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<title><![CDATA[Cal Poly defeats Missouri]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:23 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Columbia, Mo. -- Competing in its first of two duals on the day, the No. 8 Missouri wrestling team suffered a 22-15 loss in the Hearnes Center to No. 25 Cal Poly despite Tiger wins at five weight classes.  
 
True freshman Brad Wisdom (Farmington, Mo.) opened the afternoon dual with an 8-5 win at 125 pounds.  Wisdom is the first true freshman to step into Missouri's lineup and win in his first appearance since heavyweight Sean Connole accomplished the feat five years ago.  
 
A three-time Missouri High School State Champion, Wisdom took down Mustang grappler Micah Ferguson 43 seconds into the match, quickly turning him for a three-point nearfall.  Ferguson escaped but was returned to the mat only to escape again with six seconds remaini]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5892</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Great Falls lights up Montana State Northern]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:07 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Great Falls, MT -- On the strength of three consecutive pins in the middle of their lineup, the University of Great Falls wrestling team, ranked No. 4 in the land amongst NAIA programs, evened its dual record at 1-1 on the season with a convincing 35-9 defeat of rival Montana State Northern before 372 fans at the McLaughlin Center.

"We came out and performed the way I expected us to tonight," said UGF head coach Caleb Schaeffer, who ran his dual record to 5-0 against his alma mater. "This is always a hard dual to coach for me, personally, because of the ties I have to the Lights wrestling program. But, with that said, I'm proud to be the head wrestling coach here at the University of Great Falls and I'm certainly proud of the effort our ]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5891</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Eastern Michigan rolls past Cleveland State]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:50:36 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A great start ended with an even better final result as the Eastern Michigan University wrestling team claimed victory eight of 10 matches Thursday evening, Nov. 19, to roll past Cleveland State University, 35-6. The Eagles stormed out to a 35-0 lead, helped in large part by pins from seniors Justin Brandel (Saginaw, Mich.-Swan Valley), Josh Lewis (West Liberty, Ohio-Salem) and Josh Lewis (West Liberty, Ohio-Salem), before surrendering a point against.

With the win, the Eagles improve to 2-1 on the season, while the Vikings fall to 0-1.

Lewis made an early statement for the Eagles in the 197 lbs. match with a pin of Gahad Suleiman at the 1:29 mark to put the Eagles on top, 6-0. Wade followed Lewis's performance with]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5890</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Oklahoma City prevails against Neosho]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:42:55 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma City University picked up a 32-7 defeat of Neosho County (Kan.) on Thursday at Abe Lemons Arena.

The Stars improved to 2-1 in duals as Jake Mabry and Mark Meyer earned falls.

"We wrestled better," OCU coach Archie Randall said. "The difference was a good practice. We came out aggressively, pushed the pace and were successful."

Mabry sparked OCU by starting the dual with a pin. Mabry, a junior from Gig Harbor, Wash., finished off Kris Powell in 3:31 at 197.

After Neosho's major-decision win at 125, Cameron Ream picked up a 13-3 major-decision win for OCU over Alfonso Osuna at 133.

John Lynch of the Stars used a takedown to erase a 2-1 deficit and rolled to a 13-6 win over Josh Wolfe at 141. Lynch, a f]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5889</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington & Jefferson tops Scranton]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:40:21 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CRANTON, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson College held off a late rally to defeat The University of Scranton, 18-13, in non-conference wrestling action Thursday evening at the Long Center.

The Royals won three of four bouts to cut a 16-7 deficit down to 15-13 heading into the final bout of the match.  The Presidents' Ty Sampsell then sealed the win by posting a 3-0 decision over junior Joe Williams (Florham Park, N.J./Hanover Park) in the 285-pound weight class.

Scranton, now 2-7, got wins from freshman Vinny Signoriello (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) at 133, senior Mike Guenther (Pittstown, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional) at 157, sophomore Matthew Terry (East Northport, N.Y./St. Anthony's) at 174, and senior Kevin DiGiulio (Philadelphia, Pa]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5888</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Utah Valley starts season with two victories]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:35:16 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Utah Valley University's wrestling team began its 2009-10 dual season by going a perfect 2-0 Thursday night as the Wolverines defeated both Gardner-Webb and UNC Greensboro in Greensboro, N.C.

On the evening the Wolverines handed Gardner-Webb (0-5) a 37-6 loss and came from behind to defeat UNC Greensboro (0-1) on its home mat, 21-17.

"Tonight was a tough matchup against UNC Greensboro," UVU head coach Greg Williams said. "We have five freshmen starters in our lineup so they are finding themselves in situations where their inexperience is exposed. Our younger wrestlers are working hard, learning and really improving out on the mat. Also Justin (Morrill) and Ben's (Kjar) pins against Greensboro were huge for us as th]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5887</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Nicholson replaces Robles at NWCA All-Star Classic]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:31:43 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NORFOLK, Va. -- Junior James Nicholson was selected to represent the Old Dominion University wrestling team as part of an elite field at the 44th Annual NWCA All-Star Classic. This is the second consecutive year that Nicholson was chosen to take part in one of wrestling's premiere exhibitions.

The NWCA All-Star Classic pairs two of the top college wrestlers in each of the 10 weight classes. This year, the event is hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Titan Gym on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.

Nicholson, ranked No. 5 nationally will take on No. 4 Zach Sanders from Minnesota. It will be a rematch of a 2009 NCAA Tournament match in which Nicholson was narrowly edged by fellow All-American Saunders, 5-4.

"Old Dominion University is honored to ]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5886</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ISU announces class]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:29:59 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State wrestling head coach Kevin Jackson has announced the signing of eight prep wrestlers for the 2010-11 season. An influx of talent is set to join the Cyclones for their next campaign. Several of the future Iowa Staters are in-state talents and a few of the signees sport familiar names to Iowa State wrestling faithful. 

Joining the ISU squad next year will be Joey Cozart (Brandon, Fla.), Mikey England (Centerville, Iowa), Ryak Finch (Safford, Ariz.), Kyven Gadson (Waterloo, Iowa), Luke Goettl (Clarksdale, Ariz.), Brandon Jones (West Des Moines, Iowa), Michael Moreno (Urbandale, Iowa) and Trevor Voelker (Adel, Iowa).

"We are very happy with the class we have coming in next year," Jackson said. "They are going to m]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5885</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Great matchups expected at Sprawl & Brawl]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:55:09 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You know that feeling of disappointment when you've been anticipating a specific matchup between two individual wrestlers or teams at a dual meet tournament ... only to have it not happen because things didn't go as expected in the bracket.

That's not an issue at the third annual Journeymen/ASICS Sprawl & Brawl, to be held Sunday, November 22 at West Gym at Binghamton University in Vestal, New York.

As event organizer Frank Popolizio explained it, "Our format is a bit different. Instead of using traditional brackets like most tournaments, all matchups at the Sprawl & Brawl have been determined in advance."

For example, the University of Illinois, one of 14 college programs participating in the 2009 Sprawl & Brawl, knows that it wil]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5884</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Audio Interview: Shawn Charles]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:22:55 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Shawn Charles

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<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5883</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Audio Interview: Randy Couture]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:18:25 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Randy Couture

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<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5882</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Audio Interview: R.C. LaHaye]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:11:23 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[R.C. LaHaye

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<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5881</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Iowa set for home opener tonight]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:23:09 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THIS WEEK
The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team has a full slate of competition this weekend. First Iowa will host the six-team Iowa City Duals Friday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in its first home event of the season. Then the Hawkeyes will send competitors to the annual Kaufman-Brand Open, Saturday, in Omaha, NE. Senior Daniel Dennis will wrap up the weekend, Sunday, at the NWCA All-Star Dual in Fullerton, CA.

IOWA CITY DUALS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
10:30 a.m. - 3 mats
Iowa vs. Coe College
Cornell College vs. North Carolina-Pembroke
Iowa Lakes Community College vs. Southern Illinois Edwardsville

Noon - 3 mats
Iowa vs. Cornell College
Southern Illinois Edwardsville vs. Coe College
Iowa Lakes Community College vs. North Carol]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5879</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Oklahoma State to host Arizona State tonight]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:10:24 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cowboy Wrestling This Week
No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 20 Arizona State
Nov. 20, 2009 :: 7 p.m. :: Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611 capacity)
TV: None
Radio: 93.7 KSPI-FM (Rex Holt and Roger Moore)
Live Audio & Video Broadcast: okstate.com
Live Results & Play-by-Plays: okstate.com
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The Basics
    The Oklahoma State wrestling team takes the mat for its first dual of the season when it hosts Arizona State (2-0 overall; 2-0 Pac-10) at 7 p.m. Friday. 
 
Ticket Information
    Season tickets for OSU wrestling cost $75 for the general public and $60 for OSU faculty & staff and senior citizens. OSU students are admitted free with ID.

    Single-dual tickets for Friday's dual cos]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5878</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Sacred Heart tops Stevens]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:05:48 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HOBOKEN,  N.J. -- The Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team fell to NCAA Division I foe Sacred Heart University, 28-15, on Wednesday night in Walker Gymnasium. The Ducks fell behind early but never quit, getting wins in four of the last five bouts in what was a very competitive match. Sophomore Joe Favia (Brick, N.J.), junior Bobby Bishop (Wayne Valley, N.J.), junior Vincent Termini (Mount Laurel, N.J.), and senior James Roarty (Hyde Park, Mass.) all were victorious on the evening.
 
Junior Pat Feely (Johnston, R.I.) earned a win by fall (1:33) at 125 lbs. over sophomore Brad Warren (Brookeville, Md.) to put Sacred Heart (1-3) up 6-0. Sophomore Anthony Ricco (Paramus, N.J.) made it 10-0 Pioneers with a major decision (16-4) over ]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5877</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Lycoming dominates Gettysburg  in 35 minutes]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:03:28 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- The Lycoming College wrestling team needed just 35 minutes to defeat Gettysburg College 54-3 in the Warriors' home opener on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Lycoming's grapplers scored pins in seven of the ten matches. 

The win improves Lycoming 4-0 on the season, while the Bullets slip to 0-1 overall. 

Walker Faison (Virginia Beach, Va./Cox) started things off at 125 pounds with a pin of Abe Evans just 53 seconds into the second period. After a Bullets forfeit at 133, 141 pound Warrior Jonathan Quiggle (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) earned the second Lycoming pin of the night at 2:14. 

Another forfeit at 149 pounds gave Lycoming a 24-0 lead. 157-pounder Colton Eyer (Millville, Pa./Millville) continued the pinning trend]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5876</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Northern State hands Dakota Wesleyan a beatdown]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:59:56 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MITCHELL, S.D. -- The Northern State University wrestling squad earned their first dual win of the season Wednesday in dominating fashion, as they handed NAIA No. 19 ranked Dakota Wesleyan University a 42-10 beat down at the Christen Family Recreation/Wellness Center in Mitchell, S.D.

With the win, the Wolves open up their season with a 1-0 mark in dual meets.

The Wolves earned three wins via forfeit, all in the upper weight classes.  They got pinfall victories from Jimmy Marx (125), Jacob Butrous (133), and Phil Downs (165), with Butrous' victory coming over no. 9 ranked Malik Stewart.

They got two wins via decision from Donnie Bowden (165) and Beau Voegeli (149) on the night to total out their 42 points.

Results:
125 lbs. Jim]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5875</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Roger Williams stroms past Coast Guard]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:39 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BRISTOL, R.I. -- The 29th-ranked RWU wrestling team improved to 2-0 this season and 1-0 in the Pilgrim League with a 41-6 victory over the visiting Coast Guard Academy Wednesday evening in the Recreation Center Gymnasium. Three Hawks posted wins by fall while two earned wins by forfeit.
 
RWU freshman Kaare Stokdal (Olive Bridge, N.Y.) and senior Jay Mahoney (Madison, Conn.) combined to give the Hawks the early 8-0 lead after both wrestlers recorded major decisions of 11-3 and 13-4, respectively. 
 
Coast Guard senior Andrew Armstrong (Bethel Park, Pa.) put the Bears on the board after earning an 8-2 win in the 141 weight class, but Hawks junior Nicholas Herrick (Paramus, N.J.) quickly put a stop to any Bears momentum as he pinned his o]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5874</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Norwich edges Plymouth State]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:54:56 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PLYMOUTH, N.H. -- Norwich University used a pair of wins by fall to defeat Plymouth State University in a collegiate wrestling match, 21-19, Wednesday evening at Foley Gymnasium.

Each team posted five victories in the match, but the Cadets (1-2) won the team scoring by recording a pair of pins. PSU (1-2) nearly pulled out the match in the final bout when Jake Gagnon, needing a pin in the 285-pound weight class to give the Panthers the victory, recorded a three-point near-fall in the closing seconds but could not pin his opponent's shoulders to the mat.

The top performances by Norwich came from senior Nick Monaco, who took four minutes, 26 seconds to pin his opponent at 141 pounds, and sophomore Ray Gauthier needed only 44 seconds to r]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5873</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Collado to Maryland]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:22:04 CST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is now being reported by InterMat that two-time defending Suffolk County champion/2008 NYS champion Ken Collado has given a verbal commitment to the University of Maryland and its head coach, former Section XI legend, Kerry McCoy.  The 2009 NYS placewinner (sixth at 112) is the latest member in what is already a very impressive recruiting class to join the Terrapins.  He joins InterMat Top 100 recruits Spencer Myers (No. 53; projected as a heavyweight) and Frank Goodwin (No. 65; projected as 133), as well as Jenkins Mozey (projected as 125) and returning Pennsylvania State placewinner Mark Hartenstine (projected at 141) as members of the Class of 2010 to formally announce that they will be College Park, MD bound next fall. 

Heading in]]></description>
<link>http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/5871</link>
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