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Key Takeaways from the week Exciting dual matchups and surprise upsets at opens made for a great week of Women’s College Wrestling. Here are my 3 takeaways from the action over the past few days: Warrior Open Created Tough Battles for Top Teams Several top NCAA and NAIA programs sent wrestlers to compete at the Warrior Open over the weekend. While Iowa claimed another top team finish, there were plenty of surprising individual match results. One of the big headlines from the event was the two high school wrestlers who walked away as champs. At 130 lbs, Taina Fernandez, a freshman out of Maryland wrestled her way to the top of the podium, taking out NCAA All-American Cayden Condit of Lindenwood along with wrestlers from Siena Heights, Iowa, and Providence. Fernandez won three matches by fall and two by tech fall. At 101 lbs, another high school freshman, Jaclyn Bouzakis out of Pennsylvania, also had a wildly impressive tournament taking out #1 (NAIA) Erin Hikiji of Providence and #1 (NCAA) Sterling Dias of Iowa. While we’ve certainly seen upsets like this at open tournaments in both men’s and women’s wrestling, especially at lighter weights, I was particularly impressed by Bouzakis’ competitive decision win over Dias. We sometimes see a quick, solid takedown where a wrestler can then get to a leg lace or tight gut wrench and then turn repeatedly for a quick tech. However, Bouzakis wrestled smart against a very savvy Dias in this match, countering her quick takedown style and frequently setting up shots of her own from ties. A few other notable wins included Ajayzee Zaballos of Menlo, who is ranked 11th at 123 lbs, who wrestled down at 116 lbs for this tournament and won her championship match against #4 Icart Galumette of Campbellsville by tech fall. Additionally, Lilly Luft who we talked about last week collected another fall against Zaynah McBryde of Life at this tournament resulting in her first championship finish as a Hawkeye. Luft struggled in a few opens and tri duals earlier in the semester, but is becoming a reliable point scorer for Iowa as a freshman. I am curious to see how she continues to perform as the NCAA competition ramps up in the coming weeks. At 123 lbs, however, another championship matchup between Life and Iowa went the way of the Running Eagles as Anna Krejsa notched a decision over Ava Rose. Another fun match was the finals at 109 lbs where a top 10 NAIA matchup took place between #7 Paige Morales of Providence and #9 Tehani Soares of Indiana Tech. While the match did end up in a tech fall win for Morales 12-2, Soares was frequently in on her own shots and caused a few scramble situations that Morales was not able to work through before the two were reset. Still, it seemed in this match at least that Morales was ready for her opponent here and had the upper hand on offense. I am curious to see these two wrestle again at NCWWCs if the brackets shake out that way. Ranked Duals in Fort Wayne In addition to the open on Sunday, Indiana Tech also hosted the Warrior Duals on Saturday with #1 (NCAA) Iowa, #1 (NAIA) Life, #7 (NAIA) Campbellsville, #12 (NAIA) University of the Cumberlands, and #13 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, just to name a few. While some of the results were a bit lopsided, a few duals made for interesting matchups. In Indiana Tech’s dual against Campbellsville, Tech kept it close, winning 4 of 6 matches, but the ranked matchups did not go in their favor. Campbellsville wrestlers like #5 Josie Davis, #10 Gabriella Perez, #2 Emma Walker, and #4 Kendra Thompson, created an insurmountable lead for their team. At 170 lbs, however, #12 Grace Doering for Indiana Tech won the close and tough-fought decision 4-3 over #15 Sierra Chavez of Campbellsville. These two seemed like a tough stylistic matchup for each other, stifling each of their normal dynamic styles of offense. In addition to Life and Iowa, the University of the Cumberlands went undefeated at the Warrior Duals, winning all 4 duals with 10 undefeated wrestlers. In an exciting ranked matchup against Indiana Tech, it seemed like the Patriots had all the answers, only dropping one match to Tech. In ranked matchups, we saw #5 Elizabeth Dosado of Cumberlands win a close 6-3 decision against #7 Makayla Young. Similarly, #11 Chamira Cooper won a defensive matchup against talented #15 Grace Doering at 170 lbs. Cooper wins 3-1 to further solidify the win for her team. Unfortunately, a lot of incomplete lineups and a few starters who did not make the trip left some other potentially close matchups, very lopsided, but overall, there was a lot of great wrestling out of Indiana this weekend. Tough Tri-Dual Losses for Augsburg The Augsburg women’s wrestling program was a team previously stacked with ranked wrestlers and former All-Americans. I previewed the team in the pre-season highlighting new head coach and two-time Olympian Ali Sprenger. While Coach Sprenger seems to be coaching her girls up to compete well, the team has really just taken the hit from transfers in the offseason. In their first dual against Wartburg with whom they are tied for the #13 spot in the rankings, the Auggies unfortunately had to forfeit four consecutive matches from 109 lbs-130 lbs. The team did rally during the later half of the dual getting a pin from their star #4 Nina Makem at 155 lbs and from Belle Huss at 191 lbs, but it was not enough to pull them out from the forfeit deficit. The team then took on #11 (NAIA) William Penn, where the Auggies again came up short with their lineup and forfeited the first six matches of the dual. They won the next three with pins from Autumn Flanigan, #4 Nina Makem, and Madison Horn. After a decision loss at 191 against Andrea Smith of William Penn, the final score was 33-16 in favor of the statesmen. I discussed in my pre-season article that the Auggie had 12 wrestlers on the roster, none of whom are listed at 109 or 116, with only one wrestler at 101 and 123. Even with that deficit, the Auggies won a majority of the matches they competed in all by pin. It is clear they have talent both from their wrestlers and coaching staff, but recruiting and transfer portal work will be pivotal to keep them in the rankings towards the end of the year. Results this week in major NCAA, NCWA, and NAIA competitions January 23: #2 (NCAA) North Central vs #T-15 (NCAA) University of Wisconsin-Stephens Point January 24: #20 (NAIA) Central Methodist 14 vs #19 (NAIA) Baker 27 January 25: #7 (NAIA) Campbellsville 38 vs Lourdes 8 January 26: Indiana Tech Warrior Duals VIEW BRACKETS January 26: #2 (NAIA) Menlo 43 vs #9 (NAIA) Vanguard 1 January 27: Indiana Tech Warrior Open VIEW BRACKETS January 29: #3 (NAIA) Grand View 42 vs Missouri Valley 4 Upcoming Events January 31: #1 (NCAA) Iowa vs University of Sioux Falls January 31: #20 (NAIA) Central Methodist vs William Woods February 2: #3 (NAIA) Grand View vs Avila February 2: Women’s Division 3 Invite February 3: Grand View Open

We had an exciting opening week of ACC action on Friday. While the team scores went as expected, there were some big individual upsets. We saw several wrestlers return to the lineup after being out with injuries and making an immediate impact. It seems that most teams have settled on a lineup for the rest of the season, but we will see a few wrinkles be thrown in along the way to spice it up a little (I love the rule allowing five dates for true freshmen…). All three duals on Friday were lopsided affairs but left us with a lot of good takeaways. 1. NC State and Virginia Tech are the early favorites for the dual title. The Wolfpack traveled to Pitt and took eight of ten bouts; their only losses were upsets at 141 and 184. The Hokies hosted the Tar Heels and after losing the opening match in sudden victory, they reeled off nine straight wins. Thankfully the ACC scheduling is better this year and their dual will be the final match instead of the opening dual as it was last year. 2. 141 is bonkers. #27 Cole Matthews beat #4 Ryan Jack. #17 Tom Crook beat #5 Lachlan McNeil. Jack Gioffre has been in and out of the rankings this year and has the potential to hang with any of these guys. Jack and McNeil will meet this week. I have no idea how this is going to shake out in dual matchups, but suffice to say, that the ACC tournament is going to be fire at 141. 3. Virginia looks rejuvenated with five (?!?!) starters back in the lineup after returning from injury. The Hoos have dealt with a wild run of injuries but returned half of their lineup in time for ACC duals. Those five were a combined 7-1 on the weekend. They shut out Duke 45-0 in a dominant showing on Friday and dispatched American 36-6 on Sunday. The Cavaliers will face a much tougher test when they host Virginia Tech on Friday, but I’m glad to see them healthy and getting back on track. 4. Do we learn anything from early upsets? There were a lot of upsets on paper, I’m interested to see how those line up over the next four weeks. The Wolfpack will have a tough choice to make at 125 between Jarrett Trombley and Jakob Camacho. 125: Jarrett Trombley over #31 Colton Camacho 141: #27 Cole Matthews over #4 Ryan Jack #14 Tom Crook over #5 Lachlan McNeil 165: #16 Derek Fields over #14 Holden Heller 174: #31 Alex Faison over #17 Luca Augustine 184: #12 Reece Heller over #7 Dylan Fishback 197: #26 Andy Smith over #19 Max Shaw Virginia 45 Duke 0 125 - Kyle Montaperto (Virginia) tech Logan Agin (Duke) 18-0 133 - Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia) tech Raymond Adams (Duke) 20-5 141 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) fall Christian Colman (Duke) 2:48 149 - Michael Gioffre (Virginia) tech Sean O’Donnell (Duke) 23-5 157 - Nick Sanko (Virginia) maj Logan Ferraro (Duke) 11-1 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) maj Gaetano Console (Duke) 14-5 174 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) tech David Hussey (Duke) 18-2 184 - Griffin Gammel (Virginia) dec Conor Becker (Duke) 4-2 197 - Krystian Kinsey (Virginia) tech Kwasi Bonsu (Duke) 18-2 285 - Ryan Catka (Virginia) dec Connor Barket (Duke) 12-8 NC State 31 Pittsburgh 6 125 - Jarrett Trombley (NC State) maj Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 14-4 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) maj Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 10-1 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Ryan Jack (NC State) 15-10 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 4-2 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) maj Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 16-3 165 - Derek Fields (NC State) dec Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 7-1 174 - Alex Faison (NC State) dec Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) 7-5 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Dylan Fishback (NC State) 4-3 197 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) tech Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) 20-4 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) tech Geoff Magin (Pittsburgh) 20-4 Virginia Tech 33 North Carolina 3 125 - Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech) dec Spencer Moore (North Carolina) 4-2 133 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) tech Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 19-3 141 - Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) dec Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 5-4 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) tech Wil Guida (North Carolina) 19-3 157 - Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) dec Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) 4-1 165 - Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) dec Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) 4-2 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) maj Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) 11-3 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech) 11-8 SV 197 - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 4-2 285 - Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) maj Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 14-5 Virginia 36 American 6 125 - Kyle Montaperto (Virginia) tech Shamil Kalmatov (American) 15-0 133 - Gable Porter (Virginia) dec Max Leete (American) 4-1 141 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) tech Cael McIntyre (American) 20-5 149 - Jack Nies (American) dec Michael Gioffre (Virginia) 5-4 157 - Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) tech Ryan Zimmerman (American) 23-4 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) maj Breon Phifer (American) 12-2 174 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) tech Mervin Mancia (American) 15-0 184 - Lucas White (American) dec Griffin Gammell (Virginia) 12-7 197 - Krystian Kinsey (Virginia) tech Caleb Beaty (American) 21-4 285 - Ryan Catka (Virginia) maj Will Jarrell (American) 14-6 North Carolina 20 Navy 17 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) tech Hayden Benter (Navy) 19-4 133 - Brendan Ferretti (Navy) dec Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 8-5 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec Josh Koderhandt (Navy) 9-6 149 - Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina) 13-9 157 - Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Jonathan Ley (Navy) 4-2 165 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) :42 174 - Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) dec Danny Wask (Navy) 15-12 SV 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec David Key (Navy) 9-6 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Daniel Williams (Navy) 5-3 285 - Grady Griess (Navy) tech Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 17-2

Below is a recap of last week’s EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting. Key Takeaways #9 Cornell knocks off #3 Missouri at home Cornell’s Shapiro defeats 3X All-American Mauller of Missouri at 157lbs Army improves to 4-0 in conference duals American The Eagles had a home dual against Virginia, dropping the match 36-6. Jack Nies continues to impress at his new 149 lbs class with a win. Lucas White had the other win for American via decision. Virginia 36 American 6 125: Kyle Montaperto (UVA) tech. fall Shamil Kalmatov (AU), 15-0 (7:00) (UVA 5-0) 133: Gable Porter (UVA) dec. #31 Maximilian Leete (AU), 4-1 (UVA 8-0) 141: Jack Gioffre (UVA) tech. fall Cael McIntyre (AU), 20-5 (UVA 13-0) 149: Jack Nies (AU) dec. Michael Gioffre (UVA), 5-4 (UVA 13-3) 157: #28 Dylan Cedeno (UVA) tech. fall Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 23-4 (4:43) (UVA 18-3) 165: Nick Hamilton (UVA) major dec. Breon Phifer (AU), 12-2 (UVA 22-3) 174: #14 Justin McCoy (UVA) tech. fall Mervin Mancia (AU), 15-0 (2:46) (UVA 27-3) 184: Lucas White (AU) dec. Griffin Gammell (UVA), 12-7 (UVA 27-6) 197: Krystian Kinsey (UVA) tech. fall Caleb Beaty (AU), 21-4 (6:10) (UVA 32-6) 285: Ryan Catka (UVA) major dec. #33 Will Jarrell (AU), 14-6 (UVA 36-6) This weekend, American will host Drexel and Morgan State Army The Black Knights remain perfect in EIWA action with a thrilling win over Bucknell by an 18-15 score. Charlie Farmer made the difference at 125 lbs with the only pin of the dual for either team. Matthew Williams (149), Nathan Lukez (157 lbs), Ben Pasiuk (174 lbs), and Lucas Stoddard (285 lbs) each won by decision. Stoddard clinched the dual with his victory in the final bout. Army 18 Bucknell 15 125: Charles Farmer (AWP) fall over Owen Bell (BUC), 1:43 (AWP 6-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over No. 31 Braden Basile (AWP), 1-0 (AWP 6-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (BUC) dec. over Logan Brown (AWP), 5-4 (6-6) 149: Matthew Williams (AWP) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 4-1 (AWP 9-6) 157: Nathan Lukez (AWP) dec. over Cade Wirnsberger (BUC), 5-1 (AWP 12-6) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) SV-1 over Dalton Harkins (AWP), 9-2 (AWP 12-9) 174: No. 16 Ben Pasiuk (AWP) dec. over Myles Takats (BUC), 12-11 (AWP 15-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Dillon Sheehy (AWP), 4-1 (AWP 15-12) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) dec. over Wolfgang Frable (AWP) 5-1 (15-15) 285: #26 Lucas Stoddard (AWP) dec. over #27 Dorian Crosby (BUC), 4-2 (AWP 18-15) This weekend, Army will host Lehigh in a battle of unbeaten teams in conference duals. Binghamton The Bearcats were 2-0 on the day with wins over Brown and Harvard. Micah Roes was 2-0 at 133 lbs, as was Nate Lucier at 141 lbs. At 165 lbs, Brevin Cassella was unbeaten as well. Binghamton’s upper weights were a perfect 6-0 by Jacon Nolan, Lou DePrez, and Cory Day. The Bearcats move to 5-2 in conference duals, and 6-3 overall. Binghamton 28 Harvard 9 125: No. 26/21 Diego Sotelo (Harvard) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 8-6, Harvard 3 BU 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 7-3, BU 3 Harvard 3 141: Nate Lucier (BU) def. Dante Frinzi (Harvard) DEC 9-6, BU 6 Harvard 3 149: Jordan Brown (BU) def. Jack Crook (Harvard) DEC 10-7, BU 9 Harvard 3 157: Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 4-3, BU 9 Harvard 6 165: No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. NR/30 Joshua Kim (Harvard) DEC 5-0, BU 12 Harvard 6 174: No. 8/8 Philip Canigliaro (Harvard) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-2, BU 12 Harvard 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Leo Tarantino (Harvard) MD 9-1, BU 16 Harvard 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Alex Whitworth (Harvard) FALL 10-1 2:45, BU 22 Harvard 9 285: Cory Day (BU) def. Logan Marissal (Harvard) FALL 3-0 0:46, BU 28 Harvard 9 Binghamton 24 Brown 9 125: Michael Joyce (Brown) def. Carson Wagner (Binghamton) DEC 7-2, Brown 3 Binghamton 0 133: Micah Roes (Binghamton) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) DEC 4-3, Binghamton 3 Brown 3 141: Nate Lucier (Binghamton) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) DEC 2-1 SV, Binghamton 6 Brown 3 149: Sam McMonagle (Brown) def. Jordan Brown (Binghamton) DEC 2-1, Binghamton 6 Brown 6 157: Blake Saito (Brown) def. Carter Baer (Binghamton) DEC 9-3, Brown 9 Binghamton 6 165: No. 21/20 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) DEC 3-0, Binghamton 9 Brown 9 174: Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-2, Binghamton 12 Brown 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown) TF 17-1 4:54, Binghamton 17 Brown 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (Binghamton) def. Lear Quinton (Brown) MD 16-2, Binghamton 21 Brown 9 285: No. 17/19 Cory Day (Binghamton) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) DEC 6-0, Binghamton 24 Brown 9 The Bearcats are off this weekend before continuing EIWA dual action the following weekend. Brown The Bears had a tough road trip to New York this weekend. Michael Joyce at 125 lbs made his season debut, going 1-1 on the day. He nearly had a win over Cornell’s Diakomihalis. Sam McMonagle had a win against Binghamton at 149 lbs. At 157 lbs, Blake Saito came away with a win over Binghamton. Binghamton 24 Brown 9 125: Michael Joyce (Brown) def. Carson Wagner (Binghamton) DEC 7-2, Brown 3 Binghamton 0 133: Micah Roes (Binghamton) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) DEC 4-3, Binghamton 3 Brown 3 141: Nate Lucier (Binghamton) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) DEC 2-1 SV, Binghamton 6 Brown 3 149: Sam McMonagle (Brown) def. Jordan Brown (Binghamton) DEC 2-1, Binghamton 6 Brown 6 157: Blake Saito (Brown) def. Carter Baer (Binghamton) DEC 9-3, Brown 9 Binghamton 6 165: No. 21/20 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) DEC 3-0, Binghamton 9 Brown 9 174: Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-2, Binghamton 12 Brown 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown) TF 17-1 4:54, Binghamton 17 Brown 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (Binghamton) def. Lear Quinton (Brown) MD 16-2, Binghamton 21 Brown 9 285: No. 17/19 Cory Day (Binghamton) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) DEC 6-0, Binghamton 24 Brown 9 Cornell 41 Brown -1 125: Diakomihalis (CU) def. Michael Joyce (Brown) DEC 7-4 133: No. 2 Arujau (CU) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) TF 19-4 141: No. 13 Cornella (CU) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) MD 11-0 149: No. 28 Fernandez (CU) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown) TF 18-1 157: No. 12 Shapiro (CU) def. Blake Saito (Brown) TF 18-3 165: No. 2 Julian Ramirez (CU) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) TF 17-2 174: Evan Canoyer (CU) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-1 184: No. 9 Foca (CU) def. Nicholas Oliveri (Brown) by fall 197: No. 8 Cardenas (CU) def. James Araneo (Brown) by fall 285: No. 18 Fernandes (CU) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) by fall The Bears are back in Ivy League action next weekend with home duals against Penn and Princeton. Bucknell The Bison went 1-1 on the weekend. They dropped a tight match to Army on Saturday, then won over Drexel on Sunday. Kurt Phipps led the way at 133 lbs going 2-0. At 165 lbs, Noah Mulvaney was 2-0 with two decisions. Mikey Bartush and Logan Deacetis were each 2-0 as well. On Sunday, Dylan Chappell was at the Mat Town open, where he had one loss to finish in fifth. Army 18 Bucknell 15 125: Charles Farmer (AWP) fall over Owen Bell (BUC), 1:43 (AWP 6-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over No. 31 Braden Basile (AWP), 1-0 (AWP 6-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (BUC) dec. over Logan Brown (AWP), 5-4 (6-6) 149: Matthew Williams (AWP) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 4-1 (AWP 9-6) 157: Nathan Lukez (AWP) dec. over Cade Wirnsberger (BUC), 5-1 (AWP 12-6) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) SV-1 over Dalton Harkins (AWP), 9-2 (AWP 12-9) 174: No. 16 Ben Pasiuk (AWP) dec. over Myles Takats (BUC), 12-11 (AWP 15-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Dillon Sheehy (AWP), 4-1 (AWP 15-12) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) dec. over Wolfgang Frable (AWP) 5-1 (15-15) 285: #26 Lucas Stoddard (AWP) dec. over #27 Dorian Crosby (BUC), 4-2 (AWP 18-15) Bucknell 24 Drexel 10 125: Desmond Pleasant (DU) maj. dec. over Kade Davidheiser (BUC), 14-5 (DU 4-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over Jaxon Maroney (DU), 6-1 (DU 4-3) 141: Braden Bower (BUC) maj. dec. over Jordan Soriano (DU), 14-3 (BUC 7-4) 149: Dom Findora (DU) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 10-4 (7-7) 157: Tyler Williams (DU) SV over Aiden Davis (BUC), 4-1 (DU 10-7) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) dec. over Cody Walsh (DU), 8-5 (10-10) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) dec. over Jack Janda (DU), 9-8 (BUC 13-10) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Justin Griffith (DU), 5-1 (BUC 16-10) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) tech fall over Ibrahim Ameer (DU), 16-0 (4:46) (BUC 21-10) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) dec. over Santino Morina (DU), 8-3 (BUC 24-10) The Bison will be on the road this weekend with duals at Navy and Columbia. Columbia The Lions had two Ivy League matches this weekend and were defeated in both duals. Jaden Le (157 lbs) was 1-0 on the weekend with a win over Princeton. Lennox Wolak was the other winner in the Princeton dual. Nick Babin was the lone victor against #29 Gallagher of Penn. Columbia is dealing with some injuries, which may be evident in the results. Princeton 26 Columbia 7 125: Drew Heethuis (PRIN) def. Nick Babin (COL) | Dec., 1-0 133: Sean Pierson (PRIN) def. Sulayman Bah (COL) | Dec., 12-8 141: Tyler Vazquez (PRIN) def. Kai Owen (COL) | Dec., 10-9 149: #26 Eligh Rivera (PRIN) def. Richard Fedalen (COL) | Dec., 8-3 157: Jaden Le (COL) def. Rocco Camillaci (PRIN) | Dec., 7-6 165: Blaine Bergey (PRIN) def. Kyle Mosher (COL) | MD, 12-3 174: #20 Lennox Wolak (COL) def. Michael Squires (PRIN) |MD, 21-11 184: #20 Nate Dugan (PRIN) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (COL) | Dec., 8-5 197: #10 Luke Stout (PRIN) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (COL) | Dec., 8-1 HWT: Sebastian Garibaldi (PRIN) def. Vincent Mueller (COL) | MD, 10-0 Penn 31 Columbia 3 125: Nick Babin (C) def. #29 Max Gallager (P), 4-0 DEC – Columbia Leads 3-0 133: #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Yanni Vines (C), 19-4 TF – Penn Leads 5-3 141: #16 CJ Composto (P) def. Kai Owen (C), 9-3 DEC – Penn Leafs 8-3 149: Andy Troczynski (P) def. Richard Fedalen (C), 11-2 MD – Penn Leads 12-3 157: #23 Lucas Revano (P) def. David Berkovich (C) 18 – 5 MD – Penn Leads 16-3 165: Kaya Sement (P) def. Kyle Mosher (C), 8-2 DEC – Penn Leads 19-16 174: #7 Nick Incontrera (P) def. #20 Lennox Wolak (C), 5-3 DEC – Penn Leads 22-3 184: #17 Maximus Hale (P) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (C), 9-4 DEC – Penn Leads 25-3 197: #24 Cole Urbas (P) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (C), 7-1 DEC – Penn Leads 28-3 285: John Stout (P) def. Billy McChesney (C), 10-6 DEC – Final 31-3 The Ivy League and EIWA schedule continues this weekend for Columbia with duals against Cornell, followed by Bucknell. Cornell (#9) The Big Red had a “big” weekend at home going 3-0, including a dual win over #3 Missouri. They dominated Ivy League foes Brown and Harvard. Greg Diakomihalis was 2-0 on the weekend including a win over #21 Sotelo of Harvard. Vito Arujau (#2 @ 133 lbs) made his return from injury to go 3-0 on the weekend. Meyer Shapiro had another signature win over a 3X All-American, Mauller of Missouri, who entered the week ranked 5th. At 197 lbs, #8 Jacob Cardenas iced the match over Missouri with a win over 3X All-American and then-undefeated Rocky Elam. He entered the weekend ranked 3rd. Cornell (#9) 37 Harvard 6 125: Greg Diakomihalis def. No. 21 Diego Sotelo 14-2 by major decision 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. Coleman Nogle 13-5 by major decision 141: No. 13 Vince Cornella def. Jaden Pepe by fall 149: No. 28 Ethan Fernandez def. Jack Crook 10-7 by decision 157: No. 12 Meyer Shapiro def. Jimmy Harrington 13-3 by major decision 165: No. 30 Joshua Kim def. Brody Oleksak 11-4 by decision 174: No. 8 Philip Conigliaro def. Colt Barley 14-4 by major decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. Leo Tarantino 19-4 by technical fall 197: No. 8 Jacob Cardenas def. Alex Whitworth 16-1 by technical fall 285: No. 18 Lewis Fernandes def. Jeffrey Crooks by fall Cornell (#9) 41 Brown -1 125: Diakomihalis (CU) def. Michael Joyce (Brown) DEC 7-4 133: No. 2 Arujau (CU) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) TF 19-4 141: No. 13 Cornella (CU) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) MD 11-0 149: No. 28 Fernandez (CU) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown) TF 18-1 157: No. 12 Shapiro (CU) def. Blake Saito (Brown) TF 18-3 165: No. 2 Julian Ramirez (CU) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) TF 17-2 174: Evan Canoyer (CU) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-1 184: No. 9 Foca (CU) def. Nicholas Oliveri (Brown) by fall 197: No. 8 Cardenas (CU) def. James Araneo (Brown) by fall 285: No. 18 Fernandes (CU) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) by fall Cornell (#9) 20 Missouri (#3) 16 125: No. 7 Noah Surtin def. No. 133 Brett Ungar by fall 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. No. 27 Kade Moore 10-9 by decision 141: No. 13 Vince Cornella def. No. 23 Joshua Edmond 9-6 by decision 149: No. 28 Ethan Fernandez def. No. 25 Logan Gioffre 4-0 by decision 157: No. 12 Meyer Shapiro def. No. 5 Brock Mauller 13-4 by major decision 165: No. 1 Keegan O'Toole def. No. 2 Julian Ramirez 13-5 by major decision 174: No. 6 Peyton Mocco def. Evan Canoyer 8-2 by decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. No. 11 Clayton Whiting 14-1 by major decision 197: No. 8 Jacob Cardenas def. No. 3 Rocky Elam 4-0 by decision 285: No. 6 Zach Elam def. No. 18 Lewis Fernandes 2-1 by decision Cornell will be in action this week with a dual against Columbia. Drexel The Dragons played host to The Bison of Bucknell in an EIWA showdown. The match started with a major decision by Desmond Pleasant at 125lbs. Dom Findora won by decision at 149 lbs. At 157 lbs, Tyler Williams earned an overtime win for the final win of the bout for Drexel. Bucknell 24 - Drexel 10 125: Desmond Pleasant (DU) maj. dec. over Kade Davidheiser (BUC), 14-5 (DU 4-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over Jaxon Maroney (DU), 6-1 (DU 4-3) 141: Braden Bower (BUC) maj. dec. over Jordan Soriano (DU), 14-3 (BUC 7-4) 149: Dom Findora (DU) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 10-4 (7-7) 157: Tyler Williams (DU) SV over Aiden Davis (BUC), 4-1 (DU 10-7) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) dec. over Cody Walsh (DU), 8-5 (10-10) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) dec. over Jack Janda (DU), 9-8 (BUC 13-10) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Justin Griffith (DU), 5-1 (BUC 16-10) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) tech fall over Ibrahim Ameer (DU), 16-0 (4:46) (BUC 21-10) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) dec. over Santino Morina (DU), 8-3 (BUC 24-10) Drexel will host Rider next week in an old-school CAA rivalry on Saturday. On Sunday, they will wrestle American and Morgan State. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats had a road win over Sacred Heart. James Conway and John Crawford each earned bonus point wins to start the dual. Josh Hillard had a pin at 149 lbs while Dom Wheatley and Noah Fox each had tech falls. The Diplomats move to 4-2 on the season. Franklin & Marshall 33, Sacred Heart 10 184: #18 James Conway (F&M) TF Hunter Perez (SHU); 6:37 (19-3) (F&M 5-0) 197: #31 John Crawford (F&M) WBF Jake Trovato (SHU); 3:43 (F&M 11-0) 285: Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) dec. Harrison Shapiro (F&M); 4-1 (F&M 11-3) 125: Jake Ice (SHU) maj. Eric Howe (F&M); 10-1 (F&M 11-7) 133: #29 Mason Leiphart (F&M) dec. Andrew Fallon (SHU); 14-9 (F&M 14-7) 141: Pat Phillips (F&M) dec. Vinny Milazzo (SHU); 4-0 (F&M 17-7) 149: Josh Hillard (F&M) WBF Chris Naegele (SHU); 2:37 (F&M 23-7) 157: Dominic Wheatley (F&M) TF Connor MacDonald (SHU); 6:30 (15-0) (F&M 28-7) 165: Scott Jarosz (SHU) dec. Josh Palmucci (F&M); 8-1 (F&M 28-10) 174: Noah Fox (F&M) TF Owen Ayotte (SHU); 6:36 (25-6) (F&M 33-10) F&M will have a home dual against LIU on Friday. Harvard The Crimson had a road trip to New York with duals against Binghamton and Cornell. The lone wrestler to go 2-0 on the day was Phillip Conigliaro at 174 lbs. Diego Sotelo was 1-1 at 125 lbs, as was Jimmy Harrington at 157 lbs. Josh Kim (165 lbs) wrestled to a 1-1 record also. Harvard has been wrestling well, but Binghamton and Cornell were tough challenges. Binghamton 28 Harvard 9 125: No. 26/21 Diego Sotelo (Harvard) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 8-6, Harvard 3 BU 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 7-3, BU 3 Harvard 3 141: Nate Lucier (BU) def. Dante Frinzi (Harvard) DEC 9-6, BU 6 Harvard 3 149: Jordan Brown (BU) def. Jack Crook (Harvard) DEC 10-7, BU 9 Harvard 3 157: Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 4-3, BU 9 Harvard 6 165: No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. NR/30 Joshua Kim (Harvard) DEC 5-0, BU 12 Harvard 6 174: No. 8/8 Philip Canigliaro (Harvard) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-2, BU 12 Harvard 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Leo Tarantino (Harvard) MD 9-1, BU 16 Harvard 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Alex Whitworth (Harvard) FALL 10-1 2:45, BU 22 Harvard 9 285: Cory Day (BU) def. Logan Marissal (Harvard) FALL 3-0 0:46, BU 28 Harvard 9 Cornell (#9) 37 Harvard 6 125: Greg Diakomihalis def. No. 21 Diego Sotelo 14-2 by major decision 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. Coleman Nogle 13-5 by major decision 141: No. 13 Vince Cornella def. Jaden Pepe by fall 149: No. 28 Ethan Fernandez def. Jack Crook 10-7 by decision 157: No. 12 Meyer Shapiro def. Jimmy Harrington 13-3 by major decision 165: No. 30 Joshua Kim def. Brody Oleksak 11-4 by decision 174: No. 8 Philip Conigliaro def. Colt Barley 14-4 by major decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. Leo Tarantino 19-4 by technical fall 197: No. 8 Jacob Cardenas def. Alex Whitworth 16-1 by technical fall 285: No. 18 Lewis Fernandes def. Jeffrey Crooks by fall On this weekend’s agenda, Harvard will host Princeton and Penn to duals. Hofstra The Pride took on Long Island rival, LIU. They came away the winner by a 22-14 score. Keaton Kluever had another tech fall at heavyweight. Dylan Rider had a major decision at 133 lbs, as did Ross McFarland at 174 lbs. Nikolas Miller (197 lbs), Dylan Acevedo (125 lbs), and Jake Slotnik (165 lbs) each earned decisions to help seal the deal. Hofstra 22 LIU 14 184: Anthony D'Alesio (LIU) dec. Will Conlon (Hofstra), 9-5 (0-3) 197: Nikolas Miller (Hofstra) dec. John Desza (LIU), 8-3 (3-3) 285: #21 Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) tech fall Jared Tracey (LIU), 21-4 (4:40) (8-3) 125: Dylan Acevedo (Hofstra) dec. Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 3-2 (11-3) 133: Dylan Ryder (Hofstra) major dec. Christopher Betancourt (LIU), 16-3 (15-3) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) major dec. Alex Turley (Hofstra), 13-5 (15-7) 149: Drew Witham (LIU) major dec. Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 13-3 (15-11) 157: Rhise Royster (LIU) dec. Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 6-1 (15-14) 165: Jake Slotnik (Hofstra) dec. James Johnston (LIU), 6-2 (18-14) 174: Ross McFarland (Hofstra) major dec. Corey Connolly (LIU), 8-0 (22-14) Hofstra will compete in the Edinboro Open this weekend. #15 Lehigh Lehigh did not have any duals this weekend. But a few starters were in action at the Mat Town Open in Lock Haven. Luke Stanich was getting his match count up – wrestling unattached, earning 2nd place at 125 lbs. Carter Bailey was also 2nd at 141 lbs. At 149 lbs, Kelvin Griffin was 3rd while Owen Reinsel was 6th. With other placers, both attached and unattached, Lehigh had an impressive outing. The Mountain Hawks will be on the road with a dual against Army West Point. Long Island The Sharks were battling Hofstra on the road. LIU won four of ten bouts, losing the dual. They saw wins from Anthony D'Alesio (184 lbs) and Rhise Royster (157 lbs). Earning majors were Devin Matthews and Drew Witham at 141 lbs and 149 lbs, respectively. Hofstra 22 LIU 14 184: Anthony D'Alesio (LIU) dec. Will Conlon (Hofstra), 9-5 (0-3) 197: Nikolas Miller (Hofstra) dec. John Desza (LIU), 8-3 (3-3) 285: #21 Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) tech fall Jared Tracey (LIU), 21-4 (4:40) (8-3) 125: Dylan Acevedo (Hofstra) dec. Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 3-2 (11-3) 133: Dylan Ryder (Hofstra) major dec. Christopher Betancourt (LIU), 16-3 (15-3) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) major dec. Alex Turley (Hofstra), 13-5 (15-7) 149: Drew Witham (LIU) major dec. Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 13-3 (15-11) 157: Rhise Royster (LIU) dec. Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 6-1 (15-14) 165: Jake Slotnik (Hofstra) dec. James Johnston (LIU), 6-2 (18-14) 174: Ross McFarland (Hofstra) major dec. Corey Connolly (LIU), 8-0 (22-14) LIU will be on the road this weekend with a dual against Franklin & Marshall. Navy The Midshipmen were on the road against North Carolina. They earned bonus point wins in two of the four bouts won, but lost the dual 20-14. Kaemen Smith (149 lbs) earned a decision win, as did Brendan Ferretti (133 lbs). Navy saw a pin from Andrew Cerniglia. He has yet to lose this calendar year and is currently ranked 19th at 165 lbs. At 285 lbs, Grady Griess won via technical fall. 141: No. 5 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec No. 12 Josh Koderhandt (Navy), 9-6 // North Carolina 3, Navy 0 149: Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina), 13-9 // North Carolina 3, Navy 3 157: Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Jonathan Ley (Navy), 4-2 // North Carolina 6, Navy 3 165: No. 19 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Isaias Estrada (North Carolina), 0:42 // Navy 9, North Carolina 6 174: Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) dec No. 27 Danny Wask (Navy), 15-12 SV 1 // North Carolina 9, Navy 184: No. 23 Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec David Key (Navy), 10-6 // North Carolina 12, Navy 9 197: No. 19 Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Daniel Williams (Navy), 5-3 // North Carolina 15, Navy 9 285: No. 20 Grady Griess (Navy) tech fall Cade Lautt (North Carolina), 17-2 (6:39) // North Carolina 15, Navy 14 125: No. 29 Spencer Moore (North Carolina) tech fall Hayden Benter (Navy), 19-4 (6:26) // North Carolina 20, Navy 14 133: No. 33 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) dec Jace Palmer (North Carolina), 8-5 // North Carolina 20, Navy 17 Navy will host Lock Haven and Bucknell to duals this weekend. #18 Penn The Quakers hosted Columbia to an Ivy League match up. They won nine of ten bouts, claiming victory in dominant fashion. Michael Colaiocco led the team by winning via tech fall at 133 lbs. Andy Troczynski (149 lbs) and Lucas Revano (157 lbs) each won by major decision. Cole Urbas won his match against a ranked opponent at 197 lbs. At 174 lbs, 7th-ranked Nick Incontrera beat Wolak, ranked 20th in the nation. Ryan Miller competed in the Mat Town Open and won his 133 lb bracket after wrestling 125 lbs all season. Penn 31 Columbia 3 125: Nick Babin (C) def. #29 Max Gallager (P), 4-0 DEC – Columbia Leads 3-0 133: #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Yanni Vines (C), 19-4 TF – Penn Leads 5-3 141: #16 CJ Composto (P) def. Kai Owen (C), 9-3 DEC – Penn Leafs 8-3 149: Andy Troczynski (P) def. Richard Fedalen (C), 11-2 MD – Penn Leads 12-3 157: #23 Lucas Revano (P) def. David Berkovich (C) 18 – 5 MD – Penn Leads 16-3 165: Kaya Sement (P) def. Kyle Mosher (C), 8-2 DEC – Penn Leads 19-16 174: #7 Nick Incontrera (P) def. #20 Lennox Wolak (C), 5-3 DEC – Penn Leads 22-3 184: #17 Maximus Hale (P) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (C), 9-4 DEC – Penn Leads 25-3 197: #24 Cole Urbas (P) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (C), 7-1 DEC – Penn Leads 28-3 285: John Stout (P) def. Billy McChesney (C), 10-6 DEC – Final 31-3 This weekend, Penn will have a road trip to dual both Brown and Harvard. Princeton The Tigers came back from last week’s loss with a vengeance. They won over Columbia in eight of ten bouts. Drew Heethuis had a solid win over NCAA qualifier, Nick Babin, at 125lbs. The Tigers saw major decisions from Blaine Bergey (165lbs), and Sebastian Garibaldi (285lbs). Princeton 26 Columbia 7 125: Drew Heethuis (PRIN) def. Nick Babin (COL) | Dec., 1-0 133: Sean Pierson (PRIN) def. Sulayman Bah (COL) | Dec., 12-8 141: Tyler Vazquez (PRIN) def. Kai Owen (COL) | Dec., 10-9 149: #26 Eligh Rivera (PRIN) def. Richard Fedalen (COL) | Dec., 8-3 157: Jaden Le (COL) def. Rocco Camillaci (PRIN) | Dec., 7-6 165: Blaine Bergey (PRIN) def. Kyle Mosher (COL) | MD, 12-3 174: #20 Lennox Wolak (COL) def. Michael Squires (PRIN) |MD, 21-11 184: #20 Nate Dugan (PRIN) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (COL) | Dec., 8-5 197: #10 Luke Stout (PRIN) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (COL) | Dec., 8-1 HWT: Sebastian Garibaldi (PRIN) def. Vincent Mueller (COL) | MD, 10-0 Princeton will be on the road with matchups against Harvard and Brown. Sacred Heart The Pioneers played host to F&M. They won three bouts. At 285 lbs, Brendan Gilchrist won by decision. Jake Ice kept it rolling at 125 lbs with a major decision. Lastly, Scott Jarosz was a point shy of earning the major at 165 lbs. Franklin & Marshall 33, Sacred Heart 10 184: #18 James Conway (F&M) TF Hunter Perez (SHU); 6:37 (19-3) (F&M 5-0) 197: #31 John Crawford (F&M) WBF Jake Trovato (SHU); 3:43 (F&M 11-0) 285: Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) dec. Harrison Shapiro (F&M); 4-1 (F&M 11-3) 125: Jake Ice (SHU) maj. Eric Howe (F&M); 10-1 (F&M 11-7) 133: #29 Mason Leiphart (F&M) dec. Andrew Fallon (SHU); 14-9 (F&M 14-7) 141: Pat Phillips (F&M) dec. Vinny Milazzo (SHU); 4-0 (F&M 17-7) 149: Josh Hillard (F&M) WBF Chris Naegele (SHU); 2:37 (F&M 23-7) 157: Dominic Wheatley (F&M) TF Connor MacDonald (SHU); 6:30 (15-0) (F&M 28-7) 165: Scott Jarosz (SHU) dec. Josh Palmucci (F&M); 8-1 (F&M 28-10) 174: Noah Fox (F&M) TF Owen Ayotte (SHU); 6:36 (25-6) (F&M 33-10) Sacred Heart’s road trip for the week will be at Bloomsburg to avenge a loss against them from November.

Welcome back for another week of rankings-talk! We usually start off this column by talking 125 lbs, but we'll go with a weight class that's equally difficult to predict, just because of the sheer top-end talent, 157 lbs. Freshman Meyer Shapiro is the big mover after his impressive major decision win over Brock Mauller. Five through 12 at this weight had to be re-organized because of this win. Normally, I like some flow from week-to-week in the rankings; however, occasionally there has to be an overhaul. There was one for that portion of the weight class. I'd also keep an eye on #19 at the weight, Brayton Lee. He's proven to be a top contender, when healthy. Last season, he wasn't at all, and he suffered a bunch of uncharacteristic losses. Lee has competedly sparingly thus far, but checked in with his biggest win of the year (Joey Blaze). Lee has some tough matches during the remainder of the season, but nothing against current top-ten's. His highest ranked regular season competition would come from #12 Will Lewan (February 16th). That could lead to him being an x-factor at the Big Ten Championships. At 141 lbs, we had a unique situation where both the fourth and fifth ranked wrestlers lost to opponents outside of the top-ten. Since, Ryan Jack and Lachlan McNeil have beaten the wrestlers ranked in their general vicinity, we stood pat with them and gave a slight boost to their opponents, Tom Crook and Cole Matthews. 165 lbs kind of straightened itself out up top as David Carr beat Izzak Olejnik and Keegan O'Toole majored Julian Ramirez. We're still holding still with Mitchell Mesenbrink. I know it's a hot-button topic for Penn State fans. He'll have his opportunies against those higher ranked opponents soon. Plus, they might lose to non-top-3 opponents. At 197 lbs, Rocky Elam suffered his first loss of the season. This was another area that had to be reorganized. With #5 Jaxon Smith losing via major decision (to #1 Aaron Brooks), we decided to bump Michael Beard up into the fourth slot. Beard has an excellent resume this year with some impressive, dominant wins. For the full rankings: Click Here