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Notre Dame takes over top spot in third regular season Div. II poll of 2015-16

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by D2Wrestle.com

NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Notre Dame College Falcons have jumped to No. 1 in the third regular season 2015-16 Division II Wrestling Coaches’ Association Poll after taking the title at the 2016 NWCA National Duals.

The Falcons took six first place votes after their 4-0 run in Fort Wayne, Ind., including a semifinal win over former top dogs, Maryville. The Saints took the other two first place votes in the poll and are in third place.

National Duals runners-up St. Cloud State remained in second place, while the Mountain Cats of Pitt-Johnstown jumped to fourth from seventh. Nebraska-Kearney rounds out the top five.

Seven top-ranked wrestlers were knocked off in Fort Wayne, but nine of the 10 weight classes still have the same wrestler ranked No. 1 despite tough competition just behind them. Lindenwood’s Terrel Wilbourn at 157 lbs. is the only new No. 1.

The next national rankings will be released on January 28.

TEAM RANKINGS #

Rank

School

1st

Points

Prev

1.

Notre Dame (Ohio)

6

155

5

2.

St. Cloud (Minn.) State

 

151

2

3.

Maryville (Mo.)

2

142

1

4.

Pitt-Johnstown

 

139

7

5.

Nebraska-Kearney

 

122

3

6.

Wisconsin-Parkside

 

115

6

7.

Mercyhurst (Pa.)

 

110

4

8.

Upper Iowa

 

99

11

9.

Lake Erie (Ohio)

 

86

9

10.

Lindenwood (Mo.)

 

84

10

11.

Colorado Mesa

 

80

20

12.

Tiffin (Ohio)

 

73

12

 

California Baptist

 

73

8

14.

Findlay (Ohio)

 

49

12

 

Minnesota State

 

49

RV

16.

Western State Colorado

 

38

17

17.

Wheeling (W.Va.) Jesuit

 

35

14

18.

Indianapolis

 

25

16

19.

McKendree (Ill.)

 

15

RV

20.

Colorado State-Pueblo

 

11

RV

 

Ashland (Ohio)

 

11

19
Others receiving votes: Central Oklahoma, Augustana, Minnesota State-Moorhead, Newman (Kan.) 

Individual Rankings

125 pounds

1.

Tim Prescott

St. Cloud State

2.

Dustin Reed

Newman

3.

Josh Kieffer

Indianapolis

4.

Dustin Warner

Wheeling Jesuit

5.

Evan Link

Pitt-Johnstown

6.

Connor Bolling

Nebraska-Kearney

7.

Danny Swan

Lindenwood

8.

Sebastian Vidika

Ashland

133 pounds

1.

Daniel DeShazer

Nebraska-Kearney

2.

Blake Bosch

Minn. St.-Moorhead

3.

Martin Ramirez

Adams State

4.

Hunter Haralson

Lindenwood

5.

Dakota Bauer

Maryville

6.

Chandler Minnard

Ashland

7.

David Bavery

Notre Dame

8.

Joe Calderone

LIU Post

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.

Cobey Fehr

Notre Dame

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.

Jay Hildreth

St. Cloud State

7.

Drew Schumann

Colorado Mesa

8.

Ty Lydic

Seton Hill

157 pounds

1.

Terrel Wilbourn

Lindenwood

2.

Matt Mincey

Minnesota State

3.

Jonatan Rivera

Notre Dame

4.

JaCobi Jones

Colorado St.-Pueblo

5.

Chris Baughman

Lake Erie

6.

Matt Martoccio

Kutztown

7.

Joey White

Findlay

8.

Sam Viengmany

Tiffin

165 pounds

1.

Clint Poster

St. Cloud State

2.

Jessie Hoffschneider

Colorado Mesa

3.

Francis Mizia

Mercyhurst

4.

Nick Fishback

Wisconsin-Parkside

5.

Matt Vandermeer

Lake Erie

6.

Zak Benitz

Upper Iowa

7.

Nate Ross

Gannon

8.

Dimitri Willis

Maryville

174 pounds

1.

Nick Becker

Wisconsin-Parkside

2.

Zeb Wahle

Maryville

3.

August Mizia

Mercyhurst

4.

Clayton Jennissen

St. Cloud State

5.

Blaze Shade

UNC Pembroke

6.

Terrance Williams

Colorado St.-Pueblo

7.

Adam Cooling

Minnesota State

8.

Nick Vandermeer

Lake Erie

184 pounds

1.

Joey Davis

Notre Dame

2.

Travis McKillop

Pitt-Johnstown

3.

Huston Evans

Newberry

4.

Aero Amo

Augustana

5.

Jacob Waste

California Baptist

6.

Jon Inman

Fort Hays State

7.

Montrail Johnson

Wisconsin-Parkside

8.

Scott VanDeLoo

Minnesota State

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.

Evan Rosborough

Lake Erie

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.

Donnell Walker

Maryville

6.

Joe Fagiano

California Baptist

7.

Andy Welton

Mercyhurst

8.

Michael Lowman

Augustana


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