Huskies retain number one ranking in latest NCAA DII wrestling poll

The defending national champion St. Cloud State University (2-0, 1-0 NSIC) held on to the top spot in NCAA Division II Wrestling in the first edition of the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association poll of the New Year, released Wednesday, Jan. 4 on D2wrestle.com

The Huskies feature seven nationally-ranked wrestlers, led by Brett Velasquez at 125 and Austin Goergen at 285, with both student-athletes topping their weight class in the individual rankings. Notre Dame and Maryville switched spots, with the Falcons taking the two-spot over the Saints at #3. Nebraska-Kearney moved into the #4 position, with Wisconsin-Parkside making a huge leap from outside the top 25 into the #5 spot.

The other Huskies ranked among the top 10 in their respective weight divisions include Matt Nelson (5th at 141-pounds), Larry Bomstad (7th at 157-pounds), Gabe Fogarty (8th at 165-pounds), Clayton Jennissen (5th at 174-pounds), Uthman Rabiu (6th at 184-pounds) and Vince Dietz (3rd at 197-pounds).

SCSU will continue its season on Jan. 5-6 with action at the 2017 NWCA Division II National Duals in Fort Wayne, Ind. The top seeded Huskies will match up against San Francisco State in first round action at 9 a.m. on Jan. 5. The other teams involved in the tournament included Notre Dame College, Indianapolis, Maryville, Newberry, Nebraska-Kearney, Tiffin, Pitt-Johnstown, McKendree, Wisconsin-Parkside, Upper Iowa, Wheeling Jesuit, Findlay, Mercyhurst and CSU-Pueblo. The double-elimination tournament will conclude with the title match at 2 p.m. on Jan. 6.

SCSU finished as the runner-up at the NWCA DII National Duals in 2016 and the Huskies won the NWCA Division II National Duals in 2012 and 2013.

In the latest Super 3 Regional rankings released by D2Wrestle.com, the Huskies were the top ranked team in the poll posted Jan. 3. SCSU wrestlers individually ranked in the region were Velasquez (#1 at 125), Mike Rhone (#6 at 133), Matt Nelson (#3 at 141), Taner Trembley (#7 at 149), Larry Bomstad (#4 at 157), Gabe Fogarty (#2 at 165), Clayton Jennissen (#2 at 174), Uthman Rabiu (#3 at 184), Vince Dietz (#1 at 197) and Austin Goergen (#1 at 285).

The complete team and individual rankings are listed below. The next ranking will be published during the last week of January.

TEAM RANKINGS
Rank	School	PR	Points
1.	ST. CLOUD STATE	1	68
2.	Notre Dame	3	58
3.	Maryville	2	51
4.	Nebraska-Kearney	5	47
5.	Wisconsin-Parkside	RP	38
6.	Mercyhurst	6	34
7.	Northern State	T7	30
8.	Findlay	13	26
	Central Oklahoma	14	26
	Pitt.-Johnstown	T9	26
	McKendree	4	26
12.	California Baptist	T9	25
13.	Ashland	T11	21
14.	Tiffin	T15	18
15.	Lake Erie	T21	17
	Seton Hill	17	17
17.	Newberry	T11	16
18.	Fort Hays State	18	15
	UNC-Pembroke	T21	15
	Augustana	T23	15
21.	Colorado State-Pueblo	RP	13
22.	Kutztown	RP	12
23.	Simon Fraser	19	11
	Lindenwood	RP	11
	Minnesota State-Mankato	T23	11
	Newman	RP	11

Also Receiving Points: Indianapolis, Ouachita Baptist, Limestone, Western State, Minnesota State-Moorhead, King, Wheeling Jesuit, Shippensburg, Upper Iowa, Adams State, Alderson Broaddus, Colorado Mesa, Belmont Abbey, Chadron State, Colorado Mines, East Stroudsburg, Drury, Shorter, Gannon

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS:

125

133

1. Brett Velasquez, So. St. Cloud State

2. Willie Bohince, Sr. Mercyhurst

3. Ronzell Darling, Sr. Wisconsin Parkside

4. Josh Lindsey, Fr. Central Oklahoma

5. Dustin Reed, Sr. Newman

6. Ronnie Wardleigh, Sr. Western State

7. Trung Doung, Jr. Newberry

8. Ivan McClay, Sr. Notre Dame

9. Richard Casillas, Fr. Northern State

10. Weston Basler, Fr. McKendree

11. Vlad Kazakov, Fr. Nebraska-Kearney

12. Austin Petril, Jr. Kutztown

1. Michael Labry, Sr. Ashland

2. Bryce Shoemaker, Jr. Nebraska Kearney

3. Blake Bosch, Sr. Minn. State-Moorhead

4. Dustin Kirk, Jr. King

5. Hunter Haralson, Jr. Lindenwood

6. Martin Ramirez, Sr. Adams State

7. Dakota Bauer, Sr. Maryville

8. Jordan Simpson, Jr. Newberry

9. NaQuan Hardy, Jr. McKendree

10. David Bavery, Jr. Notre Dame

11. Taylor Summers, Jr. Chadron State

12. Carmine Ciotti, Fr. Gannon

141

149

1. Nate Rodriguez, Sr. Maryville

2. Joseph Alessandro, So. Seton Hill

3. Darren Wynn, Jr. McKendree

4. Nick Crume, Jr. Indianapolis

5. Matt Nelson, Sr. St Cloud State

6. Trey Grine, Jr. Tiffin

7. Brandon Ball, Fr. Fort Hays State

8. Cobey Fehr, Sr. Notre Dame

9. Keith Surver, Jr. Nebraska-Kearney

10. Dlan Nance, So. East Stroudsburg

11. Josh Wimer, Jr. Findlay

12. Daniel Salazar, Sr. Colorado Mesa

1. Nic Goebel, Sr. Findlay

2. Tyler Stenberg, Sr. Northern State

3. Blake Clevenger, Jr. Ouachita Baptist

4. Juwan Edmond, So. Notre Dame

5. Dominick Nania, Sr. Wheeling Jesuit

6. Nick Boggs, Jr. Lake Erie

7. Ty Lydic, Sr. Seton Hill

8. Brent Fickel, Sr. Ashland

9. Jacob Gerkin, Sr. Colorado Mines

10. James Krischke, Jr. Maryville

11. Tyler Mies, Jr. Newman

12. Damian Penichet, So. Upper Iowa

157

165

1. Destin McCauley, Jr. Nebraska Kearney

2. Cody Law, Jr. Pitt Johnstown

3. Issac Dulgarian, So. Notre Dame

4. Ryan Strope, Jr. McKendree

5. Greg Hegarty, Sr. Maryville

6. Blake Perryman, Jr. Northern State

7. Larry Bomstad, Jr. St. Cloud State

8. Scott Bosak, Sr. Belmont Abbey

9. Payton Tawter, Fr. Colorado Mesa

10. Joey White, Sr. Findlay

11. Kyle Fantin, So. Colorado State-Pueblo

12. Brett Scoles, Jr. Wisconsin-Parkside

1. Francis Mizia, Sr. Mercyhurst

2. Tyler Reinhart, Jr. Pitt Johnstown

3. JaCobi Jones, Jr. Colorado State-Pueblo

4. Tyler McLean, Sr. Simon Fraser

5. TC Warner, Jr. Kutztown

6. Isaiah White, Fr. Notre Dame

7. Sean Havlovic, Jr. Northern State

8. Gabe Fogarty, Sr. St. Cloud State

9. Nick Vandermeer, Jr. Lake Erie

10. Alonzo Turner, Jr. Findlay

11. Kade Kitchens, So. Shorter

12. Jason Buhr, So. Colorado Mesa

174

184

1. Nick Becker, Jr. Wisconsin-Parkside

2. Robert Shade, Sr. UNC-Pembroke

3. Adam Cooling, Sr. Minn. State-Mankato

4. Calvin Ochs, Jr. Nebraska-Kearney

5. Clayton Jennissen, Sr. St Cloud State

6. Justan Rivera, So. Notre Dame

7. Bradley Metz, Sr. Findlay

8. Huston Evans, Sr. Newberry

9. Nolan Kistler, Jr. Cal Baptist

10. Batchka Zulkhuu, Jr. Lindenwood

11. John Blankenship, Sr. Pitt Johnstown

12. Reid Watkins, Jr. Simon Fraser

1. Garrett Lineberger, Sr. Notre Dame

2. Montrail Johnson, Sr. Wisconsin-Parkside

3. Aero Amo, Jr. Augustana

4. Nick Fiegener, So. Cal Baptist

5. Zeb Wahle, Sr. Maryville

6. Uthman Rabiu, Sr., St. Cloud State

7. Cody Spinks, Jr. Alderson Broaddus

8. Tyler Hughes, Jr. Lake Erie

9. Mikey Thomas, Sr. UNC-Pembroke

10. Dakota DesLauriers, Sr. Mercyhurst

11. Zach Stodden, Jr. Nebraska-Kearney

12. Morgan Smith, Jr. Simon Fraser

197

285

1. Jake Waste, Sr. Cal Baptist

2. Jon Inman, Sr. Fort Hays State

3. Vince Dietz, So. St. Cloud State

4. Matt Rudy, So. Limestone

5. Evan Ramos, Jr. Shippensburg

6. James Lehman, Jr. Wisconsin-Parkside

7. Greg Wilson, Jr. Central Oklahoma

8. Ethan Sheretz, So. Maryville

9. Luke Cramer, Jr. Ashland

10. Jared Rennick, Fr. Drury

11. Joe Gomez, Sr. Northern State

12. Evan Rosbrough, Sr. Lake Erie

1. Austin Goergen, Sr. St. Cloud State

2. Garrett Grey, Sr. Tiffin

3. Caleb Cotter, Jr. Central Oklahoma

4. Donnell Walker, Sr. Maryville

5. Andy Welton, Sr. Mercyhurst

6. Kevin Barrett, Jr. Nebraska-Kearney

7. Logan Hopp, Jr. Upper Iowa

8. Michael Lowman, Sr. Augustana

9. Christian Lance, Fr. Fort Hays State

10. Ryan Appleby, Jr. Kutztown

11. DJ Sims, Jr. Pitt Johnstown

12. Dylan Faulkenberg, So. Indianapolis

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