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Jaydin Eierman after winning bronze at the Pan American Games (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Jaydin Eierman appears to have wrestled his last match as a Missouri Tiger. Eierman, who is taking an Olympic redshirt season, has entered the transfer portal. He has one season of NCAA eligibility remaining. The three-time All-American at 141 pounds recently competed at the U23 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he went 1-1. "It was time for me to go," Eierman told Trackwrestling.com. "Missouri has been great to me my whole life. I was really loyal to them but it was the best fit for me to go and to wrestle at another college. I had to find a good program for that." Eierman, a native of Columbia, Missouri, has not announced which school he will transfer to for his senior season, but said it's a school he's always wanted to attend. In addition to his three All-America honors at Missouri, Eierman won three Mid-American Conference titles at 141 pounds. He compiled a record of 89-14. In freestyle, he was a U.S. Open runner-up in 2018 and placed fifth at the U.S. Open this year. In August, Eierman won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Blair Academy wrestling coach Brian Antonelli talks to Shayne Van Ness (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) During the previous four college football seasons, Alabama and Clemson have met in the College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide and Tigers have split those meetings, with each squad winning the national title in the season they won that matchup. In scholastic wrestling, Blair Academy (N.J.) and Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) kind of occupy a similar position in the catbird seat of the sport. While in previous seasons, those two teams have not been the clear occupants of first and second in the ranking, this season it would seem that the two teams have separated from the pack; whereas in college football, there seem to be more direct challengers for the top couple of positions in the rankings. Blair Academy will start the season ranked No. 1 nationally for the ninth straight year, and is seeking an eighth national title (fifth consecutive) in that stretch. The Buccaneers are led by ten nationally ranked wrestlers; otherwise known as the combined number of ranked wrestlers that teams ranked third, fourth, and fifth possess. It includes a pair ranked first: Mark-Anthony McGowan (106) and Shayne van Ness (132); another pair ranked second: Trevor (126) and Travis (152) Mastrogiovanni; plus two more ranked fourth: Dominic Mata (170) and Peyton Craft (195). Wyoming Seminary starts the season ranked second, with nine ranked wrestlers of their own. That group is led by national No. 1 Beau Bartlett (138) as well as three other wrestlers inside the top four: No. 4 Nic Bouzakis (126), No. 4 Lachlan McNeil (145), and No. 3 Jacob Kaminski (285). The rival squads will compete against one another in the Walsh Ironman during early December, a dual meet in January, and the National Prep Championships in February. Ranked third through fifth nationally are Buchanan (Calif.), St. Edward (Ohio), and Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.). The Bears have won four straight California state championships, and are anchored by four nationally ranked wrestlers: Jack Gioffre (113), Joseph Martin (160), along with a pair inside the top ten in Carlos Negrete (120) and Maximo Renteria (126). The Eagles have earned five straight titles in Ohios big-school division, eight of nine, and 21 of 23. While featuring just a pair of ranked wrestlers in Bryce Hepner (152) and Padraic Gallagher (160), they return four other state medalists, two additional wrestlers that have won state tournament matches, along with three excellent sophomores that were victims of lineup congestion last year. The fifth-ranked Shamrocks have won three consecutive state titles (dual team) and six of the last eight in Michigan's big-school division. This years team is anchored by four nationally ranked wrestlers, three of whom are in the top ten: Dylan (106) and Derek (160) Gilcher, Josh Edmond (138), and Steven Kolcheff (285). St. Edward will be in the Walsh Ironman along with Blair Academy and Wyoming Seminary, plus are slated to dual one (if not both) of them in late January; they also will be at the Doc Buchanan Invitational along with Buchanan and four other top ten ranked teams; and wrestle Detroit Catholic Central in a dual meet. Rounding out the top ten are Bergen Catholic (N.J.), Lake Highland Prep (Fla.), Montini Catholic (Ill.), Tuttle (Okla.), and Gilroy (Calif.). Lake Highland Prep, Montini Catholic, and Gilroy join Blair Academy, Wyoming Seminary, and St. Edward in the Walsh Ironman field; Bergen Catholic and Lake Highland Prep join Blair Academy in the Beast of the East; Bergen Catholic, Lake Highland Prep, Montini Catholic, and Gilroy join Buchanan and St. Edward in the Doc Buchanan Invitational; Lake Highland Prep and Montini Catholic will dual meet Buchanan and Gilroy in the Garlic City Duals the Tuesday before the Doc Buchanan Invitational; Montini Catholic will travel to Detroit Catholic Central to face the Shamrocks and St. Edward; while Bergen Catholic, Lake Highland Prep, Montini Catholic, and Tuttle will all be at the Beast the Streets Duals in mid-January. Lake Highland Prep is led by four nationally ranked wrestlers, most notably No. 7 Justin Rivera (145). Bergen Catholic, Tuttle, and Gilroy each have three ranked wrestlers. Bergen Catholic is anchored by national No. 1 Robert Howard (126), Tuttle is led by No. 1 Dustin Plott (182) and No. 3 Luke Surber (170); while Gilroys anchor is No. 3 Chase Saldate (152). Montini Catholic has a pair of ranked wrestlers ranked in the top ten, Michigan commits Dylan Ragusin (126) and Fidel Mayora (152). In terms of season-ending competitions, Blair Academy and Wyoming Seminary are joined by National Prep rivals Malvern Prep (No. 26) and Mt. St. Joseph (No. 28) in the Fab 50 national team rankings. Blair Academy is also joined by three other schools from New Jersey: Bergen Catholic, Delbarton (No. 16), and St. Joseph Montvale (No. 30). Wyoming Seminary and Malvern Prep are joined by three PIAA schools in the rankings: No. 23 Southern Columbia in Class AA, No. 42 Nazareth and No. 50 Bethlehem Catholic are Class AAA (big-school). Single-class California features the most ranked schools with seven in total. No. 13 Poway, No. 18 St. John Bosco, No. 27 Selma, No. 32 Clovis, and No. 36 Clovis North join Buchanan and Gilroy in the Fab 50 national team rankings. Five teams from Ohio join St. Edward in the rankings to make it six total, including four of the Eagles rivals in the big-school division: Cincinnati LaSalle (No. 11), Elyria (No. 15), Brecksville (No. 22), and Wadsworth (No. 31); also ranked is No. 38 St. Paris Graham. Five teams from the state of Michigan are ranked to start the season. Detroit Catholic Central, Davison (No. 14), and Brighton (No. 17) are all in Division I; No. 33 Lowell is in Division II; while 46 Dundee is in Division III. Five states feature three schools in the national rankings: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Oklahoma. In the cases of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri the trio of teams are big-school divisional rivals; while in both Minnesota and Oklahoma, two of the three are big-school rivals. Single teams from Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland (though National Prep), Oregon, Nebraska, Texas, and Wisconsin are ranked.

Two-time state champion Richard Figueroa begins the season ranked No. 1 at 113 pounds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) With the major preseason tournaments all but done, and official scholastic season practices either having started already or about to start, it is now time for the presentation of the preseason national high school weight class rankings. The top 20 wrestlers in each weight class are recognized, with the most elite wrestler named as the No. 1 wrestler in the country. To start the 2019-20 season, here are the top ranked wrestlers in each weight class. 106 pounds: Mark-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy, N.J.) McGowan won a high school state title in Florida last year as an eighth-grader while competing for Citrus Park Christian. Subsequently, he would win a UWW Cadet freestyle national title at 45 kilograms (99 pounds) during the spring and then won a gold medal at the Cadet World Championships in that weight class during the summer. 113 pounds: Richard Figueroa (Selma, Calif.) Figueroa is now a two-time California state champion, in as many high school seasons, finishing undefeated last season including titles at the Walsh Ironman and Doc Buchanan tournaments. During the spring, he was a UWW Cadet freestyle national champion at 51 kilograms (110 pounds). 120 pounds: Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, N.Y.) The Cornell verbal commit is already a four-time state champion, having amassed a record of 194-2 during those seasons. Diakomihalis is working on a streak of 150-plus consecutive wins, having not lost since his eighth-grade year. His senior season will suffer a delayed start due to a knee injury that is likely to keep him out until some point in December. 126 pounds: Robert Howard (Bergen Catholic, N.J.) The Penn State verbal commit has advanced to the state championship match in all three years of his high school career, having cleared some rather deep weight classes in order to accomplish the feat; Howard's lone state title came during his sophomore season. However, he is a three-time Cadet World Team member at 55 kilograms (121 pounds). 132 pounds: Shayne Van Ness (Blair Academy, N.J.) The Class of 2021 wrestler burst on to the scene last year when he won loaded weight brackets at the Super 32 Challenge, Walsh Ironman, and Beast of the East after being closed out of the lineup as a freshman. Van Ness was upended by Beau Bartlett in the National Prep final, but this fall won a pair of matches at the Who's Number One event against elite competition to earn this position. 138 pounds: Beau Bartlett (Wyoming Seminary, Pa.) The Penn State verbal commit is a three-time National Prep champion, and has either won or been in title contention at about everything under the sun during his high school career. Bartlett is a two-time Super 32 Challenge runner-up, earning that position in the fall of 2017 and 2018. 145 pounds: Victor Voinovich (Brecksville, Ohio) Voinovich was a Junior National freestyle finalist this summer, and was one of the few current high school wrestlers to place at the UWW Junior Nationals last spring (he finished fifth at 65 kilograms/143 pounds). He is a two-time state medalist, winning state gold as a freshman in 2018. 152 pounds: Sonny Santiago (St. John Bosco, Calif.) The Arizona State verbal commit has been a known commodity for a long time, but found a major breakthrough in winning a state title at 152 pounds last February. A key result in that tournament was a 3-2 semifinal victory over Jace Luchau, the projected champion, who happened to win a Junior National freestyle title this past summer. 160 pounds: Keegan O'Toole (Arrowhead, Wis.) The Missouri verbal commit is a three-time state champion with a career record of 113-5, and is on a 53-match win streak going back to the semifinals of the Cheesehead in January 2018. O'Toole was a Super 32 Challenge champion in 2018, and is a four-time Fargo freestyle All-American, including winning a Junior National freestyle title in 2018. Despite finishing just third this summer at 152 pounds, O'Toole upended 160-pound Junior National freestyle champion Padraic Gallagher in last month's Who's Number One event. 170 pounds: Alex Facundo (Davison, Mich.) Facundo is a two-time state champion in as many high school seasons. He is also a two-time UWW Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle at 70 kilograms (154 pounds), and was a Cadet world bronze medalist in 2018; Facundo also won the Super 32 Challenge in the fall of 2018. 182 pounds: Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla.) The Oklahoma State verbal commit is a three-time state finalist, and has amassed a record of 88-1 during his last two state title winning campaigns. Plott has been runner-up each of the last two years in the Junior National freestyle tournament, and also earned top three placement finishes at the UWW Junior Nationals in both 2018 and 2019. He also is a two-time Super 32 Challenge finalist, winning gold in 2018 after taking second in 2017. 195 pounds: Rocky Elam (Staley, Mo.) The Missouri verbal commit has a record of 112-4 over the last two seasons, including a 52-1 state title-winning campaign as a junior. Elam is a three-time Fargo freestyle All-American, winning a Cadet National title in the summer of 2018 before finishing fourth this year at the Junior level; he also was a Junior National folkstyle champion this past spring and just won the Preseason Nationals last month. 220 pounds: A.J. Ferrari (Allen, Texas) The nation's top overall wrestler in the senior class is a verbal commit to Oklahoma State. Ferrari was a state champion as a freshman and sophomore at Allen before leaving for New Jersey last season; he was champion at the Beast of the East and for a second consecutive time at the Walsh Ironman during his junior year. The 2018 Cadet world medalist returns to Allen for his senior year. 285 pounds: Nash Hutmacher (Canton, S.D.) Hutmacher has verbally committed to play football at the University of Nebraska, a sport in which he is rated as either a three-or-four-star prospect at defensive tackle. On the wrestling mat, he is a three-time state champion amassing a 123-0 record the last three seasons; his last in-season loss came in the consolation semifinal at the state tournament of his eighth-grade year. This past offseason, he was a Junior National champion in folkstyle, while finishing third in both freestyle and Greco-Roman; during 2018, he was runner-up in folkstyle and freestyle with a third place in Greco-Roman. Nationally ranked wrestlers by state (of high school attendance): Pennsylvania 41 New Jersey 29 California 27 Ohio 21 Missouri 17 Illinois 15 Florida, Minnesota, Oklahoma 11 Michigan 10 Georgia 9 Iowa, New York, Texas 8 Colorado 7 Indiana, Maryland 6 Wisconsin 5 Nebraska, West Virginia 4 Virginia 3 Connecticut, Kansas, Oregon, South Dakoata, Washington 2 Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee 1 Note: 35 states in all have a ranked wrestler

BETHLEHEM, Pa -- The Hall of Fame Committee of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA), college wrestling's oldest conference, is proud to announce that four new members have been elected for membership into the EIWA Hall of Fame. Members of the Class of 2020 include Cory Cooperman of Lehigh University, Josh Glenn of American University, Ed Hamer of Lehigh University and Jack Light of Penn State University. The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, immediately preceding the finals of the annual EIWA championships. Chairman Jamie Moffatt comments on the new inductees: "The EIWA Hall of Fame Committee has selected four outstanding wrestlers as the latest inductees into the EIWA Hall of Fame. The individuals' athletic careers extend across several generations - from the 1930s to the 1950s to the 2000s. Cooperman, Glenn and Light were three-time EIWA champions; Glenn and Hamer won individual NCAA championships as undergraduates. Both Cooperman and Hamer continued their involvement with the sport of wrestling as coaches after earning their college degrees. We are honored to include these gentlemen in our Hall of Fame." Cory Cooperman, Lehigh, Class of 2006 Cory Cooperman's successful track record in wrestling goes well beyond his three EIWA championship titles and his three All-American honors. Cory Cooperman (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)A native of Springfield, NJ, Cooperman attended Blair Academy where he became just the third wrestler in history to win four National Prep championships. As a senior, he was ranked No. 1 in the country in his weight class as he also won two Beast of the East titles and three Ironman championships. After spending a red-shirt year at the University of Minnesota, Cooperman transferred to Lehigh University. During his first season (2002-03) of wrestling for Coach Greg Strobel he went 15-2 meets and won his first EIWA championship. As a sophomore, Cooperman finished as the runner-up at the EIWA championships and in seventh place at 141 pounds at the NCAAs. During both his junior and senior year, Cooperman won the 141-pound title at the EIWA Tournament and the third place trophy at the NCAAs. He graduated from Lehigh in 2006 with a degree in Psychology and an overall college career wrestling record of 99-12. After graduation, Cooperman turned to coaching wrestling as his career choice. He spent three years as an Assistant Coach at Cornell University, the EIWA championship team all three seasons. He also spent time on the coaching staff at Rutgers University and the University of Illinois prior to assuming the head post at the New York Regional Training Center, where he took the team to the US Open title. Recently, Cooperman has coached two wrestlers to World Titles - Kurt McHenry, a two-time Cadet World Champion - and Kyle Dake to his first Senior World Championship. In 2019 Cooperman opened his own wrestling club in Mahwah, NJ. He resides in Ridge Park, NJ with his wife LeAnne and their two young sons, Caden and Cameron. Josh Glenn, American, Class of 2008 Josh Glenn began his storied wrestling career in his hometown of Johnson City, NY. As a high school wrestler, Glenn was a 2003 New York State Champion, a three-time Section Four Champion, a NHSCA All-American, a USA Wrestling All-American, and helped earn his team two New York State Team Championships in 1999 and 2003. From 2004 - 2008, he competed for American University under the tutelage of Coach Mark Cody. During his freshman year, he placed second at the EIWA tournament and was recognized as the EIWA Freshman of the Year. The following year, Glenn won his first EIWA title and took home a 4th place trophy from the NCAA tournament. Glenn won his second EIWA championship with a decisive victory in the 197-pound class. At the NCAAs he battled his way into the finals where he scored a 6-4 decision in overtime, earning his place as American University's first and only NCAA Division 1 National Wrestling Champion. Glenn earned his third EIWA Championship and third consecutive All-American honors during his senior year. In addition to his EIWA and National Championship heroics, Glenn is the recipient of multiple awards to include EIWA Wrestler of the Year, EIWA Fletcher Award Recipient, American University Athlete of the Year, NWCA All-Academic Team member, and the Jonathan Kaloust Award Recipient. Glenn graduated from American University with bachelor's degrees in Pre-law and International Studies. He is currently an Officer in the United States Navy and resides in Virginia with his wife, Jessica, and four children. Ed Hamer, Lehigh, Class of 1959 Ed Hamer became a two-time EIWA champion and an NCAA wrestling champion for Lehigh University in the late 1950s. No one would have guessed it when he entered Lehigh in the fall of 1955. At Philipsburg (PA) high school, Hamer wrestled JV for two years before making the varsity squad as a senior. He recalls, "I had a mediocre record my senior year and did not excel in the post-season tournaments." After a PG year at Manlius (NY) Military Prep School -- which did not have a wrestling team - Hamer's grappling career took off under the guidance of famed Lehigh coach, Gerald Leeman. In his first season of varsity competition as a sophomore, Hamer went 7-3 in dual meets. He won all his EIWA tournament bouts, defeating Cornell's Dick Vincent 7-0 in the finals to become the EIWA 157-pound champion. He only wrestled the first semester of his junior year, winning all four of his matches. Hamer excelled during his senior season at 177 pounds. After losing his season opening bout, he reeled off 18 straight victories to win both the 1959 EIWA and NCAA wrestling championships. At the NCAA tournament in Iowa, Hamer knocked off two defending champions, Duane Murty (5-2) and Tom Alberts (4-0) en route to the victory stand. Hamer finished his career with a record of 38-5. After graduating from Lehigh with a BS in Business, Hamer served his alma mater as an assistant wrestling coach, varsity cross country coach, and head golf coach. He went on to coordinate Junior Olympic Wrestling tournaments and coach youth wrestling. In 1989 Hamer was inducted into the Pennsylvania State Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame and in 1990 he became a member of the Clearfield County Regional Chapter of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame. From 1965-71 Hamer was the owner of Hamer Building Supplies, prior to becoming a sales representative for the Pennsylvania House of Furniture and Harden Furniture. Hamer and his wife Judy are the parents of five children: Christopher, Michael, Wendi, Timothy and Jill. They now reside in Lakewood Ranch, FL. Jack Light, Penn State, Class of 1937 Jack Light never lost a dual meet bout during his three years of wrestling for Penn State University, nor did he ever lose an EIWA tournament bout. Light grew up in the shadows of the Penn State campus, graduating from State College high school in 1932. The school did not have a wrestling program, yet he tried out for the PSU wrestling team anyway. Under coach Charlie Speidel, Light made tremendous strides as a wrestler. As a sophomore during the 1934-35 season Light won every dual match but one, which ended in a tie. He dominated all of his opponents in the 135-pound weight class at the EIWA tournament. At the NCAAs Light suffered the only defeat of his career, losing by fall in the opening round. In his junior year Light captained the Nittany Lion squad and won every bout that he wrestled. He breezed through the EIWA tournament, winning all three of his matches at 135 pounds by Technical Advantage. Light led Penn State to their first EIWA team title in 11 years. Light moved up to the 145-pound weight class for his senior year where he repeated his heroics of the prior year. At the EIWA tournament Light was never threatened, pinning one opponent and defeating the other two by Technical Advantage. He became Penn State's first three-time EIWA Champion finishing with a college career record of 25-1-1. Upon graduation from Penn State, Light attended Jefferson Medical School and became a beloved physician in his hometown of State College for his entire professional career. He could be seen at most Penn State home wrestling matches and even at their practices from time to time. Twice in his career Dr. Light was honored as State College's 'Renaissance Man of the Year'. He was the father of two sons and a daughter. Dr. Light passed away in 2000.

Dean Corner, a two-time Big 8 Conference champion and 1957 NCAA All-American for legendary Iowa State head wrestling coach Harold Nichols, passed away in Springfield, Missouri, late Monday night. He was 83. Dean CornerA native of Omaha, Neb., Corner qualified to the NCAA Championships for the Cyclones in 1956, 1957, and 1958. Corner placed third at 137 pounds to become an All-American for the Cyclones in 1957. Nichols recruited Corner out of Omaha Tech High School, after he won three Nebraska state wrestling championships in 1952 (95 pounds), 1953 (112 pounds), and 1954 (127 pounds). After graduating from Iowa State, and earning a Master's in Education from Indiana State, Corner was asked by legendary Wisconsin wrestling coach George Martin to come to the state and grow wrestling. Corner settled in Cedarburg, Wis., and began to build a wrestling powerhouse in 1966. Throughout the 1970's, Cedarburg was one of the top wrestling programs in Wisconsin, compiling a remarkable 61-4 dual mark during this time. Cedarburg wrestlers were regular participants in the WIAA state tournament. In 1975, Paul Sigler won the WIAA State title at 145 pounds for Cedarburg, the first athlete in any sport to win a state title in the 100-year history of the high school. Dean Corner (center) in Iowa State wrestling room in 1955Corner has provided the Dean Corner Wrestling Scholarship at Cedarburg High School each year since 1979 for a graduating senior who pursues post-high school education and has participated in wrestling at Cedarburg. Corner retired from coaching in 1979, and teaching at Cedarburg High School in 1993. For all his accolades as a wrestler and coach, Corner has been inducted into numerous Halls of Fame. He is a member of the Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame, the Wisconsin Wrestling Coach Association Hall of Fame, and the Cedarburg High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

T.J. Miller is beginning his fourth season as the head wrestling coach at Loras College (Photo/Loras College Athletics) Augsburg and Wartburg. Wartburg and Augsburg. For the past quarter-century, one of the Burgs has been the king of NCAA Division III wrestling. But is this the year another team finally breaks through? The Loras College Duhawks certainly hope that is the case. Loras starts this season ranked No. 1 nationally in Division III. Wabash is ranked second in the preseason poll followed by Wartburg and Augsburg. "We return five All-Americans, so we bring back some experienced and proven guys," Loras coach T.J. Miller said. "We've never been ranked No. 1 before in wrestling at Loras, so it's huge for our program. It's pretty cool to have that type of recognition, but we still have to wrestle and take care of business." Since Ithaca won the Division III national championship in 1994, the Burgs have won every title while dominating at the small-college level. Over the last 25 years, Wartburg has captured 14 national titles and Augsburg 11. The Auggies have won 13 championships since 1991 and earned the most recent DIII crown in 2019. Wartburg struggled to a sixth-place finish at the 2019 NCAA tournament, but the Knights are expected to be back in the mix this season. Loras returns a strong group of wrestlers from the team that finished second in the country last season. The Duhawks have six wrestlers ranked in the nation's top seven in their respective weight classes. Clint Lembeck starts the season ranked No. 2 at 141 pounds (Photo/Loras College Athletics) Loras is led by Clint Lembeck (141 pounds) and Brandon Murray (157), who are each ranked second in the country. Guy Patron Jr. is No. 3 at 197 with Eddie Smith fourth at 165, Jacob Krakow sixth at 174 and Brice Everson seventh at 133. The second-place national tournament finish by Loras last season was the best in program history. Lembeck placed third at the 2019 NCAAs in Roanoke, Va., with Murray and Smith each finishing fourth, Patron sixth and Krakow eighth. "We're really excited to compete," Miller said. "We have a lot of firepower coming back from last year and we're chomping at the bit for this season to start. We're looking forward to it." Patron is one of the leaders on a veteran Duhawk squad. He finished as NCAA runner-up in 2018 after placing third as a freshman in 2017. "Guy Patron is trying to become the first four-time All-American in school history," Miller said. "I knew him from when I coached down in New Orleans -- he was at a rival high school. When I came up here to Loras, he was a top priority for me in recruiting. Guy had some other offers and we were lucky to have him come up here. It's been great to have him in our program. He's pretty fired up about this season. He can beat anybody. When he's on, he's on. He's really evolved with his wrestling." Miller is beginning his fourth season as the head wrestling coach at Loras. He was an NCAA Division III champion for Wartburg College and was a member of three national championship teams with the Knights. Miller wrestled collegiately for his father, Jim, who led the Knights to 10 DIII national titles. Jim Miller is now retired from coaching and running the Dan Gable Wrestling Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. "Obviously, I grew up around the sport and saw what my dad did as a coach. I have lived it since I was a kid," T.J. Miller said. "I wrestled for my dad in college and then I coached with him for two years at Wartburg. I saw how he coached and what his approach was. I saw first-hand how hard he worked and how dedicated he was. Seeing that and living it, I learned how you do it." It's not all about wrestling for the Millers. T.J. has three daughters and many of their conversations now revolve around their families. But T.J. also knows his father is always there to provide coaching advice. "It's huge to have my dad as a resource," T.J. Miller said. "If there's something I need, he's very good at helping me with anything I ask him about. He's one of the best college coaches ever at any level. I know he still helps a lot of other coaches and teams as well. He obviously knows what it takes to be successful." T.J. Miller is fully aware it will take a special effort to end the long streak of national tournament dominance by Wartburg and Augsburg this season. The Duhawks will compete at the 2020 NCAA Division III Championships in nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 13-14. A month before that, Loras wrestles its final dual meet of the season at perennial power Wartburg. "It's like the old saying -- we have to be the best to beat the best," Miller said. "We focus day-to-day on ourselves. We don't talk to our team about Wartburg or Augsburg. We work on how Loras College can get better. It's going to take 10 guys fighting their butts off for us to reach our goals. You know Wartburg and Augsburg will have strong teams -- they always do. You have to be good at every weight class to beat those teams." Craig Sesker has written about wrestling for more than three decades. He's covered three Olympic Games and is a two-time national wrestling writer of the year.

Tony Ramos talks to Austin O'Connor before the semifinals of the NCAAs (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina wrestling coach Coleman Scott announced Tuesday the promotion of Tony Ramos to associate head coach and the addition of volunteer assistant Jordan Oliver to the 2019-20 wrestling staff. Ramos, a 2014 NCAA champion and two-time USA world team member has been with the program since 2016 and spent 2018 as the team's assistant coach. Oliver is a four-time All-American at Oklahoma State, where he won a pair of NCAA championships for the Cowboys in 2011 and 2013. "I'm excited to have Tony continue to play a big role in our program," Scott said on Ramos' promotion. "We have a lot of exciting things going on in Chapel Hill and he makes us better with his work with our team both on and off the mat. Tar Heel wrestling as a whole is ready to keep making waves, and Tony is a major contributor of that progress." After the 2019 U.S. World Team Trials, Ramos officially retired from wrestling after a decorated career. His accomplishments include a pair of world team spots and three U.S. Open titles (2014, 2016, 2017). "This is an exciting opportunity to continue to build something great here in Chapel Hill," Ramos said. "We have a talented group of guys and an incredible support staff. North Carolina wrestling is starting to become a national name, and that's been our plan for a few years now. I'm ready to be at Carolina for a long time and start putting more national champions up on the wall." Jordan Oliver gets in on a shot against Yianni Diakomihalis in the U.S. Open semifinals (Photo/Sandy Slater) Oliver, who joined the Tar Heel Wrestling Club in August, will take over the team's volunteer assistant duties. In addition to his decorated career at Oklahoma State, he has been on the United States National Team four times. "Jordan is exactly the type of wrestling mind we want to have here in our room," Scott said. "He is going to make our guys and our staff better with everything he does. He always works to the maximum and we're going to have a lot of our guys improving because of what Jordan brings to the table."

Big Ten Super Saturday wrestling events will be held at Madison Square Garden Big Ten Super Saturday just became more super. The annual sports event which has showcased intercollegiate sports from Big Ten Conference schools in a doubleheader event since 2016 will, for the first time, now feature the wrestling programs from University of Michigan, Rutgers, and Penn State, the Big Ten announced Monday. If that's not super enough, Big Ten Super Saturday -- College Hoops & Wrestling in 2020 and 2021 to be held at New York City's legendary Madison Square Garden, "the world's most famous arena." Wrestling will be featured as part of the next two Big Ten Super Saturday events, in 2020 ... and 2021. On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, it will be Michigan vs. Rutgers in wrestling and in men's basketball. The Wolverine wrestlers will take on the Scarlet Knights at 1 p.m. Eastern. Fans who can't make it to Madison Square Garden can take in the action on BTN. (The basketball game will start at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, and also air on BTN.) Tickets for the 2020 Big Ten Super Saturday are now available to the general public, and may be purchased through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com, by calling (866) 858-0008 or at www.msg.com. To learn about luxury suites and premium hospitality, call 212-465-6771 or e-mail msgsuites@msg.com. One year later -- Jan. 30, 2021 -- Rutgers wrestling will face off against Penn State, 2019 NCAA Division I team titlewinners at Madison Square Garden ... while it will be Rutgers vs. Michigan State in men's basketball. Times will be announced at a later date.

Minnesota Hall of Fame coach Don Dravis of Staples (Minn.) passed away on Nov. 3. He was 82 years old. Dravis' Staples teams won seven state championships and were runners-up four times. He received National High School Wrestling Coach of the Year honors in 1980 and 1981. Dravis was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Minnesota Chapter in 2003 and the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association Dave Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1981. Don Dravis Obituary: Donald Jerome Dravis passed away November 3, 2019, peacefully surrounded by family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on November 8, 2019, at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples, MN. A visitation will be one hour prior. An additional visitation will be Thursday, November 7, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church from 4-8:00 PM, with a prayer service at 7:45 PM. Don Dravis (left) with friend Ted Lelwica (Photo/The Guillotine)Don was born Nov. 2, 1937, in Minneapolis to William and Pearl (Gunderson) Dravis. Don graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1955. He married Mary Sedivy in Glencoe in 1960. Don attended college in Mankato where he wrestled, earning the title of All American Wrestler at Mankato State. He finished his degree at St. Cloud State. He worked as an Industrial Arts teacher for 32 years in Staples until his retirement. Don coached wrestling and achieved 7 state titles. He was a Staples volunteer firefighter for 22 years, and a member of the Staples Lions Club. He was a Lions member for 43 years and earned the Helen Keller Award, as well as the Melvin Jones Fellow Award. He was a past president of the MN Coaches Association. Don enjoyed hunting, fishing, wrestling, and attending his grandchildren's sporting events. Don's numerous achievements included the Duane R Lund Award for Lifetime Achievement Wrestling Career of 401 Match Wins, 7 state team championship titles, 14 individual state championships, 1976 MN Coach of The Year, 1987 MN Wrestling Coach of The Year, 1980 USA Wrestling Coach of The Year, 1980 Sports Illustrated recognition, 1981 National Wrestling Coach of The Year, 1996 USA State Man of The Year, 2001 MSHSL Distinguished Service Award, 2003 MSHSL Hall of Fame Award, 2003 MN Chapter of National Wrestling Hall of Fame, 1993 Firefighter of the Year, and 2018 Staples-Motley Athletic Hall of Fame. Don is survived by his loving wife Mary of 59 years; daughter Paula (Mark) Redemske and their children Alyssa, Brian, and Cal; son Greg (Traci) Dravis and their children Derek and Casey; son Blaine (Dana) Dravis and their children Jake, Matt and Sarah; son Jeff (Tara) Dravis and their children Justin, Cody, Taylor, Kate; daughter Mary Jo (Jim) Otteson and their children Garrett and Trevor; and his brother Brian. Don is preceded in death by his parents and his brother Roger.

The 2019 Senior World Championships came and went last month, and at this point all of the medalists and major players have been written about and discussed at length. As I recently binge-watched and read over the many matches and results of the year's most prestigious tournament, I observed a whole lot of really fantastic wrestlers who likely won't get any press at all due to their placings. We are talking about extremely high-level athletes. Look at it this way, over 700 men registered to enter this year's world tournament, and only 80 went home from Nur-Sultan with medals. I have always admired those wrestlers who remain committed to the sport despite their placings, and as a huge MMA fan I can tell you that these wrestlers often find success in other endeavors. In fact, medal-less world-team wrestlers have been making moves in MMA for most of the sport's history. Here, we will look into 10 under-the-radar world team members in wrestling who found their way to MMA significance. Maximo Blanco (Photo/Getty Images) Maximo Blanco Though best known for his MMA career that began with him as a highly touted, super-aggressive, ultra-violent prospect in Japan, and ended with an underwhelming nine-fight UFC stint, Venezuela's Maximo Blanco was at first a pretty fantastic wrestler. Recruited by Japanese wrestling Coach Hideaki Akutsu to wrestle for a boarding high school in Sendai, Japan, the move to the land of the rising sun was a fruitful one for Blanco. His high school results netted him a wrestling scholarship to Nihon University, and there he won Collegiate Freestyle Nationals and earned the Outstanding Wrestler award. After college he remained in Japan, training with Japan's national team and interestingly, the judo-centric Yoshida Dojo. He competed for Venezuela as he pursued the Beijing Olympics. Along the way he won bronze at the 2007 Pan American Championships and made world championships appearances in 2006 and 2007. He even managed to score a point on Russian legend Buvaisar Saitiev in 2006! Daniel Malvino From 2008 to 2015, all-time great MMA featherweight Jose Aldo reigned over his division with an iron fist. Knocking off fantastic wrestler after fantastic wrestler, Aldo's unique brand of "anti-wrestling" became the topic of many a discussion. Prime Aldo was nearly impossible to take down, a juggernaut in the clinch, and you could forget about controlling or advancing position on him should you actually get him to the mat. The man largely responsible for Aldo's uncanny ability to defeat strong wrestlers was Brazilian wrestler and coachv Daniel Malvino. Brazil may not be typically associated with wrestling prestige, but guys like Malvino have been working hard to change that. As a competitor, Malvino, aka Pirata, spent years at the top of Brazil's 74-kilogram class, and he gave it a real go internationally. Traveling to wrestle in Argentina, Poland, Spain, and then Istanbul, Turkey for the 2011 World Championships, he was a wrestler through and through, undeterred by less-than-stellar placings. And although he lost his lone MMA fight, his impact in both sports is indisputable. Since failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, Malvino has shifted focus to coaching Brazil's national teams, coaching fighters like Aldo, and furthering wrestling in Brazil. He was also instrumental in attracting Kazakh, Uzbek, and Armenian wrestlers to move to Brazil. Talgat Ilyasov (Photo/Gabor Martin, United World Wrestling) Talgat Ilyasov When recent UFC 185-pound champ Robert Whittaker caught fire in 2014 and began racking up impressive wins, he was aided greatly by some very slick defensive wrestling and in-fighting tactics. When he kept using these skills to win, even against very good wrestlers, people took notice. How could an Aussie with no wrestling background hang with Yoel Romero in wrestling situations? Well, over the past 20 or so years, wrestlers from Iran, Azerbaijan, India, Ukraine, Romania (world medalist Sahit Prizreni specifically), and Uzbekistan had relocated to the land down under. Interestingly, most of them also got involved in MMA. Turned out that Whittaker had been training with such wrestlers since 2014, and he even won a 97-kilogram national freestyle title in 2017. Most significant among this influx of strong wrestlers, in terms of this discussion, is Uzbekistan expat Talgat Ilyasov. A rising star in Uzbekistan with four age-group world teams and a cadet world bronze to his credit, Ilyasov came to Australia in 2001, made his first senior world team in 2003, and finished sixth after going 2-1. In 2004, after earning a spot in Athens, a spinal injury spoiled his plans, and seemingly, his career. In the following years, Talgat coached top wrestlers, fighters, and submission grapplers, he won the 75-kilogram expert class of a grappling event in Abu Dhabi, and in 2014, won a pro MMA fight by first round submission. Convinced his spine could withstand the rigors of competing, he returned to the mat. Talgat made another world team in 2015 before winning the Canada Cup, Olympic Trials, and the Africa/Oceania Qualifier a year later. Finally an Olympian, his first match in Rio ended disastrously when he dislocated his elbow mid-match. The 38-year old continues to train and coach wrestlers, grapplers, and fighters. His influence has certainly raised Aussie wrestling within MMA. Maybe in the coming years we could even see an Aussie wrestler on the podium at the World Championships and/or Olympic Games. Darrell Gholar One of the most underappreciated fighters and coaches in MMA history, Gholar sowed seeds of wrestling ability that flourished over multiple generations of Brazil's top fighters. After a successful wrestling career that included four years at the University of Minnesota (he was a two-time national qualifier) and a successful senior level Greco-Roman run, the three-time Greco-Roman nationals champ and 1986 world team member got into MMA in the late 90's after coaching at Drake University and his alma mater, Minnesota. Gholar started fighting in 1998 and over three years and 11 fights, fought some of the toughest guys out there. And while it would certainly be appropriate to refer to Darrell Gholar the fighter as an MMA/wrestling pioneer, it was as a coach that he truly found his niche. In 2001, after winning a Brazilian Vale Tudo tournament, Gholar was propositioned by Murillo Bustamante of the legendary MMA gym, Brazilian Top Team. Already one of the world's best gyms for fighting and BJJ, "BTT" fighters saw the value in upping their wrestling. Gholar accepted, and completely invigorated the abilities of several legendary Brazilians who came to be known for their unstoppable takedowns and clinch work. Gholar's influence on the contemporary grappling meta in Brazil was readily apparent in the phenomenal wrestling of guys like Vitor Belfort, Ricardo Arona, Paulo Filho, The Nogueira Brothers, Rousimar Palhares, and others. Martin Lazarov The hardest of hard-core MMA fans may recall him giving debuting legend Fedor Emelienenko a tough fight back in 2000, but Martin Lazarov had already made a name for himself on the international freestyle circuit by the time he entered what was then known as "NHB" fighting. As one of Bulgaria's top 97-kilogram wrestlers from the turn of the millennium, Lazarov achieved a respectable resume in a very competitive part of the world. A resume anchored by a silver medal at the 1997 Junior European Championships, and a fifth-place finish at the super-stacked 1999 version of the very same event. After making it to the 1999 Senior World Championships, he was an Olympic hopeful for the 2000 Sydney Games, though he failed to qualify. Lazarov was last seen in 2001 getting tech falled by Stephen Neal on the mat and losing his second and final MMA fight to Russian pioneer Mikhail Ilyukhin in the ring. Sadly, he passed away after a 2010 car accident in Bulgaria. R.I.P. Yoshihiro Nakao It's a bit of a shame that Japanese heavyweight Yoshihiro Nakao will forever be known for a single whacky moment despite being a fully capable fighter and a very strong wrestler. Type in the name Yoshihiro Nakao in any search engine and without fail, you will undoubtedly learn that he was once KO'd during the pre-fight face off of a fight in front of 53,000 live fans. That's right, at Japanese Mega-promotion, K-1's 2005 New Year's Eve show, Nakao met his opponent Heath Herring in the center of the cage for pre-fight instructions, proceeded to kiss Herring on the lips, and was promptly knocked into a twilight state by the American. Antics aside, the 96/97-kilogram Japanese wrestler enjoyed a very respectable MMA career and defeated some very good fighters with his size, strength, wrestling, and (fighting) discipline. Before that, Nakao had designs on representing Japan at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, plans fueled by some stellar results domestically. On multiple occasions Nakao won Japanese Nationals and the annual Japanese Invitational, which often functions as part of their world and/or continental championships team selection process. He may have fallen short of his Olympic aspirations but made it to the World Championships in 2002 and wrestled at both the World and Asian Championships in 2003. Random afterthought, anyone have any idea how Nakao came to be wearing a Lehigh wrestling sweatshirt in the training footage for his Don Frye rematch? The Sergei Beloglazov connection perhaps? Mu Bae Choi Another in a long line of big, durable, gritty, talented Asian heavyweight wrestlers-turned fighters from the late 90's/early 2000's Japanese MMA scene, South Korea's Mu Bae Choi succeeded in both MMA and Greco-Roman wrestling. Extremely strong, tough as nails, with a ton of heart, and a seemingly uncrackable chin, Choi joined Kazuyuki Fujita, the aforementioned Nakao, and a bunch of others as Japanese MMA's loveable, indestructible, fighting heroes. And despite losing to both Fujita and Nakao, he was as good a fighter as either of them. He defeated fellow wrestlers in Dave Herman (NCAA Division I), Soa Palelei (a national level in Australia), and Yusuke Imamura (wrestled internationally for Japan) and even once signed to fight the legendary Fedor Emelienenko, though the fight fell through. Choi built most of his formidable fighting skill while wrestling on the world stage, and was on the cusp of breaking through to become a legitimate world medal threat at least once in his career. He earned bronze at the 1991 Asian Championships and made it to the World Championships in 1994 and 1995. Sidney Guzman Peruvian wrestler Sidney Guzman is one of the biggest "what-ifs" in terms of unrealized combative potential. Being from one of the poorer areas of a generally poor country, Guzman is a study in doing the best you can with what you've got. Leading up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, The LA Times did a piece about Sidney and other Olympic hopefuls from such places. Undeterred and committed to becoming an Olympian, Guzman trained under terrible conditions in extremely sub-par facilities, and somehow managed to sustain an Olympic caliber regimen on a diet consisting mostly of bread and tea, with the occasional piece of chicken if lucky. This was the norm until he began receiving weekly stipends of pasta, facilitated by the IOC, which he usually sold or traded to help his family. Uphill battles aside, the Greco-Roman specialist made it to three senior world championships (four if you consider he wrestled both styles in 2001) and the Olympic Games in 2004. And though he didn't win any world/Olympic medals, he did manage a bronze and a silver at the 1999 and 2004 Pan American Championships respectively, also defeating future world and Olympic champ Davor Stefanek at the Athens Games. In 2013, at 37 years old and almost 10 years removed from high-level competition, we still got to see the massive potential and immense physical abilities of Sidney. The less restrictive rule set of MMA seemed to really jive with his style, and his combination of extremely fast, powerful wrestling attacks, aggression, nasty ground and pound, and definite mean streak produced a 3-1 mark and was formidable to say the least. He also competed in submission grappling to compliment his wrestling and signed with the only big(ish) MMA show in Peru. Interesting side note, Guzman was booked to fight American wrestler Rollie Peterkin in 2014, but the bout fell through. Sidney last fought in mid-2015 and has been entirely absent from the MMA scene since. Melchor Manibusan Guamanian martial arts legend Melchor Manibusan is one of these unshakeable guys who has worked most of his life competing in and furthering the sport of wrestling despite not achieving the best results on the world stage. He spent many years as the top wrestler on the small, western Pacific Island, regardless of weight or style, and has been an important figure in the Oceania scene since the late 90's. Melchor made five senior world teams, two in Greco (his preferred style) and three in freestyle. Despite usually finishing in the lower end of the final placings, he was a tough, scrappy, aggressive, powerful wrestler with a ton of heart. His considerable contributions to the combat sports world are not limited to wrestling either, as he has made Guam an important part of the MMA/BJJ/Wrestling triangle between Hawaii, Australia, and Japan. As a coach, competitor, and gym owner (he owns highly regarded Spike22 Gym), Melchor's successes outside of wrestling include winning bronze at the 1999 ADCC Submission Grappling World Championships relying almost entirely on his wrestling, while also being a key part of superstars BJ Penn and Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto's, training camps. He also went 2-4 against tough competition as a fighter. Melchor is still in Guam, still pushing the sport of wrestling, and helps organize most Oceania Championships and Oceania/African Olympic qualifiers. Brandon Escobar One thing that you have to give to Long Island's Brandon Escobar: The guy is a doer. Details and circumstances be damned, when he sets his mind toward doing something, he does it. He figures out a way. Wrestling out of the same small group of towns on the eastern third of Long Island that produced world-class wrestlers like Jesse Jantzen, Corey Jantzen and Kerry McCoy, Brandon managed a respectable three All-County and two All-State (third and fourth in 2007 and 2008 respectively) honors in the very tough wrestling state of New York. An uninspired foray into collegiate wrestling yielded little, but his passion for wrestling peaked after the 2009 UWW Junior Nationals where he became a double finalist (first in freestyle, second in Greco-Roman). This was a tournament packed full of eventual Division I All-Americans, national champs, world teamers, and even world champs. A subsequent run in with Henry Cejudo inspired Brandon further. He wanted to be an Olympian, but didn't have the pedigree to reasonably expect to take USA's No. 1 55-kilogram spot. And so it began, Escobar's quest to represent his parent's home nation of Honduras at the London Olympics. By way of earning a silver medal at the Olympic Qualifier held in Florida, the north shore L.I. resident made his Olympic team. He also made a world team in 2013 and has wrestled internationally ever since, taking 2015 off to start MMA. Despite working as head wrestling coach for the UFC Gym in Sunnyvale California, the world-level wrestler has struggled to find quality trainers. Never one to be deterred by circumstance, Escobar jumped head-first into the wild-west, amateur MMA scene, going 6-6 as he learned on the job, fighting nine times in 2015 alone. Escobar continues to position himself in the thick of the wrestling, MMA, and grappling circuits as coach and competitor, and has not ruled out another Olympic shot in 2020 or another fight in the cage.

Daton Fix wrestling at the 2019 World Championships (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) This is a special time for the sport of wrestling. The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan are right around the corner. And there are going to be some tremendous battles for the six men's freestyle spots on the United States Olympic team. Along with the number of proven veterans in the U.S., there are a number of college stars looking to earn trips to Japan next year. A large number of top American wrestlers are taking Olympic redshirts during the 2019-20 school year to focus full-time on their freestyle aspirations at the international level. Two NCAA All-Americans -- Michigan's Stevan Micic and Myles Amine -- have already qualified for the Olympic Games. Micic qualified for Serbia and Amine for San Marino after both wrestlers finished in the top six in their respective weight classes at the 2019 World Championships in Kazakhstan. Micic placed fifth at 57 kilograms and Amine was fifth at 86 kilograms. Feel free to agree or disagree, but here are my rankings for the Olympic redshirts most likely to make the 2020 U.S. team. Daton Fix, Oklahoma State What can you say about Fix? The guy has made U.S. world teams at every level, including 2019 when he landed a spot on the Senior world team in freestyle wrestling. Fix still has three years of college eligibility left, but his focus now is 100 percent on making the 2020 Olympic team. Fix fell short at the 2019 Senior World Championships, but he's not that far away. Fix continues to elevate his game and evolve as a wrestler. He will have his share of challengers at 57 kilograms, including 2017 world silver medalist Thomas Gilman, but he will definitely be in the mix to earn a trip to Tokyo. Yianni Diakomihalis before wrestling India's Bajrang Punia at Beat the Streets (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Yianni Diakomihalis, Cornell Yianni is another guy we expected to see on this stage. He won a pair of Cadet world titles before winning NCAA titles his first two years at Cornell. Now he takes an Olympic redshirt to try and make the U.S. squad at 65 kilograms. He nearly made the 2019 World Team before falling to Zain Retherford in the Final X championship series. Yianni is tremendously gifted in freestyle -- the style suits him perfectly with his athleticism and ability to score points in bunches. He's a guy who is not only capable of making the Olympic team -- he is good enough to challenge for a medal in Tokyo. Nick Suriano, Rutgers Suriano had a memorable 2019, storming to his first NCAA title for the Scarlet Knights after bumping up a weight class to 133. He beat Fix in the finals. Shortly after NCAAs, Suriano earned a big win in freestyle when he defeated returning world bronze medalist Joe Colon at the Beat the Streets event in New York City. Suriano will definitely contend to make the U.S. team at 57 kilograms. He's big for the weight class and he is capable of beating anybody he faces. Suriano and Fix could meet again this season, possibly with an Olympic berth on the line. Jaydin Eierman wrestling Frank Molinaro at the U.S. Open (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Jaydin Eierman, Missouri Eierman is an excellent young wrestler who nearly beat Yianni in the 2019 NCAA semifinals before falling by a point. Eierman is an accomplished freestyler who was No. 3 on the U.S. Senior National ladder at 65 kilograms in 2018. He just competed at the U23 World Championships, where he went 1-1 and placed eighth. He is a tough matchup for anyone that he faces. Eierman is a dynamic wrestler who can put points on the board. Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech Lewis was named Outstanding Wrestler at the 2019 NCAA Championships as a freshman after an incredible run through the strong 165-pound bracket. He knocked off No. 1 seed Alex Marinelli of Iowa before upsetting two-time defending champion Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State in the finals. Lewis hasn't wrestled much internationally, but he did win the 2018 Junior world title in freestyle. He is expected to jump into the loaded 74 kilograms bracket at the Senior level that is led by Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion Jordan Burroughs. Lewis is a gifted young wrestler with a huge upside. It will be interesting to see how he fares as he gains more freestyle experience in 2020. Vito Arujau placed fourth at the NCAAs before winning a silver at the Junior World Championships (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Vito Arujau, Cornell Arujau is another top young wrestler for Cornell who has excelled internationally at the age-group levels. He won a silver medal for the United States at the 2019 Junior World Championships at 57 kilograms. He placed fourth as a freshman in the loaded 125-pound bracket at the 2019 NCAAs. He was the No. 8 seed. Arujau won a Cadet world silver medal for the U.S. in 2016. He was also fourth at the 2019 U.S. Senior Open in freestyle. Max Dean, Cornell Dean is coming off a runner-up finish at the 2019 NCAA tournament where he knocked off No. 1 seed Myles Martin of Ohio State en route to the finals. He has continued to progress in his career and recently wrestled for the U.S. at the U23 World Championships in Budapest. Logan Massa, Michigan Massa is a three-time national qualifier for the Wolverines, finishing third nationally in 2017. He has an 85-19 record in college. He also has excelled in freestyle, winning a UWW Junior Nationals title during his career. He is one of four Michigan wrestlers taking an Olympic redshirt along with Micic, Amine and Kanen Storr. Craig Sesker has written about wrestling for more than three decades. He's covered three Olympic Games and is a two-time national wrestling writer of the year.

Kevin Lee knocked out Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 (Photo/sport.bt.com) Gregor Gillespie, 2007 NCAA champ and four-time All-American for Edinboro University, suffered the first loss of his nearly six-year pro MMA career with a first-round head-kick knockout at the hands -- or, actually, foot -- of fellow former college wrestler Kevin Lee at UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night. Here's how CBS Sports opened its report on the Gillespie-Lee lightweight (155-pound) bout: "Gregor Gillespie entered the Octagon to face Kevin Lee at UFC 244 as an undefeated prospect with a decorated background in amateur wrestling. Lee was a step up in competition for Gillespie, and the fight turned out to be a step too far for the New York native fighting in front of a hometown crowd at Madison Square Garden." MMAfighting.com set the stage for its account of the bout thusly: "Kevin Lee re-introduced himself to the lightweight division in a big way on Saturday night. "'The Motown Phenom' earned a potential knockout of the year after demolishing previously undefeated prospect Gregor Gillespie with a picture-perfect head kick at 2:47 into the opening round at UFC 244." "In a fight between two top grapplers, Lee and Gillespie seemed content to trade jabs on the feet through the first minute of the opening round," MMAfighting.com continued. "Lee had the reach advantage but he ate several stiff jabs from Gillespie that opened a cut on his fight during the one of the early exchanges. "Gillespie did try for one half-hearted takedown but he didn't utilize his wrestling outside of that lone attempt. Lee made him pay for that decision by constantly head hunting with power punches that eventually set up the fight-ending sequence. "After landing several overhand rights, Lee found a home for that punch one more time, which turned Gillespie around and set him up for the head kick that followed. "Lee's foot connected flush as Gillespie's jaw swung around before he dropped violently to the canvas as the referee rushed into stop the fight." The 32-year-old Gillespie is now 13-1 in a career going back to January 2014. Prior to the loss, the former Fighting Scot wrestler was 6-0 in the UFC with his five most recent fights ending via KO or submission. Lee, 27, improves to 18-5 overall in a seven-and-a-half year pro career launched after wrestling at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, overcoming losses in his last two most recent bouts prior to UFC 244. After the victory, Lee said, "I needed to make [a statement] tonight. My back was against the wall. I'm coming out here facing the most decorated wrestler in the division and I wanted to put on a show."

Gable Steveson gets his hand raised after placing third at the NCAAs (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine) Gable Steveson, University of Minnesota sophomore heavyweight, remains under suspension after being arrested last June, and has not practiced with the team nor participated in their first dual meet of the season. Steveson, who is currently ranked No. 2 at heavyweight by InterMat (behind Penn State's Anthony Cassar, 2019 NCAA heavyweight champ), did not wrestle for the Golden Gophers in the season-opening dual with Cal State Bakersfield at Maturi Pavilion on the Minnesota campus Friday night. The Gophers won the dual, 28-9; Minnesota senior Chase O'Connor, who wrestled at 285, lost to the Roadrunners' redshirt junior Jarrod Snyder, 4-1, OT. Steveson, who was a freshman last season, along with teammate Dylan Martinez, now a junior, remain on the roster but were suspended under the University of Minnesota's student-athlete code of conduct after their arrests on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, the Star-Tribune reported Thursday. The paper went on to report that Hennepin County's investigation remains active, despite having passed the county attorney's self-imposed 90-day deadline back in September. It is unclear whether Steveson and Martinez will face charges. "Nothing new to report," Hennepin County spokesman Chuck Laszewski wrote in an e-mail to the Star-Tribune Wednesday. As InterMat reported June 18, 2019, Steveson and Martinez had been arrested for allegedly sexually penetrating a victim with an object on Saturday, June 15, according to the Minneapolis police. The reported victim received treatment at the hospital. The St. Paul Police Department released a transcript of the 911 call that came to them Saturday. A male caller told police that his female friend "seems to be sexually assaulted and is not OK. She left with a couple guys and she is absolutely bawling her eyes out and doesn't know what happened ..." During the 2018-19 season, Gable Steveson compiled a 35-2 overall record for Minnesota as a freshman, and was 17-0 in dual-meet competition. He placed second at the 2019 Big Ten conference championships, then, two weeks later, earned All-American honors by placing third in the 285-pound bracket at the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Pittsburgh. For his first-year accomplishments, Gable Steveson was named the team's Most Outstanding Wrestler and Freshman of the Year, and earned Golden Goldy's Rookie of the Year honors. Prior to enrolling at Minnesota, Steveson was a four-time Minnesota high school state wrestling champion for Apple Valley High School.

KENT, Ohio -- In one day the Edinboro wrestling team eclipsed its win total from the 2018-19 season. Competing in the Kent State Duals to open the 2019-20 season, the Fighting Scots posted wins over Kent State (29-6), Mercyhurst North East (52-0), and Ashland (36-3) to sprint to a 3-0 start. Just as notable is the fact Edinboro won its first-ever Mid-American Conference dual with the victory over Kent State, an established member of the MAC. And for second-year head coach Matt Hill, the win came against the man he served under as an assistant coach for 11 years, KSU's Jim Andrassy. A year ago, Kent State defeated Edinboro 26-12. Edinboro got the day started by winning eight of ten bouts against Kent State. Most noteworthy was a battle between two of the top 174-pounders in the MAC. KSU's Andrew McNally came in ranked third in the MAC preseason poll, while Jacob Oliver of Edinboro was fourth. Both were NCAA qualifiers a year ago, with Mcnally making the trip at 184 lbs. Oliver would win by fall at 3:15. Another KSU national qualifier, Tim Rooney, came in ranked third in the preseason poll at 133 lbs. Tye Varndell would make his debut a memorable one, as the freshman from nearby Cambridge Springs High School captured a 7-5 upset of Rooney on the strength of three takedowns. Varndell was 3-0 on the day. Cody Mulligan and Jon Spaulding won by major decision at 184 lbs. and heavyweight, respectively. Mulligan, a redshirt freshman, made his much-anticipated debut after winning two PIAA state championships as a prepster at nearby Saegertown High School. He would go 3-0 on the day, with a fall and two major decisions. That included a 12-1 major decision over Aidan Pasiuk of Ashland, who was a Division II All-American a year ago at Wheeling and came in ranked fifth nationally. Spaulding, meanwhile, won all three of his bouts by major decision, including 12-2 over Tristen Weirich of Ashland. Weirich was a Division II All-American a year ago after finishing sixth and came in ranked third in Division II. Oddly enough, Ashland's lone win came at 174 lbs., where Oliver would suffer an 8-5 loss to Bret Romanzak. Romanzak was the 2018 Division II national champion at 165 lbs. and is ranked fifth in Division II. Lucas Rodriguez also went 3-0 at 125 lbs., as did Nate Hagan (141 lbs.), Tyler Vath (149 lbs.), and Derek Ciavarro (165 lbs.). Edinboro returns to the mat on Friday, November 8 hosting sixth-ranked Wisconsin. The match will take place at nearby Saegertown High School, where Boro starters Vath, Mulligan and Dylan Reynolds all competed. It is already sold out. EDINBORO 29, KENT STATE 6 125 lbs. - Lucas Rodriguez (EU) dec. Earl Blake (KSU), 3-0 (EU leads 3-0) 133 lbs. - Tye Varndell (EU) dec. Tim Rooney (KSU), 7-5 (EU leads 6-0) 141 lbs. - Nate Hagan (EU) dec. Cory Simpson (KSU), 5-2 (EU leads 9-0) 149 lbs. - Tyler Vath (EU) dec. Kody Komara (KSU), 8-7 (EU leads 12-0) 157 lbs. - Brady Chrisman (KSU) dec. Peter Pappas (EU), 6-5 (EU leads 12-3) 165 lbs. - Derek Ciavarro (EU) dec. Kade Byland (KSU), 5-3 (EU leads 15-3) 174 lbs. - Jacob Oliver (EU) fall over Andrew McNally (KSU), 3:15 (EU leads 21-3) 184 lbs. - Cody Mulligan (EU) maj. dec. Lane Hinkle (KSU), 12-3 (EU leads 25-3) 197 lbs. - Colin McCracken (KSU) dec. Dylan Reynolds (EU), 7-3 (EU leads 25-6) Hwt. - Jon Spaulding (EU) maj. dec. Spencer Berthhold (KSU), 12-1 (EU leads 29-6) EDINBORO 52, MERCYHURST NORTH EAST 0 125 lbs. - Lucas Rodriguez (EU) fall over Caiden Eastman (MNE), 0:40 (EU leads 6-0) 133 lbs. - Tye Varndell (EU) maj. dec. Dillon Schnars (MNE), 13-4 (EU leads 10-0) 141 lbs. - Nate Hagan (EU) fall over Isaaiah Smith (MNE), 2:40 (EU leads 16-0) 149 lbs. - Tyler Vath (EU) tech. fall Dylan Muscarella (MNE), 15-0, 5:08 (EU leads 21-0) 157 lbs. - Peter Pappas (EU) tech. fall Aaron Morris (MNE), 17-2 (EU leads 26-0) 165 lbs. - Derek Ciavarro (EU) tech. fall Spencer Head (MNE), 19-4 (EU leads 31-0) 174 lbs. - Cullen Wolford (EU) tech. fall Demitrius Smith (MNE), 19-1 (EU leads 36-0) 184 lbs. - Cody Mulligan (EU) fall over Matthew Hammond (MNE), 1:05 (EU leads 42-0) 197 lbs. - Koltyn Eason (EU) dec. Draven Douglas (MNE), 2:18 (EU leads 48-0) Hwt. - Jon Spaulding (EU) maj. dec. Jonathan Vargo (MNE), 20-7 (EU leads 52-0) EDINBORO 36, ASHLAND 3 125 lbs. - Lucas Rodriguez (EU) dec. Christian Wellman (AU), 5-2 (EU leads 3-0) 133 lbs. - Tye Varndell (EU) dec. Lawrence Dudgeon (AU), 10-6 (EU leads 6-0) 141 lbs. - Nate Hagan (EU) won by forfeit (EU leads 12-0) 149 lbs. - Tyler Vath (EU) dec. Carson Speelman (AU), 6-0 (EU leads 15-0) 157 lbs. - Peter Pappas (EU) fall over Nick Carbone (AU), 3:30 (EU leads 21-0) 165 lbs. - Derek Ciavarro (EU) dec. Christian Price (AU), 3-1 (EU leads 24-0) 174 lbs. - Bret Romanzak (AU) dec. Jacob Oliver (EU), 8-5 (EU leads 24-3) 184 lbs. - Cody Mulligan (EU) maj. dec. Aidan Pasiuk (AU), 12-1 (EU leads 28-3) 197 lbs. - Dylan Reynolds (EU) maj. dec. Peter Abraham (AU), 18-5 (EU leads 32-3) Hwt. - Jon Spaulding (EU) maj. dec. Tristan Weirich (AU), 12-2 (EU leads 36-3)

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Four Wyoming Cowboys, three in the Elite Division and one in the Amateur Division took home Cowboy Open titles Saturday as the Pokes opened the 2019-20 season with their home tournament. Link: Brackets Hayden Hastings at 174, Cale Davidson at 197 and Brian Andrews at heavyweight all won crowns in the Elite bracket. Stephen Buchanan was the champion at 197 on the Amateur side. Wyoming cruised along until the championship bouts as a total of nine Cowboys made it to the final match at various weight classes, with five Pokes taking second place, while four others finished third. "There were a few positive things today, although mostly not what we wanted to see," said Head Coach Mark Branch. "It's also not shocking, I think this team has gone through a couple of week of imbalance and trying to figure out the direction that they want to go and so you don't expect to have picture-perfect results, especially this early in the year. We have some things we need to clean up and fix, it will be a challenge for us to build from here and there's plenty to build on." Hastings was absolutely dominant on the day for UW, not surrendering at the open, on his way to three major decisions (10-0, 9-0 and 9-0) and a pin in the semifinals. Hastings won his bracket with a 9-0 victory over Northern Colorado's Billy Higgins. For Davidson, he had a workmanlike day, picking up four decisions at the open. Davidson concluded his tournament with a hard-fought, 7-5 decision over UNC's Jacob Seely. Andrews began his day with an 8-2 decision over Logan Church of Western State before edging out a 2-1 victory over Northern Colorado's Dalton Robertson. In the finals, Andrews outlasted Air Force's Kayne Hutchison, 5-0. Buchanan's first action as a Cowboy got off to a hot start as he went 4-0 on the day. Buchanan was able to take home his Amateur Division crown behind the strength of a 7-5 win over Tucker Tomlinson of Western Wyoming. "Today was one of those performances where you don't walk away completely satisfied, but we had some guys that did well. I saw some young guys that did well. I thought Hayden had a really good tournament. It was good to see Brian and Cale get victories, and they were hard-earned victories." Brendon Garcia at 125 pounds and Jacob Svihel at 133 took home second-place finishes on the Amateur side. On the Elite side, Montorie Bridges (133), Jaron Jensen (149) and Tate Samuelson (184) finished runner-up. Wyoming returns to action with its first dual of the season as the Cowboys travel to face Air Force at 7 p.m., Nov. 16 to open Big 12 action as well.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Five Ohio State wrestlers advanced to their respective weight class finals at the season-opening Michigan State Open and all five walked off the mat as champions. Carson Kharchla, Kollin Moore, Luke Pletcher, Kaleb Romero and Sammy Sasso each ignited their 2019-20 season with 5-0 records and hardware to bring back to campus. OPEN DIVISION BRACKETS FRESH/SOPH DIVISION BRACKETS While team scores weren't officially kept for this event, the five Ohio State titles paced the field by a long shot. Pittsburgh had two champions while the other three weight classes were split between Big Ten brethren Indiana, Michigan and Purdue. CARSON KHARCHLA (165 lbs) The true freshman from Powell, Ohio, impressed in his collegiate debut. After sending a Wolverine (Cameron Amine) into the consolation bracket with a 3-2 semifinals decision, Kharchla followed by blanking No. 21 Emil Soehnlen (Purdue), 6-0, in the finals bout. This marked his second triumph over a nationally-ranked opponent, blasting No. 20 Troy Keller (Buffalo) via 19-2 tech fall in the quarterfinals. KOLLIN MOORE (197 lbs) Moore, ranked No. 1 in the country, played the part well in his first four bouts, cruising to the finals on the strength of four consecutive bonus-point wins. He was then faced with a bit of adversity, trailing 3-1 to No. 16 Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) entering the finals' third frame. Moore would battle back, however, to force sudden victory and ultimately nab the match-winning takedown in the extra period. LUKE PLETCHER (141 lbs) A bump up to 141 pounds for his senior campaign did little to derail Pletcher's quest for the nation's top spot. His preseason ranking of No. 3 is certain to change next week after knocking off No. 1 Dom Demas (Oklahoma) in the MSU Open championship bout. The match spilled into a tiebreaker where Pletcher was able to escape on his turn in the referee's position before riding Demas for the complete 30 seconds and securing a 2-1 win. KALEB ROMERO (174 lbs) Romero bounced back from a wrestle-off defeat last week and arose victorious when it mattered most. He starts off his redshirt sophomore year at 5-0 with three straight wins over conference foes to conclude his title run. SAMMY SASSO (149 lbs) Whoa. That was impressive. No one could hang with Sasso for a complete 7-minute match as he accumulated three pins and two tech falls to end all bouts early. He faced Michigan's Kanen Storr in the finals, handing the Wolverine a 19-4 tech fall.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers wrestling picked up three dual victories over LIU (43-3), Centenary (38-6) and Pitt-Johnstown (22-9) to open the 2019-20 season on Saturday in front of 3,332 fans at the RAC. The Scarlet Knights won 25 out of 30 individuals bouts during their three dual matches, including 13 by bonus points. Brett Donner (165), Joseph Grello (174), Jordan Pagano (197) and Christian Colucci all recorded pins to highlight action for the Scarlet Knights. In a lineup that featured nine varsity debuts for RU, true freshman JoJo Aragona finished his day 3-0, including an impressive 6-2 decision over Nick Ealy of Pitt-Johnstown with more than 2:20 of riding time. True freshmen Sammy Alvarez (133) and Jackson Turley (165) also picked up their first career victories during the quad. Aragona, Billy Janzer (184) and Michael Van Brill (157) all went 3-0 on Saturday, while Colucci, Grello, Pagano and Malcolm Robinson (125) all won multiple matches on the day. "I'm happy with our effort today," said head coach Scott Goodale. "Forget how much youth we have. A lot of guys who don't have experience wrestling at the RAC in front of this environment got a chance to perform and I'm happy with that. We have a long way to go and a lot to work on." NOTEBALES • First Varsity Appearance (9): Malcolm Robinson (125), Sammy Alvarez (133), Zach Firestone (133), JoJo Aragona (141), Gerard Angelo (149), Jackson Turley (165), Billy Janzer (184), Kyle Lightner (197), Alex Esposito (HWT) • First Varsity Win (8): Malcolm Robinson (125), Sammy Alvarez (133), Zach Firestone (133), JoJo Aragona (141), Gerard Angelo (149), Jackson Turley (165), Billy Janzer (184), Alex Esposito (HWT) • Pins (4): Brett Donner (1), Joseph Grello (1), Jordan Pagano (), Christian Colucci (1) • Tech Falls (5): Michael Van Brill (2), Sammy Alvarez (1), Zach Firestone (1) Nick Santos (1) • Major Decisions (3): Alex Esposito (1), Billy Janzer (1), Jordan Pagano (1) • Win by Forfeit (1): Billy Janzer (1) MATCH 1: RUTGERS 43, LIU 3 125: Malcolm Robinson (RU) over James Ryan (LIU) by decision, 4-1; RU leads, 3-0 133: Sammy Alvarez (RU) over Michael Blando (LIU) by tech fall, 18-2; RU leads, 8-0 141: JoJo Aragona (RU) over Anthony Dushaj (LIU) by decision, 11-6; RU leads, 11-0 149: Nick Santos (RU) over Rhise Royster (LIU) by tech fall, 16-0; RU leads, 16-0 1:53 157: Michael Van Brill (RU) over Dominick Demarco (LIU) by tech fall, 18-2; Rutgers leads, 21-0 165: Brett Donner (RU) over Nicholas Provenzano (LIU) by fall (6:41); Rutgers leads, 27-0 174: Joseph Grello (RU) over James Langan (LIU) by fall (0:40); Rutgers leads, 33-0 184: Billy Janzer (RU) over Dan McClure (LIU) by major decision, 16-6; Rutgers leads, 37-0 197: Mark Malico (LIU) over Kyle Lightner (RU) by decision, 5-3; Rutgers leads, 37-3 HWT: Christian Colucci (RU) over Timothy Nagosky (LIU) by fall (2:21); Rutgers wins, 43-3 MATCH 2: RUTGERS 38, CENTENARY 6 125: Dylan Luciano (CENT) over Malcolm Robinson (RU) by fall (x:xx); CENT leads, 6-0 133: Zach Firestone (RU) over Jacy Jones (CENT) by tech fall, 19-4; CENT leads, 6-5 141: JoJo Aragona (RU) over Cameron Buffy (CENT) by decision, 7-1; RU leads, 8-6 149: Gerard Angelo (RU) over Ryan Anderson (CENT) by decision, 4-3 (TB4); RU leads, 11-6 157: Michael Van Brill (RU) over Stanley Wojoylak (CENT) by tech fall, 18-3; RU leads, 16-6 165: Jackson Turley (RU) over Jeremy Numberger (CENT) by decision, 9-3; RU leads, 19-6 174: Anthony Olivieri (RU) over Haakon Matthewson (CENT) by decision, 8-3; RU leads, 22-6 184: Billy Janzer (RU) by forfeit; RU leads, 28-6 197: Jordan Pagano (RU) over Justin Hopman (CENT) by fall (1:17); RU leads, 34-6 HWT: Alex Esposito (RU) over Jase Crouse (CENT) by major decision, 14-4; RU wins, 38-6 MATCH 3: RUTGERS 22, PITT-JOHNSTOWN 9 125: Malcolm Robinson (RU) over Brendan Howard (PJU) by decision, 3-1 (SV1); RU leads, 3-0 133: Tyler Warner (PJU) over Sammy Alvarez (RU) by decision, 9-4; RU-PJU tied, 3-3 141: JoJo Aragona (RU) over Jacob Ealy (PJU) by decision, 6-2; RU leads, 6-3 149: Chris Eddins (PJU) over Nick Santos (RU) by decision, 5-0; RU-PJU tied, 6-6 157: Michael Van Brill (RU) over Nathan Smith (PJU) by decision, 9-3; RU leads, 9-6 165: Devin Austin (PJU) over Brett Donner (RU) by decision, 4-3; RU-PJU tied, 9-9 174: Joseph Grello (RU) over Brock Biddle (PJU) by decision, 9-6; RU leads, 12-9 184: Billy Janzer (RU) over Connor Craig (PJU) by decision, 5-0; RU leads, 15-9 197: Jordan Pagano (RU) over Mike Guyer (PJU) by major decision, 11-1; RU leads, 19-9 HWT: Christian Colucci (RU) over Allan Beattie (PJU) by decision, 4-0; RU wins, 22-9 UP NEXT Rutgers will send six attached wrestlers to the Princeton Open on Sunday. RU's next varsity competition will be on Friday, Nov. 15 when the Scarlet Knights face Fresno State in Fresno, California.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The No. 24 Virginia wrestling team (2-0) opened the season with a pair of strong performances on Saturday (Nov. 2), powering to wins in dual matches with Southern Virginia (0-2) and Maryland (1-1) at the Cavalier Duals. Virginia opened the day with a 50-3 victory over Southern Virginia before closing the day with a 34-6 victory over Maryland. “It's always great to start our season off wrestling at home in front of our fans at Mem Gym,” said Virginia head coach Steve Garland. “Overall it was a really good day. We talk about process goals a lot and measuring ourselves by how we progress toward our ultimate goals. We took some big steps forward and look better today than we did just two weeks ago. We preach a lot about approach, our mentality and the way we want to compete, and we saw a lot of that translate on the mat today.” In its first dual of the day, Virginia got bonus-point victories at nine weight classes on the way to the victory over the Knights. It included four wins by fall, four tech falls and a forfeit. The Knights got the one victory of the dual in the final bout of the day by decision to get on the board. In the day's second match, the Cavaliers again powered to the victory with pins from second-ranked Jack Mueller (Dallas, Texas) at 125 pounds, ninth-ranked Jay Aiello (Chantilly, Va.) at 197 pounds and Quinn Miller (Lilburn, Ga.) at heavyweight. Louie Hayes (Orland Park, Ill.) added a major decision at 133 pounds for the fourth bonus-point win of the dual. Mueller started things with a strong performance, notching a first-period pin to set the tone for the match. It was followed by the major decision from Hayes to give the Cavaliers the 10-0 lead in the dual score. Virginia then ground out wins in four of the next five weight classes with hard-fought decisions coming from Brian Courtney (Sayre, Pa.) at 141 pounds, Justin McCoy (New Paris, Pa.) at 157 pounds, Cam Coy (Jeannette, Pa.) at 165 pounds and Victor Marcelli (Massillon, Ohio) at 174 pounds. Each wrestler won their bout by two points or fewer. Courtney claimed his 2-0 victory with a second-period reversal, while McCoy defended a one-point lead down the stretch for his 7-6 decision. Coy used a late escape and riding time to take the 6-4 decision, while Marcelli used a third-period reversal and almost two minutes of riding time to take a 3-1 decision. Virginia then closed out the dual with back-to-back pins from Aiello and Miller. No. 24 Virginia 50, Southern Virginia 3 125: Patrick McCormick (UVA) by forfeit -- UVA 6, SVa 0 133: Louie Hayes (UVA) tech fall Aaron Freidhof (SVa), 17-2 (4:36) -- UVA 11, SVa 0 141: Brian Courtney (UVA) pinned Aldair Moran, 0:29 -- UVA 17, SVa 0 149: Denton Spencer (UVA) pinned Nicolas Korhonen, 0:35 -- UVA 23, SVa 0 157: Justin McCoy (UVA) pinned Matthew Rosson, 1:39 -- UVA 29, SVa 0 165: Cam Coy (UVA) pinned Morgan Petersen, 2:53 -- UVA 35, SVa 0 174: Vic Marcelli (UVA) tech fall Keaton Gomez, 16-1 (4:52) -- UVA 40, SVa 0 184: Michael Battista (UVA) tech fall Matthew Rohrdanz, 24-7 (6:28) -- UVA 45, SVa 0 197: No. 9 Jay Aiello (UVA) tech fall Matt Speelman, 18-0 (3:00) -- UVA 50, SVa 0 HWT: Alex Brunner dec. Robert Scherer (UVA), 4-2 -- UVA 50, SVa 3 No. 24 Virginia 34, Maryland 6 125: No. 2 Jack Mueller (UVA) pinned Jarod Kosman, 2:30 -- UVA 6, UMD 0 133: Louie Hayes (UVA) major dec. King Sandoval, 10-2 -- UVA 10, UMD 0 141: Brian Courtney (UVA) dec. Hunter Baxter, 2-0 -- UVA 13, UMD 0 149: Michael Doetsch dec. Denton Spencer (UVA), 4-2 (TB-1) -- UVA 13, UMD 3 157: Justin McCoy (UVA) dec. Jahi Jones, 7-6 -- UVA 16, UMD 3 165: Cam Coy (UVA) dec. Kyle Cochran, 6-4 -- UVA 19, UMD 3 174: Vic Marcelli (UVA) dec. Josh Ugalde, 3-1 -- UVA 22, UMD 3 184: Kyle Jasenski dec. Tyler Love (UVA), 6-4 (sv-1) -- UVA 22, UMD 6 197: No. 9 Jay Aiello (UVA) pinned Nika Capello, 4:12 -- UVA 28, UMD 6 HWT: Quinn Miller (UVA) pinned Parker Robinson, 2:29 -- UVA 34, UMD 6

B.C. LaPrade topped Jarrett Jacques in overtime (Photo/Virginia Tech Athletics) BLACKSBURG -- No. 16 Virginia Tech wrestling opened the 2019-20 season with a convincing 29-10 victory over ninth-ranked Missouri as the Hokies won the final four matches to earn the win on Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum. Mitch Moore capped off the thrilling victory with a fall in 26 seconds that ended the match and give Tech its first win ever over the Tigers. MATCH HIGHLIGHTS B.C. LaPrade tied the team score at 3-3 with a 3-1 sudden victory over Jarrett Jacques in a top 20 showdown at 157 pounds. LaPrade battled out of a possible takedown in the third period (ruled out-of-bounds), then earned the win with his own takedown with seven seconds left in the first overtime period. At 165, David McFadden put Tech up in the team scoring 7-3 with a major decision over Peyton Mocco. It was McFadden's 87th win as a Hokie and the 19th by major decision. In another top 15 match at 184, Hunter Bolen returned to the mat after a redshirt season and defeated Dylan Wisman. Bolen used two takedowns in the first and a reversal in the third to take a four-point lead with almost two minutes of riding time. However, Wisman tied it up at 9-9 before the final horn, but Bolen won with 1:22 of riding time to put Tech back up 10-7. John Borst earned a bonus point for Tech with a major decision over Rodrigo Diaz at 285. Leading 5-2 in the third, Borst used two takedowns, a stall point and riding time to get the major decision. At 125, Joey Prata gave Tech a 17-10 lead with a 2-0 victory over Dack Punke. Prata escaped from Punke in the second and rode him the entire third round to get the win. Mitch Moore pinned Alex Butler, but it was not his fastest fall in his Tech career - 19 seconds against Princeton's Josh Breeding. Results: 149: Brock Mauller (MU) dec. Brent Moore (VT), 6-0 157: B.C. LaPrade (VT) dec. Jarrett Jacques (MU), 3-1 (SV-1) 165: David McFadden (VT) major dec. Peyton Mocco (MU), 15-4 174: Connor Flynn (MU) major dec. Cody Hughes (VT), 12-1 184: Hunter Bolen (VT) dec. Dylan Wisman (MU), 10-9 197: Wyatt Koelling (MU) dec. Stanley Smeltzer (VT), 8-1 285: John Borst (VT) major dec. Rodrigo Diaz (MU), 11-3 125: Joey Prata (VT) dec. Dack Punke (MU), 2-0 133: Collin Gerardi (VT) forfeit 141: Mitch Moore (VT) fall Alex Butler (MU), :26 UP NEXT The Hokies will take part in the Southeast Open Sunday in Roanoke before getting back to dual action next Sunday against Northwestern. The Nov. 10 "Mat on the Mound" is set to take place at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park at 1 p.m.

Angy-Mike Mossengo A GoFundMe page has been established for a 15-year-old Pennsylvania wrestler who needs a heart transplant. Angy-Mike Mossengo, a wrestler at Red Lion school in York, Pa., had been active in the sport until this past August, when he started to feel exhausted and weak. Even climbing a set of stairs made him tired. On August 22, 2019, Angy-Mike was so weak, he could not walk home from the bus stop. He began to throw up blood. His parents rushed him to York WellSpan Hospital, where, according to the GoFundMe page, a chest X-ray showed a grossly abnormal heart enlargement and lot of fluids in his lungs. The young wrestler was then transferred to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where Angy-Mike and his parents got the shocking news: he was suffering almost complete heart failure. Even after emergency open-heart surgery to install a temporary left ventricular-assisted device (LVAD), the Mossengo family learned that the long-term solution is a heart transplant. Right now, Angy-Mike Mossengo resides at the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia, awaiting that heart transplant ... while his parents, who have given up their full-time jobs, provide constant care for him. A heart transplant is a truly live-saving procedure ... and is incredibly expensive. There are costs that go beyond the actual expense of the surgery; there are also rehabilitation and anti-rejection medications that Angy-Mike will have to take for the rest of his life. Not to mention travel and other basic living expenses. In fact, according to the National Foundation for Transplants, the average cost of a heart transplant and the associated first-year expenses is $1 million. "Despite all these challenges, Angy-Mike Mossengo remains upbeat and continues to have faith that Jesus Christ will provide him with a new heart," according to the GoFundMe page established for the wrestler. "His favorite Bible verse is Psalms 118, verse 4: 'The Lord is my strength and my defense, He has become my salvation.'" Mike Catullo, Red Lion's wrestling coach, told InterMat, "Angy-Mike is one of the hardest-working kids in our wrestling program with one of the biggest hearts of anyone I've ever coached and now this champion needs the heart of a champion because his heart is failing him."

Greg Kerkvliet wrestling Jordan Wood in the finals of the U23 Nationals (Photo/Sam Janicki, SJanickiPhoto.com) Greg Kerkvliet, InterMat's No. 1 Class of 2019 recruit in the nation who had committed to wrestle as heavyweight at Ohio State, apparently has entered the transfer portal with plans to switch to another school, according to multiple media reports. The Ohio State unofficial fan site Eleven Warriors reported Friday that sources inside the Buckeye wrestling program confirmed that Kerkvliet had entered the transfer portal. An Ohio State spokesperson stated that the Minnesota native "is no longer on the roster." Tom Ryan, Ohio State head wrestling coach, told Eleven Warriors, "We wish him the best." A true freshman, Kerkvliet had yet to wrestle a single match for the Buckeyes. Earlier this year, Kerkvliet had indicated he would take a redshirt this season. However, in a radio interview this summer, Kerkvliet said he planned to participate in Ohio State's wrestle-offs this past week to challenge Chase Singletary, the team's starter at 285 pounds. However, both Buckeye big men were in Budapest, Hungary to participate in the U23 Freestyle World Championships, where Kerkvliet eventually placed fifth at 125 kilograms/275 pounds. Two independent media outlets which cover Ohio State sports noted Kerkvliet's apparent departure from the Buckeye mat program came on the heels of what many would consider to be a disappointing result at the U23 Championships ... and just weeks after Kyle Snyder, three-time NCAA heavyweight champ and Olympic gold medalist, had announced his decision to leave the Ohio Regional Training Center for the Penn State-affiliated Nittany Lion Wrestling Club to continue his freestyle training. In reporting on Kerkvliet apparent decision to leave Ohio State, Eleven Warriors wrote, "It's been a tough fall for Ohio State when it comes to keeping its heavyweights happy," following up with this statement: "With Snyder no longer in the fold, Kerkvliet appears to be reevaluating his options and considering where he might best prepare for a freestyle future." Buckeyes Wire, another independent Ohio State sports website which is affiliated with USA Today, weighed in with a similar sentiment, saying, "The Ohio State wrestling team may have lost a big piece of its future." Kerkvliet's journey to choose a college program included a number of twists and turns. The four-time Minnesota state champ for Simley High School had originally indicated a desire to wrestle at nearby University of Minnesota ... then had said that Oklahoma State would be his collegiate home, before committing to Ohio State.

Wisconsin celebrates after beating Navy to earn the Dual for Valor trophy (Photo/Wisconsin Athletics) SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The Badger wrestling team improves to a perfect 3-0 after a dual against Navy. Wisconsin took the 24-12 victory to earn the Dual for Valor trophy. Tyler Dow came up huge for Wisconsin. The typical 174-pounder moved up a weight class to 184 for Wisconsin. Dow was tough against his bigger opponent and didn't shy away from the challenge. He snagged a 3-1 decision over Navy's Andrew Buckley. At 165 pounds, No. 3 Evan Wick took down No. 15 Tanner Skidgel with a major decision 10-2. Suffering a quick takedown, Wick came back with 10 unanswered points to win it. Wick, in his homecoming meet, remains undefeated boasting a perfect 3-0 record, including a technical fall. In the 133-pound match, No. 1 Seth Gross faced off against No. 22 Casey Cobb. Seth continued his dominant day for Wisconsin and claimed a major decision of 11-2. This was Seth's first victory of a ranked opponent and he remains 3-0 on the season. At 157, Garrett Model got his first win of the season in an exciting fashion. Model topped Scout Skidgel 10-7, recording a tight decision. Model, a Stoughton native, sprung back in a victorious fashion. In the heavyweight bout, Trent Hillger hung on to remain undefeated on the season. He took the match from John Birchmeier with a 1-0 decision. From the Mat "I'm proud of our guys. It was a big time atmosphere tonight and I told them big time wrestlers show up in big time matches. It was our best match of the day. I am excited to see how much we can improve as the year goes on. Hats off to our fans who traveled to San Diego, they really made a difference." - Head Coach, Chris Bono "Let's do this! Anytime I get a chance to put he 'W' on my chest and wrestle, I'm going to do it, it doesn't matter what weight it is. I knew the kid was going to be bigger and stronger than me because I moved up a weight class. Just knowing that, I had to be clean on all of my techniques and wrestle through each position. I'm just thankful to be a part of this team." - Redshirt freshman, Tyler Dow "It was awesome! I wanted to come out here and have a good performance, I'm from California and had a lot of people coming out here so I really wanted to put on a show. I had a couple of great matches and I absolutely enjoyed wrestling on the Midway. Being down by two, you really have to put that adversity behind you and focus on scoring the next point. It's very difficult when you are worried about what's already happened. You have to keep your mind focused on the next points and make sure you break that guy." - Redshirt junior, Evan Wick Results: 125 Logan Treaster (NAVY) over Michael Cullen (UW) by dec. 1-0 133 No. 1 Seth Gross (UW) over No. 22 Casey Cobb (NAVY) by maj. dec. 11-2 141 No. 11 Tristan Moran (UW) over Cody Trybus (NAVY) by dec. 5-3 149 No. 11 Cole Martin (UW) over Morgan Fuenffinger (NAVY) by maj. dec. 14-3 157 Garrett Model (UW) over Scout Skidgel (NAVY) by dec. 10-7 165 No. 3 Evan Wick (UW) over No. 15 Tanner Skidgel (NAVY) by maj. dec. 10-2 174 No. 17 Spencer Carey (NAVY) over Anders Lantz (UW) by fall 3:26 184 Tyler Dow (UW) over Andrew Buckley (NAVY) by dec. 3-1 197 Jacob Koser (NAVY) over Taylor Watkins (UW) by dec. 4-1 Hwt No. 6 Trent Hillger (UW) over John Birchmeier (NAVY) by dec. 1-0 Up Next: Wisconsin travels to Buffalo on Thursday, Nov. 7 to face off in a dual at 6p.m. The Badgers will be competing at Edinboro on Friday, Nov. 8. This meet will be broadcast live on FloWrestling at 6p.m.

QUICK HITS Cleveland State won a pair of duals as it hosted the season-opening Cleveland Clash The Vikings knocked off John Carroll (27-14) and Case Western Reserve (51-(-1)) Chase Archangelo, Justin Patrick and Ben Smith all went 2-0 on the day The Vikings tallied seven pins in the two duals and 13 bonus-point wins A total of 16 Vikings competed in at least one bout Friday The event featured action on two mats in a continuous, tri-dual format MATCH RECAP The Cleveland State University wrestling team picked up a pair of victories Friday night as it opened its season by hosting the Cleveland Clash, a continuous tri-dual featuring a pair of local foes. CSU took down John Carroll, 27-14, and surged past Case Western Reserve, 51-(-1). The Vikings totaled seven pins across the two duals and 13 bonus-point victories. Redshirt sophomore Chase Archangelo, redshirt senior Justin Patrick and sophomore Ben Smith all went 2-0 on the evening with a pair of bonus-point wins. Archangelo, competing in a collegiate dual for the first time, claimed a 22-8 major decision against his Blue Streaks foe and then notched a first-period pin against the Spartans. He was competing at 174 pounds for the first time as a collegian. Patrick left no doubt in his Viking debut after transferring in from Buffalo during the offseason. He won via a first-period pin against the Spartans in his first bout as a Viking before posting a 20-5 technical fall against the Blue Streaks. Smith, who posted 18 wins as a true freshman last season, got off to a 2-0 start with a 19-4 technical fall against CWRU and a 12-2 major decision against JCU. Redshirt sophomore Jacob Adams notched his first win in a Viking singlet Friday with a major decision win against the Spartans at 184 pounds. Classmate Cody Moosman picked up his first pin in a CSU singlet, which came against CWRU at 125 pounds. Four other Vikings posted pins in Friday's action: redshirt sophomore John Kelbly and senior Collin Kelly, both at heavyweight, along with redshirt junior Nico O'Dor (157 pounds) and redshirt senior Grant Turnmire (149 pounds). Redshirt sophomore Brady Barnett posted a technical fall win at 157 pounds while redshirt juniors Ryan Ford (165), Cameron Lathem (125) and Mike Santillo (141) each picked up a win Friday. Redshirt freshman Riley Smucker made his CSU debut against the Blue Streaks after transferring in during the offseason. Cleveland State will open a stretch of three straight bracket events by competing in the Clarion Open this Sunday, Nov. 3. Cleveland State 27, John Carroll 14 125: Cameron Lathem (CSU) over Andrew Perelka (JCU) - 3-2 dec. 149: Patrick McGraw (JCU) over Sam Matzek (CSU) – 6-4 dec. 174: Chase Archangelo (CSU) over Vittorio Santillo (JCU) - 22-8 MD 285: John Kelbly (CSU) over Josh Stasek (JCU) – Fall 3:26 141: Jarrod Brezovec (JCU) over Mike Santillo (CSU) - 16-1 TF 7:00 165: Luke Reicosky (JCU) over Riley Smucker (CSU) – 11-7 dec. 197: Ben Smith (CSU) over Christian Hipsher (JCU) - 12-2 MD 133: Justin Patrick (CSU) over Dominic Devine (JCU) 20-5 TF 157: Brady Barnett (CSU) over Shane Ging (JCU) - 16-1 TF 4:06 184: Aidan Whitis (JCU) over Dimitri Williams (CSU) 9-5 dec. Cleveland State 51, Case Western Reserve (-1) 141: Mike Santillo (CSU) over Alec Hoover (CWRU) - 4-3 dec. 165: Ryan Ford (CSU) over Isaac Collier (CWRU) – 6-4 SV 1 team point deducted from CWRU during 165-pound bout for control of mat area violation 197: Ben Smith (CSU) over Brian Kent (CWRU) - 19-4 TF 6:16 133: Justin Patrick (CSU) over Duncan Clayton (CWRU) – Fall 2:21 157: Nico O'Dor (CSU) over Thomas Gallagher (CWRU) - Fall 4:10 184: Jacob Adams (CSU) over Stephen Andryc (CWRU) – 12-3 MD 125: Cody Moosman (CSU) over Adam Kates (CWRU) - Fall 2:10 149: Grant Turnmire (CSU) over Brandon Barton (CWRU) – Fall 0:26 174: Chase Archangelo (CSU) over Trevor Chippas (CWRU) - Fall 1:57 285: Collin Kelly (CSU) over Grant Robinson (CWRU) – Fall 5:28 John Carroll 35, Case Western Reserve 10 133: Jacob Frisch (CWRU) over Dominic Devine (JCU) – 19-7 MD 157: Daniel Novak (JCU) over Jack Chipps (CWRU) - 18-0 TF 4:45 184: Aidan Whitis (JCU) over Stephen Andryc (CWRU) – Fall 0:14 125: Andrew Perelka (JCU) over Adam Kates (CWRU) - 16-3 MD 149: Andrew Hoover (CWRU) over Ian McKenna (JCU) – 3-1 dec. 174: Stefan Farian (JCU) over Kyle Roberts (CWRU) - 19-4 TF 6:24 285: Josh Stasek (JCU) over Grant Robinson (CWRU) – Fall 2:17 141: Jeff Brichford (JCU) over Alec Hoover (CWRU) - 5-3 dec. 165: Isaac Collier (CWRU) over Sam Gross (JCU) – 6-2 dec. 197: Christian Hipsher (JCU) over Joey Shulik (CWRU) - Fall 2:15

No. 10 Brayton Lee edged No. 18 Russell Rohlfing, 8-7, at 149 pounds (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine) MINNEAPOLIS -- The Gopher wrestling program earned a 28-9 season opening victory over CSU Bakersfield on Friday night in Maturi Pavilion. The Gophers won seven of the first ten individual bouts while five Minnesota natives (Patrick McKee, Mitch McKee, Carson Brolsma, Bailee O'Reilly, and Owen Webster) earned victories and three underclassmen (Patrick McKee, Brayton Lee, and Bailee O'Reilly) earned their first dual victories. At 125-pounds Pat McKee opened the Gophers' season up in exciting fashion with a pin only 54 seconds into the first bout of the 2019-20 season. "I've been coming to Gopher duals since I was eight or nine years old just watching the greats wrestle before me," Pat said. "So it was kinda cool that now it's my turn to run out there. As a fan I always used to watch and think so much about it. Now as a wrestler I just try to simplify it as best I can." The Gophers added to the lead when Pat's older brother, Mitch, worked towards a 15-5 major decision at 141-pounds. The 2019 All-American earned three takedowns in the first period and never looked back on his way to four team points. Redshirt freshman Brayton Lee opened up his Gophers career with an 8-7 decision over No.18 Russell Rohlfing, the Roadrunners' highest ranked wrestler. At 157-pounds Carson Brolsma sent the Gophers into intermission with a victory. Brolsma and Gerl were tied at one apiece after regulation but Brolsma got the key takedown in the first sudden victory period. Coming out of intermission both 165-pound Bailee O'Reilly ad 174-pound Devin Skatzka earned victories. O'Reilly grinded out 6-5 victory before Skatzka ran away with an 18-0 technical fall. In his best offensive performance as a Gopher grappler, 184-pound Owen Webster scored over five takedowns en route to a 16-3 major decision. The Gophers' only losses of the dual came from 133-pound Brent Jones, 197-pound Garrett Joles, and heavyweight Chase O'Connor. All three lost by only one score. Results: 125: Patrick Mckee (MINN) over Alex Hernandez-Figueroa (CSUB) (Fall 0:57) 133: Chance Rich (CSUB) over Brent Jones (MINN) (Dec 7-4) 141: Mitch McKee (MINN) over Angelo Martinoni (CSUB) (MD 14-5) 149: Brayton Lee (MINN) over Russell Rohlfing (CSUB) (Dec 8-7) 157: Carson Brolsma (MINN) over Wyatt Gerl (CSUB) (3-1, OT) 165: Bailee O`Reilly (MINN) over Jacob Thalin (CSUB) (Dec 6-5) 174: Devin Skatzka (MINN) over Josh Annis (CSUB) (TF 19-0 4:01) 184: Owen Webster (MINN) over Josh Loomer (CSUB) (MD 16-3) 197: Dominic Ducharme (CSUB) over Garrett Joles (MINN) (Dec 6-4) 285: Jarrod Snyder (CSUB) over Chase O`Connor (MINN) (4-1, OT)

UTC and SIUE battled at Miller Park in Chattanooga (Photo/Dale Rutemeyer, Chattanooga Athletics) The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team scored a 29-14 win over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in the season opener for both teams today. The Mocs and Cougars competed outside at Miller Park in Downtown Chattanooga on a Sunny and brisk afternoon in the Scenic City. "It was a great first match against an opponent that we know pretty well," stated UTC head coach Kyle Ruschell. "They are a team that was in the SoCon two years ago, so getting them back down here was a great first event." "Being outside was different for our guys and they all appreciated it. It got a little chilly, but we practice all year that it doesn't matter what the atmosphere looks like, you just control what you can control. They did that for the most part." UTC opened with three-straight wins, including bonus points in the first two, to build a 12-0 lead. Junior Fabian Gutierrez got things started with a 13-2 major decision over Gage Datlovsky at 125. Datlovsky struck first with an early takedown, but Gutierrez controlled the action the rest of the way. Sophomore Franco Valdes was strong in his start at 133. He scored a second period technical fall (24-6 - 3:23) over Aaron Schulist. "Franco Valdes looked great," added Ruschell. "When he is offensive and has his mojo going, he is really good on his feet." Senior Chris Debien followed up the early run with a 4-2 decision over Saul Ervin at 141. Debien is the defending SoCon champion at that weight and is No. 20 in the national rankings this week. "We had a couple of great wins off the bat," said Ruschell. "Guys got their first wins of the year and got the ball rolling right away. We still have work to do. We have a lot of little positions, especially on bottom, that we can get better at." SIUE closed the gap with a pin at 149 and a win at 157. Leading 12-9 took the next four to seal the dual victory. Sophomores Drew Nicholson and Hunter Fortner had decision at 165 and 174, respectfully. Sophomore Matthew Waddell, a transfer from Oklahoma, scored a first-period pin in his UTC debut. "Matthew Waddell coming out here, transferring in and making a statement right away with the lefty headlock, that is big for our team to see him compete that way," said Ruschell. Senior Rodney Jones closed out the Mocs wins with a tech fall (18-2 - 6:30) at 197. His opponent was cut on the bridge of the nose early and was battling blood=stoppages throughout the match. "Rodney kept his composure," explained Ruschell. "He was on a 30-second sprint a couple of times where his opponent's nose was bleeding and he kept on getting out there and scoring. "Being a senior and a guy who has made it to nationals, he wants to get on the podium this year and that is what he is going to have to do all year." Up next for the Mocs is a road trip to the Southeast Open in Roanoke, Va. Action takes place on Sunday, Nov. 3, and can be followed with scoring and video on FloWrestling. The next home match is a tri-dual on Sunday, Nov. 10 with Illinois and Army. The visiting teams get the action started at 10:00 a.m. (E.S.D.), with the Mocs taking on Army at Noon and Illinois at 2:00 p.m. Season tickets and Southern Scuffle tickets are both on sale now on GoMocs.com. Results: 125: Fabian Gutierrez (UTC) over Gage Datlovsky (SIUE) (MD 13-2) - UTC 4-0 133: Franco Valdes (UTC) over Aaron Schulist (SIUE) (TF 24-6 3:23) - UTC 9-0 141: No. 20 Chris DeBien (UTC) over Saul Ervin (SIUE) (Dec 4-2) - UTC 12-0 149: Max Kristoff (SIUE) over Mason Wallace (UTC) (Fall 0:01) - UTC 12-6 157: Justin Ruffin (SIUE) over George Carpenter (UTC) (Dec 7-2) - UTC - 12-9 165: Drew Nicholson (UTC) over Chase Deihl (SIUE) (Dec 8-2) - UTC 15-9 174: Hunter Fortner (UTC) over Kevin Gschwendtner (SIUE) (Dec 3-1) - UTC 18-9 184: Matthew Waddell (UTC) over Ryan Yarnell (SIUE) (Fall 1:31) - UTC 24-9 197: Rodney Jones (UTC) over Austin Andres (SIUE) (TF 18-2 6:30) - UTC 29-9 285: No. 17 Colton McKiernan (SIUE) over Grayson Walthall (UTC) (TF 16-0 4:18) - UTC 29-14