Central Missouri State University Mules Wrestling

2000 NCAA Division II Championships Results

at South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Mar. 10-11

Team finish: 14th place, 25.5 points (best finish since 13th-place tie in 1990)

Individual Place-Winners (four All-Americans most ever in one season):

133 - Luke Shaw finished fourth (40-10 final record; ties for fourth-highest single-season win total in school history)

First Round: Bye

Quarterfinals: beat Aaron Sanders, St. Cloud State, 4-0

Semifinals: lost to #2 seed Scott Braun, South Dakota State, 6-3

Consolation Semis: beat Chris Shears, Ashland, 7-3

Third Place: lost to Rob English, Pittsburgh-Johnstown, 4-0

174 - Matt Johnson finished fourth (28-18)

First Round: Bye

Quarterfinals: beat #1 seed Mauricio Wright, San Francisco State, 7-5

Semifinals: lost to #5 seed Mike Mitchell, American International, 2-0

Consolation Semis: beat #6 seed Travis Nagel, Moorhead State, 2-2 sv tiebreaker

Third Place: lost to #2 seed Jason Tapia, Southern Colorado, 10-5

125 - Drew Passley finished sixth (24-16)

First Round: beat #2 seed Jason Romero, Northern Colorado, 7-5 (OT)

Quarterfinals: beat Brian Burzynski, Kutztown, 13-9

Semifinals: lost to #6 seed Mark Dodgen, Central Oklahoma, 18-10

Consolation Semis: lost to Jeff Putt, Shippensburg, 10-8 (sudden victory)

Fifth Place: lost to Jared Haberman, Western State, 9-6

Hwt - Willie McCowan finished eighth (22-12)

First Round: lost to #6 seed Shaun Meeks, Anderson, 11-5

Consolation First Round: Bye

Consolation Quarterfinals: beat #5 seed Dustin Darveaux, St. Cloud State, 10-9

Consolation Semis: pinned by #1 seed Jeremiah Constant, Central Oklahoma, 1:44

Seventh Place: pinned by James Garvey, Augustana (S.D.), 1:30

157 - Lee Gatlin did not place (25-17)

First Round: pinned by #5 seed Matt Petsinger, Minnesota State-Mankato, 1:34

Consolation First Round: Bye

Consolation Quarterfinals: lost to #6 seed Tony Morgan, Carson-Newman, 7-4

184 - John Rolling did not place (30-16)

First Round: lost to #1 seed Steve Saxlund, North Dakota State, tech. fall (17-2)

Consolation First Round: Bye

Consolation Quarterfinals: lost to Brady Wegesin, Ashland, 6-5

197 - Korak Simmons did not place (32-16)

First Round: lost 5-3 to Keith Hoffman, Shippensburg

Consolation First Round: lost to Bryan Mueller, North Dakota State, 5-2