Lehigh University
NCAA Championships
Lehigh's Craig denied All-American honors
3/16/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
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“We knew that without any seeded wrestlers, the only way to become All-Americans was to upset seeded wrestlers,” said head coach Greg Strobel. “We’ve had unseeded guys go on to become All-Americans before, but this year it just seemed that we had some unfortunate draws, and our guys lost some close matches to some really good kids”
Craig was looking to avenge a tiebreaker loss on riding time against Clemsen earlier in the season. The Lehigh freshman took all the shots in the rematch, but the No. 7 seed Clemsen was able to counter and spin behind for takedowns in the first and second periods, adding an escape and riding time to deny Craig All-American honors. Craig’s freshman campaign wraps up at 31-11.
The Mountain Hawks qualified seven wrestlers for the NCAA Championships, but only mustered 10 team points, their lowest total since 1996, Strobel’s first season.
In the team race,
The 77th NCAA Championships will conclude with two sessions on Saturday. The morning session, featuring consolation semifinals and medal rounds gets underway at 10:00 am and will be televised on ESPNU (DirecTV 609). The championship finals will begin at 8:00 pm and will be televised on ESPN.
Fourth round consolations
|
Weight |
Match-up |
Result |
|
Score |
|
184 |
Alex Clemsen (Edinboro) |
dec. |
David Craig (Lehigh) |
6-2 |
Team Scores
|
1. |
83.5 |
|
2. |
80 |
|
3. |
69.5 |
|
4. |
62.5 |
|
5. Northwestern |
62 |
|
6. |
55.5 |
|
7. |
50 |
|
8. |
48.5 |
|
9. Hofstra |
48 |
|
10. |
38.5 |
|
t38. LEHIGH |
10 |
