March 4, 2001

Recap

2001 Big Ten Championships
March 3-4
Welsh-Ryan Arena-Evanston, Ill.
Final Team Scores

Team Points
1. Minnesota 154.0
2. Illinois 130.5
3. Iowa 129.5
4. Michigan 109.0
5. Ohio State 104.5
6. Wisconsin 75.0
7. Michigan State 65.0
8. Indiana 59.5
9. Purdue 50.0
10. Penn State 35.0
11. Northwestern 6.0

Illinois Individual Results

125 Pounds-
Consolation Semifinal: Ryan Escobar (ILL) defeated A.J. Grant (MICH), 7-2
Third Place: Chris Williams (MSU) defeated Ryan Escobar (ILL), 3-0

133 Pounds-
Kelly Madden did not place

141 Pounds-
Seventh Place: Mike Castillo (ILL) defeated Clark Forward (MICH), 7-6

149 Pounds-
Final: Jared Lawrence (MINN) defeated Adam Tirapelle (ILL), 9-5
First Period: Lawrence takedown 1:21, 2-0. Tirapelle escape 1:10, 2-1.
Second Period: Tirapelle down. Tirapelle escape 1:48, 2-2. Lawrence takedown 1:35, 4-2.
Tirapelle escape 1:18, 4-3. Lawrence takedown 1:15, 6-3.
Third Period: Lawrence down. Lawrence escape 1:44, 7-3. Tirapelle takedown 0:33, 7-5.
Lawrence escape 0:21, 8-5. Lawrence riding time 1:22, 9-5.

157 Pounds-
Consolation Semifinal: Griff Powell (ILL) defeated Josh Janson (OSU), 8-3
Third Place: Griff Powell (ILL) medical forfeit Gray Maynard (MSU)

165 Pounds-
Final: Donny Pritzlaff (WIS) defeated Matt Lackey (ILL), 4-2
First Period: No Scoring.
Second Period:Pritzlaff down. Pritzlaff escape 1:54, 1-0. Stall warning Lackey 0:16.
Third Period: Lackey down. Lackey escape 1:34, 1-1. Pritzlaff takedown 1:14, 3-1.
Stall warning Pritzlaff 0:26. Lackey escape 0:24, 3-2. Pritzlaff riding time 1:11, 4-2.

174 Pounds-
Consolation Semifinal: Gabe McMahan (IOWA) defeated Ben King (ILL), 10-5
Fifth Place: Ben King (ILL) defeated Mark Becks (PSU), 3-1 (ot)

184 Pounds-
Final: Nate Patrick (ILL) defeated Victor Sveda (IND), 4-2
First Period: Stall warning Patrick 1:15. No scoring.
Second Period: Patrick down. Patrick escape 1:58, 1-0.
Third Period: Sveda down. Sveda reversal 1:43, 2-1. Patrick escape 1:09, 2-2.
Overtime: Patrick takedown 0:18, 4-2.

197 Pounds-
Final: Pat Quirk (ILL) defeated Jon Bush (PUR), 5-2
First Period: Quirk takedown 1:15, 2-0. Bush escape 0:35, 2-1.
Second Period: Bush down. Bush escape 1:18, 2-2.
Third Period: Neutral. Bush stall warning 0:36. Quirk takedown 0:11, 4-2.
Quirk riding time 1:23, 5-2.

Heavyweight-
Final: Garrett Lowney (MINN) defeated John Lockhart (ILL), 5-1.
First Period: Lowney takedown 0:15, 2-0. Stall warning Lowney 0:01.
Second Period: Lockhart down. Lockhart escape 1:54, 2-1.
Third Period: Lowney down. Lowney escape 1:45, 3-1. Lowney takedown 0:18, 5-1.