Jordan Burroughs was unscored upon in the opening session of the U.S. Open (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)LAS VEGAS -- Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake appear to be on a collision course to meet in the U.S. Open finals on Saturday night.
The two wrestlers cruised to the U.S. Open semifinals at 74 kilograms without surrendering a point in the opening session on Friday.
Burroughs, a 2012 Olympic champion and three-time world champion, will meet Kevin LeValley in the semifinals tonight, while Dake, a four-time NCAA champion, is set to face Alex Dieringer.
Seven of the eight No. 1 seeds advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in freestyle. The lone No. 1 seed to fall in the opening session was Jayson Ness at 61 kilograms. The former Gopher NCAA champion was upset by Johnni DiJulius 10-7 in the round of 16.
Olympian Frank Molinaro won his first two matches by a combined score of 17-0, and will now feet Jimmy Kennedy in the semifinals at 65 kilograms.
James Green, a 2015 world bronze medalist, picked up three technical falls without surrendering a point to advance to the semifinals at 70 kilograms. His quarterfinal victory came over college rival Dylan Ness, 11-0.
Brandon Wright (61 kilograms) and Alec Pantaleo (70 kilograms) were the lone unseeded wrestlers to advance to the semifinals.
The semifinals will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. PT.
Quarterfinal Results
57 kilogams:
No. 1 Tony Ramos dec. No. 9 Frank Perrelli, 5-5
No. 4 Nathan Tomasello dec. No. 5 Nico Megaludis, 5-4
No. 3 Alan Waters dec. No. 6 Obe Blanc, 6-2
No. 2 Nahshon Garrett dec. Zach Sanders, 12-8
61 kilograms:
Brandon Wright tech. fall Johnni DiJulius, 10-0
No. 5 Joe Colon dec. No. 4 Seth Gross, 16-12
No. 3 Cody Brewer tech. fall Daniel Deshazer, 14-3
No. 2 Kendric Maple tech. fall No. 7 Josh Kindig, 11-1
65 kilograms:
No. 1 Frank Molinaro tech. fall No. 8 Mario Mason, 10-0
No. 4 Jimmy Kennedy tech. fall No. 5 Evan Henderson, 12-2
No. 3 Jordan Oliver dec. No. 6 Kellen Russell, 6-0
No. 2 Zain Retherford tech. fall No. 7 Nick Dardanes, 10-0
70 kilograms:
No. 1 James Green tech. fall No. 8 Dylan Ness, 11-0
No. 5 Jason Nolf tech. fall Thomas Gantt, 10-0
No. 3 Nazar Kulchytskyy tech. fall No. 6 Hunter Stieber, 10-0
Alec Pantaleo dec. No. 2 Jason Chamberlain, 8-6
74 kilograms:
No. 1 Jordan Burroughs dec. Dan Vallimont, 6-0
No. 5 Kevin LeValley dec. No. 4 Chris Perry, 3-2
No. 3 Alex Dieringer dec. Anthony Valencia, 11-9
No. 2 Kyle Dake tech. fall Vladyslav Dombrovskiy, 11-0
86 kilograms:
No. 1 David Taylor tech. fall Pat Downey, 10-0
No. 4 Nick Heflin dec. No. 5 Gabe Dean, 6-3
No. 6 Bo Nickal tech. fall John Staudenmayer, 10-0
No. 2 Richard Perry dec. No. 10 T.J. Dudley, 7-1
97 kilograms:
No. 1 Micah Burak tech. fall Donald McNeil, 13-2
No. 5 Kallen Kleinschmidt dec. No. 4 Ty Walz, 8-5
No. 3 Nathan Burak dec. Blaize Cabell, 6-2
No. 2 Kyven Gadson tech. fall No. 7 Josh Manu, 10-0
125 kilograms:
No. 1 Zack Rey dec. Benjamin Durbin, 4-0
No. 4 Tony Nelson dec. No. 5 Justin Grant, 5-3
No. 3 Nick Gwiazdowski dec. No. 6 Bobby Telford, 4-1
No. 2 Dom Bradley tech. fall Nathan Butler, 10-0
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