Thursday, March 21, 2013

Track Jake Swartz's Progress at the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships

Jake pitched a shutout but not quite able to get the major.  He will wrestle Jimmy Sheptock of Maryland (31-3) in the second round.  Swartz has a major test as Sheptock is the #7-seeded wrestler at 184 pounds.

Boise State was in 14th place prior to Swartz's win.  They now have seven points.

Swartz vs. Sheptock
no score in first period.
Sheptock gets an escape with a minute left in the second.  Jake needs the takedown.
But instead, it's Jimmy that get the takedown, Swartz with an escape, but he trails 3-1.
That's the score after two periods.  Two minutes left to change destiny.
Swartz gets an escape in the third to make it 3-2, but only 1:31 left.
Now just 59 seconds.
Still 3-2, 29 seconds left for Jake to do something.
Swartz unable to make it happen, and he loses his first match of the Championships.  He'll now move to Consolation, joining Brian Owen as the only other Bronco on that side of the bracket.
Swartz will meet the winner of Oklahoma State's Christop Chionuma and MacKain Stoll of North Dakota State in Consolation.

Boise State still has 9 points and is in 13th place at the Championships.

Swartz vs. Chionuma:
Swartz down 4-2 after two periods.
Jake gets an escape, but only has 1 minute left.
Swartz gets a takedown with 38 seconds left and leads 5-4.
He needs to keep him down, but he does have enough riding time.
It's over--Jake survives with the late takedown and wins 6-4.
Swartz will meet Fred Garcia of Lockhampton.  Garcia was pined in his opening match, then won two matches in Consolation to get to this point.

Swartz earned Boise State half a point.  They now have 19.5 points and are in 12th place.

Swartz vs. Garcia:
Swartz with a fall over Garcia--huge for him!
2.5 points for Boise State.
Swartz is four wins away from third place.  He has a tough match awaiting him.  Jake will face 12 seed Ethen Lofthouse of Iowa.  Lofthouse is coming off a 4-1 loss to the #4 seed in the weight.

Boise State with 22 points in 13th place.

Swartz vs. Lofthouse:
Jake lost 3-2 and is eliminated.

Boise State still has 29 points and is in 14th place.


Keep updating this post for the latest on Swartz at the Championships.

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