Mason Takes Runner-Up at Midlands, RU Places 11th
Dec 30 | Wrestling
EVANSTON, Ill. (December 30, 2011) - The No. 16 Rutgers wrestling team finished tied for 11th place at the 49th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Saturday in Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Scarlet Knights concluded the two-day tournament with three individual placewinners, including Mario Mason (Moorestown, N.J.), who finished as runner-up in the 149-pound division.
Mason compiled a 4-1 record in the tournament to improve his 2011-12 season mark to 13-0 overall. Mason was stopped in the tournament finals by Jake Patacsil, a post-graduation competitior who was an All-American at 149 pounds for Purdue in 2009. Teammates Billy Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J.) and Scott Winston (Jackson, N.J.) earned eighth-place finishes in their respective weight classes. Ashnault went 3-3 in the 141-pound bracket, while Winston posted a 3-2 mark at 165 pounds before ending his tournament with a medical forfeit.
RU finished with 47.5 team points to tie with Central Michigan and Clarion. Iowa took the team title with 152 points. Host school Northwestern finished as team runner-up with 105.5 points.
Rutgers returns to College Avenue Gymnasium on Friday, Jan. 6 to face Brown and Harvard at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.
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2011 Midlands Championships - Full Rutgers Results
125 Pounds
Vincent Dellefave
Shane McQuare (Wisconsin) W-MD, 13-2
Levi Mele (Northwestern) L-Med. Forf.
Austin Miller (Bucknell) L-Med. Forf.
133 Pounds
Michael DeMarco
Ryan Osleeb (Harvard) W-MD, 14-2
Tyler Clark (Iowa) L-D, 2-0
Frankie Acosta (Chicago) W-TF, 18-2 (6:32)
Andrew Novak (Eastern Michigan) L-D, 3-1 (SV)
141 Pounds
No. 10 Billy Ashnault - Eighth place
Andrew Zobac (N. Central College) W-D, 11-7
Mitchell Port (Edinboro) W-D, 9-7
Luke Goettl (Iowa State) L-F, 6:24
No. 8 Frank Goodwin (Maryland) W-D, 5-4
No. 11 Bebeto Yewah (UW-LaCrosse) L-MD, 15-3
No. 2 Zack Kemmerer (Penn) L-D, 3-2
149 Pounds
No. 1 Mario Mason - Second place
Chase Gordan (Oklahoma) W-TF, 23-8, (7:00)
Anthony Salupo (Lehigh) W-D, 10-3
Caleb Ervin (Illinois-Unatt.) W-D, 4-1
No. 4 Nick Lester (Oklahoma) W-D, 4-1
No. 2 Jake Patacsil (Notre Dame WC)* L-MD, 10-2
157 Pounds
Anthony Volpe
No. 5 Steve Monk (N. Dakota St.) L-F, 1:59
Luke Smith (Central Mich.-Unatt.) L-MD, 9-0
165 Pounds
No. 2 Scott Winston - Eighth place
Lenny Kuspa (Triton) W-TF, 18-0 (3:07)
Mike Ottinger (Central Michigan) W-D, 11-6
No. 10 Bubby Graham (Oklahoma) L-D, 3-1 (SV)
No. 12 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) W-D, 9-6
No. 9 Ben Jordan (Wisconsin L-D, 3-1 (SV)
No. 8 Mike Evans (Iowa)* L-Med. Forf.
174 Pounds
No. 4 Greg Zannetti
Marcus Armato (Oklahoma) W-MD, 15-4
Tanner Weatherman (ISU-Unatt.) L-D, 8-6
Stephen McPeek (Bucknell) W-D, 7-4
No. 12 Frank Cousins (Wisconsin) W-D, 14-9
No. 6 Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) L-D, 5-2
184 Pounds
Dan Seidenberg
Mike Curby (Eastern Michigan) W-D, 3-0
No. 4 Erich Schmidtke (Oklahoma) L-D, 7-1
Jeremy Fahler (Iowa) L-D, 4-1
197 Pounds
No. 11 Dan Rinaldi
Keldrick Hall (Oklahoma) L-D, 6-4
Donald McNeil (Rider) W-D, 4-2
Joe McMulian (Bucknell) W-MD, 11-3
No. 9 Alex Thomas (Clarion) W-F, 4:40
No. 7 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) L-D, 1-0
Heavyweight
Dan Hopkins
No. 8 Atticus Disney (Cal Poly) L-D, 4-1
Jared Torrence (Northern Illinois) L-D, 4-0
