Indiana University
Midlands
Walsh Wins Midlands Championships
12/30/2014 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
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52nd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships
Full Results: trackwrestling.com
Walsh's Championship Pin (video)
Next Event: Friday, Jan. 9 -- at Penn State (State College, Pa.), 7 pm
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Walsh made quick work of the field by pinning his first two opponents in under two minutes. In his quarterfinal match-up, Walsh won a rather uneventful bout in a 3-0 decision over eighth seeded Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton). For day two, Walsh kept up his pinning ways with a 47 second pin of the 12th nationally-ranked wrestler in the 165-pound class, Jackson Morse (Illinois).
In the championship bout, Walsh fell behind early 4-1 after two takedowns by Harger (Northwestern). An escape to end the first period and another to start the second but Walsh down 4-3. He didn't wast much time from there, pinning the eighth nationally-ranked 165-pound wrestler in 4:06. Along with the championship, Walsh took home Most Falls Award, High Points Award and the Dan Gable Most Outstanding Wrestler Award.
With the four pins for the tournament, Walsh now has 18 on the season. This puts him in a tie for third with now volunteer assistant Kurt Kinser (2008) on the Indiana single season list (Walsh holds the record with 26 set last season). The redshirt senior now has 116 career wins, which puts him in eighth on the all-time Indiana list.
Redshirt sophomore Nate Jackson also advanced to the quarterfinals. He added yet another major decision to his total for the season with a 17-7 victory against Ben Hass. Up to that point, Jackson had outscored his opponents 45-18 in his past three bouts dating back to the December 13 match against Manchester's Dylan Lauffer. After defeating 12th seeded Ryan Wolfe (Rider) in an 11-7 decision, the 174-pounder lost a tough match against the number four seed Brock Gutches, 4-2. Jackson defeated David Kocer of South Dakota State with a 6-5 decision to advance to the podium rounds. In his final two matches, Jackson lost both on 3-2 decsions to earn eighth place.
Heavyweight Garret Goldman wrestled well and finished with a record of 3-2 for his two days. He took down 12-seed Chris Lopez (Illinois) with a 5-2 decision in the first round. Against nationally ranked (13th) Evan Knutson, Goldman lost a hard-fought match 2-0. But in the wrestle backs, Goldman won two straight beating two Big Ten opponents -- Tyler Kral (Purdue) and Brooks Black (Illinois). In his final bout, Goldman lost another close one, 3-0 to the 11 seed Dawson Peck (Unat. Maryland).
Luke Sheridan went 2-2 for the tournament with victories against Vincent Pickett (Edinboro) and Jack Carda (Air Force). In both of Sheridan's losses, it came down to the wire. In his third round bout, Sheridan and the eight seed, Jared Haught, were tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation. There was no score in the sudden victory period, but early in the first 30-second period, Haught got a takedown. Sheridan couldn't escape in the second 30-second period and thus did not advance. In his first consolation match, the senior took on four seed Patrick Downey of Iowa Central; Sheridan lost on a 3-2 decision.
Unattached freshman Jake Danishek had a good showing, going 3-2. In the three matches he won, Danishek outscored his opponents 46-12, earning a technical fall and a major decision. Alex Gregory finished the day with two victories, defeating Grant Nehring (North Dakota State) and Brooks Marino (Penn). Gregory came close to advancing in consolation after losing 2-1 in a tiebreak.
The Hoosier wrestlers take on Penn State in a Big Ten battle. Indiana wrestles the Nittany Lions in State College, Pennsylvania on January 9 (7 pm).
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INDIANA
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Record |
Place |
133 |
0-2 |
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141 |
0-2 |
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149 |
1-2 |
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157 |
0-2 |
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157 |
2-2 |
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165 |
#4/6 (1) Taylor Walsh |
5-0 |
Champion |
174 |
#19/14 (5) Nate Jackson |
3-3 |
8th |
174 |
0-2 |
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184 |
0-2 |
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197 |
(9) Luke Sheridan |
2-2 |
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HWT |
3-2 |
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Team Score: 45.0, 10th place/59 teams |
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UNATTACHED |
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149 |
0-2 |
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157 |
3-2 |
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165 |
0-2 |
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HWT |
0-2 |
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ranknigs are listed as follows: # InterMat/WIN Magazine (Midlands seed)
match results below |
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FULL INDIANA RESULTS:
Alonzo Shepherd (133)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: lost to Cortez (Unat. Illinois), dec. 6-1
Consolation First Round: BYE
Consolation Second Round: lost to Pizzuto (Eastern Michigan), dec. 7-2
Jonathan Edwards (141)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: lost to Zeisloft (Rider), dec. 8-3
Consolation First Round: lost to Conrad (Harper College), dec. 2-1
Joe Randazzo (149)
First Round: def. Dorsay (Maryland), dec. 3-1
Second Round: lost to Mastriani (Virginia Tech), maj. 16-5
Consolation First Round: lost to Fierro (CSU Bakersfield), inj.
Luke Blanton (157)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: lost to Martinez (Illinois), TF 18-2
Consolation First Round: BYE
Consolation Second Round: lost to Liegel (Wisconsin), dec. 7-3
Alex Gregory (157)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: def. Nehring (North Dakota State), dec. 7-2
Third Round: lost to Staudenmayer (Brown), dec. 3-2
Consolation Third Round: def. Martino (Penn), dec. 8-6
Consolation Fourth Round: lost to Warner (Old Dominion), TB-1 1-2
Taylor Walsh (165) - Champion
First Round: BYE
Second Round: def. Manion (Maryland), fall 1:01
Third Round: def. Fuller (Edinboro), fall 1:41
Quarterfinals: def. Schleifer (Princeton), dec. 3-0
Semifinals: def. Morse (Illinois), fall 0:47
Championship: def. Harger (Northwestern), fall 4:03
Nate Jackson (174) - 8th place
First Round: BYE
Second Round: def. Haas (Unat. Lehigh), maj. 17-7
Third Round: def. Wolfe (Rider), dec. 11-7
Quarterfinals: lost to Gutches (Southern Oregon), dec. 4-2
Consolation Fifth Round: def. Kocer (South Dakota State), dec. 6-5
Consolation Quarterfinals: lost to Meyet (Iowa), dec. 3-2
7th Place: lost to Cousins (Wisconsin), dec. 3-2
Wyatt Wilson (174)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: lost to Meyer (Iowa), maj. 13-2
Consolation First Round: BYE
Consolation Second Round: lost to Johnson (Harvard), maj. 8-0
Jake Masengale (184)
First Round: lost to Thomas (Penn), fall 2:30
Consolation First Round: BYE
Consolation Second Round: lost to Witt (Air Force), fall 2:37
Luke Sheridan (197)
First Round: def. Pickett (Edinboro), dec. 4-0
Second Round: def. Carda (Air Force), dec. 3-1
Third Round: lost to Haught (Virginia Tech), TB-1 4-2
Consolation Third Round: lost to Downey (Iowa Central), dec. 3-2
Garret Goldman (HWT)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: def. Lopez (Illinois), dec. 5-2
Third Round: lost to Knustson (North Dakota State), dec. 2-0
Consolation Third Round: def. Kral (Purdue), dec. 3-1
Consolation Fourth Round: def. Black (Illinois), TB-1 2-1
Consolation Fifth Round: lost to Peck (Unat. Maryland), dec. 3-0
UNATTACHED:
Cole Weaver (149)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: lost to Grothus (Iowa), TF 15-0
Consolation First Round: BYE
Consolation Second Round: lost to Hammond (CSU Bakersfield), fall 4:38
Jake Danishek (157)
First Round: def. Morse (Northern Illinois), TF 16-1
Second Round: def. Fabozzi (Princeton), maj. 19-6
Third Round: lost to Kelly (Iowa), dec. 5-2
Consolation Fourth Round: def. Deprez (Binghamton), dec. 11-5
Consolation Fifth Round: lost to Mascola (Maryland), dec. 7-3
Bryce Martin (165)
First Round: lost to Warner (Old Dominion), dec. 11-6
Consolation First Round: lost to Lewis (Unat. Missouri), fall 1:07
Fletcher Miller (HWT)
First Round: BYE
Second Round: lost to Henderson (Old Dominion), dec. 4-3
Consolation First Round: BYE
Consolation Second Round: lost to Black (Illinois), dec. 3-0
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
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