March 5, 2005

After one full session of competition, Illinois has six wrestlers still alive in the championship bracket heading to the semifinals and the remaining four will begin their quest to the placewinner stand with the consolations tonight. Kyle Ott (125), Mark Jayne (133), Alex Tirapelle (157), Pete Friedl (174), Brian Glynn (184) and Tyrone Byrd (197) will compete tonight for a chance to head to the Big Ten finals and have automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships. Through the quarterfinal round, the Illini have 56.5 team points, good enough for first. Michigan, which also has six semifinalists, has scored 54 points for third. Minnesota is currently in second with five semifinalists.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Illinois - 56.5
2. Minnesota - 55.0
3. Michigan - 54.0
4. Indiana - 52.0
5. Iowa - 47.0

125: No. 1 seed #2 Kyle Ott (15-2)
Quarterfinals: Technical fall No. 8 seed Charlie Falck (Iowa), 18-3
Semifinals: No. 5 seed Bobbe Lowe (Minn)

133: No. 1 seed #5 Mark Jayne (26-2)
Pigtail: Won by fall Daniel Quintela (NW), 4:49
Quarterfinals: Major dec. No. 8 seed Ryan Froese (MSU), 13-5
Semifinals: No. 4 seed Mario Galanakis (Iowa)

141: No. 3 seed #12 Cassio Pero (21-12)
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 6 seed Ryan Lang (NW), 3-2
Consolation 1st Round: Jason Johnstone (OSU)

149: No. 4 seed #12 Anton Dietzen (21-10)
Pigtail: Lost to Quincy Osborn (Minn), 6-1
Consolation 1st Round: No. 3 seed Doug Withstandley (PU)

157: No. 2 seed #3 Alex Tirapelle (25-2)
Pigtail: Major dec. Matt McCarty, (MSU), 15-3
Quarterfinals: Dec. No. 7 seed C.P. Schlatter (Minn), 4-1
Semifinals: No. 3 Joe Johnston (Iowa)

165: No. 5 seed #12 Donny Reynolds (19-6)
Pigtail: Won by fall Greg Hagel (NW), 4:54
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 4 seed Jake Donar (Wis), 6-2
Consolation 1st Round: Keegan Mueller (OSU)

174: No. 1 seed #3 Pete Friedl (30-3)
Quarterfinals: Dec. No. 8 seed James Yonushonis (PSU), 10-6
Semifinals: No. 5 seed Brady Richardson (Ind)

184: No. 1 seed #4 Brian Glynn (28-3)
Quarterfinals: Dec. No. 8 seed Andy Rios, 6-2
Semifinals: No. 4 seed Ben Wissel (PU)

197: No. 5 seed #14 Tyrone Byrd (21-8)
Quarterfinals: Dec. No. 4 seed Phil Davis (PSU), 2-1
Semifinals: No. 1 seed J.D. Bergman (OSU)

Hwt: No. 7 seed #20 Mike Behnke (12-8)
Quarterfinals: Lost to No. 2 seed Greg Wagner (Mich), 7-5 ot
Consolation 1st Round: Max Lossen (MSU)