Virginia duals wrestling

HAMPTON, Va. - Penn is one of sixteen teams competing in the National College Division of the 2008 Virginia Duals. Penn opens up action as the fourth part seed in the game and has haggard North Dakota State in the earliest round. Penn Athletic Communications will provide updates throughout the day.

8:43 - Good before noon! It was an premature wake-up call for the Red and Blue this before lunch as the team bus left the inn at 6:00 am for deliberate-ins. We have ten mats set up in the Hampton Coliseum and there is not much space to be found right now as we are 17 proceedings away from wrestling commencing. Some are warming up for the 9 a.m. matches while others are harsh some heft for own evaluate-ins. In front of me, Penn's grapplers are their warm-up for 9 a.m. match with North Dakota State. The Bison the match with a team history of 4-5, including a 25-17 win over Harvard last visit.

11:14 - PENN 29 - North Dakota State 6. What started out as a snug match quickly turned in the Quakers' courtesy as Penn won the decisive five matches to pull away, 29-6. Here are the quick results with Penn wrestlers in bold.

125 lbs. - #8 Rollie Peterkin (Penn) def Eric Hoffman (NDSU), DEC, 7-1

133 lbs. - Eric Sanders (NDSU) def Bryan Ortenzio (Penn), DEC, 7-1

141 lbs. - Rick Rappo (Penn) def Gabriel Mooney (NDSU), DEC, 8-6

149 lbs. - #15 Cesar Grajales (Penn) def Vince Salminen (NDSU), TECH (20-5), 6:18

157 lbs. - Adam Aho (NDSU) def Rob Hitschler (Penn), DEC, 13-11

165 lbs. - Zack Shanaman (Penn) def Mike Quamme (NDSU), DEC, 7-5

174 lbs. - Jeff Zannetti (Penn) def Kenny Moenkedick (NDSU), Maj, 12-2

184 lbs. - #19 Lior Zamir (Penn) def Matt Wetterling (NDSU), Maj, 9-1

197 lbs. - Thomas Shovlin (Penn) def Jacob Bryce (NDSU), 8-2

285 lbs. - Trey McLean (Penn) def Tyler Hemmesch (NDSU), Maj, 13-1

Some of the fundamental round:

- In the 141 quid match, Rappo was trailing 4-2 entering the ultimate passé. An leak and put him in the lead, 5-4. His opponent countered with a reversal to re-take the lead, 6-5, to go with his advantage in equine time. Rappo to total quickly with time winding down. He scored with an breakout and then followed with a takedown with three seconds outstanding in the match to win, 8-6.

- In 157 nicker action, Rob Hitschler was trailing 7-4 entering the closing retro. a quick by his opponent made the grade 9-4. Hitschler escaped and then scored three , but 't get the last one, at last plummeting, 13-11.

The next match, at 165 pounds, saw Zack Shanaman breather a 5-5 tie with a takedown right before the ending timer, triumphant the match 7-5.

11:41 - The Virginia team that awaits Penn in the succeeding round is immaculate off a 36-3 success over Ohio University that saw the Cavaliers win nine of ten matches, including one pin, one tech fall and a main decision. The 'Hoos are 8-1 in dual matches this season and boast three nationally tiered wrestlers in #15 Eric Albright (133 lbs.), #8 Rocco Caponi (184 lbs.) and #19 Brent Jones (197 lbs.). Penn is 3-0 all-time against Virginia.