Purdue’s Ramos shocks Iowa’s Lee; Penn St. leads team race

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Purdue’s Matt Ramos pulled some of the beautiful upsets in NCAA Division I wrestling historical past, ending Iowa’s Spencer Lee’s chase for 4 nationwide titles with a pin within the closing seconds of their semifinal match on Friday evening.

Ramos, the No. 4 seed at 125 kilos, bought the autumn with one second remaining within the third interval to finish the nation’s longest win streak at 58 matches.

Ramos had been vocal about his perception that he might beat Lee.

“I work actually onerous and I belief in what I consider in, and with the ability to converse it out into existence — I’m not attempting to be cocky or something, but when I can’t get it out into the world, then I don’t consider it would occur,” he mentioned.

That can go away Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis as the one wrestler nonetheless in rivalry for a fourth title on Saturday. He defeated Penn State’s Shayne Van Ness 8-3 in his semifinal match at 149. If Diakomihalis defeats Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso within the last, he’ll develop into the fifth wrestler to win 4 Division I nationwide championships.

Diakomihalis was nicely conscious that Lee had misplaced earlier than his semifinal.

“Within the second it was like, ’Wow, I didn’t know what to suppose,’” Diakomihalis mentioned. “I imply, he’s a type of guys who’s been very dominant — in all probability extra dominant than I’ve been.”

Diakomihalis mentioned he understood the stress Lee confronted.

“You gotta really feel for him a bit bit, proper?” he mentioned. “I’m sort of in the same place. The entire enviornment is ready so that you can lose. Perhaps they’re not cheering towards you, however secretly behind their head, it will get a bit louder when the opposite man goes to attain.”

Penn State is closing in on its tenth nationwide title in 12 years. The Nittany Lions have 116.5 factors. Iowa is in second with 77.5 factors adopted by Cornell (64) and Ohio State (62).

However Ramos was the story of the evening. He led Lee 4-1 on the finish of the primary interval, however Lee scored a four-point close to fall within the second interval to take a 5-4 lead and arrange the drama within the third.

Ramos will face Princeton’s Pat Glory, who defeated Nebraska’s Liam Cronin 8-2 within the different semifinal, for the championship on Saturday. Glory, the No. 2 seed, is undefeated.

“It’s a dream for me,” Ramos mentioned. “The job isn’t achieved but.”

The three Penn State wrestlers searching for their third nationwide titles — Roman Bravo-Younger at 133, Carter Starocci at 174 and Aaron Brooks at 184 — all superior to the finals.

Bravo-Younger bought a two-point takedown in sudden victory time towards Arizona State’s Michael McGee. He now has the nation’s longest win streak at 56 matches.

“That was a enjoyable match there,” Bravo-Younger mentioned. “Discovered a approach to get it achieved.”

Bravo-Younger will face Cornell’s Vito Arujau, who defeated Oklahoma State’s Daton Repair 11-3 within the different semifinal. Repair had misplaced within the finals 3 times, however he was unbeaten and seeded second.

Starocci defeated Cornell’s Chris Foca within the semifinals and superior to face Nebraska’s Mikey Labriola within the last. Starocci defeated Labriola 6-1 within the Massive Ten last in a battle of unbeatens.

Brooks, seeded third, defeated No. 2 seed Trent Hilday of North Carolina State 6-3 in a semifinal. He’ll face the highest seed, Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen, within the last.

Penn State bought a fourth finalist when freshman Levi Haines, the No. 2 seed, defeated Nebraska’s Peyton Robb within the semifinals at 157. He’ll face North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor within the last. The highest seed remained unbeaten after defeating Lehigh’s Josh Humphreys.

At 165, No. 1 seed David Carr defeated Princeton’s Quincy Monday 6-5 in a semifinal. Monday’s father is 1988 Olympic gold medalist wrestler Kenny Monday.

Different No. 1 seeds that superior to the finals had been Michigan’s Mason Parris at 285, Pitt’s Nino Bonaccorsi at 197 and Iowa’s Actual Woods at 141.

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