March 16, 2011

NCAA Wrestling Championships to Air on ESPN Networks

2011 NCAA Championship Brackets

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PHILADELPHIA -- For the first-time ever, ESPN, ESPNU and ESPN3.com will combine to air all six rounds of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday, March 17, through Saturday, March 19, from the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia.

ESPNU HD will serve as the home of the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds Friday, March 18, starting at 10:30 a.m. and the medal round on Saturday, March 19, at 11 a.m. ESPN3.com will exclusively air the first and second rounds on Thursday, March 17, beginning at 11 a.m., and provide individual coverage of all four mats of the quarterfinals. ESPN HD and ESPN3.com will present the final round on Saturday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m.

Todd Harris, Tim Johnson and Jeff Blatnick will call the matches on ESPN and ESPNU with Quint Kessenich reporting.  Shawn Kenney and Jim Gibbons will call the action on ESPN3.com.

Date Time (ET) Match Network
Thu., March 17 11 a.m. First Round (Session 1) ESPN3.com
  6:30 p.m. Second Round (Session 2) ESPN3.com
Fri., March 18 10:30 a.m. Quarterfinals (Session 3) ESPNU HD / ESPN3.com
  7 p.m. Semifinals (Session 4) ESPNU HD
Sat., March 19 11 a.m. Medal Round (Session 5) ESPN HD / ESPN3.com / ESPN Mobile TV
  7:30 p.m. Finals (Session 6)  

The complete list of Ivy League wrestlers competing are as follows:

Columbia (2)
Eren Civan (165)
Kevin Lester (285)

Cornell (9)
Frank Perrelli (125)
Mike Grey (133)
Corey Manson (141)
Kyle Drake (149)
DJ Meagher (157)
Justin Kerber (165)
Mack Lewnes (174)
Steve Bosak (184)
Cam Simaz (197)

Harvard (2)
Steve Keith
(125)
Walter Peppelman
(157)

Penn (6)
Mark Rappo (125)
Rollie Peterkin (133)
Zack Kemmerer (141)
Gabriel Burak (165)
Scott Giffin (174)
Micah Burak (197)

Princeton (2)
Garrett Frey (125)

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