Brandon Precin Marches into Midlands Semifinals
Midlands Championships Web page (complete brackets, team standings)
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EVANSTON, Ill. — Wrestling unattached, Northwestern’s Brandon Precin defended his top seed at 125 pounds on Tuesday by breezing through the first two sessions to earn a spot in the semifinals of the 2009 Midlands Championships. Precin, 14-0 this season while competing unattached, needs two more wins on Wednesday to become only the second NU wrestler to win multiple Midlands titles.
After the completion of two full sessions, defending NCAA and Midlands team champion Iowa leads the team standings with 100.0 points while Iowa State is second with 92.5. Visit NUsports.com’s Midlands Championships Info Center for complete team standings and brackets through the first day of a two-day affair.
Precin faced his first true test of the tournament against Pittsburgh’s ninth-seeded Anthony Zanetta, who notched a takedown in the first period against Precin to even the score at two. Precin took a 4-2 lead on a takedown of his own in the second period and rode out much of the third period to win 5-3, advancing to the semifinals against Iowa State’s fourth-seeded Andrew Long.
Competition resumes Wednesday morning with Session III at noon in Welsh-Ryan Arena. Session III will set the stage for the championship, third-place and fifth-place matches that begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday night.
Northwestern Session II Results
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Quarters:
#1 Brandon Precin (NU-UNATT) dec. #9 Anthony Zanetta (PITT), 5-3
Consolation:
Caleb Flores (UNI) dec. Levi Mele (NU), 10-5
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