Jacob Berkowitz

Big Ten Announces Pre-Seeds for 2017 Championships

2/27/2017 2:05:00 PM | Wrestling

EVANSTON, Ill. – Six Northwestern wrestlers are pre-seeded for the 2017 Big Ten Championships, the conference announced Monday. The 2017 Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind.
 
Jacob Berkowitz (No. 6 at 197 lbs.), Mitch Sliga (No. 9 at 184 lbs.), Alec McKenna (No. 10 at 141 lbs.), Jason Ipsarides (No. 11 at 133 lbs.), Ben Sullivan (No. 14 at 157 lbs.) and Braxton Cody (No. 14 at 174 lbs.) are listed by the conference based on the number of automatic bids to the NCAA Championships at each weight.
 
The Big Ten has nine automatic spots at 133, 141, 157, 174 and 184, seven bids at 125, 165 and 197, six spots at 149 and five automatic placements at 285.
 
Berkowitz is Northwestern's highest pre-seeded wrestler at No. 6. The redshirt senior posted a team-best 22-7 record, along with 12 dual wins, while wrestling at 197 lbs. He enters the championships riding a three-match win streak and has won six of his last eight overall.
 
Berkowitz recorded wins over No. 9 Brett Harner (Princeton) and No. 15 Malik McDonald (North Carolina State) at the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in December.
 
Sliga, a redshirt junior wrestling at 184 lbs., is pre-seeded in the ninth slot after posting a career-best 16-8 overall record and 10-5 mark in dual matches.
 
Ipsarides, a redshirt freshman from Cedarburg, Wis., recorded eight dual wins in 15 matches and posted a 10-11 record overall.
 
Northwestern will also have Anthony Rubinetti (125), Shayne Oster (149), Johnny Sebastian (165) and Conan Jennings (285) competing.
 
Official seeds and brackets will be released Friday, March 3.
 
The Big Ten Championships begin Saturday, March 4, at 10 a.m. from Indiana University and wrap up Sunday, March 5, with the finals at 3 p.m.
 
A complete list of pre-seeds can be found below:

125 lbs.
  1. Thomas Gilman, IOWA
  2. Nick Suriano, PSU
  3. Tim Lambert, NEB
  4. Ethan Lizak, MINN
  5. Conor Youtsey, MICH
  6. Johnny Jimenez, WIS
  7. Elijah Oliver, IND
  8. Jose Rodriguez, OSU

133 lbs.
  1. Nathan Tomasello, OSU
  2. Eric Montoya, NEB
  3. Cory Clark, IOWA
  4. Zane Richards, ILL
  5. Stevan Micic, MICH
  6. Billy Rappo, MD
  7. Mitch McKee, MINN
  8. Luke Welch, PUR
  9. Scott Delvecchio, RU
  10. Eli Stickley, WIS
  11. Jason Ipsarides, NU
  12. Austin Eicher, MSU
  13. Garrett Pepple, IND
  14. Triston Law, PSU

141 lbs.
  1. Anthony Ashnault, RU
  2. Jimmy Gulibon, PSU
  3. Tommy Thorn, MINN
  4. Colton McCrystal, NEB
  5. Luke Pletcher, OSU
  6. Topher Carton, IOWA
  7. Javier Gasca III, MSU
  8. Cole Martin, WIS
  9. Salvator Profaci, MICH
  10. Alec McKenna, NU
  11. Cole Weaver, IND
  12. Kyle Ayersman, PUR
  13. Ryan Diehl, MD
  14. Mousa Jodeh, ILL 

149 lbs.
  1. Zain Retherford, PSU
  2. Brandon Sorensen, IOWA
  3. Micah, Jordan, OSU
  4. Alfred Bannister, MD
  5. Kenny Theobald, RU
  6. Andrew Crone, WIS
  7. Eric Barone, ILL
  8. Chris Perez, IND

157 lbs.
  1. Jason Nolf, PSU
  2. Michael Kemerer, IOWA
  3. Tyler Berger, NEB
  4. Jake Short, MINN
  5. Kyle Langenderfer, ILL
  6. Brian Murphy, MICH
  7. John Van Brill, RU
  8. Jake Danishek, IND
  9. TJ Ruschell, WIS
  10. Alex Griffin, PUR
  11. Jake Ryan, OSU
  12. Austin Thompson, MSU
  13. Justin Alexander, MD
  14. Ben Sullivan, NU

165 lbs.
  1. Isaiah Martinez, ILL
  2. Logan Massa, MICH
  3. Isaac Jordan, WIS
  4. Vincenzo Joseph, PSU
  5. Joey Gunther, IOWA
  6. Nick Wanzek, MINN
  7. Dustin Williams, NEB
  8. Drew Hughes, MSU 

174 lbs.
  1. Bo Jordan, OSU
  2. Mark Hall, PSU
  3. Zach Brunson, ILL
  4. Myles Amine, MICH
  5. Alex Meyer, IOWA
  6. Jordan Pagano, RU
  7. Jacob Morrissey, PUR
  8. Devin Skatzka, IND
  9. Micah Barnes, NEB
  10. Chris Pfarr, MINN
  11. Ryan Christensen, WIS
  12. Drew Barnes, MSU
  13. Josh Ugalde, MD
  14. Braxton Cody, NU

184 lbs.
  1. Bo Nickal, PSU
  2. Sammy Brooks, IOWA
  3. Nate Jackson, IND
  4. Myles Martin, OSU
  5. TJ Dudley, NEB
  6. Emery Parker, ILL
  7. Nick Gravina, RU
  8. Hunter Ritter, WIS
  9. Mitch Sliga, NU
  10. Bobby Steveson, MINN
  11. Tanner Lynde, PUR
  12. Ernest Battaglia, MICH
  13. Shwan Shadaia, MSU
  14. Idris White, MD 

197 lbs.
  1. Brett Pfarr, MINN
  2. Kollin Moore, OSU
  3. Aaron Studebaker, NEB
  4. Matt McCutcheon, PSU
  5. Ricky Robertson, WIS
  6. Jacob Berkowitz, NU
  7. Cash Wilcke, IOWA
  8. Christian Brunner, PUR 

285 lbs.
  1. Kyle Snyder, OSU
  2. Connor Medbery, WIS
  3. Nick Nevills, PSU
  4. Michael Kroells, MINN
  5. Collin Jensen, NEB
  6. Brooks Black, ILL
  7. Youssif Hemida, MD
  8. Razohnn Gross, RU

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Jacob Berkowitz

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Braxton Cody

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Jason Ipsarides

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Conan Jennings

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Alec McKenna

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Shayne Oster

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Johnny Sebastian

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Mitch Sliga

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Ben Sullivan

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