[Kutztown Winter Roundup] [Kutztown University Roundup] 2006-07 No. 27 - March 12, 2007

[Josh Leiboff]

Kutztown University Winter Roundup
2006-07 No. 27 - March 12, 2007

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KU Student Bookstore
Athlete of the Week

Joe Kemmerer, Wrestling
(jr. Mountaintop/Crestwood)  

       Joe Kemmerer, of the wrestling team, is this week's KU Student Bookstore Athlete of the Week.  Kemmerer won the NCAA Division II 133 lb. Championship at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.  Kemmerer claimed the title with a 1-0 decision in the finals. He is Kutztown's first-ever wrestling national champion, the fifth Golden Bear athlete in school history to win an NCAA title, and just the third male athlete to do so.  

Golden Bear Weekly Honor Roll for 3/12
Name, Sport (Last week's stats)
Kaitlin Arbogast, Softball (26 K)
Sean Bond, Baseball (4 RBI)
Steph Denlinger, Softball (3 HRs, 6 RBI)
Ryan Loper, Baseball (4 RBI, HR)

 

WINTER SPORTS

Women's Swimming (3-6, 2-4 PSAC)

Last Week's Action

       Idle

Upcoming Action

       THU 3/14 - at NCAA Division II Championships  TBA

       -SUN 3/17       (at Buffalo, NY) 

Wrestling (11-2)

Last Week's Action

       FRI 3/9-SAT 3/10 - NCAA Championships

16th/34 - Joe Kemmerer (jr. Mountaintop/Crestwood HS) won the NCAA Division II 133 lb. Championship at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.  Kemmerer claimed the title with a 1-0 decision over Jared Henning of the University of Central Oklahoma.  Earlier Saturday, he advanced to the finals with a 3-0 decision.  Kemmerer also had a major decision, 11-0 in the first round and a 8-2 decision in the quarterfinals.  Kemmerer is Kutztown's first-ever wrestling national champion, the fifth Golden Bear athlete in school history to win an NCAA title, and just the third male athlete to do so.  Kutztown finished with 21.5 team points for 16th place, its highest finish at the NCAA Championship on record.  Central Oklahoma claimed its seventh national title with 124.5 points.  Host Nebraska-Kearney came in second with 108.5 and Nebraska-Omaha was third with 67.5 points.  Shippensburg, a fellow PSAC team, finished 13th with 33 points.  Mercyhurst came in just ahead of Kutztown in 15th with 23 points and Carson-Newman was just behind KU with 21 points.  Chris Chambers (so. Holland/Council Rock South) was defeated by major decision, 9-0, by the #3 ranked man in the country.  He bounced back with a 14-3 major decision.  In the second consolation round, Chambers was eliminated with a 12-8 loss.  Kevin Kalbach (sr. Downingtown/Downingtown), at 165 lbs, lost by a 9-5 decision in the first round.  He then lost by a 7-4 decision.  Kalbach entered the tournament as the #7 ranked wrester at 165 lbs., but was limited by a broken nose suffered during the East Regional two weeks ago.  

Season Complete 

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