Two Terps Nab Top-8 Seeds for Big Ten Championships
2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Redshirt seniors Geoffrey Alexander (133) and Lou Mascola (157) both earned top-eight berths for the 2016 Big Ten Wrestling Championships in a release made by the conference offices this afternoon. The tournament is set to start this Saturday, March 5 in Iowa City, Iowa.
The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference's coaches, rank the top eight wrestlers in eight weight classes, along with all 14 starters in two weight classes due to the Big Ten receiving nine or more NCAA Championships qualifier allocations in those classes.
Maryland's entries are as follows (with tournament seed if available):
125: Michael Beck
133: #4 Geoffrey Alexander
141: Alfred Bannister
149: Wade Hodges
157: #8 Lou Mascola
165: Brendan Burnham
174: #12 Josh Snook
184: Mark Colabucci
197: Garrett Wesneski
285: Dawson Peck
Alexander was voted to a No. 4 seed in the 133-pound bracket after going unbeaten (6-0) in Big Ten duals this season. He finished his final collegiate regular season 11-2 overall with an 8-1 mark in dual matches. He remains ranked in the top-20 via the latest InterMat Wrestling individual rankings, checking in at No. 12 in the 133-pound class on February 23.
Mascola was voted to a No. 8 seed in the 157-pound poll, and wrapped up the regular season with a 15-8 record while posting a team-best 11 wins in dual matches this year. He went 6-3 in the Big Ten, which included a pin of seventh-seeded Tyler Berger (Nebraska) on December 11.
The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found here.
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