Maryville

5.

Jacob Waste

California Baptist

6.

Jon Inman

Fort Hays State

7.

Aero Amo

Augustana

8.

Montrail Johnson

Wisconsin-Parkside

197 pounds

1.

Romero Cotton

Nebraska-Kearney

2.

Ryan Beltz

Maryville

3.

Joe Brandt

Ashland

4.

Garret Lineberger

Notre Dame

5.

Jake Cramer

Tiffin

6.

Paul Wilson

Colorado Mines

7.

Joe Gomez

Northern State

8.

Josh Anthony

Wisconsin-Parkide

285 pounds

1.

Austin Goergen

St. Cloud State

2.

Garrett Grey

Tiffin

3.

D.J. Simms

Pitt-Johnstown

4.

Jacob Mitchell

Colorado St.-Pueblo

5.

Michael Lowman

Augustana

6.

Joe Fagiano

California Baptist

7.

Andy Welton

Mercyhurst

8.

Evan Loughman

Lake Erie



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