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Comments from Consolation Winners

Weight Class
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Terry Morgan #7 seed from Loras on his 3-1 overtime victory against #4 McClintock of Wartburg. Thoughts about coming from 7th seed to 3rd place:
"It was good: I had a set back in the first round. I knew I had to wrestle back. I feels really good. I've been put out of this tournament two years in a row, so this year I finally capitalized on it."
141
Jeff Patzke of Luther on his third place finish:
"It's awesome, it feels great. Worked hard for this all year, paid off." Big week for Luther: "Yeah, the team that felt great it was awesome a lot of fun and the guys worked hard all year. and it just fun to see it all come together here at the end."

157
Unseeded Dustin Winn of Oneonta took 3rd place with a Score of 9-4, commenting on his performance:
"I can't complain about 3rd but it would've been nice to make it to finals." Preparation "I'm a senior it's all or nothing right now you know."
 
165
Marc Israel of Ithica was unseeded and took 3rd commenting on his performance:
"Really, happy. I thought I should've been seeded; I was ranked all season. I was really satisfied; I wanted to show them." "This year I had my mind set: You gotta win, you gotta stay strong, you gotta think postivie. That'swhat I did.
 
174
#5 Tim Ruberg of Johnson and Wales, 2nd All-American in any sport from his school, on how the tournament went for him:
"Sweet and sour. I don't know it was a little bittersweet but it's just...it was tough battling back through; the story of my life battling back to 3rd. I tried to win it but it didn't work out. I put a lot of pressure on myself. It just didn't go the way I wanted but I'm happy with the way I finished."
 
184
#7 Matt Sassilino to 3rdplace from Elmhurst. Beat #1 seed Brad Tupa, holding him
off in the final seconds Score 4-3. His thoughts:
"I took seventh last year. My only goal coming into this tournament was to do better than last year. I didn't really think I was going to get up the 3rd place match."
 
197
Jim Swanson of UW-LaCrosse, unseeded, moves to fifth place with a score of 9-7; his thoughts on being the underdog:
"I was actually glad to be unseeded, coming in as the underdog nobody really knows who you are. Teammates keep me focused. They keep pumping me up every match and get me ready."