Congrats to Logan Stieber, NCAA Champion at 133 Pounds!!!

[BB73]

Logan Stieber won the National Title at 133 pounds in the NCAA Championships.

Overall, the Buckeyes finished an impressive 5th as a team, with Cam Tessari, fourth place at 149 pounds, Nick Heflin, fifth at 174 pounds and Hunter Stieber, sixth at 141 pounds, all earning All-American status in addition to Logan.

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Logan Stieber Wins 133-Pound NCAA Championship
Buckeyes finish fifth with 68.5 points

Since his loss to Jordan Oliver Feb. 12 at the National Duals, Logan Stieber has won nine consecutive matches en route to Big Ten and NCAA titles.

March 17, 2012

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Logan Stieber, a redshirt freshman from Monroeville, Ohio, won the 133-pound NCAA Wrestling National championship Saturday night at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Mo.

No. 2 seed Stieber defeated No.1 seed and defending national champion Jordan Oliver of Oklahoma State by a 4-3 score. The match began with Oliver gaining a quick takedown 17 seconds into the match. However, Stieber escaped 10 seconds later to make the score 2-1. With 30 seconds left in the first period, it appeared Stieber was going to earn his first takedown of the match as he was able to hoist Oliver into a one-legged position, but Oliver battled out and the score remained 2-1.

In the second period, Stieber chose bottom and was able to escape eight seconds later, deadlocking the score at 2-2. After more than a minute of wrestling, Stieber was again able to force Oliver into a one-legged position, but this time he scored the takedown and sent the Ohio State crowd into a frenzy. Stieber earned the takedown with 20 seconds left in the second period, making the score 4-2.

Oliver started the third period on bottom and was able to escape in 20 seconds, making the national championship a one point affair. Stieber fought off numerous blows from Oliver during the next minute and a half, refusing to give up a point. With 10 seconds remaining, Oliver shot at Stieber and was able to get him around the waist. The freshman from Monroeville, Ohio, stood strong and completed the upset.

Ohio State finished the final day of the championships in fifth place with 64.5 points in the team race. Penn State (143) was first over Big Ten rival Minnesota (117.5), while Iowa finished third with 107.5 points.

Overall, Ohio State boasted four All-Americans, tied for the second most in school history. The All-Americans for the Buckeyes were Logan Stieber, first place at 133 pounds, Cam Tessari, fourth place at 149 pounds, Nick Heflin, fifth at 174 pounds and Hunter Stieber, sixth at 141 pounds. Ohio State also set a team record for freshmen All-Americans with three (L. Stieber, H. Stieber and Cam Tessari).

Cont'd ...

 

[HineyBuck]

Penn State ran away with the championship, and Iowa, Minnesota, and Cornell are still ahead of the competition. But the Buckeyes, with their 5th place finish, are the best of the rest. And, we are a very young team (basically all freshmen and sophomores). We should remain in the upper echelon consistently now.

Congrats to Logan on the championship. More to come for him, and more championships to come from the other young studs.

 

[RB07OSU]

5th is as good as we could have asked for and with a young team plus some big recruits at key spots, we should be competing often. We have Tavanello coming in at heavy to finally give us a legitimate heavy (ranked #5 at heavy nationally, #71 total) and Mark Martin in the 170-190 range (#4 nationally at 170, #50 total), plus Nick Roberts (#4 nationally at 120, #38 total). Then again, the Ivy leagues, scUM, PSU, and Iowa have killed it on the recruiting trail too though. Either way, we are looking pretty tough.

 

[Tonyank]

Repeat winner