2006 NCAA TOURNAMENT
                                  FINAL RESULTS

125- Joe Dubuque (Indiana) def. Troy Nickerson (Cornell) 8-3.
    
133- Matt Valenti (Penn) def. Chris Fleeger (Purdue) 3-2.
    
141- Nate Gallick (Iowa St) def. Teyon Ware (Oklahoma) 3-2.
    
149- Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) def. Ty Eustice (Iowa) 4-0.
    
157- Ben Cherrington (Boise St) def. Brian Stith (Arizona State) 7-3.
     
165- Johny Hendricks (Okla State) def. Ryan Churella (Michigan) 9-8.
    
174- Ben Askren (Missouri) def. Jake Herbert (Northwestern) 14-2.
    
184- Shane Webster (Oregon) def. Roger Kish (Minnesota) 3-2. 
   
197- Jake Rosholt (Okla State) def. Phillip Davis (Penn State) 10-3.
    
285- Cole Konrad (Minn) def. Steve Mocco (Okla State) 5-2 double ot.

MAT NOTES...
  Oklahoma State won their 34th mat title and the Cowboys now have a record 132 individual titles, followed by Iowa (71), Oklahoma (65), Iowa State (64) and Lehigh with 26. It was the third time the Pokes won four consecutive NCAA team titles and before that, the Cowboys won seven straight titles from 1937 to 1946 (which had a three-year hiatus because of World War II). Jake Rosholt (197) won his third NCAA crown and becomes the 15th Cowboy to win three titles and the 40th three-time champion in NCAA history. Only four champions went unscathed through the season, Nate Gallick (38-0), Ben Cherrington (20-0), Ben Askren (44-0) and Cole Konrad (38-0). Five of the 2006 NCAA champions are underclassmen, Matt Valenti, Dustin Schlatter, Johny Hendricks, along with the aforementioned Askren and Konrad.Two true freshmen reached the NCAA finals, Cornell's Troy Nickerson and Minnesota's Dustin Schlatter. Both won HS National titles last year at Cleveland, Ohio. Schlatter now  has a chance to become the third four-time NCAA champion, the others were Pat Smith (Okla State) and Cael Sanderson (Iowa State). In the 165-pound finals, Ryan Churella (29-1) and Johny Hendricks (29-1) were embroiled in a wild bout. Churella nearly pinned Hendricks at the end of the second period after he worked in an overhead cradle on a takedown counter and surprisingly only received two near fall points. Hendricks scored on two questionable takedowns in the last stanza, the decisive double leg takedown coming with just three seconds remaining in the bout and emerged with a 9-8 victory. Ben Askren had the most wins (44) of all the NCAA wrestlers this season. He dominated his five opponents en route to the the 174-pound title and was voted the tournament's outstanding wrestler. He  also became Missouri's first national champion. Oklahoma coach Jack Spates was voted NCAA Coach-of-the-Year. Spates is orignally from Smithtown and was NYS champion in 1970, he later attended Slippery Rock and was a NCAA runner-up. Congratulations to Hofstra University's Jim Sheehan for being named the NCAA SID- (Sports Information Director) of-the-Year. That is quite an honor and the National Media Association felt he was very deserving of that prestigious award. Currently there are only 86 Division I wrestling programs. The combined record of the ten NCAA champions was 339 victories and just 10 losses. Attendance for the finals was 16,394 fans. The NCAA Championships will be held on March 15-17 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan...

TEAM SCORES:
   1. Oklahoma State (122.5)
  2. Minnesota (84.5)
  3. Oklahoma (80.5)
  4. Iowa (70)
  5. Cornell (62)
  6. Arizona State (61.5)
  7. Michigan (57.5)
  8. Edinboro (56)
  9. Lehigh (53.5)
  9. Penn State (53.5)
  11.Hofstra (52.5)
  12.Penn (51)
  13.Iowa State (48.5)
  13.Northwestern (48.5)
  15.Missouri (45)
  16.Nebraska (40.5)
  17.American (40)
  18.Indiana (35)
  19.Michigan State (35)
  20 Purdue (34)
  
Oklahoma Sooner Coach of the Year Jack Spates.