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125 - Charlie Falck of Iowa met Mark McKnight of Penn State for the second time in the tournament. Falck won the first bout in the second round of action, 5-2. McKnight won an early scramble and tilted Falck to his back for a 4-0 lead midway through the first period. A Falck escape made it 4-1 at the end of the first. Falck escaped in the second after breaking the lock on a cradle to make it a 4-2 match. The Hawkeye appeared to have a takedown in the closing seconds of the period, but it was waved off. McKnight was let got in the third for a 5-2 lead with riding time. Falck earned a takedown to make if 5-4. The match was tied when McKnight was called for stalling for the second time in the period, but he took a 6-5 lead with an escape. Falck could not get a takedown in the closing seconds and dropped a 7-5 decison.
133 - Mack Reiter of Minnesota took on James Kennedy of Illinois in a consolation semifinal contest. The former Don Bosco four-time State champ and Kennedy wrestled to a scoreless first period. Reiter was ridden the entire second period and Kennedy took down in the third. After the Illini grappler escaped, he earned a late takedown and added a riding time point for a 4-0 win.
141 - Nick Gallick of Iowa State took on second-seed Charles Griffin of Hofstra. There was little action in a first period that ended in a 0-0 tie. Gallick chose down to start the second and was ridden the entire two minutes. Griffin took down in the third and escaped for a 1-0 lead, but Gallick scored a takedown for a 2-1 advantage. Another Griffin escape knotted the match, but he still had plenty of riding time, so the Cyclone needed another takedown to win. Griffin was called for stalling late in the match, but held off Gallick in the final seconds for the 3-2 win with riding time.
165 - Moza Fay represented Northern Iowa in Saturday morning's action against Nick Marable of Missouri. Marable earned a takedown in the first minute of action after a scramble for a 2-0 lead. Fay later escaped to cut the lead in half. Marable scored another takedown and Fay another escape to make it 4-2 entering the second period. Marable chose neutral and scored another takedown for a 6-2 advantage and let Fay go to make it a 6-3 match. The Panther got in on a single leg late in the period, but couldn't finish to shot and trailed 6-3 entering the third. Fay took down in the third and escaped to make it 6-4, but Marable also had riding time. The Tiger held on for a 7-4 victory.
174 - Jay Borschel of Iowa met Steve Anceravage of Cornell in a semifinal bout. Anceravage got in on a shot early, but Borschel was able to fight it off, get in on a leg and finish a takedown for 2-0 lead. Borschel turned the Cornell grappler to his back for what seemed like about three seconds, but was not given any back points. In the second period, they began on their feet. Borschel took the first shot and finished it to go on top 4-0 with riding time mounting up. An escape made it 4-1. The Hawkeye started down in the third period and was quickly away for a 5-1 lead and then scored his third takedown of the bout for a 7-1 advantage. Another escape and another Borschel takedown made it 9-2. They repeated that again for an 11-3 Hawkeye lead. He then sent the Cornell wrestler to his back and earned the fall in 6:30.
184 - Iowa's Philip Keddy took on Christian Sinnott of Central Michigan, who dropped a 4-2 decision to Iowa State's Jake Varner in the semifinals Friday night. Sinnott drew first blood with a takedown, but Keddy was quickly out to make it 2-1. Keddy started down in the second period and was quickly out to tie the score at 2-2. Keddy gave up another takedown to fall behind 4-2, but escaped right away once again to draw to within one at 4-3. Sinnott started down in the third and escaped for a 5-3 lead. Another Sinnott takedown and Keddy escape made it a 7-4 final.
285 - David Zabriskie of Iowa State met Big 12 rival Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State. Both wrestlers got in on shots in the first minute, but neither could finish. Rosholt won a scramble for a takedown in the final seconds of the period for a 2-0 lead. The Cyclone chose down in the second period and escaped with 30 seconds left to make it a 2-1 match. Rosholt went down in the third and escaped with riding time still intact for a 3-1 lead. The Cowboy appeared to flee the mat on two Zabriskie takedown attempts, but it was not called either time. Rosholt earned a counter takedown in the closing seconds for a 6-1 win.
285 - Iowa's Matt Fields got the All-American monkey off his back Friday night and looked for a third straight consolation round win against No. 3 Ed Prendergast of Navy. After a long delay to fix the Navy wrestler's headgear, the match finally got underway. Prendergast began the match with a quick takedown and 2-0 lead. Fields escaped to cut the lead in half. In the second period, Prendergast started on bottom and escaped to take a 3-1 lead. Fields took down in the third and escaped to close the gap to 3-2, but could not get any solid takedown attempts in the final minute and dropped a 3-2 decision.

Consolation Finals

125 - 5th Place Match - Charlie Flack (Iowa) vs. Tanner Gardner (Stanford)
This was the second re-match of the morning for Falck. He defeated Gardner in the quarterfinals, 5-4.
Falck started the match strong with a takedown two minutes into the first period. Falck locked a cradle late, but ran out of time before he could turn Gardner. Gardner took down in the second and Falck let him go after going over a minute of riding time. Gardner got a takedown on a questionable call, to take a 3-2 lead into the third. Falck chose neutral in the third, just like in the quarterfinal match. Gardner took Falck to his back midway through the final period and went on to the 8-2 win.
125 - 7th Place Match - James Nicholson (Old Dominion - Des Moines Roosevelt) vs. Brandon Precin (Northwestern)
Nicholson became the first Old Dominion All-American since 1995 with his victory Friday night in consolation action.
Nicholson gave up an early takedown but quickly escaped to make it a 2-1 deficit. Nicholson started down in the second and escaped to knot the score at 2-2. Precin escaped early in the third for a 3-2 lead. The Wildcat scored a late takedown for a 5-2 win.
133 - 5th Place Match - Mack Reiter (Minnesota - Don Bosco) vs. Mike Grey (Cornell)
Reiter scored an early takedown for a 2-0 lead. Grey escaped to cut the lead in half. Another Reiter takedown made it a 4-1 lead. Grey got away once again to make it a 4-2 match. The Gopher scored another takedown with 13 seconds left in the period for a 6-2 lead. In the second, Grey started down and escaped to give Reiter a 6-3 lead. Grey scored his first takedown of the match to cut into Reiter's lead even more, at 6-5. Reiter escaped in this high-scoring match to make it 7-5. Grey tied the score with his second takedown of the period and they went into the third deadlocked at 7-7. Reiter took down in the third and escaped to regain the lead, 8-7. The Gopher senior wrapped up fifth-place honors with a late takedown.
133 - 7th Place Match - Nick Fanthorpe (Iowa State) vs. Joe Baker (Navy)
The Cyclone drew first blood with a takedown and Baker had to take injury time. Baker escaped after the break to make it a 2-1 match. In the second period, Fanthorpe started in the down position and escaped for a 3-1 lead. Later in the period, it was Fanthorpe who needed to take injury time. Fanthorpe scored a takedown in the final seconds of the second period for a 6-3 lead. The match was stopped once again to clean up the mat. Baker escaped early in the third to cut the Cyclone lead to 6-4. Baker tied the bout with a takedown with 25 seconds left, but Fanthorpe escaped for a 7-6 lead. The Cyclone held on for the one-point win. Both wrestlers were wearing bloody bandages around their heads by the end of the match.
141 - 5th Place Match - Nick Gallick (Iowa State) vs. Matthew Kyler (Army)
Gallick scored a takedown in the opening seconds for a quick 2-0 lead. Kyler escaped to make it 2-1 midway through the period. Kyler started down in the second and escaped to tied the score, but Gallick had built up riding time. The Cyclone took down in the third and looked to get away quick enough to keep the riding time point. But Kyler stuck the legs in and got it under a minute before letting Gallick go for a 3-2 Cyclone lead. Gallick was warned for stalling with 45 seconds left in the match, but took a shot late to avoid another call in the 3-2 win.
157 - 7th Place Match - Cyler Sanderson (Iowa State) vs. Matt Moley (Bloomsburg)
This was a re-match of the first-round bout, won 11-6 by the Cyclone.
Sanderson drew first blood the second time around, with a takedown and 2-0 lead with a minute left in the opening period. Moley escaped to cut the lead in half entering the second. Moley started down in the second and escaped to tie the score. Sanderson hit a double leg and drove Moley to the ma for a takedown and 4-2 lead. Moley escaped for the third time in the bout to cut the lead to 4-3. The Cyclone finished off another takedown with 10 seconds left in the period to go on top, 6-3. In the third, Sanderson took neutral but Moley scored his first takedown of the match with 30 seconds left, to make it a 6-5 match, but Sanderson also had riding time. Moley rode the Cyclone long enough to erase the riding time, let him go and then went after the tying takedown. The Cyclone held off the late attack for the 7-5 win.
165 - 5th Place Match - Moza Fay (Northern Iowa) vs. Michael Cannon (American)
Fay gave up an early takedown, but then escaped and earned a takedown of his own to go on top, 3-2. The Panther used a tilt in the final seconds of the first period for a pair of near fall and a 5-2 lead. Fay escaped early in the second for a 6-2 advantage, but gave up a takedown to make it a 6-4 match. Fay quickly reversed Cannon to get his four-point lead back at 8-4. Cannon chose neutral to start the third, but Fay earned the takedown for a 10-4 lead with a lot of riding time. Another two-point near fall for Fay made it 12-4.
165 - 7th Place Match - Jonathan Reader (Iowa State) vs. Stephen Dwyer (Nebraska)
Reader scored an early takedown with three near fall for a quick 5-0 lead. Dwyer escaped to make it 5-1. The Cyclone finished off another takedown late in the period for a 7-1 bulge. Dwyer earned a reversal to make it 7-3 and took down to start the second. The Cornhusker escaped to but Reader's lead to 7-4. Reader started down in the third period and earned a reversal midway through to go on top, 9-4.
174 - 3rd Place Match - Jay Borschel (Iowa) vs. Brandon Browne (Nebraska)
Borschel gave up an escape in the second period, but earned a takedown midway through the period for a 2-1 lead with riding time. The Hawkeye escaped early enough in the third period to keep his riding time over a minute and then fought off a Browne takedown attempt to earn his own takedown with one minute left in the match for a 5-1 advantage. Browne earned an escape and late takedown, but the Hawkeye finished third with the 6-4 win.
184 - 5th Place Match - Philip Keddy (Iowa) vs. Raymond Jordan (Missouri)
Keddy led 3-2 with a minute left in the match, but gave up a takedown to fall behind. Keddy escaped to send the match into overtime knotted at 4-4. In the overtime, Keddy got in early on a shot, but Jordan countered it for the winning takedown in a 6-4 decision.
197 - 7th Place - David Bertolino (Iowa State) vs. Max Askren (Missouri)
Askren got an early takedown, but Bertolino hit a switch on the edge of the mat to tie the score at 2-2. Askren escaped to regain the lead at 3-2 with a minute left in the first. The Cyclone hit a high crotch takedown to take the lead at 4-3. An Askren escape tied the bout at 4-4 heading into the second. The Tiger took down in the second and escaped to take the lead, 5-4. Askren won a scramble off a Bertolino shot to take a 7-4 lead into the third. The Cyclone started down in the third and quickly escaped to make it a 7-5 Tiger lead. Askren locked up a cradle on the edge for another takedown and 9-5 lead. Askren locked his hands to give the Cyclone a penalty point. Bertolino escaped with 45 seconds left to make it a 9-7 match. The Cyclone was awarded the tying takedown in the final seconds after some discussion to send it into overtime tied 9-9. The Tiger scored the winning takedown off a scramble situation with three seconds left in the overtime.
285 - 5th Place Match - David Zabriskie (Iowa State) vs. Matt Fields (Iowa)
These two in-state rivals met for the third and final time this season. They were tied at one win each entering this one.
Both wrestlers earned escapes in regulation to send the bout into overtime. There was one good scramble in the overtime with both wrestlers coming close to takedowns at the end. Both wrestlers escaped in the first tiebreaker, Zabriskie with just five seconds left, to send it into a second overtime tied 2-2. Fields countered a Zabriskie shot, locked up a cradle and took the Cyclone down to his butt for a takedown and a 4-2 victory.