Five Terrapins will be competing this weekend: Geoffrey Alexander(133), Josh Asper (174), Christian Boley (197), Frank Goodwin (141) and Jimmy Sheptock (184).
Asper enters the tournament as the highest seeded Terp. The senior is seeded fifth at 174 pounds and is looking to become just the second Maryland wrestler all-time to earn All-American honors in three seasons. Hudson Taylor is the only three-time All-American in Maryland history winning the title in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Asper has finished sixth at 165 pounds the last two … Read More »
With Maryland trailing 12-11, fifth-ranked Josh Asper took the mat at Comcast Pavilion for the final time and recorded a pin with 28 seconds left to send the 24th-ranked Terps past George Mason for a 23-15 victory Thursday night.
Asper’s third fall of the season was fitting for the senior’s final dual at Comcast Pavilion. Asper, the second winningest wrestler in program history, celebrated Senior Night with teammates Domenic DeRobertis, Brad Molina, Aaron Norris, Danny O’Malley and Ian Squires. DeRobertis and Norris … Read More »
Seventh-seeded Josh Asper won a 5-3 decision over second-seeded Shane Onufer of Wyoming in the 165-pound quarterfinal to secure All-American status for the second time in as many years Friday at the NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center. After four sessions, the Terps are in 31st place with 15.5 points. Penn State enters the final day in first place.It is the 28th-time a Maryland wrestler has earned All-American status.In Friday’s evening session, Asper lost a hard-fought 5-4 decision to 11th-seeded Brandon … Read More »
Seventh-seeded Josh Asper picked up three victories at 165 pounds to advance to Friday’s quarterfinals at the 2012 NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center Thursday. Asper is one win away from securing All-American status for the second consecutive season. The Terps are in 31st place after the first day with Penn State in first with 38.5 points.
Asper earned a 5-0 decision over Buffalo’s Mark Lewandowski in the 165-pound pigtail match to open the tournament. Approximately 90 minutes later, Asper picked … Read More »
The Maryland wrestling team is set to travel to St. Louis, Mo., for the 2012 NCAA Championships which begin Thursday, March 15 and run through Saturday, March 17 at the Scottrade Center. The Terps will send seven wrestlers to St. Louis and have four seeded participants.
Schedule of Events
Thursday, March 15
Session I – Noon (Pigtails and First Round)
Session II – 7:30 p.m. (Prelims: Wrestleback Prelims, Wrestleback First Round; Championship Round: Second Round, Consolation Round)
Congrats to Kerry McKoy and the entire wrestling squad. The bigs did it for the Terps as Jimmy Sheptock (174), Christian Boley (197), and Spencer Myers (285) capped off a comeback win. In a shocker Josh Asper was upset in the final vs Peter Yates from Virginia Tech. Neverless a great day for Maryland!!!
Second-ranked Josh Asper defeated seventh-ranked Peter Yates and 13th-ranked Kyle John recorded his team-high sixth fall as No. 13 Maryland topped No. 15 Virginia Tech, 25-10, to improve to 10-0 Sunday evening at Cassell Coliseum.
After the Hokies claimed seven points from the first three matches, the Terps won six consecutive matches to secure a conference victory in Maryland’s ACC opener. “The guys wrestled with the right attitude and the results showed,” said head coach Kerry McCoy. “It’s great to keep rolling and … Read More »
Sixth-ranked Christian Boley pinned West Virginia’s Nicholas Hylton with five seconds remaining in the second period to clinch the Terps’ ninth victory of the season as the Maryland wrestling team remained undefeated with a 22-15 victory over West Virginia Friday night.
Boley’s pin came after Hylton gained a 1-0 advantage with an escape to start the second period and after defending several Boley takedown attempts the match appeared to be headed to the third period. But with five seconds remaining, the … Read More »
The 13th-ranked Maryland wrestling team improved its record to 8-0 with a 21-15 victory over No. 24 Penn at The Palestra Sunday afternoon. After dropping three of the first four matches, the Terps’ middleweights responded to win five of the last six to earn the team’s eighth win.
Penn trimmed Maryland’s lead to three heading into the heavyweight matchup after eighth-ranked Micah Burak earned a pin at 197. But 14th-ranked Spencer Myers clinched the win with a 9-3 decision. … Read More »
The 13th-ranked Maryland wrestling team returns home following an undefeated weekend to take on 24th-ranked American Friday at 7 p.m. at Comcast Pavilion.
Despite dropping three matches at the Northeast Duals last weekend, the Eagles feature four top-10 wrestlers in InterMat’s latest rankings and pose a stiff challenge according to head coach Kerry McCoy.
“It’s one of the biggest local rivalries we have,” said McCoy. “They finished top-5 in the country last year and have [four] guys in the … Read More »
