Wrestling Nationals
Wrestling Nationals
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THE REFLECTOR
UIndy hosts the two-day Super Region 2 Tournament where seven Greyhounds made it to day two and four will travel to Nationals
By Kylee Crane
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
And then there were four.
Redshirt senior Josh Kieffer, redshirt
sophomore Nick Crume, redshirt junior
Taylor DeLong and redshirt freshman
Dylan Faulkenberg will represent the
University of Indianapolis at the NCAA
2016 Division II National Championships in the 125, 133, 184 and 285 lb.
weight classes, respectively.
The four earned their trip to Nationals
by placing in the top four at the NCAA
Super Region 2 Tournament. UIndy
hosted the regionals in Nicoson Hall on
Feb. 26-27. As a team, the Hounds finished fourth out of the 14 teams present.
Kieffers first match against the University of Wisconsin-Parksides redshirt
junior Ronzel Darling ended in a 3-2
decision, that sent Kieffer to the finals
match. He then claimed first place in
the 125-bracket with a 3-0 decision over
Tiffin University sophomore Giuseppe
Penzone.
Kieffers two regional titles make him
the fourth Greyhound in the program to
do so. Kieffer also is the third wrestler in
Greyhound history to earn four trips to
Nationals.
Crumes semifinal match ended in a
10-2 major decision against the then No.
8 seeded Derrick Nelson from Coker
College. The win sealed Crumes Nationals fate. With a trip to Nationals already
in hand, Crume went one step further
and earned first at regionals. He beat
Newberry Colleges redshirt freshman
Jordan Simpson with a 9-1 major decision for the title.
Crume said his lack of nerves and
previous experience against Nelson on the
mat helped him earn his semifinal victory.
I wrestled him last year and beat him
pretty handily. This is only the second time
I have wrestled in this weight class this
season, which is why he was ranked above
me, Crume said. I was pretty confident
about that match stepping onto the mat,
which really helped.
DeLongs matches on Friday sent him
to the consolation bracket, but Saturday
he revived himself. DeLong went 3-0 on
From left to right, redshirt senior Josh Kieffer, redshirt sophomore Nick Crume, Head Coach Jason Warthan, redshirt junior Taylor DeLong and redshirt freshman Dylan Faulkenberg will travel to Nationals.
Saturday and earned his trip to Nationals.
He opened the day against Coker Colleges freshman Luis Peguero with a 2-0
win. That was followed with a pin against
Shorter University senior Dalton Lane.
DeLong earned a third-place finish in an
11-10 decision over redshirt junior Brandon ONeill from Ashland University.
Faulkenberg opened the day with
a 6-3 decision over University of
Wisconsin-Parkside sophomore Matt
Halverson. The win over Halverson led
to Faulkenberg wrestling the University
of North Carolina-Pembroke redshirt
junior Stuart Nadeau. The match was
decided in the first tiebreaker, resulting in
a 9-6 decision that moved Faulkenberg to
the third-place match. In a close match,
Faulkenberg battled for a 3-2 win in the
second tiebreaker round against junior
Austin Akins from Coker College to earn
his first trip to Nationals.
Head Wrestling Coach Jason Warthan
By Mikayla Kleinpeter
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