College Wrestling Examiner

Mat Bracketology: Cornell's Dake takes top slot at 141 at 2010 NCAA Div 1 Championships

College Wrestling Examiner - 5 hours 33 min ago
True freshman Kyle Dake of Cornell University is the top-seeded wrestler at 141 pounds for the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held March 18-20 at Qwest Center in Omaha. Dake, who grew up only a few miles from the Cornell ca...

Takedown Radio Saturday: Coaches Smith, Borrelli; authors Krumrie, Glabb; broadcaster Nemmers

College Wrestling Examiner - 16 hours 9 min ago
The countdown's on for the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships ... and, next week, Takedown Radio will provide live coverage, with Steve Foster, J Carl Guymon and Caleb Nemmers providing the call from Omaha's Quest Center. Bef...

U. of Buffalo establishes fund for Dan Bishop, wrestler seriously injured at MAC Championships

College Wrestling Examiner - Fri., 03/12/2010
The University of Buffalo has announced the establishment of the Dan Bishop Fund to help the school's 125-pound wrestler who sustained a serious neck injury in the semifinals at the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships at Central Michiga...

Mat Bracketology: Minnesota's Ness No. 1 seed at 133 pounds at 2010 NCAA Div I Championships

College Wrestling Examiner - Thu., 03/11/2010
University of Minnesota's Jayson Ness has earned the top seed in the 133-pound bracket at the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Qwest Center in Omaha March 18-20. A list of qualifiers and brackets were unveiled Wednesday evening....

Two-time US Olympic freestyle medalist/coach Henry Wittenberg dead at 91

College Wrestling Examiner - Thu., 03/11/2010
Henry Wittenberg, a U.S. freestyle wrestler who won a gold and a silver medal at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, died Tuesday at age 91. The New York Times described Wittenberg as "one of America's greatest wrestlers while a New York City...

Mat Bracketology: 2010 NCAA Division I Championships: Indiana's Escobedo leads pack at 125 pounds

College Wrestling Examiner - Thu., 03/11/2010
Angel Escobedo of Indiana University, freshly crowned as Big Ten conference champ this past weekend, has been selected to be the top seed at 125 pounds in for the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, to be held March 18-20 at Qwest Center...

NCAA announces 50 at-large selections for 2010 Division I Wrestling Championships

College Wrestling Examiner - Wed., 03/10/2010
The NCAA announced the 50 at-large selections for the 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Wednesday evening. These wrestlers will join the 280 athletes who qualified automatically through conference and regional championships the past...

List of qualifiers released for 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

College Wrestling Examiner - Wed., 03/10/2010
The names of the 330 wrestlers who will be competing at the 2010 NCAA Division I Championships were released Wednesday evening in a live webcast. The vast majority -- 280 wrestlers -- qualified for the national championship through conference ...

U. of Buffalo wrestler Bishop recovering from severe neck injury at MAC Championships

College Wrestling Examiner - Tue., 03/09/2010
Dan Bishop, 125-pound wrestler for the University of Buffalo, continues to recover from a severe neck injury which occurred Saturday during the 125-pound semifinals of the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships at Central Michigan University i...

"On The Mat" Wednesday: UW-LaCrosse coach Dave Malacek, Augsburg coach Mark Matzek

College Wrestling Examiner - Tue., 03/09/2010
This Wednesday's "On The Mat" broadcast features two great coaches fresh from a successful 2010 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships for their respective programs: Dave Malacek, head wrestling coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse and Ma...

"On The Mat" Wednesday: UW-LaCrosse coach Dave Malacek, Augsburg coach Mark Matzek

College Wrestling Examiner - Tue., 03/09/2010
This Wednesday's "On The Mat" broadcast features two great coaches fresh from a successful 2010 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships for their respective programs: Dave Malacek, head wrestling coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse and Ma...

"On The Mat" Wednesday: UW-LaCrosse coach Dave Malacek, Augsburg coach Mark Matzek

College Wrestling Examiner - Tue., 03/09/2010
This Wednesday's "On The Mat" broadcast features two great coaches fresh from a successful 2010 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships for their respective programs: Dave Malack, head wrestling coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse and Mar...

Fans invited to participate in NCAA Championship Preview Special this Wednesday

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
The conference tournaments are over. What do the results mean for the brackets at the 2010 NCAA Division I Championships? Takedown Wrestling Media -- in cooperation with the NCAA -- will host the first-ever NCAA Championship Preview Special ...

Qualifiers for NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be announced on live webcast Wednesday

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
It may not be quite the same as the live NCAA basketball bracket show on CBS, but, for wrestling fans, it's a major decision that's a winner. The NCAA will announce the 330 student-athletes set participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I W...

Qualifiers for NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be announced on live webcast Wednesday

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
It may not be quite the same as the live NCAA basketball bracket show on CBS, but, for wrestling fans, it's a major decision that's a winner. The NCAA will announce the 330 student-athletes set participate in the 2010 NCAA Division I W...

Most talked-about match of the weekend: Palmer defeats Metcalf at Big Tens

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
In a weekend chock-full of conference championships, the NAIA Wrestling National Championships, and the 2010 NCAA Division III Championships, one match stands out among the hundreds wrestled: Ohio State's Lance Palmer defeating Iowa's Bren...

UNC Greensboro grabs 2010 Southern Conference mat crown

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
The University of North Carolina Greensboro won the team title at the 2010 Southern Conference Wrestling Championships held this weekend at Davidson College in North Carolina. UNCG claimed the conference crown with 81.5 points, and three indiv...

Central Michigan wins 9th straight MAC title with 5 individual champs

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
Central Michigan University continues to be the MAC daddy. The Chippewas won their ninth consecutive Mid-American Conference title Sunday, this time in their home gym, Rose Center in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, on the strength of having won five...

Central Michigan wins 9th straight MAC title with 5 individual champs

College Wrestling Examiner - Mon., 03/08/2010
Central Michigan University continues to be the MAC daddy. The Chippewas won their ninth consecutive Mid-American Conference title Sunday, this time in their home gym, Rose Center in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, on the strength of having won five...

Cornell claims team title at 2010 EIWA Championships by winning half the individual titles

College Wrestling Examiner - Sun., 03/07/2010
One sure way to win a conference team title: have your wrestlers win half the individual championships. That formula worked for Cornell University at the 2010 EIWA (Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) Championships, held at Lehigh U...


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