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Esposito's third and final point came in the closing seconds when he earned an escape. But Jantzen augmented the margin, adding a ninth point for riding time...
Esposito, a sophomore who finishes the year 32-2, did manage to score some points in the final period, but it was too little too late. The first one came as a result of an illegal hold by Jantzen with 56 seconds remaining in the match, and the second came with 22 seconds left after Jantzen was called for stalling. Both wrestlers had been warned about it in the first period...
Winning the Most Outstanding Wrestler award was by no means a foregone conclusion for Jantzen. The other wrestlers in consideration for the honor were Nebraska's No. 1 Jason Powell (125 lbs.), who scored a technical fall over Illinois' No. 6 Kyle Ott, and No. 1 Oklahoma State's Chris Pendleton (174 lbs.) who defeated Missouri’s No. 6 Ben Askren 11-4 and had a pin and a technical fall earlier in the tourney...
...Still, Jantzen had a very impressive NCAA performance. He had two major decisions, including a technical fall in the first round, and his closest match was decided by three points. This was against Brown's David Dies, who Jantzen beat by just one point the first time he saw him this year...
...Jantzen-Esposito match was one of just two where the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds met in the final round. The only other occurrence was in the 165 lb. category, where Lehigh's Troy Letters beat upset the Cowboys' Tyrone Lewis...