Southern Scuffle Tournament Thread, Day 2

[Tom McAndrew]

Please use this for discussing all matches involving PSUers, or any matches of interest involving non-PSUers, for Day 2 competition.

When: Jan 2, starting at 10 am EST

Where: The McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, TN

TV: none

Video Streaming: Subscribers of FloWrestling can watch video of the action

Audio Streaming: it does not appear that Byers's PBP will be streamed by PSU

Virtual Brackets: they can be accessed at FloArena, at:

FLOARENA

arena.flowrestling.org

PDFs of the Brackets: they can be accessed at:

Southern Scuffle Brackets (PDF) - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics

Southern Scuffle Brackets (PDF)

gomocs.com

PBP: I'm pretty much out for the Scuffle. Between the Eagles game, and some other things on my schedule, I won't be able to provide any PBP. Hopefully some of you will be able to post that info.

 

[Hlstone]

Joe Lee in the hole mat 4

 

[Hlstone]

Iowa Pat Kennedy also in hole, mat 1. He is wrestling Fish, who beat Fac yesterday

 

[IronLion]

Meredith lost 3-1 on a late takedown. Joe Lee was ridden out in the 2nd period and taken down in the 3rd losing 6-3. Patrick Kennedy beat Fish handily.

 

[clucas11]

I think the Joe Lee hopes for 157 are officially over. Either the cut is too much or he hasn't improved any this off-season....maybe a combination of both.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

updating my post from yesterday through a few minutes ago:


125: Baylor Shunk

R32: He TFed Josh Sarpy (UA-Little Rock) 21-3 at the 4:57 mark
R16: He got majored by Killian Cardinale (WVU), 12-2
Consolations R16: He got TFed by Jayden Carson (UA-Little Rock), 16-1, @ 7:00

133: David Evans

R64: He pinned Aaron Ibarra (CSU-Bakersfield) at the 3:00 mark
R32: He lost by DEC to Connor Brown (Missouri), 10-3
Consolation R32: He won by DEC over Sidney Flores (Air Force), 12-8
Consolation R16: He lost by DEC to Brayden Palmer (UT-Chattanooga), 4-2

133: Brandon Meredith

R62: He won by DEC over Sidney Flores (Air Force), 4-2
R32: He won by DEC over Jake Rotunda (Citadel), 6-4
R16: He won by DEC over Jordan Titus (WVU), 5-0
Quarterfinals: He lost by DEC to Codi Russell (App. St.), 9-2
Consolation R8#2: He lost by DEC to Ethan Fernandez (Spartan Combat RTC), 3-1

157: Joe Lee

R32: He won by DEC over Jackson Hurst (UT-Chattanooga), 10-5
R16: He won by DEC over Charles Darracott (Stanford), 8-6
Quarterfinals: He lost by MAJ to Chase Saldate (Michigan State), 9-1
Consolation R8#2: He lost by DEC to AJ Kovacs (NC State), 6-3

165: Alex Facundo

R32: He won by DEC over Evan Barczak (Drexel), 3-1
R16: He lost by DEC to Thomas Bullard (NC State), 3-2
Consolations R16#2: He won by DEC over teammate Matt Lee, 3-2
Consolations R8: He lost by DEC to Caleb Fish (Michigan State), 5-3

165: Matt Lee

R32: He lost by DEC to Tyler Brennan (UA-Little Rock), 3-0
Consolation R16#1: He won by DEC over Angel Garcia (Rider), 7-6
Consolation R16#2: How lost by DEC to teammate Alex Facundo, 3-2

184: Donovan Ball

R32: He lost by DEC to Anthony Carman (WVU), 5-1
Consolation R16#1: He MAJORed Nathan Thacker (Cornell), 12-1
Consolation R16#2: He won by DEC over Colton Hawks (Missouri), 3-1
Consolation R8: He lost by DEC to Matthew Waddell (UT-Chattanooga), 2-1

197: Michael Beard

R32: He TFed Kaden Russell (Duke), 18-2, at the 2:36 mark
R16: He TFed Eli Sheeren (Buffalo), 17-2, at the 5:30 mark
Quarterfinals: He won by DEC over XJaxon Smith (Maryland), 9-4
Semis: He'll face Cam Caffey (Michigan State)

285: Seth Nevills

R32: He won by DEC over Bowen McConville (SD State), 7-2
R16: He lost by DEC to Hunter Catka (VT), 1-0
Consolations R16#2: He won by FALL over Brayden Ray (Duke) at the 6:01 mark
Consolations R8#1: He won by DEC over Deonte Wilson (NC State), 4-3
Consolations R8#2: He'll face Tyrie Houghton (NC State)

 

[IronLion]

Nevills gets ridden out in the 3rd and loses to Houghton 5-3

 

[SonnyAbeFan]

Is it too early for takeaways?
*A redshirt for Facundo may serve him well. Bo and Nolf seemed to benefit, as I recall.
*Nice showing from Meredith who seems to be improving and could be a solid backup at 133 or 141 down the stretch. He probably put himself ahead of Evans as backup (who has also shown something this year)
*As already stated, doesn’t look like Joe Lee is our savior at 157. Negron will likely remain starter (deservedly so)
*Despite his impressive early season win over Julian Ramirez, doesn’t look like Matt Lee is our savior at 165. Edsall will likely remain starter (deservedly so)
*Let’s see how the next couple matches go, but doesn’t it seem like the addition of Max Dean has elevated Michael Beard’s game? Good for him to get better rather than get down.
*I wish I could ask Seth how different being in football shape is versus wrestling shape. I’m going to take a wild guess that 7 minutes of wrestling is unlike anything on the football field

 

[Bertrand]

Feel bad for Joe Lee. Maybe he should think about the portal next year if he wants to keep wrestling. A change might do him good.

 

[IronLion]

Beard with a 6-2 win over Caffey, on to the finals against Rocky Elam from Mizzou!

 

[PopSheetz]

Beard with a 6-2 win over Caffey, on to the finals against Rocky Elam from Mizzou!

He looked good the entire match. Beard has upped his game.

 

[pabison]

Beard with a 6-2 win over Caffey, on to the finals against Rocky Elam from Mizzou!

Big win! Caffey is funky and a consistent high podium guy. Congrats to Michael.

 

[headlock]

Michael Beard is presenting a sterling example of how to handle adversity and disappointment! Very impressive young man!

 

[KSLion]

Is it too early for takeaways?
*A redshirt for Facundo may serve him well. Bo and Nolf seemed to benefit, as I recall.
*Nice showing from Meredith who seems to be improving and could be a solid backup at 133 or 141 down the stretch. He probably put himself ahead of Evans as backup (who has also shown something this year)
*As already stated, doesn’t look like Joe Lee is our savior at 157. Negron will likely remain starter (deservedly so)
*Despite his impressive early season win over Julian Ramirez, doesn’t look like Matt Lee is our savior at 165. Edsall will likely remain starter (deservedly so)
*Let’s see how the next couple matches go, but doesn’t it seem like the addition of Max Dean has elevated Michael Beard’s game? Good for him to get better rather than get down.
*I wish I could ask Seth how different being in football shape is versus wrestling shape. I’m going to take a wild guess that 7 minutes of wrestling is unlike anything on the football field

Agree about the redshirt for Facundo, and any other true freshman for that matter. Making the jump in level of competition from HS to D1A is a huge challenge, no matter how much HS success any wrestler may have enjoyed. To see a graphic illustration of just how high the hurdle really is, all you need do is have a look at current Olympic Champion (then redshirting college freshman) David Taylor's November 2009 exhibition match vs Cyler Sanderson in Rec Hall. It's available on YouTube. By way of perspective while watching, remember Taylor was considered the #1 HS recruit in the Nation his Senior year while Cyler was a very good major college wrestler who had been an All American (7th place) at 157 for Iowa State in 2008. The difference between "#1 P4P in the Nation" in HS vs "7th Place at 157" at the major college level is very obvious.

 

[PAgeologist]

Is it too early for takeaways?
*A redshirt for Facundo may serve him well. Bo and Nolf seemed to benefit, as I recall.
*Nice showing from Meredith who seems to be improving and could be a solid backup at 133 or 141 down the stretch. He probably put himself ahead of Evans as backup (who has also shown something this year)
*As already stated, doesn’t look like Joe Lee is our savior at 157. Negron will likely remain starter (deservedly so)
*Despite his impressive early season win over Julian Ramirez, doesn’t look like Matt Lee is our savior at 165. Edsall will likely remain starter (deservedly so)
*Let’s see how the next couple matches go, but doesn’t it seem like the addition of Max Dean has elevated Michael Beard’s game? Good for him to get better rather than get down.
*I wish I could ask Seth how different being in football shape is versus wrestling shape. I’m going to take a wild guess that 7 minutes of wrestling is unlike anything on the football field

I think I can provide some insight into your question regarding Seth. I remember Jan Johnson (LB) was loaned to Cael a few years ago. He said something to the effect of wrestling practice way harder and being in football shape doesn't prepare you for wrestling. Which makes sense. Football is a bunch of small bursts of energy. Wrestling is a much longer grind of constant energy use.

 

[PAgeologist]

Agree about the redshirt for Facundo, and any other true freshman for that matter. Making the jump in level of competition from HS to D1A is a huge challenge, no matter how much HS success any wrestler may have enjoyed. To see a graphic illustration of just how high the hurdle really is, all you have to do is have a look at current Olympic Champion (then redshirt college freshman) David Taylor's November 2009 exhibition match vs Cyler Sanderson in Rec Hall. It's available on YouTube. By way of perspective while watching, remember Taylor was considered the #1 HS recruit in the Nation his Senior year while Cyler was a very good major college wrestler who had been an All American (7th place) at 157 for Iowa State in 2008. The difference between "#1 in the Nation" in HS vs "7th Place" at the major college level is very obvious.

Makes what Spencer Lee, and other true freshman Champs, even more impressive.

I also think Zain matches Caels 0 in the loss column if he redshirts his TF year. He went out a pretty good 141 pounder and came back as a machine at 149.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

To Update:

in the 197 final, Rocky Elam (Missouri) defeated Michael Beard by injury default.

I did not watch the match. From what I can ascertain, Elam got a TD in the 1st period, and then Beard had 1:08 of injury time. Elam then took bottom on the restart, escaped, and got a TD with 4 sec left in the 1st period. It appears that Beard injury defaulted between the 1st and 2nd period.

 

[AK1967]

To Update:

in the 197 final, Rocky Elam (Missouri) defeated Michael Beard by injury default.

I did not watch the match. From what I can ascertain, Elam got a TD in the 1st period, and then Beard had 1:08 of injury time. Elam then took bottom on the restart, escaped, and got a TD with 4 sec left in the 1st period. It appears that Beard injury defaulted between the 1st and 2nd period.

Pretty sure it’s a knee Tom. Feel for Beard. Had an outstanding tournament. Great kid.

 

[SonnyAbeFan]

Pretty sure it’s a knee Tom. Feel for Beard. Had an outstanding tournament. Great kid.

That's a shame.
Good thing we've got a backup.

 

[Goggles Paisano]

That's a shame.
Good thing we've got a backup.

Maybe not any longer :-/