| Weight Class |
125 |
| Augsburg's #1 seed Matt Shanky feeling confident heading
to the semifinals: |
"I was on the offense the
whole time; he didn't even get in on my legs. I felt real good
about the win"
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| Wartburg's semifinalist Justin McClintock on the Augsburg/Wartburg
rivalry: |
| "I felt real good about tonight;
I felt real good when I was out there. I'm looking forward to
tomorrow morning. It's a big rivalry- Augsburg and Wartburg
head to head and that's what it's all about." |
| |
| 141 |
| #2 Seed Jamell Tidwell of Augsburg on his team's success: |
| "It went well; I think the
score explains it all. Augsburg is wrestling well; we came to
win this thing." |
| Wartburg's #1 seed Dustin Hinschberger comments on
his anticipation of the tournament: |
| "Coming into tonight's match
I felt really good. I've been looking forward to the national
tournament the whole year." |
| 149 |
| Unseeded semifinalist Rick Frondorf of Delaware Valley
on his preparation for this season: |
| "Honestly, I was a little
bit nervous about this match because when I came into DV second
semester, I hadn't wrestled for about a year and a half, so
getting in shape was the biggest key. My game plan was to stay
in position and counter what he had, and it worked for me." |
| Simpson College's #1 seed Clint Manny on his defeat
of David Icenhower to move to the semis: |
"Awesome competition and
I have to wrestle up to it. I wrestled him before and got beat
at the National Duals; major confidence builder to beat a kid
that I got beat by before."
|
| Luther's Matt Pyle on his National Tournament mindset
and team success: |
"It went good tonight. I've
never seen the York kid before, but every match we just go out
there like it's the national championship match. Our team is
looking good too."
|
| 157 |
| #4 Seed Rick Lamas after his 10-9 defeat of Brockport's
Shaheim Bradshaw: |
| "I'm pretty happy about tonight, about the way I've been
wrestling. I separated my shoulder at regionals; I wasn't sure
if I was going to be able to wrestle at this tournament but
I recouperated...Tomorrow I'm looking forward to wrestling LeVesseur,
the best guy in the country, so that will be a good test to
see where I am at right now." |
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| Unseeded Dustin Winn of Oneonta on his advancement
to the semifinal round: |
| "Well, it's nice to be an All-American finally
my senior year; it's a big confidence booster. It's another
match; seedings don't mean anything out here." |
| 165 |
| #1 Seed Garrett South of Luther College
regarding tournament competition: |
"There aren't any matches that are easy out here. I'm
looking forward to wrestling the best matches of my life; in
the last two matches of my life."
|
| 174 |
| Augsburg's #1 seed Joe Moon commenting
on his team's success: |
| "We're still working for the same team goals." |
| |
| #7 seed Josh Chelf of UW LaCrosse on his quarterfinal
match win and his team: |
"I just wanted to get it done; I didn't want
to wrestle another match tonight, so being an overtime match,
I thought I 'd better step it up one more notch. I think tomorrow
I'll just go out there the way I have been going out there already.
Our goal (as a team) going out
there was to win it, so it takes everyone winning matches." |
| |
| 197 |
| Wartburg's #1 seed Akeem Carter, who advanced to the
semis commenting on the stiff competition : |
| "I feel a lot of guys are going to be
aggressive, so I want to be aggressive myself and bring it to
them. So, that was my plan the whole day -- a pretty good day.
I'm expecting tomorrow that guys will be aggressive; in NCAA
nationals, I expect it to be a war, and I want to bring the
war." |
| |
| Unseeded Matt Loesch of Muhlenberg comments on his
defeat of former national champion Nick Vinciguerra and his
advancement to the seminfinals: |
| "Beating Vinciquerra in the
first round was all I had in my head; he is pretty good, national
champion, sophomore year. That really gave me some confidence
when you beat an opponent you really respect. I'm as happy as
I can ask for. I don't know if I was expected to do this. Win
or lose tomorrow, either way, I've represented my school and
it's all bonus." |
| 285 |
| Heavyweight Ryan Allen, #1 seed from UW LaCrosse,
on team strategy: |
"I feel great. Our team's
doing well; scoring some points. Right now everybody's taking
one match at a time and that's what you have to do at this level.
I want to score as many points as I can for my team. These guys
have been working their butts off all year and you just got
to let everything go here, this is their whole season right
here. There's pressure, but I love it."
|
| Wartburg's #2 seed Blake Gillis on his defeat of UW
Stevens Point's Mike Hayes that sent Gillis to the semis: |
"I wrestled him earlier in
the year and he gave me a go then, too. I'm happy I won, but
not happy about my performance. Hopefully, tomorrow, I don't
hang out too long and have another barnburner like tonight."
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