Dec. 30, 2010
Day 1 Team Standings 
| Day 1 Brackets
EVANSTON, Ill. - No. 2 Jimmy Kennedy and No. 5 B.J. Futrell advanced to the semifinals of the Midlands Championships and two other Illini remain alive in the consolation bracket as Illinois stands in 14th place after day one of the tournament at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Kennedy scored a pair of major decisions at 141 pounds, while Futrell scored a technical fall and two decisions to reach the semifinals at 133.
Kennedy drew a bye in the first round because of the unbalanced bracket at 141, then made short work of Missouri's Cody Farinella in the second round, 9-1, and took down Northern Illinois' Tristen DeShazar with an 11-2 major decision. DeShazar had already pinned the Nos. 8 and 9 seeds in his two previous matches in 48 seconds total. Kennedy will face Iowa State's No. 15 and fifth-seeded Chris Drouin in Thursday's semifinals.
Futrell also fared well on the first day, scoring an 18-3 technical fall over Iowa State's Ben Cash in the first round before notching an 8-5 win over Clarion's Joe Waltko. He followed that up with a 5-2 win over Oklahoma's seventh-seeded Jordan Keller to reach the semifinals, where he'll face Iowa's No. 8 and third-seeded Tony Ramos.
Fourth-seeded Eric Terrazas at 149 and 12th-seeded Conrad Polz at 165 are the only other remaining attached wrestlers for the Illini, as unattached Jackson Morse at 157 also is in the consolation bracket. Terrazas dropped an 11-4 pigtail decision to Minnesota's unattached Dylan Ness before rattling off four straight wins in the consolation bracket. He'll face Missouri's Kyle Bradley in his next match after defeating the Tiger 7-2 at the teams' dual on Nov. 12. He needs to defeat Bradley in order to guarantee himself a placing finish.
Polz fell to Iowa's Aaron Janssen, 5-4, in the first round, before fighting back with two major decisions and a major upset over Oklahoma's No. 7 and third-seeded Tyler Caldwell, 3-2 in tiebreaks. Caldwell had been ranked at 174 after earning All-America status at 165 a year ago. He is returning to the 165-pound weight class beginning with Midlands.
Morse has been impressive at Midlands, scoring a 9-2 win over Bucknell's Brantley Hooks in the first round before running into the buzzsaw that is post-collegiate wrestler and top-seeded Jake Patacsil. The former Purdue star notched a 16-0 technical fall over the redshirting Illini at the end of the first period. But Morse bounced back with a 12-5 win over Rutgers' Nick Visicaro in the consolation second round before pinning Cal Poly's Barret Abel in 2:20. He'll face Pittsburgh's Donnie Tasser, who defeated fellow Illini Kyle Dooley, 11-4, in the first round of Midlands.
Senior Ben Friedl had a solid day at 174, pinning Southern Illinois' Rich Tado in 1:34 in the pigtail before falling to No. 18 and 6-seed Alex Caruso (Rutgers), 1-0. He fought back with two overtime wins, including one over Northern Iowa All-American Jarion Beets, before bowing out of the tournament with a 6-4 loss to Michigan State's Curran Jacobs.
Senior Joe Barczak (184) went 2-2 on the day, while freshman Logan Arlis (125), junior Martin Smith (heavyweight) and sophomore Pat Walker (heavyweight) were 1-2. Sophomore Kyle Dooley (157), junior Jake Beechy (157), junior Dan Stelter (174) and No. 13 and seventh-seeded Tony Dallago (184) all went 0-2 on the day.
The tournament resumes at noon CT on Thursday with semifinals and consolation matches. The championship, third- and fifth-place matches will take place at 7 p.m.
125: Logan Arlis, Fr., Batavia, Ill., 8-9
1st Round: Maj. dec. by 7-seed Steven Keith (Harvard), 11-0
Consolation 1st Round: Dec. Dalton Miller (Arizona State-unattached), 7-5 SV1
Consolation 2nd Round: Pinned by Mitch Berger (Lehigh), 1:09
Arlis eliminated
133: #5 B.J. Futrell (No. 2 seed), So., Chicago, Ill., 14-2
1st Round: Tech. fall Ben Cash (Iowa State), 18-3 (5:43)
2nd Round: Dec. Joe Waltko (Clarion), 8-5
Quarterfinals: Dec. 7-seed Jordan Keller (Oklahoma), 5-2
Semifinals: vs. 3-seed Tony Ramos (Iowa)
141: #2 Jimmy Kennedy (No. 1 seed), Sr., Ingleside, Ill., 9-1
1st Round: Bye
2nd Round: Maj. dec. Cody Farinella (Missouri), 9-1
Quarterfinals: Maj. dec. Tristen DeShazar (Northern Illinois), 11-2
Semifinals: vs. 5-seed Chris Drouin (Iowa State)
149: #12 Eric Terrazas (No. 4 seed), Jr., Wheaton, Ill., 11-3
Pigtail: Dec. by Dylan Ness (Minnesota-unattached), 11-4
Consolation Pigtail: Dec. Joel Smith (Arizona State-unattached), 6-1
Consolation 1st Round: Dec. Timmy Boone (Stanford), 6-2
Consolation 2nd Round: Dec. 8-seed Joe Napoli (Lehigh), 6-4
Consolation 3rd Round: Dec. 11-seed Dan Osterman (Michigan State), 3-2
Consolation 4th Round: vs. 7-seed Kyle Bradley (Missouri)
157: Kyle Dooley, So., Monticello, Ill., 7-6
Pigtail: Dec. by Donnie Tasser (Pittsburgh), 11-4
Consolation Pigtail: Pinned by Brantley Hooks (Bucknell), 6:19
Dooley eliminated
157: Jake Beechy, Jr., New Lenox, Ill., 3-3
1st Round: Dec. by Brian Tanen (Lehigh), 6-1
Consolation 1st Round: Maj. dec. by Nick Gregoris (Missouri), 10-1
Beechy eliminated
157: Jackson Morse, Fr. (unattached), Alto, Mich., 14-4
1st Round: Dec. Brantley Hooks (Bucknell), 9-2
2nd Round: Tech. fall by 1-seed Jake Patacsil (Central College Club), 16-0 (3:00)
Consolation 2nd Round: Dec. Nick Visicaro (Rutgers), 12-5
Consolation 3rd Round: Pinned 9-seed Barret Abel (Cal Poly), 2:20
Consolation 4th Round: vs. Donnie Tasser (Pittsburgh)
165: Conrad Polz (No. 12 seed), So., Orland Park, Ill., 6-4
1st Round: Dec. by Aaron Janssen (Iowa), 5-4
Consolation 1st Round: Maj. dec. Matt Mougin (Northern Illinois), 15-4
Consolation 2nd Round: Maj. dec. Kevin Bialka (Northwestern), 12-4
Consolation 3rd Round: Dec. by #7, 3-seed Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma), 3-2 TB1
Polz eliminated
174: Dan Stelter, Jr., Villa Park, Ill., 3-6
1st Round: Dec. by 4-seed Mike Letts (Maryland), 6-0
Consolation 1st Round: Dec. by Mike Schmitz (UW-LaCrosse), 2-1 TB1
Stelter eliminated
174: Ben Friedl, Sr., Orland Park, Ill., 5-3
Pigtail: Pinned Rich Tado (Southern Illinois), 1:34
1st Round: Dec. by #18, 6-seed Alex Caruso (Rutgers), 1-0
Consolation 1st Round: Dec. 11-seed Caleb Kolb (Nebraska), 3-1 SV1
Consolation 2nd Round: Dec. Jarion Beets (Northern Iowa), 2-1 TB1
Consolation 3rd Round: Dec. by Curran Jacobs (Michigan State), 6-4
Friedl eliminated
184: Tony Dallago (No. 9 seed), r-Fr., Harrisburg, Pa., 11-7
1st Round: Pinned by Cole Shafer (Iowa State), 2:16
Consolation 1st Round: Dec. by James Nakashima (Nebraska), 3-2
Dallago eliminated
184: Joe Barczak, Sr., Fox Lake, Ill., 6-2
1st Round: Dec. Brad Dieckhaus (Northern Illinois), 5-2
2nd Round: Dec. by #10, 4-seed Josh Ihnen (Nebraska), 8-1
Consolation 2nd Round: Dec. Kelan Bragg (Cal Poly), 10-3
Consolation 3rd Round: Dec. by #12, 6-seed Eric Schmidtke (Oklahoma), 2-1
Barczak eliminated
HWT: Pat Walker, So., Lombard, Ill., 6-6
1st Round: Dec. by Bobby Telford (Iowa), 2-1
Consolation 1st Round: Maj. dec. Kevin Kelly (South Dakota State), 8-0
Consolation 2nd Round: Dec. by Tyler Perry (Missouri), 6-4
Walker eliminated
HWT: Martin Smith, Jr., Quincy, Ill., 5-6
1st Round: Dec. by Jordan Johnson (Iowa), 2-0
Consolation 1st Round: Dec. Joe Bach (Oklahoma), 8-3
Consolation 2nd Round: Dec. by #18, 12-seed Kyle Simonson (Iowa State), 4-0
Smith eliminated
