Posts Tagged ‘NCAA Championships’
Breaking, Jason Nolf is in Fact a Human Being, and Back-to-Back National Champion
After winning his second straight NCAA National Championship on Saturday night in Cleveland, Jason Nolf revealed something that people have been speculating about for some time. He is, in fact, a human being – despite World and Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs suggesting otherwise. Jason Nolf is not a human being. — Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) March…
Read MoreFour Pennsylvania Wrestlers Take Fourth as NCAA Consolation Medal Round Concludes
Team Score Going Into Finals 1 Ohio St. 130.5 2 Penn St. 124.5 3 Iowa 94 4 Michigan 80 5 NC State 76 6 Missouri 61.5 7 Virginia Tech 47.5 8 Nebraska 47 9 Cornell 44 10 Rutgers 42.5 Consolation Semifinal Results 125 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) DEC Darian Cruz (Lehigh), 5-2 133 Luke Pletcher…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Spencer Lee was reminded of Nick Suriano everyday for a year
CLEVELAND – For an entire year Spencer Lee thought about Nick Suriano every time he entered his room. After throwing his Super 32 second place medal in the trash, Spencer hung it on the back of his bedroom door, to be reminded every day of what needed to be done. It was October 2012, when…
Read MoreRonnie Perry is placing higher at Nationals than he did in the Pennsylvania State Tournament
CLEVELAND – Not many people expected Ronnie Perry to be in the NCAA National Finals on Saturday night – well except, for a few. “Maybe three, three or four. Me, my coaches, so that’s three. Maybe my parents, my girlfriend, a couple friends. Actually I think more than I thought maybe.” For a guy from…
Read More6 National Finalists & 15 NCAA All-Americans for Team Pennsylvania in Cleveland
CLEVELAND – Out of 53 Pennsylvania wrestlers who qualified for the 2018 NCAA National Tournament 15 will earn All-American honors in Cleveland. Seven of those fifteen of are from the WPIAL and five of those seven are from Westmoreland County. The total All-American number could have been as high as 23, but Pennsylvania had a…
Read MorePennsylvania Advances 9 into NCAA Semifinals on Friday Night
Quarterfinal Results 125 lbs. Quarterfinal – Darian Cruz (Lehigh) won by decision over Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) (Dec 2-0) Quarterfinal – Spencer Lee (Iowa) won by fall over Nicholas Piccininni (Oklahoma State) (Fall 3:58) 133 lbs. Quarterfinal – Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) won by decision over Scott Parker (Lehigh) (Dec 3-1) Quarterfinal –…
Read MoreWeiler and Hazel Lead PA Contingent into Round of 16
PA Natives in Round 16 125 lbs. Darian Cruz (Lehigh) vs Drew Mattin (Michigan) Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) vs Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) vs Nick Suriano (Rutgers) Spencer Lee (Iowa) vs Luke Welch (Purdue) 133 lbs. Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) vs Korbin Myers (Edinboro) Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) vs Scott Parker (Lehigh)…
Read MorePitt to Host NCAA Championships in 2019
The NCAA Championships are coming to Pennsylvania in 2019. The University of Pittsburgh announced that it will host the tournament at PPG Paints Arena. It’s just the second time that Pitt has hosted the NCAA Championships and first since 1957. Philadelphia was the last Pennsylvania city to host, in 2011, and Penn State held the event…
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