Super Region 1 Final Brackets / Final Team Scores / ESU day 1 recap

ERIE – Redshirt senior Jeff Jacobs (174) became East Stroudsburg University's first NCAA Division II Super Region 1 champion and redshirt junior Ed Ebewo (197) also earned a trip to the NCAA Championships with a third-place finish to give the Warriors two national qualifiers out of this weekend's Super Region 1 Tournament at Gannon.

Jacobs and Ebewo will make the trip to Nebraska-Kearney on March 11-12 after navigating through their brackets, which included Jacobs' upset of No. 1 seed Anthony Petrella of Gannon, the No. 2-ranked 174-pounder in Division II, in the semifinals. The No. 4 seed entering the tournament, Jacobs was the third-highest seeded wrestler to win an individual title, joining a pair of wrestlers from Pitt-Johnstown in No. 6 Jack Bachman at 141 and No. 5 Chris Dempsey at 285.

ESU is in its second year competing in Division II and also sent two wrestlers, Adam Hluschak (141) and national runner-up Shane Mallory (184), to the NCAA Championships last year. Hluschak was the regional runner-up a year ago but fell a match short of repeating his trip to the NCAA's on Saturday.

Jacobs notched a 3-2 decision over Petrella to reach the finals and won the title with a 4-0 decision over No. 6 Josh Whitlock, who was one of five runner-ups for team champion Newberry. Jacobs improved to 19-8 on the season and has won 13 of his last 15 matches entering the NCAA's. He pinned No. 5 Matt Littleton (West Liberty) in 2:26 in the quarterfinals on Friday after a first round bye.

ESU scored 54.0 points, finishing tied for seventh with West Liberty in a field of 13 teams, to post an improvement from last year's 10th-place finish in a field of 15 schools. Pitt-Johnstown (115.5) was the runner-up behind Newberry, followed by Gannon (84.5) and Mercyhurst (75.0). The top four individuals in each weight class at each of this weekend's four regionals will make the trip to Nebraska-Kearney in two weeks.

The Warriors had four placewinners in Jacobs, Ebewo and redshirt juniors Hluschak (141) and Thad Frick (165), who were both sixth in their weight classes.

Ebewo, the No. 4 seed at 197, earned his trip to nationals with a 14-9 decision over No. 6 Keith Dahlheimer (Shippensburg) after falling to No. 1 John Reed (Newberry) by a 4-3 decision in the semifinals. He won his second match of the weekend over No. 5 Michael Pollard (Mercyhurst) to finish third, posting a 14-7 decision after winning a 7-3 decision on Friday in the quarterfinals.

Frick, the No. 5 seed at 165, reached the semifinals with two wins on Friday but lost all three of his matches on Saturday to finish sixth. He had a 7-4 decision over No. 4 Gary Lantz (Pitt-Johnstown) in the quarterfinals but took a 2-0 loss to No. 1 Mike Williams (UNC-Pembroke), ranked No. 1 nationally, in the semifinals. In the consolations, he suffered an 11-6 setback to No. 6 Jarrod Shaw (West Liberty) and fell to Lantz, 4-3, in his final match.

Hluschak, seeded No. 4 at 141, fell 3-2 to No. 2 Andrew Milanak (Gannon) in the consolation semifinals after opening the day with an 11-1 major decision over No. 8 Christopher Hoffman (American International). No. 5 Dallas Evans (Seton Hill) evened his record against Hluschak to 3-3 over the last two years with a first-period pin in the fifth/sixth place match after winning an 8-6 decision in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Senior Jesse Dunn (157), sophomore Will Weaver (285) and freshman Jordan Toledo (133) saw their tournaments end in the consolation quarterfinals. Dunn, who entered unseeded, dropped a 7-2 decision to John Linquist (Shippensburg), No. 7 seed Weaver took a 4-1 loss to No. 6 Ron Oswald (Seton Hill) and No. 7 seed Toledo fell 5-4 to No. 6 John Fleming (Gannon).


133 – No. 7 Jordan Toledo (13-7)
1st Round – Toledo dec. Josh Testa (Seton Hill), 3-2
Quarters – No. 2 Aaron Smith (American International) dec. Toledo, 6-3
Consolations – Toledo pinned Wesley Heavener (Shippensburg), 1:16
Cons. Quarters – No. 6 John Fleming (Gannon) dec. Toledo, 5-4

141 – No. 4 Adam Hluschak (26-15) – 6th
1st Round – Hluschak dec. Nick Hannan (Mercyhurst), 2-0
Quarters – No. 5 Dallas Evans (Seton Hill) dec. Hluschak, 8-6
Consolations – Hluschak tech. fall. John King (Ohio Valley), 16-1; 4:59
Cons. Quarters – Hluschak maj. dec. No. 8 Christopher Hoffman (American International), 11-1
Cons. Semis – No. 2 Andrew Milanak (Gannon) dec. Hluschak, 3-2
5th/6th match – No. 5 Dallas Evans (Seton Hill) pinned Hluschak, 2:40

149 – Tyler Wilton (1-19)
1st Round – No. 6 Seiji Borja (Newberry) maj. dec. Wilton, 15-7
Consolations – Devan Jones (Shippensburg) dec. Wilton, 9-4

157 – Jesse Dunn (6-22)
1st Round – No. 8 Anthony Frost (Kutztown) dec. Dunn, 6-4
Consolations – Dunn pinned No. 7 Nicholas Giulliette (Anderson), 1:57
Cons. Quarters – John Linquist (Shippensburg) dec. Dunn, 7-2

165 – No. 5 Thad Frick (10-10) – 6th
1st Round – Frick pinned Kenneth Richards (Ohio Valley), 0:44
Quarters – Frick dec. No. 4 Gary Lantz (Pitt-Johnstown), 7-4
Semis – No. 1 Mike Williams (UNC-Pembroke) dec. Frick, 2-0
Cons. Semis – No. 6 Jarrod Shaw (West Liberty) dec. Frick, 11-6
5th/6th match – No. 4 Gary Lantz (Pitt-Johnstown) dec. Frick, 4-3

174 – No. 4 Jeff Jacobs (19-8) – 1st
Quarters – Jacobs pinned No. 5 Matt Littleton (West Liberty), 2:26
Semis – Jacobs dec. No. 1 Anthony Petrella (Gannon), 3-2
Finals – Jacobs dec. No. 6 Josh Whitlock (Newberry), 4-0

184 – No. 4 Brendan McKeown (18-17)
1st Round – McKeown dec. Angel Mazara (American International), 4-3
Quarters – No. 5 Christopher Boyd (Gannon) pinned McKeown, 2:30
Consolations – No. 3 Seth Csaszar (Kutztown) pinned McKeown, 2:06

197 – No. 4 Ed Ebewo (22-9) – 3rd
Quarters – Ebewo dec. No. 5 Michael Pollard (Mercyhurst), 7-3
Semis – No. 1 John Reed (Newberry) dec. Ebewo, 4-3
Cons. Semis – Ebewo dec. No. 6 Keith Dahlheimer (Shippensburg), 14-9
3rd/4th match – Ebewo dec. No. 5 Michael Pollard (Mercyhurst), 14-7

285 – No. 7 Will Weaver (24-16)
1st Round – Weaver dec. Casey Hines (American International), 8-1
Quarters – No. 2 Jake Elkins (Newberry) pinned Weaver, 2:47
Consolations – Weaver dec. James De La Riva (UNC-Pembroke), 8-2
Cons. Quarters – No. 6 Ron Oswald (Seton Hill) dec. Weaver, 4-1