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Lehigh 197 lber Michael Beard (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) From the outside, it may seem that the #1 wrestler at each weight is untouchable. However, as we have seen historically and most recently in the Yianni vs. Gomez match, sometimes it just takes the right matchup to take down #1. I took a look at every #1's remaining schedule and picked out what could be the best shot in taking them down. In many of these weights, the #1 guy will see other opponents ranked in the top 10. However, many of these guys have a history where the top guy has shown the ability to win repeatedly against them. So while some of these may be a reach, they are nonetheless going to be interesting matchups. 125: #1 Spencer Lee - #4 Patrick McKee These two wrestled in the 2021 season with Lee getting a first-period pin. McKee is known to have somewhat inconsistent regular season results, but has put it all together at NCAA's to finish high on the podium after running wild in consolations. Since that loss, Lee won his third title and McKee has finished third and fifth. At his best, McKee has taken out wrestlers like Eric Barnett, Brandon Courtney, and Michael DeAugustino. Lee hasn't lost since the 2019 season, but coming off double ACL surgery could be potentially vulnerable. 133: #1 Roman Bravo-Young - #13 Jesse Mendez Bravo-Young has looked mostly untouchable the past two seasons, and he's already beaten a majority of the ranked wrestlers on his schedule. However, there is a new name taking the mat this season that could present a new challenge. Mendez has already taken out two-time All-American Lucas Byrd early this season. Wrestling a Big Ten schedule ensures that the true freshman will be battle-tested by the time this match comes around. While it may be a stretch, it would take a lot for any wrestler to get close to RBY, so maybe a new face like Mendez could be a surprise. 141: #1 Cole Matthews - #12 Casey Swiderski One of four true freshmen on this list, Swiderski shows that it's evident there is an increasing number of wrestlers ready to start as soon as they step on campus. He is already 4-0 including a ranked win over #19 Joseph Zargo and should be considered a podium threat. In the most wide-open weight class, Matthews appears to be one of the more vulnerable number ones. This match is set for February, and who knows what the rankings may look like by then. However, Swiderski has the ability to come and take a top spot in his first year. 149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis - #12 Caleb Henson Another true freshman, Henson has already taken out one former 149 finalist in Sammy Sasso. Up until the Austin Gomez match, Yianni looked untouchable and was one of the heaviest favorites to repeat. Yianni taking one loss was shocking, it's hard to conceive two in a single season. When this match happens, however, Henson is surely going to be after him the entire match. 157: #1 Quincy Monday - #8 Josh Humphreys Another matchup with plenty of history, Humphreys and Monday have wrestled five times already. With the first match back in the 2019 season, Humphreys leads Monday 3-2 in all-time wins. They haven't wrestled in two years, but Humphreys won 7-0 in the 2020 EIWA finals. While Monday made the finals last year, Humphreys has yet to make the podium. These two are likely to meet up just before EIWA's again, in a match that could have a significant impact on the late-season rankings. 165: #1 Keegan O'Toole - #3 David Carr While many of these matches aren't the number one vs the highest-ranked wrestler, this one was unavoidable. Both of these wrestlers have looked untouchable at times, but are in one of the toughest weights. These two could meet as many as four times this season between the Southern Scuffle, the dual, Big 12's, and NCAA's. In what could be a preview of the NCAA finals, anytime these two meet will be must-watch TV as to who's offense can get them the win. 174: #1 Carter Starocci - #17 Donnell Washington Washington is the lowest-ranked wrestler on this list, and Ethan Smith was almost put here instead. However, Washington and Starocci have a history. In his first match as a starter in the 2021 season, Starocci took a shocking loss to Washington in a 10-9 decision. While Starocci has gone on to win two titles, Washington has failed to make the podium at 174 or 184. At 174, Starocci is a heavy favorite over Washington, and for good reason. It will be interesting to see how different this match may look and see how both wrestlers have developed since that match. 184: #1 Aaron Brooks - #12 Brian Soldano Brooks' schedule is stacked with highly ranked opponents this season, including #4 Kaleb Romero, #6 Trey Munoz, and #10 Matt Finesilver. Brooks is coming off a dominating 12-8 win over #2 Parker Keckeisen at the All-Star Classic and looks like he may have jumped another level. With that, perhaps it will take another true freshman to potentially make things interesting? Currently, Soldano is 7-1 with a close 5-3 loss to Trey Munoz. Brooks isn't likely to put himself in dangerous positions against Soldano, but the freshman has a unique style that could surprise opponents. 197: #1 Max Dean - #9 Michael Beard Another PSU wrestler that has a stacked schedule of opponents, Dean could face a familiar opponent in Beard. While the two have never faced off in competition, a majority of wrestling fans know the story behind these two. Beard was an All-American for Penn State before Max Dean transferred from Cornell. Beard proceeded to spend the season on the bench while Dean won the 197lb title in 2022. Rumor was the matches in the room between these two were razor close. Now at Lehigh, Beard will have an opportunity to show that on the national stage. 285: #1 Cohlton Schultz - #6 Lucas Davison While most of these matches come from duals, this is a potential match if both wrestlers show up to Midlands this year. Schultz has some ranked dual matches, but this is one of the most intriguing regular season heavyweight matches. With his size and defense, Schultz may be one of the hardest opponents to score on at any weight. Davison has gone from a 197lber who made the round of 16 in 2021 to placing 6th last season. He also showed that he has a very dynamic offense at heavyweight, scoring takedowns on both Gable Steveson and Jordan Wood at NCAA's last year. If Davison is able to score against Schultz, this could end up being a barnburner heavyweight matchup.

Iowa 149 lber Max Murin (left) and Penn's Doug Zapf (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The Thanksgiving holiday has slowed down college wrestling this week as only three duals take place between today and Sunday. Luckily, we still have a fun dual to discuss for our “Dual of the Week,” as #2 Iowa hosts #15 Penn. Even with a balanced Quaker squad potentially suiting up nine returning qualifiers, most fans would likely give Iowa a relatively easy win. That won't be the case this afternoon. Tom Brands' team has been without three key starters (two of which are ranked top-two; #1 Spencer Lee/125 and #2 Real Woods/141) and are still trying to sort out a couple of other weights (133/157). Against a Penn team without any glaring holes, this could be a problem. Going match-by-match through the potential starters, there is a possible path to victory for Roger Reina's Quakers, as they need to sweep down low and limit bonus points up top. Of course, that's easier said than done against 184-285 lbers all ranked in the top eight nationally. Another factor has to be the location. Iowa fans will pack Carver-Hawkeye Arena in their first opportunity to see the 2022-23 Hawkeyes against a ranked foe. Giving Penn all of the toss-ups while competing on college wrestling's most challenging home mat seems like a foolish endeavor. We'll probably talk about the Hawkeyes again within the next week as Iowa hosts cross-state rival #9 Iowa State next weekend. Could Iowa get caught looking ahead to their date with the Cyclones? If so, that could spell upset today. Having witnessed Brands behind the Iowa bench for more than a decade and a half, that seems far-fetched. Penn also has some quality competition on the horizon (#12 Wisconsin and #25 Rutgers next Sunday), but this is the most high-profile opponent on their schedule. Below is a match-by-match breakdown of the “Dual of the Week,” between Penn and Iowa. 125 - #17 Ryan Miller (Penn) vs. Aidan Harris (Iowa) Assuming we start at 125 lbs, this weight should present the best opportunity for Penn to collect bonus points. 2022 national qualifier Ryan Miller has been solid in his second year starting for the Quakers and holds a 5-2 record. Neither loss was particularly bad and he's generally beaten the opponents you'd expect him to defeat. Miller has been able to post bonus points in two of his five wins this year, but only 17% of the time in 2021-22. Iowa likely sends out Iowa Central transfer Aidan Harris, who has seen action in three duals meets this year. Harris has surrendered a pin to Army West Point's Ethan Berginc and lost decisions over four and five points. Penn's best chance for pulling out a win assumes a big lead in the lowerweights, so they could gain plenty of momentum from an impressive result from Miller. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

NC State freshman 149 lber Jackson Arrington (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) During the offseason, the NCAA enacted a handful of new measures that would impact the way that true freshmen would be used in wrestling, going forward. The key components of these changes included wrestlers being allowed to compete attached for five dates without using a year of eligibility. Also, true freshmen were not allowed to compete unattached at open tournaments during the first semester. With almost a month of action under our belts, there have been plenty of changes to the on-mat product in DI wrestling. And positive changes. There have been a handful of instances where a true freshman was inserted into a dual lineup, where in past years a team may have been forced to choose between burning that redshirt and a forfeit. These dates can also include attached tournaments like the Keystone Classic or the Journeymen Collegiate Challenge, events that previously did not include redshirting wrestlers. So, after about a month, how have teams used their freshmen? Below, we have the top 100 recruits from MatScouts Class of 2022 Big Board and the number of events they've entered and which events for each wrestler. Below the top 100 are wrestlers that are in the Ivy League (no redshirts), known to be grayshirting, are not affiliated with a DI program or at a military prep school. Note: Exercises like this are not possible without our friends at WrestleStat : #1 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) (1) Clarion Open #2 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) (3) Menlo Open, Appalachian State Invite, Rutgers Dual #3 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) (3) Battle at the River City, California Baptist Dual, Grand View Dual For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Keegan O'Toole at the 2022 All Star Classic (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) North Dakota State-Highest D1 ranking ever In the most recent coaches' poll, NDSU achieved their highest ranking in program history at #15. That's an incredible feat for this staff and team. Oklahoma State-Tradition The Cowboys have an incredible history and tradition. Having covered them for years, fans can tend to look at the past and get frustrated that it's not what they see in front of them currently. But no program in any sport has a tradition and history like Oklahoma State. Sometimes it's fun to bask in it, even though the program isn't quite there currently. South Dakota State-Brand New Facilities In the college sports world, the facilities arms race plays a very significant role in the success of a program. South Dakota State is in a spot to have the best in the Big 12 for a while. That is an incredibly significant thing to have for them moving forward. Oklahoma-A recent Big 12 title In the time with no Missouri in the Big 12, the conference was dominated by Oklahoma State. No program seemed to be able to stop them and they won every conference crown from 2013-2021. One school was able to share a Big 12 title with the Cowboys, and it's their rival Oklahoma during that 2021 season. Northern Colorado-Andrew Alirez The Bears might have the early favorite to win an NCAA title this year at 141 with Alirez. Even if he doesn't reach the top of the podium this season, he's been an undeniably huge factor in building and developing this program out in Greeley. Utah Valley-A healthy Demetrius Romero After a year-long hiatus, Demetrius Romero returned to the Utah Valley lineup this past weekend for their Big 12 opener with California Baptist. They've got a few ranked guys this season but none as impactful as a healthy Demetrius Romero. Iowa State-A real shot to beat Iowa in a few weeks Iowa State and Iowa wrestle their rivalry dual on December 4th. This should be a great dual, and if ISU performs as they have in the first part of the season, this could be a very tight contest. Win a few toss-ups and Iowa State could leave Iowa City with the Cy-Hawk trophy. Air Force-Wyatt Hendrickson I followed Hendrickson pretty closely in his recruitment as he was just a few hours from Stillwater and on the Cowboys radar out of high school. He ultimately chose the Air Force Academy and will likely go down as one of their all-time greats. California Baptist-The Big 12 Something I found surprising to learn recently, the PAC-12 denied California Baptist entry into their conference. Everything about it makes geographic and regional sense, but for whatever reason, it was denied. They eventually applied for and found a home in the Big 12. Which is crucial for them in their transition into Division 1. West Virginia-Also, the Big 12 With all the crazy conference realignment stuff in the world of sports today, I had a random thought on West Virginia recently. Where would their wrestling program be without the Big 12 conference? Prior to entering the Big 12, they were in the now-defunct Eastern Wrestling League with the rest of their sports in the Big East. It's not a crazy hypothetical scenario to think that without their move to the Big 12, a sport that's always supported wrestling, their wrestling program could have found themselves without a conference and potentially dropped the sport. Missouri-Keegan O'Toole Hodge Trophy Watch (Maybe Favorite?) It's obviously early in the season, but you've got to have Keegan O'Toole in the Hodge conversation this year. I think you could argue he might be the favorite. 165 is a gauntlet with multiple returning NCAA champions, some he'll see during the regular season. Looking at that group, if he goes undefeated and wins the weight, you've got to give him the trophy, right? Wyoming-Stephen Buchanan This one is sort of comparable to Air Force and Wyatt Hendrickson, even though Buchanan is currently injured. You've got one of the all-time greats in your program on your roster right now. You've really got to sit back and appreciate that. Northern Iowa-Iowa wrestling When I say “Iowa wrestling” I don't mean the University of Iowa, I mean wrestling in the state of Iowa. This is a team stacked with local talent, and with respect to Iowa State and Iowa, they don't recruit, develop, and utilize the wrestlers from the state of Iowa at near the level we see from Northern Iowa.

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we've got a very light slate of duals over the next week, which is the fourth week of the 2022-23 regular season. Only three duals are on the schedule for Thursday-Sunday. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this weekend. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times are eastern Saturday, November 26: Iowa State, Northern Iowa, Wisconsin at Cyclone Open - 10:00 AM Audio Feed Penn at Iowa - 3:00 PM B1G+ Sunday, November 27: Cornell, Lock Haven at Mat Town Open - 9:30 AM Minnesota at South Dakota State - 2:00 PM FloWrestling Binghamton at Buffalo - 7:00 PM ESPN+

Top-ranked 165 lber Josh Ogunsanya of Columbia (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) 2022-23 EIWA Rankings (11/23/2022)

Andrew Alirez at the All-Star Classic (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) All-Star Classic Results 125 - Patrick McKee (Minnesota) fall Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 3:48 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) dec Michael McGee (Arizona State) 3-2 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 3-1 197 - Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec Jacob Warner (Iowa) 8-6SV 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) dec Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) 8-5 191 - Sydnee Kimber (McKendree) VPO Kelani Corbett (Missouri Valley) 6-0 170 - Yelena Makoyed (North Central) VSU Jessie Lee (Life) 10-0 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) dec Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) 12-8 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) dec Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) 4-2SV 143 - Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Western) VPO Alara Boyd (McKendree) 6-0 109 - Emily Shilson (Augsburg) dec Peyton Prussin (Life) 8-4 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) dec Quincy Monday (Princeton) 2-1 165 - Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) dec Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) 7-1 149 - Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) dec Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) 10-9 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) dec Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) 2-0

Michigan 141 lber Cole Mattin (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This week in Big Ten wrestling action was highlighted by upsets. Maryland and Indiana – two teams that have perennially been at the bottom of the conference in recent years – both earned wins over ranked opponents in Pittsburgh and Princeton, respectively. And Wisconsin junior Austin Gomez pulled off the biggest individual upset of the season so far, handing Cornell senior Yianni Diakomihalis just the second loss of his career. Here are five things we learned from Week 3: Maryland: Road Warriors I tried to tell everyone that they were for real. Just last week, we recapped their success at the Tiger Style invite and touched on their wins over Bloomsburg, Duke, and American, but Pittsburgh was going to be a completely different challenge. This was going to be a measuring stick to see where this young team was early in the year, and boy did we. Pittsburgh came into this dual ranked 16th in the country, and for good reason. Most of their roster is ranked, including No. 1-ranked Cole Matthews who was going up against true freshman Kal Miller. Dual upsets require a lot, but one of those things is your true freshman going up against a top-ranked dude can't get destroyed, and that's what Kal did. He lost, but a regular decision with Matthews winning 5-1. What else do you need in upset dual wins? You need upsets, obviously. We got that with Michael North beating 11th-ranked Dazjon Casto in overtime 10-8. Another necessary ingredient for an upset win, is bonus points. You can't score more bonus points than you do with a pin, and that's what you got from Braxton Brown at 125 to get this thing rolling. This was the first ranked win for Maryland since 2013. This turnaround didn't happen overnight and it didn't come without the necessary effort and belief from the athletes and coaches. “To see our kids battle all night on the road in a hostile environment says a lot about who they are and what our program is made of,” Coach Alex Clemsen said after the dual. “Friday night was a great step for our program to show the country what we are capable of. I know our kids and staff are hungry for more nights like that and for more opportunities to showcase our work and growth.” Having followed Maryland very closely since Clemsen took over, I know every word of this to be true. Expect big things from these guys. This might be their first ranked win in a while, but there will be many more to come. Next up they'll have Navy in Annapolis on 12/11, followed by a trip to the Southern Scuffle, before getting their Big Ten Schedule started with Indiana on 1/9. On, Wisconsin! I know I wrote about both Maryland and Wisconsin last week, but they have wasted no time this season with getting into some big moments. If you're reading this, then you for sure know that Austin Gomez beat 3x defending NCAA Champion, and World Silver Medalist, Yianni Diakamaholis. It was as impressive an upset as I've ever seen. Gomez is comfortable in absolutely any position, and is ready and willing to get there. If someone was going to beat Yianni, it had to be someone who could score points in bunches and keep him from getting comfortable. Gomez had to be the guy, and I'll be damned, he did it. As it turns out, though, nine other matches were wrestled that day. Two weeks ago, I said that I wasn't worried about Wisconsin, despite being beaten by Iowa State. They had everything go wrong in that dual, which can happen sometimes. Other times, you can have everything go right, which is what happened this week. This week they showed up in Ithaca ready to throw fists. Cornell was ranked 6th going into the dual, and at home, I'm sure fully expected their first win of a promising season. Just like with Maryland, Wisconsin got some upset wins to come away with this one on the road. Zargo was upset at 141, but other than that they took all the matches that were toss-ups. Hamiti got bonus points in what was supposed to be a close match with him and Julian Ramirez at 165, then you had freshman James Rowley keep the match close with #9 Foca at 174. Tied 13-13 going into the final two matches, you had #21 Braxton Amos get the decision over 20th-ranked Jacob Cardenas, followed by another upset at HWY with #12 Trent Hilger beating #9 Lewis Fernandez to seal the dual at 19-13. This is why you schedule tough early-season duals. Wisconsin has been on both ends of some tough competition over the first three weeks, but they will be as battle tested as anyone going into the Big Ten schedule. Up next for them they head to Ames, Iowa for the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open this weekend before heading to New Jersey for the Garden State Grapple with Princeton and Penn. Scared money don't make money. Ohio State and Michigan are on a crash course towards each other These two teams will meet in Ann Arbor on Jan. 27 for what is always one of the more competitive and fun dual meets to watch. It often comes down to not only the final match, but a couple positions getting flipped around. Whether it's good, old-fashioned, high-intensity matches, or inexcusably bad calls (cough, Heflin v Zeerip, cough cough), something crazy always happens with these duals. Michigan has gotten the better of Ohio State the last couple of times, but not without some level of drama. I don't remember this being the case in previous seasons, but to this point, three of each of these teams' four chances to compete this season were either at the same tournament (MSU Open), or against the same teams (UNC and Columbia). Regardless of how much can happen between now and Jan. 27, I thought it would be a fun exercise to compare how they've done against these common opponents. Here's the UNC results: Ohio State 33 North Carolina 8 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) dec Jack Wagner (North Carolina) 3-1 133 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) fall Joey Melendez (North Carolina) 4:32 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec Jordan Decatur (Ohio State) 9-7 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) fall Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 1:39 157 - Sincere Bailey (North Carolina) FFT 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) dec Nick Fea (North Carolina) 12-8 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) dec Clay Lautt (North Carolina) 2-0 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) dec Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 5-4 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 8-2 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) fall Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 5:22 Michigan 23 North Carolina 12 125 - Jack Wagner (North Carolina) dec Jack Medley (Michigan) 5-4 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Jaime Hernandez (North Carolina) 20-5 141 - Cole Mattin (Michigan) dec Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 9-3 149 - Chance Lamer (Michigan) dec Danny Nini (North Carolina) 6-3 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Sincere Bailey (North Carolina) 3-2 165 - Joey Mazzara (North Carolina) dec Zack Mattin (Michigan) 7-3 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) dec Max Maylor (Michigan) 4-1 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) dec Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 4-0 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Jaden Bullock (Michigan) 3-2 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) fall Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 2:30 Here are the results against Columbia as well: Michigan 38 Columbia 6 125 - Kurt McHenry (Michigan) maj Nick Babin (Columbia) 15-7 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Zack Witmer (Columbia) 22-5 141 - Cole Mattin (Michigan) fall Kai Owen (Columbia) 1:08 149 - Chance Lamer (Michigan) maj Richard Fedalen (Columbia) 12-1 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 6-3 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) fall Zack Mattin (Michigan) 4:13 174 - Joseph Walker (Michigan) dec Lenox Wolak (Columbia) 5-2 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) maj Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 9-1 197 - Brendin Yatooma (Michigan) dec Javen Jovero (Columbia) 4-3 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) fall Dan Conley (Columbia) 2:37 Ohio State 33 Columbia 6 125 - Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) maj Nick Babin (Columbia) 17-4 133 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) maj Angelo Rini (Columbia) 12-2 141 - Jordan Decatur (Ohio State) dec Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 3-1 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) dec Klay Reeves (Ohio State) 7-4 157 - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 11-4 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) dec Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) 6-3 174 - Lennox Wolak (Columbia) dec Ethan Smith (Ohio State) 8-6 184 - Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) tech Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 22-6 197 - Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) tech Javen Jovero (Columbia) 27-8 285 - Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) fall Dan Conley (Columbia) 3:54 Both teams are figuring out some lineup pieces (125, 174, and 197 for Michigan, and 141 for Ohio State), and Cam Amine hasn't competed yet for the Wolverines, but both teams are strong where you would expect. All I know is that it's Nov. 21, and I am already getting excited for this dual. As should you. And guess what? Both of these teams' next competition, you guessed it, is at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas from Dec. 2-3. Did Sean Bormet and Tom Ryan sit down together to make these schedules? Seems like it a little bit, right? Hoosiers are starting off on the right foot Coach Angel Escobedo will be the first to admit that last year didn't live up to the standards that he, his wrestlers and Hoosier fans have for the program. But this year, he said, his team is looking for some redemption. While the season is still very young, Indiana has so far done what it has needed to do to get started on the right foot. Led by two-time NCAA qualifier D.J. Washington, the Hoosiers are 2–0, with a win over No. 24 Princeton – their first ranked win since Jan. 30, 2021 – and a tied-for-second-place finish this weekend at the Black Knight Invitational. Down at 174 pounds and healthy, Washington has been nothing but dominant so far. He cruised to the Black Knight title, outscoring his opponents 79-31, including a 16-9 win over Army West Point's No. 21 Ben Pasiuk in the final. Yes, it's early in the season and he doesn't yet have a signature win, but putting up big points against the opponents he should be dominating is setting the right tone for his young team. The Hoosiers brought in an 11-member freshman class this year. Leading that class, so far, is 133-pounder Henry Porter. Following junior Jacob Moran at 125, the pair bring a jolt of energy to the beginning of the Hoosiers' lineup. Porter was on a 5-0 bonus-point win streak heading into the Black Knight invite, where he placed fourth. Speaking of freshmen, Jacob Kaminski made a convincing argument this weekend for the starting spot at heavyweight, getting the win against Princeton and a fifth-place finish at the invite. It's much too early in the season to make any grand predictions for the Hoosiers. But the best thing that any team coming off of a disappointing season can do is to win the matches it's supposed to win, dominate the opponents it's supposed to dominate and create the type of energy that Indiana did last Friday night at its basketball arena at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in front of its esteemed alumni. And so far, the Hoosiers have done just that. Beau Bartlett has shown improvement at 141 pounds Beau Bartlett has greeted the media with a smile on his face and spring in his step this season – and it's for good reason. The Penn State junior says he's feeling more confident and prepared now that he's 8 pounds lighter and wrestling at 141. Bartlett jokingly referred to himself as a “defensive specialist” at the team's preseason media day a few weeks ago, acknowledging his struggles on offense during his first two collegiate seasons, competing at 149 pounds. It's been a different story so far this season. Bartlett hung 10 points on his Lock Haven opponent in his first match at 149 a week ago – his most points in a single bout since early February. He added to that number this past weekend at the Black Knight Invitational, racking up an 18-3 technical fall and a 20-7 major decision before closer bouts in the semis and finals en route to the title. The junior still has some improvements to make – having graded himself a C after his 10-0 performance against Lock Haven – but looks quicker and stronger on the mat, with the ability to force the action and get takedowns late in the period. “The guys are lighter. I feel like I can really move my opponents around a lot more efficiently,” he said Tuesday at his team's weekly media availability. “So that, along with my mentality that I want to attack more and that I know I have the ability to – those two things together, it's unstoppable.” Bartlett attributes his physical improvements to the fact that he's eating healthier now and is able to jump rope and go on the long runs he enjoys without having to worry about losing weight. He says this has benefitted his mental preparedness, as well. It's still early in the season, but if Bartlett continues to make improvements to his offense, it's reasonable to consider the 2022 NCAA qualifier a podium contender this season. If Bartlett can achieve All-American status this season, it will go a long way in helping his team retain its NCAA crown.

Keystone Classic champion Jonah Niesenbaum of Duke (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco/FantasyCollegeWrestling) Duke: The Blue Devils traveled north to the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia this weekend. #32 Jonah Neisenbaum continued his strong start to the season and picked up his second tournament title in as many weeks. Neisenbaum was the third-seed and picked up two ranked wins on the way to the top of the podium. He beat #22 Ben Goldin (Penn) in the semifinals 3-1 in sudden victory to meet ACC foe #19 Hunter Catka (VT) in the finals. Neisenbaum went to extra time for his second straight match and came out on top of Catka 3-1 in sudden victory. Patrick Rowland (149) also ended the day on the podium, finishing in 7th place. The Blue Devils will have a break this week and will return to action on December 4th against VMI and Franklin & Marshall in Lexington, Virginia. #16 Pittsburgh: The Panthers played host this weekend to Maryland and Lehigh at the Fitzgerald Field House. There was a clear swing from low to high between the duals, with the Panthers dropping a close match to Maryland Friday night before beating Lehigh on Saturday. An early pin and two sudden victory losses were the difference in an 18-16 loss to Maryland on Friday night. The biggest win on the night came from captain #9 Nino Bonaccorsi with a dominating 8-2 decision over #13 Jaxon Smith. #1 Cole Matthews also picked up a ranked win over #33 Kal Miller. #14 Holden Heller earned the lone bonus point for the Panthers on the night with a major decision at 165. #8 Micky Phillippi and #24 Reece Heller rounded out the wins for Pitt with decisions at 133 and 184, respectively. The Panthers bounced back in a big way with a big win over in-state rival #20 Lehigh. After finding themselves in a hole at the midway point, the Panthers swept the upper weights to knock off Lehigh. Colton Camacho and #1 Cole Matthews both won by decision in the front half of the lineup before the run to end the dual. #14 Holden Heller blanked Brian Meyer in a 6-0 decision, followed by an upset from Luca Augustine over #31 Jake Logan. #24 Reece Heller pulled off a big upset over #14 Tate Samuelson; Heller looked fantastic and wrestled a nearly perfect match stylistically. In his second ranked win of the weekend, #9 Nino Bonaccorsi won a controlling 10-4 decision over former All-American, #8 Michael Beard. This was Nino's 100th win as a Panther and gave them a one point lead going into the final match. Coach Gavin sent out true freshman heavyweight Dayton Pitzer, who put on a show for the crowd in the Fitzgerald Field House. Pitzer dominated his way to a 10-1 major decision in his debut to ice the dual for the Panthers. Maryland 18 #16 Pitt 16 125 - #26 Braxton Brown (Maryland) pins Colton Camacho (Pitt), 4:55 133 - #8 Micky Phillippi (Pitt) dec. Jackson Cockrell (Maryland), 5-1 141 - #1 Cole Matthews (Pitt) dec. #33 Kal Miller (Maryland), 5-1 149 - #24 Ethen Miller (Maryland) dec. Tyler Badgett (Pitt), 9-4 157 - Michael North (Maryland) dec. #11 Dazjon Casto (Pitt), 10-8 SV 165 - #14 Holden Heller (Pitt) maj. dec. Lucas Cordio (Maryland), 12-4 174 - #32 Dominic Solis (Maryland) dec. Luca Augustine (Pitt), 3-1 SV 184 - #24 Reece Heller (Pitt) dec. Chase Mielnik (Maryland), 10-4 197 - #9 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) dec. #13 Jaxon Smith (Maryland), 8-2 HWT - #28 Jaron Smith (Maryland) dec. Jake Slinger (Pitt), 6-1 #16 Pitt 22 #20 Lehigh 12 125 - Colton Camacho (Pitt) dec. #16 Carter Bailey (Lehigh), 4-2 133 - #22 Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) dec. #8 Micky Phillippi (Pitt), 5-3 141 - #1 Cole Matthews (Pitt) dec. Owen Reinsel (Lehigh), 8-2 149 - Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec. Tyler Badgett (Pitt), 7-6 157 - #9 Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) pins #11 Dazjon Casto (Pitt), 3:47 165 - #14 Holden Heller (Pitt) dec. Brian Meyer (Lehigh), 6-0 174 - Luca Augustine (Pitt) dec. #31 Jake Logan (Lehigh), 11-6 184 - #24 Reece Heller (Pitt) dec. #14 Tate Samuelson (Lehigh), 7-6 197 - #9 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt) dec. #8 Michael Beard (Lehigh), 10-4 HWT - Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) maj. dec. #17 Nathan Taylor (Lehigh), 10-1 #17 North Carolina: The Tar Heels had a split weekend, sending a group to the Life Open on Saturday and hosting #4 Ohio State on Sunday. The Tar Heels put several wrestlers into the finals at the Life Open before defaulting out. Jaime Hernandez (133), Wil Guida (157), Marcus Murabito (165) and Aydin Guttridge (285) all made the finals among the 10 total placers. On Sunday afternoon, UNC welcomed the #4 Ohio State Buckeyes to Carmichael Arena. While there were several tight matchups; Lautt v Smith, Kane v Romero, Wagner v Heinselman, the Tar Heels came up short against a tough Buckeye squad. Lachlan McNeil did have a huge win as the highlight for UNC. McNeil looked excellent in a 9-7 win over Jordan Decatur. #17 North Carolina 9 #4 Ohio State 33 125 - Malik Heinselman over Jack Wagner (Dec 3-1) 133 - Jesse Mendez over Joey Melendez (Fall 4:32) 141 - Lachlan McNeil over Jordan Decatur (Dec 9-7) 149 - Sammy Sasso over Jayden Scott (Fall 1:39) 157 - Sincere Bailey over Paddy Gallagher (Forfeit) 165 - Carson Khachla over Nicholas Fea (Dec 12-8) 174 - Ethan Smith over Clay Lautt (Dec 2-0) 184 - Kaleb Romero over Gavin Kane (Dec 6-4) 197 - Gavin Hoffman over Max Shaw (Dec 8-2) 285 - Tate Orndorff over Brandon Whitman (Fall 5:22) #12 North Carolina State: The Wolfpack headed north again, this time to Albany, NY for the Journeymen Armbar at the Armory for duals with Illinois and Central Michigan. They looked great in both duals and picked up some big ranked wins. #19 Ryan Jack was 2-0 with both wins by major decision as he continues to put up points in bunches. Jackson Arrington had a great performance, winning by major in the Illinois dual and knocking off #14 Johnny Lovett in the CMU dual. #3 Trent Hilday stretched his BONUS streak to five matches to start the season, winning by fall and tech fall. #19 Isaac Trumble wrestled a fantastic match to beat #14 Zac Braunagel 11-4; he also picked up a win by major decision over CMU. #21 Owen Trephan was the final member of the pack to go 2-0 on the day with a decision and a major decision. #12 NC State 26 Central Michigan 12 125: Troy Hohman (NCSU) def. Sean Spidle: 4-3 dec. 133: Vince Perez def. Jacob Cox (NCSU); medical forfeit 141: No. 19 Ryan Jack (NCSU) def. Ja'Kerion Meritt; 12-3 major dec. 149: Jackson Arrington (NCSU) def. No. 14 Johnny Lovett; 4-3 (SV1) 157: No. 33 Corbyn Munson def. No. 6 Ed Scott (NCSU); 4-1 165: Don Cates (NCSU) def. Tracy Hubbard; 3-2 174: Alex Cramer def. Joey Milano (NCSU); 6-2 184: No. 3 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) def. Ben Cushman; fall 197: No. 19 Isaac Trumble (NCSU) def. Cameron Wood; 11-2, major dec. 285: No. 21 Owen Trephan (NCSU) def. Bryan Caves; 4-2 dec. #12 NC State 27 #25 Illinois 12 125: No.29 Jarrett Trombley (NCSU) def. Maximo Renteria; 5-1 dec. 133: No. 6 Lucas Byrd def. Jacob Cox (NCSU); fall 141: No. 19 Ryan Jack (NCSU) def. Danny Pucino; 14-4 major dec. 149: Jackson Arrington (NCSU) def. Kevon Davenport; 10-2 major dec. 157: Ed Scott (NCSU) def. Anthony Federico; 15-3 major dec. 165: No. 22 Danny Braunagel def. Alex Faison; 9-3 174: No. 10 Edmond Ruth def. Brock Delsignore (NCSU); 7-2 184: No. 3 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) def. Dylan Connell; Tech fall 23-7 197: No. 19 Isaac Trumble (NCSU) def. No. 14 Zac Braunagel; 11-4 285: No. 21 Owen Trephan (NCSU) def. Matt Wroblewski; 10-2 Virginia: After a very challenging week in Charlottesville, Coach Garland left the decision to the team whether or not to compete. The team leaders spoke and said they wanted to wrestle and honor their fellow student-athletes in the best way they could. The Hoos hosted #9 Northwestern in a Sunday night dual at Memorial Gymnasium and it ended up being an entertaining matchup. The dual opened at 141 with back-to-back losses for the Hoos, with #29 Jarod Verkleeren losing by decision to #8 Yahya Thomas and #23 Jake Keating dropping a decision to #19 Trevor Chumbley. Team captain #9 Justin McCoy put UVA on the board with a dominating 10-4 decision over David Ferrante; McCoy was working for nearfall to get the major when Ferrante was able to roll through and score 2 to hold it to a decision. The Wildcats widened the lead with a major decision from #24 Troy Fisher over Vic Marcelli. The next two matches were huge wins for the Hoos. #31 Neil Antrassian put on a clinic on top, with a smothering 10-2 major decision over Jack Jessen. Antrassian has started his year in Charlottesville very well; his record moves to 7-2 on the season, and he won the Appalachian Invite last week. I've been very impressed by what I've seen from Antrassian, he will be important for the team success of UVA this season. This match was followed by another impressive performance, this time by Michael Battista pulling off the upset over #32 Andrew Davison. Battista looked great on his feet and picked up a couple takedowns on really slick reshots to control Davison in the 6-2 decision. Gabe Christensen had a tall task with All-American #6 Lucas Davison. While Davison took the 5-0 decision, I came away impressed with Christensen. He moved up from 197 after his mid-season transfer last year and competed with a top-tier heavyweight. He controlled the mat and was able to move Davison around well for being a smaller heavyweight. Speaking of tall tasks, Patrick McCormick faced All-American #3 Michael DeAugustino in his first match of the season; DeAugustino won by major decision. The final two matches featured dual debuts from Erik Roggie and Jack Gioffre, both of whom wrestled fantastic matches. Roggie faced two-time All-American #7 Chris Cannon in what was one of the most exciting matches of the dual. Roggie was up 3-2 after the first and the match and looked great on top. Cannon was able to get an escape to tie it up and he rode out Roggie in the 3rd to get the 4-3 decision. Incredible performance from Roggie. The final match saw the true freshman Jack Gioffre sending the Hoos out on a positive note, winning a 7-6 decision with a late deciding takedown. Virginia 13 #9 Northwestern 20 149: No.8 Yahya Thomas (NW) dec. Jarod Verkleeren 9-4 157: No. 19 Trevor Chumbley (NW) dec. No. 23 Jake Keating 5-2 165: No. 9 Justin McCoy dec. David Ferante 10-4 174: No. 23 Troy Fisher (NW) dec. Vic Marcelli major dec. 12-3 184: No. 31 Neil Antrassian major dec. Jack Jessen 10-2 197: Michael Battista dec. No. 32 Andrew Davison 6-2 285: Lucas Davison (NW) dec. Gabe Christenson 5-0 125: Michael DeAugustino (NW) major dec. Patrick McCormick 15-3 133: No. 7 Chris Cannon (NW) dec. Erik Roggie 4-3 141: Jack Gioffre dec. Joel VanderVere 7-6 #14 Virginia Tech: The Keystone Classic was a late addition to the Hokies schedule, but they made the most of their trip to Philly. The Hokies captured the team title and added five individual champs and 13 placers to wrap up an outstanding performance. At 125, the Hokies had two finalists in Cooper Flynn and #25 Eddie Ventresca. As the law states, when these two wrestle the match goes to overtime. This time the match went the full distance to TB2 where Ventresca won by a second of riding time. Of note, Flynn had a 10-4 win over #15 Ryan Miller in the semifinals. #11 Sam Latona came up big with another top-10 win this week to take the title at 133. He had two majors and a decision on his way to the finals against #10 Michael Colaiocco (Penn). Latona had a dominant 7-2 decision in the finals to wrap up the day. Colin Gerardi added another title for the Hokies at 141 with a major decision over McKenzie Bell (Rider) in the finals. The nationwide chaos at 149 continued in the bracket in Philly. #12 Caleb Henson, coming off his upset of then #2 Sammy Sasso, placed third in a bracket with two other wrestlers in the top-10. Henson had two major decisions to get to the semifinals where he fell in a very tight match 7-5 in sudden victory to #9 Doug Zapf (Penn). Henson picked up a pin over Jack Crook (Harvard), brother of teammate Tom Crook, to meet Quinn Kinner (Rider) in the bronze match where he won 3-2 to take 3rd. #31 Connor Brady had a fantastic day to finish on top of the podium. He beat three ranked wrestlers en route to the title. He had decision wins over #19 Lucas Revano (Penn), #20 Evan Barczak (Drexel) and #25 Will Formato (App St) along with two major decisions. Brady has been quietly putting together a solid season; he is 8-2 with his only losses to #6 Carson Kharchla and #10 Josh Ogunsanya. After a tough loss to #4 Kaleb Romero last week, #9 Hunter Bolen rebounded and took the title at 184 in Philly. I was very pleased to see this version of Bolen being aggressive and putting up points; Bolen ended the day with two pins and two tech falls. The last finalist for the Hokies was #19 Hunter Catka. He put together a solid tournament but fell to #32 Jonah Neisenbaum 3-1 in sudden victory in the finals. Rounding out the placers for the Hokies were Sam Fisher (184) in 3rd, TJ Stewart (197) in 4th, Clayton Ulrey (157) and Dakota Howard (197) in 6th and Jackson Spires (157) in 7th. The Hokies will be back in action as a team at the CKLV the first weekend in December. #5 Bryce Andonian (157) and #2 Mekhi Lewis (174) will be in action at the All-Star Classic tonight and it can be watched on Flo.

Keystone Classic champion Anthony Artalona (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco/Fantasy College Wrestling) A lot of various action this week in the EIWA. The biggest, most surprising news was Yianni's 75-match win streak coming to an end. Austin Gomez (#3 @ 149) shocked most of the country with his 9-3 win over the 3X NCAA Champion. Binghamton lost two road matches to ranked opponents, each by one match. They are looking sharp. Hofstra's upperweights continue to impress, resuming the success of last season. Both Lehigh and Princeton take losses, and look to bounce back. This week's Outstanding Wrestler Award goes to Lennox Wolak of Columbia at 174 lbs. He had a huge upset over 6th-ranked Ethan Smith of Ohio State. The score was 8-6, in one of the biggest upsets of the weekend that was clouded by Yianni's loss. Interestingly enough, he is a Columbus, OH native who had quite the homecoming. With his current 3-2 record on the season, I'm sure he will carry this win into the holiday break and continue to build momentum. Congrats to Lennox on this win and accomplishment. I'm creating a special shoutout this week - something like an Ironman Award - and it goes to Lucas Revano of Penn. Of his six matches on Sunday, three were in overtime. Of those three overtime bouts, two of them went to the tiebreaker (both against Hunter Mays of Rider). One of those tiebreakers went to an entire second overtime because riding time was even after the first tiebreaker. This dude was EXHAUSTED by the end of the day. Rest up, Lucas. You have another tough one this Saturday against 13th-ranked Patrick Kennedy of Iowa – at Iowa. American The Eagles made the short trip to compete at the Navy Classic. One of the best performers was Max Leete at 125lbs. He lost his first match in overtime to 12th ranked Anthony Noto of Lock Haven, to win four straight and earn fifth place. At 165lbs, Caleb Compos came away with seventh place – wrestling to a 3-2 record on the day. Also in fifth place, was Will Jarrell at heavyweight. With one loss to a ranked wrestler (Greiss of Navy, #20), he won four matches. With one of their best wrestlers, Maida, not wrestling at 133lbs, the results for American are a little skewed – assuming he would have placed in his bracket. The Eagles will be off until December 3rd when they host Army in a conference dual. Army The Black Knights hosted numerous teams, including top-ranked Penn State, to their Black Knight Invitational. Of the 10 teams participating, Army was tied for second with Indiana. Ethan Berginc (#24 @125lbs) keeps his undefeated season alive with four decision wins. Expect him to keep climbing the rankings. At 174lbs, Ben Pasiuk (#21) lost in the finals to Indiana's DJ Washington (#17). Army's middleweights each earned 3rd place. Dalton Harkins (#28 @ 165 lbs) and Nate Lukez (#28 @ 157 lbs) both lost one match. Both Sahm Abdulrazzaq (184lbs) and Matthew Williams (149lbs) were both fourth. “America's Team” had multiple other placewinners. They'll have the holiday weekend off and resume competition on December 3rd, with a dual at American. For what it's worth, the champs of each weight received a camouflage Kevlar vest (I believe that's the correct terminology). Props to them for the unique awards! Binghamton The Bearcats were on a cold, northern, Midwest road trip to square off against both #21 North Dakota State and #11 Minnesota. They dropped both matches, but in very close fashion. The most notable performance came from Jacob Nolan (#22 @ 184lbs) as he defeated #29 DJ Parker of NDSU and #10 Isaiah Salazar of Minnesota. Things are starting to come together for Jacob. Lou DePrez (#7 @ 197lbs) won both matchups over lower-ranked opponents. He continues to be “the guy” for Binghamton, helping others step up. Also winning both matches was Cory Day at heavyweight. Freshman at 141lbs, Nate Lucier, went 1-1 losing only to #9 NDSU's Dylan Droegemueller in a tight one. This Bearcat team is looking really tough at the moment. I'm excited to see them continue to improve. They were one match away from upsetting both ranked squads this weekend. They will face Buffalo on Sunday 11/27, in the blizzard-laden city of Buffalo. Hopefully, no shovels will be needed. Brown The Bears were one of the EIWA teams at the Black Knight Invitational. Blake Saito (149lbs) was the lone place finisher for Brown. He dropped a match to 11th-ranked Johnny Lovett of Central Michigan. Many of the Brown wrestlers won a few matches before the day ended. Brown is looking to rebuild under new Head Coach, Jordan Leen. The team will take some lumps, but as the saying goes, “Rome was not built in a day.” This was only their second competition of the year, so expect improvements week after week. After a few weeks off, the Bears will host #16 Pitt on 12/9 and Michigan State on 12/10. Bucknell The Bison were at the Navy Classic on Saturday. 23rd-ranked Darren Miller was the runner-up at 141 lbs. His lone loss was to #22 Brock Hardy of Nebraska. This was after knocking off #26 Josh Koderhandt of Navy. Also placing at this weight class was Dylan Chappell, as he took fourth. Drew Phipps walked away in third place after a few close wins. At 184 lbs, Logan Deacetis lost one match, earning fifth. His lone loss was to #20 Layne Malczewski of Michigan State. At 197lb, Mason McCready and Nolan Springer met for the fifth-place match – where Springer won 7-3. Bucknell is off for a week, as they prepare for a tough Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas the first weekend in December. Columbia The Lions had two very tough road opponents in #4 Ohio State (6-33) and #8 Michigan (6-38). One of the largest surprise results of the weekend came against Ohio State at 174 lbs. Lennox Wolak knocked off 6th ranked Smith of Ohio State, as discussed already. The other win of the night came at 149lbs where Danny Fongaro won over Klay Reeves. These were the lone two wins for the Lions against Ohio State. Against Michigan, Josh Ogunsanya (#10 @ 165lbs) had a fall over his opponent. Although this was the only win for Columbia, there were a handful of tight matches. It was a tough weekend for the Lions, but this brutal schedule will prepare them for the tough competition at the Cliff Keen Invite in Vegas come early December. Cornell In a slightly surprising result, #6 Cornell lost a home dual to #13 Wisconsin. Vito Arujau (#3 @ 133lbs) had the only bonus point victory of the four wins from Cornell. Freshman Vince Cornella (#21 @ 141lbs) had a nice win over 18th-ranked Joe Zargo. Cornella has yet to lose this season. #9 at 174lbs, Chris Foca, and 7th ranked at 184lbs Jonathan Loew rounded out the other two wins for the Big Red. Newcomer at 125lbs, Brett Ungar looked very tough in his match, where he fell to returning All-American, and 9th ranked Eric Barnett. This is another bump in the road that Cornell will overcome. I have zero doubt the Big Red will come back strong for the Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas. Before that, they will have some wrestlers at the Mat Town Open at Lock Haven, PA this Sunday right after Thanksgiving. Drexel The Dragons walked up (or down) the street to compete at the PRTC's Keystone Classic. Evan Barczak (#20 @ 165) was the runner-up, losing to only Virginia Tech's Connor Brady (#31). Brian Bonino was the runner-up at 184 lbs. He lost to #9 Hunter Bolen of Virginia Tech in the final. The lightweights for Drexel had some good performances as well. Antonio Mininno earned fourth at 125lbs, reaching his six-match limit. Also in fourth place was Drexel's 133lb wrestler, Kyle Waterman. He had a nice win over 20th-ranked Richie Koehler of Rider, who was a former NCAA Qualifier. Two other placers were Cody Walsh at 165lbs (seventh place) and Josh Stillings at 184lbs (eighth place). The Dragons were without both Mickey O'Malley (#8 @ 174lbs) and Luke Nichter (#26 @ 149lbs) due to injury. The Dragons will return to action on December 4th in Newark for the Garden State Grapple, also known as, B1G/EIWA Challenge. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats were at the Keystone Classic on Sunday. John Crawford was the highest finisher for them. He placed fifth at 197lbs after three wins and a medical forfeit victory. Mason Leiphart was the second placer for the Dips, earning sixth place at 125lbs. Two losses came to ranked opponents in #15 Ryan Miller of Penn and #25 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech. Watching many of this team, the inexperience has shown. Once some of these things get massaged out, this team will continue to improve. They continue action during the first weekend of December when they take on VMI and Duke, at VMI. Harvard The Crimson were at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia without the firepower of Conigliaro (12th @ 174lbs) and Yara Slavikouski (5th @ 285lbs). These two are resting up for the Cliff Keen Vegas Invite. At the Keystone Classic, Kenny Herrman earned fourth at 141 lbs. His two losses both came to Penn's Carmen Ferrante. Also earning fourth place for the Crimson was Leo Tarantino at 184lbs. Freshman Joe Cangro was fifth place at 141lbs, while Josh Kim earned 5th place at 165lbs with a solid win over #19 Lucas Revano of Penn. The Crimson had some success from underclassmen. This team will be tough in the coming years if their trajectories continue. Look for the team to compete in Las Vegas at the Cliff Keen Invitational the first weekend of December. Hofstra The Pride were one of the EIWA teams at the Black Knight Invite. Overall, they had a strong performance with three runner-up finishes. At 184lbs, 25th-ranked Jacob Ferreira lost in the finals to #32 Giuseppe Hoose of Buffalo. Trey Rogers (#25 @ 197lbs) suffered a loss in the finals to retuning NCAA Champ Max Dean of Penn State. Finally, 26th-ranked heavyweight Zachary Knighton-Ward fell in the finals to #13 Taye Ghadiali of Campbell. Hofstra's final place winner was 141lber Justin Hoyle – ending his day in fifth place. Repeating from last season, the top three weights are shining for the Pride. This is their strength, with no disrespect to the lower weights. They have talent down there, but the results have not flourished quite yet like the upper weights. Like many other EIWA teams, Hofstra will next compete at the Las Vegas Cliff Keen Invitational. Lehigh The 13th-ranked Mountain Hawks were away at #17 Pitt in a top-20 dual meet showdown. The biggest win in the dual was at 133lbs where Connor McGonagle (#22) took out #8 Micky Phillippi in a thriller. Lehigh's 149lbs wrestler Max Brignola earned a decision while Josh Humphreys (#9 @ 157lbs) won by fall over 11th ranked Dazjon Casto, who was also Round of 12 a season ago while at The Citadel. The Mountain Hawks were simply outwrestled by a tough Pitt team. It's back to work for Lehigh, as they will host top-ranked Penn State to a dual on December 4th. Long Island The Sharks competed at the Millersville Shorty Hitchcock Open. With 12 wrestlers at the open, four placed in the top six. The highest placer was Robbie Sagaris at 125 lbs, earning fourth place. Drew Whitam took home fifth place at 149 lbs. Both Rhise Royster and Aeden Begue earned sixth-place finishes at 157lbs and 285lbs respectively. A few more wrestlers were still alive in the consolation bracket before medical forfeiting. This was a strong showing for the Sharks at an open to get most of their guys some wins. After Thanksgiving break, LIU will travel to compete at the Las Vegas Cliff Keen Invitational. Navy The Midshipmen hosted the Navy Classic on Saturday. Thanks to multiple placewinners, they took home third place as a team, behind two BigTen teams in Nebraska and Michigan State. Although they had no champs – two wrestlers were runner-up in their bracket. Jacob Koser (#24 @ 197lbs) lost in the finals to #23 Silas Allred of Nebraska. At heavyweight, Grady Greiss (#20) dropped a 4-1 decision to eighth-ranked Wyatt Hendrickson of Air Force. At 141lbs, Josh Koderhandt (#26) had one loss on the day, coming to EIWA foe Darren Miller of Bucknell (#23). At 165lbs, Val Park took home fifth place with one loss to NCAA qualifier, Bubba Wilson of Nebraska. Tyler Hunt also took home 5th, at 133lbs. Sammy Starr had an impressive sixth-place finish at 174 lbs. Jacob Lucas was fourth at 197lbs, behind his ranked teammate in Koser. One of Navy's best exited the tournament with an injury. Andrew Cerniglia (#18 @ 157lbs) will hopefully heal up before their trip to the Las Vegas Invitational the first weekend of December. Penn The Quakers played host to the Keystone Classic. They finished in second place as a team, 11 points behind a tough #13 Virginia Tech squad. Anthony Artalona (#13 @ 157 lbs) was Penn's only champion. The runner-up at the stacked 149lbs bracket was #10 Doug Zapf; losing only to 2X All-American Jonathan Millner of App State (#4 @ 149lbs). At 133lbs, Michael Colaiocco (#10) took a loss in the finals to 9th ranked Sam Latona. Many Penn wrestlers earned bronze, including Ben Goldin (#24 @ HWT), Carmen Ferrante at 141lbs, Cole Urbas (#27 @ 197lbs), Evan Mougalian at 133lbs, and Ryan Miller (#17 @ 125lbs). Nico Incontrera (#23 @ 174lbs) finished in sixth. The Quakers have a tough, short turnaround. They travel to Iowa to face the #2-ranked Hawkeyes on Saturday. Princeton The Tigers dropped a dual to Indiana last week (22-13), as they made the trip to the Midwest. Princeton won four of ten bouts. Top-ranked at 157lbs, Quincy Monday won by decision, as did Luke Stout (#18 @ 197lbs). Blaine Bergey won by decision at 165 lbs. Nate Dugan, at 184lbs, scored a major decision. Most notably, missing from the line-up, was Pat Glory (#2 @ 125lbs). He did not travel with the team, as he is nursing an injury. There was much inexperience in the lineup for the Tigers, which showed in a handful of close matches, most going in favor of Indiana. They are back to work, prepping for their matches against #12 Wisconsin and Michigan State at the Garden State Grapple on December 4th in Newark, New Jersey. Sacred Heart The Pioneers squared off against #2 Iowa last week, on a Thursday in Albany, NY. They battled for two wins at 125lbs and 157lbs, thanks to Mike Manta and Nick Palumbo, respectively. Then, they were at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia on Sunday. Without Palumbo competing, there were no placers in a tough Keystone field – but they won a good number of matches. They will be traveling to the Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas. It will be a good opportunity for the team to get more quality matches. I am excited to see my EIWA dark horse at 157lbs, Nick Palumbo go on a run and win a match or two that will get him in the rankings.

Carter Starocci (left) and Mekhi Lewis will clash in the main event at the 2022 All-Star Classic (photos courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) After a short hiatus, the NWCA All-Star Classic is back with a very strong card. The following is a match-by-match preview of the event that takes place Tuesday at 8:00pm EST and will stream live on FloWrestling. 125: No. 4 Patrick McKee (Minnesota) vs. No. 19 Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) McKee is a three-time NCAA qualifier, and he has finished as an All-American for the past two seasons. Last year, he went 26-9 and finished fifth at the NCAA tournament. So far this year, McKee won a pair of matches at the Bison Open and shared the title with teammate Troy Spratley. This will be the third straight year in the starting lineup for Terukina. He enters this season after qualifying for the last two NCAA tournaments. After starting this season with wins over No. 9 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) and Zak Thomspon (Campbell), Terukina suffered his first loss of the year against Eli Griffin (Cal Baptist). Luckily for him, he was able to get back on track with a win over Esco Walker (Grand View). Terukina is an active offensive wrestler who will likely be able to get to legs in this match. Unfortunately for him, that sort of plays into McKee's game. He has a variety of counters, and that will allow him to get the better of the neutral exchanges in this contest. Prediction: McKee decision over Terukina 133: No. 6 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) vs. No. 4 Michael McGee (Arizona State) For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

Austin Gomez (right) and Yianni Diakomihalis in Saturday's dual (photos courtesy of Darl Zehr/Cornell athletics) Each college season has that one week where everything goes off the rails. Once that week takes place, it establishes the new year as its own and not the previous campaign. Needless to say, the third week of the 2022-23 was such a week. Just over a couple days' span, we saw one of the most shocking upsets of the last decade, a team get their first ranked win in almost a decade, two top-five teams clash, and countless individual upsets in tournament action. Without any further ado, here are seven big stories from the weekend in college wrestling. Gomez Pulls the Stunner of the Year as Badgers Bounce Back Unless you're living under a rock, you probably have heard about the biggest upset in college wrestling over the last decade or so. That happened on Saturday afternoon as #3 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) took down top-ranked Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell). On paper, a three beating a one isn't that surprising; however, if you look at Diakomihalis' entire career it's a shocker. Gomez's win halted a 75-match winning streak for Diakomihalis, one that dated back to his freshmen year (December of 2017). For perspective, Gomez's head coach Chris Bono was still at South Dakota State and assistant coach Seth Gross was in the midst of winning a national title wrestling for Bono. One of Gomez's teammates in the Badger lineup Saturday, 174 lber James Rowley, was an eighth-grader at the time of Yianni's last loss. Gomez himself was a true freshman at Iowa State which was in the midst of its first year under Kevin Dresser. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minnesota's NCAA qualifier Michael Blockhus (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Week 2 continued the trend of great matchups and surprising upsets. Here is your Fantasy Roundup for Week 2: For the week itself though, that honor goes to 149 Michael Blockhus (Minn). Blockhus recorded two pins and two techs at the Bison Open. This was his first competition of the season though, so despite being #1 for Week 2, he's only ranked tied for #35 overall (with a 5.5 PPM). 285 Mason Parris (Mich) added a pin and decision over the weekend to bring his overall Fantasy Point Total to 35, and retaining his #1 standing. Moving into the #2 spot is Ohio's 157 Peyten Keller who wrestled six matches, going 5-1. Check out the Full Week 2 and Overall Fantasy Point Standings HERE. On to Week 3 Quite possibly, the most active of any week we will see this season, 78 of the 80 D1 teams have at least one competition on their official schedules, with Gardner-Webb and Clarion the only outliers. All 20 of last season's Top-20 teams from the NCAA tournament are scheduled for action as well. Lots of opportunities for tri-meets this week with the Arm Bar at the Armory, Boilermaker Duals, and Mountaineer Duals, but some great tournaments as well with the Black Knight Invite, Daktronics Open, Keystone Classic, Navy Classic, and Roadrunner Open all looking like there will be ample D1 competition. Some Tournaments to keep an eye on, as D1 competition will be more scarce, include the Shorty Hitchcock Open and Lindenwood Open. See all upcoming tournaments HERE on WrestleStat. Tournament entries continue to update the closer to registration cut-off/day of the event, and we don't want to make an "ass out of u and me" with teams and entries, so be sure to check back and turn those notifications "ON" for our updates and news. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the "Floater" spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week. (refer to the Master Team Schedule, Week 2 Visual, or SHP's Weekly Preview) Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. Have a question, concern, suggestions, or just want to chat about Fantasy Wrestling? Hit us up on Twitter or head over to the InterMat Forums where we have a Fantasy Wrestling dedicated Forum page! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by tournament name first, then by school name* 125 Caleb Smith (APP)- Keystone Classic Eddie Ventresca (VT)- Keystone Classic Cooper Flynn (VT)- Keystone Classic Anthony Noto (LHU)- Navy Classic Jake Ferri (KENT)- Navy Classic Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- Vs Iowa, Black Knight Invite [+3] Matt Ramos (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+11] Tristan Daugherty (BUFF)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Malik Heinselman (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+7] Jarrett Trombley (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+6] Pat Glory (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+5] Pat McKee (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Brandon Courtney (ASU)- Vs Missouri , Keystone Classic [+3] ** Braxton Brown (MD)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Kurt McHenry (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Joey Prata (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Trevor Mastrogiovanni (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] Eric Barnett (WISC)- @ Cornell [+3] 133 Sean Carter (APP)- Keystone Classic Sam Latona (VT)- Keystone Classic Chance Rich (CSUB)- Roadrunner Open Michael McGee (ASU)- Vs Missouri , Keystone Classic [+4] Henry Porter (IND)- Vs Princeton, Black Knight Invite [+3] Brayden Palmer (CHAT)- Boilermaker Duals [+9] Lucas Byrd (ILL)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+8] Micky Phillippi (PITT)- Vs Maryland, Vs Lehigh [+7] Jesse Mendez (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+6] Dylan Ragusin (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+5] Vito Arujau (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+4] Rayvon Foley (MSU)- @ American [+4] Wyatt Henson (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+4] Daton Fix (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+4] 141 Shannon Hanna (CAMP)- Black Knight Invite Clay Carlson (SDSU)- Daktronics Open McKenzie Bell (RID)- Keystone Classic Darren Miller (BUCK)- Navy Classic Joshua Koderhandt (NAVY)- Navy Classic Brock Hardy (NEB)- Navy Classic Dylan Droegemuller (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+4] Sammy Alvarez (RUT)- @ Stanford, Roadrunner Open [+3] Parker Filius (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+10] Ryan Jack (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Andrew Alirez (UNCO)- @ West Virginia, Vs Edinboro [+7] Cole Matthews (PITT)- Vs Maryland, Vs Lehigh [+6] Jake Bergeland (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Mosha Schwartz (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+4] Vince Cornella (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Carter Young (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] 149 Johnny Lovett (CMU)- Black Knight Invite Jonathan Millner (APP)- Keystone Classic Quinn Kinner (RID)- Keystone Classic Caleb Henson (VT)- Keystone Classic Michael Weber (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+3] Max Murin (IOWA)- @ Army, Arm Bar at the Armory [+11] Noah Castillo (CHAT)- Boilermaker Duals [+9] Michael Blockhus (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Yianni Diakomihalis (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Chance Lamer (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Yahya Thomas (NW)- @ Virginia [+3] Mitch Moore (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Victor Voinovich (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3] 157 Troy Nation (CAMP)- Black Knight Invite Andrew Cerniglia (NAVY)- Navy Classic Peyton Robb (NEB)- Navy Classic Case Saldate (MSU)- @ American, Navy Classic [+4] Jarrett Jacques (MIZZ)- @ Arizona State , Lindenwood Open [ +4] Jared Franek (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+4] Daniel Cardenas (STAN)- Vs Rutgers, Roadrunner Open [+4] Kendall Coleman (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+10] Ed Scott (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+8] Quincy Monday (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+5] Brayton Lee (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Josh Humphreys (LEH)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Will Lewan (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Jacob Butler (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] 165 Tanner Cook (SDSU)- Daktronics Open William Formato (APP)- Keystone Classic Connor Brady (VT)- Keystone Classic Hunter Garvin (STAN)- Roadrunner Open Keegan O'Toole (MIZZ)- @ Arizona State , Lindenwood Open [+5] Caleb Fish (MSU)- @ American, Navy Classic [+4] Michael Caliendo (NDSU)- Vs Binghamton, Daktronics Open [+4] Shane Griffith (STAN)- Vs Rutgers , Roadrunner Open Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)- @ Army, Arm Bar at the Armory [+12] Izzak Olejnik (NIU)- Boilermaker Duals [+11] Peyton Hall (WVU)- Vs Edinboro, Vs Northern Colorado [+9] Danny Braunagel (ILL)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Carson Kharchla (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+7] Andrew Sparks (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+4] Dean Hamiti (WISC)- @ Cornell [+4] Brian Meyer (LEH)- @ Pittsburgh [+3] Cam Amine (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+3] Gerrit Nijenhuis (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Justin McCoy (UVA)- Vs Northwestern [+3] 174 Cade DeVos (SDSU)- Daktronics Open Logan Messer (GMU)- Keystone Classic Michael Labriola (NEB)- Navy Classic Rocky Jordan (CHAT)- Boilermaker Duals [+11] Edmond Ruth (ILL)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+6] Donnell Washington (IND)- Vs Princeton, Black Knight Invite [+4] Peyton Mocco (MIZZ)- @ Arizona State , Lindenwood Open [+4] Chris Foca (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+3] Bailee O'Reilly (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+3] Troy Fisher (NW)- @ Virginia [+3] Darrien Roberts (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] 184 Bennett Berge (SDSU)- Daktronics Open Anthony Montalvo (ASU)- Keystone Classic Hunter Bolen (VT)- Keystone Classic Colton Hawks (MIZZ)- Lindenwood Open Lenny Pinto (NEB)- Navy Classic David Key (NAVY)- Navy Classic Nathan Haas (NEB)- Navy Classic Brian Soldano (RUT)- @ Stanford, Roadrunner Open [+5] Layne Malczewski (MSU)- @ American, Navy Classic [+4] Abe Assad (IOWA)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+11] Trent Hidlay (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+10] Kaleb Romero (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+7] Jonathan Loew (COR)- Vs Wisconsin [+4] Matt Finesilver (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+4] Grayden Penner (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+4] Travis Wittlake (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+4] Nate Duggan (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+4] Isaiah Salazar (MINN)- Vs Binghamton [+3] Neil Antrassian (UVA)- Vs Northwestern [+3] 197 Kordell Norfleet (ASU)- Keystone Classic Ethan Laird (RID)- Keystone Classic Jake Koser (NAVY)- Navy Classic Silas Allred (NEB)- Navy Classic Tyler Mousaw (VMI)- Navy Classic Jacob Warner (IOWA)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+13] Thomas Penola (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+10] Issac Trumble (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+7] Lou DePrez (BING)- @ North Dakota State, @ Minnesota [+6] Cam Caffey (MSU)- @ American [+5] Luke Stout (PRIN)- @ Indiana [+4] Seth Seago (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] 285 Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- Black Knight Invite AJ Nevills (SDSU)- Daktronics Open Hunter Catka (VT)- Keystone Classic Ryan Vasbinder (MSU)- Navy Classic Grady Greiss (NAVY)- Navy Classic Harley Andrews (NEB)- Navy Classic Boone McDermott (RUT)- @ Stanford, Roadrunner Open [+4] Cohlton Schultz (ASU)- Vs Missouri , Keystone Classic [+3] Anthony Cassioppi (IOWA)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+17] Hayden Copass (PUR)- Boilermaker Duals [+9] Mason Parris (MICH)- Vs Columbia [+6] Owen Trephan (NCST)- Arm Bar at the Armory [+6] Tate Orndorff (OHST)- Vs Columbia , @ North Carolina [+6] Lucas Davison (NW)- @ Virginia [+4] Josh Heindselman (OU)- Vs Little Rock [+3] Konnor Doucet (OKST)- Vs Wyoming [+3]

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

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

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

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

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