Go Duke Wrestling!

[Abraxas]

Freshman Jonathan Parker defeated Jason Pryor (OSU) by score of 5-4, and currently has 2 victories. He is currently #23 in the standings.

[roywhite]

Hwt. Konrad Dudziak won 2 matches at the NCAA Wrestling championships to advance to the quarterfinals. He won 4-1 in his first bout and 3-1 in his second bout.

Dan Tulley lost his 1st match at 197# and John Barone also lost his first match, at 184#, having the misfortune to go up against defending national champ Jake Herbert.

[roywhite]

Dan Tulley and John Barone lost their wrestle-back matches and have been eliminated.

Konrad Dudziak will wrestle in the championship quarter-finals Friday morning.

[roywhite]

Konrad Dudziak defeated Jake Rosholt of Ok. State 4-2 in O/T to advance to the national semifinals at 285 pounds.

Far as I know, this is uncharted territory for a Duke wrestler.

Rosholt was ranked #3 in the country coming in; Dudziak was ranked #5.

Semifinals are held tonight and I believe are on ESPN2.

[roywhite]

Konrad Dudziak continued his winning ways in the NCAA Wrestling Championships with a 3-2 semifinal win over #1 seed Zabriskie of Iowa State.

Finals are Saturday evening on ESPN.

Dudziak has already gone farther than any wrestler in Duke history, and now has a chance to be Duke's first national champion. Awesome.

[DukieInKansas]

Congratations, Konrad. Good Luck tomorrow. LGD.

[DevilAlumna]

Konrad Dudziak continued his winning ways in the NCAA Wrestling Championships with a 3-2 semifinal win over #1 seed Zabriskie of Iowa State.

Finals are Saturday evening on ESPN.

Dudziak has already gone farther than any wrestler in Duke history, and now has a chance to be Duke's first national champion. Awesome.

Wow, go Konrad!! Making it this far is VERY impressive, and a championship would be pure icing!

[RainingThrees]

Just read about this. Give em hell Konrad!!!

[throatybeard]

The Wrestling championships are a fantastic event in my book because the entire state of Iowa drives down here and spends all their disposable income in our downtown for several days.

I was at a bar near the arena yesterday, wearing a WVU hat and a Duke hoodie. Multiple people brought up Dudziak to me, all in a positive fashion. Some guy patted me on the back on my way out of the restroom. I can't remember the last time opposing fans were nice to me when I was wearing Duke gear.

Go Dudziak.

[orrnot]

I watched Konrad lose a nail-biter in the 3rd overtime, 3-2. I know little about wrestling, but I'm a fan of Clar Anderson and his program. Missed some of the 2nd half of the basketball game watching the match wrap up. Congratulations to the NCAA Heavyweight Runner-Up.

[DukieInKansas]

I know nothing about wrestling but kept switching to ESPN from the game to be sure I didn't miss Konrad's match. Didn't like the outcome but was very impressed by his effort - plus he beat the #1 seed to get to the final. Way to go, Konrad!

[roywhite]

Congratulations to Konrad Dudziak for a great season and a great NCAA Tournament. I watched his semifinal and finals matches...two close, hard-fought bouts against the #1 and #2 seeded wrestlers. Konrad came so close to winning the national championship!

Maybe next year.