AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Redshirt freshman Hudson Taylor won his first match of the day in the wrestlebacks to remain in the hunt for All-America status at the 2007 Division I Wrestling Championships at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. Senior Jason Kiessling and freshman Mike Letts were both eliminated from the tournament earlier in the day in their first match in the wrestlebacks.

Taylor knocked off Purdue's Nathan Moore in his first match of the day, 7-2. Moore scored the first takedown of the match but that is all the offense he could muster. Taylor recorded two reversals, a takedown, and got the riding time bonus point for the win.

An All-American bid for Kiessling ended in his first wrestleback as he lost to UC Davis' Dustin Noack, 4-2, in overtime. The two battled in the first period but neither wrestler could score and the only scoring heading into the third was an escape by Kiessling as he started down in the second.

In the third, Noack scored a reversal to take a 2-1 lead against Kiessling but he was able to escape to deadlock the match and force overtime. Noack came up with the first takedown of the extra session to grab the win.

Letts suffered a very similar to fate to Kiessling as he lost in the third round of the wrestleback, 4-2 in overtime, to Minnesota's Gabriel Dretsch. Letts got the match going in the first period as he scored the first takedown in the opening period.

Dretsch was able to escape with five seconds left to cut the deficit to 2-1 heading into the second. Dretsch racked up three points in the second, including a takedown, to take the 4-2 lead after two. In the final period, Letts recorded another takedown to force overtime, but Dretsch scored first in the extra period to take the 4-2 victory.

Jason Kiessling (165)
First Round - Defeated #12 Johnny Galloway (Northern Illinois), 4-3
Second Round - Lost to #5 Nick Baima (Northern Iowa), 7-1
Wrestleback Third Round - Lost to Dustin Noack (UC Davis), 4-2 ot

Mike Letts (174)
First Round - Lost to Ken Robertson (Eastern Illinois), 8-5
Wrestleback First Round - Defeated Nick Kozar (Drexel), 5-1
Wrestleback Second Round - Defeated Trevor Perry (Indiana) by fall, 1:41
Wrestleback Third Round - Lost to Gabriel Dretsch (Minnesota), 4-2 ot

Hudson Taylor (197)
First Round - Defeated Matt Monteiro (Cal Poly) by fall, 3:57
Second Round - Lost to #3 Mike Tamillow (Northwestern), 10-4
Wrestleback Third Round - Defeated Nathan Moore (Purdue), 7-2