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2x NCAA All-American Nick Piccininni (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The MMA world never stops turning, but here at InterMat, a wrestling website, we try to focus on… wrestling. However, this week we found the time to put together another MMA Weekend guide for the wrestling fan since there are some former high-profile wrestlers plying their trade in the fighting arena. Saturday: UFC Vegas 66 Drew Dober vs. Bobby Green The opening fight of the main card features a pair of high-action strikers who actually got their start in wrestling. Dober was a two-year starter at Millard North and qualified for the 2007 Class A tournament in Nebraska. Green was also an accomplished high school wrestler in California as he was a two-time state placer for A.B. Miller in Fontana. Dober brings a 25-11 record into the Octagon and is coming off a pair of devastating knockouts over fellow wrestler Terrance McKinney and Rafael Alves. Green has been fighting professionally since 2008. For his last fight, he took a short-notice bout against Islam Makhachev and lost in the first round. With the loss, Green's record dropped to 29-13-1, while Makhachev went on to win the lightweight title. Cody Brundage vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk During his college days at Newberry, Brundage was a two-time NCAA Division II qualifier and finished with 96 wins, which is the seventh most in program history. The former team captain made his professional MMA debut in 2019 and has since built an 8-2 record. On Saturday he faces off against Oleksiejczuk, who is 17-5 and coming off a win over veteran Sam Alvey this past August. Matthew Semelsberger vs. Jake Matthews Semelsberger played college football at Marist, but prior to that, he was a three-sport athlete on the high school level. He played football and lacrosse while also competing on the wrestling mats for Urbana in Maryland. Following his college career, Semelsberger made his professional MMA debut in 2017. He is currently 4-2 in the UFC after joining the promotion in 2020. He has a tough test on Saturday against Matthews. The Australian has learned on the job in the UFC since 2014 and appears to be rounding into form. He holds an 18-5 record. Dober and Green will be on the main card of UFC Vegas 66, which airs live on ESPN+ at 7:00pm ET. The rest of the wrestlers will be on the preliminary card, also on ESPN+, which begins at 4:00pm ET. Sunday: Fury FC 72 Jacobe Smith vs. Tommie Britton After starting his collegiate career at Northeastern Oklahoma, Smith transferred to Oklahoma State for his last two years. During his time with the Cowboys, he was a two-year starter and qualified for a pair of NCAA tournaments. As a junior in 2018, Smith finished eighth to become an All-American. In 2021, he made his professional MMA debut and has since built a 3-0 record. In his last fight, he scored a 42-second victory over Zac Kelley under the Xtreme Fight Night banner. His opponent on Saturday might be somewhat known among wrestling fans. He fought twice against former Central Michigan All-American Jarod Trice and lost both fights. Last June, Britton dropped a decision against Zack Borrego, who later faced off against Bo Nickal on Dana White's Contenders Series. Britton holds a 5-9 record as a professional. Nick Piccininni vs. Freddie Rodriguez Piccininni also starred for Oklahoma State on the college mats. He was a two-time All-American for the Cowboys and a four-time Big 12 champion. Piccininni made his professional MMA debut in 2021 and currently holds a 3-0 record. In his last fight, he scored a unanimous decision victory over Shawn Gustafson. Rodriguez is also a wrestling veteran. He won an NJCAA championship before ending up at Southern Illinois Edwardsville. There he was a two-time NCAA qualifier who compiled a record of 46-14 and was a Round of 12 finisher. Rodriguez is currently 4-0 as a professional after making his debut earlier this year. In his third fight, he scored a decision victory over fellow former wrestler Gavin Teasdale. For wrestling fans, this is likely the fight of the weekend. Both of these fights are currently scheduled to be part of the YouTube preliminary card of Fury FC 72, which will air live at 2:30pm ET. However, these cards are often shuffled, and the bout might end up on the main card, which is scheduled to begin at 5:30pm ET on UFC Fight Pass.

The 2021 Journeymen Collegiate Duals (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) As we head into the midseason finale of the college wrestling season, I have to say it's been quite enjoyable so far and we still have a long way to go. With extended eligibility finally running out and some fresh faces in the mix, I'm excited to see where we go from here. Will someone take control of 141? Does Yianni give it a go in New Orleans fresh off of the World Cup? Does Paniro Johnson beat him and claim the number-one spot at 149? Does Willie survive New Orleans? We will answer all these questions and more in part two of the 2023 college wrestling season! For now, you had some questions of your own and I answered them! What's your ideal location for Collegiate Duals 3.0? Now, what's the real ideal location that isn't down the street from your house? Fantasy College Wrestling Enough with this idea that I don't go to events. Ok, maybe I don't go to events. I just don't like to travel that much and I'm a busy guy around this time. I think the locations being somewhere down south are perfect for this event. Also having it stand alone during the week makes sense. It's the timing of being right before Christmas that doesn't work for me. Plus, I'd have to take days off during our busiest week of work all year. I realize you need all these things to coincide so teams can attend during the holiday break. But what about me, huh? What about Jagger? They should probably make arrangements to have it in Newark in early December so I can attend next time. And send a car service for me. If you had your weight class tattooed on your bicep your senior year of high school wrestling, at what age and/or percent weight gain might you regret that decision later in life? Ross Bendik Well, if it isn't wrestling's premier artist popping his head out of the studio for a minute to get wacky in the mailbag. What if I told you I haven't gained any weight since I left the shoes on the mat way back when in the middle of the Clinton Administration. How, you ask? I have no idea. Some say it's a fast metabolism. Maybe it's because I've been walking up and down stairs for 25 years because of my job. Maybe it's the smoking. Perhaps the water I drank from the Fountain of Youth in 1987 worked. That being said, I would deeply regret a 135 tattoo on my bicep about five minutes after getting it. Lucky for me, I got a giant back tattoo of Kurt Angle celebrating his 1996 Olympic gold medal win with a broken freakin' neck instead. Now that's timeless. The Macarena tattoo across my stomach didn't age quite as well. Earl and InterMat just cleaned up with this year's NWMA awards; what's it like working with Earl specifically, and how much do you get to interact with all the great writers InterMat has assembled these past two years? JP Pearson First off, congratulations to Earl on being recognized by his peers for the work he has put in this past year trying to bring you the best coverage from around the world of wrestling. It takes true dedication to pump out the amount of content that he does on his own all while managing numerous people who are spread out all over the country and covering various topics. I have to do one article a week and I struggle with it. It takes a real talent to consistently publish fresh content on a daily basis and we have that with our leader. All I can say is that our working relationship has been a smooth one. He lets me write what I want and rarely do any of my jokes end up on the cutting room floor. I honestly didn't think I would make it past a month doing this and Earl has been patient enough to let me figure it out and find my groove. Still looking for that groove, by the way. Luckily, I get published on the Friday news dump and don't get noticed enough to be told that I suck. As far as the rest of the crew is concerned, they think I'm the janitor at Intermat HQ and maybe it's because I keep rummaging through their trash like a weirdo. Hey, a guy has to eat. But seriously, hats off to the entire IM staff for the work they've put in to make this site what it is. It's an honor to be a small part of it and I'm glad we can still win in spite of me. It probably helps that the NWMA never retweets my stuff and likely has no idea I even exist. After getting grief from parents, the athletic director, and the bus company about our high school team getting home from a tournament in the wee hours of the morning because of yet another tournament software crash, what will it take for wrestling to get this fixed? Little Pun I'm not sure what software crash got you this time, but I suggest just going back to handwritten brackets that are posted in the hallway for all to see. We have become slaves to technology and now our kids are getting home an hour before Bo Bassett wakes up. We can't have this. Alright, Jagoffs and Jaggettes! I've wasted enough of your time so adios for now and have a wonderful weekend! Baba Booey, Baba Booey Matt Finesilver, Matt Finesilver. (obligated)

2021 NCAA champion Austin O'Connor (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Just like last week, we only have two ACC teams in action this week. We will see UNC host in-state foe Appalachian State on Thursday, while Virginia Tech will travel to the west coast to face Lindenwood and Stanford in Palo Alto on Sunday. There will be some solid matchups in both duals and this will take us through to more ACC action in the National Collegiate Duals early next week. #17 North Carolina: The Tar Heels return to Carmichael Arena after a couple weeks off and will face a very scrappy Appalachian State team. While there will be a few matchups that will be fun to watch, the biggest story here is the return of #6 Austin O'Connor. O'Connor added his third All-American finish last year while fighting through a very obviously painful knee injury. He has been cleared for competition and is ready to make another run at the top of the podium. His match against Tommy Askey should be a good way to get back into competition before the Collegiate Duals next week. There are a couple things I'm watching closely in this dual, outside of the return of AOC. We will have a fun match at 125. Caleb Smith is no slouch and can be very tough to score on. I've been very impressed with Jack Wagner this year; he's 6-2 on the year and seems to be locked in, this will be a good test for him. At 165, Will Formato has been a thorn in the side of many ACC wrestlers; he is solid in all positions and great defensively and will be a tough task for either Mazzara or Fea, though both have the ability to win this match. The last thing I'm watching for is what form we see from Gavin Kane. After a solid season last year, 15-3 in the regular season, 16-6 overall, and NCAA qualifier, he has been off to a slow start this year. He is 4-3 to start the season and hasn't looked himself in several matches. I'm hopeful that a nice break allowed him to reset and refocus and we will see him in top form going forward. This dual will make for nice Thursday night viewing. You can catch it at 7pm ET on ESPN+. Probable Matchups: 125: No. 29 Caleb Smith vs. No. 33 Jack Wagner 133: No. 24 Sean Carter vs. No. 29 Joey Melendez or Jaime Hernandez 141: Heath Gonyer vs. No. 25 Lachlan McNeil 149: No. 8 Jon Jon Millner vs. Danny Nini or Jayden Scott 157: Tommy Askey vs. No. 6 Austin O'Connor 165: No. 26 Will Formato vs. Joey Mazzara or Nicholas Fea 174: Will Miller vs. No. 8 Clay Lautt or Cade Tenold 184: Luke Uliano vs. No. 17 Gavin Kane 197: Carson Floyd vs. No. 31 Max Shaw HWT: Mason Fiscella vs. Brandon Whitman or Aydin Guttridge #9 Virginia Tech The Hokies will make one final road trip out to California to end the 2022 calendar year. There are a few really fun matches to keep an eye on in the Stanford dual. The marquee matchup will be at 149 with #12 Caleb Henson facing #13 Jaden Abas. This one has the potential for a lot of offensive fireworks. At 125, Cooper Flynn should get the nod again for the Hokies and he will face #31 Nico Provo. We will also see ranked matchups at 165 with #22 Connor Brady facing former NCAA Champion #2 Shane Griffith, then at 174 another NCAA Champion #3 Mekhi Lewis fill see #25 Tyler Eischens. Another one to keep an eye on for a potential upset is at 157, I like the matchup of Clayton Ulrey and #19 Daniel Cardenas. The Hokies will also face Lindenwood, who is in their first year of D1 competition. No. 8 Virginia Tech vs Stanford Probables 125 – Cooper Flynn vs No. 31 Nico Provo (Stanford) 133 – No. 12 Sam Latona vs Jackson DiSario (Stanford) 141 – No. 15 Tom Crook or Collin Gerardi vs No. 32 Jason Miranda (Stanford) 149 – No. 12 Caleb Henson vs No. 13 Jaden Abas (Stanford) 157 – Clayton Ulrey vs No. 19 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) 165 – No. 22 Connor Brady vs No. 2 Shane Griffith (Stanford) 174 – No. 3 Mekhi Lewis vs No. 25 Tyler Eischens (Stanford) 184 – No. 7 Hunter Bolen vs Brook Byers (Stanford) 197 – No. 19 Andy Smith vs Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 285 – No. 22 Hunter Catka vs Seamus O'Malley (Stanford) No. 8 Virginia Tech vs Lindenwood Probables 125 – Cooper Flynn vs Austin Kegley (Lindenwood) 133 – No. 12 Sam Latona vs Ben Lindley (Lindenwood) 141 – No. 15 Tom Crook or Collin Gerardi vs Kalen Napier (Lindenwood) 149 – No. 12 Caleb Henson vs Ben Bohr (Lindenwood) 157 – Clayton Ulrey vs TBD 165 – No. 22 Connor Brady vs Kaden Charboneau (Lindenwood) 174 – No. 3 Mekhi Lewis vs Luke Dickhaus (Lindenwood) 184 – No. 7 Hunter Bolen vs Austin Raynor (Lindenwood) 197 – No. 19 Andy Smith vs Ryan Golnick (Lindenwood) 285 – No. 22 Hunter Catka vs David Hernandez (Lindenwood)

Ohio State's Sammy Sasso (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The All-330 projections are back for the 2022-23 regular season. The All-330 is a series of educated guesses on who will be the 330 wrestlers who make the trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete at the 2023 NCAA Championships. So, how are these different than the national rankings, which go down to #33? There's a little bit of guesswork, projection, and opinion that goes into these, which is generally frowned upon with rankings. In some cases, we think a particular wrestler is poised for a big second half (or not-so-big). Another factor for these is conference allocations. While we haven't crunched the numbers to try and figure out allocations for each conference and weight, you can get an idea of how many each league will get based on rankings. Therefore, in a Big Ten weight class with 10 of the top-22 wrestlers in the country (141), you can also assume that the conference probably steals an at-large berth as a lower-ranked wrestler probably only needs one win to lock up a national qualifying bid. Wrestlers are listed by conference, in alphabetical order, based on school name, so they are not conference rankings. The good news is that if someone is not listed or in the "just missed" category, they still have two full months of regular season action to go, along with a conference tournament. There's still plenty of time left to change a narrative or impress the masses. 125 lbs One conference I'd look at is the ACC. Trombley is included; however, Wagner just cracked the top 33 for the first time this year and Camacho was in for a week. Also, two-time qualifier Patrick McCormick (Virginia) tends to wrestle best at the conference tournament. The MAC has plenty of possibilities, too. Between bid stealing at the conference tournament and big second halves, Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo), Fischer, Nick Molchak (Cleveland State), Markel Baker (George Mason) and Tyler Klinsky (Rider) can't be counted out. As always, the Big Ten is super-deep. Lujan is currently unbeaten but on the outside. Jacob Moran (Indiana), Gary Steen (Penn State), and whoever Illinois starts Renteria/Cardani, are capable of getting a spot. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Iowa State All-American Marcus Coleman (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) It's still early, there's still a ton of wrestling left before we get to the postseason, but I thought I'd explore this topic today. Has Iowa State emerged as the new favorite to win the Big 12? To open the season, I projected Missouri as the favorite to repeat and win another Big 12 title. So far this year, they're 2-2 with losses to Arizona State and Virginia Tech. On the flipside, Iowa State is 5-1 with their only loss coming to second-ranked Iowa by three at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The dual results seem to place Iowa State with the edge. But what would tournament projections say? Iowa State/Missouri 125 #18 Kysen Terukina vs #15 Noah Surtin 133 #21 Ramazan Attasauov vs #26 Connor Brown 141 #11 Casey Swiderski vs #4 Allan Hart 149 #5 Paniro Johnson vs #9 Brock Mauller 157 Jason Kraisser vs #13 Jarrett Jacques 165 #3 David Carr vs #1 Keegan O'Toole 174 #21 Julien Broderson vs #11 Peyton Mocco 184 #4 Marcus Coleman vs #23 Sean Harman 197 #2 Yonger Bastida vs #1 Rocky Elam 285 #10 Sam Schuyler vs #8 Zach Elam Missouri is still currently ranked higher in six of ten spots. In some of those spots, the margins are razor-thin. You'd expect the finishes and points scored at the Big 12 tournament to be pretty similar at 125, 133, 165, 197, and 285. The others have some separation currently. Iowa State has a bit of edge at these remaining weights, 141, 149, and 184. Missouri has that wider edge at 157 and 174. Further, both have quite a few guys you know who have some serious bonus point potential, especially in a tournament format. And there are some wildcards like Noah Surtin, who was out with an injury in Missouri's last dual and Jarrett Jacques, who also missed their last dual. The conclusion from me on who should be the conference favorite at this point in the season? I'll still lean toward Mizzou until we see a little more. But it's not near as clear as it was a few weeks ago, and their dual on February 15th, and the conference tournament both could go completely down to the wire and be one of the more hotly contested conference races in wrestling this season.

Appalachian State's 2x All-American Jonathan Millner (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Week 7 continues the slow down with another round of a low amount of teams competing. This week though, even less than half of the 2022 Top-20 teams are in competition (four compared to Week 6's 11 teams). Week 6 saw a few new faces to the tops of the FCW charts, with 174 Max Malor (MICH) being the #1 fantasy wrestler of the week. He scored a total of 22 Fpts in five matches, followed by Iowa State's 157 Jasson Kraisser with 18 Fpts in four matches. Total Season standing remain virtually unchanged with no movement in #1 (Mason Parris) and #7 (Logan Messer). Some dual results, both good and bad for those respective wrestlers, shuffled the standings slightly at #8 and below. On to Week 7 Once again, 30 teams are competing with even less of the Top-20 as the prior week. Eight teams from last year's top-20 will be at the Collegiate Duals starting Monday (be on the lookout for the Week 8 Outlook dropping SOON due to the quick turnaround!). Lots of duals between those 30 teams, with a few going to the Reno Tournament of Champions. Many of the duals should be competitive with very even matchups, which accounts for the low number of names on this week's Outlook Article. Tournament entries continue to update the closer to registration cut-off/day of the event, and we don't want to make an "ass out of u and me" with teams and entries, so be sure to check back and turn those notifications "ON" for our updates and news. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the "Floater" spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week. (refer to the Master Team Schedule, Week 7 Visual, or SHP's Weekly Preview) Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. Have a question, concern, suggestions, or just want to chat about Fantasy Wrestling? Hit us up on Twitter or head over to the InterMat Forums where we have a Fantasy Wrestling dedicated Forum page! Be sure to listen to the #FCWpodcast as well for other hidden nuggets and detailed discussion on these wrestlers (and deeper, riskier picks) to help you win the week! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125 Tristan Lujan (MSU)- Reno ToC Tristan Daugherty (BUFF)- Buffalo Duals [+7] Eddie Ventresca (VT)- @ Stanford, Vs Lindenwood [+7] 133 Rayvon Foley (MSU)- Reno ToC Kurt Phipps (BUCK)- Buffalo Duals [+9] Sam Latona (VT)- @ Stanford, Vs Lindenwood [+7] Brayden Palmer (CHAT)- Buffalo Duals [+6] Boo Dryden (NEB)- @ South Dakota State [+3] 141 Darren Miller (BUCK)- Buffalo Duals [+11] Zach Price (GWU)- Gardner-Webb Duals [+7] Tom Crook (VT)- @ Stanford, Vs Lindenwood [+7] Dylan Droegemueller (NDSU)- @ Little Rock [+4] Lachlan McNeil (UNC)- Vs Appalachian State [+3] 149 Peyton Omania (MSU)- Reno ToC Caleb Henson (VT)- @ Stanford, Vs Lindenwood [+8] Noah Castillo (CHAT)- Buffalo Duals [+7] Kellyn March (NDSU)- @ Little Rock [+4] John Millner (APP)- @ North Carolina [+3] 157 Chase Saldate (MSU)- Reno ToC Austin O'Connor (UNC)- Vs Appalachian State [+4] George Pappas (GMU)- @ American [+4] Jared Franek (NDSU)- @ Little Rock [+4] Peyton Robb (NEB)- @ South Dakota State [+3] 165 Caleb Fish (MSU)- Reno ToC Shane Griffith (STAN)- Vs Virginia Tech, Vs Lindenwood [+8] Michael Caliendo (NDSU)- @ Little Rock [+4] Izzak Olejnik (NIU)- @ Kent State [+4] Caleb Campos (AMER)- Vs George Mason [+3] William Formato (APP)- @ North Carolina [+3] 174 Mekhi Lewis (VT)- @ Stanford, Vs Lindenwood [+8] Rocky Jordan (CHAT)- Buffalo Duals [+7] Logan Messer (GMU)- @ American [+4] Michael Labriola (NEB)- @ South Dakota State [+4] Clay Lautt (UNC)- Vs Appalachian State [+4] Hayden Pummel (NIU)- @ Kent State [+4] 184 Layne Malczewski (MSU)- Reno ToC Hunter Bolen (VT)- @ Stanford, Vs Lindenwood [+9] Gavin Kane (UNC)- Vs Appalachian State [+4] Deanthony Parker (NDSU)- @ Little Rock [+4] Malachi Duvall (GMU)- @ American [+3] 197 Cam Caffey (MSU)- Reno ToC Max Shaw (UNC)- Vs Appalachian State [+4] Owen Pentz (NDSU)- @ Little Rock [+4] Clake Schaffer (KENT)- Vs Northern Illinois [+3] 285 Ryan Vasbinder (MSU)- Reno ToC Colton McKiernan (SIUE)- Buffalo Duals [+11] William Jarell (AMER)- Vs George Mason [+4] Brandon Whitman (UNC)- Vs Appalachian State [+3] AJ Nevills (SDSU)- Vs Nebraska [+3]

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We're into mid-December right around the final exam and holiday season, so there's a lighter slate of duals this week (22 to be exact). Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this weekend. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Thursday, December 15: Appalachian State at North Carolina - 7:00 PM ESPN+ Friday, December 16: Chattanooga vs. SIU Edwardsville at Gardner-Webb - 11:00 AM Clarion at Gardner-Webb - 11:00 AM ESPN+ Chattanooga vs. Clarion at Gardner-Webb - 1:00 PM SIU Edwardsville at Gardner-Webb - 1:00 PM ESPN+ Clarion vs. SIU Edwardsville at Gardner-Webb - 3:00 PM ESPN+ Queens at Davidson - 5:00 PM Davidson All-Access Presbyterian at Davidson - 7:00 PM Davidson All-Access Bucknell at Sacred Heart - 7:00 PM Sunday, December 18: Edinboro at Buffalo - 12:00 PM California Baptist, Indiana, Michigan State, Utah Valley, Wyoming at Reno Tournament of Champions - 12:00 PM FloWrestling American at George Mason - 1:00 PM ESPN+ Northern Illinois at Kent State - 1:00 PM Kent State Boxcast Bucknell vs. Edinboro at Buffalo - 2:00 PM Northeastern JC at Northern Colorado - 3:00 PM FloWrestling Nebraska at South Dakota State - 3:00 PM FloWrestling Bucknell at Buffalo - 4:00 PM Northwest Kansas Tech at Northern Colorado - 4:30 PM FloWrestling Lindenwood vs. Virginia Tech at Stanford - 4:30 PM New Mexico Highlands at Northern Colorado - 6:00 PM FloWrestling Virginia Tech at Stanford - 6:00 PM Pac-12 LiveStream North Dakota State at Little Rock - 7:00 PM Little Rock All-Access Lindenwood at Stanford - 7:30 PM Pac-12 LiveStream

New #1 at 125 kg Alen Khubulov (photo courtesy of Martin Gabor/UWW) 57 KG #1 Zavur Uguev beat 2021 world runner-up #20 Alireza Sarlak (IRI) in the finals of the Iranian Pro League. Artem Gobaev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial tournament over Yunus Yavbatirov. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Magomed Magomedov and Islam Shakhbanov. Abubakr Mutaliev won the Semenov Cup by injury default over #5 Musa Mekhtikhanov. Bronze medalists at the Semenov Cup were Artur Chebodaev and Rustam Zhilyasov. 61KG Two-time Russian Nationals bronze medalist Cherman Tavitov won the Soslan Andiev Memorial title over Dzhabrail Gairbekov. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Alexander Sabanov and Akhmed Zubairov. At the Andiev Memorial, Gairbekov upset Sabanov in the quarterfinals while Tavitov beat 2021 U23 Russian Nationals runner-up Akhmed Zubairov. At the Semenov Cup, Alexander Sabanov took gold over Efim Kormiltsev with Dinislam Takhtarov and Ibragim Khasiev taking bronze. At the Semenov Cup, Sabanov upset Russian Nationals bronze medalist #4 Bashir Magomedov. Efim Kormiltsev upset 2019 Russian Nationals bronze medalist Dinislam Takhtarov. #5 Fedor Baltuev moved up to 65 KG where he lost a close match to #4 Ibragim Ibragimov at the Semenov Cup. #6 Artur Chebodaev cut down to 57 KG and is out of the rankings. Cherman Tavitov is back in the rankings at #4 for beating #5 Dzhabrail Gairbekov in the finals of the Andiev Memorial. Dzhabrail Gairbekov is in the rankings at #5 for beating #6 Alexander Sabanov at the Andiev Memorial. #9 Alexander Sabanov moved up three spots to #6 for beating #4 Bashir Magomedov at the Semenov Cup. Magomedov falls three spots. Efim Kormiltsev is in the rankings at #8 for finishing runner-up at the Semenov cup where he upset 2019 61 KG Russian Nationals bronze medalist Dinislam Takhtarov. Takhtarov slots in at #9 for his return to the 61 KG rankings. Takhtarov has career-best wins over three-time Russian Nationals champion Alexander Bogomoev and two-time world bronze medalist #5 Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM). 65KG #10 Elbrus Valiev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial Tournament over #9 Alik Khadartsev. Bronze medalists were Magomed Baitukaev and Dzhabrail Eleskhanov. Valiev moves up one spot to #9 for his win over #9 Alik Khadartsev. Khadartsev falls one spot to #10 for his loss to Valiev. #3 Ramazan Ferzaliev won the Semenov Cup over #9 Elbrus Valiev. Bronze medalists were #10 Alik Khadartsev and #4 Ibragim Ibragimov. Both Ferzaliev and Valiev registered ranked wins at the Semenov Cup on their way to the final, with Ferzaliev beating Russian Nationals champion Ibragimov and Valiev repeating his victory from the Andiev Memorial finals over Khadartsev. 70KG #6 Inalbek Sheriev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial Tournament over 2021 65 KG U23 world runner-up Ibragim Abdurakhmanov. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Taigib Hasanov and Georgy Sekinaev. #3 Anzor Zakuev won the Semenov Cup over 2018 Russian Nationals runner-up Arpak Sat. Bronze medalists at the Semenov Cup were Alan Kudzoev and Magomed Eitemirov. Sat is back in the rankings at #10 for beating #8 Ruslan Zhendaev at the Semenov Cup. Kudzoev is back in the rankings at #7 for his past win over Zakuev at the All-Russian Spartakiad in August. #5 Zagir Shakhiev lost at 65 KG competing against #1 (65) Abdulmazhid Kudiev at the Iranian Pro League. 74KG #1 Zaurbek Sidakov wrestled up at 79 KG where he fell in the finals of the Iranian Pro League to #2 (79) Ali Savadkouhi (IRI). Sidakov's loss to Savadkouhi does not affect his domestic ranking at 74 KG but does affect his pound-for-pound spot. #2 Razambek Zhamalov won the Murad Gaidarov memorial over Iman Ganishov. Ganishov debuts in the rankings at #10 for beating Saipulla Alibulatov in the semifinals after Alibulatov had beaten 2021 Umakhanov Tournament champion Mokhamad Nasirkhaev after Nasirkhaev had upset two-time world champion #9 Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov in his opening match. #4 Cherman Valiev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over Khabib Magomedov. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Murad Khabichev and Magomed Nurmagomedov. Ruslan Bogatyrev makes his debut in the top ten at #6 after a runner-up finish at the Semenov Cup that saw him defeat 2021 world bronze medalist #6 Timur Bizhoev and 2021 Yarygin champion Aznaur Tavaev to make the finals. In the finals, Bogatyrev fell to Valiev. Bronze medalists at the Semenov cup were #7 Timur Bizhoev and #9 Magomed Dibirgadzhiev. 79KG #2 Radik Valiev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over David Betanov. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Alik Badtiev and Salamat Dzhioev. Valiev was also victorious in taking gold at the Semenov cup over 2020 Russian Nationals bronze medalist #9 Amanulla Gadzhimagomedov. Bronze medalists at the Semenov cup were #3 Khalid Yakhiev and #10 Dmitri Zainidinov. 86KG #1 Artur Naifonov won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over #6 Zaur Makiev. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Tamerlan Tapsiev and Khaibula Gyulmagomedov. Naifonov also took gold at the Semenov cup by forfeit over #9 (92) Tamerlan Tapsiev. Bronze medalists at the Semenov Cup were Alexey Evdokimov and #10 Arsenali Musalaliev. #2 Vladislav Valiev moved back up to 92 KG where he took fifth at the Soslan Andiev Memorial and bronze at the Semenov Cup. Valiev also competed at the Iranian Pro League where he took out 2013 74 KG world runner-up Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI). Valiev is currently ranked fourth at 92 KG. 92KG #1 Magomed Kurbanov moved up to 97 KG where he won the Semenov Cup over #5 (97) Sergey Kozyrev, Kurbanov is currently ranked 3rd at 97KG. #6 Guram Chertkoev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over Shamil-Imam Gadzhialiev. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Slavik Naniev and #4 Alan Bagaev. Chertkoev gets bumped up three spots in the rankings to #3 for beating #4 Vladislav Valiev while Gadzhialiev debuts in the rankings at #5 for beating Bagaev. #3 Dauren Kurugliev moved up two spots to #1 after winning the Semenov Cup over Russian Nationals runner-up #2 Azamat Zakuev. Taking bronze at the Semenov Cup was Valiev and Chertkoev. Kurugliev beat Valiev while Zakuev beat #10 Chertkoev to make the finals. 97KG #6 Zhorik Dzhioev won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over Soslan Dzhagaev. Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Tamerlan Kotsoev and Tamik Dzhikhaev. 2021 92 KG world runner-up #1 (92) Magomed Kurbanov made the move up to 97 KG where he took gold at the Semenov Cup over #4 Sergey Kozyrev and beat #9 Aslanbek Sotiev. #10 Aslanbek Sotiev took bronze. Kurbanov debuts in the 97 KG rankings at #3. Both #4 Sergey Kozyrev and #9 Aslanbek Sotiev drop one spot with the addition of Magomed Kurbanov to the rankings at #3. 125KG As has become commonplace now in the heavyweight rankings, a large amount of change took place due to Russian heavyweights. The first tournament that saw major shakeup was the Soslan Andiev memorial on November 6th saw Russian Nationals champion #7 Alen Khubulov beat the likes of #2 Soslan Khinchagov, #5 (97) Sergey Kozyrev, Artem Tskharebov, and Alan Khugaev to win the title. Khugaev made his presence known in the heavyweight division again by finishing runner-up at the Andiev and beating the likes of #1 Erik Dzhioev and Artem Pukhovsky. In the bronze medal matches, #2 Soslan Khinchagov would beat Artem Tskharebov and Pukhovsky would beat Dzhioev. Tskharbeov did notch a career-best win in his opening-round match against #7 Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN). After the events of the Soslan Andiev Memorial, the Semenov Cup took place on November 11th. Alan Khugaev built on his momentum from the Andiev and won gold at the Semenov beating Ali Aliyev champion #5 Abdulla Kurbanov and notching wins over 2021 Junior world bronze medalist Andrey Bestaev and #4 Znaur Kotsiev. In the bronze medal match on Khugaev's side, Bestaev would upset Kotsiev to place. On Abdulla Kurbanov's repechage bracket, Saipudin Magomedov won bronze over Tamerlan Kumyshev 3-2. From these results, Khubulov takes back the number one spot after his title at the Soslan Andiev Memorial. Alan Khugaev returns to the rankings at #2 for his wins over #1 Erik Dzhioev, #3 Artem Pukhovsky, #4 Znaur Kotsiev, and #5 Abdulla Kurbanov. Artem Pukhovsky is in the rankings at #3 for beating #1 Erik Dzhioev for bronze at the Andiev Memorial. Andrey Bestaev debuts in the rankings at #7 for beating Znaur Kotsiev for bronze at the Semenov cup. # Dzhioev drops three spots to #4 for his losses to Khugaev and Pukhovsky. Kotsiev drops four spots to #8 for his losses to Khugaev and Bestaev. Kurbanov drops four spots to #9 for his losses to Khugaev in the finals of the Semenov Cup. Pound for Pound #2 Abdulrashid Sadulaev moves up one spot to number one while #3 Zavur Uguev moves up to #2 to accommodate for #1 Zaurbek Sidakov's loss at the Iranian Pro League to #2 (79) Ali Savadkouhi of Iran. Sidakov drops two spots to #3 in the rankings. #17 Vladislav Valiev is out of the rankings after losses to Guram Chertkoev and #22 Dauren Kurugliev. Alen Khubulov is back in the pound-for-pound rankings at #25 after taking back the number one spot at heavyweight. Dauren Kurugliev is back in at #22 for taking over the number spot at 92KG.

Sold-out Rec Hall for Penn State's dual with Oregon State After a crazy week last week, this week was a little bit quieter for Big Ten teams. But Rutgers, Michigan State, Iowa, Penn State, Ohio State, Maryland, Wisconsin and Minnesota were all able to get duals in, while others had wrestlers competing at opens. Here are five things we learned from Week 6: Maryland beats Navy, again The Maryland Terrapins defeated the Navy Midshipmen, making them the best D1 program in the state of Maryland for the second year in a row. The trend for Maryland this season has been winning. They are now 5-0 as a team for the first time since the 2011-2012 season. Additionally, this is back-to-back big wins over Pitt and Navy, both of which required some big-time performances from their big-time wrestlers. Specifically, as is usually the case in tightly contested duals, major decisions were the key to victory. It was a 5-5 match split between the Terrapins and Midshipmen, but major decisions from Jaxon Smith at 197, Braxton Brown at 125, and Ethen Miller at 149 made up the three points that won them the dual 18-15. Coach Clemsen's thoughts on this season at this point are, "For a young group we are competing at a high level. We have wrestled some strong competition which is great because the B1G schedule only gives us another step up to gauge where we are as a program. I'm excited for these young kids and I know they will continue to do the work that is needed to have opportunities for more success this winter." My follow-up question was if they can tangibly see or feel a difference in "buy in" or belief that things are working after having successes like this? To that, coach Clemsen replied, " I think our kids have more "faith" (that's a program word) in themselves and what we are doing. The level of work on a daily basis is just higher with this group. They are willing to "sacrifice" (another of our words) and suffer a lot in order to have these opportunities. It's been great that they have been able to capitalize so far. Maryland is off now for finals, and not competing the remainder of the 2022 calendar year, but they will be jumping headfirst back into competition at the Southern Scuffle. Speaking of Chattanooga… Hawks > Mocs in the battle of the birds This past Saturday night, Iowa traveled down to Chattanooga to take on the Mocs of Chattanooga. For those that don't know, "Moc" refers to their original nickname "Moccasins," as well as a reference to the Northern Mockingbird, the state bird of Tennessee. Jason Bryant would like that fact. Anyway, as we all know, Iowa has been using the "break glass in case of emergency" approach with many of their stud wrestlers. On this trip, they brought Real Woods, who took care of business at 141 (assuming you think a tech fall in the first period is TCOB), but they didn't wrestle Spencer Lee or Max Murin. The dual was close at first, with Chattanooga getting wins at three of the first four weights, but then the floodgates largely opened up for Iowa, winning five of the final six weights, many of which were with bonus points (165, 184, 197 and a pin at HWY). When talking with Coach Tom Brands about the trip, he initially referred to them traveling to Carver-Hawkeye last season, but followed up by reflecting on a lot of the relationships that had been built with the Chattanooga program over the years. He cited training camps there, Terry's stint as head coach for the program, and their familiarity with Coach Ruschell. I didn't get a chance to ask in this interview with Tom Brands, but I intend to ask about the messaging to the young athletes who have a chance to compete in these duals before they are full-time starters in the lineup. Iowa has done this many times in the past, first thing that comes to mind is in the 2017-2018 season they had a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Kaleb Young competing for them at 174, splitting time with Joey Gunther for much of the year. I'm interested to know how much of that is wrestler specific or a general message to their athletes across the board. Stay tuned for more on that. Every point matters This isn't exactly a groundbreaking revelation, but there's nothing like a 17-16 win on criteria over an intrastate rival to remind you that, yes, every point matters. It was heavyweight Boone McDermott who got his hand raised to deliver Rutgers the win over Princeton on total match points, 47-43, but it took a full team effort to get there in the 85th installment of the rivalry on Sunday. On paper, this dual was always going to be close, but the battle for Rutgers to keep its title as New Jersey's best wrestling team for the second consecutive year became even tighter when Princeton sophomore Danny Coles handed No. 8 Sammy Alvarez his first loss of the season, 4-3, at 141 pounds. Here are four key moments that helped set Rutgers up for the win with the heavyweight bout: 125: Dean Peterson limits Patrick Glory to three match points. On paper, 125 pounds was one of the most mismatched in Princeton's favor, with Peterson, who's been sharing time with Dylan Shawver at 125, taking on the No. 2 wrestler at the weight. However, Rutgers knew Peterson would be able to give Glory a battle because he already has. Peterson lost 6-5 to Glory earlier in the season at the Princeton Open, where Shawver also wrestled Glory close, falling 11-9. The coaching staff decided to go with Peterson on Sunday and it paid off with another close result. Peterson gave up just one takedown in the bout, and more importantly - just three match points. 174: Jackson Turley starts swinging momentum back in Rutgers' favor. Trailing 13-6, Rutgers was at risk of letting the dual get out of reach. But Turley didn't let that happen, winning with an 8-5 decision. The junior, who missed most of last season due to injury, entered this bout against Princeton's Kole Mulhauser with a 1-3 record. The pair were tied 4-4- going into the second period. Turley got an escape to take the lead and another takedown to give him the 7-4 advantage heading into the third. He was able to ride out most of the third period for the crucial win. 184: Brian Soldano makes up ground with bonus points. Turley had narrowed Rutgers' deficit to 13-9, meaning Soldano needed to earn bonus points to at least tie. Up to this point, the only bonus points of the dual had come from Princeton's top-ranked Quincy Monday (13-3 major) at 157, and Soldano presented the Scarlet Knights' best opportunity to match that. The true freshman knew what was needed of him and delivered. After a scoreless first period, Soldano then racked up two takedowns and four nearfall points to give his team that critical 10-1 major decision to tie the dual. 197: Billy Janzer surrenders 1 match point. With the dual tied and just two bouts to go, Rutgers needed a win to avoid relying on bonus points at heavyweight or going to criteria. Unranked Janzer battled evenly with No. 16 Luke Stout throughout the first period. A quick escape gave Stout the 1-0 lead in the second. With Janzer trailing 1-0 heading into the third, Rutgers coach Scott Goodale motioned for Janzer to start neutral. This decision meant giving up the opportunity for an escape, but allowed Janzer to be able to finish the match out on his feet and avoid the possibility of getting turned and giving up those crucial match points. Stout's 1-0 win meant Rutgers needed a win to tie. As we know, McDermott was able to get the win, and thanks to a point earned from Soldano here and a point not given up by Janzer there, so did Rutgers. Sanderson isn't concerned about close matches Penn State rolled to a 31-3 win over Oregon State in Rec Hall on Sunday, but a closer look at the box score reveals that the dual might have been a little closer than the final score indicates. While Roman Bravo-Young, Carter Starocci and Greg Kerkvliet dispatched their opponents with bonus-point wins, others had to work a little harder. Undefeated freshman No. 15 Alex Facundo held onto a 3-2 victory over No. 23 Matthew Olguin at 165 pounds; Beau Bartlett came out, 5-3, on top in another battle between ranked wrestlers at 141; No. 17 Shayne Van Ness led his opponent 2-1 heading into the third period before pulling a way for the 6-1 decision; No. 5 Max Dean bounced back from his rough weekend last week with a 6-3 win over No. 11 Tanner Harvey; and Terrell Barraclough and Donovan Ball (filling in for starter Aaron Brooks) both earned close decisions. "Looking at the lineups going into the dual, we knew this had the potential to be a really good dual, but our guys were able to win some close matches and kind of separate the score a little bit," head coach Cael Sanderson said. "But the matches were tough. (Oregon State) came in here and wrestled well. Like I said earlier this week, they're definitely an up-and-coming program under (head coach Chris) Pendleton. I think we're still trying to keep getting better as we move along." Overall, Sanderson said he wasn't too worried about his wrestlers finding themselves in close matches, especially this early in the season, saying "it's all preparation." The defending national champions are undefeated (4-0) heading into the Collegiate Wrestling duals on Dec. 19 in New Orleans. Also undefeated are Penn State's pair of highly touted freshmen, Van Ness and Facundo, even if they did have to battle a little bit for those wins Sunday. "Obviously we want to win these matches but it's about getting better, making progress and getting ready for the national tournament in March," Sanderson said. "And they are on a good path right now." Sanderson clearly has a lot of confidence in the pair. Typically known for being more reserved, Sanderson jumped in on a question about Van Ness initially intended for Kerkvliet in the post-match press conference to convey his thoughts on the freshman's performance. Even though Van Ness didn't get a pin this week - like he did last week against Lehigh - Sanderson wanted to make sure reporters knew that the little things a wrestler does in a match go a long way, too. "Shayne's a beast. He wrestles hard, he moves forward. Even today, at the end of the first period where most wrestlers would have just cut their opponent, he chose to put in a little extra work to get a mat return, and the crowd really appreciated that," Sanderson said. "It took a lot out of his opponent. It's the little things like that - that effort and that fight and not giving easy points is what it takes to be a national champion. "He's on a great path right now. We're glad he's on our team." B1G in the World Cup As you may have heard, the United States of America is definitively the greatest assembled group of male wrestlers from a given country on the planet Earth. At least at the moment. We earned that distinction by beating Iran in 6 of 10 matches Sunday night. Of the wrestlers assembled on the roster, alumni from the B1G made up 12 of the 20 rostered athletes. More specifically, of the athletes who competed in the event, the B1G made up 11 of the 13 wrestlers who actually wrestled. Of those 11 who competed, 7 of them were undefeated in the event. The next closest conference to any of these numbers was the ACC with 3 rostered athletes, none of which competed. The 12 B1G rostered wrestlers represented Michigan twice (also Rutgers), Indiana, Penn State three times (also maybe four), Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska twice, and Ohio State twice. It's the most dominant conference in any sport in the United States, and evidently the World also. We are the Champions, my friends.

Pittsburgh heavyweight Jake Slinger (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Two duals on Sunday proved to be quite entertaining and led to close wins from Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech. Pittsburgh was on the road at Columbia and Virginia Tech hosted Missouri to open their home slate. #20 Pittsburgh The Panthers had to fight to win their fourth straight dual, and third straight on the road. They traded matches with Columbia for the first seven bouts before closing the dual with three straight wins to take the one-point team win. #30 Colton Camacho dropped a tight decision to Nick Babin, followed by a 2-0 win for #9 Micky Phillippi. At 141, the Panthers did not send out a wrestler and gave up a big six-point forfeit to Columbia; #1 Cole Matthews did not wrestle in either match this weekend, Emory Taylor took the mat on Friday at Brown. At 149, Tyler Badgett picked up his third-straight win with a 5-0 decision over Danny Fongaro. The match at 157 was a bit of an anomaly. #21 Dazjon Casto was completely dominating the match and was up 14-1 in the third period; when he drove in for the shot to finish out the tech fall, Alvan was able to keep an overhook and roll Casto through to his back. Casto fought on the edge and punched through as the ref called the pin; I would have loved to see another angle of this exchange. That put the Panthers down 12-6 going into the biggest matchup of the dual. Holden Heller bounced back in a big way from a sudden victory loss last week to extend his season record to 5-1 over #12 Josh Ogunsanya. After a scoreless first, Heller got an escape early in the second and scored a takedown of a pretty duckunder off a reshot, then rode out the period. The third period was a flurry of solid defense from Heller as Ogunsanya tried to get back in the match. He was able to get a late takedown to close the gap to 3-2, but Heller fought off a last-second attack to take the match 4-2. Heller wrestled an incredible match and did everything he needed to do to beat a very tough Ogunsanya. At 174, #33 Luca Augustine struggled to get his offense going and dropped a 3-2 decision to a scrappy Lenox Wolak. The Panthers were looking at an 18-9 deficit going into the final three matches. James Lledo came up big in a very entertaining match; they traded takedowns and escapes as both guys let it fly. Lledo was down 7-4 going into the third, but showed off his gas tank, racking up an escape, two takedowns and a stalling point to take the 10-9 decision. The captain came through for the Panthers at 197, with #3 Nino Bonaccorsi dominating his way to a 15-2 major decision as he was giving it all he had to get to the tech fall. Going into the last match, Pitt was down 18-16. Jake Slinger slammed the door for the Panthers, controlling the match and earning a 6-2 decision to take the dual 19-18. It wasn't the prettiest win for Pitt, but I loved to see how they responded to adversity and fought to take the close win. Pitt 19 Columbia 18 125: Nick Babin (Columbia) dec. #30 Colton Camacho (Pitt), 4-2 133: #9 Micky Phillippi (Pitt) dec. Angelo Rini (Columbia), 2-0 141: #27 Matt Kazimir (Columbia) wins by forfeit 149: Tyler Badgett (Pitt) dec. Danny Fongaro (Columbia), 5-0 157: Cesar Alvan (Columbia) pins #21 Dazjon Casto (Pitt), 5:48 165: #17 Holden Heller (Pitt) dec. #12 Joshua Ogunsanya (Columbia), 4-2 174: Lennox Wolak (Columbia) dec. #33 Luca Augustine (Pitt), 3-2 184: James Lledo (Pitt) dec. Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia), 10-9 197: #3 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) maj. dec. Javen Jovero (Columbia), 15-2 285: Jake Slinger (Pitt) dec. Danny Conley (Columbia), 6-2 #15 Virginia Tech The Hokies opened up their home slate with a tough #6 Missouri team. We knew it was going to be a great dual, and it very much lived up to the hype. I said that the Hokies had a path to victory if they won the matches they should win, pick up an upset and find a bonus point somewhere. They took a slightly different path with a lineup change at 157, but ended the night with a 17-15 win. Cooper Flynn, who has been in a tightly contested battle with #17 Eddie Ventresca for the starting spot at 125, got the nod to start the dual. He looked fantastic on his feet and on top; he picked up five takedowns and over three minutes of riding time to open the dual with a 13-3 major decision. #12 Sam Latona took the momentum into the next match and it looked a lot closer on the scoreboard than it did on the mat. Latona got two takedowns and a reversal to have a 6-2 lead before giving up a late takedown to get the 6-4 decision. The next two matches were tough tests for the Hokies; both featured true freshmen against top-10 opponents. #15 Tom Crook had his worst performance of the year against a very tough opponent. He was able to hold #6 Allan Hart to a decision, but didn't seem to have the pop he has had in his other matches this season; I don't anticipate this will be an ongoing issue with what we have seen so far from Tampa Tom. We had one of the best matches of the night at 149 between #9 Brock Mauller and #12 Caleb Henson. Mauller picked up an early takedown in the first, but Henson was able to add one of his own late in the first to go up 3-2. Mauller got an escape early in the second to tie it up with the only points scored that period. Henson got a quick escape in the third, but Mauller followed it with a beautiful double leg; Henson added another escape to tie it at 5 with a minute left. Henson got in on a low-level single at 38 seconds, it seemed like it should be a stalemate as Mauller sprawled out for 15 seconds, but the ref let it play out. In the ensuing scramble, Mauller was able to kick out and hop over for the winning takedown at the buzzer. At 157 we expected to see Clayton Ulrey and #13 Jarrett Jacques, but instead, Mizzou sent out Logan Gioffre. We did not receive any clarification on the status of Jacques. Gioffre is the older brother of Jack and Michael, who wrestle at UVA. So instead of a #5 Bryce Andonian versus Jacques, we got a very scrappy match between solid backups for both teams and it proved to be a critical point in the dual. Ulrey showed some stellar defense and scored on a very nice reshot for the only takedown of the match in the 3-2 decision. The next two matches featured NCAA champs with #1 Keegan O'Toole the reigning champ at 165 and #3 Mekhi Lewis an NCAA champ and two-time finalist competing at 174 lbs. #22 Connor Brady wrestled a great match and deserves a lot of credit. Keegan O'Toole is an incredibly dangerous wrestler and gets a lot of bonus points for the Tigers. Brady showcased his excellent defense--and some offense of his own--and held O'Toole to an 8-4 decision. At 174, we saw #3 Mekhi Lewis face a very stingy #11 Peyton Mocco. Lewis scored the lone takedown (and had another taken off the board) and allowed only escapes for Mocco in the 3-2 win. #8 Hunter Bolen showed Cassell Coliseum that he is back and on a mission to get on the podium again. I have been impressed by Bolen all year and I'm very happy to see him have the edge back that he seemed to be missing last year. Bolen picked up two takedowns in the first, and another in the second after starting the period with a strong ride. He got a quick escape in the third and started chasing the bonus point. Bolen added a takedown on the edge and another with 30 seconds left in the 3rd to take a 13-3 major decision. The Hokies went into the final two matches up 17-9 with Mizzou favored in the final two matches, with two top-10 wrestlers left to wrestle. #21 Andy Smith couldn't get to any of his own offense, but was able to conserve important team points in holding #1 Rocky Elam to a 7-0 decision. A similar story at 285, #22 Hunter Catka dropped a 4-2 decision to #8 Zach Elam, but didn't give up the bonus points that the Tigers would have needed to pull out the dual. For the second season in a row, the Hokies knocked off the higher-ranked Tigers. I was very impressed with the overall approach by the Hokies. All of the guys knew exactly what they needed to do for their match and for the team, and they took care of business. We often only look at the win column to see who did well in a dual; but for this one, in particular, the effort by the wrestlers on both sides of the win column made this team win possible. The wins were split 5-5 but the Hokies didn't surrender a single bonus point to any of the top 10 wrestlers that got the win and that made the difference in this dual. Virginia Tech 17 Missouri 15 125 – Cooper Flynn MAJ DEC Peyton Moore, 13-3 133 – No. 12 Sam Latona DEC No. 26 Connor Brown, 6-4 141 – No. 6 Allan Hart DEC No. 15 Tom Crook, 8-2 149 – No. 9 Brock Mauller DEC No. 12 Caleb Henson, 7-5 157 – Clayton Ulrey DEC Logan Gioffre, 3-2 165 – No. 1 Keegan O'Toole DEC No. 22 Connor Brady, 8-4 174 – No. 3 Mekhi Lewis DEC No. 11 Peyton Mocco, 3-2 184 – No. 8 Hunter Bolen MAJ DEC No. 23 Sean Harman, 13-3 197 – No. 1 Rocky Elam DEC No. 21 Andy Smith, 7-0 285 – No. 8 Zach Elam DEC No. 22 Hunter Catka, 4-2

Columbia 174 lber Lennox Wolak (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) About half of the conference was in action this weekend. We saw Penn dominate Army, while Ryan Miller took out Ethan Berginc - ruining his undefeated season thus far. Columbia was so close to pulling off an upset against #20 Pitt. Navy lost a close one to #19 Maryland. Speaking of close ones, we saw Princeton lose on criteria to in-state rival (and 24th-ranked) Rutgers. The upset of the week came from Canadian-born Danny Coles for the Princeton Tigers. He knocked off eighth-ranked Sammy Alvarez of Rutgers at 141lbs, to help keep things interesting in the dual. Interestingly, this was his first win of the year. What a way to get the momentum going for the sophomore. Expect him to keep it rolling. He is this week's Outstanding Wrestler! American The Eagles of American were off this past weekend. They will be this coming weekend as well. They are back in action the week leading up to Christmas with duals against George Mason, Sacred Heart, and Hofstra. Army West Point The Black Knights fell victim to Penn via a 29-3 score. The score looks lopsided, but watching the match live, it was anything but lopsided. Unfortunately, Penn took four of the five one-score matches, which made the final look worse than it was. The only victory for Army came at 184lbs where 33rd-ranked Sahm Abdulrazzaq beat Max Hale 3-2. Ethan Berginc (#10 @ 125lbs) suffered his first loss of the year to #20 Ryan Miller. This squad wrestles hard all the time. This match seems to be a one-off effort, dropping close ones they usually do not. Expect these guys to bounce back in a few weeks at the Soldier Salute event in Iowa between Christmas and the New Year. Binghamton The Bearcats took care of business in their EIWA opener against LIU. With a 41-6 victory, they won 8 of 10 bouts, with the help of two forfeits at 125 and 133 lbs. BU had two major decisions and three pins in the process. The Bearcats are a tough team, with a very arduous schedule. It was good to see them dominate a conference opponent. The upper half of this lineup will be very tough once they come into full form. This team could definitely finish in the top five at conferences, which is a tremendous achievement. If they can stay healthy, look out for the Bearcats. They'll have a few weeks off until the Southern Scuffle on New Year's Day in Chattanooga, TN. Brown The Brown Bears hosted two ranked opponents in #20 Pitt and #25 Michigan State. Winning one bout in each dual, the team was a little outmatched. Justin Bierdumpfel (141lbs) secured the lone win against Pitt, while Drew Clearie (174lbs) had the only win against Michigan State. At 149lbs against Michigan State, Blake Saito had a 6-4 close loss to Peyton Omania. Coach Jordan Leen's first season will have some lumps. He will need some time to build the culture he was hired to do. I am not alone in saying it will be exciting to see this team climb the ranks in the EIWA in the near future. They will be back in action for the Midlands December 29th-30th. Bucknell The Bison did not compete this weekend. They are prepping for a busy weekend when they take on Sacred Heart this Friday away. They then have three matches on Sunday at Buffalo against Buffalo, Edinboro and Niagara County CC. Columbia The Lions had a tough, one-point loss to #20 Pitt. They pulled a few upsets to make it interesting, but failed to keep the lead, losing 19-18 in the final bout. The first upset (at least on paper) came at the start of the dual. Nick Babin (125lbs) defeated #30 Camacho. The real turn of events was at 157lbs, where Cesar Alvan was about to give up a tech fall to #21 Dazjon Castro, but ended up getting the fall in an 11-point dual meet swing. The other “on-paper upset” was at 174 lbs. Lennox Wolak beat #33 Augustine 3-2. Wolak is making some noise in this weight class. The Lions remain 0-3 as a team, but losses to #4 Ohio State, #6 Michigan, and #15 Pitt. This schedule is one of the most challenging in the nation, and it is paying dividends. Columbia will be at the Soldier Salute on December 29th and 30th in Iowa. Cornell The Big Red were on a break this weekend. See them in action next weekend at the National Collegiate Duals, when they take on Oregon State, Iowa State, and a match TBD the next day. They will be representing the EIWA, along with Lehigh. Drexel The Dragons were on the road to compete against #11 Wisconsin. They lost the dual 37-3 but saw some good results. Kyle Waterman lost to #19 Taylor Lamont 6-4 at 133lbs, as he's been having steady improvements. At 149lbs, #29 Luke Nichter made a huge splash in his return. He threw #2 Austin Gomez to his back for a quick six-point lead, before getting pinned. Drexel's lone win came at 184lbs, where Brian Bonino earned a 3-1 decision. Another tough BigTen opponent for the Dragons this weekend, after going 0-2 last weekend against the conference. They will travel next week to Purdue to take on Purdue, Campbell, and Utah Valley. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats had another mid-week dual with D3 team Ursinus. F&M won the dual 33-13. Mason Leiphart is now the Division 1 leader in the nation with five tech falls on the season. Aidan O'Shea earned a major decision at 133lbs, while Pat Phillips bumped up to 141lbs and won 4-0. Noah Fox won by decision at 174lbs, while James Conway earned a fall at 184lbs. Next up for F&M is the Wilkes University open, where some of the team will compete. Others will be at the Midlands. Harvard The Crimson were on break this weekend after competing in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite. They are back in action at Midlands in a few weeks. Hofstra The Pride will be in action again on the 22nd, as they host American to a conference dual. Lehigh The Mountain Hawks will be in New Orleans for the Collegiate Duals early next week. They will represent the EIWA and take on #28 Cal Poly and #11 NC State. Their third match is TBD, based on pool results. Long Island The Sharks were competing at Binghamton, dropping the dual 41-6. Two forfeits at 125 and 133lbs added to the result. LIU's 149lbs and 157lbs wrestlers each came away with wins. Drew Witham earned an overtime win over Michael Zarif. At 157lbs, Rise Royster won 4-0. New assistant coach Jesse Dellavecchia was a 157lbs NCAA runner-up, and these middleweights are starting to see results halfway through his first season on staff. LIU is the newest member of the conference. It may be hard to see the improvement at a high level, but digging into results – the improvement is there. Navy The Midshipmen hosted #23 Maryland to a tight dual. Maryland squeaked by with an 18-15 win over Navy. Navy won 5 matches, all by decision. David Key (184lbs) and Grady Griess (#18 @ 285) each won. At 133lbs, Tyler Hunt followed up with a win – as did #17 Josh Koderhandt at 141lbs. The final win was by Val Park at 165lbs. The difference in the dual was three bonus point wins by Maryland. This Navy squad is right there with this Maryland team. This was an evenly matched dual that came down to the wire. The Midshipmen will be back in action after the new year at the F&M Open. Penn The Quakers had an impressive performance at home, winning nine of ten bouts over Army. #20 Ryan Miller started it off with a bang at 125lbs , upsetting #10 Ethan Berginc with a third-period takedown. Michael Colaiocco (#12 @ 133lbs) was one of two winners by major decision. Doug Zapf (#10 @ 149lbs) was the other. We saw a last-second takedown by Anthony Artalona (#13 @ 157lbs) to overcome a near upset from #31 Nate Lukez. Lucas Revano at 165lbs and Nick Incontrera (#23 @ 174lbs) took care of business with close wins over quality opponents. This was a great bounce-back win after two losses a week ago. They will be at the Midlands starting 12/29. Princeton The Tigers had their in-state rivalry match with #17 Rutgers, and it was a phenomenal match! The match came down to the total points scored in matches criteria – giving Rutgers the 17-16 victory. #2 at 125lbs, Patrick Glory, was back from injury to beat Dean Peterson, 4-1. Top-ranked Quincy Monday earned a major decision at 157lbs. Blaine Bergey (165lbs) and Luke Stout (#16 @ 197lbs) earned decisions. The upset of the week, however, was Danny Coles at 141 lbs. He upset eighth-ranked Sammy Alvarez to help swing momentum back to the Tigers. This has been Coles' most impressive win thus far in his young career. The Tigers are right there with 17th-ranked Rutgers. We will see them make noise come postseason, as usual. They will also be competing at Midlands in their next competition. Sacred Heart The Pioneers were not in action this weekend. We will see them this coming weekend when they host both Bucknell and American in some EIWA competition.

Cal Poly's two-time All-American Bernie Truax (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Cal Poly splits duals over the weekend The Cal Poly Mustangs split a pair of duals on Dec. 11, dominating Lindenwood 50-0 and falling to No. 9 Minnesota 22-12. Cal Poly rested a few starters in the Lindenwood matchup. 125-pound Dom Mendez earned a major decision over Austin Kegley while 149-pound Tiger Ortiz defeated Ben Bohr 7-2. The rest of the Mustangs earned bonus point victories, including Brawley Lamer pinning Austin Raynor and Cash Stewart earning a 16-4 major decision over Kaden Charboneau. Cal Poly only picked up three wins over the Gophers. Dom Demas snuck out a 5-2 victory over Michael Blockhus, Bernie Truax pinned Michael Foy in :24 seconds and Trevor Tinker won by sudden victory over Garrett Joles. Tinker's victory makes him 7-3 on the season and on the verge of cracking the top 25 soon. Oregon State captures one victory over Penn State Brandon Kaylor was the only Beaver to win against the Nittany Lions over the weekend, winning 4-0 over Gary Steen. Although Oregon State fell 31-3, the Beaver wrestlers lost their matches by only an average of 5.89 points. Therefore, the Beavers rarely gave up bonus points to the top team in the country, only giving up two major decisions and a tech fall. In addition, Matthew Olguin almost upset No. 15 Alex Facundo but fell 3-2. The Beavers schedule does not get any easier as they travel to the National Collegiate Duals to face Iowa State and Cornell and one other squad, to be determined by their performance in the first two duals.

Hunter Bolen (left) and Trent Hidlay at the 2021 ACC Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) BRISTOL, Conn. (ACCN) - For the fourth straight year, ACC wrestling fans will enjoy a dedicated night of programming on ACC Network (ACCN), the 24/7 national platform dedicated to ACC sports, as Friday Night Duals begin on Friday, January 20. ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), ACCN's digital platform available on the ESPN App, will carry additional matches throughout the remainder of the regular season. Five duals, including four ranked matchups, highlight the Friday Night Duals slate beginning with the anticipated date between No. 8 NC State and No. 9 Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum on January 20 at 7 p.m. No. 20 Pitt travels to Virginia Tech the following week (January 27, 7 p.m.) and No. 21 North Carolina visits Pittsburgh to meet the Panthers on February 3 at 7 p.m. Duke and Virginia meet on February 10 (7 p.m.), while rivals NC State and North Carolina clash in Chapel Hill on February 17 (7 p.m.) to close out ACCN's regular-season coverage. Shawn Kenney and Rock Harrison, who have called multiple ACC Wrestling Championships and the past three seasons of Friday Night Duals, will be back for the 2023 slate of duals. Weekly ACC Wrestling Guests on ACC PM ACC PM, ACCN's weekday afternoon show from 4-7 p.m., will spotlight ACC wrestling with guests throughout the season. ACC Wrestling Championship Coverage ACC Network will carry the finals of the 2023 ACC Wrestling Championship live from Reynolds Coliseum at NC State on Sunday, March 5, beginning at 7 p.m. Preliminary and consolation round matches will be available on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX), ACCN's digital platform available on the ESPN App. NC State has won the last four ACC wrestling crowns and five of the last seven. Ranked Teams, Individuals The ACC has four teams ranked in the latest NWCA team and InterMat individual rankings (Dec. 6), including two among the top 10 (No. 8 NC State and No. 9 Virginia Tech), along with No. 20 Pitt and No. 21 North Carolina. Individually, 10 ACC wrestlers are nationally ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes by InterMat, including top-ranked Cole Matthews of Pittsburgh who sits atop the 141-pound weight class and 2022 NCAA 174-pound runner-up Mekhi Lewis of Virginia Tech who is currently ranked No. 3 in that same weight class. Lewis won the 165-pound NCAA title in 2019. 2021 149-pound champion, North Carolina's Austin O'Connor, is currently ranked No. 6 in the 157-pound weight class. Additionally, NC State's Trent Hidlay (184) is ranked No. 2 nationally, while and Pitt's Nino Bonaccorsi (197) is ranked third. Virginia Tech's Bryce Andonian (157) is ranked fifth, Virginia Tech's Hunter Bolen (184) is ranked seventh, Virginia's Justin McCoy (165) and North Carolina's Clay Lautt (174) are ranked eighth, Pitt's Micky Phillippi (133) and NC State's Isaac Trumble (197) are ranked ninth and NC State's Ed Scott (157) is ranked 10th. Overall, a total of 38 ACC wrestlers hold top-33 weight class rankings. Friday Night Duals on ACC Network All matches start at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 - NC State at Virginia Tech Jan. 27 - Pitt at Virginia Tech Feb. 3 - North Carolina at Pitt Feb. 10 - Duke at Virginia Feb. 17 - NC State at North Carolina About ACC Network Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) and its digital platform ACCNX is a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports that launched on August 22, 2019. ACCN televises more than 500 regular-season and tournament games from across the conference's 27 sponsored sports plus a complement of news and information shows and original programming. Together, ACCN and its digital platform, ACCNX, combine to feature more than 1,500 ACC events each year. ESPN has been televising ACC content since 1979 and has exclusive rights to every conference-controlled game across all sports and championships. Carriage agreements are in place with the following video providers: Comcast's Xfinity, Cox, DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, DISH Network, Frontier, fuboTV, Hulu+ Live TV, Mediacom, Optimum, Sling TV, Spectrum TV, Suddenlink, Verizon Fios, YouTube TV, members of the NCTC, NRTC and Vivicast, among others. All ACCN games will also be available on the ESPN App to authenticated subscribers.

190 lb Ironman champion Brayden Thompson an Oklahoma State signee (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This weekend the toughest in-season high school tournament, the Walsh Jesuit Ironman, took place in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The Ironman has long been the event for the top high school wrestlers to compete against the best in the country and this year was no exception. Plenty of wrestlers that took the mat Friday and Saturday will be racking up wins on the NCAA stage a few short years from now. Some will become All-Americans, national champions, and perhaps even world or Olympic champions. Olympic gold medalists David Taylor and Kyle Snyder are among the most notable alumni from the Ironman. So, after all the smoke has cleared, how did your favorite school's recruits fare at the Ironman? We've combed through the brackets to find out how all of them performed. Not just the placewinners, but all of the recruits who have publicly announced commitments. Air Force Josh Cordio (Wyoming Seminary, PA) - 2-2: 190 lbs Andrew Harmon (Bethlehem Catholic, PA) - 7th: 157 lbs Talon McCollom (Edmond North, OK) - 0-2; 175 lbs; Class of 2024 Appalachian State Jeremiah Price (Surry Central, NC) - 5th: 150 lbs For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Gable Steveson with the NWCA's Mike Moyer at the 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Last week, ESPN hosted an awards show announcing all the awards for football and it got me thinking. As I sat down on Saturday afternoon, watching previews for the Army-Navy game today and the Heisman Trophy ceremony, I started to think about wrestling. Why doesn't wrestling tweak its model to better resemble this? College football is obviously a different animal on the national landscape, but wrestling could make some shifts logistically regarding their awards that I believe would help the sport in certain ways. It could get writers, SIDs, podcasters, and fans to talk more about them and have them more engaged in following the process. First, let's establish what the current awards are. From the NCAA last year. "The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships. The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons." Not mentioned, but wrestling also has the Hodge Trophy and the Gorrarian Awards, with the Hodge being the most prominent and most talked about and the Gorrarian being for most falls in the least amount of time at the NCAA tournament. Here are five things I would propose to improve the award system in college wrestling and get it to be a bigger and more talked about subject in the sport. 1) Don't change anything with the Hodge The Hodge is already a great award. It's named for a legend in the sport, nearly everyone in wrestling knows what it's about, and it has a tremendous brand name. The Hodge is perfect. Keep it just like it is. 2) Add names to the other awards I don't think wrestling needs to model everything after football or any other sport. It's just two very different worlds. But why not have the awards for the most falls or tech falls associated with someone. I don't know who holds the collegiate record for falls in a season, but why not name it after that guy? Same with tech falls. Why not call the National Coaches of the year the Gallagher or Gable award? Nearly all the college football awards have an individual tied to them. Why not get some legendary wrestling names tied to the wrestling award system? 3) Come up with a few new awards In football, they have a lot of position-specific awards. Ex. The Rimington award goes to the best center, the Biletnikoff goes to the best wide receiver, etc… You can't directly copy that in wrestling because it's a 1-on-1 sport but there are some angles you could take from it. Why not have three lower-tier awards under the Hodge that group weight classes? The best wrestler in the country from 125-141 gets an award called the "John Smith", the best from 149-174 gets the "Jordan Burroughs", best 184-HWT gets the "Cael Sanderson". Again, I think the Hodge is perfect. Don't mess with it, but this is one angle to add some. The other angle to add a "position" award could be the best wrestler by the various positions in a wrestling. Award for best offensive wrestler from their feet, an award for the best counter wrestler from their feet, best scrambler, best from bottom, best from top. Those could all be associated with great wrestlers from those various positions. 4) Get wrestling media involved Determining some of these hypothetical awards would be a difficult task. Some of it is numbers, some of it is competition, and some of it is perception. The solution? Do exactly what they do in football and have the media decide with a vote. Use the NWMA or a similar entity that as a baseline along with others to vote to determine the awards. You could even have a fan vote as a piece of it. 5) Get sponsorships As annoying as some of the excessive sponsorships in sports can be, I actually think wrestling should do a lot more ideas like this to monetize itself as other sports have. Ex. The "Ed Gallagher Coach of the Year Award Presented by Intermat". InterMat wins by getting their name associated with an award, and their sponsorship pays for the trophy for the athlete. There are more pieces to this but as a rough outline, this feels like an opportunity for the sport. I'm not a huge fan of some of the situations in wrestling that dilute some of the prestige of awards in wrestling as we've seen with the excess of tournaments at the youth levels calling all of their athletes "All-Americans". But these somewhat indiscriminate awards that stir debate in sports get fans talking, they get media talking, and they get schools and administrators talking when their athletes and coaches win the awards. And that's something wrestling always needs more of.

The US Men's Freestyle Team: 2022 World Cup Champions (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Men's Freestyle Pool A United States 7 Mongolia 3 57 kg - Zane Richards (USA) over Nasanbuyan Narmandakh (Mongolia) 10-0 61 kg - Seth Gross (USA) FFT 65 kg - Tulga Tumur Ochir (Mongolia) over Yianni Diakomihalis (USA) 10-3 70 kg - Tyler Berger (USA) over Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Mongolia) 10-0 74 kg - Sumiyabazar Zandanbud (Mongolia) over Vincenzo Joseph (USA) 8-0 79 kg - Jordan Burroughs (USA) over Temuujin Mendbileg (Mongolia) 10-0 86 kg - Zahid Valencia (USA) over Bat Bayasgalan (Mongolia) 10-0 92 kg - Nate Jackson (USA) FFT 97 kg - Kyle Snyder (USA) FFT 125 kg - Lkhagvageral Munkhtur (Mongolia) over Hayden Zillmer (USA) 3-1 Georgia 7 Mongolia 3 57 kg - Zanabazar Zandanbud (Mongolia) over Beka Bujiashvili (Georgia) 9-6 61 kg - Teimuraz Vanishvilii (Georgia) FFT 65 kg - Tulga Tumur Ochir (Mongolia) over Beka Lomtadze (Georgia) 11-0 70 kg - Giorgi Elbakidze (Georgia) over Tsogtbaatar Damdinbazar (Mongolia) 11-1 74 kg - Giorgi Sulava (Georgia) over Sumiyabazar Zandanbud (Mongolia) 5:37 79 kg - Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia) over Batmagnai Batchuluun (Mongolia) 12-2 86 kg - Sandro Aminashvili (Georgia) over Bat Bayasgalan (Mongolia) 8-1 92 kg - Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia) FFT 97 kg - Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) FFT 125 kg - Lkhagvageral Munkhtur (Mongolia) over Solomon Manashvili (Georgia) Fall 2:46 United States 10 Georgia 0 57 kg - Nick Suriano (USA) over Beka Bujiashvili (Georgia) 6-3 61 kg - Seth Gross (USA) over Teimuraz Vanishvilii (Georgia) 11-0 65 kg - Yianni Diakomihalis (USA) over Beka Lomtadze (Georgia) 11-0 70 kg - Alec Pantaleo (USA) over Giorgi Elbakidze (Georgia) 8-0 74 kg - Jason Nolf (USA) over Giorgi Sulava (Georgia) 10-0 79 kg - Jordan Burroughs (USA) over Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia) 5-3 86 kg - Zahid Valencia (USA) over Sandro Aminashvili (Georgia) 11-0 92 kg - Nate Jackson (USA) over Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia) 10-4 97 kg - Kyle Snyder (USA) over Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) 6-0 125 kg - Hayden Zillmer (USA) over Solomon Manashvili (Georgia) 8-7 Pool B Iran 9 Japan 1 57 kg - Reza Momenijoujadeh (Iran) over Taichi Yamaguchi (Japan) 6-5 61 kg - Kaito Morikawa (Japan) over Ebrahim Elahichouran (Iran) 13-2 65 kg - Mohammadreza Bagheriheidarabadi (Iran) over Ryoma Anraku (Japan) 2-1 70 kg - Aliakbar Fazlikhalili (Iran) over Keitaro Ono (Japan) 9-6 74 kg - Mohammadsadegh Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) over Kirin Kinoshita (Japan) 3-1 79 kg - Ali Savadkouhi (Iran) over Yajuro Yamasaki (Japan) 11-0 86 kg - Alireza Karimi (Iran) over Tatsuya Shirai (Japan) 11-0 92 kg - Kamran Ghasempour (Iran) over Satoshi Miura (Japan) 10-0 97 kg - Amirali Azapira (Iran) over Yohei Shinada (Japan) 13-2 125 kg - Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran) over Hiroto Ninomiya (Japan) 10-0 All-World Team 9 Japan 1 57 kg - Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania) over Taichi Yamaguchi (Japan) 3-0 61 kg - Kaito Morikawa (Japan) over Giorgi Vangelo (Bulgaria) 10-0 65 kg - Iszamail Muszukajev (Hungary) over Ryoma Anraku (Japan) 4-1 70 kg - Ernazar Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan) over Keitaro Ono (Japan) 11-0 74 kg - Tajmuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) over Kirin Kinoshita (Japan) 10-0 79 kg - Arsalan Budazhapov (Kyrgyzstan) over Yajuro Yamasaki (Japan) 5-2 86 kg - Azamat Dauletbekov (Kazakhstan) over Tatsuya Shirai (Japan) 11-0 92 kg - Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan) over Satoshi Miura (Japan) 10-0 97 kg - Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia) over Yohei Shinada (Japan) 10-0 125 kg - Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (Ukraine) over Hiroto Ninomiya (Japan) 11-0 Iran 6 All-World Team 4 57 kg - Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania) over Reza Momenijoujadeh (Iran) 12-2 61 kg - Giorgi Vangelo (Bulgaria) over Ebrahim Elahichouran (Iran) 5-1 65 kg - Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iran) over Taiyrbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) 5-0 70 kg - Amirmohammad Yazdani (Iran) over Ernazar Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan) 10-7 74 kg - Tajmuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) over Mohammadsadegh Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) 9-0 79 kg - Mohammad Nokhodilarimi (Iran) over Arsalan Budazhapov (Kyrgyzstan) 12-2 86 kg - Alireza Karimi (Iran) over Azamat Dauletbekov (Kazakhstan) 4-0 92 kg - Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan) over Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) 10-10 97 kg - Amirali Azarpira (Iran) over Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia) 10-0 125 kg - Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran) over Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (Ukraine) 12-0 3rd Place: All-World Team 8 Georgia 2 57 kg - Zelimkhan Abakarov (Albania) over Beka Bujiashvili (Georgia) 4-1 61 kg - Giorgi Vangelo (Bulgaria) FFT 65 kg - Taiyrbek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan) over Beka Lomtadze (Georgia) 14-4 70 kg - Ernazar Akmataliev (Kyrgyzstan) over Giorgi Elbakidze (Georgia) 4-3 74 kg - Tajmuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) over over Giorgi Sulava (Georgia) 10-0 79 kg - Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia) over Arsalan Budazhapov (Kyrgyzstan) 12-2 86 kg - Azamat Dauletbekov (Kazakhstan) over Sandro Aminashvili (Georgia) 6-1 92 kg - Osman Nurmagomedov (Azerbaijan) over Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia) 3-0 97 kg - Batyrbek Tsakulov (Slovakia) over Givi Matcharashvili (Georgia) 7-7 125 kg - Solomon Manashvili (Georgia) FFT Championship: USA 6 Iran 4 57 kg - Zane Richards (USA) over Reza Momenijoujadeh (Iran) 6-2 61 kg - Seth Gross (USA) over Ebrahim Elahichouran (Iran) 10-0 65 kg - Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iran) over Yianni Diakomihalis (USA) 5-4 70 kg - Alec Pantaleo (USA) over Amirmohammad Yazdani (Iran) 4-3 74 kg - Mohammadsadegh Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) over Jason Nolf (USA) 2-1 79 kg - Ali Savadkouhi (Iran) over Jordan Burroughs (USA) 6-6 86 kg - Zahid Valencia (USA) over Alireza Karimi (Iran) 5-3 92 kg - Nate Jackson (USA) over Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (Iran) 8-4 97 kg - Kyle Snyder (USA) over Kamran Ghasempour (Iran) 5-0 125 kg - Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (Iran) over Hayden Zillmer (USA) 6-1 Women's Freestyle Pool A Mongolia 5 Japan 5 50 kg - Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia) over Hanano Sakurai (Japan) 3-3 53 kg - Rino Kataoka (Japan) over Otgonjargal Ganbaatar (Mongolia) 5-1 55 kg - Moe Kiyooka (Japan) over Bolortuya Bat Ochir (Mongolia) 6-4 57 kg - Ruka Natami (Japan) over Erdenesuvd Erdene (Mongolia) 3-0 59 kg - Himeka Tokuhara (Japan) over Sumiya Erdenechimeg (Mongolia) 5-3 62 kg - Tserenchimed Sukhee (Mongolia) over Yui Sakano (Japan) 7-5 65 kg - Orkhon Purevdorj (Mongolia) over Miyu Imai (Japan) 9-4 68 kg - Purevsuren Ullziisaikhan (Mongolia) over Kumi Kobayashi (Japan) Fall 1:30 72 kg - Davaanasan Enkh Amar (Mongolia) FFT 76 kg - Nodoka Yamamoto (Japan) over Burmaa Ochirbat (Mongolia) 2-0 Ukraine 7 Mongolia 3 50 kg - Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia) over Oksana Livach (Ukraine) 8-2 53 kg - Otgonjargal Ganbaatar (Mongolia) over Albina Rillia (Ukraine) 6-4 55 kg - Alina Hrushyna Akobiia (Ukraine) over Bolortuya Bat Ochir (Mongolia) Fall 2:12 57 kg - Yuliia Tkach (Ukraine) over Erdenesuvd Erdene (Mongolia) Fall :25 59 kg - Iryna Bondar (Ukraine) over Davaachimeg Erkhembayar (Mongolia) Fall 1:00 62 kg - Tserenchimed Sukhee (Mongolia) over Iryna Koliadenko (Ukraine) 12-7 65 kg - Kateryna Zelenykh (Ukraine) over Orkhon Purevdorj (Mongolia) 12-10 68 kg - Tetiana Sova Rizhko (Ukraine) over Purevsuren Ullziisaikhan (Mongolia) 5-2 72 kg - Alla Belinska (Ukraine) over Davaanasan Enkh Amar (Mongolia) 6-5 76 kg - Anastasiia Osniach Shustova (Ukraine) over Tsevegmed Ekhnbayar (Mongolia) Fall :36 Ukraine 5 Japan 5 50 kg - Hanano Sakurai (Japan) over Oksana Livach (Ukraine) 3-1 53 kg - Rino Kataoka (Japan) over Albina Rillia (Ukraine) 2-2 55 kg - Alina Hrushyna Akobiia (Ukraine) over Moe Kiyooka (Japan) 3-0 57 kg - Yuliia Tkach (Ukraine) over Ruka Natami (Japan) 4-0 59 kg - Iryna Bondar (Ukraine) over Himeka Tokuhara (Japan) 6-4 62 kg - Yui Sakano (Japan) over Iryna Koliadenko (Ukraine) 13-2 65 kg - Miyu Imai (Japan) over Kateryna Zelenykh (Ukraine) 4-4 68 kg - Tetiana Sova Rizhko (Ukraine) over Kumi Kobayashi (Japan) Fall 1:19 72 kg - Alla Belinska (Ukraine) FFT 76 kg - Nodoka Yamamoto (Japan) over Anastasiia Osniach Shustova (Ukraine) 2-2 Pool B China 8 United States 2 50 kg - Jiang Zhu (China) over Emily Shilson (USA) 10-0 53 kg - Li Deng (China) over Amy Fearnside (USA) 10-0 55 kg - Qianyu Pang (China) over Jenna Burkert (USA) 4-0 57 kg - Yongxin Feng (China) over Amanda Martinez (USA) 10-0 59 kg - Qi Zhang (China) over Michaela Beck (USA) 11-0 62 kg - Xiaojuan Luo (China) over Kayla Miracle (USA) 6-4 65 kg - Jia Long (China) over Mallory Velte (USA) 12-8 68 kg - Feng Zhou (China) over Sienna Ramirez (USA) 10-0 72 kg - Amit Elor (USA) over Qiandegenchagan (China) 5-0 76 kg - Dymond Guilford (USA) over Juan Wang (China) 7-2 China 5 All-World Team 5 50 kg - Jiang Zhu (China) over Anna Lukasiak (Poland) Fall 5:25 53 kg - Li Deng (China) over Maria Prevolaraki (Greece) 2-1 55 kg - Qianyu Pang (China) over Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada) 4-0 57 kg - Yongxin Feng (China) over Zhala Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) Injury Default 59 kg - Anastasia Nichita (Moldova) over Qi Zhang (China) Fall 3:17 62 kg - Aisuluu Tynybekova (Kyrgyzstan) over Xiaojuan Luo (China) 4-0 65 kg - Mimi Hristova (Bulgaria) over Jia Long (China) 10-8 68 kg - Irina Ringaci (Moldova) over Feng Zhou (China) 7-4 72 kg - Zhamilia Bakbergenova (Kyrgyzstan) over Qiandegenchagan (China) 4-2 76 kg - Juan Wang (China) over Yasemin Adar (Turkey) 5-1 United States 6 All-World Team 4 50 kg - Erin Golston (USA) over Anna Lukasiak (Poland) 6-0 53 kg - Maria Prevolaraki (Greece) over Felicity Taylor (USA) 4-1 55 kg - Jenna Burkert (USA) over Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada) 4-0 57 kg - Alex Hedrick (USA) over Zhala Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) Fall 59 kg - Anastasia Nichita (Moldova) over Lexie Basham (USA) 12-2 62 kg - Kayla Miracle (USA) over Aisuluu Tynybekova (Kyrgyzstan) 9-3 65 kg - Mallory Velte (USA) over Mimi Hristova (Bulgaria) 12-0 68 kg - Irina Ringaci (Moldova) over Solin Piearcy (USA) 4-2 72 kg - Zhamilia Bakbergenova (Kyrgyzstan) over Skylar Grote (USA) 6-0 76 kg - Yelena Makoyed (USA) over Yasemin Adar (Turkey) Fall 3:34 3rd Place: Mongolia 7 United States 3 50 kg - Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia) over Erin Golston (USA) Fall 4:44 53 kg - Otgonjargal Ganbaatar (Mongolia) over Felicity Taylor (USA) 12-1 55 kg - Bolortuya Bat Ochir (Mongolia) over Jenna Burkert (USA) 7-6 57 kg - Alex Hedrick (USA) over Erdenesuvd Erdene (Mongolia) 6-4 59 kg - Davaachimeg Erkhembayar (Mongolia) over Lexie Basham (USA) 13-2 62 kg - Tserenchimed Sukhee (Mongolia) over Kayla Miracle (USA) 16-5 65 kg - Orkhon Purevdorj (Mongolia) over Mallory Velte (USA) 9-6 68 kg - Solin Piearcy (USA) over Purevsuren Ullziisaikhan (Mongolia) 2-0 72 kg - Davaanasan Enkh Amar (Mongolia) over Skylar Grote (USA) 7-1 76 kg - Dymond Guilford (USA) over Burmaa Ochirbat (Mongolia) 10-0 Championship: Ukraine 6 China 4 50 kg - Oksana Livach (Ukraine) over Jiang Zhu (China) 4-4 53 kg - Li Deng (China) over Albina Rillia (Ukraine) 2-1 55 kg - Alina Hrushyna Akobiia (Ukraine) over Qianyu Pang (China) 4-1 57 kg - Yuliia Tkach (Ukraine) over Yongxin Feng (China) Fall 1:30 59 kg - Qi Zhang (China) over Iryna Bondar (Ukraine) 7-2 62 kg - Iryna Koliadenko (Ukraine) over Xinyuan Sun (China) 2:16 65 kg - Jia Long (China) over Kateryna Zelenykh (Ukraine) Fall 5:58 68 kg - Tetiana Sova Rizhko (Ukraine) over Yue Han (China) 5-4 72 kg - Qiandegenchagan (China) over Alla Belinska (Ukraine) 9-1 76 kg - Anastasiia Osniach Shustova (Ukraine) over Juan Wang (China) 9-5

Rutgers freshman 184 lber Brian Soldano (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Weekend Dual Results Saturday's Duals VMI 53 Fairmont State 0 125 - Tony Burke (VMI) tech Jasup Spragg (Fairmont State) 18-0 133 - Dyson Dunham (VMI) tech Austin Brett Fairmont State) 22-6 141 - Ray Cmil III (VMI) fall Mikey Jones (Fairmont State) 2:48 149 - Ryan Vigil (VMI) fall Esdras Castillo (Fairmont State) 1:38 157 - Job Chishko (VMI) fall Navid Ighani (Fairmont State) 1:01 165 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) fall Jude Childers (Fairmont State) 4:01 174 - River Carroll (VMI) FFT 184 - Zach Brown (VMI) maj Austin Gibson (Fairmont State) 11-0 197 - Travis Fridley (VMI) dec Aydan Edwards (Fairmont State) 8-6SV 285 - Josh Evans (VMI) fall Mason Atkinson (Fairmont State) 3:47 VMI 53 Shenandoah 0 125 - Tony Burke (VMI) tech Tyler McDonald (Shenandoah) 18-0 133 - Dyson Dunham (VMI) tech Sean Rinebolt (Shenandoah) 16-1 141 - Freddy Junko (VMI) tech Hunter Ballantine (Shenandoah) 15-0 149 - Josh Yost (VMI) fall Christian Johnson-Hunte (Shenandoah) 4:19 157 - Job Chishko (VMI) tech Christopher Johnson-Hunte (Shenandoah) 18-0 165 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) tech George Vrachnos (Shenandoah) 19-2 174 - Jon Hoover (VMI) maj Jalen Cornelius (Shenandoah) 10-1 184 - Zach Brown (VMI) fall Dylan Wiegert (Shenandoah) :26 197 - Travis Fridley (VMI) fall Troy Gibson (Shenandoah) 4:05 285 - Brian Jackson (VMI) fall Kaden Bryan (Shenandoah) :47 Binghamton 41 Long Island 6 125 - Micah Roes (Binghamton) FFT 133 - Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) FFT 141 - Nate Lucier (Binghamton) dec Devin Matthews (Long Island) 5-2 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) dec Michael Zarif (Binghamton) 4-2SV 157 - Rhise Royster (Long Island) dec Conner Decker (Binghamton) 4-0 165 - Dimitrii Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) maj Blake Bahna (Long Island) 15-6 174 - Sam DePrez (Binghamton) maj TJ Franden (Long Island) 14-0 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) fall Gavin Claro (Long Island) 4:03 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) fall John Dusza (Long Island) 2:33 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) fall Aeden Begue (Long Island) 1:33 Michigan State 38 Brown 3 125 - Benny Gomez (Michigan State) maj Shane Hanson-Ashworth (Brown) 9-1 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) maj Hunter Adrian (Brown) 11-3 141 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) dec Nick Cabanillas (Brown) 5-1 149 - Peyton Omania (Michigan State) dec Blake Saito (Brown) 6-4 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) fall Keegan Rothrock (Brown) 6:17 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) tech Harrison Trahan (Brown) 16-1 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) dec Ryan Boucher (Michigan State) 7-4 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) dec James Araneo (Brown) 8-2 197 - Cam Caffey (Michigan State) maj Aaron Wolk (Brown) 18-9 285 - Ryan Vasbinder (Michigan State) fall Alex Semenenko (Brown) 1:15 Iowa 27 Chattanooga 12 125 - Logan Ashton (Chattanooga) dec Charles Matthews (Iowa) 1-0 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Cullan Schriever (Iowa) 3-1SV 141 - Real Woods (Iowa) tech Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 16-0 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Joel Jesuroga (Iowa) 3-2TB 157 - Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) dec Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) 5-2 165 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) 23-8 174 - Rocky Jordan (Chattanooga) dec Nelson Brands (Iowa) 3-1 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) maj Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) 14-4 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) maj Jake Boyd (Chattanooga) 10-1 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) fall Logan Andrew (Chattanooga) 1:16 Ohio 31 Edinboro 12 125 - Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) dec Aiden Lewis (Edinboro) 8-3 133 - Gio DiSabato (Ohio) maj Cameron Soda (Edinboro) 11-1 141 - Amonn Ohl (Edinboro) fall Kyran Hagan (Ohio) 3:42 149 - Jake Pail (Edinboro) dec Alec Hagan (Ohio) 3-1SV 157 - Peyten Keller (Ohio) fall Luke Kemerer (Edinboro) 3:18 165 - Jordan Slivka (Ohio) fall Alex Garee (Edinboro) 6:39 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 6-2 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) FFT 197 - Carson Brewer (Ohio) dec Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) 4-3 285 - Nick Lodato (Edinboro) dec Drew Harris (Ohio) 7-1 Air Force 25 Wyoming 11 125 - Tucker Owens (Air Force) dec Garrett Ricks (Wyoming) 6-2 133 - Cody Phippen (Air Force) maj Aidan Noonan (Wyoming) 10-0 141 - Darren Green (Wyoming) maj Nick Krug (Air Force) 11-3 149 - Dylan Martinez (Air Force) dec Chase Zollman (Wyoming) 8-1 157 - Bryce Dauphin (Wyoming) dec Garrett Bowers (Air Force) 4-2 165 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) dec Cole Moody (Wyoming) 4-2 174 - Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) maj Gage Musser (Air Force) 9-0 184 - Noah Blake (Air Force) dec Brett McIntosh (Wyoming) 2-1 197 - Calvin Sund (Air Force) dec Guillermo Escobedo (Wyoming) 4-0 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 6:04 Sunday's Duals Penn State 31 Oregon State 3 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Gary Steen (Penn State) 4-0 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) maj Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State) 17-8 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) 5-3 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) dec Noah Tolentino (Oregon State) 6-1 157 - Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) dec Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) 8-4 165 - Alex Facundo (Penn State) dec Matt Olguin (Oregon State) 3-2 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) 14-3 184 - Donovan Ball (Penn State) dec Jackson McKinney (Oregon State) 3-1 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) dec Tanner Harvey (Oregon State) 6-3 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) tech JJ Dixon (Oregon State) 16-1 Pittsburgh 19 Columbia 18 125 - Nick Babin (Columbia) dec Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 4-2 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) dec Angelo Rini (Columbia) 2-0 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) FFT 149 - Tyler Badgett (Pittsburgh) dec Danny Fongaro (Columbia) 5-0 157 - Cesar Alvan (Columbia) fall Dazjon Casto (Pittsburgh) 5:48 165 - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) 4-2 174 - Lennox Wolak (Columbia) dec Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) 3-2 184 - James Lledo (Pittsburgh) dec Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 10-9 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) maj Javen Jovero (Columbia) 15-2 285 - Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) dec Dan Conley (Columbia) 6-2 North Dakota State 30 Buffalo 6 125 - Carlos Negrete (North Dakota State) dec Patrick Adams (Buffalo) 7-3 133 - McGwire Midkiff (North Dakota State) dec Thomas Maddox (Buffalo) 7-2 141 - Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) dec Matt Ryan (Buffalo) 8-5 149 - Kellyn March (North Dakota State) fall Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) :13 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Michael Petite (Buffalo) 6-3 165 - Michael Caliendo (North Dakota State) fall Ty Raines (Buffalo) 1:28 174 - Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) dec Jay Nivison (Buffalo) 3-0 184 - Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo) dec DJ Parker (North Dakota State) 12-8 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec Spencer Mooberry (North Dakota State) 6-0 285 - Juan Mora (North Dakota State) dec Greg Hodulick (Buffalo) 8-3 Ohio State 32 Kent State 9 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) dec Jake Ferri (Kent State) 4-3 133 - Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) dec Brandon Fenton (Kent State) 5-0 141 - Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) dec Louis Newell (Kent State) 3-1 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) tech Kody Komara (Kent State) 19-3 157 - Keegan Knapp (Kent State) dec Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) 6-3 165 - Enrique Munguia (Kent State) FFT 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) tech Mason Karpinski (Kent State) 21-6 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) tech Tyler Bates (Kent State) 25-10 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) tech Ryan Boyle (Kent State) 21-6 285 - Mike Misita (Ohio State) dec Jacob Cover (Kent State) 9-2 Maryland 18 Navy 15 125 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) maj Grant Treaster (Navy) 13-1 133 - Tyler Hunt (Navy) dec Jackson Cockrell (Maryland) 7-3 141 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec Kal Miller (Maryland) 5-1 149 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) maj James Latona (Navy) 17-4 157 - Michael North (Maryland) dec Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) 2-0 165 - Jon Park (Navy) dec Lucas Cordio (Maryland) 9-2 174 - Dom Solis (Maryland) dec Sammy Starr (Navy) 2-1 184 - David Key (Navy) dec Chase Mielnik (Maryland) 4-0 197 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) maj Jake Koser (Navy) 10-2 285 - Grady Griess (Navy) dec Jaron Smith (Maryland) 6-5 Rutgers 17 Princeton 16 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) dec Dean Peterson (Rutgers) 4-1 133 - Joe Heilmann (Rutgers) dec Sean Pierson (Princeton) 9-3 141 - Danny Coles (Princeton) dec Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) 4-3 149 - Tony White (Rutgers) dec Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) 4-1 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) maj Andy Clark (Rutgers) 13-3 165 - Blaine Bergey (Princeton) dec Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 8-4 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec Kole Mulhauser (Princeton) 8-5 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) maj Nate Dugan (Princeton) 10-1 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) dec Billy Janzer (Rutgers) 1-0 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Travis Stefanik (Princeton) 5-3 Wisconsin 37 Drexel 3 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) maj Antonio Mininno (Drexel) 14-1 133 - Taylor LaMont (Wisconsin) dec Kyle Waterman (Drexel) 6-4 141 - Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) tech Jordan Soriano (Drexel) 22-7 149 - Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) fall Luke Nichter (Drexel) 1:42 157 - Garrett Model (Wisconsin) maj Tate Nichter (Drexel) 15-2 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) dec Evan Barczak (Drexel) 7-1 174 - Josh Otto (Wisconsin) dec Cody Walsh (Drexel) 10-6 184 - Brian Bonino (Drexel) dec Tyler Dow (Wisconsin) 3-1 197 - Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) maj Sean O'Malley (Drexel) 11-0 285 - Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) tech Liam Dietrich (Drexel) 16-0 Minnesota 49 Lindenwood 6 125 - Patrick McKee (Minnesota) fall Austin Kegley (Lindenwood) 1:22 133 - Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) tech Ben Lindley (Lindenwood) 19-3 141 - Kelen Napier (Lindenwood) fall Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) :34 149 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) tech Ben Bohr (Lindenwood) 19-3 157 - Brayton Lee (Minnesota) FFT 165 - Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) tech Kaden Charboneau (Lindenwood) 17-1 174 - Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) tech Drew Gvillo (Lindenwood) 20-4 184 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) tech Austin Raynor (Lindenwood) 17-0 197 - Michial Foy (Minnesota) tech Ryan Golnick (Lindenwood) 15-0 285 - Keaton Kluever (Minnesota) fall David Hernandez (Lindenwood) 4:19 Cal Poly 50 Lindenwood 0 125 - Dominic Mendez (Cal Poly) maj Austin Kegley (Lindenwood) 11-2 133 - Ethan Rotondo (Cal Poly) tech Ben Lindley (Lindenwood) 21-3 141 - Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) fall Kalen Napier (Lindenwood) 4:08 149 - Luis Ortiz (Cal Poly) dec Ben Bohr (Lindenwood) 7-2 157 - Luke Wick (Cal Poly) FFT 165 - Cash Stewart (Cal Poly) maj Kaden Charboneau (Lindenwood) 15-4 174 - Jarad Priest (Lindenwood) tech Luke Dickhaus (Cal Poly) 20-4 184 - Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) fall Austin Raynor (Lindenwood) 4:45 197 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) tech Ryan Golnick (Lindenwood) 16-1 285 - Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) fall David Hernandez (Lindenwood) 3:31 Minnesota 22 Cal Poly 12 125 - Patrick McKee (Minnesota) dec Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) 5-3SV 133 - Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) maj Ethan Rotondo (Cal Poly) 10-0 141 - Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) dec Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) 7-6 149 - Dom Demas (Cal Poly) dec Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) 5-2 157 - Brayton Lee (Minnesota) dec Luka Wick (Cal Poly) 6-5 165 - Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) dec Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 3-0 174 - Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) dec Jarad Priest (Cal Poly) 4-2 184 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) dec Adam Kemp (Cal Poly) 6-2 197 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) fall Michial Foy (Minnesota) :24 285 - Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) dec Garrett Joles (Minnesota) 9-7SV Virginia Tech 17 Missouri 15 125 - Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech) maj Peyton Moore (Missouri) 13-3 133 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Connor Brown (Missouri) 6-4 141 - Allan Hart (Missouri) dec Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) 8-2 149 - Brock Mauller (Missouri) dec Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) 7-5SV 157 - Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) dec Logan Gioffre (Missouri) 3-2 165 - Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 8-4 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) dec Peyton Mocco (Missouri) 3-2 184 - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) maj Sean Harman (Missouri) 13-3 197 - Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) 7-0 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) dec Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) 4-2 Oklahoma State 21 Oklahoma 15 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) 4-2 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) maj Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) 14-5 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 8-6 149 - Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) dec Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) 3-1SV 157 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 7-1 165 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) dec Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 6-5 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) tech Darrien Roberts (Oklahoma) 21-6 184 - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Grayden Penner (Oklahoma) 6-4SV 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) fall Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) :34 285 - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 2-1TB

Virginia Tech's 2x NCAA finalist Mekhi Lewis (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) We are entering the slowest time of the season in the ACC. For the next four weeks leading up to the new year, we will only have two ACC teams in action each week--one week will have three teams competing. While we may not have the quantity of competition for the next month, there will be some high-quality duals and tournaments to keep our attention. Starting this week the two teams in action will be Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech. #20 Pittsburgh The Panthers made a northern swing this weekend, facing Brown on Friday, followed by a Sunday dual in New York City against Columbia. This was the first match for the Panthers facing former Associate Head Coach Jordan Leen, who took the helm of the Bears this summer. Leen spent five years under Coach Gavin at Pitt, in addition to their time together at Virginia. Pitt responded well to their second weekend in a row on the road, taking down the Bears 41-3. They rested several of their normal starters and had some wrestlers making their dual debuts. #20 Pitt 41, Brown 3 125: #30 Colton Camacho (Pitt) pins Shane Hanson-Ashworth (Brown), 4:13 133: #9 Micky Phillippi (Pitt) maj. dec. Hunter Adrian (Brown), 13-5 141: Justin Bierdumpfel (Brown) dec. Emory Taylor (Pitt), 6-4 149: Tyler Badgett (Pitt) pins Blake Saito (Brown), 3:41 157: #21 Dazjon Casto (Pitt) pins Keegan Rothrock (Brown), 2:59 165: Jared Keslar (Pitt) dec. Mason Spears (Brown), 3-1 174: #33 Luca Augustine (Pitt) dec. Drew Clearie (Brown), 12-5 184: James Lledo (Pitt) pins James Araneo (Brown), 4:10 197: #3 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) maj. dec. Aaron Wolk (Brown), 15-3 285: Jake Slinger (Pitt) dec. Thomas Mukai (Brown), 7-0 The Sunday dual with Columbia has several intriguing matchups, and some ranked versus ranked matches. Coach Tanelli and crew have done a phenomenal job building the Lions program in recent years, and they are seeing success on the mat. 125: #30 Colton Camacho v Nick Babin 133: #9 Micky Phillippi v Angelo Rini 141: #1 Cole Matthews v #27 Matt Kazimir 149: Tyler Badgett v Danny Fongaro 157: #21 Dazjon Casto v Cesar Alvan 165: #17 Holden Heller v #12 Josh Ogunsanya 174: #33 Luca Augustine v Lenox Wolak 184: #28 Reece Heller v Jack Wehmeyer 197: #3 Nino Bonaccorsi v Michael Baker 285: Jake Slinger v Daniel Conley I'm keeping a close eye on a few of these matchups that have the potential to be quite entertaining. Micky Phillippi will have Angelo Rini, who while unranked, is a scrappy opponent. The same can be said about Matt Kazimir, who will face Cole Matthews at 141. The two other big matches I'm looking at are at 165, with our only ranked-versus-ranked matchup featuring #17 Holden Heller and #12 Josh Ogunsanya. 174 should be good as well; Lenox Wolak isn't ranked but has a huge win over #7 Ethan Smith and nearly a second win over him last week at the CKLV. #15 Virginia Tech The Hokies have a huge dual this weekend to open up their home slate for the season. They will face #6 Missouri at Cassell Coliseum on Sunday afternoon and are looking to upset the Tigers for the second-straight season. Potential Matchups: 125: Cooper Flynn v Peyton Moore 133: #12 Sam Latona v #26 Connor Brown 141: #15 Tom Crook v #6 Allan Hart 149: #12 Caleb Henson v #9 Brock Mauller 157: Clayton Ulrey v #13 Jarrett Jacques 165: #22 Connor Brady v #1 Keegan O'Toole 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis v #11 Peyton Mocco 184: #8 Hunter Bolen v #23 Sean Harman or Colton Hawks 197: #21 Andy Smith v #1 Rocky Elam 285: #22 Hunter Catka v #8 Zach Elam This dual has a ton of firepower on both sides and will be entertaining from start to finish. Between the squads there are two NCAA Champions, seven All-Americans, 20 nationally ranked wrestlers, 18 returning NCAA qualifiers and four world-level medalists--3 World Champions and a World Bronze medalist. Each team will have a couple starters out, but have very capable backups ready to fill the spot. On paper, Mizzou will be slightly favored, but there are several toss-up matches that will determine how this dual will end up. Since this is a non-conference match, I can be an unabashed ACC homer, so let's look at the Virginia Tech path to victory. 125: Cooper Flynn is getting the nod on Sunday while Eddie Ventresca will rest; the Hokies will need a win from Flynn and bonus points would be huge. 133: The Hokies need Sam Latona to be on point and wrestle like All-American Sam Latona. If Sam wrestles his match, he gets points for the home team. 141: Allen Hart will be favored over Tom Crook, but I wouldn't count out Tampa Tom. Crook comes in at 10-2, with multiple ranked wins this year. Hart is 2-1 on the year and has a loss to Jesse Vasquez of ASU, who Crook beat last week at CKLV. 149: Speaking of not counting out a freshman, Caleb Henson comes in at 10-1 and ranked #12. He will face two-time All-American, #9 Brock Mauller who comes in at 5-1 on the year. This will be one of the key matches in the dual. Mauller is favored on paper, but Henson has shown that he can beat anyone in the country. Henson did not compete at CKLV and will come in rested and hungry. 157: While Bryce Andonian continues to work through a toe injury, Clayton Ulrey will man the spot at 157. He will face #13 Jarrett Jacques, a very dynamic wrestler who can throw up a lot of points. Ulrey has the ability to slow down aggressive wrestlers, and when he is on, can score very well with his counter offense. The Hokies will need Ulrey to come through for the team on Sunday. A win would be amazing, but he at least needs to minimize team points if he loses. 165: Connor Brady will have his hands full with one of the best wrestlers in the country, returning NCAA Champion, Keegan O'Toole. Brady is great defensively and will need every bit of that defensive skill to slow down a very dangerous O'Toole and minimize the damage on the scoreboard. 174: The Hokies need Bro Bro to show out in Cassell; bonus points from the team leader would be huge. Lewis will face Peyton Mocco, who he beat last year in the dual--though it went to tiebreakers. Lewis looked phenomenal in Vegas and seemed like a man on a mission. They need that same performance on Sunday. 184: A similar statement can be made about Hunter Bolen. He looked great in Vegas and ended the tournament on a big positive, knocking off Kaleb Romero. He will face either #23 Sean Harman or Colton Hawks. Bolen will be favored against either, the Christiansburg Cowboy can help the team by showing the attacking form that helped him earn All-American status, scoring early and often. 197: Andy Smith also had a great showing in Vegas, making the semifinals before medically defaulting out after a close loss to Tanner Harvey. Smith put himself on the national radar last weekend and has the potential to make a lot of noise facing #1 Rocky Elam. Smith will need to slow the match down and make his attacks count, both of which he did very well last week, to have a chance to knock off the top-ranked Elam. 285: Hunter Catka could have the opportunity to slam the door on this dual, but he will have to go through #8 Zach Elam to do it. Catka is 7-2 while Elam comes in at 5-1; both hold a similar win over Michael Wolfgram, both by decision. For Catka to win this match, he will have to dictate the pace and not wait for Elam. The Hokies certainly have a path to victory--if they can manage one “upset” and win where they are favored they can make it happen. They could make it a significantly easier path by being on the winning side of the bonus point battle as well. I'm very pumped up for this dual and I will be there to cover as much as I can before, during and after the dual. Cassell Coliseum will be rocking, and if you can't be in Blacksburg you can catch the dual on ACC Network Extra at 4:30pm.

Iowa State freshman Casey Swiderski (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Welcome, all to a special Saturday edition of the mailbag! Sometimes I get tied up during the week but it's fully wrestling season now and I don't want to disappoint anyone. No ducking here. We take every challenge. I know you're anxious so let's get right to it. What freshman do you think finishes the highest on the NCAA podium this year? Mat Jerms Media That's an extremely difficult question to answer. We talking true freshmen or freshmen of various shirt colors? For argument's sake, we will use freshmen who were in high school last year. As much as I like Jesse Mendez, he's at a top-heavy weight with a ton of solid veterans to battle it out with for those last four spots. Brian Soldano is a threat to go nuts on the backside and pin everyone on his way to a nice finish, but 184 might be more top-heavy and mixed with solid veterans than 133. Casey Swiderski is the guy we're going with here. Heck, he might even win the damn thing. That weight is bonkers. In the Iowa vs Iowa State dual: Yonder vs Warner. They didn't challenge a potential takedown for Warner which would have been worth two points, but they challenged immediately after for a headgear pull that was only worth one point. A close match could have been the difference. Your thoughts? The Kid Smoke Drip Costanza I didn't get a chance to really pay close attention to the Cy-Hawk since I was watching on my phone while watching four other duals at the Garden State Grapple with my colleagues Earl B. Smith and Austin Sommer. Luckily I'm well-versed in watching multiple events at once. I assume the headgear pull was a little more clear than the takedown, so it was the smarter play to grab a point there instead of the risk of losing the challenge and giving Bastida choice. And it was a pull so it worked out in that moment. But man, how good is Bastida? The guy has only been doing folk for a few years and he's a national title contender. Maybe the favorite to win it. And he has two more years left! If you could take one wrestler to train to be a center back who would you pick? Imagine Lavion mays or some stingy old-school Iowa wrestler like Jay Borschel. Tough to score on, I bet. The Kid Smoke Drip Costanza Apparently, the kid also smoke multiple questions in one mailbag. I'm for it. I was 85% you meant soccer with this question, so I consulted with my soccer/wrestling ace in the hole @OldestGreatest and this is what he had to say: “For center back, you're looking for someone tall, decent athleticism, tenacious, and hard to score on. Borschel and Mayes are really good shouts. I'll say Mike Evans.” Well, there you have it. Another Iowa guy. Along those same lines, I'll throw Evan Wick into the mix. He seems to check all those boxes. Who wins the World Cup in wrestling and in soccer? Rhino I may get canceled for saying this, but I really have no interest in either Cup. Now if you want to talk about the various cups in Mario kart then I have all day for that. Good luck to all the men and women competing in Coralville this weekend. At least I can watch at a decent hour for once. My question to Willie last week was is ISU's lineup the most geographically diverse in D1 wrestling? Billie Sims I mean, it kind of has to be, right? Find me another team with wrestlers from such exotic locations like Hawaii, Cuba, and West Des Moines, Iowa. Not to mention a guy born in Russia and another from right there in Ames. Coach Dresser does things a little differently over there and he leaves no stone unturned when searching for talent. Let's talk about the Campbell/UVA dual, too. Some of those matches were fire. Billie Sims Also missed this on account of being at the GSG. See, this is why I don't go to events. I miss all the other events on TV that are exciting and I'm not a “go back and watch it later: guy. Judging by the results, UVA 157 pounder Denton Spencer gets the MVP for getting the pin that made the difference in the final score and gave the Hoos the victory. Shoutout to Fair Lawn native Dylan Cedeno, while we're talking Virginia. He's from the town next to me where we used to have our district tournament every year. When is the Big Baller Brand/Rudis/Jags collab dropping? Why is the media discriminating against the CEO's rankings? CEO of Italians Ha, Big Baller Brand. Is that even still a thing? Shockingly, Rudis has not reached out to discuss a clothing line or Jagger documentary. Apparently, they are not into making money. Are you in the Ranker's Guild? You don't qualify for awards if you're not a member of the guild. The dues are 15 bucks a month but you have to pay yearly anyway unless you sign up through a different guild and switch your preference after that. Alright, I've taken up enough of your time. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Rutgers-Princeton on Sunday. The Battle of New Jersey. I hear George Washington might even cross the Delaware again to watch this one.

Penn 125 lber Ryan Miller (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco) Friday's Dual Results Pittsburgh 41 Brown 3 125 - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) fall Shane Hanson-Ashworth (Brown) 4:13 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) maj Hunter Adrian (Brown) 13-5 141 - Justin Bierdumpfel (Brown) dec Emory Taylor (Pittsburgh) 6-4 149 - Tyler Badgett (Pittsburgh) fall Blake Saito (Brown) 3:41 157 - Dazjon Casto (Pittsburgh) fall Keegan Rothrock (Brown) 2:59 165 - Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) dec Mason Spears (Brown) 3-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Drew Clearie (Brown) 12-5 184 - James Lledo (Pittsburgh) fall James Araneo (Brown) 4:10 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) maj Aaron Wolk (Brown) 15-3 285 - Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) dec Thomas Mukai (Brown) 7-0 Penn 29 Army West Point 3 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) 3-2 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) maj Richard Treanor (Army West Point) 11-1 141 - Carmen Ferrante (Penn) dec Julian Sanchez (Army West Point) 5-1 149 - Doug Zapf (Penn) maj Matthew Williams (Army West Point) 12-4 157 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) dec Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) 7-6 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 3-1 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) 5-2 184 - Sahm Abdulrazzaq (Army West Point) dec Max Hale (Penn) 3-2 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) dec Kyle Swartz (Army West Point) 3-0 285 - Ben Goldin (Penn) dec Kade Carlson (Army West Point) 2-0 Minnesota 24 North Dakota State 9 125 - Patrick McKee (Minnesota) maj Carlos Negrete (North Dakota State) 8-0 133 - Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) dec McGwire Midkiff (North Dakota State) 4-2 141 - Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota) dec Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) 6-2 149 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) dec Kellyn March (North Dakota State) 2-1 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Brayton Lee (Minnesota) 2-1TB 165 - Michael Caliendo (North Dakota State) dec Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) 5-2 174 - Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) dec Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) 4-2 184 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) tech DJ Parker (North Dakota State) 18-1 197 - Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) dec Michial Foy (Minnesota) 4-3 285 - Garrett Joles (Minnesota) dec Juan Mora (North Dakota State) 6-2

Hayden Zillmer (left) and Geno Petriashvili (photo courtesy of Ben Mrad Bayrem; UWW) The World Cup is Back! No, not the one from Qatar, the men's and women's freestyle World Cup is back and will take place tomorrow and Sunday in Coralville, Iowa. It will be the first time that the men's and women's World Cup have been held in conjunction with each other. The top-five teams from the 2022 World Championships will be in attendance, along with an All-Star team is comprised of top-finishers from countries that didn't make it to the top-five at worlds. Below is a primer on the event with a schedule for all of the action, rosters for our men's and freestyle team's and matches to watch for Saturday's duals. There will be an additional dual for each team on Sunday, based on their performance. Iran and Japan are expected to advance on the other side of the brackets and would make for great matchups with our men's and women's team, respectively. Saturday, March 10th 10:00AM (Central) Mat A - USA vs. Mongolia (Men's Freestyle) Mat B - Japan vs. Mongolia (Women's Freestyle) 11:30AM Mat A - Iran vs. Japan (Men's Freestyle) Mat B - USA vs. China (Women's Freestyle) 3:00PM Mat A - Mongolia vs. Georgia (Men's Freestyle) Mat B - Mongolia vs. Ukraine (Women's Freestyle) 4:30PM Mat A - Japan vs. All-World Team (Men's Freestyle) Mat B - China vs. All-World Team (Women's Freestyle) 6:00PM Mat A - Georgia vs. USA (Men's Freestyle) Mat B - Ukraine vs. Japan (Women's Freestyle) 7:30PM Mat A - All-World vs. Iran (Men's Freestyle) Mat B - All-World vs USA (Women's Freestyle) Sunday, March 11th 11:00AM Women's 3rd Place Bout 12:30PM Men's 3rd Place Bout 4:00PM Women's Championship Bout 5:30PM Men's Championship Bout US Men's Freestyle Roster 57 kg - Zane Richards, Nick Suriano 61 kg - Seth Gross, Daniel DeShazer 65 kg - Yiannii Diakomihalis, Evan Henderson 70 kg - Tyler Berger, Alec Pantaleo 74 kg - Jason Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph 79 kg - Jordan Burroughs, Chance Marsteller 86 kg - Zahid Valencia, Mark Hall 92 kg - Nathan Jackson, Jay Aiello 97 kg - Kyle Snyder, Kollin Moore 125 kg - Hayden Zillmer, Nick Gwiazdowski US Women's Freestyle Roster 50 kg - Alyssa Lampe, Erin Golston 53 kg - Felicity Taylor 55 kg - Jacarra Winchester, Jenna Burkert 57 kg - Alex Hedrick, Amanda Martinez 59 kg - Lexie Basham, Michaela Beck 62 kg - Kayla Miracle, Jennifer Rogers 65 kg - Mallory Velte 68 kg - Sienna Ramirez, Solin Piearcy 72 kg - Amit Elor, Skylar Grote 76 kg - Dymond Guilford, Yelena Makoyed US Men's Team vs Mongolia Potential Matches to Watch: 57 kg: Richards/Suriano vs. Zanabazar Zandanbud (Mongolia) Zandanbud was a 2022 World bronze medalist that fell to Thomas Gilman, 5-1 in the quarterfinals this year. That should set up a good match with whoever the US coaching staff chooses at 57. 61 kg: Gross/DeShazer vs. Narankhuu Narmandakh (Mongolia) Team Mongolia has world bronze medalists in each of their first three weights. Narmandakh put up at least 10 points in his first three bouts at the 2022 World Championships before running into Reza Atrina (Iran) in the semis. He responded by beating Georgi Vangelov (Bulgaria) for the bronze. This could be a “Match of the Tournament” candidate with the high-scoring Seth Gross. 65 kg: Diakomihalis/Henderson vs. Tulga Tumur Ochir (Mongolia) Both Yianni and Tumur Ochir were in the 2021 65 kg World Championship weight class. The Mongolian came away with a bronze medal and Diakomihalis was empty-handed. Tumur Ochir beat an impressive group of wrestlers to earn his medal (Kaiki Yamaguchi - Japan, Vazgen Tevanyan - Armenia, Rohit - India) and lost to the eventual champion from Russia by a point. Mongolia sent a different rep this year when Yianni took the silver. 125 kg: Zillmer/Gwiazdowski vs Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur (Mongolia) Munkhtur is the only multiple-time Senior world medalist in the lineup for Mongolia. Munkhtur was a silver medalist in Belgrade and medaled in each of the last two years. He and Gwiazdowski met in 2018 and the American took a 5-1 victory. US Women's Team vs China Potential Matches to Watch: 55 kg: Winchester/Burkert vs Qianya Pang (China) Both of our women at this weight have Senior world medals to their name with Winchester earning a world title in 2019 and Burkert with a bronze in 2021. Pang is a tough-out; she has three Olympic/World medals on her resume, with a silver coming at the 2020 Olympics. 65 kg Velte vs Jia Long (China) Perhaps the biggest toss-up match of this dual takes place at 65 kg with Velte and Long. Both earned medals at the 2022 World Championships. Velte bronze and Long silver. The two were not on the same half of the bracket, but both had identical 2-0 losses to the gold medalist Miwa Morikawa (Japan). Velte looked as good as ever in Belgrade, so hopefully she can keep the momentum going. 76 kg: Guilford vs. Juan Wang (China) This should be a close dual and may come down to the final bout. If so, it will be a close match between a pair of wrestlers with some age-group credentials. Wang was a 2020 Yarygin champion and wrestled for the bronze medal at Senior World's in 2018. Guilford was a Senior representative for the first time in 2022 and was a silver medalist a month later at U23's. US Men's Team vs Georgia Potential Matches to Watch: 65 kg: Diakomihalis/Henderson vs. Beka Lomtadze (Georgia) If Diakomihalis goes, this could be a battle between a pair of past World silver medalists. The difference could be that Yianni is at/or reaching his peak, while Lomtadze's finals appearance was at 61 kg in 2016. Over the past two years, Lomtadze's best performances came at the European Championships where he was seventh in 2022 and a bronze medalist in 2021. 70 kg: Berger/Pantaleo vs. Zurabi Iakobishvili (Georgia) Either Berger or Pantaleo will have the tough task of taking on 2017 World Champion Zurabi Iakobishvili. The Georgian has a total of four world medals in his collection. The most recent came this year when he claimed a bronze medal. This came after a 7-0 loss to Zain Retherford in the semifinals. 79 kg: Burroughs/Marsteller vs. Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia) Should Jordan Burroughs get the call, this could become of meeting of an all-time great and perhaps a future star. Gamkrelidze was a U23 World Champion this year at 79 kg. At Senior's, Gamkrelidze took his lumps and fell 10-0 to Ali Umarpashaev (Bulgaria). Burroughs would defeat the Bulgarian 9-2 in the semifinals. It may be “too-much, too-soon” for the young Georgian. 92 kg: Jackson/Aiello vs. Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia) 2023 has been a good year for Maisuradze who has taken bronze medals at U23 and Seniors. That should made for an entertaining match with Jackson, who took a match from J'den Cox at Final X or Aiello, who got a U23 world bronze medal of his own in 2021. 125 kg: Zillmer/Gwiazdowski vs Geno Petriashvili (Georgia) It'll be a tall task for whoever the US sends out at 125 kg as they'll face legendary big man Geno Petriashvili. The three-time world champion has been a gold medal threat at every tournament he's entered for the last decade. He downed Zillmer at the 2022 World Championships 9-4. All-World Lineup for Women's Freestyle 50 kg - Anna Lukasiak (Poland): 2022 World Bronze Medalist 53 kg - Maria Prevolaraki (Greece): 3x World Bronze Medalist 55 kg - Karla Godinez-Gonzalez (Canada): 2022 World Bronze Medalist 57 kg - Zhala Aliyeva (Azerbaijan): 2022 World 5th Place 59 kg - Anastasia Nichita (Moldova): 2022 World Champion 62 kg - Aisuluu Tynybekova (Kyrgyzstan): 2020 Olympic silver medalist, 2x World Champion 65 kg - Mimi Hristova (Bulgaria): 2022 World Bronze Medalist 68 kg - Irina Ringaci (Moldova): 2021 World Champion, 2022 World Bronze Medalist 72 kg - Zhamila Bakbergenova (Kyrgyzstan): 2x World Silver Medalist 76 kg - Yasemin Adar (Turkey): 2x World Champion, 2020 Olympic Bronze Medalist

North Dakota State 157 lber Jared Franek (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Another week of college wrestling and a slightly lighter slate of competition for the Big 12. Let's dive in and look at what's going on around the Big 12 this week and some of the highlights for the conference. Friday 12/09 Minnesota at North Dakota State Saturday 12/10 Northern Iowa-UNI Open Wyoming at Air Force Sunday 12/11 Oklahoma State at Oklahoma ESPNU Buffalo at North Dakota State North Dakota State with the Big 12's last shot to take down Minnesota Minnesota beat Oklahoma State last weekend and South Dakota State a few weeks ago. Now they're on to their last dual with the Big 12 this season with North Dakota State. The undefeated Bison have a shot to be the one team in the Big 12 to take out the Gophers this season on Friday night in Fargo. It won't be easy but early in the season this looks to be one of the best NDSU squads in years. A win here at home would be really big for this team and program. Bedlam part one on ESPNU It's always good to get wrestling on National TV and here we have one in one of the sports' oldest rivalries. The Cowboys have had the edge in the series and I think will be a slight favorite here. But there are six or certainly winnable matches for OU, and a few spots where they are slight favorites. The Cowboys are coming off a loss and wrestling on the road. One team could conceivably get rolling and win big here but with this many toss-ups this dual has the potential to be a really exciting Bedlam. Air Force with a shot at their first Big 12 win since 2020-21 Air Force had a bit of a rough go in the Big 12 last year going 0-8 in the conference. Their last two wins vs. Big 12 teams came during the 2020-21 season vs. Northern Colorado and Fresno State, who were in the final season of their program. With Wyoming decimated by injuries and a notable transfer, the Falcons will be the favorites here and have a good chance to get their first Big 12 win in a while.

Felicity Taylor at the 2022 U23 World Championships (photo courtesy of Kadir Caliskan) It's no secret that the United States is consistently producing some of the best women's freestyle athletes in the world. While recent years have brought some historic performances and sealed Hall of Fame statuses for athletes like Adeline Gray, Helen Maroulis, Tamyra Mensah Stock, there is a whole new crop of women hitting the scene, who are ready to show that the U.S. women's freestyle team is in good hands moving forward. We'll get a chance to see some of that talent on display against some of the world's best at this weekend's World Cup in Iowa City. The U.S. roster, which is peppered with Senior World champions and medalists, will also feature four current college athletes. Felicity Taylor - Sr. at Univ. of Iowa, 116 pounds Felicity Taylor is part of the historic University of Iowa squad led by World champion and Olympic bronze medalist Clarissa Chun. It's the first Power Five Division I women's wrestling team in the country. Taylor transferred from McKendree University, a perennial powerhouse, where she was a 2021 NCWWC champion and two-time runner-up. She also was a 2019 WCWA runner-up. Taylor, who will rep the Stars and Stripes this weekend at 53 kg, has been an age-group level athlete to watch for years, making two U23 World Teams as well as the 2019 Junior Pan American team. Earlier this year, she took fifth at the U23 World Championships. She was also a 2022 Final X runner-up, falling to eventual World champion Dom Parrish. The second-place finish earned Taylor a spot on the U.S. National Team, the first of her career. Note: The Hawkeyes will compete exclusively unattached this year with their first NCAA season set for 2023-24. Lexie Basham - Jr. at Texas Wesleyan, 130 pounds Lexie Basham had a breakout year last season, winning the NAIA title at 130 pounds to become the first national champ in Texas Wesleyan program history. Just months later, she landed a spot on the U.S. National Team with a runner-up performance at Final X. Basham kept the momentum going into the U23 World Championships, where she finished fifth, meaning she advanced to the bronze-medal bout in her World debut. This weekend, Basham will compete at 59 kg. Dymond Guilford - Graduate student at Univ. of the Cumberlands, 170 pounds If you're a women's wrestling fan, you've likely heard of Dymond Guilford's exciting wrestling style or at least her dance moves. Guilford represented the United States at both the Senior and U23 World Championships this year. She put the world on notice at the Senior Worlds, keeping a close first-round match with Japan's Yuka Kagami, who eventually won bronze. While Guilford ultimately did not place in Serbia, she bounced back tremendously a month later, dancing her way to a silver medal at the U23 World Championships for her first World medal. Collegiately, Guilford started her career at Missouri Baptist before transferring to the University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky. She won the NAIA Nationals in 2019 and 2022 and was a 2019 WCWA national champion. She'll wrestle at 76 kg this weekend. Yelena Makoyed - Sr. at North Central College, 170 pounds Yelena Makoyed is an up-and-coming star in women's wrestling. Though she has yet to make a World Team (despite coming very close), Makoyed has competed at four notable international events, claiming gold in every outing, including at Junior Pan Am title and two UWW Ranking Series tournament wins. Like Basham, Makoyed has already started her legacy, becoming the first NCWWC national champion for North Central College in 2021. She repeated the feat in 2022. Makoyed also has an NCWWC runner-up finish on her resume from 2019. On the Senior level, she made her first National Team this year, taking second at Final X against Guilford. Makoyed is expected to compete at 76 kg in Iowa City. The Men's Freestyle and Women's Freestyle World Cup begins Saturday and wraps up on Sunday live on FloWrestling. Below is USA's expected roster for the weekend. U.S. Women's Freestyle roster 50 kg - Alyssa Lampe, Corvallis, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC/Sunkist Kids) 50 kg - Erin Golston, Madison, Wis. (Wisconsin RTC/New York AC) 53 kg - Felicity Taylor, Spillville, Iowa (Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) 55 kg - Jacarra Winchester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 55 kg - Jenna Burkert, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP) 57 kg - Alexandra Hedrick, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 57 kg - Amanda Martinez, Naperville, Ill. (Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC) 59 kg - Lexie Basham, Roanoke, Texas (Spartan Mat Club) 59 kg - Michaela Beck, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 62 kg - Kayla Miracle, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids) 62 kg - Jennifer Rogers, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) 65 kg - Mallory Velte, Corvallis, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 68 kg - Sienna Ramirez, Ashland, Ore. (Southern Oregon RTC) 68 kg - Solin Piearcy, San Jose, Calif. (Menlo WC) 72 kg - Amit Elor, New York, N.Y. (NYC RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 72 kg - Skylar Grote, Corvallis, Ore. (Beaver Dam RTC/Titan Mercury WC) 76 kg - Dymond Guilford, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC) 76 kg - Yelena Makoyed, Orangevale, Calif. (Cardinal WC/Titan Mercury WC)

Nebraska 125 lber Liam Cronin (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) What Happened In Vegas certainly did not stay in Vegas, as the best in-season tournament was held and delivered in every entertaining way possible. The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite helped many wrestlers jump up (and down) in the weekly and overall standings, which can be viewed HERE. Liam Cronin (NEB) had the highest point total of the week, wrestling eight total matches and getting 25 Fpts. Despite this, he still has not cracked the Top-33 overall standings, but is the #10 fantasy wrestler at 125 (solely due to this week). In overall standings, Wyatt Hendrickson's time as the #1 was short lived as Mason Parris regained the top spot after winning CKLV and beating Hendrickson in the process. Brock Hardy jumps up from #9 to #2 thanks to his impressive run to a CKLV title as well. On to Week 6 Not as much action as last week, only about 30 D1 teams are in competition and mainly in duals. Only two main tournaments in the Cleveland State Open and the UNI Open are scheduled, with some other minor tournaments that will not have a heavy D1 presence (not good for fantasy scoring). Tournament entries continue to update the closer to registration cut-off/day of the event, and we don't want to make an “ass out of u and me” with teams and entries, so be sure to check back and turn those notifications “ON” for our updates and news. See all upcoming tournaments HERE on WrestleStat. Tournament entries continue to update the closer to registration cut-off/day of the event, and we don't want to make an "ass out of u and me" with teams and entries, so be sure to check back and turn those notifications "ON" for our updates and news. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the "Floater" spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. 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Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125 Pat McKee (MINN)- @ North Dakota State, @ Cal Poly, Vs Lindenwood (@CP) [+11] Colton Camacho (PITT)- @Brown, @ Columbia [+8] Joey Fischer (CLAR)- @ Bloomsburg [+4] Tristan Lujan (MSU)- @ Brown [+4] Malik Heinselman (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Eric Barnett (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+4] Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- @ U Penn [+3] Braxton Brown (UMD)- @ Navy [+3] Brandon Kaylor (ORST)- @ Penn State [+3] 133 AaronNagao (MINN)- @ North Dakota State, @ Cal Poly, Vs Lindenwood (@CP) [+10] Micky Phillippi (PITT)- @Brown, @ Columbia [+6] Cole Rhone (BU)- Vs Clarion [+4] Rayvon Foley (MSU)- @ Brown [+4] Jesse Mendez (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Daton Fix (OKST)- @ Oklahoma [+4] Roman Bravo-Young (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Michael Colaiocco (PENN)- Vs Army [+4] Taylor LaMont (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+4] Cody Phippen (AF)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Cullan Schriever (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+3] Joe Heilmann (RUT)- @ Princeton [+3] 141 Jake Bergeland (MINN)- @ North Dakota State, @ Cal Poly, Vs Lindenwood (@CP) Cole Matthews (PITT)- @Brown, @ Columbia [+7] Nathan Lucier (BING)- Vs Long Island [+4] Real Woods (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+4] Beau Bartlett (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Jordan Hamdan (MSU)- @ Brown [+3] Kyran Hagan (OHIO)- @ Edinboro [+3] Dylan D'Emilio (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+3] Carmen Ferrante (PENN)- Vs Army [+3] Sammy Alvarez (RUT)- @ Princeton [+3] Joseph Zargo (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+3] 149 Max Murin (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+4] Ethen Miller (UMD)- @ Navy [+4] Sammy Sasso (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Shayne Van Ness (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Doug Zapf (PENN)- Vs Army [+4] Anthony White (RUT)- @ Princeton [+4] Austin Gomez (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+4] Dylan Martinez (AF)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Kyle Schickel (CLAR)- @ Bloomsburg [+3] Peyton Omania (MSU)- @ Brown [+3] Alec Hagan (OHIO)- @ Edinboro [+3] 157 Brayton Lee (MINN)- @ North Dakota State, @ Cal Poly, Vs Lindenwood (@CP) [+10] Cobe Siebrecht (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+4] Chase Saldate (MSU)- @ Brown [+4] Peyten Keller (OHIO)- @ Edinboro [+4] Paddy Gallagher (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Quincy Monday (PRIN)- Vs Rutgers [+4] Garrett Model (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+4] Michael North (UMD)- @ Navy [+3] Terrell Barraclough (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+3] 165 Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+5] Dean Hamiti (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+5] Cameron Pine (CLAR)- @ Bloomsburg [+4] Carson Kharchla (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Giano Petrucelli (AF)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Caleb Fish (MSU)- @ Brown [+3] Jon Park (NAVY)- Vs Maryland [+3] Jordan Slivka (OHIO)- @ Edinboro [+3] Alex Facundo (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+3] 174 Bailee O'Reilly (MINN)- @ North Dakota State, @ Cal Poly, Vs Lindenwood (@CP) [+10] Hayden Hastings (WYO)- @ Air Force [+3] John Worthing (CLAR)- @ Bloomsburg [+4] Ethan Smith (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Carter Starocci (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Sam DePrez (BING)- Vs Long Island [+3] Kole Mulhauser (PRIN)- Vs Rutgers [+3] 184 Isaiah Salazar (MINN)- @ North Dakota State, @ Cal Poly, Vs Lindenwood (@CP) [+10] Will Feldkamp (CLAR)- @ Bloomsburg [+6] Reece Heller (PITT)- @Brown, @ Columbia [+6] Brian Soldano (RUT)- @ Princeton [+5] Jacob Nolan (BING)- Vs Long Island [+4] Layne Malczewski (MSU)- @ Brown [+4] Kaleb Romero (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Aaron Brooks (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Brian Bonino (DREX)- @ Wisconsin [+3] Abe Assad (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+3] David Key (NAVY)- Vs Maryland [+3] Hunter Bolen (VT)- Vs Missouri [+3] 197 Nino Bonaccorsi (PITT)- @Brown, @ Columbia [+8] Bernie Truax (CP)- Vs Minnesota, Vs Lindenwood [+7] Lou DePrez (BING)- Vs Long Island [+5] Tyler Bagoly (CLAR)- @ Bloomsburg [+4] Jacob Warner (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+4] Cam Caffey (MSU)- @ Brown [+4] Gavin Hoffman (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Cole Urbas (PENN)- Vs Army [+4] Braxton Amos (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+4] Rocky Elam (MIZZ)- @ Virginia Tech [+3] Max Dean (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+3] Luke Stout (PRIN)- Vs Rutgers [+3] 285 Jacob Slinger (PITT)- @Brown, @ Columbia [+7] Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)- Vs Wyoming [+5] Anthony Cassioppi (IOWA)- @ Chattanooga [+5] Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)- Vs Oregon State [+5] Ryan Vasbinder (MSU)- @ Brown [+4] Tate Orndorff (OHST)- Vs Kent State [+4] Trent Hillger (WISC)- Vs Drexel [+4] Cory Day (BING)- Vs Long Island [+3] Ben Goldin (PENN)- Vs Army [+3] Boone McDermott (RUT)- @ Princeton [+3]

#2 79 kg wrestler Ali Savadkouhi of Iran (photo courtesy of Bayrem Ben Mrad/UWW) 57KG #1 Zavur Uguev (RUS) beat 2021 world runner-up #20 Alireza Sarlak (IRI) 3-3 in the finals of the Iranian Pro League. Meirambek Kartbay (KAZ) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over #16 Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ). Bronze medalists at the D.A. Kunaev were #17 Zanabazar Zandanbud (MGL) and Berdakh Primbaev (KAZ). Kartbay debuts in the rankings at #16 for his victory over #16 Almaz Smanbekov (KGZ). Artem Gobaev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial tournament over Yunus Yavbatirov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Magomed Magomedov (RUS) and Islam Shakhbanov (RUS). Abubakr Mutaliev (RUS) won the Semenov Cup by injury default over #12 Musa Mekhtikhanov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Semenov Cup were Artur Chebodaev (RUS) and Rustam Zhilyasov (RUS). Zane Richards (USA) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Guesseppe Rea (ECU). 61KG #19 Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Akbar Kurbanov (KAZ). Bronze medalists were Alibeg Alibegov (BRN) and Baurzhan Torebok (KAZ). Two-time Russian Nationals bronze medalist Cherman Tavitov (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial title over Dzhabrail Gairbekov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Alexander Sabanov (RUS) and Akhmed Zubairov (RUS). At the Andiev Memorial, Gairbekov upset Sabanov in the quarterfinals while Tavitov beat 2021 U23 Russian Nationals runner-up Akhmed Zubairov (RUS). This will be important to understand after the results of the Semenov Cup. At the Semenov Cup, Alexander Sabanov (RUS) took gold over Efim Kormiltsev (RUS) with Dinislam Takhtarov (RUS) and Ibragim Khasiev (RUS) taking bronze. Sabanov upset Russian Nationals bronze medalist #11 Bashir Magomedov (RUS) and Kormiltsev upset 2019 Russian Nationals bronze medalist Dinislam Takhtarov (RUS). For winning the Andiev Memorial, Cherman Tavitov (RUS) returns to the rankings at #13. Gairbekov goes to the #14 spot for taking silver at the Andiev and beating Semenov Cup champion Alexander Sabanov. Sabanov returns to the rankings at #15 for taking bronze at the Andiev Memorial and winning the Semenov Cup where he beat Magomedov and Kormiltsev (RUS). Bashir Magomedov falls five spots to #16 for his loss to Sabanov. Kormiltsev (RUS) debuts in the rankings at #20 after a runner-up finish at the Semenov Cup. Yarygin runner-up #13 Fedor Baltuev (RUS) was removed from the rankings as he moved up to 65 KG, where he failed to place at the Semenov Cup after a close loss to 65 KG Russian Nationals champion #8 Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS). 2017 57 KG world bronze medalist Andrey Yatsenko (UKR) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Nahshon Garrett (USA). Austin DeSanto (USA) took bronze at the Farrell. Of note, 57 KG Asian Championships runner-up #13 (57) Rakhat Kalzhan (KAZ) competed up at 61, where he failed to place after losses to Garrett and Bekzat Almazbek Uulu (KGZ). 65KG #15 Tulga Tumur Ochir (MGL) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Joey McKenna (USA). Bronze medalists were Azamat Shapaguly (KAZ) and Alibek Osmonov (KGZ). Elbrus Valiev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial Tournament over #14 Alik Khadartsev (RUS). Bronze medalists were Magomed Baitukaev (RUS) and Dzhabrail Eleskhanov (RUS). Valiev debuts in the rankings at #16 for his win over Khadartsev. Khadartsev falls three spots to #17 for his loss to #16 Elbrus Valiev (RUS). #7 Ramazan Ferzaliev (RUS) won the Semenov Cup over #16 Elbrus Valiev (RUS). Bronze medalists were #17 Alik Khadartsev (RUS) and #8 Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS). Both Ferzaliev and Valiev registered ranked wins at the Semenov Cup on their ways to the final, with Ferzaliev beating Russian Nationals champion #8 Ibragim Ibragimov (RUS) and Valiev repeating his victory from the Andiev Memorial finals over #17 Alik Khadartsev (RUS). #19 (61) Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Nick Lee (USA). Matt Kolodzik (USA) took bronze at the Farrell over Pat Lugo (USA). 70KG #2 Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Tyler Berger (USA). Bronze medalists were Sanzhar Dozhanov (KAZ) and Nodir Rakhimov (UZB). #10 Inalbek Sheriev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial Tournament over 2021 65 KG U23 world runner-up Ibragim Abdurakhmanov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Taigib Hasanov (RUS) and Georgy Sekinaev (RUS). #4 Anzor Zakuev (RUS) won the Semenov Cup over 2018 Russian Nationals runner-up Arpak Sat (RUS). Bronze medalists were Alan Kudzoev (RUS) and Magomed Eitemirov (RUS). Kudzoev returns to the 70 KG rankings at #11 based off the strength of his victory over Zakuev from back in August at the All-Russian Spartakiad. #7 Zagir Shakhiev (RUS) lost at 65 KG competing against #4 (65) Abdulmazhid Kudiev (RUS) at the Iranian Pro League. Sat returns to the rankings at #17 after his runner-up finish at the Semenov cup where he beat #10 Ruslan Zhendaev (RUS) and Eitemirov. Eitemirov debuts in the rankings at #18 for beating Zhendaev in the bronze medal match of the Semenov Cup. Zhendaev falls nine spots to #19 for his losses. Ian Parker (USA) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Cody Chittum (USA). Oleksii Boruta (UKR) took bronze. 74KG Nurkhoza Kaipanov (KAZ) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Murad Kuramagomedov (HUN). Bronze medalists were Daniyar Kaisanov (KAZ) and Bekzhan Dzhambulov (KAZ). #1 Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) fell in the finals of the Iranian Club League to 79 KG Asian champion #2 (79) Ali Savadkouhi (IRI) up at 79 KG. This rose Savadkouhi from #11 to #2 at 79 KG and had him debut in the pound-for-pound at 79 KG, but did nothing to Sidakov's stock. This is because the loss to Savadkouhi happened at 79 KG and occurred in what is likely a diminished state for Sidakov. #5 Razambek Zhamalov (RUS) won the Murad Gaidarov Memorial Tournament over Iman Ganishov (RUS). Ganishov debuts in the rankings at #14 for beating Saipulla Alibulatov (RUS) in the semifinals after Alibulatov had beaten 2021 Umakhanov Tournament champion Mokhamad Nasirkhaev (RUS). Nasirkhaev had upset two-time world champion #13 Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov (RUS) in his opening match. Alibulatov debuts in the rankings at #15, Nasirkhaev returns to the rankings at #16 for beating Gazimagomedov and Gazimagomedov drops four spots to #17. #7 Cherman Valiev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over Khabib Magomedov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Andiev Memorial were Murad Khabichev (RUS) and Magomed Nurmagomedov (RUS). Ruslan Bogatyrev (RUS) makes his debut in the top-ten at #9 after a runner-up finish at the Semenov Cup that saw him defeat 2021 world bronze medalist #10 Timur Bizhoev (RUS) and 2021 Yarygin champion Aznaur Tavaev (RUS) to make the finals. In the finals, Bogatyrev fell to Cherman Valiev. Bronze medalists at the Semenov cup were #11 Timur Bizhoev (RUS) and #13 Magomed Dibirgadzhiev (RUS). Toktomambetov Orozbekov (KGZ) beat Arman Andreasyan (ARM) in the finals of the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational. Mitch Finesilver (ISR) took bronze. 79KG #11 Ali Savadkouhi (IRI) moves up nine spots in the rankings to #2 after upsetting #1 (74) Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) in the finals of the Iranian Pro League. Savadkouhi also notched a ranked win over two-time world runner-up #6 Mohammad Nokhodilarimi (IRI). U23 world runner-up #17 Daulet Yergash (KAZ) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Rusam Myrzgaliev (KAZ). Khidir Saipudinov (KAZ) and Bibarys Nuryllauly (KAZ) took bronze. #5 Radik Valiev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over David Betanov (RUS). Bronze medalists were Alik Badtiev (RUS) and Salamat Dzhioev (RUS). Valiev was also victorious in taking gold at the Semenov cup over 2020 Russian Nationals bronze medalist Amanulla Gadzhimagomedov (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Semenov cup were #7 Khalid Yakhiev (RUS) and Dmitri Zainidinov (RUS). #9 Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over 2018 74 KG world runner-up Avtandil Kentchadze (GEO). Taking bronze at the Farrell was Alex Marinelli (USA) over #19 David McFadden (USA). Kentchadze beat Marinelli in the semifinals, while Mykhailov beat McFadden in his semifinals bout. From the results of the Farrell, Kentchadze debuts in the 79 KG rankings at #12 and Marinelli debuts in the rankings at #20 for his victory over #19 David McFadden (USA). 86KG World bronze medalist #8 Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Bekzat Jumanali (KAZ). Islambek Ilyasov (KAZ) took the bronze. #3 Artur Naifonov (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over #16 Zaur Makiev (RUS). Bronze medalists were Tamerlan Tapsiev (RUS) and Khaibula Gyulmagomedov (RUS). Naifonov also took gold at the Semenov cup by forfeit over Tamerlan Tapsiev (RUS). Bronze medalists at the Semenov Cup were Alexey Evdokimov (RUS) and #20 Arsenali Musalaliev (RUS). Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Brayden Thompson (USA). Taking bronze at the Farrell was #10 Myles Amine (SMR). Aliiev returns to the rankings at #9 for beating Amine in the semifinals. #2 Hassan Yazdani Charati (IRI) beat #5 Alireza Karimimachiani (IRI) in the finals of the Iranian Pro League. #4 Vladislav Valiev (RUS) moved back up to 92 KG, where he took fifth at the Soslan Andiev Memorial and bronze at the Semenov Cup. Valiev also competed at the Iranian Pro League where he took out 2013 74 KG world runner-up Ezzatollah Akbari (IRI). Valiev is currently ranked eleventh at 92 KG. 92KG Magomed Sharipov (BRN) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Rizabek Aitmukhan (KAZ). Nurdaulet Bekenov (KAZ) and Adilet Kaltaev (KAZ) took bronze at the D.A. Kunaev tournament. #16 Guram Chertkoev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over Shamil-Imam Gadzhialiev (RUS). Bronze medalists were Slavik Naniev (RUS) and #13 Alan Bagaev (RUS). Chertkoev gets bumped up six spots in the rankings to #10 for beating #4 (86) Vladislav Valiev (RUS), while Gadzhialiev debuts in the rankings at #15 for beating Bagaev. Bagaev drops three spots to #16. Vladislav Valiev (RUS) returns to the rankings at #11 after a fifth place finish at the Andiev Memorial and a bronze medal at the Semenov Cup. Valiev lost to Chertkoev (RUS) and #3 Dauren Kurugliev (RUS) respectively at the Andiev and the Semenov. Kurugliev (RUS) moved up one spot to #3 after winning the Semenov Cup over Russian Nationals runner-up #7 Azamat Zakuev (RUS). Taking bronze at the Semenov Cup was Valiev and Chertkoev. Kurugliev beat Valiev while Zakuev beat #10 Chertkoev to make the finals. Eric Schultz (USA) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Morgan McIntosh (USA). Illia Archaia (UKR) took bronze. #1 Kamran Ghasempour (IRI) beat Javad Ebrahimi (IRI) at the Iranian Pro League. Ebrahimi returns to the rankings at #8 off of victories over #3(97) Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) #5 (86) Alireza Karimimachiani (IRI), Dato Marsagishvili (GEO), and Valiev to go with titles from the 2021 Ali Aliyev, 2018 Yasar Dogu, and a 2018 and 2020 Asian championships title. 97KG #18 Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN) won the D.A. Kunaev tournament over Yunus Gafarov (KAZ). Bronze medalists were Serik Bakytkhanov (KAZ) and Bekzat Urkimbay (KAZ). #14 Zhorik Dzhioev (RUS) won the Soslan Andiev Memorial over Soslan Dzhagaev (RUS). Bronze medalists were Tamerlan Kotsoev (RUS) and Tamik Dzhikhaev (RUS). 2021 92 KG world runner-up #2 (92) Magomed Kurbanov (RUS) made the move up to 97 KG where he took gold at the Semenov Cup over #11 Sergey Kozyrev (RUS). #17 Aslanbek Sotiev (RUS) took bronze. Kurbanov debuts in the 97 KG rankings at #9. Michael Macchiavello (USA) won the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over 2017 U23 world bronze medalist Murazi Mchedlidze (UKR). Vasyl Sova (UKR) took bronze at the Farrell. 125KG Alisher Yergali (KAZ) beat Yusup Batirmurzaev (KAZ) to win the D.A. Kunaev tournament. Bronze medalists were Bekzat Taji (KAZ) and Omar Eyubov (KAZ). As has become commonplace now in the heavyweight rankings, a large amount of change took place due to Russian heavyweights. The first tournament that saw major shakeup was the Soslan Andiev memorial on November 6th saw Russian Nationals champion #13 Alen Khubulov (RUS) beat the likes of #8 Soslan Khinchagov (RUS), #12 (97) Sergey Kozyrev (RUS), Artem Tskharebov (RUS), and Alan Khugaev (RUS) to win the title. Khugaev made his presence known in the heavyweight division again by finishing runner-up at the Andiev Memorial by beating the likes of #7 Erik Dzhioev (RUS) and Artem Pukhovsky (RUS). In the bronze medal matches, Khinchagov would beat Artem Tskharebov (RUS) and Artem Pukhovsky (RUS) would beat #7 Erik Dzhioev (RUS). Tskharbeov did notch a career best win in his opening round match against #7 (97) Vladislav Baitsaev (HUN). After the events of the Soslan Andiev Memorial, the Semenov Cup took place on November 11th. Alan Khugaev (RUS) built on his momentum from the Andiev and won gold at the Semenov beating Ali Aliyev champion #11 Abdulla Kurbanov (RUS) and notching wins over 2021 Junior world bronze medalist Andrey Bestaev (RUS) and #10 Znaur Kotsiev (RUS). In the bronze medal match on Khugaev's side, Bestaev would upset Kotsiev to place. On Abdulla Kurbanov's repechage bracket, Saipudin Magomedov (RUS) won bronze over Tamerlan Kumyshev (RUS) 3-2. From the aftermath of the Andiev Memorial and the Semenov Cup Khubulov moves up seven spots to #5. Alan Khugaev returns to the rankings at #6 for wins over Kurbanov, Kotsiev, Dzhioev, and Artem Pukhovsky. Pukhovsky is in the rankings at #9 for beating Dzhioev in the bronze medal match of the Andiev Memorial. The final new Russian addition to the rankings is Bestaev at #13 for beating Kotsiev in the bronze medal match of the Semenov Cup. Dzhioev fell to #10 for his losses to Khugaev and Pukovsky at the Andiev Memorial. Kotsiev fell four spots in the rankings to #14 for his losses to Khugaev and Bestaev at the Semenov Cup. Outside of Russia, two-time world bronze medalist Nick Gwiazdowski (USA) was successful in taking gold at the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational over Demetrius Thomas (USA). Taking bronze at the Farrell was Dom Bradley (USA). Pound for Pound #1 Zaurbek Sidakov (RUS) falls two spots in the rankings to #3 for his loss in the Iranian Pro League finals to Ali Savadkouhi (IRI). Savadkouhi debuts in the pound for pound rankings at #11 for his win over Sidakov in the Iranian Pro League finals. While Savadkouhi is Sidakov's only other loss in the past four years outside of Khetik Tsabolov (SRB), he is unable to leapfrog more established middleweight talent (#7 Jordan Burroughs, #8 Taimuraz Salkazanov, #9 Frank Chamizo, #10 Razambek Zhamalov) due to his inferior resume when compared to the quartet of world champions.