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Parker and Hall Roll To University Nationals Quarterfinals
06.03.2017 | Men's Wrestling
AKRON, Ohio – The Iowa State wrestling team wrapped up freestyle day-one action at the 2017 UWW University National Championships. Freshman Ian Parker (61 kg) and recently graduated Earl Hall (65 kg) will wrestle in the quarterfinals at their respective weights tomorrow, while redshirt freshman Markus Simmons (61 kg) remains in the hunt for a third-place finish.
Wrestling continues tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. ET. You can watch every match on Flowrestling.org ($). Be sure to follow @CycloneWR on Twitter for live updates, as well as match-by-match results.
Session Two
All 16 Cyclones advanced to the evening session, however, only three would remain in contention at the end of the night.
After solid performances in the first session of the day, Parker and Hall kept it rolling right into the quarterfinals.
In the round of 32, Parker was slated against Iowa's Phillip Laux. Parker was dominant on his feet and went on to down the Hawkeye 4-0. Hall continued his point-scoring frenzy, securing his third technical fall on the day with a 10-0 showing over Chris Debien of Chattanooga.
Simmons began the session with a tough 6-4 loss to Jake Rubio of Oklahoma. He bounced back though, locking up a fall over Alijah Jeffery of Northern Illinois.
Session One
In total, Iowa State racked up 12 technical fall victories in the first session, while posting a team record of 15-13.
Through one session, Parker had not seen the second period. He steamrolled through his first two matches, racking up a 10-0 technical fall over Oklahoma's Clay Vincent and a 12-2 technical fall win against Jeff Morrow. He reached the round of 16, finessing Northern Illinois' Alijah Jeffery, with a 10-0 technical fall.
Simmons didn't surrender a single point in the morning. He outscored his opponents by a combined 28-0. He racked up technical fall wins over Clarrion's Roshaun Clooney and Brendan Hasson of Drexel. Noah Gosner fell to Simmons in the round of 32, 8-0.
Hall picked up two decisive victories to open the tournament. He beat Purdue's Austin Nash by 13-2 technical fall and then Robert Mason 11-0. He had to fend off a late comeback effort from Pitt's Robert Lee, but went on to win the match, 8-4.
Day One - Greco
On day one in Akron, Dante Rodriguez took runner-up at 66 kg in the Greco portion of the tournament.
Match-by-Match
Danny Vega TF Fabian Gutierrez, 10-0.
Brock Hudkings TF Danny Vega, 11-0.
Danny Vega TF Charles Lenox, 12-2.
Kevin Norstrem TF Danny Vega, 19-9.
Ian Parker TF Clay Vincent, 10-0.
Ian Parker TF Jeff Monroe, 12-2
Ian Parker TF Alijah Jeffery, 10-0.
Ian Parker dec. Philip Laux, 4-0.
Markus Simmons TF Roshaun Clooney, 10-0.
Markus Simmons TF Brendan Hasson, 10-0.
Markus Simmons TF Noah Gosher, 8-0.
Jake Rubio dec. Markus Simmons, 6-4.
Markus Simmons WBF Alijah Jeffery.
Darick LaPaglia dec. Briar Cochran, 10-6
Brady Ruden FALL Briar Chocran.
Dante Rodriguez TF Brian Friery, 13-2.
Dante Rodriguez TF Jwan Britton, 11-0.
Robbie Mathers dec. Dante Rodriguez, 17-13.
Brendan Fitzgerald WBF Dante Rodriguez.
Earl Hall TF Austin Nash, 13-2.
Earl Hall TF Robert Mason, 11-0.
Earl Hall dec. Robert Lee, 8-4.
Earl Hall TF Chris Debien, 10-0.
Jeremiah Moody TF Chase Straw, 22-11.
John Van Brill dec. Chase Straw, 4-0
Logan Thomsen TF Gavin Dewitt, 12-2.
Gavin Dewitt TF Seth Hogue, 13-3.
Geo Martinez TF Gavin Dewitt, 10-0.
Brady Jennings TF John Leark, 15-4.
Matt Malcom TF Brady Jennings, 10-0.
Jared Hill TF Brady Jennings, 13-3.
Emmett LiCastri dec. Colston DiBlasi, 14-12.
Colston DiBlasi WBF Foster Karmon.
Brett Donner TF Colston DiBlasi, 10-0.
Hank Swalla TF Tyler Blagg, 11-0.
Nick Becker TF Hank Swalla, 10-0.
Hank Swalla dec. Christian Dietrich, 8-4.
Brett Donner TF Hank Swalla, 10-0.
Dane Pestano dec. Zachary Skates, 8-2.
Will Schany dec. Dane Pestano, 3-2.
Dane Pestano dec. Joe Teague, 5-0.
Max Dean dec. Dane Pestano, 14-11.
Mitchell Bowman TF Joe Teague, 12-2.
Dane Pestano dec. Joe Teague, 5-0.
Justin Karkula TF Alex Silberstein, 12-0.
Alex Silberstein WBF Collin Kelly.
David Jensen TF Alex Silberstein, 12-2.
Michael Hughes TF Andrew Stowe, 11-0.
Garrett Wesneski dec. Andrew Stowe, 9-4.
Conner Tolley WBF Gannon Gremmel.
Gannon Gremmel dec. Ralph Normandia, 11-9.
Gannon Gremmel TF Ben Andrew (Utah Valley), 19-8.
Christian Lance TF Gannon Gremmel, 11-0.
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