University of Dubuque Update
Team: University Of Dubuque
Head Coach:Jon McGovern
Assistant Coaches:
Bobby Larson, Matt Lansing, Darrin Kaisand, David Cedeno
2007-2008 Dual Meet Record:11-8
2007-2008 National Qualifiers and All-Americans: Evan Brown(NCAA Qualifier), Josh Terrell (NCAA All-American 4th Place)
Returning Qualifiers and All-Americans (any year): Josh Terrell, Evan Brown (2008)
Number of returning wrestlers who competed in your 2008 national qualifier: 2
Top returning starters with accomplishments:With a list of returners including: Captains: Josh Terrell (returning NCAA All-American), Evan Brown (returning NCAA Qualifier), and Matt Wonderlin (ranked 6th in NCAA pre-season polls) leading the way for a strong program and great future. In addition UD brought in a very strong recruiting class with over twenty three incoming freshmen. Top recruits include Illinois State Placewinners: Nick Finkenbinder (2nd), Taylor Osborne (3rd), Terry Murphy (5th, Wisconsin State Placewinner Chris Sokol (5th), Iowa State Placewinner Garrett Hamilton (5th) and NJCAA transfers Ryan Lessner (125) and Tyler Mancuso (HWT). In addition facilities are being upgraded and built including a new wrestling room, competition venue, indoor track, fieldhouse, strength training rooms, and cardio rooms on campus.
Season outlook (as much or as little as you wish in this space, but please
do note any weight class changes of significance):last season the Spartans secured IIAC Dual meet victories over nationally ranked teams Loras College (19th), Cornell College (7th), Luther College (6th), Central College, Simpson College, and broke the school record with our highest NCAA finish (22nd) in 25 years
University of Dubuque Wrestling Achieves 1st NCAA All-American Since
NCAA Wrestling Championships Site - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa
For the first time in 18 years, the University of Dubuque Wrestling Team earned NCAA All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships.
Sophomore Josh Terrell (157 lbs.), came in un-seeded at the tournament, and earned his first NCAA All-America honor at 157 pounds by placing fourth in the nation. Terrell lost his first match to # 3 seeded Kyle Katz and responded back from the loss to win four straight matches at the NCAA Championships including wins over Beau Hanson (Augsburg), #5 seeded Erik Hanson (Loras), Andrew Goldstein (Gettysburg), and #6 seeded Takafumi Hasimoto (New York University) before losing to Ryan Herwig (Delaware Valley) in the 3rd place championship match.
Sophomore Evan Brown (174 lbs.) came in unseeded and faced #3 seeded Kyle Vanderhyde (Olivet) in the first round. Evan fell short in the closing seconds losing by a 7-5 decision. Evan responded back with a dominating 15-4 decision over #6 seeded Phil Moenkedick (Concordia - Moorehad). Evan lost by a decision to # 8 seeded Jerome Owens (Johnson & Wales) in the match to determine NCAA All-American honors.
"Josh Terrell and Evan Brown are both mentally tough. Josh showed a lot of mental toughness coming back from a loss and winning four straight matches in the NCAA Championships. Evan Brown competed in over 55 matches this year and can wrestle through adversity. He's about as mentally tough as they come. These two wrestlers are helping to lay the foundation for others on our team to accomplish their goals at UD. It's an exciting time for our program - you can feel the confidence of our wrestlers growing. Both of our NCAA Qualifiers are young. We have a lot of young talent on our team and enough time to prepare these young men to win an NCAA Team title before they graduate." stated UD Head Coach Jon McGovern.
The University of Dubuque Wrestling Team finished 22nd in the national team standings with 15 points, only 1.5 points margin from 20th place Buena Vista University in the final national team standings. The 22nd place finish equals the best ever national finish in the history of UD Wrestling. The last UD Wrestling NCAA All-American was Troy Armstrong in 1990 (134 lbs).
The UD Wrestling Team also finished 27th in the nation as an NWCA Academic Scholar Team, marking the 3rd time in the last 4 years the team has been recognized in the top 30 in the nation as an NWCA Academic Scholar Team.
University of Dubuque Wrestling Events to Post on Webite
November 11th - College Open in Dubuque, IA
December 30th - College Open in Des Plaines Illinois
February 4th - College Open in Dubuque, Iowa
February 16th - IIAC Championshipos (Dubuque, Iowa)
February 18th - NWCA Nationals in Dubuque, IA (For all Division I, II, & III Non NCAA Qualifying Wreslters - sponsored by the National Wrestling Coaches Association)
Weigh-ins for 8am wrestling at 10am for most events check www.dbq.edu for up to date events.
University of Dubuque Head Wrestling Coach, Featured Guest on NHSCA SportsHour
Tune into the NHSCA SportsHour Internet Radio Broadcast this Sunday, July 16th from 6-7 PM EST (rebroadcast Tuesday, July 18th from 6-7 PM EST). This week'såÊfeatured guest will be Jon McGovern, Head Wrestling Coach at the University of Dubuque. McGovern was a successful high school and college athlete (3 X State placewinner in HS andåÊ2XåÊNCAA Champion) who has gone on to achieve significant success as a college coach. For McGovern's complete bio, please visit <http://www.dbq.edu/udathletics/bios.cfm?id=63>http://www.dbq.edu/udathletics/bios.cfm?id=63 McGovern will be speaking about character and leadership, and how to develop excellence in your program, on the mat and off. To hear this interview, visit <http://www.NHSCA.com>www.NHSCA.com and click on the Radio Show icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the home page.
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Weight
Result
Loras Score
Luther Score
125
Terry Morgan (Loras) WBF Nate Evans, F 6:54
6
0
133
Nate Hansen (Luther) WBD Brandon Young, M 13-2
6
4
141
#3 Jeff Patzke (Luther) WBD Mike Ressler, D 11-8
6
7
149
#2 Matt Pyle (Luther) WBD Chris Bishop, M 14-3
6
11
157
#3 Ryan LeBeau (Luther) WBF Eave Early, F 3:48
6
17
165
#1 Garrett South (Luther) WBD Brad Bishop, D 8-2
6
20
174
Ryan Hagerty (Loras) WBD AJ Gregg, D 4-0
9
20
184
#3 Danny Adams (Luther) WBF Tom Andrews, F 1:49
9
26
197
Mitch Hager (Loras) WBD Erik Butler, D 3-1
12
26
HWT
Ben McCready (Loras) WBF Joe Postuma, F 3:26
18
26
Final Score:
18
26