The team race came down to the wire, with OSU and Iowa State fighting it out and Oklahoma trying to make a run. OSU and ISU each advanced 6 to the finals and only a few points separated them. OU had four to the finals and made it interesting, but fell to third. Oklahoma State crowned champions at 133, 141, 184 and won by 1 1/2 points over Iowa State. Clayton Foster upset Max Askren to boost the Cowboys.  Dave Zabriskie and Jake Varner won the last tow weight classes for Iowa State but they fell just short of overtaking the Cowboys.

The brackets have been drawn and now it is time to wait for the wrestling to get underway. Two Pac 10 schools will be in action this weekend at the NWCA National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Boise State will wrestle Buffalo University in the first round, with a win they would move on to wrestle either Nebraska or defending NCAA and National Duals champion Iowa. The Broncos have Minnesota, Missouri and Central Michigan on their half of the bracket.

Arizona State will wrestle Ohio State University in the first round.  They have Wisconsin, Maryland, Cornell and Iowa State on their side of the bracket.

Full brackets for all divisions can be found here:

http://intermatwrestle.com/Files/pdf/09-10/nationalduals.pdf

The latest NAIA coaches poll has Notre Dame College of Ohio as the No. 1 team. 

Notre Dame earned 101 points, with 10 wrestlers ranked in the top-12 individuals of their weight class.

California Baptist climbed  to No. 2 with 85.5 points. Next is Missouri Valley (84 points), Great Falls (Montana) (82.5), and Southern Oregon (78).


No. 1 wrestlers in the NAIA

125: Mitchell Lofstedt, Southern Oregon

133: Cameron Ream, Oklahoma City University

141: Adam Kobalia, Notre Dame College

149: Matt Burns, Grand View (Iowa)

157: Thomas Straughn, Notre Dame

165: Aaron Winning, McKendree

174: Enoch Francois, California Baptist

184: Michael French, Great Falls

197: Andrew Sanchez, McKendree

Hwt: Byron Stewart, Cumberland (Tennessee)

The rise of the east and the demise of the west was what Roger Moore of WIN magazine alluded to in the recent column.  The column pointed more to the Pac 10 than the WWC  which UVU competes in, but generally speaking Moore's perception was that the east and west sides of the U.S. are heading in opposite directions when it comes to collegiate wrestling. Somebody forgot to tell the west that they were supposed to start the season by bowing down to the eastern teams and the more traditional powers of the midwest.  Utah Valley, a first year NCAA eligible team, won their third dual of the east coast swing in as many tries. The Wolverines were able to take 7 of the 10 bouts to win 26-10.

Earlier today, Cal Poly defeated #8 Missouri. These wins coupled with Stanford going 3-0 at the Northwestern duals last weekend should have a few people at least questioning the notion that the west is all but dead when it comes to wrestling. Stanford last week beat Northwestern, Purdue and Northern Iowa. 

ASU appears to be gaining a little steam, and BSU looks set for another strong campaign.  Oregon State looks to be gaining steam and will wrestle Wisconsin and Boise State this weekend.  Mark Branch is moving Wyoming in a good direction. Just maybe, the west is on the positive upswing.  Scores for the UVU-N.C. State dual are below.

Utah Valley 26, NC State 10
133 - Darrius Little (NCS) dec. Flint Ray, 10-7
141 - Dale Shull (NCS) major dec. Marty Carlson, 9-0
149 - Justin Morrill (UVU) injury def. Colton Palmer at 3:00
157 - Bobby Ward (NCS) dec. Richard Winger, 11-8
165 - Monte Schmalhaus (UVU) dec. Kasey Young, 12-5
174 - Brad Darrington (UVU) dec. Quinton Godley, 4-2 sv2
184 - Casen Eldredge (UVU) major dec.Jonathan Becker, 9-1
197 - Josh Woods (UVU) dec. Andrew Tumlin , 9-8
Hwt - Dylan Stadel (UVU) dec. Bobby Isola, 3-2
125 - #11 Ben Kjar (UVU) major dec. Taylor Cummings, 15-3

The Novachkov brothers came up big for the Mustangs, and Ryan DesRoches bumped up from his normal weight to help carry Cal Poly over Missouri. The two teams split the 10 matches, but bonus points were the difference.  DesRoches bumped up to 184 and got a crucial victory for Coach John Azevedo's Mustangs.

Results:
125 Bradley Wisdom (MU) decision Micah Ferguson (CPU): 8-5
133 No. 14 Boris Novachkov (CPU) decision Nathan McCormick (MU): 5-2
141 No. 14 Filip Novachkov (CPU) fall No. 18 Todd Schavrien (MU): 2:40
149 David Christian (CPU) decision Brandon Wiest (MU): 9-7
No. 2 Chase Pami (CPU) major decision Nick Gregoris (MU): 13-3
No. 7 Nicholas Marable (MU) decision Steven Vasquez (CPU): 5-2
174 No. 16 Dorian Henderson (MU) decision Travis Rasmussen (CPU): 7-4
184 Ryan DesRoches (CPU) fall Todd Porter (MU): 2:39
197 No. 12 Brent Haynes (MU) decision Ryan Smith (CPU): 10-7
285 Dominique Bradley (MU) decision Jim Powers (CPU): 4-1