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Wrestling Finishes 15th At NCAA Championships

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Rodney Shepard posted s second-period pin of 10th-ranked Shane Ruhnke of Millersville in the fifth place bout and the UNC Pembroke wrestling team placed among the nation's top 25 teams for the 12th-straight season with a 15th-place finish at the NCAA Division II Championships on Saturday.
 
Freshman Nick Daggett and senior Eric Milks, who were among Saturday afternoon's Parade of All-Americans inside the U.S. Cellular Center, both walked away from eastern Iowa with eighth place finishes.
 
The Braves, who tallied the program's first Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship earlier this month, racked up 19 team points and were tops among the four league teams represented at the event.

 
125 Pounds
No. 4 Marcus Povlick (McKendree) dec. No. 10 Nick Daggett (UNCP) D 11-4
No. 10 Nick Daggett (UNCP) dec. Austin Petril (Kutztown) D 7-1
No. 10 Nick Daggett (UNCP) dec. No. 9 Vincent Distefanis (Seton Hill) D 10-6
No. 3 Brett Velasquez (St. Cloud State) dec. No. 10 Nick Daggett (UNCP) D 4-0
No. 4 Marcus Povlick (McKendree) maj. dec. No. 10 Nick Daggett (UNCP) M 8-0
149 Pounds
No. 1 James Pleski (St. Cloud State) dec. Tyler Makosy (UNCP) D 10-4
No. 11 Logan Grass (Mercyhurst) dec. Tyler Makosy (UNCP) D 4-0
157 Pounds
No. 2 Fernie Silva (Notre Dame) pinned Eric Milks (UNCP) F 1:55
Eric Milks (UNCP) dec. Ryne Cokeley (Fort Hays State) D 7-2
Eric Milks (UNCP) dec. Zach Voytek (Seton Hill) D 5-4
No. 5 Tyler Miles (Newman) dec. Eric Milks (UNCP) D 6-3
No. 4 Ryan Strope (McKendree) dec. Eric Milks (UNCP) D 2-1
165 Pounds
No. 11 Rodney Shepard (UNCP) dec. No. 12 Koery Windham (Adams State) D 7-2
No. 11 Rodney Shepard (UNCP) dec. Qiante Wagner (McKendree) D 9-7
No. 2 Christian Smith (California Baptist) dec. No. 11 Rodney Shepard (UNCP) D 8-5
No. 7 Blake Perryman (Northern State) dec. No. 11 Rodney Shepard (UNCP) D 11-5
No. 11 Rodney Shepard (UNCP) pinned No. 10 Shane Ruhnke (Millersville) F 3:47
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