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2022 NCAA Runner-Up Ridge Lovett (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) Congratulations are in order, or maybe condolences depending on how last week went. You could be like me in one of my leagues, who started off with three straight losses and in Week 4 won by a score of 6 Fpts to 4 Fpts, to make it to the Championship Dual. You could also be like me in one of my leagues who lead the league in points and dual wins from Week 1 to Week 14, only to have one slip up in the Playoffs and now fighting for 3rd place. On the fantasy standings front, 285 Wyatt Hendrickson (AF) closed the gap to within 6 Fpts against 285 Mason Parris (MICH) who leads the overall standings with 112 Fpts. With both teams having one dual left, that means if Hendrickson pins (which he is projected to do), and Mason does not wrestle or win, then Hendrickson becomes your 2023 Fantasy Wrestler of the Year. If Mason Parris wrestles and wins, then he is crowned the Fantasy Champ. Helping put Hendrickson in this position was a strong week 15 with two pins (12 Fpts). But the Week 15 Fantasy Wrestler may not be a household name: 133 TJ England wrestled five matches and scored 14 Fpts to take the week. On to the FINAL week of the WrestleStat season: Week 16. The Last Chance Open could be your savior or the reason for your demise. Unfortunately, limited entry info is currently available, but there will still be time even after some teams lock on Thursday 2/16. Teams locking on Thursday at Noon include: Arizona State, CSU Bakersfield, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State. Have a question, concern, suggestions, or just want to chat about Fantasy Wrestling? Hit us up on Twitter or head over to the InterMat Forums where we have a Fantasy Wrestling dedicated Forum page! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125 Caleb Smith (APP)- Vs Campbell, Vs Presbyterian, Vs Davidson [+13] Braxton Brown (MD)- Vs Binghamton, @ Columbia [+6] Spencer Lee (IOWA)- Vs Oklahoma State [+5] Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- Vs Navy [+4] Diego Sotelo (HARV)- Vs Brown [+4] Jack Medley (MICH)- Vs Central Michigan [+4] Ryan Miller (PENN)- Vs American [+4] Colton Camacho (PITT)- Vs Duke [+4] Blair Orr (CIT)- @ VMI [+3] Markel Baker (GMU)- @ Rider [+3] Jacob Moran (IND)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Tristan Lujan (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+3] Stevo Poulin (UNCO)- Vs Air Force [+3] Blake West (NIU)- @ SIU-Edwardsville [+3] Brandon Kaylor (ORST)- @ Cal Poly [+3] Eric Barnett (WISC)- Vs UNI [+3] Eddie Ventresca (VT)- Vs Virginia [+3] 133 Daton Fix (OKST)- Vs Oklahoma, @ Iowa [+8] Michael McGee (ASU)- Vs CSU Bakersfield, @ Nebraska [+6] Hunter Adrian (BRWN)- @ Harvard, @ Sacred Heart [+6] Gable Strickland (LHU)- Vs Edinboro, Vs West Virginia [+6] Dylan Ragusin (MICH)- Vs Central Michigan [+5] Roman Bravo-Young (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+5] Michael Colaiocco (PENN)- Vs American [+5] Cole Rhone (BU)- Vs Edinboro [+4] Rayvon Foley (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+4] Micky Phillippi (PITT)- Vs Duke [+4] Sam Latona (VT)- Vs Virginia [+4] Cody Phippen (AF)- @ Northern Colorado [+3] Kurt Phipps (BUCK)- Vs Princeton [+3] Domenic Zaccone (CAMP)- @ Appalachian State [+3] Vito Arujau (COR)- @ Ohio State [+3] Kai Orine (NCST) - @ North Carolina [+3] McGuire Midkiff (NDSU)- Vs South Dakota State [+3] Kyle Biscoglia (UNI)- @ Wisconsin [+3] Jason Shaner (ORST)- @ Cal Poly [+3] 141 McKenzie Bell (RID)- Vs George Mason, Ves Cleveland State, Vs Drexel [+9] Jordan Titus (WVU)- Vs Clarion, @ Lock Haven [+6] Andrew Alirez (UNCO)- Vs Air Force [+5] Justin Hoyle (HOF)- Vs California Baptist [+4] Carmen Ferrante (PENN)- Vs American [+4] Cole Matthews (PITT)- Vs Duke [+4] Josh Mason (BU)- Vs Edinboro [+3] Darren Miller (BUCK)- Vs Princeton [+3] Shannon Hanna (CAMP)- @ Appalachian State [+3] Matt Kazimir (COL)- Vs Maryland [+3] Joseph Cangro (HARV)- Vs Brown [+3] Real Woods (IOWA)- Vs Oklahoma State [+3] Jordan Hamdan (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+3] Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY)- @ Army [+3] Brock Hardy (NEB)- Vs Arizona State [+3] Beau Bartlett (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+3] Clay Carlson (SDSU)- @ North Dakota State [+3] 149 Ridge Lovett (NEB)- Last Chance Open Jon Jon Millner (APP)- Vs Campbell, Vs Presbyterian, Vs Davidson [+14] Quinn Kinner (RID)- Vs George Mason, Vs Cleveland State, Vs Drexel [+9] Kyle Parco (ASU)- Vs CSU Bakersfield, @ Nebraska [+7] Ethen Miller (MD)- Vs Binghamton, @ Columbia [+7] Doug Zapf (PENN)- Vs American [+5] Shayne Van Ness (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+4] Trae McDaniel (ARMY)- Vs Navy [+3] Dylan Chappell (BUCK)- Vs Princeton [+3] Yianni Diakomihalis (COR)- @ Ohio State [+3] Alec Hagen (OHIO)- @ Buffalo [+3] Tyler Badgett (PITT)- Vs Duke [+3] Caleb Tyus (SIUE)- Vs Northern Illinois [+3] Jaden Abas (STAN)- @ Cal Poly [+3] Austin Gomez (WISC)- Vs UNI [+3] Caleb Henson (VT)- Vs Virginia [+3] 157 Tommy Askey (APP)- Vs Campbell, Vs Presbyterian, Vs Davidson [+12] Marcus Robinson (CSU)- @ Drexel, @ Rider [+6] Ashton Eyler (LHU)- Vs Edinboro, Vs West Virginia [+6] Levi Haines (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+5] Anthony Artalona (PENN)- Vs American [+4] Peyton Robb (NEB)- Vs Arizona State [+4] Bryce Andonian (VT)- Vs Virginia [+4] Peter Pappas (GMU)- @ Rider [+3] Derek Gilcher (IND)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Will Lewan (MICH)- Vs Central Michigan [+3] Chase Saldate (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+3] Jared Franek (NDSU)- Vs South Dakota State [+3] 165 William Formato (APP)- Vs Campbell, Vs Presbyterian, Vs Davidson [+10] Evan Barczak (DREX)- @ Rider, Vs Cleveland State, Vs American [+9] Peyton Hall (WVU)- Vs Clarion, @ Lock Haven [+6] Quincy Monday (PRIN)- @ Bucknell [+5] Giano Petrucelli (AF)- @ Northern Colorado [+4] Frank Almaguer (CBU)- @ Hofstra [+4] Dean Hamiti (WISC)- Vs UNI [+4] Joshua Ogunsanya (COL)- Vs Maryland [+3] Matthew Singleton (NCST)- @ North Carolina [+3] Izzak Olejnik (NIU)- @ SIU-Edwardsville [+3] Matthew Olguin (ORST)- @ Cal Poly [+3] Alex Facundo (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+3] Holden Heller (PITT)- Vs Duke [+3] Shane Griffith (STAN)- @ Cal Poly [+3] Justin McCoy (UVA)- @ Virginia Tech [+3] 174 Elise Brown Ton (NEB)- Last Chance Open Michael O'Malley (DREX)- @ Rider, Vs Cleveland State, Vs American [+11] Will Miller (APP)- Vs Campbell, Vs Presbyterian, Vs Davidson [+9] Phil Conigliaro (HARV)- Vs Brown [+4] Michael Labriola (NEB)- Vs Arizona State [+4] Carter Starocci (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+4] Mekhi Lewis (VT)- Vs Virginia [+4] Clay Lautt (UNC)- Vs NC State [+3] Lance Runyon (UNI)- @ Wisconsin [+3] Luca Augustine (PITT)- Vs Duke [+3] Cade DeVos (SDSU)- @ North Dakota State [+3] Tyler Eischens (STAN)- @ Cal Poly [+3] 184 Brian Bonino (DREX)- @ Rider, Vs Cleveland State, Vs American [+9] Jacob Nolan (BING)- @ American, @ Maryland [+7] Layne Malczewski (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+5] Caleb Hopkins (CAMP)- @ Appalachian State [+4] Matt Finesilver (MICH)- Vs Central Michigan [+4] Trent Hidlay (NCST)- @ North Carolina [+4] Parker Keckeisen (UNI)- @ Wisconsin [+4] Kaleb Romero (OHST)- Vs Cornell [+4] Trey Munoz (ORST)- @ Cal Poly [+4] Aaron Brooks (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+4] Reece Heller (PITT)- Vs Duke [+4] Noah Blake (AF)- @ Northern Colorado [+3] Malachi Duvall (GMU)- @ Rider [+3] David Key (NAVY)- @ Army [+3] Lenny Pinto (NEB)- Vs Arizona State [+3] Aaron Olmos (ORST)- @ Cal Poly [+3] Hunter Bolen (VT)- Vs Virginia [+3] 197 Ethan Laird (RID)- Vs George Mason, Ves Cleveland State, Vs Drexel [+12] Jaxon Smith (MD)- Vs Binghamton, @ Columbia [+9] Mason Parris (MICH)- Vs Central Michigan [+5] Cam Caffey (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+5] Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT)- Vs Duke [+5] Trey Rogers (HOF)- Vs California Baptist [+4] Silas Allred (NEB)- Vs Arizona State [+4] Max Dean (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+4] Luke Stout (PRIN)- @ Bucknell [+4] Jake Koser (NAVY)- @ Army [+3] Issac Trumble (NCST)- @ North Carolina [+3] Ben Goldin (PENN)- Vs American [+4] Braxton Amos (WISC)- Vs UNI [+3] 285 Harley Andrews (NEB)- Last Chance Open Cohlton Schultz (ASU)- Vs CSU Bakersfield, @ Nebraska [+10] Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)- @ Northern Colorado [+6] Issac Reid (LHU)- Vs Edinboro, Vs West Virginia [+6] Jaron Smith (MD)- Vs Binghamton, @ Columbia [+6] Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)- Vs Clarion [+5] Mason Fiscella (APP)- Vs Campbell, Vs Presbyterian, Vs Davidson [+4] Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- @ Appalachian State [+4] Yaraslau Slavilkouski (HARV)- @ Brown [+4] Ryan Vasbinder (MSU)- @ Central Michigan [+4] Grady Griess (NAVY)- @ Army [+4] AJ Nevills (SDSU)- @ North Dakota State [+4] Zachary Knighton-Ward (HOF)- Vs California Baptist [+3] Anthony Cassioppi (IOWA)- Vs Oklahoma State [+3] Owen Trephan (NCST)- @ North Carolina [+3] Tate Orndorff (OHST)- Vs Cornell [+3] Colton McKiernan (SIUE)- Vs Northern Illinois [+3] Trent Hillger (WISC)- Vs UNI [+3] Hunter Catka (VT)- Vs Virginia [+3]

Lehigh 197 lber Michael Beard (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) As the season is winding down, we saw Penn defeat Drexel in the Battle of Philadelphia and Mason Leiphart earned his 13th tech fall of the season. With so much depth in the conference, there are many seeding implications occurring every week. The conference tournament may be the best we’ve seen in years! This week’s OW is Ben Pasiuk of Army. His win over fifth-ranked Mickey O’Malley of Drexel has brought his career record to 2-0 against the former round of 12 Dragon wrestler. Pasiuk is now the 17th-ranked wrestler at 174 lbs. In terms of seeding, this may have solidified him into the 2 or 3 seed at conferences, opposite of nationally fourth-ranked Chris Foca. From a team perspective, this was a pivotal win in the dual meet to help propel Army over Drexel. American The Eagles hosted Lock Haven and Air Force, dropping both matches (24-9 to LHU, and 28-13 to AFA). The match against Lock Haven saw wins from Raymond Lopez – wrestling up at 141 lbs. Caleb Campos (165 lbs) earned a major decision. The team’s third win came at 197 lbs, with Connor Bourne’s injury default victory. Interestingly, Bourne had an injury default against Lock Haven as well. The dual with Lock Haven had nine decisions, with American winning one of them. At 157 lbs, Jack Nies beat a tough Ashton Eyler. At 165 lbs, Campos lost in overtime to #32 Avery Bassett. Although the score indicates a dominant win by Lock Haven - it was quite the opposite. The largest deficit in a loss was five points. Max Leete wrestled #11 Anthony Noto to a tough 5-2 loss - which I feel is notable. This team is wrestling tough. It looks like Lopez has found a spot at 141 lbs, beefing up from 125 lbs – where he saw action earlier in the year. This week, American will host Binghamton for Senior Day. They will then wrestle at Penn and Drexel Sunday to conclude the dual meet season. Army West Point The Black Knights took a trip to Drexel, ending the Dragons’ six-match win streak, winning 20-12. Nate Lukez started the match at 157 lbs, earning a major. The two upsets occurred at 174 lbs and 184 lbs. Ben Pasiuk (#18 @ 174 lbs) handed returning EIWA champ and fifth-ranked Mickey O’Malley his first loss of the year. At 184 lbs, Sahm Abdulrazzaq upset #25 Brian Bonino 2-1 in tiebreakers. Ethan Berginc (#30 @ 125 lbs) worked for a major decision to pull Army ahead. To close out the dual, Julian Sanchez (141 lbs) and Trae McDaniel (149 lbs) each had wins. McDaniel defeated #30 Nichter, as he continues to stay hot. Expect him in the rankings soon. This team is looking very good at the right time. The last dual of the season is the all-important Army vs Navy dual, hosted by Army on Sunday afternoon. Binghamton The Bearcats took on #5 Cornell at Hilton High School in New York. This was the high school of Binghamton’s Collin Burns, plus Sam and Lou DePrez (along with Yianni and Greg Diakomihalis). The Bearcats earned a win at 125 lbs by Micah Roes. At 165 lbs, #31 Brevin Cassella also earned a win. BU had a fall from Jacob Nolan (#22 @ 184 lbs). The match of the night (at least on paper) was at heavyweight. Cory Day (#27) won over Brendan Furman (#30). This week’s duals include matches at American and Maryland on Friday. Head Coach Kyle Borshoff will be inducted into the American Athletics Hall of Fame due to his success as an athlete during the match. Brown The Bears had two conference matches this weekend, beating LIU 27-18 and losing to Columbia 36-3. Hunter Adrian went 2-0 on the weekend, including an overtime win against Angelo Rini of Columbia. At 149 lbs, Blake Saito won his lone bout over a game Drew Witham of LIU. Sam McMonagle performed well in his win over Rhise Royster of LIU at 157 lbs. The Bears saw two falls over the Sharks of LIU. Drew Clearie (174 lbs) and Aaron Wolk (197 lbs) were responsible for the pins. With another bonus point win, James Araneo (184 lbs) won via tech fall. The Columbia score looked lopsided, due to a forfeit at 125 lbs, and an injury default at 174 lbs. Besides one fall for Columbia, each match went the distance - and were even regular decisions. Coach Leen has shown this team’s steady improvement since taking over. The future is bright in Providence. If you need a dark horse candidate for the EIWA tournament, keep an eye on Hunter Adrian at 133 lbs. He has been rolling along nicely since his placing performance at Midlands. Bucknell The Bison hosted EIWA powerhouse, Lehigh. They fell to the Mountain Hawks 32-6. The match started off with a huge overtime win from Dylan Chappell at 149 lbs over Manzona Bryant. This win is impressive for two reasons. First, Bryant has been in the rankings this season. He’s very talented, so this was a great win by Dylan. Secondly, Chappell started the season at 133 lbs and has continued into the 141 lbs class. Now, he’s found a home at 149 lbs. Give him some time to develop into somewhat of a full-sized 149 lb wrestler and he can make some noise at EIWAs. Lehigh outmatched Bucknell in most of the lineup. The final bout was a great one at 141 lbs. Darren Miller (#32) took out a red-hot Malyke Hines (#23) to close out the dual. This team has talent in multiple weight classes. They will keep things interesting at conferences. This week's dual will be their final one. They host Princeton Friday night. Columbia The Lions hosted Harvard on Friday night - losing in an 18-17 thriller. The next day, they defeated Brown 36-3. At 197 lbs, Jack Wehmeyer was 2-0 on the weekend - earning one fall and a major. Matt Kazimir (#25 @ 141 lbs) was 2-0 in his two bouts as well. Danny Fongaro (149 lbs) and Cesar Alvan (#23 @ 157 lbs) both went undefeated over the weekend. We saw Josh Ogunsanya (#16 @ 165 lbs) wrestle one match, earning a win over Josh Kim of Harvard. Andrew Garr made an appearance at 165 lbs against Brown, defeating his opponent. Columbia is a good team, and they’ve improved since the beginning of the year. Keep them in mind when contemplating who will finish top-five in team standings at EIWAs. Columbia will host Maryland on Sunday for their final dual meet. This is a great opportunity to earn a team win to gain momentum for conferences. Cornell Fifth-ranked Cornell wrestled Binghamton at Hilton High School in New York. This was the high school of Yianni and Greg Diakomihalis (along with Binghamton’s Collin Burns, plus Sam and Lou DePrez). Highly ranked Vito Arujau (#3 @ 133 lbs) and Yianni Diakomihalis (#1 @ 149 lbs) each earned bonus point wins. Same for Jacob Cardenas (#14 @ 197 lbs), who made quick work with a first-period fall. Ethan Fernandez filled in at 141 lbs, earning a win. Newly acquainted 157 lber, Cole Handlovic earned another win. Lastly, #4 Chris Foca was a winner by major at 174 lbs. The Big Red will travel to Tampa this week to take on #6 Ohio State. This may be the best match of the week across the entire country. Drexel The Dragons hosted Army and Penn this weekend, dropping both matches. This ended their six-match win streak coming into the weekend. Army’s loss was 20-12, while Penn’s was 28-6. Mr. Consistency for the Dragons was 2-0 on the weekend. Evan Barczak (#16 @ 165 lbs) avenged three losses a season ago to Lucas Revano of Penn in the process. The other victory against Penn came from Brian Bonino (#25) at 184 lbs over #22 Max Hale. The upperweights in Sean O’Malley (197 lbs) and Santino Marina (285 lbs) each had pivotal wins over Army. Getting an appearance at 133 lbs for Drexel was Jaxon Maroney. He had a win over Army. The Dragons seem to be coming along as of late. Two minor hiccups this weekend do not change that. This weekend, they’ll have three bouts against Cleveland State and Rider at Rider. Sunday’s finale will be against American. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats hosted local D2 rival in Millersville. They competed for the Rupp Cup, winning the dual 29-12. Mason Leiphart earned another tech fall, making that 13 on the year and three in a row. At 157 lbs, Nick Alvarez won via decision. Noah Fox won via tech fall at 174 lbs before F&M saw pins from both James Conway (184 lbs) and John Crawford (197 lbs). It was nice to see heavyweight Cenzo Pelusi put up points and earn a major decision. This team is done with dual meets for the season. Expect them to make some noise at EIWAs. Harvard The Crimson went 2-0 in action his weekend. They earned wins over Columbia (19-18) and Hofstra (25-11). They had Diego Sotelo (#18 @ 125 lbs) earn two wins, as did Philip Conigliaro (#20 @ 174 lbs) and Yara Slavikouski (#8 @ 285 lbs). One key win over Columbia came at 184 lbs, when Leo Tarantino won in overtime. The biggest win came at 133 lbs when Dante Frinzi pinned Angelo Rini in a huge swing match. Against Hofstra, The Crimson swept 141 lbs through 157 with wins by Joe Cangro, Jack Crook, and Trevor Tarsi. Harvard’s final dual is this weekend against Brown - at home. This team’s talent is young but starting to come to life. They have wins over Princeton and Columbia this season. I am excited to see them compete at EIWAs. Hofstra The Pride lost to Harvard 25-11 before beating Sacred Heart 43-6. Trey Rogers (#29 @ 197lbs) balled out with a tech and fall in two matches. At 184 lbs, #Jacob Ferreira was 2-0 on the week, as was Chase Liardi at 133 lbs. Hofstra scored two tech falls against SHU from Michael Leandrou (149 lbs) and Ross McFarland (174 lbs). At 141 lbs, Justin Hoyle earned a quick pin over Sacred Heart. Zachary Knighton-Ward’s match ended early with an injury default. Hofstra, unfortunately, fell victim to a hot Harvard squad. Their dominating win over Sacred Heart is a promising sign they are ready for EIWAs. They have a handful of wrestlers expected to place, but also have some bracket-buster-type of dudes as well. It will be an entertaining conference tournament with many of these guys wrestling as underdogs. This week’s final dual of the season is a home match against California Baptist. Lehigh The Mountain Hawks were 2-0 this weekend with wins over Bucknell (32-6) and Princeton (24-12). Back in action at 157 lbs, Josh Humphreys (#4) earned a major decision and fall on the weekend. Transfer-additions Tate Samuelson (#18 @ 184 lbs) and Michael Beard (#2 @ 197 lbs) each won both matches. Heavyweight, Nathan Taylor (#27) was victorious over two ranked opponents in Crosby (#29) of Bucknell and Stefanik (#30). It was a great weekend for him late in the season. Freshman Ryan Crookham took the win over #26 Kurtis Phipps of Bucknell, as he got the nod in one of the matches at 133 lbs. At 149 lbs, Max Brignola (#31) defeated NCAA qualifier Marshall Keller of Princeton. This team will compete for the EIWA title, along with Cornell and Penn. There are no more duals for them, so they will focus on peaking for March. Long Island The Sharks traveled to Brown, dropping their dual 27-18. They had a forfeit by Robbie Sagaris (125 lbs) and a pin by Blake Bahna at 165 lbs, but still came up short. Devin Matthews had a close win at 141 lbs. At 285 lbs, the Sharks saw a win from Aeden Begue to close out the dual. LIU had a lead heading into the 174 lbs match. Long Island has surprised many this year. Slow and steady progress has been their weekly talking point, it appears. Newly added coach, Jesse Dellavecchia, has made a huge impact on the middleweights. The EIWA’s newest team will be climbing rankings in no time. This week’s dual is at Sacred Heart. LIU won their matchup in November 18-17, coming down to the final bout. Let’s hope this one is just as exciting. Navy The Midshipmen were off this weekend. They prepare for their important battle away at Army. Penn The Quakers had themselves a nice weekend beating Princeton 19-15, and Drexel 28-6. At 133 lbs, Michael Colaiocco (#7) was 2-0 on the weekend. Carmen Ferrante (141 lbs) and Doug Zapf (#10 @ 149 lbs) both won two matches as well. Nick Incontrera (#13 @ 174 lbs) defeated Mickey O’Malley of Drexel (#5) in a revenge match from last year’s EIWA final. This team is clicking at the right time. They wrestle hard and are always working to score points. This week’s final dual of the season will be against American, at home. Princeton The Tigers had a tough weekend on the mats, falling to Penn 19-15 and then Lehigh 24-12. Patrick Glory was back at 125 lbs, earning two wins over tough opponents. NCAA runner-up, Quincy Monday, (#4 @ 165 lbs) was 2-0 on the weekend as well, with two wins over NCAA qualifiers. Kole Mulhauser had an impressive pin over Jake Logan of Lehigh. Against Penn, both Luke Stout (#19 @ 197lbs) and Travis Stefanik (#31 @ 285lbs) had wins over ranked opponents. The Tigers are one of the best teams in the conference. Do they have enough firepower to knock off Cornell? Probably not… But they’ll be in the race for second again. This week’s final dual will be at Bucknell Friday night. Sacred Heart The Pioneers were on the wrong side of a 43-6 loss to Hofstra. This was, overall, just a bad matchup. Hofstra’s strengths align with Sacred Heart’s; and proved to be a little stronger in this one. The middle of the line-up saw wins from Nick Palumbo (157 lbs) and Aidan Zarrella (165 lbs). Palumbo’s return from injury is a good sign for the team. He has been hit by the injury bug a little this season, but do not be shocked to see him quietly make a run at EIWAs. He’s already a conference runner-up, and NCAA qualifier. Zarrella has won three in a row. That’s good momentum to have last in the season. They will square off with LIU in a rematch won by LIU 19-18 in November. The following day, Brown comes to town.

National champions Keegan O'Toole (left) and David Carr (Photos Courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) As the regular season winds down this week, we’ll be treated to one of the most anticipated individual matchups of the year. Tonight, #3 Iowa State travels to meet #11 Missouri in a battle of Big 12 heavyweights. While there are excellent matches up-and-down the lineup, all eyes will be focused on the 165 lb bout featuring the top-two wrestlers in the nation. Anytime #1 and #2 wrestle, at any weight, it’s must-see, but this match goes a little farther than that. Top-ranked Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) and number-two David Carr (Iowa State) are both past national champions that went undefeated on the way to winning their respective chips. For the bulk of their collegiate career, both have typically been head-and-shoulders above the competition. What makes this match intriguing is that we’ve haven’t seen before on a collegiate mat. Before this season, Carr had done his damage at 157 lbs, but has moved up to O’Toole’s 165 lb class for the 2022-23 campaign. This also has the ability to be the first of many matches between the pair. A few weeks from now, the two could meet in the Big 12 finals. Two weeks after that, the NCAA finals, perhaps. Carr also has another year of eligibility remaining, so this rivalry could carry on into the 2023-24 season, provided both return at 165. So to get ready for the matchup this evening, we have compared and contrasted the careers of both wrestlers. At the end of the day, they have put up very similar results, which makes it even more difficult to project a winner. Current Ranking Keegan O’Toole: #1 David Carr: #2 2022-23 Record: O’Toole: 12-0 Carr: 18-0 Career Record: O’Toole: 56-1 Carr: 84-2 Current Winning Streak: For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Nebraska All-American Mikey Labriola against Ohio State (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This week marked the end of the 2022-23 Big Ten dual schedule and the close of the regular season for some, while a few teams still have one more nonconference dual remaining. Penn State was named the Big Ten regular season champs, Maryland earned its first conference win since 2016 and wrestlers made final pushes to position themselves for Big Ten seeding. Here are our takeaways, and BIG Awards at the bottom! Hawkeyes beat up the Wolverines Iowa has been an interesting dual meet team this season. It's been pretty clear that they are the second-best team in the country since the start, but like most teams, injuries and some surprising results at times have had them wrestle some close duals at times this season. Wisconsin and Illinois were both closer than anyone would have guessed; however, this past Friday night in Carver Hawkeye arena we saw a team that is going to be dangerous in March. The Michigan Wolverines traveled to town in what was expected to be a fun dual to round out the B1G schedule for both teams. Sadly for Michigan, the season has taken out a lot of their wrestlers, leaving them without many of their starters. I expected we wouldn't get Mattin at 141, and Amine at 165, but not having Ragusin out there at 133 was a surprise, and the less-than-pleasant kind. Last I'd seen of Ragusin, he was being pinned by Daton Fix, so not sure if his missing the Iowa match was rest related, or if this is some injury concern. Ragusin did wrestle against Indiana, where he pinned his opponent, so I suspect this was just some preventative maintenance. On the flip side though, it was a pleasant kind of surprise seeing Chance Lamer back in the lineup for the Wolverines. He had a tough match against Max Murin at 149, but he remained competitive against a bruising veteran in the sixth-ranked Murin. The Hawkeyes looked really good though, taking out the Wolverine backups at 133, 141, and 165. What was very impressive though was Cobe Siebrecht's win over Will Lewan at 157. As expected in many Lewan matches, this match went to OT. Lewan was wrestling through a scramble, and just as you would expect him to secure the takedown for the win, Siebrecht essentially cartwheeled out of it, flipping Lewan briefly onto his back before having to bail on the position and losing the match. It was reminiscent of when Kendall Coleman of Purdue did a similar move to beat Lewan at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas tournament earlier this season. This is a loss that will likely put Lewan in a bad spot for B1G seeding, seeing as he now has losses to four B1G opponents. Lewan did pick up a win over Indiana's Derek Gilcher on Sunday, but that match also was decided in overtime. Not a lot of room for error if you're Will Lewan. Michigan did close out the dual with a win as Mason Parris beat Tony Cassioppi. If you're an Iowa fan though, there was a silver lining in the loss. This was the best Cassioppi has looked against Parris, getting a takedown, and being very much in the match and having momentum in the third period before giving up the deciding takedown. However, this loss essentially guarantees that Cassioppi will be on the same side of the B1G bracket as Penn State's Greg Kerkvliet. Maybe that's good, since he's beaten Kerkvliet in the past, but this season has been a bit of a different story. Michigan finishes up its season with a dual against Central Michigan this Sunday, and Iowa finishes their regular season with a dual against Oklahoma State Sunday as well. Iowa and Oklahoma State will be on B1G Network. Maryland gets first B1G win since 2016 Let's go back in time. In the year 2016, Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" was the number 1 song, Finding Dory was the number 1 movie, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the 73 win Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals, and the NCAA Wrestling Championships were held in Madison Square Garden. That was the last time that Maryland had won a B1G dual, with a 26-10 victory over Michigan State. Okay, back to reality. I had figured Maryland and Purdue could be a close and exciting dual, but I didn't think it would be quite as close and exciting as it ended up being. I figured that Maryland matched up well with some of the tougher weights that Purdue would throw at them, and that the other matches were largely toss-ups. With the exception of 157, that's basically how the dual unfolded. At 125, Braxton Brown, coming off of a nice win over Dean Petersen of Rutgers, wrestled well against the third-ranked Matt Ramos of the Boilermakers. In the end, Ramos is still too dynamic, and ended up getting the regular decision (this will prove to be important later). In fact, the first three matches for Purdue were regular decision wins. Maryland got their first win of the dual at 149, where Ethen Miller got a major decision over Jaden Reynolds. The match was close at first, and had a lot of exciting scrambles, but Miller was able to break open the match in the third with several turns. Any momentum that win was supposed to generate was quickly extinguished as Purdue's sixth-ranked Kendall Coleman got a pin to extend the lead going into the break. Maryland won 4 of the next 5 weights, with a one-point win at 165 by John Martin Best and a last-second stall call and takedown to win by a point at 174 by sophomore Dominic Solis coming out of the break. Kevin Makosy's loss to Ben Vanadia of Purdue made it an eight-point dual headed into the last two matches. I'm not a genius, but I do know enough about arithmetic to know that nine points are tough to get in two college wrestling matches. Tough, but not impossible, as Jaxon Smith displayed so skillfully. It's really tough to pin someone in D1 college wrestling, and even more so when the opponent knows that their job is pretty much just to not get pinned. Didn't matter though, Jaxon's pin of Hayden Filipovich at the two-minute mark of the first period brought the score to 18-16 in favor of the Boilermakers, and put the pressure on Jaron Smith to get the win at home and snap the losing streak. As Babe Ruth said to Benny the Jet Rodriguez in the Sandlot, "Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die." This was a legendary win for Jaron, over a very tough Hayden Copass of Purdue, to get the 19-18 win for the Terrapins. Maryland's winning streak was short-lived as they took on top-ranked Penn State Sunday, but lots of teams lose to Penn State, so we are focusing on this win today. This ends their regular season B1G schedule, but they finish off their season with Binghamton at home this Friday, followed by Columbia on Sunday in New York. Border Brawl did not disappoint! Wisconsin and Minnesota was an awesome and intense dual, as expected. Gotta love it when the Twitter accounts of the programs are talking a little trash leading into the event. As is the case with many teams at this point in the season, there were some injury issues that caused both teams to substitute some of their starters, but it did not take away from the action. In fact, this one started off with a bang as Michael Blockhus got a takedown of backup Aiden Madora, stepping in for the recovering Austin Gomez. Dual meets come down to bonus points, and evidently, someone had told that to Michael Blockhus, who went out and got the pin for the Golden Gophers. In the end, Minnesota gets the dual victory, and it was well deserved and hard fought. Four of the matches were decided by one point, and another two came down to the last minute where a takedown sealed the deal. What stood out to me was the depth of Minnesota. They threw out freshman Drew Roberts in place of Brayton Lee at 157, who wrestled admirably against 18th-ranked Garrett Model. This was a back-and-forth match, with both wrestlers getting takedowns and reversals throughout the match. Roberts showed me that he's been developing very well and I expect him to be a consistent starter for Minnesota in the upcoming years. Additionally, they had Sam Skillings take the place of ninth-ranked Isaiah Salazar at 184. Skillings picked up a pivotal win over Tyler Dow of Wisconsin, who earlier this season had gotten a pin over Iowa's Abe Assad. Not throwing shade at Assad, just illustrating how this is an impressive win for a guy who isn't traditionally a starter for Minnesota. Arguably the biggest match of the dual came at 125 with Eric Barnett getting a win over Patrick McKee. This match was completely insane, with a variety of scrambles and a crazy situation with about 30 seconds left where McKee almost got the reversal, but Barnett held on and got the 5-4 win due to riding time. Barnett, who started the season off so strongly, has struggled a bit more of late, but this was a very nice victory to boost his confidence and to set himself up for the B1G tournament in Ann Arbor. McKee has shown that he will show up when the lights are brightest, so we've got another couple of weeks before he hits his stride. This dual came down to the last match as 14th-ranked Jake Bergeland of the Golden Gophers took on 28th-ranked Joey Zargo of the Badgers. Nothing but consistency from this dual, as this match, and ultimately the dual, was decided by 1 point. In fact, this one was a 1-0 win for Bergeland. This was one of those duals that you could show the average sports fan to illustrate what's great about wrestling. Great job by both programs. Wisconsin finishes their season with Northern Iowa this Saturday at 8pm CST on BTN+, and Minnesota is done competing until B1Gs in Ann Arbor. Penn State dominates its way to the Big Ten regular-season title Penn State put a pounding on its eastern Big Ten counterparts this past weekend, downing Rutgers and Maryland 38-8 and 44-3, respectively, for its third straight regular season conference title. This marked the ninth time the Nittany Lions have won, or shared, the Big Ten regular season title under head coach Cael Sanderson, and the eighth time they've gone without a loss or tie in the conference. While the feat was impressive, wrestlers Shayne Van Ness and Levi Haines were ready Sunday to move on to the next challenge. "I think it's a good accomplishment but at 12 o'clock tonight, that's over and we're on to the next day and we're looking forward to the next match," Van Ness said. Added Haines: "It's definitely a step in the right direction and an accomplishment, getting the first checkbox marked off and moving onto the next." But before we move on to the next thing, let's take a look at some stats that stand out from the Nittany Lions' dominant season: Penn State won by double digits in all but one dual, with the 9-point win over Iowa the exception Penn State's biggest margin of victory was by 41 points over Maryland Penn State earned pins in all duals except against Wisconsin and Rutgers Penn State's biggest pin total was three against Maryland Penn State earned bonus-point wins in all of its duals; its most (7) came against Maryland and Rutgers and Iowa limited the Nittany Lions to two Penn State had overtime matches in four duals, including two each against Michigan and Michigan State Penn State won its most amount of matches, 9, against Maryland and its least, 6, against Iowa Penn State racked up 38 takedowns each against Rutgers and Maryland; its least amount of takedowns was 16 against Iowa Penn State gave up the most amount of takedowns to Rutgers, 14, and the least to Iowa, 2 Penn State's largest takedown margin was 37 against Maryland, and its slimmest was 14 against Iowa Penn State's total takedown margin was 220-51 While these last two duals weren't the most competitive, there were still a few things that stood out, such as Roman Bravo-Young's eye-popping 14 takedowns against Maryland's King Sandoval. RBY leads his teammates 81-2 (12 matches) in takedowns, followed by Carter Starocci at 77-2 (15 matches). Also of note was Rutgers selling out Jersey Mike's Arena for the second time in program history. The 7,848 fans also marked the second-highest attendance in program history and increased the Scarlet Knights' average fan total to 5,018 this season, also its second-highest mark. Rutgers closed its regular season with a 27-10 loss to Nebraska, while Penn State has one final dual remaining, against Clarion on Sunday. "These dual meets are a big deal to us and our program, when you're going head-to-head with some rival schools. It's definitely a big deal to us," Sanderson said. "We want to compete well and we want to wrestle as well as we can in a dual. So, it's special. But like Shayne said, this is great but now we move on to the next one." Nebraska vs. Ohio State lives up to the hype We circled this dual as one to watch at the beginning of the season. And while the Buckeyes may have been down a few starters, the teams still delivered. The Cornhuskers were able to come away with a 25-16 win, but shorthanded Ohio State made them work for it. One of those Buckeyes was No. 20 Dylan D'Emilio at 141. Down 6-4 with 1:45 left in the third period, D'Emilio was looking to score. First, he spun out of a single-leg attempt in a 360 to come out on the other side of No. 5 Brock Hardy. While coach Tom Ryan hopped onto the mat with two fingers in the air, Hardy was able to roll out. D'Emilio wasn't done. "Twoooo" echoed throughout the Covelli Center as the sophomore had a takedown attempt near the edge with just over 30 seconds remaining. But again, he was denied by Hardy. Then as the final seconds ticked off the clock, D'Emilio got the takedown to send the bout into sudden victory. The sudden victory period was just as action-packed but Hardy eventually prevailed, 8-6. Despite the loss, D'Emilio showed he didn't have an ounce of quit. The Huskers found themselves in battles to fend off feisty Buckeyes at other weights, as well. Top-ranked Peyton Robb fired right out of the gate against No. 25 Paddy Gallagher at 157 with a takedown in the opening minute. But the freshman battled back and evened things up at 4 to start the third period. Like D'Emilio before him, Gallagher kept relentlessly pushing to get a takedown and nearly did as time expired, throwing Robb toward his back on a go-behind. But unlike D'Emilio, Gallagher didn't quite get the points, falling 5-4 as Robb remained unbeaten. Nebraska also took the most-anticipated match of the night - No. 2 Mikey Labriola vs. No. 6 Ethan Smith. But, again, Ohio State made them work for it. Tied 4-4 with just seconds remaining, this time it was Nebraska with the last-second takedown, as Labriola took the 6-4 win. This match was especially important with seedings for Big Tens right around the corner. A Smith win could have put him opposite Starocci with one conference loss and a head-to-head win. Liam Cronin also had a big win for the Huskers, a 3-1 decision in a top-10 battle against Malik Heinselman. Highlights for the Buckeyes were a pin from Sammy Sasso and true freshman Jesse Mendez hanging 22 points on Kyle Burwick. The Buckeyes showed a lot of fight and the Huskers showed resolve. Nebraska went on to take care of business against Rutgers on Sunday to finish its Big Ten slate 7-1 and solidly positioning itself as a trophy contender in March. Awards!!! Welcome to the fifth installment of our BIG Awards section, where we each hand out weekly honors for both of our picks for the biggest upset, win and consequential move of the teams we cover. Congrats to the winners! Kevin's picks B1Ggest Upset: No. 29 Henry Porter (IU) over No. 17 Rayvon Foley (MSU) Indiana traveled to East Lansing Friday night where Freshman Henry Porter picked up a 10-5 win over MSU's Rayvon Foley. Rayvon has had an up-and-down year, getting a win over Michigan's Dylan Ragusin earlier in the season, but also struggling at times in B1G competition. Nonetheless, getting a win like this for Porter, on the road, against a guy trying to get back onto the podium, is huge. A win like this should put Porter in a much better spot for the B1G tournament. B1Ggest Win: Jake Bergeland's decision over Joey Zargo to give Minnesota the win I value dual meets, so I'm going with Jake Bergeland's win over Joey Zargo to close out the dual on the road. A 1-0 win is tough to get at this level, but not for Jake Bergeland. His top game is so devastating that Zargo elected not to even try to get his escape point, and preferred to try to go on his feet to win the match. That's the sort of thing that will win matches in March, and to finish out a rivalry dual with such a gritty performance is B1G in my mind. Some would say, the B1Ggest. B1Ggest Move: Jaxon Smith's pin against Purdue Again, dual meets are valued here, so we are going with Jaxon Smith's pin in their dual against Purdue. At that point in the dual, the only way they would have a chance at winning was if Jaxon could secure six points in the second to last match. Sure, a tech could have done it possibly with some criteria stuff maybe, but having lost a dual to Indiana earlier this season on criteria, I'm sure the TerraPins (see what I did there) were not willing to take that risk. Jaxon was relentless, and you could see the energy explode out of him when he collected that fall. Jaxon set up the pins, and Jaron knocked them down. Lauren's picks B1Ggest upset: No. 19 Zac Braunagel (ILL) over No. 5 Yonger Bastida (ISU) As I wrote last week, every win at 197 is a big win. Being able to bounce back from two tough losses last week with a 4-3 win over No. 5 Yonger Bastida was especially big for Illinois' Zac Braunagel. With the win, Braunagel injects even more chaos into the weight class that's causing rankers across the country headaches. The pair traded takedowns, but not letting Bastinda escape after his takedown in the second and getting out with 11 seconds to go in the third was the difference-maker. Braunagel finished the regular season 20-5, including then-top-10 wins over Bastida and Jacob Warner. While it might not be easy to predict how this weight will get seeded in Big Tens and NCAAs, it is clear that Braunagel still belongs in the conversation. B1Ggest win(s): Nebraska's Liam Cronin over Malik Heinselman and Dean Peterson Liam Cronin had yet another strong weekend, adding a pair of top-20 wins to his resume with 3-1 decisions over No. 10 Malik Heinselman, of Ohio State, and No. 16 Dean Peterson, of Rutgers. With just Arizona State left on the schedule, Cronin finished the regular season with only one conference loss - to top-ranked Spencer Lee. Having taken care of business this past weekend, the Husker should be in a good position to avoid Lee's side of the bracket at Big Tens as the second or third seed. Cronin has really flourished this season, after missing most of last year due to injury. With one dual remaining, he sits at 17-3 overall, by far the best record in his fifth year of eligibility. B1Ggest move(s): Nebraska's Mikey Labriola late takedown against Ethan Smith and scramble against Jackson Turley Yes, I know, Labriola earned an honor last week but it was hard to not recognize him again this week. Not only did he fend off a hungry Ethan Smith with a last-second takedown (as detailed above), but he also earned a gritty 6-2 win over Rutgers' Jackson Turley, which included a crazy scramble near the end of the third period that Labriola somehow ended up on the top of. The thing about Labriola is that he's hard to take down, having given up just 6 this season. Another wrestler who's hard to take down is Penn State's Starocci, who's only given up two - also including one to Smith. The pair seem to be on a crash course toward each other in Ann Arbor, and I, for one, can't wait.

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We're into the final week of the dual season, but have a semi-full schedule of DI duals whis week. A total of 47 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 weekend. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Wednesday, February 15: Gardner-Webb at Duke 6:00 PM ACC Network Extra Iowa State at Missouri 7:30 PM FloWrestling Thursday, February 16: CSU Bakersfield at Arizona State 2:00 PM ASU Live Stream Edinboro at Lock Haven 7:00 PM PSAC Sports Digital Network Oklahoma at Oklahoma State 8:00 PM ESPN+ Friday, February 17: Binghamton at American 1:00 PM ESPN+ George Mason at Rider 2:00 PM ESPN+ Edinboro at Bloomsburg 7:00 PM PSAC Sports Digital Network Princeton at Bucknell 7:00 PM Bucknell Athletics YouTube Michigan State at Central Michigan 7:00 PM ESPN+ Bellarmine at Chattanooga 7:00 PM ESPN+ Brown at Harvard 7:00 PM ESPN+ Binghamton at Maryland 7:00 PM B1G+ NC State at North Carolina 7:00 PM ACC Network Virginia at Virginia Tech 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Clarion at West Virginia 7:00 PM ESPN+ Stanford at Cal Poly 10:00 PM Saturday, February 18: Cleveland State at Rider 10:00 AM ESPN+ Davidson at Gardner-Webb 12:00 PM ESPN+ Duke at Pittsburgh 12:00 PM ACC Network Extra Cleveland State vs. Drexel at Rider 12:00 PM California Baptist at Hofstra 1:00 PM Hofstra Pride YouTube Cornell vs. Ohio State at Tampa, FL 1:00 PM FloWrestling Drexel at Rider 2:00 PM ESPN+ The Citadel at VMI 3:30 PM Queens at VMI 5:00 PM Ohio at Buffalo 7:00 PM ESPN+ LIU at Sacred Heart 7:00 PM Northern Iowa at Wisconsin 8:00 PM B1G+ Sunday, February 19: Iowa State, Lindenwood at Last Chance Open 11:00 AM West Virginia at Lock Haven 12:00 PM PSAC Sports Digital Network Maryland at Columbia 1:00 PM ESPN+ American at Penn 1:00 PM ESPN+ Clarion at Penn State 1:00 PM B1G+ Campbell at Appalachian State 2:00 PM The Grind (Rokfin) Navy at Army West Point 2:00 PM FloWrestling Indiana at Chattanooga 2:00 PM ESPN+ Northern Illinois at SIU Edwardsville 2:00 PM ESPN+ Arizona State at Nebraska 2:30 PM Big Ten Network South Dakota State at North Dakota State 3:00 PM NDSU All-Access Brown at Sacred Heart 3:00 PM Presbyterian at Appalachian State 4:00 PM The Grind (Rokfin) Oregon State at Cal Poly 4:00 PM American at Drexel 4:00 PM FloWrestling Air Force at Northern Colorado 4:00 PM FloWrestling Oklahoma State at Iowa 4:30 PM Big Ten Network Central Michigan at Michigan 5:00 PM B1G+ Davidson at Appalachian State 6:00 PM The Grind (Rokfin)

North Dakota State 165 lber Mike Caliedno (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It’s “rivalry week” in the Big 12 and we have the best slate of duals this year. Top to bottom, this is an incredible week of wrestling around the Big 12 Conference. Let’s dive in and take a look at the slate. Wednesday 02/15 Iowa State at Missouri Thursday 02/16 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Friday 02/17 Clarion at West Virginia Saturday 02/18 California Baptist at Hofstra Wisconsin at Northern Iowa Sunday 02/19 West Virginia at Lock Haven South Dakota State at North Dakota State Air Force at Northern Colorado Oklahoma State at Iowa Iowa State and Missouri open things up Missouri has taken some hits this year losing to Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, and Arizona State while Iowa State has emerged as the top dual team in the conference after only losing to #2 Iowa and #1 Penn State in duals during the regular season. On the other hand, Missouri matches up really well with Iowa State on paper. There aren’t too many scenarios where Iowa State isn’t the favorite at 165, but they won’t be here. It creates a really unique set up for the biggest dual in the Big 12. Oklahoma State and Oklahoma run it back in Stillwater Bedlam is wrestled twice a year every season and this week we get part two in Stillwater. The first one was the stuff of legends. It started at HWT and after a back-and-forth dual came down to 197 where Luke Surber pinned Keegan Moore to give the Cowboys the dual. Who knows how round two will go, but it sets up to be another good one. The Dakota Marker This has emerged as a great rivalry in the Big 12 conference. Both programs put a lot into wrestling, they’re well coached, and seem to have great fan/alumni support. Wrestlestat projects this as a 16-15 dual with a slight edge to South Dakota State. All the makings of a great dual as a part of a great rivalry.

Central Michigan 174 lber Alex Cramer (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Happy Tuesday, and Happy Valentine's Day! Welcome back to Week #4 of the Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments, nominated by YOU! Last week, I stated that the MAC was NOT messing around, and we're coming for the big dogs. Obviously, they didn't want to let me down. . . and to no surprise, the MAC showed up big! I rest my case. Without further ado, here are this week's Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments. #5: Northern Illinois' West defeats Northwesterns' #8 DeAugustino in OT In this MAC-Big 10 Conference matchup at 125lbs, Blake West of Northern Illinois defeated #8 Michael DeAugustino of Northwestern 7-2 in OT. West improves his season record to 18-7. West has a five-match win-streak, previously defeating Eli Griffin from Cal Baptist by a decision of 6-5, Sean Spidle of Central Michigan 4-3, Ohio's Oscar Sanchez 3-2, and Mason Bush of Buffalo by an 8-4 decision. West and his teammates will next face at SIU Edwardsville on Sunday, February 19th. Wrestling will begin at 1:00pm. #4: Kent State Dominated Bloomsburg on Senior Night This weekend, Kent State dominated Bloomsburg on Senior Night. Four seniors topped their opponents, helping the Flashes to a 32-9 victory. Jake Ferri (125) triumphed over Bronson Garber by a 14-6 major decision; earning bonus points. Kody Komara (149) downed Cade Balestrini by a 3-2 decision. Mason Karpinski (174) defeated Anthony DeRosa by a decision of 4-1. Lastly, Tyler Bates (184) shutout Bruno Stolfi 6-0. Four additional Flashes won their matches. Louis Newell (133) won by a 7-3 decision over Cole Rhone. Keegan Knapp (157) majored John Noah Reho 18-7, earning a bonus point. Enrique Munguia (165) won by fall over Trenton Harder in 1:20, and Blake Schaffer (197) won by forfeit. Kent State will be back in action at the MAC Championships on Friday, March 3rd and Saturday, March 4th in Fairfax, Virginia. #3: SIU Edwardsville Defeats Ohio and Little Rock at First Community Arena On Sunday, SIU Edwardsville secured two dual victories, defeating both Ohio (21-15) and Little Rock (22-14) at First Community Arena. This improved the Cougars overall season record to 6-7. In the clean sweep, five Cougars went 2-0 on the day. Aaron Schulist (133) defeated Nolan Frye of Ohio by fall in 1:54 and Josh Sarpy of Little Rock by a 14-6 major decision. Saul Ervin (141) topped Kyran Hagan from Ohio by a 3-0 decision and Brennan Van Hoecke from Little Rock by fall in 7:25. Caleb Tyus (149) won by a 3-0 decision over Alec Hagan of Ohio and 6-2 decision over Joey Bianchi of Little Rock. Ryan Yarnell (197) triumphed over Carson Brewer from Ohio by a 2-0 decision and Matthew Weinert from Little Rock by a 6-0 decision. Colton McKiernan (HWT) topped Jacob Padilla of Ohio by fall in 2:12 and Josiah Hill of Little Rock by a 3-0 decision. One additional Cougar had a close victory over their opponent. Sergio Villalobos (184) won by a 3-2 decision over Mason Diel from Little Rock. The Cougars will look to defeat their in-state rivals from Northern Illinois on Sunday, February 19th at 1:00pm. #2: Rider Sweeps Weekend Duals over Edinboro and Clarion The Broncs swept both of their duals this past weekend, downing Edinboro (28-6) and Clarion (25-12). This improved the Broncs overall season record to 6-5. On Friday, eight Broncs were victorious over their opponents from Edinboro. Tyler Klinsky (125) defeated Eamonn Jimenez by a 23-8 major decision. Richie Koehler (133) won by a 4-1 decision over Cam Soda. McKenzie Bell (141) topped Zach Soda by a 10-0 major decision. Hunter Mays (165) downed Alex Garee by a decision of 8-6. Michael Wilson (174) defeated Joey Arnold by a close 2-0 decision. Isaac Dean (184) won by a decision of 3-1 in sudden victory over Jack Kilner. Ethan Laird (197) topped Cody Mulligan by a decision of 5-3. David Szuba (HWT) came up big with a win over Nick Lodato by a 13-1 major decision. On Sunday, seven Broncs won their matches over their opponents from Clarion. Richie Koehler (133) won by a 3-1 decision over Mason Prinkey. McKenzie Bell (141) defeated Seth Koleno by a 9-0 major decision. Quinn Kinner (149) topped Kyle Schickel by a 16-0 tech fall. Colton Washleski (157) downed Trevor Elfvin by a close 4-3 decision. Michael Wilson (174) won by a 7-3 decision over John Worthing. Ethan Laird (197) won by a 13-5 major decision over Tyler Bagoly. David Szuba (HWT) won by a 3-1 decision over Austin Chapman. The next conference battle will take place on Friday, February 17th, where Rider will face George Mason at home. Wrestling is slated to begin at 2:00pm. #1: Central Michigan Crowned MAC West Champs With their 27-6 win over Buffalo on Sunday, Central Michigan was once again crowned the MAC West Champions. The win over Buffalo improved their overall season record to 6-8; 5-1 in the MAC. Eight Chippewas helped to secure the MAC West title. Sean Spidle (125) won by a 5-2 decision over Mason Bush. Vince Perez (133) defeated Tommy Maddox by fall in 6:03. Jimmy Nugent (141) topped Jack Marlow by a close 7-5 decision. Johnny Lovett (149) downed Kaleb Burgess 8-3. Corbyn Munson (157) edged Michael Petite 7-5. Tracy Hubbard (165) defeated Marcus Petite by a tight 3-2 decision. Alex Cramer (174) topped Jay Nivison 7-3. Bryan Caves (HWT) downed Eli Sheeran by a decision of 6-3. The Chippewas will be back in action on Friday, February 17th against Michigan State. Wrestling will begin at 7:00pm. Before I close out this week's Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments, Cleveland State University will have their Giving Day on Thursday, February 16th. Giving Day is a one-day fundraising campaign held each year at Cleveland State. All donations will go directly to the selected program of choice (wrestling). This Thursday, please help to support a small Division I wrestling program and its student-athletes. In addition to the overall fundraiser, there is a competition amongst programs on campus at Cleveland State to see who can get the most unique donors. Remember, no donation is too small. ALL donations count. To find out more information and to support Cleveland State on Giving Day (Thursday, February 16th), please visit the following link: GivingDay2023. MAC Match-Ups (January 7 - January 13) Clarion vs. Buffalo (23-9 Buffalo) Rider vs. Edinboro (28-6 Rider) Northwestern vs. Northern Illinois (30-6 Northwestern) Cleveland State vs. Bloomsburg (30-9 Cleveland State) Lock Haven vs. George Mason (24-15 Lock Haven) Lock Haven vs. American (24-9 Lock Haven) SIU Edwardsville vs. Ohio (21-15 SIU Edwardsville) Little Rock vs. Ohio (28-12 Little Rock) SIU Edwardsville vs. Little Rock (22-14 SIU Edwardsville) Rider vs. Clarion (25-12 Rider) Kent State vs. Bloomsburg (32-9 Kent State) Central Michigan vs. Buffalo (27-6 Central Michigan)

Stanford 125 lber Nico Provo (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Stanford splits road duals Stanford started the weekend with its first shutout victory in three years, defeating CSU Bakersfield 43-0. Five of the ten matches led to bonus-point victories for the Cardinal. Jackson Disario and Nick Stemmet picked up pins at 133 and 197 pounds. Shane Griffith and Brook Byers got their hands raised in a pair of forfeit wins and Jason Miranda beat NCAA qualifier Angelo Martinoni 9-0. Charlie Daracott had the toughest battle of the dual, winning 7-4 over Brock Rogers at 157 pounds. Stanford traveled to Oklahoma State a couple of days later and fell 25-9. Provo found the win column again with a 5-2 victory over Reece Witcraft. Jaden Abas and Shane Griffith were the other two Cardinal wrestlers to win, but in tight matches. Abas picked up a pair of takedowns in the first period and proved to be a difference. He beat Victor Voinovich 6-5. Griffith won 4-2 in a sudden victory over Wyatt Sheets. All the points came from the bottom position with a reversal for Sheets and two escapes for Griffith. Griffith scored the winning takedown within the first minute to take his 21st victory of the season. Beavers capture a win over Wyoming Matthew Olguin started the dual at 165 pounds. He kicked off a five-match winning streak, four by decision and one major decision. JJ Dixon picked up the 12-3 major decision over Terren Swartz. Brandon Kaylor rested this dual. Therefore, Wyoming’s Jore Volk defeated Caleb Coyle 10-1. Oregon State’s Jason Shaner and Riley Gurr won at 133 and 149 pounds. However, the Beavers lost two team points in Gurr’s match. Little Rock splits duals in Illinois The Trojans defeated Ohio 28-12 and fell to SIUE 22-14. Jeremiah Reno, Matty Bianchi and Tyler Brennan were the three Trojans to win both matches. Bianchi was the only wrestler to pull off an upset too, defeating #28 Peyten Kellar. On the other hand, Joseph Bianchi fell to two ranked wrestlers. He lost 6-4 to Ohio’s #33 Alec Hagan and 6-2 to #24 Caleb Tyus. Little Rock was leading with three matches left in the SIUE dual. However, they were swept, all by decision. The Trojans' dual season ends with a 5-10 record and they will return to action at the Pac-12 Championships. Roadrunners go back and forth with California Baptist CSU Bakersfield and California Baptist had six lead changes within 10 matches. Yet, the Lancers came atop with a 23-17 victory on the road. Eddie Flores started the dual with a 9-3 victory over Devin Garcia. Flores turned a reversal into four back points and helped the Roadrunners capture the first three points of the dual. Neither team won two matches in a row until Cal Baptist won 184 and 197 pounds. Angelo Martinoni won by tech fall at 141 pounds, Brock Rogers won by decision at 157 pounds and Albert Urias won by decision at 174 pounds for the Roadrunners. California Baptist’s Hunter Leake won by tech fall at 133 pounds, Chaz Hallmark won by decision at 149 pounds and Frank Almaguer won by tech fall at 165 pounds. Lancers’ Khristian Dove and Mateo Morales broke the dual open with a major decision and pin at 184 and 197 pounds. CSU Bakersfield’s Paul Sharp ended the dual with a 6-2 victory. CSUB ends its dual season at Arizona State on Feb. 16.

Army West Point 174 lber Ben Pasiuk (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Last week, InterMat took a look at the remaining undefeated wrestlers for the 2022-23 season. In total, there were 18 spread across eight weight classes. After this weekend's action, that number dropped to 16 as a pair of notable wrestlers fell from the ranks of the unbeaten. That number will go down by at least one more number after Wednesday as the top two 165 lbers in the nation #1 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) and #2 David Carr (Iowa State) are set to square off. It is easily one of the most anticipated matches of the regular season, so hopefully, both will take the mat. Today we'll look at the circumstances surrounding the two previously undefeated wrestlers who took losses on the weekend and the prospects of all involved moving forward. #5 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech - 157) Andonian's match with fellow unbeaten and third-ranked Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) was the match I was looking forward to the most. These two had plenty of history as Friday's match marked the fifth time the two have squared off collegiately. In both 2020 and 2021, the two tangled in dual competition and in the 149 lb finals of the ACC Championships. Each of their previous clashes featured plenty of scoring and this one was no different. The exception was that it was all O'Connor. The Tar Heel national champion had a perfect gameplan, combined with exceptional talent, and managed to avoid any predicament where the dangerous Andonian could put him on his back. Not only did O'Connor keep the match away from Andonian's strengths, but he also was able to get to his offense in an 11-3 major decision. O'Connor has scored in double figures in each of their meetings now. During Friday's match, O'Connor kept control of Andonian's head and scored multiple takedowns from positions that originated from a front headlock; one of his best areas. Early on in the match, Andonian tried to create chaos, locking his hands and attempting to roll through a double leg attempt. Those efforts did not dissuade O'Connor as he wrestled through the positions and ended up scoring. Andonian won't have long to wait before trying to win round six. The ACC Tournament is just right around the corner. One potential hurdle for both competitors is NC State's Ed Scott. Last year, while O'Connor was fighting through a knee injury, Scott took a 3-2 win for the ACC crown. Earlier this season, Andonian nearly teched Scott during an entertaining 24-10 major decision. Scott also could knock that zero out from the loss column for O'Connor, as they'll meet this weekend. Looking at the big, big picture, this loss probably doesn't have much of an impact on Andonian's postseason/NCAA prospects. He's still a logical choice for the #5 spot in the rankings. With a third-place finish in Detroit after starting as the 11th seed, Andonian probably isn't overly concerned about seeds/rankings either. He'll be a tough out for anyone in the 157 lb bracket. #5 Mickey O'Malley (Drexel - 174) The situation is a little different for Mickey O'Malley at 174 lbs for Drexel. Not only did he suffer his first setback of the year, but he also lost a second match on Sunday. On Saturday, Drexel hosted Army West Point, whose highest-ranked wrestler is #18 Ben Pasiuk at 174 lbs. In their only previous meeting, Pasiuk defeated O'Malley 2-1 in the 2021 EIWA finals. Last season, O'Malley won the conference and Pasiuk was third; however, the two never met. From the outset of Saturday's match, Pasiuk was the aggressor and he got to O'Malley's legs on four different occasions, finishing two. Those two takedowns proved to be the difference in a 5-3 win for Pasiuk. A day later, O'Malley was tasked with taking on #20 Nick Incontrera (Penn) during the rivalry match with neighboring Penn. While neither wrestler scored a takedown, Incontrera was able to stay out of harm's way as he managed to avoid upperbody throws that are a trademark of the Dragon star. Like the Pasiuk match, O'Malley was never able to get to any of his offense. The difference in the Incontrera match came down to mat wrestling. Incontrera was able to ride O'Malley out for the entire second period. He was able to get away in less than :20 seconds in the third period to inch ahead on the scoreboard and preserve riding time. Incontrera stayed defensive in the final minute and a half and ended up with a 2-0 victory. The two losses for O'Malley definitely threw a wrench into EIWA seeding at 174. Chris Foca (Cornell) has only one loss on the year and is unbeaten against conference competition. He's clearly the one-seed. After O'Malley was beaten by Incontera, the Penn wrestler is the only one in the weight with just one EIWA loss (to Foca). Arguments could be made between Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) and Pasiuk for the third and fourth seeds. Conigliaro only has one EIWA loss (Incontrera) but has wrestled a limited schedule. That means the two losses by O'Malley could end up dropping him from possibly the first seed, to the fifth.

Nebraska 141 lber Brock Hardy (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday’s Dual Results Harvard 25 Hofstra 11 125 - Diego Sotelo (Harvard) tech Jacob Moon (Hofstra) 17-0 133 - Chase Liardi (Hofstra) dec Dante Frinzi (Harvard) 3-1 141 - Joe Cangro (Harvard) dec Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 3-0 149 - Jack Crook (Harvard) maj Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) 16-5 157 - Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) dec Joe McGinty (Hofstra) 8-2 165 - Josh Kim (Harvard) maj Jurius Clark (Hofstra) 11-3 174 - Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) dec Ross McFarland (Hofstra) 6-4 184 - Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra) dec Leo Tarantino (Harvard) 4-3 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) tech Michael Daggett (Harvard) 19-3 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) dec Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) 6-1 Hofstra 43 Sacred Heart 6 125 - Jacob Moon (Hofstra) dec Mike Manta (Sacred Heart) 10-4 133 - Chase Liardi (Hofstra) fall Ben Davoli (Sacred Heart) :37 141 - Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) fall Dakota Asuncion (Sacred Heart) 2:43 149 - Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) tech Calvin Pineda (Sacred Heart) 18-0 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) dec Joe McGinty (Hofstra) 6-1 165 - Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart) dec Matthew Rogers (Hofstra) 7-5SV 174 - Ross McFarland (Hofstra) tech Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) 20-3 184 - Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra) fall Owen Ayoette (Sacred Heart) 2:49 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) fall Logan Michael (Sacred Heart) 2:58 285 - Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) InjDef Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) Cleveland State 30 Bloomsburg 9 125 - Ben Aranda (Cleveland State) maj Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) 12-3 133 - Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) dec Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) 7-4 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) fall Cody Moosman (Cleveland State) 6:34 149 - Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) dec Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) 5-4 157 - Marcus Robinson (Cleveland State) tech John Noah Reho (Bloomsburg) 17-0 165 - Daniel Patten (Cleveland State) dec Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) 4-0 174 - JR Reed (Cleveland State) dec Anthony DeRosa (Bloomsburg) 5-4 184 - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) dec Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) 4-2TB 197 - Anthony Perrine (Cleveland State) FFT 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) dec Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) 6-1 Lock Haven 24 George Mason 15 125 - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) fall JB Dragovich (George Mason) 2:01 133 - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) maj Patrick Schellpfeffer (George Mason) 16-5 141 - Anthony Glasl (George Mason) dec Zack Zeamer (Lock Haven) 3-1SV 149 - Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) maj Nathan Higley (George Mason) 16-7 157 - Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) dec Peter Pappas (George Mason) 6-3 165 - Avery Bassett (Lock Haven) dec Drew Dicksons (George Mason) 3-2 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) dec Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) 12-9 184 - Malachi Duvall (George Mason) fall Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 1:15 197 - Jon List (George Mason) dec Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) 5-3 285 - Isaac Reid (Lock Haven) maj Donovan Sprouse (George Mason) 19-7 Lock Haven 24 American 9 125 - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) dec Max Leete (American) 5-2 133 - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) dec Jack Maida (American) 5-1 141 - Sean Logue (Lock Haven) dec Elijah White (American) 6-1 149 - Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) dec Patrick Ryan (American) 4-2 157 - Jack Nies (American) dec Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) 4-3 165 - Avery Bassett (Lock Haven) dec Caleb Campos (American) 3-1SV 174 - Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) dec Lucas White (American) 4-3 184 - Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) dec Colin Shannon (American) 6-2 197 - Connor Bourne (American) InjDef Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) 285 - Isaac Reid (Lock Haven) dec William Jarrell (American) 6-2 Minnesota 19 Wisconsin 15 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) dec Patrick McKee (Minnesota) 5-4 133 - Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) dec Taylor LaMont (Wisconsin) 5-1 141 - Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) dec Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) 1-0 149 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) fall Aidan Medora (Wisconsin) 5:56 157 - Garrett Model (Wisconsin) dec Drew Roberts (Minnesota) 12-9 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) dec Cael Carlson (Minnesota) 7-3 174 - Bailee O’Reilly (Minnesota) maj Josh Otto (Wisconsin) 14-4 184 - Sam Skillings (Minnesota) dec Tyler Dow (Wisconsin) 10-4 197 - Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) dec Michial Foy (Minnesota) 2-1 285 - Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) dec Garrett Joles (MInnesota) 3-2 Bellarmine 22 The Citadel 14 125 - Blair Orr (The Citadel) maj Jack Parker (Bellarmine) 10-0 133 - George Rosas (The Citadel) maj Michael Schiffhauer (Bellarmine) 12-1 141 - Jacob Silka (The Citadel) dec Chase Hall (Bellarmine) 5-1 149 - Zac Cowan (Bellarmine) dec Ethan Willis (The Citadel) 5-3SV 157 - Tavius Hosley (Bellarmine) dec Tucker Allen (The Citadel) 3-1 165 - Cole Nance (Bellarmine) maj Aidan Lenz (The Citadel) 10-2 174 - Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) dec Ben Haubert (The Citadel) 2-1 184 - Kennedy Wyatt (Bellarmine) dec William Rogers (The Citadel) 5-4 197 - Royce Hall (Bellarmine) fall Mark Chaid (The Citadel) 5:43 285 - Jonathan Chesser (The Citadel) dec Thadd Huff (Bellarmine) 7-0 Army West Point 20 Drexel 12 125 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) maj Gabe Giampietro (Drexel) 9-1 133 - Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) dec Ryan Franco (Army West Point) 3-0 141 - Julian Sanchez (Army West Point) dec Jordan Soriano (Drexel) 11-8 149 - Trae McDaniel (Army West Point) dec Luke Nichter (Drexel) 3-0 157 - Nate Lukez (Army West Point) maj Tyler Williams (Drexel) 14-5 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 4-0 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) dec Mickey O’Malley (Drexel) 5-3 184 - Sahm Abdulrazzaq (Army West Point) dec Brian Bonino (Drexel) 2-1TB 197 - Sean O’Malley (Drexel) dec Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) 6-1 285 - Santino Morina (Drexel) dec Austin Kohlhofer (Army West Point) 3-1SV Lehigh 24 Princeton 12 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) dec Carter Bailey (Lehigh) 12-5 133 - Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) dec Anthony Clark (Princeton) 7-1 141 - Malyke Hines (Lehigh) tech Christopher Martino (Princeton) 15-0 149 - Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec Marshall Keller (Princeton) 4-2SV 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) maj Ty Whalen (Princeton) 12-2 165 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) 6-1 174 - Kole Mulhauser (Princeton) fall Jake Logan (Lehigh) 6:29 184 - Tate Samuelson (Lehigh) dec Nate Dugan (Princeton) 6-1 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) dec Luke Stout (Princeton) 11-4 285 - Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) dec Travis Stefanik (Princeton) 5-0 Oregon State 20 Wyoming 10 125 - Jore Volk (Minnesota) maj Caleb Coyle (Oregon State) 10-1 133 - Jason Shaner (Oregon State) dec Garrett Ricks (Wyoming) 11-8 141 - Job Greenwood (Wyoming) dec Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) 8-6 149 - Riley Gurr (Oregon State) dec Chase Zollman (Wyoming) 9-4 157 - Jacob Wright (Wyoming) dec Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) 6-4 165 - Matt Olguin (Oregon State) dec Cole Moody (Wyoming) 6-3 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Hayden Lieb (Wyoming) 8-3 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) dec Quayin Short (Wyoming) 6-3 197 - Jackson McKinney (Oregon State) dec Tyce Raddon (Wyoming) 7-6 285 - JJ Dixon (Oregon State) maj Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 12-3 Sunday’s Dual Results SIU Edwardsville 21 Ohio 15 125 - Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) dec Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 10-3 133 - Aaron Schulist (SIU Edwardsville) fall Nolan Frye (Ohio) 1:54 141 - Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) dec Kyran Hagan (Ohio) 3-0 149 - Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) dec Alec Hagan (Ohio) 3-0 157 - Peyten Keller (Ohio) dec Caine Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 9-3 165 - Jordan Slivka (Ohio) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 7-5SV 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Chase Diehl (SIU Edwardsville) 5-2 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) dec Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 6-2 197 - Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) dec Carson Brewer (Ohio) 2-0 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) fall Jacob Padilla (Ohio) 2:12 Little Rock 28 Ohio 12 125 - Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) dec Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) 3-2 133 - Josh Sarpy (Little Rock) maj Paul Woo (Ohio) 8-0 141 - Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) dec Kyran Hagan (Ohio) 7-1 149 - Alec Hagan (Ohio) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 6-4 157 - Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) InjDef Peyten Keller (Ohio) 165 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) dec Jordan Slivka (Ohio) 1-0 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) fall Triston Wills (Little Rock) 4:20 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) dec Mason Diel (Little Rock) 6-0 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) dec Carson Brewer (Ohio) 9-3 285 - Josiah Hill (Little Rock) fall Drew Harris (Ohio) 4:21 SIU Edwardsville 22 Little Rock 14 125 - Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) maj Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 15-7 133 - Aaron Schulist (SIU Edwardsville) maj Josh Sarpy (Little Rock) 14-6 141 - Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) fall Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 7:25 149 - Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 6-2 157 - Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) dec Caine Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 5-2 165 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) maj Hayden Shepherd (SIU Edwardsville) 11-0 174 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) dec Chase Diehl (SIU Edwardsville) 4-0 184 - Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) dec Mason Diel (Little Rock) 3-2 197 - Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) dec Matthew Weinert (Little Rock) 6-0 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) dec Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 3-0 Air Force 28 American 13 125 - Tucker Owens (Air Force) fall Max Leete (American) 3:38 133 - Cody Phippen (Air Force) maj Jack Maida (American) 17-3 141 - Raymond Lopez (American) dec Garrett Kuchan (Air Force) 9-6 149 - Dylan Martinez (Air Force) dec Patrick Ryan (American) 4-1 157 - Jack Ganos (Air Force) dec Jack Nies (American) 9-5 165 - Caleb Campos (American) maj Seamus Casey (Air Force) 12-4 174 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Lucas White (American) 8-1 184 - Noah Blake (Air Force) dec Carsten Rawls (American) 3-1 197 - Connor Bourne (American) InjDef Calvin Sund (Air Force) 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall William Jarrell (American) 1:42 Rider 25 Clarion 12 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) dec Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 4-3 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Mason Prinkey (Clarion) 3-1 141 - McKenzie Bell (Rider) maj Seth Koleno (Clarion) 9-0 149 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) tech Kyle Schickel (Clarion) 16-0 157 - Colton Washleski (Rider) dec Trevor Elfvin (Clarion) 4-3 165 - Cam Pine (Clarion) maj Hunter Mays (Rider) 9-0 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) dec John Worthing (Clarion) 7-3 184 - Will Feldkamp (Clarion) tech Isaac Dean (Rider) 17-2 197 - Ethan Laird (Rider) maj Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) 13-5 285 - David Szuba (Rider) dec Austin Chapman (Clarion) 3-1 Kent State 32 Bloomsburg 9 125 - Jake Ferri (Kent State) maj Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) 14-6 133 - Louis Newell (Kent State) dec Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) 7-3 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) dec Pablo Castro (Kent State) 3-2 149 - Kody Komara (Kent State) dec Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 3-2 157 - Keegan Knapp (Kent State) maj John Noah Reho (Bloomsburg) 18-7 165 - Enrique Munguia (Kent State) fall Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) 1:20 174 - Mason Karpinski (Kent State) dec Anthony DeRosa (Bloomsburg) 4-1 184 - Tyler Bates (Kent State) dec Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) 6-0 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) FFT 285 - Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) fall Jacob Cover (Kent State) 4:45 Michigan 23 Indiana 18 125 - Jack Medley (Michigan) maj Jacob Moran (Indiana) 24-11 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) fall Henry Porter (Indiana) 1:34 141 - Patrick Nolan (Michigan) dec Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 9-3 149 - Graham Rooks (Indiana) dec Fidel Mayora (Michigan) 4-1 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 4-3TB 165 - Nick South (Indiana) fall Alex Wesselman (Michigan) 2:35 174 - DJ Washington (Indiana) fall Max Maylor (Michigan) 2:53 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) dec Clayton Fielden (Indiana) 6-0 197 - Nick Willhelm (Indiana) dec Brendin Yatooma (Michigan) 5-2 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) maj Jacob Bullock (Indiana) 18-4 Northwestern 30 Purdue 12 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) FFT 133 - Chris Cannon (Northwestern) dec Dustin Norris (Purdue) 4-1 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) FFT 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) maj Jaden Reynolds (Purdue) 15-5 157 - Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) tech Brennan Doyle (Purdue) 17-1 165 - Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern) dec Stoney Buell (Purdue) 10-3 174 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) maj Macartney Parkinson (Purdue) 12-3 184 - Evan Bates (Northwestern) maj Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 11-3 197 - Andrew Davison (Northwestern) maj Mitch Hutmacher (Purdue) 10-2 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) dec Hayden Copass (Purdue) 6-1 Penn 28 Drexel 6 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) tech Gabe Giampietro (Drexel) 20-5 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) maj Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) 14-6 141 - Carmen Ferrante (Penn) dec Jordan Soriano (Drexel) 5-1 149 - Doug Zapf (Penn) maj Dominic Findora (Drexel) 14-6 157 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) dec Tate Nichter (Drexel) 11-4 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Lucas Revano (Penn) 2-1TB 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Mickey O’Malley (Drexel) 2-0 184 - Brian Bonino (Drexel) dec Max Hale (Penn) 3-2 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) dec Sean O’Malley (Drexel) 3-2 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) dec Santino Morina (Drexel) 8-3 Iowa State 21 Illinois 13 125 - Caleb Fuessley (Iowa State) dec Maximo Renteria (Illinois) 6-4SV 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) maj Zach Redding (Iowa State) 13-3 141 - Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) dec Danny Pucino (Illinois) 10-7 149 - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) dec Jake Harrier (Illinois) 12-6 157 - Mike Carr (Illinois) dec Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) 10-8 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) maj Anthony Federico (Illinois) 16-2 174 - Edmond Ruth (Illinois) dec Julien Broderson (Iowa State) 3-2 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) tech Dylan Connell (Illinois) 20-5 197 - Zac Braunagel (Illinois) dec Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 5-3 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) dec Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) 5-3 Nebraska 27 Rutgers 10 125 - Liam Cronin (Nebraska) dec Dean Peterson (Rutgers) 3-1 133 - Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) dec Boo Dryden (Nebraska) 6-3 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) tech Devon Britton (Rutgers) 18-3 149 - Anthony White (Rutgers) dec Dayne Morton (Nebraska) 5-3 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) maj Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 11-3 165 - Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) dec Al DeSantis (Rutgers) 6-3 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) dec Jackson Turley (Rutgers) 6-2 184 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) FFT 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) dec Billy Janzer (Rutgers) 6-0 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) maj Cale Davidson (Nebraska) 12-3 Penn State 44 Maryland 3 125 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) dec Gary Steen (Penn State) 1-0 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) tech King Sandoval (Maryland) 29-13 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Kal Miller (Maryland) 5-2 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) tech Ethen Miller (Maryland) 19-4 157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) fall Kevin Schork (Maryland) 1:42 165 - Alex Facundo (Penn State) fall Lucas Cordio (Maryland) 5:38 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Dom Solis (Maryland) 14-6 184 - Donovan Ball (Penn State) dec Kevin Makosy (Maryland) 10-3 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) FFT 285 - Seth Nevills (Penn State) fall Jordan Gabriel (Maryland) 1:56 Presbyterian 19 Gardner-Webb 18 125 - Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) dec Drew West (Gardner-Webb) 8-2 133 - Jacob Brassuer (Presbyterian) fall Tyson Lane (Gardner-Webb) 5:50 141 - Zach Price (Gardner-Webb) dec Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian) 13-8 149 - Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) dec Parker Corwin (Gardner-Webb) 3-1 157 - Tyler Brignola (Gardner-Webb) maj Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) 8-0 165 - Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb) tech Ty Chittum (Presbyterian) 18-3 174 - Zach Wells (Presbyterian) dec Andrew Wilson (Gardner-Webb) 6-2 184 - Jha’Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) dec Cordell Duhart (Presbyterian) 5-2 197 - Samuel Mora (Gardner-Webb) dec David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 5-0 285 - Malcolm Wiley (Presbyterian) maj Abraham Preston (Gardner-Webb) 13-1 Queens 31 Allen 9 125 - Ashton Thompson (Queens) maj Reco Robinson (Allen) 12-3 133 - Nyshaad Hannon (Allen) dec Ananth Manibushan (Queens) 12-8 141 - Melvin Rubio (Queens) tech Quincy Gash (Allen) 16-1 149 - Nico D’Amico (Queens) dec Drevon Wallace (Allen) 4-3 157 - Toure Moore (Queens) dec Moise Toussain (Allen) 4-1 165 - Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) fall Ya’Donnis Haradway (Allen) 4:25 174 - JT Skalecki (Queens) maj Jordan Bowser (Allen) 12-3 184 - Michael Jackson (Allen) dec D’Andre Hunt (Queens) 12-5 197 - Christian Poptous (Allen) dec Stephen Falkner (Queens) 14-8 285 - Josh Voelkel (Queens) fall Timyris Lippett (Allen) 6:29 Central Michigan 27 Buffalo 6 125 - Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) dec Mason Bush (Buffalo) 5-2 133 - Vince Perez (Central Michigan) fall Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) 6:03 141 - Jimmy Nugent (Central Michigan) dec Jack Marlow (Buffalo) 7-5 149 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 8-3 157 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Michael Petite (Buffalo) 7-5 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) dec Marcus Petite (Buffalo) 3-2 174 - Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 7-3 184 - Guiseppe Hoose (Buffalo) dec Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 5-2 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec Cameron Wood (Central Michigan) 4-1 285 - Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) dec Eli Sheeran (Buffalo) 6-3 Campbell 24 Chattanooga 13 125 - Anthony Molton (Campbell) dec Logan Ashton (Chattanooga) 3-0 133 - Dom Zaccone (Campbell) dec Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) 4-2SV 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) dec Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) 8-2 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Chris Rivera (Campbell) 4-1 157 - Troy Nation (Campbell) fall Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) 3:39 165 - Weston Wichman (Chattanooga) dec Dom Baker (Campbell) 5-2 174 - Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga) maj Riley Augustine (Campbell) 10-1 184 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) 4-3 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) dec Jake Boyd (Chattanooga) 6-4 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) fall Logan Webster (Chattanooga) 1:46 Oklahoma 18 South Dakota State 13 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) dec Joey Prata (Oklahoma) 4-2SV 133 - Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) dec Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) 8-2 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) dec Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) 8-2 149 - Alek Martin (South Dakota State) dec John Wiley (Oklahoma) 3-2 157 - Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) dec Caleb Gross (South Dakota State) 9-2 165 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 8-5 174 - Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) dec Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) 8-5 184 - Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) dec Cade King (South Dakota State) 10-6 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) maj Carson Berryhill (Oklahoma) 13-4 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) dec Josh Heinselman (Oklahoma) 3-1SV California Baptist 23 CSU Bakersfield 17 125 - Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) dec Devin Garcia (California Baptist) 9-3 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) tech Santino Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield) 16-0 141 - Angelo Martinoni (CSU Bakersfield) tech Christian Nunez (California Baptist) 20-2 149 - Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) dec Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) 10-9 157 - Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) dec Nolan Miller-Johnston (California Baptist) 9-6 165 - Frank Almaguer (California Baptist) tech Braden Smelser (CSU Bakersfield) 19-4 174 - Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) dec Louis Rojas (California Baptist) 3-1 184 - Peter Acciardi (California Baptist) maj Khristian Dove (CSU Bakersfield) 18-5 197 - Caden Gerlach (California Baptist) fall Mateo Morales (CSU Bakersfield) 3:36 285 - Paul Sharp (CSU Bakersfield) dec Arick Lopez (California Baptist) 6-2 Oklahoma State 25 Stanford 9 125 - Nico Provo (Stanford) dec Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) 5-2 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) dec Jackson DiSario (Stanford) 6-1 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) dec Jason Miranda (Stanford) 6-3 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) 6-5 157 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Charlie Darracott (Stanford) 9-5 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) dec Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 4-2SV 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Tyler Eischens (Stanford) 11-5 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) maj Brook Byers (Stanford) 19-9 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) fall Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 3:35 285 - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 7-2

Penn 149 lber Doug Zapf (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco) Friday's Dual Results Campbell 34 Bellarmine 15 125 - Anthony Molton (Campbell) tech Jack Parker (Bellarmine) 23-8 133 - Dom Zaccone (Campbell) maj Michael Schiffhauer (Bellarmine) 18-6 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) fall Chase Hall (Bellarmine) 5:34 149 - Chris Rivera (Campbell) dec Zac Cowan (Bellarmine) 3-1SV 157 - Tavius Hosley (Bellarmine) FFT 165 - Cole Nance (Bellarmine) dec Dom Baker (Campbell) 11-5 174 - Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) FFT 184 - Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) tech Kennedy (Bellarmine) 16-0 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) fall Royce Hall (Bellarmine) 1:46 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) tech Thadd Huff (Bellarmine) 25-10 Franklin & Marshall 29 Millersville 12 125 - Mason Leiphart (F&M) tech Bryce Beatty (Millersville) 17-2 133 - Devin Flannery (Millersville) dec Pat Phillips (F&M) 3-1 141 - Tim Uhler (Millersville) dec Aidan O'Shea (F&M) 4-3 149 - Craig Cook (Millersville) dec Bryce Kresho (F&M) 6-2 157 - Nicolas Alvarez (F&M) dec Elijah Tuckey (Millersville) 7-2 165 - Brandon Connor (Millersville) dec Noah Bash (F&M) 3-0 174 - Noah Fox (F&M) tech Andrew Vogelbacher (Millersville) 18-3 184 - James Conway (F&M) fall Braden Newby (Millersville) 1:41 197 - John Crawford (F&M) fall Danny Pereira (Millersville) 1:58 285 - Vincenzo Pelusi (F&M) maj Jordan Espinosa (Millersville) 13-3 Brown 27 Long Island 18 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) FFT 133 - Hunter Adrian (Brown) maj Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 19-5 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) dec Ian Oswalt (Brown) 8-5 149 - Blake Saito (Brown) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 4-0 157 - Sam McMonagle (Brown) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 4-2 165 - Blake Bahna (Long Island) fall Harrison Trahan (Brown) 2:27 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) fall TJ Franden (Long Island) 5:19 184 - James Araneo (Brown) tech Joseph LoPresti (Long Island) 16-0 197 - Aaron Wolk (Brown) fall John Dusza (Long Island) 1:51 285 - Aeden Begue (Long Island) dec Alex Semenenko (Brown) 7-5 Clarion 23 Buffalo 9 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) maj Mason Bush (Buffalo) 14-3 133 - Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) dec Mason Prinkey (Clarion) 6-5 141 - Seth Koleno (Clarion) dec Jack Marlow (Buffalo) 5-2 149 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 10-8 157 - Michael Petite (Buffalo) dec Trevor Elfvin (Clarion) 13-6 165 - Cam Pine (Clarion) dec Noah Grover (Buffalo) 3-2 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 3-1SV 184 - Will Feldkamp (Clarion) maj Guiseppe Hoose (Buffalo) 9-1 197 - Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) dec Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) 6-4SV 285 - Eli Sheeran (Buffalo) dec Austin Chapman (Clarion) 4-3 Harvard 18 Columbia 17 125 - Diego Sotelo (Harvard) dec Nick Babin (Columbia) 3-2 133 - Dante Frinzi (Harvard) fall Angelo Rini (Columbia) 1:45 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) maj Joe Cangro (Harvard) 10-2 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) dec Jack Crook (Harvard) 7-5 157 - Cesar Alvan (Columbia) dec Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) 4-2 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) dec Josh Kim (Harvard) 3-1 174 - Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) dec Lenox Wolak (Columbia) 12-5 184 - Leo Tarantino (Harvard) dec Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia) 7-5SV 197 - Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) maj Michael Doggett (Harvard) 10-1 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) dec William McChesney (Columbia) 7-1 West Virginia 20 Air Force 18 125 - Tucker Owens (Air Force) maj Colton Drousias (West Virginia) 9-1 133 - Cody Phippen (Air Force) tech Ryan Yriart (West Virginia) 18-0 141 - Jordan Titus (West Virginia) dec Garrett Kuchan (Air Force) 6-3 149 - Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) dec Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 5-4 157 - Caleb Dowling (West Virginia) dec Jack Ganos (Air Force) 4-3 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj Seamus Casey (Air Force) 20-7 174 - Scott Joll (West Virginia) maj Gage Musser (Air Force) 10-2 184 - Anthony Carman (West Virginia) dec Noah Blake (Air Force) 2-0 197 - Calvin Sund (Air Force) dec Austin Cooley (West Virginia) 4-0 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) :37 Penn State 33 Rutgers 8 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) tech Gary Steen (Penn State) 21-6 133 - Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) dec Baylor Shunk (Penn State) 7-2 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) maj Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) 12-1 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) maj Tony White (Rutgers) 21-9 157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) dec Andy Clark (Rutgers) 8-2 165 - Alex Facundo (Penn State) tech Luke Gayer (Rutgers) 25-12 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Jackson Turley (Rutgers) 16-3 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) tech Brian Soldano (Rutgers) 18-3 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) maj Billy Janzer (Rutgers) 11-1 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) tech Kyle Epperly (Rutgers) 16-0 NC State 23 Pittsburgh 9 125 - Jarrett Trombley (NC State) dec Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 11-8 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) dec Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 2-1TB 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Ryan Jack (NC State) 4-2 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) dec Tyler Badgett (Pittsburgh) 4-0 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) tech Dazjon Casto (Pittsburgh) 20-3 165 - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Matthew Singleton (NC State) 5-2 174 - Alex Faison (NC State) dec Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) 3-1SV 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) dec Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) 9-5 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Isaac Trumble (NC State) 6-4TB 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) 3-1SV Chattanooga 19 Gardner-Webb 16 125 - Drew West (Gardner-Webb) dec Logan Ashton (Chattanooga) 3-2 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) 1-0 141 - Zach Price (Gardner-Webb) dec Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 6-2 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Parker Corwin (Gardner-Webb) 20-6 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) dec Tyler Brignola (Gardner-Webb) 3-1 165 - Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb) maj Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) 16-5 174 - Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga) fall Andrew Wilson (Gardner-Webb) 1:15 184 - Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) dec Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) 3-1 197 - Samuel Mora (Gardner-Webb) dec Jake Boyd (Chattanooga) 9-3 285 - Logan Andrew (Chattanooga) dec Abraham Preston (Gardner-Webb) 8-1 Utah Valley 22 Northern Colorado 20 125 - Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) fall Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) 4:34 133 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) dec Kobe Nelms (Utah Valley) 6-2 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) dec Ty Smith (Utah Valley) 10-4 149 - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) dec Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley) 8-6SV 157 - Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) tech Tyson Humphreys (Utah Valley) 23-8 165 - Baylor Fernandes (Northern Colorado) fall Kyler Lake (Utah Valley) 4:22 174 - Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley) maj Andrew Berreyesa (Northern Colorado) 13-5 184 - Mahonri Rushton (Utah Valley) fall Branson Britten (Northern Colorado) 6:46 197 - Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) dec Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 10-3 285 - Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) dec Xavier Doolin (Northern Colorado) 7-3 Lehigh 32 Bucknell 6 125 - Carter Bailey (Lehigh) tech Grayson McLellan (Bucknell) 16-0 133 - Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) 6-4 141 - Darren Miller (Bucknell) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 4-2 149 - Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) dec Manzona Bryant (Lehigh) 8-6SV 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) fall Riley Bower (Bucknell) 3:00 165 - Connor Herceg (Lehigh) dec Chase Barlow (Bucknell) 9-6 174 - AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) dec Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 7-3 184 - Tate Samuelson (Lehigh) maj Mason McCready (Bucknell) 16-3 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) maj Nolan Springer (Bucknell) 24-12 285 - Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) maj Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) 11-0 Oklahoma State 19 South Dakota State 12 125 - Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) dec Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 9-5 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) maj Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) 11-1 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 4-3 149 - Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) dec Alek Martin (South Dakota State) 3-1 157 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) 8-1 165 - Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 8-6 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) dec Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 9-5 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Cade King (South Dakota State) 3-0 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) dec Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 7-0 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) dec Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 4-3TB Iowa State 19 Northern Iowa 12 125 - Kyle Gollhofer (Northern Iowa) dec Ethan Perryman (Iowa State) 8-6 133 - Zach Redding (Iowa State) dec Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) 4-2SV 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) dec Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) 4-3 149 - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) dec Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) 3-1 157 - Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) dec Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) 4-1 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) maj Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) 20-6 174 - MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) dec Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) 9-5 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) 7-5 197 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) 12-6 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 4-1 Virginia Tech 28 North Carolina 8 125 - Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) dec Jack Wagner (North Carolina) 6-2 133 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) maj Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 12-3 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) maj Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) 12-3 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina) 4-0 157 - Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) maj Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 11-3 165 - Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) dec Joey Mazzara (North Carolina) 4-2 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) fall Michael Goldfeder (North Carolina) 3:51 184 - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) dec Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 6-0 197 - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) dec Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 10-3 285 - Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) dec Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 6-2 North Dakota State 21 Oklahoma 12 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Carlos Negrete (North Dakota State) 3-2 133 - McGwire Midkiff (North Dakota State) dec Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) 10-3 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) dec Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) 6-2 149 - Kellyn March (North Dakota State) dec Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) 5-0 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 6-2 165 - Michael Caliendo (North Dakota State) dec Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) 10-5 174 - Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) dec Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) 8-4 184 - DJ Parker (North Dakota State) fall Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) 2:58 197 - Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) dec Carson Berryhill (Oklahoma) 6-5 285 - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec Juan Mora (North Dakota State) 4-2TB Cornell 28 Binghamton 15 125 - Micah Roes (Binghamton) dec Joseph Sciarrone (Cornell) 8-2 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) tech Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 19-4 141 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 3-2 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) fall Michael Zarif (Binghamton) 2:22 157 - Cole Handlovic (Cornell) maj Conner Decker (Binghamton) 13-0 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Benny Baker (Cornell) 7-2 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) maj Sam DePrez (Binghamton) 10-1 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) fall Ethan Hatcher (Cornell) 3:44 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) fall John Baker (Binghamton) 1:25 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Brendan Furman (Cornell) 3-2 Rider 28 Edinboro 6 125 - Tyler Klinsky (Rider) tech Eamonn Jimenez (Edinboro) 23-8 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Cam Soda (Edinboro) 4-1 141 - McKenzie Bell (Rider) maj Zach Soda (Edinboro) 10-0 149 - Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) dec Quinn Kinner (Rider) 10-8 157 - Luke Kemerer (Edinboro) dec Colton Washleski (Rider) 3-2 165 - Hunter Mays (Rider) dec Alex Garee (Edinboro) 8-6 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) dec Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 2-0 184 - Isaac Dean (Rider) dec Jack Kilner (Edinboro) 3-1SV 197 - Ethan Laird (Rider) dec Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) 5-3 285 - David Szuba (Rider) maj Nick Lodato (Edinboro) 13-1 Virginia 45 Duke 3 125 - Patrick McCormick (Virginia) dec Ethan Grimminger (Duke) 8-2 133 - Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia) tech Drake Doolittle (Duke) 21-5 141 - Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) maj Christian Colman (Duke) 11-3 149 - Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) tech Patrick Rowland (Duke) 17-2 157 - Jake Keating (Virginia) fall Logan Ferrero (Duke) 3:50 165 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) fall Gabe Dinette (Duke) 3:32 174 - Vic Marcelli (Virginia) FFT 184 - Neil Antrassian (Virginia) maj Luke Chakonis (Duke) 11-2 197 - Michael Battista (Virginia) fall Brayden Ray (Duke) 4:15 285 - Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) dec Ethan Weatherspoon (Virginia) 7-1 Iowa 33 Michigan 8 125 - Spencer Lee (Iowa) maj Jack Medley (Michigan) 11-2 133 - Brody Teske (Iowa) tech Wilfried Tanefeu (Michigan) 19-3 141 - Real Woods (Iowa) maj Patrick Nolan (Michigan) 14-1 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) dec Chance Lamer (Michigan) 10-4 157 - Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) dec Will Lewan (Michigan) 3-1SV 165 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) fall Alex Wesselman (Michigan) 2:31 174 - Nelson Brands (Iowa) dec Joseph Walker (Michigan) 5-1 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) tech Drake Rhodes (Iowa) 15-0 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) tech Brendin Yatooma (Michigan) 16-1 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) dec Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) 9-7 Maryland 19 Purdue 18 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Braxton Brown (Maryland) 10-3 133 - Dustin Norris (Purdue) dec King Sandoval (Maryland) 3-0 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) dec Kal Miller (Maryland) 8-3 149 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) maj Jaden Reynolds (Purdue) 12-1 157 - Kendall Coleman (Purdue) fall Michael North (Maryland) 2:23 165 - John Martin Best (Maryland) dec Cooper Noehre (Purdue) 6-5TB 174 - Dom Solis (Maryland) dec Brody Baumann (Purdue) 5-4 184 - Ben Vanadia (Purdue) dec Kevin Makosy (Maryland) 8-3 197 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) fall Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) 2:00 285 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) dec Hayden Copass (Purdue) 3-2 Northwestern 30 Northern Illinois 6 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) dec Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) 7-2TB 133 - Chris Cannon (Northwestern) dec Bryce West (Northern Illinois) 10-3 141 - Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) dec Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) 3-1SV 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) maj Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) 16-5 157 - Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) dec Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) 8-2 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) dec Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern) 5-4 174 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) dec Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) 12-5 184 - Evan Bates (Northwestern) maj Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) 8-0 197 - Andrew Davison (Northwestern) fall Jacob Christiansen (Northern Illinois) 5:36 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) maj Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) 12-1 Nebraska 25 Ohio State 16 125 - Liam Cronin (Nebraska) dec Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) 3-1 133 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) maj Kyle Burwick (Nebraska) 22-11 141 - Brock Hardy (Ohio State) dec Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) 8-6SV 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) fall Dayne Morton (Nebraska) 6:24 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) dec Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) 5-4 165 - Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) dec Gavin Brown (Ohio State) 10-4 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) dec Ethan Smith (Ohio State) 6-4 184 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) fall Gavin Bell (Ohio State) 2:53 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) maj Luke Geog (Ohio State) 10-2 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) FFT Michigan State 20 Indiana 16 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) dec Jacob Moran (Indiana) 1-0 133 - Henry Porter (Indiana) dec Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) 10-5 141 - Cayden Rooks (Indiana) dec Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) 12-5 149 - Graham Rooks (Indiana) maj Peyton Omania (Michigan State) 13-4 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 4-0 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) dec Nick South (Indiana) 4-2 174 - DJ Washington (Indiana) dec Ceasar Garza (Michigan State) 4-0 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) fall Clayton Fielden (Indiana) 3:39 197 - Cam Caffey (Michigan State) tech Drayton Harris (Indiana) 21-5 285 - Jacob Bullock (Indiana) dec Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State) 3-1 Penn 19 Princeton 15 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) dec Ryan Miller (Penn) 8-6 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) dec Anthony Clark (Princeton) 7-5 141 - Carmen Ferrante (Penn) maj Christopher Martino (Princeton) 11-2 149 - Doug Zapf (Penn) dec Marshall Keller (Princeton) 10-4 157 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) dec Ty Whalen (Princeton) 4-0 165 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Lucas Revano (Penn) 3-1 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Kole Mulhauser (Princeton) 7-0 184 - Max Hale (Penn) dec Nate Dugan (Princeton) 4-0 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) fall Cole Urbas (Penn) 3:31 285 - Travis Stefanik (Princeton) dec Ben Goldin (Penn) 3-2SV Stanford 43 CSU Bakersfield 0 125 - Nico Provo (Stanford) dec Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) 9-5 133 - Jackson DiSario (Stanford) fall Santino Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield) 4:19 141 - Jason Miranda (Stanford) maj Angelo Martinoni (CSU Bakersfield) 9-0 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) 9-3 157 - Charlie Darracott (Stanford) dec Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 7-4 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) FFT 174 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford) dec Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) 6-1 184 - Brook Byers (Stanford) FFT 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) fall Mateo Morales (CSU Bakersfield) 1:17 285 - Peter Ming (Stanford) dec Jake Andrews (CSU Bakersfield) 6-0

Bryce Andonian (left) and Austin O'Connor at the 2021 ACC Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We only have two weeks left in the ACC dual season and we have a couple duals tonight that have major implications on the ACC Dual Championship as well as big seeding implications for the ACC tournament. Duke will take on Virginia in teams looking to break through to their first win. Virginia Tech will head to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels in a dual that could put the winner in position for a share of the dual title. And in Raleigh, we have a huge dual between undefeated Pitt and one-loss, but higher ranked, NC State. Pittsburgh has the chance to slam the door on the rest of the conference with a win over the Wolfpack. It’s going to be a fun night in ACC country. Duke versus UVA will be on the ACC Network while the VT/UNC dual and Pitt/NC State will be on ACC Network Extra and will stream on the ESPN app. All duals start at 7pm. I will be in Charlottesville to cover the UVA/Duke dual, but will have the other two pulled up and trying to catch all the action. Duke at Virginia The Blue Devils venture north to Charlottesville to face the Hoos on Senior Night. UVA will honor 15 (!?!) wrestlers making their final home appearance for the Cavaliers. Both programs are looking for their first ACC win and these individual matchups will play a huge role in seeding for the ACC tournament. The Blue Devils will again be without a starter at 174 due to injury and the Hoos will be starting Ethan Weatherspoon at 285 in their revolving crew of heavyweights who have been in and out of the lineup with injuries. It appears as though Jonah Neisenbaum will be back at the helm at 285 for the Blue Devils after being out last week against Virginia Tech. He is 2-0 in ACC duals and is fighting for a top seed at the ACC tournament. UVA has been led by Justin McCoy and Jarod Verkleeren who are both 2-1 in-conference. Neil Antrassian and Michael Battista have both looked great in the back half of the season and are looking to even out their record at 2-2 with wins against Duke. 125: Patrick McCormick vs Ethan Grimminger 133: Marlon Yarbrough vs Logan Agin 141: Dylan Cedeno vs Christian Colman 149: No. 26 Jarod Verkleeren vs Patrick Rowland 157: Jake Keating vs Logan Ferrero 165: No. 17 Justin McCoy vs Gabe Dinette 174: Vic Marcelli OR Justin Phillips vs OPEN 184: No. 16 Neil Antrassian vs Luke Chakonis 197: No. 25 Michael Battista vs Brayden Ray 285: Ethan Weatherspoon vs #22 Jonah Neisenbaum #25 North Carolina at #6 Virginia Tech The Hokies head back to North Carolina for the second week in a row to square off with the Tar Heels in a dual that potentially has major implications in the race for the ACC dual title; the winner of this dual puts themselves in position for a share of the ACC title with an NC State win over Pittsburgh. The Hokies are favored on paper with nine wrestlers in the Intermat rankings to 6 for the Tar Heels. There are some phenomenal matchups in this dual--a couple of these are must-watch for all NCAA wrestling fans. At 141, we may see a rematch of Tom Crook and Lachlan McNeil. Crook beat McNeil at the Southeast Open in November. At 149, we could see true freshman sensation Caleb Henson taking on All-American Zach Sherman; this one is a big maybe, Sherman was injured against UVA two weeks ago and didn’t wrestle last week. At 184, Gavin Kane has been on a great run for the Tar Heels and is 3-0 in the ACC; he will take on Hunter Bolen who has two heartbreaking losses to Trent Hidlay in SV and Reece Heller by defensive pin. Bolen and Kane have met twice with Kane holding a 2-0 advantage. Two more big ones to watch--both of which are rematches of previous ACC finals. At 174, we could see a rematch of the 2022 final with Mekhi Lewis and Clay Lautt. Lewis holds a 3-0 advantage in the series. Lewis is nearly flawless on the year at 14-1 and has looked amazing. Lautt started the year strong but was injured in a loss in December, he comes into this match at 6-3. Since returning, he is 1-1 with a tech fall over Gaetano Console of Duke and an upset loss last week to Luca Augustine in sudden victory. It appears as though he is still getting back to full strength and speed and I’m hoping he will be 100% for the ACC tournament--because of this, I’m not sure that we will see him against Mekhi. Now the big one. If you don’t watch this match, you hate wrestling. Austin O’Connor and Bryce Andonian are both highly entertaining, explosively offensive wrestlers who will throw caution to the wind and wrestle wide-open. Both are undefeated on the year and have wrestled partial seasons coming back from injuries; Andonian is 6-0 with 5 bonus point wins while O'Connor is 14-0 with 13 bonus point wins. O’Connor is 4-0 against Andonian, with all of their previous matches--including two ACC finals matches--at 149 pounds. No. 7 Virginia Tech vs North Carolina Probables 125 – Eddie Ventresca vs No. 17 Jack Wagner 133 – No. 7 Sam Latona vs Jace Palmer 141 – No. 11 Tom Crook or Collin Gerardi vs No. 12 Lachlan McNeil 149 – No. 8 Caleb Henson vs No. 27 Zach Sherman or Wil Guida or Jayden Scott 157 – No. 5 Bryce Andonian vs No. 3 Austin O'Connor 165 – No. 27 Connor Brady vs Joey Mazzara or Gino Esposito 174 – No. 3 Mekhi Lewis vs No. 14 Clay Lautt or Michael Goldfede 184 – No. 7 Hunter Bolen vs No. 11 Gavin Kane 197 – No. 22 Andy Smith vs Max Shaw or Cade Lautt 285 – No. 20 Hunter Catka vs Brandon Witman or Aydin Guttridge #16 Pittsburgh at #7 North Carolina State The biggest dual this weekend will go down in Raleigh on Friday night. Pittsburgh enters Reynolds Coliseum undefeated in the ACC and can all but lock up the title with a win over the Wolfpack. NC State is looking to keep themselves in the running for another ACC dual title; if they are able to top the Panthers, they could earn a share of the ACC title. The conference recognizes multiple champions if teams have the same record in the conference, regardless of head-to-head results. This dual is intriguing because there are multiple matchups that I would consider toss-ups, so momentum may play a huge role in this dual. We could see as many as eight ranked versus ranked matchups, including top-10 matchups at 141 and 197. This dual could just as easily be a 5/5 split as it could be a 7/3 runaway for either team. It’s going to be a fun one to watch. 125: #32 Colton Camacho vs #27 Jarrett Trombley The first toss-up match. Trombley is 3-0 in the ACC and has been looking solid of late. Camacho has really come on in the second half of the season--he is 2-1 in the conference, losing in sudden victory to Jack Wagner last week. This one could easily go either direction and if they start at 125 could go a long way to establishing some momentum. 133: #6 Micky Phillippi vs #20 Kai Orine Micky Phillippi has been one of the most consistent performers in the country over his time in Pittsburgh. He enters at 11-1 on the year and 3-0 in the ACC. Orine has looked stronger in the second half of the season and sits at 10-6 and 2-1 in the ACC with a close loss to Sam Latona. Orine has gotten more offensive, but he will have to open up and put together multiple attacks to be able to get through the top-tier defense of Phillippi. 141: #3 Cole Matthews vs #4 Ryan Jack This might be the match of the night across all duals. Both guys have a stout defense and impressive counter offense and have established a dangerous top game. I would expect a low-scoring match here (check out the number of one-takedown matches that Matthews has won over the past two years). Jack has increased his offensive output on his feet and on the mat, but Matthews is notoriously difficult to score on. This one is going to be a chess match and a lot of fun to watch from the tactical perspective. 149: #28 Tyler Badgett vs #17 Jackson Arrington Tyler Badgett has wrestled well since taking over the starting spot full-time and comes in at 15-9 and 1-2 in the conference. The true freshman Jackson Arrington opened his year with one of the most difficult schedules possible, facing multiple All-Americans to start the year. He has improved with every outing and has looked very solid in the back half of the season. He is 17-6 on the year and 2-1 in the ACC with a loss to Caleb Henson. I’d lean toward Arrington with him having a much higher offensive output, he will put points on the board at some point and I could see Badgett struggling to break through his defense. 157: Dazjon Casto or Jared Keslar vs #7 Ed Scott Coming into the year, this was a potential top-10 matchup, but Dazjon Casto struggled to start the year. He has shown some growth and has been wrestling better, but is coming off an injury as well. Keslar wrestled last weekend and had the unfortunate task of facing Austin O’Connor. Ed Scott has looked as good as ever. He started the year more slowly, but has really found his groove and has been wrestling well. He is 14-5 on the year, with four of those losses coming in the first half of the season; his only loss in 2023 is to Bryce Andonian. Ed is known for big moves and has huge bonus point potential--I think he’ll be looking for it here to help the Wolfpack as much as he can. 165: #24 Holden Heller vs #26 Matty Singleton or Derek Fields This one is another big toss-up match. I think whoever ends up getting the start for the Wolfpack would have a similar ranking, so both potential matchups tonight are between pretty evenly-matched guys at 165. Singleton is 8-5 on the season, with four of those losses coming at 174; he holds a win over Conor Brady in his only ACC dual match. Fields is 0-1 in the ACC with a loss to Justin McCoy. Luke Ahrberg got the start, and the win, against Duke at 165. Heller has been solid this season since transferring from Hofstra; he enters at 10-5 and is undefeated in the ACC. 174: Luca Augustine vs #29 Alex Faison This is another big toss-up match. Faison has looked good for the Wolfpack since taking over the full-time role at 174; he comes in at 13-6 overall and 2-1 in the ACC with a win over Hudson Stewart and a win by forfeit from Duke and a loss to Mekhi Lewis. Luca Augustine has been on an absolute tear in the back half of the season, and notched two huge wins last weekend with a decision over MJ Gaitan in a tight dual with Iowa State, and knocking off then #8 Clay Lautt in sudden victory. Augustine is 12-7 overall and 2-1 in the ACC with wins over Lautt and Vic Marcelli and a loss to Mekhi Lewis. These two are very evenly matched and this match could be huge in this dual. 184: #17 Reece Heller vs #3 Trent Hidlay Reece Heller has had a phenomenal season for Pitt, including a Midlands title and a huge win over Hunter Bolen by defensive fall. He is 15-5 overall and 1-2 in the ACC with a win over Bolen and losses to Gavin Kane and Neil Antrassian. Hidlay has been a monster all year. He enters at 16-1 with 11 bonus point wins, and his lone blemish is a loss to Parker Keckeisen, who he also holds a win over this season. Hidlay is 2-0 in the ACC with a 21-9 major over Antrassian and a sudden victory win over Bolen. 184 is a deep weight in the ACC but Hidlay seems to have separated himself from the crowd--with the exception of his consistently close matches with Bolen. 197: #1 Nino Bonaccorsi vs #8 Isaac Trumble This will be a fun one. Nino is undefeated on the year and has looked as good as he ever has. He is 12-0 on the year and is coming off a great win over Yonger Bastida in the Iowa State dual. No one has been able to stop Nino’s offense--he has at least one takedown in every match this year. Trumble has looked excellent all year as well, he has shown growth on his feet and on the mat and is an incredibly dangerous pinner with seven on the year. While in most matchups, Nino has a reach advantage, Trumble may be one of the only wrestlers in the country who is “longer” at 197 than Bonaccorsi. Trumble is 16-2 on the year and 2-1 in the ACC with wins over Michael Battista and Brayden Ray and a last-second takedown loss to Andy Smith. Circle this one as a must-watch as well. 285: #10 Dayton Pitzer or Jake Slinger vs #12 Owen Trephan The ongoing question of whether Coach Gavin will pull the redshirt of Dayton Pitzer will add another chapter tonight. This will be the fifth and final appearance that Pitzer can make and still maintain his redshirt--but with the potential ACC dual title on the line, I fully expect to see Pitzer tonight. Pitzer is 7-2 on the season and 2-0 in the ACC with wins over Hunter Catka and Brandon Whitman. He is coming off a heartbreaking loss to Sam Schuyler in the Iowa State dual; the final match ended with ISU tying the Panthers and winning on criteria by match points. Trephan has looked excellent for the Wolfpack and comes in at 17-3 overall and 2-0 in the ACC. Don’t overlook how good Trephan is--he has shown that he can go with anyone in the country and he has the experience edge over Pitzer. In a perfect world, the dual would come down to this match…let’s hope it does.

Iowa 141 lber Real Woods (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) The loosening of the transfer rules has basically changed college sports in general. In terms of college wrestling, the fans have already seen some of the top teams reload with talent via the portal and several former top recruits find new homes. The following looks at the most impactful transfers for this season. Remember, only wrestlers who have started at a new school for this season are included. 125: No. 22 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) Poulin was a highly regarded recruit in the class of 2021. He originally signed with NC State and went 6-0 during a redshirt year with the Wolfpack. After that season, he transferred to Northern Colorado and has been the starter at 125 pounds since the jump. Poulin has gone 23-4 so far this season. His ranking took a bit of a hit this week after he dropped a 4-2 decision against fellow freshman No. 21 Jore Volk (Wyoming) last weekend. However, Poulin still appears to be an NCAA qualifier with the potential for more. 133: No. 15 Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) and No. 16 Brody Teske (Iowa) The most talked-about transfer this past offseason was likely Teske, who relocated to Iowa City after stints with Northern Iowa and Penn State. However, he has been slowed by injuries and has had only six matches so far this season. The most impactful transfer has actually been Heilmann who now represents Rutgers after four seasons with North Carolina. He has gone 20-6 with three of those losses coming recently in the Big Ten meat grinder schedule. However, Heilmann does hold wins over Michael Colaiocco (Penn) and Rayvon Foley (Michigan State). After getting back on track with a dominant 12-0 major decision over King Sandoval (Maryland), Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale spoke with InterMat. “He has been wrestling great all year long,” he said. “Joey has trained his tail off. He has a workmanlike attitude every single day he steps in the room. It is this time of year. This is it for Joey, he gets it, understands it and is fired up about it, and he is starting to get better at the right time. I’m pretty excited about that.” 141: No. 2 Real Woods (Iowa) Perhaps the most impactful transfer of the year appears to be a legitimate contender for the crown at 141 pounds. Woods has found a new home with the Hawkeyes after finishing sixth last year for Stanford. He has won all 11 of his bouts this season. Woods has not racked up the bonus points, but he already has wins over three top-10 ranked wrestlers: No. 5 Brock Hardy (Nebraska), No. 6 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) and No. 9 Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern). The number-one ranked wrestler at this weight, Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado), is also undefeated this season at 18-0. Woods does hold a win over Alirez from last season. If the rankings hold, these two could be headed for a rematch in the NCAA finals. 149: No. 25 Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) Hillegas was a two-time PIAA state champion and a three-time WPIAL champion on the high school level. While at North Hills high school, he was coached by former West Virginia All-American Vertus Jones. After two seasons with Virginia Tech, Hillegas followed in his former coach’s footsteps and transferred to West Virginia. He has worked his way into the rankings with victories over the likes of No. 26 Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) and No. 28 Tyler Badgett. 165: No. 24 Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) and No. 23 Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) Heller qualified for the 2021 NCAA tournament at 157 pounds while wrestling for Hofstra. He redshirted last season and eventually transferred to Pittsburgh. Heller has been the starter with the new team from the jump, and he has gone 10-5. He has picked up key wins No. 17 Justin McCoy (Virginia) and No. 16 Joshua Ogunsanya (Columbia). After back-to-back qualifying seasons for Purdue, Nijenhuis is now on the roster for Oklahoma. He has dropped back down to 165 pounds and has built an 11-4 record Nijenhuis went 2-2 at this first open tournament to start the year, but he then went on an eight-match winning streak to put himself into the rankings. After a bit of a slide, he got back on track last weekend with a 3-1 victory over Hunter Mays (Rider). 174: No. 11 Edmond Ruth (Illinois) Ruth started his collegiate career at Lehigh and spent last season wrestling unattached. During his off year, he won both the Clarion Open and the substitute Midlands event known as the Illinois Matmen Open. He eventually found a new home in Illinois where he has gone 23-3 and steadily climbed the rankings. Ruth has already picked up wins over No. 8 Peyton Mocco (Missouri), No. 12 Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga), No. 20 Nick Incontrera (Penn) and No. 16 Nelson Brands (Iowa). 184: No. 8 Matt Finesilver (Michigan) Before joining the Wolverines, Finesilver was a three-time NCAA qualifier for Duke. After transferring to Michigan, he has moved up to 184 pounds and gone 17-5. Finesilver has rocketed up the rankings recently with wins over No. 13 Layne Malczewski (Michigan State), No. 14 Brian Soldano (Rutgers) and No. 10 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State). 197: No. 2 Michael Beard (Lehigh) If Woods has been the most impactful transfer this season, then Beard is a close second. Beard signed with Penn State out of high school and finished seventh as a redshirt freshman in 2021 to become an All-American. After being forced to sit behind NCAA champion No. 3 Max Dean, Beard transferred to Lehigh. Not only has Beard cemented himself as a title contender with the Mountain Hawks, but he has also knocked off Dean earlier this year. 285: Jared Campbell (Glenville State) Transfers have not made a huge impact in the heavyweight rankings on the Division I level, but the same can’t be said one step down in Division II. Campbell joined Glenville State this past offseason after previously wrestling for Notre Dame (Ohio) where he was a 2020 NCAA qualifier. At the new school, he has gone 27-1 with his only loss coming against former Purdue wrestler and returning All-American Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma). Campbell not only won the Ohio Intercollegiate Open, but he has also gone 3-0 against Division I opposition including a win over No. 25 Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia). Campbell’s arrival at Glenville State has contributed to the ascension of the program. After finishing 44th at the NCAA tournament last season, the Pioneers are ranked 18th in the latest rankings.

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) On Friday morning, the NCAA released the second set of coaches rankings for the 2022-23 season, along with the first set of RPI ratings. The coaches rankings require at least eight DI matches (not counting ones against teammates) at the rankable weight in order to be considered. To qualify for the RPI, 15 matches must have been wrestled. If there is a notable wrestler off one of these lists that is likely the reason. The third set of rankings will be compiled before conference allocations are announced at the conclusion of the regular season. Here is a link to the rankings and RPI themselves.

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We're into February and winding down the dual season, but have a full-schedule of DI duals whis week. A total of 56 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 weekend. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Thursday, February 9: Kent State at Cleveland State 7:00 PM Cleveland State YouTube Friday, February 10: Columbia at Harvard 6:00 PM ESPN+ Indiana at Michigan State 6:30 PM B1G+ Campbell at Bellarmine 7:00 PM BU Knights Sports Network LIU at Brown 7:00 PM ESPN+ Lehigh at Bucknell 7:00 PM ESPN+ Gardner-Webb at Chattanooga 7:00 PM ESPN+ Buffalo at Clarion 7:00 PM Clarion Rokfin Millersville at Franklin & Marshall 7:00 PM Centennial Conference TV Binghamton vs. Cornell at Hilton, NY 7:00 PM BlueFrame Tech Purdue at Maryland 7:00 PM B1G+ Pittsburgh at NC State 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Virginia Tech at North Carolina 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Nebraska at Ohio State 7:00 PM Big Ten Network Princeton at Penn 7:00 PM ESPN+ Penn State at Rutgers 7:00 PM B1G+ Duke at Virginia 7:00 PM ACC Network Air Force at West Virginia 7:00 PM ESPN+ Rider at Edinboro 7:00 PM FloWrestling Oklahoma at North Dakota State 8:00 PM NDSU All-Access Northwestern at Northern Illinois 8:00 PM ESPN+ Iowa State at Northern Iowa 8:00 PM FloWrestling Oklahoma State at South Dakota State 8:00 PM FloWrestling Northern Colorado at Utah Valley 8:00 PM Go UVU YouTube Michigan at Iowa 9:00 PM Big Ten Network Stanford at CSU Bakersfield 10:00 PM GoRunners Saturday, February 11: Hofstra at Harvard 12:00 PM Bloomsburg at Cleveland State 1:00 PM Cleveland State YouTube Lock Haven at George Mason 1:00 PM ESPN+ Minnesota at Wisconsin 2:00 PM Big Ten Network The Citadel at Bellarmine 5:00 PM BU Knights Sports Network Lock Haven at American 6:00 PM ESPN+ Army West Point at Drexel 6:00 PM FloWrestling Lehigh at Princeton 6:00 PM ESPN+ Columbia at Brown 6:30 PM ESPN+ Hofstra at Sacred Heart 7:00 PM Wyoming at Oregon State 10:00 PM Oregon State Live Stream Sunday, February 12: Ohio at SIU Edwardsville 11:00 AM ESPN+ Air Force at American 12:00 PM ESPN+ Rider at Clarion 12:00 PM Clarion Rokfin Bloomsburg at Kent State 12:00 PM BoxCast Indiana at Michigan 12:00 PM B1G+ Northwestern at Purdue 12:00 PM Big Ten Network Penn at Drexel 1:00 PM FloWrestling Illinois at Iowa State 1:00 PM ESPN+ Rutgers at Nebraska 1:00 PM B1G+ Maryland at Penn State 1:00 PM B1G+ Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian 1:00 PM ESPN+ Allen at Queens 1:00 PM Queens Sports Network Little Rock vs. Ohio at SIU Edwardsville 1:00 PM Central Michigan at Buffalo 2:00 PM UB Bulls YouTube Campbell at Chattanooga 2:00 PM ESPN+ Oklahoma at South Dakota State 2:00 PM FloWrestling California Baptist at CSU Bakersfield 3:00 PM Go Runners Stanford at Oklahoma State 3:00 PM ESPN+ Little Rock at SIU Edwardsville 3:00 PM ESPN+

Lock Haven 174 lber Tyler Stoltzfus (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) Week 14 had a pair of Lock Haven Eagles atop the weekly leaderboard with 174 Tyler Stoltzfus getting 27 Fpts in five matches and 157 Ashton Eyler getting 24 Fpts in six matches. While the weekly boost didn't do much in the way of overall standings for Eyler, it did propel Stoltzfus to the #4 overall fantasy spot, and only six behind 285 Wyatt Hendrickson in 2nd place. 285 Mason Parris still sits atop the overall standings (105 Fpts), but “only” winning by decision in Week 14 allowed Hendrickson to close the gap to within nine Fpts. On to Week 15: To quote Izzy Mandelbaum, “It’s Go Time.” You won't find any tournaments to bail you out, and good luck finding more than two duals per wrestler this week. It’s playoff time where the rubber hits the mat. We are now in the playoffs and depending on if you are in a carryover league or not, this may be the most important week of your fantasy season. Tournaments are basically non-existent, so hopefully you did some forecasting and picked up some wrestlers in week 14, 13, or 12 that would be stashed for just this week. Win and move on, now is not the time to play it safe. Have a question, concern, suggestions, or just want to chat about Fantasy Wrestling? Hit us up on Twitter or head over to the InterMat Forums where we have a Fantasy Wrestling dedicated Forum page! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125 Jeremiah Reno (LR)- @ SIU-Edwardsville, Vs Ohio [+8] Jake Ferri (KENT)- @ Cleveland State, Vs Bloomsburg [+7] Drew West (GWU)- @ Chattanooga, @ Presbyterian [+6] Anthony Noto (LHU)- Vs George Mason, @ American [+6] Joey Prata (OU)- @ North Dakota State, @ South Dakota State [+6] Pat Glory (PRIN)- @ Penn, Vs Lehigh [+6] Matt Ramos (PUR)- @ Maryland, Vs Northwestern [+6] Nico Provo (STAN)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Oklahoma State [+6] Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- @ Drexel [+4] Brett Ungar (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Spencer Lee (IOWA)- Vs Michigan [+4] Stevo Poulin (UNCO)- @ Utah Valley [+4] Sean Spidle (CMU)- @ Buffalo [+3] Tristan Lujan (MSU)- Vs Indiana [+3] ** if he wrestles Patrick McCormick (UVA)- Vs Duke [+3] Killian Cardinale (WVU)- Vs Air Force [+3] 133 Roman Bravo-Young (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+9] Daton Fix (OKST)- @ South Dakota State, Vs Stanford [+8] Michael Colaiocco (PENN)- Vs Princeton, @ Drexel [+8] Gable Strickland (LHU)- Vs George Mason, @ American [+7] Cody Phippen (AF)- @ West Virginia, @ American [+6] Cole Rhone (BU)- @ Cleveland State, @ Kent State [+6] Chance Rich (CSUB)- Vs Stanford, Vs California Baptist [+6] Dylan Ragusin (MICH)- @ Iowa, Vs Indiana [+6] Chris Cannon (NW)- @ Northern Illinois, @ Purdue [+6] Vito Arujau (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+5] Jace Koelzer (UNCO)- @ Utah Valley [+4] Jesse Mendez (OHST)- Vs Nebraska [+4] Sam Latona (VT)- @ North Carolina [+4] Ryan Franco (ARMY)- @ Drexel [+3] Lucas Byrd (ILL)- Vs Iowa State [+3] Aaron Nagao (MINN)- @ Wisconsin [+3] Jason Shaner (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Micky Phillippi (PITT)- @ NC State [+3] 141 Shannon Hanna (CAMP)- @ Bellarmine, @ Chattanooga [+7] Matt Kazimir (COL)- @ Harvard, @ Brown [+7] Zach Price (GWU)- @ Chattanooga, @ Presbyterian [+6] Brock Hardy (NEB)- @ Ohio State, Vs Rutgers [+6] Beau Bartlett (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+6] Carmen Ferrante (PENN)- Vs Princeton, @ Drexel [+6] Real Woods (IOWA)- Vs Michigan [+4] Andrew Alirez (UNCO)- @ Utah Valley [+4] Brian Courtney (UVA)- Vs Duke [+4] Cleveland Belton (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Jordan Titus (WVU)- Vs Air Force [+3] 149 Yahya Thomas (NW)- @ Northern Illinois, @ Purdue [+8] Jack Crook (HARV)- Vs Columbia, Vs Hofstra [+7] Paniro Johnson (ISU)- @ Northern Iowa, Vs Illinois [+7] Kody Komara (KENT)- @ Cleveland State, Vs Bloomsburg [+7] Shayne Van Ness (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+7] Doug Zapf (PENN)- Vs Princeton, @ Drexel [+7] Jaden Abas (STAN)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Oklahoma State [+7] Mitch Moore (OU)- @ North Dakota State, @ South Dakota State [+6] Quinn Kinner (RID)- @ Edinboro , @ Clarion [+6] Yianni Diakomihalis (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+5] Zac Cowan (BELL)- Vs The Citadel [+3] Johnny Lovett (CMU)- @ Buffalo [+3] Jackson Arrington (NCST)- Vs Pittsburgh [+3] Chris Sandoval (UNCO)- @ Utah Valley [+3] Jarod Verkleeren (UVA)- Vs Duke [+3] Caleb Henson (VT)- @ North Carolina [+3] 157 Marcus Robinson (CSU)- Vs Kent State, Vs Bloomsburg [+8] Peyten Keller (OHIO)- @ SIU-Edwardsville, Vs Little Rock [+7] Cesar Alvan (COL)- @ Harvard, @ Brown [+6] Josh Humphreys (LEH)- @ Bucknell, @ Princeton [+6] Peyton Robb (NEB)- @ Ohio State, Vs Rutgers [+6] Kaden Gfeller (OKST)- @ South Dakota State, Vs Stanford [+6] Levi Haines (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+6] Anthony Artalona (PENN)- Vs Princeton, @ Drexel [+6] Ed Scott (NCST)- Vs Pittsburgh [+4] Selwyn Porter (CIT)- @ Bellarmine [+3] Cole Handlovic (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Nathan Lukez (ARMY)- @ Drexel [+3] Corbyn Munson (CMU)- @ Buffalo [+3] Luke Kemerer (EDIN)- Vs Rider [+3] Jared Franek (NDSU)- Vs Oklahoma [+3] Vince Zerban (UNCO)- @ Utah Valley [+3] Jake Keating (UVA)- Vs Duke [+3] Jacob Wright (WYO)- @ Oregon State [+3] 165 Shane Griffith (STAN)- @ CSU Bakersfield, @ Oklahoma State [+8] JR Reed (CSU)- Vs Kent State, Vs Bloomsburg [+7] Joshua Ogunsanya (COL)- @ Harvard, @ Brown [+7] David Carr (ISU)- @ Northern Iowa, Vs Illinois [+7] Alex Facundo (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+7] Quincy Monday (PRIN)- @ Penn, Vs Lehigh [+7] Rodrick Mosley (GWU)- @ Chattanooga, @ Presbyterian [+6] Enrique Munguia (KENT)- @ Cleveland State, Vs Bloomsburg [+6] Avery Bassett (LHU)- Vs Lock Haven, @ American [+6] Frank Almaguer (CBU)- @ CSU Bakersfield [+4] Justin McCoy (UVA)- Vs Duke [+4] Dean Hamiti (WISC)- Vs Minnesota [+4] Tracy Hubbard (CMU)- @ Buffalo [+3] Julian Ramirez (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+3] Carson Kharchla (OHST)- Vs Nebraska [+3] Matthew Olguin (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Connor Brady (VT)- @ North Carolina [+3] Peyton Hall (WVU)- Vs Air Force [+3] 174 Rocky Jordan (CHAT)- Vs Gardner-Webb, Vs Campbell [+9] Michael Labriola (NEB)- @ Ohio State, Vs Rutgers [+7] Troy Fisher (NW)- @ Northern Illinois, @ Purdue [+7] John Worthing (CLAR)- Vs Buffalo, Vs Rider [+6] Michael O’Malley (DREX)- Vs Princeton, @ Drexel [+6] Phillip Conigliaro (HARV)- Vs Columbia, Vs Hofstra [+6] Donnell Washington (IND)- @ Michigan State, @ Michigan [+6] Dustin Plott (OKST)- @ South Dakota State, Vs Stanford [+6] Chris Foca (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+5] Layne Malczewski (MSU)- Vs Indiana [+4] Alex Cramer (CMU)- @ Buffalo [+3] Edmond Ruth (ILL)- Vs Iowa State [+3] Nelson Brands (IOWA)- Vs Michigan [+3] Aaron Olmos (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Demetrius Romero (UVU)- Vs Northern Colorado [+3] Mekhi Lewis (VT)- @ North Carolina [+3] Bailee O’Reilly (MINN)- @ Wisconsin [+3] 184 Aaron Brooks (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+8] Will Feldkamp (CLAR)- Vs Buffalo, Vs Rider [+7] Aaron Ayzerov (COL)- @ Harvard, @ Brown [+7] Jacob Ferreira (HOF)- @ Sacred Heart, @ Harvard [+7] Tate Samuelson (LEH)- @ Bucknell, @ Princeton [+7] Travis Wittlake (OKST)- @ South Dakota State, Vs Stanford [+6] Trey Munoz (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Neil Antrassian (UVA)- Vs Duke [+4] Jack Kilner (EDIN)- Vs Rider [+3] Isaiah Salazar (MINN)- @ Wisconsin [+3] Trent Hidlay (NCST)- Vs Pittsburgh [+3] Parker Keckeisen (UNI)- Vs Iowa State [+3] Kaleb Romero (OHST)- Vs Nebraska [+3] 197 Trey Rogers (HOF)- @ Sacred Heart, @ Harvard [+8] Michael Beard (LEH)- @ Bucknell, @ Princeton [+8] Max Dean (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+8] Ethan Laird (RID)- @ Edinboro , @ Clarion [+7] Levi Hopkins (CAMP)- @ Bellarmine, @ Chattanooga [+6] Anthony Perrine (CSU)- Vs Kent State, Vs Bloomsburg [+6] Yonger Bastida (ISU)- @ Northern Iowa, Vs Illinois [+6] Jacob Cardenas (COR)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Jacob Warner (IOWA)- Vs Michigan [+4] Owen Pentz (NDSU)- Vs Oklahoma [+4] Tanner Harvey (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Michael Battista (UVA)- Vs Duke [+4] Cam Caffey (MSU)- Vs Indiana [+3] 285 Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)- @ West Virginia, @ American [+10] Lucas Davison (NW)- @ Northern Illinois, @ Purdue [+8] Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)- @ Rutgers, Vs Maryland [+8] Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- @ Bellarmine, @ Chattanooga [+7] Yaraslau Slavilkouski (HARV)- Vs Columbia, Vs Hofstra [+7] Issac Reid (LHU)- Vs George Mason, @ American [+7] Colton McKiernan (SIUE)- Vs Ohio, Vs Little Rock [+7] Sam Schuyler (ISU)- @ Northern Iowa, Vs Illinois [+6] AJ Nevills (SDSU)- Vs Oklahoma State. Vs Oklahoma [+6] Trent Hillger (WISC)- Vs Minnesota [+4] Jonah Niesenbaum (DUKE)- @ Virginia [+3] Tate Orndorff (OHST)- Vs Nebraska JJ Dixon (ORST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Hunter Catka (VT)- @ North Carolina [+3]

Undefeated 133 lbers Roman Bravo-Young (left) and Daton Fix (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) As we head into the final two weeks of the regular season there are only a few wrestlers at each weight that hold perfect records. There are actually two weights (149 and 184) where there are no unbeaten wrestlers. So, will the undefeated wrestlers remain perfect and who are their biggest threats? That’s the question. Well, we’ve identified all of the competitors who have zeros in the loss column and their remaining probable matchups. As always, a tip of the cap to our friends at WrestleStat for the assistance. Next to each wrestler is their current national ranking. NR stands for non-ranked. 125 lbs #1 Spencer Lee (Iowa) 12-0 vs. #18 Jack Medley (Michigan) vs. NR Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) #2 Patrick Glory (Princeton) 14-0 vs. #23 Ryan Miller (Penn) vs. NR Carter Bailey (Lehigh) vs. NR Grayson McLellan (Bucknell) For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Cornell 165 lber Julian Ramirez (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) In this week’s action, Cornell won its second consecutive Ivy League Title, Drexel extended their win streak to 7 matches after a 3-0 weekend, and Max Leete earned his 11th pin of the year. This week’s Outstanding Wrestler for me is Julian Ramirez of Cornell. His win over returning NCAA runner-up, Quincy Monday, has helped establish him as the top dog in the conference at a loaded 165 lbs bracket. He’s earned a co-OW award from me after his performance at the Cliff Keen Invitational. This will be his first outright award, and he's the first repeat award winner. An interesting tidbit about Ramirez – a season ago, he beat defending national champ Shane Griffith in front of a home crowd. This past weekend, he defeated Monday in front of a home crowd. The guy excels in front of his Big Red crowd! He’ll be looking to keep the momentum into the last few matches and the postseason. Congrats to Julian. American The Eagles were on the road at Virginia. They dropped the dual 23-15, after a quick :23 pin by Max Leete at 125 lbs. This was his 11th of the year – now tied for the most in D1 wrestling. They had 3 more wins by decision from Jack Maida (133 lbs), Lucas White (174 lbs) and Will Jarrell (285 lbs). American wrestled hard in this dual. An interesting wrinkle to the lineup was having Raymond Lopez (who spent time at 125 and 133) in at 141 lbs. Maybe beefing him up is the best look for their lineup… We’ll follow that one into next week as they host Lock Haven and Air Force. Army The Black Knights were in Bethlehem, PA for an EIWA dual with Lehigh. Three wrestlers earned wins in the 26-9 defeat. The first win of the night was by Ethan Berginc (#31 @ 125 lbs) in overtime over a very solid Carter Bailey. Next, Dalton Harkins (165 lbs) snuck out a 2-1 win, which was followed up by a decision by Ben Pasiuk (#18 @ 174 lbs). It looks like Trae McDaniel is manning the 149 lb spot lately. He dropped a match in overtime to Max Brignola, a returning NCAA qualifier last season. Army caught Lehigh with a nearly 100% lineup, which has been rare for them. A good showing, though, for Army. This weekend, the Black Knights will be at Drexel for a dual on Saturday. Binghamton The Bearcats wrestled Princeton in a dual. They lost 28-10 with a lineup missing some firepower, mainly a ranked Brevin Cassella at 165 lbs. They did see a win from Anthony Sobotker at 133 lbs, by major decision, to tie up the match. At 149 lbs, Michael Zarif had a win over returning NCAA Qualifier, Marshall Keller. We’ve seen steady improvement from him lately. Jacob Nolan has kept his winning ways alive with a decision over a ranked Nate Dugan. This team has young talent that may take another year or two to shine. Expect big things from some of the veterans at EIWAs, however. Next up, is a match against #5 Cornell – at Hilton high school in New York – hometown of Collin Burns, and the DePrez brothers of Binghamton, and the Diakomihalis brothers of Cornell. Brown The Bears were off this past weekend, as they wrestled three duals on the road a week ago. Catch them in action this weekend as they host LIU and Columbia. Bucknell The Bison hosted Columbia and Navy, losing both 25-12 and 25-9, respectively. Bucknell saw two wrestlers win both matches this weekend. At 285 lbs, Dorian Crosby secured a win over #19 Grady Greiss of Navy. He’s on a nine-match win streak since January 6th. 23rd ranked at 133 lbs, Kurt Phipps was 2-0 on the weekend, beating a tough Angelo Rini of Columbia and #31 Brendan Ferretti of Navy. Darren Miller (#33 @ 141 lbs), dropped one match to EIWA runner-up, Josh Koderhandt of Navy but, later, beat returning EIWA champ Matt Kazimir of Columbia (#21). Dylan Chappell is continuing his growth into 149 lbs. He was 1-1 on the weekend, with a solid win over Danny Fongaro. In positive news, we did see Nick Delp return to the line-up at 157 lbs with a win. He then lost at 165 lbs against #16 Josh Ogunsanya of Columbia. I do like this team’s talent. Getting Chappell into the lineup is a bonus for the Bison. He’s one of the best guys on the team, just stuck at a weight with the two best guys on the team. I’m excited to see them finish the season strong. They have two more duals this year, including this week’s battle with Lehigh at home. Columbia The Lions had a rather dominant win over Bucknell, 25-12. The match started at 174 lbs, where Lennox Wolak (#32) earned a tech fall. Aaron Ayzerov and Jack Wehmeyer followed up with wins at 184 lbs and 197 lbs. 30th ranked Nick Babin (125 lbs) defeated his opponent by tech fall also. The final two matches included wins from Cesar Alvan (#24 @ 157 lbs) and Josh Ogunsanya (#16 @ 165 lbs). Josh had a pin to end the dual. This team is a main part of the rise of the Ivy League, overall. With over half of the team in the rankings, we may see them end up in the top five at EIWAs. This week’s duals include road matches at Harvard and Brown. Cornell The Big Red were “red” hot this weekend in both duals, earning the Ivy League title. They beat Princeton 32-7 and defeated #25 Penn 19-15. Cornell’s heavy hitters shined through. Vito Arujau (#3 @ 133 lbs) was 2-0 on the weekend, which included a six-point win over #8 Michael Colaiocco of Penn. Top-ranked Yianni Diakomihalis (149 lbs) was 2-0 on the day as well, beating two NCAA qualifiers in the process. Speaking of beating two NCAA qualifiers, Jacob Cardenas secured two majors over #32 Cole Urbas and #20 Luke Stout. Interestingly, Cardenas lost to both of these guys at conferences. He came back with a vengeance this weekend. Heavyweight, Brendan Furman, made his way into the rankings this week thanks to a win over Travis Stefanik of Princeton. Chris Foca had a vital fall over #20 Nick Incontrera to help seal the deal over Penn. The one hole in this lineup (if you consider it that) has been 157 lbs for the Big Red. Cole Handlovic seems to be stepping up to the challenge and manning it quite well. A 3-2 loss over Artalona (#15 @ 157 lbs) is one of those good losses I mention from time to time. The MVP of this team during the weekend was Julian Ramirez at 165 lbs. His win over Quincy Monday (retuning NCAA runner-up) was a huge win for him in this loaded weight class. This team has been the favorite to win the conference since the beginning of the season, and they look to have solidified that assumption - for the time being. This week, they will be in Hilton, NY for a dual with Binghamton. Drexel The Dragons were on the road this weekend, taking on LIU – where they defeated LIU (31-6) and George Mason (28-13). The next day, they edged Hofstra 19-16. 5th ranked Mickey O’Malley (174 lbs) was in action again, going 3-0 on the weekend increasing his undefeated record to 12-0. Kyle Waterman (133 lbs) went 2-0 on Saturday, but did not wrestle against Harvard. Evan Barczak (#18 @ 165 lbs) was unbeaten in his two matches. At 149 lbs, Luke Nichter (#24 @ 149 lbs) was 2-1, as was Sean O’Malley at 197 lbs. Brian Bonino (#27 @ 184 lbs) had a great win over Hofstra’s Jacob Ferreira (#23) in overtime. Making improvements, Jordan Soriano was 2-1 at 141 lbs. Keep an eye for him as a young dark horse at this weight. He wrestles hard! The Dragons are on a seven-match win streak, and will look to extend that at home against Army Saturday. Sunday afternoon, the city of Philly will have a nice Super Bowl appetizer when Drexel plays host to Penn for the infamous Cheesesteak Trophy. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats were off this weekend. They will host D2 Millersville in the battle for the Rupp Cupp, named after Ted Rupp. Coach Rupp coached both teams simultaneously in the 1948-49 season. This will be F&M’s last dual of the season. Harvard The Crimson had a weekend off. This week includes two EIWA home duals against Colombia and Hofstra. Hofstra The Pride split matches on the weekend - defeating George Mason 26-16 and losing to Drexel 19-16. Chase Liardi (133 lbs) and returning EIWA placer, Justin Hoyle (141 lbs) each were 2-0 on the weekend. Liardi earned two majors, while Hoyle had one pin. Also winning both matches, was Trey Rogers (#30 @ 197 lbs). At 184 lbs, Jacob Ferreira (#23) had two overtime matches – losing only one to #27 Bonino of Drexel. Ross McFarland (174 lbs) was split matches also, earning one major decision. This team’s strength is the same as last year – from 184 and up. This was the case against George Mason. They were losing until they won every match from 174 to heavyweight. They took Drexel to the brink, and had a few opportunities to win that one. This team is very solid. They will be at Harvard and Sacred Heart this weekend. Lehigh The Mountain Hawks hosted Army to a dual, winning handily 26-9. Tate Samuelson (#19 @ 184 lbs), Michael Beard (#2 @ 197 lbs) and Nathan Taylor (#29 @ 285 lbs) started the match off hot with a major, a tech fall, followed by another major – respectively. At 133 lbs, Connor McGonagle (#5) earned a major. Malyke Hines (#23 @ 141 lbs), Max Brignola (#30 @ 32 @ 149 lbs), and Josh Humphreys (#4 @ 157 lbs) each followed up with decisions of their own. The Hawks are getting healthy when it counts. Winning seven of ten matches over Army is no easy task. They have a lot of talent that can challenge Cornell at the top. It may be a tall order, but this team peaks for the postseason every year. This week’s matches, to conclude their dual meet season, are on the road at Bucknell and Princeton. Long Island The Sharks hosted George Mason and Drexel to bouts on Saturday. Against Drexel, Rhise Royster was a winner at 157 lbs. Robbie Sagaris was victorious over the Dragons as well. The lower half of the lineup showed good performances with close decision losses to a tough Drexel squad. Against George Mason, their only victory came via forfeit at 133lbs. Kaelon Francois received the forfeit. He wrestled Waterman of Drexel to a close 5-2 loss. I keep saying it, but I like this team's progress. It will be fun to see someone from this team step up at EIWA’s and go on a run. On this weekend’s agenda, they will travel to Brown for an EIWA matchup. Navy The Midshipmen split matches on the weekend – losing 24-17 to Lock Haven and defeating Bucknell 25-9. At 197 lbs, Jacob Koser (#26) was 2-0 in his matches, including one fall. Returning EIWA runner-up, Josh Koderhandt (#30 @ 141 lbs) had a nice win over #33 Darren Miller of Bucknell in one of his two wins. Brendan Ferretti (#31 @ 133lbs) had a win over #33 Gable Strickland, but lost to #23 Kurt Phipps of Bucknell. A handful of other wrestlers went 1-1 on the weekend. Navy has been a little up and down this year, in my opinion. They have a lot of great young talent in their prep system – so expect a really good team in a few years. They will be off this weekend, before their rival match with Army the following week. Penn The Quakers split matches with #5 Cornell, but lost the dual 19-15. They gave Cornell all they can handle for the Ivy League Title match. At 125 lbs, Ryan Miller (#24) stepped up and beat Brett Ungar (#17) to get the lead for Penn. Their next win came from Carmen Ferrante at 141 lbs. At 157lbs, Anthony Artalona (#12) had a close win, as did Ben Goldin at heavyweight. The biggest win for Penn came at 184lbs, where Max Hale nearly majored #6 Jonathan Loew, who was an All-American a season ago. This team is fun to watch, and they will be gunning for that coveted EIWA Team title at conferences. To add to the dramatics, the tournament will be in their home gym. On the slate this weekend, they will host Princeton Friday night and battle Drexel Sunday afternoon. Princeton The Tigers had a tough task against #5 Cornell, losing 32-7. They saw wins from #32 Nate Dugan at 184 lbs, over returning All-American Loew. Patrick Glory (#2 @ 125 lbs) was the other win – with a major over #17 Ungar. He also had a major in his next match. The team came back later with a dominant win over Binghamton. Chris Martino saw some time at 141 lbs, winning over Binghamton. Freshman, Ty Whalen, had a win at 157 lbs, as did Kole Mulhauser at 174 lbs. Both Quincy Monday (#3 @ 165 lbs) and Luke Stout (#17 @ 197 lbs) earned first-period falls. The win of the match came at the end of the dual where Travis Stefanik (#33 @ 285 lbs) earned an overtime win against Day (#18). There has been a lot of shifting weights with this team, but they have managed to wrestle well. There is a ton of young talent ready to step up. The future of this team is very bright. With Glory and Monday both being returning finalists, they have a lot of firepower for a tournament scoring system. This weekend’s matches include an away dual with Penn – followed by a home match against Lehigh. Sacred Heart The Pioneers dropped a dual to Bloomsburg 34-11 over the weekend. On a positive note, we saw Nick Palumbo re-emerge at 157 lbs. He earned a tech fall in his long-awaited return. Sacred Heart is glad to have him back and healthy. The team followed up with two decisions after Nick’s tech fall. Aidan Zarrella had a win at 165 lbs, as did Ryan Belletino at 174 lbs. Bloomsburg earned five bonus point wins to run away with this one. This team likes to battle and is not afraid to wrestle the best of the best. This team has a new look with Palumbo returning. This week’s battle will be against Hofstra.

Appalachian State 125 lber Caleb Smith (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Hey y’all, it’s another week, another fun weekend full of #SoConWR action. We started off on Friday with The Citadel posting a 22-15 win over Davidson College. Davidson’s four wins, including a 6:58 pin at 184 by Cameo Blankenship over Miach Dicarlo weren’t enough for the Bulldog’s six wins on the evening. Jonathan Chesser (HWT, CIT) put some bonus points on the board, with a 9-0 major decision over Jake Fernicola (DC), and Blair Orr (125, CIT) posted a 3:26 fall against Hale Robinson (DC). T The Wildcats also celebrated Senior Day, hosting VMI. The Keydets picked up an impressive 39-3 win, dropping their lone loss at 157 to Davidson’s Tanner Peake. VMI bounced back after a 20-14 loss to Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs the day prior. Bonus-point wins came in for the Keydets at 157 (Chishko maj dec Brignola) and at 149 (Vigil maj dec Dion). The Runnin’ Bulldogs proved to be victorious, after securing the win with six total wins for the evening, Drew West (125) and Zach Price (141) plastered some bonus points on the team score in the form of major decisions. “Sunday Funday” rolled around - Campbell at The Citadel and App State hosted Chattanooga. Campbell remains undefeated in-conference (5-0) following a 27-9 victory over The Citadel. The dual started off with a 15-4 major decision victory served by Campbell’s Dom Baker (165) over Aidan Lenz. 174 was an electric match, Ben Haubert (CIT) won in sudden victory overtime against Cole Rees. The Camels put up more bonus point victories at 184 and 133. #28 Caleb Hopkins (184, CU) scored a strong 12-0 victory over Micah DiCarlo (CIT), while Gabe Hixenbaugh (133, CU) defeated Caelan Riley (CIT) 12-3. Anthony Allen (157, CIT) picked up the final win of the evening via forfeit. I was able to head up the mountain to Boone for a #SoConShowdown - the App State/Chattanooga rivalry has been alive for over 50 years! This weekend was no different - Varsity Gym, described by many as a “hostile environment” was rocking and rolling all afternoon long. #20 App State defeated Chattanooga 25-6. The dual started off at 149 - #9 Jon Jon Millner kicked it off with a 4-0 win over Noah Castillo. #28 Tommy Askey (157) and #26 Will Formato (165) followed up with wins, and then #11 Rocky Jordan (UTC) took the mat against #27 Will Miller (174). Jordan was victorious with an 11-5 win, setting up #26 Matthew Waddell for a 5-2 win over Luke Uliano. The momentum shifted back in the Mountaineer’s favor - securing wins for the rest of the dual. True freshman Carson Floyd (197, APP) won by decision over Jake Boyd, and heavyweight Jacob Sartorio secured a 6-0 decision over Logan Andrew (UTC). #14 Caleb Smith continues to have a strong showing this season, he won over Logan Ashton (8-5). The 133 bout was the most exciting match of the evening - Ethan Oakley (APP) defeated #13 Brayden Palmer (UTC) 5-2. Following Sean Carter’s injury during the Virginia Tech dual, Ethan Oakley stepped up to the plate and has filled in that gap very well for the Mountaineers. To finish off the dual, Heath Gonyer (141) defeated Franco Valdes 4-0. This match was so exciting - this rivalry is truly one of my favorites in college wrestling (and yes I am biased because I love this conference). I will say that matches like this NEED two officials. Thankfully, video review has become more common in Southern Conference duals; however, this conference definitely needs two officials at least at the three most competitive duals. UTC vs App, Campbell vs UTC, and App vs Campbell. These duals usually determine regular season conference champions, it’s too important to not have this. Maybe there’s a supply-chain shortage of college officials too (LOL my jokes are awful I know). With each passing week, we’re one moment closer to the conference tournament, and better yet - Tulsa! I really hope to see more bids for the SoCon, this conference continues to get tougher with each season. It’s been so rewarding to watch all these student-athletes and programs grow. Soon we’ll be adding Bellarmine to the mix, as they still aren’t eligible to wrestle in the conference championship tournament. My mind keeps running to Queens University of Charlotte too, they just made the transition to Division I and haven’t been named to a conference yet…but maybe we’ll keep adding to our Sweet SoCon Family.

Michigan State 197 lber Cam Caffey (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It’s hard to believe, but there’s only one more week of conference duals remaining after this one. Every match matters as wrestlers are polishing up their resumes ahead of Big Ten seedings. A few teams wrestled their final home duals this past weekend. Seniors Lucas Davison, of Nebraska, and Illinois’ Matt Wroblewski both thanked their home crowds with emphatic pins to close out their home dual careers. A lot happened this week, so here are our takeaways, and BIG Awards at the bottom! “Are you not entertained” - Cam Caffey probably. As the season begins to wrap up, each of these teams have left us with some things I’m fairly certain of, so here I plan on listing many of them. First of all, Danny Pucino from Illinois is really good. He really took it to Blake Noonan in this dual, getting an impressive 23-8 tech fall at 141 pounds. He was not someone I was counting on this season for the Fighting Illini, but that’s a me problem. I accept that. Next, and stop me if you’ve heard this, but Chase Saldate should be the 3 seed at 157. His only loss to a B1G opponent remains to Derek Gilcher of Indiana at the Reno Tournament of Champions, but is still currently ranked below Will Lewan of Michigan, who he has beaten. After this weekend, he should be above Trevor Chumbley of Northwestern. That would leave him as the 4th ranked 157, but again, I would expect that head-to-head win over Lewan would get him into that 3 spot. This is all assuming he can avenge that loss to Gilcher, who he wrestles this Friday night for Senior night in East Lansing. You know what else I’m certain of, Lucas Byrd is going to be an All-American again. Sure, he has the three losses, but those are to Mendez of Ohio State at the MSU Open, and has proven to be an understandable close loss. Other than that though, he has a close loss to Micky Phillippi of Pitt by a point, and he lost that insane match at Midlands against Michael Colaiocco of Penn. However, his 22 wins are the second most of any ranked 133 on the season (shoutout to Kurtis Phipps of Bucknell on having 27 wins and 8 losses to this point on the season. Who needs rest?), and I’m going to defer to a willingness to compete when I’m deciding who is going to get over the hump. Maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt it. The last piece here is that Cam Caffey, the entertaining 197 for the Spartans, can beat anyone on any day. Granted it was a tough weekend for Zac Braunagel, losing on Friday night to Silas Allred of Nebraska, and then dropping the last-second takedowns to Cam to lose, but nonetheless a win over Zac Braunagel this season is nothing to scoff at. Zac has proven that he’s been able to win the gritty and close matches, but the slickness of Caffey on Sunday afternoon was too much for Braunagel. We’ve seen Cam beat eventual national champion Max Dean last season, and we’ve seen him beat a variety of the guys ranked above him at 197. On the right day, Cam Caffey can string together some wins, and MSU’s goal this whole year was to help their guys peak at the right time. I’ll be dialed in watching these guys battle over the next 6-7 weeks to see how that turns out. Hawkeyes a step below PSU, and a step above the rest. Iowa largely handled business here. Spencer Lee coasted to a 7-1 win over Patrick McKee of Minnesota. Most of his points came early in the match, with a takedown and 4 backpoints, but then he could kind of hang out until the match ended. He was never really threatened, which is impressive, because McKee is a threatening guy. More impressive though was Real Woods against Jakob Bergeland. I wrote about Jake last week and how great he looked against Pucino on Senior Night, but this week was a little bit different. Woods looked like a guy ready to prove that he’s the man in the B1G. It was still a regular decision at 8-1, but he was in control throughout the match. Speaking of domination, Patrick Kennedy sure is fun to watch isn’t he? He’s always moving forward and attacking, and he has a wide variety of attacks. I mean, a variety of attacks, just so long as they involve hitting the other guy in the head first. Iowa shut it down after winning the first 6 weights, only sending out one starter after those. This author will not tolerate Jacob Warner slander, so that’s not what’s about to happen here at all. In fact, quite the opposite. Hear me out, this might sound crazy, but is it possible that Michial Foy is good? Stay with me! Remember last year when Stevan Micic lost to Jakob Bergeland in the dual, and the response was largely, “what’s wrong with Micic?” Well, we remember how that finished right? Bergeland beat him again at B1Gs, and eventually ended up as an All-American for the Golden Gophers. It turns out, Jakob Bergeland was just good! Maybe that’s what’s happening here also. Michial Foy has been dangerous when he’s been in their lineup, and this season he’s wrestled very well. In fact, just last week he went into rideouts with Zac Braunagel, ultimately losing, but still. In addition to the Warner win, Foy now has a win over Luke Surber, who just beat Rocky Elam this last weekend, so this is his second noteworthy win of the season. He’ll have a chance to pick up one more big win before B1Gs, going up against Braxton Amos, as Minnesota wrestles Wisconsin for their final conference dual of the year. You can catch that this Saturday at 2pm EST. Meanwhile, Iowa will host Michigan Friday night, and Oklahoma State on Sunday to close out their dual season. Nebraska should be well-rested moving forward. Saturday the Boilermakers of Purdue hosted the Cornhuskers of Nebraska. Let’s set the scene. I’m at home with my family after a long day of kids sports and errands. We were going to finish it up with a movie night, which also pairs as a night for me to watch wrestling on mute as I half pay attention to the movie. The movie for the night was Wakanda Forever. It was fine. I wish I could say the same for the dual. Lenny Pinto (184) and Silas Allred (197) have been exciting new additions to the Cornhusker lineup. We were fortunate to watch Taylor Venz and Eric Schultz at those weights for so many years, something new always takes a moment to get used to, but both Pinto and Allred have proven through the course of the season that they were ready to jump head first into the B1G, and to be dependable competitors for Nebraska. For Purdue, Hayden Copass has looked good for them at heavyweight. Since returning from some injuries, he’s gotten a win over Garrett Joles of Minnesota, and a win this week over Cale Davidson. He has just lost to Jaden Bullock of Indiana and to Trent Hilger of Wisconsin, both 2-0. Granted, close losses are still losses, but both of those guys are very talented, so he’s not going to be an easy out for anyone in March. I sure hope Nebraska’s Liam Cronin (ranked 5th at 125) and Peyton Robb (ranked 1st at 157) are okay. I hope their being out of the lineup in this dual was for rest rather than injury issues, but I don’t see why they wouldn’t compete here against the Boilermakers third-ranked Matt Ramos (125) and sixth-ranked Kendall Coleman (157). I would think that you’d rest against the less competitive matchups, and compete hard against the best competition, but what do I know?. They ended the dual at 157, so the anticipation for the match built steadily, and so much so that I didn’t even remember about the potential Cronin v Ramos match at 125, or the Brock Hardy versus Parker Fillius matchup at 141. At least that match happened, and Hardy continued to look like a legitimate title contender. Especially with how interesting the 157 seeding is going to get at B1Gs, Coleman v Robb was a match that would have really helped paint a clearer picture heading into the final weeks of the regular season. To Nebraska’s credit, the backups at 125 and 157, Jacob Van Dee (125) and Antrell Taylor (157), did wrestle well against Ramos and Coleman, but it doesn’t make it any less disappointing to miss out on these two big matches. Nebraska does have Ohio State, Rutgers, and Arizona State left on their schedule before the B1G tournament in Ann Arbor, so rest does seem reasonable. I’m not mad, just disappointed. PSU vs. OSU: A mix of old and new talent Two of the most highly anticipated bouts in the Nittany Lions’ 29-9 win over the Buckeyes Friday night featured two decorated veterans in Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young and Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso against two promising freshmen in Jesse Mendez and Shayne Van Ness, respectively. This time, the experience paid off as Bravo-Young and Sasso added to their win totals. Van Ness was able to get the initial takedown, but other than that, both veteran wrestlers were in control throughout most of their matches, despite strong efforts from their opponents. Mendez (who finished fourth on MatScouts’ 2022 Big Board recruiting rankings) was active throughout the match, defensively sound and able to avoid the type of mistake that doomed Iowa’s Brody Teske the week prior. However, he wasn’t able to take RBY down. For his part, RBY took the true freshman down three times – including twice with less than 30 seconds left in consecutive periods. The fifth-year senior was the embodiment of what the Big Ten Network’s Jim Gibbons called “Cool in a singlet,” prancing around the mat and waiting for his opponent to make the slightest mistake. There weren’t many, but RBY’s patience, mat awareness and technical ability - all factors that improve with experience - helped him roll to a solid 8-2 victory. Sasso, while he doesn't yet have the NCAA title to his name, has a similarly long list of accolades as RBY in his redshirt senior year. Van Ness (fifth on the 2021 Big Board) was able to find Sasso out of position and got to his ankle for that first takedown, but it was pretty much over from there. Sasso added a takedown of his own, a reversal, and a third-period ride-out for the 6-3 win. Mendez and Van Ness weren’t the only two highly recruited freshmen in action Friday night. Two of them - Ohio State’s Paddy Gallagher (No. 1 on the 2021 Big Board) and Penn State’s Levi Haines (No. 7 on the 2022 Big Board) - faced off against each other. This time, it was Haines with the impressive 14-2 major decision. Gallagher was able to bounce back from that loss in a big way on Sunday (more on that later). Penn State’s Alex Facundo (second on the 2021 Big Board) was the other freshman to earn a big win, 4-1, over sophomore Carson Kharchla. A controversial hands-to-the-face call gave Facundo the 2-0 lead in the second and a late takedown sealed it at the end. While Mendez and Van Ness were outmatched this time, they’ll no doubt be better for having had that experience. OSU stays cool under pressure vs. Northwestern It didn’t take long for Ohio State to shake off its loss to Penn State, earning a 21-12 win at Northwestern on Sunday. While the final score tipped heavily in the favor of Ohio State, which won seven of 10 bouts, the dual was closer than the final score would indicate. Three bouts went into extra periods and six of the other seven were decided by four points or less - including three by one point. The outlier being Northwestern heavyweight Lucas Davison’s fall of Tate Orndorff in 6:02 - a fitting Senior Day sendoff in Davison’s last home dual. But of the three overtime bouts, Ohio State went 3-3. The Buckeyes also took two of the 1-point deciders. Sunday also served as a nice bounceback for several Ohio State wrestlers who took tough losses against the Nittany Lions on Friday. True freshman Jesse Mendez got things started at 133 pounds against two-time All-American sophomore Chris Cannon. Cannon built up a 3-0 lead in the second period, but Mendez was able to peel out for an escape before the period ended. Another escape in the third and a late takedown sent the match into sudden victory, where Mendez scored off a counter for the 6-4 decision. The next OT win went to No. 3 Sammy Sasso, who continued his strong weekend at 149 pounds, gutting out a 2-1 win over No. 4 Yahya Thomas in tiebreakers. Paddy Gallagher bounced back from his loss to Levi Haines with a 3-3 win over No. 11 Trevor Chumbley on riding time criteria. Gallagher scored the lone takedown of the bout in the third period but a penalty point and escape for Chumbley sent it into extra periods. Gallagher was able to keep Chumbley from escaping in the first tiebreaker period, which ended up deciding the match. In addition to Gallagher, Carson Kharchla and Ethan Smith were also able to avenge losses from Friday night. No. 12 Kharchla earned a hard-fought 3-2 win over No. 18 Maxx Mayfield and Smith earned a 7-3 decision over Troy Fisher. One of the most exciting wins of the afternoon, however, belonged to Wildcat Frankie Tal-Shahar. The sophomore was tied 1-1 in the third with Dylan D’Emilio, when he rolled through a shot into a high-crotch for by far the craziest takedown of the dual (read more about this below). Northwestern’s third win came from No. 8 Michael DeAugustino, 4-1, over No. 10 Malik Heinselman. Ohio State will want to ride this momentum into next weekend, when it hosts Nebraska for one of the most anticipated Big Ten duals of the season. AWARDS!!! Welcome to the fourth installment of our BIG Awards section, where we each hand out weekly honors for both of our picks for the biggest upset, win and consequential move of the teams we cover. Congrats to the winners! Kevin’s picks: B1Ggest Upset: No. 28 Michial Foy over No. 7 Jacob Warner We’ve spoken about this already, but the Michial Foy win was clearly the biggest upset by the numbers. Foy, who wasn’t in the Gopher lineup until Garrett Joles bumped to Heavyweight, was able to beat Jacob Warner of Iowa, who was an NCAA finalist last season. Warner has struggled at times this season, but I don’t think he’s doing it on purpose. Some Iowa fans might argue differently. Foy is very much one of the guys who you should expect to see in Tulsa in March, and can clearly wrestle with some of the best in the country. This win was especially impressive, with how he rode out Warner in the third, ultimately cutting him with the confidence that he would get the necessary takedown to seal the deal. He did, and I am sure he will remember that win fondly as his last match wrestled in front of the Minnesota home crowd. B1Ggest Win: Maryland’s Braxton Brown over Dean Peterson, of Rutgers The Maryland Terrapins have been dealing with both injuries and illness, as I outlined last week. This week though, they hosted Rutgers, and got things started quickly with 18th-ranked Braxton Brown getting a major decision over then-12th-ranked Dean Peterson. This battle of two B1G 125 pound freshmen was not especially close. I would have expected Brown to start off slowly coming off of an illness that held him out against Michigan last week, but not the case at all. Brown, who remains undefeated in duals on the season, did a really good job staying aggressive, controlling the tie-ups, and being especially physical with his defense. Brown was dominant on top in the second period, riding Peterson for the entire period, and hitting a very nice suicide cradle to score the match's first points. Brown ultimately ended with a major decision and got his record to 19-2 on the season. This week he’ll take on third-ranked Matt Ramos of Purdue Friday night, assuming nobody rests. B1Ggest Move(s): Cam Caffey’s takedowns against Zac Braunagel Michigan State’s Cam Caffey hit not one, but two big takedowns at the end of his match against Braunagel of Illinois. Trailing 3-2 for most of the third period, Cam continued to dig in underhooks and stay heavy on the head of the physical and relentless Braunagel. Even with 30 seconds left in the match, Cam found himself hopping on one leg as Braunagel tried to finish off a single leg, but Cam’s slick defense ended up with him flipping the script on Zac, and 10 seconds later was finishing a single leg of his own. He collected the two points, but the tenacity of Braunagel was not deterred. He powers up to his feet and collects his escape to tie the match at 4 with 10 seconds left. He must have blinked, which was a mistake, because before anyone knew what had happened, Cam was finishing a nice high crotch to go up 6-4 with 6 seconds left. The shot from behind the MSU bench of that takedown on BTN was unbelievable. I recommend you go back and watch this wildly entertaining end to a great match. Lauren’s picks BIGgest upset co-winners: Paddy Gallagher (OSU) and Silas Allred (Nebraska) The biggest upset was tough to pick this week from my side of the conference. No. 25 Paddy Gallagher over No. 11 Trevor Chumbley at 157 was the biggest upset in terms of rankings. That win was even more significant for Gallagher as a confidence booster for him and his coaches after taking that tough loss against Penn State’s Haines. But I also wanted to make sure Nebraska’s Silas Allred was given his due. Not only did he pin the then-No. 10 Zac Braunagel on Friday, but he also went on to pin Purdue’s Hayden Filipovich the next day. At 197 pounds, every win matters. Allred’s 2-for-2 weekend catapulted him up from No. 16 to No. 10 in InterMat’s updated rankings. More importantly, he’s now the second-highest ranked Big Ten wrestler at the weight (behind Penn State’s Max Dean), with an important matchup against Ohio State’s No. 17 Gavin Hoffman on the horizon. BIGgest win: Nebraska’s Mikey Labriola over Illinois’ Edmond Ruth While the online chirping and postmatch antics between Penn State’s Carter Starocci and Indiana’s DJ Washington might have grabbed most of the headlines at 174 pounds this weekend, Nebraska’s Mikey Labriola is quietly putting together a fantastic season so far as the No. 2 in the weight class. He bolstered his 21-0 record even more this weekend with his win over Ruth, who was ranked No. 12 at the time. Ruth gave a valiant effort, coming back from a 5-1 deficit in the third with a pair of takedowns and an escape to send the match into OT. But Labriola kept his cool when Ruth immediately got in on his ankle off the whistle in SV, fought off the takedown attempt and came around for 2 of his own. Labriola is another Husker who will have an important matchup Friday, as he’s set to take on Ohio State’s No. 6 Ethan Smith. BIGgest move: Frankie Tal-Shahar’s roll against Dylan D’Emilio It’s not too often that you see a successful roll out of a shot attempt and into a takedown in college wrestling. It takes a lot of athleticism and guts. But Frankie Tal-Shahaar had both of those things Sunday against Ohio State’s Dylan D’Emilio. The pair were tied 1-1 in the third period when D’Emilio grabbed Tal-Shahar’s right leg and kicked his left foot out from under him. Tal-Shahar rolled through to his knees and into a high-crotch. D’Emilio escaped but Tal-Shahar was able to hold on for the 3-2 win, avenging his loss from Big Tens last season.

Lock Haven 133 lber Gable Strickland (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) Happy Tuesday! Welcome back to our third week of a new series on InterMat called Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments, where I break down the top five matches, moments, or moves that were nominated by YOU! This week, there were a few double, triple, and even quadruple nominations for some very impressive standout wrestlers. The MAC is NOT messing around. Mark my words. . . we’re coming for the big dogs. Here are this week’s Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments nominated by YOU. #5: Michael Wilson takes out #23 Tate Picklo of Oklahoma In this MAC-Big 12 Conference matchup at 174lbs, Michael Wilson of Rider took down #23 ranked Tate Picklo of Oklahoma. Wilson was trailing 1-0 after a second-period escape was scored by Picklo. But, Wilson ended up outscoring Picklo in the third period, securing an escape and takedown before the final buzzer to finish off the match 3-1. This impressive upset enhances Wilson's season record to 19-8, while also notching the highest-ranked win of his career. Two additional Broncs topped their Sooner opponents: #28 Quinn Kinner and #32 McKenzie Bell. Kinner (149) defeated Mitch Moore by a decision of 4-0 and McKenzie Bell (141) posted an 8-0 major decision over Gabe Vidlak. Wilson and his team will wrestle at Edinboro on Friday, February 10th. Wrestling will begin at 7:00pm in the McComb Fieldhouse. #4: NIU’s Terrese Aaron helps secure dual win over Buffalo This weekend, NIU’s Terrese Aaron (HWT) won by a 9-6 decision over Buffalo’s Greg Hodulick to help secure the dual, 16-15. Aaron improves to 8-12 on the season. Aaron secured two MAC wins earlier in the season, topping Jacob Padilla of Ohio via technical fall (17-2) and SIU Edwardsville’s Dan McKiernan by a 3-1 decision. Four additional Huskies topped their Buffalo opponents, aiding in this close victory. Blake West (125) won by an 8-4 decision over Mason Bush. Lucian Brink (133) topped Tommy Maddox by a decision of 6-2. Javion Jones (141) triumphed over Jack Marlow by a major decision of 13-2. Izzak Olejnik (165) had a solid 6-0 win over Noah Grover. Northern Illinois will be back in action against Northwestern on Friday, February 10th at 7:00pm. #3: Lock Haven Crowns 2 Edinboro Open Champions On Sunday, Lock Haven crowned two Edinboro Open Champions. Gable Strickland (133) went 4-0 on the day defeating Canyon Wells of Cleveland State by fall in 3:46, Wilfried Tanefeu of Michigan by a technical fall (17-2) in 6:02, Jordan Villareal of Pittsburg by fall in 2:57, and lastly, Ethan Qureshi from Spartan Combat RTC by an 8-1 decision. Strickland improves his overall season record to 23-9. Lock Haven’s second champion, Ashton Eyler (157), went a perfect 4-0 on the day, and 6-0 on the week. Eyler downed Trenton Wachter from Central Michigan by a 5-1 decision, Matt Hoelke from Rider by a decision of 8-1, Gavin Cagle from Virginia by a 7-0 decision, and finally, Ethan Barr from Kent State by a 9-0 major decision. Eyler improves his overall season record to 25-9. Both Strickland and Eyler will look to defeat their upcoming opponents from George Mason on Saturday, February 11th at 1:00pm. #2: Bloomsburg Secures Five Bonus Point Wins The Huskies secured five bonus point wins on Sunday, topping their opponent Sacred Heart 34-11. Bloomsburg now improves to 4-9 on their overall season dual record. Bronson Garber (125) downed Mike Manta via technical fall. Michael Cassidy (133) also won by a technical fall over Ben Davoli. Josh Mason (141) triumphed over Dakota Asuncion by fall in 3:35. In addition, Cade Balestrini (149) won by fall over his opponent, Chris Naegele, in 6:36. The final Huskie to score bonus points was Bruno Stolfi (184) who defeated his opponent, Owen Ayotte, by fall in 1:55. Those five Huskies totaled 28 of the 34 points. Two additional wrestlers from Bloomsburg topped their opponents, aiding in the Huskies victory. Tanner Culver (197) won by a 15-10 decision over Logan Michael. To close out the night, Shane Noonan (HWT) won by a decision of 9-4 over Marc Berisha. The next conference battle will take place on Saturday, February 11th, where Bloomsburg will travel to Cleveland State. Wrestling is slated to begin at 1:00pm. #1: Evan Maag of George Mason Avenges Early Season Loss and Tops Ranked Opponent This week, true freshman Evan Maag avenged an early season loss and topped a ranked opponent. At the David Lehman F&M Open, Maag took a hard loss to Drew Witham of LIU, falling short by a decision of 9-2. The storybook was rewritten this week, as Maag won by fall over Witham in only 1:10 during the George Mason - LIU dual. A short time later, Maag topped #24th ranked Luke Nichter of Drexel by an 18-6 major decision. Maag improved his overall season record to 18-11. Maag had two MAC wins earlier this season, topping Gannon Jaquay of Edinboro by technical fall (17-0) and Cade Balestrini of Bloomsburg by an 8-4 decision. Maag and his teammates will be back in action on Saturday, February 11th against Lock Haven. Wrestling will begin at 1:00pm. Before I close out this week’s Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments, I’d like to ask for your support, positive thoughts, and prayers for the Rider Wrestling Program. On Sunday night, Ian, a GoTeamIMPACT teammate, suffered a medical emergency. He underwent surgery on Monday, and is continuing to be monitored by specialists at CHOP. GoTeamIMPACT is a program that connects kids with serious illnesses and disabilities to college athletic teams, helping them to form lifelong bonds and promote life-changing outcomes. For more information, you can visit GoTeamIMPACT. MAC Match-Ups (January 31 - January 6) Lock Haven vs. Navy (24-17 Lock Haven) Hofstra vs. George Mason (26-16 Hofstra) Ohio vs. Kent State (28-9 Ohio) George Mason vs. Long Island (35-6 George Mason) Drexel vs. George Mason (28-13 Drexel) Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo (16-15 Northern Illinois) Bloomsburg vs. Sacred Heart (34-11 Bloomsburg) Central Michigan vs. Kent State (22-15 Central Michigan) Oklahoma vs. Rider (24-10 Oklahoma)

Little Rock 165 lber Tyler Brennan (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Little Rock stays busy along the West Coast Little Rock traveled across the country to take part in three duals over the weekend. The Trojans began at Arizona State on Feb. 3 and fell 31-6 to the Sun Devils. The Sun Devils captured victories and historic landmarks during the night. Brandon Courtney captured his 100th career victory over Jeremiah Reno with a 16-8 major decision. Michael McGee won his 125th career match with a 17-1 tech fall over Joshua Sarpy. In addition, Anthony Montalvo won his 50th career match over Mason Diel. However, Little Rock’s Matthew Bianchi defeated Max Wilner at 157 pounds, while Tyler Brennan beat Tony Negron at 165 pounds. The Trojans traveled to California to face Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield. They fell to the Mustangs 25-10. Jeremiah Reno picked up a major decision at 125 pounds and Stephen Little pinned Wesley Wilson at 197 pounds. After falling to the Mustangs, the Trojans traveled to Cal State Bakersfield a few hours later and defeated the Roadrunners 30-6. Joseph Bianchi pinned Josh Brown in the first period and Matthew Bianchi earned a major decision over Tyler Deen. Sarpy tech falled Romeo McNeal for the only other bonus-point victory. In between the duals, Cal Poly defeated Cal State Bakersfield 22-12. Stanford cruises past Menlo Stanford threw out a mixed lineup for senior night against Menlo College. Chayse LaJoie, Luciano Arroyo and Tony Williams picked up wins at 141, 149 and 157 pounds. Suhas Chundi and Nick Addison fell in their matches. Some of the starters coasted in their matches, including Shane Griffith’s 4--0 victory over Rysan Leong. In addition, Jackson Disario won 8-0 over Jovan Garcia. Tyler Eischens and Nick Stemmet dominated their opponents with a tech fall and major decision. Peter Ming ended the dual with a 2-0 victory. Valencia headlines ASU winning streak During Arizona State’s four-match winning streak, Cael Valencia is undefeated, including two upset victories. Valencia has defeated Aaron Olmos, Tyler Eischens, Triston Wills and Jake Logan in the four matches. In addition, Valencia is the only wrestler for the Sun Devils to win in either the 157, 165, or 174-pound matches in the last three duals as he begins to make his mark in a weaker middleweight roster. Valencia’s latest win allowed the Sun Devils to defeat Oregon State on the road, 23-16. The Sun Devils swept the first four matches while Oregon State captured the next two. Oregon State ended up winning two of the last three matches. However, Cohlton Schultz ended the Sun Devils weekend with a third-period pin over J.J. Dixon.

NC State Associate Head Coach Adam Hall and Trent Hidlay(photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) What a week for ACC wrestling! We saw Pitt take control of the race for the ACC dual title while Virginia Tech and NC State put up big wins to stay in the hunt for a shared title. We also were treated to a gem of a non-conference dual between Pitt and Iowa State. Let's take a look at the action. #7 Virginia Tech at Duke Not a whole lot to say about this one. The Hokies went down to Durham wanting to bounce back from a tough loss to Pitt and they blanked the Blue Devils, scoring bonus points in nearly every match. The lone decision win was a 12-5 win from Connor Brady. Bryce Andonian picked up a fall--he now has two majors and a pin in ACC competition. Eddie Ventresca made a mark in his return to the lineup with a 17-2 tech fall; Caleb Henson added a tech fall at 149. Sam Latona, Tom Crook, Sam Fisher, TJ Stewart and Hunter Catka won by major decision. After watching this dual, I was disappointed in the lineup management by Duke. I understand they have incredible hurdles thrown at their program from an uninvolved administration, and their roster is smaller than the majority of schools in the country; they only have one 174 listed on the roster. So while I don't like seeing a forfeit, especially at a home match, I understand the situation. I was frustrated to not see Jonah Neisenbaum against Hunter Catka. Neisenbaum is 2-0 in the ACC and has an SV win over Catka at the Keystone Classic. I would have loved to see a rematch. Duke will travel north to face UVA on Friday in a battle of teams looking for their first conference win. The Hokies will head to Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels with ACC dual title implications; the winner will be in position for a potential share of the ACC dual title depending on the outcome of the NC State/Pittsburgh dual. #7 Hokies - 45, Blue Devils - 0 125 - Eddie Ventresca TECH FALL Ethan Grimminger 17-2 133 - No. 7 Sam Latona MAJ DEC Logan Agin 15-5 141 - No. 12 Tom Crook MAJ DEC Christian Colman 11-2 149 - No. 8 Caleb Henson TECH FALL Patrick Rowland 18-3 157 - No. 5 Bryce Andonian FALL Logan Ferrero 2:40 165 - No. 26 Connor Brady DEC Gabe Dinette 12-5 174 - No. 3 Mekhi Lewis Forfeit 184 - Sam Fisher MAJ DEC Luke Chakonis 15-6 197 - TJ Stewart MAJ DEC Brayden Ray 14-6 285 - No. 23 Hunter Catka MAJ DEC Connor Barkert 14-6 #8 NC State at Virginia The Wolfpack left Charlottesville with a lopsided win over the Hoos. Justin McCoy was the lone victor for Virginia, blanking Derek Fields 8-0 for the major decision. The dual started with back-to-back ranked matchups at 141 and 149. Brian Courtney was able to slow down Ryan Jack but couldn't create his own offense in a 4-1 decision for the Wolfpack. Jackson Arrington took out Jarod Verkleeren with a 10-2 major decision. Ed Scott followed up with a major decision over Jake Keating. Alex Faison controlled the match in a 6-1 decision over Hudson Stewart at 174. In another ranked matchup, Trent Hidlay did Trent Hidlay things and poured on the offense against Neil Antrassian, though Antrassian did have a few great flashes of his own offense, in a 21-9 major decision. Michael Battista slowed down a very dangerous Isaac Trumble, but was unable to generate any of his own offense; Trumble and his mustache took a 3-1 decision. Colden Dorfman got the call at 285. This marked at least the fourth starter at the weight for the Hoos, who have been hammered with injuries at the top weight. Owen Trephan put on an offensive show in a 17-2 tech fall. Jarrett Trombey and Kai Orine wrapped up the dual with back-to-back major decisions. Virginia will host Duke on Friday; both are looking to break through with their first ACC win. NC State will host the first-place Pitt Panthers at Reynolds Coliseum. Pitt is 3-0 in the conference while NC State, Virginia Tech and North Carolina are all 2-1. NC State controls its own destiny in this dual--if they win, they open up the possibility of a shared conference title; if Pitt wins they all but wrap up the ACC dual title, with only Duke remaining on their schedule. #8 NC STATE 34, VIRGINIA 4 141: No. 4 Ryan Jack dec. No. 29 Brian Courtney 4-1 149: No. 17 Jack Arrington major dec. No. 26 Jarod Verkleeren 10-2 157: No. 7 Ed Scott major dec. Jake Keating 12-4 165: No. 17 Justin McCoy major dec. Derek Fields 8-0 174: No. 29 Alex Faison dec. Hudson Stewart 6-1 184: No. 3 Trent Hidlay major dec. No. 17 Neil Antrassian 21-9 197: No. 9 Isaac Trumble dec. No. 24 Michael Battista 3-1 HWT: No. 12 Owen Trephan tech fall Colden Dorfman 17-2 125: No. 28 Jarrett Trombley major dec. Patrick McCormick 10-2 133: No. 25 Kai Orine major dec. Marlon Yarbrough II 18-4 #25 North Carolina at #16 Pittsburgh This dual featured the two remaining unbeaten teams in the ACC, with the winner taking sole possession of first place in the conference and putting them in the driver's seat to win the title. Pitt opened with back-to-back wins and never looked back, winning 21-11 over the Tar Heels. The dual opened at 197 with Nino controlling the match in an 8-2 decision; this was followed by true freshman Dayton Pitzer pitching a shutout in a 6-0 decision over Brandon Whitman. The Tar Heels got on the board in a fun match at 125; both Jack Wagner and Colton Camacho have been on a good run and were 2-0 in ACC competition. They traded multiple takedowns and went to sudden victory, with Wagner picking up the winning takedown to get the 10-8 decision. The Panthers took back the momentum with a 6-2 decision from Micky Phillippi over Jace Palmer. In the most anticipated matchup of the dual, we saw #3 Cole Matthews shut down the high-powered offense of #13 Lachlan McNeil in a 3-2 decision. Both wrestlers were able to get in on takedowns, but Matthews was able to keep McNeil from finishing. This has the potential to be a semifinal match at the ACC tournament. I hope we get to see it again, I want to see the adjustments that McNeil will make. Tyler Badgett followed up with a 2-0 decision over Jayden Scott who was filling in for an injured Zach Sherman. Austin O'Connor continued his unbeaten season and looked phenomenal in a 24-8 tech fall over Jared Keslar. O'Connor has impressed all year and is on a collision course for a wild matchup with Bryce Andonian next week. At 165, Holden Heller won a 12-5 decision over Joey Mazzara. This was followed by a massive upset for Luca Augustine over #8 Clay Lautt. Lautt was wrestling his second ACC match, having wrestled against Duke in his first match back from a knee injury. After a scoreless first period, the two traded escapes in the second and third to send it to sudden victory. Augustine was able to find an angle and run down Lautt to get the winning takedown. In the final match of the night, we saw a tight bout between Gavin Kane and Reece Heller, with Kane picking up the 6-3 decision to move to 3-0 in the ACC and extend his win streak to 13 matches. North Carolina will be at home on Friday against Virginia Tech with the winner being positioned for a potential share of the ACC dual title. Pitt will be at NC State and will control their own destiny; if they win, they lock up the ACC dual title, if they lose, they will need to beat Duke in their final dual to earn a share of the title. #16 Pitt 21, #25 North Carolina 11 197: No. 2 Nino Bonaccorsi dec. Max Shaw 8-2 285: No. 5 Dayton Pitzer dec. Brandon Whitman 6-0 125: No. 19 Jack Wagner dec. No. 33 Colton Camacho 10-8 SV 133: No. 6 Micky Phillippi dec. Jace Palmer 8-2 141: No. 3 Cole Matthews dec. No. 13 Lachlan McNeil 3-2 149: No. 29 Tyler Badgett dec. Jayden Scott 2-0 157: No. 3 Austin O'Connor tech. fall Jared Keslar 24-8 5:43 165: No. 23 Holden Heller dec. Joey Mazzara 12-5 174: Luca Augustine dec. No. 8 Clay Lautt 2-1 TB 184: No. 13 Gavin Kane dec. No. 18 Reece Heller 6-3 The Panthers followed up this huge win with a heartbreaking loss, on criteria, to #3 Iowa State in a phenomenal dual. Des Moines Register wrestling reporter Cody Goodwin and I broke this dual down on his podcast "In The Room" if you want to check out the wrap up. #3 Iowa State 16, #16 Pitt 15 125: No. 33 Colton Camacho dec. Caleb Fuessley 3-1 SV 133: No. 6 Micky Phillippi dec. Zach Redding 5-4 141: No. 3 Cole Matthews dec. No. 24 Casey Swiderski 5-4 149: No. 10 Paniro Johnson dec. No. 29 Tyler Badgett 5-3 157: No. 27 Jason Kraisser dec. Jared Keslar 8-5 165: No. 2 David Carr dec. No. 23 Holden Heller 7-3 174: Luca Augustine dec. MJ Gaitan 6-4 184: No. 4 Marcus Coleman dec. No. 18 Reece Heller 10-5 197: No. 2 Nino Bonaccorsi dec. No. 5 Yonger Bastida 6-4 285: No. 10 Sam Schuyler dec. No. 5 Dayton Pitzer 4-3 (ISU wins, 16-15 on criteria)

Troy Nickerson (left) and Justin Oliver with Andrew Alirez (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) A wild weekend in the Big 12 this week with three duals coming down to the wire with incredible finishes for all of them. Let’s dig into the results. Friday 02/03 Iowa State DEF WVU 20-13 Oklahoma State DEF Michigan 24-18 Northern Iowa DEF California Baptist 44-0 Missouri DEF Oklahoma 33-3 North Dakota State DEF Air Force 32-10 Saturday 02/04 Wyoming DEF Utah Valley 26-6 Iowa State DEF Pittsburgh 16-15 North Dakota State DEF Northern Colorado 23-15 Sunday 02/05 Northern Iowa DEF West Virginia 20-12 Northern Colorado DEF Wyoming 19-16 Oklahoma DEF Rider 24-10 Oklahoma State DEF Missouri 17-16 Cardiac Big 12 Northern Colorado vs. Wyoming, Oklahoma State vs. Missouri, and Iowa State vs. Pittsburgh all had dramatic finishes coming down to the last match for each dual. Daton Fix gets a major for Oklahoma State, Sam Schuyler gets a win for Iowa State, and a fall for Xavier Doolin puts Northern Colorado over Wyoming. What a fun and exciting dual weekend for the Big 12 conference. The Big 12 goes undefeated this week in the Non-Conference This deep in the season, we usually don’t see a ton of non-conference matchups, but the Big 12 had three with Oklahoma State wrestling Michigan in the Bout at the Ballpark, Iowa State wrestling Pittsburgh, and Oklahoma wrestling Rider at home. All three teams won in marquee duals helping bolster the conference perception around the country. The Big 12 stands behind only the Big Ten in non -conference dual record total wins and percentage currently. Wyoming gets their first win Wyoming nearly got two Big 12 wins this weekend, losing a heartbreaker to Northern Colorado on Sunday in Laramie. But the Cowboys avoided a winless season by dominating Utah Valley 26-6 on Saturday.

Oklahoma State 197 lber Luke Surber (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We’re coming down the home stretch of the 2022-23 regular season. A few months ago, one of the prime topics was “ducking” and the “All that Matters is March” mindset. Well, we’re less than a month away from March so coaches are trying to fine-tune their athletes so they’ll peak at the right time. That just means we have two more good weeks of action and then the best part of the collegiate schedule. During the last week, there was plenty to discuss. One of the most unique duals of the season took place (on our sister site; MatScouts), a top-ranked wrestler was upset and plenty more. We’ll talk about them all in the 7 Big Stories from the Week in College Wrestling. Cowboys Win Two Top-Ten Duals For the majority of the 2022-23 season, Oklahoma State has been laying low, with respect to their typical rankings. A month in, the Cowboys lost a dual to Minnesota and tumbled out of the top ten. Last weekend, Oklahoma State suffered a loss to Big 12 favorite #3 Iowa State. There was no time for head coach John Smith’s team to lick their wounds as they had a busy week with #6 Michigan and #9 Missouri on the horizon. Friday, Oklahoma State traveled south for the second annual Bout at the Ballpark, a dual meet held at Globe Life Field, home of MLB’s Texas Rangers. The Cowboys were tasked with a Michigan team that they rarely ever meet in dual competition. As these things happen, Michigan was banged up and missed three of their starters. The Cowboys were in a bind of their own as they’ve been without the services of two-time NCAA qualifier Trevor Mastrogiovanni at 125 lbs since mid-January. In his absence, veteran Reece Witcraft made the difficult cut down to 125 lbs, a weight he made only twice in 2021-22. Despite losing via fall in sudden victory, Smith called Witcraft “one of the heroes of the dual,” for stepping up and enduring a tough weight cut in order to face a ranked opponent in Jack Medley. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page