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Monday’s Duals First Round Cornell 32 Little Rock 8 125 - Brett Ungar (Cornell) dec Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 7-3 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) dec Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) 4-0 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) tech Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 17-1 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 14-13 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 8-1 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) fall Bilal Bailey (Little Rock) 174 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) fall Benny Baker (Cornell) 184 - Tristan Wills (Little Rock) dec Christian Hansen (Cornell) 5-0 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) fall Stephen Little (Little Rock) 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) dec Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 5-0 Iowa State 21 Pittsburgh 14 125 - Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dec Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 6-4 133 - Evan Frost (Iowa State) dec Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 9-6SV 141 - Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) maj Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 12-3 149 - Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) dec Zach Redding (Iowa State) 8-4 157 - Cody Chittum (Iowa State) maj Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 13-2 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) maj Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 9-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) 5-4 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) maj Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) 14-6 197 - Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) maj Rowan Udell (Iowa State) 11-2 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) 6-3

Monday’s Duals First Round Cornell 32 Little Rock 8 125 - Brett Ungar (Cornell) dec Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 7-3 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) dec Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) 4-0 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) tech Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 17-1 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 14-13 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 8-1 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) fall Bilal Bailey (Little Rock) 174 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) fall Benny Baker (Cornell) 184 - Tristan Wills (Little Rock) dec Christian Hansen (Cornell) 5-0 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) fall Stephen Little (Little Rock) 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) dec Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 5-0 Iowa State 21 Pittsburgh 14 125 - Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dec Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 6-4 133 - Evan Frost (Iowa State) dec Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 9-6SV 141 - Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) maj Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 12-3 149 - Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) dec Zach Redding (Iowa State) 8-4 157 - Cody Chittum (Iowa State) maj Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 13-2 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) maj Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 9-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) 5-4 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) maj Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) 14-6 197 - Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) maj Rowan Udell (Iowa State) 11-2 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) 6-3 Second Round Cornell 27 Pittsburgh 12 125 - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) dec Brett Ungar (Cornell) 3-1 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) tech Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 19-4 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) dec Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 8-2 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 4-1 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) maj Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh) 14-3 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) maj Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 11-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Benny Baker (Cornell) 5-1 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) tech Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) 18-1 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) 2-1 285 - Dylan Pitzer (Pittsburgh) fall Ashton Davis (Cornell) 2:40 Iowa State 31 Little Rock 9 125 - Ethan Perryman (Iowa State) dec Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 10-9 133 - Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) tech Evan Frost (Iowa State) 15-0 141 - Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) maj Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 19-6 149 - Zach Redding (Iowa State) maj Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 9-1 157 - Cody Chittum (Iowa State) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 10-6 165 - Connor Euton (Iowa State) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 10-7 174 - MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) maj Kodiak Cannedy (Little Rock) 15-4 184 - Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) fall Triston Wills (Little Rock) 3:21 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) maj Caleb Helgeson (Iowa State) 14-5 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) maj Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 14-4 Third Round Pittsburgh 22 Little Rock 21 125 - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) maj Reid Nelson (Little Rock) 20-7 133 - Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) dec Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 12-8 141 - Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) dec Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 10-6 149 - Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) InjDef Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 157 - Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) maj Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 8-0 165 - Brendon Abdon (Little Rock) tech Grant MacKay (Pittsburgh) 15-0 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) 3-1 184 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) fall Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) 197 - Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) tech Tanner Mendoza (Little Rock) 18-1 285 - Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) dec Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 5-0 Iowa State 26 Cornell 15 125 - Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) fall Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 6:24 133 - Evan Frost (Iowa State) dec Ethan Qureshi (Cornell) 12-5 141 - Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) maj Vince Cornella (Cornell) 13-4 149 - Zach Redding (Iowa State) dec Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) 4-1 157 - Cody Chittum (Iowa State) maj Cole Handlovic (Cornell) 20-6 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) fall Ben Rogers (Cornell) 2:57 174 - MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) dec Benny Baker (Cornell) 10-7 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) dec Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) 8-7 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) fall McCrae Hagarty (Iowa State) 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) 6-3

It was a big dual week in the conference, as Iowa State and Northern Iowa competed at the Collegiate Duals. Every team outside of Oklahoma and Utah Valley had duals, while those two and Wyoming competed at Reno’s Tournament of Champions. All three schools finished in the top four, despite Utah Valley not bringing a full lineup. There’s not a ton of action coming up this week, but tournaments like the Southern Scuffle, Soldier Salute, and Midlands are right around the corner. Air Force (Overall: 2-2; Conference: 0-2): Dual Results Air Force went on the road to wrestle Big 12 champs Missouri and lost a 38-3 dual. Their lone win was a big one however, as #8 Sam Wolf beat #6 Clayton Whiting in overtime 4-1. Giano Petrucelli made things fun against O’Toole late, scoring two takedowns in the third while O’Toole was pushing for the tech. The team was short Wyatt Hendrickson for the dual, as he went 5-0 at the Reno Tournament of Champions. Hendrickson scored four pins in five minutes of wrestling, then finished it off with a 15-4 major decision over Josh Heindselman of Oklahoma. Next Up: Air Force has the F&M Open in Lancaster, PA on January 5th to start the new year. California Baptist (Overall: 3-4; Conference: 0-1): Dual Results (NIU) | Dual Results (SIUE/Kent State) California Baptist had a busy weekend, going 1-2 in duals in Illinois. They lost to NIU 19-15, SIUE 20-15, but got a 29-19 win over Kent State. Chris Island at heavyweight was unfortunately injured in their first dual against NIU, and the Lancers had to give up six points in all three duals. Hunter Leake was the only wrestler to go 3-0 on the weekend. Mateo De La Pena at 165 was 2-0, but suffered an injury against Kent State. Next Up: The Lancers have the Midlands Tournament on December 29th as their next event. Iowa State (Overall: 6-1; Conference: 0-0): Collegiate Dual Results Iowa State went undefeated at the Collegiate Dual event, beating Pitt 21-14, Little Rock 31-9, and Cornell 26-15. Anthony Echemendia, Cody Chittum, and Yonger Bastida went 3-0, with David Carr going 2-0. Bastida actually took out three ranked opponents, the only Cyclone to do so. Casey Swiderski and Julien Broderson were both dinged up and didn’t compete, with Zach Redding actually bumping up and getting two wins at 149. There were some upsets against them, Kysen Terukina, Evan Frost, and Will Feldkamp all took losses against lower ranked wrestlers. The biggest storyline may have been in the match that didn’t happen, as Cornell did not send out Julian Ramirez against David Carr. Ramirez beat Carr at CKLV, and had actually gone 2-0 earlier that day against Little Rock and Pittsburgh. While there was a lot of discussion about resting vs “ducking”, it will be interesting to see if/how it affects seeds in March. Cornell also did not send out Vito Arujau, Meyer Shapiro, or Brett Ungar. It just so happens that Cornell is ranked higher at those weights as well. Between the CKLV title and the undefeated showing, Iowa State continues to look like trophy contenders. Next Up: The team takes a break until 2024, taking on future conference opponent Arizona State on the road on January 5th. Missouri (Overall: 4-0; Conference: 3-0): Dual Results Another dominant conference win for the Tigers with the 38-3 win. Of their nine wins, the team scored seven bonus point wins. Noah Surtin notched an impressive 17-1 tech fall over Tucker Owens. Kade Moore got another start and this time scored a major decision. Peyton Mocco and Zach Elam both took injury time in their matches, but finished the match with tech falls. Clayton Whiting was the upset loss, unable to score a takedown against Sam Wolf. Colton Hawks wrestled at 197 lbs for the second time this year and got another win, this time 4-1 over Calvin Sund. Even with Mocco and Zach Elam finishing the matches, their injury status will be something to keep an eye on with a short turn around to competition. Next Up: The Tigers will wrestle Illinois in St.Louis at the Stifel Theater on December 21st in a UFC Fight Pass dual. North Dakota State (Overall: 1-6; Conference: 0-1): Dual Results NDSU competed at Campbell’s Camel Duals, going 1-2. The Bison scored their first win of the year, taking out Purdue 22-17. The team lost to Campbell 30-13 and Stanford 26-17. A big part of that is that NDSU is short a 125lber, and gave up forfeits in all three duals. Gaven Sax stayed hot, going 3-0 including a win over Austin Murphy. Kellyn March made his return to the lineup, but lost a 4-1 decision against Campbell’s Justin Rivera. Meanwhile Max Petersen started the other two duals and went 2-0. Brendan Howes got a big win against ranked Stoney Buell of Purdue, and Fernando Barreto scored a win over Stanford’s Dom Lajoie who may end up in the rankings. While the Bison are in a bit of a rebuild, they are getting wins in a lineup with six freshmen getting strong wins. Next Up: NDSU’s schedule doesn’t get easier, as they’ll next compete at the Southern Scuffle on January 1st. Northern Colorado (Overall: 7-1; Conference: 0-1): Dual Results The Bears hosted the UNC Quad Duals and beat Otero Junior College, North Idaho, and Northwest Kansas Tech. The school went 30 for 30, including 21 bonus point wins. While no significant results came from these duals, Travis Mastrogiovanni did make his debut for UNC at 174lbs. Next Up: The team is another Big 12 team set to compete at the Southern Scuffle on January 1st. Northern Iowa (Overall: 1-3; Conference: 0-0): Collegiate Dual Results Northern Iowa was the other Big 12 team to compete at Collegiate Duals where they went 1-2. They beat Lock Haven 35-3 while they dropped to NC State 16-25 and Ohio State 7-26. Even in losses, there were some big results. Parker Keckeisen went 3-0, Julian Farber went 2-1, including an upset over Nic Bouzakis. Trever Anderson had a huge win over Jakob Camacho. Jared Simma pinned Alex Faison and Tyler Stoltzfus in back to back matches. Evan Yant got the start in two duals at 165, but went 0-2 while RJ Weston beat his Lock Haven opponent. The team still has four top 10 opponents on the schedule, and showed here that they can be competitive. Next Up: The Panthers have the Soldier Salute next on the schedule on December 29th. Oklahoma State (Overall: 4-0; Conference: 2-0): Dual Results It was Cowboys vs Cowboys this week as Oklahoma State took out Wyoming 31-9. OK State scored bonus points in four of their eight wins. Troy Spratley struggled on bottom against Jore Volk and dropped a 5-1 decision. Jersey Robb bumped up to 197 after winning two open tournaments at 184lbs and nearly had the upset over fellow true freshman Joey Novak. Daton Fix made his return against former teammate Cooper Birdwell and got an 8-2 decision. True freshman phenom Cael Hughes got his first start, and scored a major decision over Stockton O’Brien. Jordan Williams got his first ranked win of the season as he took out Gabe Willochell in a wild 13-11 match. Next Up: OK State’s schedule picks up in the second semester, starting with NC State on January 5th. Oklahoma (Overall: 4-2; Conference: 2-2): Reno TOC Brackets The Sooners took home the title in Reno, putting eight in the finals and getting four champions. KJ Evans won at 141 lbs, an impressive and intriguing result for the true freshman. Mosha Schwartz hasn’t wrestled since an injury against West Virginia, so Evans could get some opportunities in the lineup. Jared Hill won at 157 lbs, outplacing teammate John Wiley who finished 4th. The two have gone back and forth, but Hill winning this bracket could give him the opportunity. Tate Picklo could have established himself as the starter, beating teammate Gerrit Nijenhuis in the finals. Finally, Stephen Buchanan dominated his way to a title, beating Wyoming’s Joey Novak in the finals. Next Up: The Sooners have the Southern Scuffle next, their third tournament of the year. South Dakota State (Overall: 3-2; Conference: 0-0): Dual Results The Jackrabbits took on a top Big Ten opponent in Nebraska and dropped a 21-17 dual. Derrick Cardinal continues to look like one of the most improved wrestlers from last season, with a 6-1 decision over Kyle Burwick. He’s already surpassed his 11 wins from last season, sitting at 13-3 this season. Tanner Jordan, Cael Swensen, Tanner Cook, and Bennett Berge dropped losses to higher ranked opponents. Cade DeVos, Tanner Sloan, and Luke Rasmussen also got wins. Rasmussen actually took on Silas Allred, last year’s Big Ten champ who bumped up from 197lbs for the dual. Unfortunately Allred had to default with a head injury. Next Up: SDSU has the Soldier Salute on December 29th next. Utah Valley (Overall: 1-0; Conference: 0-0): Reno TOC Brackets Utah Valley competed at the Reno TOC and came away with one champ and a fourth place finish. Jacob Armstrong went 4-0 to win the title at 184 lbs. Haiden Drury made the finals at 141 lbs, his first time at that weight this season. Caleb Uhlenhopp and Mahonri Rushton finished 5th, while Chase Trussell was 6th. The team did not have any wrestlers at 125, 133, or 197. Next Up: The Wolverines take some time off, taking on Iowa State for their first Big 12 dual on January 12th. West Virginia (Overall: 7-1; Conference: 2-1): Dual Results West Virginia hosted Division II school Fairmont State, and got a 56-0 victory. While not a significant win, it had some significant historical results. The team has started 7-1 in consecutive seasons, the first time since 1960-1961. The team put up over 50 points for the first time since 2009. The team scored bonus points in every match, including two forfeits and five pins. True freshman Ty Watters is now tied for fifth with 8 falls already this season. Next Up: West Virginia will host Fairmont State on December 19th for a dual. Wyoming (Overall: 3-2; Conference: 1-1): Reno TOC Brackets | Dual Results Wyoming had a busy week, finishing second at the Reno tournament before a dual against Oklahoma State. They impressed at Reno, starting with Jore Volk taking a title over Richie Figueroa. Joey Novak also made the finals, and dropped a match to Stephen Buchanan. Cooper Birdwell and Garrett Ricks both made the podium at 133 lbs, both taking out top seed Jace Koelzer. Birdwell finished fifth while Ricks was fourth. Sloan Swan, Gabe Willochell, Stockton O’Brien finished third, while Quayin Short was fourth, and Cooper Voorhees and Kevin Zimmer were fifth. Against OK State the team got two wins with Jore Volk and Joey Novak. Volk won a controlled match over Troy Spratley while Novak had a comeback win, putting Jersey Robb on his back while down 5-3. Sloan Swan made his dual debut, dropping a 6-2 decision to Teague Travis. The team bumped up from 165-184 and were missing typical starter Cole Brooks at 141lbs. Next Up: Wyoming competes at the Soldier Salute on December 29th.

Below is a recap of last week’s EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting. Key Takeaways Janda of Drexel wins over #19 Perrine of Ohio Lou DePrez of Binghamton is granted a medical redshirt Bucknell goes 2-0 on the weekend with 2 home dual wins Cornell goes 2-1 at National Collegiate Duals American American did not compete this past weekend. The Eagles will have no competition until they face off with Navy on 12/21. Army The Black Knights were off the mat this weekend. Next up for “America’s Team” is the Wilkes Open in two weeks a few days before Christmas. Binghamton Binghamton will be at the Wilkes Open and the Sheridan Invitational at Lehigh. These events are on the same day, so expect a split lineup at each. They were off last weekend, but they had big news. Multiple time All-American, Lou Deprez has been granted a medical redshirt - allowing him one last year to compete. He officially makes his return for the second half of the season. He competed in the US Open Freestyle Nationals, placing eighth. Not a bad debut, after being sidelined for nearly a year. Brown The Bears of Brown University have not been in competition since before Thanksgiving. They will be fresh this week, as they are another team who will be at Lehigh for the Sheridan Invitational. Bucknell The Bison were on the mats for two duals at home against Buffalo and Bloomsburg. They beat Bloomsburg handily, while they needed criteria to win over Buffalo. Dorian Crosby was 2-0 with two tech falls on the day. Kurt Phipps, Braden Bower, Noah Mulvaney, and Myles Takats were all 2-0 on the day as well. Bucknell 18 Buffalo 17 (64-63 total match points criteria winner) 125: Max Elton (BUF) dec. Grayson McLellan, 6-1 (BUF 3-0) 133: #24 Kurt Phipps (BUCK) dec. Tommy Maddox, 9-4 (Tied 3-3) 141: Braden Bower (BUCK) dec. Caleb Brooks, 4-0 (BUCK 6-3) 149: Nick Stampoulos (BUF) maj. dec. Aiden Davis, 20-10 (BUF 7-6) 157: Ty Raines (BUF) dec. Nick Delp, 7-4 (BUF 10-6) 165: #27 Noah Mulvaney (BUCK) dec. Hunter Shaut, 4-0 (BUF 10-9) 174: Myles Takats (BUCK) dec. Jay Nivison, 8-1 (BUCK 12-10) 184: Chase Kranitz (BUF) maj. dec. Nolan Springer, 17-6 (BUF 14-12) 197: Sam Mitchell (BUF) dec. Logan Deacetis, 5-0 (BUF 17-12) 285: #33 Dorian Crosby (BUCK) tech fall Robbie Unruh, 18-3 (4:13) (Tied 17-17*) Bucknell 43 Bloomsburg 3 125: Bronson Garber (BLOOM) dec. Owen Bell, 4-0 (BLOOM 3-0) 133: #24 Kurt Phipps (BUCK) tech fall Major Lewis, 19-4 (1:55) (BUCK 5-3) 141: Braden Bower (BUCK) tech fall Nic Antonelli, 17-2 (1:02) (BUCK 10-3) 149: Aiden Davis (BUCK) maj. dec. Cade Balestrini, 13-5 (BUCK 14-3) 157: Riley Bower (BUCK) dec. William Morrow, 7-2 (BUCK 17-3) 165: #27 Noah Mulvaney (BUCK) maj. dec. Caden Dobbins, 11-2 (BUCK 21-3) 174: Myles Takats (BUCK) WBF Josh Bonomo, 2:54 (BUCK 27-3) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUCK) tech fall Tanner Culver, 18-3 (3:44) (BUCK 32-3) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUCK) WBF David Tuttle, 1:20 (BUCK 38-3) 285: #33 Dorian Crosby (BUCK) tech fall Tyler McCatharn 18-3 (3:44) (BUCK 43-3) Bucknell will be on the mats in competition for the Southern Scuffle on New Year’s Day. Columbia Columbia will be back in Iowa during the holidays when they compete at the Soldier Salute. Cornell Cornell was at the Collegiate Duals they beat Little Rock 32-8, #16 Pittsburgh 27-12, then lost to Iowa State 28-12. A handful of starters did not wrestle against Iowa State - leading to a bit of lopsided victory for the Cyclones. Jacob Cardenas went 3-0 on the day while a handful of guys went 2-0. Cornell 32 Little Rock 8 125: No. 5 Brett Ungar def. Jeremiah Reno 7-3 by decision 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. No. 21 Nasir Bailey 4-0 by decision 141: No. 16 Vince Cornella def. Brennan Van Hoecke 17-1 by technical fall 149: Ethan Fernandez def. Kyle Dutton 14-13 by decision 157: No. 15 Meyer Shapiro def. No. 28 Matty Bianchi 8-1 by decision 165: No. 3 Julian Ramirez def. Bilal Bailey by fall (43) 174: Benny Baker lost to No. 15 Tyler Brennan by fall 184: Christian Hansen lost to Triston Willis 5-0 by decision 197: No. 7 Jacob Cardenas def. No. 13 Stephen Little by fall 285: No. 19 Lewis Fernandes def. No. 27 Josiah Hill 5-0 by decision Cornell 27 Pitt 12 125: No. 5 Ungar lost to Colton Camacho 3-1 by decision 133: No. 2 Arujau def. No. 23 Vinny Santaniello 19-4 by technical fall 141: No. 16 Cornella def. No. 15 Cole Matthews 8-2 by decision 149: Fernandez def. No. 19 Finn Solomon 4-1 by decision 157: No. 15 Shapiro def. Dylan Evans 14-3 by major decision 165: No. 3 Ramirez def. No. 8 Holden Heller 11-1 by major decision 174: Baker lost to No. 17 Luca Augustine 5-1 by decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. No. 14 Reece Heller 18-1 by technical fall 197: No. 7 Cardenas def. No. 17 Mac Stout 2-1 by decision 285: Ashton Davis lost to No. 10 Dayton Pitzer by fall Iowa State 26 Cornell 15 125: Greg Diakomihalis def. No. 22 Kysen Terukina 11-9 by fall (late) 133: Ethan Qureshi lost to No. 8 Evan Frost 12-5 by decision 141: No. 16 Cornella lost to No. 14 Anthony Echemendia 13-4 by major decision 149: Fernandez lost to Zach Redding 5-1 by decision 157: Cole Handlovic lost to No. 21 Cody Chittum 20-6 by major decision 165: Benny Rogers lost to No. 4 David Carr by fall 174: Baker lost to No. 22 MJ Gaitan 10-7 by decision 184: No. 9 Foca beat No. 5 Will Feldkamp 8-7 by decision 197: No.7 Cardenas beat McCrae Haggerty by fall 285: No. 19 Fernandes lost to No. 3 Yonger Bastida 6-3 by decision Drexel The Dragons were on the road wrestling at Ohio. The biggest win on the Drexel squad came at 174 lbs where Jack Janda took out #18 Perrine. Drexel started out winning the first three bouts, then lost momentum – and ultimately, the dual. Ohio 21 Drexel 13 125: Desmond Pleasant def. Ryan Meek (Ohio), Dec 11-7 (Drexel 3-0) 133: John Hildebrandt def. Mason Brugh (Ohio), Dec 4-2 (Drexel 6-0) 141: Jordan Soriano def. Aidan Waszak (Ohio), MD 16-7 (Drexel 10-0) 149: #29 Derek Raike (Ohio) def. Dom Findora, MD 10-2 (Drexel 10-4) 157: #14 Peyten Kellar (Ohio) def. Tyler Williams, MD 12-0 (Drexel 10-8) 165: #10 Garrett Thompson (Ohio) def. #31 Cody Walsh, Dec 4-0 (Ohio 11-10) 174: Jack Janda def. #18 Sal Perrine (Ohio), Dec 5-2 (Drexel 13-11) 184: Max Ray (Ohio) def. Natty Lapinski, Dec 8-2 (Ohio 14-13) 197: Austin Starr (Ohio) def. Ibrahim Ameer, Dec 5-4 (Ohio 17-13) 285: Jordan Greer (Ohio) def. Dom Petracci, MD 8-0 (Ohio 21-13) Drexel will return to action on New Year’s Day at the Southern Scuffle. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats were resting this weekend. Find them in action at the Sheridan Invitational on 12/22 at Lehigh. Harvard Harvard was also off this weekend. The Crimson will be off until the holiday break when they compete at the Midlands. Hofstra After no competition last week, the Hofstra Pride will be in action this week with duals against Morgan State, Bloomsburg, and Edinboro. This will be a good opportunity to bring positive momentum into the holidays. Lehigh The Mountain Hawks had a weekend of rest. Lehigh’s next event will be hosting the Sheridan Invitational. On 12/22, which will include plenty of EIWA competition. Long Island The Sharks will be in action again 12/22 when they square off with Edinboro after a weekend of no competition. Navy Navy will have one more dual before the Christmas break against American on 12/21. They were on rest this weekend as well. Penn The Quakers will head into the break with plenty of rest. They will pick back up at The Midlands just before the new year. Princeton The Tigers were another team not competing this past weekend. Next on the agenda for Princeton is The Midlands between Christmas and New Year’s. Sacred Heart Sacred Heart was on the mats this weekend, squaring off with Davidson. Jake Ice was a winner at 125 lbs for the Pioneers. Andrew Fallon followed up with a win at 133 lbs. The final win came at 174 lbs by Owen Ayotte – earning a quick :25 fall. Davidson 39 SHU 12 184 – Wyatt Ferguson (DC) def. Hunter Perez (SHU) by Fall (4:49) 197 – Cameo Blankenship (DC) def. Jake Trovato (SHU) by Fall (6:18) HWT – Jake Fernicola (DC) def. Marc Berisha (SHU) by Tech Fall, 17-2 125 – Jake Ice (SHU) def. Enis Ljikovic (DC) by Decision, 5-0 133 – Andrew Fallon (SHU) def. John Hager (DC) by Decision, 3-0 141 – Joshua Viarengo (DC) def. Sam Oakes (SHU) by Fall (3:38) 149 – Tyler-Xavier McKnight (DC) def. Mike McGhee (SHU) by Injury (0:55) 157 – Tanner Peake (DC) def. Brandon Teresa (SHU) by Major Decision, 8-0 165 – Bryce Sanderlin (DC) def. Michel Ritacco (SHU) by Fall (3:56) 174 – Owen Ayotte (SHU) def. Marc Koch (DC) by Fall (0:25) This week, they will have one more dual before the holiday. They’ll host Edinboro to a dual.

Hear from all of the champions across all three styles from Senior Nationals 2023: Men's Freestyle 57 kg: Spencer Lee 65 kg: Andrew Alirez 74 kg: Quincy Monday 86 kg: Alex Dieringer 97 kg: Kollin Moore 125 kg: Dom Bradley Women's Freestyle 50 kg: Sage Mortimer 53 kg: Vayle Baker 57 kg: Amanda Martinez 62 kg: Jacarra Winchester 68 kg: Mallory Velte 76 kg: Precious Weiser Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg: Ildar Hafizov 67 kg: Alex Sancho 77 kg: Kamal Bey 87 kg: Spencer Woods 97 kg: Alan Vera 130 kg: Cohlton Schultz

DI college rankings have been updated! It's been a recurring theme, and frankly, it will probably continue throughout the collegiate season, but 125 lbs was a mess! The previous #1 (Jakob Camacho) was beaten three times at the Collegiate Duals. #3 Richie Figueroa suffered a loss in his first outing of the season. CKLV champion #4 Nico Provo was defeated by Cooper Flynn, who was pulled out of Olympic redshirt. #5 Brett Ungar was beaten by a then-unranked opponent at Collegiate Duals. Those results set the stage for Anthony Noto to move back into the #1 slot. Noto was one of the wrestlers who defeated Jakob Camacho at the Collegiate Duals. He also doesn't have an official loss (though he fell to Matt Ramos at the All-Star Classic). A clean record and some solid wins propelled Noah Surtin (Volk, Mendez, Owens, Hendriksen) into the second spot. In news at other weights, veteran All-Americans Austin Gomez and Louie DePrez announced their respective returns last week and have been inserted. From a tournament ranking standpoint, Little Rock cracks the top-30 for the first time. That was largely based around the fact that true freshman Nasir Bailey announced himself as a podium contender with a dominant tech fall over Evan Frost and a win over Vince Santaniello. On the team dual front, for the first time we saw a significant shake-up with the top-ten as NC State and Cornell each lost in the final round at Collegiate Duals. For the rankings, Click Here

Day Two Round One NC State 34 Lock Haven 6 125 lbs - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) Dec Jakob Camacho (NC State) 4-2 133 lbs - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) Dec Jarrett Trombley (NC State) 5-3 141 lbs - Koy Buesgens (NC State) Dec Zack Zeamer (Lock Haven) 8-2 149 lbs - Ryan Jack (NC State) tech Ty Linsenbigler (Lock Haven) 7:00 157 lbs - Ed Scott (NC State) tech Connor Eck (Lock Haven) 4:53 165 lbs - AJ Kovacs (NC State) dec Eric Alderfer (Lock Haven) 4-1 174 lbs - Alex Faison (NC State) maj Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) 14-2 184 lbs - Brock Delsignore (NC State) dec Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 7-3 197 lbs - Trent Hidlay (NC State) fall Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) 2:26 285 lbs - Chase Horne (NC State) tech Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) 3:00 Ohio State 26 Northern Iowa 7 125 lbs - Brendan Mccrone (Ohio State) dec Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa) 10-8 133 lbs - Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) dec Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) 5-1 141 lbs - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) dec Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) 4-2 149 lbs - Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) maj Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) 11-1 157 lbs - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) dec Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) 4-1 165 lbs - Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) dec Evan Yant (Northern Iowa) 4-2 174 lbs - Rocco Welsh (Ohio State dec Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) 4-1 184 lbs - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) maj Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State) 17-4 197 lbs - Luke Geog (Ohio State) maj Kalob Runyon (Northern Iowa) 14-4 285 lbs - Hogan Swenski (Ohio State) dec Jose Valdez (Northern Iowa) 8-2 Round Two Ohio State 28 Lock Haven 9 125 lbs - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) dec Vincent Kilkeary (Ohio State) 10-3 133 lbs - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) dec Andre Gonzales (Ohio State) 6-1 141 lbs - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) tech Zack Zeamer (Lock Haven) 5:16 149 lbs - Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) dec Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) 9-6 157 lbs - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) tech James Hogan (Lock Haven) 4:25 165 lbs - Bryce Hepner (Ohio State) dec Eric Alderfer (Lock Haven) 7-1 174 lbs - Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) dec Carter Chase (Ohio State) 9-6 184 lbs - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) maj Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 20-6 197 lbs - Luke Geog (Ohio State) tech Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) 4:36 285 lbs - Hogan Swenski (Ohio State) dec Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) 8-1 NC State 25 Northern Iowa 16 125 lbs - Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa) dec Jakob Camacho (NC State) 4-2 133 lbs - Kai Orine (NC State) dec Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) 2-0 141 lbs - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) maj Koy Buesgens (NC State) 14-4 149 lbs - Jackson Arrington (NC State) fall Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) 5:26 157 lbs - Ed Scott (NC State) dec Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) 7-6 165 lbs - Derek Fields (NC State) tech Evan Yant (Northern Iowa) 7:00 174 lbs - Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) fall Alex Faison (NC State) 3:41 184 lbs - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec Dylan Fishback (NC State) 5-2 197 lbs - Trent Hidlay (NC State) tech Kalob Runyon (Northern Iowa) 4:21 285 lbs - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 4-1 Round Three Northern Iowa 35 Lock Haven 3 125 lbs - Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa) dec Logan Sallot (Lock Haven) 8-1 133 lbs - Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) dec Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) 3-1 141 lbs - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) tech Zack Zeamer (Lock Haven) 4:28 149 lbs - Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) dec Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) 12-5 157 lbs - Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) maj Connor Eck (Lock Haven) 12-2 165 lbs - RJ Weston (Northern Iowa) dec Eric Alderfer (Lock Haven) 9-3 174 lbs - Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) fall Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) 2:12 184 lbs - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) maj Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 14-2 197 lbs - Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) dec Kalob Runyon (Northern Iowa) 5-1 285 lbs - Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) maj Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) 11-0 Ohio State 21 NC State 20 125 lbs - Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) fall Jakob Camacho (NC State) :37 133 lbs - Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) fall Kai Orine (NC State) :51 141 lbs - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) fall Ryan Jack (NC State) 6:54 149 lbs - Jackson Arrington (NC State) dec Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) 5-3 157 lbs - Ed Scott (NC State) dec Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) 4-2 165 lbs - Derek Fields (NC State) dec Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) 4-1 174 lbs - Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) dec Alex Faison (NC State) 9-6 184 lbs - Dylan Fishback (NC State) dec Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State) 7-3 197 lbs - Trent Hidlay (NC State) tech Luke Geog (Ohio State) 22-7 285 lbs - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Nick Feldman (Ohio State) 8-6

Saturday and Sunday saw one of the toughest tournaments of the high school regular season take place, the Beast of the East. The tournament has a long history as a showcase for the future superstars of our sport. This year won’t be any different as top wrestlers from around the nation descended upon Delaware in search of an exclusive Beast title. Even getting onto the podium or perhaps winning a few matches is enough to get an unknown wrestler onto the national stage or enhance the resume of any already established high school star. This tournament is different from the Ironman because it includes wrestlers from New Jersey high schools. The Ironman has Blair Academy, but no NJSIAA schools. In the past, after a tournament of this magnitude, we have mentioned placewinners and grouped them into their future collegiate homes. We’ve done that this time, but also have listed wrestlers who have committed to wrestle at the next level and tracked their progress; regardless of their finish. Below are the results, sorted by team and alphabetically. Wrestlers are assumed to be in the Class of 2024 unless noted otherwise : Air Force Carter Nogle - Mt. St. Joseph, Maryland: 4th Place (138 lbs) Jesse Vanorden - Wantagh, New York: 4-2 (157 lbs) Alvernia Jason Chiodi - Gloucester, New Jersey: 3-2 (175 lbs) American Austin Craft - Camden Catholic, New Jersey: 3-2 (150 lbs) Arizona State Harvey Ludington - Brick Memorial, New Jersey: Champion (190 lbs) - Class of 2025 Joseph Manfredi - Herricks, New York: 2-0 w/ MedFFT (150 lbs) Army West Point Ben Garcia - Don Bosco Prep, New Jersey: 2-2 (165 lbs) Nick O’Neill - Malvern Prep, Pennsylvania: 3rd Place (132 lbs) Casper Stewart - Attica Batavia, New York: 5th Place (150 lbs) Averett Jason Bennett - New Kent, Virginia: 1-2 (157 lbs) Bucknell Christopher Nucifora - Bergen Catholic, New Jersey: 2-2 (120 lbs) Campbell Kendrick Hodge - Somerset, Florida: 5th Place (165 lbs) Kaleb Wright - Gloucester, New Jersey: 4-2 (190 lbs) Cornell Danny Aranda - Lake Highland Prep, Florida: 3-2 (132 lbs) - Class of 2025 Rocco Dellagatta - St. Joseph’s Regional, New Jersey: 5th Place (285 lbs) - Class of 2025 Anthony Knox - St. John Vianney, New Jersey: Champion (126 lbs) - Class of 2025 Ayden Smith - Notre Dame-Green Pond, Pennsylvania: Champion (113 lbs) Davidson Bryce Griffin - Civic Memorial, Illinois: 4-2 (165 lbs) Tyson Sherlock - Gilman, Maryland: 6th Place (144 lbs) Drexel Jonathan Fuller - St. Peter’s Prep, New Jersey: 6th Place (150 lbs) Duke Dylan Ross - Paramus Catholic, New Jersey: 3-2 (138 lbs) Harvard Haden Bottiglieri - Belmont Hill, Massachusetts: 4th Place (175 lbs) Logan Brzozowski - Seton Hall Prep, New Jersey: 8th Place (120 lbs) Hudson Skove - Rumson-Fair Haven, New Jersey: Runner-Up (215 lbs) Indiana Ryan Garvick - Central Dauphin, Pennsylvania: Runner-Up (165 lbs) Iowa Leo DeLuca - Blair Academy, New Jersey: Champion (120 lbs) - Class of 2025 Lehigh Calvin Lachman - Quakertown, Pennsylvania: 3rd Place (285 lbs) Matty Lopes - Blair Academy, New Jersey: Champion (132 lbs) Bekhruz Sadriddinov - Council Rock South, Pennsylvania: 5th Place (175 lbs) Chase Van Hoven - Brooke Point, Virginia: Runner-Up (144 lbs) - Class of 2025 Mason Ziegler - Quakertown, Pennsylvania: 7th Place (120 lbs) Little Rock Brandon Bauer - Central Arkansas Christian, Arkansas: 1-2 (150 lbs) Tyson Roach - Sam Houston, Louisiana: 2-2 (120 lbs) Jake Stacey - Green Hill, Tennessee: 8th Place (175 lbs) Missouri Kollin Rath - Bethlehem Catholic, Pennsylvania: Champion (150 lbs) - Class of 2025 Navy Jack Bergmann - Lakeland Regional, New Jersey: 2-2 (113 lbs) Caedyn Ricciardi - St. Peter’s Prep, New Jersey: Runner-Up (132 lbs) Logan Rozynski - Blair Academy, New Jersey: 3rd Place (144 lbs) North Carolina Aidan Schlett - St. Joseph’s Regional, New Jersey: 4th Place (215 lbs) Ohio State Landon Desselle - Summit, Tennessee: 8th Place (144 lbs) Carter Neves - Blair Academy, New Jersey: Champion (285 lbs) Penn Donny Almeyda - St. Joseph’s Regional, New Jersey: 2-2 (138 lbs) - Class of 2025 Omer Barak - Lake Highland Prep, Florida: 3-2 (165 lbs) Paul Ognissanti - Blair Academy, New Jersey: Champion (157 lbs) Eren Sement - Council Rock North, Pennsylvania: 3-2 (132 lbs) - Class of 2025 Max Stein - Faith Christian Academy, Pennsylvania: 7th Place (157 lbs) - Class of 2025 Pittsburgh Carson Walsh - Pope John XXIII, New Jersey: 4th Place (132 lbs) - Class of 2025 Princeton Vincenzo LaValle - Hanover Park, New Jersey: 5th Place (190 lbs) - Class of 2025 Sebastian Ortega - Howell, New Jersey: 3rd Place (126 lbs) Rider Jacob Zearfoss - Gloucester, New Jersey: 4-2 (165 lbs) Rutgers Jordan Chapman - Cranford, New Jersey: 3rd Place (165 lbs) - Class of 2025 Ryan Ford - Bergen Catholic, New Jersey: 3rd Place (157 lbs) Tahir Parkins - Nazareth, Pennsylvania: 3rd Place (138 lbs) - Class of 2025 Kurt Wehner - Donovan Catholic, New Jersey: 2-2 (120 lbs) Stanford Jack Consiglio - Malvern Prep, Pennsylvania: Champion (144 lbs) Virginia Macon Ayers - Staunton River, Virginia: 3-2 (165 lbs) - Class of 2025 Jack Myers - Morristown, New Jersey: 7th Place (138 lbs) Nathan Rickards - Malvern Prep, Pennsylvania: 4th Place (157 lbs) Emmitt Sherlock - Gilman, Maryland: 4th Place (165 lbs) - Class of 2025 Virginia Tech Ryan Burton - St. Joseph’s Regional, New Jersey: Champion (175 lbs) - Class of 2025 Frank DiBella - St. Joseph’s Regional, New Jersey: 3-2 (157 lbs) Collin Gaj - Quakertown, Pennsylvania: Runner-Up (150 lbs) - Class of 2025 Noah Nininger - Staunton River, Virginia: 5th Place (144 lbs) - Class of 2025 Aaron Seidel - Northern Lebanon, Pennsylvania: Runner-Up (120 lbs) - Class of 2025 Gage Wright - Parkersburg South, West Virginia: 3rd Place (175 lbs) West Virginia Gunner Andrick - Point Pleasant, West Virginia: 5th Place (132 lbs) - Class of 2025 Joey Clem - Wantagh, New York: 6-2 (132 lbs)

PRINCETON, N.J. — The Ivy League has announced the addition of a postseason wrestling tournament, set to begin in the 2024-25 academic year. "This is an exciting day for the Ivy League and, most importantly, for our league’s wrestling student-athletes and coaches," said Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris. "This new postseason event will provide an unforgettable experience for our student-athletes and is a terrific way to further showcase the sustained national strength of Ivy League athletics.” Last year, three Ivies (Cornell’s Vito Arujau and Yianni Diakomihalis and Princeton’s Patrick Glory) were crowned NCAA national champions, and five Ivies made it to the semifinal round. In the last 10 years, Ivies have been crowned wrestling national champions 10 times and have earned 50 wrestling All-American honors. The six Ivy League schools that sponsor wrestling currently compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA). Beginning in 2024-2025, the Ivy League institutions will compete in the Ivy League Wrestling Tournament to determine automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament. “We want to acknowledge the EIWA membership and the long history of success that our programs have benefited from over the many decades of their affiliation,” said Harris. The first tournament is scheduled for March of 2025 in Jadwin Gymnasium on the campus of Princeton. The tournament will be the 19th overall Ivy League postseason event. The site and rotation of the Ivy League wrestling tournament for 2026 and beyond will be determined in the coming months.

Senior Nationals There was a light schedule this week for college women’s wrestling outside of Senior Nationals, so this week’s recap will be focused on highlighting some of the collegiate athletes who qualified for the Olympic Trials at the tournament. For context, there are several events throughout the year that wrestlers can compete in for a spot at the Olympic Trials held at Penn State in the Spring. Placing in the top five at Senior Nationals is one way to qualify. Let’s look at each weight and see which current college wrestlers will be heading to the Trials based on their finishes over the weekend. 50 KG All 5 top placers at 50kg are currently on college rosters. Starting with the champ, 2-time All American Sage Mortimer, who is having her first season at Grand Valley State. Fans got to see an exciting finals match between former teammates when Mortimer took on Samara Chavez of King University. Chavez went up early 7-0 with a big takedown on the edge and a tough throw-by followed by points from a gut-wrench turn. Down big, Mortimer came out swiftly in the second with a huge headlock move to get 4 points of her own. However, she put herself in danger giving up a reversal and exposure to Chavez. Mortimer was able to get another 4-point move later in the period but was down by one with 15 seconds left. Looking for a push-out on the edge since she would have criteria in a tie, Mortimer ended up getting a takedown with 5 seconds left on the clock. After Chavez’s team lost the challenge, Mortimer ended up winning 12-10. This was a very exciting match that showed a lot of the styles that make each of these opponents so difficult to wrestle. Mortimer was able to capitalize on a lot of attempts from Chavez, but Chavez was also tricky with some of her moves, patiently waiting for opportunities in the hand fighting, ties, and scrambles she found herself in with Mortimer. It would be exciting to see these two face off again either in collegiate competition or later in the Olympic process. In the 3rd place match, North Central’s Kendra Ryan ended up winning the 4-4 decision on criteria against Kaelani Shufeldt of Lock Haven. The two were actually tied 4-4 in the quarterfinals with Shufeldt having the criteria advantage before putting Ryan on her back for the pin. Each wrestler faced tough competition throughout the tournament, including Shufeldt beating Mia Palumbo in consultations to make it to the 3rd place round. Palumbo, a two-time NAIA finalist who now wrestles for William Penn lost by close decision to Erin Golston in the quarterfinals. Palumbo wrestled back and made it to the 5th place match where Golston, who had already earned a spot at the Trials by winning the Bill Farrel open, forfeited the match. 53 KG 2x All-American Sydney Petzinger of North Central earned a 5th place finish to qualify for the trials. Petzinger, who is ranked #2 (NCAA) at 116 lbs had an early win over Salyna Shotwell of McKendree, but then lost to former Olympian and World Team member Haley Augello to move to the consolation bracket. Petzinger got a pin in her first consolation round, but dropped her next match to Areana Villaescusa. However, she ended her tournament with a 12-5 decision to secure her spot. 57 KG The 57kg weight class produced a top 5 that featured two McKendree wrestlers. Shelby Moore is in her first year with the Bearcats and was a top-ranked recruit out of high school. Moore placed fifth in last year’s U17 Worlds. Moore notched a few impressive wins in this tournament including a quarterfinals win over last year’s NAIA champ Carolina Moreno of Southern Oregon University. Moore lost in the semis to eventual champion Amanda Martinez, a 2x All-American who actually now coaches at North Central. Moore then went on to beat teammate Cam Guerin to make it to the third-place match where she won by injury default. While teammate matches can be a bit odd due to the familiarity of the wrestlers, Guerin is a 3x NCAA champ, so the win for Moore is no small feat. Along with Guerin’s 4 pins on the day and 5th place finish, this showing by the Bearcats clearly demonstrates the depth at this weight for McKendree. Guerin’s loss in the quarterfinals came to a tough opponent in Cristelle Rodriguez of Doane. While just in her sophomore season, Rodriguez has an impressive international record including a 2023 U20 World Team spot she won after a best-of-three series with the aforementioned Shelby Moore. Rodriguez injury defaulted out of the 3rd place match with Moore here, but had 4 tech falls and one decision on the day. 62 KG King wrestler Aine Drury placed third at 62kg after a tough lineup of ranked components. One of her standout wins was against Iowa’s Nanea Estrella, who is ranked #2 at 136 lbs. Drury, a former California Community College champ, pinned Estrella in just over two minutes in the semifinals. At that point, Estrella ran into Ashlynn Ortega, who now coaches at King, and went on to finish second. On the back side, Drury took out the #3 (NAIA) at 136 lbs Andrea Schlabach of Grand View and SaVannah Cosme who just finished 3rd at U20 Pan Ams. In the 3rd place match, Drury got a big win 6-4 against U.S. National Team member Maya Letona. Drury was a real standout at this highly competitive weight, and will be looking to continue making a splash as part of the King roster in March. 68 KG At 68kg, Chey Bowman of King University who is ranked #3 at 155 lbs had a dominant run to the finals. After she won her first three matches by pin, tech fall and pin, she faced former NAIA champ Kaylyn Albrecht in the semifinals. After Albrecht went up 4-0 early, Bowman was able to get to her own offense and secure a takedown. Even though she was down by two points heading into the second period, Bowman dominated the rest of the match, winning 6-4. Bowman’s forfeited to 2x senior world medalist Mallory Velte in the finals. 76 KG 76kg is where Iowa claimed their two qualifiers in #1 at 155 lbs Marlynne Deede and Rose Cassioppi. Deede’s biggest win of the day was against Skylar Grote who was a U23 Nationals champ in 2020 and made it to Final X last year at 72 kg. Grote is a fierce competitor, but Deede looked confident in her 5-3 decision. Grote was constantly taking shots and getting powerful snap downs, but Deede was ready defensively for most of the attacks and scored her points from exposure during scrambles. In the finals, Deede had a tough match with eventual champ Precious Weiser. Weiser is a 2x US Open champ and made it to Final X in 2019. Deede was only down 0-1 going into the 2nd period, but Weiser hit a beautiful throw with an underhook to take Deede straight to her back for the pin. Deede really showed a lot of discipline and patience in her matches throughout this tournament. Some of the top wrestlers at this tournament proved to be a test for her, but more times than not she came out on top. Rounding out the collegiate competitors who qualified at this tournament is fellow Hawkeye Rose Cassioppi who finished in 5th. Unfortunately for Cassioppi, she crossed paths with Deede in her second match of the day. While the final score was only 6-3, Deede seemed to have all the answers. On the backside, Cassioppi took out #6 at 170lbs Cara Broadus in an impressive 10-2 decision. Cassioppi looked strong and had good momentum throughout the match, but definitely could have separated even more given how often she got to her shots. With the other upper weights Cassioppi trains with, in the Hawkeye wrestling room, she will surely make the adjustments she needs to look even better than she did at this tournament. Desert Duals Even with eight tough wrestlers at Senior Nationals, the Iowa Hawkeyes still swept the Desert Duals against tough competition. The team won 34-11 to Adams State, only giving up points via forfeit. In their dual against #8 Simon Fraser, the Hawkeyes narrowly got the win 24-23. Again, the Hawkeyes had forfeits at three weights, but also dropped a tech at 123 lbs when Ava Rose took on Simon Fraser’s #8 Victoria Seal. Simon Fraser also picked up a tough ranked win at 130lbs with #7 Marquesis Haintz getting an impressive tech fall over #10 Emily Frost. Another ranked match was at 155 lbs when #1 Reese Larramendy of Iowa teched #10 Paige Maher. Finally, Iowa got the upset at 191lbs when #7 Alivia White got a pin over #4 Julia Richey. Iowa got another close win against #4 Colorado Mesa with a final team score of 25-20. Fans missed a chance to see ranked matches at 109lbs, 116lbs and 136lbs where Iowa gave up forfeits. The only other ranked match was at 101 lbs with #2 Sterling Dias getting a 6-0 decision over #8 Isabella Morales. Any of these impressive matchups could be avenged at NCWWCs if the brackets lineup, but Iowa has really been showing out for their first season. Results this week in major NCAA, NCWA, and NAIA competitions Senior Nationals - VIEW BRACKETS Eagle Duals VIEW RESULTS Desert Duals VIEW RESULTS

Second Round Cornell 27 Pittsburgh 12 125 - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) dec Brett Ungar (Cornell) 3-1 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) tech Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 19-4 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) dec Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 8-2 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 4-1 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) maj Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh) 14-3 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) maj Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 11-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Benny Baker (Cornell) 5-1 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) tech Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) 18-1 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) 2-1 285 - Dylan Pitzer (Pittsburgh) fall Ashton Davis (Cornell) 2:40 Iowa State 31 Little Rock 9 125 - Ethan Perryman (Iowa State) dec Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 10-9 133 - Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) tech Evan Frost (Iowa State) 15-0 141 - Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) maj Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 19-6 149 - Zach Redding (Iowa State) maj Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 9-1 157 - Cody Chittum (Iowa State) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 10-6 165 - Connor Euton (Iowa State) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 10-7 174 - MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) maj Kodiak Cannedy (Little Rock) 15-4 184 - Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) fall Triston Wills (Little Rock) 3:21 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) maj Caleb Helgeson (Iowa State) 14-5 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) maj Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 14-4

The 2023 version of the Journeymen Collegiate Duals gets underway a few hours from now in Nashville Tennessee. It will start two days worth of action amongst some of the best teams in the nation. This is the third version of the Duals and each of the first two have delivered….and some! In both years, some of the best duals of the year took place at the Collegiate Duals. 2021 had NC State/Mizzou and NC State/Iowa. 2022 had Iowa State/Cornell, Northern Iowa/Ohio State, and Penn State/Iowa State. Amongst those duals and the others that took place, there were plenty of excellent individual matches. To get ready for the 2023 Duals, go back and check out some of these classic matches. Below are a handful of great Collegiate Duals matches, along with links to them. As you can see, not all of them are available, but if you can find them, surely check them out! 2022 149: Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) decision Sammy Sasso (Ohio State)  9-7 149: Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec Paniro Johnson (Iowa State)  3-1SV 149: Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) decision Shayne Van Ness (Penn State)  3-2 157: Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec Ed Scott (NC State)  12-7 184: Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) decision Aaron Brooks (Penn State)  9-7 184: Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) fall Trent Hidlay (NC State)  3:54 285: Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Lewis Fernandes (Cornell)  4-2 133: Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) decision Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) 9-6 149: Manzona Bryant (Lehigh) dec Dom Demas (Cal Poly) 4-3 184: Trey Munoz (Oregon State) decision Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) 8-4 2021 141: Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) decision Ryan Jack (NC State)  7-6 133: Michael McGee (Arizona State) decision Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) 8-7 141: Allan Hart (Missouri) decision Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 8-3 149: Tariq Wilson (NC State) decision Josh Edmond (Missouri) 11-8 149: Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Kyle Parco (Arizona State) 3-1SV 157: Ed Scott (NC State) fall Kaleb Young (Iowa) Fall 1:10 174: Carter Starocci (Penn State) decision Chris Foca (Cornell) 3-2 184: Jonathan Loew (Cornell) dec Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 7-5SV 197: Isaac Trumble (NC State) decision Rocky Elam (Missouri) 5-3 285: Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) dec Tyrie Houghton (NC State) 6-2

We're closing in on the holiday season and the end of semester so there's only a limited number of collegiate wrestling events this week; however, this week is more front-loaded than most others. A total of 39 duals will be contested along with some tournaments. 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. Monday, December 18: Cornell vs. Little Rock at Nashville, TN, 3:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Iowa State vs. Pittsburgh at Nashville, TN, 3:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Cornell vs. Pittsburgh at Nashville, TN, 5:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Iowa State vs. Little Rock at Nashville, TN, 5:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Cornell vs. Iowa State at Nashville, TN, 7:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Little Rock vs. Pittsburgh at Nashville, TN, 7:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Tuesday, December 19: Lock Haven vs. NC State at Nashville, TN, 3:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Northern Iowa vs. Ohio State at Nashville, TN, 3:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Lock Haven vs. Ohio State at Nashville, TN, 5:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin NC State vs. Northern Iowa at Nashville, TN, 5:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin Lock Haven vs. Northern Iowa at Nashville, TN, 7:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin NC State vs. Ohio State at Nashville, TN, 7:00 PM Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin North Dakota State at Campbell, 1:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Purdue vs. Stanford at Campbell, 1:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Stanford at Campbell, 3:00 PM UFC Fight Pass North Dakota State vs. Purdue at Campbell, 3:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Purdue at Campbell, 5:00 PM UFC Fight Pass North Dakota State vs. Stanford at Campbell, 5:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Duke vs. The Citadel at Queens, 12:00 PM The Citadel at Queens, 1:30 PM Queens Athletics All-Access Duke at Queens, 3:00 PM Queens Athletics All-Access Kent State at Northern Illinois, 12:00 PM NIU All-Access Kent State vs. Harper at Northern Illinois, 2:00 PM Northwestern at Northern Illinois, 2:00 PM NIU All-Access Harper at Northern Illinois, 4:00 PM NIU All-Access Fairmont State at West Virginia, 7:00 PM ESPN+ Oklahoma State at Wyoming, 8:00 PM FloWrestling Wednesday, December 20: Hofstra at Morgan State, 2:00 PM Morgan State All-Access Bloomsburg vs. Hofstra at Morgan State, 4:00 PM Morgan State All-Access Bloomsburg at Morgan State, 6:00 PM Morgan State All-Access Thursday, December 21: George Mason at Gardner-Webb, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Edinboro at Sacred Heart, 4:00 PM Ohio at Gardner-Webb, 5:00 PM ESPN+ George Mason at Queens, 6:00 PM Navy at American, 7:00 PM ESPN+ Cleveland State at Clarion, 7:00 PM FloWrestling Illinois vs. Missouri at St. Louis, MO, 8:00 PM UFC Fight Pass Friday, December 22: Army West Point, Binghamton at Wilkes Open 9:30 AM Binghamton, Brown, Central Michigan, Franklin & Marshall, Indiana, Lehigh at Sheridan Invitational 10:00 AM FloWrestling Edinboro at LIU, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Edinboro at Hofstra, 6:00 PM Hofstra Pride YouTube

Saturday’s Dual Results Davidson 39 Sacred Heart 12 125 - Jake Ice (Sacred Heart) dec Enis Ljikovic (Davidson) 5-0 133 - Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) dec John Hager (Davidson) 3-0 141 - Josh Viarengo (Davidson) fall Sam Oakes (Sacred Heart) 3:38 149 - Tyler McKnight (Davidson) InjDef Mike McGhee (Sacred Heart) 157 - Tanner Peake (Davidson) maj Brandon Teresa (Sacred Heart) 8-0 165 - Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) fall Michel Ritacco (Sacred Heart) 3:56 174 - Owen Ayotte (Sacred Heart) fall Marc Koch (Davidson) :25 184 - Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson) fall Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) 4:49 197 - Cameo Blankenship (Davidson) fall Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) 6:18 285 - Jake Fernicola (Davidson) tech Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) 17-2 Little Rock 53 Queens 0 125 - Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) tech Daniel Graham (Queens) 17-2 133 - Josh Sarpy (Little Rock) fall David Makupson (Queens) 1:56 141 - Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) tech Connor Goodman (Queens) 17-2 149 - Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) tech Ananth Manibushan (Queens) 20-3 157 - Chase Tebbets (Little Rock) fall Easton Tobia (Queens) 4:34 165 - Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) fall Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) 2:15 174 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) fall Greg Merriman (Queens) 2:24 184 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) tech D’Andree Hunt (Queens) 15-0 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) tech Riley Kuhn (Queens) 19-4 285 - Josiah Hill (Little Rock) fall Jamikael Lytle (Queens) :23 Little Rock 30 Chattanooga 11 125 - Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) tech Ty Tice (Chattanooga) 22-4 133 - Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) dec Josh Sarpy (Little Rock) 10-2 141 - Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) dec Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 4-2 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 8-4 157 - Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) dec Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) 8-2 165 - Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) maj Bilal Bailey (Little Rock) 10-1 174 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) dec Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) 4-1 184 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) tech Wyatt Gibbs (Chattanooga) 15-0 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) tech David Harper (Chattanooga) 18-2 285 - Josiah Hill (Little Rock) fall Kaleb Snodgrass (Chattanooga) 6:00 Chattanooga 44 Queens 3 125 - Ty Tice (Chattanooga) tech Daniel Graham (Queens) 21-5 133 - Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) tech David Makupson (Queens) 19-4 141 - Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) tech Connor Goodman (Queens) 20-5 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Suhaib Hatamleh (Queens) 18-8 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) tech Easton Tobia (Queens) 19-3 165 - Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) maj Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) 17-3 174 - Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) tech Greg Merriman (Queens) 19-4 184 - D’Andree Hunt (Queens) dec Wyatt Gibbs (Chattanooga) 5-1 197 - David Harper (Chattanooga) tech Riley Kuhn (Queens) 15-0 285 - Logan Andrew (Chattanooga) fall Jamikael Lytle (Queens) 6:38 North Carolina 36 Morgan State 0 125 - Marco Tocci (North Carolina) dec Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 8-2 133 - Jace Palmer (North Carolina) dec Kevin Lopez (Morgan State) 13-11 141 - Derek Guanajuato (North Carolina) tech Khalid Brinkley (Morgan State) 20-3 149 - Jayden Scott (North Carolina) dec Aaron Turner (Morgan State) 11-6 157 - Danny Nini (North Carolina) dec Eric Tecson (Morgan State) 4-1 165 - Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) dec Jake Marsh (Morgan State) 9-5 174 - Marcus Murabito (North Carolina) dec Cort Vann (Morgan State) 7-3 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) maj Kyle Grey (Morgan State) 15-1 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) maj Nathanic Kendricks (Morgan State) 14-4 285 - Cade Lautt (North Carolina) fall Tyler Stewart (Morgan State) 4:00 Ohio 21 Drexel 13 125 - Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) dec Ryan Meek (Ohio) 11-7 133 - John Hildebrandt (Drexel) dec Mason Brugh (Ohio) 4-2 141 - Jordan Soriano (Drexel) maj Aidan Waszak (Ohio) 16-7 149 - Derek Raike (Ohio) maj Dominic Findora (Drexel) 10-2 157 - Peyten Kellar (Ohio) maj Tyler Williams (Drexel) 12-0 165 - Garrett Thompson (Ohio) dec Cody Walsh (Drexel) 4-0 174 - Jack Janda (Drexel) dec Sal Perrine (Ohio) 5-2 184 - Max Ray (Ohio) dec Nathaniel Lapinski (Drexel) 8-2 197 - Austin Starr (Ohio) dec Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) 5-4 285 - Jordan Greer (Ohio) maj Dom Petracci (Drexel) 8-0 Michigan State 25 Clarion 13 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) maj Caleb Weiand (Michigan State) 12-4 133 - TJ England (Clarion) dec Andrew Hampton (Michigan State) 7-3 141 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) tech Easton Toth (Clarion) 17-2 149 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) 9-6 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) dec Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Clarion) 3-0 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) fall Trevor Elfvin (Clarion) 4:34 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) dec DJ Shannon (Michigan State) 12-8 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) maj Cam Pine (Clarion) 14-5 197 - Kael Wisler (Michigan State) maj Ethan Wiant (Clarion) 16-3 285 - Josh Terrill (Michigan State) dec John Meyers (Clarion) 4-1 Nebraska 21 South Dakota State 17 125 - Caleb Smith (Nebraska) dec Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 6-4 133 - Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) dec Kyle Burwick (Nebraska) 6-1 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) fall Caleb Gross (South Dakota State) 2:06 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) dec Alek Martin (South Dakota State) 5-1 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) dec Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) 6-0 165 - Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 7-1 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 4-2 184 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) dec Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) 8-2 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) tech Brandyn Van Tassell (Nebraska) 17-0 285 - Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) FFT Sunday’s Dual Results Bucknell 18 Buffalo 17 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) dec Grayson McLellan (Bucknell) 6-1 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) 9-4 141 - Braden Bower (Bucknell) dec Caleb Brooks (Buffalo) 4-0 149 - Nick Stampoulos (Buffalo) maj Aiden Davis (Bucknell) 20-10 157 - Ty Raines (Buffalo) dec Nick Delp (Bucknell) 7-4 165 - Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) dec Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) 4-0 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 8-1 184 - Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) maj Nolan Springer (Bucknell) 17-6 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 5-0 285 - Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) tech Robbie Unruh (Buffalo) 18-3 Buffalo 34 Bloomsburg 3 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) maj Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) 14-3 133 - Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) tech Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 20-5 141 - Caleb Brooks (Buffalo) maj Nik Antonelli (Bloomsburg) 9-0 149 - Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) maj Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 15-2 157 - Ty Raines (Buffalo) dec William Morrow (Bloomsburg) 5-1 165 - Caden Dobbins (Bloomsburg) dec Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) 1-0 174 - Marcus Petite (Buffalo) tech Josh Bonomo (Bloomsburg) 20-4 184 - Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) tech Tanner Culver (Bloomsburg) 8-3 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 5-1 285 - Robbie Unruh (Buffalo) dec Tyler McCatharn (Bloomsburg) 8-2 Bucknell 43 Bloomsburg 3 125 - Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) dec Owen Bell (Bucknell) 4-0 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) tech Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 19-4 141 - Braden Bower (Bucknell) tech Nik Antonelli (Bloomsburg) 17-2 149 - Aiden Davis (Bucknell) maj Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 13-5 157 - Riley Bower (Bucknell) dec William Morrow (Bloomsburg) 7-2 165 - Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) maj Caden Dobbins (Bloomsburg) 11-2 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) fall Josh Bonomo (Bloomsburg) 2:54 184 - Michael Bartush (Bucknell) tech Tanner Culver (Bloomsburg) 18-3 197 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) fall David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 1:20 285 - Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) tech Tyler McCatharn (Bloomsburg) 23-7 Virginia Tech 29 Stanford 7 125 - Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech) dec Nico Provo (Stanford) 5-2 133 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) maj Tyler Knox (Stanford) 12-3 141 - Jason Miranda (Stanford) dec Mac Church (Virginia Tech) 3-0 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) tech Dawson Sihavong (Stanford) 20-5 157 - Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) maj Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 15-7 165 - Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) dec Hunter Garvin (Stanford) 10-3 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) maj Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) 8-0 184 - Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) maj Jack Darrah (Stanford) 13-3 197 - Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) dec Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 8-4 285 - Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 8-4 Missouri 38 Air Force 3 125 - Noah Surtin (Missouri) tech Tucker Owens (Air Force) 17-1 133 - Kade Moore (Missouri) maj Gavin Caprella (Air Force) 12-3 141 - Josh Edmond (Missouri) dec Garrett Kuchan (Air Force) 11-6 149 - Logan Gioffre (Missouri) maj Joe Fernau (Air Force) 11-3 157 - Brock Mauller (Missouri) tech Brooks Gable (Air Force) 16-0 165 - Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) maj Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) 23-12 174 - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) tech Drake Buchanan (Air Force) 17-2 184 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Clayton Whiting (Missouri) 4-1SV 197 - Colton Hawks (Missouri) dec Calvin Sund (Air Force) 4-1 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) tech Antonio Ramos (Air Force) 15-0 Kent State 42 Lindenwood 0 125 - Adan Benavidez (Kent State) dec Austin Kegley (Lindenwood) 9-3 133 - Matt Ellis (Kent State) dec Caiden Pelc (Lindenwood) 6-2 141 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) maj Ben Bohr (Lindenwood) 13-2 149 - Kaden Setzer (Kent State) maj Cruz Lara (Lindenwood) 10-2 157 - Keegan Knapp (Kent State) maj Luke Kemper (Lindenwood) 10-1 165 - Ethan Barr (Kent State) fall Logan Johnson (Lindenwood) 1:37 174 - Waylon Wehler (Kent State) dec Kaden Charboneau (Lindenwood) 6-1 184 - Kyle Snider (Kent State) maj Luke Shaver (Lindenwood) 13-3 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) tech Ryan Golnick (Lindenwood) 17-1 285 - Josh Boggan (Kent State) FFT SIU Edwardsville 20 California Baptist 15 125 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) dec Davian Guanajuato (SIU Edwardsville) 1-0 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) dec Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) 3-0 141 - Danny Martinez (SIU Edwardsville) maj Emilio Trujillo-Deen (California Baptist) 11-2 149 - Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) dec Dayne Morton (California Baptist) 5-1 157 - Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville) maj Kaiser Simpson (California Baptist) 12-3 165 - Mateo de la Pena (California Baptist) dec Bradley Gillum (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 174 - Dominic Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) dec Justin Phillips (California Baptist) 9-6SV 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Deron Pulliam (SIU Edwardsville) 8-3 197 - Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) dec Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1SV 285 - Bryson Buhk (SIU Edwardsville) FFT California Baptist 29 Kent State 19 125 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) fall Adan Benavidez (Kent State) 2:16 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) maj Matt Ellis (Kent State) 14-2 141 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) maj Emilio Trujillo-Deen (California Baptist) 17-5 149 - Dayne Morton (California Baptist) fall Kaden Setzer (Kent State) 2:45 157 - Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) fall Keegan Knapp (Kent State) 2:00 165 - Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) InjDef Mateo de la Pena (California Baptist) 174 - Justin Phillips (California Baptist) maj Mitchell Broskie (Kent State) 11-2 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Kyle Snider (Kent State) 8-1 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) dec Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 11-5 285 - Josh Boggan (Kent State) FFT SIU Edwardsville 23 Kent State 20 125 - Davian Guanajuato (SIU Edwardsville) dec Adan Benavidez (Kent State) 7-1 133 - Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) dec Matt Ellis (Kent State) 4-1 141 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) tech Danny Martinez (SIU Edwardsville) 17-1 149 - Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) tech Kaden Setzer (Kent State) 16-1 157 - Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville) tech Keegan Knapp (Kent State) 17-1 165 - Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) dec Bradley Gillum (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1 174 - Dominic Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) maj Waylon Wehler (Kent State) 14-4 184 - Deron Pulliam (SIU Edwardsville) dec Kyle Snider (Kent State) 4-3 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) InjDef Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) 285 - Josh Boggan (Kent State) fall Bryson Buhk (SIU Edwardsville) :50 Appalachian State 24 North Carolina 14 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) dec Noah Luna (Appalachian State) 8-6 133 - Ethan Oakley (Appalachian State) dec Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 7-2 141 - Isaac Byers (Appalachian State) dec Derek Guanajuato (North Carolina) 2-1 149 - Jayden Scott (North Carolina) dec Cody Bond (Appalachian State) 4-3 157 - Tommy Askey (Appalachian State) dec Danny Nini (North Carolina) 7-3 165 - Will Miller (Appalachian State) fall Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) :43 174 - Lucas Uliano (Appalachian State) fall Marcus Murabito (North Carolina) 4:27 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) maj Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State) 11-3 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) maj Carson Floyd (Appalachian State) 13-4 285 - Jacob Sartorio (Appalachian State) dec Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 7-3 Northern Colorado 54 Otero Junior College 0 125 - Moses Santiago (Northern Colorado) dec Elijah Montalvan (Otero) 9-3 133 - Hayden Brady (Northern Colorado) fall Damian Lopez (Otero) 1:41 141 - Armando Garcia (Northern Colorado) FFT 149 - Otto Cate-Cribari (Northern Colorado) dec Dakota Taavialma (Otero) 11-5 157 - Roman Cruz (Northern Colorado) fall Sullivan Deherrera (Otero) 2:25 165 - Hudson Cropp (Northern Colorado) fall Colten Tyra (Otero) 6:12 174 - Travis Mastrogiovanni (Northern Colorado) fall Joseph Shaver (Otero) :59 184 - Andrew Donahue (Northern Colorado) FFT 197 - Noah Pettigrew (Northern Colorado) fall Solomon Luna (Otero) :32 285 - Tyler Perry (Northern Colorado) fall Jeremy Horn (Otero) 1:37 Northern Colorado 52 North Idaho 0 125 - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) fall Kobi Johnson (North Idaho) 2:15 133 - Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) maj Zach Lopez (North Idaho) 18-7 141 - Armando Garcia (Northern Colorado) tech Hunter Bidelman (North Idaho) 16-1 149 - Kilian Schultz (Northern Colorado) fall Evan Barajas (North Idaho) 1:34 157 - Cameron Lucero (Northern Colorado) dec Porter Craig (North Idaho) 12-7 165 - Derek Matthews (Northern Colorado) FFT 174 - Travis Mastrogiovanni (Northern Colorado) FFT 184 - Andrew Donahue (Northern Colorado) fall Noah Poe-Hatten (North Idaho) 3:44 197 - Noah Pettigrew (Northern Colorado) tech Bradley Whitright (North Idaho) 17-2 285 - Remington Peterson (Northern Colorado) tech Taniela Feliciano-Takafua (North Idaho) 15-0 Northern Colorado 47 NW Kansas Technical College 0 125 - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) FFT 133 - Dyson Kunz (Northern Colorado) dec John Kenney (NW Kansas Tech) 12-5 141 - Eyan Chavez (Northern Colorado) fall Lucas Hill (NW Kansas Tech) 2:04 149 - Kilian Schultz (Northern Colorado) dec Dayton Bell (NW Kansas Tech) 13-9 157 - Roman Cruz (Northern Colorado) fall Micah Castro (NW Kansas Tech) 2:00 165 - Derek Matthews (Northern Colorado) tech Job Lee (NW Kansas Tech) 22-6 174 - Travis Mastrogiovanni (Northern Colorado) dec Otgonbayar Batsuuri (NW Kansas Tech) 1-0 184 - Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) dec Lazaro Crespo (NW Kansas Tech) 13-10SV 197 - Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) fall Gavin Dodge (NW Kansas Tech) 1:59 285 - Andrew Blackburn-Forst (Northern Colorado) fall Arrick Williams (NW Kansas Tech) :10

Men’s Freestyle 57 kg Championship: Spencer Lee over Nico Megaludis 6-2 3rd Place: Liam Cronin over Daniel DeShazer 5-0 5th Place: Luke Lilledahl over Josh Rodriguez 4-2 7th Place: Gary Steen over Brandon Courtney FFT 65 kg Championship: Andrew Alirez over Beau Bartlett 8-0 3rd Place: Joey McKenna over Seth Gross 5-2 5th Place: Austin DeSanto over Alec Pantaleo 9-6 7th Place: Ian Parker over Aden Valencia Injury Default 74 kg Championship: Quincy Monday over Alex Marinelli 14-2 3rd Place: Alex Facundo over Jarrett Jacques 6-4 5th Place: Tyler Berger over Terrell Barraclough 10-0 7th Place: Joey Lavallee over Joseph Sealey Fall 4:14 86 kg Championship: Alex Dieringer over Mark Hall 8-0 3rd Place: Max Dean over Connor Mirasola 8-4 5th Place: Evan Wick over David McFadden Injury Default 7th Place: Taylor Lujan over Marcus Coleman Forfeit 97 kg Championship: Kollin Moore over Nate Jackson 12-2 3rd Place: Jay Aiello over Eric Schultz 9-4 5th Place: Tony Cassioppi over Jacob Warner 11-0 7th Place: Tyrie Houghton over Louie DePrez Forfeit 125 kg Championship: Dom Bradley over Christian Lance 2-1 3rd Place: Gary Traub over Demetrius Thomas 8-5 5th Place: Trent Hillger over Sam Schuyler 8-0 7th Place: Jacob Bullock over Dan Erekson FFT Women’s Freestyle 50 kg Championship: Sage Mortimer over Samara Chavez 12-10 3rd Place: Kendra Ryan over Kaelani Shufeldt 4-4 5th Place: Mia Palumbo over Erin Golston FFT 7th Place: Nina Pham over Aleeah Gould FFT 53 kg Championship: Vayle Baker over Katie Gomez 5-2 3rd Place: Haley Augello over Areana Villaescusa 3-2 5th Place: Sydney Petzinger over Ella Jauregui 12-5 7th Place: Clare Booe over Lauren Mason Injury Default 57 kg Championship: Amanda Martinez over Alex Hedrick 4-1 3rd Place: Shelby Moore over Cristelle Rodriguez Injury Default 5th Place: Cameron Guerin over Belle Foard Fall 3:34 7th Place: Carolina Moreno over Bridgette Duty Injury Default 62 kg Championship: Jacarra Winchester over Ashlynn Ortega Fall 5:35 3rd Place: Aine Drury over Maya Letona 6-4 5th Place: SaVannah Cosme over Lexie Basham 9-6 7th Place: Skylar Hattendorf over Andrea Schlabach 5-1 68 kg Championship: Mallory Velte over Cheyenne Bowman Forfeit 3rd Place: Alara Boyd over Solin Piearcy Forfeit 5th Place: Kaylynn Albrecht over Marilyn Garcia 11-0 7th Place: Liv Wieber over Jackie Cataline Forfeit 76 kg Championship: Precious Wieser over Marlynne Deede Fall 3:36 3rd Place: Skylar Grote over Brooklyn Hays 10-0 5th Place: Rose Cassioppi over Tiffani Baublitz 3-1 7th Place: Love Daley over Cara Broadus Fall :57 Greco Roman 60 kg 1st Place: Hayden Tuma over Max Black 9-0 3rd Place: Dylan Gregerson over Taylor LaMont Forfeit 5th Place: Randon Miranda/Sammy Jones Double Forfeit 7th Place: Dylan Koontz over Brady Koontz Forfeit Championship: Max Nowry over Hayden Tuma Forfeit 67 kg Championship: Alejandro Sancho over Peyton Omania 7-6 3rd Place: Robert Perez III over David Stepanian Forfeit 5th Place: Patrick Smith over Duncan Nelson 6-3 7th Place: Xavier Johnson/Justus Scott Double Forfeit 77 kg 1st Place: Benji Peak over Payton Jacobson 1-1 3rd Place: Danny Braunagel over Aliaksandr Kikiniou Forfeit 5th Place: Aydin Rix McElhinney over RaVaughn Perkins Forfeit 7th Place: Tyler Eischens over Riley Briggs Forfeit Championship: Kamal Bey over Benji Peak Fall :50 87 kg Championship: Spencer Woods over Mahmoud Sebie 11-3 3rd Place: Richard Carlson over Zac Braunagel 8-5 5th Place: Terrence Zaleski over John Stefanowicz Forfeit 7th Place: Tommy Brackett over Andrew Berreyesa 3-2 97 kg Championship: Alan Vera over Joe Rau 12-5 3rd Place: Tate Orndorff over Nick Boykin Forfeit 5th Place: Michael Altomer over Christian DuLaney 13-10 7th Place: Orry Elor over MacAron Kukowski 5-2 130 kg 1st Place: Adam Coon over Courtney Freeman 16-6 3rd Place: Aden Attao over Donny Longendyke 6-3 5th Place: Michael Rogers over West Cathcart Forfeit 7th Place: Kaleb Reeves over Donovan King Forfeit Championship: Cohlton Schultz over Adam Coon 4-1

Three days of wrestling are completed to get us closer to having our full contingent of Olympic Trials competitors with the Last Chance Qualifier being the final results needed. 65kg Men’s Freestyle is the Highlight of the Weekend Before, during and certainly after the tournament concluded, 65kg was the most masterful weight class of the weekend. On the first day of men’s freestyle competition, we had already had more than enough chaos. Then on the final day things got even better and that was before we made it to the finals. In the consolation semifinals, Joey McKenna and Austin Desanto put on a show that needed some extra time to look at the final exchange. Nonetheless, McKenna came out on top to move on to the 3rd place bout. On the other side, Seth Gross, who lost his first match of the tournament, wrestled all the way back to earn his opportunity to finish third. And while his match with McKenna was thrilling, it was nothing like his bout with Alec Pantaleo in the consolation semifinals where he locked up a trapped arm gut wrench after countering Pantaleo’s turn attempt to score 16 straight points and get the technical fall after trailing 6-0. Gross would go on to fall to McKenna in the 3rd place bout. Velte Shuts Out the Field, An Underdog Emerges at 76 & Jacarra at 62kg?? Mallory Velte really let her offense show this weekend as she kept each of her opponents scoreless. Wins of 10-0, 13-0 and a fall preceded her eventual 1st place finish, which came via forfeit in the finals. Coming into the tournament, eventual finalists Precious Wieser and Marlynne Deede came in seeded third and fifth and at the end it was Wieser that was crowned champion with a big throw and fall over Deede. You’re reading that correctly, the multiple-time world medalist and 2019 55 kg World Champion wrestled at 62kg this weekend and finished at the top. But why was she so far from her normal weight class, that’s been 53 kg during Olympic years? Afterwards she said that she wanted to get a different feel against women who are stronger than her, who she normally wouldn’t see in a live tournament setting. She went on to say that her return to 53kg is to be determined. Dom Bradley Qualifies For 5th Olympic Trials After it was all said and done, Dom Bradley was once again victorious claiming his fourth Senior National title and qualifying for his 5th Olympic Trials. He spoke about how a lot of the guys he competed against in 2008 are now solely coaching and how his competition has changed to the young guys he used to recruit. Overall, he’s still grinding and coming away with hard fought wins.

Yesterday, we brought you the top-24 matches to watch at the Collegiate Duals. Now, how about a look at each of the eight teams that will participate in the event brought together by Journeymen Wrestling on Monday and Tuesday. The key item to remember with this year’s event is that there are no advancement or placement matches. Half of the teams have been grouped into a pool of four, while the other half are in another. Each team will wrestle the other three schools in their pool. One pool will wrestle on Monday and the other on Tuesday. The duals will all be streamed on the Collegiate Duals 3.0 Rokfin page. Monday’s Teams #3 Cornell Current Record: 1-0 Head Coach: Mike Grey 2022-23: EIWA (1st)/NCAA (3rd) Cornell has only had one dual meet and is still trying to sort out a couple of weights. They are still trying to lock in a replacement at 149 lbs for four-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis and 174 lbs after All-American Chris Foca moved up to 184 lbs. Even so, Cornell’s star power could propel them above the rest of the group. 2023 NCAA champion Vito Arujau is expected to be in action for the second time this season and is a bonus point threat any time he steps on the mat, even though he’s slated to meet three ranked opponents. Lots of attention will be focused on 157 lb true freshman Meyer Shapiro. At the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Shapiro majored two-time All-American Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) in one of the most anticipated matches of the opening day. He dropped his next two bouts to miss the podium. In limited opportunities, Shapiro has shown he can put up points in bunches. The Big Red saw a pair of wrestlers make the finals in Vegas and both will be counted upon greatly in Nashville. Brett Ungar (125) and Julian Ramirez (165) will have some significant tests, on Monday. Ramirez has a rematch with 2021 NCAA champion David Carr on the docket. The 2023 EIWA champion shocked Carr with a late-match flurry in the CKLV semis. Ungar grinded out wins over a pair of past All-Americans to wrestle in the finals. I think most fans will be looking forward to another Cornell/Iowa State dual; however, if the Big Red team is caught looking ahead, they could get stunned by Pittsburgh; as Ohio State found out last weekend. Dual Order: Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Iowa State #7 Iowa State Current Record: 3-1 Head Coach: Kevin Dresser 2022-23: Big 12 (3rd)/NCAA (11th) Iowa State joined the Collegiate Duals last year and had a great dual with Cornell, which led them to take on Penn State in the pool championship. In order to get by the Big Red, head coach Kevin Dresser sent out Joel Devine at 184 lbs, moving Marcus Coleman to 197 and Yonger Bastida to heavyweight. That move was fun for spectators and ended up giving his team the win as all three upperweights responded with wins. The first month-plus of the 2023-24 season must have felt hectic for Dresser and his team. It appeared as if the Cyclones were in good position to end their long losing streak to Iowa; however, the Hawkeye silenced Hilton and the ISU faithful during an 18-14 win. Less than a week later, Iowa State took the mat in Vegas and responded with a team title. Bastida, now permanently at 285 lbs, won the only title for Iowa State, but freshman Evan Frost and graduate transfer Will Feldkamp made the finals at 133 and 184 lbs, respectively. Having a positive showing in Vegas after a heartbreaking loss to Iowa was just what the doctor ordered. It has shown that the Cyclones have moved past the setback and are focused on the future. This is a new-look lineup for Iowa State that includes freshmen Frost, Cody Chittum (157), and MJ Gaitan (174). Anthony Echemendia has been inserted at 141 lbs and looks like a podium threat after taking seventh in Vegas. Casey Swiderski moved up to 149 lbs and is showing flashes of the talent that made him one of the top recruits in the Class of 2022. Even with the Iowa loss, Iowa State has one of the best and most balanced dual lineups in years. There are no real holes that could be exposed in an event of this caliber. Dual Order: Pittsburgh, Little Rock, Iowa State #16 Pittsburgh Current Record: 6-1 Head Coach: Keith Gavin 2022-23: ACC (3rd)/NCAA (22nd) Throughout the first month-plus of the regular season, Pittsburgh has established itself as one of the most enjoyable dual teams to watch. In their first week of dual competition, the Panthers suffered an uncharacteristic loss to Navy, but have since beaten three Big Ten opponents (Illinois, Maryland, Ohio State). The Panthers are a good mix of youth and experience as Cole Matthews and the Heller brothers (Holden and Reece) are in at least their fifth year of collegiate competition. Vince Santaniello, Mac Stout, and Dayton Pitzer are all ranked freshmen for Keith Gavin’s squad. In Pittsburgh’s victory over Ohio State, Matthews notched a huge win over CKLV champion Jesse Mendez. Matthews has had a rough start to the 2023-24, so that may be an indication that he’s ready to turn the corner. With some tough competition in Nashville at 141 lbs, getting the best version of Matthews will be essential if Pitt harbors visions of upsetting either Cornell and/or Iowa State. Another positive sign from the Buckeye win was 125 lber Colton Camacho getting the Panthers off to a strong start. He used a 14-9 decision to knock off #26 Brendan McCrone. Camacho comes into the Duals on a modest three-match winning streak. If he can be consistent, the Panthers will continue to be a tough out for any of their opponents; in this tournament and beyond. Dual Order: Iowa State, Cornell, Little Rock Little Rock Current Record: 5-1 Head Coach: Neil Erisman 2022-23: Pac-12 (5th) The Pac-12 representative at this event is one of the more intriguing young teams in the nation. Neil Erisman’s team is only in their fifth year of competition and he easily has his best squad thus far. The Trojan staff has been busy on the recruiting trail with a #19 Class in 2022 and an honorable mention the previous season, coupled with the first top-25 signee in 2023. The fruits of their labors are starting to show as the Trojan lineup is littered with wrestlers from those classes. Little Rock comes into the duals with half of their lineup in the national rankings, which is certainly a first for the program. The highest amongst those is 197 lber Stephen Little. The big man from Kentucky had an excellent redshirt season in 2022-23 and started the season with wins in seven of his first eight contests. Little has a win over CKLV finalist Jaxon Smith and has only lost to past NCAA third-place finisher Stephen Buchanan. Each of his prospective opponents on Monday is currently ranked, so he’ll continue to get tested. Another new face we’re eager to see against top competition is 133 lb true freshman Nasir Bailey. Thus far, Bailey has won the TigerStyle Invite and owns a win over national qualifier Jace Koelzer (Oklahoma). Matt Bianchi (157), Tyler Brennan (174), and Josiah Hill (285) are the other three Trojan wrestlers who currently appear in the rankings. Credit to Erisman and his staff for challenging his young team with three duals in one day against ranked opposition. Little Rock comes to Nashville after posting two dominant wins on Saturday against Chattanooga and Queens. Of course, the Collegiate Duals will represent another level (or two) up in competition. Dual Order: Cornell, Iowa State, Pittsburgh Tuesday’s Teams #2 NC State Current Record: 7-0 Head Coach: Pat Popolizio 2022-23: ACC (1st)/NCAA (10th) Tuesday’s slate is highlighted by the second-ranked team in the nation, NC State. Pat Popolizio’s team has been very busy in the first month and a half of the season with seven duals and a trip to Vegas for the CKLV. The Wolfpack have not been seriously tested in dual competition as their 35-9 win over Binghamton was their closest dual to date. In Vegas, NC State crowned two champions (Kai Orine - 133 lbs and Trent Hidlay - 197 lbs) and had Ryan Jack in the 141 lb finals. Ed Scott also suffered a second-round loss then blew through the consolations to grab third place. NC State comes into Nashville with nine of their ten starters in the national rankings. In addition, they have good depth at most weights, so if Coach Popolizio wants to give a key starter or two a breather during these three duals, it’s an option. We’ve expected that NC State would be very good this year, but 184 lber redshirt freshman Dylan Fishback has proven to be an X-factor. Fishback already has wins over three returning national qualifiers (one All-American) in his 11 wins. With another potential All-American in the lineup, NC State’s opponents have very little margin for error in a dual setting. One of the must-watch matches of this entire event will take place immediately on Tuesday as top-ranked 125 lber Jakob Camacho is set to face ex-teammate Anthony Noto (Lock Haven), who is a returning All-American who’s currently ranked second in the nation. A staple of the Collegiate Duals, NC State lost in their pool finals against Iowa in 2021 and won their pool last season. Dual Order: Lock Haven, Northern Iowa, Ohio State #8 Ohio State Current Record: 4-1 Head Coach: Tom Ryan 2022-23: Big Ten (4th)/NCAA (4th) In the 2022 Collegiate Duals, NC State and Ohio State appeared to be on a collision course for the finals. That dual never materialized because Ohio State was upset by Northern Iowa. This year, there is no advancement so we know Ohio State will see both of those teams. They’ll start with a rematch against Northern Iowa. Ohio State is looking to right the ship after their upset loss to Pittsburgh last week. The Buckeyes were without heavyweight starter Nick Feldman; however, the dual was decided before the big men took the mat. One of the bright spots was 133 lb redshirt freshman Nic Bouzakis. Bouzakis earned a 5-2 victory over Vince Santaniello, an opponent that defeated him 11-4 at the season-opening Clarion Open. He also fell in the first round at Vegas and crushed the field during a consolation run to third place. The NC State dual should allow us to see Bouzakis against CKLV winner, Kai Orine, a match we didn’t see in Vegas. All-in-all, the Buckeyes had six placewinners in Vegas, led by 141 lb champion Jesse Mendez. Mendez is in line to meet a pair of top-ten opponents, including his CKLV finals foe, Ryan Jack of NC State. Another member of the Buckeyes top-ranked recruiting Class of 2022 is Feldman. He injury defaulted out in Vegas and didn’t wrestle against Pittsburgh, so we may have to “wait and see” about his status in Nashville. All three of Ohio State’s opponents have a ranked heavyweight, so if Feldman can go, he’ll get tested. Without Feldman in the lineup, it’ll be extremely difficult to knock off NC State and perhaps Northern Iowa. The Buckeye lineup also features three other past All-Americans (Dylan D’Emilio - 149; Carson Kharchla - 174; Gavin Hoffman; 184) not previously mentioned. Dual Order: Northern Iowa, Lock Haven, NC State #21 Northern Iowa Current Record: 0-1 Head Coach: Doug Schwab 2022-23: Big 12 (7th)/NCAA (16th-tie) As mentioned before, Northern Iowa shook up its pool in 2022 when they knocked off Ohio State. One of the key wins for Doug Schwab’s squad came at 141 lbs when Cael Happel defeated eventual All-American Dylan D’Emilio. Happel has another formidable opponent from Ohio State with Jesse Mendez moving up from 133. Like Ohio State, Northern Iowa was upset last weekend. They gave up three falls in a 28-21 loss to Columbia. I’d imagine the Panthers will be eager to avenge that loss and start the day with an equally disappointed Ohio State team. Northern Iowa is led by the top-ranked 184 lber in the nation Parker Keckeisen. Keckeisen won the CKLV Invitational and tallied bonus points in four of his five contests. Along the way, he majored a pair of returning All-Americans. Last year, Keckeisen cradled and pinned NC State’s star Trent Hidlay in one of the most memorable moments in Collegiate Duals history. The CKLV Invitational proved to be the coming-out party for a pair of UNI wrestlers. Julian Farber took advantage of a wide-open 133 lb weight class and finished seventh. He was also beaten during Northern Iowa’s dual against Columbia. The other Panther wrestler who introduced himself to the nation was redshirt freshman Ryder Downey. Though he didn’t crack the top-eight, Downey did earn wins over a pair of top-16 opponents. One of the positives from the Columbia dual was the return of heavyweight #9 Tyrell Gordon. Gordon didn’t show much rust in a first-period fall over the Lion’s Billy McChesney. Northern Iowa always comes ready to scrap so I’d expect tough duals against NC State and Ohio State, even if those two opponents appear as favorites, on paper. Dual Order: Ohio State, NC State, Lock Haven Lock Haven Current Record: 0-2 Head Coach: Scott Moore 2022-23: MAC (1st)/NCAA (30th) You don’t want to come into the Collegiate Duals seeking your first dual win, which is what Lock Haven is doing, as there are no easy outs. Lock Haven’s 0-2 start has included dual losses to Arizona State and Army West Point at WrangleMania. That record is obviously a bit misleading as Lock Haven has yet to be able to display their ideal starting lineup. The Bald Eagles have yet to see 2023 national qualifiers Wyatt Henson and Tyler Stoltzfus in dual action. Lock Haven’s star is their 125 lber, 2023 NCAA fourth-place finisher Anthony Noto. Noto’s official mark is 6-0 this season and his closest win has been an 8-2 win over national qualifier Ryan Miller. Earlier in the season, Noto briefly held the number-one ranking nationally; however, he lost that after a loss to Matt Ramos (Purdue) at the All-Star Classic. He’ll have the opportunity to state his case for the top billing at 125 lbs, as he starts the day with top-ranked Jakob Camacho. Aside from Noto’s performance, Lock Haven has been boosted by their middleweights Connor Eck (157) and Avery Bassett (165). Eck has already amassed 16 wins, while Bassett has excelled in tournament competition. In addition, Moore’s team also features two other past national qualifiers in Gable Strickland (133) and Isaac Reid (285). Lock Haven is always a team that will fight and scrap under Moore. No matter the rankings of their opposition, individually or as a team, they will battle in each contest. Dual Order: NC State, Ohio State, Northern Iowa

We have had a couple quieter weeks in the ACC, but the next three days are going to be packed full of high level duals for four squads in the conference. We start with Virginia Tech welcoming the Fighting Trees of Stanford into Cassell Coliseum for a non-conference dual that will soon become a conference fixture, when Stanford joins the ACC next season. This has the potential to be a solid dual. We will see two top-10 matchups; at 149 Caleb Henson is 1-0 over Jaden Abas with a win in the dual last year and at 157, Bryce Andonian holds a win over Daniel Cardenas from the CKLV this year. We will also see the return of Sam Latona and Mekhi Lewis who were both injured in the All-Star Classic. The biggest story to watch is the potential return of Cooper Flynn to the lineup at 125; he was pulled from his Olympic Redshirt on Friday. #9 Virginia Tech v #23 Stanford 125: Eddie Ventresca OR Cooper Flynn v #4 Nico Provo 133: #6 Sam Latona v #16 Tyler Knox 141: Mac Church v #27 Jason Miranda 149: #2 Caleb Henson v #10 Jaden Abas 157: #7 Bryce Andonian v #8 Daniel Cardenas 165: #25 Connor Brady v #16 Hunter Garvin 174: #2 Mekhi Lewis v #20 Lorenzo Norman 184: #18 Sam Fisher OR Dakota Howard v Jack Darrah 197: #24 Andy Smith OR Sonny Sasso v #14 Nick Stemmet 285: #20 Hunter Catka v Peter Ming North Carolina is coming off a shutout of Morgan State on Saturday and will travel to Boone to face in-state rival Appalachian State on Sunday afternoon. The Tar Heels will look to avenge their upset loss last season to the Mountaineers. Both teams have multiple ranked wrestlers, but none of them will face off against each other in the dual. Lachlan McNeil was in Canada, earning a spot to represent Team Canada for the Olympics, so he will not be available for this dual. #26 North Carolina v Appalachian State 125: #24 Spencer Moore v Chad Bellis 133: Jace Palmer v #20 Ethan Oakley 141: Derek Guanajauto v Kaden Keiser 149: Jayden Scott v #27 Cody Bond 157: Danny Nini v #22 Tommy Askey 165: Isaias Estrada v #32 Will Miller 174: Marcus Murabito v Lucas Uliano 184: #19 Gavin Kane v Thomas Brooker 197: #15 Max Shaw v Hunter Adams 285: Cade Lautt v Jacob Sartorio Moving into the Collegiate Duals we will see the Panthers in action on Monday and NC State on Tuesday. Pitt will have three solid duals and will face two top-10 dual teams. I’m going to highlight a couple of matches from each dual that will be fun to watch. #16 Pitt v #7 Iowa State Cole Matthews has a chance to build off the momentum from the Ohio State dual against a tough Echemendia. Augustine/Gaitan could have fireworks--both of these guys will let it fly. Dayton Pitzer made noise with an upset of Cohlton Schultz last year; he’ll have another opportunity here against Bastida. 125: Colton Camacho v #22 Kysen Terukina 133: #23 Vinnie Santaniello v #8 Evan Frost 141: #15 Cole Matthews v #14 Anthony Echemendia 149: #19 Finn Solomon v #7 Casey Swiderski 157: Jared Keslar v #21 Cody Chittum 165: #8 Holden Heller v #4 David Carr 174: #17 Luca Augustine v #22 MJ Gaitan 184: #14 Reece Heller v #5 Will Feldkamp 197: #17 Mac Stout v #25 Julien Broaderson 285: #10 Dayton Pitzer v #3 Yonger Bastida #16 Pitt v #3 Cornell I’m keeping a close eye on the Heller brothers against Cornell. Holden faces Julian Ramirez and Reece has Chris Foca. They are both underdogs but I like the style matchups for both of them to have potential upsets. Another upset opportunity is at 197 with Mac Stout facing Jacob Cardenas. I’d love to see Stout open up and show his offensive skill against a stingy Cardenas. 125: Colton Camacho v #5 Brett Ungar 133: #23 Vinnie Santaniello v #2 Vito Arujau 141: #15 Cole Matthews v #16 Vince Cornella 149: #19 Finn Solomon v Ethan Fernandez 157: Jared Keslar v #15 Meyer Shapiro 165: #8 Holden Heller v #3 Julian Ramirez 174: #17 Luca Augustine v Benny Baker 184: #14 Reece Heller v #9 Chris Foca 197: #17 Mac Stout v #7 Jacob Cardenas 285: #10 Dayton Pitzer v #19 Lewis Fernandes #16 Pitt v Little Rock Little Rock is a scrappy squad and they won’t back down from anyone. There will be some fun matches in this one. Santaniello versus Bailey at 133 will be wide open and could see a lot of points on the board. Augustine will have another tough match with an opportunity for an upset over Tyler Brennan. Mac Stout will face his third ranked opponent in Stephen Little who is having a great year so far. 125: Colton Camacho v Jeremiah Reno 133: #23 Vinnie Santaniello v #21 Nasir Bailey 141: #15 Cole Matthews v Brennan Van Hoecke 149: #19 Finn Solomon v Kyle Dutton 157: Jared Keslar v #28 Matty Bianchi 165: #8 Holden Heller v Bilal Bailey 174: #17 Luca Augustine v #15 Tyler Brennan 184: #14 Reece Heller v Tristan Wills 197: #17 Mac Stout v #13 Stephen Little 285: #10 Dayton Pitzer v #27 Josiah Hill #2 NC State v #8 Ohio State This is one of the marquee matchups of the Collegiate Duals and will have some very entertaining matches. The Buckeyes are coming off an upset loss to Pitt and will be looking to cement their spot in the top-10 against a deep Wolfpack squad. Orine versus Bouzakis could be a high-scoring match; both of them have a high pace and are constantly on the attack. Ryan Jack and Jesse Mendez is a style clash; Jack will be looking to slow down the dangerous Mendez who is coming off a loss to Cole Matthews. Arrington versus D’Emilio will also be a high-paced match with two very evenly matched wrestlers. I’m very interested in watching Fishback against Hoffman. It pits youth versus experience with the freshman against the sixth-year senior; Hoffman is also a very large 184, so I’m watching to see how Fishback handles that. 125: #1Jakob Camacho v #26 Brendan McCrone 133: #5 Kai Orine v #12 Nic Bouzakis 141: #4 Ryan Jack v #3 Jesse Mendez 149: #5 Jackson Arrington v #4 Dylan D’Emilio 157: #6 Ed Scott v #13 Paddy Gallagher 165: AJ Kovacs v #21 Isaac Wilcox 174: #23 Alex Faison v #9 Carson Kharchla 184: #15 Dylan Fishback v #16 Gavin Hoffman 197: #4 Trent Hidlay v #23 Luke Geog 285: #17 Owen Trephan v #18 Nick Feldman #2 NC State v # 21 Northern Iowa The Panthers are coming off an upset loss to Columbia and will be looking to make a statement at the Collegiate Duals. They have a lot of talent in the lineup and are always a scrappy team who will go hard for the full seven minutes. There are a few matches to keep your eye on here. Ryan Jack will have another tough matchup against Cael Happel who is coming off an upset loss. Ed Scott has a lot of positive momentum after a slower start to the year, he will face a dangerous Ryder Downey. Dylan Fishback will have a huge test, facing #1 Parker Keckeisen; this will be a great measuring stick to see where Fishback stacks up against the best in the weight. 125: #1 Jakob Camacho v #32 Trever Anderson 133: #5 Kai Orine v #17 Julian Farber 141: #4 Ryan Jack v #9 Cael Happel 149: #5 Jackson Arrington v Adam Allard 157: #6 Ed Scott v #12 Ryder Downey 165: AJ Kovacs v Jack Thomsen 174: #23 Alex Faison v #32 Lance Runyon 184: #15 Dylan Fishback v #1 Parker Keckeisen 197: #4 Trent Hidlay v #19 Wyatt Voelker 285: #17 Owen Trephan v #9 Tyrell Gordon #2 NC State v Lock Haven There is really only one matchup that everyone will be looking forward to in this dual. #1 Jakob Camacho against #2 Anthony Noto. They are former teammates, with Noto transferring two years ago. They know each other well and will both be coming out ready to scrap. This dual got chippy last year at one of the Journeymen events, and I expect that the Wolfpack will be looking to make a statement win here. 125: #1 Jakob Camacho v #2 Anthony Noto 133: #5 Kai Orine v Gable Strickland 141: #4 Ryan Jack v Zack Zeamer 149: #5 Jackson Arrington v Nick Stonecheck 157: #6 Ed Scott v Connor Eck 165: AJ Kovacs v Eric Alderfer 174: #23 Alex Faison v Tyler Stolzfus 184: #15 Dylan Fishback v Colin Fegey 197: #4 Trent Hidlay v Brad Morrison 285: #17 Owen Trephan v Ethan Miller

After two days of wrestling, all Greco champs have been crowned, three women’s titles have been claimed and we have our finalists in men’s freestyle as they joined the party on day two along with the second set of women’s weights. And with a ton of great scrapping in the books we had to look at some of the biggest performances as we go into the final day of wrestling. High Schoolers Leave Their Mark A trio of high school wrestlers put a stamp on the Senior level with some huge wins in the earlier rounds in the men’s freestyle bracket. First was Aiden Valencia. We’ve seen his name in the headlines for taking out an All-American before, this time he really stepped up as he sent NCAA Champ Seth Gross to the consolation bracket in the second round at 65kg after he defeated Gross by technical fall. Also in the second round, Wyoming Seminary’s Luke Lilledahl defeated NCAA finalist Brandon Courtney, 6-2. Courtney took the early lead, but after the initial points scored by Courtney, it was all Lilledahl who scored the next six points to get the win. Then in the quarterfinals, another NCAA Champ fell at the hands of a high schooler as Connor Mirasola defeated NCAA Champion Max Dean. Both battled tough but in the end, it was Mirasola that came out with the 9-6 victory to punch his ticket to the semifinals. Both Lilledahl and Valencia went on to fall in the quarters the following round and Mirasola dropped his semifinal bout the next round as well. Lilledahl was teched by Nico Megaludis, Valencia took a hard-fought 3-0 loss to Alec Pantaleo and Mirasola lost to Mark Hall. But they definitely showed that they are ready for tough competition on the Senior level. As expected, 65kg Didn’t Disappoint This weight class was certainly the headliner coming into the tournament with the amount of talent registered to compete and so far, the weight class has completely delivered. Now, Beau Bartlett and Andrew Alirez are set to face off in the finals. But, it took a lot of grit to make it that far and the finalists weren’t the only ones putting on a show as you saw above with Valencia. A few matches to go back and watch include: Jaydin Eierman vs Anthony Ashnault: Was Eierman pinned? It looked that way, but he was able to escape a tough situation and get the win over Ashnault. (Honestly, go watch all of Eierman’s matches. There were a ton of points on the board and crazy situations in just about every single one of them. Andrew Alirez vs Alec Pantaleo: A pair of stingy wrestlers put up 7 total points and as you’d expect showcased great defense in the process. A Bartlett double feature: Beau Bartlett must like the number 5. In back-to-back bouts, he claimed 5-5 criteria wins over Matt Kolodzik and Joey McKenna in the quarters and the semis, respectively. WCAP Lights Up the Night The Greco crew out of WCAP has shown out time and time again and this year was no different. The men ended the night with champs at 60kg, 67kg, 77kg, and 87kg. At 60kg, Ildar Hafizov received a forfeit in the final, but his WCAP brothers followed with a ton of heat. Alejandro Sancho came from behind to get the hard-fought 7-6 win over Peyton Omania at 67kg before Kamal Bey sparked the crowd by countering Benji Peak’s turn attempt resulting in Bey getting the first-period fall at 77kg. Spencer Woods finished things off for the team with a chippy 11-3 win over Mahmoud Sebie at 87kg. As a team, WCAP finished second to Titan Mercury, but that was clearly due to the amount of wrestlers representing the club. Some Throws, Some Grit And Overall Tough Performances in Women’s Finals Not to be outdone by the Greco finals happening between the women’s finals, the ladies put on a show as well. Sage Mortimer used a last-second score to get the 12-10 win over Samara Chavez at 50kg. Then Vayle Baker held off Katie Gomez’s leg lace in the waning seconds of the bout to get a 5-2 win at 53kg and Amanda Martinez got to pick up a big 4-1 win over Alex Hedrick, who she has a storied history with at 57kg.

Every week during the 2023-24 season, the InterMat staff will submit their picks for some of the most high-profile or competitive dual meets. As the season progresses, we'll keep track of records for bragging rights or as ammunition for when we mock each other. No, we'd never do that, it's all in good fun (right?). Results through week six 21-9: Austin, Nick 20-10: Willie, Robbie, Richard, Bob D. 19-11: James 18-12: Rachel, Morgan, Tony, Dysen 17-13: Earl, Ryan 16-14: Jagger, Kevin Below are the picks for week seven (plus Collegiate Duals). One of the duals takes place this evening!

We’re only two days away from one of the best events on the collegiate wrestling calendar, the Collegiate Duals. 2023 marks the third year that the Duals have taken place in mid-to-late December in an area of the country that is generally starved of collegiate wrestling. 2021 was in the Florida panhandle, 2022 was in New Orleans, and this year’s duals take place in Nashville. Oh yeah, and there are some excellent teams in the field. This year’s field includes four top-ten dual teams (#2 NC State, #3 Cornell, #7 Iowa State, and #8 Ohio State), along with two other ranked squads (#16 Pittsburgh and #21 Northern Iowa). MAC champion Lock Haven and a rapidly improving Little Rock team round out the field of eight. There is a slight change to the format for the 2023 Duals. One pool of four teams (Cornell, Iowa State, Little Rock, Pitt) will each wrestle each other on Monday. Tuesday will see the remaining four teams square off against each other (Lock Haven, NC State, Northern Iowa, Ohio State). The first two iterations of the Collegiate Duals have provided us with some of the most memorable duals and individual matches (more on that in another article) from their respective seasons. 2021’s Iowa/NC State dual was voted the best of the year by the InterMat staff and 2022’s event had some upsets and the “Dresser Bump,” when he bumped up the wrestlers at the end of his lineup to help Iowa State knock off Cornell. As you prepare for the Collegiate Duals, here are 24 matches you need to look out for. Since this isn’t an individual tournament or a team-advancement event, we know the teams will clash, so these are easier to identify. The Collegiate Duals will be broadcast live on Rokfin on the page dedicated to the duals. The first set of dual matches will start at 3pm (EST) on Monday. Day One Round One 197 lbs: #7 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) vs. #13 Stephen Little (Little Rock) This is one of the most important matches of the day featuring one of the most overlooked wrestlers in the nation. Little Rock’s Stephen Little has flown under the radar even though he’s scored a win over Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational finalist Jaxon Smith and held #2 Stephen Buchanan (Oklahoma) to a close loss. He’ll have another contender at the weight, returning All-American and CKLV fourth-place finisher Jacob Cardenas. 141 lbs : #14 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) vs. #15 Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) After a rocky start to the 2023-24 season, is Cole Matthews back? In his last outing, Matthews snapped a two-match losing streak by handing CKLV champion Jesse Mendez his first loss of the year. On the other side is Anthony Echemendia who has proven he can compete with the best against top-ranked Real Woods and in Vegas. Echemendia finished seventh in a loaded weight class that featured three returning AA’s. This will be interesting to see who can impose their will and dictate the pace of the match. 184 lbs: #5 Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) vs. #14 Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) I’m sure hypothetical stock in Will Feldkamp took a sharp downturn after a dual loss to true freshman Gabe Arnold of Iowa, who bumped up from 174 lbs for the match. He totally redeemed himself by making the CKLV finals at a stacked weight class. Feldkamp will have his hands full with Pitt’s veteran, Reece Heller. Heller’s only loss of the season came via fall to David Key (Navy). It wasn’t a fluke, but it was an unusual situation that may be hard to replicate. With a dominant major decision over Gavin Hoffman in the Panthers upset of Ohio State, Heller has shown that the loss was a one-off and he’s an outside podium threat. 285 lbs: #3 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) vs. #10 Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) This is a battle between one heavyweight that wrestled 197 lbs last season (Bastida) and a talented redshirt freshman (Pitzer) that didn’t get the call last year, in part, because he needed to bulk up. Bastida has been a machine on his feet and has been nearly impossible to slow down. He scored 63 points in his four pre-finals matches in Vegas. Pitzer already has posted wins over EIWA champion Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) and veteran podium contender Luke Luffman (Illinois). If Pitt can replicate their magic from last weekend, this bout could decide the dual. Day One Round Two 133 lbs: #8 Evan Frost (Iowa State) vs. #21 Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) This may be the first of many matches between these two talented freshmen. Evan Frost has grabbed ahold of a seemingly open weight for the Cyclones, has won eight of nine matches and appeared in the CKLV finals. He’s proven to be a hammer on top and can, not only ride, but earn points from his tilt series. There’s the chance that Bailey meets returning national champion Vito Arujau in the first round, so it’s doubtful he’ll continue to maintain his perfect record heading into this match. Even so, it will be another test for the true freshman who passed every one presented to him thus far. 157 lbs: #21 Cody Chittum (Iowa State) vs. #28 Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) With a long track record of pre-collegiate success, we’ve expected CodyChittum to jump into the ISU lineup and be really good. Chittum has been solid, but has a record that doesn’t seem imposing at 4-3. Looking into those losses, all have come to wrestlers currently ranked in the top-eight nationally. Now, he’s in a bout where he’s considered the favorite, yet at the same time, it’s far from a pushover. Matt Bianchi comes in with a nice 7-1 record, losing only to #5 Brock Mauller. Since then he’s earned three straight wins via major decision. 165 lbs: #3 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) vs. #8 Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) The other half of the Heller brother tandem for Pittsburgh will get his biggest test of the season in round two. Heller comes in undefeated; however, his best win has come over Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State), who is currently ranked #21. The stakes get much higher with EIWA champion and CKLV finalist Julian Ramirez. Though Ramirez lost in the Vegas finals, he did earn the biggest win of his collegiate career, in the semifinals, where he knocked off top-seeded David Carr. Day One Round Three 133 lbs: #2 Vito Arujau (Cornell) vs. #8 Evan Frost (Iowa State) It appears as if we’ll get our first glimpse of 2023 NCAA champion Vito Arujau since his early-season loss to redshirt freshman Ryan Crookham. Should Arujau see action in all three bouts for the Big Red he’ll have ranked opposition in each contest. Frost represents the highest-ranked wrestler of the trio. If Frost can slow down or limit damage on his feet, could he wear down the world champion on the mat? It seems easier said than done. 157 lbs: #15 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) vs. #21 Cody Chittum (Iowa State) What a match we have here between two of the most acclaimed freshmen in the country. Both were in the absolutely ridiculous CKLV weight class and weren’t able to crack the top-eight. Meyer Shapiro was one half of the most-talked-about Round of 16 matches of the tournament. There he majored two-time All-American Bryce Andonian, but proceeded to lose his next two bouts and came up a match shy of the podium. Chittum fell to Andonian and also dropped a one-point bout to the wrestler who defeated Shapiro in the quarterfinals, Daniel Cardenas (Stanford). In an incredibly tight dual, this could be a swing match. 165 lbs: #3 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) vs. #4 David Carr (Iowa State) We mentioned earlier that Julian Ramirez posted his best career win in Vegas when he knocked off David Carr. That was rather surprising considering how great Carr looked in early season wins over All-Americans Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) and Michael Caliendo (Iowa). It’s a rare occurrence to have the opportunity to avenge a loss like that so quickly after the fact, so I’d imagine Carr has even more significance placed upon this match. 184 lbs: #5 Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) vs. #9 Chris Foca (Cornell) We mentioned earlier how Feldkamp got to the Vegas finals in a weight class littered with past All-Americans. One of the four that missed out on the podium was Chris Foca. Foca had an uncharacteristic 1-2 showing at the CKLV. I understand that may have been an isolated circumstance and to expect the wrestler that has previously pushed national champions Carter Starocci and Mekhi Lewis to the brink in the past (actually at the 2021 Collegiate Duals). Last year, Foca suffered a loss in Vegas and the Collegiate Duals helped him get on track and go perfect until the national semifinals. Day Two Round One 125 lbs: #1 Jakob Camacho (NC State) vs. #2 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) There’s potential for fireworks in the very first match on day two, so don’t tune in late! 125 lbs has proven to be an enigma of a weight class and that probably won’t change until the final match in Kansas City. Jakob Camacho comes in as the top-ranked wrestler after defeating returning runner-up Matt Ramos at WrangleMania. Noto briefly held the number-one ranking but was majored by Ramos at the All-Star Classic. With both wrestlers able to get after it, I’d expect an instant classic. There is an additional storyline associated with this bout. At the 2022 version of WrangleMania, these two teams squared off. After a Noto win, words were exchanged between him and the NC State corner. Coaches from both squads had to be restrained. Noto spent his first collegiate season redshirting at NC State, before transferring to Lock Haven. Obviously, there are plenty of hard feelings associated with that transfer. 141 lbs: #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) vs. #9 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) Here’s a match between two wrestlers who are looking to bounce back after suffering an unexpected loss last weekend. Mendez to 2022 All-American Cole Matthews and Happel was pinned by Columbia’s Kai Owen. It should be noted that Happel and Owen had met in Vegas and Happel prevailed via the pin. Although both of these wrestlers were top-four placers in Vegas, they did not meet. This pool has some excellent 141 lbers, so I imagine neither wrestler wants to start their day dealing with another setback. 157 lbs: #12 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) vs. #13 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) One of the unlikely stars that emerged from the CKLV Invitational was Northern Iowa’s redshirt freshman Ryder Downey. Because of a loaded bracket, Downey managed to post wins over two top-16 opponents, yet only was 2-2 and missed the top-eight. One of those key wins came over Paddy Gallagher, to the tune of 8-5. Gallagher was considered the top recruit in the high school Class of 2021 and had a bit of an up-and-down redshirt freshman campaign last season. This year he’s been much more consistent and has amassed a 14-3 record. Now can he reverse a result from Vegas? 285 lbs: #9 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) vs. #18 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) I’m unsure whether or not we’ll see this one. Tyrell Gordon returned to the mat for the first time this season in the Columbia dual and grabbed a win via fall. Gordon was 2-2 last season wrestling in his second career national tournament. When these two teams met at the 2022 Duals, Gordon posted a win over All-American Tate Orndorff. Redshirt freshman Nick Feldman suffered his first two career losses at the CKLV and had to medically forfeit down to sixth place. Feldman has managed to earn wins over opponents ranked in the same area as him (Hunter Catka/Keaton Kluever/Lewis Fernandes). Beating someone like Gordon would represent his biggest win to date. Again, Feldman was injured in Vegas and did not compete in the Pittsburgh dual, so we’ll see if he’s able to go in Nashville. Day Two Round Two 141 lbs: #4 Ryan Jack (NC State) vs. #9 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) Earlier, we stated how tough the 141 lb weight class was in this pool, now we’ve thrown Ryan Jack into the mix. Jack and Happel met in the CKLV semifinals and it was the Wolfpack wrestler that posted a major decision. These two teams met at this event in 2022 and Jack also won this matchup, 6-3. 157 lbs: #6 Ed Scott (NC State) vs. #12 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) Really, whenever Ed Scott wrestles, it could be classified as a “must-watch” match. When we last saw Scott he was winning six straight consolation matches in a furious run to third place in a loaded 157 lbs CKLV bracket. Along the way, Scott downed Downey, 4-1. A match like that shows that while Scott can put up points in bunches and be one of the more exciting wrestlers in the country, he can also grind out a win when he has to. With Downey already getting his hands on Scott once and limiting damage, I’d imagine Scott will have to do the same again. 184 lbs: #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) vs. #15 Dylan Fishback (NC State) Last year, at the Collegiate Duals, Parker Keckeisen provided us with one of the most memorable moments of the year in the NC State dual. In a CKLV finals rematch, he cradled and pinned Wolfpack star Trent Hidlay. With Hidlay up at 197 lbs, we won’t see that again; provided there’s no bumping going on. That’s okay, because NC State has an impressive redshirt freshman at this weight in Dylan Fishback. Fishback was seventh in Vegas, though he and the champion Keckeisen, never met. 285 lbs: #9 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) vs. #17 Owen Trephan (NC State) Once again, hopefully, we’ll see Tyrell Gordon in action Tuesday. His opponent in the NC State dual could be 2023 ACC champion Owen Trephan. Though Trephan has a lower ranking than you might imagine, he is part of a group of wrestlers between #10-17 that have beaten up on each other so far this season. Day Two Round Three 133 lbs: #5 Kai Orine (NC State) vs. #12 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) The one constant in a chaotic 133 lb weight class in Vegas was All-American Kai Orine. Orine was given the top seed and responded with a title and bonus points in three of his five bouts, including the championship against Evan Frost. As one of the larger 133’s, having a match of this caliber in round three should benefit Orine with plenty of time off the scale. Bouzakis was one of the stories of the tournament. He suffered a first-round upset and then wrestled all the way back for third place. That run saw Bouzakis tabulate three techs and two falls. 141 lbs: #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) vs. #4 Ryan Jack (NC State) Oh nice, a CKLV finals rematch! During that contest, Jesse Mendez got by with a 5-2 win. The rivalry between these two stretches way back into their high school days. Jack got the best of Mendez in the 2018 Super 32; however, Mendez won a shootout at the 2019 version of Who’s #1. Mendez came into the CKLV finals with bonus points in all of his previous 2023-24 matches and Jack managed to slow him down. Provided Mendez doesn’t make some huge adjustment, I’d expect another low-scoring match between the two. 149 lbs: #4 Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) vs. #5 Jackson Arrington (NC State) This is another CKLV rematch of a match won by the Buckeye. Dylan D’Emilio and Jackson Arrington met in the quarterfinals and had a classic match. Arrington jumped out to an early lead, but D’Emilio rallied to win 9-8. He’d go on to make the finals opposite top-ranked Ridge Lovett. Arrington was able to secure a spot in the top-eight then medicially forfeited out of the tournament. With their first meeting ending up 9-8, why not see another round? 184 lbs: #15 Dylan Fishback (NC State) vs. #16 Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) Though both wrestlers competed in Vegas, they did not meet each other in Sin City. Dylan Fishback came into the CKLV unbeaten. Though he suffered a pair of sudden victory losses, he finished seventh and established himself as a key player at the weight. His most significant win of the event came over returning NCAA semifinalist Trey Munoz of Oregon State. Hoffman was 2-2 at CKLV, earning a ranked win over Sam Fisher (Virginia Tech), but losing to Jaden Bullock (Michigan) and Sam Wolf (Air Force). He’s a veteran who has spent his entire career up at 197 and still might be adjusting to the lower weight. Of course, this being the third round should work to his benefit. 285 lbs: #17 Owen Trephan (NC State) vs. #18 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) Once again, it remains to be seen if we’ll get the opportunity for this matchup; as Feldman’s status is uncertain. Feldman and Trephan did not meet in Vegas and Trephan represents another solid test for Feldman, as we try to learn just how good he is in his first year in the Buckeye lineup.

Friday’s Dual Results Northern Illinois 19 California Baptist 15 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) dec Eli Griffin (California Baptist) 11-7 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) dec Nathaniel Genobana (Northern Illinois) 2-0 141 - Emilio Trujillo-Deen (California Baptist) dec Danny Curran (Northern Illinois) 13-10 149 - Tommy Curran (Northern Illinois) dec Dayne Morton (California Baptist) 2-0 157 - Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Northern Illinois) dec Nolan Miller-Johnston (California Baptist) 7-4 165 - Mateo de la Pena (California Baptist) dec Tommy Bennett (Northern Illinois) 8-6 174 - Justin Phillips (California Baptist) dec Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) 3-2 184 - Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) maj Nathan Haas (California Baptist) 11-3 197 - Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) dec Sean Carroll (Northern Illinois) 4-1 285 - Jacobi Jackson (Northern Illinois) InjDef Chris Island (California Baptist) Oregon State 48 CSU Bakersfield 0 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSU Bakersfield) 10-4 133 - Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) maj Santino Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield) 11-2 141 - Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) fall Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 1:05 149 - Nash Singleton (Oregon State) FFT 157 - Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) fall Devyn Flores-Che (CSU Bakersfield) 1:11 165 - Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) dec Guillermo Escobedo (CSU Bakersfield) 11-4 174 - Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) fall Evan Gilbert (CSU Bakersfield) 3:22 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oregon State) maj Braden Smelser (CSU Bakersfield) 19-3 197 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) fall Khristian Dove (CSU Bakersfield) :36 285 - Charley Hastriter (Oregon State) dec Jake Andrews (CSU Bakersfield) 7-5

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