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NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Campbell's time at the 2016 NCAA Wrestling Championship came to a finish as red-shirt junior, Nathan Kraisser, fell in a 17-4 major decision to Jade Rauser of Utah Valley on Friday morning.
Rauser got the early jump on Kraisser with a pair of takedowns in the first period. Kraisser chose down to start the second trailing 4-2 in the points and managed to gain an escape but Rauser got his third takedown as time expired in the second up 6-3.
With the riding time in his favor, Rauser chose to start the third period in neutral and got two additional takedowns, and two nearfalls of two- and four-points, to go up 16-4 at the end of the third period. Tack on the additional point for riding time of over a minute and the Wolverine grappler won 17-4 over the Camel in a major decision.
With the loss, the Fighting Camels season ends with Kraisser going 1-2 in his third appearance at the NCAA Championship and Ville Heino 0-2 in his first showing. Kraisser's 2015-16 record is 34-9 while Heino finished with a 26-14 total.
Both grapplers return next season for the Camels and will look to reach the NCAA's again with All-American status their ultimate goal.
Currently, the Camels sit tied for 47th with 3 team points in the NCAA wrestling ranks along with Franklin & Marshall, UVA, WVU and Gardner-Webb.
2016 NCAA Division I Championships Results for Campbell
133 - Nathan Kraisser (34-9) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nathan Kraisser (Campbell) won by fall over Anthony Giraldo (Rutgers) (Fall 6:12)
Champ. Round 2 - Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) won by fall over Nathan Kraisser (Campbell) (Fall 1:40)
Cons. Round 2 - Jade Rauser (Utah Valley) won by major decision over Nathan Kraisser (Campbell) (MD 17-4)
184 - Ville Heino (26-14) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Prelim - Jack Dechow (Old Dominion) won by decision over Ville Heino (Campbell) (Dec 4-1)
Prelim - Victor Avery (Edinboro) won by decision over Ville Heino (Campbell) (Dec 8-2)
