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Jason Nolf; Now ranked #10 in the world at 74 kg(Photo/Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 57KG 2019 Russian Nationals champion #6 (61) Ramiz Gamzatov avenged his loss from the finals of the 61 KG Umakhanov tournament in December to #2 (61) Akhmed Idrisov (RUS) to win gold at the Yarygin. Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were Musa Mekhtikhanov (RUS) and #10 Azamat Tuskaev (RUS). Other significant wins that Gamzatov picked up at the Yarygin were #10 Azamat Tuskaev (RUS), 2021 57 KG Umakhanov tournament winner #16 Magomed Abdurakhmanov (RUS) and 2020 61 KG Russian Nationals bronze medalist Zhargal Damdinov (RUS). Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ) pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the tournament when he beat reigning Russian world team member #9 Abubakar Mutaliev (RUS) 9-4 in his opening round match. In the aftermath of the Yarygin, Gamzatov returns to the rankings at #6 while Idrisov takes the #7 spot. Mutaliev falls two spots to #11 for his loss to Smanbekov, who debuts at #17. Tuskaev moves up two spots to #8 for beating #17 Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ), who beat Mutaliev, who'd beaten Tuskaev at the Russian World Team Trials wrestle-offs last year. Damdinov is in the rankings at #18 for his win over Magomed Abdurakhmanov, who falls to #20. 2017 world bronze medalist Andrey Yatsenko (UKR) picked up gold at the Ukrainian national championships. Smanbekov's success in January was not only limited to his win over Mutaliev, but also included a Kyrgyzstan national title earlier in the month. 2017 U-23 world runner-up Mikyay Salim Naim (BUL) won Bulgarian nationals and Dmitri Shamela (BLR) won Belarusian nationals. University of Central Oklahoma wrestler Studd Morris (ITA) won the Italian nationals. 61 KG Reigning world champion #1 Abasgadzhi Magomedov (RUS), picked up his second Yarygin title with a controversial 8-7 victory over the 2021 Junior world bronze medalist Fedor Baltuev (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were two-time Russian national bronze medalist Zelimkhan Abakarov (RUS) and Abdurakhman Rasulov (RUS). Even in taking fifth, #10 Muslim Mekhtikhanov (RUS) showed he is still one of Russia's best, taking out 2021 U-23 world runner-up #18 Artur Chebodaev (RUS) and 2021 57 KG Junior world champion Ramazan Bagavudinov (RUS), before losing to Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB) for bronze. The aftermath saw three important changes: #2 Akhmed Idrisov (RUS) and #6 Ramiz Gamzatov (RUS) being moved to 57 KG, Abakarov returning to the rankings at #5 and Baltuev returning at #15. Abakarov's past victories over world medalists in Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez (CUB), Magomedrasul Idrisov (RUS) and #1 Abasgadzhi Magomedov (RUS), plus his victory over #9 Muslim Mekhtikhanov (RUS) earn him the #5 spot. Baltuev is back in the rankings at #15 for making the Yarygin finals off wins over Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ) and Abdurakhman Rasulov (RUS) and for his win from 2021 Russian Nationals over Bakarov. #20 Andrey Bekrenev (BLR) moved up five spots in the rankings to #15 after a win in the Belarusian national finals over 2021 57 KG world bronze medalist #7 (57) Aryan Tyutrin (BLR). Tyutrin debuts in the 61 KG rankings at #16 ahead of Turkish national champion #17 Suleyman Atli (TUR), who he beat for the 2021 world bronze medal. #13 Taras Markovych won the Ukrainian nationals at 61 KG. Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ) took gold at the Kyrgyzstan nationals and 2020 61 KG Individual World Cup bronze medalist Georgi Vangelov (BUL) took gold at Bulgarian nationals. 2021 U-23 European bronze medalist Simone Piroddu (ITA) won the Italian nationals. 65 KG #8 Shamil Mamedov (RUS) impressed with his fourth title in the past year, winning gold at the Yarygin over two-time 61 KG Russian nationals runner-up Ramazan Ferzaliev (RUS). Mamedov's Yarygin gold adds to his impressive list of top finishes at the 2021 Junior Russian Nationals, 2021 Junior worlds and at the 2021 Umakhanov tournament. Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS) and Islam Dudaev (ALB). The Yarygin saw a large amount of changes across all levels at 65 KG, so to break it down, we'll start off with the champion Shamil Mamedov (RUS). Mamedov's wins at the Yarygin were over 2020 European runner-up Nyrugun Skryabin (BLR), #6 Tulga Tumur Ochir (MGL), Islam Dudaev (ALB), 2021 U-23 world runner-up #14 Ibragim Abdurakhmanov (RUS) and Ferzaliev. Runner-up Ferzaliev picked up significant wins at the Yarygin over 2021 Junior Russian nationals runner-up Ibragim Abutalimov (RUS), 2021 US Olympic Trials runner-up Joey McKenna (USA), two-time world bronze medalist #8 Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) and Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS). Other significant results from the bracket were; Bulat Batoev (RUS) over 2021 Russian Nationals bronze medalist #9 Abdulmazhid Kudiev (RUS); Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS) over #19 Muslim Sadulaev (RUS), Chaiian Mongush (RUS), Bulat Batoev (RUS) and Joey McKenna (USA) for bronze; Joey McKenna (USA) over Ibragim Abutalimov (RUS) and #8 Akhmed Chakaev (RUS) in repechage and Islam Dudaev (ALB) over Tumur Ochir and #14 Ibragim Abdurakhmanov (RUS) for bronze. The top ten saw a trio of important changes from the aftermath of the Yarygin; Mamedov moving up to #6; Ferzaliev taking #10 for wins over Chakaev, McKenna, Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS) and Abutalimov; Islam Dudaev (ALB) to #8 for beating Tumur Ochir and Ibragim Abdurakhmanov for bronze. The bottom half of the top 20 also saw its fair share of shakeups; Joey McKenna (USA) taking the #12 spot for beating Chakaev (RUS); Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS) debuting at #11 for beating Batoev (RUS) and McKenna on his way to bronze; Chakaev (RUS) dropping six spots to #13 for his loss to McKenna and Kudiev falling to #15 for his loss to Batoev, who moved up to #14. 2021 U-23 European champion Erik Arushanian (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals over 2015 61 KG world bronze medalist Vasyl Shuptar (UKR). 2021 world bronze medalist Alibek Osmonov (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. 2020 European runner-up Nyurgun Skryabin (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals and two-time 61 KG world medalist Vladimir Dubov (BUL) won gold at the Bulgarian nationals. Shamil Omarov (ITA) won the Italian nationals. 70 KG Returning Yarygin runner-up #13 Viktor Rassadin (RUS) won Yarygin gold over Anzor Zakuev (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were Ruslan Zhendaev (RUS) and #5 Kurban Shiraev (RUS). Rassadin notched the biggest win of his career at 70 KG, when he avenged his loss from December's Umakhanov tournament finals to 2020 European champion #5 Kurban Shiraev (RUS) in the second round of action, after Shiraev had taken out #10 James Green (USA) in his opening match. Zakuev (RUS) put together a career-best performance at the Yarygin beating the 2019 Junior world bronze medalist Alan Kudzoev (RUS) and a pair of past Russian nationals medalists in #16 (74) Magomed Dibrigadzhiev (RUS) and Ruslan Zhendaev (RUS). Even with finishing in fifth place, Kudzoev was someone who majorly impressed me with victories over 2021 Ziolkowski champion #11 Alec Pantaleo (USA) and #16 (74) Magomed Dibirgadzhiev (RUS). Zakuev returns to the rankings at #9, while Zhendaev takes the #11 spot ahead of Kudzoev, who he beat for bronze after Kudzoev had beaten Pantaleo and Dibirgadzhiev. Magomed Dibirgadzhiev slots in at #15 after his return to 70 KG and Alexei Borovitsky (RUS) slots in at #18 for beating #15 Rezuan Kazharov (RUS), who falls four spots to #19. 2019 Alans runner-up Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL) returns to the rankings at #16. Ramazanov has wins over the likes of #3 Evgheni Zherbaev (RUS) and 2017 65 KG world bronze medalist Alan Gogaev (RUS) in his career. 2021 world runner-up #2 Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) took gold at the Kyrgyzstan nationals. Gianluca Talamo (ITA) won the Italian nationals. Vadik Tsurkan (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. 2020 Belarusian national runner-up Denis Solovey (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals. I removed #9 Turan Bayramov (AZE) from the rankings because he has competed twice at 74 KG, where he failed to place at U-23 world's and then won Azerbaijan nationals over 70 KG Junior world runner-up Dzhabrail Gadzhiev (AZE). Being that Bayramov has fluctuated from 65 KG to 74 KG throughout 2021, he should have at least some more consistency in 2021, but until he competes again at 70, he won't be ranked. 74 KG 2021 U-23 world champion #10 Cherman Valiev (RUS) won Yarygin gold over Jason Nolf (USA). Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were #8 Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS) and #6 Timur Bizhoev (RUS). Jason Nolf (USA) makes his debut in the rankings at #10 for upsetting Bizhoev in the semifinals by pin, along with his win last year over former world champion Khetag Tsabolov (SRB). Valiev moves up four spots to #6 for his victories over Nolf, #9 Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS) and #13 Aznaur Tavaev (RUS). Bizhoev falls one spot to #7 for his loss to Nolf, but doesn't fall further due to his wins over #8 Magomed Kurbanaliev (RUS) and #9 Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS) at last year at Russia's world team trials wrestle-offs. 2019 70 KG world champion #6 (70) David Baev (RUS) makes his debut in the 74 KG rankings at #11 because of his win last year over Valiev, along with past victories over #5 Razambek Zhamalov (RUS) and Kurbanaliev. Baev was pinned by Gazimagomedov in his round of 16 match at the Yarygin. 2021 Umakhanov tournament runner-up #14 Akhmad Shakhbanov (RUS) was beaten by Bizhoev and 2021 Umakhanov tournament champ #13 Mokhamad Nasirkhaev (RUS) was upset by Soslanbek Budaev (RUS), who debuts in the rankings at #18. 2021 Umakhanov tournament bronze medalist Islambek Orozbekov (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. Azamat Nurikov (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals. Alipasha Umarpashaev (BUL) won Bulgarian nationals. Semen Radulov (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. Jacopo Masotti (ITA) won the Italian nationals. 79 KG 2021 world bronze medalist #4 Radik Valiev (RUS) won the Yarygin over 2021 Russian Nationals champion #10 Malik Shavaev (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were Gadzhi Nabiev (RUS) and Dmitri Zainidinov (RUS). Valiev put together an excellent run of five ranked wins to take Yarygin gold by beating the likes of #14 Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ), #11 Amanulla Gadzhimagomedov (RUS), 2019 world bronze medalist Gadzhi Nabiev (RUS), Alex Dieringer (USA) and #10 Malik Shavaev (RUS). Shavaev made the Yarygin finals by beating the likes of 2021 Russian nationals runner-up #6 Akhmed Usmanov (RUS), 2020 Russian Nationals runner-up Gadzhimurad Alikhmaev (RUS) and Dmitry Zainidinov (RUS). Other important results to keep track of at the Yarygin were; Dieringer over #8 Magomed Magomaev (RUS) and Dmitry Kuprin (RUS); Kuprin over #5 Atsamaz Sanakoev (RUS); Dmitry Zainidinov (RUS) over #15 Kakhaber Khubezhty (RUS) and Gadzhimurad Alikhmaev (RUS); Gadzhi Nabiev (RUS) over Gadzhimagomedov and Dieringer; Alikhamev beating Usmanov in a rematch of their 2020 Russian nationals finals match and Gadzhimagomedov beating #14 Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ). The aftermath of the Yarygin saw the following; Valiev (RUS) move up one spot to #3; Shavaev (RUS) move up six slots to #4; Nabiev (RUS) return to the rankings at #5; Kuprin debuts in the rankings at #16 for beating Sanakoev (RUS); Zainidinov takes #17 for beating Alikhamev and #15 Kakhaber Khubezhty (RUS); Alikhmaev (RUS) returns to the rankings at #18 for beating Usmanov, but doesn't climb higher due to his losses to Shavaev (RUS) and Zainidinov. Egor Akulich (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals. Aaron Caneva (ITA) won the Italian nationals. Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. #15 Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. Miroslav Kirov (BUL) won the Bulgarian nationals. 86 KG 2020 Individual World Cup champion #4 Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) won the Yarygin over #20 Amanulla Rasulov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were #9 Zahid Valencia (USA) and Ada Bagomedov (RUS). The Yarygin completely reshaped the landscape of 86 KG, so starting off with the biggest movers are Bagomedov debuting at #6 for beating #6 Khabil Khashpakov (RUS) and #10 Arsenali Musalaliev (RUS). Also, Rasulov is moving up to #7 for beating Valencia in the semifinals. The other shakeup in the top ten comes from Valencia beating Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) in the quarters after Dauletbekov had upset #8 Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (RUS) in his opening round match. Zahid moves up one spot to #8, Dauletbekov returns to the rankings at #9 and Gadzhimagomedov falls in the rankings to #12 (behind #11 Zaseev because of the head to head loss at the Umakhanov tournament in December). Three-time Russian national bronze medalist #5 Magomed Ramazanov (RUS) has transferred to Romania. 2021 U-23 world champion Mahammad Aliiyev (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. Both Ali Shabanov (BLR) and Rasul Tikhaev (BLR) were disqualified in their Belarusian finals match and the title was given to bronze medalist Raman Chytadze (BLR). Evelin Rusev (BUL) won Bulgarian nationals. Saiakbai Usupov (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. Gabrielle Niccolini (ITA) won the Italian nationals. 92 KG Guram Chertkoev (RUS) won the Yarygin title over Tamerlan Tapsiev (RUS). Bronze medalists were Tazhudin Mukhtarov (RUS) and #7 Alan Bagaev (RUS). Only a couple significant results out of the Yarygin: Chertkoev beating #8 Azamat Zakuev (RUS) and 2018 97 KG Intercontinental Cup runner-up Tazhudin Mukhtarov (RUS) along with Tapsiev beating #7 Alan Bagaev (RUS) in the semis. Chertkoev slots in at #9 and Tapsiev takes the #10 spot while Bagaev falls to #11 and Zakuev to #12. Lyobmir Sagaliuk (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. Mirlan Chynybekov (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. Adlan Tasuev (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals. Akhmed Magamaev (BUL) won the Bulgarian nationals. Simone Ianattoni (ITA) won the Italian nationals. 97 KG #2 Kyle Snyder (USA) won the Yarygin over #16 Shamil Musaev (RUS). Bronze medalists were #8 Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) and Igor Ovsannikov (RUS). Important results from the Yarygin were; Musaev over #8 Elizbar Odikadze (GEO) and Erik Dzhioev (RUS); #17 Ali Aliyev (RUS) over Russian nationals medalists #15 Aslanbek Sotiev (RUS) and Khokh Khugaev (RUS); Erik Dzhioev (RUS) over Ali Aliyev. From the Yarygin, Musaev (RUS) moves up eight spots in the rankings to #8; Dzhioev returns to the rankings at #16 for beating Ali Aliyev; Sotiev falls three spots for his loss to Ali Aliyev; 2019 Russian nationals runner-up Igor Ovsyannikov (RUS) returns to the rankings at #19 for taking bronze at the Yarygin. Alexander Hushtyn (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals. El Mahdi Roccaro (ITA) won the Italian nationals. #12 Mahammad Zakariiev (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. Akhmed Bataev (BUL) won the Bulgarian nationals. Arzuubek Karybekov (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. 125 KG #13 Anzor Khizriev (RUS) won the Yarygin title over 2019 U-23 world runner-up Vitali Goloev (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Yarygin were Alen Khubulov (RUS) and Tamerlan Rasuev (RUS). Key results from the Yarygin were Goloev beating #12 Shamil Sharipov (RUS); Khizriev (RUS) beating Oleg Boltin (KAZ) and Khubulov (RUS); Boltin besting #14 Alan Khugaev (RUS); Khubulov defeating Oleg Boltin (KAZ) for bronze. In the aftermath of the Yarygin, the following changes to the rankings were made; Khizriev moves up four spots to #9; Goloev returns to the rankings at #11; Khubulov debuts at #15; Boltin and Rasuev return to the rankings at #16 and #20 respectively. 2021 97 KG Olympic bronze medalist #4 (97) Abraham Conyedo Ruano (ITA) won Italian nationals at 125 KG. Muzafar Zhapuev (KGZ) won the Kyrgyzstan nationals. #11 Dzianis Khramiankov (BLR) won the Belarusian nationals. Georgi Ivanov (BUL) won the Bulgarian nationals and Danilo Kartavyi (UKR) won the Ukrainian nationals. Pound for Pound Only one major change to the pound-for-pound rankings and that is 2021 74 KG U-23 world champion Cherman Valiev (RUS) being added back in at #14 for winning the Yarygin and beating #16 Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS) and winning the Yarygin. Valiev also has a win over #6 Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov (BLR).

Missouri 125 lber Noah Surtin (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLenscom) Saturday's Dual Results Cornell 21 Princeton 12 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) over Vito Arujau (Cornell) 11-9 133 - Dom LaJoie (Cornell) dec Nick Kayal (Princeton) 3-1 141 - Danny Coles (Princeton) dec JJ Wilson (Cornell) 8-5 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) tech Marshall Keller (Princeton) 16-0 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Hunter Richard (Cornell) 8-4 165 - Jake Marsh (Princeton) dec Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 7-6 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) dec Nathan Dugan (Princeton) 9-4 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) dec Travis Stefanik (Princeton) 5-2 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Luke Stout (Princeton) 3-1SV 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) maj Matt Cover (Princeton) 12-4 Iowa State 27 Air Force 12 125 - Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dec Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) 8-6 133 - Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) dec Sidney Flores (Air Force) 9-2 141 - Cody Phippen (Air Force) dec Charlie Klepps (Iowa State) 6-1 149 - Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) maj Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 11-3 157 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) dec Andrew Flora (Iowa State) 3-0 165 - Isaac Judge (Iowa State) dec Trey Brisker (Air Force) 4-3 174 - Joel Devine (Iowa State) dec Sam Wolf (Air Force) 3-2 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) fall Jake Thompson (Air Force) 5:52 197 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) tech Kayne Hutchison (Air Force) 22-6 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) 2:58 Buffalo 17 Northern Illinois 15 125 - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) dec Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) 4-1 133 - Derek Spann (Buffalo) tech Lucian Brink (Northern Illinois) 17-2 141 - Ben Freeman (Buffalo) dec Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) 3-2 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) dec John Arceri (Buffalo) 1-0 157 - Michael Petite (Buffalo) dec Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) 7-4 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) dec Noah Grover (Buffalo) 4-0 174 - Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 5-4 184 - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) dec Pete Acciardi (Buffalo) 5-0 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec Tristan Guaman (Northern Illinois) 7-2 285 - Toby Cahill (Buffalo) dec Colin Jagielski (Northern Illinois) 5-2 Drexel 27 Hofstra 13 125 - Kyle Waterman (Drexel) maj Jacob Moon (Hofstra) 10-2 133 - Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) dec Matthew Templeton (Hofstra) 8-2 141 - Jared Donahue (Drexel) dec Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 9-6 149 - Tyler Williams (Drexel) tech Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) 15-0 157 - Parker Kropman (Drexel) dec Joey McGinty (Hofstra) 7-3 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) 6-1 174 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) fall Ericson Velasquez (Hofstra) :59 184 - Charles Small (Hofstra) dec Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) 7-6 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) maj Santino Morina (Drexel) 17-6 285 - Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) fall Liam Dietrich (Drexel) 2:06 Iowa 29 Wisconsin 6 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) dec Jesse Ybarra (Iowa) 4-0 133 - Austin DeSanto (Iowa) tech Kyle Burwick (Wisconsin) 26-11 141 - Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) maj Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) 13-5 149 - Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) dec Vince Turk (Iowa) 3-2 157 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) dec Garrett Model (Wisconsin) 8-3 165 - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) 8-5 174 - Michael Kemerer (Iowa) maj Andrew McNally (Wisconsin) 11-2 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) dec Chris Weiler (Wisconsin) 4-2 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) dec Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) 4-1 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) maj Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) 9-0 Drexel 30 Long Island 6 125 - Antonio Mininno (Drexel) dec Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 8-6 133 - Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) dec Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 1:39 141 - Jared Donahue (Drexel) FFT 149 - Tyler Williams (Drexel) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 5-0 157 - Parker Kropman (Drexel) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 10-3 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Blake Bahna (Long Island) 4-0 174 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) dec Ryan Ferro (Long Island) 5-2 184 - Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) dec James Langan (Long Island) 9-2 197 - Nunzio Crowley (Long Island) dec Santino Morina (Drexel) 4-0 285 - Tim Nagosky (Long Island) dec Elijah Anthony (Drexel) 9-2 Clarion 22 George Mason 15 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) maj Ben Monn (George Mason) 10-2 133 - Michael Rapuano (George Mason) dec Mason Prinkey (Clarion) 10-3 141 - Seth Koleno (Clarion) dec Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) 7-4 149 - Shawn Nonaka (George Mason) fall Brady Worthing (Clarion) 2:20 157 - Avery Bassett (George Mason) dec Kyle Shickel (Clarion) 15-11 165 - Cameron Pine (Clarion) dec Tyler Kocak (George Mason) 8-2 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) dec Logan Messer (George Mason) 5-3 184 - Kyle Davis (George Mason) dec Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion) 5-3 197 - Will Feldkamp (Clarion) fall Jon List (George Mason) 2:21 285 - Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) dec Austin Stith (George Mason) 5-2 SIU Edwardsville 23 Clarion 18 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) maj Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 14-5 133 - Alex Blake (Clarion) tech Matt Malavsky (SIU Edwardsville) 17-1 141 - Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) maj Seth Koleno (Clarion) 12-2 149 - Caine Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) maj John Altieri (Clarion) 10-2 157 - Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) fall Caleb Hetrick (Clarion) 2:54 165 - Cameron Pine (Clarion) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 3-2 174 - Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) dec John Worthing (Clarion) 8-6 184 - Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) dec Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion) 5-4 197 - Will Feldkamp (Clarion) fall Ryan Yarnall (SIU Edwardsville) :56 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) dec Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) 3-2 George Mason 30 SIU Edwardsville 7 125 - Ben Monn (George Mason) dec Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 133 - Michael Rapuano (George Mason) FFT 141 - Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) dec Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) 3-2 149 - Caine Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) maj Shawn Nonaka (George Mason) 8-0 157 - Avery Bassett (George Mason) dec Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) 2-0 165 - Tyler Kocak (George Mason) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 3-2 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) dec Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) 10-6 184 - Kyle Davis (George Mason) fall Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 3:38 197 - Jon List (George Mason) dec Ryan Yarnall (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) dec Austin Stith (George Mason) 4-0 Cal Baptist 56 San Francisco State 0 125 - Devin Garcia (Cal Baptist) maj Aria Mazroy (San Francisco State) 10-0 133 - Hunter Leake (Cal Baptist) FFT 141 - Edison Alanis (Cal Baptist) FFT 149 - Chaz Hallmark (Cal Baptist) FFT 157 - AJ Raya (Cal Baptist) FFT 165 - Frank Almaguer (Cal Baptist) tech Aaron Galef (San Francisco State) 18-1 174 - Johann Steinforth (Cal Baptist) tech Kweli Hernandez-Maitr (San Francisco State) 20-5 184 - Caden Gerlach (Cal Baptist) fall Gage Mettler (San Francisco State) 1:32 197 - Arick Lopez (Cal Baptist) fall Callum Bisping (San Francisco State) 2:38 285 - Chris Island (Cal Baptist) FFT Cal Baptist 59 Life Pacific 0 125 - Devin Garcia (Cal Baptist) FFT 133 - Hunter Leake (Cal Baptist) fall Isaac Kephart (Life Pacific) 3:35 141 - Brandon Paulson (Cal Baptist) FFT 149 - Chaz Hallmark (Cal Baptist) FFT 157 - AJ Raya (Cal Baptist) FFT 165 - Frank Almaguer (Cal Baptist) FFT 174 - Johann Steinforth (Cal Baptist) FFT 184 - Caden Gerlach (Cal Baptist) tech Malachi Dowdell (Life Pacific) 18-2 197 - Arick Lopez (Cal Baptist) fall Carlos Hernandez (Life Pacific) :25 285 - Chris Island (Cal Baptist) fall Joshua Avilas (Life Pacific) 2:56 Ohio 27 Cleveland State 12 125 - Logan Heil (Cleveland State) dec Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) 1-0 133 - Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) dec Gio DiSabato (Ohio) 5-2 141 - Kyran Hagan (Ohio) FFT 149 - Alec Hagan (Ohio) dec Marcus Robinson (Cleveland State) 3-1SV 157 - Jordan Slivka (Ohio) FFT 165 - Riley Smucker (Cleveland State) dec Sean O'Dwyer (Ohio) 3-0 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Anthony Rice (Cleveland State) 10-5 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) FFT 197 - Ben Smith (Cleveland State) dec Carson Brewer (Ohio) 11-10 285 - Jordan Greer (Ohio) dec John Kelbly (Cleveland State) 8-3 Northern Iowa 31 West Virginia 10 125 - Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) maj Brody Teske (Northern Iowa) 12-4 133 - Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) fall Garett Lautzenheiser (West Virginia) 2:08 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) fall Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 5:28 149 - Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) dec Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) 8-5 157 - Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) maj Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) 12-2 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) dec Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) 4-2SV 174 - Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) maj Dennis Robin (West Virginia) 8-0 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) maj Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 12-3 197 - John Gunderson (Northern Iowa) maj Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 8-0 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 3-1SV Sunday Dual Results Central Michigan 32 Kent State 9 125 - Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) dec Jake Ferri (Kent State) 8-7 133 - Brendon Fenton (Kent State) dec Ja”Kerion Merritt (Central Michigan) 7-3 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) maj Louis Newell (Kent State) 12-2 149 - Kody Komara (Kent State) dec Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) 7-3 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) tech Robert Pryhocki (Kent State) 20-5 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) dec Brady Chrisman (Kent State) 7-4 174 - Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) tech Michael Ferree (Kent State) 17-2 184 - Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) fall Enrique Munguia (Kent State) 1:30 197 - Tyler Bates (Kent State) dec Cade Dallwitz (Central Michigan) 3-1 285 - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) fall Jacob Cover (Kent State) 1:14 Ohio State 19 Rutgers 14 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) dec Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 5-3 133 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) maj Brady Koontz (Ohio State) 10-2 141 - Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) maj Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) 20-6 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) dec Mike Van Brill (Rutgers) 6-3 157 - Robert Kanniard (Rutgers) dec Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) 6-4 165 - Andrew Clark (Rutgers) dec Kevon Freeman (Ohio State) 6-3 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) maj Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 19-8 184 - Rocky Jordan (Ohio State) dec John Poznanski (Rutgers) 4-3 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) dec Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) 4-2SV 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) dec Boone McDermott (Rutgers) 6-1 Penn State 21 Nebraska 13 125 - Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) dec Jeremiah Reno (Nebraska) 4-0 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) tech Dominick Serrano (Nebraska) 23-8 141 - Nick Lee (Penn State) dec Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) 4-1 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) dec Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 6-0 157 - Peyton Robb (Nebraska) dec Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) 3-2 165 - Creighton Edsell (Penn State) dec Tahjae Jenkins-Taylor (Nebraska) 9-2 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) maj Mason Manville (Penn State) 14-4 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) maj Taylor Venz (Nebraska) 14-1 197 - Eric Schultz (Nebraska) dec Michael Beard (Penn State) 6-4 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) dec Christian Lance (Nebraska) 8-2 Campbell 27 Davidson 12 125 - Zurich Storm (Campbell) tech Hale Robinson (Davidson) 16-1 133 - Kyle Gorant (Davidson) dec Dom Zaccone (Campbell) 6-1 141 - Gabe Hixenbaugh (Campbell) maj Nick Cambria (Davidson) 11-3 149 - Gavin Damasco (Davidson) dec Chris Rivera (Campbell) 2-0 157 - JoJo Aragona (Campbell) dec Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) 13-8 165 - Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) dec Riley Augustine (Campbell) 6-3 174 - Austin Murphy (Campbell) dec Steven Newell (Davidson) 5-0 184 - Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) fall Gavin Henry (Davidson) 3:30 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) fall Finlay Holston (Davidson) 5:17 285 - Mitchell Trigg (Davidson) dec Luke Davis (Campbell) 6-0 Illinois 36 Indiana 3 125 - Justin Cardani (Illinois) dec Jacob Moran (Indiana) 2-0SV 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) fall Brock Hudkins (Indiana) 1:10 141 - Dylan Duncan (Illinois) dec Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 8-2 149 - Christian Kanzler (Illinois) dec Graham Rooks (Indiana) 4-3 157 - Joe Roberts (Illinois) dec Jonathan Kervin (Indiana) 3-2 165 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) disq Kasper McIntosh (Indiana) 174 - DJ Shannon (Illinois) dec Nick South (Indiana) 6-4 184 - Zac Braunagel (Illinois) fall Sean Grim (Indiana) 4:17 197 - Nick Willham (Indiana) dec Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) 3-1SV 285 - Luke Luffman (Illinois) dec Jacob Bullock (Indiana) 5-4 Purdue 18 Minnesota 14 125 - Devin Schroder (Purdue) dec Patrick McKee (Minnesota) 8-3 133 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Jake Gliva (Minnesota) 3-2 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) dec Marcos Polanco (Minnesota) 8-3 149 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) dec Alec White (Purdue) 6-4 157 - Brayton Lee (Minnesota) dec Kendall Coleman (Purdue) 2-1 165 - Hayden Lohrey (Purdue) dec Cael Carlson (Minnesota) 3-2 174 - Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) dec Gerrit Nijenhuis (Purdue) 8-2 184 - Max Lyon (Purdue) dec Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 4-3 197 - Thomas Penola (Purdue) dec Michial Foy (Minnesota) 8-2 285 - Gable Steveson (Minnesota) tech Michael Woulfe (Purdue) 18-2 Pittsburgh 30 Columbia 5 125 - Gage Curry (Pittsburgh) dec Joe Manchio (Columbia) 5-1 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) dec Angelo Rini (Columbia) 9-3 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) fall Matt Kazimir (Columbia) :33 149 - Dan Mancini (Pittsburgh) dec Dom Rossetti (Columbia) 3-1SV 157 - Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh) maj Andrew Garr (Columbia) 14-2 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) dec Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) 4-3TB 174 - Hunter Kernan (Pittsburgh) dec Nick Fine (Columbia) 2-0 184 - Brian Bonino (Columbia) dec Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) 3-1 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) tech Joe Franzese (Columbia) 18-3 285 - Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) dec Dan Conley (Columbia) 6-0 Arizona State 29 Little Rock 12 125 - Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) tech Jayden Carson (Little Rock) 17-4 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) tech Jaylen Carson (Little Rock) 18-2 141 - Conner Ward (Little Rock) dec Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) 5-2 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) maj Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 17-3 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) maj Austin Keal (Little Rock) 18-6 165 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) FFT 174 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) dec Zane Coleman (Arizona State) 8-1 184 - Josh Nummer (Arizona State) dec Tanner Mendoza (Little Rock) 4-3 197 - Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) tech Brooks Sacharczyk (Little Rock) 20-3 285 - Cohlton Schutlz (Arizona State) maj Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 16-4 Bloomsburg 36 Sacred Heart 6 125 - Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) dec Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) 12-6 133 - Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) fall Kyle Randall (Sacred Heart) 6:21 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) fall Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart) 2:01 149 - Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) dec Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 7-6 157 - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) dec Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) 3-1SV 165 - Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) dec Brandon Teresa (Sacred Heart) 8-3 174 - Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) dec Joe Sacco (Sacred Heart) 2-0 184 - Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) fall Alex Marciniak (Sacred Heart) 2:16 197 - Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 9-2 285 - Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) fall Nick Copley (Sacred Heart) 3:22 Bloomsburg 37 York 9 125 - Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) dec Jared Kuhns (York) 9-4 133 - Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) fall Wilfred Jimenez (York) 5:56 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) fall Tyson McDuffey (York) 2:31 149 - Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) fall Samuel Mazzella (York) 5:12 157 - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) maj Eric Hutchinson (York) 12-2 165 - Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) dec Timothy Sparks (York) 10-8 174 - Kyle Strazdus (York) fall Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 3:18 184 - Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) fall Jake Hipps (York) 3:50 197 - Camden Farrow (York) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 8-2 285 - Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) maj Brock Hofler (York) 16-2 Army West Point 24 Lehigh 13 125 - Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) maj Ryan Chauvin (Army West Point) 14-4 133 - Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec Dominic Carone (Army West Point) 4-0 141 - Corey Shie (Army West Point) fall Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) :51 149 - Matt Williams (Army West Point) dec Max Brignola (Lehigh) 3-2 157 - Markus Hartman (Army West Point) fall Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) 4:06 165 - Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 2-1 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 4-3 184 - Sahm Abdulrazzaq (Army West Point) dec AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) 5-1 197 - JT Brown (Army West Point) dec JT Davis (Lehigh) 5-2 285 - Jordan Wood (Lehigh) dec Brandon Phillips (Army West Point) 6-0 Appalachian State 18 Chattanooga 16 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) dec Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) 5-3 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Codi Russell (Appalachian State) 2-1 141 - Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State) dec Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) 4-2 149 - Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) dec Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) 4-1 157 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) dec Weston Wichman (Chattanooga) 12-7 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Will Formato (Appalachian State) 4-2SV 174 - Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) dec Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) 9-3 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) dec Barrett Blakely (Appalachian State) 4-2SV 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) maj Wyatt Miller (Appalachian State) 11-2 285 - Michael Burchell (Appalachian State) fall Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) 4:17 Bucknell 29 American 9 125 - Max Leete (American) dec Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) 4-2 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Jack Maida (American) 7-4 141 - Darren Miller (Bucknell) maj Ethan Szerencsits (American) 14-2 149 - Kolby DePron (Bucknell) dec Patrick Ryan (American) 6-3 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Ryan Zimmerman (American) 7-0 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) fall Breon Phifer (American) 1:29 174 - Timothy Fitzpatrick (American) dec Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 3-2 184 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) fall Colin Shannon (American) 1:33 197 - Mason McCready (Bucknell) maj Casten Rawls (American) 13-3 285 - Isaac Righter (American) dec Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) 8-1 Northwestern 29 Maryland 7 125 - Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) tech Tommy Capul (Maryland) 19-4 133 - Chris Cannon (Northwestern) dec King Sandoval (Maryland) 6-0 141 - Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) dec Danny Bertoni (Maryland) 6-1 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) dec Michael North (Maryland) 10-4 157 - Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) maj Conner Decker (Maryland) 11-2 165 - David Ferrante (Northwestern) dec Gaven Bell (Maryland) 6-4 174 - Dom Solis (Maryland) dec Troy Fisher (Northwestern) 5-3 184 - Kyle Cochran (Maryland) maj Jon Halvorsen (Northwestern) 12-3 197 - Andrew Davison (Northwestern) dec Jaron Smith (Maryland) 4-1 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) tech Zach Schrader (Maryland) 22-7 Missouri 21 Oklahoma State 20 125 - Noah Surtin (Missouri) fall Alex Yokubaitis (Oklahoma State) 5:58 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) tech Trey Crawford (Missouri) 22-7 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) dec Connor Brown (Missouri) 7-4 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) fall Josh Edmond (Missouri) 4:51 157 - Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) dec Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) 2-1 165 - Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) dec Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 3-2 174 - Sean Harman (Missouri) dec Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 5-4 184 - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) dec Jeremiah Kent (Missouri) 2-0 197 - Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) 10-3 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) fall Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 2:25 Navy 33 Clarion 8 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) dec Jacob Allen (Navy) 4-1 133 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) fall Alex Blake (Clarion) 4:51 141 - Seth Koleno (Clarion) dec Tyler Hunt (Navy) 10-8SV 149 - Jonathan Miranda (Navy) fall John Alteri (Clarion) 4:17 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Kyle Schickel (Clarion) 2:56 165 - Jon Park (Navy) InjDef Cameron Pine (Clarion) 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) dec Cael Crebs (Navy) 6-4SV 184 - David Key (Navy) dec Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion) 3-0 197 - Jake Koser (Navy) dec Will Feldkamp (Clarion) 16-11 285 - Ryan Catka (Navy) dec Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) 2-0 Cornell 20 Penn 12 125 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Ryan Miller (Penn) 10-2 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) dec Dom LaJoie (Cornell) 8-4 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec JJ Wilson (Cornell) 5-1 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) maj Anthony Artalona (Penn) 10-2 157 - Doug Zapf (Penn) dec Hunter Richard (Cornell) 6-4 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) dec Jake Brindley (Cornell) 9-2 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) dec Nick Incontrera (Penn) 4-2 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) dec Neil Antrassian (Penn) 5-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Cole Urbas (Penn) 6-1 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) dec Ben Goldin (Penn) 2-0 Penn 50 Long Island 0 125 - Blair Orr (Penn) fall Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) tech Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 19-3 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) FFT 149 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) tech Drew Witham (Long Island) 16-1 157 - Doug Zapf (Penn) maj Rhise Royster (Long Island) 17-6 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) maj Blake Bahna (Long Island) 24-10 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) tech Ryan Ferro (Long Island) 19-4 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) maj TJ Franden (Long Island) 16-3 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) tech Karl Bouyer (Long Island) 17-2 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) fall Tim Nagosky (Long Island) Lock Haven 24 Rider 10 125 - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) maj Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 13-5 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) 3-2 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) maj Tyler Dilley (Lock Haven) 8-0 149 - Cole McComas (Rider) dec DeShawn Farber (Lock Haven) 6-5 157 - Ben Barton (Lock Haven) maj Alec Bobchin (Rider) 12-4 165 - Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) maj Michael Wilson (Rider) 16-7 174 - Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) dec Shane Reitsma (Rider) 4-2 184 - Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) dec Evan Vasquez (Rider) 6-1 197 - Parker McClellan (Lock Haven) dec Azeem Bell (Rider) 8-4 285 - Isaac Reid (Lock Haven) dec David Szuba (Rider) 6-1 Princeton 33 Rider 7 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) maj Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 15-3 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Brandon Spellman (Princeton) 5-3 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) maj Danny Coles (Princeton) 15-2 149 - Marshall Keller (Princeton) dec Cole McComas (Rider) 5-2 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Alec Bobchin (Rider) 7-2 165 - Blaine Bergey (Princeton) maj Michael Wilson (Rider) 14-5 174 - Nathan Dugan (Princeton) dec Shane Reitsma (Rider) 12-7 184 - Travis Stefanik (Princeton) fall Evan Vasquez (Rider) 1:31 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) fall Azeem Bell (Rider) 3:32 285 - Matthew Cover (Princeton) maj David Szuba (Rider) 19-7 Oklahoma 16 South Dakota State 15 125 - Jake Prata (Oklahoma) dec Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 8-2 133 - Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) dec Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) 7-1 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 9-5 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Daniel Kimball (South Dakota State) 8-3 157 - Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) dec Kenny O'Neill (South Dakota State) 8-3 165 - Joe Grello (Oklahoma) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 2-0 174 - Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) dec Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) 3-1SV 184 - Cade King (South Dakota State) dec Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) 4-3 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) dec Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) 2-0 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) dec Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) 2-1TB Cornell 32 Drexel 12 125 - Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec Kyle Waterman (Drexel) 7-3 133 - Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) dec Dom LaJoie (Cornell) 5-4 141 - JJ Wilson (Cornell) maj Jared Donahue (Drexel) 12-1 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) fall Tyler Williams (Drexel) :26 157 - Adam Santoro (Cornell) dec Parker Kropman (Drexel) 8-7 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Jake Brindley (Cornell) 4-1 174 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) InjDef Chris Foca (Cornell) 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) fall Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) 6:59 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) tech Santino Morina (Drexel) 16-0 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) tech Elijah Anthony (Drexel) 18-0

Logan Massa (right) and Mikey Labriola(photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLenscom) Friday's Dual Results Arizona State 25 Stanford 15 125 - Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) FFT 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) tech Jackson DiSario (Stanford) 17-1 141 - Real Woods (Stanford) maj Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) 11-3 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) maj Jaden Abas (Stanford) 11-3 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec Charlie Darracott (Stanford) 9-3 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) dec Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) 7-6 174 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford) dec fall Ryan Rochford (Arizona State) 2:50 184 - Nick Addison (Stanford) dec Josh Nummer (Arizona State) 4-3 197 - Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) dec Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 8-5 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) maj Peter Ming (Stanford) 13-2 Chattanooga 29 The Citadel 11 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) fall Malik Hardy (The Citadel) 4:36 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Jake Rotunda (The Citadel) 3-1 141 - Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) dec maj Jackson Bradford (The Citadel) 16-3 149 - Ethan Willis (The Citadel) dec Grant Lundy (Chattanooga) 6-4 157 - Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) maj Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) 11-2 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) maj Selwyn Porter (The Citadel) 9-1 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) dec Cole Burke (The Citadel) 3-1 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) dec Ben Haubert (The Citadel) 8-2 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) fall Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) 5:50 285 - Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) maj Grayson Walthall (Chattanooga) 12-2 Ohio 25 Kent State 10 125 - Jake Ferri (Kent State) dec Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) 8-3 133 - Gio DiSabato (Ohio) dec Brendon Fenton (Kent State) 4-2 141 - Kyran Hagan (Ohio) dec Louis Newell (Kent State) 1-0 149 - Alec Hagan (Ohio) dec Kody Komara (Kent State) 7-4 157 - Jordan Slivka (Ohio) fall Robert Pryhocki (Kent State) 1:46 165 - Brady Chrisman (Kent State) maj Sean O'Dwyer (Ohio) 18-6 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Michael Ferree (Kent State) 13-8 184 - Colin McCracken (Kent State) dec Zayne Lehman (Ohio) 4-1 197 - Carson Brewer (Ohio) maj Tyler Bates (Kent State) 10-1 285 - Jordan Greer (Ohio) dec Jacob Cover (Kent State) 6-3 Gardner-Webb 22 Davidson 9 125 - Aedyn Concepcion (Gardner-Webb) dec Hale Robinson (Gardner-Webb) 4-0 133 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) dec Kyle Gorant (Davidson) 8-3 141 - Trevon Majette (Gardner-Webb) dec Nick Cambria (Davidson) 7-0 149 - Gavin Damasco (Davidson) dec Corbin Dion (Gardner-Webb) 3-1 157 - Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) dec Taylor Parks (Gardner-Webb) 7-4 165 - Rodrick Mosely (Gardner-Webb) maj Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) 12-3 174 - Evan Schenk (Gardner-Webb) dec Steven Newell (Davidson) 3-1SV 184 - Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) dec Gavin Henry (Davidson) 6-2 197 - Anthony Perrine (Gardner-Webb) dec Finlay Holston (Davidson) 4-3 285 - Mitchell Trigg (Davidson) dec Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) 4-0 Penn 24 Lehigh 7 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Jaret Lane (Lehigh) 5-0 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 7-6 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) 5-4 149 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) dec Max Brignola (Lehigh) 4-3 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec Doug Zapf (Penn) 4-0 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) dec Brian Meyer (Lehigh) 5-5TB 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 10-5 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) dec AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) 9-6 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) dec JT Davis (Lehigh) 3-1 285 - Jordan Wood (Lehigh) maj Ben Goldin (Penn) 11-3 Central Michigan 26 Edinboro 9 125 - Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) maj Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 10-2 133 - Vince Perez (Central Michigan) dec Cam Soda (Edinboro) 4-1 141 - Gabe Willochell (Edinboro) fall Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) 2:35 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) 5-2 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 5-2 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) dec Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) 9-4 174 - Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) dec Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 3-0 184 - Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) dec Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) 4-1 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) dec Cade Dallwitz (Central Michigan) 6-1 285 - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) maj Max Millin (Edinboro) 12-4 Michigan State 29 Maryland 6 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) maj Zach Spence (Maryland) 16-3 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) maj King Sandoval (Maryland) 9-0 141 - Matt Santos (Michigan State) dec Danny Bertoni (Maryland) 4-2SV 149 - Michael North (Maryland) dec Peyton Omania (Michigan State) 11-5 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) fall Lucas Cordio (Maryland) 2:06 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) dec Gaven Bell (Maryland) 7-1 174 - Dom Solis (Maryland) dec Nate Jimenez (Michigan State) 6-1 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) dec Kyle Cochran (Maryland) 3-2 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) dec Jaron Smith (Maryland) 5-3 285 - Brad Wilton (Michigan State) dec Zach Schrader (Maryland) 3-1SV NC State 32 Virginia 2 125 - Jakob Camacho (NC State) maj Patrick McCormick (Virginia) 12-3 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) dec Brian Courtney (Virginia) 10-4 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) dec Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) 4-3 149 - Tariq Wilson (NC State) dec Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) 5-1 157 - Jake Keating (Virginia) dec Ed Scott (NC State) 11-10 165 - Thomas Bullard (NC State) dec Justin McCoy (Virginia) 4-1 174 - Hayden Hidlay (NC State) fall Justin Phillips (Virginia) 2:55 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) maj Michael Battista (Virginia) 16-5 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Jay Aiello (Virginia) 7-5SV 285 - Tyrie Houghton (NC State) dec Quinn Miller (Virginia) 4-2 Oklahoma 37 Little Rock 3 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Jayden Carson (Little Rock) 5-2 133 - Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) dec Jaylen Carson (Little Rock) 6-4 141 - Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) maj Conner Ward (Little Rock) 9-0 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 6-1 157 - Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) maj Austin Keal (Little Rock) 20-7 165 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) dec Troy Mantanona (Oklahoma) 12-0 174 - Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) fall Triston Wills (Little Rock) 2:44 184 - Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) fall Brayden Dillow (Little Rock) 6:09 197 - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) tech Brooks Sacharczyk (Little Rock) 22-4 285 - Josh8- Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 6-2 Penn State 32 Ohio State 7 125 - Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) dec Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) 2-0 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) fall Brady Koontz (Ohio State) 6:31 141 - Nick Lee (Penn State) maj Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) 13-3 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) dec Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 4-2 157 - Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) dec Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) 4-2SV 165 - Creighton Edsell (Penn State) dec Kevon Freeman (Ohio State) 2-0SV 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) maj Mason Manville (Penn State) 15-5 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) fall Rocky Jordan (Ohio State) 3:20 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) dec Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) 5-3SV 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) maj Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) 10-2 Virginia Tech 42 Duke 3 125 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) tech Ty Naquin (Duke) 19-2 133 - Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) FFT 141 - Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) maj Patrick Rowland (Duke) 8-0 149 - Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) fall Josh Finesilver (Duke) :21 157 - Wade Unger (Duke) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 4-3 165 - Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) maj Gabe Dinette (Duke) 14-5 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) dec Matt Finesilver (Duke) 6-2 184 - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) tech Vincent Baker (Duke) 15-0 197 - Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) dec Kaden Russell (Duke) 10-6 285 - Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech) fall Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) 2:13 North Carolina 19 Pittsburgh 12 125 - Gage Curry (Pittsburgh) dec Spencer Moore (North Carolina) 2-1SV 133 - Joe Heilmann (North Carolina) dec Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 3-2 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Kizhan Clarke (North Carolina) 3-2 149 - Zach Sherman (North Carolina) dec Dan Mancini (Pittsburgh) 8-2 157 - Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) dec Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh) 2-1 165 - Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) dec Michael Goldfeder (North Carolina) 8-1 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) dec Hunter Kernan (Pittsburgh) 4-2 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) maj Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) 17-8 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 7-1 285 - Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) dec Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) 4-3 Navy 21 Bucknell 12 125 - Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) dec Jacob Allen (Navy) 3-1SV 133 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec Kurtis Phipps (Bucknell) 7-1 141 - Darren Miller (Bucknell) dec Tyler Hunt (Navy) 5-2 149 - Kolby DePron (Bucknell) dec Jonathan Miranda (Navy) 8-3 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec Nick Delp (Bucknell) 9-3 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) dec Val Park (Navy) 7-1 174 - Cael Crebs (Navy) dec Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 9-2 184 - Hunter Johns (Navy) dec Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 6-2 197 - Jake Koser (Navy) fall Mason McCready (Bucknell) 3:49 285 - Ryan Catka (Navy) dec Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) 5-0 Minnesota 22 Illinois 12 125 - Patrick McKee (Minnesota) dec Justin Cardani (Illinois) 4-0 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) dec Jake Gliva (Minnesota) 8-3 141 - Dylan Duncan (Illinois) dec Marcos Polano (Minnesota) 4-1 149 - Christian Kanzler (Illinois) dec Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) 13-8 157 - Brayton Lee (Minnesota) dec Joe Roberts (Illinois) 10-4 165 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) dec Cael Carlson (Minnesota) 8-6SV 174 - Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) maj DJ Shannon (Illinois) 12-4 184 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) dec Zac Braunagel (Illinois) 8-4 197 - Michial Foy (Minnesota) dec Matt Wroblewski (Illinois) 8-7 285 - Gable Steveson (Minnesota) fall Luke Luffman (Illinois) 1:16 Iowa State 31 West Virginia 9 125 - Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dec Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) 6-5 133 - Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) maj Garett Lautzenheiser (West Virginia) 10-2 141 - Ian Parker (Iowa State) dec Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 8-2 149 - Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) dec Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) 8-3 157 - David Carr (Iowa State) maj Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) 17-5 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) dec Isaac Judge (Iowa State) 4-3 174 - Dennis Robin (West Virginia) fall Joel Devine (Iowa State) 1:09 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) fall Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 1:14 197 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) tech Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 23-8 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) dec Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) 6-4SV Wyoming 21 Northern Colorado 15 125 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) dec Darrick Stacey (Wyoming) 5-1 133 - Dyson Kunz (Northern Colorado) fall Josh Kyle (Wyoming) 3:41 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) dec Darren Green (Wyoming) 6-3 149 - Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) dec Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) 6-5 157 - Jacob Wright (Wyoming) dec Nathan Moore (Northern Colorado) 4-1 165 - Cole Moody (Wyoming) maj Nick Knutson (Northern Colorado) 11-2 174 - Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) dec Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) 8-5 184 - Tate Samuelson (Wyoming) maj Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 12-3 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) maj Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) 16-3 285 - Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) dec Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 8-2 Northern Iowa 31 Air Force 6 125 - Brody Teske (Northern Iowa) dec Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) 8-5 133 - Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) fall Sidney Flores (Air Force) 4:53 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) maj Cody Phippen (Air Force) 13-4 149 - Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) dec Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 6-3 157 - Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) dec Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) 8-4 165 - Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) dec Trey Brisker (Air Force) 6-0 174 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Pat Schoenfelder (Northern Iowa) 10-8 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) tech Jake Thompson (Air Force) 20-5 197 - John Gunderson (Northern Iowa) maj Kayne Hutchison (Air Force) 18-5 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 10-5 Oklahoma State 29 South Dakota State 6 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 2-1 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) fall Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) 5:55 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 3-1 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Daniel Kimball (South Dakota State) 4-0 157 - Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) maj Kenny O'Neill (South Dakota State) 10-1 165 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 3-1 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) 5-3 184 - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) maj Cade King (South Dakota State) 16-7 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) dec Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) 3-1 285 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) 5-3 Michigan 20 Nebraska 13 125 - Jack Medley (Michigan) tech Jeremiah Reno (Nebraska) 24-8 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) dec Dominick Serrano (Nebraska) 6-2 141 - Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) dec Stevan Micic (Michigan) 7-3 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) maj Pat Nolan (Michigan) 11-3 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 3-1SV 165 - Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) dec Cam Amine (Michigan) 5-3 174 - Logan Massa (Michigan) dec Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) 4-1 184 - Myles Amine (Michigan) dec Taylor Venz (Nebraska) 8-2 197 - Eric Schultz (Nebraska) dec Patrick Brucki (Michigan) 8-5 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) dec Christian Lance (Nebraska) 4-1 CSU Bakersfield 20 Cal Baptist 19 125 - Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) fall Devin Garcia (Cal Baptist) 5:40 133 - Hunter Leake (Cal Baptist) dec Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield) 4-2SV 141 - Brandon Paulson (Cal Baptist) dec Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 6-2 149 - Chaz Hallmark (Cal Baptist) fall Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) 2:19 157 - AJ Raya (Cal Baptist) dec Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 4-1 165 - Frank Almaguer (Cal Baptist) maj Augustine Garcia (CSU Bakersfield) 14-5 174 - Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) maj Johann Steinforth (Cal Baptist) 9-1 184 - Jacob Hansen (CSU Bakersfield) dec Caden Gerlach (Cal Baptist) 6-1 197 - Josh Loomer (CSU Bakersfield) maj Arick Lopez (Cal Baptist) 10-1 285 - Jacob Sieder (CSU Bakersfield) dec Chris Island (Cal Baptist) 3-1 Oregon State 21 Cal Poly 10 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) 8-4 133 - Devan Turner (Oregon State) dec Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 9-3 141 - Grant Willits (Oregon State) dec Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) 5-3 149 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) dec Cory Crooks (Oregon State) 4-2SV 157 - Hunter Willits (Oregon State) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-0 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) maj Mason Reiniche (Oregon State) 17-4 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Nathan Tausch (Cal Poly) 3-1SV 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) dec Trey Munoz (Oregon State) 5-2 197 - Ryan Reyes (Oregon State) dec Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) 5-3 285 - Gary Traub (Oregon State) dec Sam Aguilar (Cal Poly) 4-1

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We have our first full-slate Friday night of ACC duals this week and I am excited. I'll be in Chapel Hill to see the North Carolina-Pittsburgh dual and I'll be trying to keep up with the other conference action! Virginia Tech hosts the Blue Devils and are looking to make it two-in-a-row after beating Pitt last week. We should see the full lineup for the Hokies for the first time since November. Big ones to note: Finesilver-Andonian III and Finesilver-Lewis. Virginia travels to Raleigh to try to knock off #4 NC State and make a massive statement on the road. There are a few awesome matchups in this one to keep an eye on--Keating-Scott, McCoy-Bullard and Aiello-Trumble all have my full attention. In the spotlight dual that will get the Rock Harrison/Shawn Kinney treatment, we have Pitt making the long drive down to Chapel Hill. Some good ones to note here--Matthews-Clarke, Cleary-O'Connor and Harvey-Kane. Duke at #10 Virginia Tech 125: Logan Agin vs #20 Sam Latona Latona is coming off a big win over #32 Gage Curry last week in Pittsburgh, while Agin has started 0-2 in ACC competition. I've liked what I've seen from Latona this half of the season; he seems to be handling the cut well and has been much more aggressive and offensive. Great to see him rounding back into form. 133: Drake Doolittle vs. #5 Korbin Myers Myers is also coming off a big win over #7 Micky Phillippi last week and facing Doolittle, who has also started 0-2 in ACC competition. The match last week was very gritty and probably the toughest mental match he has had this season and he handled it very well. 141: Parker Decker vs. #22 Collin Gerardi Gerardi fell to a red hot #18 Cole Matthews last week against the Panthers, but it was very close for the majority of the match. Gerardi is a very stingy defensive wrestler and incredibly difficult to score on. When he can get some offense to go with that in a match, he'll usually come out on top. Decker wrestled #7 Kizhan Clarke closely in the opening dual, but Duke didn't send anyone out last week against NC State at 141, so not sure what we'll see here. 149: #14 Josh Finesilver vs. #5 Bryce Andonian This match should have some fireworks. Both of these guys will have the ability to let loose and throw points on the board. Andonian has been out much of the second half of the season, but hopefully will be back for this match. He is 4-1 on the year with three falls--his only loss was to #1 Sammy Sasso of Ohio State. Finesilver has gone 1-1 in arguably the deepest weight in the ACC. He had a sudden victory win over Zach Sherman and dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Tariq Wilson on a takedown with 10 seconds left in the match last week. Both of these guys can wrestle with anyone and aren't afraid to take risks to score points. Really looking forward to this one. 157: Wade Unger vs. #21 Connor Brady Unger has impressed me in his two ACC losses. He has wrestled very hard and been aggressive against tough competition. He held Austin O'Connor to a close match and scored the first two takedowns on Ed Scott last week, before Scott went on a point-scoring spree. Brady dropped a sudden victory loss to Elijah Cleary at Pitt but wrestled well. He was in on multiple shots but was unable to finish on a very defensively tough Cleary. 165: Gabe Dinette vs. Clayton Ulrey Both guys here are coming off losses and looking to pick up their first ACC win. Dinette is 0-2 with losses to Sonny Santiago of UNC and Thomas Bullard of NC State. Ulrey lost to Jake Wentzel from Pitt last week. This could be a good matchup--but it will depend on which version of Dinette we see; I was really impressed with him midseason when he seemed to be breaking through and showing a lot more offensive output; I'd like to see that again. Ulrey has been improving all season long and is on the cusp of being ranked. 174: #15 Matt Finesilver vs. #3 Mekhi Lewis Finesilver enters this match at 22-4, with two straight losses coming to ACC foes #13 Clay Lautt and #4 Hayden Hidlay. Now he gets to face #3 Mekhi Lewis. 174 in the ACC is no joke. Lewis picked up his first conference win last week with a tech fall over James Lledo of Pitt. This will be their first meeting, since they have never been at the same weight. This match could have fireworks or could be a defensive battle; we'll see which side of the coin it lands on! 184: Vince Baker vs. #10 Hunter Bolen Baker comes in 0-2 in the ACC and Bolen picked up a first-period pin over #32 Gregg Harvey last week. Bolen was coming off an extended absence and looked phenomenal in his first match back. 197: Kaden Russell vs. #32 Dakota Howard This is a sneaky-fun match with some potential for points to get flying. Both of these guys are high output, have explosive finishes on their shots and have great gas tanks. Howard fell to #8 Nino Bonaccorsi last week and Russell is 0-2 with losses to #29 Max Shaw and #20 Isaac Trumble. Russell holds a head-to-head win over Howard with a pin in 2019. 285: Jonah Niesenbaum vs #14 Nathan Traxler Traxler has been wrestling incredibly well all year and seems to be getting better every match. He had a 12-0 major over a tough Jake Slinger last week. Niesenbaum is 1-1 in ACC competition with a win over Brandon Whitman and a loss to Tyrie Houghton. Virginia at #4 NC State 125: Patrick McCormick vs. #14 Jakob Camacho McCormick is coming off a big sudden victory win over Spencer Moore that tied the dual for the Hoos. Camacho started slow last week, against Agin, but was able to pour on the points late and pick up a third-period pin. Camacho has been more consistent than McCormick this season, but Patch has shown that he can't be counted out of any match, so this could be a fun one. Camacho holds a 1-0 lead head to head. 133: #22 Brandon Courtney vs. #15 Kai Orine/Jarrett Trombley Courtney was named ACC Wrestler of the Week after two impressive wins against North Carolina. He knocked off then-#10 Jaime Hernandez in sudden victory to open the dual, then ended the evening with a sudden victory over now-#23 Joe Heilmann in an extra match. I'm not sure if we'll see Orine, who is 11-1 on the year and 2-0 in ACC competition or Jarrett Trombley, who is 10-2, as they are still trying to solidify their starter for the postseason. 141: Dylan Cedeno vs. #24 Ryan Jack Cedeno dropped a close match to #6 Kizhan Clarke last week and Ryan Jack received a forfeit, so he is yet to wrestle an ACC match. Cedeno is now 2-3 and has missed much of the season but looked strong in his match last week. Jack has been impressive all year and is looking to make a statement. 149: #30 Jarod Verkleeren vs #3 Tariq Wilson Verkleeren is coming off a tough loss to #20 Zach Sherman in the UNC dual. He came in on a 10-match winning streak and didn't seem to wrestle his best match against Sherman, who wrestled one of his best matches of the year and has some great momentum right now. Wilson is coming off a close win over #14 Josh Finesilver last week against Duke. He was down 3-2 late in the third and was able to get a takedown and ride out to get the win. I'm guessing we'll see a more active Tariq in this match. 157: #29 Jake Keating vs. #10 Ed Scott Scott picked up a tech fall over Wade Unger to get his first ACC win last week. Keating is coming off a very well-wrestled match against #6 Austin O'Connor. AOC won 7-4, but Keating gave him a fight and picked up a takedown in the third to have a late lead before O'Connor broke off two takedowns to get the win. This will be interesting as both of them are taller 157 pounders who use their length well. 165: #17 Justin McCoy vs. #21 Thomas Bullard McCoy comes in 11-0 and picked up his first ACC win over Sonny Santiago last week after being out for the Pitt dual. He will get a defensive test from Bullard, who enters with a 14-4 record and a win over Gabe Dinette last week. Bullard has shown the tendency to wrestle to the level of his competition at times, so this match should push us to see the best version of Bullard. This match could be a good chance for McCoy to show he is ready to battle Jake Wentzel for 165 supremacy in the ACC. 174: Justin Phillips vs. #4 Hayden Hidlay Phillips has been a quiet warrior this year for the Hoos. He put up a good fight, but lost last week 8-2 to #13 Clay Lautt. Hidlay's resume speaks for itself. He is a monster to match up with at any weight, but has looked very impressive since his move up to 174. He is 1-0 in ACC competition with a 5-2 decision over #15 Matt Finesilver to pick up his 100th victory last week. 184: #25 Michael Battista vs. #3 Trent Hidlay Battista had been on an amazing run to start the season at 12-1 before running into the buzzsaw of Gavin Kane last week. I will give Kane full credit for wrestling as well as he did--and he has had an amazing season so far as well--but the Battista we saw last week didn't look the same as what we have seen from him all season. I'm hopeful that we see him at full strength this week and he'll need it to face the returning NCAA finalist. Hidlay comes in at 11-0 with an astonishing 90% BONUS rate. He is coming off a quick pin of Vince Baker last week to be 1-0 in the ACC. 197: #13 Jay Aiello vs. #20 Isaac Trumble We've got another fun one here. Aiello comes in at 8-1 with his only loss to #8 Nino Bonaccorsi and picked up a major decision last week over #29 Max Shaw. Trumble is 15-3 and had a hard-fought 2-1 win over Kaden Russell last week. This is a battle of contrasting styles and experience in the 6th year Aiello versus youth in the 2nd year Trumble. 285: #31 Quinn Miller vs. #26 Tyrie Houghton This could be one of the more interesting matches in the dual. Miller has had a good year but was sidelined for a stretch to start the second half of the season. He didn't look his usual self when he lost to Jake Slinger in the Pitt dual, but credit to Slinger for wrestling a great match. Houghton has been battling for the starting spot with Owen Trephan and Deonte Wilson and looks to be getting all the ACC reps. Miller is 1-1 in the ACC with a loss to Slinger and a win over Brandon Whitman from UNC; Houghton is 1-0 coming off a win over Jonah Niesenbaum of Duke. #23 Pittsburgh at #18 North Carolina 125: #31 Gage Curry vs. Spencer Moore Moore has shown improvement every time out and has wrestled well in his ACC matches; he is 1-1 with a win over Logan Agin and a sudden victory loss to Patrick McCormick last week. Curry has been a consistent force for the Panthers this year and is coming in at 1-1 with a win over Patrick McCormick and a loss to Sam Latona. 133: #7 Micky Phillippi vs #23 Joe Heilmann Heilmann had been fighting for the starting spot and had filled in admirably while Jaime Hernandez was injured. It looks like the spot will be all Heilmann moving forward. He brings in a 15-4 record and doesn't have any official ACC matches, but lost to Brian Courtney in sudden victory last week in an ECM. Phillippi has put together another solid season and has split his results in ACC competition so far; he took a win over Trey Lane of UVA and lost a battle to Korbin Myers last week. This should be a fun one to watch. 141: #17 Cole Matthews vs. #6 Kizhan Clarke I have this match circled as the match I am most looking forward to this dual. Clarke is undefeated on the season and has ACC wins over Dylan Cedeno and Parker Decker. He has shown some amazing maturity on the mat and has done what he needs to do to win matches and seems unstoppable on double legs in the third period. Matthews has been a monster for the Panthers this year. He is 11-2 with ACC wins over Collin Gerardi and Evan Buchanan and is on a seven-match winning streak. Both of these guys are tough to score on and have explosive moments that lead to a lot of points. Really looking forward to this one. 149: Luke Kemerer vs #20 Zach Sherman Sherman had one of the toughest schedules in the country the first half of the season and took some lumps, but he has had a resurgent second half of the season. He is 1-1 in the conference with a win over Jarod Verkleeren last week in a match that he wrestled incredibly well, and a sudden victory loss to #14 Josh Finesilver in an absolute battle between the two to start the conference season. Kemerer has had a rough go in the ACC with losses to Jarod Verkleeren and Sam Hillegas. 157: #19 Elijah Cleary vs. #6 Austin O'Connor Cleary has had an impressive season for the Panthers; he comes in at 10-4 and is 2-0 in the ACC with wins over Jon Errico of UVA and a sudden victory win over #23 Connor Brady last week in the Virginia Tech dual. O'Connor has continued to show his dominance and ability to put matches away since his move up to 157. His lone loss is to #5 Peyton Robb by decision in an early dual against Nebraska. He has looked great in conference with wins over Wade Unger and Jake Keating. O'Connor slammed the door on Keating last week in the third period as Keating took an early lead in the match. 165: #14 Jake Wentzel vs. Sonny Santiago Santiago has improved throughout the year and has looked impressive in his ACC matches; he has a win over Gabe Dinette and wrestled a tough Justin McCoy to a decision last week against UVA. Wentzel seems to have returned to form as a punishing top wrestler and someone who is able to assert control in most matches. He comes in at 11-4 and 2-0 in the ACC with wins over Clayton Ulrey and Jake Keating, who bumped up in the Pitt dual. 174: James Lledo vs. #13 Clay Lautt Lledo has wrestled well since dropping to 174, but comes in at 0-2 in conference with losses to Justin Phillips and Mekhi Lewis. Lautt has wrestled incredibly well after a slower start to the year and is riding a seven-match winning streak, including ACC wins over Justin Phillips and Matt Finesilver. 184: #31 Gregg Harvey vs. #21 Gavin Kane After a great start to the year, Harvey has had a rough go in conference competition with losses to Michael Battista and a pin from Hunter Bolen. Kane has been on a tear this year after solidifying his spot at 184. He is 13-2 with ACC wins over Vince Baker and an incredibly dominating win over a very-tough Michael Battista. 197: #7 Nino Bonaccorsi vs #29 Max Shaw Nino has continued to be a picture of consistency. He is 10-2 with close losses to #6 Greg Bulsak and #10 Patrick Brucki. He is averaging slightly over 10 points per match and is 2-0 in the conference with wins over #32 Dakota Howard and #13 Jay Aiello. After a slow start to the season, Shaw has looked great, winning eight-in-a-row before his loss to Aiello last week; he has a conference win over Kaden Russell. 285: Jake Slinger vs. Brandon Whitman There is a very real possibility this dual comes down to the heavyweights to decide it. Slinger comes in at 10-10, with an ACC win over Quinn Miller and a loss to Nathan Traxler. He has had some huge wins for the Panthers to put duals away this year. Whitman also enters at 10-10 but is winless in the ACC with losses to Miller and Jonah Niesebaum. Whitman holds the head-to-head win over Slinger from the dual last year.

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's Friday, so you know what that means! It's time for a Big Ten Network doubleheader! Once again, back-to-back Big Ten duals will kick off a fun weekend of action in the conference. This week, top-ranked Penn State opens up the Bryce Jordan Center for a “white-out” against rival #8 Ohio State at 7:00pm. Following that match is a tilt between #3 Michigan and #12 Nebraska. Also on the Big Ten family of channels is #16 Michigan State at Maryland and #11 Minnesota at Illinois. Both matches can be fought on BIG+. Here's a primer on some of the top bouts to watch in each dual: #16 Michigan State at Maryland - 7:00pm (B1G+) Link: BIG+ Must-Watch Matches: 184 lbs: #13 Kyle Cochran (Maryland) vs. #23 Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) 197 lbs: #8 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) vs. #28 Jaron Smith (Maryland) Maryland's veteran upperweights have been a pleasant surprise this season. Kyle Cochran won 14 of his first 15 bouts this year, a streak that included a title at the Southern Scuffle. Jaron Smith is fresh off an overtime win over then-sixth ranked Patrick Brucki (Michigan) in his last outing. He'll face a hot Cameron Caffey, who is riding a seven-match winning streak and handed Max Dean (Penn State) his first loss of the year two Sundays ago. The 2020 Big Ten finalist is now 21-4 on the year for the Spartans. 184 lber Layne Malczewski posted the most significant win of his career against Rutgers when he stepped over returning All-American John Poznanski for a fall. The performances from both schools have to be encouraging this year, as Michigan State has surged into the rankings after defeating Purdue and Rutgers. Maryland has had success outside of the Big Ten with five dual wins. The strength of the Terrapin lineup is in its upperweights, so for Maryland to pull an upset, they'd likely need to win both of these bouts. #8 Ohio State at #1 Penn State - 7:00pm (Big Ten Network) Must-Watch Matches: 125 lbs: #6 Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) vs. #10 Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) 149 lbs: #2 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) vs. #18 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 165 lbs: #4 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) vs. #11 Brady Berge (Penn State) 174 lbs: #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. #7 Ethan Smith (Ohio State) 184 lbs; #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) vs. #6 Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) 197 lbs: #2 Max Dean (Penn State) vs. #21 Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) 285 lbs: #5 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) vs. #13 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) This dual doesn't have the same cache as Penn State's last two opponents or in years past when Ohio State was an NCAA title favorite, but there's still plenty to watch. Right off the bat, the 125 lb contest will be an interesting contrast of styles. Drew Hildebrandt can do damage on the mat, while Malik Heinselman is slick on his feet. Both picked up wins over Iowa in their most recent matches. At 149 lbs, Beau Bartlett tends to keep it close with his competition, so will he be able to nullify Sammy Sasso? The 165 lb contest features a pair of wrestlers who have recently met three-time Big Ten champion Alex Marinelli (Iowa). Carson Kharchla used a slick drag to stun the veteran late, while Brady Berge felt the wrath of a fired-up Marinelli and fell via major decision. Despite the point total between their common opponent, expect a close one here. Speaking of close, the next two bouts could come down to the wire, despite the Nittany Lions having top-ranked wrestlers. Both Ethan Smith and Kaleb Romero tend to limit their opponents offensively and are rarely “out” of a match. #2 Myles Amine (Michigan) needed extra time and a lot of great scrambling to prevail over Romero. At 197 lbs, we'll see if Max Dean can build off of his comeback win over two-time NCAA All-American Jacob Warner (Iowa). His opponent, Gavin Hoffman, has generally beaten the guys you'd expect him to defeat, while losing to higher-ranked competition. For any OSU upset hopes, they'll probably need to take 197. The dual closes with a battle between two returning AA's, Greg Kerkvliet and Tate Orndorff. Despite being limited at the 2021 NCAA Championships. Kerkvliet still managed to major Orndorff. #11 Minnesota at Illinois - 8:00pm (B1G+) Link: B1G+ Must-Watch Matches: 125 lbs: #9 Patrick McKee (Minnesota) vs. #25 Justin Cardani (Illinois) 133 lbs: #6 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) vs. #27 Jake Gliva (Minnesota) 141 lbs: #4 Dylan Duncan (Illinois) vs. #15 Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) 184 lbs: #18 Zac Braunagel (Illinois) vs. #22 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 285 lbs: #1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) vs. #16 Luke Luffman (Illinois) The first bout here should feature a good contrast of styles. Patrick McKee can light up the scoreboard and throw the kitchen sink at his opponents, while Justin Cardani works from a knee and tends to slow down the opposition. That worked to an extent last season as Cardani limited McKee to only four points; however, he still lost a 4-2 contest. After a strong Cliff Keen Las Vegas performance, Jake Gliva has taken some lumps during the conference portion of his schedule. He's trying to reverse a stretch that has seen him go 1-4 against Big Ten opponents, though Lucas Byrd is not someone you'd hope to meet during that skid. The most intriguing bout of the evening will take place at 141 lbs between 2020 All-American Dylan Duncan and Jake Bergeland. Duncan saw his first action of the year on Sunday and showed no rust in a 9-2 win over Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern). His level of competition will rise tonight with Bergeland, who is fresh off a 5-2 win over Stevan Micic (Michigan) on Friday. Bergeland has solidified himself as an outside AA threat and should be a dangerous proposition for a still-returning Duncan. Hopefully at 184 lbs, Minnesota will send out freshman Isaiah Salazar. Salazar has been impressive at 10-2, with wins over Chris Weiler (Wisconsin) and Malczewski, but he has missed some time. Two-time qualifier Zac Braunagel will represent another solid test for the young Gopher. Braunagel has been pretty consistent this year and is coming off of consecutive conference wins. Any time we get to see Gable Steveson on the collegiate mats is a treat. If Gable goes for Minnesota, he'll face an opponent in Luke Luffman that is ranked 16th in the nation and sports a 12-4 record. Despite this, Steveson only needed :35 seconds to dispatch the Illini big man during their 2021 dual meet. #3 Michigan at #12 Nebraska - 9:00pm (Big Ten Network) Must-Watch Matches: 141 lbs: #8 Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) vs. #11 Stevan Micic (Michigan) 157 lbs: #5 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) vs. #13 Will Lewan (Michigan) 174 lbs: #5 Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) vs. #6 Logan Massa (Michigan) 184 lbs: #2 Myles Amine (Michigan) vs. #9 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) 197 lbs: #3 Eric Schultz (Nebraska) vs. #10 Patrick Brucki (Michigan) 285 lbs: #3 Mason Parris (Michigan) vs. #12 Christian Lance (Nebraska) The nightcap on the Big Ten Network doubleheader has some of the most juicy dual matchups of the week. Starting at 141 lbs, Chad Red Jr. is on an incredibly difficult run to finish the season (as are some of his Nebraska teammates). All four of his remaining opponents have finished in the top-five at nationals at least once in their careers. Tonight it will be Micic, who is looking to bounce back after his loss to Bergeland. With six of the top 11 wrestlers in the nation at 141 lbs from the B1G, Micic can't afford to drop another conference bout. Despite the disparity in their current rankings, #13 Will Lewan holds the only career win over #5 Peyton Robb during collegiate competition. That victory came in 2019-20, before Robb moved up to 165 lbs last season. Expect this one to be tactical and close. Expect some more familiarity at 174 lbs, between two-time AA's Mikey Labriola and Logan Massa. The two met at the conference championships last year and Labriola dominated, to the tune of 11-3. There is no-such history at 184 lbs as Myles Amine spent the first three years of his career placing no lower than fourth at 174 lbs. Last year he jumped up to 197 to prepare for the Olympic Games and took third again. He also returned with a bronze medal for San Marino. Taylor Venz has been at 184 for his entire career. Venz was fourth as a freshman and has lost in the Round of 12 twice in the years that followed. While 197 lbs has generally been chaotic across the country, Eric Schultz has quietly been pretty consistent. Schultz's only loss of the year came in the CKLV finals to returning AA Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming). Against top-flight competition, he rarely lights up the scoreboard, so I'd expect a low-scoring, close bout again. Patrick Brucki has been one of those 197 lbers that has contributed to an ever-changing set of rankings at the weight. While also losing to Buchanan in Vegas, Brucki has dropped bouts to Maryland's Smith and Penn State's Dean, both in sudden victory. On the other hand, Brucki already has downed the 2021 national runner-up, Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh), 6-3. Though both are ranked in the top-15 at heavyweight and have been constants in their respective lineups for the last couple of years, you have to go back to 2019-20 to find the previous meeting between Mason Parris and Christian Lance. In that contest, Parris cruised to a 6-1.

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Hey there Jagoffs and Jagettes. Not only am I back from a one-week hiatus, but I just got back from watching Rider and Rutgers battle for a Big Mac or something and you really can't beat the live experience of watching a dual. The speed of the action just hits differently as the crowd reacts with every move like a symphony in unison with the athletes. When I'm home, I miss half the action because I'm scrolling on my phone to see what everyone's saying. Here, I could've forgotten it in my car and barely would've noticed. Believe it or not, this season is quickly winding down, so if you haven't gotten to any matches yet this year, then I suggest you get off your butt then back on your butt inside a gym to support your local team. Huge thanks to my good buddies Brian Miller and Dan Seifring for accepting me into the crew and I hope we enjoy many more duals in the future. To your questions! (There's like three, maybe I'm losing my sex appeal) Are you impressed by the viewership numbers of Penn State and Iowa? @PelikanHead Impressed? No. Encouraged? A little bit. I'm not really one to care that much about ratings, but it is an important element to expanding the reach of wrestling. I'm encouraged that the numbers are growing. I became a full-time fan in 2017 out of the blue and I can't be the only one since. The tricky thing about wrestling is it's not a sport for the casual fan. You either watch it or you don't. The beauty is that once you're in, you're hooked because you find your favorites and follow their whole career. By then, the next crop of young stars pops up and you want to see what they do. What am I gonna do? Stop watching after this year and not see what Nick Feldman does in college? Of course not. So how do we bring in new fans? You say get big matches on ESPN so it can reach new viewers. Ok, getting good ratings definitely helps that. Yes, a huge promotional push from the Worldwide Leader would go a long way in the sport's popularity, but unfortunately, it will take a lot more than a peak of 300,000 to make it happen. They know people want to watch wrestling. That's why it's on the app. Why put a niche sport on the main channel when they can just get subscriptions from the niche fanbase? As we all know, the younger generation has pulled the plug on cable and you'd be surprised how many miss big duals on boomer cable anyway. (Shout out @DropTweetin, love you buddy) We have numerous options to stream from now and that's a good thing. Nary a dual is not streamed anymore. In fact, you can find them all here What were we talking about? Ratings? I think it's great for BTN since they have many of the marquee teams. Don't worry so much about what ESPN does as long as they keep up the streaming. 1. If VTech beats NC State in the non-conference dual, and NC State wins the conference, should we consider it legitimate? 2. Do you think Northern Iowa is ranked appropriately after their conquest over the entire state of Oklahoma? @MTorriero I'm just glad for the sake of the sport that these two great teams came to an agreement to have the dual. I don't really care who hangs what banner where. How about that Panther Train rumbling through Oklahoma so hard they left aftershocks on the way out! Doug Schwab and the gang left such a mark that the ground literally moved when they were done. I don't know if they're ranked appropriately and I don't care. I do care that a team living in the shadow of not one but two storied programs is starting to make its own mark in the state. It goes to show what you can accomplish with a charismatic, young, (Doug and I are the same age… shut up we're young) head coach who can get his guys to buy-in. The foundation being laid by the entire Schwab family is a joy to watch develop and I don't see the train slowing down any time soon. Who has the best faded T and jorts look in wrestling? @Jkos11 Kaleb Romero. If aliens landed and said show me Man, you show them Kaleb Romero. That is a man. That's it for this week, friends. Some great duals on tap for the weekend, plus high school teams are starting to get into team postseasons. Get out there and check some out if you can.

Columbia's 125 lber Joe Manchio (photo courtesy of Columbia athletics) Friday 2/4 Bucknell @ Navy – Annapolis, MD (7:30PM) #15 Lehigh vs. #19 Penn – Bethlehem, PA (7PM) Saturday 2/5 #9 Cornell @ Princeton – Princeton, NJ (1PM) Drexel vs. Hofstra & LIU – Philadelphia, PA (2PM & 4PM) Franklin & Marshall @ Messiah Open – Mechanicsburg, PA (all day) Sunday 2/6 American @ Bucknell – Lewisburg, PA (2PM) Army vs. #15 Lehigh – West Point, NY (2PM) Columbia @ #23 Pitt – Pittsburgh (1PM) #9 Cornell @ #19 Penn – Philadelphia, PA (1PM) Drexel vs. #9 Cornell – Philadelphia, PA (5PM) Penn vs. LIU – Philadelphia, PA (3:30PM) #25 Princeton vs Rider - Lawrenceville, NJ (4:00PM) Navy vs. Clarion – Annapolis, MD (2PM) Sacred Heart @ Bloomsburg – Bloomsburg, PA (1PM) *ALL STARTING TIMES ARE LISTED IN EST* What I'm Most Excited For: Below is a match of probable matchups of ranked opponents we can see this weekend – in order by weight class. I'm sure there are a few I'm missing, but these caught my eye. There are some awesome team duals this week to top the list. #15 Lehigh vs #19 Penn #9 Cornell @ #25 Princeton #9 Cornell @ #19 Penn 125lb – Arujau (#3) Cornell vs. Glory (#2) Princeton 125lb – Lane (#19) Lehigh vs. Miller (#26) Penn 141lb – Kazimir (#19) Columbia vs. Matthews (#17) Pitt 157lb – Humphreys (#8) Lehigh vs. Zapf (#20) Penn 165lb – Meyer (#24) Lehigh vs. Revano (#25) Penn 165lb – Ramirez (#8) Cornell vs. Revano (#25) Penn 165lb – Ogunsanya (#23) Columbia vs. Wentzel (#14) Pitt 174lb – Foca (#12) Cornell vs. Incontrera (#26) Penn 184lb – Loew (#15) Cornell vs. Stefanik (#20) Princeton 197lb – Cardenas (#19) Cornell vs. Stout (#18) Princeton Where you'll find me: I will be in Philadelphia on the broadcast for two Drexel matches on Saturday. I'll then be in attendance at the Cornell vs Penn match at 1PM on Sunday. Finally, I'll be on the Cornell vs. Drexel broadcast later at 5PM. It's a long weekend of wrestling, but it's going to be an awesome one!

Keegan O'Toole (left) and Travis Wittlake in the 2021 NCAA third-place bout (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Friday 02/04 South Dakota State at Oklahoma State Wyoming at Northern Colorado Little Rock at Oklahoma West Virginia at Iowa State Air Force at Northern Iowa Saturday 02/05 Air Force at Iowa State West Virginia at Northern Iowa Sunday 02/06 South Dakota State at Oklahoma Oklahoma State at Missouri Oklahoma State-Missouri is not the dual it was three months ago Going into this season anyone that follows the Big 12 had this weekend circled. Perennial Big 12 powerhouse Oklahoma State and Missouri, who won the Big 12 their last year in the conference before a hiatus in the MAC, were widely projected as 1A and 1B in the conference. A few losses for both teams have really shaken things up and it's no longer seeing the hype we thought it would. This is still a solid dual though. Several great individual matchups across the board and really one of those duals you could see going either way. For either team this could be a huge momentum builder if they're looking to reestablish themselves as a conference title contender going into the last few weeks of the season. Iowa State-Northern Iowa setting up for a big one Iowa State and Northern Iowa are both coming off monster wins last weekend over Oklahoma State and have a date with each other coming up. This one suddenly could be as big as it's ever been in the rivalry. But they've got to get through a few tests this week with Air Force and West Virginia to carry that momentum into next week and set up for another huge one at Cedar Falls between the Panthers and the Cyclones.

MAC Wrestler of the Week Brady Chrisman (photo courtesy of Kent State athletics) Bloomsburg: On Saturday, the Huskies lost a hard-fought battle to Rider 25-9. Three Huskies came away with a win. Cade Balestrini (149) defeated Bryan Miraglia by a 5-3 decision. Alex Carida (157) won 5-0 over Alec Bobchin. Bruno Stolfi (184) topped Evan Vasquez 7-2. The Huskies will be back in action on Sunday, February 6th, where they will face Sacred Heart University at 1:00pm in the Nelson Field House. Buffalo: The Bulls, Michael Petite (157), came away with a Mat-Town II Championship after going a perfect 4-0 on the weekend. Petite defeated Aurelius Dunbar of Penn State by a 10-2 decision, Douglas Terry of Cleveland State by a 9-3 decision, and Hunter Horton of Kutztown and Aboubakare Diaby of Drexel by technical falls. Petite improves to 8-3 this season. The Bulls will be back in action against Northern Illinois University on Saturday, February 5th at 1:00pm in Alumni Arena. Central Michigan: The Chippewas extend their win streak, topping their past eight opponents. They are now 9-2 overall; 4-0 in the MAC. Seven wrestlers defeated their competition from Ohio. Brock Bergelin (125) won by a 2-1 decision over Oscar Sanchez. Dresden Simon (141) triumphed over Kyran Hagan by a 9-0 major decision. Corbyn Munson (149) defeated Alec Hagan by a 4-1 decision. Johnny Lovett (157) defeated Jordan Slivka by a 9-5 decision. Tracy Hubbard (165) won by major decision over Sean O'Dwyer 14-2. Aaron Bolo (197) defeated Carson Brewer by an 8-4 decision. Matt Stencel (HWT) won by major decision over Jordan Earnest 10-0. The Chippewas will compete on Friday, February 4th, at 7:00pm against Edinboro. Cleveland State: The Vikings dropped a tough matchup against Kent State 25-9. Three Vikings downed their opponents, adding to their overall season record. Logan Heil (125) defeated Jake Ferri by a 9-4 decision. Marcus Robinson (149) triumphed over Kody Komara by a close 3-2 decision. Ben Smith (197) won by a 6-4 decision over Tyler Bates. The Vikings will be back in action on Saturday, February 5th, against Ohio at 7:00pm. Clarion: On Saturday, the Eagles lost to Kent State 21-16. Four wrestlers defeated their opponents in a dominating fashion. Seth Koleno (141) won by a 9-5 decision over Louis Newell. John Worthing (174) triumphed over Michael Ferree by a technical fall 20-3. Will Feldkamp (197) defeated Tyler Bates by a technical fall 20-2. Ty Bagoly (HWT) shutout Jacob Cover 5-0. The Eagles will wrestle on Saturday, February 5th, against SIUE at 6:00pm and George Mason at 7:30pm. Edinboro: The Fighting Scots lost to George Mason 22-12 over the weekend. Three wrestlers won their matches. Gabe Willochell (141) triumphed over Shawn Nonaka by fall in 1:52. Dylan Kohn (165) won by an 8-6 decision in sudden victory over Tyler Kocak. Cody Mulligan (197) defeated Jon List by a 4-1 decision. The Fighting Scots will wrestle Central Michigan on Friday, February 4th, at 7:00pm. George Mason: On Sunday, the Patriots defeated Edinboro 22-12. Seven wrestlers came away with wins. Ben Monn (125) won by a 2-0 decision over Chris Merlo. Mitchell Rapuano (133) triumphed over Cam Soda by a 9-3 decision. Alex Madrigal (149) defeated Ryan Burgos by a 12-9 decision. Avery Bassett (157) won by an 8-2 decision over PJ Gohn. Logan Messer (174) defeated Jory Arnold by a 12-1 major decision. Kyle Davis (184) won by a 10-7 decision over Ethan Ducca. Austin Stith (HWT) edged Max Millin 3-2. The Patriots will wrestle on Saturday, February 5th, against SIUE at 4:30pm and Clarion at 7:30pm. Kent State: On Friday, the Golden Flashes beat Clarion 21-16. Six wrestlers came out on top. Jake Ferri (125) defeated Joey Fischer 6-4 in sudden victory. Brendon Fenton (133) won by an 8-3 decision over Alex Blake. Kody Komara (149) won by fall in 1:18 over Lavinsky Collins. Robert Pryhocki (157) topped Kyle Shickel by a 9-2 decision. Brady Chrisman (165) triumphed over Cameron Pine by a 2-0 decision. Collin McCracken (HWT) defeated Max Wohlbaugh by a 3-1 decision. The Golden Flashes will wrestle at Ohio on Friday, February 5th, at 7:00pm. Lock Haven: The Eagles hosted the Mat-Town II Open, where they had nine wrestlers post a winning record. Cole Manley (133) went 2-1, Gable Strickland (133) went 3-1, placing second, Tyler Dilley (141) went 3-2, Dashawn Farber (149) went 4-2, Ben Barton (157) went 3-0, Ashton Eyler (165) went 3-0, Tyler Stoltzfus (174) went 4-1 placing second, Colin Fegley (184) went 3-2 placing fourth, and Isaac Reid (HWT) went 2-0. The Eagles will return to action on Sunday, February 6th, at Rider at 2:00pm. Northern Illinois: The Huskies picked up a huge win against Little Rock 35-6. Eight wrestlers had their hands raised. Bryce West (125) defeated Jayden Carson by a 5-3 decision. Jaivon Jones (141) won by a 4-1 decision over Conner Ward. Anthony Cheloni (149) triumphed over Joey Bianchi by a 7-4 decision. At 157, there was a forfeit. Izzak Olejnik (165) won by a 9-0 major decision over Tyler Brennen. Brit Wilson (184) won by fall in 3:34 over Brayden Dillow. Tristin Guaman (197) won by an 11-3 major decision over Brooks Sacharcyzk. At HWT, there was a forfeit. Northern Illinois is slated to compete on Saturday, February 5th at 1:00pm at Buffalo. Ohio University: This weekend, the Bobcats dropped a tough loss to Central Michigan 24-10. Three OU wrestlers got their hands raised, though. Gio DiSabato (133) won by major decision 15-7 over Ja'Kerion Merritt. Sal Perrine (174) triumphed over Bret Fedewa by a 3-1 decision. Zayne Lehman (184) won by a close 3-2 decision over Ben Cushman. The Bobcats will be back in action on Friday, February 5th, against Cleveland State at 7:00pm. Rider: The Broncs won by a large margin over Bloomsburg 25-9. Seven Broncs came out on top. Tyler Klinsky (125) defeated Bronson Garber by a 10-1 major decision, Richie Koehler (133) won by a 5-4 decision over Cole Rhone, Quinn Kinner (141) triumphed over Josh Mason by a 6-1 decision. Michael Wilson (165) defeated Gavin Hale by a 10-7 decision. Shane Reitsma (174) topped Matt Benedetti by a 6-2 decision. Azeem Bell (197) won by a 4-1 decision over David Tuttle. David Szuba (HWT) won by forfeit. The Broncs will wrestle on Thursday, February 6th, at 2:00pm against Rutgers. SIU Edwardsville: The Cougars had three wrestlers place at the Loras Open. Davian Guanajuato (125) placed second, Micah Ervin (184) was the Loras Open Champion, and Dan McKiernan (HWT) placed fifth. The Cougars are slated to compete on Saturday, February 5th, against George Mason at 3:30pm and Clarion at 5:00pm.

The 2021 Pac-12 finals at 165 lbs with Shane Griffith (left) and Anthony Valencia (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) As the California high school state series embarks on its first of four weekends, the Pac-12 dual-season continues through as we inch ever-closer to March. The weekend offers three conference dual-meets, in addition to Little Rock facing Big XII opponent Oklahoma and CSU Bakersfield facing a future Big XII opponent in California Baptist. #7 Arizona State aims to complete its conference sweep, with a home-dual against Stanford and a visit to Little Rock bookending the Sun Devils' weekend. Meanwhile, Oregon State hosts Cal Poly, with the winner splitting the tie in the standings - both teams boast identical 1-1 Pac-12 records entering the dual, having beaten Little Rock and losing to Arizona State. Pac-12 Dual Standings (as of 2/1/2022) 1st. #7 Arizona State (3-0) 2nd. Stanford (1-0) T3rd. #24 Oregon State (1-1) T3rd. Cal Poly (1-1) 5th. CSU Bakersfield (0-1) 6th. Little Rock (0-3) Upcoming Friday, February 4th #7 Arizona State vs. Stanford (11am Pacific) *Pac-12 Dual A few intriguing match-ups could arise in this dual-meet, with Stanford paying a visit to Tempe to meet a surging Arizona State squad. Although the Cardinal are not in the InterMat Top-25 Dual Team Rankings, they are #17 in the tournament team standings, for good reason. (Arizona State is currently #4 as a tournament team.) The Cardinal lineup features five ranked-wrestlers, to the Sun Devils' seven, and we expect three ranked matches featuring a potential five All-Americans at 133, 149, and 165lbs. 125: #4 Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) vs. Suhas Chundi (Stanford) 133: #4 Michael McGee vs. #29 Jackson DiSario 141: Julian Chlebove OR Cleveland Belton vs. #5 Real Woods 149: #9 Kyle Parco vs. #12 Jaden Abas 157: #3 Jacori Teemer vs. Charlie Darracott 165: #7 Anthony Valencia vs. #3 Shane Griffith 174: Zane Coleman OR Ryan Rochford vs. #29 Tyler Eischens 184: Josh Nummer vs. Nick Addison 197: #11 Kordell Norfleet vs. Nick Stemmet 285: #2 Cohlton Schultz vs. Peter Ming Little Rock @ Oklahoma (4pm Pacific) 125: Jayden Carson vs. #32 Joey Prata 133: Jaylen Carson vs. #20 Tony Madrigal 141: Conner Ward vs. Zack Zeamer 149: Joseph Bianchi vs. #21 Willie McDougald 157: Austin Keal vs. #14 Justin Thomas 165: Tyler Brennan vs. Joe Grello 174: Triston Wills vs. #20 Anthony Mantanona 184: Brayden Dillow vs. #28 Darrien Roberts OR Keegan Moore 197: Brooks Sacharczyk vs. #14 Jake Woodley 285: Josiah Hill vs. #28 Josh Heinselman #24 Oregon State vs. Cal Poly (7pm Pacific) *Pac-12 Dual Similar to the Arizona State-Stanford meet, discussed above, the dual between #24 Oregon State and Cal Poly offers intrigue - for although they are unranked in duals, the Mustangs are the #12 tournament team in the country (Oregon State is unranked in the tournament standings). Cal Poly will need its growing stable of high-production athletes to prevail over the well-rounded Oregon State lineup. 125: #16 Brandon Kaylor vs. #30 Antonio Lorenzo 133: #12 Devan Turner vs. Abe Hinrichsen 141: #14 Grant Willits vs. #31 Lawrence Saenz 149: #28 Cory Crooks vs. #17 Legend Lamer 157: #15 Hunter Willits vs. Brawley Lamer 165: Mason Reiniche vs. #1 Evan Wick 174: #27 Mateo Olmos vs. #8 Adam Kemp 184: #12 Trey Munoz vs. #5 Bernie Truax 197: Ryan Reyes vs. Trent Tracy 285: #9 Gary Traub vs. Sam Aguilar CSU Bakersfield @ California Baptist (7pm) 125: Eddie Flores vs. Devin Garcia 133: #14 Chance Rich vs. Hunter Leake 141: #27 Angelo Martinoni vs. Christian Nunez 149: Josh Brown vs. Chaz Hallmark 157: Brock Rogers vs. AJ Raya 165: Augustine Garcia vs. Frank Almaguer 174: Albert Urias vs. Louie Rojas 184: Jacob Hansen vs. Caden Gerlach 197: Josh Loomer vs. Arick Lopez 285: Jacob Sieder vs. Christopher Island Sunday, February 6th Little Rock vs. #7 Arizona State (11am Pacific) *Pac-12 Dual 125: Jayden Carson vs. #4 Brandon Courtney 133: Jaylen Carson vs. #4 Michael McGee 141: Conner Ward vs. Julian Chlebove OR Cleveland Belton 149: Joseph Bianchi vs. #9 Kyle Parco 157: Austin Keal vs. #3 Jacori Teemer 165: Tyler Brennan vs. #7 Anthony Valencia 174: Triston Wills vs. Zane Coleman OR Ryan Rochford 184: Brayden Dillow vs. Josh Nummer 197: Brooks Sacharczyk vs. #11 Kordell Norfleet 285: Josiah Hill vs. #2 Cohlton Schultz

Central Michigan 141 lber Dresden Simon (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We have made it through 13 weeks of… Fun? Hell? Frustration? Ecstasy? Or just plain forgot you even had a Fantasy College Wrestling team. Week 14 is the final week of the "Regular Season" for WrestleStat leagues. Some teams may be set into their seed, while for others this turns into that ultimate make-it or break-it week. Just a reminder on how the WrestleStat "postseason" works, it mirrors similar to the Football Championship Playoffs (in head-to-head leagues): The top four in the standings get seeded into a two week bracket. Week 15 is the #1 vs #4 matchup and #2 vs #3 matchup. Losers of that first round will face off for 3rd and 4th place. Teams in the standings between #5 and #8 will do the same for places 5 through 8. Those in the below 8th place? Tough cookies. Not much else to really elaborate on, you know the drill by now. In the words of the great Izzy Mandelbaum, "It's Go Time!" On to Week 14: Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125: Joey Fischer (Clarion)- Vs George Mason, Vs SIU-Edwardsville (@GMU), @ Navy [+11] Vito Arujau (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+11] Brandon Courtney (Arizona State)- Vs Stanford, @ Little Rock [+7] Joey Prata (Oklahoma)- Vs Little Rock, Vs South Dakota State [+6] Travis Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State)- Vs South Dakota State, Vs Missouri [+6] Nick Suriano (Michigan)- @ Nebraska [+5] Korbin Meink (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+4] Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)- @ Rider [+4] Jakob Camacho (NC State)- Vs Virginia [+4] Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern)- Vs Maryland [+4] Sam Latona (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+4] Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State)- Vs Cal Poly [+3] Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)- @ Iowa [+3] 133: Andre Gonzales (Ohio State)- Edinboro Open Michael Colaiocco (U Penn)- @ Lehigh, Vs Long Island, Vs Cornell [+11] Michael McGee (Arizona State)- Vs Stanford, @ Little Rock [+8] Daton Fix (Oklahoma State)- Vs South Dakota State, Vs Missouri [+8] Roman Bravo Young (Penn State)- Vs Ohio State, Vs Nebraska [+8] Joshua Koderhandt (Navy)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Clarion [+7] Lucas Byrd (Illinois)- Vs Minnesota, Vs Indiana [+6] Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh)- @ North Carolina, Vs Columbia [+6] Joey Olivieri (Rutgers)- Vs Rider, Vs Ohio State [+6] Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+5] Derek Spann (Buffalo)- Vs Northern Illinois [+4] Dominic LaJoie (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+4] Austin DeSanto (Iowa)- Vs Wisconsin [+4] Dylan Ragusin (Michigan)- @ Nebraska [+4] Rayvon Foley (Michigan State)- @ Maryland [+4] Chris Cannon (Northwestern)- Vs Maryland [+4] Job Greenwood (Wyoming)- @ Northern Colorado [+4] Devan Turner (Oregon State)- Vs Cal Poly [+3] 141: Dresden Simon (Central Michigan)- @ Edinboro, @ Kent State, Edinboro Open CJ Composto (U Penn)- @ Lehigh, Vs Long Island, Vs Cornell [+9] Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers)- Vs Rider, Vs Ohio State [+8] Darren Miller (Bucknell)- @ Navy, Vs American [+7] Ian Parker (Iowa State)- Vs West Virginia, Vs Air Force [+7] Cael Happel (UNI)- Vs Air Force, Vs West Virginia [+7] Kyran Hagan (Ohio)- @ Kent State, @ Cleveland State [+7] Nick Lee (Penn State)- Vs Ohio State, Vs Nebraska [+7] Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)- @ Oklahoma State, @ Oklahoma [+7] Kaden Cassidy (George Mason)- Vs Clarion, Vs SIU-Edwardsville [+6] Shannon Hanna (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+4] Angelo Martinoni (CSU Bakersfield)- @ Cal Baptist [+4] Brent Moore (Clarion)- Vs George Mason, Vs SIU-Edwardsville (@GMU), @ Navy [+4] Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Colin Gerardi (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+4] Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Jaydin Eierman (Iowa)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Grant Willits (Oregon State)- Vs Cal Poly [+3] 149: Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan)- @ Edinboro, @ Kent State, Edinboro Open Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+16] Kyle Parco (Arizona State)- Vs Stanford, @ Little Rock [+7] Michael Blockhus (Minnesota)- @ Illinois, @ Purdue [+7] Sammy Sasso (Ohio State)- @ Penn State, @ Rutgers [+7] Willie McDougald (Oklahoma)- Vs Little Rock, Vs South Dakota State [+7] Colin Realbuto (UNI)- Vs Air Force, Vs West Virginia [+6] Jarrett Degen (Iowa State)- Vs West Virginia, Vs Air Force [+6] Josh Heil (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+4] Yahya Thomas (Northwestern)- Vs Maryland [+4] John Millner (Appalachian State)- @ Chattanooga [+3] John Arceri (Buffalo)- Vs Northern Illinois [+3] Peyton Omania (Michigan State)- @ Maryland [+3] Zach Sherman (North Carolina)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Tariq Wilson (NC State)- Vs Virginia [+3] Legend Lamer (Cal Poly)- @ Oregon State [+3] 157: Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State)- Edinboro Open Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan)- @ Edinboro, @ Kent State, Edinboro Open Jacori Teemer (Arizona State)- Vs Stanford, @ Little Rock [+8] David Carr (Iowa State)- Vs West Virginia, Vs Air Force [+8] Andrew Cerniglia (Navy)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Clarion [+7] Jordan Slivka (Ohio)- @ Kent State, @ Cleveland State [+7] Brayton Lee (Minnesota)- @ Illinois, @ Purdue [+6] Derek Holschlag (UNI)- Vs Air Force, Vs West Virginia [+6] Justin Thomas (Oklahoma)- Vs Little Rock, Vs South Dakota State [+6] Ryan Deakin (Northwestern)- Vs Maryland [+5] Chase Saldate (Michigan State)- @ Maryland [+4] Austin O'Connor (North Carolina)- @ Pittsburgh [+4] Ed Scott (NC State)- Vs Virginia [+4] Cody Bond (Appalachian State)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Dazjon Casto (The Citadel)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Ben Barton (Lock Haven)- @ Rider [+3] Hunter Willits (Oregon State)- Vs Cal Poly [+3] Connor Brady (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+3] Justin Wright (Wyoming)- @ Northern Colorado [+3] 165: Julian Ramirez (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+10] Zach Hartman (Bucknell)- @ Navy, Vs American [+8] Peyton Hall (West Virginia)- @ Iowa State, @ UNI [+6] Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois)- @ Buffalo [+4] Evan Wick (Cal Poly)- @ Oregon State [+4] William Formato (Appalachian State)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven)- @ Rider [+3] Cam Amine (Michigan)- @ Nebraska [+3] Caleb Fish (Michigan State)- @ Maryland [+3] Keegan O'Toole (missouri)- @ Oklahoma State [+3] 174: Lucas Daly (Michigan State)- Edinboro Open Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan)- @ Edinboro, @ Kent State, Edinboro Open Sal Perrine (Ohio)- @ Kent State, @ Cleveland State [+8] Austin Murphy (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+4] Chris Foca (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+10] Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield)- @ Cal Baptist [+4] Michael Kemerer (Iowa)- Vs Wisconsin [+4] Clay Lautt (North Carolina)- @ Pittsburgh [+4] Hayden Hidlay (NC State)- Vs Virginia [+4] Tyler Eichens (Stanford)- @ Arizona State [+4] Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven)- @ Rider [+3] Troy Fisher (Northwestern)- Vs Maryland [+3] Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+3] Hayden Hastings (Wyoming)- @ Northern Colorado [+3] 184: Parker Keckeisen (UNI)- Vs Air Force, Vs West Virginia [+8] Marcus Coleman (Iowa State)- Vs West Virginia, Vs Air Force [+7] David Key (Navy)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Clarion [+7] Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma)- Vs Little Rock, Vs South Dakota State [+7] Colin McCracken (Kent State)- Vs Ohio, Vs Central Michigan [+6] Aaron Brooks (Penn State)- Vs Ohio State, Vs Nebraska [+6] Jonathan Loew (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+5] Caleb Hopkins (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+4] Trent Hidlay (NC State)- Vs Virginia [+4] Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois)- @ Buffalo [+4] Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+4] Tate Samuelson (Wyoming)- @ Northern Colorado [+4] 197: Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State)- Vs Stanford, @ Little Rock [+8] Yonger Bastida (Iowa State)- Vs West Virginia, Vs Air Force [+8] Jake Koser (Navy)- Vs Bucknell, Vs Clarion [+7] Greg Bulsak (Rutgers)- Vs Rider, Vs Ohio State [+7] Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh)- @ North Carolina, Vs Columbia [+6] Chris Kober (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+4] Rocky Elam (Missouri)- @ Oklahoma State [+4] Ben Pasiuk (Army)- Vs Lehigh [+3] Ben Smith (Cleveland State)- Vs Ohio [+3] Trey Rogers (Hofstra)- @ Drexel [+3] Jacob Warner (Iowa)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Cam Caffey (Michigan State)- @ Maryland [+3] Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming)- @ Northern Colorado [+3] 285: Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State)- Edinboro Open Matt Stencel (Central Michigan)- @ Edinboro, @ Kent State, Edinboro Open Lewis Fernandes (Cornell)- @ Princeton, @ U Penn, @ Drexel [+11] Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)- @ UNI, @ Iowa State [+8] Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)- Vs Stanford, @ Little Rock [+8] Gable Steveson (Minnesota)- @ Illinois, @ Purdue [+8] * if wrestles Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State)- Vs Ohio State, Vs Nebraska [+7] Jordan Wood (Lehigh)- Vs U Penn, @ Army [+6] Michael McAleavey (The Citadel)- @ Chattanooga [+4] Mason Parris (Michigan)- @ Nebraska [+4] Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech)- Vs Duke [+4] Brian Andrews (Wyoming)- @ Northern Colorado [+4] Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)- Vs Davidson [+3] Michael Burchell (Appalachian State)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra)- @ Drexel [+3] Anthony Cassioppi (Iowa)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Lucas Davison (Northwestern)- Vs Maryland [+3] Gary Traub (Oregon State)- Vs Cal Poly [+3] Think I missed someone? Disagree with someone on the list or their projection? Want to know our thoughts on a matchup? Let me know! Win the week!

Kylie Welker at the 2021 Senior World Championships (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Today, the Iowa women's wrestling program received its first verbal commitment. It wasn't just any commitment either. The top senior in the high school Class of 2022, Kylie Welker, will be the first member of Iowa's women's program. Welker had a remarkable 2021, making the 76 kg Olympic Trials finals, while still amid her junior year of high school. Later in the spring/summer, Welker made the Junior/Senior/U23 World Teams. Welker came home from Ufa, Russia, with a gold medal from the Junior World Championships at 76 kg. In November, Welker claimed bronze at the U23 World Championships, competing in Belgrade, Serbia. Those were not Welker's first taste of international hardware, as she took bronze at the Cadet World Championships in 2019. In 2016, Welker grabbed a bronze medal at the Pan-American Championships. Despite her busy international schedule, Welker still took time to head to Fargo, where she won a Junior National title at 164 lbs. During her run to a stop sign, Welker's opposition failed to last more than 1:24 in any of her five bouts. Welker outscored her competition 45-0 with four techs and a fall. Welker's verbal commitment comes about two and a half months after Clarissa Chun was named the initial head coach of Iowa's women's program. In late September, the athletic department announced that it would be the first power-five program to add women's wrestling. Along with Welker, a variety of top high school girls have recently visited the school in Iowa City.

NC State 125 lber Jakob Camacho (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We had a full slate of ACC action this weekend and it did not disappoint! The spotlight dual--on ACC Network--was Virginia and North Carolina. It was a back-and-forth battle throughout that had to go to criteria for a team winner. NC State dominated in their first ACC dual at Duke, but we had some awesome matches in the contest. Virginia Tech also had their first ACC dual at Pitt that featured a rematch of the ACC final at 133 from last year. It was great to have three great duals to watch and I thought the coverage from ESPN was top-notch. #18 North Carolina at Virginia 133: #10 Jaime Hernandez vs. #23 Brian Courtney This was a heck of a way to kick off the dual! Hernandez was in action for the first time since December and looked great. We had a two-minute scramble in the first, with Courtney getting a takedown at the end of the period and a Hernandez takedown at the buzzer in the 2nd. Hernandez got an escape and cut the riding time at 57 seconds for Courtney in the third to tie it up. Then we had another wild minute-long scramble where they both looked in position to score, but no one got on the board before the buzzer. In sudden victory, Hernandez got in on a beautiful double leg that, you guessed it, turned into another wild scramble. Hernandez looked like he was going to lock up the cradle, but Courtney was able to stop the momentum on the roll through and held on top of Hernandez to pick up the takedown and the OT win. Courtney also picked up a win over Joe Heilmann in an extra match after the dual. 141: #7 Kizhan Clarke vs. Dylan Cedeno Cedeno was back for his first match since early in the season and Clarke was looking to extend his unbeaten streak. Clarke had a great double in the first and rode out the first half of the second; he was looking for another double when he and Cedeno hit heads and Cedeno was stunned. Referee Kevin Linich did a great job catching this and stopping the action to get the trainer in to check on Cedeno. He was examined in concussion protocol and was allowed to return to action. Clarke got an escape to take the 3-2 lead in the third and then he hit a powerful double-leg to extend his lead and ice the match. I'd wager to guess that if there is a stat for most double leg takedowns to take the lead in the 3rd period, Kizhan Clarke would be the leader. 149: #22 Zach Sherman vs #26 Jarod Verkleeren I had this circled as one of the most important matches in the dual, both for the team score and to help give clarity to the log jam at 149 in the ACC. Sherman came out like a man possessed and wrestled a fantastic match. He got an early takedown off a body lock and nearly got back points, then added a minute and a half of riding time in the first. He tacked on another minute in the second before Verk got the escape and made it 2-2 going into the 3rd. With Sherman on the bottom in the 3rd, Verkleeren was hit for stalling for a second time, making it 3-2. Then we had an emphatic brick toss from Coleman Scott to challenge an illegal hold on the restart--and he was correct. Sherman was awarded a point because when Verk had his leg laced and blocking the knee, he came off his other foot, making the hold illegal. This will not be the last time this weekend that this call will come into play. Sherman added two more escapes--one after an injury-time for a leg cramp on Verkleeren to finish the match with a 6-2 score. 157: #6 Austin O'Connor vs. #28 Jake Keating This was a fun one. We had some great defense on display for a scoreless first period. O'Connor got a quick escape in the second for the only score. Then in the third, they opened up. Keating got an early escape, then hit a gorgeous duck to get behind for two. O'Connor got the quick escape and was right in on a single leg to get his own takedown. Keating got an immediate escape and O'Connor was right back in on the leg to get his second takedown in the final 30 seconds of the match. O'Connor picked up the 7-4 decision, but I couldn't help walking away impressed by Keating's performance. 165: Sonny Santiago vs. #15 Justin McCoy McCoy returned to the lineup for his first ACC action this year. He picked up an early takedown in the first and added a minute of riding time before Santiago got the escape. McCoy added another minute of riding time in the second before Santiago got another escape to knot the score at 2 going into the 3rd. McCoy got a quick escape in the final period and scrambled through a Santiago shot to pick up another takedown. McCoy put on a strong ride, but Santiago was able to keep him from getting the turn to hold it to a 6-2 decision. 174: #16 Clay Lautt vs. Justin Phillips Lautt got in on a couple good shots in the first, but Phillips was able to keep him from finishing the takedown. Lautt got a quick escape in the 2nd, then picked up a takedown and rideout for the rest of the period. Lautt scored two more takedowns in the 3rd but was unable to get the turn at the end to earn a bonus point win--he picked up an 8-2 decision. 184: #21 Gavin Kane vs. #22 Michael Battista Both of these guys have been off to a great start this year and I expected this to be a great clash; instead, we saw Gavin Kane put on a show. Kane got an early takedown in the first with a quick escape by Battista. Kane got right back in on another shot and took Battista to his back for a 4 point nearfall and, just like that, he's up 8-1 with a minute left in the first. Kane got a quick escape in the second and added another takedown and rideout for an 11-1 lead with 2:30 in riding time going into the 3rd. Kane added two more takedowns in the third and rode out to pick up the 17-2 tech fall. Kane has looked good this season, but that match was incredibly impressive against a tough Michael Battista. 197: #28 Max Shaw vs. #11 Jay Aiello Aiello saw that his team needed him to get a big win and took it on his shoulders to get the win and bonus. Aiello got an early takedown in the first and Shaw got the escape after a short ride for the only points in the opening period. At the start of the second, Aiello got an escape and was quickly in to finish a second takedown. He was putting on a strong ride when Shaw got his second stall call; Aiello took a 6-1 lead and 1:30 in riding time into the final period. After a Shaw escape, Aiello got in on a leg and drug Shaw back to the center of the mat to get the takedown and go up 8-2 with 45 seconds left. He cut Shaw and grabbed another takedown on the edge with 10 seconds left. To put the icing on the major, he was able to pull Shaw back for a two-count to end the match 13-3. 285: Brandon Whitman vs. #32 Quinn Miller Going into heavyweight, it was 16-10 in favor of the Tar Heels. We had a scoreless first period, with no real shot attempts to speak of. In the second, Whitman got an escape, but Miller was quickly back in to score a takedown and ride out the period to go into the 3rd up 2-1 with 1:30 in riding time. Miller got a reversal in the third and rode the period out to earn the 5-2 decision and put the Hoos back in reach of the dual with the score 16-13 going into the final match. 125: Spencer Moore vs. Patrick McCormick With the dual coming down to the final match, we got treated to extra wrestling again! The first period was three minutes of hard hand fighting and position battles but no points. McCormick got an escape early in the second, then there was more hand fighting and half shots to end the period. Moore earned an escape to tie it up, then McCormick stopped his shot and started a scramble that had both guys in position to score but, alas, no takedowns in this period either. We went to sudden victory tied 1-1. McCormick dropped to a low single and nearly had Moore taken down on the edge, but he was able to kick out before he had control--which was confirmed by review. McCormick picked up an outside single on the restart, but Moore was able to get free. Moore then shot a high crotch that McCormick was able to block and get the go behind for the sudden victory win and tie the team score at 16. North Carolina won by criteria with 52-45 match points scored and won the dual 17-16. #5 NC State at Duke The Wolfpack went to Durham on a mission for their first conference dual…and they sent a message blanking the Blue Devils 43-0. There were a few solid matches and some close bouts that we will look at, but on the scoreboard, it was all Wolfpack. 125: #15 Jakob Camacho vs Logan Agin The match started off slow, with Camacho scoring a takedown and riding out the first period. He was able to get an escape midway through the second and seemed to start picking up the pace--he added a takedown at the end of the second to go up 5-0. Agin got an escape at the start of the third for his only points. Camacho finished a high crotch and was able to catch the bottom leg turk to get four back points. As he was releasing him, he locked up a cradle for the fall. 133: #17 Kai Orine vs. Derek Doolittle Orine continues to impress and put on an offensive display against Doolittle. Orine got an escape to start the second, then locked Doolittle up in an over-under and threw him to his back for two and four near fall. He added another four-point nearfall on a claw tilt to finish the tech fall in the second period 17-2. 141: #24 Ryan Jack FFT After sending out Parker Decker for his first start against Kizhan Clarke last week, Duke did not send out a 141 and Ryan Jack was awarded the forfeit. 149: #3 Tariq Wilson vs. #13 Josh Finesilver This was definitely in the running for “Match of the Weekend.” The stars aligned that this match was on during a concussion protocol break at the UVA/UNC match (Cedeno was ok and came back), so I got to catch it live. Both guys came out aggressive; Finesilver got in deep on a shot that was fended off, then Tariq picked up an outside single, but was unable to finish. Finesilver got in on another shot, but the length of Tariq made it difficult for him to finish on the edge. The second period started scoreless when Finesilver got a quick escape to score the first points. Finesilver was able to break through the defense of Wilson late in the second and scored a takedown on a quick drag go behind; Tariq was able to roll out for the escape before the buzzer. The score was 3-1 going into the third when Wilson got an early escape to move it to 3-2. Wilson picked up his pace and shot inside and Finesilver created a scramble. It looked like it was going to be stalemated and it felt like there was an upset brewing when Wilson was able to come out the back and mat return Finesilver to pick up the takedown with 14 seconds remaining. Finesilver got to his feet with 10 seconds left and was trying to get the escape to tie it when Wilson was hit for his first stall with 4 seconds remaining. Finesilver tried to Granby out, but Wilson was able to hold on for the win. I hope we get to see this one again in March! 157: #10 Ed Scott vs Wade Unger Unger has shown up ready to fight in both of his ACC matches so far. Last week, he hung with Austin O'Connor and this week, he picked up the first two takedowns on Ed Scott. Unger shot an outside single almost immediately to start the match and got the first takedown, then added another when he countered a headlock attempt by Scott. Unfortunately for Unger, that would be the last points he would put up. Scott hit a beautiful fireman's for two and two back points, then went to work on top. He added a four-point nearfall with a claw tilt and another two count as the period ended with him up 12-4. Scott got a quick escape to start the second, then hit another fireman's for a takedown and yet another claw tilt for four to pick up the 19-4 tech fall. 165: #22 Thomas Bullard vs. Gabe Dinette Bullard scored the first points of the match when he won the scramble off a Dinette shot and rode out the first period. Bullard got a reversal to start the second and put on a hard ride but was unable to pick up any nearfall. The third started in neutral and we saw a couple of scrambles, but no points were scored and Bullard took a 4-0 decision. 174: #4 Hayden Hidlay vs. #15 Matt Finesilver This was another big matchup for both teams. The first two minutes were filled with a lot of hard hand fighting and battling for position. Hidlay shot in and created a scramble with about a minute left in the first; he was able to finish the takedown, but Finesilver was immediately up and away for an escape. Hidlay got a quick escape to start the second and created another scramble off a low single, but Finesilver was able to trap his arm and get a stalemate. We entered the third with Hidlay up 3-1. Finesilver threatened a reversal in the third but kicked out for the escape to bring the score to 3-2. Finesilver shot in with about a minute remaining and Hidlay was able to counter with a low single to finish his second takedown and take the 5-2 lead. Finesilver worked for an escape, but Hidlay was able to ride him out for the 5-2 decision. This win marked Hidlay's 100th win for the Wolfpack; it's a great milestone for someone who has been a pillar of their program. 184: #3 Trent Hidlay vs. Vince Baker It will take me longer to write this sentence than the amount of time Trent Hidlay was on the mat for this bout. Hidlay hit a double off the opening whistle and rolled Baker through with a 2-on-1 tilt for the pin. 197: #20 Isaac Trumble vs. Kaden Russell Not a lot of action to start this match--Russell got in on a really nice fireman's, but wasn't able to finish and we ended the first period scorelessly. Trumble put on a powerful ride in the second--he was called for an illegal hold, giving Russell a point--but he was unable to get the turn and score any back points. Trumble got an early escape in the third and weathered a series of shots from Russell but didn't give up any points. Trumble was awarded a riding time point and won a 2-1 decision. 285: Tyrie Houghton vs Jonah Niesenbaum We had a scoreless first period in the heavyweight match. In the second period, Houghton had a strong ride and nearly got a couple turns, but Niesenbaum was able to get an escape at the end of the period. Houghton got a quick escape in the third and added a takedown and riding time point for a 4-1 decision win. #10 Virginia Tech at #20 Pittsburgh The Hokies traveled to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers in their first conference dual of the year. The teams both agreed to move the dual to Sunday to allow for more of the Virginia Tech wrestlers to be released from Covid protocols. 125: #21 Sam Latona vs. #31 Gage Curry We started the dual off with a lot of solid handfighting, before Curry was able to break through to pick up a takedown with 45 seconds left in the first. Latona was able to get a quick escape and shot back in and grabbed a takedown with 10 seconds left and rode out the period. Latona added a quick escape in the second for the only point of the period and went into the third up 4-2. Latona put on an impressive ride in the third and looked like he would ride out the period, but Curry was able to escape with 2 seconds remaining. Latona added a riding time point to win 5-3. 133: #5 Korbin Myers vs. #7 Micky Phillippi We knew going in that this was going to be a good, close match, and it delivered. The first two minutes were full of hand fighting and quick arm drag attempts before Myers got in on a double leg--Phillippi was able to drape over and catch the arm to force a stalemate. There were a couple more half-shot attempts, but no points scored in the first. Phillippi got an escape to start the second and that accounted for the only scoring in the period. Phillippi was strong on top to start the third and put in legs but was unable to get a turn on the edge. On the restart, Phillippi had a leg in and blocked the knee and Coach Robie immediately threw a brick when Phillippi's plant leg came off the mat. This was the same situation we saw in the Sherman/Verkleeren match. The officials discussed the situation and Myers was awarded a point for an illegal hold from Phillippi; Coach Gavin was not pleased with the call and wasn't getting an explanation from the official, so he threw his brick to challenge the illegal hold. The penalty was upheld on review. On the restart, Myers got to his feet and Phillippi was in a similar hold when it was blown dead as potentially dangerous. Next, Myers was able to get the escape to move it to 2-1. He immediately shot in on a low single and was awarded the takedown--but the officials reviewed the call and overturned the call. Phillippi spent the next 20 seconds of the match sprinting to get the takedown but was unable to get through the hands of Myers. The match ended as a 2-1 decision for Myers. 141: Collin Gerardi vs. #18 Cole Matthews The first period seemed to be a feeling-out period for both of them as no points were scored. Matthews got a quick escape to start the second. Gerardi got in deep on a reshot, but it was stopped as potentially dangerous before he was able to come out the back. Halfway through the second, Matthews caught Gerardi on a shot and whipped him over to his back, but was unable to establish control to get the two. Gerardi got an early escape in the third to tie it at two. Matthews countered another shot by Gerardi and was able to spin around for two. Matthews locked Gerardi up in a cradle and took him over for four, before Gerardi was able to kick out and get the escape. Matthews added on a riding time point to win the 8-2 decision. 149: Sam Hillegas vs Luke Kemerer Hillegas got the nod at 149 to fill in for Bryce Andonian and got to work quickly. He snagged a takedown in the first 30 seconds and rode out the remainder of the first, but was unable to get a turn. Hillegas then got an escape to start the second for the only points scored that period. In the third, they started neutral and Kemerer got in on a nice high crotch but was unable to finish. He did finish his next shot to get his first takedown with 30 seconds remaining. He cut Hillegas free to try to get a takedown to tie it up, but was unable to get it done. Hillegas picked up a riding time to finish with the 5-2 win. 157: #23 Conor Brady vs. #21 Elijah Cleary We had a tight match at 157 that went to OT. Brady got in on a deep shot in the first, but Cleary was able to fend him off. Brady got a quick escape in the second, then got in deep on a low single with about 45 seconds left in the period; Cleary showed some amazing defense in a scramble that lasted the rest of the period and was able to keep Brady from finishing the takedown. Cleary got an escape midway through the third to tie it up and send it to sudden victory. In SV, Brady got in deep on another shot and forced a scramble. Cleary was able to keep his head inside and lock up a cradle to get a takedown and a two-point nearfall to win 5-1. 165: Clayton Ulrey vs. #14 Jake Wentzel Ulrey was given a tough task with returning NCAA runner-up Jake Wentzel. Wentzel got his first takedown off a body lock and when Ulrey got back to his feet, Coach Robie threw the brick on the mat return, saying that Wentzel had also left his feet for an illegal cutback. Ulrey was awarded a penalty point for an illegal move. Ulrey chose neutral to start the second; Wentzel was able to establish control ties but unable to get to his shot in the scoreless period. Wentzel got an escape to start the third; he was again able to control his ties and move Ulrey around the mat but was unable to finish any shots. Wentzel took the decision 4-1. 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis vs. James Lledo Lewis established his dominance early in this match. He scored two takedowns and a four-point nearfall in the first period. He added two more takedowns in the second to take a 12-3 lead into the final period. Lewis added an escape, two takedowns and a four-point nearfall at the buzzer to win a 22-3 technical fall. 184: #12 Hunter Bolen vs. #32 Gregg Harvey Bolen was back in the lineup for his first match since the Southern Scuffle, but he wasn't on the mat for long. He got an early single-leg on Harvey and was able to get the turn and pin in 1:30. 197: #33 Dakota Howard vs. #8 Nino Bonaccorsi This first period was textbook for Bonaccorsi; he picked up two takedowns and rode out the first period to start the match off strong. Nino got an early escape in the second, but Howard did a much better job of controlling space in the second to keep that as the only point for the period. In the third, Bonaccorsi had a strong ride for the entire period--but as expected, Howard continued to fight throughout the match to hold Bonaccorsi to a 6-1 decision. 285: #14 Nathan Traxler vs. Jake Slinger The final bout of the night got off to a great start with a beautiful ankle pick by Traxler to get the early lead. Traxler then loaded up a bow and arrow for a four-point nearfall at the end of the period. Traxler got a quick escape and added another takedown to have a 9-0 lead going into the third. He added another takedown and a riding time point in the third to win the 12-0 major decision.

Iowa State 184 lber Marcus Coleman (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Thursday 01/27 Air Force DEF Cal Baptist 32-11 Friday 01/28 Iowa State DEF Oklahoma 22-9 Northern Colorado DEF Cal Baptist 25-14 South Dakota State DEF West Virginia 23-16 Saturday 01/29 Northern Iowa DEF Oklahoma State 19-15 Missouri DEF Wyoming 30-6 Missouri DEF Utah Valley 18-15 Wyoming DEF Utah Valley 23-17 North Dakota State DEF West Virginia 39-9 Sunday 01/30 Iowa State DEF Oklahoma State, 20-12 Northern Iowa DEF Oklahoma 17-15 North Dakota State DEF Air Force 21-16 Talk of the conference: Oklahoma State gets blitzed It was a historic weekend for Oklahoma State, and not in a good way. For the first time since 1993, a year the Cowboys were on NCAA probation and redshirting most of the roster, they lost back-to-back home duals in Stillwater. Most expected Iowa State and Oklahoma State to be a battle, but in a shocker, Northern Iowa upset OSU on Saturday night, before they fell on Sunday to Iowa State. Missing AJ Ferrari hurt the Cowboys, but probably wouldn't have changed the result of either dual. Suddenly it looks like the Cowboys may be in for a battle for the Big 12 crown in Tulsa next month as Iowa State continues to look great this year. Northern Iowa turning a corner? Northern Iowa was 3-5 heading into this weekend, and to be fair had faced a gauntlet of a schedule that included Virginia Tech, Penn State, Cornell, and Missouri. But this weekend they picked up a historic program win over Oklahoma State and another really solid win over last year's Big 12 co-champions Oklahoma. Suddenly they have the most momentum they've had all season with two home duals this week they should be favored in and a monster matchup with Iowa State looming next week.

Maryland 197 lber Jaron Smith (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The Top-10 performances from the last week in the Big 10 Conference: 1. Jaron Smith, Maryland - In what was ultimately a Michigan rout, Maryland got some juice in the 197-pound bout, from one Jaron Smith, who rallied from a 7-3 deficit to start the third period to knock off Pat Brucki, 11-9, in sudden victory. A stall point and an escape made it 7-5, then Brucki scored on a re-attack for 9-5, escape Smith for 9-6, takedown Smith for 9-8, riding-time makes it 9-9 for overtime, then another takedown for Smith gave him the win. A wild, exciting match that resulted in the Terps' bench to go ballistic, which then cost them a team point. Awesome moment. 2. Jake Bergeland, Minnesota - Everybody likely tuned in to this dual to watch the Gable Steveson-Mason Parris rematch, and we'll talk about that here in a minute, but Bergeland registered a very impressive 5-2 win over Stevan Micic at 141. He scored an early takedown, piled up nearly three minutes of riding time, then added a pair of escapes in the third period to knock off a guy who's been to the Olympics and Senior world championships. Pretty, pretty good. 3. Tony Cassioppi, Iowa - Scored two takedowns to beat Greg Kerkvliet, 7-2, which opened the door to some potentially favorable postseason positioning. If the Big Ten Championships started tomorrow, heavyweight should look like this: 1. Gable; 2. Big Cass; 3. Kerkvliet; 4. Parris. If Cassioppi can beat Kerkvliet again, that would put him in the Big Ten finals, which should set him up nicely at the NCAA Championships in Detroit - which will ultimately benefit the Hawkeyes when it comes to the team race. 4. Max Dean, Penn State - Rallied from down 3-0 to beat Jacob Warner, 8-3, thanks to an escape, a stall point, a takedown, and a mean bow-and-arrow turn for four backs that not only gave Dean the individual win, but mathematically clinched the dual for the Nittany Lions. And with the future of Oklahoma State's AJ Ferrari still a little unknown, this weight could turn into a wild, wild west come March with all the talent and parity we've seen this season. 5. Alex Marinelli, Iowa - Provided the Hawkeyes with some much-needed juice out of the intermission, scoring four takedowns in a 10-2 major decision over Brady Berge. This was a vintage Bull performance, something we hadn't seen a lot of this season, but he came through at the best time last Friday. This win tied the dual at 10-10 with four weights to go. You need your hammers to come through in a dual like that to win. Marinelli did his job. 6. Gable Steveson, Minnesota - In a normal week (by that, we mean without Iowa-Penn State), Steveson's 18-8 demolition of Michigan's Mason Parris would be closer to the top. But that shows you how jam-packed this week was. In any case, this was another masterclass performance from the returning Olympic gold medalist. Dude went for eight total takedowns in this NCAA finals rematch: three in the first period, five in the third, during which he also forced a pair of stall points and secured riding time. There is a gap between Gable and everybody else. That gap is only getting larger. 7. Carter Starocci, Penn State - Won perhaps the match of the night at 174 pounds, eking out a 2-1 win over Michael Kemerer that featured a couple of reviews, some clock issues, a called takedown at the end of sudden victory that was then taken off the board, and most importantly, a ton of high-level, fundamental wrestling. Seriously, go rewatch that match and watch how both guys find angles and keep their hips square when defending and the wrestling IQ on display. It was a spectacular match, all things considered - and perhaps the first of multiple meetings between these two over the next few months. 8. Nick Suriano, Michigan - Kind of quietly, Suriano defeated Minnesota's Pat McKee, 14-6, a warning shot to the rest of the Big Ten that there's a decent gap between Suriano and every other 125-pounder in the league. Suriano went for six total takedowns, including three in the first to set the tone. He's been exactly the hammer Michigan hoped they would get for this weight. 9. Nick Lee, Penn State - Another NCAA finals rematch makes the list here, and Lee beat Eierman again, 6-4. Lee wrestled through a couple of big throws from Eierman in the second period to scored a pair of takedowns for a 4-2 lead, then Eierman scored a late takedown and rode out Lee to erase riding-time and force overtime at 4-4, but then Lee capitalized off an impatient shot from Eierman at the start of overtime and circled behind for the match-winning takedown. Again, this is another matchup we could see a few times down the line. 10. Dylan Ragusin, Michigan - We started with a Michigan loss to Maryland, so we'll end with a Michigan win over Maryland. Ragusin produced an impressive 16-1 technical fall over King Sandoval at 133, scoring two takedowns and two turns for a 12-1 lead after the first period, then he ended it in the second with another takedown and turn. Time on the tech-fall: 3:57. Sandoval is no slouch, either.

(photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We've got a great slate of duals over the next week. An incredible 58 duals are on the schedule for Wednesday-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. All times are eastern Wednesday, February 2: McDaniel at Franklin & Marshall, 7:00 PM Centennial Conference Digital Thursday, February 3: Rider at Rutgers, 7:00 PM B1G+ Friday, February 4: Stanford at Arizona State, 2:00 PM Pac-12 Network The Citadel at Chattanooga, 7:00 PM ESPN+ Gardner-Webb at Davidson, 7:00 PM Central Michigan at Edinboro, 7:00 PM FloWrestling Ohio at Kent State, 7:00 PM Penn at Lehigh, 7:00 PM FloWrestling Michigan State at Maryland, 7:00 PM BIG+ Virginia at NC State, 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Pittsburgh at North Carolina, 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Little Rock at Oklahoma, 7:00 PM SoonerSports Ohio State at Penn State, 7:00 PM Big Ten Network Duke at Virginia Tech, 7:00 PM ACC Network Bucknell at Navy, 7:30 PM ESPN+ Minnesota at Illinois, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) B1G+ West Virginia at Iowa State, 8:00 PM ESPN+ Wyoming at Northern Colorado, 8:00 PM FloWrestling Air Force at Northern Iowa, 8:00 PM FloWrestling South Dakota State at Oklahoma State, 8:00 PM ESPN+ Michigan at Nebraska, 9:00 PM Big Ten Network CSU Bakersfield at California Baptist, 10:00 PM CBU YouTube Cal Poly at Oregon State, 10:00 PM Pac-12 Network Saturday, January 5: Bellarmine, Edinboro, Kent State at Edinboro Open, 10:00 AM FloWrestling Franklin & Marshall at Messiah Open, hosted by Messiah, 10:00 AM Northern Illinois at Buffalo, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Air Force at Iowa State, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Cornell at Princeton, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Hofstra at Drexel, 2:00 PM FloWrestling Wisconsin at Iowa, 3:30 PM Big Ten Network Long Island at Drexel, 4:00 PM FloWrestling SIU Edwardsville at George Mason, 4:30PM ESPN+ San Francisco State at California Baptist, 5:00 PM CBU YouTube Clarion vs SIU Edwardsville at George Mason, 6:00 ESPN+ Life Pacific at California Baptist, 7:00 PM CBU YouTube Ohio at Cleveland State, 7:00 PM Clarion at George Mason, 7:30 PM ESPN+ West Virginia at Northern Iowa, 8:00 PM FloWrestling Sunday, January 6: SIU Edwardsville at Greyhound Open, hosted by Indianapolis, 10:00 AM Nebraska at Penn State, 12:00 PM Big Ten Network Ohio State at Rutgers, 12:00 PM B1G+ Sacred Heart at Bloomsburg, 1:00 PM York (PA) at Bloomsburg, 1:00 PM Davidson at Campbell, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Cornell at Penn, 1:00 PM ESPN+ Minnesota at Purdue, 1:00 PM B1G+ Lehigh at Army West Point, 2:00 PM KnightVision American at Bucknell, 2:00 PM Bucknell YouTube Appalachian State at Chattanooga, 2:00 PM ESPN+ Indiana at Illinois, 2:00 PM B1G+ Central Michigan at Kent State, 2:00 PM Clarion at Navy, 2:00 PM Columbia at Pittsburgh, 2:00 PM ESPN+ Lock Haven at Rider, 2:00 PM ESPN+ Arizona State at Little Rock, 3:00 PM Oklahoma State at Missouri, 3:00 PM ESPN+ Maryland at Northwestern, 3:00 PM B1G+ Long Island at Penn, 3:30 PM ESPN+ South Dakota State at Oklahoma, 4:00 PM Princeton at Rider, 4:00PM ESPN+ Cornell at Drexel, 5:00 PM FloWrestling

Stanford's NCAA qualifier Tyler Eischens (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The dual-season is in full swing as the season inches closer to its apex, only a handful of weeks away. Pac-12 conference duals have begun, with #7 Arizona State taking an early lead in the dual-standings, followed by #21 Oregon State and Stanford. This weekend, all but CSU Bakersfield took the mat, with Oregon State traveling to face Arizona State on Sunday, while Cal Poly joined host Little Rock in a tri-dual with non-conference Northern Illinois. Stanford wrestled against in-state NAIA destination, Menlo College. Pac-12 Dual Standings (as of 2/1/2022) 1st. #7 Arizona State (3-0) 2nd. Stanford (1-0) T3rd. #24 Oregon State (1-1) T3rd. Cal Poly (1-1) 5th. CSU Bakersfield (0-1) 6th. Little Rock (0-3) Stanford tops in-state #9-NAIA Menlo (41-6) Stanford won eight of ten bouts against a local, NAIA opponent in Menlo College at Fremont High School in the Central Coast Section, on Saturday the 29th. The Cardinal fielded its full-strength lineup, with #12 Jaden Abas (149) returning to the fray and earning an injury default in an under-a-minute match with #5 (NAIA Coaches' Poll) Elijah Palacio. All four other nationally ranked wrestlers for the Cardinal came away with bonus points, with falls from #3 Shane Griffith (165) – over #7 (NAIA) Rysan Leong – and #30 Tyler Eischens (174), a technical fall from #6 Real Woods (141), and a 13-4 major decision at 133lbs from #28 Jackson DiSario over #7 (NAIA) Jacob Mendoza. Nick Stemmet, currently unranked but who has spent time in the rankings, earned an early stoppage via an 18-3 technical fall at 197lbs, while heavyweight Peter Ming earned a fall. Cal Poly Sweeps Tri-Dual, Overwhelms Northern Illinois (28-6) and Little Rock (40-0) The Mustangs earned two definitive dual victories on Sunday the 30th, winning fifteen of seventeen total bouts alongside three forfeit victories. In the first dual of the day, Cal Poly took seven of nine contested bouts, with #9 Adam Kemp (174lbs) sneaking past #23 Mason Kauffman via 2-1 TB-1 decision, two escapes to one. At 184lbs, #5 Bernie Truax controlled his ranked-bout against #19 Brit Wilson, scoring two takedowns en route to a 6-2 decision. Of note, at 165lbs, #16 Izzak Olejnik did not take the mat against Cal Poly's #1-ranked Evan Wick. With momentum built, the Mustangs rolled right into their dual with conference-foe Little Rock. The host Trojans forfeited at 157lbs and heavyweight, and the Mustangs took the twelve-point spot in stride in an eventual shutout. Abe Hinrichsen (133) separated himself against a capable Jaylen Carson of Little Rock, 8-1. Evan Wick (165) logged a 6-1 decision over Tyler Brennan, before Adam Kemp earned a 4-1 victory over Little Rock standout Triston Wills at 174lbs. Bonus points closed the dual for Cal Poly, when Bernie Truax (184) and Trent Tracy (197) earned early stoppages via technical fall. Little Rock Endures Losses to Cal Poly and Northern Illinois (6-35), Wills Avenges Loss for Ranked Win Despite their initial loss to Cal Poly, the Trojans regrouped to take the mat against the Northern Illinois Huskies, taking two of eight contested bouts. Again forfeiting at 157lbs and heavyweight, the Trojans earned victories at 133lbs, a 6-3 decision from Jaylen Carson, and at 174lbs, a 4-1 ranked-win for Triston Wills over #23 Mason Kauffman – a rematch from earlier in the season. Tyler Brennan faced his second ranked-opponent on the day, dropping a 9-0 major decision to #16 Olejnik at 165lbs. #7 Arizona State Stays Perfect In-Conference, Escapes Talented #21 Oregon State (20-17) Bringing a four-dual win-streak into Tempe, the #21 Beavers traveled to square off against the #7 Sun Devils in a battle of undefeated Pac-12 dual-teams (1-0, 2-0, respectively). In a dual featuring four ranked matchups and several ranked wrestlers, the Sun Devils took the dual meet six matches to four. Of note regarding the Arizona State lineup, #19 Jesse Vasquez (141) is out for the season due to injury, while #2-ranked heavyweight Cohlton Schultz was abroad with the US Greco Team at the Grand Prix Zagreb Open. Fortunately, #8 Anthony Valencia (165) came back from earning a spot on the Mexican World Team in time to take the mat. Leading off at 125lbs, #4 Brandon Courtney repelled a determined, #17-ranked Brandon Kaylor of Oregon State. Courtney prevailed 6-5, ultimately by out-escaping Kaylor, two escapes to one. Both Courtney and Kaylor earned two takedowns apiece. #4 Michael McGee took Courtney's lead and ran, overwhelming #13 Devan Turner to the tune of four takedowns en route to a 12-1 major decision at 133lbs. #14 Grant Willits responded for the visitors, earning a major decision over Arizona State's Ethan Pickren, 9-1, at 141lbs. The Sun Devils responded in kind, winning the next three matches by decision. #9 Kyle Parco (149) welcomed since-graduated #28 Cory Crooks back to Tempe, in a close bout. Scoreless through two periods, Parco topped Crooks 4-1 on the strength of a third-period escape, takedown, and riding time. At 157lbs, #3 Jacori Teemer was pushed to the edge by #16 Hunter Willits. After trading escapes in regulation, the two went to tiebreakers, with Teemer prevailing, 2-1 TB-1. #8 Valencia (165) earned four takedowns in a 10-3 decision over Mason Reiniche, pushing the dual score to 16-4 Arizona State. The Beavers would then take 174lbs and 184lbs, when #28 Mateo Olmos and #13 Trey Munoz combined for a major decision and technical fall. Olmos wrestled to the tune of six takedowns, defeating Ryan Rochford 13-3. Munoz doubled up the takedown total, scoring twelve on Josh Nummer in a cut-and-release affair, with Nummer being spared the remainder of the match, 26-10. Dual-score tightened to 16-13 ASU, #11 Kordell Norfleet took the dual with a match remaining, earning a 14-2 major decision at 197lbs over Ryan Reyes. In the heavyweight bout to conclude the night, #9 Gary Traub wrestled for pride, defeated Arizona State's Chad Porter via 14-5 major decision to end the dual on a high note for the departing Beavers.

3x NCAA All-American Sebastian Rivera (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Two weeks ago, we looked at the remaining schedules for the undefeated wrestlers in the national rankings. As these things tend to do, they've worked themselves out a bit as a handful of them have fallen from the ranks of the unbeaten since. Now we have eliminated the bouts that have taken place along with the wrestlers that have been handed an "L" since our first release. Additionally, we have some commentary pointing out some of the critical matches remaining and how they may affect a wrestler's ability to finish unbeaten and if there's any history between the competitors. With some huge matches on the docket for this weekend, the list is sure to shrink even further a week from now. As always, please check out our friends at WrestleStat ! Getting information like this would be a mess without such a great resource. 125 #1 Nick Suriano (Michigan) February 4th vs. Jeremiah Reno (Nebraska) February 11th vs. Jacob Moran (Indiana) February 13th vs. Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) February 20th vs. Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) #2 Patrick Glory (Princeton) February 5th vs. Vito Arujau (Cornell) February 11th vs. Jaret Lane (Lehigh) February 12th vs. Ryan Miller (Penn) February 18th vs. Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) #3 Vito Arujau (Cornell) February 5th vs. Patrick Glory (Princeton) February 6th vs. Antonio Mininno (Drexel) February 6th vs. Ryan Miller (Penn) February 12th vs. Micah Roes (Binghamton) February 20th vs. Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) #5 Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) February 4th vs. Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) February 5th vs. Brody Teske (Northern Iowa) February 12th vs. Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) February 18th vs. Jake Svihel (Wyoming) The remainder of Nick Suriano's pre-Big Ten schedule looks pretty manageable. One of the top regular season bouts will take place this Saturday as #2 Patrick Glory (Princeton) and #3 Vito Arujau (Cornell) are expected to clash. They last met on the collegiate mats during the 2018-19 season as Arujau pinned Glory in dual competition, while Glory returned the favor at the EIWA Championships. Killian Cardinale has an imposing slate of duals as both 2021 Big 12 finalists (Brody Teske/Taylor LaMont) are on the horizon. Dropped off since last update: #6 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State), #7 Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State), #19 Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 133 #1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) February 4th vs. Will Bentancourt (Ohio State) February 6th vs. Alex Thomsen (Nebraska) February 20th vs. Richie Koehler (Rider) #2 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) February 4th vs. Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) February 6th vs. Trey Crawford (Missouri) February 12th vs. Austin DeSanto (Iowa) February 18th vs. Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) February 20th vs. Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) #11 Brock Hudkins (Indiana) February 6th vs. Lucas Byrd (Illinois) February 11th vs. Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) February 13th vs. Will Betancourt (Ohio State) February 20th vs. Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) There's a pretty clear path to an undefeated season for Roman Bravo-Young. The biggest hurdle for #2 Daton Fix is Austin DeSanto at the "Battle at the Ballpark." He and DeSanto have had some close matches in the past. Another factor is Fix is slated to compete in both the freestyle dual with Iran and OSU's match with the Hawkeyes. A surprise undefeated wrestler is #11 Brock Hudkins. His next two opponents will represent his stiffest competition of the year and would lead to a top-eight ranking provided he wins. Dropped off since last update: #3 Austin DeSanto (Iowa), #10 Jaime Hernandez (North Carolina) 141 #1 Nick Lee (Penn State) February 4th vs. Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) February 6th vs. Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) February 20th vs. Quinn Kinner (Rider) #3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) February 3rd vs. Quinn Kinner (Rider) February 6th vs. Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) February 12th vs. Danny Bertoni (Maryland) February 18th vs. Danny Coles (Princeton) February 19th vs. Matt Kazimir (Columbia) #5 Dylan Duncan (Illinois) February 4th vs. Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) February 6th vs. Cayden Rooks (Indiana) February 11th vs. Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) February 13th vs. Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) #6 Real Woods (Stanford) February 4th vs. Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) February 12th vs. Angelo Martinoni (CSU Bakersfield) February 19th vs. Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) February 20th vs. Grant Willits (Oregon State) #7 Kizhan Clarke (North Carolina) February 4th vs. Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) February 11th vs. Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) February 18th vs. Ryan Jack (NC State) Sebastian Rivera has gotten through the most difficult part of his schedule and appears to be on the fast-track of being undefeated. The biggest potential roadblock for Nick Lee is three-time All-American Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska). While Red Jr. has never defeated Lee, two of their three career meetings have been within two points. Dylan Duncan made his season debut on Saturday and his remaining four opponents are either ranked or returning national qualifiers. Most notable are Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) and Red Jr. Real Woods has a heavy dose of Pac-12 competition on the docket. One of his upcoming opponents is Grant Willits (Oregon State), who pinned him at the conference meet last year (though under different circumstances). One of the surprising undefeated wrestlers at this weight is Kizhan Clarke. Friday's meeting with a red-hot Cole Matthews could be the deciding factor between him and a perfect record. Collin Gerardi and Ryan Jack are also very capable though. This leads to a discussion on Big Ten seeding as the top-five wrestlers at this weight are from the conference. Lee and Rivera are likely to be without a loss heading into Lincoln. Duncan could finish undefeated too. Jaydin Eierman and Stevan Micic just lost their first conference matches on Friday. Red Jr. also hasn't lost to a B1G opponent and he'll play a role in this whole situation with bouts against Micic, Lee, Duncan, Eierman. Dropped off since last update: #2 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa), #20 Darren Miller (Bucknell) 149 #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) February 5th vs. Marshall Keller (Princeton) February 6th vs. Luke Nicher (Drexel) February 6th vs. Anthony Artalona (Penn) February 12th vs. Nick Lombard (Binghamton) February 20th vs. Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) #3 Tariq Wilson (NC State) February 4th vs. Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) February 11th vs. Dan Mancini (Pittsburgh) February 18th vs. Zach Sherman (North Carolina) February 20th vs. Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) #6 Josh Heil (Campbell) February 6th vs. David Loniewski (Davidson) February 13th vs. Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) Mark your calendars for February 20th, as that date will be instrumental at this weight class. While Yianni Diakomihalis is still a huge favorite, a match with Austin Gomez will be plenty of fun. Tariq Wilson also has a match with Bryce Andonian that same day. Two days earlier, Wilson will renew the rivalry with Zach Sherman. While Wilson has controlled the series to the tune of 6-1, their matches have generally been close. There is a top-ten match brewing in the SoCon as Josh Heil and Jonathan Millner are ready to meet on February 13th. The two met in the 2021 SoCon finals and Millner was victorious 2-0. Dropped off since last update: None 157 #1 David Carr (Iowa State) February 4th vs. Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) February 5th vs. Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) February 11th vs. Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) February 16th vs. Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) #2 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) February 6th vs. Lucas Cordio (Maryland) February 11th vs. Chase Saldate (Michigan State) February 13th vs. Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) February 19th vs. Kendall Coleman (Purdue) #3 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) February 4th vs. Charlie Darracott (Stanford) February 6th vs. Chase Tebbets (Little Rock) February 12th vs. Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) February 18th vs. Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) #10 Ed Scott (NC State) January 28th vs. Wade Ungar (Duke) February 4th vs. Jake Keating (Virginia) February 11th vs. Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh) February 18th vs. Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) February 20th vs. Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) It's reasonable to assume that David Carr and Ryan Deakin both finish the regular season unbeaten. One of the most significant matches at this weight for the remainder of the year is #3 Jacori Teemer versus #8 Josh Humphreys. The pair last met in 2020 and Teemer got the 8-6 win. Humphreys has improved significantly this year. In the ACC, Ed Scott has three tough matches to finish the season. He has 2021 NCAA champion Austin O'Connor sandwiched around Elijah Cleary and Connor Brady. Dropped off since last update: None 165 #1 Evan Wick (Cal Poly) February 4th vs. Matt Olguin (Oregon State) February 13th vs. Augustine Garcia (CSU Bakersfield) February 13th vs. Jack Ganos (Air Force) February 19th vs. Shane Griffith (Stanford) #2 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) February 6th vs. Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) February 12th vs. Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) February 16th vs. Isaac Judge (Iowa State) #7 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) February 5th vs. Alex Marinelli (Iowa) February 11th vs. Danny Braunagel (Illinois) February 17th vs. Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) February 20th vs. Julian Ramirez (Cornell) #15 Justin McCoy (Virginia) February 4th vs. Thomas Bullard (NC State) February 12th vs. Gabe Dinette (Duke) February 18th vs. Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) Most likely to finish unbeaten in this crew at 165 lbs is Justin McCoy, who is currently ranked 15th. Top-ranked Evan Wick has a CKLV finals rematch with 2021 NCAA champion Shane Griffith looming on the last weekend of the year. They're likely to meet at the Pac-12 tournament too. The next two weeks should feature Keegan O'Toole against a pair of returning All-Americans with Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) and Anthony Valencia (Arizona State). O'Toole has missed the last two weeks for Mizzou, so hopefully he'll be ready. True freshman Dean Hamiti has quite the homestretch of matches to end the year. Saturday's he'll square off with three-time Big Ten champion Alex Marinelli (Iowa) in one of the best matches of the week. The last few days of the regular season have him in non-conference bouts against a red-hot Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) and a top-ten opponent in Julian Ramirez (Cornell). Dropped off since last update: #5 Alex Marinelli (Iowa), #8 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) 174 #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) February 4th vs. Ethan Smith (Ohio State) February 6th vs. Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) February 20th vs. Shane Reitsma (Rider) #3 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) February 4th vs. Matt Finesilver (Duke) February 11th vs. Clay Lautt (North Carolina) February 18th vs. Justin Phillips (Virginia) February 20th vs. Hayden Hidlay (NC State) #4 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) February 4th vs. Justin Phillips (Virginia) February 11th vs. James Lledo (Pittsburgh) February 18th vs. Clay Lautt (North Carolina) February 20th vs. Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) This weekend will be no cakewalk for the defending 174 lb champion Carter Starocci. Bouts against Ethan Smith and Mikey Labriola will both be dogfights. Last season's Big Ten semifinal against Labriola went into sudden victory and Smith's teammate, Kaleb Romero, took Starocci into tiebreakers during their 2021 dual. The biggest match in the ACC for the remainder of the year is one we thought we missed in Hayden Hidlay vs Mekhi Lewis. Since the teams announced they will compete in a non-conference dual on the final weekend of the year, we'll finally get this one. A battle of undefeated NCAA finalists. Beforehand, both will have to contend with North Carolina's Clay Lautt, while Lewis still has the dangerous Matt Finesilver. Dropped off since last update: #2 Michael Kemerer (Iowa), #6 Logan Massa (Michigan, #8 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 184 #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) February 4th vs. Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) February 6th vs. Taylor Venz (Nebraska) February 20th vs. George Walton (Rider) #3 Trent Hidlay (NC State) February 4th vs. Michael Battista (Virginia) February 11th vs. Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) February 18th vs. Gavin Kane (North Carolina) February 20th vs. Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) #6 Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) February 4th vs. Trey Munoz (Oregon State) February 13th vs. Jacob Hansen (CSU Bakersfield) February 13th vs. Jake Thompson (Air Force) February 19th vs. Judah Duhm (Stanford) Like his teammate, Starocci, Aaron Brooks has an imposing pair of bout looming this weekend. Kaleb Romero is incredibly difficult to score on and has went to extra time with Myles Amine (Michigan) and Abe Assad (Iowa). Taylor Venz is responsible for Brooks' only career loss, though the Nittany Lion star has three times since that 2019-20 dual. Rival Hunter Bolen is awaiting Trent Hidlay at the end of his schedule. Though Hidlay got the upperhand at the 2021 ACC Championships, Bolen had won their previous three meetings. The biggest test on the remainder of Bernie Truax's schedule is Trey Munoz on Friday. Munoz has been excellent, of late, and is pushing for a spot in the top-ten. Remember, Truax is considered undefeated because he lost to post-graduate Mark Hall. Dropped off since last update: #2 Myles Amine (Michigan) 197 #1 AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) February 4th vs. Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) February 6th vs. Rocky Elam (Missouri) February 12th vs. Jacob Warner (Iowa) February 18th vs. Mason McCready (Bucknell) February 20th vs. Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) There's only one unbeaten 197 lber and it's the returning national champion AJ Ferrari. Obviously, his condition is still unknown after a serious car accident less than a week ago. From a wrestling standpoint, his remaining schedule would be daunting with three AA's and a dangerous Tanner Sloan in the mix. Right now, that's secondary and we hope to see Ferrari as soon as possible. Dropped off since last update: #2 Max Dean (Penn State), #13 Jay Aiello (Virginia) 285 #1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) February 4th vs. Luke Luffman (Illinois) February 6th vs. Michael Woulfe (Purdue) February 11th vs. Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) #2 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) February 4th vs. Peter Ming (Stanford) February 6th vs. Josiah Hill (Little Rock) February 12th vs. Zach Elam (Missouri) February 18th vs. Jordan Wood (Lehigh) #6 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) February 4th vs. Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) February 5th vs. Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) February 11th vs. Brian Andrews (Wyoming) February 13th vs. Jacob Sieder (CSU Bakersfield) February 13th vs. Sam Aguilar (Cal Poly) February 20th vs. Robert Winters (Northern Colorado) On Friday night, Gable Steveson went through his most significant test in NCAA runner-up Mason Parris and seemed to have little trouble doing so. There's little doubt that he'll finish his third consecutive regular season without a loss. Cohlton Schultz has a few difficult non-conference matches at the tail end of his schedule. He'll close with duals against Zach Elam and All-American Jordan Wood. An undefeated wrestler most may overlook is Air Force's Wyatt Hendrickson. While Hendrickson doesn't have anyone ranked above #15 (Brian Andrews) on his schedule, it does have a bunch of dangerous foes. If available, Andrews is a two-time Big 12 finalist (2020 champion) who is responsible for one of Hendrickson's losses last season. The Iowa-contingent, Gordon and Schuyler, are both tough-outs and Schuyler is on a nine-match winning streak. Dropped off since last update: #3 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State), #4 Mason Parris (Michigan),

2021 All-American Parker Keckeisen (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday's Dual Results Purdue 17 Indiana 16 125 - Devin Schroder (Purdue) maj Jacob Moran (Indiana) 11-0 133 - Brock Hudkins (Indiana) dec Matt Ramos (Purdue) 7-1 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) maj Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 12-4 149 - Graham Rooks (Indiana) maj Alec White (Purdue) 12-2 157 - Cooper Noehre (Purdue) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 3-1 165 - Hayden Lohrey (Purdue) dec Kasper McIntosh (Indiana) 5-3 174 - Nick South (Indiana) dec Gerrit Nijenhuis (Purdue) 3-2 184 - DJ Washington (Indiana) dec Max Lyon (Purdue) 7-3 197 - Thomas Penola (Purdue) dec Nick Willham (Indiana) 10-4 285 - Jacob Bullock (Indiana) dec Michael Woulfe (Purdue) 6-4SV Army West Point 21 Bucknell 12 125 - Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) dec Ryan Chauvin (Army West Point) 3-2 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Dominic Carone (Army West Point) 5-0 141 - Thomas Deck (Army West Point) dec Darren Miller (Bucknell) 7-2 149 - Matt Williams (Army West Point) dec Kolby DePron (Bucknell) 8-5 157 - Markus Hartman (Army West Point) dec Nick Delp (Bucknell) 8-2 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 6-2 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) fall Nolan Springer (Bucknell) 4:16 184 - Brad Laughlin (Army West Point) dec Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 5-3 197 - JT Brown (Army West Point) dec Mason McCready (Bucknell) 6-1 285 - Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) dec Brandon Phillips (Army West Point) 4-3 Northwestern 26 Illinois 13 125 - Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) dec Justin Cardani (Illinois) 1-0 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) dec Chris Cannon (Northwestern) 8-2 141 - Dylan Duncan (Illinois) dec Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) 9-2 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) fall Christian Kanzler (Illinois) 1:49 157 - Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) tech Joe Roberts (Illinois) 15-0 165 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) maj David Ferrante (Northwestern) 14-3 174 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) dec DJ Shannon (Illinois) 3-1 184 - Zac Braunagel (Illinois) dec Jon Halvorsen (Northwestern) 14-8 197 - Andrew Davison (Northwestern) fall Nikita Nepomnyashchiy (Illinois) 2:25 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) dec Luke Luffman (Illinois) 3-2 North Dakota State 39 West Virginia 9 125 - Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) dec Lucas Rodriguez (North Dakota State) 6-3 133 - Ryan Henningson (North Dakota State) fall Garett Lautzenheiser (West Virginia) 6:16 141 - Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) dec Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 8-5 149 - Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) maj Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) 12-4 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) tech Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) 18-3 165 - Luke Weber (North Dakota State) fall Peyton Hall (West Virginia) :47 174 - Riley Habsich (North Dakota State) dec Dennis Robin (West Virginia) 6-4 184 - DJ Parker (North Dakota State) fall Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 4:29 197 - Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) fall Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 1:19 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) fall Brandon Metz (North Dakota State) 1:28 Rider 25 Bloomsburg 9 125 - Tyler Klinsky (Rider) maj Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) 10-1 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) 5-4 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) dec Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) 6-1 149 - Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) dec Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 5-3 157 - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) dec Alec Bobchin (Rider) 5-0 165 - Michael Wilson (Rider) dec Gavin Hale (Bloomsburg) 10-7 174 - Shane Reitsma (Rider) dec Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 6-2 184 - Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) dec Evan Vasquez (Rider) 7-2 197 - Azeem Bell (Rider) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 4-1 285 - David Szuba (Rider) FFT Columbia 20 Navy 15 125 - Joe Manchio (Columbia) dec Jacob Allen (Navy) 3-1SV 133 - Angelo Rini (Columbia) dec Josh Koderhandt (Navy) 11-8 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) maj Tyler Hunt (Navy) 11-3 149 - Dominic Rossetti (Columbia) dec Jonathan Miranda (Navy) 2-0 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 12-7 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) maj Val Park (Navy) 13-5 174 - Cael Crebs (Navy) dec Nick Fine (Columbia) 3-2 184 - Brian Bonino (Columbia) dec David Key (Navy) 5-3 197 - Jacob Koser (Navy) fall Joe Franzese (Columbia) 4:33 285 - Ryan Catka (Navy) maj Dan Conley (Columbia) 16-4 Cornell 31 Columbia 9 125 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Joe Manchio (Columbia) 12-4 133 - Dom LaJoie (Cornell) dec Angelo Rini (Columbia) 4-0 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) dec JJ Wilson (Cornell) 6-4 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) fall Danny Fongaro (Columbia) 4:06 157 - Hunter Richard (Cornell) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 10-4 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) InjDef Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) dec Nick Fine (Columbia) 8-3 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) maj Brian Bonino (Columbia) 10-1 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) 5-2 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) tech Dan Conley (Columbia) 18-0 Cornell 34 Navy 9 125 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) tech Jacob Allen (Navy) 20-5 133 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) fall Dom LaJoie (Cornell) :50 141 - Cole Handlovic (Cornell) dec Tyler Hunt (Navy) 9-3 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) fall Jonathan Miranda (Navy) 2:27 157 - Hunter Richard (Cornell) dec Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) 5-4 165 - Val Park (Navy) dec Adam Santoro (Cornell) 8-3 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) maj Shane Sosinsky (Navy) 10-1 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) maj Hunter Johns (Navy) 12-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Jacob Koser (Navy) 9-4 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) fall Riley Smith (Navy) 6:33 Missouri 30 Wyoming 6 125 - Noah Surtin (Missouri) dec Brendon Garcia (Wyoming) 4-0 133 - Trey Crawford (Missouri) tech Josh Kyle (Wyoming) 16-0 141 - Allan Hart (Missouri) dec Chase Zollman (Wyoming) 9-2 149 - Josh Edmond (Missouri) dec Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) 3-1SV 157 - Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) dec Jacob Wright (Wyoming) 5-3 165 - Cole Moody (Wyoming) dec Mitchell Bohlken (Missouri) 8-3 174 - Sean Harman (Missouri) dec Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) 4-2 184 - Jeremiah Kent (Missouri) fall Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 2:51 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) dec Rocky Elam (Missouri) 3-2 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) maj Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 17-4 Wyoming 23 Utah Valley 17 125 - Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) tech Brendon Garcia (Wyoming) 21-6 133 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) fall Josh Kyle (Wyoming) 6:05 141 - Darren Green (Wyoming) dec Ty Smith (Utah Valley) 5-4SV 149 - Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) maj Sam Edelblute (Utah Valley) 13-3 157 - Jacob Wright (Wyoming) dec Jaxon Garoutte (Utah Valley) 4-1 165 - Cole Moody (Wyoming) dec Danny Snediker (Utah Valley) 2-1TB 174 - Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) fall Kekana Fouret (Utah Valley) 3:59 184 - Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley) dec Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 8-1 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) maj Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) 13-4 285 - Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) dec Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 4-2 Missouri 18 Utah Valley 15 125 - Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) dec Noah Surtin (Missouri) 5-3 133 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) dec Trey Crawford (Missouri) 9-2 141 - Ty Smith (Utah Valley) dec Allan Hart (Missouri) 2-1 149 - Josh Edmond (Missouri) tech Sam Edelblute (Utah Valley) 20-5 157 - Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) dec Jaxon Garoutte (Utah Valley) 11-7 165 - Danny Snediker (Utah Valley) dec Mitchell Bohlken (Missouri) 9-3 174 - Sean Harman (Missouri) maj Kekana Fouret (Utah Valley) 17-4 184 - Jeremiah Kent (Missouri) dec Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley) 3-2 197 - Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) dec Jack Flynn (Missouri) 8-1 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) dec Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) 5-0 Northern Iowa 19 Oklahoma State 15 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Brody Teske (Northern Iowa) 7-5 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) dec Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) 5-1 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) dec Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) 10-6 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) 3-2 157 - Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) dec Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 3-2 165 - Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) dec Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 2-0 174 - Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) fall Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 4:59 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) maj Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 12-3 197 - Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) dec John Gunderson (Northern Iowa) 4-1 285 - Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) dec Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 2-0 Stanford 41 Menlo 6 125 - Riley Saison (Menlo) dec Suhas Chundi (Stanford) 9-2 133 - Jackson DiSario (Stanford) maj Jacob Mendoza (Menlo) 13-4 141 - Real Woods (Stanford) tech Logan Avina-Barajas (Menlo) 19-2 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) InjDef Elijah Palacio (Menlo) 157 - Abraham Del Toro (Menlo) dec Charlie Darracott (Stanford) 6-4SV 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) fall Rysan Leong (Menlo) 4:02 174 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford) fall Jordan Bernal (Menlo) 3:54 184 - Nick Addison (Stanford) dec Maximus Zamora (Menlo) 8-3 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) tech Amrit Singh (Menlo) 18-3 285 - Peter Ming (Stanford) fall Oscar Diaz (Menlo) 2:02 Sunday's Dual Results Northern Illinois 35 Little Rock 6 125 - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) dec Jayden Carson (Little Rock) 5-3 133 - Jaylen Carson (Little Rock) dec Mikey Kaminsky (Northern Illinois) 6-3 141 - Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) dec Conner Ward (Little Rock) 4-1 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 8-4 157 - Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) FFT 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) maj Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) 9-0 174 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) dec Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois) 4-1 184 - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) fall Brayden Willow (Little Rock) 3:34 197 - Tristen Gauman (Northern Illinois) maj Brooks Sacharczyk (Little Rock) 11-3 285 - Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) FFT Cal Poly 28 Northern Illinois 6 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) dec Bryce West (Northern Illinois) 7-4 133 - Mikey Kaminsky (Northern Illinois) dec Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 7-6 141 - Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) dec Javion Jones (Northern Illinois) 4-2 149 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) dec Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) 10-6 157 - Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 10-4 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) FFT 174 - Adam Kemp (Cal Poly) dec Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois) 2-1TB 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) dec Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) 6-2 197 - Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) maj Tristen Gauman (Northern Illinois) 11-1 285 - Samuel Aguilar (Cal Poly) dec Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) 6-1 Cal Poly 40 Little Rock 0 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) dec Jayden Carson (Little Rock) 5-4 133 - Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) dec Jaylen Carson (Little Rock) 8-1 141 - Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) dec Conner Ward (Little Rock) 4-1 149 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 6-1 157 - Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) FFT 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) dec Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) 6-1 174 - Adam Kemp (Cal Poly) dec Triston Wills (Little Rock) 4-1 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) tech Brayden Willow (Little Rock) 18-3 197 - Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) tech Brooks Sacharczyk (Little Rock) 16-0 285 - Samuel Aguilar (Cal Poly) FFT North Dakota State 21 Air Force 16 125 - Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) dec Lucas Rodriguez (North Dakota State) 5-4 133 - Sidney Flores (Air Force) maj Ryan Henningson (North Dakota State) 8-0 141 - Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) dec Cody Phippen (Air Force) 4-3 149 - Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) dec Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 7-0 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) 12-6 165 - Luke Weber (North Dakota State) dec Trey Brisker (Air Force) 4-1 174 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Riley Habisch (North Dakota State) 6-1 184 - DJ Parker (North Dakota State) dec Jake Thompson (Air Force) 7-1 197 - Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) dec fall Kayne Hutchison (Air Force) 1:32 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) FFT Franklin & Marshall 28 Sacred Heart 13 125 - Gio Diaz (Franklin & Marshall) dec Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) 7-1 133 - Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall) tech Cole Meyer (Sacred Heart) 18-0 141 - Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart) maj Nick Tewell (Franklin & Marshall) 13-3 149 - Wil Gil (Franklin & Marshall) dec Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) 5-3 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) dec fall Cristaan Dailey (Franklin & Marshall) 5:47 165 - Chase McCollum (Franklin & Marshall) dec Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart) 8-1 174 - John Crawford (Franklin & Marshall) maj Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) 11-3 184 - James Conway (Franklin & Marshall) InjDef Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart) 197 - Joseph Accousti (Sacred Heart) dec Michael Wazen (Franklin & Marshall) 5-1 285 - Vincenzo Pelusi (Franklin & Marshall) maj Nick Copley (Sacred Heart) 12-3 The Citadel 28 Long Island 17 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) dec Malik Hardy (The Citadel) 8-4 133 - Jake Rotunda (The Citadel) tech Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 17-0 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) tech Joe Clement (The Citadel) 18-3 149 - Ethan Willis (The Citadel) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 4-0 157 - Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) fall James Johnston (Long Island) 5:38 165 - Selwyn Porter (The Citadel) tech Blake Bahna (Long Island) 18-3 174 - Ryan Ferro (Long Island) fall Cole Burke (The Citadel) 6:39 184 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) dec James Langan (Long Island) 6-1 197 - Nunzio Crowley (Long Island) dec Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) 3-2 285 - Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) fall James Langan (Long Island) 2:03 Drexel 26 American 16 125 - Kyle Waterman (Drexel) FFT 133 - Jack Maida (American) dec Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) 5-4 141 - Jared Donahue (Drexel) fall Ethan Szerencsits (American) :56 149 - Patrick Ryan (American) dec Tyler Williams (Drexel) 4-2 157 - Parker Kropman (Drexel) dec Antonio Segura (American) 3-2 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) tech Breon Phifer (American) 15-0 174 - Tim Fitzpatrick (American) maj Michael Martinak (Drexel) 11-3 184 - Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) dec Colin Shannon (American) 10-5 197 - Santino Morina (Drexel) dec Carsten Rawls (American) 7-1 285 - Isaac Righter (American) fall Eli Anthony (Drexel) 2:30 Campbell 18 Chattanooga 13 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) dec Korbin Meink (Campbell) 5-3 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Dom Zaccone (Campbell) 7-3 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) dec Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) 5-2 149 - Josh Heil (Campbell) dec Noah Castillo (Campbell) 4-2 157 - Weston Wichman (Chattanooga) dec Matthew Dallara (Campbell) 3-1SV 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) maj Riley Augustine (Campbell) 11-3 174 - Austin Murphy (Campbell) dec Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) 3-1 184 - Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) dec Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) 6-0 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) dec Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) 6-4 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) dec Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) 8-1 George Mason 22 Edinboro 12 125 - Ben Monn (George Mason) dec Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 2-0 133 - Michael Rapuano (George Mason) dec Cam Soda (Edinboro) 9-3 141 - Gabe Willochell (Edinboro) fall Shawn Nonaka (George Mason) 1:52 149 - Alex Madrigal (George Mason) dec Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) 12-9 157 - Avery Bassett (George Mason) dec PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 8-2 165 - Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) dec Tyler Kocak (George Mason) 8-6SV 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) maj Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 12-1 184 - Kyle Davis (George Mason) dec Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) 10-7 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) dec Jon List (George Mason) 4-1 285 - Austin Stith (George Mason) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 3-2 Binghamton 19 Navy 16 125 - Jacob Allen (Navy) dec NIck Curley (Binghamton) 5-0 133 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 4-1 141 - Ryan Anderson (Binghamton) maj Tyler Hunt (Navy) 8-0 149 - Nick Lombard (Binghamton) dec Jonathan Miranda (Navy) 4-2 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Tyler Martin (Binghamton) 1:38 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Val Park (Navy) 4-1 174 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec Cael Crebs (Navy) 1-0 184 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec David Key (Navy) 6-4 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) dec Jake Koser (Navy) 4-2 285 - Ryan Catka (Navy) maj Collin Burns (Binghamton) 17-5 Bucknell 17 Rider 15 125 - Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) dec Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 8-2 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) 7-5 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) dec Darren Miller (Bucknell) 2-1 149 - Kolby DePron (Bucknell) maj Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 15-2 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Alec Bobchin (Rider) 5-4 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) maj Michael Wilson (Rider) 10-1 174 - Shane Reitsma (Rider) dec Nolan Springer (Bucknell) 4-0 184 - Evan Vasquez (Rider) dec Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 8-7 197 - Mason McCready (Bucknell) dec Matt Correnti (Rider) 6-1 285 - David Szuba (Rider) dec Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) 11-6 Virginia Tech 24 Pittsburgh 12 125 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Gage Curry (Pittsburgh) 5-3 133 - Kobin Myers (Virginia Tech) dec Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 2-1 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) 8-2 149 - Sam Hillegas (Virginia Tech) dec Luke Kemerer (Pittsburgh) 5-2 157 - Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 5-1SV 165 - Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) dec Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) 5-1 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) tech James Lledo (Pittsburgh) 23-5 184 - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) fall Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) 1:33 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) 6-1 285 - Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech) maj Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) 12-0 Central Michigan 24 Ohio 10 125 - Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) dec Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) 2-1 133 - Gio DiSabato (Ohio) dec Ja'Kerion Merritt (Central Michigan) 15-7 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) maj Kyran Hagan (Ohio) 9-0 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Alec Hagan (Ohio) 4-1 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Jordan Slivka (Ohio) 9-5 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) maj Sean O'Dwyer (Ohio) 14-2 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) 3-1 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) dec Ben Cushma (Central Michigan) 3-2 197 - Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) dec Carson Brewer (Central Michigan) 8-4 285 - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) maj Jordan Earnest (Ohio) 10-0 Michigan 40 Maryland 2 125 - Jack Medley (Michigan) fall Zach Spence (Maryland) 2:31 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech King Sandoval (Maryland) 16-1 141 - Stevan Micic (Michigan) maj Danny Bertoni (Maryland) 16-3 149 - Pat Nolan (Michigan) dec Michael North (Maryland) 9-8 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) maj Conner Decker (Maryland) 18-5 165 - Cam Amine (Michigan) maj Gaven Bell (Maryland) 16-3 174 - Logan Massa (Michigan) FFT 184 - Myles Amine (Michigan) dec Kyle Cochran (Maryland) 6-2 197 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) dec Patrick Brucki (Michigan) 11-9SV 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) tech Zach Schrader (Maryland) 21-4 Davidson 21 Long Island 20 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) FFT 133 - Kyle Gorant (Davidson) fall Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 4:51 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) maj Nick Cambria (Davidson) 12-2 149 - Gavin Damasco (Davidson) dec Drew Whitham (Long Island) 4-0 157 - Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) dec James Johnston (Long Island) 3-2 165 - Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) dec Blake Bahna (Long Island) 9-4 174 - Ryan Ferro (Long Island) dec Steven Newell (Davidson) 5-1 184 - James Langan (Long Island) maj Gavin Henry (Davidson) 17-5 197 - Nunzio Crowley (Long Island) dec Finlay Holston (Davidson) 15-13 285 - Mitchell Trigg (Davidson) fall Tim Nagosky (Long Island) 4:26 The Citadel 25 Davidson 15 125 - Malik Hardy (The Citadel) FFT 133 - Jake Rotunda (The Citadel) dec Kyle Gorant (Davidson) 5-1 141 - Nick Cambria (Davidson) FFT 149 - Gavin Damasco (Davidson) dec Ethan Willis (The Citadel) 3-1SV 157 - Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) maj Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) 12-3 165 - Selwyn Porter (The Citadel) maj Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) 10-1 174 - Steven Newell (Davidson) dec Cole Burke (The Citadel) 5-3SV 184 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) dec Gavin Henry (Davidson) 3-2 197 - Finlay Holston (Davidson) dec Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) 3-1 285 - Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) dec Mitchell Trigg (Davidson) 4-3 VMI 28 Presbyterian 18 125: Benny Gomez (Presbyterian) dec Cameron Chicella (VMI) 10-3 133: Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) FFT 141: Freddy Junko (VMI) fall Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) 4:42 149: Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) dec Luke Hart (VMI) 4-2 157: Seth Fillers (VMI) maj Logan Spell (Presbyterian) 10-2 165: Blake Showers (VMI) fall Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian) 4:07 174: Jon Hoover (VMI) fall Bryton Goering (Presbyterian) 4:58 184: David Bertrand (Presbyterian) dec Max Gourley (VMI) 6-1 197: Tyler Mousaw (VMI) fall Malcolm Wiley (Presbyterian) 1:25 HWT: Will Pontoon (Presbyterian) dec Josh Evans (VMI) 4-0 Campbell 40 VMI 0 125 - Korbin Meink (Campbell) tech Cam Chicella (VMI) 17-2 133 - Dom Zaccone (Campbell) FFT 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) maj Freddy Junko (VMI) 13-5 149 - Chris Rivera (Campbell) maj Luke Hart (VMI) 14-2 157 - Matthew Dallara (Campbell) dec Seth Fillers (VMI) 7-3 165 - Riley Augustine (Campbell) maj River Carroll (VMI) 17-5 174 - Austin Murphy (Campbell) dec Jon Hoover (VMI) 1-0 184 - Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) maj Max Gourley (VMI) 11-2 197 - Chris Kober (Campbell) dec Tyler Mousaw (VMI) 8-6 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) maj Josh Evans (VMI) 17-6 Kent State 21 Clarion 16 125 - Jake Ferri (Kent State) dec Joey Fischer (Clarion) 6-4SV 133 - Brendon Fenton (Kent State) dec Alex Blake (Clarion) 8-3 141 - Seth Koleno (Clarion) dec Louis Newell (Kent State) 9-5 149 - Kody Komara (Kent State) fall Lavinsky Collins (Clarion) 1:18 157 - Robert Pryhocki (Kent State) dec Kyle Shickel (Clarion) 9-2 165 - Brady Chrisman (Kent State) dec Cameron Pine (Clarion) 2-0 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) tech Michael Ferree (Kent State) 20-3 184 - Colin McCracken (Kent State) dec Max Wohlbaugh (Clarion) 3-1 197 - Will Feldkamp (Clarion) tech Tyler Bates (Kent State) 20-2 285 - Ty Bagoly (Clarion) dec Jacob Cover (Kent State) 5-0 Northern Iowa 17 Oklahoma 15 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Kyle Gollhofer (Northern Iowa) 4-1 133 - Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) dec Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) 4-0 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) maj Zach Zeamer (Oklahoma) 14-5 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) 4-3 157 - Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) maj Cam Picklo (Oklahoma) 10-2 165 - Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) dec Joe Grello (Oklahoma) 3-0 174 - Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) dec Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) 9-6 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) 7-5 197 - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) dec John Gunderson (Northern Iowa) 12-5 285 - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 3-1 Iowa State 20 Oklahoma State 12 125 - Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) dec Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) 2-1 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) dec Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) 5-1 141 - Ian Parker (Iowa State) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 4-0 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) 6-4SV 157 - David Carr (Iowa State) maj Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 12-3 165 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Isaac Judge (Iowa State) 5-1 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Joel Devine (Iowa State) 6-1 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) dec Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 8-3 197 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) maj Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) 18-6 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) dec Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 4-2 Arizona State 20 Oregon State 17 125 - Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) dec Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) 6-5 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) maj Devan Turner (Oregon State) 12-1 141 - Grant Willits (Oregon State) maj Ethan Pickren (Arizona State) 9-1 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Cory Crooks (Oregon State) 4-1 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec Hunter Willits (Oregon State) 2-1TB 165 - Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) dec Mason Reiniche (Oregon State) 10-4 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) maj Ryan Rochford (Arizona State) 13-3 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) tech Josh Nummer (Arizona State) 27-10 197 - Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) maj Ryan Reyes (Oregon State) 14-2 285 - Gary Traub (Oregon State) maj Chad Porter (Arizona State) 14-5

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Micky Phillippi (left) and Korbin Myers in the 2021 ACC finals (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh The Hokies head north to take on the Panthers in their first ACC dual of the season. The teams agreed to push the dual from Friday to Sunday to allow additional time for some VT wrestlers to return to the lineup, so both teams are as close to full strength as possible. Both teams should be ready to scrap with the extra rest and we have some great matchups to look forward to in this one. To start us off, Latona-Curry will give us a peek into whether Latona is back at his top form or whether the stingy defense of Curry will be too much. Myers-Phillippi will be a battle. Brady-Cleary is a low-key great matchup and so is Bolen-Harvey. The Hokies are fired up and ready to go after last week and the Panthers are coming off two straight dual wins--an upset of then #6 Arizona State and a decisive victory over Virginia last week. It should be a fun Sunday afternoon matinee to showcase the ACC. 125: #21 Sam Latona vs. #31 Gage Curry After a slow start to the season, Latona has seemed to find his groove and has looked much stronger in his past two outings. The returning All-American is 6-6 on the season, but all of his losses are to ranked wrestlers, including the current 3, 4, 10, 13, 14 ranked wrestlers. He doesn't have any “bad losses,” but definitely didn't seem to be the best version of himself in the opening half of the season. Curry has looked solid since transferring from American and is 11-6 on the year. He picked up a conference win last week over Patrick McCormick from UVA. 133: #5 Korbin Myers vs. #7 Micky Phillippi This will be the biggest match of the dual and it will be a fun one. Myers comes in at 11-1 with his only loss to Michael McGee of Arizona State. He has wrestled incredibly well all season and has been a critical part of the Hokie lineup. Phillippi is 10-3 with losses to McGee, Lucas Byrd and Malyke Hines and is coming off a tech fall victory over UVA last week. Myers and Phillippi have met five times in their careers, with Phillippi holding the 3-2 advantage, but Myers holds the last victory with a 3-1 win to take the ACC title last year. All of their matches have been close--the biggest win was a 2 point difference--and I don't expect this one to be any different. 141: Collin Gerardi vs. #18 Cole Matthews Gerardi has had a solid season holding down the 141 spot and enters with an 8-4 record. Matthews has been on a hot streak and has won 6 straight-including 4 falls and a major decision against UVA last week. Gerardi can be very tough to score on, so we'll see if Matthews can break through to continue the run he has been on. 149: Sam Hillegas vs Luke Kemerer Sam Hillegas will get the start this week against Luke Kemerer (possibly Dan Mancini) for the Panthers. Hillegas was out most of the beginning of the season with an injury but is 4-2 since returning. Kemerer dropped a 7-2 decision to Jarod Verkleeren last week in the UVA dual. 157: #23 Connor Brady vs. #21 Elijah Cleary This could be a fun one--both of these guys are great defensive wrestlers, but can put on an offensive show. Brady is 11-2 on the season with his losses to Quincy Monday and Jacori Teemer. He has looked great all season and has provided some big points for the Hokies. Cleary has had an impressive season since transferring from Ohio State; he is 9-4 on the year and won a decision victory over Jon Errico from UVA. 165: Clayton Ulrey vs. #14 Jake Wentzel Ulrey has been a fighter all year and has shown improvement every time out and is on a seven-match win streak. Wentzel has gotten everyone's best shot as a returning NCAA finalist and has dropped a few close decisions but still comes in with a solid 10-4 record and won a major decision over Jake Keating last week. 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis vs. James Lledo Mekhi has looked phenomenal at 174. He has looked strong and healthy at the higher weight and has been wrestling like a madman. He is 13-0, with 8 wins getting bonus points for the Hokies. Lledo dropped from 184 and has wrestled well at the lower weight; he is 4-2 at 174 and lost by major decision to Justin Phillips of UVA last week. 184: #12 Hunter Bolen vs. #32 Gregg Harvey Bolen is back for his first match since the Southern Scuffle and will get a test in Gregg Harvey, who seemingly has an unending gas tank. Bolen is 16-2 on the year, while Harvey comes in at 6-4. Harvey will be a great test for Bolen to make his return and it should be a good gauge of where he is coming into ACC duals. Bolen holds a 2-0 edge in head-to-head matches with Harvey. 197: #33 Dakota Howard vs. #8 Nino Bonaccorsi Dakota Howard is one of the most fun wrestlers to watch in the country. He gives everything he has in every match and I don't expect that to be any different against the returning NCAA finalist in Bonaccorsi. Howard is 11-5 on the year with 8 bonus point wins. Bonaccorsi comes in at 9-2 with his only losses to Greg Bulsak and Patrick Brucki. 285: #14 Nathan Traxler vs. Jake Slinger Traxler has been nearly flawless since stepping onto the mat for the Hokies. He is 13-1 since his transfer from Stanford, with his lone loss a 3-2 decision to #13 Tate Orndorff. He is entering this dual on a nine-match win streak to face Slinger, who is coming off an upset win over #32 Quinn Miller from UVA. Slinger has come up huge for the Panthers in several duals this year and will be looking for his second upset win in ACC competition.

Michael Kemerer (left) and Carter Starocci (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The meeting between the top-two teams in the country took place last night and lived up to the hype as top-ranked Penn State held off #2 Iowa, 19-13. The dual had everything you would hope to see in a match. Top competitors squaring off, matches decided in extra time, some controversy, an upset, all in front of a huge, partisan crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. After watching the action and digesting some of the fallout, we have five takeaways from Penn State versus Iowa: 1) Rumors of Jaydin Eierman's demise have been greatly exaggerated He had to mount a crazy rally to beat Dresden Simon. He was pinned by Ryan Jack. His bonus point rate is at the lowest point in his career. These were all some of the whispers surrounding Jaydin Eierman lately. Coupled with the dominance of Big Ten rivals Nick Lee and Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers), some people may have written off the four-time All-American as a legit title contender. After last night we conclude that such a sentiment is way too premature. Eierman fell in sudden victory to Lee Friday. That being said, the takeaway is that he's right there with a returning NCAA champion that is a Hodge Trophy contender and had only wrestled one match closer than seven points heading into Carver-Hawkeye. Now, add to this that Lee earned his first takedown on an ill-advised home run attempt by Eierman. Jaydin didn't throw in the towel and picked up a late takedown and erased riding time during the final seconds of regulation. So basically, Eierman gave away two points to the returning champ, didn't look great offensively, but still was a hair away from defeating Lee? While there may be "some" cause for concern, the sky isn't falling. Eierman is the only wrestler since the 2020 Big Ten Championships to defeat the Nittany Lion and should be neck-and-neck with Lee, when or if, they clash in the postseason. 2) Iowa might have problems at 125 lbs The announcement from Spencer Lee on New Year's Day that he would not compete for the remainder of the 2021-22 season due to his preexisting knee injuries, led to Iowa falling from title favorites to number two behind Penn State wasn't good. The silver lining in the situation was that the Hawkeyes had blue-chip true freshman Drake Ayala in the fold. At the same time, Lee's news was made public, Ayala was sewing up a third-place finish in one of the tougher weights at the Southern Scuffle. Iowa's staff pulled Ayala's redshirt for their next dual meet against Minnesota. Since then, Ayala has notched wins against two-time conference runner-up Devin Schroder (Purdue), 2020 1st Team AA Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern), and MatMen Open champion Justin Cardani (Illinois). He's currently ranked 11th in the nation and is a realistic podium threat. While Iowa can't count on the type of bonus points and NCAA Championships they've grown accustomed to with Lee at 125, they still have a contender in Ayala. Earlier this week, there were some rumblings that Ayala was dealing with an injury of his own. While the severity isn't necessarily public knowledge, those whispers proved to have some validity as Ayala did not go for the Hawkeyes against Penn State. Jesse Ybarra got the call and surrendered near-fall points in the final seconds of the bout and gave up a major decision to Drew Hildebrandt. So if Ayala is limited for the postseason (or doesn't go), it would be a huge setback for Iowa. Aside from him, the conference has nine ranked 125 lbers, seven of which are in the top-16 nationally. Getting Ybarra through to nationals would be difficult. But, before any talks like that move any further, we're not sure of Ayala's status. In the post-match presser, Tom Brands said, "Medical, coaches and more important, Drake Ayala will be the one that makes that call," referring to Ayala's status. Definitely cryptic and par for the course when it comes to wrestling coaches talking injuries, but it doesn't sound great. 3) Seeding at 285 lbs could get messy With Greg Kerkvliet's dominant win over Mason Parris last week, it shook up the rankings, but they also seemed easy to interpret. Unbeaten Cohlton Schultz, the wrestler with a decisive win over Kerkvliet at last year's national tournament went to #2, while Kerkvliet was #3 and Parris slid to #4. Well, Tony Cassioppi had other ideas and turned in his most impressive performance of the year when he downed Kerkvliet, 7-2. So Cassioppi defeated Kerkvliet, who handed Parris. Though results from past years aren't supposed to count, you have Parris, who is 2-0 career against Cassioppi (with two falls), while Cassioppi defeated Schultz twice at the 2021 NCAA Championships. Now the elephant in the room in this whole seeding talk is Gable Steveson at #1. I'm sure none of these coaches would say it publicly, but they don't want their guys as the #4/#5 seed on the same side of the bracket as Steveson. Sometimes these types of things work themselves out. Looking at Cassioppi's schedule, he'll face #11 Trent Hillger and #12 Christian Lance, both of whom are capable, but a combined 0-6 against the big man from Iowa. Parris faces Lance along with old rival Matt Stencel. While a loss to Stencel wouldn't impact conference seeding, it would play a major factor for NCAA's. It should be noted that Parris hasn't fallen to Stencel since his 2018-19 true freshman season. 4) Max Dean's rebound Last Sunday, Max Dean suffered his first loss in a Penn State singlet was he was knocked off by Michigan State's Cam Caffey. That came just two days after Dean was pushed to the brink by Patrick Brucki during Penn State's dual with Michigan. Based on the inconsistency of the weight class, we didn't dock Dean rankings-wise and he maintained his spot at #2. Friday, Dean had another significant test from #4 Jacob Warner. The two-time All-American had an early takedown in the first period and looked like he may cruise and hand Dean a second consecutive loss. However, in the third stanza, Dean broke the match open with a bow-and-arrow from the top position. He violently turned Warner for four points and would end up winning 8-3. A win over Warner, coupled with his existing resume, will help solidify Dean's #2 overall ranking. That's important because of the uncertainly at the top of the 197 lb weight class. Returning NCAA champion, AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State), was involved in a scary auto accident on Monday evening and will be out this weekend. His long-term status is unknown at this point. If Ferrari cannot wrestle or is severely limited, someone like Dean could be the beneficiary. 5) Heading into the postseason, Penn State is the clear favorite, but not a lock With four returning NCAA champions in the lineup, the Nittany Lions are taylor-made for large tournaments. Additionally, Drew Hildebrandt, Max Dean, and Greg Kerkvliet appear to be capable of high All-American finishes. Those seven will be key to Cael Sanderson's title hopes. At the beginning of the year, we were unsure of what the 149-165 lbers could contribute to Penn State's title hopes. After a loss to Max Murin, Beau Bartlett still looks slightly undersized at 149 and has difficulty scoring, though his defense is typically stout. No one has emerged as the bonafide starter at 157 lbs, while Terrell Barraclough has gotten the call lately. 165 lbs saw Brady Berge return from a coaching gig at South Dakota State to finish his eligibility and help out his teammates. Berge picked up a win last week against All-American Cam Amine (Michigan), but was bullied by the Bull, Alex Marinelli, last night during a 10-2 loss. With 165 lbs being such a deep weight, it's hard to pencil in any NCAA points for Berge just yet. Now looking at Penn State's big guns, Roman Bravo-Young repeatedly had to fend off takedown attempts from Austin DeSanto, before prevailing, 3-2. Could another match with DeSanto go the Hawkeye's way? Or an NCAA finals rematch with Daton Fix (Oklahoma State)? At 141 lbs, Eierman is responsible for Nick Lee's only loss of the last year and a half (in the 2021 Big Ten finals). Could he pull it off again? You also have Sebastian Rivera and others in the mix. We saw how close Carter Starocci and Michael Kemerer are last night. Kemerer is obviously capable of replicating his 2021 Big Ten performance against Starocci. Outside of the conference, past national finalists like Hayden Hidlay (NC State) and Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) are lurking, too. As we alluded to earlier, 197 is pretty unpredictable and 285 could get hairy if you're on the wrong side of the bracket. All of this is to say, there are plenty of potential hurdles standing in the way of a Big Ten and NCAA title for the Nittany Lions. Are they significant enough to stop Sanderson's team from winning? Maybe not. And for all of the potential setbacks we mentioned, Penn State tends to outperform seeds at nationals, so perhaps they are the ones pulling upsets. However it all unfolds, Lincoln and Detroit will be a ton of fun!

Bucknell's 125 lber Brandon Seidman (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday 1/29 Army @ Bucknell - Lewisburg, PA (2PM) Columbia vs. Navy - Ithaca, NY (1PM) Columbia vs. Cornell (#10) - Ithaca, NY (3PM) Cornell (#10) vs. Navy - Ithaca, NY (5PM) Sunday 1/30 American vs. Drexel - Washington DC (1PM) Binghamton vs. Navy - Vestal, NY (2PM) Bucknell vs. Rider - Lewisburg, PA (2PM) Franklin & Marshall @ Sacred Heart - Fairfield, CT (12PM) LIU vs. Davidson & The Citadel - Charleston, SC (10AM @ 12PM) *ALL STARTING TIMES ARE LISTED IN EST* What I'm Most Excited For: Below is a match of probable matchups of ranked opponents we can see this weekend - in order by weight class. I'm sure there a few I'm missing, but these caught my eye. 125lb - Vito Arujau (#3) Cornell vs. Manchio (#28) Columbia 133lb - Koderhandt (#21) Navy vs. Lajoie (#29) Cornell 133lb - Koderhandt (#21) Navy vs. Sobotker (#30) Binghamton 141lb - Miller (#20) Bucknell vs. Kinner (#25) Rider 165lb - Ramirez (#9) Cornell vs. Ogunsanya (#21) Columbia 165lb - Harkins (#28) Army vs. Hartman (#17) Bucknell 197lb - DePrez (#13) Binghamton vs Koser (#27) Navy 197lb - Cardenas (#19) Cornell vs Koser (#27) Navy Where you'll find me: I will be not be attending matches in person this weekend.

Nick Lee and Jaydin Eierman at last night's dual (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Friday's Dual Results Penn 36 Brown 3 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Hunter Adrian (Brown) 4-1 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) maj NIcky Cabanillas (Brown) 12-2 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec Timothy Levine (Brown) 16-10SV 149 - Blake Saito (Brown) dec Anthony Artlaona (Penn) 4-1 157 - Jeremy Ridge (Penn) dec Sam McMonagle (Brown) 4-0 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) maj Harrison Trahan (Brown) 12-3 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) FFT 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) maj Drew Clearie (Brown) 9-0 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) dec Cade Wilson (Brown) 7-0 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) fall Lear Quinton (Brown) 1:33 Penn 29 Harvard 6 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Beau Bayless (Harvard) 3-1 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) maj Dillon Murphy (Harvard) 12-3 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec Michael Jaffe (Harvard) 6-5 149 - Lukus Stricker (Harvard) dec Carmen Ferrante (Penn) 3-0 157 - Doug Zapf (Penn) dec Cael Berg (Harvard) 9-3 165 - Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) dec Lucas Revano (Penn) 6-3 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Joshua Kim (Harvard) 3-1 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) dec Leonardo Tarantino (Harvard) 8-4 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) dec fall Nick Marcenelle (Harvard) 1:33 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) maj Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) 25-11 Princeton 34 Harvard 9 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) fall Beau Bayless (Harvard) 1:32 133 - Nick Kayal (Princeton) maj Dillon Murphy (Harvard) 12-2 141 - Danny Coles (Princeton) dec Kenny Herrmann (Harvard) 9-4 149 - Lukus Stricker (Harvard) fall Marshall Keller (Princeton) 4:10 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) dec Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) 10-3 165 - Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) dec Jake Marsh (Princeton) 11-8 174 - Nathan Dugan (Princeton) dec Joshua Kim (Harvard) 6-4SV 184 - Travis Stefanik (Princeton) fall Dom Mata (Harvard) 3:20 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) tech Nick Marcenelle (Harvard) 17-1 285 - Matt Cover (Princeton) maj Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) 12-4 Princeton 39 Brown 4 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) tech Hunter Adrian (Brown) 17-1 133 - Nick Kayal (Princeton) dec Reese Fry (Brown) 6-1 141 - Danny Coles (Princeton) dec Timothy Levine (Brown) 13-7 149 - Marshall Keller (Princeton) maj Blake Saito (Brown) 16-2 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) fall Sam McMonagle (Brown) 2:22 165 - Harrison Trahan (Brown) maj Jake Marsh (Princeton) 14-4 174 - Travis Tavoso (Princeton) FFT 184 - Travis Stefanik (Princeton) dec James Araneo (Brown) 16-9 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) tech Cade Wilson (Brown) 20-5 285 - Matt Cover (Princeton) maj Lear Quinton (Brown) 14-5 Binghamton 19 Columbia 16 125 - Joe Manchio (Columbia) dec Nick Curley (Binghamton) 9-4 133 - Angelo Rini (Columbia) dec Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 5-2 141 - Ryan Anderson (Binghamton) dec Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 6-4 149 - Dominic Rossetti (Columbia) dec Nick Lombard (Binghamton) 6-2 157 - Andrew Garr (Columbia) tech Logan Gumble (Binghamton) 18-0 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) maj Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) 9-0 174 - Nick Fine (Columbia) dec Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 2-0 184 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Jack McGill (Columbia) 6-4 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) tech Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) 18-3 285 - Joe Doyle (Binghamton) maj Dan Conley (Columbia) 9-0 NC State 43 Duke 0 125 - Jakob Camacho (NC State) fall Logan Agin (Duke) 6:16 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) tech Drake Doolittle (Duke) 17-2 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) FFT 149 - Tariq Wilson (NC State) dec Josh Finesilver (Duke) 4-3 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) tech Wade Ungar (Duke) 19-4 165 - Thomas Bullard (NC State) dec Gabe Dinette (Duke) 5-0 174 - Hayden Hidlay (NC State) dec Matt Finesilver (Duke) 6-3 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) fall Vincent Baker (Duke) :24 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Kaden Russell (Duke) 2-1 285 - Tyrie Houghton (NC State) dec Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) 4-1 Chattanooga 37 Gardner-Webb 4 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) fall Aedyn Concepcion (Gardner-Webb) 1:20 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) 9-2 141 - Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) FFT 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Brandon Bright (Gardner-Webb) 8-2 157 - Weston Wichman (Chattanooga) maj Taylor Parks (Gardner-Webb) 8-0 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb) 3-2TB 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) dec Evan Schenk (Gardner-Webb) 4-3 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) fall Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) 6:40 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec Anthony Perrine (Gardner-Webb) 4-1 285 - Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) maj Grayson Walthall (Chattanooga) 13-1 Wisconsin 39 Maryland 4 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) fall Zach Spence (Maryland) 2:42 133 - Kyle Burwick (Wisconsin) dec King Sandoval (Maryland) 5-0 141 - Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) dec Danny Bertoni (Maryland) 6-4 149 - Michael North (Maryland) maj Aidan Medora (Wisconsin) 10-2 157 - Garrett Model (Wisconsin) maj Conner Decker (Maryland) 12-0 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) fall Gaven Bell (Maryland) 4:43 174 - Andrew McNally (Wisconsin) fall Dom Solis (Maryland) 6:37 184 - Chris Weiler (Wisconsin) maj Kyle Cochran (Maryland) 12-4 197 - Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) dec Jaron Smith (Maryland) 6-2 285 - Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) maj Zach Schrader (Maryland) 18-5 Michigan 20 Minnesota 14 125 - Nick Suriano (Michigan) maj Patrick McKee (Minnesota) 14-6 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) dec Jake Gliva (Minnesota) 6-5 141 - Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) dec Stevan Micic (Michigan) 5-2 149 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) maj Patrick Nolan (Michigan) 14-4 157 - Brayton Lee (Minnesota) dec Will Lewan (Michigan) 5-4 165 - Cameron Amine (Michigan) dec Cael Carlson (Minnesota) 6-1 174 - Logan Massa (Michigan) dec Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) 7-4 184 - Myles Amine (Michigan) maj Sam Skillings (Minnesota) 12-4 197 - Patrick Brucki (Michigan) dec Michial Foy (Minnesota) 8-2 285 - Gable Steveson (Minnesota) maj Mason Parris (Michigan) 18-8 North Carolina 17 Virginia 16 125 - Patrick McCormick (Virginia) dec Spencer Moore (North Carolina) 3-1SV 133 - Brian Courtney (Virginia) dec Jaime Hernandez (North Carolina) 5-3SV 141 - Kizhan Clarke (North Carolina) dec Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) 6-2 149 - Zach Sherman (North Carolina) dec Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) 6-2 157 - Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) dec Jake Keeling (Virginia) 6-4 165 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) dec Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) 6-2 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) dec Justin Phillips (Virginia) 8-2 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) maj Michael Battista (Virginia) 15-3 197 - Jay Aiello (Virginia) maj Max Shaw (North Carolina) 13-3 285 - Quinn Miller (Virginia) dec Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 5-2 VMI 29 Bellarmine 10 125 - Jack Parker (Bellarmine) maj Cameron Chicella (VMI) 22-8 133 - Patrick Maglathlin (VMI) FFT 141 - Freddy Junko (VMI) FFT 149 - Mitch Collica (Bellarmine) dec Luke Hart (VMI) 5-3 157 - Seth Fillers (VMI) dec Cole Nance (Bellarmine) 11-7 165 - Blake Showers (VMI) dec Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) 6-3 174 - Eric Beck (Bellarmine) dec Jon Hoover (VMI) 3-0 184 - Max Gourley (VMI) dec Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) 6-2 197 - Tyler Mousaw (VMI) maj Bryant Wilkinson (Bellarmine) 15-2 285 - Josh Evans (VMI) maj Charlie Cadell (Bellarmine) 11-3 Northern Colorado 25 Cal Baptist 14 125 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) fall Devin Garcia (Cal Baptist) 6:58 133 - Hunter Leake (Cal Baptist) dec Dyson Kunz (Northern Colorado) 7-2 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) maj Christian Nunez (Cal Baptist) 15-6 149 - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) dec Chaz Hallmark (Cal Baptist) 7-3 157 - AJ Raya (Cal Baptist) dec Cody Eaton (Northern Colorado) 7-2 165 - Frank Almaguer (Cal Baptist) dec Nick Knutson (Northern Colorado) 10-3 174 - Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) FFT 184 - Caden Gerlach (Cal Baptist) fall Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 2:10 197 - Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) dec Arick Lopez (Cal Baptist) 8-3 285 - Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) dec Chris Island (Cal Baptist) 2-1 Iowa State 22 Oklahoma 9 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 6-5 133 - Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State) dec Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) 4-1 141 - Ian Parker (Iowa State) dec Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 8-3 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) 4-2SV 157 - David Carr (Iowa State) dec Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) 3-1 165 - Isaac Judge (Iowa State) dec Joe Grello (Oklahoma) 8-4 174 - Joel Devine (Iowa State) dec Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) 3-2 184 - Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) maj Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma) 13-5 197 - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) dec Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 4-2 285 - Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) dec Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) 5-3 South Dakota State 23 West Virginia 16 125 - Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) maj Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 10-2 133 - Garett Lautzenheiser (West Virginia) dec Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) 14-12SV 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) maj Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 13-4 149 - Daniel Kimball (South Dakota State) dec Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) 3-1 157 - Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) dec Kenny O'Neill (South Dakota State) 4-0 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) fall Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 4:24 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) maj Dennis Robin (West Virginia) 11-1 184 - Cade King (South Dakota State) dec Anthony Carmen (West Virginia) 5-3 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) fall Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 2:23 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) dec Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) 9-6 Penn State 19 Iowa 13 125 - Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) maj Jesse Ybarra (Iowa) 9-0 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) dec Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 3-2 141 - Nick Lee (Penn State) dec Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) 6-4SV 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) dec Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 4-1 157 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) dec Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) 2-0 165 - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) maj Brady Berge (Penn State) 10-2 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) dec Michael Kemerer (Iowa) 2-1TB 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) dec Abe Assad (Iowa) 8-3 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) dec Jacob Warner (Iowa) 8-3 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) dec Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) 7-2

Tariq Wilson (left) and Josh Finesilver (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) NC State at Duke The #5 Wolfpack will travel across town to Durham to kick off their ACC dual season. The Blue Devils will face a tough task coming off a loss to North Carolina. The marquee matches will again feature the Finesilvers, with Josh taking on #3 Tariq Wilson at 149 and Matt taking on #4 Hayden Hidlay at 174. 125: #15 Jakob Camacho vs Logan Agin Camacho is coming in at 9-2 with losses to Noah Surtin and Spencer Lee. He picked up a ranked win last week against Campbell, beating #23 Korbin Meinke 3-1. Agin has had flashes of greatness this year with six pins but is coming off of losing back-to-back major decisions. 133: #17 Kai Orine vs. Drake Doolittle Orine has been impressive this season--he battled with Jarrett Trombley for the starting spot but has been nearly flawless since earning the nod. His only loss was a 16-7 major decision loss to Austin DeSanto at the Collegiate Duals. Orine is a name that you will be hearing a lot of in the years to come. Doolittle lost last week by pin to Joe Heilmann of North Carolina. 141: #24 Ryan Jack vs. Parker Decker/Patrick Rowland Jack has been another impressive young starter for the Wolfpack. He comes in with an 11-5 record and has shown some impressive growth throughout the year. Parker Decker gave #7 Kizhan Clarke a bit of a scare last week when he was trying to put on an upper-body display against the undefeated Tar Heel--ultimately, he fell short and lost by decision, but was impressive. 149: #3 Tariq Wilson vs. #13 Josh Finesilver Finesilver is coming off a sudden victory win over #20 Zach Sherman in a great battle last weekend. Wilson was held in check by Chris Rivera from Campbell last weekend and was only able to pull out a 4-0 decision--we definitely didn't see the offensive display we usually expect from Wilson. Finesilver could be a tough matchup for him as he can be a very stingy defensive wrestler. This could be a fantastic match and there will be a lot of strategy involved from both sides--I'm looking forward to seeing them try to figure each other out. They have faced each other twice when they were both at 133--Wilson holds a 2-0 advantage with a pin and a decision win. 157: #10 Ed Scott vs Wade Unger Ed Scott seems to be the newest generation of gunslinger who is willing to take risks to score points for the Wolfpack. He comes in at 15-0 with a 78% bonus rate and 7 pins on the year. He is “can't miss” entertainment when he steps on the mat. Unger comes in at 9-12 and dropped a 6-2 decision to #6 Austin O'Connor last weekend. 165: #22 Thomas Bullard vs. Gabe Dinette Bullard comes in at 11-4 and picked up a 16-0 tech fall last weekend against Campbell. Dinette has been hit-and-miss all season, but had seemed to be gaining traction before falling to Sonny Santiago last weekend. Bullard has shown the ability to win matches with high-paced offense as well as by slowing matches down and being very defensive--so it will be interesting to see which product we see this weekend. 174: #4 Hayden Hidlay vs. #15 Matt Finesilver Another great match on tap here. Finesilver started the season 20-0 and comes in at 22-3 after falling in a very close battle with #14 Clay Lautt last weekend. Hidlay comes in at 7-0 and hasn't really been tested this season. We know that he is one of the best in the country and that he is a national title threat--it will be good to see him get some solid competition in the conference starting this weekend. 184: #3 Trent Hidlay vs. Vincent Baker Hidlay comes in at 8-0 with an 88% BONUS rate. He has been very impressive all year and is constantly pushing to score--he is relentless. Baker has had some good wins and wrestled well against #24 Gavin Kane last week-pushing him in a 5-4 decision loss. Baker has not faced anyone on the level of Hidlay this year. 197: #20 Isaac Trumble vs. Kaden Russell This could be a wild match. Both guys aren't afraid to go upper body and they both like to let it fly from neutral. Trumble comes in at 13-3 and picked up a 1-0 win last weekend against Campbell. Russell has been a roller coaster this year--he has had some great win streaks and has taken some not-so-great losses. But the man is fun to watch and is very dangerous. Russell pinned Trumble last year in 44 seconds, so don't think that Trumble has forgotten… 285: #25 Owen Trephan/Tyree Houghton vs. Jonah Niesenbaum Both Trephan and Houghton have gotten the call for NC State in dual competition. Houghton got the call against Campbell and gave #26 Taye Ghadiali a push before falling 9-6. Trephan and Houghton met in the fifth-place bout at the Southern Scuffle and Houghton was victorious in tiebreakers. Niesenbaum is having a breakout year at 14-6 after winning four matches combined in his first two years in Durham. He closed out the Blue Devils dual with UNC by downing Brandon Whitman in sudden victory.