IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Chad Dubin couldn't bring himself to applaud when the 1991 All-Americans at 134 pounds were introduced.

Dubin, although he entered the tournament as a long shot, fully expected to be one of those All-Americans.

"I feel terrible," Dubin said. "It's really hard to accept right now. I feel horrible watching not only other guys on the team win, but the other guys at my weight."

Dubin walked onto the team knowing little about high-level wrestling and eventually won third place at two Eastern Wrestling League Tournaments, qualified for nationals two times, and won the Ridge Riley Award for the top Penn State performance at a dual meet in his last home meet. But those accomplishments couldn't console him.

"I've looked back a lot, and I'm happy with what I accomplished, that I came from nothing," he said. "But I don't like to dwell on that.

"I'll always remember that I was not an All-American. I'll remember what every other All-American did that I didn't do."

Had Dubin won one more match, he would have advanced to the third round of consolations. The winner of that third round becomes an All-American. Dubin lost to Lonnie Davis of William & Mary, 3-2, in the second round of consolations and was eliminated from the tournament.

"I just didn't wrestle well," Dubin said. "I should have pushed myself harder; I should have pushed him harder."

Coach Rich Lorenzo said the referee hurt Dubin by calling him for stalling although Davis simply had hold of Dubin's arm and was pushing him around.

"He was looking past the intent to be out there, which is to score takedowns," Lorenzo said.

After his defeat Dubin remained to cheer his teammates.

"And it's a little bit of punishment for me," he added.

In the first round Dubin upset 10th seed Dave Droegemueller of Nebraska, who defeated national runner-up Alan Fried earlier this season. He then lost to seventh seed Marco Sanchez of Arizona State in the second round and dropped to the consolation bracket.

"I'm as proud of Chad Dubin as I am of anyone on the team," Lorenzo said. "He's been a real scrapper, and that's how he came into the game. Anyone who's ever wrestled him has been in a scrap with him."