McDaniel's Howard Headed to Nationals
BALTIMORE -- McDaniel senior Tony Howard (Rockville, MD / Magruder) captured his second Centennial Conference Championship in as many seasons, winning the 165-pound weight class. He was also named the Tournament's Outstanding Wrestler.
Howard, an All-America at 174 pounds last year, entered the tournament as the second seed behind Stevens Tech's Brandon MacWhinnie, who handed Howard his only loss of the season in dual meet competition several weeks back. He avenged that loss with a 14-5 win in the finals to improve his record to 24-1 on the year.
Howard used a 3:13 second, 16-1 technical fall to knock off Ursinus' Jordan Baumeister in the semifinals. That came after a 20-6 major decision of King's Point's Troy McGiunness.
Howard was one of three McDaniel wrestlers to the advance to the finals. Steve Colasuonno (Sachem, NY / Sachem) wrestled for the 125-pound championship, while freshman Andrew Winfield (New Windsor, MD / S. Carroll) wrestled in the 174-pound finals.
Colasuonno lost 5-3 to Ursinus' Steve Kingsland, the second seed at 125. Winfield fell by a score of 4-3 to Johns Hopkins' David Kraus, the second seeded wrestler at that weight.
Wrestling up at 197 pounds, Cory Beall (Hagerstown, MD / Northwest was McDaniel's only bronze medalist. Two grapplers finished in fourth place to land McDaniel in second place in the team standings with 68 points. McDaniel barely edged out Muhlenberg with 67.5 points. Ursinus won its fourth consecutive Conference title with 98.5 points.
Howard will advance on to the NCAA Division III National Championships, which will be hosted by The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, beginning on March 4th. He may bump into MacWhinnie again. He was awarded the Centennial Conference's lone wild card to compete at the National Championships.
1. Ursinus-98.5
2. McDaniel-68
3. Muhlenberg-67.5
4. Johns Hopkins-55
5. Gettysburg-36.5
6. Stevens Tech-34
7. United States Merchant Marine Academy (King's Pt.)-30.5
8. Washington & Lee-14
2006 Outstanding Tournament Performer: Tony Howard - 165 (Sr., McDaniel)
McDaniel Goes 3-1 at North /South Duals
WREST: North / South Duals at Ursinus College
McDaniel 33, Plymouth State 16
McDaniel 27, Wesleyan 24
McDaniel 24, Trinity (CT), 23
Wartburg 53, McDaniel 0
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. -- McDaniel College put up a strong showing at the North/South Duals hosted by Centennial Conference rival Ursinus. The Green Terror put up a 3-1 record in four bouts on Saturday afternoon.
McDaniel reeled off three straight wins over Plymouth State, Wesleyan, and Trinity before dropping its final match to Wartburg.
Andrew Winfield and Steve Colasuonno led the Terror effort. Both grapplers went 3-1 on the day. Winfield was especially dominating by either pinning or scoring a major decision in each of his three wins.
With the 3-1 finish at the Duals McDaniel raises its season record to 6-3. McDaniel returns to the mat January 14-15 in the NWCA Duals at the University of Northern Iowa.
McDaniel 33, Plymouth State 16
125 - Steve Colasuonno (M) won by forfeit
133 - Artie Kaehler (M) dec. Matt Friend, 14-10
141 - Shawn Moseley (P) maj. dec. R.J. Neaton, 14-3
149 - Brad Gabrish (M) maj. dec. Devon Hanson, 9-1
157 - Zach Hetrick (M) pinned Zeth Nolda, 2:59
165 - Courtney Nightengale (M) pinned Kevin Donohue, 3:59
174 - Andrew Winfield (M) maj. dec. Landon Nelson, 9-1
184 - Scuba Steve Jennings (M) maj. dec. Nick Gurney, 12-2
197 - Bill Wilbert (P) pinned Ferris Bond, 2:41
285 - Shaun Wilbert (P) pinned Keith English, 1:47
McDaniel 27, Wesleyan 14
125- Steve Colasuonno (M) dec. Ravid Cowdhury, 12-8
133- Josh Wildes (W) dec. Artie Kaehler, 6-3
141- Tomi Uyebara (W) tech. fall R.J. Neaton, 15-0
149- Dan Zeigarnik (W) dec. Eddie Labatch, 9-5
157- Zach Hetrick (M) pinned Edward Kenney, 0:37
165- Courtney Nightengale (M) maj. dec. Andrew Marvin-Smith, 18-8
174- Andrew Winfield (M) pinned Heremy Stuart, 1:13
184- Scuba Steve Jennings (M) maj. dec. Alex Segal, 11-2
197- Michael Lima (W) dec. Ryan Dieter, 8-6
285- Keith English (M) maj. dec. Steve Campbell, 15-6
McDaniel 24, Trinity 23
125- Steve Colasuonno (M) dec. Keith Hernandez, 9-3
133- Lou Morillo (T) dec. Artie Kaehler, 14-12
141- William Moyet (T) dec. R.J. Neaton, 9-2
149- Brad Gabrish (M) won by forfeit
157- Trevor Brown (T) pinned Zach Hetrick, 4:45
165- Jeff Marra (T) pinned Courtney Nightengale, 2:35
174- Andrew Winfield (M) pinned Joe Hern, 5:30
184- Scuba Steve Jennings (M) pinned Jason Ray, 5:55
197- Cory Beall (M) maj. dec. Nikolia Harovas, 9-4
285- Mike Blair (T) tech. fall Keith English, 15-0
Wartburg 53, McDaniel 0
125 - Paul Reedy (W) pinned Steve Colasuonno, 5:29
133 - Zach McKray (W) pinned Artie Kaehler, 6:05
141 - Dustin Hinschberger (W) pinned R.J. Neaton, :25
149 - Jake Naig (W) tech. fall Brad Gabrish, 17-2
157 - Justin Hanson (W) dec. Sean Clark, 6-1
165 - Joe Bunne (W) pinned Courtney Nightengale, 1:13
174 - Scott Kauffman (W) maj. dec. Andrew Winfield, 11-4
184 - Romeo Djoumessi (W) pinned Scuba Steve Jennings, 1:59
197- T.J. Miller (W) pinned Ferris Bond, 2:23
285- Brian Borchers (W) pinned Keith English, 0:20