ST. LOUIS, MO. – After earning All-America status Friday evening, Nathan Kraisser competed in his final match of the 2017 NCAA Wrestling Championships for seventh place against No. 7 seed Sean Russell of Edinboro.
Russell took a 10-3 decision over Kraisser Saturday morning in the seventh place match. With the result, Kraisser finished in eighth at this year's tournament.
He finished with a 4-3 overall mark at this year's tournament as the No. 16 seed, including victories over a pair of ranked opponents, No. 9 seed Joshua Rodriguez and No. 14 seed Freddie Rodriguez.
COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
(Bolded results indicate Day 3, Session 5 results)
125: [16] Nathan Kraisser
(125) W, Decision (3-0), Jake Gromacki (Clarion, 3/16)
(125) L, Major Decision (22-8), Thomas Gilman (Iowa, 3/16)
(125) W, Decision (10-7), Gabe Townsell (Stanford, 3/17)
(125) W, Decision (6-0), Joshua Rodriguez (North Dakota State, 3/17)
(125) W, Decision (4-1), Freddie Rodriguez (SIUE, 3/17)
(125) L, Decision, (4-2), Joey Dance (Virginia Tech, 3/17)
(125) L, Decision (10-3) Sean Russell (Edinboro, 3/18)
141: Joshua Heil
(141) L, Decision (4-0), Christopher Carton (Iowa, 3/16)
(141) L, Decision (7-6) TB-1, Logan Everett (Army, 3/16)
165: Quentin Perez
(165) L, Decision (3-0), Nicholas Wanzek (Minnesota, 3/16)
(165) L, Decision (10-4), Shaun'Qae McMurtry (NIU, 3/16)
184: Ville Heino
(184) L, Decision (5-3) SV-1, Michael Macchiavello (NC State, 3/16)
(184) L, Major Decision (13-2), Nick Corba (Cleveland State, 3/16)
285: Jere Heino
(285) L, Decision (4-2), Austin Schafer (Oklahoma State, 3/16)
(285) W, Decision (5-3), Jared Johnson (Chattanooga, 3/16)
(285) W, Decision (5-3) SV-1, William Miller (Edinboro, 3/17)
(285) L, Decision (3-2), Youssif Hemida (Maryland, 3/17)
