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We're getting ready to start the first week of the 2023-24 season, but have a semi-full schedule of DI duals whis week. A total of 35 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Wednesday, November 1: Brockport at Buffalo 1:00 PM UB Bulls YouTube Seton Hill at Buffalo 2:30 PM UB Bulls YouTube Niagara County CC at Buffalo 4:00 PM UB Bulls YouTube Army West Point vs. Campbell at Fort Liberty, NC 5:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Glenville State at Buffalo 5:30 PM UB Bulls YouTube Allen at The Citadel 6:00 PM ESPN+ NC State vs. Presbyterian at Fort Liberty, NC 7:30 PM UFC Fight Pass Montreat at The Citadel 7:30 PM ESPN+ Carl Albert at Little Rock 8:00 PM Little Rock Sports Network Thursday, November 2: Greensboro at North Carolina 1:00 PM ACC Network Extra Oregon State vs. Queens at North Carolina 1:00 PM Queens at North Carolina 3:00 PM ACC Network Extra Oregon State vs. Greensboro at North Carolina 3:00 PM Oregon State at North Carolina 5:00 PM ACC Network Extra Queens vs. Greensboro at North Carolina 5:00 PM Maryland at American 7:00 PM ESPN+ SIU Edwardsville at Illinois 7:00 PM BTN+ Friday, November 3: Lindenwood vs. St. Ambrose at Northern Illinois 4:00 PM St. Ambrose at Northern Illinois 5:30 PM NIU All-Access NC State at Appalachian State 7:00 PM AppState Facebook, YouTube, Twitch Duke vs. Rutgers at Cal Poly 7:00 PM Fort Hays State at Northern Colorado 7:00 PM FloWrestling Lindenwood at Northern Illinois 7:00 PM NIU All-Access Duke at Cal Poly 9:00 PM Cal Poly All-Access New Mexico Highlands at Northern Colorado 9:00 PM FloWrestling Rutgers at Cal Poly 10:30 PM Cal Poly All-Access Saturday, November 4: Bellarmine at Patriot Open, hosted by Cumberlands 9:00 AM Campbell, Chattanooga, Davidson, Franklin & Marshall, Morgan State, Ohio, Oregon State, Utah Valley, Virginia, Virginia Tech, VMI, West Virginia at Southeast Open, hosted by Roanoke 9:00 AM FloWrestling SIU Edwardsville at Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open, St. Louis, MO 10:00 AM Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield at Menlo Open 12:00 PM FloWrestling Navy at Illinois, 2:00 PM BTN+ Nebraska at North Dakota State 3:00 PM NDSU All-Access Duke at Stanford 7:00 PM Western Colorado at Air Force 8:00 PM FloWrestling Iowa at California Baptist 9:00 PM FloWrestling Colorado State-Pueblo at Air Force 9:30 PM FloWrestling Sunday, November 5: Brown, Buffalo, Clarion, Columbia, Edinboro, Gardner-Webb, Kent State, Michigan State, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Purdue at Clarion Open 9:00 AM FloWrestling Army West Point, Bloomsburg, Hofstra, Lehigh, Lock Haven, Princeton, Rider at Princeton Open 9:00 AM ESPN+ American, Appalachian State, Drexel, George Mason, Indiana, The Citadel at Battle at the Citadel 9:00 AM Utah Valley at Rookie Open, hosted by Colorado School of Mines 12:00 PM Cleveland State vs. Iowa State at Massillon, OH, 2:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Lindenwood at Wisconsin 2:00 PM BTN+ Western Wyoming at Wyoming 3:00 PM FloWrestling

The wrestling season is just a couple days away and one of the marquee events during the first week of competition is Army West Point taking on Campbell on the Fort Liberty Army base in North Carolina. To get ready for that event, EIWA correspondent Austin Sommer has sat down with Black Knight head coach Kevin Ward. Coach Ward discusses how social media helped make the match happen and the recent back-and-forth on Twitter between the two schools. The two also discuss Army's early season schedule, wrestlers to watch in 2023-24, and some new changes to the coaching staff. They close by highlighting some of their favorite debates with the team's Associate Head Coach Scott Green. For the full interview: Click Here

Coach Matt Storniolo has brought in some new faces to help lead this year’s team. BJ Futrell and Justin Oliver have joined Storniolo on staff this year and are already making an impact on the squad in the short time they’ve been there. Futrell, who is an Illinois native made the move back home after spending time coaching at Penn and Oliver comes to the Wildcats after being at Northern Colorado, where he helped coach Andrew Alirez to an NCAA title. Not only will things look different in the corner, but the lineup has had some changes as well. Overall, there are some new faces in Evanston sporting purple that will be looking to make some noise. Hear from Coach Storniolo and Futrell as they talk about the upcoming season. Top Returners Although I spoke about some new faces coming in, there will be some experience returning to the lineup that have some big-time experience. Coming back at 141 will be Frankie Tal-Shahar, an NCAA qualifier from a season ago. Tal-Shahar went 2-2 in Tulsa last year and comes into the season ranked 15th. A trio of fellow returning qualifiers will be back at 157, 165, and 184, respectively. Trevor Chumbley and Max Mayfield will be the 1-2 punch coming back in the middle of the lineup. Like Talshahar, Chumbley was 2-2 at NCAAs last season while Mayfield had a rough ending going 0-2. Troy Fisher, who was down at 174 last year, has moved up to 184 this season. Fisher was also 2-2 in the championships last year but it was his close 1-point loss to multiple-time finalist and NCAA Champ Mekhi Lewis that had people on the edge of their seats. Key Departures A Wildcat migration took place in the off-season as Michael DeAugustino (125), Chris Cannon (133), and Lucas Davison (285), the team’s lone All-American last year, all made the move to Michigan. Additionally, Yahya Thomas finished his All-American career and is now training at the NJRTC. Newcomers With key departures at 125 and 133, we’re going to see some new faces step up. At 125, Dedrick Navarro will be a true freshman looking to step in right away along with Massey Odiotti. Coach Storniolo mentioned that watching them during practice “is like fireworks” so we’ll see which guy is ready to pop. Buffalo transfer Patrick Adams will be looking to take the spot at 133. Adams has limited experience in the few years he spent in the Bulls room so this will be his first year to get some significant mat time. Wrestlers to watch Jack Jessen is in his sixth year and he’s moving up from 184 to 197. He’s had plenty of experience including being an NCAA qualifier in 2021-22 as the #33-seed. Also, Evan Bates will be in the mix at 197 this year as well. Bates started the year at 197 then came down to 184 last season and will now go back up to 197 this year. He finished his season at 19-18 a season ago. Another guy bumping up this year is David Ferrante. He will be moving up to 174 after competing at 165 last year where his season was cut short due to injury. Lastly, Dirk Morley, who is the only heavyweight on the roster will have some pretty big shoes to fill after Davison’s departure. Top out-of-conference dual Just two non-conference duals appear on the schedule for the Wildcats this season. In December they head to Northern Illinois and in February they play host to Binghamton.