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Wrestling Finished Third at Conference; Vandeboom Crowned Champion

(10 February 2007) 

MSOE's 157 pound wrestler, Joel Vandeboom, defeated the number two seed, Trevor Hall by the score of 11-to-5, to become MSOE's first Northern Wrestling Association champion.

In the team standings, MSOE scored 65.5 points, finishing in third place overall. Lawrence won the event with 109 points, followed by Lakeland with 95 and MSOE in third with 65.5. Concordia University-Wisconsin (63.5), Knox College (30)and Maranatha Baptist (11) rounded out the field.

The Raiders had a total of five wrestlers making their championship bouts with Vandeboom bringing home the only first place trophy. Four others placed second for the MSOE squad.

In the 141-lb. weight class, MSOE's Elliot Gronland lost a 2-0 decision to Lakeland College's Kory Theil in the championship match. At 174 lbs, Tim O'Connor finished in second place behind John Budi of Lawrence University. Wrestling in the 184-lb division, Matt Olsen lost to NWA wrestler of the year, Lakeland's Paul Hartt. In the championship bout at 197-lbs, Tyler Knutson loss a 4-2 decision to Jack Peters from Lawrence Unniversity.

MSOE claimed a third place finish at 125-lbs., with Chris Jackson, the #4 seed upsetting #3 James Williamson of Lawrence University 10-6 for the win.

Wrestling continues for the Raiders as they head to the Great Lakes Regional, held in Elmhurst, Illinois next Saturday, Feb. 17. the first match begins at 9am.

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Wrestling Finishes Tenth at Regionals

(17 February 2007) 

ELMHURST , Illinois – The MSOE Raiders put the finishing touches on the 2006-07 wrestling season by placing tenth in the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional on Saturday, February 17 in Elmhurst, Illinois.

Augsburg won the team title with 173 points while MSOE, under the direction of head coach Kevin Morin, scored 32.5 points in tenth place. MSOE recorded one fourth place finish, a fifth and one sixth individually.

Junior Elliot Gronland was the highest placing individual when he took fourth at 141 pounds. He was the fourth seed heading into the tournament and he opened with an 11-0 major decision over Dan Rysavy of St Olaf and followed that with an 8-2 win over fifth seeded Kory Theil of Lakeland.

He then ran into top seeded Quincy Osborn of Augsburg in the semi-finals and lost by a major decision 17-9. In the consolation bracket, Gronland defeated Rysavy from St. Olaf for the second time in the tournament, this meeting a 5-3 decision. He then fell to third seeded Myanganbayar Batsukh of Saint Johns 5-3 in the third place match.

Unseeded Christopher Jackson MSOE took fifth at 125 pounds, despite losing his first match of the day, a fall to second seed Jake Oster of Elmhurst in the quarterfinal round. In the consolation bracket, Jackson won a 5-3 decision over sixth seeded George Gogonas of Augustana. Jackson fell to fourth David Coop of Lakeland 3-2 in the consolation semifinals but bounced back with a pin in 3:31 of the fifth place match over Joseph Norton of North Central.

Senior Tyler Knutson was sixth at 197, pinning Lakeland's John Wagner in 4:59, and then losing a 6-0 decision to Steve Wood from St. Olaf in the quarterfinals. He won his next two bouts by pinning his opponents, first Nick Estep of Concordia in 1:28, and then the fourth seeded Nick Metcalf in 6:59. Knutson lost a 6-1 decision to Vincent Sapienza of North Central, and then fell to John Parkhurst of Augustana in the fifth place match.

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