Dec. 29, 2005
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Senior heavyweight Tanner Garrett won three matches on the first day and six other Navy wrestlers advanced to tomorrow's action in the consolation round during the first day of the highly-competitive Southern Scuffle. The 24th-ranked Mids are in eighth place after day one with 34 points, 24 points behind third-ranked Minnesota, which advanced nine wrestlers in the winner's bracket. The Mids are second among five EIWA teams competing, but have the fewest wrestlers in the championship bracket among the top 17 teams in the tournament. The wrestlers competing in the consolation round will need to win their first two matches of the day to place in the top eight.
Garrett, who is ranked eighth in the latest NWCA / Intermat national rankings and is the second seed in the tournament, had a strong first day, posting a 3-0 mark. He defeated the Citadel's Aaron Brown, 6-4, in the first round, Pittsburgh's Lou Thomas, 8-2, in the second round and Cornell's Jason Manross, 7-4, in the round of 16. With the victories, Garrett improved to 23-1 on the season.
At 157 pounds, junior John Jarred continued his impressive season, advancing to Friday's action in the consolation bracket. He posted a 2-1 record, including an impressive 18-4 victory over Virginia Military's Chris Hardy in the third round of wrestlebacks.
Senior 165-pounder Craig Dziewiatkowski returned to the mat for the first time in over a month-and-a-half and finished the first day with a 2-1 record including a pin in 1:16 over Ohio State's Charlie Clark in the wrestlebacks.
At 174 pounds, sophomore and seventh-seeded Matt Stolpinski will compete tomorrow after a 3-1 record and a 9-8 win over Cornell's Dan Miracola in the third round of wrestlebacks.
Senior 184-pounder Jonny Kane went 2-1 with his lone coming in the round of 16 to 11th-ranked Alex Camargo of Kent State, 16-11. He responded in the consolation bracket with a technical fall in 5:53 over East Stroudsburg's Dave Williams.
Junior 197-pounder Antonio Miranda is still alive after posting a 2-1 record and falling in the round of 16. Miranda stayed in the hunt after an 11-4 victory over Oregon State's Travis Gardner in the third round of wrestlebacks.
Lastly, at heavyweight, sophomore Ed Prendergast went 3-1 with his lone loss coming in the round of 16 to 15th-ranked Mike Faust of Virginia Tech, 6-4. He responded with a 6-1 triumph over David Hazell of Appalachian State in the third round of wrestlebacks.
Other Mids that made the round of 16, but were eliminated in the wrestlebacks included freshman Caleb Levee (125), junior Brad Canterbury (141) and freshman Joel Ahern (149).
The Southern Scuffle will conclude on Friday with the finals slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. For complete information, check out the Southern Scuffle website at www.southernscuffle.com(.)
TEAM SCORES:
(Number in parentheses is the following: (wrestlers in champ. round / wrestlers in consolation round)
1. Minnesota -- 58 (9-2)
2. Missouri -- 51.5 (10-4)
3. Edinboro -- 49.5 (5-4)
4. Cornell -- 43.5 (7-4)
5. Kent State -- 42.5 (4-5)
6. Oregon State -- 38 (2-4)
7. Virginia -- 37 (2-4)
8. Navy -- 34 (1-6)
9. Lehigh -- 32 (5-2)
10. Gardner-Webb -- 30.5 (1-1)
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