2000 Midlands Championship Matches

Dec. 30, 2000

EVANSTON, Ill. - 125 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Jody Strittmatter (Iowa-Un) vs. #2 Leroy Vega (Minn.)
3rd Place - #5 Chris Williams (Mich. St.) vs. #6 Nathan Navaro (Oregon St.)
5th Place - Luke Eustice (Iowa-UN) vs. Tom Noto (Hofstra)
7th Place - #8 Ahmad Sanders (Central Mich.) dec. #3 Ryan Escobar (Illinois), 4-2

133 Pounds
1st Place - #5 Brett. Lawrence (Minn.) vs. #6 Cody Sanderson (Sunkist Kids WC)
3rd Place - #2 Pat McNamara (Mich. St.) vs. #3 Roman Fleszar (Hofstra)

5th Place - #1 Teague Moore (Sunkist Kids WC) vs. #4 Matt Azevedo (Iowa St.) 7th Place - #9 Jeff Ratliff (Ohio St.) dec. Chad Hay (Illinois-UN), 4-0

141 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Doug Schwab (Iowa-Un) vs. #6 Donnie DeFilippis (George Mason)
3rd Place - #5 Jason DeBruin (Hofstra( vs. #7 Matt Goldstein (Lehigh-UN)
5th Place - #3 Mike Castillo (Mich. St.) vs. Robert Sessley (Ohio St.)
7th Place - Darek Phillips (Central Mich.) dec. #2 Florean Ghinea (Montclair St.), 2-1

149 Pounds
1st Place - #2 Dave Esposito (Lehigh) vs. #4 Jared Lawrence (Minn,)
3rd Place - #3 Eric Schmiesing (Hofstra) vs. #7 Billy Maldonado (Iowa St.)
5th Place - Mike Mendoza (Schultz WC) vs. Malik Elliot (Boston Univ.)
7th Place - Ty Morgan (Central Mich.) dec. Jon Forster (Rutgers), 6-3

157 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Chris Bono (Sunkist Kids WC) vs. #3 Yoshi Nakamura (Penn)
3rd Place - #4 Luke Becker (Minn.) vs. #5 Cole Sanderson (Iowa St.)
5th Place - #2 Gerry Abas (Fresno St.) vs. #10 Leo Urbanelli (Cornell)
7th Place - #6 Eric Jorgensen (Oregon St.) dec. Griff Powell (Illinois), 3-1

165 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Joe Heskett (Iowa St.) vs. #3 Brad Pike (Minn.)
3rd Place - #2 Steve Blackford (Ariz. St.) vs. Matt Anderson (Iowa-UN)
5th Place - #4 Matt Lackey (Illinois) vs. #10 Ben Shirk (Iowa-UN)
7th Place - #9 Clint Wattenberg (Cornell) dec. #6 Chris Vitale (Lehigh), 6-5

174 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Joe Williams (Hawkeye WC) vs. Michael Feeney (Eastern Mich.)
3rd Place - #2 Perry Parks (Iowa St.) vs. #3 Nathan Coy (Oregon St.)
5th Place - #4 Matt Kraft (Minn.) vs. Greg Parker (Princeton)
7th Place - Ryan Lange (Purdue) dec. Ryan Hieber (Ohio St.), 3-2

184 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Cael Sanderson (Iowa St.) vs. #2 Nate Patrick (Illinois)
3rd Place - #3 Damion Hahn (Minn.) vs. #5 Victor Sveda (Indiana)
5th Place - #6 Doug Lee (Oregon) vs. RD Purcell (Ariz. St.)
7th Place - #7 Rob Rohn (Lehigh) dec. #8 Francis Volpe (Harvard), 6-2

197 Pounds
1st Place - #1 Tim Hartung (Minn. Storm) vs. #3 Lee Fullhart (Hawkeye WC)
3rd Place - #5 Zach Thompson (Iowa St.) vs. #7 Chael Sonnen (Oregon)
5th Place - #4 Nick Preston (Ohio St.) vs. #6 Jon Trenge (Lehigh)
7th Place - #2 Pat Quirk (Illinois) dec. Richard Paulikonis (Lassen College), 3-1

Heavyweight
1st Place - #1 Steve Neal (Schultz WC) vs. #7 Chad Lamer (Hawkeye WC)
3rd Place - #2 Mitch Clark (Ohio Int. WC-UN) vs. #3 Tommy Rowlands (Ohio State)
5th Place - #5 Ryan Kehlar (West Virginia) vs. Billy Blunt (Fresno St.)
7th Place - Eric Webb (Oregon) dec. #8 Jason Cooley (Oregon State), 4-3