Created: 3/15/2006 9:38:29 PM
The NCAA has released the 10 weight-class brackets and seedings for the Wrestling Championships, which take place Thursday through Saturday at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.Ten of the 22 Ivy Leaguers who earned spots at the NCAA Championships at EIWAs have received seeds, led by the No. 4 of Joe Mazzurco, Cornell's 184-pounder. Harvard junior Bode Ogunwole and the Ivy League Wrestler and Rookie of the Year Troy Nickerson were both picked fifth in their respective weight classes — Ogunwole at 285 and Nickerson at 125.
Three other Leaguers were in the top seven with Penn junior Matt Valenti at No. 6 in the 133-pound weight class and Cornell's Dustin Manotti and Jerry Rinaldi both at No. 7.
For full coverage from the NCAAs, please click here. Below are the first-round matchups for the 22 Leaguers.
125 Pounds
(5) Troy Nickerson (Cornell) vs Eric Stevenson (Oregon State) or Austin Devoe (Missouri)
Mike Silengo (Penn) vs (3) Joe Dubuque (Indiana)
133 Pounds
(6) Matt Valenti (Penn) vs Brandon Strong (Air Force)
(11) Robbie Preston (Harvard) vs Mike Ciotti (Pittsburgh)
Mike Mormile (Cornell) vs (2) Nathan Morgan (Oklahoma State)
141 Pounds
Cesar Grajales (Penn) vs Cassio Pero (Illinois)
Max Meltzer (Harvard) vs (11) Josh Wooton (Northern Illinois) or Charles Griffin (Hofstra)
Sal Tirico (Columbia) vs Cody Becker (Millersville)
149 Pounds
(12) Matt Dragon (Penn) vs David Jauregui (West Virginia)
Keith Dickey (Cornell) vs (10) Daniel Elliott (Gardner-Webb) or Joshua Medina (Lock Haven)
157 Pounds
(7) Dustin Manotti (Cornell) vs Tony Hook (Oregon State)
Andrew Flanagan (Harvard) vs Chris Bitetto (Northern Iowa)
Michael Savino (Brown) vs (4) Matthew Lebe (West Virginia)
165 Pounds
(11) Steve Anceravage (Cornell) vs William Durkee (Northwestern)
174 Pounds
(12) Matt Herrington (Penn) vs Alex Maciag (North Carolina)
Dan Miracola (Cornell) vs Wes Roberts (Oklahoma)
Matt Palmer (Columbia) vs Donald Reynolds (Illinois)
184 Pounds
(4) Joe Mazzurco (Cornell) vs Tyler Bernacchi (Cal-Davis)
Dustin Wiles (Penn) vs (11) Alex Camargo (Kent State)
Louis Caputo (Harvard) vs Ron Howard (Cleveland State)
197 Pounds
(7) Jerry Rinaldi (Cornell) vs Timothy Morrison (Rider)
285 Pounds
(5) Bode Ogunwole (Harvard) first round bye