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NCAA DII and DII wrestling standings update for Most falls and tech falls heading into nationals

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by Matthew Holmes, NCAA

Image of Hayden Bronne of Tiffin, NCAA Div. II leader in falls, courtesy of Tiffin Athletics Twitter.

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships.

The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships. The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.

Division I did not compete last week in preparations for this weekend’s conference tournaments, but regional competition took place in Divisions II and III as wrestlers competed to qualify for the national championships.

Greg Hilliard of Belmont Abbey earned the fall in all three of his matches to win the 165-pound championship at NCAA Division II Super Regional II and take the lead in the race for most dominant with 4.74 team points per match. Heavyweight Jared Campbell of Notre Dame (Ohio) won his own regional championship and moved to second with 4.70 points, while regional champion Chris Eddins, Jr., of Pittsburgh-Johnstown is third with 4.64.

Division III Most Dominant Wrestler is led by Troy Stanich of Stevens who won the 141-pound championship at the Southeast regional with a fall in the title match to move his average to 5.35 points. Bradan Birt of Millikin had two falls and two tech falls to win the 165-pound championship at the lower Midwest regional and is in second with 5.18 points, while Brett Kaliner of Stevens is third with 5.13 points after winning the 149-pound crown at the Southeast regional.

The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of team points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled with a minimum of 17 matches to be ranked. Points per match are awarded as follows.

Fall, forfeit, injury default or DQ = 6 points (-6 points for a loss)
Tech falls = 5 points (-5 points for a loss)
Major decision = 4 points (-4 points for a loss)
Decision = 3 points (-3 points for a loss)

Only Division II and Division III stat leaders are provided below because Division I didn't compete last week.

Division II

RANK NAME SCHOOL WEIGHT FALLS TIME
1 Hayden Bronne Tiffin 174 20 35:56
2 AJ Cooper Fort Hays St. 285 14 49:19
3 Tyler Lawley Newman 133 13 33:59
4 Greg Hilliard Belmont Abbey 165 12 24:06
5 Gage Branson Bellarmine 141 12 30:59
6 Luke McGonigal Mercyhurst 197 11 22:34
7 Nicholas Mason Tiffin 197 11 28:21
8 Elijah Mahan Lindenwood (MO) 184 11 30:32
9 Jared Campbell Notre Dame (OH) 285 10 18:38
10 Eric Beck Bellarmine 165 10 31:07

Division III

RANK NAME SCHOOL WEIGHT FALLS TIME
1 Marvin Cunningham JWU (Providence) 149 24 61:55
2 Evan Fidelibus New England Col. 149 23 29:31
3 Michael DiNardo JWU (Providence) 285 23 54:17
4 Kaidon Winters RIT 157 22 51:21
5 Joseph Rossetti Williams 141 21 46:10
6 Joe Salerno Wash. & Lee 149 20 30:07
7 Bradan Birt Millikin 165 19 35:44
8 Evan Lawrence Wis.-Eau Claire 174 19 37:50
9 Jarit Shinhoster Wis.-Whitewater 174 18 44:04
10 Hayden Brown JWU (Providence) 133 17 37:08

Division II

RANK NAME SCHOOL WEIGHT TECH FALLS TIME
1 Ryan Vasbinder McKendree 197 10 47:54
2 Anthony Mancini Neb.-Kearney 184 7 33:08
3 Dawson Combest UIndy 157 7 35:47
4 Carlos Jacquez Lindenwood (MO) 125 7 41:14
5 Michael Raccioppi East Stroudsburg 174 7 41:18
6 Josh Portillo Neb.-Kearney 125 6 22:07
7 Logan Grass Merychurst 165 6 24:58
8 Aryus Jones Fort Hays St. 184 6 26:09
9 Richard Screptock Tiffin 184 6 33:56
10 Daniel Bishop Augustana (SD) 197 5 17:11

Division III

RANK NAME SCHOOL WEIGHT TECH FALLS TIME
1 Ahken Chu SUNY Oneonta 141 16 63:16
2 Tyler Gazaway Roger Williams 149 15 55:38
3 Stephen Maloney Messiah 157 15 59:48
4 Noah Nieman Adrian 149 11 52:46
5 Freddy Terranova Augustana (IL) 149 10 38:14
6 Ben Dougherty RIT 174 10 39:50
7 Gabriel McDaniel JWU (Providence) 157 10 41:30
8 Josiah Gehr Messiah 133 9 42:29
9 Travis Jones Ithaca 133 9 45:38
10 Jared Kuhns York (PA) 125 9 46:11