Beckman advances to second day at Midlands Championships
12/29/2015 10:11:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
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EVANSTON, Ill. – Senior Mason Beckman advanced to Wednesday's second day of competition, leading the way for the four members of the Lehigh wrestling team who competed at the 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Tuesday at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena. All four Mountain Hawks who competed won at least won match with Beckman winning his first two by major decision before falling in overtime in the quarterfinals.
Beckman was seeded fifth at 133. He began his day with a 12-1 major decision over Purdue's Luke Welch and then topped the No. 12 seed Brance Simms of South Dakota State with a 10-2 major decision. In Tuesday night's quarterfinals, Beckman met No. 13 seed Emilio Saavedra of Old Dominion, who had upset No. 4 seed Eric Montoya of Nebraska earlier in the day. Beckman led 1-0 after two periods thanks to a second period escape and then rode out the third period, but conceded two points for stalling from the top position. In sudden victory, Saavedra secured the winning takedown to prevail 4-2.
On Wednesday, Beckman will face No. 8 seed Joey Palmer of Oregon State with the winner securing a place in the top eight.
Lehigh's other three Midlands entrants competed unattached. At 133, sophomore Scott Parker went 1-2. Parker rebounded from a tough 4-3 loss to No. 11 seed Scott Delvecchio of Rutgers with an 11-9 sudden victory win over Ronald Stevens of Oregon State. He was eliminated by Jacob Colon of NAIA power Grand View, 7-3.
Freshmen Cole Walter and Jordan Kutler competed unattached at 157. Kutler was the only Mountain Hawk with a pigtail match on Tuesday, in which he blanked Kent State's Casey Sparkman 4-0. He gave a solid effort against No. 3 seed Lou Mascola of Maryland but was sent to the consolations with a 6-5 loss in the round of 32. Kutler bounced back with a pair of wins by decision over opponents from Illinois and Columbia before being eliminated by No. 8 seed Richie Lewis of Rutgers 4-2 in the fourth round of consolations.
Walter went 1-2 in his first Midlands. He bounced back from a 17-5 major decision loss to No. 12 seed Bryce Steiert of Northern Iowa with a 17-2 technical fall over Northwestern's Braxton Cody. Walter was eliminated in a wild 11-10 match with Adam Krop from the Princeton Regional Training Center that saw the wrestlers trade numerous reversals over the final two periods only to see Walter come up a point short.
Senior Nathaniel Brown was slated to be the fifth Mountain Hawk to compete at the Midlands but a winter storm in Chicago left Brown unable to travel to the area. Brown will instead join 15 of his Lehigh teammates at the Southern Scuffle, beginning Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships conclude Wednesday from Welsh-Ryan Arena. Session three begins at 1 p.m. ET (12 p.m. CT) with the championship semifinals, consolations and the seventh place matches. Streaming video will be available for free via BTN2Go.com.
133 – No. 5 seed Mason Beckman
Rd. of 32 – major dec. Luke Welch (Purdue) 12-1
Rd. of 16 – major dec. No. 12 Brance Simms (SDSU) 10-2
Quarterfinals – L by dec. No. 13 Emilio Saavedra (ODU) 4-2, sv
Sixth round consolations – vs. No. 8 Joey Palmer (Oregon St.)
133 – Scott Parker (Unattached) – Eliminated
Rd. of 32 – L by dec. No. 11 Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) 4-3
Third round consolations – dec. Ronald Stevens (Oregon St.) 11-9, sv
Fourth round consolations – L by dec. Jacob Colon (Grand View) 7-3
157 – Cole Walter (Unattached) - Eliminated
Rd. of 32 – L by major dec. No. 12 Bryce Steiert (UNI) 17-5
Second round consolations – tech fall Braxton Cody (Northwestern) 17-2
Third round consolations – L by dec. Adam Krop (Princeton RTC) 11-10
157 – Jordan Kutler (Unattached) - Eliminated
First round – dec. Casey Sparkman (Kent St.) 4-0
Rd. of 32 – L by dec. No. 3 Lou Mascola (Maryland) 6-5
Second round consolations – dec. Carver James (Illinois) 12-6
Third round consolations – dec. Tyler Zimmer (Columbia) 7-2
Fourth round consolations – L by dec. No. 8 Richie Lewis (Rutgers) 4-2
EVANSTON, Ill. – Senior Mason Beckman advanced to Wednesday's second day of competition, leading the way for the four members of the Lehigh wrestling team who competed at the 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships Tuesday at Northwestern's Welsh-Ryan Arena. All four Mountain Hawks who competed won at least won match with Beckman winning his first two by major decision before falling in overtime in the quarterfinals.
Beckman was seeded fifth at 133. He began his day with a 12-1 major decision over Purdue's Luke Welch and then topped the No. 12 seed Brance Simms of South Dakota State with a 10-2 major decision. In Tuesday night's quarterfinals, Beckman met No. 13 seed Emilio Saavedra of Old Dominion, who had upset No. 4 seed Eric Montoya of Nebraska earlier in the day. Beckman led 1-0 after two periods thanks to a second period escape and then rode out the third period, but conceded two points for stalling from the top position. In sudden victory, Saavedra secured the winning takedown to prevail 4-2.
On Wednesday, Beckman will face No. 8 seed Joey Palmer of Oregon State with the winner securing a place in the top eight.
Lehigh's other three Midlands entrants competed unattached. At 133, sophomore Scott Parker went 1-2. Parker rebounded from a tough 4-3 loss to No. 11 seed Scott Delvecchio of Rutgers with an 11-9 sudden victory win over Ronald Stevens of Oregon State. He was eliminated by Jacob Colon of NAIA power Grand View, 7-3.
Freshmen Cole Walter and Jordan Kutler competed unattached at 157. Kutler was the only Mountain Hawk with a pigtail match on Tuesday, in which he blanked Kent State's Casey Sparkman 4-0. He gave a solid effort against No. 3 seed Lou Mascola of Maryland but was sent to the consolations with a 6-5 loss in the round of 32. Kutler bounced back with a pair of wins by decision over opponents from Illinois and Columbia before being eliminated by No. 8 seed Richie Lewis of Rutgers 4-2 in the fourth round of consolations.
Walter went 1-2 in his first Midlands. He bounced back from a 17-5 major decision loss to No. 12 seed Bryce Steiert of Northern Iowa with a 17-2 technical fall over Northwestern's Braxton Cody. Walter was eliminated in a wild 11-10 match with Adam Krop from the Princeton Regional Training Center that saw the wrestlers trade numerous reversals over the final two periods only to see Walter come up a point short.
Senior Nathaniel Brown was slated to be the fifth Mountain Hawk to compete at the Midlands but a winter storm in Chicago left Brown unable to travel to the area. Brown will instead join 15 of his Lehigh teammates at the Southern Scuffle, beginning Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The 53rd Ken Kraft Midlands Championships conclude Wednesday from Welsh-Ryan Arena. Session three begins at 1 p.m. ET (12 p.m. CT) with the championship semifinals, consolations and the seventh place matches. Streaming video will be available for free via BTN2Go.com.
133 – No. 5 seed Mason Beckman
Rd. of 32 – major dec. Luke Welch (Purdue) 12-1
Rd. of 16 – major dec. No. 12 Brance Simms (SDSU) 10-2
Quarterfinals – L by dec. No. 13 Emilio Saavedra (ODU) 4-2, sv
Sixth round consolations – vs. No. 8 Joey Palmer (Oregon St.)
133 – Scott Parker (Unattached) – Eliminated
Rd. of 32 – L by dec. No. 11 Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) 4-3
Third round consolations – dec. Ronald Stevens (Oregon St.) 11-9, sv
Fourth round consolations – L by dec. Jacob Colon (Grand View) 7-3
157 – Cole Walter (Unattached) - Eliminated
Rd. of 32 – L by major dec. No. 12 Bryce Steiert (UNI) 17-5
Second round consolations – tech fall Braxton Cody (Northwestern) 17-2
Third round consolations – L by dec. Adam Krop (Princeton RTC) 11-10
157 – Jordan Kutler (Unattached) - Eliminated
First round – dec. Casey Sparkman (Kent St.) 4-0
Rd. of 32 – L by dec. No. 3 Lou Mascola (Maryland) 6-5
Second round consolations – dec. Carver James (Illinois) 12-6
Third round consolations – dec. Tyler Zimmer (Columbia) 7-2
Fourth round consolations – L by dec. No. 8 Richie Lewis (Rutgers) 4-2
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