Parisi Eliminated From NCAA Tournament
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. — Junior Dominic Parisi dropped both of his matches of the 2014 Division I NCAA Wrestling Championships 6-4 to No. 14 Edward Klimara of Oklahoma State and 11-5 to Darian Cruz of Lehigh.
In the first match,both Parisi and Klimara took most of the first period pummeling. With not too many offensive moves taken, the period ended 0-0. The match heated up in the second period.
Parisi had the choice in the second period, choosing the down position. Parisi tried a reversal by the scorers table that Klimara was able to counter and get a two-point near fall for the first points of the match. Immediately after, Parisi was awarded one point due to Klimara clasping hands. The second period ended 2-1 but Klimara had the riding time advantage.
Trying to get some offensive points, Parisi tried a double-leg shot but that got countered and Klimara got the takedown instead to make it 4-1. Parisi was able to get an escape and a reversal at the end of the match but time ran out as he dropped the match 6-4.
The second match was a high scoring one.
After Cruz got the first takedown, Parisi quickly got the one-point escape to make it 2-1. Cruz was reluctant to get more takedowns and by the thid period Parisi found himself down.
Cruz went on to win the match 11-5 and eliminated Parisi from the NCAA tournament. Parisi finished the season 18-11, an all-SoCon honoree and Southern Conference Champion at the 125-pound weight class.
Cottrell Drops Two on Day One
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Redshirt freshman and No.12 seed Dylan Cottrell was upset 5-4 in the second tiebreaker by James English of Penn State in the first round and 6-1 against Bryce Busler of Bloomsburg in the wrestlebacks, getting eliminated in day one of the the 2014 Division I NCAA Wrestling Championships.
The first match against English needed extra time. Both wrestlers started the match trying a variety of different takedowns but was unsuccessful finishing the first period with a 0-0 score.
Cottrell had the choice in the second period and took the down position. He was able to get a two-point reversal to take the first lead of the match 2-0. English quickly got two points back by his own way of a reversal but Cottrell got the escape in the closing seconds of the second period to take the 3-2 lead going into the third period.
English had the choice in the third period and chose the down position. English got a two-point reversal and his first lead of the match 4-3, also with riding time, wiped away Cottrell's advantage.
Cottrell managed to get an escape to tie the match and send it into sudden victory.
One minute of sudden victory wasn't enough as both wrestlers could not manage a point. In the first tiebreaker, Cottrell was down first and was unable to escape, giving English the 30-second riding time advantage. In the second tiebreaker, Cottrell was unable to hold English, giving up the one-point escape and dropping the match 5-4.
In his second match, Busler got the first period takedown to take the 2-0 lead going into the second period.
Busler started in the down position in the second period. The only point scored in the period was Busler's one-point escape to make the match 3-0.
Cottrell started in the down position in the third period and got an early escape to make the match 3-1. Last second desperations had Cottrell try a shot with less than five seconds left but Busler countered the shot to get two points of his own. The extra point was awarded because Busler had the riding-time advantage.
Cottrell finished his season as the SoCon freshman of the year, an all-Socon honoree and the SoCon champion at the 149-pound weight class. His finished with a 26-3 record.
