Bracket

Team Scores 

The top-ranked Southern Oregon wrestling team sits in second place after the first day of the 52nd annual NAIA National Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla.

The Raiders sit in second with 29 points, while defending National Champion Lindenwood is in first place with 37 points. The Raiders have seven of 12 wrestlers still in the championship bracket, while Lindenwood has eight of 12 in the championship bracket.'

“I kinda like where we are sitting right now,” SOU head coach Mike Ritchey said. “It takes some of the pressure off us. I think we've got some guys that can go out and do some damage in the back door.”

Friday's action starts at 10 a.m. (CST) with session two and session three starts at 6 p.m. (CST).

SOU's opening day was highlighted by some impressive individual performances.

Freshman Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) showed no signs of jitters as he breezed into the 125 pound quarterfinals with a pair of pins. Senior Trevor Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) is also in the quarters at 133 with an opening round pin.

Sophomore Chris Platt (Eagle Point, Ore./Eagle Point) could have had the most impressive opening day. After missing huge chunks of the season with injuries, Platt scored an upset pin of Missouri Valley's Charlie Gibbs in the opening round and then came away with a major decision to get to the quarterfinals at 184.

“Now with two matches under his belt, he's feeling good about the rest of the tournament,” Ritchey said. “By tomorrow he shouldn't have any problems.”

Red-shirt freshman Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) cruised into the quarters at 157 with a pair of major decision victories. Barry Johnson (Dayton, Ore./Dayton) (141), Seth Roy (Sherwood, Ore./Sherwood) (149) and John Bates (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) (Hwt) also have National Championship dreams alive with quarterfinal matches tomorrow morning.

Simplicio Valladolid (Kodiak, Alaska/Kodiak) (133), Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (165), Tyler Thomas (Salem, Ore./McKay) (165), Shaun Ceremello (Clovis, Calif./Clovis) (184) and Chase Locke (Tualatin, Ore./West Linn) (197) are all still alive in the consolation bracket.