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NCAA Division II Wrestling Rankings

Wednesday, Jan. 8

EDMOND, Okla. -- Defending NCAA Division II national champion Central Oklahoma maintained its position atop the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches' Association rankings that were released Wednesday.

The Bronchos, who captured their 13th national title last March, received all eight first-place votes in balloting of coaches from around the country and had 160 points to claim the No. 1 rating.

Nebraska-Omaha stayed second in the poll with 152 points, while North Dakota State is third with 144 points, Nebraska-Kearney fourth with 135 points and Ashland (Ohio) fifth with 124.

Rounding out the top 10 is Adams State (Colo.), South Dakota State, San Francisco State, Indianapolis (Ind.) and Minnesota State-Mankato.

UCO has four individuals ranked No. 1 -- returning champions Cole Province (133), Matt Dodgen (141) and Shawn Silvis (165) and 2000 champion Mark Dodgen (125).

Fourteen of the top-20 teams, including the top eight, will compete in the NWCA Division II National Duals that will be held next week (Jan. 18-19) in Columbus, Ohio

The 2003 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships are set for March 14-15 in Wheeling, W. Va.

The NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches' Association Top 20 poll with points and their last ranking (first-place votes in parenthesis):

Rank	School (State)	Points	Last Ranking
1.	Central Oklahoma	160	1st
2.	Nebraska-Omaha	152	2nd
3.	North Dakota State	144	3rd
4.	Nebraska-Kearney	135	4th
5.	Ashland (Ohio)	124	5th
6.	Adams State (Colo.)	116	12th
7.	South Dakota State	113	6th
8.	San Francisco State (Calif.)	102	8th
9.	Indianapolis (Ind.)	81	NR
10.	Minnesota State-Mankato	76	11th
11.	Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)	74	7th
12.	Gannon (Pa.)	73	18th
13.	Central Missouri State	65	13th
14.	West Liberty State (W. Va.)	43	16th
T15.	Northern Colorado	42	14th
T15.	Augustana (S.D.)	42	15th
17	Findlay (Ohio)	41	9th
18.	Chadron State (Neb.)	38	NR
19.	Fort Hays State (Kan.)	20	17th
T20.	Minnesota-State-Moorhead	12	19th
T20.	Wisconsin-Parkside	12	10th

Others Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst (Pa.), North Carolina-Pembroke, St. Cloud State (Minn.) and Western State (Colo.).

125 Pounds

1. Mark Dodgen, Central Oklahoma

2. Jared Haberman, Western State (Colo.)

3. Bryce Abbey, Nebraska-Kearney

4. Matt Strawser, North Dakota State

5. Dan Hilario, Nebraska-Omaha

6. Aaron Graumann, Augustana (S.D.)

7. Don Dew, Findlay (Ohio)

8. Drew Passley, Central Missouri State

 

133 Pounds

1. Cole Province, Central Oklahoma

2. Tony Fratzke, Minnesota State-Mankato

3. Joey Simcoe, Findlay (Ohio)

4. Adam Keiswetter, Nebraska-Kearney

5. Eli Dominguez, Nebraska-Omaha

6. Adam Mars, Adams State (Colo.)

7. Curry Pickard, North Carolina-Pembroke

8. Rob Jankowski, Wisconsin-Parkside

 

141 Pounds

1. Matt Dodgen, Central Oklahoma

2. Roderick Ratcliff, Nebraska-Omaha

3. Brad Russell, Wisconsin-Parkside

4. Jeremy Roe, South Dakota State

5. Ronnie Stafford, Northern Colorado

6. Shane Barnes, Adams State (Colo.)

7. Jason Nester, Pittsburgh-Johnstown

8. Merrick Meyer, Truman State (Mo.)

 

149 Pounds

1. Brandon Pfizenmaier, Nebraska-Kearney

2. Waylon Lowe, Findlay (Ohio)

3. Nate Peterson, Colorado Mines

4. Andy Messersmith, Adams State (Colo.)

5. Mitchell Napier, Indianapolis (Ind.)

6. Brendan Bosko, Gannon (Pa.)

7. Hannon Hisek, Minnesota State-Mankato

8. Pete Carnabuci, Ashland (Ohio)

 

157 Pounds

1. Paul Carlson, North Dakota State

2. Brody Olson, Northern Colorado

3. Cory Beckman, Minnesota State-Mankato

4. Travis Koppenhafer, Adams State (Colo.)

5. Luke Main, West Liberty State (W. Va.)

6. Gary Skoch, Ashland (Ohio)

7. Nate Hanson, Minnesota State-Moorhead

8. Dan Dempsey, Wisconsin-Parkside

 

165 Pounds

1. Shawn Silvis, Central Oklahoma

2. Tyler Bryant, South Dakota State

3. Matt Neumueller, St. Cloud State (Minn.)

4. Michael Fielder, North Dakota State

5. Lucas Mackesy, Findlay (Ohio)

6. Jake Emerick, Minnesota State-Mankato

7. Riley Ross, Nebraska-Kearney

8. Jordan Johnson, Chadron State (Neb.)

 

174 Pounds

1. Tom Meester, Augustana (S.D.)

2. Frank Kuchera, Nebraska-Kearney

3. Bob Edmonds, Nebraska-Omaha

4. Jon Duncombe, St. Cloud State (Minn.)

5. Tom Bauer, Ashland (Ohio)

6. Randy Pyle, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)

7. Zach Stephens, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville

8. Thad Pike, North Dakota State

 

184 Pounds

1. Mauricio Wright, San Francisco State (Calif.)

2. Tyler Jones, South Dakota State

3. Jeff Henning, Central Oklahoma

4. Sam Kenton, Augustana (S.D.)

5. Zach Stalder, Nebraska-Omaha

6. Franco Santiago, Central Washington

7. Mark Dubrovich, Colorado Mines

8. Chris Canale, Ashland (Ohio)

 

197 Pounds

1. Chad Wallace, Nebraska-Omaha

2. Brian Kraemer, North Dakota State

3. Drew Dunbar, San Francisco State

4. Jason McMillan, Northern Colorado

5. Jeff Rusher, Chadron State (Neb.)

6. Seth Shippy, Central Missouri State

7. Ryan Kirst, Ashland (Ohio)

8. Justin Mautz, Mercyhurst (Pa.)

 

Heavyweight

1. Lyneil Mitchell, Gannon (Pa.)

2. Dustin Darveaux, St. Cloud State (Minn.)

3. Brent Beckstein, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.)

4. Tom Poe, West Liberty State (W. Va.)

5. Les Sigmon, Nebraska-Omaha

6. Aaron Wiens, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville

7. Bob Murphy, Nebraska-Kearney

8. Barron Blanchard, Northern State (S.D.)