No. 1 Central Oklahoma, with three semifinalists, leads No. 2 Lander after day one of NCAA Div. II Nationals

Image of Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma) by Mark Lundy, Lutte Lens


COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – No. 1 Central Oklahoma, with three in the semifinals and six alive in the consolation rounds, leads No. 2 Lander by 6.5 points after the first day of the NCAA Div. II Nationals on Friday.


In the semifinals for UCO are No. 7 Ty Lucas (165), No. 1 Dalton Abney (197) and No. 1 Shawn Streck (285).


Lander has four in the semifinals, No. 3 James Joplin (125), No. 1 Zeth Brower (141), No. 4 David Hunsberger (165) and No. 4 Logan Hall (184) and two others in the consolation rounds.


Rounding out the top five are West Liberty in third with 38.5 points, St. Cloud State in fourth with 38 points and Western Colorado in fifth with 31.5 points.


In the middle weights, a pair of No. 1 wrestlers were beaten by No. 8 opponents in the quarterfinals. At 157 pounds, No. 8 Dominic Means of Gannon edged No. 1 Noah Hermosillo of Adams State, 7-6. Then at 165 pounds, No. 8 Hunter Mullin of Western Colorado knocked off No. 1 Shane Gantz of Wisconsin-Parkside, 8-1.


Three unseeded wrestlers reached the semifinals, John Carayiannis of Belmont Abbey (141), James Penfold of Lake Erie (174) and Cale Gray of Indianapolis (285).


Carayiannis knocked off the No. 2 seed in the first round, then beat unseeded Jake Niffenegger of Mercyhurst), 12-8 in the quarterfinals. Penfold, who had a pigtail match, beat another unseeded wrestler, Chase Morgan of West Liberty, 10-2 in his quarterfinal. Gray edged No. 2 seed Lee Herrington of Nebraska-Kearney, 9-8 in the quarterfinals.

NCAA DIV. II NATIONALS

At Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 10, 2023


Semifinal pairings


125

No. 1 Cole Laya (West Liberty) vs. No. 5 Jaxson Rohman (Augustana (SD)

No. 3 James Joplin (Lander) vs. No. 2 Brendon Garcia (Adams State)


133

No. 1 Quentrevion Campbell (Chadron State) vs. No. 5 Devin Flannery (Millersville)

No. 3 Gavin Quiocho (Glenville State College) vs. No. 7 Vincent Scollo (West Liberty)


141

No. 1 Zeth Brower (Lander) vs. No. 4 Christian Small (Lake Erie)

No. 3 Zackary Donathan (Tiffin) vs. unseeded John Carayiannis (Belmont Abbey)


149

No. 1 Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown) vs. No. 5 Jason Hanenberg (Western Colorado)

No. 6 Jalen Spuhler (Wisconsin-Parkside) vs. No. 2 Josiah Rider (Adams State)


157

No. 8 Dominic Means (Gannon) vs. No. 5 Logan Bailey (Indianapolis)

No. 6 Nathan Smith (Pitt-Johnstown) vs. No. 2 Nick Novak (St. Cloud State)


165

No.,8 Hunter Mullin (Western Colorado) vs. No. 4 David Hunsberger (Lander)

No. 3 Chase Luensman (Upper Iowa) vs. No. 7 Ty Lucas (Central Oklahoma)


174

No. 1 Abner Romero (St. Cloud State) vs. No. 4 Cade Lindsey (Fort Hays State

No. 3 Austin Eldredge (Nebraska-Kearney) vs. unseeded James Penfold (Lake Erie)


184

No. 1 Billy Higgins (Nebraska-Kearney) vs. No. 4 Logan Hall (Lander)

No. 3 Ty McGeary (West Liberty) vs. No. 2 Daniel Beemer (Ashland)


197

No. 1 Dalton Abney (Central Oklahoma) vs. No. 4 Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud State)

No. 3 Tereus Henry (Fort Hays State) vs. No. 2 Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis)


285

No. 1 Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma) vs. No. 4 Johnny Green (Ouachita Baptist)

No. 3 Jared Campbell (Glenville State College) vs. unseeded Cale Gray (Indianapolis)

Top 10 teams after day one
1 Central Oklahoma 62.5

2 Lander 56.0

3 West Liberty 38.5

4 St. Cloud State 38.0

5 Western Colorado 31.5

6 Nebraska-Kearney 29.0

7 Indianapolis 27.5

8 Adams State 24.5

9 Gannon 24.0

10 Glenville State College 23.0

Quarterfinal results


125

Cole Laya (West Liberty) 22-2 won by decision over Dawson Collins (Colorado Mesa) 23-10 (Dec 4-0)

Jaxson Rohman (Augustana (SD)) 17-5 won by decision over Shane Corrigan (Wisconsin-Parkside) 31-7 (Dec 6-4)

James Joplin (Lander ) 22-2 won by major decision over Brandon Mendoza (Tiffin) 17-8 (MD 16-7)

Brendon Garcia (Adams State) 21-3 won by decision over Patrick Allis (Western Colorado) 16-6 (Dec 8-2)


133

Quentrevion Campbell (Chadron State) 18-1 won by decision over Dylan Lucas (Central Oklahoma) 19-6 (Dec 5-3)

Devin Flannery (Millersville) 31-4 won by decision over Elijah Lusk (Lander ) 29-6 (Dec 9-6)

Gavin Quiocho (Glenville State College) 36-5 won by decision over Reece Barnhardt (Mary) 29-7 (Dec 7-4)

Vincent Scollo (West Liberty) 25-6 won by decision over Eric Bartos (Mercyhurst) 28-3 (Dec 7-3)


141

Zeth Brower (Lander ) 32-0 won by major decision over Tate Murty (Upper Iowa) 28-7 (MD 11-0)

Christian Small (Lake Erie) 25-2 won by decision over Peter Kuster (Drury) 19-4 (Dec 3-0)

Zackary Donathan (Tiffin) 11-1 won by fall over Nate Keim (Central Oklahoma) 24-7 (Fall 0:30)

John Carayiannis (Belmont Abbey) 15-4 won by decision over Jake Niffenegger (Mercyhurst) 23-8 (Dec 12-8)


149

Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown) 29-0 won by fall over Brik Filippo (Central Oklahoma) 25-10 (Fall 0:47)

Jason Hanenberg (Western Colorado) 30-5 won by fall over Joey Bianchini (St. Cloud State) 16-2 (Fall 6:06)

Jalen Spuhler (Wisconsin-Parkside) 30-7 won by decision over Nick Young (Gannon) 27-6 (Dec 8-4)

Josiah Rider (Adams State) 25-3 won by decision over Wyatt Turnquist (Northern State) 21-4 (Dec 8-3)


157

Dominic Means (Gannon) 27-7 won by decision over Noah Hermosillo (Adams State) 21-1 (Dec 7-6)

Logan Bailey (Indianapolis) 32-4 won by decision over Casey Barnett (Tiffin) 17-3 (Dec 6-4)

Nathan Smith (Pitt-Johnstown) 22-4 won by decision over Trent Mahoney (King) 34-10 (Dec 5-2)

Nick Novak (St. Cloud State) 25-0 won by decision over Avery Shay (Shippensburg) 15-3 (Dec 8-1)


165

Hunter Mullin (Western Colorado) 25-6 won by decision over Shane Gantz (Wisconsin-Parkside) 32-1 (Dec 7-6)

David Hunsberger (Lander) 31-3 won by fall over Alec Cook (West Liberty) 23-11 (Fall 0:57)

Chase Luensman (Upper Iowa) 30-3 won by decision over Aaden Valdez (Adams State) 19-3 (Dec 10-5)

Ty Lucas (Central Oklahoma) 19-10 won by decision over Alex Farenchak (Gannon) 12-1 (Dec 5-2)


174

Abner Romero (St. Cloud State) 19-0 won by fall over Kolby Kost (Augustana (SD)) 20-8 (Fall 4:23)

Cade Lindsey (Fort Hays State) 33-7 won by fall over Anthony Des Vigne (Central Oklahoma) 31-7 (Fall 1:41)

Austin Eldredge (Nebraska-Kearney) 26-4 won by tech fall over Cole Hernandez (Western Colorado) 26-10 (TF-1.5 1:46 (16-0))

James Penfold (Lake Erie) 19-6 won by major decision over Chase Morgan (West Liberty) 17-12 (MD 10-2)


184

Billy Higgins (Nebraska-Kearney) 26-2 won by decision over Alex Kauffman (Central Oklahoma) 12-5 (Dec 3-2)

Logan Hall (Lander ) 32-3 won by decision over Reece Worachek (Wisconsin-Parkside) 30-5 (Dec 3-2)

Ty McGeary (West Liberty) 25-1 won by decision over Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron State) 15-11 (Dec 8-6)

Daniel Beemer (Ashland) 26-1 won by fall over Josh Jones (McKendree) 26-9 (Fall 1:32)


197

Dalton Abney (Central Oklahoma) 21-2 won by major decision over Luke McGonigal (Mercyhurst) 23-5 (MD 9-1)

Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud State) 28-3 won in sudden victory - 1 over Cole Huss (Northern State) 14-5 (SV-1 3-1)

Tereus Henry (Fort Hays State) 36-3 won by major decision over Dakoda Rodger (Pitt-Johnstown) 23-9 (MD 15-1)

Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis) 32-2 won by decision over Kash Anderson (Colorado Mesa) 20-10 (Dec 8-3)


285

Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma) 24-0 won by decision over Juan Edmond-Holmes (Lander ) 19-5 (Dec 8-3)

Johnny Green (Ouachita Baptist) 23-3 won in sudden victory - 1 over Francesco Borsellino (West Liberty) 21-5 (SV-1 3-1)

Jared Campbell (Glenville State College) 31-1 won by decision over Darrell Mason (Minnesota State) 13-4 (Dec 6-2)

Cale Gray (Indianapolis) 20-7 won by decision over Lee Herrington (Nebraska-Kearney) 25-5 (Dec 9-8)