2015 PAC Wrestling Championships

Friday, February 13
Matches begin at 5 p.m.
Hosted by Washington & Jefferson College – Washington, Pa.
Henry Memorial Center

Mat 1 video | Mat 2 video | Audio broadcast (provided by greenesports.net)

The awards presentation will take place after all of the third-round matches have been completed.



The PAC Championships is a three-team, round-robin tournament
Teams will draw for A–B–C placement on the day of the tournament
(If you win your first round match you automatically move to round three, which will be the championship round)

Admission: Admission for all PAC Championship events is $5 for adults, $2 for students and $1 for championship programs. PAC and institutional passes are not accepted at any PAC Championship event. Students from PAC institutions will be admitted free to events at their school with a valid college ID.

General information/scoring procedures:
Length of matches | Team scoring | Bonus points | Determining individual class champions

Past Championships results

2015 NCAA® Division III Mideast Regional Championships
Sunday, March 1
Hosted by Messiah College
Sollenberger Sports Center – Mechanicsburg, Pa.


2015 NCAA® Division III National Championships
Friday-Saturday, March 13-14
Hosted by Elizabethtown College
Giant Center – Hershey, Pa.


2015 PAC Wrestling Championships (Final Team Scores)
1. Thiel College - 106.5 pts.
2. Washington & Jefferson College - 93.5 pts.
3. Waynesburg University - 93 pts.

2015 Most Outstanding Wrestler: Thiel College senior 174-pound Jordan Powell
2015 Coach of the Year: Thiel College's Craig Thurber
PAC Team Sportsmanship Award: Washington & Jefferson College
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
125 Gordan Bieber (WAY) vs. Vince Vahaly (THI)
Vahaly (THI) DEC 6-3
Seth Carr (W&J) vs. Bieber (WAY)
Carr (W&J) DEC 8-4
Carr (W&J) vs. Vahaly (THI)
Carr (W&J) DEC 10-5

133 Lance Walters (THI) vs. Jacob Spearman (W&J)
Spearman (W&J) MD 12-4
Filippo Crivelli (WAY) vs. Walters (THI)
Crivelli (WAY) DEC 3-1
Crivelli (WAY) vs. Spearman (W&J)
Spearman (W&J) 5-4

141 Dan Pommerer (W&J) vs. DJ Grindle (WAY)
Pommerer (W&J) DEC 8-2
Nick Sutton (THI) vs. Grindle (WAY)
Sutton (THI) MD 13-4
Sutton (THI) vs. Pommerer (W&J)
Sutton (THI) DEC 10-7

149 Luke Lohr (WAY) vs. Nick Hart (THI)
Lohr (WAY) WBF, 4:14
Trevor Meyers (W&J) vs. Hart (THI)
Meyers (W&J) TECH FALL 16-0 (3:15)
Meyers (W&J) vs. Lohr (WAY)
Lohr (WAY) MD 17-6

157 Sean Byham (THI) vs. Nick Carr (W&J)
Carr (W&J) WBF, 2:24
Chris Milligan (WAY) vs. Byham (THI)
Milligan (WAY) DEC 2-1
Milligan (WAY) vs. Carr (W&J)
Carr (W&J) DEC 6-3

165 Declan Haggerty (W&J) vs. Sam Guidi (WAY)
Guidi (WAY) WBF, 0:45
Brandon Collins (THI) vs. Haggerty (W&J)
Collins (THI) TECH FALL 18-3 (7:00)
Collins (THI) vs. Guidi (WAY)
Guidi (WAY) WBF 5:50

174 Ryan Shank (WAY) vs. Jordan Powell (THI)
Powell (THI) DEC 4-0
Sonnieboy Blanco (W&J) vs. Shank (WAY)
Blanco (W&J) MD 20-9
Blanco (W&J) vs. Powell (THI)
Powell (THI) WBF 5:51

184 Marco Crivelli (THI) vs. William Oberschelp (W&J)
Crivelli (THI) WBF 5:41
Patrick Jennings (WAY) vs. Oberschelp (W&J)
Jennings (WAY) DEC 2-1 (OT)
Jennings (WAY) vs. Crivelli (THI)
Crivelli (THI) 8-4

197 Zeke Stroupe (W&J) vs. Genarro Bonaventura (WAY)
Stroupe (W&J) DEC 3-0
Jerrold Roosa (THI) vs. Bonaventura (WAY)
Roosa (THI) DEC 2-0
Roosa (THI) vs. Stroupe (W&J)
Roosa (THI) DEC 6-1

285 Greg Kumer (WAY) vs. Blake Heim (THI)
Kumer (WAY) DEC 4-3 (6OT)
Antonio Santoro (W&J) vs. Heim (THI)
Heim (THI) WBF 4:53
Santoro (W&J) vs. Kumer (WAY)
Kumer (WAY) WBF 4:45

Length of matches
7 minutes (3-2-2)
Overtime as needed
There will be a five-minute intermission between rounds one and two
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Team scoring
The team finishing with the most total points is the champion
Entry = 3 team points
Winner of first match = 4 team points plus bonus points
Winner of second match = 10 team points plus bonus points
(21 total team points per weight class is highest possible)
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Bonus points
• Fall, forfeit, injury default or disqualification = 2 points
• Technical fall with back points = 1.5 points
• Technical fall without back points = 1 point
• Major decision (win match by 8-14 points) = 1 point
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Determining individual weight class champions
• Winner of both matches
• Winners of one match (three-way tie) criteria to determine champion (in descending order):
   1. Unsportsmanlike conduct: if penalized shall lose
   2. Near falls: greatest number earned shall win
   3. Take downs: greatest number earned shall win
   4. Reversals: greatest number earned shall win
   5. Escapes: greatest number earned shall win
   6. Riding time: wrestler accumulating the greatest amount of time shall win
   7. Stalling: if penalized a point shall lose, or if warned shall lose
   8. Illegal holds: if penalized shall lose
   9. Technical violations or unnecessary roughness: if penalized shall lose

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