| Weight Class |
| 125 |
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| #2 Seed Tom Prairie, the first wrestler
from Williams College to ever make it to the finals: |
| "I just got to stay focused...stay
focused on the match. Don't look past anyone just look to the
next match." |
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| Augsburg's #1 seed Matt Shankey who controlled his
semifinal match winning 5-1: |
| "That's the fith time I've
wrestled him in the last two years. I felt real good and my
shots were on." |
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| 133 |
|
| Tony Ambra, #7 seed from Brockport, on his defeat
of Lycoming's Sean Cullen: |
"I hustled on my feet so
I could get into the finals tonight."
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| Mark Matzek, #1 seed from Augsburg, on his close decision
against Jestin Hulegaard of Buena Vista: |
"He took a shot and came
up and I sprawled, got hit on the top of the hit; I'm going
to get a couple stiches now. I felt that was my best match of
the tournment; I was overanalyzing myself the first two matches,
thinking to much. The game plan for this match was 'don't worry
about it; just go wrestle."
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| 141 |
|
| Dustin Hinschberger, #1 seed from Wartburg, looking
toward his championship match tonight: |
"I was a little slow on my
feet and Ineed to get a little more active in the championship
match tonight. I've wrestled and beaten both of these guys before,
but I'm ready to finish with a title tonight."
|
| Augsburg's #2 seed Jamell Tidwell on his semifinal
match against Luther's Jeff Patzke: |
"This is my third time facing
him (Patzke from Luther). He's from Apple Valley and he always
wrestles hard, so I knew it was going to be a battle. I didn't
wrestle that well, but a W is a W in the national tournament
and that's what I do -- one match at a time."
|
| 149 |
|
Matt Pyle, Luther, 149, after his semifinal
win over #3 Jason Rousch:
|
"I didn't do as good as I
wanted to today, but I was able to come through and help our
team. Our team's doing really good, so I'm excited about that,
and I'm looking forward to tonight."
|
Clint Manny, Simpson after his semifinal
win over Delaware Valley's unseeded Rick Frondorf:
|
"I knew he was strong and
it was going to come down to a defensive match. I thought if
I could get my points I could hold him off. It was an ugly match,
but a win's a win, especially at the national tournament. I'm
anxious for the final match and hopefully the outcome is going
to be different this year because I'm tired of second place."
|
| 157 |
|
Ryan Lebeaux, Luther after tying his semifinal
match 5-5 in the last seconds to send to
overtime, where he won 7-5 over unseeded Dustin Winn of Oneota:
|
"The match today ... I'm
glad to get that one out of the way and head into the finals
tonight! It's exciting; we talked about how we came in together
as freshmen and we stuck together, and now we have a good chance
to take it all home together our senior year. It's a great feeling!"
|
Marcus LeVesseur, Augsburg, after his
pin of #4 Rick Lamas 2:30 into their semifinal bout:
|
"Actually, last night, I
had a real tough match against a guy from LaCrosse. All you
can do in this sport is refocus after real close matches. I
told myself I had to refocus and win, and after I got out of
the shower I was refocused and I was a new man. Now for tonight,
I'm pumped. From my very first win in college I've been taking
it one match at a time and tonight is the last match of the
season...one match at a time!"
|
| 165 |
|
Ryan Valek, Augsburg, after his come-from-behind
semifinal win:
|
"I mean, this is just awesome;
making it to the finals is great, but it means nothing if I
don't win this next match. The team is doing great, I can't
believe it. Ten all- Americans already; seven potential in the
finals and I guess I'm the fifth one already; so I think we're
going to set some records this year."
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Garrett South, Luther, after his 7-3 decision over
UW-Eau Claire's #4 David Sikora:
|
"I feel good about tonight.
I don't think I could have a better matchup tonight than against
the Augsburg kid. I do better against taller guys and he's taller,
so I'm looking to this as an advantage for me. I don't know
if our team has a chance against Augsburg, but it would be outstanding
to do better than Wartburg and knock them off for second in
the national championships."
|
| 174 |
|
Joe Moon, Augsburg, after leading the
entire bout in a 7-4 semifinal win over unseeded Tony Howard:
|
"I feel really good; my body's
feeling good, and we're wrestling really well. And it was so
good to see Valek make it to the finals."
|
| Chris Healy #3, Wabash, who advanced to the Saturday's
final: |
"I feel real good; I've been
wrestling real well all weekend. I feel fair."
|
| 184 |
|
Ryan Summers #8, John Carroll, 184, after
his overtime, 7-5 win in the semifinals:
|
"I feel beat up from the
last couple matches but hopefully I'll do alright."
|
| Duane Bastress #2, York, after a semifinal win over
sixth seeded Luther wrestler Danny Adams: |
"[I felt]Confident. My coach
scouted him a little bit yesterday so I kinda knew what he was
going to do." Tonights match "It should be a good
one."
|
| 197 |
|
Akeem Carter #1, Wartburg, 197, after
a semifinal win over fourth-seeded Will Weiss:
|
"It was good; I just need
a little bit of rest" Preparation "Expect the best.
I know he's going to go out there hard; therefore that forces
me to go hard so that's my whole motive. If he's gonna bring
it; I'm gonna bring it."
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| Jamall Johnson #3, Delaware Valley; Feelings
about tonight: |
"Pretty good. It's going
to be a tough opponant but it should be a good match."
|
| 285 |
|
| Blake Gillis #2, Wartburg; thoughts coming
into match: |
"I beat him all year this
year so I felt pretty good coming into it." how feels about
wrestling Ryan Allen "He had my number last year; hopefully
things gonna change this year. I gotta good game plan for him
I hope so hopefully things are gonna turn out a little better."
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| Ryan Allen #1, UW LaCrossel; Feelings
about the match: |
"Not to take away from the
other guy; he was really playing a lot of defense. I
couldn't get all my offense going on but I got a couple of takedowns
right away; he didn't come close to scoring. So, you gotta do
what you gotta do to win at this point." Looking forward
to match and competition with Wartburg "Well I wrestled
him last year in the finals and he's going to be pumped up and
ready to go but I'm gonna be right there ready to bang with
him and get the W so I'm ready to go."
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