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2000 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Donny Pritzlaff, Wisconsin.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Donny PritzlaffWIS
  2. 2Joe HeskettISU
  3. 3Steve BlackfordASU
  4. 4Chris MartinVT
  5. 5Kirk WhiteBSU
  6. 6Travis DotoLEH
  7. 7Brad PikeMINN
  8. 8Joey KillarHARV

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Denis Alampiev, American (DC) over David Dietrich, Drexel (PA) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  2. Matt Anderson, Iowa over Josh Weidman, Maryland — TF 26–10 · View bout
  3. Yanni Diamond, Edinboro (PA) over Kirk Moore, Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Zeman, Illinois over Mike Pierce, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Brad Pike (9), Minnesota over Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  3. Chris Martin (12), Virginia Tech over Greg DeGrand, Michigan State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  4. Donny Pritzlaff (2), Wisconsin over Ian Nelms, California-Bakersfield — MD 19–7 · View bout
  5. Heath Eslinger (10), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  6. Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State over Ephraim Walker, Howard (DC) — Fall 2:07 · View bout
  7. Joel Dramis, North Carolina State over Seth Cameron, James Madison (VA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  8. Joey Killar (6), Harvard (MA) over Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  9. Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) over Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  10. Matt Erwin, Virginia Military over Matt Anderson, Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  11. Richard 'Rangi' Smart (11), Brigham Young (UT) over Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  12. Robbie Waller (8), Oklahoma over Jeff Rusak, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  13. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Yanni Diamond, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  14. Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) over Peter Butville, Marquette (WI) — TF 16–0 · View bout
  15. Ty Wilcox (5), Oklahoma State over Denis Alampiev, American (DC) — MD 14–2 · View bout
  16. Vernon Cannon, Central Michigan over Peter Rogers, Ohio State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brad Pike (9), Minnesota over Robbie Waller (8), Oklahoma — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Chris Martin (12), Virginia Tech over Ty Wilcox (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Donny Pritzlaff (2), Wisconsin over Joel Dramis, North Carolina State — MD 15–5 · View bout
  4. Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State over Bill Zeman, Illinois — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. Joey Killar (6), Harvard (MA) over Richard 'Rangi' Smart (11), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  6. Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) over Matt Erwin, Virginia Military — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Vernon Cannon, Central Michigan — MD 11–0 · View bout
  8. Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) over Heath Eslinger (10), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Martin (12), Virginia Tech over Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Donny Pritzlaff (2), Wisconsin over Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  3. Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State over Brad Pike (9), Minnesota — Fall 5:50 · View bout
  4. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Joey Killar (6), Harvard (MA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Donny Pritzlaff (2), Wisconsin over Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State over Chris Martin (12), Virginia Tech — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Donny Pritzlaff (2), Wisconsin over Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Kirk Moore, Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) over David Dietrich, Drexel (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  3. Peter Rogers, Ohio State over Josh Weidman, Maryland — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Greg DeGrand, Michigan State over Denis Alampiev, American (DC) — Fall 2:05 · View bout
  2. Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) over Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 2:01 · View bout
  3. Ian Nelms, California-Bakersfield over Seth Cameron, James Madison (VA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Jeff Rusak, Old Dominion (VA) over Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  5. Matt Anderson, Iowa over Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  6. Mike Pierce, Portland State (OR) over Ephraim Walker, Howard (DC) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  7. Peter Butville, Marquette (WI) over Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  8. Yanni Diamond, Edinboro (PA) over Peter Rogers, Ohio State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) over Bill Zeman, Illinois — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Joel Dramis, North Carolina State over Greg DeGrand, Michigan State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Matt Anderson, Iowa over Heath Eslinger (10), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Matt Erwin, Virginia Military over Peter Butville, Marquette (WI) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  5. Richard 'Rangi' Smart (11), Brigham Young (UT) over Mike Pierce, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  6. Robbie Waller (8), Oklahoma over Yanni Diamond, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Ty Wilcox (5), Oklahoma State over Ian Nelms, California-Bakersfield — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Vernon Cannon, Central Michigan over Jeff Rusak, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Joel Dramis, North Carolina State over Matt Anderson, Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Richard 'Rangi' Smart (11), Brigham Young (UT) over Vernon Cannon, Central Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Robbie Waller (8), Oklahoma over Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Ty Wilcox (5), Oklahoma State over Matt Erwin, Virginia Military — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Pike (9), Minnesota over Joel Dramis, North Carolina State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Joey Killar (6), Harvard (MA) over Ty Wilcox (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) over Richard 'Rangi' Smart (11), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) over Robbie Waller (8), Oklahoma — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) over Brad Pike (9), Minnesota — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) over Joey Killar (6), Harvard (MA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Martin (12), Virginia Tech over Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) — Dec 12–10 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Chris Martin (12), Virginia Tech — MD 10–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kirk White (4), Boise State (ID) over Travis Doto (7), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brad Pike (9), Minnesota over Joey Killar (6), Harvard (MA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout