No. 20 Wrestling Concludes 2007 NCAA Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/17/2007 12:00:00 AM | General, Wrestling
March 17, 2007
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich.
– The No. 20 Ohio State wrestling team finished 10th with 54.5 points Saturday thanks to Top 8 finishes by four Buckeye All-Americans at the 2007 NCAA Championships in The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Complete results are available on ncaasports.com.
Lance Palmer and J.D. Bergman were the highest finishers for the Scarlet and Gray, placing fourth at 149 and 197 pounds, respectively. Mike Pucillo was sixth at 184 pounds and J Jaggers was seventh at 141 pounds.
Palmer (Fr., Lakewood, Ohio/St. Edward) lost a tight 1-0 decision to No. 1-seed Dustin Schlatter of Minnesota in the third-place match-up. There was no scoring throughout the bout and Schlatter won on two minutes of riding time. En route to the third-place match-up, Palmer defeated Tyler Turner of Wisconsin, 6-5. In a contest that went into a tiebreaker, Palmer was able to record a reversal 14 seconds into the extra session for a 6-4 lead. Turner attempted the rally, scoring an escape, but came up short.
For the second-consecutive meeting, sixth-seed Bergman (Jr., Oak Harbor, Ohio/Oak Harbor) topped No. 4-seed Phil Davis in the consolation semifinals. Bergman scored a reversal at the 1:02 mark in the third period to come from behind a 3-2 deficit against Davis, a two-time NCAA finalist. A technical violation then was called on Davis and Bergman quickly took a 5-3 lead. Davis scored an escape with 35 seconds left, but it was not enough. In his second-career NCAA third-place bout, Bergman lost to No. 11-seed Chris Weidman of Hofstra, 9-4. The match was close from the beginning, as both wrestlers were knotted up at 3-3 at the end of the first period. Weidman put up the lone point of the second session with his escape with 32 seconds left on the clock. Down by a point going into the third, Bergman notched an escape of his own at 1:38 to even the score again (4-4). However, a takedown by Weidman at 1:01, as well as a three-point nearfall with three seconds left secured the win for Weidman. In the consolation semifinals, No. 3-seed Pucillo (Fr., Strongsville, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) attempted the third-period rally against No. 2-seed Roger Kish of Minnesota. Down 5-2 in the third period, Pucillo evened the score at 5-all after Kish was called for his second warning and Pucillo followed with a takedown with 20 seconds left on the clock. But with just three seconds left, Kish scored a takedown for the 7-5 win. In the fifth-place match-up, Michigan’s and fourth-seed Tyrel Todd pinned Pucillo in 4:34.
Jaggers (Fr., Northfield, Ohio/St. Peter Chanel) won the seventh-place match-up against Max Meltzer of Harvard, 7-1. Down 1-0 early in the second period, Jaggers answered with an escape of his own at the 1:22 mark in the third. He continued tacking on points, recording a takedown with 28 seconds left for the 3-1 lead. Scoring a three-point nearfall as time expired, coupled with a riding time of 1:06 solidified the win for Jaggers. It was the second meeting between the two wrestlers at the championships. In round one, Jaggers defeated Meltzer, 11-5.
Final Ohio State results
141
First Round – J Jaggers (Ohio State) dec. Max Meltzer (Harvard), 11-5
Second Round – No. 3 Nathan Morgan (Oklahoma State) dec. J Jaggers (Ohio State), 3-2
Wrestleback – J Jaggers (Ohio State) dec. Matt Schumm (Cal-State Bakersfield), 8-6
Wrestleback – J Jaggers (Ohio State) dec. No. 5 Dominik Moyer (Nebraska), 3-1
Wrestleback – J Jaggers (Ohio State) pinned Darrion Caldwell (North Carolina State), 3:49
Wrestleback – No. 7 Brandon Rader (West Virginia) dec. J Jaggers (Ohio State), 8-6
Seventh-Place – J Jaggers (Ohio State) dec. Max Meltzer (Harvard), 7-1
149
First Round – No. 10 Lance Palmer (Ohio State) maj. dec. John Cox (Navy), 10-2
Second Round – No. 10 Lance Palmer (Ohio State) dec. No. 7 Scott Ervin (Appalachian State), 10-3
Quarterfinals – No. 10 Lance Palmer (Ohio State) dec. Matt Coughlin (Indiana), 2-1
Semifinals – No. 3 Josh Churella (Michigan) dec. No. 10 Lance Palmer (Ohio State), 5-2
Consolation semifinals – No. 10 Lance Palmer (Ohio State) dec. Tyler Turner (Wisconsin), 6-5TB
Third-Place – No. 1 Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) dec. No. 10 Lance Palmer (Ohio State), 1-0
184
First Round – No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) pinned Zack Giesen (Stanford), 17-2 (6:24)
Second Round – Joshua Arnone (Cornell) dec. No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State), 3-1
Wrestleback – No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) maj. dec. Josh Edmondson (Chattanooga), 17-5
Wrestleback – No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) dec. Trevor Brandvold (Wisconsin), 7-3
Wrestleback – No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) dec. No. 8 Christian Sinnott (Central Michigan), 4-2
Wrestleback – No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State) maj. dec. No. 10 Louis Caputo (Harvard), 11-3
Consolation semifinals – No. 2 Roger Kish (Minnesota) dec. No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State), 7-5
Fifth-Place – No. 4 Tyrel Todd (Michigan) pinned No. 3 Mike Pucillo (Ohio State), 4:34
197
First Round – Jared Villers (West Virginia) dec. No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State), 8-5
Wrestleback – No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State) pinned Dustin Porter (Gardner-Webb), 1:45
Wrestleback – No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State) dec. Brandon Halsey (Cal-State Bakersfield), 6-3
Wrestleback – No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State) pinned Matthew Monteiro (Cal Poly) 1:54
Wrestleback – No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State) pinned No. 7 Craig Brester (Nebraska), 3:15
Wrestleback – No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State) dec. Mike Tamillow (Northwestern), 5-4
Consolations semifinals – No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State) dec. No. 4 Phil Davis (Penn State), 5-4
Third-place – No. 11 Chris Weidman (Hofstra) dec. No. 6 J.D. Bergman (Ohio State), 9-4
Final Team Standings
Place School Points
1 Minnesota 98.0
2 Iowa State 88.5
3 Missouri 80.0
4 Northwestern 71.5
5 Oklahoma State 69.0
6 Michigan 62.0
7 Hofstra 60.5
8 Iowa 57.0
9 Edinboro 56.0
10 Ohio State 54.5
