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Oregon State All-American Brandon Kaylor (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Is there a new look in the desert? A new two-piece singlet, new arena, and new faces to the lineup did not stop the fact that Arizona State is still one of the best teams in the country. The Sun Devils upset No. 3 Missouri in the home opener at Mullet Arena. Although the singlets were questionable, the results were not. Richard Figueroa started the dual with a statement victory over Noah Surtin. He picked up a late reversal and takedowns in the second and third periods to capture a 6-4 decision. 141-pound Jesse Vasquez was the wrestler of the night, upsetting No. 6 Allan Hart 3-1 with a takedown in the final seconds of the match. Once ASU stole a match from the Tigers, they knew they were in the driver's seat. Even though it came down to the final match, Cohlton Schultz cruised to help the Sun Devils to the 19-17 victory. Stanford and Little Rock fall short against top-25 teams Stanford was stunned at home against Rutgers 20-15 over the weekend. One of the reasons the Cardinal squad failed to capture a win at home was their lack of bonus points in matchups they were heavily favored. Shane Griffith won 9-2 over unranked Connor O'Neill, Daniel Cardenas won 17-11 over Andrew Clark and No. 30 Nico Provo fell to unranked Dean Peterson. In addition, Stanford fell into an 11-point deficit within the first few matches. Therefore, they were clawing back into the dual throughout the night. Lastly, Rutgers scored bonus points in three of their five wins. Little Rock was shut out by Oklahoma, falling 37-0 on the road. Oklahoma had five bonus-point victories out of their 10 wins against the Trojans. Little Rock's Joseph and Matty Bianchi were a couple of points short of earning wins against ranked opponents in the 149 and 157-pound weight classes. Lastly, Triston Wills fell 3-2 to No. 13 Darrien Roberts. Beavers and Roadrunners capture medals at Roadrunner Open Brandon Kaylor, Cleveland Belton, Matthew Olguin, Mason Reiniche, Trey Munoz and Tanner Harvey returned to Corvallis with gold medals from the Roadrunner Open. Kaylor swept his competition easily before earning a sudden victory over Rutgers' Dylan Shawver. Belton was on a similar path of strong outings before earning a 4-2 victory over Angelo Martinoni in the finals. Munoz had the most dominant performance with two falls, a major decision and a 5-3 victory over Brian Soldano in the finals. Martinoni was one of the four Roadrunners who finished with a medal in their home tournament. He finished second while Eddie Flores finished third, Albert Urias finished fourth and Isaac Salas finished fifth. Lastly, Chance Rich finished sixth after making the semis in the 133-pound class and medically forfeiting out.

West Virginia All-American Peyton Hall (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday's Dual Results Wisconsin 19 Cornell 13 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) dec Brett Ungar (Cornell) 6-5 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Taylor LaMont (Wisconsin) 17-6 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) dec Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) 4-1 149 - Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) dec Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) 9-3 157 - Garrett Model (Wisconsin) dec Cole Handlovic (Cornell) 6-2 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) maj Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 14-4 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) dec James Rowley (Wisconsin) 6-3 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) dec Tyler Dow (Wisconsin) 10-3 197 - Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) dec Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) 2-0 285 - Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) dec Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) 5-2 Presbyterian 37 Queens 6 125 - Trenton Dominquez (Presbyterian) fall Griffen Gonzales (Queens) 5:40 133 - Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian) tech Ananth Manibushan (Queens) 20-2 141 - Melvini Rubio (Queens) dec Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian) 9-3 149 - Eli Holiday (Presbyterian) dec Nico D'Amico (Queens) 8-3 157 - Brandon Jacoby (Presbyterian) dec David Makupson (Queens) 15-9 165 - Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) dec Ty Chittum (Presbyterian) 3-2 174 - Reed Douglass (Presbyterian) dec JT Skalecki (Queens) 8-4 184 - Cordell Duhart (Presbyterian) tech D'Andree Hunt (Queens) 21-6 197 - Malcolm Wiley (Presbyterian) fall Riley Kuhn (Queens) 2:29 285 - Will Leonard (Presbyterian) fall Jamikael Lytle (Queens) 3:37 Rutgers 20 Stanford 15 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) maj Nico Provo (Stanford) 12-2 133 - Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) dec Jackson DiSario (Stanford) 4-3 141 - Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) maj Jason Miranda (Stanford) 18-6 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Anthony White (Rutgers) 3-2 157 - Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) dec Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 17-11 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) dec Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 9-2 174 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford) dec Jackson Turley (Rutgers) 9-2 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) fall Brook Byers (Stanford) :34 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) dec Billy Janzer (Rutgers) 5-0 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Seamus O'Malley (Stanford) 14-7 Pittsburgh 22 Lehigh 12 125 - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) dec Carter Bailey (Lehigh) 4-2 133 - Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) dec Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 5-3 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) 8-2 149 - Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec Tyler Badgett (Pittsburgh) 7-6 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) fall Dazjon Casto (Pittsburgh) 3:47 165 - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 6-0 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 11-6 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Tate Samuelson (Lehigh) 7-6 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Michael Beard (Lehigh) 10-4 285 - Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) maj Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) 10-1 Sunday's Dual Results Purdue 23 Cleveland State 12 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) maj Ben Aranda (Cleveland State) 15-7 133 - Dustin Norris (Purdue) dec Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) 7-6 141 - Dylan Layton (Cleveland State) dec Parker Filius (Purdue) 10-4 149 - Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) dec Trey Kruse (Purdue) 6-3 157 - Kendall Coleman (Purdue) fall Ryan Granger (Cleveland State) :26 165 - Cooper Noehre (Purdue) maj Caleb Cass (Cleveland State) 16-5 174 - Macartney Parkinson (Purdue) dec Tate Geiser (Cleveland State) 4-3 184 - Ben Vanadia (Purdue) dec DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) 11-7 197 - Anthony Perrine (Cleveland State) dec Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) 9-3 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) dec Hayden Copass (Purdue) 6-2 Chattanooga 18 Northern Illinois 15 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) dec Logan Ashton (Chattanooga) 6-1 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Bryce West (Northern Illinois) 4-2 141 - Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) dec Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 3-1 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) dec Grant Lundy (Chattanooga) 3-2 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) dec Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Northern Illinois) 8-6 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) fall Caleb Waddell (Chattanooga) 1:43 174 - Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga) dec Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) 7-0 184 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) 8-3 197 - Jake Boyd (Chattanooga) dec Devonjae Hudson (Northern Illinois) 6-0 285 - Logan Andrew (Chattanooga) dec Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) 6-4 Purdue 23 Northern Illinois 11 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) maj Blake West (Northern Illinois) 13-3 133 - Dustin Norris (Purdue) dec Lucian Brink (Northern Illinois) 2-1 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) dec Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) 6-1 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) maj Jaden Reynolds (Purdue) 10-1 157 - Kendall Coleman (Purdue) maj Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Northern Illinois) 12-3 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) maj Cooper Noehre (Purdue) 8-0 174 - Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) dec Brody Baumann (Purdue) 10-6 184 - Ben Vanadia (Purdue) dec Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) 11-5 197 - Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) dec Jordan Sommers (Northern Illinois) 4-2 285 - Tristan Ruhlman (Purdue) dec Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) 11-5 Chattanooga 20 Cleveland State 13 125 - Nick Molchak (Cleveland State) dec Logan Ashton (Chattanooga) 5-3 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Jake Manley (Cleveland State) 5-3 141 - Dylan Layton (Cleveland State) maj Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) 10-0 149 - Grant Lundy (Chattanooga) dec Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) 7-2 157 - Shane Heil (Cleveland State) dec Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) 3-2 165 - Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) dec Caleb Cass (Cleveland State) 8-2 174 - Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga) tech Tate Geiser (Cleveland State) 16-0 184 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) 2-1 197 - Jake Boyd (Chattanooga) dec Anthony Perrine (Cleveland State) 3-2 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) dec Logan Andrew (Chattanooga) 6-1 Purdue 23 Chattanooga 16 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) maj Logan Ashton (Chattanooga) 13-4 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) InjDef Dustin Norris (Purdue) 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) dec Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 5-2 149 - Trey Kruse (Purdue) dec Grant Lundy (Chattanooga) 7-2 157 - Kendall Coleman (Purdue) dec Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) 7-2 165 - Stoney Buell (Purdue) maj Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) 12-4 174 - Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga) maj Macartney Parkinson (Purdue) 14-0 184 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 6-0 197 - Jake Boyd (Chattanooga) dec Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) 5-1 285 - Tristan Ruhlman (Purdue) fall Logan Andrew (Chattanooga) 2:52 Northern Illinois 33 Cleveland State 13 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) fall Nick Molchak (Cleveland State) 2:03 133 - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) fall Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) :37 141 - Dylan Layton (Cleveland State) maj Caleb Brooks (Northern Illinois) 12-4 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) fall Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) 2:46 157 - Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) fall Shane Heil (Cleveland State) 4:06 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) fall Caleb Cass (Cleveland State) 4:21 174 - Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) dec Tate Geiser (Cleveland State) 6-3 184 - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) dec Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) 7-6 197 - Anthony Perrine (Cleveland State) dec Devonjae Hudson (Northern Illinois) 8-1 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) dec Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) 6-2 Ohio State 33 North Carolina 8 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) dec Jack Wagner (North Carolina) 3-1 133 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) fall Joey Melendez (North Carolina) 4:32 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec Jordan Decatur (Ohio State) 9-7 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) fall Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 1:39 157 - Sincere Bailey (North Carolina) FFT 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) dec Nick Fea (North Carolina) 12-8 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) dec Clay Lautt (North Carolina) 2-0 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) dec Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 5-4 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 8-2 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) fall Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 5:22 Michigan 38 Columbia 6 125 - Kurt McHenry (Michigan) maj Nick Babin (Columbia) 15-7 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Zack Witmer (Columbia) 22-5 141 - Cole Mattin (Michigan) fall Kai Owen (Columbia) 1:08 149 - Chance Lamer (Michigan) maj Richard Fedalen (Columbia) 12-1 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 6-3 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) fall Zack Mattin (Michigan) 4:13 174 - Joseph Walker (Michigan) dec Lenox Wolak (Columbia) 5-2 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) maj Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 9-1 197 - Brendin Yatooma (Michigan) dec Javen Jovero (Columbia) 4-3 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) fall Dan Conley (Columbia) 2:37 Iowa State 40 Grand View 0 125 - Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dec Esco Walker (Grand View) 5-2 133 - Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) dec Carson Taylor (Grand View) 6-3 141 - Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) dec Shea Ruffridge (Grand View) 14-8 149 - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) dec Blake Gonzalez (Grand View) 3-1SV 157 - Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) fall Giovanni Bonilla (Grand View) 5:59 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) tech Marty Margolis (Grand View) 17-1 174 - Julien Broderson (Iowa State) dec Isaiah Luellen (Grand View) 4-2 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) maj Ben Lee (Grand View) 15-6 197 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) maj Garavous Kouekabakilaho (Grand View) 21-8 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) InjDef Greg Hagan (Grand View) Minnesota 19 Binghamton 15 125 - Troy Spratley (Minnesota) dec Micah Roes (Binghamton) 4-3 133 - Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) dec Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) 8-2 141 - Nate Lucier (Binghamton) dec Vance VomBaur (Minnesota) 9-7 149 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) dec Michael Zarif (Binghamton) 5-3 157 - Brayton Lee (Minnesota) maj Conner Decker (Binghamton) 14-5 165 - Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) dec Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) 3-2 174 - Jared Krattiger (Minnesota) dec Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) 4-3 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 5-4 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) fall Garrett Joles (Minnesota) 2:16 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Keaton Kluever (Minnesota) 3-2 West Virginia 37 Glenville State 9 125 - Jace Schafer (West Virginia) maj Devin Easton (Glenville State) 15-4 133 - Gavin Quiocho (Glenville State) dec Colton Drousias (West Virginia) 8-3 141 - Michael Dolan (West Virginia) fall Jesiah Winters (Glenville State) 1:53 149 - Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) fall Camden Barr (Glenville State) :20 157 - Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) FFT 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj Guy DeLeonardis (Glenville State) 14-3 174 - Brody Conley (West Virginia) fall Jadon Stephens (Glenville State) 1:32 184 - Cole Houser (Glenville State) dec Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 6-5 197 - Austin Cooley (West Virginia) tech Luke Martin (Glenville State) 24-8 285 - Jared Campbell (Glenville State) dec Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) 7-1 West Virginia 34 Edinboro 3 125 - Jace Shafer (West Virginia) dec Logan Jaquay (Edinboro) 7-4 133 - Cameron Soda (Edinboro) dec Davin Rhodes (West Virginia) 8-2 141 - Jordan Titus (West Virginia) dec Zachary Soda (Edinboro) 6-2 149 - Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) tech Jake Pail (Edinboro) 17-1 157 - Caleb Dowling (West Virginia) FFT 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) fall Alex Garee (Edinboro) 4:47 174 - Brody Conley (West Virginia) maj Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 10-1 184 - Anthony Carman (West Virginia) FFT 197 - Austin Cooley (West Virginia) maj Jack Kilner (Edinboro) 11-3 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 6-2 West Virginia 25 Northern Colorado 15 125 - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) fall Jace Schafer (West Virginia) 1:15 133 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) dec Davin Rhodes (West Virginia) 7-2 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) fall Jordan Titus (West Virginia) 2:30 149 - Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) maj Benji Alanis (Northern Colorado) 9-0 157 - Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) dec Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) 9-7SV 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj Baylor Fernandes (Northern Colorado) 11-3 174 - Brody Conley (West Virginia) dec Andrew Berreyesa (Northern Colorado) 5-3 184 - Anthony Carman (West Virginia) dec Branson Britten (Northern Colorado) 3-2 197 - Austin Cooley (West Virginia) maj Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 11-3 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) maj Xavier Doolin (Northern Colorado) 13-2 Still looking to obtain full results from the rest of the WVU/Northern Colorado/Edinboro/Glenville State quad! Northwestern 20 Virginia 13 125 - Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) maj Patrick McCormick (Virginia) 15-3 133 - Chris Cannon (Northwestern) dec Erik Roggie (Virginia) 4-3 141 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) dec Joel Vandervere (Northwestern) 6-5 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) dec Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) 10-3 157 - Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) dec Jake Keating (Virginia) 5-2 165 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) dec David Ferrante (Northwestern) 10-4 174 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) maj Victor Marcelli (Virginia) 12-3 184 - Neil Antrassian (Virginia) maj Jack Jessen (Northwestern) 10-2 197 - Michael Battista (Virginia) dec Andrew Davison (Northwestern) 6-2 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) dec Gabe Christenson (Virginia) 6-0

Maryland 125 lber Braxton Brown (top) (photos courtesy of UMD athletics) Friday's DI Dual Results Indiana 22 Princeton 13 125 - Jacob Moran (Indiana) FFT 133 - Henry Porter (Indiana) maj Sean Pierson (Princeton) 12-4 141 - Cayden Rooks (Indiana) dec Danny Coles (Princeton) 12-9 149 - Graham Rooks (Indiana) dec Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) 4-1 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 8-4 165 - Blaine Bergey (Princeton) dec Tyler Lillard (Indiana) 3-2 174 - DJ Washington (Indiana) dec Kole Mulhauser (Princeton) 5-3 184 - Nate Dugan (Princeton) maj Drayton Harris (Indiana) 12-4 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) dec Nick Willham (Indiana) 3-1SV 285 - Jacob Kaminski (Indiana) dec Travis Stefanik (Princeton) 3-1 Maryland 18 Pittsburgh 16 125 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) fall Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 3:55 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) dec Jackson Cockrell (Maryland) 5-1 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Kal Miller (Maryland) 5-1 149 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) dec Tyler Badgett (Pittsburgh) 9-4 157 - Michael North (Maryland) dec Dazjon Casto (Pittsburgh) 9-8SV 165 - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) maj Lucas Cordio (Maryland) 12-4 174 - Dom Solis (Maryland) dec Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) 3-1SV 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Chase Mielnik (Maryland) 10-4 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Jaxon Smith (Maryland) 8-2 285 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) dec Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) 5-1 Illinois 28 Buffalo 9 125 - Maximo Renteria (Illinois) dec Patrick Adams (Buffalo) 7-4 133 - Kole Brower (Illinois) dec Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) 11-7 141 - Danny Pucino (Illinois) dec Jack Marlow (Buffalo) 11-5 149 - Kevon Davenport (Illinois) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 5-3 157 - Nick Stampoulos (Buffalo) fall Luke Odom (Illinois) 5:40 165 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) fall Noah Grover (Buffalo) 4:42 174 - Edmond Ruth (Illinois) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 2-1TB 184 - Guiseppe Hoose (Buffalo) dec Dylan Connell (Illinois) 4-3 197 - Zac Bruanagel (Illinois) dec Eli Sheeran (Buffalo) 12-5 285 - Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) maj Greg Hodulick (Buffalo) 10-2 Iowa 35 Sacred Heart 6 125 - Mike Manta (Sacred Heart) dec Aidan Harris (Iowa) 5-1 133 - Cullan Schriever (Iowa) maj Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) 20-13 141 - Drew Bennett (Iowa) dec Seth Brown (Sacred Heart) 12-8 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) tech Matt Laurie (Sacred Heart) 20-5 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) dec Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) 8-4 165 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart) 24-9 174 - Joe Kelly (Iowa) maj Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) 17-7 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) maj Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) 22-9 197 - Zach Glazier (Iowa) tech Nick Copley (Sacred Heart) 18-3 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) fall Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) 1:28 NC State 26 Central Michigan 12 125 - Troy Hohman (NC State) dec Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) 4-3 133 - Vince Perez (Central Michigan) InjDef Jacob Cox (NC State) 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) maj Ja'Kerion Merritt (Central Michigan) 12-3 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) dec Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) 4-3SV 157 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Ed Scott (NC State) 4-1 165 - Donald Cates (NC State) dec Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) 3-2 174 - Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) dec Joey Milano (NC State) 6-2 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) fall Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 1:25 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) maj Cameron Wood (Central Michigan) 11-2 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) 4-2 Iowa 35 Buffalo 7 125 - Patrick Adams (Buffalo) maj Charles Matthews (Iowa) 11-2 133 - Cullan Schriever (Iowa) tech Mason Bush (Buffalo) 23-8 141 - Drew Bennett (Iowa) dec Matt Ryan (Buffalo) 9-6 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) maj Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 16-5 157 - Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) dec Nick Stampoulos (Buffalo) 6-0 165 - Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) maj Noah Grover (Buffalo) 8-0 174 - Marcus Petite (Buffalo) dec Joe Kelly (Iowa) 2-0 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) tech Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo) 22-7 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) tech Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) 26-8 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) fall Greg Hodulick (Buffalo) :53 NC State 27 Illinois 12 125 - Jarrett Trombley (NC State) dec Maximo Renteria (Illinois) 3-1 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) fall Troy Hohman (NC State) 4:34 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) maj Danny Pucino (Illinois) 14-4 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) maj Kevon Davenport (Illinois) 10-2 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) maj Anthony Federico (Illinois) 15-3 165 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) dec Alex Faison (NC State) 9-3 174 - Edmond Ruth (Illinois) dec Brock DelSignore (NC State) 7-3 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) tech Dylan Connell (Illinois) 23-7 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Zac Braunagel (Illinois) 11-4 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) maj Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) 10-2 Ohio State 33 Columbia 6 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) maj Nick Babin (Columbia) 17-4 133 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) maj Angelo Rini (Columbia) 12-2 141 - Jordan Decatur (Ohio State) dec Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 3-1 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) dec Klay Reeves (Ohio State) 7-4 157 - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 11-4 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) dec Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) 6-3 174 - Lennox Wolak (Columbia) dec Ethan Smith (Ohio State) 8-6 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) tech Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 22-6 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) tech Javen Jovero (Columbia) 27-8 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) fall Dan Conley (Columbia) 3:54 South Dakota State 40 Augustana 4 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) fall Jaxon Rohman (Augustana) 4:52 133 - Caleb Thoennes (South Dakota State) fall Christian Olsen (Augustana) 3:50 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) tech Kade Sammons (Augustana) 15-0 149 - Caleb Gross (South Dakota State) dec Kyle Boeke (Augustana) 5-2 157 - Miles Fitzgerald (Augustana) maj Ryan Dolezal (South Dakota State) 11-2 165 - Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) dec Tyler Wagener (Augustana) 5-3 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) maj Jacob Tvinnereim (Augustana) 20-7 184 - Roman Rogotzke (South Dakota State) dec Cade Mueller (Augustana) 3-1 197 - Nic Casperson (South Dakota State) maj Zach Peterson (Augustana) 13-0 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) fall Edward Hajas (Augustana) 4:33 Oklahoma State 34 Wyoming 3 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Jore Volk (Wyoming) 2-0 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) fall Aidan Noonan (Wyoming) 2:31 141 - Job Greenwood (Wyoming) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 4-3 149 - Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) dec Chase Zollman (Wyoming) 6-0 157 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Logan Ours (Wyoming) 6-3 165 - Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) Cole Moody (Wyoming) 6-2 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) maj Brett McIntosh (Wyoming) 16-6 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Guillermo Escobedo (Wyoming) 8-2 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) fall Tyce Raddon (Wyoming) 1:38 285 - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) dec Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 5-2 North Dakota State 18 Binghamton 13 125 - Carlos Negrete (North Dakota State) dec Micah Roes (Binghamton) 9-2 133 - Fernando Barreto (North Dakota State) dec Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 3-1 141 - Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) dec Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 7-5 149 - Michael Zarif (Binghamton) maj Gabe Schumm (North Dakota State) 13-4 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Conner Decker (Binghamton) 11-4 165 - Mikey Caliendo (North Dakota State) dec Will Ebert (Binghamton) 5-2 174 - Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) dec Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) 7-2 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec DJ Parker (North Dakota State) 3-1 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) dec Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) 8-1 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Juan Mora (North Dakota State) 5-4 Michigan State 33 American 0 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) dec Raymond Lopez (American) 3-0 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) dec Jack Maida (American) 8-3 141 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) dec Elijah White (American) 4-1 149 - Peyton Omania (Michigan State) dec Patrick Ryan (American) 6-1 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) maj Jack Nies (American) 10-2 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) dec Caleb Campos (American) 14-7 174 - Lucas Daly (Michigan State) dec Lucas White (American) 4-3 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) dec Colin Shannon (American) 7-2 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) tech Liam Volk-Klos (American) 21-5 285 - Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State) dec William Jarrell (American) 3-2 Oklahoma 37 Little Rock 0 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) maj Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 10-1 133 - Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) maj Josh Sarpy (Little Rock) 16-3 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) fall Jayden Gomez (Little Rock) 149 - Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 4-3 157 - Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 7-5 165 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) maj Brendon Abdon (Little Rock) 11-1 174 - Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma) dec Triston Willis (Little Rock) 3-2 184 - Grayden Penner (Oklahoma) dec Mason Diel (Little Rock) 5-3 197 - Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) dec Tylynn Lukens (Little Rock) 8-4 285 - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) maj Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 11-3 Utah Valley 29 California Baptist 9 125 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) fall Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) 3:29 133 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) dec Hunter Leake (California Baptist) 5-4TB 141 - Kainalu Estrella (Utah Valley) maj Edison Alanis (California Baptist) 10-2 149 - Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley) fall Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) 4:34 157 - Jaxon Garoutte (Utah Valley) dec Nolan Miller Johnston (California Baptist) 5-1 165 - Daniel Snediker (Utah Valley) dec Frank Almaguer (California Baptist) 7-5 174 - Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley) dec Louis Rojas (California Baptist) 10-6 184 - Peter Acciardi (California Baptist) dec Mahonri Ruston (Utah Valley) 4-1 197 - Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) maj Arick Lopez (California Baptist) 18-6 285 - Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) dec Christopher Island (California Baptist) 4-3TB

Tyrell Fortune competing in freestyle (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The college wrestling season has returned, and there are seemingly matches every day now. However, that does not stop the MMA conveyor belt. This weekend several former wrestlers will be in action. The Bellator 288 show on Friday in particular features multiple former All-Americans. Check out a preview of the former wrestlers in the MMA world below. Friday: Bellator 288 Corey Anderson vs. Vadmin Nemkov Anderson's collegiate wrestling career began at Lincoln College where he was an NJCAA All-American. He then made a stop at Newberry College, before eventually finding a home at Wisconsin-Whitewater. As a senior at the Division III school, he went 46-5 and finished second. This will be the second time Anderson has faced off against Nemkov with the Bellator light heavyweight title on the line. The two fought to a “no contest” after an accidental headbutt earlier this year. Anderson went 10-5 in the UFC from 2014 to 2020. He then signed with Bellator where he has won all three of his fights and finds himself with a shot at the title. Tyrell Fortune vs. Daniel James Fortune was a two-time NJCAA champion at Clackamas and eventually transferred to Grand Canyon. At the new school, he won an NCAA Division II title. Fortune also excelled in both freestyle and Greco, as he came one match away from picking up a pair of bronze medals at the 2013 World University Games. He is currently 12-2 in MMA after making his professional debut in 2016. In his last fight, Fortune stopped Rakim Cleveland in the first round. James holds a 13-6-1 record and is currently riding a three-fight winning streak. This will be his first Bellator fight since his professional debut in 2014. Jordan Newman vs. Jayden Taulker Newman is a former D3Wrestle.com wrestler of the year. He was a two-time NCAA Division III champion and a three-time All-American for Wisconsin-Whitewater. Newman signed with Bellator and made his professional MMA debut in 2019. He has since built a 4-0 record and is coming off a decision win over Cody Herbert. His opponent, Taulker has fought four times this year. He split a pair of MMA fights and lost a pair of boxing matches. His last fight came in the boxing ring where he lost this past June via third-round knockout against Taylor Bohrer. Isaiah Hokit vs. Mattias Nader Hokit started his collegiate wrestling career at Drexel before transferring to Fresno State. In his final year in the lineup, he went 2-2 at the Big 12 tournament and finished short of qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Per WrestleStat, his final college record was 39-33. Hokit had a tough start to his MMA career as he was quickly stopped by Corey Samuels. However, he bounced back this past February with his first professional win over Theodore Macuka. On Friday, he faces off against Matias Nader, who holds a 3-0 professional record. He made his debut in 2020 but did not return to action until April of this year. Archie Colgan vs. Jesse Hannam Colgan won over 100 matches as a four-year starter for Wyoming. He made the NCAA tournament in both 2017 and 2018. As a junior in 2017, he made the round of 12, but ultimately finished just one match short of All-American status. Colgan turned to MMA in 2021. He currently has a 5-0 record. In his last fight, he returned to Bellator and scored a third-round stoppage over Bryan Nuro. Hannam will be making his Bellator debut after going 2-1 on smaller shows. He last fought in 2021 where he scored a first-round ground and pound stoppage over Casey Goulet. Sullivan Cauley vs. Jay Radick Cauley was a three-time state placer in his native Nevada, and he continued his wrestling career at Arizona State. He bounced between heavyweight and 197 during his time in Tempe between 2014 and 2017. Cauley currently trains under Bellator heavyweight champion and fellow former Arizona State wrestler Ryan Bader. He is now 4-0 as a professional with all of his fights coming in Bellator. Radick will be making his Bellator debut. He turned professional in 2018 and has built a 3-0 record. Radick has not fought since winning via submission over Sua Tuani in 2019. Anderson and Fortune are scheduled to fight on the Bellator 288 main card, which will air live on Showtime at 9:00pm ET. The rest of the wrestlers will be part of the preliminary card set to kick off on the Bellator YouTube page at 6:00pm ET. Saturday: UFC Vegas 65 Vince Morales vs. Miles Johns Morales began wrestling in high school at Ontario High School in Oregon. He reportedly failed to win a match as a freshman, but won a state title as a senior. He has been fighting in the UFC since joining the promotion in 2018 and has an overall 11-6 MMA record. Johns was a Kansas 5A state champion on the high school level. He continued his wrestling career at the NCAA Division II level at Newman University, but reportedly dropped out due to injury. Johns currently holds a 12-2 record as a professional and has been with the UFC since winning a spot via the Contenders Series in 2019. The fight between Morales and Johns will be part of the undercard, which is set to begin at 1L00pm ET on ESPN+.

Virginia Tech freshman Caleb Henson (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome back, folks. The college season is off to a hot start and we have plenty of questions to get to. Let's not waste any time here so you can quickly get to roasting me in the comments section. Thoughts on the redshirt rule so far? What, if any, tweaks to the new rules do you think are needed after a couple weeks of real-time testing? Fantasy College Wrestling I love it! Instead of scouring around for tournaments like the Apple Bottom Open early in the season to watch the new kids on the block, you're getting to see them wrestle in duals against good competition to see where they're at. It also gives a little intrigue when the free match eligibility is up as to whether these freshmen actually do end up starting. The only tweak I would add, is to expand it to letting sophomores who wrestled their true freshman year the same opportunity. Once you've wrestled two full seasons without redshirt, you lose your chance. I heard you backed out of coming to the Journeymen because you are afraid to leave the State of New Jersey...any truth to that? Austin Sommer That's right, dude. It's actually in my contract to never leave the Garden State. I did recently travel down to Jordan Burroughs Country a few weeks ago to adopt a dog and let's just say it's been active around here, to say the least. Me leaving on her first full weekend here didn't seem like a good idea. If you could have a documentary made of any current wrestler who would it be? Germs Good question. There's been a fair share of wrestling docs and films. Flo has some good ones. Rudis has a couple that they've done. I think I'd like to see something on the wrestling Finesilver brothers. It's just fascinating to me and I need to know more. And why couldn't they have a third set of twins? Slacking if you ask me. Does Matt Finesilver have the greatest victory gif of all time? Rhino And this concludes our weekly FInesilver mention. Next topic. What's your ideal walkout song for each of the ten number-one-ranked wrestlers? Earl Smith Lifestyle Crazy by Lil' Guapo for everyone. But really, I'm gonna need a little more time to think about this one. Do you think Wario (of Mario Brothers fame) would be an AA contender at heavyweight? 5'9” 308-pound Italian unit. Talk about the growth of AA-ready freshmen like Casey Swiderski and Jesse Mendez. CEO of Italians Not a day goes by when someone doesn't ask me about Wario and Casey Swiderski in the same conversation. First off, Wario has to drop 33 pounds to even make the weight. I don't think he has the discipline to do it. Swiderski and Mendez, how about Caleb Henson? Just three more guys in recent history who are ready out of the gate. I don't know what makes them so good, but you love to see them. Now we've got Jax Forrest spending his fall going to college opens as a 16-year-old and winning matches handily. It's crazy. Well, that's all I got this week. Plenty of action this weekend and let's see if you can watch more duals than Hayden Hidlay. I bet you can't.

Arizona State's 2x All-American Michael McGee (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Thursday's DI Dual Results Iowa 28 Army West Point 13 125 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) fall Aidan Harris (Iowa) 2:30 133 - Cullan Schriever (Iowa) dec Richard Treanor (Army West Point) 2-0 141 - Julian Sanchez (Army West Point) dec Drew Bennett (Iowa) 5-3 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) maj Matthew Williams (Army West Point) 15-5 157 - Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) maj Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) 8-0 165 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) maj Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 22-9 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) maj Carson Martinson (Army West Point) 15-4 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) dec Sahm Abdulrazzaq (Army West Point) 12-5 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) maj Kyle Swartz (Army West Point) 20-6 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) fall Kade Carlson (Army West Point) 1:30 Arizona State 19 Missouri 17 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) dec Noah Surtin (Missouri) 6-4 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) dec Connor Brown (Missouri) 5-4 141 - Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) dec Allan Hart (Missouri) 3-2 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Brock Mauller (Missouri) 3-2 157 - Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) tech Max Wilner (Arizona State) 25-9 165 - Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) tech Tony Negron (Arizona State) 17-1 174 - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) maj Cael Valencia (Arizona State) 14-4 184 - Anthony Montalvo (Arizona State) dec Sean Harman (Missouri) 4-2 197 - Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) 8-2 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) maj Zach Elam (Missouri) 12-4

Ohio State freshman star Jesse Mendez (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Ohio State freshman Jesse Mendez has been working off the same list of goals he wrote when he was 8 years old. The items on it are hyper-ambitious, but Mendez is the type of talent who could make even his loftiest aspirations seem realistic. The Buckeyes 133-pounder has his sights set on championships and world titles, but he also has one goal that consumes the rest. It drives everything Mendez does and keeps his eyes fixed on developing championship habits over compiling results. Mindset is an asset for Mendez, and it needs to be as he tempers a hot opening weekend at the Michigan State Open, where he beat Utah Valley's then-No. 19 Hayden Drury and fifth-ranked Illinois All-American Lucas Byrd to cap a 4-0 run and win his first collegiate tournament title. On the flip side, Mendez is also left to find the lessons in his first loss, a 3-2 decision to No. 19 Sam Latona of Virginia Tech in his dual debut. “I wrote down a couple goals when I was young,” Mendez said. “And I kind of still go by that same list. It was to make as many world teams as I can, win four state titles in high school, win four national titles in college and go undefeated, and then go on to win as many Olympic gold medals as I can and be named the best wrestler of all time.” The list escalates quickly, but the further Mendez goes in his wrestling career, the less outlandish it seems. The undefeated record is about the only goal that can no longer be obtained after the loss to Latona. Mendez was previously 157-1 at Crown Point High School and became just the 10th wrestler in Indiana history to win four state titles. Mendez was listed as the No. 4 pound-for-pound recruit in the country and was the headliner of the Buckeyes' top-ranked 2022 class. He was a pupil of former Iowa All-American and four-time Indiana state champ Alex Tsirtsis at Crown Point, so he was trained early in his career to think big. “I already had some big shoes to follow,” Mendez said. “So, I had to set my goals a little bit higher. Setting your goals high is only a good thing. I always had that next step forward.” Those steps forward become more difficult as a true freshman looking to battle the toughest opponents in the nation, but Mendez was clear early in his Ohio State career that was exactly what he wanted. In order to make that arrangement happen, Mendez and classmate Nic Bouzakis had to come to terms on what both wrestlers wanted out of Year 1. Turns out, Bouzakis was OK presuming a redshirt to develop more behind the scenes and cede the spot at 133 pounds to Mendez, whom Bouzakis beat in the 61-kilogram finals at the U20 World Team Trials. The thought for 2023-'24 and beyond is that Bouzakis is more likely to stick at or near 133 and Mendez is big enough to move upward in the Buckeyes lineup. So, coach Tom Ryan is giving Mendez what he so badly wanted when he arrived on campus, which was to compete for NCAA titles right away. “Jesse's in this for the long haul,” Ryan said. “Jesse might wrestle until 2032 or 2036. Who knows? He wants to make world and Olympic teams, and he just has a really good perspective. He's got a really big vision for his life, and this is just part of the process. “It's just about getting better. He's got all the intangibles. If we listed out the traits of all the really, really great ones, I mean, he has those traits, so you feel really good about his development.” Mendez's development since arriving at Ohio State includes a 30 percent jump in his strength numbers, even as he worked his way down to 133 pounds. He also said he made noticeable jumps in his wrestling in his work in the Buckeyes' practice room with Bouzakis and assistant coaches J Jaggers and Logan Stieber. Mendez put in a ton of work on bottom and needed all of it against Byrd, a two-time All-American with a tough top game he hoped to ride to victory in the Michigan State Open finals. But Mendez busted loose late in the third period to tie the match at 1-1 and then scored the winning takedown. He summoned his strength and bottom work, but as much as anything, Mendez stayed calm, focused and purposeful with a match on the line. That's something Ryan sees that could help his prized freshman continue to separate from the pack. When the pressure is on, Ryan says Mendez is an “ultra competitor.” “All these guys are competitive,” Ryan said. “If you're wrestling in the Big Ten, you're competitive, but there's something about some of them, that they're just a notch apart from a from a deeply competitive standpoint. I see that in Jesse. “He wants to win so badly. He hates losing. We saw that last weekend. But we also saw a sense of incredible emotional control and calm. Jesse has that awareness to really quarterback his matches and stay aggressive, but he's a very, very good decision-maker. That's not an easy thing to teach a young guy.” Mendez's freshman season will be full of lessons, peaks and valleys, not unlike his first two weeks on the job. But he and the Ohio State coaching staff have bought into his ability to navigate the challenges with a fair shot to make one of his big goals happen. Now, the freshman Ryan calls “wildly coachable” has to keep taking the coaching, getting stronger and making optimal in-match decisions. Do that, and he firmly believes he's got a shot to win it all. “I felt like I was ready,” Mendez said. “I felt like I could be a top guy at 133. I felt like I could win a national title, so I just kind of told the coaches I want to go in and I want to be the guy off the bat.”

Minnesota's NCAA qualifier Michael Blockhus (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Week 2 continued the trend of great matchups and surprising upsets. Here is your Fantasy Roundup for Week 2: For the week itself though, that honor goes to 149 Michael Blockhus (Minn). Blockhus recorded two pins and two techs at the Bison Open. This was his first competition of the season though, so despite being #1 for Week 2, he's only ranked tied for #35 overall (with a 5.5 PPM). 285 Mason Parris (Mich) added a pin and decision over the weekend to bring his overall Fantasy Point Total to 35, and retaining his #1 standing. Moving into the #2 spot is Ohio's 157 Peyten Keller who wrestled six matches, going 5-1. Check out the Full Week 2 and Overall Fantasy Point Standings HERE. On to Week 3 Quite possibly, the most active of any week we will see this season, 78 of the 80 D1 teams have at least one competition on their official schedules, with Gardner-Webb and Clarion the only outliers. All 20 of last season's Top-20 teams from the NCAA tournament are scheduled for action as well. Lots of opportunities for tri-meets this week with the Arm Bar at the Armory, Boilermaker Duals, and Mountaineer Duals, but some great tournaments as well with the Black Knight Invite, Daktronics Open, Keystone Classic, Navy Classic, and Roadrunner Open all looking like there will be ample D1 competition. Some Tournaments to keep an eye on, as D1 competition will be more scarce, include the Shorty Hitchcock Open and Lindenwood Open. See all upcoming tournaments HERE on WrestleStat. Tournament entries continue to update the closer to registration cut-off/day of the event, and we don't want to make an "ass out of u and me" with teams and entries, so be sure to check back and turn those notifications "ON" for our updates and news. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the "Floater" spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week. (refer to the Master Team Schedule, Week 2 Visual, or SHP's Weekly Preview) Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. 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)- Keystone Classic Eddie Ventresca (VT)- Keystone Classic Cooper Flynn (VT)- Keystone Classic Anthony Noto (LHU)- Navy Classic Jake Ferri (KENT)- Navy Classic Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- Vs Iowa, Black Knight Invite [+3] Matt Ramos (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+11] Tristan Daugherty (BUFF)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Malik Heinselman (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+7] Jarrett Trombley (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+6] Pat Glory (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+5] Pat McKee (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Brandon Courtney (ASU)- Vs Missouri , Keystone Classic [+3] ** Braxton Brown (MD)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Kurt McHenry (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Joey Prata (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Trevor Mastrogiovanni (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Eric Barnett (WISC)- @ Cornell [+3] 133 Sean Carter (APP)- Keystone Classic Sam Latona (VT)- Keystone Classic Chance Rich (CSUB)- Roadrunner Open Michael McGee (ASU)- Vs Missouri , Keystone Classic [+4] Henry Porter (IND)- Vs Princeton, Black Knight Invite [+3] Brayden Palmer (CHAT)- Boilermaker Duals [+9] Lucas Byrd (ILL)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+8] Micky Phillippi (PITT)- Vs Maryland, Vs Lehigh [+7] Jesse Mendez (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+6] Dylan Ragusin (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+5] Vito Arujau (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+4] Rayvon Foley (MSU)- @ American [+4] Wyatt Henson (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+4] Daton Fix (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+4] 141 Shannon Hanna (CAMP)- Black Knight Invite Clay Carlson (SDSU)- Daktronics Open McKenzie Bell (RID)- Keystone Classic Darren Miller (BUCK)- Navy Classic Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY)- Navy Classic Brock Hardy (NEB)- Navy Classic Dylan Droegemuller (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+4] Sammy Alvarez (RUT)- @ Stanford, Roadrunner Open [+3] Parker Filius (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+10] Ryan Jack (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Andrew Alirez (UNCO)- @ West Virginia, Vs Edinboro [+7] Cole Matthews (PITT)- Vs Maryland, Vs Lehigh [+6] Jake Bergeland (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Mosha Schwartz (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+4] Vince Cornella (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Carter Young (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] 149 Johnny Lovett (CMU)- Black Knight Invite Jonathan Millner (APP)- Keystone Classic Quinn Kinner (RID)- Keystone Classic Caleb Henson (VT)- Keystone Classic Michael Weber (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+3] Max Murin (IOWA)- @ Army, Arm Bar at the Armory [+11] Noah Castillo (CHAT)- Boilermaker Duals [+9] Michael Blockhus (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Yianni Diakomihalis (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Chance Lamer (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Yahya Thomas (NW)- @ Virginia [+3] Mitch Moore (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Victor Voinovich (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] 157 Troy Nation (CAMP)- Black Knight Invite Andrew Cerniglia (NAVY)- Navy Classic Peyton Robb (NEB)- Navy Classic Case Saldate (MSU)- @ American, Navy Classic [+4] Jarrett Jacques (MIZZ)- @ Arizona State , Lindenwood Open [ +4] Jared Franek (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+4] Daniel Cardenas (STAN)- Vs Rutgers, Roadrunner Open [+4] Kendall Coleman (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+10] Ed Scott (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+8] Quincy Monday (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+5] Brayton Lee (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Josh Humphreys (LEH)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Will Lewan (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Jacob Butler (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] 165 Tanner Cook (SDSU)- Daktronics Open William Formato (APP)- Keystone Classic Connor Brady (VT)- Keystone Classic Hunter Garvin (STAN)- Roadrunner Open Keegan O'Toole (MIZZ)- @ Arizona State , Lindenwood Open [+5] Caleb Fish (MSU)- @ American, Navy Classic [+4] Michael Caliendo (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+4] Shane Griffith (STAN)- Vs Rutgers , Roadrunner Open Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)- @ Army, Arm Bar at the Armory [+12] Izzak Olejnik (NIU)- Boilermaker Duals [+11] Peyton Hall (WVU)- Vs Edinboro, Vs Northern Colorado [+9] Danny Braunagel (ILL)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Carson Kharchla (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+7] Andrew Sparks (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Dean Hamiti (WISC)- @ Cornell [+4] Brian Meyer (LEH)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Cam Amine (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Gerrit Nijenhuis (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Justin McCoy (UVA)- Vs Northwestern [+3] 174 Cade DeVos (SDSU)- Daktronics Open Logan Messer (GMU)- Keystone Classic Michael Labriola (NEB)- Navy Classic Rocky Jordan (CHAT)- Boilermaker Duals [+11] Edmond Ruth (ILL)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+6] Donnell Washington (IND)- Vs Princeton, Black Knight Invite [+4] Peyton Mocco (MIZZ)- @ Arizona State , Lindenwood Open [+4] Chris Foca (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Bailee O'Reilly (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+3] Troy Fisher (NW)- @ Virginia [+3] Darrien Roberts (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] 184 Bennett Berge (SDSU)- Daktronics Open Anthony Montalvo (ASU)- Keystone Classic Hunter Bolen (VT)- Keystone Classic Colton Hawks (MIZZ)- Lindenwood Open Lenny Pinto (NEB)- Navy Classic David Key (NAVY)- Navy Classic Nathan Haas (NEB)- Navy Classic Brian Soldano (RUT)- @ Stanford, Roadrunner Open [+5] Layne Malczewski (MSU)- @ American, Navy Classic [+4] Abe Assad (IOWA)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+11] Trent Hidlay (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+10] Kaleb Romero (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+7] Jonathan Loew (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+4] Matt Finesilver (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+4] Grayden Penner (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+4] Travis Wittlake (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Nate Duggan (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+4] Isaiah Salazar (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+3] Neil Antrassian (UVA)- Vs Northwestern [+3] 197 Kordell Norfleet (ASU)- Keystone Classic Ethan Laird (RID)- Keystone Classic Jake Koser (NAVY)- Navy Classic Silas Allred (NEB)- Navy Classic Tyler Mousaw (VMI)- Navy Classic Jacob Warner (IOWA)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+13] Thomas Penola (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+10] Issac Trumble (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Lou DePrez (BING)- @ North Dakota State, @ Minnesota [+6] Cam Caffey (MSU)- @ American [+5] Luke Stout (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+4] Seth Seago (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] 285 Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- Black Knight Invite AJ Nevills (SDSU)- Daktronics Open Hunter Catka (VT)- Keystone Classic Ryan Vasbinder (MSU)- Navy Classic Grady Greiss (NAVY)- Navy Classic Harley Andrews (NEB)- Navy Classic Boone McDermott (RUT)- @ Stanford, Roadrunner Open [+4] Cohlton Schultz (ASU)- Vs Missouri , Keystone Classic [+3] Anthony Cassioppi (IOWA)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+17] Hayden Copass (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+9] Mason Parris (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+6] Owen Trephan (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+6] Tate Orndorff (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+6] Lucas Davison (NW)- @ Virginia [+4] Josh Heindselman (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Konnor Doucet (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3]

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We've got a great slate of duals over the next week, which is the third week of the 2022-23 regular season. 38 duals are on the schedule for Thursday-Sunday. 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 - November 17: Iowa at Army West Point 7:00 PM FloWrestling Missouri at Arizona State 9:00 PM Pac-12 Network Friday - November 18: Armbar at the Armory (Albany, NY) Buffalo vs. Illinois 6:30 PM FloWrestling Central Michigan vs. NC State 6:30 PM FloWrestling Iowa vs. Sacred Heart 6:30 PM FloWrestling Buffalo vs. Iowa 8:30 PM FloWrestling Illinois vs. NC State 8:30 PM FloWrestling Michigan State at American 6:00 PM ESPN+ Princeton at Indiana 6:00 PM B1G+ Columbia at Ohio State 7:00 PM B1G+ Maryland at Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Binghamton at North Dakota State 8:00 PM NSDU All-Access Little Rock at Oklahoma 8:00 PM ESPN+ Wyoming at Oklahoma State 8:00 PM ESPN+ Augustana at South Dakota State, 8:00 PM FloWrestling Utah Valley at California Baptist 10:00 PM Saturday - November 19: Campbell, North Carolina at Life Open, Powder Springs, GA 9:00 AM FloWrestling Franklin & Marshall, Long Island at Shorty Hitchcock Memorial Open 9:30 AM Bellarmine, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Missouri, SIU Edwardsville at Lindenwood Open 10:00 AM Air Force, American, Bucknell, Davidson, Kent State, Lock Haven, Michigan State, Navy, Nebraska, Ohio, The Citadel, VMI at Navy Classic 10:00 AM Air Force at Younes Hospitality Open 10:00 AM FloWrestling Wisconsin at Cornell 1:00 PM ESPN+ Presbyterian at Queens 3:00 PM Queens Sports Network YouTube Rutgers at Stanford 5:00 PM Pac-12 Live Stream Lehigh at Pittsburgh 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Sunday - November 20: Chattanooga vs. Northern Illinois at Purdue 9:00 AM Cleveland State at Purdue 9:00 AM B1G+ Chattanooga vs. Cleveland State 10:30 AM Northern Illinois at Purdue 10:30 AM B1G+ Chattanooga at Purdue 12:00 PM B1G+ Cleveland State vs. Northern Illinois 12:00 PM Appalachian State, Arizona State, Drexel, Duke, Franklin & Marshall, George Mason, Harvard, Penn, Rider, Sacred Heart, Virginia Tech at Keystone Classic 9:30 AM FloWrestling Army West Point, Bloomsburg, Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Central Michigan, Hofstra, Indiana, Penn State at Black Knight Invite 10:00 AM FloWrestling Minnesota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State at Daktronics Open 10:00 AM Jackrabbits All-Access Cal Poly, California Baptist, CSU Bakersfield, Oregon State, Rutgers, Stanford, Utah Valley at Roadrunner Open 12:00 PM Ohio State at North Carolina 12:00 PM ESPN+ Columbia at Michigan 2:00 PM B1G+ Binghamton at Minnesota 2:00 PM B1G+ Iowa State vs. Grand View at Humboldt, IA 3:00 PM IAWrestle Rokfin Northwestern at Virginia, 7:30 PM ESPN+ Edinboro vs. Northern Colorado at West Virginia 5:00 PM Glenville State at West Virginia 5:00 PM Edinboro at West Virginia 6:30 PM Northern Colorado vs. Glenville State 6:30 PM Edinboro vs. Glenville State 8:00 PM Northern Colorado at West Virginia 8:00 PM

Missouri's Zach Elam (left) and Arizona State's Cohlton Schultz (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Who's ready for some Thursday night wrestling! The schedule-makers and wrestling gods must have known it was a certain InterMat employee's birthday on Thursday and decided to throw a party. One between the third-ranked dual team in the land, Missouri and home-standing, fifth-ranked Arizona State. Just three weeks into the season and we get to have a dual with such national superpowers in action! Arizona State will wrestle in front of their home fans for the first time and welcome the returning Big 12 champion Missouri Tigers to Mullett Arena. Both teams have been bitten by the injury bug in the early going and have been without some of the key starters. With injuries and the 2022 All-Star Classic (Tuesday the 22nd) looming, there's the possibility that big guns for both sides sit out. This will be the second consecutive year that Missouri has traveled out west for this dual. Last year's meeting saw Brian Smith's Tigers prevail 19-14. I'd only expect for three rematches from that dual, at the most. Both Zeke Jones' Sun Devils, and Mizzou come into this dual with undefeated 1-0 records. Below you'll find a match-by-match breakdown of this, our Dual of the Week, featuring a pair of top-five teams. 125 - #14 Noah Surtin (Missouri) vs. Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) Yesterday, it was made public that Arizona State's two-time All-American Brandon Courtney would not compete at the All-Star Classic on November 22nd. With that in mind, we can't expect him to compete this week. That's fine because the Sun Devils have as good depth at 125 as any team in the country. Top recruit from the Class of 2021, Richie Figueroa, is also in the mix. Figueroa saw action in four matches over the weekend and came away unscathed and picked up wins over a pair of ranked wrestlers (#15 Ryan Miller - Penn and #20 Dylan Shawver - Rutgers). Right in that mix is Noah Surtin who finished in the NCAA Round of 12 last season. Last weekend, Surtin was knocked off in sudden victory by Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) in the finals of the TigerStyle Invitational. Though we have a top-15 guy against an unranked opponent, I'd call this a toss-up and one that will provide momentum for whichever wrestler's team is victorious. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Archie Colgan wrestling at Wyoming (photo courtesy of Wyoming athletics) As another college wrestling season kicks into high gear, it is important to remember that the competition does not always end on the mat. On Friday's Bellator 288 card, Archie Colgan will return to action looking to take another step in his budding MMA career. Colgan was a two-time NCAA qualifier for Wyoming at 157 pounds. As a junior in 2017, he made the round of 12 before coming up short against Stanford's Paul Fox. He returned to the NCAA tournament the following year, but scored only an overtime win over Hunter Willits of Oregon State before being eliminated. About a year and a half after he exhausted his collegiate wrestling eligibility, Colgan made his amateur MMA debut. After three amateur victories, he turned professional in March 2021. Last June, Colgan signed a multiple-fight contract with Bellator and kicked off the deal with a third-round knockout over Byran Nuro. The victory pushed his professional record to 5-0. Like many former wrestlers, Colgan says that he owes a great deal to his success in fighting to the time he spent on the mat. “I wrestled at the University of Wyoming for five years, from 2013 to '18, and had a great career,” he said. “Could've been better, but that's probably what everybody thinks and says, right? But yeah, it was great. I had some great mentors to coach me in wrestling. Teyon Ware, he's still a big mentor in my life today. We still talk five times a day which is more than you talk to anybody outside of their significant other, right? Because we talk a lot. So he's been a big part of my wrestling career, and my fight career, and just life post probably 2015. I had other great coaches there: head coach Mark Branch, and McCade Ford, and Ethan Kyle. It was a great time and it prepared me a lot. If I decided to pursue fighting right out of graduation from high school, I don't think I would be nearly ready mentally for what I'm doing right now.” Perhaps it was coming up just short of All-American status, but Colgan clearly still had the drive to compete. He found it with MMA, and he found himself fighting in cages rather quickly. “The burning desire just wasn't gone,” Colgan said. “I thought it was. I graduated, I was expecting to work a job. I was working a job. I was doing well. I was not trying to compete, and it just wasn't done. Things aligned the way that they did, and I ran into the right people at the right time, and we just started running with it.” Two of those people happen to be former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and lightweight contender Justin Gaethje. Usman was a Division II champion for Nebraska-Kearney, while Gaethje was an All-American for Northern Colorado. “Those guys are great wrestlers, just like I am,” he said. “They found a lot of success in fighting, they're doing well for themselves. It's all back to the basics, right? You watch them work, you wouldn't question why they're doing it. Because they show up and they work hard, and they put the time in. They bust their ass, and they go home. And it's just the simple things of dotting the i's, crossing the t's, and doing the right things. And saying no when you should say no, saying yes when you should say yes. It's self-explanatory when you watch guys like that. So those guys are great mentors, teammates, and friends of mine.” Colgan is not the only member of the 2018 Wyoming wrestling team to make the transition to MMA. His teammate and two-time NCAA finalist Bryce Meredith also made his professional MMA debut in 2021. Meredith is currently 3-0 after picking up a submission victory over Nathan Fought last September. “Bryce and I actually, we were just talking last night,” he said. “That's a coincidence. We don't talk all the time, but we were just texting last night. He came to my bachelor party. I'm sure when he gets married, I'll go out to his. We're still close friends. We don't really talk too much about fighting, pointers, and stuff like that. But when we do see each other in person, we'll be like, "What do you think about this?" "Hey, what do you think about that?" We kind of pick each other's brain for a little bit.” Despite coming from a wrestling background, Colgan chose to stand and trade in his last fight against Nuro. Apparently, this was both a tactical decision and a nod to the fans watching at home. “Honestly the mindset going into that fight was just that I felt that I could win the fight really in any position, whether it was me taking him down and doing grappling or staying on the feet and doing that,” Colgan said. “I also knew that the guy is a jiu-jitsu black belt, been training and competing in jiu-jitsu for the past couple of years pretty seriously. So I knew that if he had any chance to win, that would be his Hail Mary, right? I was winning every striking exchange we had, so I felt that the people back home watching would rather have seen that. And I was having fun, I can't lie. I was having a lot of fun putting on a clinic.” On Nov. 18, Colgan will look to improve to 6-0 as a professional and 3-0 in Bellator against Jesse Hannam. The opponent turned professional in 2020 after an extensive amateur career. His record currently stands at 2-1, and he will be coming off a first-round stoppage victory over Casey Goulet. “I've watched a handful of fights, obviously,” Colgan said. “I do my homework. And I respect that he believes that he took this fight to take me. He believes he has something to defeat me. So I believe that truthfully and heartfeltly. So I'm training for this fight like it's a title fight for myself, or the biggest fight of my career. Because the next fight is my biggest fight, which is him. So I'm doing all the things that I would be doing for any other fight in my training camp, and I'm prepared and excited to go out there and showcase my domination.”

Aeoden Sinclair at the 2022 16U freestyle national finals (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Today, the #5 overall recruit in the Class of 2024, Aeoden Sinclair (Milton, WI) announced his collegiate intentions via social media. Sinclair has committed to Brian Smith's Missouri Tigers. Once Sinclair signs (in the fall of 2023), he'll be the highest-ranked recruit to ink with Mizzou since Keegan O'Toole (#5 in 2020). Sinclair was a 2022 16U freestyle national champion in Fargo and was third in 2021. A few months earlier, Sinclair was third at the UWW U17 World Team Trials competing at 80 kgs. Sinclair's most recent national-level credential came at the Super 32 in October where he finished as a runner-up at 195 lbs. It was his second time placing at the event. A year ago, he was seventh at 170 lbs. During the high school season, Sinclair won his first Wisconsin state championship as a sophomore. The runner-up finish at the Super 32 led to a #4 ranking nationally at 195 lbs. Sinclair is now the first recruit from the Class of 2024 to give a verbal commitment to the Tigers. He should fit in perfectly with the Tigers, as two-time All-American Rocky Elam will enter his senior season during Sinclair's first year on campus in Columbia. While Mizzou has some good, young talent at 184 lbs, there are no long-term solutions after Elam on the roster or in the Class of 2023. Like a handful of wrestlers on Missouri's roster, namely O'Toole, Sinclair is a product of the Askren Wrestling Academy, run by Mizzou alums and national champions Ben and Max Askren. For more recruiting information, check out InterMat's College Commitment Page.

Victor Voinovich (left) and Manzona Bryant at Saturday's dual (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco) Another week of wrestling down in the Big 12 and here are three of the biggest highlights from around conference this week in wrestling. Eli Griffin wins two in Iowa California Baptist saw what was likely the toughest road trip in the history of their program as they went into Iowa and faced two top-ten teams in Iowa and Iowa State. They managed to get one wrestler through the trip unscathed as Eli Griffin knocked off Kysen Terukina and Aidan Harris. For that finish, Griffin was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week. Northern Colorado takes out Binghamton 22-16 I wrote about this in my weekly preview, but this was a solid road test to open the season for Northern Colorado, and they performed really well. Their lower weights are very good and the group of transfers they just brought in are having some early success. Stevo Poulin not only won his match here in the dual but also went 4-0 the following day to win a title at the Bearcat open. Oklahoma State rolls in Pennsylvania It's a down year for Oklahoma State. They're not really in the conversation for a National Title and some have even written them off as contenders for a Big 12 crown. But they opened the season with a dominant win over a very good Lehigh team and another over Bucknell that same day. A few weeks ago, I probably would've said it's Missouri's conference to lose and everyone else is just chasing second, and that still may be the case. But Iowa State and Oklahoma State are off to good starts and look like they may push the Tigers this year at the Big 12 tournament in Tulsa.

North Carolina's Doubles on the Diamond dual against Michigan (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Camarati/UNC athletics) When I moved to Virginia from Nebraska after college, I came with the expectation of living here for two years before moving on to my next adventure. Fast forward 16 years and now, Charlottesville has been my home for more than a decade. All three of my children have been born and raised here; it's a part of their identity and mine. Waking up to the news yesterday morning was nothing short of crushing. I have lived in Charlottesville through the highs of everything that makes this town special and the lows of murders and riots painting our town in the national spotlight. Three young men lost their lives. Life will never be the same for their families, their friends, their teammates and their classmates. This has become all too common and an unfortunate reality. In my years as a teacher and a coach, I have lost students and athletes to violence, and have seen them on both sides of the weapon. It is a feeling you cannot describe, and one you hope others will never have to feel. I ask that we turn to the UVA community with support, understanding and compassion in this incredibly difficult time. I don't know what UVA athletics and the wrestling schedule will look like in the coming days and weeks; but it takes a backseat to the safety and healing of the athletes, coaches, students and staff of the university. Say a prayer if you pray, and keep the UVA community in your thoughts as they reckon with this tragic event. ACC Week 2 Recap Duke: The Blue Devils traveled to Charleston, SC for the Battle at the Citadel this weekend. Earning top honors on the weekend was Jonah Neisenbaum who had a stellar performance at 285. Also earning a spot on the podium was Logan Agin, who took 3rd at 125. Rounding out the placers, at 133 Drake Doolittle topped teammate Christian Colman to finish 3rd and Colman in 4th. The Blue Devils will travel to the Keystone Classic in Philly next weekend. #16 Pittsburgh: The Panthers traveled one state west to take on Cleveland State in a Friday night dual. Pittsburgh put on a show, blanking CSU 36-0 on the strength of five major decisions. Micky Phillippi (133) earned the first bonus points, then the Panthers had a run with Tyler Badgett (149), Dazjon Casto (157), Holden Heller (165), and Luca Augustine (174) all picking up an extra team point in the middle of the lineup. Casto, Holden Heller, Luca Augustine and Reece Heller all picked up their first dual win for the Panthers in the dual. Pittsburgh will host two duals this weekend: against Maryland on Friday night and in-state rival Lehigh on Saturday; both of these duals will have some solid matchups. #16 Pitt 36 Cleveland State 0 125: Colton Camacho (Pitt) maj. dec. Pino Dipierro (CSU), 10-1 133: #8 Micky Phillippi (Pitt) maj. dec. Jake Manley (CSU), 17-7 141: #1 Cole Matthews (Pitt) dec. Hunter Olson (CSU), 9-3 149: Tyler Badgett (Pitt) maj. dec. Douglas Terry (CSU), 11-2 157: #11 Dazjon Casto (Pitt) maj. dec. Ryan Granger (CSU), 15-3 165: #15 Holden Heller (Pitt) maj. dec. Daniel Patten (CSU), 15-7 174: Luca Augustine (Pitt) maj. dec. Tate Geiser (CSU), 18-6 184: #24 Reece Heller (Pitt) dec. #33 DeAndre Nassar (CSU), 3-2 197: #9 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) dec. Anthony Perrine (CSU), 9-2 285: Jake Slinger (Pitt) dec. Daniel Bucknavich (CSU), 3-1 #18 North Carolina: The Tar Heels had a busy and unconventional weekend of wrestling. They wrestled Campbell on Friday night in the Battle at Bragg then were back to Chapel Hill on Sunday to host Michigan in Doubles on the Diamond. Campbell put on a fantastic event at Ft. Bragg and the stream from UFC Fight Pass was top-notch. There were some minor hiccups, but they were dealt with quickly and professionally. Jack Wagner picked up his first ranked win of the weekend over Anthony Molton; Lachlan McNeil also picked up a big win over a ranked opponent with a major decision over a very dangerous Shannon Hanna. This dual also saw Jayden Scott and Nick Fea picking up their first dual wins as Tar Heels. They rounded out the dual with three straight wins from Clay Lautt, Gavin Kane and Max Shaw. On Sunday, the Tar Heels hosted Michigan in an outdoor dual on the baseball field at Boshamer Stadium. The setup was fantastic and the weather provided a great setting for an afternoon dual. It was a back-and-forth dual with Michigan winning six to North Carolina's four matches. Jack Wagner continued his hot weekend with his second win over Jack Medley. Sincere Bailey wrestled a great match against #3 Will Lewan and nearly pulled off a major upset. Joey Mazzara got the nod at 165 for the dual and wrestled an incredible match to get the win. Clay Lautt picked up his second win on the weekend with a decision over a very stingy Max Maylor and Max Shaw wrapped his weekend with a second win over Jaden Bullock. I was very impressed with Shaw over the weekend. I think he is making some great strides in his development and can play a big role in the success of the Tar Heels this season. #18 North Carolina 24 #29 Campbell 10 125: Jack Wagner (UNC) over #24 Anthony Molton (Campbell) 10-6 Dec 133: Gabriel Hixenbaugh (Campbell) over #18 Joey Melendez (UNC) 7-3 Dec 141: #22 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) over #21 Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 11-2 MD 149: Jayden Scott (UNC) over Callum Sitek (Campbell) 5-1 Dec 157: #30 Troy Nation (Campbell) over Wil Guida (UNC) 7-6 Dec 165: Nick Fea (UNC) over Riley Augustine (Campbell) 10-0 MD 174: #5 Clay Lautt (UNC) over Cole Rees (Campbell) 2-1 Dec 184: #12 Gavin Kane (UNC) over Shane Quick (Campbell) 16-4 MD 197: Max Shaw (UNC) over Levi Hopkins (Campbell) 8-4 Dec 285: #13 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) over Brandon Whitman (UNC) 13-4 MD #8 Michigan 23 #18 North Carolina 12 125: Jack Wagner (UNC) over Jack Medley (MICH) 5-4 Dec 133: #5 Dylan Ragusin (MICH) over Jaime Hernandez (UNC) 20-5 TF 141: #14 Cole Mattin (MICH) over #22 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) 9-3 Dec 149: #22 Chance Lamer (MICH) over Danny Nini (UNC) 6-3 Dec 157: #3 Will Lewan (MICH) over Sincere Bailey (UNC) 3-2 Dec 165: Joey Mazzara (UNC) over Zack Mattin (MICH) 7-3 Dec 174: #5 Clay Lautt (UNC) over Max Maylor (MICH) 4-1 Dec 184: #14 Matt Finesilver (MICH) over #12 Gavin Kane (UNC) 4-0 Dec 197: Max Shaw (UNC) over Jaden Bullock (MICH) 3-2 Dec 285: #3 Mason Parris (MICH) over Brandon Whitman (UNC) Fall 2:30 #12 North Carolina State: The Wolfpack headed north to Pennsylvania for a busy weekend. They participated in Journeymen WrestleMania in duals against Lock Haven and Nebraska, then took part in the Journeymen Classic on Sunday. The Wolfpack handled Lock Haven pretty handily, and some shenanigans dropped two points from the Lock Haven team total to make it look even more lopsided. Kai Orine picked up his first win of the season in the dual, as did Donald Cates with his tech fall at 165. In addition to Cates, the Wolfpack picked up BONUS from Jackson Arrington, Trent Hidlay, Isaac Trumble and Owen Trephan. Ryan Jack and Ed Scott both won by decision. In the second dual of the day, the Wolfpack controlled the much-anticipated dual with Nebraska. Kai Orine earned a ranked win over Boo Dryden in sudden victory, followed by Ryan Jack extending his winning streak over a ranked Brock Hardy. Also, adding ranked wins were Isaac Trumble and Tyrie Houghton. Ed Scott dropped a tough match to Peyton Robb in the rematch of the blood round battle from last season. Jackson Arrington, Donald Cates and Trent Hidlay also picked up wins in the Wolfpack victory over the Huskers. #12 NC State 32 Lock Haven 4 125: No. 13 Anthony Noto def. No. 21 Jarrett Tromble (NCSU); 0-3 (SV1) 133: Kai Orine (NCSU) def. Gable Strickland: 6-2 141: No. 20 Ryan Jack (NCSU) def. Ty Linsenbigler; 4-1 149: Jackson Arrington (NCSU) def. Connor Eck: 16-1, tech fall 157: No. 6 Ed Scott (NCSU) def. J.T. Hogan; 8-6 165: Don Cates (NCSU) def. Aiden Gaugler; tech fall 174: Tyler Stoltzfus def. Brock Delsignore (NCSU); 6-8 184: No. 3 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) def. Colin Fegley; 18-3, tech fall 197: No. 18 Isaac Trumble (NCSU) def. Brad Morrison; 10-1, major dec. 285: No. 24 Owen Trephan (NCSU) def. Ethan Miller; 18-5, major dec. #12 NC State 23 #17 Nebraska 10 125: Jacob Van Dee def. Jarrett Trombley (NCSU); 7-3 dec. 133: Kai Orine (NCSU) def. No. 26 Boo Dryden; 6-4 (SV1) 141: No. 20 Ryan Jack (NCSU) def. No. 29 Brock Hardy, 9-7 dec. 149: Jackson Arrington (NCSU) def. Dayne Morton, 11-5 dec. 157: No. 4 Peyton Robb def. No. 6 Ed Scott, 2-8 dec. 165: Don Cates (NCSU) def. Adam Thebeau, 7-2 dec. 174: No. 3 Mikey Labriola def. Brock Delsignore (NCSU), 13-5 major dec. 184: No. 3 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) def. Nathan Haas, TF 6:26 197: No. 18 Isaac Trumble (NCSU) def. No. 24 Silas Allred, 9-2 dec. 285: Tyrie Houghton (NCSU) def. No. 28 Cale Davidson, 5-4 dec. The Wolfpack sent out a lot of their younger wrestlers for the Journeymen Classic on Sunday. They were highlighted by undefeated performances from Jacob Cox (125), Finn Solomon (149), and Alex Faison (165). Finishing the day with one loss was Jackson Arrington (149) who lost to All-American Kyle Parco, Aaron Faison (157), Dylan Fishback, and Owen Trephan (285). Trephan was 3-1 on the day with his lone loss to a very good Yarislau Slavikouski of Harvard. NC State will be back in action at the Journeymen Armbar at the Armory in Albany, NY next weekend where they will face Illinois and Central Michigan. Virginia: The Hoos wrestled in Boone on Saturday in the Appalachian Invite and the Appalachian Open with wrestlers participating in both events. In the Appalachian Invite bracket, the Hoos brought home two titles and nine placewinners. Neil Antrassian earned the title and 184, while Michael Battista took the honors at 197. Haydn Danals claimed second at 184, falling to Antrassian in the finals. Justin McCoy had a great day in Boone; he knocked off a tough Hunter Garvin (Stanford) before beating #13 Will Formato (App State) in the semifinals. He faced NCAA Champion and 2x All-American Shane Griffith in the finals, where he fell by decision. Finishing in third place were Garrett Grice (133) and Jarod Verkleeren (149). Gabe Christensen (285) and Vic Marcelli (174) finished in fourth, while Jake Keating (157) finished in fifth; Kyle Montaperto (125) and Kyren Butler (141) ended the day in 6th place. In the Open division, the Hoos earned four titles: Keyveon Roller (133), Nick Hamilton (165), Rocco Contino (174) and Jessie Knight (285) all finished atop the podium. Finishing in second were Gavin Cagle (157), Hudson Stewart (174) and Griffin Gammell (184). Patrick McCormick (125), Mason Stefanelli (149), Nic Sansone (157) and Robby Patrick (184) all finished in 3rd place while Dominic Isola (157) and Ethan Weatherspoon (HWT) finished in 4th. The Hoos are scheduled to host Northwestern in a dual at Memorial Gym on Sunday evening. I will keep the InterMat readers informed of any potential changes to that schedule. #14 Virginia Tech: The Hokies had a Top-10 dual Friday night in Columbus, falling short in their opening dual against the Buckeyes. The action kicked off with Caleb Henson pulling off a major upset over two-time All-American Sammy Sasso. Henson continues his undefeated start and has now made the nation aware that he is a force at 149. Clayton Ulrey fell to Paddy Gallagher, while filling in for Bryce Andonian. After this match was a streak of incredibly tight, one-score matches. Conor Brady dropped a 3-1 decision to former high school teammate and All-American Carson Kharchla. This was followed by Mekhi Lewis beating All-American Ethan Smith by one takedown for the second year in a row. In another battle of All-Americans, Hunter Bolen dropped a 4-2 decision to Kaleb Romero at 184. Andy Smith wrestled a good match, but came up short in a 3-1 decision to Gavin Hoffman. In a match that had 6:30 of little action, the final 30 seconds of the match at 285 were a hectic scramble that saw Tate Orndorff spinning behind Hunter Catka for the 3-1 win. Coach Robie challenged the call, and asked for a review of Orndorff grabbing the singlet, stopping Catka from being able to get behind for the takedown. While it can be seen in other video and pictures, the officials stated that they could not see it from the camera angle in the review and awarded the win to Orndorff. Virginia Tech would win two of the final three matches to end the dual. Eddie Ventresca dropped a 3-1 decision to Malik Heinselman at 125. The Hokies were able to end the dual on two very positive notes, however. Sam Latona wrestled an incredible match against Jesse Mendez to pick up the 3-2 decision. In the final bout of the evening, Tom Crook continued his amazing start to his true freshman year by picking up his first dual win as a Hokie. Crook dominated fellow Tampa native Nic Bouzakis en route to a 14-6 major decision. The Hokies are back in action at the Keystone Classic in Philly this weekend. #4 Ohio State - 18 #14 Virginia Tech - 13 125: #11 Malik Heinselman DEC #25 Eddie Ventresca, 3-1 133: #19 Sam Latona DEC #11 Jesse Mendez, 3-2 141: #16 Tom Crook MAJ DEC Nic Bouzakis, 14-6 149: #27 Caleb Henson DEC #2 Sammy Sasso, 5-3 SV 157: #22 Paddy Gallagher DEC Clayton Ulrey, 14-8 165: #6 Carson Kharchla DEC #29 Connor Brady, 3-1 174: #2 Mekhi Lewis DEC #6 Ethan Smith, 3-2 184: #4 Kaleb Romero DEC #9 Hunter Bolen, 4-2 197: #14 Gavin Hoffman DEC Andy Smith, 4-2 285: #7 Tate Orndorff DEC #18 Hunter Catka, 3-1

The Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa site of the 2022 World Cup (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) USA Wrestling has announced its lineups for both its men's freestyle and women's freestyle teams which will compete at the Men's and Women's Freestyle World Cup at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa, Dec. 10-11. The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, conducted by United World Wrestling. The top five teams in men's freestyle and the top five teams in women's freestyle from the 2022 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in September have confirmed their participation. There is also an All World Team in each discipline, featuring the top available athlete from the World Championships in each weight class that were not from a nation which qualified for the World Cup. The U.S. World Cup teams will feature two Olympic champions, four World champions and 10 past World medalists. It will also include a number of talented young stars who are making an impact internationally. The men's freestyle team will feature a pair of Olympic and World champions, Jordan Burroughs at 79 kg and Kyle Snyder at 97 kg. Burroughs is a 2012 Olympic champion, a six-time World champion and has won 10 career World and Olympic medals. Burroughs is the first U.S. wrestler to win seven World and Olympic titles. Snyder is a 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion and has won eight career World and Olympic medals. Yianni Diakomihalis, a 2022 World silver medalist, will compete at 65 kg. Two other members of the 2022 U.S. Senior World Team are on the USA lineup, Seth Gross at 61 kg and Hayden Zillmer at 125 kg. Nick Gwiazdowski, a two-time World bronze medalist, is also on the U.S. men's freestyle team at 125 kg. The United States, which was the 2022 World Team champions in men's freestyle, will be joined in the World Cup by second place Iran, third place Japan, fourth place Mongolia and fifth place Georgia, in addition to the All World Team. In women's freestyle, a pair of World champions are on the team, 2019 World champion Jacarra Winchester at 55 kg and 2022 World champion Amit Elor at 72 kg. Winchester was also a member of the 2020 U.S. Olympic team. Elor became the first U.S. wrestlers to win three World titles in the same year, also capturing a U20 World title and a U23 World title. The team also features two-time World silver medalist Kayla Miracle at 62 kg, two-time World bronze medalist Alyssa Lampe at 50 kg, two-time World bronze medalist Mallory Velte at 65 kg and 2021 World bronze medalist Jenna Burkert at 55 kg. Also competing on the U.S. team is 2022 World Team member Dymond Guilford at 76 kg. The U.S. women's team features a local athlete, Felicity Taylor at 53 kg, who is a member of the women's wrestling team at the University of Iowa and is a native Iowan. The United States, which was second at the 2022 World Championships in women's freestyle, will be joined in the World Cup by World champion Japan, third place China, fourth place Mongolia and fifth place Ukraine, in addition to the All World Team. The U.S. lineup, which includes two athletes in each weight class (except for 65 kg in women's freestyle), is loaded with current National Team members, as well as past age-group World medalists. The rosters of the World Cup teams for the other nations will be announced over the next week by USA Wrestling. Ticket packages for the 2022 Men's and Women's Freestyle World Cup are currently on sale. The seating capacity for Xtream Arena for the World Cup will be approximately 5,300. Ticket packages include a Gold package for $275, Silver package for $200 and All-Session tickets for $90. A special Presentation of Teams and Team USA Meet & Greet will also be held on Friday, December 9, with tickets available at $10. Fans can receive a free youth ticket for the Friday night event, with the purchase of an adult general admission ticket. Men's and Women's Freestyle World Cup tickets United States Men's Freestyle World Cup Team 57 kg - Zane Richards, Champaign, Ill. (Illinois RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 57 kg - Nick Suriano, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen WC) 61 kg - Seth Gross, Madison, Wis. (Wisconsin RTC/Sunkist Kids) 61 kg - Daniel DeShazer, Minneapolis, Minn. (Gopher WC RTC) 65 kg - Yianni Diakomihalis, Rochester, N.Y. (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 65 kg - Evan Henderson, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley WC/Titan Mercury WC) 70 kg - Tyler Berger, Philadelphia, Pa. (Pennsylvania RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 70 kg - Alec Pantaleo, Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC) 74 kg - Jason Nolf, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 74 kg – Vincenzo Joseph, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 79 kg - Jordan Burroughs, Philadelphia, Pa. (Pennsylvania RTC/Sunkist Kids) 79 kg - Chance Marsteller, New Park, Pa. (NYC RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 86 kg - Zahid Valencia, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 86 kg - Mark Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. (Pennsylvania RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 92 kg - Nathan Jackson, Princeton, N.J. (New Jersey RTC/New York AC) 92 kg - Jay Aiello, Charlottesville, Va. (Cavalier WC/Titan Mercury WC) 97 kg - Kyle Snyder, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 97 kg - Kollin Moore, Columbus, Ohio (Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 125 kg - Hayden Zillmer, Minneapolis, Minn. (Gopher WC RTC) 125 kg -Nick Gwiazdowski, Ithaca, N.Y. (Spartan Combat RTC/Titan Mercury WC) United States Women's Freestyle World Cup Team 50 kg – Alyssa Lampe, Corvallis, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC/Sunkist Kids) 50 kg – Erin Golston, Madison, Wis. (Wisconsin RTC/New York AC) 53 kg – Felicity Taylor, Spillville, Iowa (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) 53 kg – Ronna Gross, Madison, Wis. (Wisconsin RTC/Sunkist Kids) 55 kg – Jacarra Winchester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 55 kg – Jenna Burkert, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP) 57 kg – Alexandra Hedrick, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 57 kg – Amanda Martinez, Naperville, Ill. (Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC) 59 kg – Lexie Basham, Roanoke, Texas (Spartan Mat Club) 59 kg – Michaela Beck, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 62 kg – Kayla Miracle, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 62 kg – Jennifer Rogers, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 65 kg – Mallory Velte, Corvallis, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 68 kg – Sienna Ramirez, Ashland, Ore. (Southern Oregon RTC) 68 kg – Solin Piearcy, San Jose, Calif. (Menlo WC) 72 kg – Amit Elor, New York, N.Y. (NYC RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 72 kg – Skylar Grote, Corvallis, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC/New York AC) 76 kg – Dymond Guilford, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 76 kg – Yelena Makoyed, Orangevale, Calif. (Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Bucknell 141 lber Darren Miller (photo courtesy of Bucknell athletics) A majority of the conference was in action this weekend. There were some outstanding performances. Penn seemed to keep things rolling from where they left off last year at the Journeyman Round Robin event in Bethlehem. Ethan Berginc of Army knocked off yet another ranked opponent to remain unbeaten this year. Lehigh earned a team win over Oklahoma thanks to a pin at heavyweight. LIU earned their first win this year in thrilling fashion by criteria over Sacred Heart. Hofstra's Jacob Ferreira won the Journeymen 184lbs bracket at Journeyman. And, Cornell showed their power while claiming four champs at the Bearcat open without Vito, Yianni, and Cardenas. Yaraslau Slavikouski is back from a torn ACL last season, as the Harvard heavyweight looked great in his return. However, the most impressive performance from last week was Bucknell's Darren Miller. Coming into the weekend ranked 28th, he knocked off #10 Carter Young of Oklahoma State by a score of 4-2. This was Miller's first time wrestling for the season – and what a way to start! Expect him to keep things rolling next week at the Navy Classic. Congrats to this week's OW – Darren Miller of Bucknell. American The Eagles were on the road at the Citadel Open. They started the final session with back-to-back champions at 125 and 133lbs. Raymond Lopez had a 4-1 win in the finals over former Penn opponent, Blair Orr (now at The Citadel). Jack Maida followed suit by winning the 133lbs bracket. The two runner-ups for American were Connor Bourne (197lbs) and Lucas White (174lbs). With a handful of placers, the Eagles had a rather successful trip to Citadel. One interesting result was at the 125lbs weight class where Max Leete earned fifth place, being outplaced by teammate (and champion) Lopez. We will see how this plays out. This weekend, the Eagles will host Michigan State Friday night before competing at the Navy Classic on Saturday. Army The Black Knights wrestled at Journeyman against Sacred Heart (39-0) and #17 Nebraska (9-25). Ethan Berginc (#30 @ 125) had a win over #18 Liam Cronin of Nebraska. Harkins (#26 @ 165) defeated Jagger Condomitti (#30) of Nebraska. The third win in the Nebraska dual was at 184lbs where Sahm Abdullrazzaq defeated Lenny Pinto. The following day, a busload of Black Knights competed in the round-robin competition of the Journeyman Classic. Of the numerous round-robin pools, Army walked away with eighteen first-place finishers. Berginc continued his unbeaten season. There's a ton of results to break down here, but I loved what I saw from this team. They come to battle every single match. This week, the Iowa Hawkeyes (#2) will come to town on Thursday 11/17. A few days after, Army hosts the Black Knight Invite which includes nine incoming teams – including #1 Penn State. Binghamton On Friday, the Bearcats hosted a dual against Northern Colorado before hosting the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open the following day. They dropped the dual 22-16 while winning four of 10 duals. Michael Zarif had the first win of the dual at 149lbs. Binghamton did not have a win until 184lbs when Jacob Nolan (#23) won by decision, followed up by Lou Deprez (#7 @ 197). Cory Day earned a pin at hwt. With a few starters sitting out for the open, the Bearcats had five place winners. The highest comes from Sam Deprez at 174lbs. His lone loss came to #11 Chris Foca of Cornell. Third place at 165lbs was Dimitri Gamkreilidze – his lone loss was to returning All-American and eventual open champ (#7) Peyton Hall of West Virginia. The Bearcats are on the road this weekend, with tough matches against #22 North Dakota State and #11 Minnesota on Friday and Sunday, respectively. Brown The Bears of Brown University had an off weekend. They will be one of a couple of EIWA teams at the Black Knight Invite on Sunday. Bucknell The Bison hosted #11 Oklahoma State for a dual Saturday night. This came off an impressive 25-6 Oklahoma State win at Lehigh earlier in the day. As mentioned, Miller had the upset of the night. The other win came at 157lbs when Nick Delp (#30) won over Luke Mechler. The Bison had a few close losses to acknowledge. Kurt Phipps lost to #2 Daton Fix by a 4-1 score at 133lbs. Logan Deacetis fell late to Travis Wittlake (#15 @ 184). Also, Kolby DePron hung tough with Victor Voinovich (#19 @ 149). I am intrigued to see this team against some EIWA competition, to see where they stack up. Bucknell will be back in action on Saturday when they compete at the Navy Classic. Columbia The Lions were off this weekend. They have a tough road schedule this week when they travel to #4 Ohio State for a dual Friday night. They will then compete at seventh-ranked Michigan on Sunday. This could be a big weekend for Josh Ogunsanya at (#10 @ 165). He'll take on two returning All-Americans in Carson Kharchla (#6) and Cam Amine (#4) . Cornell The Big Red started off with a big weekend at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open in Binghamton. Their 4 champs include Ethan Fernandez (133lbs), Vince Cornella (141lbs), Chris Foca (174lbs), and Jonathan Loew (184lbs). Julian Ramirez was runner-up at 165lbs, losing to returning All-American Hall of West Virginia. Fernandez and Cornella were impressive freshmen, both knocking off ranked opponents en route to titles. Foca's closest match was against former teammate Andrew Berreyesa (now at Northern Colorado) while Loew has two three-point decisions. One interesting result came at 125lbs, where 29th ranked Dom LaJoie lost to his own teammate, Brett Ungar, by a 14-2 major. Let's keep an eye on this weight for the Big Red moving forward. Saturday afternoon, #6 Cornell takes on #13 Wisconsin at home. Tune into ESPN+ for action at 1PM. Drexel The Dragons competed at the inaugural Mizzou Tiger Style Invitational. The highest place-finishers include Antonio Minnino at 125lbs, and Evan Barczak (#19 @ 165lbs). Minnino's lone loss was a 4-1 decision to #27 Antonio Lorenzo of Cal Poly. Barczak lost in the semis to returning national champion, and top-ranked, Keegan O'Toole of Missouri. The Dragons had injuries to some of their top guys in Mickey O'Malley and Luke Nichter. Hopefully, they can heal up quickly for next weekend's event up the street (literally) at the Keystone Classic at Penn. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats hosted a dual against the local Division III team, Elizabethtown, mid-week last week. They walked away victorious by a score of 32-9. At the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open in Binghamton, Pat Phillips (#31 @ 133lbs) was the runner-up in his bracket – leading the way for the Dips once again. At 125lbs, F&M has two place winners. Gio Diaz was fourth, while Mason Leiphart was sixth. The strength of the lightweights continues for Franklin & Marshall. The upper half of the lineup will continue to improve. Plus, Cenzo Pelusi will come back in the second semester. The heavyweight will help add some firepower back into the lineup. Expect to see them at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia on Sunday 11/20. Harvard The Crimson participated in the Journeyman Round Robin event. The highest finisher for them was at heavyweight with fifth-ranked Yaraslau Slavikouski winning his round-robin. Phillip Conigliaro (9th @ 174) lost last second in the finals to Darrien Roberts of Oklahoma. Josh Kim has one loss on the day to Lucas Revano (#16) of Penn. Also coming in second place was Leo Tarantino at 197lbs. I was impressed with some of the young talent – like Joe Cangro at 141lbs – who won his round robin with a major over returning EIWA placer, Justin Hoyle of Hofstra. Harvard will be in Philadelphia this weekend to compete at the Keystone Classic. Hofstra The Pride were at the Journeyman Round Robin event on Sunday in Bethlehem, PA. two of the team's incoming transfers earned first place in their pools. First was 25th ranked, Jacob Ferreira earning a hammer at the 184lbs pool. His pin over Harvard's Tarantino in the finals caused Coach Papadatos (I mean “Hop”-adatos) to show his athletic ability by jumping over the barrier in celebration. The second mentioned transfer, Chase Liardi, won the B division at the 133lbs. Trey Rogers (#33 @ 197) had a quality win over NCAA qualifier Cole Urbas of Penn (#23), before he medicalled out. Big man Zachary Knighton-Ward (#22 @ HWT) had a tough 1-2 day, losing to higher-ranked opponents. He'll be just fine. Hofstra will be at the Black Knight Invite this weekend. Lehigh The Mountain Hawks wrestled the state of Oklahoma this weekend. They dropped a tough 25-6 loss to #7 Oklahoma State at home on Saturday. The score seems lopsided, but when you consider the fact that Lehigh lost five matches within two points or less, the match was tight – nonetheless. Then, Lehigh squared off with #20 Oklahoma. It came down to heavyweight, where Nathan Taylor (#26) pinned OU's Josh Heindselman (#17) to clinch the dual. Michael Beard (#7 @ 197) and Josh Humphreys (#9 @ 157) continued their winning ways all weekend. The big win for the Hawks against the Sooners was at 125lbs. Carter Bailey upset 14th-ranked Joey Prata to begin the dual on the upswing. The coaching staff is adamant the team will start to win the close ones. This week, they travel to face 16th-ranked Pittsburgh on Saturday. Long Island The Sharks participated in the Journeyman Duals on Saturday, dropping a dual meet to Buffalo, then defeating Sacred Heart on criteria. The Sharks needed a fall at 197lbs by John Dusza and a close 8-5 decision from Aeden Begue at 285lbs to tie the match. Devin Matthews (141lbs) was 2-0 on the day, which was a team-best. On Sunday, the team wrestled in the round-robin portion of the Journeyman weekend. The team had a bunch of wins – most notably at 174lbs where Blake Bahna pinned freshman standout, Cael Valencia of Arizona State. I like the improvements the team has made over the summer, already showing in the first two weeks of the season. LIU will be back in Pennsylvania this weekend for the Shorty Hitchcock Open in Millersville. Navy The Midshipmen secured three gold medals at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open. At 157lbs, Andrew Cerniglia (#18) won a few close matches to claim his title. At 197lbs, Jacob Koser (#30) had himself a day with a pin, tech fall, and major decision. Grady Greiss won the heavyweight bracket. He upset #19 Michael Wolfgram of West Virginia in the process. Greiss has now entered the rankings because of this. Koderhandt (#26) was runner-up at 141lbs. Also, a runner-up, David Key lost a tight one in the 184lbs final to returning All-American (#7) Loew of Cornell. Other place winners include Val Park at 165lbs, and Sammy Starr at 174lbs – both losing one match on the day. Navy hosts the Navy Classic this weekend. I'm looking forward to the team having great results there too. Penn The Quakers started right where they left off a season ago. At the Journeyman Round Robin, they had impressive results – walking away with two champs in the “A” brackets. 9th ranked, “Skinny” Doug Zapf (down from 157lbs last season) looked great in his debut at 149lbs. He won in the finals via injury default over 6th ranked and two-time All-American Parco of Arizona State. Anthony Artalona (#13 @ 157) made his debut up a weight class without any issues, winning all three matches. The silver medal at 133lbs was claimed by (#10) Michael Colaiocco – losing in a barn burner to #4 Michael McGee of Arizona State – a multiple-time All-American. We may see that rematch this weekend at the Keystone Classic. The same goes for the 165lbs final between Tony Negron (#18) of Arizona State and Lucas Revano (#19) of Penn. Negron won a tight one this time around. John Stout defeated his teammate, Max Hale, at 184lbs by a 3-1 decision. This may be a season-long battle at this weight class. Penn's Ryan Miller (#15 @ 125lbs) and Nick Incontrera (#19 @ 174) each dropped a match. The Quakers are back in action at home this weekend, as they will compete in the Keystone Classic on Sunday 11/20. Princeton The Tigers were off the past weekend. They will travel to Indiana for a dual Friday night against Coach Joe Dubuque and Nate Jackson's alma mater. Dubuque was a two-time national champion for the Hoosiers and Jackson was a two-time AA. Sacred Heart The Pioneers are no strangers to tough opponents, losing to both #21 Rutgers and Army this weekend. In addition to the drama-filled match that was decided on criteria against LIU, Sacred Heart had a few bright spots this weekend. They had 26 wrestlers compete at the round-robin Journeyman event, but missed some valuable starters – including Nick Palumbo. Nick was an EIWA runner-up and NCAA qualifier a few years ago. He wrestled against LIU, and nowhere else. Getting him healthy into the lineup full-time will help bring some experienced winning to the line-up. Of the 26 wrestlers who competed this weekend, 16 of them had one loss or less in their respective bracket. This weekend, things will get worse before they get better for Sacred Heart. They take on #2 Iowa Friday night before competing at the Keystone Classic on Sunday.

Paddy Gallagher's Ohio State home debut (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The 2022-23 NCAA wrestling season is in full swing as all Big Ten teams now have at least one competition under their belts. Rutgers, Penn State, Ohio State, and Purdue all held their home openers this past weekend. Nebraska and Rutgers competed at the Journeymen Duals in Bethlehem, Pa., and Michigan competed in a couple unique locations, taking on Campbell in a military hangar at Fort Bragg on Veteran's Day and North Carolina at the school's baseball stadium. Here are five things we learned from this past week of competition: Soldano is making a strong case for himself at 184 pounds The Rutgers coaching staff knew coming into the season that they were going to have to make a tough decision at 184 pounds. On one hand, they have sophomore John Poznanski, who capped off a breakout season in 2021 with a fourth-place finish at NCAAs and All-American status. On the other is Brian Soldano, the true freshman coming off his third New Jersey state championship. Both have a redshirt available. Rutgers did not hold official wrestle-offs, coach Scott Goodale said last week at his team's media day. Instead, they plan to use this early stretch of their season to work out lineup questions. It was Soldano who got the call in the Scarlet Knights' first three duals of the season, and it's clear he's not going to make this decision easy for his coaches. The true freshman went 3-0 over the weekend, including two ranked wins - 15-5 major decision over Clarion's No. 21 Will Feldkamp; fall over Sacred Heart's Owen Ayotte; and a technical fall over Arizona State's No. 17 Anthony Montalvo. It's hard to imagine much of a better debut. But Poznanski certainly shouldn't be counted out. "This is the best John's ever looked," Goodale said last week. "He seems very motivated right now." Soldano will be able to wrestle in three more events before burning his redshift, thanks to the NCAA's new rule change. Next up for the Scarlet Knights: Stanford, the CSU Open and the Grapple in the Garden with Penn, Drexel and Princeton. There's still plenty of time for the wrestlers to prove themselves - and plenty of sleepless nights ahead for the Rutgers coaching staff. The 2021 recruiting class has arrived on the collegiate stage In a college wrestling landscape that has recently included seven-year seniors and five-time All-Americans, it sure is nice to have some new blood in the mix. Three top-five members of the 2021 recruiting class made their debuts in the Big Ten this weekend - Ohio State's Paddy Gallagher and Penn State's Shayne Van Ness and Alex Facundo. And all three looked poised and prepared to take on the collegiate grind. While neither of the three faced particularly tough opponents, they each had a presence about them and command of the mat that left their fan bases eager for more. The Rec Hall crowd rose to its feet as Van Ness locked up the cradle and turned Lock Haven's Connor Eck to his back for the fall in 6:32. The buzz in the arena continued to build a couple weights later as Facundo piled on takedown after takedown after takedown en route to a 27-12 technical fall in 5:35. Gallagher had to work a little bit more for his debut win at the Covelli Center on Friday. The former No. 1 recruit went back and forth with Virginia Tech's Clayton Ulrey until breaking the match open with a six-point move late in the second period, eventually winning 14-8. Anticipation has been building around the home arena debuts of all three of these wrestlers since they committed - not just for fans but also for the wrestlers themselves. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime thing to have a debut at Rec Hall," Facundo told reporters after the meet. "This is a moment that I will be able to have for the rest of my life. It was just exciting. I was waiting all summer and all last year to finally go out there in a Penn State singlet. It was something awesome." Michigan has some depth at 125 This is a good thing. In a perfect world, this is what all teams theoretically should want. You want guys hungrily trying to get into the lineup and fighting every day for a spot that isn't guaranteed. In speaking with Jake Bergeland of Minnesota a couple months back, he mentioned how in order to reach your goals on the national stage, you need to be able to beat the guys in your own room first. Seems like an obvious piece, but sometimes it's a real struggle to get into the lineup. That's the case here with Jack Medley and Kurt McHenry. McHenry won the wrestle-off a couple of weeks back, as well as their matchup at the MSU Open. McHenry got the nod against Campbell, winning the match in dramatic fashion with a misdirection single leg in the last 6 seconds. Before that happened, the match was already fireworks, and he showed flashes of the guy who is a two-time Cadet World Champion. Quietly he had actually gone undefeated last season for the Wolverines in limited competition, going 5-0 on the year. Medley is a fan favorite for sure, and the epitome of a guy who went in and took what he wanted with hard work and commitment. He has struggled a bit this year in his chances to compete, going 0-2 at the MSU Open, and losing the match to Jack Wagner of North Carolina this past weekend. He began the year as the presumed starter by most, and was ranked in the teens by most publications. Wagner has shown he can compete with the best of them, having taken fourth in the Big Ten during the COVID canceled season, and has many wins over ranked opponents throughout his career. Depth is good. Whoever the Wolverines have representing them at the end of this season will deserve it. In the meantime, it looks like it'll be a timeshare though, until one of these two eliminates any doubt and handily takes the spot. We'll see who they go with this Sunday when they take on Columbia in Ann Arbor. Maryland is showing promise after two weeks You didn't think I'd make it much deeper into the season without a Terrapin update, did you? The wait is over. After starting the year 3-0 as a team with wins over Bloomsburg, Duke, and American, Coach Clemsen and crew traveled to Kansas City, Missouri, for the Tiger Style Invite. They didn't disappoint, either. Maryland had three finalists in Kal Miller at 141, Michael North at 157, and Jaxon Smith at 197. Kal Miller won the championship at 141 pounds, with a third-period takedown to seal it over Little Rock's Brennan Van Hoecke, while his brother Ethen placed third after dropping his semifinal match to the eventual champ and second-ranked Brock Mauller of Missouri. Ethen eventually beat Kevon Davenport 3-2 to collect the bronze. That was a notable match for me because I picked Davenport to be a breakout candidate this season in the Big Ten. I still believe that to be the case, which makes this win for Miller so impressive. Michael North made the finals at 157 by beating Anthony Federico of Illinois followed by beating 27th-ranked Luka Wick of Cal Poly. Eventually, North lost to Jarrett Jacques of Missouri in the finals, but that was a very respectable tournament. More importantly, this shows continued growth from a guy who showed flashes last year of someone who can be a really tough wrestler for this team. Jacques is a guy who has consistently produced for the Tigers, and expects to compete to be on the podium at the end of the season, so getting a chance to make the finals here and get his hands on a guy like that is a great sign for Michael North. Most impressively in my mind was the road that Jaxon Smith took on his way to the finals. He pinned his way to the finals, which is impressive in that pinning someone is the most dominant way to win in college wrestling, but then you include that he pinned 13th-ranked Zac Braunagel of Illinois into that and it looks and feels that much better. Some things are better with context, this being one of those things. In the finals, he held the lead into the third period against two-time All-American and fifth-ranked Bernie Truax of Cal Poly. Smith gave up two takedowns in that final period to end up taking second, but he showed that he belongs with these credentialed guys. As the season goes on and Maryland gets into the meat of their Big Ten Schedule, you'll see them get more consistently tough competition, but I expect these guys to be prepared, especially at these weights. They won't have to wait long for a chance to prove themselves though, as they take on 18th-ranked Pittsburgh this Friday. This dual will include Cole Matthews versus Kal Miller at 141, Nino Bonaccorsi against Jaxon Smith at 197, and Dazjon Casto wrestling Michael North at 157. Enjoy the show! Boilermakers struggle in Home Opener The season started off strong for Purdue as they were dominant in the Clarion Open, and largely looked really good in doing so. They had somewhere between 3 and 4 champions, depending on how you look at it. Ramos at 125, Filius at 141, as well as 133 and 157 being shared titles by Boilermakers. Jacob Matangay and Dustin Norris shared 133, along with Kendall Coleman and Nate Camiscioli at 157. Additional placers at Clarion were Hayden Copass at heavyweight taking second, Cooper Noehre and Ben Vanadia took third at 165 and 184 respectively, and Brody Baumann and Tristan Ruhlman (174 and Hwy) placing fifth, with Hayden Filipovich rounding it out at sixth place at 197. The good graces from the Clarion Open ended when New Jersey came to West Lafayette ready to fight. In fairness to Purdue, the dual score is a little misleading, it wasn't a 23-13 beat down by Rider by any means, but I used the phrase "ready to fight" earlier for a reason. They won the close matches, at 133 Dustin Norris took #24 Richie Koehler to overtime, but Koehler got the win 10-8. At 165, Rider's Hunter Mays beat Cooper Noehre 6-5. But where the dual really got away from Purdue was the upset of Parker Fillius at 141 by McKenzie Bell 9-6, and the pin of Hayden Copass at Hwy by David Szuba. This is not to throw shade at Purdue. Dustin Norris looked great to begin the match, but didn't finish it out. Parker Filius is a proven commodity and will improve as a result of this. Credit to Mckenzie Bell who wrestled a great match to get the win, but to me, it says more about how much he's improved than any diminishing returns for Filius. These guys will make adjustments as the year goes on. Positive notes: Ramos looks awesome at 125. Kendall Coleman looks a whole lot like the guy from before his knee injury. Ben Vanadia looks great at 184, and this dual didn't include Penola at 197, who I expect to have a big year. This loss, though surprising, was more a result of an upset at 141, and a pin at Hwy making the score look more out of hand than it was. Purdue will bounce back, and has a chance to do so this Sunday with a trio of duals starting with Cleveland State (shoutout to Devin Schroeder who will be returning to West Lafayette as a coach with the Vikings), followed by Northern Illinois and Chattanooga. The duals will start at 10am EST and are available to watch through Big Ten Plus.

Tiger Style Invite Champion Antonio Lorenzo (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Little Rock and Cal Poly finish on the podium at Tiger Style Invitational Cal Poly finished second out of six teams at the Tiger Style Invitational. Antonio Lorenzo and Bernie Truax helped lead the Mustangs to a second-place finish by finishing first in their respective weight classes. Lorenzo earned a fall and two decisions, including an 8-6 sudden victory over Missouri's Noah Surtin. Truax earned a fall, major decision and a 6-4 decision over Maryland's Jaxon Smith. Dom Demas and Trevor Tinker finished second and Legend Lamer finished seventh. Little Rock finished fourth in the tournament. Brennan Van Hoecke highlighted the Trojans performance with a second-place finish in the 141-pound class. 125-pound Jayden Carson finished fourth while Reid Nelson and Chase Tebbets finished fifth. Arizona State's young core shines in debut Seven Sun Devils made their varsity debuts and four of them earned a victory in Arizona State's 25-16 defeat over Rutgers. 125-pounder Richard Figueroa shined in his debut after Brandon Courtney was sidelined with an injury. Figueroa defeated top-20 Dylan Shawver, 5-3. Tony Negron earned a fall while Cael Valencia earned an injury-default win over All-American Jackson Turley. Michael McGee and Kyle Parco returned to the mat for the first time since last season and picked up a couple of victories over ranked opponents (#16 Joe Heilmann at 133 and #31 Anthony White at 149). McGee also won the Journeymen Classic with a great win over #10 Michael Colaiocco of Penn. Stanford's squad dominates at Mountaineer Open Jason Miranda, Daniel Cardenas, and Shane Griffith left the Mountaineer Invitational with gold medals in their weight classes. Overall, 12 out of 15 Stanford wrestlers placed in the tournament. Cardenas has been Stanford's standout with a 7-0 start to the season and a victory over Virginia's Justin McCoy. Tyler Eischens, Nick Stemmet, and Seamus O'Malley all placed second in their weight classes. Beavers and Mustangs have a bright future Cal Poly's future continues to shine brighter under Jon Sioredas. As of Nov. 14, Cal Poly picked up four wrestlers. Daschle Lamer, the youngest of the Lamer brothers, signed his letter of intent. Gavin Fernandez, a De La Salle senior, placed fourth in the California state high school championships last season. The 152-pound wrestler will join two more California natives, Ty Hodges and Zach Limon of Clovis High. Hodges placed seventh at Doc Buchanan and won three matches at the Super 32, while Limon returns as a heavyweight after missing last season due to an injury. Oregon State continues its strong recruiting under Chris Pendleton. Last week, the Beavers signed a huge 10-man recruiting class that includes top-200 prospects, #64 Aden Attao (ID), #66 TJ McDonnell (CA), #79 Justin Rademacher (OR), #150 Vaun Halstead (OR), #125 DJ Gillett (OR), and #172 Sergio Montoya (CA).

Peyton Robb (left) and Ed Scott at WrangleMania (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco;FantasyCollege Wrestling/InterMat) Over the weekend, I was able to make it up to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for two days of great wrestling, despite Mother Nature's best efforts on Friday, coupled with the usual traffic nonsense you'll find on Interstate 95. On Saturday morning, WrangleMania got underway at Liberty High School, while Lehigh hosted Oklahoma State at noon. WrangleMania featured four sessions of prearranged duals between a variety of collegiate teams, mixing in with a few high school all-star matches. Freedom High School was the scene for the Journeymen Classic on Sunday, where individuals competed in pool action. Below are some general thoughts/observations from a great two days in Pennsylvania's fabled District XI. Some topics we discussed in the "7 Big Stories from the Week in College Wrestling" that took place in Bethlehem were: "Tempers Flare in Lock Haven/NC State Dual", "Short-Handed Sun Devils Dominate Scarlet Knights" and "Voinovich Victorious in Match of the Week" More of the Best of Bethlehem include: Lehigh gets a clutch pin from Nathan Taylor to defeat Oklahoma. Lehigh led 18-17 heading into the heavyweight bout; however, #17 Josh Heindselman was waiting in the wings for the Sooners. The win gave Lehigh a split during its two duals with the Oklahoma schools. During Oklahoma's loss to Lehigh, Mitch Moore scored a fall over Manzona Bryant. Moore now has three falls on the season. He's been a big pinner throughout his career. Moore's opponents know that a cement job is usually coming, they just have a hard time stopping it. Josh Humphreys escapes with a pair of wins. He was pushed by Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) and Jacob Butler (Oklahoma). Long Island and Sacred Heart engaged in a fun dual that came down to criteria after it was tied at 17. Back-to-back wins for Josh Dusza (fall) and Aeden Begue (decision) at 197 and 285 saw the dual end in a tie. The Sharks were deemed victors based on criteria. That gave Long Island and head coach Joe Patrovich the first EIWA win of the season. Brian Soldano had an impressive 18-3 tech fall victory over #17 Anthony Montalvo (Arizona State). On Friday, Soldano majored #21 Will Feldkamp (Clarion). Cael Valencia got a win over Jackson Turley via injury default. The 2021 All-American Turley missed a large chunk of the 2021-22 season due to injury. Let's hope that doesn't mess up his year this time. NC State defeats Nebraska 23-10 in the marquee matchup at WrangleMania. In the most-anticipated match of the dual, #4 Peyton Robb imposed his will on #6 Ed Scott early and often during an 8-2 win. The true freshman from the ACC at 149 lbs that we mentioned in our "7 Stories" write-up was Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech), and rightfully so. However, there is another one to look out for. NC State's Jackson Arrington is now 4-2 on the year. Both losses have come to returning All-Americans Kyle Parco (Arizona State) and Jon Jon Millner (Appalachian State). Though Arrington doesn't have any significant wins on his resume…yet, he passed the "eyeball test" and looks the part. He's generally beaten the guys you'd expect him to beat and done so decisively. Army West Point's 125 lber, Ethan Berginc, continued his impressive start with a victory over #18 Liam Cronin. It was one of three wins for Army against Nebraska at WrangleMania. Richard Figueroa is a great backup option for Arizona State. He defeated #20 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) at WrangleMania, then beat #17 Ryan Miller (Penn) Sunday at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic. Figueroa also beat Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) a true freshman that had an impact for Nebraska this weekend. Voinovich/Bryant was the undisputed match of the week. After that, it's hard to go wrong with the action from both parties in #4 Michael McGee's (Arizona State) win over #10 Michael Colaiocco (Penn). The two could meet next weekend at the Keystone Classic. Penn had a flip-flop in the middle of their lineup with Doug Zapf dropping to 149 and Anthony Artalona moving up to 157. That should serve Artalona well, as a veteran who dealt with a variety of injuries, rather than having to worry about cutting more weight. Both were victorious at the Classic. Zapf won awarded the hammer after Kyle Parco (Arizona State) could not continue due to an injury. Artalona got by Jacob Butler, 6-4. Oklahoma State unveiled a lineup with Voinovich at 149, Kaden Gfeller at 157, and Wyatt Sheets at 165. That should be able to maximize the Cowboys talent and solidify a potential hole at 165. I'd also point out that Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) looked solid in his debut against 2021 All-American Michael Beard (Lehigh). Surber came down from 285 lbs and this was his first outing at 197 lbs. Nobody wants moral victories, but he lost 10-7 to the former All-American. After pinning Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) in their dual meet, Tony Negron also won the Classic. There he scored wins over #16 Lucas Revano (Penn) and #26 Dalton Harkins (Army West Point). One of the best performances of the weekend belonged to Darrien Roberts of Oklahoma. The 174 lber posted wins over four ranked opponents. Though he took a loss to Joey Milano (NC State), Roberts pinned his teammate Matthew Singleton, along with #19 Nick Incontera (Penn), #27 Jay Nivison (Buffalo) and #9 Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) in the finals. Jacob Ferreira made his Hofstra debut and earned the hammer award at 184 lbs. Ferreira tallied bonus points in all three of his matches Sunday, including a pin over Leo Tarantino (Harvard) in the finals. It was a back-and-forth affair he led 9-8 at the time of the fall. After a knee injury at the 2021 CKLV Invitational knocked him out for the remainder of the year, Yaraslau Slavikouski made his return to the collegiate scene. Slavikouski won three bouts over ranked opponents and showed why he has such a lofty ranking (#5). One of Long Island's standouts for the day was Blake Bahna at 174. Bahna pinned both Cael Valencia and Dillon Sheehy (Army West Point). Last week, Sheehy defeated Bahna 11-6. Non-Wrestling Notes WrangleMania had a high school marching band in the stands. These people from District XI love their wrestling. Speaking of the locals. After Saturday's action, the extended InterMat family went out looking for some food. As we were walking into the restaurant, someone saw my shirt and asked if, "We just came from the matches and how did Lehigh look against Oklahoma?" Unfortunately, 95% of my fellow Virginia residents probably would not have known I was wearing a wrestling shirt. Some others probably would have had to ask if it was indeed a wrestling shirt. In PA, not only did they recognize it, but the man knew there was a match going on and who was wrestling. If anyone knows me (and even if they don't), they'd soon learn that I enjoy baseball almost as much as wrestling. Maybe equally if my team isn't selling off all its star players. Anyhow, before the Oklahoma State/Lehigh due, a throwaway comment from the GOAT himself, John Smith, led me and our resident fantasy wrestling expert, Tony DiMarco, to talk baseball for a good five minutes. If you haven't heard, Coach Smith's nephew, JT Realmuto, is a superstar for the 2022 NL Champion (not sure I like writing that) Philadelphia Phillies. It's fun for the fanboy in me to spend a few casual minutes talking to John Smith, but to do so about baseball….talk about world's colliding!

Lock Haven 125 lber Anthony Noto after his win at WrangleMania (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Week two of the collegiate wrestling season is in the books! Man, it was a good one too. Most programs took the mat in one form or another. I like this time of year, because you have some invitational brackets tournaments, open tournaments, dual, and round robins. Whatever format you like best, there's something for everyone. I spent the weekend in Bethlehem, PA at the Oklahoma State/Lehigh dual, WrangleMainia, and the Journeymen Classic. Later today, there will be an article that specifically talks about the events in Bethlehem; but there are a couple of stories from PA's District XI that I thought warranted a mention in the “7 Biggest Stories from the Week in College Wrestling.” Battling at Bragg I love when teams take an outside-the-box approach to promoting dual meets. Duals are the best avenue for non-hardcores to digest our sport. While the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Midlands, and Scuffle are fun individual events, it's difficult for a non-fan to follow. They're generally focused on one school and depending on the round, they may not wrestle more than a couple of times in a two-hour block. And once they do, two teammates could be wrestling on adjacent mats. But a dual. One team against another. Ten wrestlers. Start at the smallest (generally) and work your way to the biggest. It takes place with a two-hour window and you're out. Now creating spectacles is fun, too. A wrestling mat on a baseball field or in a performing arts center or in the middle of campus. They've been done before, but still are fun and unusual. What hadn't been done before Friday was a dual in a hangar on Fort Bragg. On Veteran's Day. Campbell took on Michigan and North Carolina, each while wearing camo singlets in one of the most picturesque settings for a wrestling match. Ever. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Rider's Quinn Kinner (photo courtesy of Rider athletics) Saturday's Dual Results Oklahoma State 25 Lehigh 6 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Carter Bailey (Lehigh) 4-2SV 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) tech Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 15-5 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 10-6 149 - Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) dec Manzona Bryant (Lehigh) 15-13SV 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) 7-6 165 - Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) dec Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 5-0 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 5-4 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Tate Samuelson (Lehigh) 4-2 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) dec Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 10-7 285 - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) dec Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) 2-1 Army West Point 39 Sacred Heart 0 125 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) maj Mike Manta (Sacred Heart) 17-5 133 - Richard Treanor (Army West Point) dec Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) 5-4 141 - Mark Montgomery (Army West Point) dec Seth Brown (Sacred Heart) 4-3 149 - Matthew Williams (Army West Point) dec Matt Laurie (Sacred Heart) 5-1 157 - Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) maj Jonathan Siemsen (Sacred Heart) 14-5 165 - Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) tech Brandon Teresa (Sacred Heart) 16-0 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) fall Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) :31 184 - Sahm Abdullrazzaq (Army West Point) maj Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) 17-7 197 - Kyle Swartz (Army West Point) maj Nick Copely (Sacred Heart) 16-5 285 - Kade Carlson (Army West Point) dec Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) 7-2 Nebraska 25 Army West Point 9 125 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) dec Liam Cronin (Nebraska) 7-5 133 - Boo Dryden (Nebraska) dec Richard Treanor (Army West Point) 2-0 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) maj Julian Sanchez (Army West Point) 17-5 149 - Dayne Morton (Nebraska) dec Matthew Williams (Army West Point) 5-1 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) maj Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) 12-0 165 - Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) dec Jagger Condomitti (Nebraska) 8-6 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) dec Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) 12-6 184 - Sahm Abdullrazzaq (Army West Point) dec Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) 7-6 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) maj Kyle Swartz (Army West Point) 16-5 285 - Cale Davidson (Nebraska) maj Kade Carlson (Army West Point) 8-0 Rutgers 50 Sacred Heart 0 125 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) fall Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) 4:22 133 - Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) fall John Lafferty (Sacred Heart) 3:53 141 - Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) fall Ryan Dal Pizzol (Sacred Heart) 1:51 149 - Tony White (Rutgers) dec Matt Laurie (Sacred Heart) 3-2 157 - Al DeSantis (Rutgers) maj Jonathan Siemsen (Sacred Heart) 17-4 165 - Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) maj Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart) 10-2 174 - Eric Freeman (Rutgers) dec Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) 7-2 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) fall Owen Ayotte (Sacred Heart) 1:06 197 - Billy Janzer (Rutgers) fall Logan Michael (Sacred Heart) 2:39 285 - John O'Donnell (Rutgers) fall Matt Walker (Sacred Heart) 1:09 Oklahoma 28 Buffalo 9 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) 3-2 133 - Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) maj Cole Minnick (Buffalo) 20-6 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) fall Jack Marlow (Buffalo) 4:13 149 - Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 10-7 157 - Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) dec Nick Stampulous (Buffalo) 4-0 165 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) dec Noah Grover (Buffalo) 3-2 174 - Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 5-1 184 - Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo) dec Greyden Penner (Oklahoma) 5-3 197 - Eli Sheeran (Buffalo) fall Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) :42 285 - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) maj Greg Hodulick (Buffalo) 13-2 Buffalo 28 Long Island 6 125 - Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) maj Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 13-3 133 - Mason Bush (Buffalo) dec Kaelan Francois (Long Island) 6-3 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) dec Jack Marlow (Buffalo) 7-2 149 - Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 6-3 157 - Nick Stampulous (Buffalo) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 6-5 165 - Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) fall Aaron Munford (Long Island) 2:11 174 - Blake Bahna (Long Island) dec Marcus Petite (Buffalo) 6-4 184 - Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo) dec Gavin Claro (Long Island) 10-4 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec John Dusza (Long Island) 7-2 285 - Greg Hodulick (Buffalo) dec Aeden Begue (Long Island) 3-1 NC State 32 Lock Haven 4 125 - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) dec Jarrett Trombley (NC State) 3-1 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) dec Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) 6-2 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) dec Ty Linsenbigler (Lock Haven) 4-1 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) tech Connor Eck (Lock Haven) 16-1 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) dec Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) 8-6 165 - Donald Cates (NC State) fall Aiden Gaugler (Lock Haven) 6:33 174 - Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) dec Brock DelSignore (NC State) 8-6 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) tech Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 18-3 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) maj Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) 10-1 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) maj Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) 18-5 Lehigh 24 Oklahoma 17 125 - Carter Bailey (Lehigh) dec Joey Prata (Oklahoma) 5-4 133 - Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) dec Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) 4-0 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) fall Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 3:36 149 - Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) fall Manzona Bryant (Lehigh) 1:45 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 6-4 165 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) dec Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 3-1 174 - Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 2-1 184 - Tate Samuelson (Lehigh) maj Greyden Penner (Oklahoma) 8-0 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) tech Seth Seago (Oklahoma) 16-1 285 - Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) fall Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) 4:18 Long Island 19 Sacred Heart 18 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) dec Mike Manta (Sacred Heart) 8-2 133 - Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) tech Kaelan Francois (Long Island) 23-8 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) dec Seth Brown (Sacred Heart) 5-2 149 - Matt Laurie (Sacred Heart) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 3-1 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 10-4 165 - Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart) dec Aaron Munford (Long Island) 3-0 174 - TJ Franden (Long Island) dec Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) 9-7 184 - Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) dec Gavin Claro (Long Island) 18-11 197 - Karl Bouyer (Long Island) fall Nick Copley (Sacred Heart) 2:38 285 - Aeden Begue (Long Island) dec Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) 8-5 NC State 23 Nebraska 10 125 - Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) dec Jarrett Trombley (NC State) 7-3 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) dec Boo Dryden (Nebraska) 6-4 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) dec Brock Hardy (Nebraska) 9-7 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) dec Dayne Morton (Nebraska) 11-5 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) dec Ed Scott (NC State) 8-2 165 - Donald Cates (NC State) dec Adam Thebeau (Nebraska) 7-2 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) maj Brock DelSignore (NC State) 13-5 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) fall Nathan Haas (Nebraska) 6:26 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Silas Allred (Nebraska) 9-2 285 - Tyrie Houghton (NC State) dec Cale Davidson (Nebraska) 5-4 Arizona State 25 Rutgers 16 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) dec Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 5-3 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) maj Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) 11-3 141 - Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) dec Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) 8-4 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Tony White (Rutgers) 11-5 157 - Anthony Clark (Rutgers) dec Max Wilner (Arizona State) 2-0 165 - Tony Negron (Arizona State) fall Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 1:48 174 - Cael Valencia (Arizona State) InjDef Jackson Turley (Rutgers) 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) tech Anthony Montalvo (Arizona State) 18-3 197 - Jonathan Fagen (Arizona State) dec Billy Janzer (Rutgers) 3-1 285 - Boone McDermott (Arizona State) fall David Palosika (Arizona State) 2:14 Northern Illinois 44 Lindenwood 6 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) fall Austin Kegley (Lindenwood) 2:03 133 - Nathaniel Genobana (Northern Illinois) dec Caiden Pelc (Lindenwood) 10-4 141 - Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) tech Kalen Napier (Lindenwood) 17-0 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) fall Tucker Kinsaul (Lindenwood) 1:22 157 - Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Northern Illinois) FFT 165 - Jackson Vance (Northern Illinois) dec Kaden Charboneau (Lindenwood) 7-6 174 - Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) tech Drew Gvillo (Lindenwood) 17-1 184 - Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) maj Cody Thurston (Lindenwood) 14-2 197 - Ryan Golnick (Lindenwood) fall Devonjae Hudson (Northern Illinois) 1:38 285 - Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) FFT Northern Illinois 52 Harper 6 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) fall Chris Kish (Harper) 2:21 133 - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) fall Brian Rea (Harper) 1:06 141 - Mikey Kaminski (Northern Illinois) maj Tuvsin Zunnbayan (Harper) 8-0 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) FFT 157 - Jackson Vanec (Northern Illinois) FFT 165 - Brendan Parks (Harper) fall Alec Rees (Northern Illinois) 4:50 174 - Ricardo Salin (Northern Illinois) fall Kaden Randazzo (Harper) 4:17 184 - Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) fall Giovanni Jackson (Harper) 3:57 197 - Devonjae Hudson (Northern Illinois) fall Manny Mejia (Harper) 5:46 285 - Jacobi Jackson (Northern Illinois) fall Farouk Shaaban (Harper) 1:38 George Mason 50 Queens 0 125 - Markel Baker (George Mason) tech Griffen Gonzales (Queens) 20-5 133 - Josh Jones (George Mason) fall Ananth Manibushan (Queens) :32 141 - Michael Rapuano (George Mason) maj Melvin Rubio (Queens) 11-3 149 - Nathan Higley (George Mason) fall Nico D'Amico (Queens) 2:05 157 - Peter Pappas (George Mason) FFT 165 - Paul Pierce (George Mason) maj Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) 11-1 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) maj Sebastian Shered (Queens) 18-5 184 - Malachi Duvall (George Mason) fall D'Andree Hunt (Queens) :57 197 - Jon List (George Mason) fall Riley Kuhn (Queens) 1:35 285 - Donovan Sprouse (George Mason) dec Josh Voelkel (Queens) 3-1 George Mason 35 Millersville 0 125 - Markel Baker (George Mason) tech Dom Flatt (Millersville) 15-0 133 - Josh Jones (George Mason) dec Devin Flannery (Millersville) 11-4 141 - Anthony Glasl (George Mason) dec Tim Uhler (Millersville) 5-2 149 - Nathan Higley (George Mason) dec Craig Cook (Millersville) 7-6 157 - Peter Pappas (George Mason) dec Jackson Erb (Millersville) 7-2 165 - Drew Dickson (George Mason) dec Brandon Connor (Millersville) 3-0 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) dec Andrew Vogelbacher (Millersville) 6-0 184 - Malachi Duvall (George Mason) tech Anthony Giampetro (Millersville) 18-2 197 - Tyler Kocak (George Mason) maj Lucas Doyle (Millersville) 10-1 285 - Donovan Sprouse (George Mason) dec Jordan Espinoza (Millersville) 3-2 George Mason 40 Williams 3 125 - Markel Baker (George Mason) dec David Yeh (Williams) 12-6 133 - Josh Jones (George Mason) dec Donnie Morton (Williams) 6:20 141 - Anthony Glasl (George Mason) dec Scotty Richter (Williams) 7-0 149 - Nathan Higley (George Mason) fall Caleb Seyfried (Williams) 2:22 157 - Peter Kane (Williams) dec Loranzo Rajaonarivelo (George Mason) 15-9 165 - Drew Dickson (George Mason) maj Jack Murphy (Williams) 11-3 174 - Jeremy Seymour (George Mason) maj Max Hall (Williams) 16-3 184 - Tyler Kocak (George Mason) tech Williams Smith (Williams) 17-1 197 - Jon List (George Mason) dec Tommy Goodwin (Williams) 12-6 285 - Donovan Sprouse (George Mason) FFT Northern Colorado 22 Binghamton 16 125 - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) dec Micah Roes (Binghamton) 4-0 133 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) dec Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 3-2 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) tech Nathan Lucier (Binghamton) 21-6 149 - Michael Zarif (Binghamton) dec Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) 11-9 157 - Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) tech Conner Decker (Binghamton) 18-0 165 - Baylor Fernandes (Northern Colorado) dec Carter Baer (Binghamton) 6-4 174 - Andrew Berreyesa (Northern Colorado) dec Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) 6-2 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) 7-0 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) maj Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 14-2 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Xavier Doolin (Northern Colorado) 3:47 Michigan State 46 Presbyterian 3 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) maj Brayden Adams (Presbyterian) 15-5 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) tech Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian) 19-4 141 - Blake Noonan (Michigan State) maj Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian) 9-1 149 - Peyton Omania (Michigan State) maj Eli Holiday (Presbyterian) 10-0 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) fall Brandon Jacoby (Presbyterian) 1:44 165 - Miles Hoey (Michigan State) fall Ty Chittum (Presbyterian) 4:42 174 - Reed Douglass (Presbyterian) dec Marty Larkin (Michigan State) 13-8 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) fall David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 6:01 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) tech Malcom Wiley (Presbyterian) 21-5 285 - Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State) fall Will Leonard (Presbyterian) 1:43 Oklahoma State 30 Bucknell 6 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) fall Grayson McLellan (Bucknell) 1:17 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) dec Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) 4-1 141 - Darren Miller (Bucknell) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 4-2 149 - Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) dec Kolby DePron (Bucknell) 5-3 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Luke Mechler (Oklahoma State) 9-3 165 - Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) dec Chase Barlow (Bucknell) 6-0 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) tech Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 24-9 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 11-9 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) maj Mason McCready (Bucknell) 13-5 285 - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) dec Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) 11-9 Iowa State 38 California Baptist 9 125 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) dec Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 4-2 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) fall Zach Redding (Iowa State) 4:37 141 - Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) tech Edison Alanis (California Baptist) 28-13 149 - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) maj Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) 11-2 157 - Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) fall Joseph Mora (California Baptist) 2:55 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) fall Mateo de la Pena (California Baptist) 3:35 174 - Julien Broderson (Iowa State) dec Louis Rojas (California Baptist) 9-2 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) dec Peter Acciardi (California Baptist) 10-4 197 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) tech Elijas Sobras (California Baptist) 22-7 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) fall Christopher Island (California Baptist) 4:21 Sunday's Dual Results Rider 23 Purdue 13 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 12-5 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Dustin Norris (Purdue) 10-8SV 141 - McKenzie Bell (Rider) dec Parker Filius (Purdue) 9-6 149 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) maj Trey Kruse (Purdue) 13-0 157 - Kendall Coleman (Purdue) dec Jake Silverstein (Rider) 9-3 165 - Hunter Mays (Rider) dec Cooper Noehre (Purdue) 6-5 174 - Macartney Parkinson (Purdue) dec Michael Wilson (Rider) 6-2 184 - Ben Vanadia (Purdue) maj Asa Terrell (Rider) 12-2 197 - Ethan Laird (Rider) maj Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) 17-6 285 - David Szuba (Rider) fall Hayden Copass (Purdue) 1:13 Iowa 42 California Baptist 3 125 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) dec Aidan Harris (Iowa) 9-4 133 - Brody Teske (Iowa) dec Hunter Leake (California Baptist) 6-4 141 - Drew Bennett (Iowa) maj Edison Alanis (California Baptist) 16-5 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) tech Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) 24-9 157 - Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) fall Joseph Mora (California Baptist) 4:59 165 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech Mateo de la Pena (California Baptist) 20-5 174 - Drake Rhodes (Iowa) maj Zachary Rowe (California Baptist) 13-4 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) dec Peter Acciardi (California Baptist) 11-4 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) fall Elijas Sobras (California Baptist) :38 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) fall Christopher Island (California Baptist) 2:13 Michigan 23 North Carolina 12 125 - Jack Wagner (North Carolina) dec Jack Medley (Michigan) 5-4 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Jaime Hernandez (North Carolina) 20-5 141 - Cole Mattin (Michigan) dec Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 9-3 149 - Chance Lamer (Michigan) dec Danny Nini (North Carolina) 6-3 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Sincere Bailey (North Carolina) 3-2 165 - Joey Mazzara (North Carolina) dec Zack Mattin (Michigan) 7-3 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) dec Max Maylor (Michigan) 4-1 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) dec Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 4-0 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Jaden Bullock (Michigan) 3-2 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) fall Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 2:30 Oregon State 45 Linfield 3 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) fall Jacob Moore (Linfield) 2:42 133 - Jason Shaner (Oregon State) tech Joel Nelson (Linfield) 20-4 141 - Kaden Kuenzi (Oregon State) dec Jacob Jarvis (Linfield) 4-0 149 - Hunter Eveland (Oregon State) dec Micah Worthington (Linfield) 3-2 157 - Graham Gambrall (Oregon State) fall Joshue Cox (Linfield) 4:18 165 - Cole Zoller (Oregon State) fall Jack Barrett (Linfield) 1:35 174 - Mason Christiansen (Oregon State) tech Lance Van Hoose (Linfield) 22-6 184 - Jackson McKinney (Oregon State) tech Prince Pothier (Linfield) 17-2 197 - Tanner Harvey (Oregon State) fall Darrius Walker (Linfield) 1:58 285 - Jacob Barnes (Linfield) dec Charley Hastriter (Oregon State) 2-1 Oregon State 44 Clackamas CC 4 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) FFT 133 - Jason Shaner (Oregon State) FFT 141 - Justin Mejia (Clackamas CC) maj Kaden Kuenzi (Oregon State) 18-4 149 - Hunter Eveland (Oregon State) dec Dante Oliverio (Clackamas CC) 6-3 157 - Graham Gambrall (Oregon State) FFT 165 - Matt Olguin (Oregon State) dec Steele Starren (Clackamas CC) 7-4 174 - Mason Christiansen (Oregon State) tech Asaiah Kamplain (Clackamas CC) 21-6 184 - Jackson McKinney (Oregon State) tech Marshall Rodenbeck (Clackamas CC) 19-1 197 - Tanner Harvey (Oregon State) dec Michael Gasper (Clackamas CC) 5-3 285 - Charley Hastriter (Oregon State) dec Braden Pease (Clackamas CC) 10-4

Four-time World Champion Kyle Dake (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 57KG Two-time World/Olympic trials runner-up #2 Vito Arujau lost in the round of 16 at the U23 World Championships to eventual bronze medalist Bekzat Almaz Uulu (KGZ) and was eliminated from competition. 61KG Aaron Nagao took fifth at the world championships after an opening round loss to eventual runner-up #17 (INT) Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) and a loss in the bronze medal match to #18 (INT) Emrah Ormanoglu (TUR). The Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club's Joey Silva, competing for Puerto Rico, took 12th at the U23 World Championships after a round of 16 loss to eventual champion #5 (INT) Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM) and eventual bronze medalist Assyl Aitakyn (KAZ) in the second round of repechage. Silva notched a strong win in the first round of repechage over 2020 Senior African championship runner-up Yosuef Mohamed Eissa (EGY). San Francisco State's Tony Margiotta, competing for the Philippines, finished in 20th place as a round of 16 loss to eventual bronze medalist #18 (INT) Emrah Ormanoglu (TUR). 65KG #7 Cole Matthews lost in the quarterfinals of the U23 World Championships to 2019 57 KG U23 world runner-up Adlan Askarov. Matthews was eliminated from competition after Askarov's semifinal loss to eventual champion #16 Vazgen Tevanyan (ARM). Sammy Alvarez, a standout for Rutgers competing for Puerto Rico, took 10th place after losing in the quarters to eventual runner-up Hamza Alaca. Alvarez lost in the second round of repechage to eventual 5th place finisher Kian Mahmoudjanloo (IRI). 70KG #8 Yahya Thomas took fifth at the U23 World Championships after a semifinal loss to eventual runner-up #12 (INT) Amir Mohammad Yazdani (IRI) and a loss in the bronze medal match to #20 (INT) Kota Takahashi (JPN). 74KG #3 David Carr failed to place at the U23 World Championships after a quarterfinal loss to eventual fifth place finisher Temuri Beruashvili (GEO). UNC-Chapel Hill's Sonny Santiago, competing for Puerto Rico, went 1-1 beating Diego Sandoval (MEX) in the qualification round and being eliminated in the round of 16 by #3 David Carr 13-2. 79KG #4 Carter Starocci took bronze at the U23 World Championships after a semifinal loss to eventual runner-up #16 (INT) Daulet Yergash of Kazakhstan. Tony Negron, a former teammate of Starocci's at Penn State who now competes for Arizona State, took 13th place competing for Puerto Rico with an 0-2 record with losses to #16 (INT) Daulet Yergash (KAZ) and Valentin Babii (UKR). 86KG #4 Trent Hidlay finished as the U23 world runner-up to Tatsuya Shirai of Japan. San Francisco State's Jairo Rivera Vazquez took 20th place at the U23 world championships competing for Puerto Rico after a loss in the round of 16 to returning world bronze medalist Lars Schaefle of Germany. Schaefle did compete for one season (2019-2020) for the University of Buffalo where he went 16-8. 92KG #8 Jacob Cardenas had an incredible impressive run to the finals at the U23 world championships, taking out returning Senior world bronze medalist #12 (INT) Miriani Maisuradze (GEO) in the semis. Cardenas lost by tech fall to #9 (INT) Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (IRI). Cardenas is currently ranked 14th in the world based on his performance in the U23 World Championships. Cardenas gets bumped up five spots in the rankings to #3 for his efforts at the U23 World's. 97KG #8 Tanner Sloan finished as runner-up at the U23 World Championships to returning champion Amirali Azarpira (IRI). 125KG #5 Tony Cassioppi won bronze at the U23 World Championships by forfeit over Yuri Idzinski. Cassioppi was tech falled 16-4 in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Solomon Manashvili of Georgia. Jonovan Smith, a 2019 Junior Fargo champ at 195 for California, took ninth competing for Puerto Rico after a round of 16 loss to eventual fifth place finisher Milan Korcsog (HUN). Pound for Pound No changes in the pound for pound.

2021 NCAA Runner-Up Nino Bonaccorsi (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Friday Night Dual Results Penn State 44 Lock Haven 3 125 - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) maj Gary Steen (Penn State) 14-4 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) tech Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) 23-8 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) maj Ty Linsenbigler (Lock Haven) 10-0 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) fall Connor Eck (Lock Haven) 6:32 157 - Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) dec Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) 2-1 165 - Alex Facundo (Penn State) tech Aiden Gaugler (Lock Haven) 27-12 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) 19-5 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) tech Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 24-9 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) fall Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) 2:03 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) fall Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) 1:21 Rider 21 SIU Edwardsville 19 125 - Tyler Klinsky (Rider) maj Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 18-6 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Aaron Schulist (SIU Edwardsville) 9-7 141 - Caine Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) maj Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 13-2 149 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) dec Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 157 - Jake Silverstein (Rider) maj Grant LaDuke (SIU Edwardsville) 10-2 165 - Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) dec Hunter Mays (Rider) 3-2 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) dec Chase Diehl (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1 184 - Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) fall Asa Terrell (Rider) 4:05 197 - Ethan Laird (Rider) tech Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) 21-6 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) fall David Szuba (Rider) 2:28 Rutgers 29 Clarion 4 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) dec Joey Fischer (Clarion) 6-1 133 - Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) maj Koen Kish (Clarion) 13-3 141 - Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) dec Seth Koleno (Clarion) 5-3 149 - Anthony White (Rutgers) dec Kyle Schickel (Clarion) 7-2 157 - Andrew Clark (Rutgers) dec Trevor Elfin (Clarion) 2-1 165 - Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) dec Eli Brinsky (Clarion) 8-7 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec Suds Dubler (Clarion) 4-2 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) maj Will Feldkamp (Clarion) 15-5 197 - Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) maj Mike Toranzo (Rutgers) 12-2 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Austin Chapman (Clarion) 6-1 Pittsburgh 36 Cleveland State 0 125 - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) maj Pino DiPierro (Cleveland State) 10-1 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) maj Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) 17-7 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Hunter Olson (Cleveland State) 9-3 149 - Tyler Badgett (Pittsburgh) maj Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) 11-2 157 - Dazjon Casto (Pittsburgh) maj Ryan Granger (Cleveland State) 15-3 165 - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) maj Daniel Patten (Cleveland State) 15-7 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) maj Tate Geiser (Cleveland State) 18-6 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) 3-2 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Anthony Perrine (Cleveland State) 9-2 285 - Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) dec Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) 3-1 Michigan State 52 Davidson 0 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) fall Devon Diaco (Davidson) 4:52 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) tech Jackson Sichelstiel (Davidson) 18-3 141 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) fall Matthew McLaughlin (Davidson) 5:53 149 - Peyton Omania (Michigan State) fall Noah Frack (Davidson) 2:23 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) maj Marc Koch (Davidson) 9-1 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) dec Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) 2-1 174 - Lucas Daly (Michigan State) maj Brett Sanderlin (Davidson) 14-1 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) fall Oliver Tipton (Davidson) 1:53 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) fall Gavin Henry (Davidson) 3:00 285 - Nick West (Michigan State) FFT Ohio State 18 Virginia Tech 13 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) dec Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) 3-2 133 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) 3-2 141 - Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) dec Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) 14-6 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) dec Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) 5-3SV 157 - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) dec Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) 14-8 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 3-1 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) dec Ethan Smith (Ohio State) 3-2 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) dec Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 4-2 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) dec Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) 4-1 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) dec Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) 3-1 Michigan 26 Campbell 6 125 - Kurt McHenry (Michigan) dec Anthony Molton (Campbell) 4-3 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) dec Domenic Zaccone (Campbell) 9-7 141 - Cole Mattin (Michigan) maj Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 9-0 149 - Chance Lamer (Michigan) dec Callum Sitek (Campbell) 11-6 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Troy Nation (Campbell) 4-2 165 - Dom Baker (Campbell) dec Zack Mattin (Michigan) 7-5 174 - Joseph Walker (Michigan) dec Cole Rees (Campbell) 3-1SV 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) maj Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) 10-2 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) dec Brendin Yatooma (Michigan) 3-2 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) dec Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) 8-5 North Carolina 24 Campbell 10 125 - Jack Wagner (North Carolina) dec Anthony Molton (Campbell) 10-6 133 - Gabe Hixenbaugh (Campbell) dec Joey Melendez (North Carolina) 7-3 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) maj Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 11-2 149 - Jayden Scott (North Carolina) dec Callum Sitek (Campbell) 5-1 157 - Troy Nation (Campbell) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina) 7-6 165 - Nick Fea (North Carolina) maj Riley Augustine (Campbell) 10-0 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) dec Cole Rees (Campbell) 2-1 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) maj Shane Quick (Campbell) 14-6 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Levi Hopkins (Campbell) 8-4 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) maj Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 13-4

2022 NCAA champion Keegan O'Toole (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) During the 2021-22 preseason, InterMat debuted our top-50 wrestlers list and revealed all 50 day-by-day in the lead up to the regular season. Our second iteration of this feature will spotlight five wrestlers at a time, going from 50 to number one. For each wrestler, we'll have some basic information along with career highlights, a brief analysis of their collegiate career (with a focus on last season), along with their outlook for the upcoming season. For earlier wrestlers #46 - 50 #41 - 45 #36 - 40 #31 - 35 #26 - 30 #21 - 35 #16 - 20 #11 - 15 10) Max Dean (Penn State) 2022 NCAA champion Max Dean (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Weight: 197 lbs Year: Senior Career Record: 90-13 Collegiate Accomplishments: 2022 NCAA Champion, 3x NCAA All-American (1st, 2nd, 8th), 2x Conference Champion (1x Big Ten, 1x EIWA), 3x Conference Finalist 2021 Top-50 Ranking: #31 2021-22 saw Max Dean make his Penn State debut after competing for two years at Cornell and earning All-American honors in each season. Dean responded by winning his first 12 matches in a PSU singlet, with the 12th bout being a victory in his home state against then-unbeaten Michigan. After his only loss of the year, Dean bounced back to get an a over Jacob Warner (Iowa) in the most-anticipated dual of the year. That ended up being an NCAA finals preview. Dean won 8-3 in the dual, while Warner narrowed the gap to 3-2 in Detroit. Dean was tested early and often at nationals, but pulled out a pair of tight wins in the Round of 16 and quarterfinals. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

California Baptist 184 lber Caden Gerlach (photos courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) It's week two of the college wrestling season and after a great start for the Big 12 with North Dakota State and Iowa State knocking off Nebraska and Wisconsin, some other conference squads have a shot to make their mark for the conference. Let's dive in and look at the slate for this week and some of the highlights for the conference. Saturday 11/12 Missouri-Tiger Style Invite Wyoming-Cowboy Open Northern Iowa-Grand View Open North Dakota State and South Dakota State-Bison Open Air Force-Mountaineer Invitational Oklahoma vs. Lehigh and Buffalo at Journeymen WrangleMania Oklahoma State at Lehigh and Bucknell Northern Colorado at Binghamton California Baptist at Iowa State and Iowa Sunday 11/13 West Virginia and Northern Colorado at Bearcat Open Oklahoma at Journeymen Classic Lots of Tournaments The first week of wrestling in the Big 12 had some big-time duals that became the talk of wrestling over the weekend. This week it's a lot more tournament heavy with seven schools competing in tournaments. California Baptist makes official Big 12 debut California Baptist is going to have their hands full on the road vs. an Iowa State team that crushed a very good Wisconsin last week. Regardless, it's a monumental moment for them and for the conference to have their first dual in conference against a Big 12 opponent. Oh, and they travel to #2 Iowa. Oklahoma (State) takes on Lehigh The entire state of Oklahoma will be wrestling Lehigh on Saturday. The Mountain Hawks already have two duals, and two wins, under their belts and Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will be wrestling their first of the season. This is a tough road test for two of the more prominent Big 12 programs who both have other duals that same day. Northern Colorado at Binghamton could be a great one This one doesn't have the brand name power of some of the other duals nationally, but Northern Colorado-Binghamton is quietly a really good matchup. You've got 5-6 weights that could go either way, 2-3 where each school will really want bonus, and all that sets up for a potentially very good matchup. I could easily see this going down to the wire and being one of the more exciting duals in college wrestling this weekend.