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| [[image:090307-National-Qualifiers.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The qualifiers and coaches at Nationals]]
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| [[image:090307-Augsburg-Team.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The team at Nationals]]
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| The '''2009 NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships''' were held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 6 and 7, 2009.
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| As a team, Augsburg finished second, behind Wartburg. Individually, [[Jared Massey]] placed first at 197 pounds. [[Jason Adams]] finished third at 157 pounds, [[Seth Flodeen]] fourth at 125 pounds, [[Willy Holst]] at 149 pounds, [[Travis Lang]] at 133 pounds and [[Andy Witzel]] at HWT all finished fifth, and [[Zach Molitor]] sixth.
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| == Match summaries ==
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| Augsburg qualified 9 wrestlers for Nationals, every weight but 184 pounds.
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| === 125 ===
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| Defending national champion and fourth-ranked [[Seth Flodeen]] represented Augsburg at 125 pounds and earned the fourth seed. Flodeen began the tournament with a 20-5 record. In the first round, all wrestlers at 125 pounds were given byes. In the second round, Flodeen faced Lloyd McKinney (Wisconsin-La Crosse), whom he had beaten once earlier in the season. Flodeen earned his first pin of the tournament at the 1:37 mark of the second period. In the quarter-finals, Flodden fell to fifth-seeded Seth Ecker (Ithaca), by a 7-3 decision. In the third round of the wrestlebacks, Flodeen faced Jerrad Hoxie (Heidelberg), whom he pinned at 4:27. In the quarter-finals of the wrestle-backs, Flodeen pinned eighth-seeded Tyler Erdman (Elizabethtown). In the wrestleback semi-finals, Flodeen faced Coe's second-seeded Clayton Rush, whom he had pinned in the 2008 national title match. Flodeen pinned Rush at 1:41, 27 seconds quicker than he had done the previous year. In the third-place match, Flodeen faced Wartburg's Mark Kist. Despite two previous wins over Kist that season, Flodeen lost by a 5-3 decision.
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| The fourth-place finish was the third [[All-American]] honors in Flodeen's career. Flodeen received the most falls in the least time award with four falls in 16 minutes.
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| === 133 ===
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| Top-ranked [[Travis Lang]] competed for Augsburg at 133 pounds and earned the top seed. Lang began with the tournament with a 31-1 record. In the first round all 133-pound wrestlers received byes. In the second round, Lang faced unseeded Tony Lawler (Heidelberg), whom he beat by a 17-5 major decision. In the quarter-finals, Lang faced eighth-seeded Nichalos Northern (Cornell). In 2008, Northern defeated Lang in the quarter-finals, before Lang pinned Northern in the fifth-place match. In 2009, Northern defeated Lang via a 7-5 decision. In the third round of the wrestlebacks, Lang pinned Phillip Greene (Merch Mar) at 1:19. In the wrestleback quarter-final, Lange pinned Chad Winowich (Ithaca) at 2:29. In the semi-final, Lang fell to Brandon Ball (Coe) 7-5 in sudden victory. In the fifth-place match Lang pinned Corey Brown (Thiel) at 1:04 to repeat his fifth-place finish from 2008.
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| Lang's three falls came in a time of 4:52.
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| === 141 ===
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| Fourth-ranked [[Tony Valek]] competed for Augsburg at 141 pounds and earned the seventh seed. Valek began the tournament with a 31-11 record and a first round bye given to all 141-pound wrestlers. In the second round, Valek defeated Kevin Donahue (Cornell) by a 17-2 technical fall (with near fall points awarded) at 7:00. In the quarter-finals, Valek fell to Wartburg's second-seeded Zach McKray by a 7-5 decision. In the second round of the wrestlebacks Valek fell by a 10-1 major decision to John Paxos (Ithaca), ending his tournament.
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| === 149 ===
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| Top-ranked [[Willy Holst]] competed for Augsburg at 149 and earned the top seed. Holst began the tournament with a 25-0 record against Division III opponents, with his sole loss coming to Division II opponent Esai Dominguez by a 4-2 decision. Holst also began the tournament with a 6-0 record against Nationals qualifiers.
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| In the first round, Holst received a bye. In the second round, Holst faced Frank Cammisa (Bridgewater St), whom he defeated by a 15-3 major decision. In the quarter-finals, Holst defeated Kevin Sutherland (Rhode Is) 8-2. In the semi-finals, Holst faced fourth-seeded Matt Mauseth (UW LaCrosse). During the match, Holst and Mauseth bumped heads, opening a gash above Mauseth's left eye. Both Holst and Hauseth were wrapped with bandages and the match ended in a 3-1 decision to Mauseth, who eventually became the national champion.
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| In the semi-finals of the wrestlebacks Holst fell to Blaine Woszczak (Ithaca) 7-5. Holst had defeated Woszczak earlier in the season. In the fifth-place match, Holst scored an 8-0 major decision over Andrew Gardella (Case West Res).
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| === 157 ===
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| Fourth-ranked [[Jason Adams]] competed for Augsburg at 157 pounds and earned the third seed. All 157 pound wrestlers recieved a bye in the first round. In the second round, Adams came from being down 6-2 to earn a 7-6 decision over Zach Mizer (Heidelberg). In the quarter-finals, Adams defeated Mike Martini (Rhode Is), 4-3. In the semi-finals, Adams faced second-seeded Jason Brew of Olivet. In the wrestleback semi-finals, Adams earned an 8-0 major decision over Dan Dicolo (TCNJ). In the third-place match, Adams defeated Luke Miller (Ohio Northern), 5-1.
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| === 165 ===
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| [[Orlando Ponce]] competed for Augsburg at 165 pounds. He was not seeded. Ponce recieved a first-round bye and opened the tournament with a second-round loss to sixth seeded Michael Morin (S Maine), 8-5. In the second round of the wrestlebacks, Ponce defeated Vincent Renaut (Merch Mar), 7-6, but could not over come fifth-seeded and eventual third-place winner Tyler Burkle (Coe), 5-3. With the loss to Burkle, Ponce did not earn All-American honors.
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| === 174 ===
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| Seventh-ranked [[Zach Molitor]] competed for Augsburg at 174 pounds and earned the sixth seed. Molitor received a first round bye and faced Sam Engelland (UW Oshkosh) in the second round, whom he defeated 2-1. In the quarter-finals, Molitor defeated third-seeded Kyle Vanderhyde (Olivet), 8-3. Molitor lost to second-seeded Rocky Mantella (Delaware Valley), 6-4. In the wrestleback semi-finals, Molitor was pinned by Bryon Grothus (Coe) at 1:35. In the fifth-place match Molitor fell to Kyle Kehrli (Cornell) by a 4-1 finish, earning his first All-American honors.
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| === 197 ===
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| Second-ranked [[Jared Massey]] competed for Augsburg at 197 pounds and earned the second seed. Massey recieved a first round bye and faced Joseph Silverman (MIT) in the second round, whom he defeated by fall at 3:52. In the quarter-finals, Massey earned a 12-1 major decision victory over seventh-seeded Rob Kramer (Coe). In the semi-finals, Massey defeated Karl Voeck (UW Whitewater) by a 4-1 decision. Massey earned his first individual national title when he defeated Ryan Malo (Williams) by a 12-1 major decision.
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| === HWT ===
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| Seventh-ranked [[Andy Witzel]] competed for Augsburg at heavyweight and earned the eighth seed. Witzel was one of only four wrestlers to earn a second round bye, after all heavyweight wrestlers recieved a first-round bye. In the quarter-finals, Witzel faced top-seeded Kyle Bilquist (Delaware Valley), whom he had beaten at the National Duals, but fell to Bilquist 2-0. In the third round of the wrestlebacks, Witzel defeated Luther's Allyn Plattner, 4-3 the first tie breaker. In the wrestleback quarter-finals, Witzel earned a 3-1 decision over Brock Glotfelty (McDaniel). In the wrestleback semi-finals, Witzel fell to third-seeded John Helgerson (Wartburg), 7-1. In the fifth-place match, Witzel faced Adam Sutter (Lakeland), whom he had beaten in the [[2009 Great Lakes Regional|regional]] and prevailed again, this time by a 3-2 margin. It was Witzel's first All-American honors.
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| == Results ==
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| {| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
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| ! width="25" | Wt.
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| ! width="100" | Wrestler
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| ! width="50" | Record
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| ! width="50" | Place | |
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| | 125
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| | [[Seth Flodeen]]
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| | 4-2
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| | Fourth
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| | 133
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| | [[Travis Lang]]
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| | 4-2
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| | Fifth
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| | 141
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| | [[Tony Valek]]
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| | 1-2
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| | DNP
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| | 149
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| | [[Willy Holst]]
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| | 3-2
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| | Fifth
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| | 157
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| | [[Jason Adams]]
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| | 4-1
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| | Third
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| | 165
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| | [[Orlando Ponce]]
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| | 1-2
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| | DNP
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| | 174
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| | [[Zach Molitor]]
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| | 2-3
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| | Sixth
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| | 197
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| | [[Jared Massey]]
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| | 4-0
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| | First
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| | HWT
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| | [[Andy Witzel]]
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| | 3-2
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| | Fifth
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| |}
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| [[Category:NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships|2009]]
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