Toughest Path for #1 Seed

[smitty111]

I am thinking 141 Mendez

Ryan Jack All American

Vombaur 2X All American

Stanich or Ech

Vega or Hardy

Tough road for #1 seed

[Pinnacle]

The only two guys with a snowball's chance against Mendez are Stanich and Vega, and that is because we have not seen those matches.

Mendez crushes every one else.

[mr.nonothingatall]

Svn at 149 

Has to go through Jacob frost, Casey swederski, honestly his easiest match might be the semifinal

Levi haines 174

Has to go through facundo/mantanona then Kennedy/karchla then a finals match of minto/steed/ruiz/wask?

Bastida heavy

Goes through keuter/mirasola then feldman/Ferrari then taye/trumble

 

[VakAttack]

Lilledahl.  Loseable matches starting in round 2.

[D3 for LU]

35 minutes ago, Pinnacle said:

The only two guys with a snowball's chance against Mendez are Stanich and Vega, and that is because we have not seen those matches.

Mendez crushes every one else.

Alright... to be fair, Luke Stanich did meet Mendez in the Clarion Open finals in Nov. 2024, losing to the NCAA champ 14-3.

That was Stanich's RS year, 1st time up at 141. Positive things have happened for Luke since that encounter.

But Mendez has been "Hair on Fire", since then as well. IF they meet, it should be interesting how that will enfold (either great surprise for Luke... or train leaving the station FASTER, for Mendez.)

There are some real tough matches coming up for Luke... he's a student of the game, and a real hard worker on the mat.

Time will tell... come next week.

D3

Edited March 12 by D3 for LU