INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – No. 1 ranked Nebraska-Kearney pushed four into the semifinals to take a 26.5 point lead over Lander after the first day of the NCAA Div. II National Championships on Friday.
Nebraska-Kearney finished the second session with 64 points, followed by Lander with 37.5 points. No. 2 ranked St. Cloud State was third with 35.5 points. Glenville State and Kutztown were tied in fourth with 32.5 points.
Loper wrestlers in the semifinals include No. 6 seed Zachary Ourada (125), No. 4 seed Nick James (149), No. 6 seed Jacobi Deal (174) and No. 5 seed Jackson Kinsella (197). Other UNK wrestlers in the consolation rounds are Hector Serratos (133), Joseph Airola (141), Jacari Deal (184) and Crew Howard (285).
Howard was one of four No. 1 seeds to get beaten on the first day, along with Christian Small of Lake Erie (141), Hayden Pummel of Glenville State (174) and Dominic Murphy of St. Cloud State (197).
Howard was defeated in the opening round by unseeded Freddy Retter of Kutztown, 8-2. Retter has powered into the semifinals, where he will face No. 5 seed Isaiah Vance of Pitt-Johnstown.
Small was beaten in the quarterfinals by No. 8 seed Johnny Lopez of San Francisco State by injury default in 6:03, then pinned in the consolation rounds by No. 2 seed Sean Solis of Mary in 2:46. Pummel was pinned in the first round by unseeded Augustus Dalton of Colorado Mesa in 3:54. Murphy was stopped in the quarterfinals by No. 8 Tereus Henry of Fort Hays State, 5-4.
Lander’s semifinalists are No. 2 seed Christian Davis (133). No. 7 seed Isham Peace (141) and No. 1 seed David Hunsberger (165).
Hunsberger is one of four returning champions to reach the semifinals, joined by Gabe Johnson of Central Oklahoma (157), Ty McGeary of West Liberty (184) and Derek Blubaugh of Indianapolis (197). McGeary is seeking his third national title. Blubaugh is on a quest to be a four-time finalist. He needed to go to sudden victory to win his quarterfinal match against Dakoda Rodgers of Pitt-Johnstown, 6-3.
The returning champion who was beaten was No. 2 seed Joshua Kenney of Grand Valley State, who lost in the quarterfinals to No. 7 seed Matt Ortiz of McKendree.
St. Cloud State’s semifinalists are No. 1 seed Joel Jesuroga (157) and No. 4 seed Nick Novak (165).
NCAA DIV. II NATIONALS
At Indianapolis, Ind.
Semifinal pairings
125
No. 1 Jakason Burks (Central Mo.) vs. No. 4 Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin)
No. 6 Zachary Ourada (Neb.-Kearney) vs. unseeded Shane Corrigan (Wis.-Parkside)
133
No. 1 Peter Rolle (Central Okla.) vs. No. 5 James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist)
No. 3 Reece Barnhardt (UMary) vs. No. 2 Christian Davis (Lander)
141
No. 8 Johnny Lopez (San Fran. St.) vs. No. 5 Colton Stoneking (Fairmont St.)
Unseeded Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) vs. No. 7 Isham Peace (Lander)
149
No. 1 Chris Donathan (Grand Valley St.) vs. No. 4 Nick James (Neb.-Kearney)
No. 6 Dean Noble (Western Colo.) vs. No. 2 Cael Larson (Augustana (SD))
157
No. 1 Joel Jesuroga (St. Cloud St.) vs. No. 5 Aaden Valdez (Adams St.)
Unseeded Owen Cline (Colorado Mesa) vs. No. 2 Gabe Johnson (Central Okla.)
165
No. 1 David Hunsberger (Lander) vs. No. 4 Nick Novak (St. Cloud St.)
No. 6 Dajun Johnson (Wis.-Parkside) vs. No. 2 Jack Haskin (Lake Erie)
174
No. 8 Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) vs. No. 5 Cole Ritter (Maryville (MO))
No. 6 Jacobi Deal (Neb.-Kearney) vs. No. 7 Matt Ortiz (McKendree)
184
No. 1 Ty McGeary (West Liberty) vs. No. 4 Cade Mueller (Augustana (SD))
No. 3 Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron St.) vs. No. 2 Matt Weinberg (Kutztown)
197
No. 8 Tereus Henry (Fort Hays St.) vs. No. 5 Jackson Kinsella (Neb.-Kearney)
No. 3 Derek Blubaugh (UIndy) vs. No. 7 Nicholas Johnson (Glenville St.)
285
Unseeded Freddie Retter (Kutztown) vs. No. 5 Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown)
No. 6 Jake Swirple (Minot St.) vs. No. 2 Ryan Herman (Maryville (MO))
Quarterfinal results
125
Jakason Burks (Central Mo.) 29-4 won by major decision over Trevon Gray (Pitt-Johnstown) 25-7 (MD 9-0)
Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) 23-4 won by decision over Dayson Torgerson (Colorado Mesa) 22-7 (Dec 10-5)
Zachary Ourada (Neb.-Kearney) 17-4 won by decision over Jaxson Rohman (Augustana (SD)) 20-5 (Dec 5-3)
Shane Corrigan (Wis.-Parkside) 24-10 won by decision over Studd Morris (Central Okla.) 26-4 (Dec 8-1)
133
Peter Rolle (Central Okla.) 20-3 won by fall over Max Shore (Tiffin) 27-7 (Fall 2:45)
James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist) 22-7 won by decision over Hector Serratos (Neb.-Kearney) 22-6 (Dec 6-5)
Reece Barnhardt (UMary) 28-3 won by decision over Sam Spencer (St. Cloud St.) 26-5 (Dec 8-3)
Christian Davis (Lander) 32-6 won by decision over Ryan Henningson (MSU Moorhead) 11-5 (Dec 12-10)
141
Johnny Lopez (San Fran. St.) 25-2 won by injury default over Christian Small (Lake Erie) 21-6 (Inj. 6:03)
Colton Stoneking (Fairmont St.) 31-4 won by decision over Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) 26-6 (Dec 4-3)
Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) 14-6 won in tie breaker - 2 over Joseph Airola (Neb.-Kearney) 19-8 (TB-2 2-1)
Isham Peace (Lander) 30-4 won by major decision over Braden Tatum (Newberry) 13-10 (MD 15-3)
149
Chris Donathan (Grand Valley St.) 14-0 won by tech fall over Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) 30-11 (TF-1.5 6:28 (20-4))
Nick James (Neb.-Kearney) 6-0 won in sudden victory - 1 over Joey Semerad (McKendree) 30-8 (SV-1 6-1)
Dean Noble (Western Colo.) 21-3 won by decision over Kenny Kiser (Gannon) 16-5 (Dec 6-0)
Cael Larson (Augustana (SD)) 21-5 won by fall over Chad Ozias (Pitt-Johnstown) 15-11 (Fall 6:31)
157
Joel Jesuroga (St. Cloud St.) 25-0 won by major decision over Kaden Renner (UMary) 17-9 (MD 11-2)
Aaden Valdez (Adams St.) 19-1 won by decision over Caleb Meunier (Minnesota St.) 30-8 (Dec 13-6)
Owen Cline (Colorado Mesa) 15-4 won by decision over Guy Deleonardis (Glenville St.) 33-9 (Dec 10-7)
Gabe Johnson (Central Okla.) 24-1 won by decision over Trent Mahoney (King (TN)) 37-11 (Dec 10-6)
165
David Hunsberger (Lander) 28-2 won by major decision over Nate Barrett (Ashland) 30-12 (MD 17-4)
Nick Novak (St. Cloud St.) 24-3 won by decision over Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) 26-3 (Dec 6-1)
Dajun Johnson (Wis.-Parkside) 31-6 won in sudden victory - 1 over Nolan Gessler (Tiffin) 20-6 (SV-1 5-2)
Jack Haskin (Lake Erie) 25-3 won by tech fall over Brent Nicolosi (Mount Olive) 30-7 (TF-1.5 5:57 (19-1))
174
Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) 27-10 won by decision over Augustus Dalton (Colorado Mesa) 12-13 (Dec 11-7)
Cole Ritter (Maryville (MO)) 30-7 won in sudden victory - 1 over Sevi Garza (Ashland) 29-5 (SV-1 4-1)
Jacobi Deal (Neb.-Kearney) 21-4 won in overtime over Bryce Dagel (St. Cloud St.) 24-4 (OT 2-2)
Matt Ortiz (McKendree) 26-9 won by decision over Joshua Kenny (Grand Valley St.) 19-6 (Dec 4-2)
184
Ty McGeary (West Liberty) 31-1 won by major decision over Kyle Homet (Glenville St.) 37-9 (MD 11-3)
Cade Mueller (Augustana (SD)) 21-5 won in sudden victory - 1 over Reece Worachek (Wis.-Parkside) 31-6 (SV-1 4-1)
Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron St.) 21-2 won by major decision over Austin Gibson (Fairmont St.) 24-9 (MD 15-1)
Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) 30-0 won by major decision over Brayden Mirjavadi (Grand Valley St.) 21-13 (MD 9-0)
197
Tereus Henry (Fort Hays St.) 15-6 won by decision over Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud St.) 26-1 (Dec 5-4)
Jackson Kinsella (Neb.-Kearney) 21-7 won by decision over Max Ramberg (Augustana (SD)) 32-6 (Dec 7-3)
Derek Blubaugh (UIndy) 19-3 won in sudden victory - 1 over Dakoda Rodgers (Pitt-Johnstown) 25-3 (SV-1 6-3)
Nicholas Johnson (Glenville St.) 30-5 won by fall over Logan Kvien (McKendree) 22-3 (Fall 5:52)
285
Freddie Retter (Kutztown) 12-1 won by decision over Tyler Doyle (Colorado Mesa) 25-6 (Dec 5-2)
Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown) 25-4 won by decision over Dorian Crosby (Gannon) 24-4 (Dec 8-2)
Jake Swirple (Minot St.) 26-6 won in tie breaker - 1 over Carter Blough (Grand Valley St.) 28-5 (TB-1 2-1)
Ryan Herman (Maryville (MO)) 26-2 won by decision over Lloyd Reynolds (Wis.-Parkside) 28-11 (Dec 4-0)
Team Standings
1 Neb.-Kearney 64.0
2 Lander 37.5
3 St. Cloud St. 35.5
4 Glenville St. 32.5
4 Kutztown 32.5
6 Central Okla. 31.0
7 Augustana (SD) 29.0
7 UMary 29.0
9 Grand Valley St. 27.5
10 Tiffin 26.5
11 McKendree 24.5
12 Colorado Mesa 23.5
13 Wis.-Parkside 22.5
14 Gannon 22.0
15 Central Mo. 21.5
RemainingEvent Schedule
Saturday, March 15
10 a.m. ET - Session 3 - Championship Semis + Consolations
7 p.m. ET - Session 4 - Championship Finals
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