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2008 NCAA Championships

174 lb

Champion Keith Gavin, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Keith GavinPITT
  2. 2Steve LukeMICH
  3. 3Jay BorschelIOWA
  4. 4Brandon BrowneNEB
  5. 5Brandon SinnottCMU
  6. 6Steve AnceravageCOR
  7. 7Matt StolpinskiNAVY
  8. 8Alton LucasHOF

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

32 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 16 bouts

    1. Aaron Scott, Iowa State over Randy Oates, George Mason (VA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Trevor Perry, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    3. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Chris Henrich, Virginia — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    4. Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State over Scott Giffin, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Tyler Bernacchi, California-Davis — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    6. Chance Litton, West Virginia over Shane Riccio, Bucknell (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    7. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 13–2 · View bout
    8. John Dergo, Illinois over Phil Moricone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    9. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa — MD 17–3 · View bout
    10. Luke Feist, Stanford (CA) over Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) — MD 9–0 · View bout
    11. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Tyler French, Air Force (CO) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    12. Mike Letts (10), Maryland over Danny Clum, Wisconsin — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    13. Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) over Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    14. Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois over Nick Hayes (12), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    15. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Aaron Kelly, Liberty (VA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    16. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Joshua Patterson, Binghamton (NY) — MD 11–3 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Aaron Scott, Iowa State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    2. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    3. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over John Dergo, Illinois — Fall 6:06 · View bout
    4. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Chance Litton, West Virginia — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    5. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Mike Letts (10), Maryland — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    6. Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) over Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    7. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) — Fall 1:33 · View bout
    8. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Luke Feist, Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    3. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    4. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jay Borschel (4), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Steve Luke (2), Michigan over Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Keith Gavin (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Steve Luke (2), Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

    1. Aaron Kelly, Liberty (VA) over Trevor Perry, Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) over Joshua Patterson, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    3. Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa over Shane Riccio, Bucknell (PA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    4. Chris Henrich, Virginia over Randy Oates, George Mason (VA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    5. Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota over Scott Giffin, Pennsylvania — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    6. Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Phil Moricone, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    7. Nick Hayes (12), Northwestern (IL) over Tyler Bernacchi, California-Davis — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Tyler French, Air Force (CO) over Danny Clum, Wisconsin — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

    1. Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) over Chance Litton, West Virginia — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa over Luke Feist, Stanford (CA) — Fall 5:53 · View bout
    3. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Nick Hayes (12), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    4. Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State over Tyler French, Air Force (CO) — MD 8–0 · View bout
    5. Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota over Mike Letts (10), Maryland — MD 10–2 · View bout
    6. John Dergo, Illinois over Chris Henrich, Virginia — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    7. Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Aaron Scott, Iowa State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    8. Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois over Aaron Kelly, Liberty (VA) — MD 11–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

    1. Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa over Gabriel Dretsch (8), Minnesota — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    2. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 11–7 · View bout
    3. Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State over Alex Caruso, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    4. Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois over John Dergo, Illinois — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

    1. Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) over Nathan Lee, Boise State (ID) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    2. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Alex Dolly, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    3. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Ryan 'Duke' Burk, Northern Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Brandon Mason (9), Oklahoma State — Dec 1–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    2. Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) over Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska over Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    2. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) — Fall 6:30 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Jay Borschel (4), Iowa over Brandon Browne (3), Nebraska — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Brandon Sinnott (5), Central Michigan over Steve Anceravage (11), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    7th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Matt Stolpinski (7), Navy (MD) over Alton Lucas (6), Hofstra (NY) — Fall 4:07 · View bout