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That weight also included: Jose Rodriguez- wrestled at Ohio St. Not sure where he is now. Lincoln Olson - 3x Michigan State Champ now at Cleveland State ( spent 2 years at OK State before transferring) Johnny Jiminez - Wisconsin's 125 lb'er Kaden Gfeller - OK St Redshirt who beat Nick Lee at this year's Southern Scuffle Ben Thornton - Purdue, NCAA Qualifier Eli Stickley - Wisconsin, NCAA Qualifier One other note: Eierman beat Yianni D to send him to the consolation bracket 12-11. Yianni D won the 3rd place match 19-8.

Lee lost to Eierman by fall at the 2016 UWW Junior Freestyle Nationals. That loss dropped Lee to the 7th/8th Place match. That was a loaded field. Eierman went to on finish 4th, losing to none other than Yianni Diakomihalis. That field finished: 1st Mitchell McKee 2nd Seth Gross 3rd Yianni D 4th Jaydin Eierman 5th Taylor Lamont 6th Scotty Parker 7th Nick Lee 8th Joshua Terao All were wrestling in Nationals this week.

Day 2 - Session 4 - Friday Night 141 Nick Lee with a major decision over Sa'Deria Perry of Eastern Michigan, 12-4, advancing to the consolation semifinals to face Missouri's Jaydin Eierman in the morning. Lee is guaranteed no worse than 6th. Chad Red put up a hell of a fight, but couldn't solve Kevin Jack of NC St., dropping a 2-1 TB1 decision. Red will wrestle tomorrow for 7th/8th. Red will face Perry, who just lost to Lee. 149 Jason Tsirtsis drops a 4-3 decision to Grant Leeth of Missouri and will wrestle Bo Lewallen of OK St. for 7th/8th.

I don't get why Nick Lee chooses down. It is clearly his weakest position. He had a minute plus riding time and chose down.

The pace of trying to follow online and on TV with 6 matches at once is crazy. Especially with so many great matches! Back around to consolations. Red and Lee up next on mats 5 & 6 Crazy thing.... Nick Lee's opponent from Eastern Michigan came into Nationals with a losing record and is an All-American

Nah, plenty of seats. I started in the days of Ed Ruth and David Taylor, only to be fueled further with the Lee brothers commitment.

Hoosier Wrestlers went 3-3 tonight, giving us 4 All-Americans. When is the last time IN has had 4 AA's? 5? More??

It's a movie quote.... Caddyshack. I'm disappointed in you for not catching that!!! Your punishment is the next rainy day with no wrestling on TV you must watch it twice!!

Day 2 - Session 4 - Friday Night 174 Dylan Lydy drops a 4-1 decision to Jordan Kutler of Lehigh. Chose down in the 3rd and couldn't get out. Ben Harvey falls to Bo Jordan of Ohio St, 11-6. Both fall one match short of AA Status

Don't sell Jordan short... he's a tremendous slouch!

Nolf being Nolf....... Making Micah Jordan look like a wet paper sack 16-0 Tech Fall! No question about the knee now. Looks like OSU may win their first match of the night tonight with Bo Jordan leading Harvey in the 3rd

Committed to Penn St, went to Oklahoma St, struggled... left, went to Lock Haven. Got in legal troubles. Had to sit out a full year. Worked himself back and now an All-American. In a nutshell....

Day 2 - Session 4 - Friday Night 174 Dylan Lydy drops a 4-1 decision to Jordan Kutler of Lehigh. Chose down in the 3rd and couldn't get out. Ben Harvey up now...

Commented the same on a post about 7-8 back!

141 is a fun weight class. Freshman Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell takes out Missouri's Jaydin Eierman in SV and Bryce Meredith ekes out a 1-0 win over OSU's Joey McKenna. OSU is 0-3 in the Semifinals so far.

Day 2 - Session 4 - Friday Night 149 Jason Tsirtsis wins 4-3 over Jerrett Degen of Iowa State. Jason Tsirtsis All-American again!

Day 2 - Session 4 - Friday Night 125 Luke Welch drops a 8-6 dec in sudden victory against Ronnie Bresser of Oregon St. One match shy of AA status. What a fun weight class. Spencer Lee pins Nathan Tomsello and Nick Suriano beats defending Champ Darian Cruz. 133 Stevan Micic beats Luke Pletcher 8-4 to earn a spot in the finals. Seth Gross won by fall in sudden victory over a very game Tariq Wilson of NC St. Stevan Micic National Finalist! 141 Chad Red with the fall over Dean Heil!!!! Chad Red All-American! Nick Lee with a 13-6 win over Tyler Smith of Bucknell. Nick Lee All-American!

Hate to say it this way but Pletcher is today's version of Jason Tsirtsis. His style is like watching paint dry.

Not sure where to find it, but I thought Yianni's post-match comment was telling. In a nutshell, he said he saw where/how he could take Heil down, but saved it for later in the match when he might need it. Maybe I'm wrong, but to me that's next level wrestling for a true freshman, especially one in a tight match with a 2x defending National Champion.

I do have a question for someone that knows tournament scoring better than I do. Bonus points aside, are the team points the same for a guy that finishes 3rd after losing in the semifinal vs. a guy who loses in the first round and wrestles all the way back to 3rd? I know advancement points are lower in the consolations, but would the extra matches make up for that?

Agreed. I'd say Lee and Tsirtsis are favored. But they wrestle the matches for a reason. Let's hope for a few upsets!

We go to the night session with 1 guaranteed All-American (Micic) and the opportunity for the following to earn it: 125 Luke Welch - Castle/Purdue - A senior, 14-Seed Welch is 32-10 on the year. He finished 4th in the Big Ten and will face 9-Seed Ronnie Bresser (or Rios - take your pick)from Oregon State. Bresser beat Welch 12-7 at the Midlands. 141 Nick Lee - Mater Dei/Penn State - Seeded 8th as a true freshman, Lee was upset in the first round getting pinned by Ryan Diehl of Maryland. Lee had previously beaten Diehl 22-10. Lee, 30-6 on the year, battled back to defeat the 9th, 10th and 16th seeds. He'll face 12-Seed Tyler Smith of Bucknell. With no previous matchup, there have been several common opponents. Smith lost to Cole Weaver (Lee won twice) and Mason Smith (Lee beat him today 5-0). Both beat Nate Limmex, Kyle Shoop, Russell Rohlfing, and both lost to Yianni Diakomihalis. A win for Lee will likely earn him a rematch against Illinois' Michael Carr. Lee lost to Carr at the Big Tens 10-6. 141 Chad Red - New Palesting/Nebraska - Unseeded redshirt freshman Red has had his ups and down on the season but is finishing strong. He's 24-10 and faces 2x National Champ Dean Heil of Oklahoma State. To get here, after a 1st round loss, Red has beaten 3 Big Ten opponents in a row. Heil is known for wrestling a very tight, low scoring (boring!) style. I believe Red needs to open up and try to win some scrambles to beat Heil. A win here would be a feather in Red's cap, potentially propelling him to even greater success. Red definitely has a tougher road than Lee. Should Red beat Heil he'd face either NC St's Kevin Jack or Clarion's Brock Zacherl, who he lost to in the first round. 149 Jason Tsirtsis - Crown Point/Arizona St - A former NCAA Champion Tsirtsis is trying to make another run. 19-7 on the year, the 10-Seed senior faces Iowa State's unseeded Jerrett Degen. Not a lot of common opponents to go by, expect this one to be close to the end. A win here, Jason would face either Max Thomsen of Northern Iowa or Grant Leeth of Missouri. Thomsen was a 3-1 winner in a January match with JT. 174 Dylan Lydy - Ben Davis/Purdue - 35-13 on the season, the redshirt sophomore (?) has had a nice year for the Boilermakers. He faces 4-Seed Jordan Kutler of Lehigh. Kutler is 26-4 on the season with his only losses to Mark Hall (2x), Zahid Valencia and Michigan's Myles Amine (3-2 in the quarterfinal). This looks to be a tough task for Lydy. 174 Ben Harvey - Cathedral/Army - 23-10 on the season, Harvey, a redshirt sophomore (?), has had a good run winning 4 straight after losing his initial pigtail match. He faces a stern test in Ohio State's Bo Jordan. Jordan defeated Stanford's Keaton Subjeck 9-5, while Harvey split 2 matches with Subjeck, the win coming earlier today 7-4. Jordan and Harvey both beat Northwestern's Johnny Sebastian, Jordan 9-5, Harvey 9-6. If Harvey can take out OSU's Jordan, he would face either Northern Iowa's Taylor Lujan or Oklahoma State's Jacobe Smith. So there you have it. Six more opportunities to join Stevan Micic as an All-American!

174 Dylan Lydy with a nice 5-3 win of Ethan Ramos of UNC. Lydy will face Lehigh's 4-Seed Jordan Kutler for AA status. 174 Brian Harvey with a huge 9-6 win over Johnny Sebastian of Northwestern. A nice 6-point move out of a scramble in the 3rd period helped seal the deal. He faces Ohio State's Bo Jordan for AA status. Go Army! 285 Shawn Streck hit a brick wall against Sam Stoll of Iowa. Stoll dominated him physically and then got the fall in the 2nd period. A nice run for Shawn, but just short of becoming an All-American.

More Day 2 Consolations.... 125 - Luke Welch wins 4-3 over Sean Russell to reach the blood round. 141 - Nick Lee with a solid 13-5 major over Weaver of IU. He'll face Bucknell's 12-Seed Tyler Smith for AA status. 141 - Chad Red with a nice 3-2 win over Vince Turk, avenging a loss from the Big Tens. Red has a tall hill to climb with a blood round match against 2x Champ Dean Heil. A win here, would be a huge boost for Red, taking out Heil and becoming an All-American. Lydy & Harvey wrestling now........

More Day 2 174 - Dylan Lydy with a 5-3 win over Matt Finesilver of Duke. He advances to face Ethan Ramos of North Carolina for the chance to wrestle for AA status. Lydy did beat Ramos 9-7 early in the year. 174 - Brian Harvey with a nice 7-4 win over Stanford's 9-Seed Keaton Subjeck. He will face Northwestern's Johnny Sebastian to get to the blood round. 285 Shawn Streck with a major decision, 12-3 over Stephen Suglio of Kent to advance. He gets 5-Seed Sam Stoll of Iowa. Summary from this Round.... Hoosier wrestlers went 7-2 this morning with only Brock Hudkins eliminated. Six have one more match to reach the AA round. Wrestling continues right into those consolation rounds.