WR: ISU Third and Advance Nine at NCAA Championships

Jeremy · 03-20-2008, 08:49 PM

ST. LOUIS – Mitch Mueller (149) and David Bertolino (197) provided bonus points for Iowa State as the Cyclones advanced nine wrestlers through to the second round of the championship bracket Thursday afternoon in the first session of the NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center. ISU ended the afternoon in third place with 16 points. Iowa leads the team race with 19 points and sends seven grapplers into the championship bracket. Central Michigan has 18 points and is in second place. Nebraska and Minnesota are tied for fourth. The second session is slated to get underway at 6:30 p.m. Live updates will be available on cyclones.com.

“We feel pretty good about getting nine guys through the first round,” head coach Cael Sanderson said. “Obviously, we wanted all 10. We’re wrestling well right now and we’re looking forward to tonight.”

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19Cy78 · 03-20-2008, 09:00 PM

Session II

Second Round Matches
133 pounds - No. 5 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU) dec. Cory Fish (Boise State), 3-1
141 pounds - No. 9 Nick Gallick (ISU) dec. Zach Bailey (Oklahoma), 10-7
149 pounds - Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) dec. Mitch Mueller (ISU), 6-2
157 pounds - Michael Chandler (Missouri) dec. No. 7 Cyler Sanderson (ISU), 5-3
165 pounds - No. 6 Jon Reader (ISU) maj. dec. No. 11 Kurt Gross (Kent State), 15-2
174 pounds - No. 3 Brandon Browne (Nebraska) dec. Aron Scott (ISU), 8-5
184 pounds - No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU) pinned Zack Giesen (Stanford), 2:06
197 pounds - David Bertolino (ISU) dec. No. 3 Mike Tamillow (Northwestern) , 6-4 (SV)
HWT - No. 7 David Zabriskie (ISU) dec. No. 10 Zach Sheaffer (Pittsburgh), 3-2

Consolation Matches
125 pounds - Marcos Orozco (UC Davis) dec. Tyler Clark (ISU), 5-2