Cliff Keen Vegas Finals tonight

[hammen]

Sueflohn with a huge comeback against Grajales, finished of with a match-winning TD at the buzzer to advance to the finals tonight against Maple of Oklahoma. Way to wrestle tough Jake!

Howe is dominating and looks to be paired with Kokesh of Nebraska in the finals tonight. Rutt has Heflin of Ohio State in the semis, and looks to wrestle Meeks of Oregon State tonight.

[hammen]

Some quick highlights:

125 - Dylan Peters dropped his first match of the year (and first time not pinning an opponent this year) to Garrett of Cornell by a close 4-2 (?) decision.

133 - Colon of UNI lost to Johnny DiJulius of Ohio State 8-2 (4 pt desperation move at the end) in the semis.

141 - Devin Carter defaulted the semis (injury hamstring last night in quarterfinal win) - Stieber rolling with all falls

149 - Sueflohn and Maple, as mentioned above.

157 - Michigan went with true freshman Brian Murphy, who had some big wins and nearly pulled off another upset over James Green of Nebraska (lost in overtime). Brian Realbuto from Cornell is in the finals against Green.

165 - Moreno and Sulzer dominated to make finals.

174 - Howe dominated - will get a good match with Kokesh in the finals.

184 - Dudley of Nebraska gets to the finals (had a big win over Kenny Courts of Ohio State last night). Other finalist will be either Wyoming or Boise St

197 - Rutt received a medical forfeit from Heflin (ankle injury from the quarterfinals last night).

285 - Coon of Michigan had a big upset over Gwiaz of NC State last night in the quarters.

brackets: http://openliveresults.escapesports.com/2013-OPEN-Standalone-2013_Cliff_Keen_LV_Invitaional-1386385008.html#

[hammen]

And yes, you counted right - that's 5 in the finals for Nebraska. Pretty impressive, especially DiJulius at 133.

[hammen]

568 (F)   Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)   DEC   Jarrod Patterson (Oklahoma)   6-1
567 (3rd)   Martin(Josh) Martinez (Air Force)   DEC   David Terao (American)   4-1
566 (5th)   Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa)   DEC   Tyler Cox (Wyoming)   15-13
565 (7th)   Nick Roberts (Ohio State)   DEC   Earl Hall (Iowa State)   4-3

572 (F)   Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State)   FALL   Cody Brewer (Oklahoma)   F 0:44
571 (3rd)   Joe Colon (Northern Iowa)   TF   Mark Grey (Cornell)   16-0
570 (5th)   Rosario Bruno (Michigan)   DEC   Jose Mendoza (Csu Bakersfield)   6-4;sv
569 (7th)   Colton Rasche (Navy)   DEC   Colton McCrystal (Nebraska)   8-5

576 (F)   Logan Stieber (Ohio State)   TF   Anthony Abidin (Nebraska)   16-1;2:06
575 (3rd)   Nick Lester (Oklahoma)   DEC   Luke Vaith (Hofstra)   4-0
574 (5th)   Dylan Phillipy (San Francisco State)   MED   Devin Carter (Virginia Tech)   med
573 (7th)   Gabe Moreno (Iowa State)   MED   Joey Lazor (Northern Iowa)   med

580 (F)   Kendric Maple (Oklahoma)   DEC   Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska)   8-3
579 (3rd)   Christopher Villalonga (Cornell)   DEC   Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State)   4-1
578 (5th)   Ian Paddock (Ohio State)   DEC   Eric Grajales (Michigan)   8-2
577 (7th)   Brian Hamann (North Carolina State)   MED   Blake Kastl (Cal Poly)   med

584 (F)   James Green (Nebraska)   DEC   Brian Realbuto (Cornell)   6-5
583 (3rd)   Roger Pena (Oregon State)   DEC   Thomas Gantt (North Carolina State)   5-3
582 (5th)   Brian Murphy (Michigan)   MED   Blaise Butler (Virginia)   med
581 (7th)   Robert Burg (Navy)   DEC   Randall Languis (Ohio State)   1-0

588 (F)   Nicholas Sulzer (Virginia)   DEC   Michael Moreno (Iowa State)   5-2
587 (3rd)   Daniel Yates (Michigan)   FALL   Cooper Moore (Northern Iowa)   F 1:39
586 (5th)   Austin Wilson (Nebraska)   DEC   Dylan Palacio (Cornell)   9-8
585 (7th)   Joseph Booth (Hofstra)   MAJOR   Peyton Walsh (Navy)   13-4

592 (F)   Andrew Howe (Oklahoma)   DEC   Robert Kokesh (Nebraska)   3-2
591 (3rd)   Stephen Doty (Virginia)   FALL   Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (The Citadel)   F 6:27
590 (5th)   Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State)   MAJOR   Bryce Hammond (Csu Bakersfield)   15-5
589 (7th)   Austin Gabel (Virginia Tech)   DEC   Kevin Radford (Arizona State)   7-3

596 (F)   Gabriel Dean (Cornell)   MAJOR   Timothy Dudley (Nebraska)   13-3
595 (3rd)   Kenny Courts (Ohio State)   FALL   Ophir Bernstein (Brown)   F 4:48
594 (5th)   Benjamin Stroh (Wyoming)   MED   Jacob Swartz (Boise State)   med
593 (7th)   Nick Vetterlein (Virginia Tech)   DEC   Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State)   3-2

600 (F)   Travis Rutt (Oklahoma)   DEC   Daniel Mitchell (American)   6-4
599 (3rd)   Cody Dixon (Boise State)   MED   Taylor Meeks (Oregon State)   med
598 (5th)   Chris Penny (Virginia Tech)   MED   Nick Heflin (Ohio State)   med
597 (7th)   Braden Atwood (Purdue)   DEC   Christopher Heald (Michigan)   5-2

604 (F)   Adam Coon (Michigan)   DEC   J.T Felix (Boise State)   7-5;sv
603 (3rd)   Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina State)   DEC   Adam Fager (Utah Valley University)   4-3
602 (5th)   Ross Larson (Oklahoma)   MED   Ethan Hayes (Virginia)   med
601 (7th)   William Smith (Rutgers)   DEC   Nick Tavanello (Ohio State)   4-2

[lincolnlogs]

How'd Jake look against Maple?

[hammen]

Maple really controlled the match on the feet. Jake didn't get much of a chance on top due to a questionable jump by Maple to start the second that didn't get called. Maple seemed to be back to his form from last year. Still a great tournament by Jake.