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"OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - NC State redshirt sophomore Nick Gwiazdowski has advanced to the finals at 285 pounds at the 2014 NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City. Gwiazdowski will try to become NC State's sixth individual national champion in wrestling tomorrow night on ESPN. In today's quarterfinals, Gwiazdowski downed seventh seed Mike McClure of Michigan State 4-1, and then scored a 5-4 decision in the semifinals over third seed Adam Chalfant of Indiana. With the two wins today, Gwiazdowski pushes his season record to 41-2 and ties former heavyweight and 1993 national champion Sylvester Terkay for most single-season wins in school history. Gwiazdowski will take on two-time defending national champion Tony Nelson of Minnesota, the tournament's top seed, in the championship bout tomorrow night. The two have quite a rivalry the last two seasons. Earlier this season, Nelson defeated Gwiazdowski 1-0 at the Southern Scuffle, one of only two defeats for Gwiazdowski on the season. This past summer, Gwiazdowski scored a 9-0 tech fall win and also a 6-4 decision over Nelson in the third place bout, both at the U.S. World Team Trials. Junior Tommy Gantt missed All-American honors by a spot, finishing ninth at 157 pounds. Gantt started the day with an 18-0 technical fall win over Aaron Walker of The Citadel. In a rematch of the ACC Championship, Gantt then defeated 10th seed Blaise Butler of Virginia 3-2. Gantt's tournament came to an end in the eighth place bout, falling to fifth seed Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin. Sophomore Sam Speno was also in action today. Competing in his second straight trip to the NCAA Championships, Speno was in the wrestle backs at 141 pounds. He pulled off a 5-3 upset of fifth seed Chris Mecate of Old Dominion in sudden death 5-3, but his tournament run ended with a loss to 13th seed Stephen Dutton of Michigan. 141: Sam Speno (NCSU) dec. (5) Chris Mecate (Old Dominion); 5-3 (SV1) (13) Stephen Dutton (Michigan) major dec. Sam Speno (NCSU); 13-0 157: Tommy Gantt (NCSU) tech. fall Aaron Walker (The Citadel); 18-0 Tommy Gantt (NCSU) dec. (10) Blaise Butler (Virginia); 3-2 (5) Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) major dec. Tommy Gantt; 8-0 285: (2) Nick Gwiazdowski (NCSU) dec. (7) Mike McClure (Michigan State); 4-1 (2) Nick Gwiazdowski (NCSU) dec. (3) Adam Chalfant (Indiana); 5-4 "

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-wrestl/recaps/032114aaa.html

3/22/2014 3:45:58 PM

haha

was looking for a thread to post in last night after Gwiz won in the semis, but apparently one didn't exist. guess the last day of the season is better than never.

3/22/2014 7:11:16 PM

one more match until Gwiz's national championship bout on ESPN... he'll probably start in about 10-15 minutes

3/22/2014 8:39:20 PM

Hell yeah!

3/22/2014 9:09:12 PM

that was clutch

3/22/2014 9:18:25 PM

#1 AT WRESTLING AND BASS FISHING

3/22/2014 9:23:09 PM

2 takedowns in the 3rd period to win with the 2nd one counting because he kept his toe in the circle.

3/22/2014 9:36:09 PM

First national champion for NCSU since 2009. Our last champ was Darrion Caldwell who also won the most outstanding wrestler award. The wrestling team might be pretty solid next year as they have a lot of returners. We defeated UNC and Duke this year so we can say this is OUR STATE for wrestling .

3/22/2014 9:37:29 PM

Great match. Almost got an escape in addition to the takedowns.

3/22/2014 9:44:07 PM

3/22/2014 10:24:04 PM

Nick's post match presser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtp4Nnm5lw

3/22/2014 10:29:51 PM

Wait, whats this supposed to mean?
https://www.facebook.com/ncaastudents/posts/10101545114974056?stream_ref=1

3/22/2014 11:26:01 PM

When wrestlers win matches during the tournament they contribute to their team's points and the team with the highest number wins the national championship which is Penn State. Gwiazdowski won his weight so he's the national champion for his weight class.

3/22/2014 11:47:31 PM

We finished 19th in the team standings. Nick winning helped Penn State win the title. I think they had two wrestlers in the finals and needed both of them to win. Minnesota had 2 and Penn State needed one of them to lose. Nick beat a Gopher, so Penn State won the team national title.

3/23/2014 12:05:26 AM

^^^^ how is he out of breath for so long?

3/23/2014 12:08:19 AM

^you ever wrestled? Takes a shit ton out of you. I've played football, basketball, baseball and soccer for full games without coming out. NEVER have I been as tired as when I wrestled 3 periods. You're literally done after a wrestling match.

Hes also pretty pumped prolly.

3/23/2014 9:55:19 AM

Is there a video of the match anywhere?

3/24/2014 12:14:51 PM

YES! YES! YES!

3/24/2014 12:16:04 PM

If you have access to ESPN3, it should be on there. Nick's match is about an hour into the broadcast and follows the 197 match.

3/24/2014 10:58:42 PM

Video starts with Nick's two takedowns in the final.

http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/032614aab.html

3/26/2014 10:44:10 PM