EVANSTON, ILLINOIS—The Broncs are competing this weekend at the 45th Annual Midlands Wrestling Tournament, hosted by Northwestern University, with three wrestlers in the semi-finals and three in the consolation wrestle backs.
Senior Don Fisch (Williamstown, N.J./Delsea), the eighth seed at 149, will face the fifth seed, Jake Patacsil of Purdue in the semi-finals Sunday. Fisch defeated Grant Paswall of Illinois 7-3 in the quarter-finals. Fisch defeated Matt Cusick of Virginia Tech 3-0 in the round of 16. Fisch won a major decision (14-0) in the first round over Chris Szabolcs of Air Force and defeated Ashtin Primus of Missouri 7-2 in the second round.
Senior T.J. Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff), the fourth seed at 197, will face the top seed, Josh Glenn of American, in the semi-finals Sunday. Morrison defeated the fifth seed, Matt Koz of Tennessee-Chatanooga 3-1 in the quarter-finals. T. J. Morrison defeated CAA-foe Jon Oplinger of Drexel 3-1 in the round of 16 after defeating Alec Bonander of Luther 7-4 in the first round.
Junior 165 Jason Lapham (West Chazy, N.Y./Beekmantown) will face the fifth seed, Jon Reader of Iowa State in the semi-finals Sunday. In the quarter-finals Lapham defeated the eighth seed, Tim Palmer of Wisconsin-LaCrosse 3-1. Lapham defeated Benjamin Hoover of Nebraska 8-7 in the round of 16. Lapham received a first-round bye before defeating TH Leet of Iowa 4-2.
Junior Doug Umbehauer (Shamong, N.J./Lenape) won 7-1 in the consolations against Brendan Faust of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and will now face Josh Edmonson of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Umbehauer lost 3-1 in sudden victory to Phil Keddy of in the round of 16. The sixth seed at 184, Umbehauer received a first round bye before defeating Dave Sullivan of Pittsburgh 9-2.
Sophomore 174 Mike Miller (Wilmington, Del./Brandywine) was pinned (4:20) by the sixth seed, Jay Borschel of Iowa in the round of 16. Miller received a first round bye before defeating Mitch Artist of Iowa State 11-7, and will now compete in the consolations against Ryan Smith of Great Falls.
Junior Ed Bordas (Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central) defeated Mike Sprigg of Army 7-4 in the consolations, and will now face Dustin Bauman of Northern Iowa. Bordas received a first round bye before losing 17-4 to the eighth seed, Nik Fekete of Hawk Wrestling Club.
Sophomore Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) lost 5-4 in the 157 pound consolations to Clint Arlis of Illinois. Rob Morrison lost 7-4 in the first round to Emanual Brooks of Missouri.
In the 141 pound consolations, sophomore Fred Rodgers (Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown) lost 5-3 to Michael Bonora of Rhode Island. Rodgers lost 4-2 to Nick Shumate of Southern Illinois in the first round.
In the 133 pound consolations, junior Zac Cunliffe (Farmingdale, N.J./Howell) will face Steve Siokos of Harper. After a first round bye Cunliffe lost 9-0 to the #2 seed, Jim Kennedy of Illinois.
In the consolations sophomore 125 Tommy Lorenzo (West Orange) defaulted to Andrew Taylor of Dubuque. Lorenzo was pinned (1:28) by TJ Wunnicke of Northern Illinois in the first round.
The Broncs placed a best-ever 13th at Midlands last year, with Umbehauer finishing runner-up and T.J. Morrison placing fifth.
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