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Ladies and gents, we’re back and we’re rocking and rolling with the SoCon regular season schedule - the weekend began on Friday, with Bellarmine hosting Presbyterian College, besting the Blue Hose 40-9. The dual weighed heavily in the Knights’ favor, winning eight out of the ten bouts. Key moments in the match for Presbyterian were at 141 and 184 - Rey Ortiz (141, PC) secured 6 team points after pinning Shay Korhorn (BU), followed by 184 lber Caleb Roe (PC), clinching a 9-3 victory over Sam Schroeder (BU). Bellarmine had one pin, four technical falls, two major decisions, received a forfeit, and a partridge in a pear tree. Wait - that was last month… But back to the action - the Knights had a stellar showing, pushing forward with an undefeated 11-0 season. Chattanooga traveled to Durham to face off against the ACC’s Duke University, picking up the first of two wins of their weekend on the road. This was the Mocs’ first ACC victory since a 2016 victory over UVA, winning 8 out of 10 bouts. #23 Brayden Palmer (125), whose redshirt was pulled in December, kicked off the dual with a 9-0 decision over Logan Agin (Duke). The Mocs were set up to win the following six matches - and one last win at 197. It was a bonus-point bonanza - Boarman (133), Powe (141), and Desiante (174) served up technical falls; while #25 Noah Castillo (149), Heck (157), and Harper (197) followed suit with major decision victories. The action picked back up on Sunday - with four duals on the calendar. Chattanooga was yet again victorious over VMI, winning the dual 31-13. We saw an upset at 133 - sophomore Dyson Dunham (VMI) snagged a 7-4 decision over #28 Blake Boarman (UTC), scoring a takedown in the last minute of the third period. The tide turned back in the Mocs’ favor at 141, where Isaiah Powe (UTC) pinned Patrick Jordon (VMI), followed by another at 165 where Kamdyn Munro (UTC) pinned Caleb Chandler (VMI) in the first period. The Keydets had back-to-back victories at 174 and 184, with a final slim victory of 1-0 at heavyweight. The Fighting Camels were ready to rumble at Davidson, besting the Wildcats 31-9. The match started off at heavyweight, where #10 Taye Ghadiali set the tone with a second-period tech fall, #26 Anthony Molton (125) and #22 Domenic Zaccone (133) followed suit with tech falls as well. #19 Levi Hopkins delivered a first-period fall to finish off the evening. Notable Wildcat wins were welcomed at 149, 157, and 184. Tanner Peake (157), a member of Puerto Rico’s World Team, defeated Chris Earnest 6-1. A matchup to watch out for again this season? 165: #33 Dom Baker (CAM) bested Bryce Sanderlin (DC) in sudden-victory overtime. This will be a fun rematch to watch in March. Presbyterian hosted Queens University of Charlotte, downing the Royals 30-15. Recovering from their Friday night loss, the Blue Hose won seven out of ten bouts. Bonus points were scored via a tech fall at 141, falls at 149 and 174, and a major decision at 184. We haven’t seen Dom Chavez hit the mat for the past two duals. Chavez had a historic conference tournament last season, being the program’s first-ever finalist in the conference tournament. Hopefully, we can see that 125lb slot filled by their next competition against VMI. I traveled to Boone this past Sunday, where the temps were cold but Varsity Gym was hot hot hot! (If you know, you know.) App State hosted a doubleheader against The Citadel and Greensboro College, moving forward with two more dual victories under their belt. The Mountaineers took on the Bulldogs first, closing the dual with a 33-4 victory. The lone win for The Citadel came in at 141 - Jacob Silka scored an 11-2 major decision over Riley Edwards. “I felt good out there, rode him on top and scored in neutral…it was probably one of the better matches I had this year,” said Silka in some post-match remarks. His mindset for the remainder of the season is to “just keep wrestling hard, it’s [this win] is a good way to start things off, and I’ll just keep rolling on. It was really cool to see how we stack up against them [App State], our guys up against their ranked guys. Some really close matches we could’ve won, so it’s cool to see how much we’ve improved over the years - being a newer team with a bunch of new guys, we’re looking really good this year.” There were two nail-biting, barn-burner, back-to-back matchups at 149 and 157: #24 Cody Bond (APP) beat Jeff Boyd (CIT), going into overtime, settling the score at 2-1. After Bond’s victory via rideout, #20 Tommy Askey (APP) was able to score a takedown in sudden-victory over Hayden Watson (CIT). Leading up to the overtime period, Askey said “It wasn’t pretty, but got to go to overtime and got it done. I knew I had to keep attacking because I could tell he was fading.” High-pressure situations come easy to Askey. “Drilling every day helps a lot in the mat room, we get in these situations all the time where we’re down by 4, 5, 6, and have to score with short time left. Just practicing in these positions really helped me out.” The Mountaineers recorded bonus-point wins at 125, 165, 174, 184, and heavyweight. To close out the weekend, App State wrestled Division III’s own Greensboro College. With the lone loss at 141 lbs, #2-ranked Josh Wilson (GC) won via 4-1 decision over Ike Byers (APP). #25 Ethan Oakley (APP) was the only wrestler to compete in both duals, while the other 9 weights debuted fresh talent on the Mountaineer’s mat. Rankings Updates: 125 #23 Brayden Palmer - UTC #26 Anthony Molton - CAMP 133 #22 Dom Zaccone - CAMP #25 Ethan Oakley - APP 141 #34 Isaiah Powe - UTC 149 #30 Cody Bond - APP #31 Noah Castillo - UTC 157 #22 Tommy Askey - APP 165 #31 Will Miller - APP #32 Dom Baker - CAMP 174 #26 Austin Murphy - CAMP 184 #28 Jha-Quan Anderson - GWU 197 #20 Levi Hopkins - CAMP HWT #10 Taye Ghadiali - CAMP Dual #27 App State #29 Campbell

Stanford picks up two wins Stanford defeated Drexel 34-6 and Pennsylvania 20-16. Stanford won nine out of the 10 matches against Drexel. Daniel Cardenas and Nick Stemmet stood out with tech falls against their opponents. In the Penn dual, Jaden Abas defeated Andrew Troczynski 5-1, Cardenas majored Lucas Revano, in a battle of ranked wrestlers,14-3, Hunter Garvin defeated Kaya Sement 11-4, Stemmet majored Martin Crosgrove 12-4 and Peter Ming pinned John Stout. Little Rock extends win streak to 5 Little Rock has won five straight duals, including its best win in program history against Arizona State. Nasir Bailey defeated Julian Chlebove 7-2, Joseph Bianchi came back from an early deficit to beat Chance McLane 11-8, Tyler Brennan shutout Cael Valencia 6-0 and Stephen Little tech falled Jacob Meissner 25-10. It only took five years for the Trojans to break into the national rankings which is the quickest jump of its sort. Cal Poly splits Pac-12 duals The Mustangs lost a close battle to Oregon State, dropping 21-17. Cal Poly won four of the ten matches against the Beavers. Zeth Romney defeated Gabe Whisenhunt 7-2, Chance Lamer defeated Nash Singleton 13-3, Legend Lamer defeated Isaiah Crosby 10-1 and Trevor Tinker pinned Boone McDermott. Cal Poly destroyed CSU Bakersfield 43-3. Romney and the Lamer brothers won by first-period pins, and Blake Hinrichsen and Jarad Priest won by tech fall. Oregon State splits two duals Oregon State squeaked past Cal Poly 21-17. Brandon Kaylor defeated Dominic Mendez 11-4, Cleveland Belton majored Abraham Hinrichsen 16-7, Kekana Fouret blanked Michael Goldfeder 12-0, Matthew Olguin dropped Daschle Lamer 7-2, Trey Munoz majored Kendall LaRosa 12-4 and Justin Rademacher edged Jarad Priest 4-1. Afterward, the Beavers fell to Oklahoma State 27-9. Kaylor got a huge victory via pin over Troy Spratley and Belton pulled a 4-3 upset over top-ten ranked Tagen Jamison. Arizona State splits two duals Arizona State was stunned by Little Rock 18-16. Richard Figueroa and Cohlton Schultz returned to the lineup and dominated. Figueroa won 18-5 against Jeremiah Reno while Schultz defeated Josiah Hill 5-2. Cody Foote prevailed over Brennan Van Hoecke 5-4, Kyle Parco defeated Kyle Dutton 4-0 and Jacori Teemer beat Matt Bianchi 10-4. The Sun Devils returned to beat Pittsburgh 21-20. Figueroa, Parco, and Chance McLane won by decision against their foes. Teemer tech falled Jared Keslar and Schultz won by injury default against Dayton Pitzer. CSU Bakersfield drops to Cal Poly The Roadrunners struggled against Cal Poly, losing 43-3 in the Pac-12 matchup. Guillermo Escobedo was the only wrestler to capture a win, defeating Michael Goldfeder 2-1 at 165 lbs

Below is a recap of last week’s EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting. Key Takeaways Penn’s Gallagher knocks off #12 Provo of Stanford at 125 lbs Binghamton’s win over Navy is the first win over a top-20 program in school history Bucknell’s Dylan Chappell returns to the line-up at 141 lbs Army (3-0), Bucknell (2-0), Harvard (1-0), Hofstra (1-0), and Lehigh (4-0) remain undefeated in conference duals American The Eagles had an EIWA matchup with the Bucknell Bison, dropping the dual 31-9. Shamil Kalmatov had a pin at 125 lbs. Jack Nies was the other victor at 149 lbs. Bucknell 31 American 9 125: Shamil Kalmatov (AU) pinned Grayson McLellan (Bucknell), 1:34 (AU 6-0) 133: #17 Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec. Maximilian Leete (AU), 5-3 (AU 6-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) dec. Cael McIntyre (AU), 5-2 (Tied 6-6) 149: Jack Nies (AU) dec. Aidan Davis (Bucknell), 8-3 (AU 9-6) 157: Kolby DePron (Bucknell) dec. Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 6-0 (Tied 9-9) 165: #19 Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) pinned Breon Phifer (AU), 2:31 (Bucknell 15-9) 174: Myles Takats (Bucknell) major dec. Lucas White (AU), 13-4 (Bucknell 19-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (Bucknell) major dec. Brad Kata (AU), 14-2 (Bucknell 23-9) 197: Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) tech. fall Liam Volk-Klos (AU), 15-0 (2:34) (Bucknell 28-9) 285: #27 Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) dec. Will Jarrell (AU), 7-2 (Bucknell 31-9) The next date for American is a home dual against Virginia on Sunday. Army The Black Knights were on the road wrestling Binghamton. They did by earning victories in 7 of 10 bouts. Nate Lukez was the only wrestler to win via major decision. Army 22 Binghamton 11 125: No. 32/33 Ethan Berginc (Army) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 8-2, Army 3 BU 0 133: No. 32/33 Braden Basile (Army) def. Micah Roes (BU) DEC 8-4, Army 6 BU 0 141: Logan Brown (Army) def. Ivan Garcia (BU) DEC 8-2, Army 9 BU 0 149: Matt Williams (Army) def. Caleb Sweet (BU) DEC 11-7, Army 12 BU 0 157: Nate Lukez (Army) def. Carter Baer (BU) MD 11-3, Army 16 BU 0 165: No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. NR/26 Gunner Filipowicz (Army) DEC 6-1, Army 16 BU 3 174: No. 13/14 Ben Pasiuk (Army) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 6-5, Army 19 BU 3 184; No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Dillon Sheehy (Army) DEC 3-2, Army 19 BU 6 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Wolfgang Frable (Army) TF 18-2 6:05, Army 19 BU 11 285: No. 27/26 Lucas Stoddard (Army) def. Charlie Tibbitts (BU) DEC 5-0, Army 22 BU 11 This weekend’s matchup with Bucknell will be a nice road test for Army. Binghamton The Bearcats hosted both Army and Navy for duals on Sunday. They lost to Army, but defeated Navy. Jacob Nolan and Lou DePrez were both 2-0 on the day, while Cory Day was 1-0. Binghamton 18 Navy 17 125: Carson Wagner (BU) def. Dayton DelViscio (Navy) MD 13-5, BU 4 Navy 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. No. NR/29 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) DEC 5-1, BU 7 Navy 0 141: No. 12/20 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) def. Nate Lucier (BU) TF 20-5 7:00, BU 7 Navy 5 149: Kaemen Smith (Navy) def. Caleb Sweet (BU) DEC 5-2, Navy 8 BU 7 157: Jonathan Ley (Navy) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 6-2, Navy 11 BU 7 165: No. 25/20 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) def. No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) DEC 5-3, Navy 14 BU 7 174: No. 25/25 Danny Wask (Navy) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-1 TB1, Navy 17 BU 7 184: No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. David Key (Navy) DEC 8-3, Navy 17 BU 10 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Daniel Williams (Navy) TF 20-4 5:47, Navy 17 BU 15 285: No. 19/21 Cory Day (BU) def. No. 17/18 Grady Griess (Navy) DEC 6-2, BU 18 Navy 17 Army 22 Binghamton 11 125: No. 32/33 Ethan Berginc (Army) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 8-2, Army 3 BU 0 133: No. 32/33 Braden Basile (Army) def. Micah Roes (BU) DEC 8-4, Army 6 BU 0 141: Logan Brown (Army) def. Ivan Garcia (BU) DEC 8-2, Army 9 BU 0 149: Matt Williams (Army) def. Caleb Sweet (BU) DEC 11-7, Army 12 BU 0 157: Nate Lukez (Army) def. Carter Baer (BU) MD 11-3, Army 16 BU 0 165: No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. NR/26 Gunner Filipowicz (Army) DEC 6-1, Army 16 BU 3 174: No. 13/14 Ben Pasiuk (Army) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 6-5, Army 19 BU 3 184; No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Dillon Sheehy (Army) DEC 3-2, Army 19 BU 6 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Wolfgang Frable (Army) TF 18-2 6:05, Army 19 BU 11 285: No. 27/26 Lucas Stoddard (Army) def. Charlie Tibbitts (BU) DEC 5-0, Army 22 BU 11 Binghamton will host two Ivy League teams this weekend; Harvard and Brown. Brown The Bears did not compete this weekend. They will travel to New York for duals at Cornell and Binghamton this Saturday. Bucknell The Bison hosted two duals this week. They won both in dominant fashion. Kurt Phipps was 2-0 on the weekend. Dylan Chappell returned to the lineup at 141 lbs, going 2-0. At 165 lbs, Noah Mulvaney had two wins by bonus points. Bucknell ran the table from 165 lbs to 285 lbs with a perfect 10-0 record. Nine of the ten wins were via bonus points. Bucknell is looking tough this season. Bucknell 41 Morgan State 9 125: Isaac Sheehan (MSU) dec. over Grayson McLellan (BUC), 7-6 (MSU 3-0) 133: No. 17 Kurt Phipps (BUC) tech fall over Shawn Ryncarz (MSU), 20-3 (5:00) (BUC 5-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (BUC) tech fall over Tommy Fierro (MSU), 22-7 (6:37) (BUC 10-3) 149: Riley Bower (BUC) maj. dec. over Aaron Turner (MSU), 12-4 (BUC 14-3) 157: Josh Greenwood (MSU) inj. default over Nick Delp (BUC) (BUC 14-9) 165: No. 19 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) maj. dec. over Jake Marsh (MSU), 15-5 (BUC 18-9) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) fall over Cortilius Vann (MSU), 3:42 (BUC 24-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) fall over Kyle Grey (MSU), 4:21 (BUC 30-9) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) fall over Nathanic Kendricks (MSU), 3:50 (BUC 36-9) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) tech fall over Tyler Stewart (MSU), 17-0 (3:57) (BUC 41-9) Bucknell 31 – American 9 125: Shamil Kalmatov (AU) pinned Grayson McLellan (Bucknell), 1:34 (AU 6-0) 133: #17 Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec. Maximilian Leete (AU), 5-3 (AU 6-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) dec. Cael McIntyre (AU), 5-2 (Tied 6-6) 149: Jack Nies (AU) dec. Aidan Davis (Bucknell), 8-3 (AU 9-6) 157: Kolby DePron (Bucknell) dec. Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 6-0 (Tied 9-9) 165: #19 Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) pinned Breon Phifer (AU), 2:31 (Bucknell 15-9) 174: Myles Takats (Bucknell) major dec. Lucas White (AU), 13-4 (Bucknell 19-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (Bucknell) major dec. Brad Kata (AU), 14-2 (Bucknell 23-9) 197: Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) tech. fall Liam Volk-Klos (AU), 15-0 (2:34) (Bucknell 28-9) 285: #27 Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) dec. Will Jarrell (AU), 7-2 (Bucknell 31-9) Bucknell will host Army on Saturday and travel to Drexel on Sunday. Columbia The Lions did not compete last weekend. They will have two duals, at Princeton and Penn, this weekend in some Ivy League action. #9 Cornell The Big Red did not compete this weekend either. They have a healthy load of home matches this weekend with Harvard and Brown on Saturday. They have a showdown with #3 Missouri on Sunday. Drexel The Dragons had a road win over Princeton on Friday. On Sunday, they fell to a tough #26 Stanford team. Jordan Soriano picked up the lone win with a fall over #28 Miranda of Stanford. He was the only Dragon to go 2-0 on the weekend. Drexel 20 Princeton 15 125: Drew Heethuis (Princeton) def. Desmond Pleasant, MD 10-2; Princeton 4-0 133: Sean Pierson (Princeton) def. John Hildebrandt, TF 19-3 6:37; Princeton 9-0 141: Jordan Soriano def. Tyler Vazquez (Princeton), Dec. 4-1; Princeton 9-3 149: Dom Findora def. Cody Tavoso (Princeton), TF 19-4 (7:00); Princeton 9-8 157: Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) def. Tyler Williams, Dec. 8-1; Princeton 12-8 165: Cody Walsh def. Blaine Bergey (Princeton), Dec. 5-0; Princeton 12-11 174: Jasiah Queen def. Michael Squires (Princeton), Dec. 7-2; Drexel 14-12 184: #21 Nate Dugan (Princeton) def. Justin Griffith, Dec. 8-2; Princeton 15-14 197: Ibrahim Ameer def. Aidan Conner (Princeton), Dec. 3-2; Drexel 17-15 285: Santino Morina def. Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton), Dec 4-1; Drexel wins 20-15 Stanford 34 Drexel 6 125: #12 Nico Provo def. Desmond Pleasant, 8-6; Stanford 3-0 133: Dom LaJoie def. Jaxon Maroney, Dec. 9-3; Stanford 6-0 141: Jordan Soriano def. #28 Jason Miranda, Fall 1:45; Tied 6-6 149: #21 Jaden Abas def. Dom Findora, MD 16-5; Stanford 10-6 157: #11 Daniel Cardenas def. Tyler Williams, TF 21-5 (5:21); Stanford 15-6 165: #28 Hunter Garvin def. Cody Walsh, MD 14-3; Stanford 19-6 174: #21 Lorenzo Norman def. Jasiah Queen, MD 20-8; Stanford 23-6 184: Jack Darrah def. Justin Griffith, Dec. 2-1; Stanford 26-6 197: #17 Nick Stemmet def. Ibrahim Ameer, TF 17-2 (3:21); Stanford 31-6 285: Peter Ming def. Santino Morina, Dec. 4-1; Stanford 34-6 Drexel will play host to Bucknell this weekend for a Sunday matinee. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats hosted Hofstra and took a loss after winning five of ten bouts. Mason Leiphart had the lone bonus point win for the Dips. Hofstra 21 Franklin & Marshall 16 141: Pat Phillips (F&M) dec. Alex Turley (Hofstra); 5-2 (F&M 3-0) 149: Noah Tapia (Hofstra) maj. Josh Hillard (F&M); 14-5 (Hofstra 4-3) 157: Jurius Clark (Hofstra) dec. Dominic Wheatley (F&M); 7-4 (Hofstra 7-3) 165: Jake Slotnick (Hofstra) dec. Josh Palmucci (F&M); 5-2 (Hofstra 10-3) 174: Noah Fox (F&M) dec. Ross McFarland (Hofstra); 5-4 (Hofstra 10-6) 184: #18 James Conway (F&M) dec. Will Conlon (Hofstra); 8-1 (Hofstra 10-9) 197: #31 John Crawford (F&M) dec. Nikolas Miller (Hofstra); 7-2 (F&M 12-10) 285: Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) TF Harrison Shapiro (F&M); 6:35 (16-1) (Hofstra 15-12) 125: Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra) won by forfeit (Hofstra 21-12) 133: #28 Mason Leiphart (F&M) maj. Dylan Ryder (Hofstra); 13-0 (Hofstra 21-16) This weekend, F&M will travel to Sacred Heart for a dual. Harvard The Crimson were dominant in their win over Sacred Heart. They ended the dual with one decision, one major decision, and six technical falls. Harvard 43 Sacred Heart 3 125: Diego Sotelo (Harvard) won by forfeit. 133: Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) over Coleman Nogle (Harvard) (Dec 7-3) 141: Dante Frinzi (Harvard) over Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) (MD 12-1) 149: Jack Crook (Harvard) over Michael McGhee (Sacred Heart) (TF 23-6 6:29) 157: Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) over Connor MacDonald (Sacred Heart) (TF 19-4 2:18) 165: Joshua Kim (Harvard) over Scotty Jarosz (Sacred Heart) (TF 18-2 5:37) 174: Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) over Owen Ayotte (Sacred Heart) (TF 18-2 4:47) 184: Peter Ferraro (Harvard) over Nicolas Eboli (Sacred Heart) (TF 17-2 2:25) 197: Alex Whitworth (Harvard) over Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) (TF 15-0 3:00) 285: Nick Marcenelle (Harvard) over Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) (Dec 7-6) Harvard will be on the road this weekend with duals at Cornell and Binghamton. Hofstra The Pride used bonus points in two matches, and a forfeit, to propel themselves over F&M. Noah Tapia won via major while Keaton Kluever won by technical fall. Hofstra had some participants in the New York State Collegiate Championships. Greyson Harris (165lbs), Frank Volpe (157lbs), and Danny Church (285lbs) each won their bracket in the freshman/sophomore divisions. The squad had five other place winners in the event. Hofstra 21 Franklin & Marshall 16 141: Pat Phillips (F&M) dec. Alex Turley (Hofstra); 5-2 (F&M 3-0) 149: Noah Tapia (Hofstra) maj. Josh Hillard (F&M); 14-5 (Hofstra 4-3) 157: Jurius Clark (Hofstra) dec. Dominic Wheatley (F&M); 7-4 (Hofstra 7-3) 165: Jake Slotnick (Hofstra) dec. Josh Palmucci (F&M); 5-2 (Hofstra 10-3) 174: Noah Fox (F&M) dec. Ross McFarland (Hofstra); 5-4 (Hofstra 10-6) 184: #18 James Conway (F&M) dec. Will Conlon (Hofstra); 8-1 (Hofstra 10-9) 197: #31 John Crawford (F&M) dec. Nikolas Miller (Hofstra); 7-2 (F&M 12-10) 285: Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) TF Harrison Shapiro (F&M); 6:35 (16-1) (Hofstra 15-12) 125: Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra) won by forfeit (Hofstra 21-12) 133: #28 Mason Leiphart (F&M) maj. Dylan Ryder (Hofstra); 13-0 (Hofstra 21-16) Hofstra will play host to LIU on Saturday in hopes to earn another conference victory. #15 Lehigh The Mountain Hawks were undefeated on the weekend with two EIWA wins over #20 Penn and #21 Navy. This marks four straight dual wins for the team. Ryan Crookham, Michael Beard, and Nathan Taylor were all 2-0 on the weekend. Malyke Hines had an overtime win over Composto of Penn. Lehigh 24 Penn 14 125: Max Gallagher (Penn) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 4-1, sv 133: Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec. Michael Colaiocco (Penn) 4-2 141: Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec. CJ Composto (Penn) 4-1, sv 149: Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) major dec. Andy Troczynski (Penn) 12-2 157: Lucas Revano (Penn) dec. Max Brignola (Lehigh) 8-6* 165: Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec. Kaya Sement (Penn) 10-7 174: Nick Incontrera (Penn) Fall Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 2:36 184: Maximus Hale (Penn) dec. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 4-0 197: Michael Beard (Lehigh) Fall Martin Cosgrove (Penn) 3:47 285: Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) tech fall John Stout (Penn) 19-4, 6:48 Lehigh 23 Navy 15 184: David Key (Navy) dec. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 4-3 197: Michael Beard (Lehigh) tech fall Daniel Williams (Navy) 21-5, 4:05 285: Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) dec. Grady Greiss (Navy) 11-4 125: Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) Fall Dayton DelViscio (Navy) 1:00 133: Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec. Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 10-3 141: Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec. Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 7-3 149: Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec. Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) 6-5 157: Max Brignola (Lehigh) Fall Jonathan Ley (Navy) 6:22 165: Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec. Jake Logan (Lehigh) 6-4 174: Danny Wask (Navy) dec. Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 2-0 Lehigh will be resting this weekend before continuing EIWA competition the following weekend. Long Island The Sharks competed at the Clarion quad, where they went 1-2 on the day as a team. Robbie Sagaris was 2-1 on the day with two bonus point wins. Drew Witham was also 2-1 as well with one major. Also going 2-1 on the day was John Dusza at 197lbs. LIU 25 Morgan State 9 125: Robbie Sagaris (LIU) over Julian Dawson (MSC) (TF 16-1 0:00) 133: Shawn Ryncarz (MSC) over Kaelan Francois (LIU) (Dec 11-10) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) over Tommy Fierro (MSC) (Dec 7-2) 149: Drew Witham (LIU) over Aaron Turner (MSC) (MD 12-4) 157: Rhise Royster (LIU) over Joshua Greenwood (MSC) (Dec 12-6) 165: Jake Marsh (MSC) over James Johnston (LIU) (Fall 5:45) 174: Corey Connolly (LIU) over Cortilius Vann (MSC) (Dec 14-9) 184: Gavin Claro (LIU) over Kyle Grey (MSC) (MD 11-2) 197: John Dusza (LIU) over Nathanic Kendricks Jr (MSC) (Dec 2-1) 285: Double Disqualification Clarion 39 LIU 6 125: Joey Fischer (CLAR) over Robbie Sagaris (LIU) (Fall 7:00) 133: TJ England (CLAR) over Christopher Betancourt (LIU) (TF 18-2 4:12) 141: Ryan Sullivan (CLAR) over Devin Matthews (LIU) (Dec 5-4) 149: Drew Witham (LIU) over Kyle Schickel (CLAR) (Dec 2-1) 157: Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (CLAR) over Rhise Royster (LIU) (MD 9-0) 165: Eli Brinsky (CLAR) over James Johnston (LIU) (Fall 5:39) 174: John Worthing (CLAR) over Corey Connolly (LIU) (Fall 2:22) 184: Cameron Pine (CLAR) over Anthony D`Alesio (LIU) (Dec 8-5) 197: John Dusza (LIU) over Ethan Wiant (CLAR) (Dec 6-2) 285: Austin Chapman (CLAR) over (LIU) (For.) Kent State 26 LIU 7 125: Robert Sagaris (LIU) over Nico Calello (Kent State) (MD 12-1) 133: Pablo Castro (Kent State) over Kaelan Francois (LIU) (MD 10-0) 141: Billy Meiszner (Kent State) over Devin Matthews (LIU) (Dec 9-2) 149: Matthew Ryan (Kent State) over Drew Witham (LIU) (Dec 3-2) 157: Keegan Knapp (Kent State) over Rhise Royster (LIU) (SV-1 4-1) 165: Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) over James Johnston (LIU) (MD 8-0) 174: AJ Burkhart (Kent State) over Corey Connolly (LIU) (Dec 9-5) 184: Anthony D`Alesio (LIU) over Kyle Snider (Kent State) (Dec 11-4) 197: Blake Schaffer (Kent State) over John Dusza (LIU) (Dec 10-7) 285: Josh Boggan (Kent State) over Jared Tracey (LIU) (SV-1 6-3) LIU will be on a short road trip this weekend to square off with Hofstra. #21 Navy The Midshipmen dropped two tough ones this weekend to #15 Lehigh and Binghamton. Josh Koderhandt had a win over Lehigh’s Hines en route to a 2-0 weekend. At 149 lbs, Kaemen Smith was 2-0. Andrew Cerniglia, who has been wrestling well as of late, also went 2-0. Finally, Danny Wask was 2-0 in both duals. Lehigh 23 Navy 15 184: David Key (Navy) dec. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 4-3 197: Michael Beard (Lehigh) tech fall Daniel Williams (Navy) 21-5, 4:05 285: Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) dec. Grady Greiss (Navy) 11-4 125: Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) Fall Dayton DelViscio (Navy) 1:00 133: Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec. Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 10-3 141: Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec. Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 7-3 149: Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec. Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) 6-5 157: Max Brignola (Lehigh) Fall Jonathan Ley (Navy) 6:22 165: Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec. Jake Logan (Lehigh) 6-4 174: Danny Wask (Navy) dec. Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 2-0 Binghamton 18 Navy 17 125: Carson Wagner (BU) def. Dayton DelViscio (Navy) MD 13-5, BU 4 Navy 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. No. NR/29 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) DEC 5-1, BU 7 Navy 0 141: No. 12/20 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) def. Nate Lucier (BU) TF 20-5 7:00, BU 7 Navy 5 149: Kaemen Smith (Navy) def. Caleb Sweet (BU) DEC 5-2, Navy 8 BU 7 157: Jonathan Ley (Navy) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 6-2, Navy 11 BU 7 165: No. 25/20 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) def. No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) DEC 5-3, Navy 14 BU 7 174: No. 25/25 Danny Wask (Navy) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-1 TB1, Navy 17 BU 7 184: No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. David Key (Navy) DEC 8-3, Navy 17 BU 10 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Daniel Williams (Navy) TF 20-4 5:47, Navy 17 BU 15 285: No. 19/21 Cory Day (BU) def. No. 17/18 Grady Griess (Navy) DEC 6-2, BU 18 Navy 17 Navy will be on the road again to wrestle a tough North Carolina team. #20 Penn The Quakers had two challenging duals this weekend, ultimately dropping both. Max Gallagher was 2-0 with a big upset over #12 Provo of Stanford. Nick Incontrera was 2-0 with a win over #21 Norman of Stanford. At 184 lbs, Max Hale was 2-0 as well. Lehigh (#15) 24 Penn 14 125: Max Gallagher (Penn) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 4-1, sv 133: Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec. Michael Colaiocco (Penn) 4-2 141: Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec. CJ Composto (Penn) 4-1, sv 149: Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) major dec. Andy Troczynski (Penn) 12-2 157: Lucas Revano (Penn) dec. Max Brignola (Lehigh) 8-6* 165: Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec. Kaya Sement (Penn) 10-7 174: Nick Incontrera (Penn) Fall Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 2:36 184: Maximus Hale (Penn) dec. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 4-0 197: Michael Beard (Lehigh) Fall Martin Cosgrove (Penn) 3:47 285: Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) tech fall John Stout (Penn) 19-4, 6:48 Stanford (#26) 20 Penn 16 125: Max Gallagher (P) def. #25 Nico Provo (S), 11-8 DEC, SV – Penn leads 3-0 133: #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Dom LaJoie (S), 14-4 MD - Penn leads 7-0 141: #13 CJ Composto (P) def. #28 Jason Miranda (S), 7-2 DEC – Penn leads 10-0 149: #21 Jaden Abas (S) def. Andy Troczynski (P), 5-1 DEC – Penn leads 10-3 157: #11 Daniel Cardenas (S) def. #24 Lucas Revano (P), 14-3 MD – Penn leads 10-7 165: #28 Hunter Garvin (S) def. Kaya Sement (P), 11-4 DEC – Tied 10-10 174: #7 Nick Incontrera def. #21 Lorenzo Norman (S), 4-0 DEC – Penn leads 13-10 184: #17 Maximus Hale (P) def. Jack Darrah (S), 8-2 DEC – Penn leads 16-10 197: #17 Nick Stemmet (S)def. Martin Cosgrove (P), 12-4 MD – Penn leads 16-14 285: Peter Ming (S) def. John Stout (P), 4-0 – Final 20-16 The Quakers will host Ivy League foe Columbia to a dual on Sunday. Princeton The Tigers had a home dual with Drexel. Princeton lost the dual with a few starters out. Drew Heethuis won by major decision while Sean Pierson won by tech fall to start off the dual. Rocco Camillaci and Nate Dugan each had a decision of their own. Drexel 20 Princeton 15 125: Drew Heethuis (Princeton) def. Desmond Pleasant, MD 10-2; Princeton 4-0 133: Sean Pierson (Princeton) def. John Hildebrandt, TF 19-3 6:37; Princeton 9-0 141: Jordan Soriano def. Tyler Vazquez (Princeton), Dec. 4-1; Princeton 9-3 149: Dom Findora def. Cody Tavoso (Princeton), TF 19-4 (7:00); Princeton 9-8 157: Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) def. Tyler Williams, Dec. 8-1; Princeton 12-8 165: Cody Walsh def. Blaine Bergey (Princeton), Dec. 5-0; Princeton 12-11 174: Jasiah Queen def. Michael Squires (Princeton), Dec. 7-2; Drexel 14-12 184: #21 Nate Dugan (Princeton) def. Justin Griffith, Dec. 8-2; Princeton 15-14 197: Ibrahim Ameer def. Aidan Conner (Princeton), Dec. 3-2; Drexel 17-15 285: Santino Morina def. Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton), Dec 4-1; Drexel wins 20-15 The Tigers of Princeton will host Columbia Friday night in Ivy League action. Sacred Heart The Pioneers fell in a tough dual to a red-hot Harvard squad. Andrew Fallon was the lone winner with a nice win over Nogle of Harvard at 133lbs. He improves to 10-2 on the year and 3-0 in conference matchups. Harvard 43 - Sacred Heart 3 125: Diego Sotelo (Harvard) win by forfeit. 133: Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) over Coleman Nogle (Harvard) (Dec 7-3) 141: Dante Frinzi (Harvard) over Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) (MD 12-1) 149: Jack Crook (Harvard) over Michael McGhee (Sacred Heart) (TF 23-6 6:29) 157: Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) over Connor MacDonald (Sacred Heart) (TF 19-4 2:18) 165: Joshua Kim (Harvard) over Scotty Jarosz (Sacred Heart) (TF 18-2 5:37) 174: Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) over Owen Ayotte (Sacred Heart) (TF 18-2 4:47) 184: Peter Ferraro (Harvard) over Nicolas Eboli (Sacred Heart) (TF 17-2 2:25) 197: Alex Whitworth (Harvard) over Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) (TF 15-0 3:00) 285: Nick Marcenelle (Harvard) over Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) (Dec 7-6) Next up for Sacred Heart is a home match against Franklin & Marshall.

Key Takeaways from the week Several teams are in the heart of their dual seasons and taking on ranked and conference opponents. While the weather took a toll on the number of events that actually happened, there was still some great wrestling this past week. Let’s take a look at some of those results, a few open tournament results, and a huge dual matchup between two #1 teams. Bearcats Shred the Competition at MoBap Open McKendree finished the day with 5 champions at the Missouri Baptist Open. A few notable wins were Julia Vidallon, who is listed on the roster as a 123lber, winning the tournament at 116lbs including a 7-4 decision win in the finals over #6 Caitlyn Thorne of Lindenwood. Vidallon had a tough draw at National Duals losing to both #2 Sydney Petzinger of North Central and #4 Melanie Mendoza of King. The win over Thorne is a big one, and seeing that 116 lbs is one of three weights where McKendree does not have a ranked wrestler, we could see Vidallon continuing to battle it out at the weight. #2 Cam Guerin showed her dominance winning her first three matches by fall in under a minute. Cayden Condit of Lindenwood held out a little longer in the finals match, but inevitably took the loss via fall to Guerin after 1:56 seconds. Guerin has been consistently dominant this season, with her toughest match being a close loss to then #3, now #1 Victoria Baez-Dilone of King. If the brackets line up correctly, these two could find themselves at the finals of the NCWWC in March, and I think after the close decision last time, I would take Guerin to get her revenge and win for the title. Nichole Moore at 123 lbs, #5 Alex Szkotnicki at 136 lbs, and #6 Viktorya Torres at 143 lbs were the other champs on the day for McKendree. The team had plans to compete in their own Bearcat Open, but that was unfortunately canceled due to weather. Their next dual will be Senior Night against Missouri Baptist before competing at regionals and then NCWWCs. It will be interesting to see how many Bearcats qualify for nationals and the much-anticipated return of Emma Bruntil. If I had to guess, I think that McKendree will outperform their fourth-place team ranking at Nationals. A Top-10 Conference Dual More Lopsided than Expected The #8 William Penn Statesmen hosted the #3 Grand View Vikings in a conference matchup this past week with potential for several ranked matchups. While the Vikings have more ranked wrestlers in their starting lineup, the Statesmen certainly have the talent to keep duals interesting. However, in this matchup, Grand View came out swinging winning the first 6 matches. Jalen Bets got the Vikings started with a tech fall followed by teammate Judy Sandoval getting a pin at 109 lbs. At 116 lbs, Mayagelie Colon got the upset win over #9 Catherine Steinkamp. Next, at 123 lbs, #9 Catharine Campbell got the tech fall over #18 Grecia Martinez 12-2. With Martinez putting up two points against her opponent, she finally got the Statesmen on the board. At 130 lbs, it looked like William Penn were going to finally get a win in this dual when #5 Joanna Vanderwood went up 8-0 early after a blast double into a leg lace with multiple turns. Action was stopped for injury time where it appeared Maya Davis of Grand View hurt her lower back before Vanderwood could complete another roll-through. After restarting with Vanderwood on top, she could not seem to get another turn, so the two were reset to neutral. From the tie, it appeared that Vanderwood attempted an arm spin, but landed on her back. From there, she is unable to react quickly enough to belly down and Davis catches her head and secures the pin for the Vikings. At 136 lbs, #3 Andrea Schlabach also gets a pin over Devin Patton. From there, the Statesmen began a streak of wins themselves, starting with the upset at 143 lbs with #14 Isabelle Hawley getting a 4-1 decision over #6 Madison Diaz. Next, up two weight classes from her usual 136 lbs spot, #1 Adaugo Nwachukwu teched #12 at 155 lbs Mahealani Ramirez in one of the premier matches of the night. Finally, Ashley Lekas who won U23 Nationals last season as part of the Augsburg team, returned to the mat for just her fourth match on the season and got the tech against #1 Abby McIntyre. Lekas has impressive wins in her career including a win against Joye Levendusky at the aforementioned USA Wrestling Nationals. This win over the #1 will certainly be an important part of her record as well. Barring future injuries like the one she’s dealt with this season, she should continue to shine against the toughest competition at the weight. With the dual already out of hand, the Vikings bookended the dual with a pin from #3 Olivia Brown at 191 lbs over Samantha Ruano. I had really looked forward to this dual as one that could shake out to be a 5-5 matchup with the dual coming down to a singular upset or bonus or criteria points. However, the Vikings had other plans and really solidified their top 3 ranking in this one. William Penn was also missing top-ranked Mia Palumbo here as well. We will see many of these matchups again at conferences, so there is certainly a chance for redemption for the Statesmen, but it could also provide another opportunity for Grand View to continue their dominant performances. #1 vs #1 Ends With Another Dominant Hawkeye Victory In a highly anticipated dual since its announcement, the #1 NAIA school, Life, took on the #1 NCAA school Iowa as part of a tri dual with Missouri Valley this past Sunday. After each team had dominant showings against Missouri Valley, it was time for the two to face off. We saw matchups between the teams at a few open tournaments this season, but both teams are extremely skilled dual teams with 19 of the 20 wrestlers ranked in the top 10 of their respective divisions. However, this matchup got out of hand quickly for Life. The first two matches were quick technical falls from #2 (NCAA) Sterling Dias and #2 (NCAA) Ava Bayless. Next, #3 Brianna Gonzalez got a pin in just over 2 minutes. #3 Felicity Taylor followed up quickly with a tech fall of her own. At 130 lbs, Life finally got one in the win column from #2 (NAIA) Sarah Savidge over Iowa’s #10 (NCAA) Emily Frost. I had 136 lbs circled after news earlier this month that both Nanea Estrella and Esther Han would not be continuing to compete this season, leaving the 136 lbs spot open to Lilly Luft. Luft struggled against some NCAA competition at National Duals in this spot, but got herself a win here over #9 (NAIA) Zaynah McBryde with a pin in the second minute of the match. As we continued into the McBryde section of Life’s lineup, I thought perhaps Life could string together a few more wins here. However, the rematch between #2 (NCAA) Reese Larramendy and #1 (NAIA) Jamilah McBryde was not as high-flying as their last matchup where the score was 22-20 before Larramendy got the win. Instead, Larramendy got the 12-4 decision. Similarly, while #2 (NAIA) Latifah McBryde kept it close with #1 (NCAA) Marlynne Deede, it wasn’t enough to get the win as Deede walked away with the 3-1 victory. From there, the Hawkeyes’ #1 (NCAA) Kylie Welker got a 23-second tech fall followed by a 2-0 decision at 191 lbs for the Hawkeyes as well from #3 Jaycee Foeller. This was a tough dual for Life, as even their top-ranked squad seemed a little outmatched in Carver-Hawkeye. In addition to Iowa just having a dominant squad, I do think they perform better warmed up with their wrestlers having a match or two already under their belt on the day. Regardless, feeling the pressure of this tough competition seems like a great opportunity to regroup back in the practice room for Life before conferences and nationals against NAIA competition. Coach Ashley Flavin had been hoping for this matchup from what she said to me in a preseason interview, as she is always looking to line up challenging competition for her team. If iron sharpens iron, then both of these teams should be set to slash through some competition for the rest of this season. Results this week in major NCAA, NCWA, and NAIA competitions William Penn (12) vs Grand View (33) MoBap Open VIEW BRACKETS Iowa Duals VIEW RESULTS Robert Horton Memorial Open VIEW BRACKETS Upcoming Events January 23: North Central vs University of Wisconsin-Stephens Point January 24: Central Methodist vs Baker January 25: Campbellsville vs Lourdes January 26: Indiana Tech Warrior Duals January 26: Menlo vs Vanguard January 27: Indiana Tech Warrior Open January 29: Grand View vs Missouri Valley