Day 1 Recap – Midlands Home Page
EVANSTON, Ill. – Redshirt-sophomore Dawson Peck (285) placed sixth in the field at the 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Wednesday evening. The Chambersburg, Pa. native put together a solid run at the two-day event, going 5-3 overall with a tournament-best four pins. Peck receieved the Midlands Most Falls Award for his efforts, which included three pins on day one. He has now placed in two consecutive seasons at the tournament after a fifth place overall finish in 2014.
Peck faced No. 3 Blaize Cabell in his first match Wednesday, and was tested early by the Northern Iowa heavyweight. He fell behind 2-0 on an early takedown, but managed to get away with an escape to cut it to 2-1. Cabell remained in control with a pair of takedowns in the second period, but Peck kept his composure and continued to cause Cabell problems
Peck used his long reach to keep the Panther wrestler at bay, and made the most of his opportunity from the top in the third period. He finally managed to get a hold of him, and inverted his shoulders for a pin at 6:02.
He then advanced to the seventh round of the consolation latter, where he faced No. 9 Joseph Fagiano (Cal Baptist) for a chance to place. After a scoreless first period, Peck got a reversal from the bottom and four-point near fall to take a 6-0 advantage. Fagiano managed a reversal as well, but Peck continued to dominate from the top building up several minutes of ride time for an eventual 7-2 decision.
Peck suffered his first loss in four matches in the eighth round of consolation, surrendering a fall to No. 4 seed Sam Stoll (Iowa) at 6:42. The Terp heavyweight was ahead 4-2 after the second, but a late move from Stoll sealed the win to bounce Peck to the fifth place match. The heavyweight returned for his final match of the tournament in the evening session in a rematch against No. 5 seed Billy Smith of Rutgers. The Scarlet Knight came out on top again, using a takedown, reversal and penalty point to notch a 5-0 decision.
Redshirt senior Lou Mascola (157) dropped a sudden victory to Nebraska's Tyler Berger in his lone consolation match Wednesday. The two 157-pounders were evenly matched through the first three periods of regulation, tying 4-4 before the first OT period. It was there Berger was awarded a takedown and near-fall by the official to secure an 8-4 win and advance.
The Terps finished with 33 team points to place 21st overall. The Maryland wrestling program will return to competition on Friday, January 8 when the team travels to face Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.
Final Midlands Results for Maryland
133 – Geoffrey Alexander
Champ. Round 2 – #3 Geoffrey Alexander (Maryland) fall over Trey Aslanian (Princeton), 5:50
Champ. Round 3 – Cameron Kelly (Ohio University) dec. over #3 Geoffrey Alexander (Maryland), 11-10
Consolation Round 3 – #3 Geoffrey Alexander (Maryland) MFF
141 – Billy Rappo
Champ. Round 1 – Billy Rappo (Maryland) dec. over Jared Reis (Oregon St.), 13-6
Champ. Round 2 – #5 Anthony Abidin (Nebraska) dec. over Billy Rappo (Maryland), 7-4
Consolation Round 2 – Billy Rappo (Maryland) fall over Luke Rowh (Wisconsin), 3:52
Consolation Round 3 – Noah Teaney (Oklahoma) dec. over Billy Rappo (Maryland), 7-5
149 – Shyheim Brown
Champ. Round 2 – Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) dec. over #13 Shyheim Brown (Maryland), 6-1
Consolation Round 3 – #13 Shyheim Brown dec. over Tom Page (American), 15-8
Consolation Round 4 – Alex Kocer (SDSU) dec. over #13 Shyheim Brown, 2-1
157 – Lou Mascola
Champ. Round 2 – #3 Lou Mascola (Maryland) dec. over Jordan Kutler (Lehigh), 6-5
Champ. Round 3 – #3 Lou Mascola (Maryland) dec. over #14 Chad Pyke (NC State), 5-2
Champ. Quarterfinals – #6 Chad Walsh (Rider) fall over #3 Lou Mascola (Maryland), 6:21
Consolation Round 6 – #5 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) SV-1 over #3 Lou Mascola (Maryland), 8-4
165 – Derrick Evanovich
Champ. Round 1 – Derrick Evanovich (Maryland) dec. over Gabe Koontz (Indiana), 9-2
Champ. Round 2 – Max Elling (Columbia) dec. over Derrick Evanovich (Maryland), 8-3
Consolation Round 3 – Stacey Davis (NC State) dec. over Derrick Evanovich (Maryland), 11-6
165 – Brendan Burnham
Champ. Round 2 – #3 Chad Welch (Purdue) dec. over Brendan Burnham (Maryland), 7-3
Consolation Round 3 – Colston DiBlasi (Iowa State) dec. over Brendan Burnham (Maryland), 7-0
184 – Josh Snook
Champ. Round 2 – #3 Timothy Dudley (Nebraska) dec. over Josh Snook (Maryland), 6-0
Consolation Round 2 – Josh Snook (Maryland) dec. over Derek Hillman (Eastern Michigan), 4-3
Consolation Round 3 – Josh Snook (Maryland) dec. over Norman Conley (Indiana), 3-2
Consolation Round 4 – #8 Nicholas Gravina (Rutgers) major dec. over Josh Snook (Maryland), 10-2
184 – Jaron Smith
Champ. Round 2 – #8 Nicholas Gravina (Rutgers) dec. over Jaron Smith (Maryland), 7-2
Consolation Round 3 – Romanchik (Ohio University) major decision over Jaron Smith (Maryland), 10-1
197 – Garrett Wesneski
Champ. Round 1 – #5 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) dec. over Garrett Wesneski (Maryland), 11-5
Consolation Round 1 – Garrett Wesneski (Maryland) major decision over Cordell Eaton (NDSU), 11-2
Consolation Round 2 – #11 Cody Crawford (Oregon St.) dec. over Garrett Wesneski (Maryland), 5-1
285 – Dawson Peck
Champ. Round 2 – #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland) fall over Chris McDermand (American), 4:43
Champ. Round 3 – #5 Billy Smith (Rutgers) dec. over #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland), 8-2
Consolation Round 4 – #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland) fall over Dean Broghammer (Grand View), 6:49
Consolation Round 5 – #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland) fall over Duece Rachal (Illinois), 3:23
Consolation Round 6 – #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland) fall over #3 Blaize Cabell (Northern Iowa), 6:02
Consolation Round 7 – #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland) decision over #9 Joseph Fagiano (Cal Baptist), 7-3
Consolation Round 8 – #4 Sam Stoll (Iowa) fall over #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland), 6:42
Fifth Place Match – #5 Billy Smith (Rutgers) dec. over #12 Dawson Peck (Maryland), 5-0
285 – Youssif Hemida
Champ. Round 2 – Jake Gunning (Buffalo) dec. over Youssif Hemida (Maryland), 5-2
Consolation Round 2 – Youssif Hemida (Maryland) tech. fall over Jake Moore (Princeton), 17-2
Consolation Round 3 – Dean Broghammer (Grand View) major decision over Yousiff Hemida (Maryland), 11-2
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