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Wrestling 3/3/07 -- Augsburg at NCAA Division III National Championships -- Session 3 NCAA THIRD-SESSION BRACKETS -- CLICK HERE DUBUQUE, Iowa (3/3/07) -- Placing five wrestlers in national championship matches, the Augsburg College wrestling team built a 34-point lead after the third session of the NCAA Division III National Championships on Saturday morning at the Five Flags Center. With nine All-Americans, Augsburg has 121.5 points, ahead of second-place Wartburg (Iowa), the defending national champion, with 87.5 points. Wisconsin-La Crosse is in third with 85.5 points, Luther (Iowa) is fourth with 72.0 points and the College of New Jersey is fifth with 46.5 points. Augsburg's five individuals in national championship matches are the most of any school; Wartburg, Loras nd the College of New Jersey have two wrestlers apiece in championship matches, while Wisconsin-La Crosse has one finalist. Augsburg will attempt to win its Division III-record 10th national title in a 17-year span in the final round, which begins at 4 p.m. with placing matches. The championship finals are slated to begin at 7 p.m., and will be video webcast live online via NCAASports.com and CSTV (click here to view). It is the sixth time in the last nine years that Augsburg has had five or more national finalists; Augsburg had six national finalists in 2005. The record for individual championships in a single year is four, set by Augsburg three times (2005, 2004, 2000), Wartburg in 2004, John Carroll (Ohio) in 1975 and Montclair State (N.J.) in 1976. It is the fourth time in school history that Augsburg has claimed nine or more All-Americans; the Auggies also had nine All-Americans in 1998 and 2004, and had All-Americans in all 10 weight classes in 2005. Augsburg has had five or more All-Americans every season since 1989. Top-ranked Marcus LeVesseur (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) is now one match away from becoming the first Division III wrestler ever to win four national titles, and the second college wrestler ever to finish his career unbeaten and untied. In the semifinals, he scored his third straight extra-point victory, with a 10-2, major-decision triumph over Jason Knipp of Wartburg. He had a pin and technical fall in his two matches on Saturday. LeVesseur, who won Division III national titles at 157 pounds three times (2003, 2004, 2005), improved to 30-0 on the season and improved his collegiate career record to 154-0, the second-longest winning streak in college wrestling history, behind the 159 of Cael Sanderson at Iowa State (1998-2002). Quincy Osborn (Jr., Grand Rapids, Minn.), ranked No. 1 nationally at 141, also had a major decision in his semifinal match, with a 15-3 triumph over Mike Gaeta of Springfield (Mass.). Osborn, now 43-2 this season and 103-35 in his collegiate career, is advancing to a national championship match for the first time in his collegiate years; he competed in the Division I national tournament in both 2004 and 2005 at Minnesota. Defending 157-pound national runner-up Jeremy Anderson (Jr., Thief River Falls, Minn.) will compete in the national finals for the second straight year, after scoring a 7-3 win over Bobby Gingerich of North Central (Ill.), his second win over Gingerich this season. Anderson is now 38-2 overall and 82-5 in his two seasons as an Auggie. At 133, defending national runner-up Jafari Vanier (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) claimed his 20th win of the season in advancing to the national finals for the second straight year, with a 7-5 win over Jestin Hulegaard of Buena Vista (Iowa) in the semifinals. He is now 20-1 on the season and 39-4 in his two seasons as an Auggie. It will be the third time Vanier has wrestled for a national title; in addition to his second-place finish last year, he was also a junior college national runner-up in 2002 at Iowa Central Community College. Seth Flodeen (So., Cannon Falls, Minn.), making his first national tournament appearance, will make his national finals debut, after a 14-7 triumph over Brandon McDonough of Johnson and Wales (R.I.) in the semifinals. Flodeen improved to 25-4 overall with his semifinal win and 53-19 in his Auggie career. At 149, Jared Evans (Sr., Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area HS), a three-time All-American, suffered a 2-1 loss to Jason Roush of Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) in the semifinals, but scored a 4-0 win over Don Octon of Brockport State (N.Y.) in the wrestleback semifinals. Evans, who finished seventh nationally in 2005 and fourth in 2006, is now 37-4 overall and 139-36 in his Auggie career. At 174, Robbie Gotreau (Jr., Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) dropped his semifinal match 8-5 to Kyle Vanderhyde of Olivet (Mich.). In the wrestleback semifinals, Eric Bath of Wisconsin-Stevens Point avenged an earlier loss to Gotreau with a 6-4 victory, dropping Gotreau to the fifth-place match. Gotreau, who finished fourth nationally at 174 last year, is now 40-6 overall and 108-26 in his career. Heavyweight Andrew Neumann (Sr., Somerset, Wis.), in his second national tournament, will wrestle for fifth place tonight. After scoring a 3:27 pin of Kyle Brown of Thiel (Pa.) in his opening match on Saturday, he suffered his second loss of the tournament to Trevor Hiffa of Oneonta State (N.Y.), falling 7-2 in the wrestleback semifinals. Neumann is now 38-10 on the season and 92-40 in his career. At 197, Wally O'Connor (Jr., Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West HS) will wrestle for seventh place tonight. He was pinned in his lone match in the Saturday session, in 1:46 by Jason Reilly of Kings (Pa.). He is now 21-16 on the season. Fellow Minnesota school St. John's is in 23rd place, with one wrestler remaining in the field. At 157, Jacob Malone will wrestle for fifth place. He scored a 2:45 pin of Pat McAuley of Cornell (Iowa), but fell 3-1 to Ross Needham of Wisconsin-La Crosse in the wrestleback semifinals. 2007 NCAA Division III
National Championships -- Top-15 Standings after Session 3: Saturday's Augsburg/St. John's
individual results at NCAA Division III National Championships (through Session 3): BatTo return to Augsburg Wrestling, click here To return to Augsburg Athletics, click here Augsburg College, a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. This is
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