RevWrestling.com is providing a running blog for Session 1 of the 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at the Scottrade Center. The most recent updates are listed at the top.
2:32 pm CT: Minnesota's Ben Berhow scored a mild upset, 7-4, over No. 10 Ryan Flores of Columbia.
2:20 pm CT: Another No. 1 almost went down as David Zabriskie of Iowa State needed overtime to beat Christopher Birchler of East Stroudsburg at heavyweight.
2:09 pm CT: Jon Oplinger of Drexel pulled an upset at 197, beating No. 5 Dallas Herbst of Wisconsin, 7-5, in overtime.
2:04 pm CT: Clayton Foster of Oklahoma State won a dramatic match, 8-5, over Iowa's Chad Beatty at 197. With the match tied 5-5, Foster scored the go ahead takedown with less than 20 seconds left, and added a riding-time point for the three-point victory.
2:02 pm CT:No. 3 Brent Chriswell of Boise State cruised to a 9-2 victory over Patrick Bond of Illinois at 197.
1:52 pm CT: Kirk Smith of Boise State, seeded No. 4, was pushed by Jerome Ward of Iowa State, but pulled out the 3-1 victory, picking a up a takedown with 10 seconds to go in the 184-pound match.
1:37 pm CT: Iowa's Phil Keddy, seeded No. 2, pinned Buffalo's Mickey Moran of Buffalo in the first period at 184.
1:37 pm CT: Iowa's Phil Keddy, seeded No. 2, pinned Buffalo's Mickey Moran of Buffalo in the first period at 184.
1:30 pm CT: No. 1 Jake Herbert of Northwestern overwhelmed John Barone of Duke, registering a pin in 53 seconds at 184.
1:26 pm CT: Freshman Quentin Wright of Penn State, seeded No. 11, picked up a pin in the first period over Byron Sigmon of UNC Greensboro at 174.
1:12 pm CT: In a battle of All-Americans, Dan Vallimont of Penn State defeated No. 9 Brandon Mason of Oklahoma State, 8-6, in overtime, at 165.
1:00 pm CT: The first No. 1 seed to go down was Mack Lewnes of Cornell, who looked lethargic, struggling to get off the bottom, in 5-3 loss to Ryan Patrovich of Hofstra at 165.
12:52 pm CT: Kurt Kinser of Indiana nearly upset No. 6 Michael Chandler of Missouri, but fell 4-3 at 157.
12:42 pm CT: No. 1 Jordan Burroughs was dominant in a 23-7 technical fall victory over Hadley Harrison of Clarion at 157.
12:27 pm CT: No. 4 Lance Palmer of Ohio State survived a scare 149, but hung on for the 4-3 victory over previously undefeated Matt Cathell of Delaware State.
12:23 pm CT: The I-S-U chant starts as Iowa State's Mitch Mueller tops talented true freshman Jason Chamberlain of Boise State at 149.
12:19 pm CT: Trent Washington of Northern Iowa scored a mild upset over No. 10 Mike Thorn of Minnesota, 5-2, at 141.
11:55 am CT: Alex Krom of Maryland shocked No. 4 Alex Tsirtsis of Iowa, 5-4, at 141.
11:55 am CT: Joe Caramanica of North Carolina State pinned No. 9 Corey Jantzen of Harvard in the first period at 141. Jantzen was injured and had to be helped off the mat.
11:49 am CT: No. 11 Mike Grey fell behind early against Brandon Low of UC-Davis, getting put to his back, but came back to win 10-8 at 133.
11:47 am CT: No. 2 Reece Humphrey of Ohio State wasted little time picking up a 12-second pin over Jimmy Conroy of Pittsburgh at 133.
11:45 am CT: It was a battle at 133 between No. 4 Dan Dennis of Iowa and Chris Notte of Oklahoma State. With the matched tied 4-4 in the third period, Notte was called for fleeing the mat, giving Dennis the 5-4 lead, which proved to be the difference as Dennis won 5-4.
11:34 am CT: No. 2 Troy Nickerson of Cornell picked up a third period fall over Michael Watts of Michigan at 125. Nickerson gave up a takedown early in the match, but was winning 8-3 at the time of the pin.
11:30 am CT: Thanks for joining us from St. Louis. Sorry that we are a few minutes late. We were having some technical difficulties. The biggest news of the tournament thus far is No. 3 Jimmy Kennedy losing in sudden victory, 7-5, to Bucknell's Dave Marable at 133.
