Stork Headed To Second Round Of Nationals
Senior Jake Stork advanced to the second round of nationals scoring an 11-7 decision over Purdue's Ben Wissel.
Senior Jake Stork took his 36th win of the season to advance to the second round of nationals where he will face Penn State's Mark Becks.

Senior Jake Stork took his 36th win of the season to advance to the second round of nationals where he will face Penn State's Mark Becks.

March 20, 2003

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Senior Jake Stork will take on Penn State's Mark Becks in the second round of the NCAA wrestling championships being held here.

Purdue's Ben Wissel took a 7-4 decision over VPI's Scott Justus to earn the right wrestle the NCAA leader in pins, Stork, in the first round of the championships.

Stork promptly defeated Wissel, 11-7, to advance to the second round where he will try to avenge a loss to Becks from earlier in the season.

In Stork and Becks' only other meeting of the year, Becks took a 6-5 win in the final match of the Penn State Open to win the title. Stork settled for second place.

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