Augsburg picked to repeat in Division III

By WIN

Updated: October 22, 2010

The National Wrestling Coaches Association has picked Augsburg College from Minneapolis, Minn., to repeat as NCAA Division III national championship, according to its 2010-11 Brute-Adidas preseason poll, which was released Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.

Just like last March, when the Auggies edged Wisconsin-LaCrosse by 10 points, Augsburg does not have one top-ranked wrestler.

Without a single top-ranked individual, Augsburg with the likes of second-ranked Orlando Ponce at 165 pounds, is still the favorite to win the NCAA Division III tournament in March.

The following is the complete poll.

BRUTE – ADIDAS

National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III

Pre – Season Team Ranking #1

October 22, 2010

Rk Team (State) 2010 Finish

1.Augsburg College (Minn.) 1st
2. Wartburg College (Iowa) 3rd
3. Wisconsin – La Crosse 2nd
4. Coe College (Iowa) 4th
5. Ithaca College (N.Y.) 6th
6. Concordia College – Moorhead (Minn.) 9th
7. United States Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) 11th
8. Delaware Valley College (Pa.) 5th
9. Saint John’s University (Minn.) 14^th (tie)
10. Cornell College (Iowa) 12th
11. University of Dubuque (Iowa) 8th
12. The College of New Jersey 36th
13. Williams College (Mass.) 23^rd (tie)
14. Luther College (Iowa) 10th
15. Wisconsin – Stevens Point 28th
16. Ohio Northern University 7th
17. State University of New York at Brockport 23^rd (tie)
18. Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) 32nd
19. Springfield College (Mass.) 42nd
20. Cortland State (N.Y.) 22nd
21. Wisconsin – Whitewater 23^rd (tie)
22. Trine University (Ind.) 50th
23. Buena Vista University (Iowa) 29^th (tie)
24. Wilkes University (Pa.) 29^th (tie)
25. Elmhurst College (Ill.) 14^th (tie)
26. North Central College (Ill.) 18^th (tie)
27. Heidelberg College (Ohio) 18^th (tie)
28. Mount Union College (Ohio) 35th
29. Elizabethtown College (Pa.) 17th
30. Waynesburg University (Pa.) dnp

National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Brute – Adidas Individual Ranking –October 22, 2010

125 pounds

1. Clayton Rush – Coe College (sr)
2. Josh Roberts – Augsburg College (jr)
3. Austin Mogg – Buena Vista University (so)
4. Jordan Alfaro – US Mercahnt Marine Academy (jr)
5. Mark Kist – Wartburg College (jr)
6. Tyler Marlow – SUNY Brockport (so)
7. Lloyd McKinney – UW La Crosse (sr)
8. Joe Mileski – UW Stevens Point (jr)
9. Zach Mueller – UW Oshkosh (jr)
10. Daron Hohbein – Concordia College – Moorhead (jr)

133 pounds

1. Will Livingston – Centenary College (sr)
2. Mike McInally – Rochester Institute of Technology (sr)
3. Corey Brown – Thiel College (jr)
4. Nathan Fitzenreider – North Central College (so)
5. Jayson Swanson – Luther College (sr)
6. Seth Ecker – Ithaca College (jr)
7. Joe Grippi – Springfield College (so)
8. Tom D’Alessandro – Heidelberg College (jr)
9. Drew Hinschberger – Coe College (so)
10. Paul Marcello – Johns Hopkins (so)

141 pounds

1. Myanga Batsukh – Saint John’s University (sr)
2. Bebeto Yewah – UW La Crosse (jr)
3. Jeremy Stierly – Ithaca College (jr)
4. Kevin Donahue – Cornell College (sr)
5. Ryan Bridge – Stevens Institute of Technology (jr)
6. Matt Ulrich – Delaware Valley College (sr)
7. Aljamain Sterling – Cortland State (sr)
8. Nick Garber – Waynesburg University (sr)
9. Ben Anderson – Concordia College – Moorhead (sr)
10. Jake Strausbaugh – Wabash College (so)

149 pounds

1. Issac Dukes – Case Western Reserve University (jr)
2. Tony Valek – Augsburg College (jr)
3. Matt Mauseth – UW La Crosse (sr)
4. Blaine Woszczak – Ithaca College (sr)
5. Jason Pyle – Luther College (sr)
6. Justin Berns – Concordia College – Moorhead (sr)
7. Corey Paulish – Williams College (sr)
8. Jacob Groth – Wartburg College (sr)
9. Emanual Ajagbe – Delaware Valley College (so)
10. Isaiah Britton – Lycoming College (sr)

157 pounds

1. Luke Miller – Ohio Northern University (sr)
2. Jesse Harrington – Delaware Valley College (sr)
3. Carrington Banks – Wartburg College (sr)
4. Matt Magill – New York University (sr)
5. Dan Twitto – US Merchant Marine Academy (jr)
6. Nicholas Loughlin – Cornell College (jr)
7. Justin Skillings – St. Olaf College (jr)
8. Dale Handley – Coe College (jr)
9. Kyle Packer – College of New Jersey (sr)
10. Ryan Warcynski – University of Dubuque (so)

165 pounds

1. Vincent Renaut – US Merchant Marine Academy (sr)
2. Orlando Ponce – Augsburg College (sr)
3. Josh Terrell – University of Dubuque (sr)
4. Nick LeClere – Coe College (jr)
5. Cory Ferguson – UW La Crosse (sr)
6. Matt Baarson – Saint John’s University (sr)
7. Matt Curley – Heidelberg College (sr)
8. Joey Favia – Stevens Institute of Technology (jr)
9. Justin James – SUNY Brockport (jr)
10. Jordan Schulte – UW Stevens Point (so)

174 pounds

1. Mike Schmitz – UW La Crosse (jr)
2. Zach Molitor – Augsburg College (sr)
3. Kyle Kwiat – Ohio Northern University (so)
4. Dylan Azinger – Wartburg College (so)
5. Ross Dankers – Concordia College – Moorhead (sr)
6. Brian Thomason – York College (sr)
7. Robert Bishop – Stevens Institue of Technology (sr)
8. David Priest – Ithaca College (sr)
9. Colin Lenhardt – Johnson & Wales University (so)
10. Dan Daddino – Delaware Valley College (sr)

184 pounds

1. Phil Moenkedick – Concordia College – Moorhead (sr)
2. Ben Engelland – UW Stevens Point (sr)
3. Mike Reilly – King’s College (jr)
4. Mike Denver – College of New Jersey (jr)
5. Seth Rehn – Coe College (sr)
6. Nate Murren – Ursinus College (sr)
7. Sam Engelland – UW Oshkosh (jr)
8. Ryan Dormann – Stevens Institute of Technology (so)
9. Luke Pariso – SUNY Brockport (so)
10. Mitch Artist – UW La Crosse (sr)

197 pounds

1. Byron Tate – Wartburg College (jr)
2. Ryan Malo – Williams College (sr)
3. Jared Massey – Augsburg College (sr)
4. Bill Schindel – Mount Union College (sr)
5. Carl Korpi – Cortland State (jr)
6. Brian Broll – Buena Vista University (so)
7. Adam Latella – UW Whitewater (jr)
8. William Meaney – Elizabethtown College (sr)
9. Nathan Schmitz – Concordia College – Moorhead (so)
10. Jamie Myers – New York University (jr)

Heavyweight

1. John Helgerson – Wartburg College (sr)
2. Mark Corsello – Elmhurst College (sr)
3. Brock Glotfelty – McDaniel College (sr)
4. Adam Saylers – Wilmington College (sr)
5. Judd Connell – US Merchant Marine Academy (sr)
6. Ed Broderick – College of New Jersey (sr)
7. James Lamonica – Oneonta State (sr)
8. Matt Mahon – Ithaca College (jr)
9. James Zarate – UW Whitewater (sr)
10. Nick Cambi – Roger Williams University (sr)

Ranking Committee: Mike Howard (Oswego), Rich Hasenfus (Williams), Jim Miller (Wartburg),Mark Hawald (Mount Union College), Dave Icenhower (College of New Jersey), Chris Walter (UW-Platteville)