PAPESH AND FLAKE WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
(ST. CHARLES, Mo., Feb. 21)- The No. 12 Campbellsville University wrestling team finished in fourth place at the 2009 NAIA East Regional Qualifying tournament Saturday in St. Charles, Mo. The Tigers placed 8 of 12 wrestlers at the tournament and finished with 106 team points.
No. 3 seed Johnny Papesh reached the 125 pound championship by beating former Kentucky State Champion Elliot Martin of Lindenwood in the first round. He then beat # 6 ranked Tyler Savage of Notre Dame College. He won the 125 pound championship with a 3-1 decision win over Dante Rini of Notre Dame.
No. 2 seed Zach Flake won a first round match over Nick Stella of King and then his second round match by fall over WV-Tech. Flake then faced Alp Ozilik from Lindenwood in the semi finals and cruised to a 10-3 win to reach the finals. He won the 141 pound championship with a dominating performance in the finals over #4 ranked Mikey Davis of Cumberland TN.
Other placewinners for Campbellsville were Tommy Pretty (3rd), Spencer Adams (3rd), Glen Jackson (4th), David Coffey (5th)Phillip Oudhuis (5th) and James Linker (6th). For complete results and brackets visit:
NAIA Eastern Regionals
Team Standings
Plc Score School CH WB 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 170.0 LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 0
2 130.0 NOTRE DAME COLLEGE 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 1
3 110.0 MCKENDREE COLLEGE 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1
4 106.0 CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1
5 91.0 MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2
6 51.5 KING COLLEGE 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2
7 47.5 CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
8 42.0 UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
9 2.0 WEST VIRGINIA TECH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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