FloNationals, NHSCA Senior Nationals Champions Crowned

Champions were crowned on Sunday at the FloNationals in Philadelphia and the NHSCA Senior Nationals in Virginia Beach. Click here to read the results and stories on Intermat. 

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Penn State wins second consecutive NCAA title

3/18/2012
InterMat Staff

ST. LOUIS -- Penn State won its third-ever national title -- and its second in two years -- at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Saturday night, with three of five finalists winning individual championships.

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Who's Your Team?

Penn State, Maryland and Cornell are among the teams that won conference titles over the weekend. The automatic qualifiers for the 2012 NCAA Division I Championships in St. Louis have been determined. Visit NCAA.com to watch the as the remaining qualifiers are announced on Wednesday, March 7 at 6 PM ET. Click here to find out how your favorite team fared. 

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It's Mayhem: Minnesota bests Iowa, Oklahoma State to win National Duals title

By Roger Moore Correspondent
02/19/2012

STILLWATER, Okla. – The first edition of the NWCA's new National Duals format finished with a flourish on Sunday inside historic Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Of the four duals, three came down to the final weight class to determine a winner.

Minnesota edged Iowa 16-15 in the semifinals. J Robinson's Gophers followed that victory up a couple of hours later with an 18-13 victory over host Oklahoma State to claim top honors. 

The two Sunday conquests avenged losses from earlier this season – Iowa beat Minnesota, 19-17, on Jan. 29 and OSU knocked off the Gophers, 24-13, back on Dec. 4 in Stillwater.

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World champion Jordan Burroughs captures title at Dave Schultz Memorial International

By Craig Sesker USA Wrestling

02/03/2012

Jordan Burroughs hits a leg attack against Trent Paulson in the finals at 74 kg at the Dave Schultz Memorial International. Larry Slater photo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Jordan Burroughs knows it is not going to be easy to repeat what he did in 2011.

But the reigning World freestyle champion at 74 kg/163 lbs. looks primed for another big season in 2012.

Burroughs won a battle of past World Team members and NCAA champions by earning a 1-0, 6-0 decision over Trent Paulson in the Dave Schultz Memorial International finals on Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.  Click here to read the full article

Nittany Lions reel off seven straight wins to stop visiting Hawkeyes

 By Andy Elder For USA Wrestling    01/22/2012

STATE COLLEGE — On one of the saddest days in the history of Penn State University, the Nittany Lion wrestling team gave the community a brief reason to celebrate.

Mere hours after legendary former football coach Joe Paterno passed away, casting a pall over the community, the Nittany Lions put the Happy back in Happy Valley, at least for a couple of hours.

No. 3 Penn State (8-1, 4-1 Big Ten) battled back from a 12-0 deficit to reel off wins in the final seven bouts to hand No. 2 Iowa (9-3, 4-2) a 22-13 loss in front of sell-out crowd of 6,796 fans in Rec Hall.

Pictured: A sellout crowd watched the Nittany Lions defeat the Hawkeyes. Photos by Mark Selders, Penn State Athletics

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Oklahoma State beats Iowa, 17-16, on tiebreaker #3 - most points scored in individual bouts

By Roger Moore Special to TheMat.com

01/07/2012

IOWA CITY – The storied rivalry between Oklahoma State and Iowa has provided plenty of memorable dual meets.

Saturday night, in front of a standing-room only Carver-Hawkeye crowd of 15,400, added yet another chapter.

Iowa entered the dual ranked No. 1 and unbeaten in its last 84 duals after beating Indiana on Friday night. The Hawkeyes' last loss came to Oklahoma State, also owner of an 84 match unbeaten streak from 1959-66 and who entered the 46th all-time meeting ranked second.

It was the first time the two rivals met in a dual ranked 1 and 2 since 2003.

How close was it? After 10 bouts, each winning five, officials went to criteria No. 3 to determine the winner. It was the Cowboys this time around, winning 17-16.

"Just tough matches, all the way through," said Oklahoma State head coach John Smith, whose squad improved to 6-0. "We lost some close ones and won some close ones. In the end it's about scoring points and we outscored them to get the win.

"It was a wild night."

That's an understatement. Read the rest of the article at TheMat.com