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The season is officially upon us and we had all sorts of action in the ACC this weekend. We saw dominant dual performances and the youth of the conference showing out at tournaments. Let's take a look at some of the highlights from the weekend. Dual Dominance The conference finished the first week of the season with an unblemished dual record and did so in dominating fashion. Virginia handled the Bison of North Dakota State 31-6, including ranked wins from Gable Porter (133) and Kyren Butler (141) and bonus point wins from new starters Rocco Contino (174) and Max Shulaw (197). Further south in Roanoke, the Hokies dispatched the Mocs of UTC 37-6. Eddie Ventresca returned to the lineup with a tech fall, Sam Latona picked up his first ranked win at 141 and we saw an impressive debut in the lineup from Connor McGonagle, who picked up a first-period pin. The Panthers took it to the Midshipmen in Pittsburgh on Saturday, reversing a lopsided loss from last season. The 35-3 showing was highlighted by #19 Luca Augustine picking up a ranked win over #22 Danny Wask. The lone loss in the dual was a 5-4 decision win from #9 Josh Koderhandt over redshirt freshman Anthony Santaniello. They picked up bonus points from Nick Babin, Vince Santaniello, Reece Heller, and Dayton Pitzer. The new guys in town, Stanford, picked up two dual victories on the weekend. They won by the same score, 29-12, in duals against CSU Bakersfield and Utah Valley. They were on the losing side of the two most anticipated matchups of the weekend; Hunter Garvin dropped an 11-9 decision to Terrell Barraclough and Nick Stemmett lost the Battle for the Emojis 5-0 to AJ Ferrari. They looked solid up and down the lineup with Tyler Knox (133), Jaden Abas (149), Grigor Cholakyan (157), and Lorenzo Norman (174) all going 2-0 in the duals this weekend. Power of the Youth The young Hokies showed out this weekend! Highlighting the new blood was a phenomenal weekend by Sammy Sasso. He won his first dual match against UTC by pin in 1:26. Then he continued that run at the Southeast Open, winning the title on the strength of four first-period pins. Sasso is 5-0 with 5 falls and his longest match is 2 minutes and 42 seconds. I’d say that’s a pretty stellar start. Fellow Hokie freshmen Jimmy Mullen and Rafael Hipolito also had incredible performances. Mullen was 5-0 on the weekend, winning the Southeast Open and his dual match; he had three pins, a tech fall, and one win by decision. Hipolito started putting together his season-long highlight reel early with a second-period tech fall in the dual. He followed that up with a Southeast Open title with two pins and two wins by decision. Open Performances Every ACC team sent some reps to opens across the country this weekend - Menlo Open, Southeast Open, Clarion Open, and Battle at the Citadel. We already hit on the Hokies performance at the Southeast Open but the Tar Heels also had a great run in Roanoke. Their performance was highlighted by Spencer Moore winning the title at 125 with a win by major decision over #14 Jett Strickenberger in the finals. Ethan Oakley made his UNC debut winning the title at 133, followed by Jayden Scott earning the crown at 141. Lachlan McNeil took the mat at 149 for the first time, making a strong run to the finals before dropping a tight match to #3 Ty Watters in sudden victory. The Tar Heels also won four titles in the Freshman/Sophomore division; Elias Navida (133), Nick O’Neill (141), Jake Dailey (184) and Robert Platt (197) all finished atop the podium. Duke and NC State headed south for the Battle at the Citadel. The Wolfpack took a large contingent and brought home five titles. Vincent Robinson (125), Draegen Orine (133), Kai Orine (141), Derek Fields (165) and Christian Knop (197) all won individual titles. Fields and Knop also both picked up ranked wins on the day. Owen Trephan competed unattached and met up with Blue Devil Connor Barket in the finals; both wrestlers bonused their way to the title match. Trephan won by tech fall over Barket to earn the top spot on the podium.

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We're underway! The 2024-25 season has begun and we have a full slate of DI duals this week. A total of 33 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Friday, November 8: Gannon at Kent State, 2:00 PM BoxCast Utah Valley at Nebraska 7:00 PM B1G+ Stanford at Iowa State 8:00 PM ESPN+ Oregon State at North Dakota State 8:00 PM NDSU All-Access Oklahoma at Air Force 10:00 PM FloWrestling Throwdown on the Yorktown Army West Point vs. Gardner-Webb at Charleston, SC 5:30 PM FloWrestling The Citadel vs. Virginia at Charleston, SC 5:30 PM FloWrestling Army West Point vs. The Citadel at Charleston, SC 7:00 PM FloWrestling Gardner-Webb vs. Virginia at Charleston, SC 7:00 PM FloWrestling Saturday, November 9: Appalachian State, Davidson, Minnesota, Virginia Tech at Mountaineer Invitational, hosted by Appalachian State, 9:00 AM Central Michigan, Edinboro, Indiana, Kent State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio, Wisconsin at Michigan State Open 9:30 AM Minnesota, North Dakota State, South Dakota State at Bison Open 10:00 AM Cal Poly, Little Rock, Maryland, Missouri, Purdue, SIU Edwardsville at Tiger Style Invitational Kansas City, MO, 11:00 AM FloWrestling WrangleMania Buffalo vs. Sacred Heart at Bethlehem, PA 10:00 AM FloWrestling Duke vs. LIU at Bethlehem, PA 10:00 AM FloWrestling Franklin & Marshall vs. VMI at Bethlehem, PA 10:00 AM FloWrestling Binghamton vs. Illinois at Bethlehem, PA 12:00 PM FloWrestling Buffalo vs. California Baptist at Bethlehem, PA 12:00 PM FloWrestling Sacred Heart vs. VMI at Bethlehem, PA 12:00 PM FloWrestling Arizona State vs. LIU at Bethlehem, PA 2:00 PM FloWrestling California Baptist vs. Campbell at Bethlehem, PA 2:00 PM FloWrestling Duke vs. Rutgers at Bethlehem, PA 2:00 PM FloWrestling Arizona State vs. Illinois at Bethlehem, PA 4:00 PM FloWrestling Campbell vs. NC State at Bethlehem, PA 4:00 PM FloWrestling Franklin & Marshall vs. Rutgers at Bethlehem, PA 4:00 PM FloWrestling Bloomsburg at George Mason 12:00 PM ESPN+ Drexel vs. North Carolina at Navy 12:00 PM Navy Athletics YouTube ? Bloomsburg vs. Williams at George Mason 1:30 PM George Mason All-Access Millersville at George Mason 1:30 PM ESPN+ George Mason All-Access Drexel at Navy 1:30 PM Navy Athletics YouTube Stanford at Iowa 2:00 PM Big Ten Network Bloomsburg vs. Millersville at George Mason 3:00 PM George Mason All-Access Williams at George Mason 3:00 PM ESPN+ North Carolina at Navy 3:00 PM Navy Athletics YouTube Western Wyoming at Wyoming 4:00 PM FloWrestling Sunday, November 10: Arizona State, Army West Point, Binghamton, Buffalo, California Baptist, Cornell, Duke, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Hofstra, Illinois, Lehigh, LIU, Lock Haven, NC State, Penn, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, VMI at Journeymen Collegiate Classic, Bethlehem, PA, 9:00 AM FloWrestling Cleveland State, Mercyhurst at Bob Del Rosa Open 10:00 AM Glenville State at Morgan State 2:00 PM MorganState All-Access Bucknell at Morgan State 4:00 PM MorganState All-Access Clarion at American 6:00 PM ESPN+

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The first week of the 2025 Fantasy College Wrestling season started off with a BOOM with some surprising match results and overpowering runs through some tournaments. As it is the first week of the season, the Week 1 Top-20 fantasy standings and the Top-33 (in this case, Top-34 technically) Overall Standings are going to be basically identical. For these standings, we will be using the Basic Fantasy Scoring through @WrestleStat (Win by Dec +3, Loss by Dec -3, Win by Pin +6, Loss by Pin -6, etc). Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Standings are first ordered based on total Fpts, then if tied by Points Per Match (PPM). Week 1 Notes: Sonny Sasso (VT) holds the #1 overall standing with five matches (one dual and a championship run through the Southeast Open) all ending with a slap on the mat by the ref. He holds a commanding seven point lead over #2 (and rival 197 lber) Michael Beard (LEH) who also wrestled five matches, but all at the Clarion Open. At #3, True Freshman Brenan Morgan (UVA) powered his way through the Freshman/Sophomore division of the Southeast Open, and could have been #2 had one of his opponents been D1 competition (funny enough, that unattached wrestler was named Sebastian Rivera…. But not that SeBas). The rest of the Top-10 of week 1 is filled with Hokies and Buckeyes, except for Owen Trephan (NCST) who put in a 21 Fpt week to tie for fifth. There is still plenty of season to go and I can guarantee that we are going to see new names pop up and other names drop week-to-week. That said, InterMat and @FantasyD1Wrestl will be there to guide you through the chaos.

On Friday night #15 Stanford will travel to #7 Iowa State in the first half of a two-day stretch that sees the Cardinal challenge themselves against a pair of college wrestling powers - they’ll also face #2 Iowa on Saturday. Not only is the Iowa State/Stanford dual a clash between a pair of top-15 teams, but it will also pit two of the best program-builders against each other as you look at the team’s respective leaders. Kevin Dresser leads the Iowa State Cyclones while Chris Ayres starts his second season as Stanford’s head coach. You might not initially expect it, but the two have had some similarities during their long coaching careers. Both were hired for their first collegiate head coaching positions during the amazing offseason of 2006. InterMat has covered this topic in-depth as 15 head coaching jobs were open that year and it changed the landscape for college wrestling coaching forward. Iowa brought back Tom Brands, Ohio State hired Tom Ryan, and Iowa State elevated Cael Sanderson. In the midst of all of these high-profile hirings, there was considerably less fanfare surrounding Virginia Tech hiring Kevin Dresser and Princeton tabbing Chris Ayres as their next head coach. Both walked into extremely difficult situations. Neither was at a program that was known for prolonged success; however, both took their respective schools to heights that seemed unattainable in 2006. Dresser was the head coach at Christiansburg High School, the next town over from Virginia Tech’s home in Blacksburg. At the high school level, Dresser already had achieved notoriety for his success at Virginia’s Grundy High School and then took over a Christiansburg team that couldn’t fill out a full lineup and was an afterthought in Virginia. When he left for Tech, Dresser had made Christiansburg into a program that was ranked in the top five nationally, churning out DI recruits, and dominating the Virginia AA State Tournament. Dresser walked into a Virginia Tech program that was in shambles after Brands left for Iowa. Brands spent only two years in Blacksburg, but injected the school with newfound energy towards its wrestling program and inked the #2 overall recruit class of 2005. When Brands left for Iowa - the key components of that recruiting class followed - including two-time NCAA champion Brent Metcalf, 2010 NCAA champion Jay Borschel, NCAA finalist Joey Slaton, and more. Transfer rules at the time stated that wrestlers needed a signed release to compete the following year after a transfer. To this day, there are arguments about the release being guaranteed during the recruiting process; however, one was not granted and the transfers had to sit out and lose a year of eligibility at Iowa. Dresser served as a de facto consultant to help hire Brands’ successor and even had to help convince Virginia Tech not to drop the program as the athletic department felt jilted for the new investment into wrestling. Eventually, Dresser was coaxed into taking the job himself and quickly built Virginia Tech into a respectable, consistent program. The 2009 Virginia Tech team had eight national qualifiers after producing 21 in the eight years leading up to 2009. I happened to be at the Hokie NCAA social that year and there was a very festive atmosphere surrounding the team’s performance. Dresser stunned the room by pushing the kibosh on these sentiments, saying he “wasn’t looking for a bunch of NCAA qualifiers, he’s looking to have wrestlers on that stage on Saturday night.” That mentality saw the Hokies continue to grow year-by-year and eventually they did put a wrestler in the NCAA finals (Devin Carter - 2014). Two years later, Virginia Tech took home an NCAA team trophy (fourth place) in New York City, finishing a spot ahead of Iowa - there were lingering bad feelings on both sides after the Brands departure. Less than a year after the 2016 NCAA Tournament, Iowa State’s Kevin Jackson was relieved of his head coaching duties midseason. That led to Dresser being named the Cyclones head coach before the end of the 2016-17 season. Coming full circle to 2006, Dresser shocked the wrestling world by hiring Metcalf as one of his assistant coaches at Iowa State. At Iowa State, Dresser needed a few years to get his own recruits in place, but he recruited and oversaw the career of 2x NCAA champion David Carr and has led a team that finished 11th at the NCAA Tournament in 2023 and fourth in 2024. Though Iowa State is still looking for their first win over Iowa under Dresser, they did finish a spot ahead of the Hawkeyes in March. Dresser’s 2024-25 team could be his best yet, though there are plenty of questions surrounding the lineup at multiple weights. What we do know is that the Cyclones will field a lineup that includes four returning All-Americans . While Dresser only needed a few years to bring Virginia Tech to respectability, Ayres faced a much steeper climb at Princeton. Ayres was serving as an assistant on staff at his alma mater, Lehigh, when he got the opportunity to take his first head coaching position - at Princeton. He had also applied to Hofstra and was in the mix for the Virginia job. To say Ayres’ early years at Princeton were rough would be putting it lightly. The Tigers lost their first 35 duals under Ayres and their first national qualifier didn’t come until 2010. Initially, Ayres assumed he could bring in some recent Lehigh grads who were part of an NCAA trophy-winning team in 2004 (Derek Zinck/Troy Letters) and they’d “teach the kids some moves” and they’d be good. Once he saw it was more difficult than that, Ayres focused on building a strong foundation for his program. Princeton’s big win on the recruiting trail came in 2008 as Ayres’ staff inked Daniel Kolodizk. Kolodzik would go on to make the NCAA Round of 12. Three years after Daniel finished his career, Ayres’ crew was able to lock down the younger Kolodzik brother, Matt, a top-ten recruit in the Class of 2015. In 2016, Princeton had its big breakthrough and Brett Harner made the NCAA podium - taking eighth in the 197 lb weight class. He was the school’s first AA in 13 years and the first for Ayres. A year later, Matt Kolodzik became the first freshman to get on the podium for Princeton. That momentum was all Princeton needed and they continued to improve. Highlights of Ayres’ tenure at the Ivy League school include knocking off Cornell in 2020 - ending the Big Red’s 18-year stranglehold on the Ivy League title. It was Princeton’s first Ivy title since 1986. In 2023, Pat Glory became only the second Princeton wrestler to win a national title and the first since 1951. He along with Quincy Monday helped lead the Tigers to a 13th place finish at nationals. From 0-35 to 13th in the nation. In an in-depth feature on Ayres’ hiring by Princeton, he called those early years the “best time I never want to go through again. I never want to go through that again, but the lessons learned were so impactful.” Ayres didn’t have to go through that again with his next job. Late in the summer of 2023 a game of head coaching musical chairs broke out leaving the Stanford program without a head coach. Ayres threw his hat into the ring and was ultimately chosen to lead the Cardinal. Ayres took over a team that had recruited extremely well under Rob Koll and finished the 2024 season with a pair of All-Americans - both from the Class of 2022. That strong recruiting has carried on under Ayres and Stanford looks like a very imposing team as they kick off their first campaign in the ACC. Friday’s dual will mark only the second time that Ayres and Dresser have coached against each other in dual competition. They met when their previous schools dualed each other in January of 2017, just a month before Dresser accepted the Iowa State position. In that meeting, Virginia Tech prevailed 28-11. The Princeton/Virginia Tech series likely had something to do with Ayres’ assistant coach Sean Gray - a Virginia Tech alum. Before Dresser’s arrival, Gray was the only multiple-time All-American in Hokie wrestling history. Gray has since joined Ayres at Stanford. As these two coaches are looking to take their current programs to new heights, remember that they are led by two of the best program-builders in our sport. They each took over programs with the promise of trophies and national accolades; however, both were near the bottom of the DI ranks 18 years ago and have carved out incredible coaching careers along the way.

The top prospect in the high school Class of 2026, Bo Bassett, has vowed to keep fans abreast of his recruiting with daily Wednesday updates. After a brief hiatus Bassett is back and has posted an updated graphic which has eliminated one more school from consideration. Earlier this year, Bassett posted a graphic that contained the logos of approximately 80 schools, most of the DI variety, but some DII’s as well, to signify that he’s totally open in the recruiting process. After more than three months of removing schools from the list, he’s down to 14. One school was removed from this week's graphic: Princeton The following schools remain on Bassett’s graphic and therefore in contention for his services: Arizona State, Cornell, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Pitt-Johnstown, Rutgers, Virginia Tech. One school was removed from the 10/9 graphic: Air Force One school was removed from the 10/2 graphic: Lehigh One school was removed from the 9/25 graphic: Pittsburgh One school was removed from the 9/18 graphic: Stanford One school was removed from the 9/11 graphic: NC State These three schools were removed from the 9/4 graphic: American, North Carolina, Wisconsin These three schools were removed from the 8/28 graphic: Clarion, Little Rock, Minnesota The following schools were removed from the 8/21 graphic: Penn, Oklahoma, Oregon State The following schools were removed from the 8/14 graphic: Bucknell, Virginia, Wyoming The following schools were removed from the 8/7 graphic: Brown, Northern Colorado, Purdue The following schools were removed from the 7/31 graphic: California Baptist, Michigan State, Navy The following schools were removed from the 7/24 graphic: Army West Point, Campbell, Edinboro, Harvard, Illinois, North Dakota State, South Dakota State The following schools were removed from the 7/17 graphic: Cal Poly, Columbia, Indiana, Maryland, Millersville, The Citadel, and West Virginia The following schools were removed from the 7/10 graphic: CSU Bakersfield, George Mason, Hofstra, Northwestern, Rider, UW Parkside, West Liberty The following schools were removed from the 7/3 graphic: Appalachian State, Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Drexel, Kent State, Ohio, and St. Cloud State The following schools were removed from the 6/26 graphic: Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Northern Illinois, Sacred Heart, SIU Edwardsville Bassett has already taken on-campus visits to Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State. In Bassett's weekly recruiting update, he noted dates for upcoming official campus visits: Nov 8-10 - Ohio State Nov 15-17 - Virginia Tech Nov 22-24 - Oklahoma State Jan 24-26 - Rutgers

Sunday gave us the Clarion Open which marked the first competition for many teams during the 2024-25 season. One of which was #6 Ohio State. The Buckeyes have been one of the teams that have had the most intrigue during the preseason, because of the possible permutations in their lineup. Mainly the back half, but as we’ve seen, there are multiple options down low, as well. As promised, we’ve tried to dig and obtain information regarding the Ohio State lineup, as there were some surprises on Sunday. The most notable and obvious change for the Buckeyes was 2024 NCAA runner-up, Rocco Welsh, wrestling unattached up at 184 lbs. Welsh made the national finals during his freshman year - a season that started with him intending on redshirting. A season-ending injury to All-American Carson Kharchla led to Welsh’s redshirt being pulled. That same situation occurred last year at 184 lbs when Gavin Hoffman was lost for the year and true freshman Ryder Rogotzke stepped up. Rogotzke obviously didn’t have the same national-level success as Welsh; however, he was fifth in the Big Ten, the #18 seed at nationals, and went 1-2 in Kansas City. Fast forward back to 2024 and Welsh ran through the Clarion Open with ease. In the finals, he posted a 7-2 win over 2024 national qualifier Jaden Bullock of Michigan. The other item of note relating to this situation is that Welsh has been removed from the 174 lb match at the NWCA All-Star Match and Cade Devos (South Dakota State) was inserted to take his place. The way we understand the situation is that Ohio State will make a decision as to who is the starter at this weight within the next few days. They are not in a dire position to rush a decision, since their next dual is on November 14th against Chattanooga, followed by Edinboro on the 17th. You’d expect either of Ohio State’s 184 lb options to be favored in both of those contests. Even so, we’re been told there should be a decision relatively soon as to who starts and who sits. With Welsh out of the picture at 174 lbs, that leaves Kharchla as the long-term option at 174. Kharchla will not be available for Ohio State’s next few duals, so they’ll have to get creative as there is no real backup at 174. Maybe they bump 165 lber Chase Carter. Perhaps one of the 157 lbers moves up or even true freshman Ethan Birden (who went 3-1 at 165). To put a bow on the second half of the Buckeye lineup, let’s talk 165 lbs. Bryce Hepner is the returning starter, but all preseason we’ve heard about the return of two-time national runner-up Sammy Sasso. Sasso was set to wrestle 157 lbs last season, but was seriously injured after a shooting in a car-jacking incident. It doesn’t appear as if Sasso is quite ready for live competition yet, so we’ll see Hepner in the near future. Circling back around to the beginning of the Ohio State lineup and perhaps the most difficult-to-predict lineup battle at 125 lbs between Brendan McCrone and Vinny Kilkeary. McCrone came in a year ahead of Kilkeary and was a much less-heralded recruit. Even so, he won the job last year and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. I’m sure most fans assumed that Kilkeary would be ready to take the starting position and run with it in 2024-25. That ultimately may end up happening, but McCrone isn’t going without a fight. The incumbent staved off Kilkeary with a 5-3 win in the Clarion Open finals. Since neither has a redshirt available, we’ll have to play the “wait-and-see” game here. Obviously, the two continue to be very close - with McCrone still holding the upperhand. A key tell in this decision should be who is Ohio State’s representative at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, which occurs about a month from now. Another potential battle that popped up that perhaps we were overlooking was at 133 lbs. Nic Bouzakis is a redshirt sophomore who had a solid 2023-24 season, but one that wasn’t necessarily up to the lofty standards that one may expect from a wrestler of his pedigree (#5 overall recruit in 2022). Ohio State has a true freshman at 133 in Ben Davino who was a top-five overall recruit, himself. Davino blitzed the Clarion Open field with bonus point wins over national qualifier Max Leete (American) and veteran Colton Camacho (Edinboro), before taking out Bouzakis in the title bout. Obviously, the Buckeye staff can use a redshirt for Davino in 2024-25. That would work out well. But, if the decision is to wrestle Welsh this year at 184 lbs, you’re putting the best possible lineup on the mat and in NCAA Team trophy contention. If Davino is a clear step above Bouzakis, in a 133 lb weight class that lost both of its national finalists to graduation - you have to go with Davino, right? In Tuesday’s updated rankings, Bouzakis comes in at #15 at 133 lbs. When he’s at his best, he’s certainly an All-American caliber wrestler. The key is finding that consistency. And for Davino? How does he fare against other top contenders at the weight? Can he beat them on a regular basis or was the Bouzakis win due to familiarity between teammates? Looking at Ohio State’s schedule. My guess is that they let Davino hit another open or two in the next month, while monitoring Bouzakis’ progress at CKLV. The Buckeyes wrap up the 2024 calendar year in Nashville at the Collegiate Duals with duals against Lock Haven, North Carolina, and Iowa State. Those three teams have #5 Evan Frost (Iowa State), #14 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven), and #17 Ethan Oakley (North Carolina). It might be a good idea to give Davino a shot in two of those matches to see how he handles those sorts of competitors. As coaches always say, it’s a good problem to have. Ohio State has multiple wrestlers who can go deep in the national tournament at multiple weights. The tough part is determining which ones get the call for the Big Ten season and the postseason.

Highlights Princeton claims 3 Champs at Princeton Open Princeton Open (11/3) Brown, Columbia, and Princeton were all competing Brown Placers 133: Jacob Joyce – 3rd 285: Alex Semenenko – 5th Columbia Placers 125: Sulayman Bah – 6th 133: Zach (Boris) Witmer – 5th 141: Kai Owen – 2nd 165: Cesar Alvan – 2nd 174: Jack Mcgill – 4th 285: Richard Ryu – 4th 285: Billy McChesney – 6th Princeton Placers 125: Ethan Rivera – 5th 133: Drew Heethuis – 6th 149: Ty Whalen – 1st 174: Xavier Giles – 6th 184: Mikey Squires – 1st 285: Sebastian Garibaldi – 1st Clarion Open (11/3) Brown (unattached), Harvard (unattached) Brown Placers 165: Keegan Rothrock (unattached) – 4th Harvard Placers 149: Jack Crook (unattached) – 5th

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Highlights Army’s Ethan Berginc beats 2X All-American, Anthony Noto of Lock Haven Lehigh claims 2 Champs each at Princeton Open and Clarion Open Army West Point earned 3 Champs at Princeton Open Bucknell, Drexel, and Hofstra each claim 1 Champ in various opens Southeast Open (11/2) Franklin and Marshall and Morgan State were both participants F&M Placers 125: Ejiro Montoya (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 4th 125: Jackson Parker (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 6th 125: James Garcia (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 2nd 141: Bryce Kresho (Open) – 3rd 197: RJ Moore (Open) – 5th Morgan State Placers 149: Aaron Turner (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 3rd 157: Shaymus Macintosh (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 6th 174: Cartilius Vann (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 5th 174: Darrien Roberts (Open) – 2nd 184: Kingsley Menifee (Freshman/Sophomore Division) – 3rd 285: Xavier Doolin (Open) – 6th Princeton Open (11/3) Army, Hofstra, and Lehigh were all participants Army Placers 125: Charles Farmer – 3rd 133: Ethan Berginc – 1st 141: Ryan Franco – 4th 141: Rich Treanor – 6th 149: Trae McDaniel – 5th 157: Mark Metz – 4th 157: Dakota Morris – 5th 165: Gunnar Filipowicz – 1st 174: Dalton Harkins – 1st 174: Cooper Haase – 2nd 197: Wolfgang Frable – 3rd 197: Austin Kohlhofer – 5th 285: Sam Sorenson – 2nd 285: Brady Colbert – 3rd Hofstra Placers 133: Gauge Shipp – 4th 197: Will Conlon (unattached) – 1st Lehigh Placers 125: Sheldon Seymour – 1st 125: Matty Lopes – 2nd 125: Mason Ziegler – 4th 141: Carter Bailey – 5th 149: Kelvin Griffin – 3rd 157: Logan Rozynski – 1st 157: Griffin Gonzalez – 3rd 165: Thayne Lawrence – 6th 174: Rylan Rogers – 5th 197: JT Davis – 4th East Stroudsburg Open (11/3) Bucknell (unattached) and Drexel Bucknell Placers 285: Riley Godek – 1st Drexel Placers 149: Jonathan Fuller – 5th 157: Jayden Iznaga – 2nd 157: Roman Onorato – 4th 165: Ty Borkowski – 2nd 174: Jasiah Queen (unattached) – 1st 197: Dan Rella – 3rd Clarion Open (11/3) American, Bucknell Lehigh, and Navy all had wrestlers compete American Placers 133: Max Leete (unattached) – 5th Bucknell Placers 184: Tyler Bienus – 6th Lehigh Placers 141: Luke Stanich (unattached) – 2nd 165: Max Brignola (unattached) – 1st 197: Michael Beard – 1st 285: Nathan Taylor – 2nd Navy Placers 184: Daniel Williams – 3rd Duals (11/2) - Michigan State (20) vs. American (12) 125: Coen Bailey (AU) dec. Caleb Weiand (MSU), 18-17 (AU 3-0) 133: Andrew Hampton (MSU) dec. Shamil Kalmatov (AU), 2-0 (Tied 3-3) 141: Jack Maida (AU) dec. Jaden Crumpler (MSU), 6-4 (AU 6-3) 149: Clayton Jones (MSU) dec. Gage Owen (AU), 10-9 (Tied 6-6) 157: Branden Stauffenberg (MSU) dec. Jack Nies (AU), 3-1 (MSU 9-6) 165: Kaden Milheim (AU) dec. DJ Shannon (MSU), 7-3 (Tied 9-9) 174: Ceasar Garza (MSU) dec. Caleb Campos (AU), 18-12 (MSU 12-9) 184: Lucas Daly (MSU) dec. Lucas White (AU), 2-0 (MSU 15-9) 197: Remy Cotton (MSU) tech. fall Liam Volk-Klos (AU), 21-6 (MSU 20-9) 285: #26 Will Jarrell (AU) dec. Max Vanadia (MSU), 6-4 (MSU 20-12) (11/2) - #25 Pitt (35) vs. Navy (3) 125: No. 28 Nick Babin (Pitt) fall Nick Treaster (Navy), 6:58 (Pitt leads 6-0) 133: No 31. Vinnie Santaniello (Pitt) tech fall Hunter Heflin (Navy), 16-2 (Pitt leads 11-0) 141: No. 9 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec. Anthony Santaniello (Pitt), 5-4 (Pitt leads 11-3) 149: No. 29 Finn Solomon (Pitt) dec Kaemen Smith (Navy), 16-9, (Pitt leads 14-3) 157: Dylan Evans (Pitt) dec. Jonathan Ley (Navy), 7-3 (Pitt leads 17-3) 165: Kelin Laffey (Pitt) dec. Tyler Sagi (Navy), 4-2 (Pitt leads 20-3) 174: No. 19 Luca Augustine (Pitt) dec. No. 22 Danny Wask (Navy), 4-3 (Pitt leads 23-3) 184: No. 18 Reece Heller (Pitt) major dec. Zayn Hall (Navy), 11-2 (Pitt leads 27-3) 197: No. 14 Mac Stout (Pitt) dec. Payton Thomas (Navy), 11-5 (Pitt leads 30-3) 285: No. 12 Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) tech fall Alistair Larson (Navy), 15-0 (Pitt lead 35-3) (11/3) Bucknell (35) vs Kent State (9) 125: Kade Davidheiser dec. (6-3) Nico Calello (Bucknell 3, Kent State 0) 133: No. 11 Kurt Phipps TF (16-0,5:48) Tyeler Hagensen (Bucknell 8, Kent State 0) 141: No. 25 Dylan Chappell fall (4:55) Eli Ascroft (Bucknell 14, Kent State 0) 149: Braden Bower dec. (4-1) Billy Meiszner (Bucknell 17, Kent State 0) 157: Cade Wirnsberger dec. (3-2) Aaron Ferguson (Bucknell 20, Kent State 0) 165: Ethan Barr fall (5:30) No. 14 Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell 20, Kent State 6) 174: No. 29 Myles Takats TF (21-4, 6:26) Waylon Wehler (Bucknell 25, Kent State 6) 184: Logan Deacetis major dec. (11-0) Trent Thomas (Bucknell 29, Kent State 6) 197: Dillon Bechtold fall (6:22) Blake Schaffer (Bucknell 35, Kent State 6) 285: Brentan Simmerman SV dec. (5-2) Logan Shepherd (Bucknell 35, Kent State 9) #27 Maryland (26) vs. Bucknell (11) 125: Tyler Garvin dec. (8-2) Kade Davidheiser (Maryland 3, Bucknell 0) 133: No. 15 Braxton Brown dec. (7-3) No. 11 Kurt Phipps (Maryland 6, Bucknell 0) 141: No. 25 Dylan Chappell dec. (5-1) Michael Pizzuto (Maryland 6, Bucknell 3) 149: No. 27 Kal Miller dec. (10-4) Braden Bower (Maryland 9, Bucknell 3) 157: No. 19 Ethen Miller dec. (10-3) Cade Wirnsberger (Maryland 12, Bucknell 3) 165: Ryan Money wins MFF (Maryland 18, Bucknell 3) 174: No. 29 Myles Taktas TF (20-4, 6:24) Branson John (Maryland 18, Bucknell 184: No. 9 Jaxon Smith major dec. (14-5) Logan Deacetis (Maryland 22, Bucknell 197: Dillon Bechtold dec. (9-6) Chase Mielnik (Maryland 22, Bucknell 11) 285: No. 23 Seth Nevills major dec. (9-1) Logan Shephard (Maryland 26, Bucknell 11) (11/3) Sacred Heart (32) vs Presbyterian (11) 157: Felix Lettini (SHU) def. Elijah Holiday (PC) by Tech Fall, 16-1 (6:32) 165: Mike McGhee (SHU) def. Joshua Roe (PC) by Decision, 9-6 174: Aidan Zarrella (SHU) def. Reed Douglass (PC) by Major Decision, 16-7 184: Caleb Roe (PC) def. Hunter Perez (SHU) by Decision, 9-4 197: Jake Trovato (SHU) def. Toler Hornick (PC) by Fall (0:31) 285: Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) def. Nathan Carnes (PC) by Fall (5:22) 125: Mikey Manta (SHU) def. Brayden Adams (PC) by Decision, 11-4 133: Andrew Fallon (SHU) def. TJ Rodier (PC) by Tech Fall, 18-3 (3:27) 141: Trent Donahue (PC) def. Jake Ice (SHU) by Tech Fall, 15-0 (6:31) 149: Ryan Luna (PC) def. Vincent Milazzo (SHU) by Decision, 4-3 Extra: Reed Douglass (PC) def. Owen Ayotte (SHU) by TF, 20-5 (5:51)

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