{"id":1916,"date":"2006-01-18T06:41:07","date_gmt":"2006-01-18T11:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/1916\/waterloo-couriers-detailed-wrap-up-on-national-duals"},"modified":"2006-01-18T06:41:07","modified_gmt":"2006-01-18T11:41:07","slug":"waterloo-couriers-detailed-wrap-up-on-national-duals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w1916\/waterloo-couriers-detailed-wrap-up-on-national-duals\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo Courier&#8217;s Detailed Wrap-Up on National Duals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEDAR FALLS &#8212; Cole Konrad was in the position he likes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is kind of my ideal situation, &#8220;said the Minnesota heavyweight wrestler. &#8220;Having it come down to me. That&#8217;s the perfect match for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was hardly just another meet.<\/p>\n<p>Konrad was wrestling for a dual win over Oklahoma State. He was trying to clinch the Division I championship at the NWCA National Duals.<\/p>\n<p>He was going against the reigning king of the hill.<\/p>\n<p>And he came out on top, literally.<\/p>\n<p>He and Oklahoma State heavyweight Steve Mocco locked up, and as fast as two people totaling about 550 pounds can, they went to the mat.<\/p>\n<p>Slam. Bang. There&#8217;s a new king on top of the hill.<\/p>\n<p>Konrad put a bear hug on Oklahoma State&#8217;s Steve Mocco, and almost as soon as his body came to rest on top of Mocco&#8217;s, referee Mike Allen slapped the mat.<\/p>\n<p>In a flash, Konrad recorded a fall that not only moved his name to the top of the heap, but brought the Gophers along, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had him in the underarm before, and he kind of backed out of is, &#8220;said the Gophers junior.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he stepped in this time, I figured, &#8216;What the hell, I might as well go for it. I&#8217;ve got nothing to lose.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And everything to gain.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did he give credibility to a decision he won over the defending two-time NCAA champion in the all-star meet in November, he avenged a bitter overtime loss to Mocco in last year&#8217;s NCAA championships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is all I think about. I still think about it a lot, &#8220;said Konrad after his fall in 5:25 sent the Gophers to the team title, 21-14, over OSU. &#8220;That kind of motivates me to keep pushing myself. If you can&#8217;t learn from that loss, what can you learn from? That was the hardest loss I have ever taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Konrad&#8217;s win ended a three-year run of titles by the Cowboys in this event, which drew 13,880 to the UNI-Dome over two days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just kind of happened, &#8220;he said of the move. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to lie. I didn&#8217;t plan it. I just thought if I feel him going, I will go with it. I am alright in that position, so I was not worried about going to my own back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The dual win, according to Gophers coach J Robinson, serves notice that Minnesota isn&#8217;t about to concede the NCAA title to John Smith&#8217;s team for a fourth straight time in March.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This race ain&#8217;t over yet, &#8220;said the veteran Gophers coach. &#8220;This will fuel the fire, I am sure &#8212; on both sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Konrad and Mocco were locked in a 1-1 tie when the Wisconsin native threw Mocco to the mat. The fall set off a celebration of Gopher fans and more than a few Iowa fans who stuck around after watching the Hawkeyes finish sixth in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Geez, who would have expected that? &#8220;said Robinson. &#8220;What a way to end it. We just keep working on stuff with Mocco. He is so hard to score on. I think Cole is getting bigger and stronger and getting more confident, and I think that allows him to do different things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The win gave Konrad confidence and satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone was saying, &#8216;Yeah, you can beat him once,&#8217; &#8220;he said. &#8220;I just had to do it for myself to prove I can beat him. It was not just a fluke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Konrad&#8217;s win was the sixth in the 10 matches. Along the way, another Cowboys national champion fell when Minnesota freshman Dustin Schlatter beat Oklahoma State&#8217;s Zack Esposito 8-7 at 149.<\/p>\n<p>That win offset an upset loss by Minnesota&#8217;s Mark Reiter to Nathan Morgan at 133. Morgan got a couple of early takedowns and held off Reiter&#8217;s comeback bid for a 6-4 win over the former four-time Iowa state prep champion at Don Bosco High in Gilbertville.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa closed out the competition the way it opened it, with a loss. But coach Jim Zalesky said he saw a lot of positives between the opening loss to Nebraska and the fifth-place loss to Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We learned from it, &#8220;said Zalesky after the 19-15 defeat to Michigan. &#8220;There were some close matches that we could have turned around. We won some key matches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of those key wins was at 149 where Ty Eustice beat Eric Tannenbaum for the first time in his career. The Iowa senior put together a five-point move in the second period and rode that to a 7-4 win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was a key match, &#8220;said Zalesky. &#8220;I thought (Joe) Johnston had a good win and (Paul) Bradley came back after losing twice yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnston turned a single into a double for a takedown 30 seconds into overtime for a 6-4 win over Steve Luke.<\/p>\n<p>Bradley also needed overtime. He got his winning takedown 10 seconds faster than Johnston just one day after he lost two last-second decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Dan Erekson won a decision at 197 to pull Iowa within a point, 16-15, but Michigan heavyweight Greg Wagner beat Iowa&#8217;s Matt Fields, 4-0, at heavyweight to secure the fifth-place trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams each won five bouts, but a fall at 174 and a major at 165 supplied bonus points that made the difference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We needed that kind of competition, &#8220;said Zalesky of the tournament. &#8220;We fought hard. We need to put a few more things together to win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we came back (from the loss to Nebraska) and fought a with a lot better intensity. I think match-to -match we kept fighting and kept improving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zalesky said there was a lot gained by his team even if it won just three of five duals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We gained a lot of experience from a lot of matches, &#8220;he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen a lot of things to work on. We still have a long way to go, but we can keep improving from this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Hawkeyes were without regular 174-pounder Mark Perry, who injured his neck Saturday. Zalesky said it will take time to get him back to full strength.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He really can&#8217;t do a lot without getting hurt more, &#8220;said Zalesky. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got to build it back up and get it to where he can compete.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma State beat Nebraska, and Minnesota downed Central Michigan Sunday morning to make it to the finals.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska beat Central Michigan to finish third. Arizona State won seventh on criteria over Missouri after the two wrestled to a 21-21 draw.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Kevin Evans at (319) 291-1469 or kevin.evans@wcfcourier.com<\/p>\n<p>Division I<\/p>\n<p>Semifinals<\/p>\n<p>OKLAHOMA ST. 20, NEBRASKA 14<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Coleman Scott (OSU) dec. Paul Donahue (Neb) 4-1; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Nathan Morgan (OSU) dec. Patrick Aleksanyan (Neb) 10-4; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Dominick Moyer (Neb) dec. Daniel Frishkorn (OSU) 12-4; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Zack Esposito (OSU) dec. Ryan Davis (Neb) 19-9; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Kevin Ward (OSU) dec. Chris Oliver (Neb) 8-2; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Johny Hendricks (OSU) dec. Marc Harwood (Neb) 6-2; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Jacob Klein (Neb) dec. Brandon Mason (OSU) 3-0; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Vince Jones (Neb) dec. Brent Parkey (OSU) 15-4; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 BJ Padden (Neb) dec. Jake Rosholt (OSU) 5-3; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Steve Mocco (OSU) vs Jon May (Neb) 12-0.<\/p>\n<p>MINNESOTA 20, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 15<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Luke Smith (CM) dec. Travis Lang (Minn) 8-6; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Mack Reiter (Minn) dec. Jason Borrelli (CM) 2-1; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Brandon Carter (CM) dec. Manuel Rivera (Minn) 5-2; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Dustin Schlatter (Minn) dec. Mark Disalvo (CM) 4-1; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 CP Schlatter (Minn) dec. Andy Keller (CM) 6-5; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Matt Nagel (Minn) dec. Trevor Stewart (CM) 10-2; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Brandon Sinnott (CM) dec. Gabe Dretsch (Minn) 6-2; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Roger Kish (Minn) dec. Christian Sinnott (CM) 6-2; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Wynn Michalak (CM) threw Justin Bronson (Minn), 1:53; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Cole Konrad (Minn) dec. Bubba Gritter (CM) 9-1.<\/p>\n<p>Championship<\/p>\n<p>OKLAHOMA STATE 21, MINNESOTA 14<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Coleman Scott (OSU) dec. Travis Lang (Minn) 10-0; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Nathan Morgan (OSU) dec. Mack Reiter (Minn) 6-4; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Manuel Rivera (Minn) dec. Daniel Frishkorn (OSU) 9-4; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Dustin Schlatter (Minn) dec. Zack Esposito (OSU) 8-7; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 CP Schlatter (Minn) dec. Kevin Ward (OSU) 2-0; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Johny Hendricks (OSU) dec. Matt Nagel (Minn) 8-2; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Gabe Dretsch (Minn) dec. Brandon Mason (OSU) 2-1; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Roger Kish (Minn) dec. Brent Parkey (OSU) 7-3; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Jake Rosholt (OSU) vs Justin Bronson (Minn); 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Cole Konrad (M) threw Steve Mocco, 5:25<\/p>\n<p>Third place<\/p>\n<p>NEBRASKA 21, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 10<\/p>\n<p>Fifth place<\/p>\n<p>MICHIGAN 19, IOWA 15<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Lucas Magnani (I) dec. Michael Watts (M) 6-4; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Mark Moos (M) dec. Daniel Dennis (I) 11-6; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Josh Churella (M) dec. Alex Tsirtis (I) 3-1; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Ty Eustice (I) dec. Eric Tannenbaum (M) 7-4; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Joe Johnston (I) dec. Steve Luke (M) 6-4 (OT); 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Eric Luedke (I) vs Ryan Churella (M); 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Nick Roy (M) threw Ben Stedman, 3:25; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Paul Bradley (I) dec. Tyrel Todd (M) 7-5 (OT); 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Dan Erekson (I) dec. Casey White (M) 6-2; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Greg Wagner (M) dec. Matt Fields (I) 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>Seventh place<\/p>\n<p>ARIZONA ST. 21, MISSOURI 21, criteria<\/p>\n<p>Division II<\/p>\n<p>Semifinals<\/p>\n<p>NEB.-OMAHA 28, CENT. OKLAHOMA 12<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Cody Garcia (N-O) dec. Shane Caruthers (C-OK) 9-4; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Dan Hilario (N-O) dec. Jared Henning (C-OK) 7-5; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Christian Alt (N-O) dec. Kyle Evans (C-OK) 3-2; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Timothy Shea (C-OK) dec. Shane Unger (N-O) 7-4; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Patrick Allibone (N-O) dec. Jason Leavitt (C-OK) 8-1; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Ross Tapin (N-O) threw Cort Petersen (C-OK) 2:54; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 JD Naig (N-O) threw Adam Ingram (C-OK), 4:23; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Jared Hess (C-OK) threw Nate Oviatt (N-O), 2:44; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Heath Jolley (C-OK) dec. Nick Edmonds (N-O) 4-2; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Les Sigman (N-O) dec. Chris Finn (C-OK) 13-1.<\/p>\n<p>MINN. ST.-MANKATO 21, ASHLAND 15<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Mike Compton (Ash) threw Nick Smith (MSM), 6:02; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Jeff Pfaffinger (MSM) dec. Jesse Emery (Ash) 7-2; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Zach Meissner (Ash) dec. Zach Stevens (MSU) 10-4; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Brandon Girtz (MSM) dec. Marcus Gordon (Ash) 7-4; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Matt Bitz (MSM) dec. Pete Carnabuci (Ash) 3-1; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Andy Pickar (MSM) threw Eric Lakia (Ash), 1:52; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Clint Carmony (Ash) dec. Tim Matheson (MSM) 9-5; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 John Koons (MSM) dec. Matt Allen (Ash) 6-2; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Ryan Kirst (Ash) dec. Ben Jankine (MSM) 7-6; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Tim Kraemer (MSM) dec. Josh Ohl (Ash) 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Championship<\/p>\n<p>NEB.-OMAHA 20, MINN. ST.-MANKATO 10<\/p>\n<p>125\u00c3\u00b1 Cody Garcia (Neb-Omaha) dec. Nick Smith 6-1; 133\u00c3\u00b1 Dan Hilario (Neb-Omaha) dec. Jeff Pfaffinger 3-2; 141\u00c3\u00b1 Mitch Waite (Neb-Omaha) dec. Zach Stevens 9-3; 149\u00c3\u00b1 Shane Unger (Neb-Omaha) dec. Travis Puig 8-7; 157\u00c3\u00b1 Patrick Allibone (Neb-Omaha) dec. Matt Bitz 1-0; 165\u00c3\u00b1 Andy Pickar (Mn-Man) dec. Ross Tapin 9-7; 174 \u00c3\u00b1JD Naig (Neb-Omaha) dec. Tim Matheson 9-3; 184\u00c3\u00b1 John Koons (Mn-Man) dec. Nate Oviatt 11-0; 197\u00c3\u00b1 Ben Janike (Mn-Man) dec. Nick Edmonds 5-0; 285\u00c3\u00b1 Les Sigman (Neb-Omaha) dec. Tim Kraemer 5-1<\/p>\n<p>Third place<\/p>\n<p>CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 27, ASHLAND 6<\/p>\n<p>Fifth place<\/p>\n<p>AUGUSTANA 26, UPJ 16<\/p>\n<p>Seventh place<\/p>\n<p>NEB.-KEARNEY 26, SHIPPENSBURG 14<\/p>\n<p>Division III<\/p>\n<p>Semifinals<\/p>\n<p>WARTBURG 34, LUTHER 6<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Tyler Hubbard (Wart) threw Nate Hansen (Lut), 4:18; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Mike Lopez (Lut) dec. Jake Helvey (Wart) 7-5 (OT); 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Dustin Hinschberger (Wart) dec. Travis Grawin (Lut) 11-3; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Matt Pyle (Lut) dec. Jacob Naig (Wart) 8-4; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Justin Hanson (Wart) dec. Nate Van Dyke (Lut) 3-1; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Dustin Bliven (Wart) dec. Greg Merrick (Lut) 10-2; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Scott Kauffman (Wart) dec. Lon Welsh (Lut) 12-9; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Akeem Carter (Wart) dec. AJ Gregg (Lut) 8-2; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Ryan Phillips (Wart) threw Dante Moore (Lut), 3:32; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Blake Gillis (W) technical fall John Miller (Lut), 16-1, 3:07.<\/p>\n<p>AUGSBURG 21, WIS.-LACROSSE 15<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Pat Parrillo (UWL) threw Seth Flodeen (Aug), :40; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Jafari Vanier (Aug) dec. Kevin Barker (UWL) 13-10; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Josh Hansen (Aug) threw Mike Rohowetz (UWL), 5:58; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Jared Evans (Aug) dec. Adam Kuchnia (UWL) 5-3; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Jeremy Anderson (Aug) dec. Ross Needham (UWL) 4-0; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Ryan Valek (Aug) dec. Scott Dorn (UWL) 4-2; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Robbie Gotreau (Aug) dec. Josh Zabel (UWL) 4-2 (OT); 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Jason Lulloff (UWL) dec. Brad Tupa (Aug) 6-3; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Tim Winker (UWL) dec. Wallace O\u00c3\u00adConner (Aug) 4-3; 285 \u00c3\u00b1 Ryan Allen (UWL) dec. Andrew Neumann (Aug) 8-2.<\/p>\n<p>Championship<\/p>\n<p>WARTBURG 30, AUGSBURG 6<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Hubbard (Wart) dec. Flodeen 12-5; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Zach McKray (Wart) dec. Ben Moss 8-1; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Hinschberger (Wart) dec. Hansen 12-2; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Naig (Wart) dec. Evans 3-0; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Anderson (Aug) dec. Hanson 7-4; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Valek (Aug) dec. Bliven 8-6; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Kauffman (Wart) dec. Gotreau 17-5; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Carter (Wart) dec. Tupa 6-3; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 T.J. Miller (Wart) dec. O\u00c3\u00adConnor 13-0; Hwt. \u00c3\u00b1 Gillis (Wart) tech. fall over Neumann 17-0, 5:00.<\/p>\n<p>Third Place<\/p>\n<p>LUTHER 23, WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE 16<\/p>\n<p>125 Nate Hansen (Luther) dec. Oscar Martinez (UW Lax) TF-5 18-3; 133 Mike Lopez (Luther) dec. Kevin Barker (UW Lax) M 12-4; 141 Travis Grawin (Luther) dec. Mike Rohowetz (UW Lax) D 7-5; 149 Matt Pyle (Luther) won by tech fall over Jay Milz (UW Lax) TF-5 16-0; 157 Ross Needham (UW Lax) dec. Nate Van Dyke (Luther) D 4-3; 165 Greg Merrick (Luther) threw Tim Palmer (UW Lax) F 2:25; 174 Josh Zabel (UW Lax) dec. Lon Welsh (Luther) D 11-8; 184 Jason Lulloff (UW Lax) dec. AJ Gregg (Luther) D 9-3; 197 Josh Passe (UW Lax) dec. Danta Moore (Luther) M 10-2; 285 Ryan Allen (UW Lax) won by tech fall over John Miller (Luther) TF-5 21-6; 6;44<\/p>\n<p>Fifth place<\/p>\n<p>BUENA VISTA 26, AUGUSTANA 13<\/p>\n<p>Seventh place<\/p>\n<p>CORNELL 22, SIMPSON 16<\/p>\n<p>Junior college<\/p>\n<p>Consolation semifinals<\/p>\n<p>ELLSWORTH CC 23, ITASCA CC 22<\/p>\n<p>125 \u00c3\u00b1 Shamar Haynes (E) won by forfeit; 133 \u00c3\u00b1 Dustin Pieken (E) won by forfeit; 141 \u00c3\u00b1 Cody Johnvin (It) won by forfeit; 149 \u00c3\u00b1 Erik George (E) dec. Chris Evans (It) 6-3; 157 \u00c3\u00b1 Micah Keller (E) dec. Justin Jones (It) 12-7; 165 \u00c3\u00b1 Harry Joesph (E) dec. Aaron Young (It) 7-2; 174 \u00c3\u00b1 Jordan Christensen (It) dec. Jacy Watts (E) 9-0; 184 \u00c3\u00b1 Frank Koch (It) threw Kyle Olson (E), 1:11; 197 \u00c3\u00b1 Derrick Mehman (E) dec. 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