CLEVELAND – Junior 149-pounder
Trevor Corl (Howard, Pa./Bellefonte Area) posted a third-period four-point near fall to help him become the Lycoming College wrestling team's 70
th All-American on Friday night, March 9, at the NCAA Division III Championships at Cleveland's Public Auditorium.
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The Warriors finished the day in 30
th place in a field of 66 teams with 8.5 points, with Corl scoring 4.5. Senior 174-pounder
Brandon Conrad (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) notched one team point and junior heavyweight
Garrett Wesneski (Canton, Pa./Canton) added three, as both finished among the nation's top 12.
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Corl will move on in the consolation bracket in Saturday morning's action, which is set to begin at 10 a.m. He will face Wabash's eighth-seeded Austin Bethal to open the morning in the consolation quarterfinals.
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Corl, who joins Seth Lansberry '17 as Lycoming's third straight All-American at 149 pounds, posted a 6-1 win over Spencer Nevills of Wis.-La Crosse in his All-American round match. After he took a 1-0 lead with a second-period escape, Corl used a mat return on Nevills and transformed it into a four-point near fall, pressing both of his opponent's arms towards the mat for more than a minute before Nevills earned a late escape.
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Corl dropped a 5-2 decision in the quarterfinals to fifth-ranked Augsburg's Alex Wilson, entering the third period down 3-2 before Wilson posted a takedown late to earn the win.
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Conrad, who won his opening-round match, 9-7, over Wis.-La Crosse's Sawyer Massie, but dropped a 13-3 major decision over Wartburg's top-seeded Eric Devos in the quarterfinals. In his All-American round match, he narrowly fell to Augsburg's Tanner Vassar, 9-7, despite using three reversals in the match.
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Conrad finished the season with a 31-7 overall record and finished his career at 111-46. He is sixth in the school's career record book in wins with Rob Cosper '00. He is tied for ninth with 30 career falls and sixth with 57 decisions.
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Wesneski finished his season 38-4, tied for the third-most in program history, as he also went 1-2 at the tournament. He opened the tournament with a pin in 1:11 of Springfield's Joe Fusco, but fell to Wartburg's top-seeded Lance Evans, 8-0, in the quarterfinals. In the All-American round, Cornell's Tyler Ortmann posted a 4-1 win over Wesneski.
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2018 NCAA Division III Championships Results for Lycoming
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Trevor Corl (35-4) has scored 4.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 -
Trevor Corl (Lycoming) 35-4 won by decision over Bradan Birt (Millikin) 37-4 (Dec 11-8)
Quarterfinal - Alex Wilson (Augsburg) 34-5 won by decision over
Trevor Corl (Lycoming) 35-4 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 2 -
Trevor Corl (Lycoming) 35-4 won by decision over Spencer Nevills (Wis.-La Crosse) 25-14 (Dec 6-1)
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Brandon Conrad (30-7) scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 -
Brandon Conrad (Lycoming) 30-7 won by decision over Sawyer Massie (Wis.-La Crosse) 26-8 (Dec 9-7)
Quarterfinal - Eric Devos (Wartburg) 16-0 won by major decision over
Brandon Conrad (Lycoming) 30-7 (MD 13-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Tanner Vassar (Augsburg) 34-9 won by decision over
Brandon Conrad (Lycoming) 30-7 (Dec 9-7)
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Garrett Wesneski (38-4) scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 -
Garrett Wesneski (Lycoming) 38-4 won by fall over Joe Fusco (Springfield) 30-10 (Fall 1:11)
Quarterfinal - Lance Evans (Wartburg) 21-1 won by major decision over
Garrett Wesneski (Lycoming) 38-4 (MD 8-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Tyler Ortmann (Cornell College) 26-7 won by decision over
Garrett Wesneski (Lycoming) 38-4 (Dec 4-1)
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