Bison Finish NCAA Championships Empty Handed as Fleetwood Goes Down in the Blood Round

NDSU 125 Brent Fleetwood was an overtime takedown away from All American honors, but it was Oregon State’s Ronnie Bresser who scored to end the match and deny Fleetwood a spot on the podium.  Bresser scored the lone takedown of regulation, but Fleetwood scored a stalling point in the waining moments of the third period…

NDSU’s Fleetwood Falls in the Round of 16

NDSU’s Brent Fleetwood dropped to the consolation bracket with a 10-0 loss to Princeton freshman Pat Glory.  Glory was dominant throughout the bout.  He scored an initial point on a hands to the face violation and followed it up with a takedown and 2:00 ride out to take the 3-0 lead after one.  Fleetwood was…

NDSU’s Fleetwood Advances to Round of 16

Bison redshirt senior Brent Fleetwood won his first match at the NCAA championships and as a result has advanced to Thursday night’s round of 16.  Fleetwood scored a 2-0 decision over over Penn’s Carmen Ferrante.  Ferrante got to a leg attack early in the first period but Fleetwood was able to defend for a stalemate.  From…

Path to the Podium: Brent Fleetwood

*#14 Ryan Milhoff of Arizona State was forced to injury default because of an injury in practice.  As a result, Brent Fleetwood will now wrestle Carmen Ferrante of Penn instead of Cole Verner of Wyoming.  All wrestlers seeded fifteen or lower were bumped up one slot, and Army’s Trey Chalifoux was added to the bracet…

Fleetwood Fourth, Sykora Eighth at Cliff Keen Las Vegas

NDSU senior Brent Fleetwood dropped his semifinal match against #2 ranked Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern in his first bout of the morning.  Fleetwood then rebounded to win a consolation semifinal against #10 Travis Piotrowski of Illinois before falling in the third place match 4-0 to #8 Sean Russell of Minnesota  Against Rivera, Fleetwood scored the…

Fleetwood Advances to Cliff Keen Las Vegas Semifinals

NDSU senior Brent Fleetwood is having a fantastic start to his final college wrestling season.  Fleetwood, a transfer from Central Michigan who entered the tournament unseeded, defeated the fourth and fifth seeded wrestlers in advancing to tomorrow’s semifinal round.  In the round of 16, Fleetwood upended Virginia’s Louie Hayes 4-2.  Behind 2-1 with short time…