BRACKETS

ST. LOUIS, MO—Bloomsburg University wrestler Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I wrestling championships with a 7-4 win over ninth-seed Justin Lister of Binghamton on Thursday night.  In addition, the Huskies three other wrestlers, Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley) (149), Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) (174) and Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) (197) are still alive in the consolation bracket.
 
"We wrestled well today and have four guys going forward,” said head coach John Stutzman. “With Hickman in the quarterfinals, we have our third quarterfinalist in the last seven years. He's going against the top-seed (Kyle Dake), and we're excited about that opportunity. We need to battle hard tomorrow, and tomorrow is a new day, and we really hope to rock it."
 
Hickman, seeded eighth, started with the match with both wrestlers locked in on each other. With about 1:20 left in the period Lister went for shot, but Hickman countered and got the takedown to lead 2-0. Lister was able to get an escape with 35 seconds left to go in the first and the period ended with Hickman on top 2-1.
 
Lister chose down to start to the second and escaped just 10 seconds into the period to tie the score at 2-2. Hickman regained the lead with a takedown on the edge of the mat with 1:20 to go in the period. Lister was working to escape the rest of the period, but Hickman maintained control.
 
To start the third Hickman chose neutral and Lister quickly got a takedown with 1:50 to go in the match to tie the score at 4-4. Lister was in control till a stoppage at 1:10. Following the restart Hickman quickly got a reversal of Lister to take the lead one last time. Hickman went on to post the 7-4 win riding time.
 
Hickman will now face the top seed in the event Kyle Dake of Cornell in the quarterfinals. Dake is unbeaten this year, including a narrow 3-2 win over Hickman in the Body Bar Invitational.
 
In Busler's third round match at 149 pounds he faced sixth-seeded Tyler Nauman of Pitt dropping a 6-0 decision.  Nauman got the first points of the match when he got a takedown with 1:00 left in the first to lead 2-0 after one period. Nauman added another takedown with 29 seconds to go in the second period to lead 4-0. In the third period Nauman chose down and escaped early in the period and added a point for riding time.
 
Dessino advanced to Friday's action with a 9-3 win over Chris Moon of Virginia Tech. Moon got on the board first scoring a takedown at the 2:00 minute mark. Dessino escaped at 1:42 then took Moon down with 1:00 left in the period for a 3-2 lead. Dessino was able to turn Moon and scored three near fall points just as the buzzer sounded to end the period.
 
In the second period Dessino took a shot and got the leg of Moon and took him down with 1:20 on the clock for an 8-2 lead. Dessino then rode out Moon for the remainder of the period.
 
In the third Moon started on bottom. Dessino was able to stay in control of Moon till late in the match when Moon escaped with 45 seconds to go. Dessino would add a point for riding time and won 9-3.
 
Perry faced Brent Chriswell of Boise State in his first round consolation match. In the first period Chriswell had a near takedown, but Perry was able to work out of it to keep the match scoreless after one period.
 
In the second Chriswell took down to start and quickly worked an escape to lead 1-0. Later in the period Chriswell left himself open and Perry got a leg with a quick shot and scored the takedown. Chriswell escaped with 42 seconds left  to tie the match at 2-2. Perry then got the leg of Chriswell and had the Boise State wrestler on one leg for nearly 30 seconds before getting the takedown with one second left in the period.
 
Perry went neutral to start and got the takedown with 1:20 left in the match to lead 6-2. Chriswell escaped a few seconds later but could not generate any offense the rest of the way and Perry went on to post the 6-3 win.