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GVSU Grapplers Finish Second At NCAA Super Region III Tourney

Five Lakers advance to NCAA DII National Championships

The #6 ranked Grand Valley State wrestling team tied Ashland for second place at the NCAA DII Super Region III Tournament with 126.5 points. Glenville State won the tourney with 129.0 points. The Lakers advanced five wrestlers to the NCAA DII National Championships that will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana March 14-15. 
 
#1-ranked Chris Donathan (149) and #3 ranked Carter Blough (285) both captured NCAA Super Region III titles, while defending National Champion and #5 ranked Josh Kenny (174) and #5 Brayden Mirjavadi (184) both finished second. Returning All-American Wyatt Miller captured two wins in the consolation bracket to finish third and punch his ticket back to the NCAA National Championships.
 
Sophomore Jak Keller and redshirt freshman CJ Poole finished fourth, Maclain Morency (165) was fifth and Orion Wilson (125) was sixth. Redshirt freshman Maddox Simcoe (157) finished with a 1-2 mark.
 
"I am proud of how our 10 wrestlers competed today," said GVSU second-year head coach Joey Simcoe. "We are a young team with no seniors and when you crown two champions, have two more in the finals and three in the third-place match you have a gritty bunch of kids. For our program to be in its second year as varsity sport after a 32-year hiatus and finish second at NCAA Super Regional you have a special program," added Simcoe. 
 
 
Orion Wilson – 6th 2-3
125      #14 Luke Acuna (Ashland)                              L-MD 17-6
125      Braden Hahlan (Lake Erie)                              W-TF 16-1
125      Nicholas Ammirati (Davis & Elkins)                W-D 7-4
125      #9 Logan Davis (West Liberty)                        L-D 10-5
125      Wyatt Nemitz (Findlay)                                   L-D 5-3
 
Jak Keller – 4th 2-2
133      Jacob Harris (Davenport)                                W-Fall 2:43
133      Anthony Segaris (Lake Erie)                            L-D 10-7 SV
133      #15 Ashton Anderson (Findlay)                      W-Fall 2:59
133      #2 Max Shore (Tiffin)                                      L-MD 13-5
 
CJ Poole – 4th 3-2
141      Richard Davis (Davis & Elkins)                         W-Fall 2:21
141      Brock Durban (Ashland)                                  L-TF 17-2
141      Riley Curran (Salem)                                       W-TF 20-5
141      Caleb Brooks (Glenville State)                        W-D 14-7
141      Brock Durbin (Ashland)                                   L-TF 19-3
 
#1 Chris Donathan – 1st (4-0) NCAA Regional Champion
149      Cole Karinski (Davenport)                               W-Inj. Def.
149      Bret Minnick (Tiffin)                                        W-TF 17-2
149      Anthony Wood (West Liberty)                        W-TF 18-2
149      #10 Gabriel Onorato (Glenville State)            W-D 4-2
 
Maddox Simcoe – 1-2
157      Toby Abbott (West Liberty)                             L-D 7-3
157      Gary Nilson (Findlay)                                      W-D 3-2
157      Seth Thomas (Salem)                                      L-Fall 1:33
 
Maclain Morency – 5th (3-2)
165      Nolan Gessler (Tiffin)                                      L-D 4-2
165      Moses Eads (Bluefield State)                          W-Fall :35
165      Wiley Houser (Glenville State)                        W-D 14-9
165      #9 Nate Barrett (Ashland)                               L-D 10-3
165      Andrew Knick (Findlay)                                   W-Fall 5:27
 
#5 Josh Kenny – 2nd (2-1)
174      Iran Love (Salem)                                            W-MD 14-3
174      #5 Sevriano Garza (Ashland)                          W-D 5-1
174      #1 Hayden Pummel (Glenville State               L-Fall 3:19
 
#5 Brayden Mirjavadi – 2nd (2-1)
184      David Davis (Tiffin)                                          W-D 10-4
184      #6 Kyle Homet (Glenvill State)                        W-8-2
184      #1 Ty McGeary (West Liberty)                        L-D 5-3
 
#14 Wyatt Miller – 3rd (3-1)
197      Garrett Eddy (Davis & Elkins)                          W-Fall 2:18
197      Nicholas Johnson (Glenville State)                 L-D 4-1 SV
197      Evan Wakefield (Davenport)                           W-MD 11-3
197      Devon Bell (West Liberty)                               W-D 7-3
 
#3 Carter Blough – 1st (4-0) NCAA Regional Champion
285      Gregory Dennard (Bluefield State)                 W-TF 18-2
285      Andrew Dupree (Davenport)                          W-Fall 3:35
285      Wyatt Bailey (Ashland)                                   W-D 2-1
285      #10 Isaiha Casto (Glenville State)                   W-MD 15-3     
 
 
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