NCAA Release | January 29, 2014 Penn State's Taylor continues to lead Most Dominant standings Share INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA has released the updated standings for the 2014 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Awards, in addition to standings for the most falls and tech falls within Divisions I, II and III. These awards will be presented in March at the respective NCAA Wrestling Championships. All of the standings only include matches between wrestlers in the same division.The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Points awarded per match are as follows:• Fall, forfeit, injury default or DQ = 6 points (-6 points for a loss)• Tech falls = 5 points (-5 points for a loss)• Major decision = 4 points (-4 points for a loss)• Decision = 3 points (-3 points for a loss)This week a minimum of 14 matches are required to be eligible for the Most Dominant Wrestler standings. That required match total will increase by one per week until 18 matches is reached. Athletes redshirting the 2014 season are not eligible for any of the award standings.In the Most Dominant standings, 2012 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler David Taylor of Penn State maintains his lead with an average of 5.2 points. Taylor, a 165-pounder, has the highest tally across all three divisions. Oklahoma 174-pounder Andrew Howe checks in second with an average of 4.8667 points, while Taylor’s teammate, Edward Ruth (184 pounds), comes in third with 4.5789 points.Alex Johns of Indianapolis holds on to the top spot in Division II with a 4.3684 average at 125 pounds, while Findlay 184-pounder Adam Walters takes over second with an average of 4.2353 points. Newberry takes the next two spots, but reversed from last week. Jeffrey Vesta (125 pounds) is third with 4.1053 points and William Young (141 pounds) is fourth with 4.05 points.A new leader has emerged in Division III as 2013 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler and two-time NCAA champion Nazar Kulchytskyy of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has a 5.1429 average at 165 pounds. Ohio Northern heavyweight Cody Lovejoy and Wartburg 174-pounder Landon Williams are tied for second with an average of 5.0588 points. In the falls standings, Indiana’s Taylor Walsh maintains his lead with 19 pins at 157 pounds, while Bucknell heavyweight Joe Stolfi pulls closer in second with 15 falls. Two more student-athletes have reached double figures as Harrison Hightower (165 pounds) of Ohio and Kevin Birmingham (149 pounds) of Davidson have 10 pins.For the first time this season, Division II features a sole leader in pins with Western State 149-pounder Ian Steen moving into first with 10 falls. The pack is close behind as four wrestlers have nine pins, led by Edwin Cooper of Upper Iowa whose pins at 149 pounds have come in a combined time of 14:39. Colin Lenhardt of Johnson & Wales (Rhode Island) hangs on to the top spot in Division III with 17 pins at 184 pounds. SUNY Oneonta’s Chad Obzud (197 pounds) is second with 15 pins and heavyweight Jamison Sacco of Western New England is third with 14 pins.The tech fall standings in Division I features a close race between 133-pounders Cody Brewer of Oklahoma and Tyler Graff of Wisconsin. The pair each have seven tech falls and Brewer holds the lead with a 1:59 advantage in combined time (38:14 to 40:13). A duo of Nittany Lions is next in the standings as Taylor and Ruth each have six tech falls.The lead in Division II also comes down to time as Austin Gillihan has six tech falls for Lake Erie at 133 pounds in 25:52, while Newberry’s Young has six in 29:56.Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Shane Siefert leads all divisions with 10 tech falls at 197 pounds, four more than his nearest competitor. POINTS DIVISION I 1David TaylorPenn State1655.22Andrew HoweOklahoma1744.86673Edward RuthPenn State1844.57894Taylor WalshIndiana1574.53855Robert KokeshNebraska1744.30436Mathew BrownPenn State1744.27276Aaron (A.J.) SchoppEdinboro1334.27278James GreenNebraska1574.13649Scott SchillerMinnesota1974.0510Nick GwiazdowskiNC State2854.0385 DIVISION II 1Alex JohnsIndianapolis1254.36842Adam WaltersFindlay1844.23533Jeffrey VestaNewberry1254.10534William YoungNewberry1414.055Jordan BasksCentral Oklahoma1493.95456Cameryn BradyIndianapolis1493.85717Cory DauphinCentral Oklahoma1573.81258Brent FickelAshland1493.57899John Austin JonesKing1653.510Evan RamosShippensburg1843.4375 DIVISION III 1Nazar KulchytskyyWisconsin-Oshkosh1655.14292Cody LovejoyOhio Northern2855.05883Landon WilliamsWartburg1745.05884Matthew TuttleAlma College16555Riley LefeverWabash1844.9136Ryan FankWartburg2854.97Mark HartenstineWilkes1494.70838Colin LenhardtJohnson & Wales1844.63339Kaleb LohtMessiah1414.510Lucas MalmbergMessiah1254.4483 TIME DIVISION I 1Cody BrewerOklahoma133738:142Tyler GraffWisconsin133740:133David TaylorPenn State165638:084Edward RuthPenn State184639:585Joe ColonNorthern Iowa133529:106Logan StieberOhio State141414:487Chris PerryOklahoma State174418:048Tyler DeuelBinghamton285419:139Tyler CoxWyoming125421:1710Austin TrottGardner-Webb165422:07 DIVISION II 1Austin GillihanLake Erie133625:522William YoungNewberry141629:563Francis MiziaMercyhurst157417:464Bryden LazaroCal Baptist125419:545Seiji BorjaNewberry149424:226Michael LabryAshland133312:357Kyle WilliamsMcKendree149312:388Nicholas LeittenLimestone149317:359Helmut RentschlerTruman19725:2810Chris MillerShippensburg13325:39 DIVISION III 1Shane SiefertWisconsin-Whitewater1971042:492Zach JosephSpringfield149627:473Mark HartenstineWilkes149629:044Steven FeuchtOhio Northern149521:205Jayden DeVilbissLuther184525:566Daniel DownesRoger Williams149526:097Collin CrowellRoger Williams165529:538Anthony CarloUrsinus165532:329Maxx HubbardWisconsin-Whitewater141419:2310Alex KramerUrsinus141420:04 53:53 Men's college lacrosse: Penn State's Mac O’Keefe breaks NCAA goals record, scores overtime winner over Michigan Penn State men's lacrosse attacker Mac O’Keefe used a six-goal showing against Michigan, including the game-winner in OT, to set the NCAA career goal record with 216. 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