February 28, 2008 |
| Release courtesy of Chris Caputo, UPJ SID |
LIMESTONE WRESTLING COMPETES IN NCAA DIVISION II EAST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY |
This year’s East Regional Tournament will feature several of the nation’s top-ranked teams, including No. 7 Newberry College (S.C.), No. 8 Pittsburgh- Johnstown, No. 12 Gannon University, No. 14 Mercyhurst College, and No. 19 Limestone College. Also competing are American International (MA) College, Anderson (S.C.) University, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) College, Kutztown University, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Shippensburg University, St. Andrews Presbyterian (N.C.) College and West Liberty State (WV) College. Fifteen of the nation’s top-ranked individuals will be battling for a spot in the national tournament, including Brandon Reasy (Pitt Johnstown), the nation's No. 1-ranked wrestler at 133 lbs., and Steve Fittery (Shippensburg), ranked No. 2 at 141 lbs. Brian Pogel (Mercyhurst/149 lbs.), Dan Scanlan (Limestone/184 lbs.) and Cy Wainwright (Newberry/(285 lbs.) are all ranked No. 3 in their respective weight classes, while Keeno Griffin (Newberry/184 lbs.), Andy Lamancuso (Mercyhurst/157 lbs.) and Mike Corcetti (Pitt Johnstown/184 lbs.) are fifth in their respective weight classes. Joe Mavins (UNC-Pembroke/125 lbs.), Tony Washington (Newberry/141 lbs.) Hudson Harrison (Mercyhurst/165 lbs.) and Patrick Walsh (Pitt Johnstown/197 lbs.) are all ranked No. 6, and Lucas Huffman (West Liberty State/125 lbs.), Doug Surra (West Liberty State/141 lbs.) and Zach Majocha (Pitt Johnstown/285 lbs.) all hold the No. 7ranking in their weight classes. Pittsburgh-Johnstown, winners of the last five East Regional Tournaments, boast four wrestlers nationally-ranked, while Mercyhurst and Newberry each have three wrestlers ranked. West Liberty State brings a pair of ranked wrestlers to the tournament. Limestone, UNC-Pembroke, and Shippensburg each has one wrestler ranked. Sessions one and two of wrestling will begin on Friday at 4 p.m. and will consist of the preliminaries, quarterfinals and the first and second rounds of the consolations. On Saturday, session III will begin at 10 a.m. with the semifinals and the consolation quarterfinals, followed by the consolation semifinals at approximately 12:30 p.m. The final session will start at 2:30 p.m., featuring the finals, consolation finals, 5th-6th place matches and true-fourth matches. Tickets are $5.00 for adults per session and $2.00 for children under 12 years of age per session. Tickets will only be sold by the session. All-Tournament passes and complimentary tickets will not be available. Brackets for this year's tournament will be released following a coaches' meeting on February 29. Results will be updated on the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown athletics site following each session. |
| Tournament Results |
| Tournament Outline (PDF Document) |
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. –The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown will host the 2008 NCAA Division II East Regional Wrestling Tournament on Friday, February 29 and Saturday, March 1 in the Sports Center. Thirteen teams and 130 wrestlers are scheduled to participate, with the top four wrestlers in each of the 10 weight classes advancing to the NCAA Division II National Tournament hosted by Upper Iowa University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 14-15. 