COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Four wrestlers, including second-place finisher Greg Haladay, earned All-America status as the wrestling team captured sixth place in the NCAA tournament, held Thursday through Saturday at Maryland.

Two stalling points helped Clarion's top-seeded Kurt Angle (34-0-1) defeat No. 6 Haladay (32-6-1) in the finals. Some major upsets gave Tim Wittman a fourth-place finish at 150, while Jeff Prescott battled to fifth at 118. Jason Suter secured All-America status with an eighth-place finish at 167.

"I'm really happy with the tournament," Coach Rich Lorenzo said. "The fact that we got a great effort out of our kids, I'm happy with that. They can go hope with some pride, they can hold their heads high."

Oklahoma State won its second straight team title with 117.75 points, followed by Arizona State (104.75), Iowa (102.75), Northwestern (66.75), Nebraska (64.25). Penn State ended with 57.50 points.

Wittman (15-12), unseeded in the tournament, was the major surprise of the three-day event. Only one of two wrestlers entering the 150 weight class with a losing record, the redshirt sophomore defeated the No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 seeds on his way to All-America status.

"There's a big weight off his shoulders right now," graduate assistant Dan Mayo said. "He deserves everything he's getting. He's paid the price."

"He had a goal this year to be an All-American," Lorenzo said. "We weren't sure he would do it. He's been wrestling great the whole tournament and proved he's not a fluke. He's legitimate and I'm real pleased with him."

Wittman also lost a narrow 5-4 decision to Northern Iowa's Gary Steffensmeier (31-8), who defeated the No. 1 seed, on a controversial call in the semifinals.

Down by a point with about 10 seconds to go, Wittman executed a duck-under for an apparent takedown, but the referee ruled it came after time had expired. Two other takedowns were ruled out-of-bounds during the match, but one was changed after conferring with another referee.

"I couldn't see the clock," assistant coach John Fritz said. "I thought it was a takedown but I can't say because I wasn't looking at the clock. Those things happen."

Prescott (24-6-1) lost in the quarterfinals to three-time All-American Zeke Jones (38-1) of Arizona State, 11-8. Prescott started with a 4-0 lead, but Jones caught him in a cradle to pull ahead, 7-5, at the end of the first period. Jones was able to ward off Prescott's takedown attempts in the third to secure the win.

Prescott was unhappy with some of the calls, including a takedown awarded to Jones near the out-of-bounds line.

"I'm not making any excuses," he said. "But the refs favor the other teams. They're terrible. I don't see why they just don't let the wrestlers decide who's the better man."

Prescott said he cried the loss out of his system -- "I've never cried harder in my life" -- but he came back to record a technical fall over Dan Vidlak of Oregon. Third-place finisher Gary McCall halted Prescott in the consolation semifinals, but Prescott came back to defeat third-seeded Mark Schwab for fifth.

"It's not first, and it's not third, so I'll guess I'll have to be satisfied with it," he said.

Suter was defeated by Arizona State's two-time national champion Dan St. John (40-0-1) in the second round, but came back to win three in the consolations before being stopped by No. 4 Robby Hadden of Oklahoma State. He then lost to No. 8 Scott Chenoweth of Nebraska in the battle for seventh.

"My mom always says, 'The good Lord has something better planned,' " Suter said. "I still think He's got something else planned for me next year -- being a national champion. It just ended up being a good year, not as great as year as I hoped."

Two wrestlers -- 126-pounder Bob Truby, seeded No. 10, and 190-pounder Jeff Ellis -- were knocked out in the first round after winning their pigtail rounds. The second round was devastating for the Lions, as five of the eight remaining fell to the consolation bracket.

Chad Dubin (134) was able to take third-place finisher Chris Owens into overtime in the second round, but Owens prevailed, 8-8, 3-2. Mike Bevilacqua (142), seeded No. 10, fell to fifth-place finisher Troy Steiner of Iowa, and lost a decision to Bloomsburg's Jon Kinchen in the second round of consolations.

Second-place finisher Scott Schleicher from Navy knocked John Yankanich out of the winner's bracket, and Lock Haven's Jeff Karam revenged his EWL loss to Yankanich, defeating him in the consolations, 8-5.

At 177 pounds, Adam Mariano lost to No. 4 seed Rob Larmore of William & Mary. Ohio State's Dan Ritchie finished the freshman's season with an 11-3 victory in the consolation.

"I'm really looking forward to next year," Suter said. "We'll have three returning All-Americans. The tournament was a great welcome to next season."