Pennsylvania Blues in St. Louis During NCAA Nationals Round of 16
ST. LOUIS – Pennsylvania Wrestling had a rough Thursday night in St. Louis during the NCAA Championship Round of 16. With a total of 23 wrestlers competing for a spot in the quarterfinals only eight from Keystone State advanced. It was a disappointing round for several Pennsylvania stars inside the Scottrade Center.
The few bright spots included four Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers who made up half of Pennsylvania’s quarterfinalists. Studs Zain Retherford (Benton Area) and Jason Nolf (Kittanning) cruised into the quarterfinals at 149 lbs. and 157 lbs. while teammates Vincenzo Joseph (Central Catholic) and Matt McCutcheon (Kiski Area) each had impressive wins at 165 lbs. and 197 lbs. respectively.
At 133 lbs. Scotty Parker (Pennridge) of Lehigh nearly upset Zane Richards (Illinois) in sudden victory but was hit for stalling to end the match (7-6 SV). True freshman Luke Pletcher (Greater Latrobe) of Ohio State had returning All-American Anthony Ashnault on the ropes at 141 lbs. but gave up a late lead to fall (8-7). In addition to Zain at 149 lbs. returning All-American Solomon Chishko (Canon-McMillan) of Virginia Tech advanced into the quarterfinals with a fall. Iowa’s redshirt freshman Michael Kemerer (Franklin Regional) continued to roll at 157 lbs. with a tech-fall in the Round of 16.
Of the 49 Pennsylvania wrestlers who started the day a total of 38 will return to competition on Friday with 8 in the quarterfinals and 30 who will be wrestling in the consolation round in hopes of wrestling back.
Pennsylvania results are listed below in addition to updated brackets.
125 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Darian Cruz (Lehigh) 28-2 won by decision over Shakur Laney (Ohio) 27-7 (Dec 1-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) 28-6 won by major decision over Josh Terao (American) 29-6 (MD 15-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Jake Gromacki (Clarion) 20-8 won by decision over Brent Fleetwood (Central Michigan) 22-12 (Dec 2-0)
Cons. Round 1 – Vito Pasone (Appalachian State) 17-8 won by medical forfeit over Nick Suriano (Penn State) 16-5 (M. For.)
133 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Zane Richards (Illinois) 27-4 won in sudden victory – 1 over Scotty Parker (Lehigh) 17-3 (SV-1 7-6)
Champ. Round 2 – Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) 22-5 won by decision over Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) 20-2 (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Korbin Myers (Edinboro) 30-11 won by medical forfeit over Kevin Devoy (Drexel) 20-9 (M. For.)
Cons. Round 1 – Connor Schram (Stanford) 15-5 won by decision over Earl Hall (Iowa State) 22-12 (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Round 1 – Corey Keener (Central Michigan) 20-14 won by fall over DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven) 29-11 (Fall 4:37)
Cons. Round 1 – Jamal Morris (NC State) 21-10 won by decision over Billy Rappo (Maryland) 16-15 (Dec 5-4)
141 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) 29-3 won by decision over Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) 24-8 (Dec 8-7)
Champ. Round 2 – Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) 28-2 won by decision over Jimmy Gulibon (Penn State) 15-11 (Dec 6-3)
Champ. Round 2 – George DiCamillo (Virginia) 22-4 won by fall over Randy Cruz (Lehigh) 22-8 (Fall 4:36)
Champ. Round 2 – Kevin Jack (NC State) 31-1 won by decision over Tyler Smith (Bucknell) 29-9 (Dec 4-0)
Consi Prelim – Logan Everett (Army) 22-15 won in tie breaker – 1 over Joshua Heil (Campbell) 15-13 (TB-1 7-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Brock Zacherl (Clarion) 22-4 won by decision over Colton Schilling (Cal Poly) 13-11 (Dec 7-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Noah Forrider (Ohio) 27-7 won by decision over Logan Everett (Army) 22-16 (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Ronald Perry (Lock Haven) 29-7 won by decision over Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) 23-13 (Dec 11-6)
149 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Zain Retherford (Penn State) 25-0 won by tech fall over Jordan Laster (Princeton) 22-8 (TF-1.5 5:43 (16-0))
Champ. Round 2 – Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) 23-3 won by fall over Joey Delgado (Oregon State) 19-11 (Fall 2:53)
Champ. Round 2 – Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) 29-5 won by decision over Laike Gardner (Lehigh) 22-9 (Dec 6-4)
Consi-Prelim – Michael Hayes (Old Dominion) 19-14 won by tech fall over Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) 38-17 (TF-1.5 7:00 (16-1))
Cons. Round 1 – Joshua Maruca (Arizona State) 22-9 won by decision over Nick Barber (Eastern Michigan) 17-14 (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Matthew Cimato (Drexel) 27-10 won by medical forfeit over Zac Hall (Michigan) 17-12 (M. For.)
Cons. Round 1 – Cole Mendenhall (Wyoming) 30-9 won by decision over Samuel Krivus (Virginia) 23-14 (Dec 4-1)
157 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Jason Nolf (Penn State) 24-0 won by tech fall over Victor Lopez (Bucknell) 28-8 (TF-1.5 7:00 (24-9))
Champ. Round 2 – Bryant Clagon (Rider) 25-5 won by decision over Joshua Shields (Arizona State) 33-8 (Dec 6-5)
Champ. Round 2 – Michael Kemerer (Iowa) 29-2 won by tech fall over Chase Delande (Edinboro) 22-17 (TF-1.5 6:34 (22-6))
Consi-Prelim – Colt Shorts (Cal Poly) 21-13 won by decision over Clayton Ream (North Dakota State University) 24-6 (Dec 8-5)
Cons. Round 1 – Mike D`Angelo (Princeton) 17-10 won by decision over Colt Shorts (Cal Poly) 21-14 (Dec 9-5)
165 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Chad Walsh (Rider) 31-2 won by fall over Austin Matthews (Edinboro) 19-8 (Fall 0:35)
Champ. Round 2 – Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) 19-4 won by major decision over Branson Ashworth (Wyoming) 36-8 (MD 12-4)
Champ. Round 2 – Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) 34-5 won by decision over Te`Shan Campbell (Pittsburgh) 21-3 (Dec 9-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Cole Walter (Lehigh) 20-10 won by decision over Johnny Sebastian (Northwestern) 22-10 (Dec 8-4)
174 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Alex Meyer (Iowa) 26-7 won by decision over Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) 23-5 (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Round 1 – Ty Schoffstall (Edinboro) 21-10 won by decision over Austin Trott (Gardner-Webb) 24-8 (Dec 9-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Casey Kent (Pennsylvania) 23-7 won by decision over David Kocer (South Dakota State) 24-10 (Dec 6-0)
184 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) 24-4 won by decision over Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 25-3 (Dec 4-3)
Champ. Round 2 – Sammy Brooks (Iowa) 26-2 won by fall over Dakota Geer (Edinboro) 30-9 (Fall 3:44)
Cons. Round 1 – Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado) 25-10 won by decision over Alexander DeCiantis (Drexel) 21-14 (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Hunter Gamble (Gardner-Webb) 25-8 won by decision over Garrett Hoffman (Bucknell) 18-16 (Dec 6-2)
197 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Matt McCutcheon (Penn State) 20-4 won by decision over Frank Mattiace (Pennsylvania) 27-10 (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Jeric Kasunic (American) 25-11 won by fall over Austin Severn (Central Michigan) 23-12 (Fall 5:14)
Cons. Round 1 – Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) 19-10 won by decision over Tom Sleigh (Bucknell) 31-7 (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Brett Harner (Princeton) 15-9 won by fall over Jake Tindle (SIUE) 19-12 (Fall 1:08)
285 lbs.
Champ. Round 2 – Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) 24-2 won by decision over Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) 32-6 (Dec 9-5)
Champ. Round 2 – Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) 27-1 won by decision over Ryan Solomon (Pittsburgh) 18-5 (Dec 5-0)
Cons. Round 1 – Newton Smerchek (Central Michigan) 24-12 won by fall over Jake Gunning (Buffalo) 20-7 (Fall 1:43)
Cons. Round 1 – Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley University) 24-9 won by decision over Joseph Goodhart (Drexel) 24-10 (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Ross Larson (Oklahoma) 22-9 won by fall over Ray O`Donnell (Princeton) 17-10 (Fall 0:40)
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