College Wrestling: Rider 11th of 50 at Midlands
Sunday, December 30, 2007
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS—The Broncs are competing this weekend at the 45th Annual Midlands Wrestling Tournament, hosted by Northwestern University, with three wrestlers in the semi-finals and three in the consolation wrestle backs.
Senior Don Fisch (Williamstown, N.J./Delsea), the eighth seed at 149, will face the fifth seed, Jake Patacsil of Purdue in the semi-finals Sunday. Fisch defeated Grant Paswall of Illinois 7-3 in the quarter-finals. Fisch defeated Matt Cusick of Virginia Tech 3-0 in the round of 16. Fisch won a major decision (14-0) in the first round over Chris Szabolcs of Air Force and defeated Ashtin Primus of Missouri 7-2 in the second round.
Senior T.J. Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff), the fourth seed at 197, will face the top seed, Josh Glenn of American, in the semi-finals Sunday. Morrison defeated the fifth seed, Matt Koz of Tennessee-Chatanooga 3-1 in the quarter-finals. T. J. Morrison defeated CAA-foe Jon Oplinger of Drexel 3-1 in the round of 16 after defeating Alec Bonander of Luther 7-4 in the first round.
Junior 165 Jason Lapham (West Chazy, N.Y./Beekmantown) will face the fifth seed, Jon Reader of Iowa State in the semi-finals Sunday. In the quarter-finals Lapham defeated the eighth seed, Tim Palmer of Wisconsin-LaCrosse 3-1. Lapham defeated Benjamin Hoover of Nebraska 8-7 in the round of 16. Lapham received a first-round bye before defeating TH Leet of Iowa 4-2.
Junior Doug Umbehauer (Shamong, N.J./Lenape) won 7-1 in the consolations against Brendan Faust of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and will now face Josh Edmonson of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Umbehauer lost 3-1 in sudden victory to Phil Keddy of in the round of 16. The sixth seed at 184, Umbehauer received a first round bye before defeating Dave Sullivan of Pittsburgh 9-2.
Sophomore 174 Mike Miller (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) was pinned (4:20) by the sixth seed, Jay Borschel of Iowa in the round of 16. Miller received a first round bye before defeating Mitch Artist of Iowa State 11-7, and will now compete in the consolations against Ryan Smith of Great Falls.
Junior Ed Bordas (Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central) defeated Mike Sprigg of Army 7-4 in the consolations, and will now face Dustin Bauman of Northern Iowa. Bordas received a first round bye before losing 17-4 to the eighth seed, Nik Fekete of Hawk Wrestling Club.
Sophomore Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) lost 5-4 in the 157 pound consolations to Clint Arlis of Illinois. Rob Morrison lost 7-4 in the first round to Emanual Brooks of Missouri.
In the 141 pound consolations, sophomore Fred Rodgers (Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown) lost 5-3 to Michael Bonora of Rhode Island. Rodgers lost 4-2 to Nick Shumate of Southern Illinois in the first round.
In the 133 pound consolations, junior Zac Cunliffe (Farmingdale, N.J./Howell) will face Steve Siokos of Harper. After a first round bye Cunliffe lost 9-0 to the #2 seed, Jim Kennedy of Illinois.
In the consolations sophomore 125 Tommy Lorenzo (West Orange) defaulted to Andrew Taylor of Dubuque. Lorenzo was pinned (1:28) by TJ Wunnicke of Northern Illinois in the first round.
The Broncs placed a best-ever 13th at Midlands last year, with Umbehauer finishing runner-up and T.J. Morrison placing fifth.
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