March 17, 2000

St. Louis, Mo.-University of Illinois wrestlers Carl Perry (141 pounds) and Adam Tirapelle (149 pounds) advanced through quarterfinal and semifinal round action Friday to advance to the finals of the 70th Annual NCAA wrestling championships at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Perry (25-6) started things out for the Illini with an electrifying 7-5 win over top-ranked and No. 1 seed Doug Schwab to advance to a semifinal match-up with Clarion?s Mark Angle. Angle and Perry had split a pair of matches earlier this season and the match was scoreless until Perry earned an escape at 1:20 for a 1-0 lead. Perry was then cautioned for stalling at 0:44 and held on for the win. Perry was awarded one point for riding time and a 2-0 victory.

Adam Tirapelle (39-2), beat Iowa?s Mike Zadick 3-1 in the quarterfinals avenging his two losses of the regular season. He then beat Eric Schmiesing of Hofstra 3-2 to advance to the finals. Schmiesing started the scoring in the second period with an escape at 1:30 as Tirapelle trailed 1-0 to start the third. Tirapelle countered with an escape of his own at 1:44 and earned the match?s only takedown at 0:54 to take his first lead at 3-1. Schmiesing had an escape with 11 seconds remaining for the 3-2 final.

Pat Quirk and John Lockhart also earned All-America honors Friday. Quirk beat Mike Fickell of Penn 13-8 to remain alive in the wrestlebacks and Lockhart beat Brent Boeshans of Oklahoma 2-1. Both Quirk and Lockhart will wrestle for seventh place on Saturday.

The medal round matches will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday and the finals are slated to begin at 6:30 p.m.

70th NCAA Wrestling Championships
Second Day Results March 17, 2000 St. Louis, Mo. Kiel Center

Top 10 Team Scores:

Illinois Results:

125 Pounds-
Westlebacks: Ryan Escobar (Illinois) defeated Jerold Limongelli (Rider), 5-4
Wrestlebacks: Jason Silverstein (Purdue) defeated Ryan Escobar (Illinois),
5-4, Escobar eliminated

133 Pounds-
Wrestlebacks: No. 10 Rob Loper (Pittsburgh) defeated David Stoltz
(Illinois), 3-2, Stoltz eliminated

141 Pounds-
Quarterfinals: No. 8 Carl Perry (Illinois) defeated No. 1 Doug Schwab
(Iowa), 7-5
Semifinals: No. 8 Carl Perry (Illinois) defeated Mark Angle (Clarion), 2-0

149 Pounds-
Quarterfinals: No. 2 Adam Tirapelle (Illinois) defeated No. 7 Mike Zadick
(Iowa), 3-1
Semifinals: No. 2 Adam Tirapelle defeated No. 6 Eric Schmiesing (Hofstra),
3-2

157 Pounds-
Wrestlebacks: Griff Powell (Illinois) defeated Nathan Vasquez
(Cal-Bakersfield), 4-1
Wrestlebacks: Griff Powell (Illinois) defeated Shane Roller (Oklahoma
State), 10-6
Wrestlebacks: No. 8 Luke Becker (Minnesota) defeated Griff Powell
(Illinois), 4-2 (ot), Powell eliminated

165 Pounds-
Wrestlebacks: Hunter Guenot (Bloomsburg) defeated Bill Zeman (Illinois),
6-2, Zeman eliminated

174 Pounds- Ben King (Illinois), eliminated

184 Pounds-
Wrestlebacks: Cash Edwards (Boise State) defeated No. 5 Nate Patrick
(Illinois), 8-6, Patrick eliminated

197 Pounds-
Quarterfinals: No. 1 Nick Muzashvili (Michigan State) defeated No. 11 Pat
Quirk (Illinois), 5-4
Wrestlebacks: No. 11 Pat Quirk (Illinois) defeated Mike Fickell (Penn), 13-8
Wrestlebacks: No. 7 Nick Preston (Ohio State) defeated No. 11 Pat Quirk, 3-2

Heavyweight-
Quarterfinals: No. 5 Bandele Adeniyi-Bada (Penn) defeated No. 4 John
Lockhart (Illinois), 3-2
Wrestlebacks: No. 4 John Lockhart (Illinois) defeated Brent Boeshans
(Oklahoma), 2-1
Wrestlebacks: No. 9 Tim Courtad (Ohio) defeated No. 4 John Lockhart
(Illinois), 3-2

70th Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships
Individual Championship Final Pairings
March 18, 2000
Kiel Center
St. Louis, Mo.

125: No. 2 Jeremy Hunter (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Steve Garland (Virginia)
133: No. 1 Eric Juergens (Iowa) vs. No. 2 Cody Sanderson (Iowa State)
141: No. 2 Michael Lightner (Oklahoma) vs. No. 8 Carl Perry (Illinois)
149: No. 1 Tony Davis (Northern Iowa) vs. No. 2 Adam Tirapelle (Illinois)
157: No. 2 Brett Matter (Penn) vs. No. 5 Larry Quisel (Boise State)
165: No. 1 Joe Heskett (Iowa State) vs. No. 2 Don Pritzlaff (Wisconsin)
174: No. 1 Byron Tucker (Oklahoma) vs. No. 3 Josh Koscheck (Edinboro)
184: No. 1 Cael Sanderson (Iowa State) vs. No. 2 Vertus Jones (West
Virginia)
197: No. 2 Brad Vering (Nebraska) vs. No. 4 Zach Thompson (Iowa State)
Hwt: No. 1 Brock Lesnar (Minnesota) vs. No. 3 Wes Hand (Iowa)