***Cliff Keen Vegas Invitational Dec 2-3***

[Judoka]

Powell won his first match. He's still alive and has a consolations match shortly.

 

[Judoka]

And by that I mean he just won his cconsolation match 18-0 in the first period.

 

[Land Grant]

So all are still wrestling but Meeks and Pestano. (Aside: i am somewhat amazed that JM has stuck with it all these years; it has to be frustrating to undergo such a radical reversal of fortunes).

 

[matclone]

Powell is 2-1 so far, and is still alive in consolations.

 

[Judoka]

Harrington just lost and I think he's also done.

 

[HGoat]

Just re-watched Earl's loss to Keener. Keener is a 2x NCAA qualifier so the loss itself is not terrible, but the way he lost was more concerning. Trailing 4-3 with 50 seconds left there was a break in the action, Earl stood with his hands on his knees for 30 seconds, then didn't take a committed shot until there was 10-15 seconds left on the clock. Christian Pyles was calling the match and sounded dumbfounded by the strategy.

 

[Judoka]

Just re-watched Earl's loss to Keener. Keener is a 2x NCAA qualifier so the loss itself is not terrible, but the way he lost was more concerning. Trailing 4-3 with 50 seconds left there was a break in the action, Earl stood with his hands on his knees for 30 seconds, then didn't take a committed shot until there was 10-15 seconds left on the clock. Christian Pyles was calling the match and sounded dumbfounded by the strategy.

That describes most of Earl's losses his whole career .

 

[matclone]

Are they done wrestling for the day?

 

[Judoka]

Are they done wrestling for the day?

Another round in an hour. Consolations then quarterfinals.

 

[Judoka]

The mat assignments actually make it look like they'll run both at once.

 

[Judoka]

Way to go Straw!

 

[Judoka]

Tough draw for Simmons. He'll have to beat #12 ranked Terao from American just to place.

 

[matclone]

Straw and DiBlas solidify their place in the lineup--both into the round of 12. Straw beats intermat #19 wrestler from Cornell in a wild match. Meanwhile, DiBlasi has racked up two more falls.

 

[HGoat]

Straw looking great, I think he has earned the spot going forward. Kid has a motor which is refreshing to watch.

 

[buf87]

DiBlasi is interesting to watch. I find myself saying not so high and then good job a lot!

 

[NYWRESTLER94]

Quean in the quarterfinals is a nice surprise.

As a whole not going great for us thus far as 141(Meeks), 165(Pestano), and Powell(184) go 0-2. 125(Simmons), 174(Weatherspoon) and 285(Smith) are in the quarterfinals. A couple of big matches there, Simmons has a Dance from Virginia Tech and Weatherspoon has Wanzek from Mn then Valencia from Arizona State. 133(Hall), 149(Straw), 157(Diblasi), and 197(Harrington) are alive on the backside.

Valencia barely squeaked by amine

 

[Judoka]

So for tomorrow morning

• At 125, Simmons gets #12 ranked Josh Terao of American in the R12
• At 133, Hall gets #16 ranked Anthony Tutolo of Kent State in the R12
• At 149, Straw gets UR Coleman Hammond of Cal State Bakersfield in the R12. Though unranked, Hammond was an NCAA qualifier last year and went 2-2.
• At 157 Diblasi gets UR Alex Mossing from Air Force in the R12.
• At HWT Smith gets UR Newton Smerchek of Central Michigan
• IAt 174, Weatherspoon gets #7 Zahid Valencia of Arizona State in the semifinals.

And we're out at 141 (0-2), 165 (0-2), 184 (2-2), and 197 (1-2)

 

[HGoat]

Valencia barely squeaked by amine

I saw that and he barely won first round too. Should be interesting. I think he is pulling a lot of weight to make 174, so it may play to our advantage to face him tomorrow after making weight on consecutive days.

 

[Judoka]

Starts back up at 11 tomorrow morning.

 

[Scott34]

Just seen that Iowa beat SDSU 29-8. Good lord that's going to be a blood bath.