Oklahoma City, Okla. - The Citadel's Dan Thompson finished his college wrestling career with a victory as he won the seventh place match at the NCAA Wrestling Championships Saturday afternoon at the Ford Center.

Thompson earned the No. seven spot at 165 pounds with an 8-3 decision over Iowa's Eric Luedke. Luedke opened the match with a takedown but Thompson escaped to trail 2-1 after one frame. Thompson differed the choice in the second round to Luedke who chose to start on bottom. Luedke escaped to gain a 3-1 lead, but Thompson soon scored a takedown to even the match at 3-3. Thompson chose the defensive position to start the third period. The Bulldog escaped to gain a 4-3 lead with just over a minute remaining. With 20 seconds left in the match Luedke attempted a shot but Thompson countered to score a takedown and add two back points as time expired. Thompson's effort was impressive enough to illicit a standing ovation from the Ford Center crowd of over 15,000.

Thompson's road to the podium and All-American Status began on Thursday with consecutive upsets over the 10th and seventh seeded wrestlers in his weight class. On Friday, a quarterfinal loss to No. two seed Johny Hendricks sent Thompson to the consolation bracket where he defeated ninth-seeded Michael Poeta to become The Citadel's first All-American. Thompson then lost by fall to the first unseeded wrestler that he faced, Edinboro's Deonte Penn. The loss to Penn put Thompson into the seventh place match against Luedke.

For complete tournament results visit ncaasports.com and intermatwrestle.com.