Donahoe Advances to Semifinals

Paul Donahoe is one win away from the finals at 125 pounds after the third session of the 2007 NCAA Championships on Friday at the Palace at Auburn Hills.  Nebraska is currently in 16th place with 23.5 team points and two wrestlers still going. 

Donahoe moved into the semifinals with an 8-3 win over Tanner Gardner of Stanford at 125 pounds.  Donahoe built a 5-0 lead after the first two periods and held on in the third for the victory.

Craig Brester fell into the consolation bracket at 197 pounds after a loss by fall to Josh Glenn of American.  Glenn held a 6-1 lead after the first period, but Brester scored three points in the second period to cut Glenn’s lead to 6-4.  After starting the third period down, Glenn scored a reversal midway through the period and pinned Glenn with 24 seconds remaining in the match.  Brester will continue in the consolation bracket. 

Dominick Moyer saw his season end with a 2-2 mark at the NCAA Championships after a 3-1 loss to J. Jaggers of Ohio State in consolation bracket action at 141 pounds.  Jaggers took the lead with an early takedown, then added a point for a second-period escape.  Moyer got on the board with an escape early in the third period, but was unable to cut any farther into Jaggers’ lead.  Earlier in the day, Moyer won by fall over Alex Tsirtsis of Iowa.    

At 149 pounds, Jordan Burroughs battled hard but fell to Matt Storniolo of Oklahoma, 6-1 in the fourth sudden victory period.  After the match was tied 1-1 after regulation, three overtime periods were not enough to pick a winner.  In the fourth sudden victory period, Storniolo scored a takedown and a three-point nearfall to clinch the victory and eliminate Burroughs. 

Chris Oliver was eliminated at 157 pounds with an 11-2 major decision loss to Michael Chandler of Missouri.  Chandler built a 10-0 lead through the first six minutes of the match before Oliver scored a reversal midway through the third period. 

Stephen Dwyer was eliminated in a 5-2 overtime loss to Roger Smith-Bergsrud of Illinois.  Dwyer tied the match 2-2 with an escape 10 seconds into the third period.  After a scoreless first sudden-victory period, both wrestlers escaped in the first tiebreaker period to the match at 3-3, but Smith-Bergsrud scored a takedown late in the second sudden-victory period to clinch the victory. 

The wrestling action resumes at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich., with semifinals and consolation-bracket matches starting at 6 p.m., with the semifinal matches broadcast on ESPNU.

125-Paul Donahoe (NU) by dec. over Tanner Gardner (Stanford), 8-3
141-Dominick Moyer (NU) by fall over Alex Tsirtsis (Iowa), 5:23
141-J Jaggers (Ohio State) by dec. over Dominick Moyer (NU), 3-1
149-Matt Storniolo (Oklahoma) by dec. over Jordan Burroughs (NU), 6-1 (SV4)
157-Michael Chandler (Missouri) by major dec. over Chris Oliver (NU), 11-2
165-Roger Smith-Bergsrud (Illinois) by dec. over Stephen Dwyer (NU), 5-2 (SV2)
197-Josh Glenn (American) by fall over Craig Brester (NU), 6:36