Nickerson defeated John Olanwoski (Missouri), 9-2 in his quarterfinal bout, and he won an 8-2 decision over Jayson Ness (Minnesota) in the semifinals. In the championships, Nickerson face No. 2 seeded Tanner Gardner (Standford) and shut him out, 3-0 to take the title.
Despite never wrestling in a collegiate match, Frey never swayed from his winning ways. In the quarterfinals, he faced the No. 1 seed, Matt Keller of Chattanooga and won a 10-9 decision. Frey picked up another 10-9 win to advance over the No. 4 seed Joe Baker (Navy) in the semifinals. To take the championship title at 133, Frey picked up a 4-2 win over North Carolina's Evan Sola, 4-2. The senior was the No. 2 seed at the Scuffle in his weight class.
Leen faced Joey Ecklof of Pittsburgh in his quarterfinal bout and wrestled his way to a 8-0 major decision to advance to the semis where he would meet the No. 2 seed Gregor Gillespie (Edinboro). Leen overtook Gillespie by a 9-4 decision. In the finals, Leen squared off against Minnesota's Schlatter. The No. 1 seed won a 7-1 decision over Leen to take the title. Schlatter is the reigning National Champion at 149 and is undefeated this season and has only suffered one loss in his career.
At 157, Charlie Agozzino advanced to the quarterfinals yesterday to meet Lock Haven's Seth Martin. The No. 2 seed took a 7-0 decision over Agozzino. In the consolation rounds, he faced Minnesota's Tyler Safratowich where he lost a 4-0 decision.
Anceravage wrestled Daniel Atondo (Cal St. Bakersfield) in the 165 quarterfinals, winning a 14-8 bout. He would then encounter the No. 3 seed North Carolina's Keegan Mueller. Anceravage picked up a 3-1 sudden victory win to make his way to the finals. In the championship match he fell to Edinboro's Deonte Penn in 5:59. Anceravage was winning the match by six points when Penn rolled him through catching the Big Red wrestler to make the pin.
The Big Red had two wrestlers still alive in the 174 bracket heading into day two of the Scuffle. Luke Hogle faced the No. 1 seed Gabe Dretch (Minnesota) in the quarterfinals losing an 8-1 decision. In the consolation bracket, Hogle wrestled Chattanooga's Lloyd Rogers losing 13-3. After losing his opening bout, Hooker worked his way through the wrestlebacks finding success. He picked up an 8-4 decision over UNC Greensboro's Joe Lowe and won a 19-4 tech fall at 5:32 over Kent State's Aaron Miller. Hooker then faced Rogers for the second time after losing the opening round to him. Hooker came out the winner by a 7-5 decision and went on to face Maryland's Mike Letts. Letts came out the victor picking up an 8-1 decision over the Big Red wrestler. Hooker was still alive though, and took fifth place after overtaking Neal Martin (Appalachian State) by a close 7-6 decision.
At 184, freshman Nate Holley advanced to day two in the wrestlebacks after advancing over teammate Josh Arnone who withdrew due to medical reasons. Holley faced Lock Haven's Tom Kocher in his opening bout of the day. Kocher pinned Holley in 5:52.
At 197, Jerry Rinaldi won his quarterfinal bout against Brandon Halsey (Cal St. Bakersfield), 3-2. Advancing to the semi finals, the senior was to face J.D. Bergman of Ohio State, but Rinaldi had to forfeit for medical reasons. Moving to the consolations brackets, he had two more medical forfeits but ended the Scuffle in sixth place for his prior efforts.
Zach Hammond also picked up a victory in his opening match of the day against John Buck (Citadel), 2-0. Andy Patrick (Boise State) proved to be too much for Hammond, losing a 3-0 decision.
The Big Red will return home to meet Penn State Jan 7 at 1 p.m. in its first dual match of the new year. The match will be held in Bartels Hall and will mark the second event in the Big Red's Community Care Challenge.
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