University of Missouri
NCAA Championships Session I
Tigers in Ninth Place After First Day
3/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
March 18, 2010
| Omaha, Neb. - At the end of day one of the 80th annual NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Missouri stands in ninth with 18. 5 points, while Iowa stands in first with 34. Big 12 Conference competitors Oklahoma State and Iowa State stand in second and third with 26 and 24 points, respectively.
Two Tiger grapplers continue in the championship bracket, seniors Mark Ellis (Peculiar, Mo.) and Maxwell Askren (Hartland, Wis.), and will wrestle Friday morning beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Askren began his match a little slow, as no points were scored through the first period. However, after over 2:00 of no action, Askren got in place to secure the match. Earning a win by fall in 3:51, the pin became Max's second of the day, and season.
“I'm trying to wrestle and I think I'm doing a fairly decent job at it. I know I can pick it up more. I t was a slow start, but I got the job done,” said Askren.
Defending National Champion Mark Ellis secured a spot in Friday morning quarterfinals with a 2-1 decision over Pittsburgh's Ryan Tomei. Ellis is now set to face conference foe David Zabriskie of Iowa State. Ellis and Zabriskie have had seven previous meetings, with Zabriskie holding a 7-0 advantage over Ellis. In their past two meetings, Ellis has closed the gap, dropping the last two matches by just one point, most recently at Big 12 Championships in Norman, Okla.
“I'm felling good, I'm just ready to get that title. Tomorrow is when it counts and I am beating him. I hope I win, and hope is a smart confidence,” said Ellis.
Two Tiger wrestlers dropped matches in the championship bracket to fall into the wrestlebacks bracket. Redshirt freshman Brent Haynes (Kansas City, Mo.) fell 5-2 to Wisconsin's Trevor Brandvold, while sophomore Dorian Henderson (Columbus, Ga.) lost to conference foe Stephen Dwyer, 5-0.
“Dorian battled. He's really starting to wrestle well, and I'm excited to see him progress through the tournament,” said Head Coach Brian Smith
Missouri wrestlers are also making progress in the consolation bracket.
Junior Todd Schavrien (Poway, Calif.) earned a 13-9 decision over Pennsylvania's Zack Kemmerer. Schavrien struck first, earning a takedown off the whistle, to take the lead 2-0. Kemmerer escaped, and Schavrien gained two more takedowns in the first period, widening the lead to 6-2. Two takedowns, two escapes, and a riding time point later Schavrien earned a spot in the wrestleback quarterfinals where he will meet Central Michigan's Connor Beebe.
“Todd wrestled well in the first two periods of his second match. He didn't wrestle so well in his first match, and he got beat. We talked about it and I told him that he has to climb back through, like an All-American,” said Smith.
In the last Tiger match of the evening, senior Nick Marable (Collierville, Tenn.) avenged his first round loss, with a major decision over Pennsylvania's Stephen Burak, 16-2. Marable, now 34-4 on the season will face Central Michigan's Tyler Grayson Friday morning in wrestlebacks.
Session three begins tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m.
Missouri Match-by-Match Results
NCAA National Championships
Omaha, Neb.
141 Pounds: Todd Schavrien
No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. Todd Schavrien (MU) :4-1
Todd Schavrien (MU) dec. Zack Kemmerer (Pennsylvania): 13-9
Friday Morning: Todd Schavrien (MU) vs. Connor Beebe (Central Michigan)
165 Pounds: Nicholas Marable
Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) dec. No. 3 Nicholas Marable (MU): 4-1
Nicholas Marable (MU) maj. dec. Stephen Burak (Pennsylvania): 16-2
Friday Morning: Nicholas Marable (MU) vs. Tyler Grayson (Central Michigan)
174 Pounds: Dorian Henderson
Dorian Henderson (MU) dec. Shane Riccio (Bucknell): 3-2
Stephen Dwyer (NU) dec. Dorian Henderson (MU): 5-0
Friday Morning: Dorian Henderson (MU) vs. Ryan (Duke) Burk (Iowa State)
184 Pounds: Maxwell Askren
No. 6 Maxwell Askren (MU) fall Zack Giesen (Stanford): 1:38
Maxwell Askren (MU) fall Dave Erwin (Penn State): 3:51
Friday Morning: No. 6 Maxwell Askren (MU) vs. No. 3 Dustin Kilgore (Kent State)
197 Pounds: Brent Haynes
No. 12 Brent Haynes (MU) maj. dec. Eric Schuth (Ohio University): 18-6
Trevor Brandvold (Wisconsin) dec. No. 12 Brent Haynes (MU): 5-2
Friday Morning: No. 12 Brent Haynes (MU) vs. Richard Starks (Army)
HWT: Mark Ellis
No. 9 Mark Ellis (MU) dec. Brent Barlow (SV1) (Kent State): 5-2
Mark Ellis (MU) dec. Ryan Tomei (Pittsburgh): 2-1
Friday Morning: No. 9 Mark Ellis (MU) vs. No. 1 David Zabriskie (Iowa State)
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