Frank Molinaro
NCAA championship record, 2009–2012. Regular-season results are not included.
Frank Molinaro wrestled for Penn State at four NCAA championships, 2009–2012, and went 17–6. Molinaro won the title at 149 lb in 2012 and placed eighth at 141 lb in 2009, fifth at 149 lb in 2010 and second at 149 lb in 2011.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Penn State | 149 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2011 | Penn State | 149 | 2 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
| 2010 | Penn State | 149 | 5 | 5th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2009 | Penn State | 141 | No seed listed | 8th | 4–3 | 7 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 23
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Chris Villalonga · Cornell (NY) | 1 | No seed listed | MD 9–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Scott Sakaguchi · Oregon State | 1 | No seed listed | Dec 6–5 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Eric Grajales · Michigan | 1 | 8 | MD 10–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Justin Accordino · Hofstra (NY) | 1 | No seed listed | Dec 5–0 |
| Final | W | Dylan Ness · Minnesota | 1 | 7 | Dec 4–1 |
| 2011 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Zac Cibula · Rider (NJ) | 2 | No seed listed | MD 9–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Derek Valenti · Virginia | 2 | No seed listed | Dec 6–3 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Mario Mason · Rutgers (NJ) | 2 | 7 | Dec 4–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Jason Chamberlain · Boise State (ID) | 2 | 6 | Dec 4–1 |
| Final | L | Kyle Dake · Cornell (NY) | 2 | 4 | Dec 1–8 |
| 2010 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Donnie Vinson · Binghamton (NY) | 5 | No seed listed | Dec 9–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Eric Albright · Pittsburgh (PA) | 5 | No seed listed | MD 8–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Torsten Gillespie · Edinboro (PA) | 5 | No seed listed | MD 8–0 |
| Semifinal | L | Lance Palmer · Ohio State | 5 | 1 | Dec 0–2 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Kyle Ruschell · Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | Dec 1–7 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Torsten Gillespie · Edinboro (PA) | 5 | No seed listed | MD 10–1 |
| 2009 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Ryan Williams · Old Dominion (VA) | No seed listed | 8 | Dec 1–7 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Corey Jantzen · Harvard (MA) | No seed listed | 9 | Default |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Tyler Nauman · Pittsburgh (PA) | No seed listed | No seed listed | Dec 5–4 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Seth Ciasulli · Lehigh (PA) | No seed listed | No seed listed | Dec 4–0 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Drew Lashaway · Kent State (OH) | No seed listed | 12 | Dec 10–6 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Zach Tanelli · Wisconsin | No seed listed | 2 | Dec 6–8 |
| 7th-place bout | L | Kellen Russell · Michigan | No seed listed | 1 | Dec 4–7 |
Scoring · 2012
The scoring record begins in 2012; earlier bouts are in the table above.
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Year | Mat time | Takedowns | Escapes | Reversals | Near-fall points | Stalling calls | Riding-time points | Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 35:00 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Villalonga · Cornell (NY) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 9–0 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Sheet |
| Scott Sakaguchi · Oregon State | Round of 16 | W Decision | 6–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | Sheet |
| Eric Grajales · Michigan | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 10–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Sheet |
| Justin Accordino · Hofstra (NY) | Semifinal | W Decision | 5–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Sheet |
| Dylan Ness · Minnesota | Final | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Frank Molinaro”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_wca3nt7ffntohzhe/frank-molinaro