Iowa advanced to the final four of the College Wrestling National Duals by winning a regional tournament in Ames Sunday. The Hawkeyes beat Virginia Tech 31-3 and Oregon State 22-14 to claim the championship of the regional hosted by Iowa State University.

Iowa racked up four major decisions and two technical falls in their two meets, but it was the losses and occasional lapses in intensity that bothered coach Tom Brands. “I’m irritated right now,” Brands said after the tournament. “We give up…we get good momentum going, but then we get ambushed and beat up. We don’t finish matches very strong.”

At 141 pounds, Iowa’s Montell Marion – ranked sixth – beat fourth-ranked Michael Mangrum of Oregon State 6-4 in overtime. But, Marion was in no mood to celebrate the Hawkeyes’ victories in Ames. “We haven’t won anything yet,” Marion said. “We want to get this (National Duals) team title. Then, we want to win the Big Ten title and then go to the nationals and win that. We’ve had some hiccups along the way. We’ve lost three duals…but we feel like we’re that number one team. The thing is, we have to go out there and prove it every time we step on the mat.”

Iowa State beat Wisconsin, but lost to Oregon State 27-12 in the semi-finals. Cyclones coach Kevin Jackson watched his team lose two matches by pin and one by technical fall.”Obviously, we’re a little disappointed because we thought we had a great chance to make the final,” Jackson said. “We’ve got some young guys who have to understand bonus points are huge in a dual meet. We gave up two falls and a tech fall by freshmen. That just can’t happen.”

Northern Iowa finished 5th in the regional, losing to Virginia Tech, but beating Wisconsin. The Panther’s Joe Colon scored a 13-2 win over Virginia Tech’s Devin Carter, who entered the tournament as the number one ranked wrestler at 133 pounds.

Colon also pinned his opponent from Wisconsin. “I feel pretty good…it’s good momentum,” Colon said. “Things are going in the right direction and it’s showing. I just need to get better from here, keep working hard like I have been and it’s going to pay off come the national tournament.” The sophmore at UNI, a Clear Lake native, is currently ranked 11th at 133.

The National Dual Championship Tournament will take place next Sunday at a site to be announced Monday. In addition to Iowa – Oklahoma State, Illinois and Minnesota advanced to the championship tournament.

NWCA National Duals – ISU Regional

Championship results:

(rankings from Intermat)

Iowa 22, Oregon State 14

125 – #1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) beat Pat Rollins, 7-2

133 – #4 Tony Ramos (Iowa) beat Garrett Drucker, Tech Fall 24-8

141 – #6 Montell Marion (Iowa) beat #4 Michael Mangrum, 6-4 OT

149 – #16 Scott Sakaguchi (OS) beat Mike Kelly, 8-3

157 – #18 R.J. Pena (OS) beat Derek St. John, Major Dec 9-1

165 – #8 Mike Evans (Iowa) beat Joe Latham, 4-0

174 – #9 Ethan Lofthouse (Iowa) beat John Tuck, Tech Fall 20-5

184 – Vinnie Wagner (Iowa) beat Ty Vinson, 7-6

197 – #17 Taylor Meeks (OS) beat Tomas Lira, Major Dec 14-3

HWT – #5 Clayton Jack (OS) beat # 14 Bobby Telford, 5-3

Extra match:

Northern Iowa 30, Wisconsin 15

Semi-Final results:

Iowa 31, Virginia Tech 3

125 – #1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) beat Erik Spjut, Major Dec 16-5

133 – #4 Tony Ramos (Iowa) beat #1 Devin Carter, 3-2

141 – #6 Montell Marion (Iowa) beat Zach Neibert, Major Dec 13-2

149 – Mike Kelly (Iowa) beat Nick Brascetta, 2-1

157 – Nick Moore (Iowa) beat Matt Stephens, 5-2

165 – #8 Mike Evans (Iowa) beat #7 Pete Yates, Major Dec 9-0

174 – #9 Ethan Lofthouse (Iowa) beat Chris Moon, Major Dec 13-3

184 – Vinnie Wagner (Iowa) beat John Dickson, 9-2

197 – Nick Vetterlein (VT) beat Tomas Lira, 11-7

HWT – # 14 Bobby Telford (Iowa) beat Chris Penny, 4-2

Oregon State 27, Iowa State 12

125 – #12 Ryak Finch (ISU) beat Pat Rollins, 8-1

133 – Garrett Drucker (OS) beat Shayden Terukina, 12-10

141 – #4 Michael Mangrum (OS) beat Robert Hallman, Tech Fall 21-3

149 – #16 Scott Sakaguchi (OS) beat Joe Cozart, 8-1

157 – #18 R.J. Pena (OS) pinned Moreno, 1:58

165 – #4 Andrew Sorenson (ISU) beat Joe Latham, 8-3

174 – John Tuck (OS) pinned Mikey England, 2:47

184 – Boaz Beard (ISU) beat Bryan Engdahl, 11-5

197 – Jerome Ward (ISU) beat #17 Taylor Meeks, 11-7

HWT – #5 Clayton Jack (OS) beat #12 Matt Gibson, Major Dec 9-1

 

Round One results:

Iowa State 36, Wisconsin 3

125 – #12 Ryak Finch (ISU) pinned Austin Hietpas in 1:36

133 – Shane Terukina (ISU) beat Shane McQuade, 8-5

141 – #17 Luke Goettl (ISU) won by major decision over Thomas Glenn, Major Dec 10-0

149 – Joe Cozart (ISU) pinned Frank Baer in 4:21

157 – Michael Moreno (ISU) won by major decision over Shawn Perry, Major Dec 13-2

165 – #4 Andrew Sorenson (ISU) beat #11 Ben Jordan, 3-2

174 – #5 Chris Spangler (ISU) won by major decision over Frank Couzins, Major Dec 8-0

184 – #15 Boaz Beard (ISU) beat Timmy McCall, 7-2

197 – Jackson Hein (W) beat Trevor Voelker, 10-6

HWT – #12 Matt Gibson (ISU) beat Cole Tobin, 5-2

 

Virginia Tech 20, Northern Iowa 17

125 – Cruse Aarhus (NI) over Ty Mitch, 7-4

133 – #11 Joe Colon (NI) over #1 Devin Carter, Major Dec 13-3

141 – Zach Neibert (VT) over Levi Wolfensperger, Major Dec 10-2

149 – Nick Brascetta (VT) over Ryan Jauch, 3-0

157 – David Bonin (NI) over Cameron Hurd, 10-4

165 – #7 Peter Yates (VT) over Riley Banach, 12-5

174 – Chris Moon (VT) over Onni Prestidge, Pin 0:56

184 – #6 Ryan Loder (NI) over John Dickson, Major Dec 8-0

197 – Nick Vetterlein (VT) over Taylor Kettman, Major Dec 13-5

285 – Blayne Beale (NI) over Chris Penny, 8-3