InterMat Staff

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Sweep! The University of Pennsylvania wrestling team won all three of its duals at the Hofstra Duals on Sunday, improving to 3-1 this season and 1-0 in EIWA competition. The closes dual of the day was the opener as Penn needed all 10 bouts to defeat a feisty Campbell team. After that, the Red and Blue cruised to wins in their next two matches -- scoring 30+ points in each dual. Khamari Whimper (3-0), Joe Oliva (2-0), Joe Heyob (2-0), Frank Mattiace (2-0) and Jake Lizak (2-0) all went undefeated for the Quakers over the course of the day. How It Happened vs. Campbell Roger Reina's first dual meet win since 2005 was in the balance until the final bout against the Camels. Sophomore Jake Lizak secured a 6-5 decision at 141 pounds in his first collegiate dual meet to give the Quakers the three points needed to overcome a late deficit and finalize the 16-15 win. Lizak scored first in his bout and led, 2-1, after one period. In the second, Lizak added a second takedown but found himself down by one point entering the final frame after Luke Stewart scored off a scramble in the final five seconds of the middle period. Lizak chose down for the third period and worked a reversal with 35 second to go and rode out to secure the 6-5 win and Roger Reina's 206th career dual meet victory. Lizak's win ended a run of three Campbell victories which had turned a 13-6 Penn lead into a 15-13 deficit. Khamari Whimper had started a stretch of three consecutive Penn wins with a 13-9 win at 174 pounds. Whimper had three takedowns in the first period and added a reversal in the second for an 8-4 lead after two. Andrew Morgan mounted a bit of a comeback in the third period, but Whimper tacked on two more takedowns in the final minute for his first career dual meet win. Penn's two ranked wresters followed with wins to extend Penn's lead. No. 17 Joe Heyob downed Luke Funck, 5-1, at 184 before No. 12 Frank Mattiace scored the only bonus points of the dual meet with an 11-2 major decision -- providing the one point of difference between the two teams. The Quakers allowed the Camels to hang around in the match, conceding early leads in a few bouts. At 157, Jon Errico led Austin Kraisser, 4-2, after one period but allowed a reversal and two takedowns in the second period en route to a 10-7 loss. At 133, Gianni Ghione put together a takedown and two nearfall in the first period against Nathan Boston for a 6-5 lead but a reversal in the second gave Boston a 7-6 lead which Ghione could not flip in the third. Penn defeats Campbell, 16-15 149: Joe Oliva (Penn) DEC Benjamin Barton (Campbell), 9-3 Penn leads, 3-0 157: Austin Kraisser (Campbell) DEC Jon Errico (Penn), 10-7 Match tied, 3-3 165: Quentin Perez (Campbell) DEC Joe Velliquette (Penn), 11-6 Campbell leads, 6-3 174: Khamari Whimper (Penn) DEC Andrew Morgan (Campbell), 13-9 Match tied, 6-6 184: No. 17 Joe Heyob (Penn) DEC Luke Funck (Campbell), 5-1 Penn leads, 9-6 197: No. 12 Frank Mattiace (Penn) MD Austin McNeil (Campbell), 11-2 Penn leads, 13-6 285: No. 20 Jere Heino (Campbell) DEC Patrik Garren (Penn), 3-1 Penn leads, 13-9 125: Korbin Meink (Campbell) DEC Daniel Planta (Penn), 8-2 Penn leads, 13-12 133: Nathan Boston (Campbell) DEC Gianni Ghione (Penn), 7-6 Campbell leads, 15-13 141: Jake Lizak (Penn) DEC Luke Stewart (Campbell), 6-5 Penn leads, 16-15 How It Happened vs. The Citadel The Quakers won seven total bouts in the dual meet -- six coming with bonus points -- to storm away from the Bulldogs, 35-10. After dropping the first bout at 149, the Quakers won four in a row to take a 17-3 lead. Jon Errico picked up his first career dual meet win with a 4-2 decision at 157 before Joe Velliquette picked up a pin at 165 to give Penn a 9-3 lead. Khamari Whimper and Brian Krasowski (also his first career dual meet win) would follow with major decisions and Penn found itself with a 17-3 lead midway through the dual. After a Citadel win at 197, Patrik Garren pinned his opponent just under two minutes into the first period to give Penn a 23-6 lead. The Citadel forfeited at 125 and 133, sending 12 more points Penn's way and helping the Red and Blue to their highest point total in a dual meet since a 37-0 win over Drexel on Feb. 24, 2013. Penn defeats The Citadel, 35-10 149: Tyler Buckiso (The Citadel) DEC Evan DeLuise (Penn), 4-2 The Citadel leads, 3-0 157: Jon Errico (Penn) DEC Douglas Gudenburr (The Citadel), 4-2 Match tied, 3-3 165: Joe Velliquette (Penn) FALL Michael Mewhorter (The Citadel), 3:47 Penn leads, 9-3 174: Khamari Whimper (Penn) MD Michael Lopuchanski (The Citadel), 16-6 Penn leads, 13-3 184: Brian Krasowski (Penn) MD Chandler Sambets (The Citadel), 10-0 Penn leads, 17-3 197: Sawyer Root (The Citadel) DEC Robert Ng (Penn), 2-0 Penn leads, 17-6 285: Patrik Garren (Penn) FALL Michael McAleavey (The Citadel), 1:53 Penn leads, 23-6 125: Penn wins via forfeit Penn leads, 29-6 133: Penn wins via forfeit Penn leads, 35-6 141: Ethan Philips (The Citadel) MD Tristin DeVincenzo (Penn), 11-3 Penn leads, 35-10 How It Happened vs. Hofstra Bonus points were again coming Penn's way early and often as the Quakers picked up eight wins -- six with bonus points -- to knock off EIWA foe Hofstra, 34-8. The Quakers led, 9-0, after a tech fall from Joe Oliva and a major decision from Jon Errico to start the dual. Each wrestler held a 10-0 lead after the first period and used that early cushion to rack up bonus points for the team. After a last-second loss at 165, Khamari Whimper showed signs of increased development at 174. The freshman took his opponent down to his back in the final 10 seconds, securing a six-point move and a 10-2 major decision. Heyob would follow with a 7-5 decision at 184 and Mattiace added another bonus-point win with a 15-5 major at 197. Hofstra got back on the board with a tech fall from No. 6 Michael Hughes at heavyweight. He scored an early takedown and dialed up three sets of nearfall for the 16-0 win. The Red and Blue won the final three matches to seal the victory. Freshman Daniel Planta picked up his first dual meet win with a 5-2 decision over Jacob Martin. Classmate Gianni Ghione followed with a first-period pin of Vinny Vespa -- Ghione's second fall of the weekend. Jake Lizak capped the day how he ended it, with a win. This time he dominated Charlie Kane in a 16-0 tech fall. Penn defeats Hofstra, 34-8 149: Joe Oliva (Penn) TF Conor Muli (Hofstra), 16-0 (4:22) Penn leads, 5-0 157: Jon Errico (Penn) MD Ricky Stamm (Hofstra), 17-8 Penn leads, 9-0 165: Sage Heller (Hofstra) DEC Joe Velliquette (Penn), 6-5 Penn leads, 9-3 174: Khamari Whimper (Penn) MD Anthony Olivieri (Hofstra), 10-2 Penn leads, 13-3 184: No. 17 Joe Heyob (Penn) DEC Cory Damiana (Hofstra), 7-5 Penn leads, 16-3 197: No. 12 Frank Mattiace (Penn) MD Michael Oxley (Hofstra), 15-5 Penn leads, 20-3 285: No. 6 Michael Hughes (Hofstra) TF Patrik Garren (Penn), 16-0 (2:44) Penn leads, 20-8 125: Daniel Planta (Penn) DEC Jacob Martin (Hofstra), 5-2 Penn leads, 23-8 133: Gianni Ghione (Penn) FALL Vinny Vespa (Hofstra), 0:59 Penn leads, 29-8 141: Jake Lizak (Penn) TF Charlie Kane (Hofstra), 16-0 (4:43) Penn leads, 34-8 Penn returns to The Palestra on December 10 to host No. 7 Lehigh at 1 p.m.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- No. 1 Penn State (4-0, 0-0 B1G) erased a big lead by winning the final four bouts to down No. 7 Lehigh (4-1) in front of a sold out PPL Center crowd on Sunday. The Nittany Lions overcame missing two starters to comeback for a 23-19 victory, staying unbeaten on the year and improving their dual meet win streak to 35-straight. Nearly 10,000 fans packed the Allentown venue to see the battle of Pennsylvania wrestling powers. The dual featured nine wrestlers ranked in InterMat's top ten and head coach Cael Sanderson's crew battled back from 12-0 and 19-11 deficits to grab the win. The dual began at 125 where Nittany Lion redshirt freshman Devin Schnupp (Lititz, Pa.) was pinned by No. 5 Darian Cruz of Lehigh at the 1:13 mark. With No. 18 Corey Keener (Schuylkill Haven, Pa.) being held out with an injury, sophomore Dominic Giannangeli (Murrysville, Pa.) made his Penn State dual meet debut at 133 against No. 3 Scotty Parker of Lehigh. Parker picked up a second period fall at the 4:12 mark to give Lehigh a big 12-0 lead after two bouts. Junior Jered Cortez (Carol Stream, Ill.) dropped a 2-0 decision to Luke Karam at 141, giving Lehigh a 15-0 lead through three bouts. Senior Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 149, picked up Penn State's first win of the dual by pinning Lehigh's Cortlandt Schuyler in the first period, getting the fall at the 1:27 mark. Junior Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, posted a dominant 23-8 (6:40) technical fall over LU's Ian Brown, snapping his season starting pin streak at seven but staying unbeaten on the year. Penn State trailed 15-11 at intermission. With No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph (Pittsburgh, Pa.) not competing, redshirt freshman Bo Pipher (Paonia, Colo.) made his Lion dual debut up at 165. Pipher dropped a hard-fought 24-12 major to No. 15 Gordon Wolf, keeping the ranked Mountain Hawk from posting a late tech fall. The LU win put the Mountain Hawks up 19-11. Sophomore Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.), ranked No. 2 at 174, began Penn State's comeback by posting the only takedown in a 3-2 win over No. 5 Jordan Kutler, cutting Lehigh's lead to 19-14. Junior Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), ranked No. 1 at 184, duplicated Hall's effort in another top five match-up, notching the only takedown in a 3-2 win over No. 4 Ryan Preisch at 184, cutting the LU edge to 19-17. Sophomore Anthony Cassar (Rocky Hill, N.J.), ranked No. 11 at 197, gave Penn State its first lead of the dual by dominating Jake Jakobsen. Cassar rolled to four takedowns in an 8-3 win to put the Nittany Lions up 20-19 heading into the final bout. Junior Nick Nevills (Clovis, Calif.), ranked No. 3 at 285, clinched the dual with a strong 2-0 win over No. 14 Jordan Wood. A third period rideout gave the Nittany Lion riding time and clinched the 23-19 Penn State dual victory. Penn State posted a 20-12 edge in takedowns with Lehigh pick up all of theirs in three bouts. Penn State is 32-8 in its first four duals of the year, including 11 pins. Penn State is now 4-0 overall, 0-0 in the Big Ten. Lehigh falls to 4-1. Penn State returns to action against Indiana on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. in Rec Hall in a BTN national telecast. With all home dual meets sold out, a limited number of Standing Room Only (SRO) tickets are available to select Rec Hall duals based on availability. Call 1-800-NITTANY for information or to purchase tickets. The 2017-18 Penn State wrestling season is sponsored by The Family Clothesline. Penn State Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennstatewrest. This is PENN STATE. WRESTLING lives here. Results: 125: #5 Darian Cruz LEH pinned Devin Schnupp PSU, WBF (1:13) / 0-6 133: #3 Scotty Parker LEH pinned Dominic Giannangeli PSU, WBF (4:12) / 0-12 141: Luke Karam LEH dec. Jered Cortez PSU, 2-0 / 0-15 149: #1 Zain Retherford PSU pinned Cortlandt Schuyler LEH, WBF (1:27) / 6-15 157: #1 Jason Nolf PSU tech fall Ian Brown LEH, 23-8 (TF; 6:40) / 11-15 165: #15 Gordon Wolf LEH maj. dec. Bo Pipher PSU, 24-12 / 11-19 174: #2 Mark Hall PSU dec. #5 Jordan Kutler LEH, 3-2 / 14-19 184: #1 Bo Nickal PSU dec. #4 Ryan Preisch LEH, 3-2 / 17-19 197: #11 Anthony Cassar PSU dec. Jake Jakobsen LEH, 8-3 / 20-19 285: #3 Nick Nevills PSU dec. #14 Jordan Wood LEH, 2-0 / 23-19 Attendance: 9,896 Records: Penn State 4-0, Lehigh 4-1 Up Next for Penn State: home vs. Indiana, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. in Rec Hall BOUT-BY-BOUT: 125: Redshirt freshman Devin Schnupp (Lititz, Pa.) met defending NCAA Champion and No. 5 Darian Cruz at 125. Schnupp fought off a couple early Cruz shots before the Mountain Hawk connected on a low single to open up a 2-0 lead. He then turned Schnupp to his back and picked up the pin at the 1:13 mark. 133: With No. 18 Corey Keener (Schuylkill Haven, Pa.) held out with an injury, sophomore Dominic Giannangeli (Murrysville, Pa.) made his Penn State dual debut against No. 3 Scotty Parker at 133. Giannangeli fought off an early Parker shot and backed out of bounds, picking up a stall warning at the 2:07 mark. Parker connected on the takedown shortly after and led 2-0. Giannangeli escaped to a 2-1 score with 1:30 on the clock. The duo battled evenly for rest of the period. Trailing by one, Giannangeli chose down to start the second period and escaped to a 2-2 tie. Parker then caught Giannangeli with a throw and picked up a pin at the 4:12 mark. 141: Junior Jered Cortez (Carol Stream, Ill.) took on Lehigh's Luke Karam at 141. The duo worked for position over the first minute plus with action ending in a stalemate at the 1:18 mark. Cortez connected on a low single at the :30 mark and worked to pull the Mountain Hawk in bounds for a takedown. But the clock ran out and action moved to the second period tied 0-0. Karam chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 1-0 lead. The bout once again moved through the next minute scoreless with neither wrestler breaking through the other's defense. Cortez once again shot late but like the first period, the clock hit zeroes. Trailing by one, Cortez chose down to start the third period. Karam broke the Lion junior down to the mat and worked his riding time up over a minute. He continued to maintain control and rode Cortez out for the 2-0 victory. 149: Senior Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 149, met Cortlandt Schuyler. Retherford scored quickly, taking Schuyler down and releasing him in the first :30. He then notched a second takedown and worked the Mountain Hawk to his back. After going chest to chest, Retherford picked up the first period pin at the 1:27 mark. 157: Junior Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, battled Lehigh junior Ian Brown. Nolf fought off an early Brown shot and then closed in for the trip and takedown a minute into the bout to lead 2-1. Nolf added a second takedown and cut to lead 4-2 with 1:10 left in the opening period. The Lion quickly took Brown down a third time and led 6-3 with :37 on the clock. The Lion picked up a fourth takedown and led 8-3 after one. Nolf chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 9-3 lead. He then picked up two quick takedowns and upped his lead to 1Nolf chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 9-3 lead. He then picked up two quick takedowns and upped his lead to 13-5 with 1:14 on the clock. Nolf added on three more takedowns to lead 19-7 after two periods. Brown chose neutral to start the third period and Nolf exploded through a takedown to lead 21-7. He then clinched his riding time point and cut Brown loose. Nolf ended the match with a final takedown to post the 23-8 technical fall at the 6:40 mark. 165: With No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph (Pittsburgh, Pa.) not competing, redshirt freshman Bo Pipher (Paonia, Colo.) made his Lion dual debut up at 165 and took on No. 15 Gordon Wolf. Wolf scored quickly, taking Pipher down to open up a 2-0 lead. Pipher worked for a reversal and drove his way to the tying reversal at the 1:50 mark. Wolf countered with his own reversal and Pipher scrambled for another reversal of his own. A stalemate forced a reset with Wolf in control at the 1:00 mark. Wolf cut Pipher loose to a 4-3 score and action resumed in the center circle. Wolf notched another takedown and cut and closed out the period with two more takedowns to lead 10-5 after one. Pipher chose down to start the second period and escaped to a 10-6 score. He then took Wolf down to cut into the lead but Wolf reversed the Lion to up his lead to 12-9 after a Pipher escape. Wolf added one more takedown to lead 14-9 with over 2:00 in time after two periods. Wolf chose down to start the third period and reversed Pipher to lead 16-10 after cutting Pipher loose. Wolf added two quick takedowns to lead 20-12. Pipher connected on a single leg but Wolf countered and took a 22-12 lead with :40 left. Pipher gave up a stall point and riding time but fought off Wolf's attempts for a tech fall, dropping the 24-12 major. 174: Sophomore Mark Hall (Apple Valley, Minn.), ranked No. 2 at 174, faced off against No. 5 Jordan Kutler of Lehigh. The duo battled evenly for over two minutes with neither man scoring. The final minute saw Hall up the tempo but Kutler's defense kept the bout scoreless through the opening stanza. Kutler chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 1-0 lead. Hall worked his way in on a high single but Kutler scrambled his way to a stalemate with 1:20 on the clock. Hall worked his way into a takedown and the bout moved into the final :30 of the period tied 2-2 after a quick Kutler escape. Hall chose down to start the third period and quickly escaped to a 3-2 lead. The duo worked the middle of the mat as the clock moved below 1:00. Hall fought off a solid Kutler shot and with :20 left, a reset sent action to the center circle. Hall shook off a final Kutler shot and posted the 3-2 win. 184: Junior Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), ranked No. 1 at 184, met No. 4 Ryan Preisch in another top five match-up. Nickal scored early, taking a 2-0 lead with 1:40 on the clock. Preisch escaped to a 2-1 score but Nickal continued to press the tempo. The Lion junior forced Preisch back for the entire period and he led 2-1 after one period. Preisch had not been hit with a stall warning yet however. Nickal chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 3-1 lead. Preisch finally got hit for his first stall warning at the :40 mark and Nickal continued to be the aggressor. Preisch chose down to start the third period and worked his way to an escaped and a 3-2 Nickal lead with 1:35 left. Nickal nearly connected on a low single but a stalemate stopped action with 1:03 left in the bout. Nickal went on to post the 3-2 victory, fighting off a late Preisch flurry. 197: Sophomore Anthony Cassar (Rocky Hill, N.J.), ranked No. 11 at 197, met Jake Jakobsen. Cassar scored quickly, blowing through a hard double to take a 2-1 lead :30 into the bout. The Lion sophomore spent the next minute plus looking for an opening and found it with :30 on the clock, using another strong double to up his lead to 4-1. Cassar then finished on top and led 4-1 after one period. Cassar chose down to start the second period. Jakobsen was able to maintain control for the entire period, however, and Cassar led 4-1 after two periods. Jakobsen chose down to start the third period and quickly escaped to a 4-2 Cassar lead. Cassar iced the bout with a third double leg takedown, upping his lead to 6-2 with :45 on the clock. The Lion then controlled the action from the top for :20 before Jakobsen escaped. Cassar added a fourth takedown as the period ended and rolled to a strong 8-3 win. 285: Junior Nick Nevills (Clovis, Calif.), ranked No. 3 at 285, battled No. 14 Jordan Wood. The duo battled evenly for the opening two minutes, with Nevills taking numerous shots. The Lion junior nearly picked up the first takedown at :50 with a fast low single but Wood was able to step away and keep the bout scoreless through three minutes. Nevills chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 1-0 lead. Wood got in on a low single, nearly pulling Nevills to the mat at the 1:30 mark, but Nevills was able to work his way to the edge of the mat and a reset was called at the 1:10 mark. Trailing by one, Wood chose down to start the third period and Nevills worked to control the action from the top position. Nevills maintained control for the first :40 and then he broke Wood down flat, building his riding time up over 1:00 with a strong ride. Nevills continued work the top position, forcing Wood back to the mat as the clock moved under :20. With :09 on the clock, the officials stopped the action to check for locked hands on Nevills. No locked hands were called, Nevills finished on top, and rolled to the 2-0 win, clinching the dual.

Like it has almost every year, Saturday's Gardner-Edgerton Invitational was a slug-fest between No. 26 Broken Arrow (Okla.) and No. 27 Southeast Polk (Iowa). The sixteen team event features teams from five states, and starts with four preliminary pools and then semifinal and final rounds; pool winners finish top four, those finishing second in a pool can finish as high as fifth. Scoring 234 points, Broken Arrow used six weight class champions to win the tournament title. Those champions for the Tigers were Jared Hill (106), Blake Gonzalez (126), Reece Witcraft (132), Caleb Wise (160), Gavin Potter (195), and No. 14 Zach Marcheselli (195). Wise had a notable 4-2 overtime victory over Junior freestyle All-American Jalin Harper (Manhattan, Kansas) in his championship final, while Potter had a key head-on victory, beating Gable Christenson (Southeast Polk) 3-0 in his title bout. Only four other Broken Arrow wrestlers finished top five: Bryce Mattioda (170) placed third, while Blazik Perez (113), Brady Mattioda (152), and Zeno Marcheselli (182) were fifth. On the other hand, Southeast Polk used extreme depth to finish narrowly behind the Tigers with 227 points. The lone champions for the Rams were the pair of Kobey Pritchard (120) and Cade Devos (145). Ten other wrestlers earned a top five finish, including a pair of backups in Caden Baarda (126) and Nathan Marchand (138); those two were in the lineup instead of returning state runners-up Gauge Perrien and Nathan Lendt respectively. Also finishing fifth was Trent Nelson (160). The trio of runner-up finishers were Lance Runyon (152), Thaddeus Breitsprecker (170), and Gable Christenson (195); Devin Harmison (106) and Josiah Rowland (285) earned third; while Ryan Strickland (132) and Matt Parker (220) each placed fourth. Rounding out the tournament's weight class champions were Caleb Lazure (Skutt Catholic, Neb.) at 113 pounds, Baylor Smith (Owosso, Okla.) at 138, Bubba Wilson and Hunter Christensen (Manhattan, Kansas) at 152 and 285, Terrell Garraway (Olathe North, Kansas) at 170, and Cade Lautt (St. James Academy, Kansas) at 182.

A rather strong 30-team field came to the Independence Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Iowa, and after the two days of competition, No. 23 Fort Dodge were the decisive champions. Their effort was anchored by nine wrestlers that advanced to the upper bracket, and all finished in the top eight, plus freshman Kody Cook (120) who won the lower bracket to take ninth. All that came without state qualifier Triston Licht (182/195) in the lineup. Leading the way for the Dodgers were four weight class champions: freshman Drake Ayala (106), No. 4 Brody Teske (126), Drew Bennett (132), and No. 20 Cayd Lara (152). Ayala majored returning state runner-up Jacob Kadel (Columbus Junction) 12-4, while Lara beat two-time state champion Alex Rivera (Smithville, Mo.) 12-8 in their final bouts. Other top five placers were Desmond Lockner (145) and Kaden Smith (170) in third, Drevon Ross (138) and Levi Egli (160) in fourth, and Carson Taylor (113) in fifth. Finishing second was No. 24 Christian Brothers College, Mo. with 299-1/2 points despite the absence of No. 6 Malik Johnson at 126 pounds. Four Cadets won weight class titles, Vincent Zerban (113), Cevion Severado (120), Kyle Prewitt (138), and No. 4 (at 170) Emille Shannon (182). Of note was Zerban beating Caleb Rathjen (Ankeny, Iowa) 6-5 in a championship match battle of top 20 overall freshman, while Severado beat state champion Cael Happel (Lisbon) 10-6. No. 14 (at 132) Josh Saunders finished runner-up at 145, losing to No. 15 (at 138) Michael Blockhus (New Hampton) in the tournament's feature bout, 5-3 was the score. Additional weight class champions were No. 8 Nelson Brands (Iowa City West) at 160, Bryce Werderman (Lisbon) at 170, Tyler Buesgens (Scott West, Iowa) at 195, Jordan Baumler (North Fayette Valley) at 220, and Tyler Linderbaum (Solon) at 285. Buesgens pinned 2016 state champion Tanner Sloan (Alburnett) in the final, after Sloan upended Junior freestyle All-American Tyrell Gordon (Waterloo East) 6-0 in the semifinal.

ATHENS, Ohio -- A run of five straight victories enabled Appalachian State's wrestling team to erase an early deficit and claim a dramatic 18-14 win at Ohio on Saturday. App State (3-1) enjoyed a breakthrough victory against the Bobcats, who had won each of their last 11 meetings with the Mountaineers dating back to 1995. With the dual meet starting on a win at 141 pounds by Irvin Enriquez, Appalachian fell behind 9-3 but took an 18-9 lead into the final match thanks to three-point decisions from Forrest Przybysz (174), Alan Clothier (184), Randall Diabe (197), Cary Miller (heavyweight) and De'Andre Swinson-Barr (125). Swinson-Barr, a true freshman from Fayetteville, picked up a huge first win of his college career to put Ohio (0-2) in an insurmountable hole with its nationally ranked 133-pound wrestler awaiting in the final match. Down 2-0, Swinson-Barr tied the match against Coleton Chase with a two-point near fall late in the second period, and he opened the third period with a quick escape. He earned a 7-2 decision thanks to a late takedown and his advantage in riding time. App State had a 15-9 lead when Swinson-Barr took the mat thanks to a 2-1 decision from Diabe and a 3-1 decision from Miller. Trailing 1-0 entering the third period, Miller tied the match with an escape and broke the tie with a takedown in the final 20 seconds against Zack Parker, an NCAA Championships qualifier in 2016-17. Diabe opened the second period of his match with a one-point escape, and Ohio's Hunter Yeargan began the third period looking to do the same from the down position. Diabe never gave up an escape to Yeargan, moving to more than a minute of riding time with 43 seconds remaining in the match. Yeargan was awarded a point for an App State violation with 32 seconds left, but Diabe rode him out to claim a one-point victory thanks to the advantage in riding time. App State's string of victories began with Przybysz taking a 6-1 decision and Clothier posting an 8-2 decision. Przybysz erased a 1-0 deficit against Joe Terry with a two-point takedown and claimed control with a three-point near fall. That match cut App State's team deficit in half, and the Mountaineers pulled even at 9-all thanks to Clothier's victory against Dontae McGee. Enriquez opened the match with an 11-6 decision against Alec Hagan at 141 pounds. Enriquez fell behind 4-1 and was trailing 4-3 when he gained a big advantage in riding time while preventing Hagen from escaping to close the second period. Enriquez began the third period with a tying escape from the down position and broke a 6-6 tie with an escape before he executed a takedown. Redshirt freshman Thomas Flitz had a strong showing at 165 pounds against Austin Reese, who began the season as the top-ranked MAC wrestler at 165. Flitz tied the match at 2-all before Reese executed an escape and finished with a 4-2 decision thanks to riding time. The Mountaineers return to action next Sunday, Dec. 10, to face No. 6 N.C. State at 3 p.m. in Varsity Gym. Wrestling tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling the Appalachian State ticket office at 828-262-2079 or by going online to the App State Ticket Central link. For the N.C. State match, tickets are $10 for adults and $3 for youth. The Wolfpack will be the highest-ranked opponent to visit Boone since No. 5 Missouri wrestled in Varsity Gym two seasons ago. Results: 141: Irvin Enriquez (APP) def. Alec Hagen (OH), 11-6 dec. (3-0) 149: Kade Kowalski (OH) def. Gavin Londoff (APP), 4-2 dec. (3-3) 157: Cullen Cummings (OH) def. Angel Najar (APP), 11-6 dec. (3-6) 165: Austin Reese (OH) vs. Thomas Flitz (APP), 4-2 dec. (3-9) 174: Forrest Przybysz (APP) def. Joe Terry (OH), 6-1 dec. (6-9) 184: Alan Clothier (APP) def. Dontae McGee (OH), 8-2 dec. (9-9) 197: Randall Diabe (APP) def. Hunter Yeargan (OH), 2-1 dec. (12-9) HWT: Cary Miller (APP) def. Zack Parker (OH), 3-1 dec. (15-9) 125: De'Andre Swinson-Barr (APP) def. Coleton Chase (OH), 7-2 dec. (18-9) 133: Cameron Kelly (OH) def. Codi Russell (APP), 22-5 tech. fall (18-14)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The No. 6 NC State wrestling team won all 10 bouts Saturday night, and defeated Chattanooga 41-(-1) at Charlotte's Lake Norman High School. So. Tommy Cox started the night off with a second period pin to put the Pack up 6-0 right away. R-Fr. Tariq Wilson and #2 Sr. Kevin Jack followed with back-to-back major decisions to give NC State a 14-0 lead after three bouts. Wilson scored a 12-2 major at 133 pounds, while Jack's major was 15-2 at 141 pounds. R-Sr. Beau Donahue followed with a 12-7 decision at 149 pounds. R-Fr. Hayden Hidlay at 157 pounds picked up the second pin of the night for NC State, as he also scored a second period pin and pushed the Pack's lead to 23-0. In a battle of former NC State teammates, the Pack's Brian Hamann tallied a pair of second period takedowns and defeated Chad Pyke 5-3 at 165 pounds. R-Fr. Daniel Bullard kept the Pack winning streak alive with takedowns in the second and third for a 7-2 win at 174 pounds. In the most exciting bout of the night, #3 Pete Renda defeated #13 Bryce Carr 2-1 at 184 pounds. Renda got the escape in the second, and rode Carr 2:59 of the three minutes in the third, but Renda locked up the RT point for the 2-1 win. Fellow redshirt-senior Michael Macchiavello made it two straight ranked wins, as he scored an 8-2 decision at 197 pounds. The Pack ended the dual like it started it, with a pin by redshirt-junior Malik McDonald at heavyweight. Up Next: The Pack will return to action next weekend, as NC State travels to Appalachian State next Sunday for a 3 p.m. dual. Results: 125: Tommy Cox (NCSU) fall Alonzo Allen; 4:32 - 6-0 133: Tariq Wilson (NCSU) major dec. Jake Huffine; 12-2 - 10-0 141: #2 Kevin Jack (NCSU) major dec. Michael Pongracz; 15-2 - 14-0 149: Beau Donahue (NCSU) dec. Chris Dobion; 12-7 - 17-0 157: Hayden Hidlay (NCSU) fall Dylan Forzani; 3:22 - 23-0 165: Brian Hamann (NCSU) dec. Chad Pyke; 5-3 - 26-0 174: Daniel Bullard (NCSU) dec. Justin Lampe; 7-2 - 29-0 184: #3 Pete Renda (NCSU) dec. #13 Bryce Carr; 2-1 - 32-(-1)* 197: #8 Michael Macchiavello (NCSU) dec. #20 Scottie Boykin; 8-2 - 35-(-1) 285: Malik McDonald (NCSU) fall Jared Walker; 2:04 - 41-(-1)

Zahid Valencia was named Outstanding Wrestler in Vegas (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) LAS VEGAS -- For the second consecutive year, No. 6 Arizona State's Zahid Valencia won the 174 lbs. title at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, also named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament. Winning six straight matches en route to the title, Valencia remains undefeated on the season. The Sun Devils also improved four places as a team from last season, going from seventh to third in 2017. ASU finished with 113.5 points behind No. 2 Ohio State (155.5) and No. 9 Michigan (140). A third-place finish was the best for ASU in over 17 years and the first top-five finish since finishing fifth in 2005. The Sun Devils have had title winners at CKLV in three of the last four seasons, with Blake Stauffer also winning (184) in 2014. Last season, Valencia became just the second Sun Devil freshman to win a CKLV title after Eric Larkin. "It feels pretty good knowing that the hard work I've put in with my coaches and teammates resulted in a win, so I'd say it was a pretty successful weekend," said Valencia. Like in 2016, the Sun Devils had placewinners in five of 10 weights, with Josh Shields improving from a fifth-place finish last year to third-place this year and Tanner Hall moving up from fourth to second. Josh Maruca (149/5th), Anthony Valencia (165/7th) also finished in the top eight in their respective weight classes, with A. Valencia placing for the second straight season. The Sun Devils take a break from competition until the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) at the end of the month and will restart dual competition after the new year.

Adam Coon (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) LAS VEGAS -- Senior/junior Alec Pantaleo and graduate student Adam Coon captured individual titles at 157 pounds and heavyweight, respectively, as the No. 9-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team claimed second place at the 36th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday (Dec. 2) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Wolverines boasted six total placewinners and earned scoring performances from all nine representatives. Michigan went 2-for-3 in the championship round and boasted multiple CKLV champions for the first time in 10 years. Pantaleo, ranked 11th at 157 pounds, earned decisive wins over a pair of top-10 opponents to close out the tournament, including a 10-3 decision against Ohio State's sixth-ranked Micah Jordan in the championship bout. After a scoreless first period, Pantaleo scored on a pancake to take control early in the second then blew the match open with single-leg takedown and four-point suck back in the third. Jordan escaped at the final buzzer to prevent the major decision. Pantaleo also cruised in his semifinal bout against Nebraska's fourth-ranked Tyler Berger, defeating the Cornhusker, 9-3, with four takedowns, including two in the first period, and 1:04 in riding-time advantage to control from start to finish. In all, Pantaleo posted a 5-0 record -- with two bonus wins and three wins over ranked opponents -- en route to the title. It was his second trip to the CKLV finals; he previously took second place as a true freshman in 2014. Coon, ranked second at heavyweight, captured his second CKLV crown, adding to his heavyweight title as a true freshman in 2013, with a 4-2 sudden-victory win against Arizona State's fourth-ranked Tanner Hall. After trading little more than a reversal and two escapes during regulation, Coon spun behind Hall's single-leg shot off the overtime whistle to secure the winning takedown. It was his second win against Hall already this season. Coon also earned a 2-0 win against Stanford's 13th-ranked Nathan Butler in the semifinals -- on an escape and third-period rideout. He posted a 6-0 tournament record to improve to 11-0 on the season. Fifth-year senior Domenic Abounader, ranked fifth at 184 pounds, dropped his championship bout, falling to Ohio State's second-ranked Myles Martin, 8-5, after two OSU takedowns in the third period. He cruised in the semifinal round, earning bonus points with an 8-0 major decision against Virginia Tech's sixth-ranked Zack Zavatsky. Abounader earned a quick reversal and four back points in the second before riding out the third to accumulate 2:49 in time advantage. Like both Pantaleo and Coon, Abounader is a two-time CKLV finalist. Junior/sophomore Myles Amine, ranked sixth at 174 pounds, took third place at 174 pounds for the second straight year at the CKLV, defeating Northern Iowa's eighth-ranked Taylor Lujan, 12-8, in the placing bout. Amine scored four takedowns in the bout, including three in the opening period, and added a second-period reversal and 2:37 in riding-time advantage. Amine split his morning matches, falling to Ohio State's third-ranked Bo Jordan, 6-4, in the semifinals before bouncing back with a dominant 10-1 major decision over Navy's seventh-ranked Jadaen Bernstein behind two takedowns, a four-point tilt and 3:34 in riding time. Amine posted a 6-1 record in the tournament with four wins over ranked opponents. Freshman Drew Mattin, ranked 18th at 125 pounds, claimed fourth place in his CKLV debut, falling to Minnesota's top-seeded and third-ranked Ethan Lizak, 9-0, in the third-place bout. The bulk of Lizak's points came on two turns in the third period. Mattin posted a 6-2 record in the tournament; his only losses came against the top seed and the eventual champion. Mattin earned three wins in the morning wrestlebacks, including two bonus wins and a pair against All-America opponents. He opened the day with a buzzer-beating fall against Arizona State's sixth-ranked Ryan Millhof, rallying back from a six-point deficit to stick the Sun Devil at the second-period buzzer (5:00). He also edged Stanford's 11th-ranked Connor Schram, 6-4, in overtime in the consolation semifinals, rolling through a Schram single leg to scramble for the winning takedown. Junior/sophomore Stevan Micic, top seeded and ranked second nationally, claimed fifth place at 133 pounds with a 5-2 tournament record. He dropped back-to-back matches in the semifinals and consolation semis before bouncing back with an 8-2 decision against Edinboro's 11th-ranked Korbin Myers for fifth place, scoring three takedowns and riding for 2:25 in the contest. His semifinal loss -- 7-5 against Ohio State's ninth-ranked Luke Pletcher -- came with some controversy after a two-and-two exchange in a first-period scramble. Micic, who scored first on a single leg just 15 seconds in, couldn't hang onto his early advantage as Pletcher used a late third-period takedown to steal the bout. The Wolverines lost two just before clinching placement places, as top-seeded junior/sophomore Logan Massa withdrew due to an injury suffered in last night's 165-pound quarterfinals and graduate student Kevin Beazley dropping a 10-8 decision to Northern Colorado's Jacob Seely. Beazley rallied all the way back from a six-point deficit to tie the score late but gave up a reversal in the waning seconds of the third. Michigan will wrap up its first-semester competition next Sunday (Dec. 10), hosting Oregon State in the annual Joe Wells Classic at 2 p.m. at Cliff Keen Arena. Tickets are still available through the U-M Ticket Office.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana wrestling team wrapped up their non-conference dual meet schedule with a nearly perfect day at the Hoosier Duals, hosted inside University Gymnasium. The Hoosiers (6-1) saw six wrestlers achieve 3-0 marks on the mat in dual victories over Northern Illinois (0-2), SIU Edwardsville (1-2), and Cleveland State (1-4). "I thought we wrestled well today, and it was good to get guys back in the lineup," said Indiana head coach Duane Goldman. "That brings a little confidence to each guy on the team, and that showed today on the mat." Indiana torched the scoreboard with 13 bonus wins across three duals, including seven pins from five different wrestlers. Five IU grapplers ended the day with a dual point differential of +10 or higher, led by Devin Skatzka's (174) flawless 18-point afternoon. Skatzka, No. 16 Cole Weaver (141), and Jake Danishek (157) capped their non-conference slates with unbeaten dual meet records. Skatzka (11-2) made the most of his return to the lineup, scoring 18 team points in just 4:09 of mat time. The redshirt sophomore opened with the second-fastest fall of his career at 0:47 against Quinton Rosser (NIU); saw his hand raised for a win by forfeit; and won by fall in 3:32 against Gabe Stark (CSU). "That's kind of my goal for every match -- to go out there and pin the guy as fast as I can," Skatzka said. "It happened to work out that way today." Danishek piled three more wins onto his 6-0 season start, beginning with a 6-0 decision win over Caden McWhirter (NIU). IU's returning NCAA qualifier followed with two bonus point wins: a 17-8 major decision over Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE) and a 2:32 win by fall -- his third in six matches -- over Ryan Montgomery (CSU). Weaver (14-2) continued his resilient start to the year with three wins and a pair of pins, the first coming at 1:21 in his opening bout with Anthony Rubino (NIU). He closed the day by exacting revenge against a foe he fell to last season, topping Evan Cheek (CSU) with a 5-3 decision. Junior Elijah Oliver (125) ensured that the Hoosiers never trailed on the team score with a trio of wins at the start of each dual. Oliver's triumphs included a 16-4 major decision against Zac Gentzler (SIUE) and a dominating 19-3 technical fall (4:23) over Cameron Lathem (CSU). Bryce Martin (165) and Norman Conley (184) round out the group of Hoosiers who went unbeaten on the day. Martin (12-4) scored a six-point decision over Andrew Scott (NIU) before securing a 9-1 major decision against John Vaughn (CSU). Conley (10-7) battled for three decision victories, his biggest an 8-4 win over Bryce Shewan (SIUE). Garrett Pepple (133) dropped his first match by decision but rebounded to win Indiana's fastest tech fall of the day, 17-0 (3:55), against Joe Antonelli (SIUE). Pepple's fourth fall of the season came in his final match, a 3:39 stick versus Andrew Coghill (CSU). Fletcher Miller (285) shared a similar fate to Pepple, taking a loss by decision and responding with two bonus point victories. Miller found a pin at 2:36 against Tommy Helton (SIUE) before winning by major decision, 9-1, over Collin Kelly (CSU). Indiana 33, Northern Illinois 6 125 Elijah Oliver (IU) wins by forfeit FF IU 6, NIU 0 133 Alijah Jeffrey (NIU) dec. Garrett Pepple (IU) 3-0 IU 6, NIU 3 141 #16 Cole Weaver (IU) WBF Anthony Rubino (NIU) 1:21 IU 12, NIU 3 149 Davey Tunon (IU) dec. Zack Velasquez (NIU) 5-0 IU 15, NIU 3 157 Jake Danishek (IU) dec. Caden McWhirter (NIU) 6-0 IU 18, NIU 3 165 Bryce Martin (IU) dec. Andrew Scott (NIU) 7-1 IU 21, NIU 3 174 Devin Skatzka (IU) WBF Quinton Rosser (NIU) 0:47 IU 27, NIU 3 184 Norman Conley (IU) dec. Bryce Gorman (NIU) 5-2 IU 30, NIU 3 197 Jake Hinz (IU) dec. Max Ihry (NIU) 5-3 IU 33, NIU 3 285 Caleb Gossett (IU) dec. Fletcher Miller (IU) 12-6 IU 33, NIU 6 Cleveland State 28, Northern Illinois 12 125 Cameron Lathem (CSU) wins by forfeit FF CSU 6, NIU 0 133 Alijah Jeffrey (NIU) tech. fall Andrew Coghill (SIUE) 18-3 CSU 6, NIU 5 141 Evan Cheek (CSU) maj. dec. Bryce Thurston (NIU) 14-3 CSU 10, NIU 5 149 Ryan Ford (CSU) dec. Zack Velasquez (NIU) 2-1 CSU 13, NIU 5 157 Georgio Poullas (CSU) dec. Caden McWhirter (NIU) 10-8 CSU 16, NIU 5 165 John Vaughn (CSU) dec. Andrew Scott (NIU) 3-1 CSU 19, NIU 5 174 Quinton Rosser (NIU) dec. Gabe Stark (CSU) 11-8 CSU 19, NIU 8 184 #19 Nick Corba (CSU) dec. Bryce Gorman (NIU) 8-5 CSU 22, NIU 8 197 John Kelbly (CSU) WBF Max Ihry (NIU) 6:59 CSU 28, NIU 8 285 Caleb Gossett (NIU) maj. dec. Collin Kelly (CSU) 15-2 CSU 28, NIU 12 Indiana 40, SIUE 6 125 Elijah Oliver (IU) maj. dec. Zac Gentzler (SIUE) 16-4 IU 4, SIUE 0 133 Garrett Pepple (IU) tech. fall Joe Antonelli (SIUE) 17-0 (3:55) IU 9, SIUE 0 141 #16 Cole Weaver (IU) WBF John Muldoon (SIUE) 4:12 IU 15, SIUE 0 149 Tyshawn Williams (SIUE) dec. Davey Tunon (IU) 9-3 IU 15, SIUE 3 157 Jake Danishek (IU) maj. dec. Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE) 17-8 IU 19, SIUE 3 165 Bryce Martin (IU) wins by forfeit FF IU 25, SIUE 3 174 Devin Skatzka (IU) wins by forfeit FF IU 31, SIUE 3 184 Norman Conley (IU) dec. Bryce Shewan (SIUE) 8-4 IU 34, SIUE 3 197 Christian Dulaney (SIUE) dec. Jake Hinz (IU) 9-7 IU 34, SIUE 6 285 Fletcher Miller (IU) WBF Tommy Helton (SIUE) 2:36 IU 40, SIUE 6 Indiana 37, Cleveland State 7 125 Elijah Oliver (IU) tech. fall Cameron Lathem (CSU) 19-3 (4:23) IU 5, CSU 0 133 Garrett Pepple (IU) WBF Andrew Coghill (CSU) 3:39 IU 11, CSU 0 141 #16 Cole Weaver (IU) dec. Evan Cheek (CSU) 5-3 IU 14, CSU 0 149 Ryan Ford (CSU) dec. Davey Tunon (IU) 4-2 IU 14, CSU 3 157 Jake Danishek (IU) WBF Ryan Montgomery (CSU) 2:32 IU 20, CSU 3 165 Bryce Martin (IU) maj. dec. John Vaughn (CSU) 9-1 IU 24, CSU 3 174 Devin Skatzka (IU) WBF Gabe Stark (CSU) 3:32 IU 30, CSU 3 184 Norman Conley (IU) dec. Chris Morrow (CSU) 5-3 IU 33, CSU 3 197 John Kelbly (CSU) maj. dec. Jake Hinz (IU) 17-4 IU 33, CSU 7 285 Fletcher Miller (IU) maj. dec. Collin Kelly (CSU) 9-1 IU 37, CSU 7 Final Score IU 37, CSU 7 Up Next: Indiana (6-1) vs. No. 2 Ohio State (3-0) Sunday, December 10 • 12:00 p.m. ET Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio The Hoosiers await their first Big Ten dual meet of the season, The bustle with the Buckeyes kicks off a gauntlet of three dual meets against a trio of top-10 conference foes. The Hoosiers remain away from home the following weekend as they travel to face No. 1 Penn State (3-0) on Sunday, December 17 at 2:00 p.m. ET (BTN) before hosting No. 9 Michigan (1-1) on Friday, January 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Kollin Moore claimed the title at 197 pounds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) LAS VEGAS -- For the second season in a row, Ohio State Wrestling claimed the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational team title. The Buckeyes cleared the field by 15.5 points despite lacking the services of three All-Americans (including two national champions) missing from the lineup. Three individual champions were crowned while donning the Scarlet & Gray -- Luke Pletcher (133 lbs), Myles Martin (184 lbs) and Kollin Moore (197 lbs). In addition, four more Buckeyes found their way to the podium and placed inside the top-4 of their respective weight classes. The Buckeyes wrestled 50 bouts over the course of two days, winning at a 78% rate (39-11). Bonus points came in a flurry as well, racking up seven pins, three tech falls and seven major decisions (17 of 39 matches). M. Jordan rattled off three falls and a pair of major decisions single-handedly. Martin wasn't far behind with a pin, two tech falls and a major decision. Pletcher, Martin and Moore each extended their flawless season ledgers while capturing individual crowns. Pletcher and Martin improved to 13-0 and Moore now sits at 9-0. A complete recap to come. Team Standings 1. Ohio State 155.5 2. Michigan 140.0 3. Arizona State 113.5 4. Northern Iowa 104.0 5. Nebraska 100.5 6. Virginia Tech 89.5 7. Central Michigan 82.0 8. Cornell 62.0 9. Wyoming 61.0 10. Stanford 58.5 Placewinners 125: 1st: No. 16 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) dec. No. 8 Sean Russell (Edinboro), 4-3 3rd: No. 3 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) maj. dec. No. 18 Drew Mattin (Michigan), 9-0 5th: No. 11 Connor Schram (Stanford) by medical forfeit over Jacob Schwarm (Northern Iowa) 7th: No. 15 Louie Hayes (Virginia) dec. Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 6-5 133: 1st: No. 9 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) dec. No. 13 Josh Terao (American), 9-2 3rd: No. 7 Jack Mueller (Virginia) dec. Austin Desanto (Drexel), 7-0 5th: No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan) dec. No. 11 Korbin Myers (Edinboro), 8-2 7th: No. 6 Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) maj. dec. Zach Sherman (North Carolina), 15-3 141: 1st: No. 12 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec. No. 13 Josh Alber (Northern Iowa), 8-2 3rd: No. 3 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) dec. No. 7 Chad Red (Nebraska), 5-3 5th: No. 20 Mason Smith (Central Michigan) by medical forfeit over Nick Zanetta (Pitt) 7th: No. 8 Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) pinned No. 19 Kanen Storr (Iowa State), 2:36 149: 1st: No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. No. 9 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina), 9-7 3rd: No. 8 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) dec. No. 3 Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa), 4-3 5th: No. 12 Josh Maruca (Arizona State) by medical forfeit over No. 5 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) 7th: No. 17 Zander Wick (Wisconsin) dec. Michael Sprague (American), 7-5 157: 1st: No. 11 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) dec. No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State), 10-3 3rd: No. 5 Josh Shields (Arizona State) dec. No. 4 Tyler Berger (Nebraska), 6-4 5th: No. 20 Archie Colgan (Wyoming) dec. Coleman Hammond (CSU Bakersfield), 6-4 SV 7th: No. 19 Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh) pinned Tristan Rifanburg (Binghamton), 2:04 165: 1st: No. 5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) pinned No. 17 Evan Wick (Wisconsin), 2:58 3rd: No. 11 Isaiah White (Nebraska) dec. No. 7 Te'Shan Campbell (Ohio State), 4-1 5th: Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State) by medical forfeit over No. 9 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) 7th: No. 8 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) maj. dec. No. 18 Jon Jay Chavez (Cornell), 16-7 174: 1st: No. 1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) dec. No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State), 9-6 3rd: No. 6 Myles Amine (Michigan) dec. No. 8 Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa), 12-8 5th: No. 7 Jadaen Bernstein (Navy) dec. No. 15 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford), 7-5 7th: Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma) dec. Dylan Lydy (Purdue), 6-5 184: 1st: No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan), 8-5 3rd: Taylor Venz (Nebraska) dec. No. 6 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech), 9-3 5th: No. 11 Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin) dec. No. 14 Steven Schneider (Binghamton), 5-2 7th: No. 7 Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 8 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), 3- 197: 1st: No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) pinned No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 1:52 3rd: No. 14 Jeric Kasunic (American) dec. Jacob Holschlag (Northern Iowa), 5-2 5th: No. 9 Matt Williams (CSU-Bakersfield) dec. Stephen Loiseau (Drexel), 7-0 7th: No. 16 Nathan Traxler (Stanford) by medical forfeit over Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) 285: 1st: No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) dec. No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State), 4-2 3rd: No. 6 Jacob Kasper (Duke) dec. No. 13 Nathan Butler (Stanford), 3-1 5th: Shawn Streck (Purdue) pinned No. 8 Ryan Solomon (Pitt), 0:33 7th: Andrew Dunn (Virginia Tech) maj. dec. Jeramy Sweany (Cornell), 14-6

125: 1st: No. 16 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) dec. No. 8 Sean Russell (Edinboro), 4-3 3rd: No. 3 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) maj. dec. No. 18 Drew Mattin (Michigan), 9-0 5th: No. 11 Connor Schram (Stanford) by medical forfeit over Jacob Schwarm (Northern Iowa) 7th: No. 15 Louie Hayes (Virginia) dec. Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 6-5 133: 1st: No. 9 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) dec. No. 13 Josh Terao (American), 9-2 3rd: No. 7 Jack Mueller (Virginia) dec. Austin Desanto (Drexel), 7-0 5th: No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan) dec. No. 11 Korbin Myers (Edinboro), 8-2 7th: No. 6 Dom Forys (Pittsburgh) maj. dec. Zach Sherman (North Carolina), 15-3 141: 1st: No. 12 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec. No. 13 Josh Alber (Northern Iowa), 8-2 3rd: No. 3 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) dec. No. 7 Chad Red (Nebraska), 5-3 5th: No. 20 Mason Smith (Central Michigan) by medical forfeit over Nick Zanetta (Pitt) 7th: No. 8 Tommy Thorn (Minnesota) pinned No. 19 Kanen Storr (Iowa State), 2:36 149: 1st: No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. No. 9 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina), 9-7 3rd: No. 8 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) dec. No. 3 Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa), 4-3 5th: No. 12 Josh Maruca (Arizona State) by medical forfeit over No. 5 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) 7th: No. 17 Zander Wick (Wisconsin) dec. Michael Sprague (American), 7-5 157: 1st: No. 11 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) dec. No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State), 10-3 3rd: No. 5 Josh Shields (Arizona State) dec. No. 4 Tyler Berger (Nebraska), 6-4 5th: No. 20 Archie Colgan (Wyoming) dec. Coleman Hammond (CSU Bakersfield), 6-4 SV 7th: No. 19 Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh) pinned Tristan Rifanburg (Binghamton), 2:04 165: 1st: No. 5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) pinned No. 17 Evan Wick (Wisconsin), 2:58 3rd: No. 11 Isaiah White (Nebraska) dec. No. 7 Te'Shan Campbell (Ohio State), 4-1 5th: Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State) by medical forfeit over No. 9 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) 7th: No. 8 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) maj. dec. No. 18 Jon Jay Chavez (Cornell), 16-7 174: 1st: No. 1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) dec. No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State), 9-6 3rd: No. 6 Myles Amine (Michigan) dec. No. 8 Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa), 12-8 5th: No. 7 Jadaen Bernstein (Navy) dec. No. 15 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford), 7-5 7th: Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma) dec. Dylan Lydy (Purdue), 6-5 184: 1st: No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan), 8-5 3rd: Taylor Venz (Nebraska) dec. No. 6 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech), 9-3 5th: No. 11 Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin) dec. No. 14 Steven Schneider (Binghamton), 5-2 7th: No. 7 Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 8 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), 3- 197: 1st: No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) pinned No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 1:52 3rd: No. 14 Jeric Kasunic (American) dec. Jacob Holschlag (Northern Iowa), 5-2 5th: No. 9 Matt Williams (CSU-Bakersfield) dec. Stephen Loiseau (Drexel), 7-0 7th: No. 16 Nathan Traxler (Stanford) by medical forfeit over Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) 285: 1st: No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) dec. No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State), 4-2 3rd: No. 6 Jacob Kasper (Duke) dec. No. 13 Nathan Butler (Stanford), 3-1 5th: Shawn Streck (Purdue) pinned No. 8 Ryan Solomon (Pitt), 0:33 7th: Andrew Dunn (Virginia Tech) maj. dec. Jeramy Sweany (Cornell), 14-6

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern easily handled Maryland in the home opener of the 2017-18 season, outscoring the Big Ten foe, 34-12, at historic Patten Gym on Saturday afternoon. Chicago's Big Ten Team improves to 3-0 in the dual slate this season. Sebastian Rivera, the 12th-ranked 125-pounder in the nation, handily took care of Maryland's Brandon Cray in the dual-opener. Outscoring his opponent by double-digits, he instead pinned his New Jersey compatriot in 5:53. In his first home bout, Colin Valdiviez shut out the Terrapin wrestler, Jhared Simmons. He added four team points to the Wildcat effort, ending in a 10-0 major decision. No. HOMEGROWN product Alec McKenna continued the Wildcat winning ways, handling Peter Tedesco with a 4-1 decision. No. 7 Ryan Deakin won his team-leading 10th bout of the year, a pin of Adam Whitesell in 3:56. It was his third win by fall of the season, tying for the team lead. Joining in on the pin party was Johnny Sebastian, who did the deed to fellow New Jerseyite Josh Ugalde in 3:57. He pushed the NU advantage up to 25-6 with three bouts remaining. No. 18 Mitch Sliga picked up the sixth Wildcat win of the afternoon, a 10-1 major decision over Maryland's Spencer Woods. Zack Chakonis logged the final Northwestern win, a commanding 16-0 Tech Fall over Niko Capello. The Wildcats are back in action on Dec. 10 against Northern Colorado in Broomfield, Colorado, starting at 3 p.m. CT. Results: 125: #12 Sebastian Rivera (NU) Fall Brandon Cray (UMD), 5:53 | NU 6, UMD 0 133: Colin Valdiviez (NU) maj. dec. Jhared Simmons (UMD), 10-0 | NU 10, UMD 0 141: Alec McKenna (NU) dec. Peter Tedesco (UMD), 4-1 | NU 13, UMD 0 149: #7 Ryan Deakin (NU) Fall Adam Whitesell (UMD), 3:56 | NU 19, UMD 0 157: Kyle Cochran (UMD) dec. Shayne Oster (NU), 9-3 | NU 19, UMD 3 165: Brendan Burnham (UMD) dec. Michael Sepke (NU), 3-2 | NU 19, UMD 6 174: Johnny Sebastian (NU) Fall Josh Ugalde (UMD), 3:57 | NU 25, UMD 6 184: #18 Mitch Sliga (NU) maj. dec. Spencer Woods (UMD), 10-1 | NU 29, UMD 6 197: Zack Chakonis (NU) Tech. Fall Niko Capello (UMD), 16-0 (4:31) | NU 34, UMD 6 285: #12 Youssif Hemida (UMD) Fall #19 Conan Jennings (NU), 5:25 | NU 34, UMD 12

Daniel Lewis won by technical fall (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Mizzou Wrestling (7-0, 1-0 MAC) opened its conference schedule with a 36-3 win over Mid-American Conference foe Old Dominion on Saturday at the Hearnes Center. After dropping the opening the match, Mizzou rolled out nine straight victories, and received bonus point wins in the dual from redshirt junior 149-pounder Grant Leeth (Kearney, Mo.), redshirt junior 174-pounder Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.) and redshirt heavyweight Austin Myers (Alexandria, Ky.). With the win, Mizzou remains undefeated in duals this season, improving to 7-0. The perfect start to the season is the ninth 7-0 start for Mizzou under head coach Brian Smith and the 11th all-time in program history. NOTABLE TIGERS In the 149 pound bout, Leeth record the first official pin of his career when he put Kenan Carter on his back in the third period (Leeth had four falls during his redshirt season at Duke in 2014-15). After beginning the year unranked in the individual rankings, Leeth has skyrocketed to as high as No. 12 by FloWrestling, and is now 9-2 on the season and a perfect 6-0 in dual competition. Lewis posted his ninth win by bonus points this season with his first technical fall of the season, as the two-time All-American defeated No. 20-ranked Seldon Wright, 15-0 in 6:05. Lewis was dominant from the first whistle, as he scored a takedown 11 seconds into the match and then recorded two four-point near falls before the end of the first period. Lewis finished off the technical fall with a third period takedown to record his sixth career technical fall. In 68 career wins, Lewis has now posted bonus point victories in 47-of-68 wins (69.1 percent). Austin Meyers claimed a 13-2 victory at heavyweight (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) In the final match of the dual, Myers put the hammer down on Ali Wahab, winning the match by major decision, 13-2. Myers controlled the bout from the start, scoring a takedown 30 seconds into the match, then growing his lead to 10-0 with two four-point near falls before the end of the period. The deficit was too much for much for Wahab to come back, as Myers recorded his first major decision on the season. QUOTABLES Mizzou Head Coach Brian Smith On Wyatt Koelling filling in for Willie Miklus… "He got a win. That's good, that's hard to do. He's a freshman and you're bumping up a weight. That's not an easy thing to do in Division I, so I'm pleased with that. I think he can score more, so we'll talk about that and get him better. But it gives him an opportunity to get out there and compete and he did some good things." On whether the team's aggressiveness after the intermission was due to something he said to them… "No, the same thing I tell them all the time, keep shooting and you'll score more. The more shots you take, the more points you can score." Mizzou redshirt junior 174-pounder Daniel Lewis On getting out to a quick start in the first period… "It's big. It sets my game plan in motion - to get on top and start working a guy, opening him up, imposing my will and making him feel all my weight, having him build up and work. So, first takedowns are huge and it really sets the tempo for what I want to do the rest of the match." On how he feels going into conference action and whether he feels as if he's hit a stride… "I definitely feel that I've hit a stride - I mean definitely not my peak though. That's for later in the season, but I feel comfortable doing some things. Each one of these duals shows me more that I can work on, so that's helpful. But I definitely feel like I'm in a pretty good stride -my conditioning is better, but I'm always working to improve." UP NEXT Next, Mizzou welcomes MAC opponent Ohio to the Hearnes Center for a dual on Sunday, Dec. 8. The dual is scheduled to start a 1 p.m. (CT) and will be broadcast on the Mizzou Network. For all the latest on Mizzou Wrestling, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (MizzouWrestling). Results: 125: No. 24 Michael McGee (ODU) dec. No. 15 Barlow McGhee (MIZ): 2-1 | MIZ 0, ODU 3 133: No. 8 John Erneste (MIZ) dec. Caleb Richardson: 4-0 | MIZ 3, ODU 3 141: No. 4 Jaydin Eierman (MIZ) inj. def. No. 15 Alex Madrigal (ODU): 3:10 | MIZ 9, ODU 3 149: No. 12 Grant Leeth (MIZ) fall Kenan Carter (ODU): 5:59 | MIZ 15, ODU 3 157: No. 2 Joey Lavallee (MIZ) dec. Larry Early (ODU): 6-2 | MIZ 18, ODU 3 165: Connor Flynn (MIZ) dec. Luke Drugac (ODU): 4-2 | MIZ 21, ODU 3 174: No. 4 Daniel Lewis (MIZ) tech. fall No. 20 Seldon Wright (ODU): 15-0 (6:05) | MIZ 26, ODU 3 184: Canten Marriott (MIZ) dec. Antonio Agee (ODU): 8-2 | MIZ 29, ODU 3 197: Wyatt Koelling (MIZ) dec. Noah Bushman (ODU): 4-0 | MIZ 32, ODU 3 HWT: Austin Myers (MIZ) major dec. Ali Wahab (ODU): 13-2 | MIZ 36, ODU 3

Chris Honeycutt (Photo/Bellator) Chris Honeycutt, two-time NCAA All-American wrestler for Edinboro University, suffered only his second loss in his professional mixed martial arts career at Bellator 189 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. Friday night. The 2012 NCAA finalist lost on a unanimous decision to Brazilian jiu-jitsu star Rafael Lovato, Jr. in a three-round middleweight (185-pound) bout that was a co-main event. While the three judges were in agreement in awarding the bout to Lovato (29-28, 30-27 and 30-27), not all news reports agreed with the officials' decision. Chris Zahar of Jiu-Jitsu Times wrote, "I have to say, I thought Chris Honeycutt's takedowns would have scored the fight in his favor. The judges saw it differently, though, and gave the fight to Rafael Lovato, Jr. via unanimous decision." LowKickMMA.com was even stronger in its statement on the scoring, saying, "The judges gave the win to Lovato. Horrible decision." www.lowkickmma.com/bellator/bellator-189-live-results/ Other websites served up less opinion-sharing in their coverage of the Honeycutt-Lovato, Jr. bout. "Rafael Lovato, Jr. was forced to go the distance for the first time in his career at Bellator 189," according to MMAjunkie.com. "Fortunately, that didn't hinder him much. He left the cage with a unanimous decision win." "Lovato Jr. threw the kitchen sink at Honeycutt in terms of submission attempts, but he couldn't stop the hard-nosed wrestler," MMAjunkie.com continued. "Honeycutt consistently moved forward and attempted to implement his wrestling game, but his overall offense wasn't very effective." MMAfighting.com described the fight as "a tepid affair", writing "Honeycutt was never able get anything going as Lovato Jr. landed the more effective strikes on the feet and stifled Honeycutt's takedowns with submission threats." "Both men played to their strengths as Lovato went for multiple forms of submission, Honeycutt went for multiple takedowns, and each round wound up looking like a carbon copy of the last," according to MMAmania.com. "What edged the fight Lovato's way was the strikes he landed when it stayed on the feet, the number of times he fought off Honeycutt's takedowns, and the fact Honeycutt couldn't get any dominant spots on top when he did get it to the ground." After the bout, each contestant weighed in with his assessment of the fight on social media. Rafael Lovato, Jr. wrote the following on his Instagram account: "lovatojrbjj First time to go the distance tonight. Thankful for the war @christhecutt gave me, much respect & all the best to you in the future. Very grateful to @bellatormma for giving me the Co-Main event spot on @spiketv so my students, friends, & fans around the world could watch. I learned a lot tonight & am very thankful for the experience I gained. I wish I could have got the finish for you all, but I know how important this fight was for my development & I will be that much better next time. Thank you all for the love & support, especially all of my @lovatobjjmma family that was there to cheer me on live. There is more to say, but now I am going to rest & eat a lot of bad food lol.... 7-0 #TrueMartialArtist" Chris Honeycutt posted the following on Facebook Saturday morning: "Thank you for all the love guys and gals. Obviously I'm not too happy about the outcome. I have watched the video of the fight and truly think I controlled the ring, I put the fight where I wanted it, and I shut down everything he was trying to do. Obviously I could have been a little more active on feet but I was only hit 3-4 times and pressed him continuously. That's my short view of the fight. Love you guys thank you again." With the win, Lovato, Jr. remains undefeated at 7-0 in his pro MMA career, and 3-0 in Bellator, while Honeycutt, who launched his career in Jan. 2013, is now 10-2 overall, and 6-2 in Bellator. (Honeycutt's only other loss was to former University of Iowa wrestling star Paul Bradley in Jan. 2016.)

Michigan's Alec Pantaleo was a semifinal winner at 157 pounds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 125: No. 16 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) dec. No. 11 Connor Schram (Stanford), 4-1 TB2 No. 8 Sean Russell (Edinboro) dec. Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa), 8-7 133: No. 9 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) dec. No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan), 7-5 No. 13 Josh Terao (American) dec. No. 7 Jack Mueller (Virginia), 6-0 141: No. 12 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec. No. 3 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 4-2 SV No. 13 Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 7 Chad Red (Nebraska), 3-2 149: No. 9 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) dec. No. 3 Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa), 3-2 No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) maj. dec. No. 5 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska), 12-0 157: No. 11 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) dec. No. 4 Tyler Berger (Nebraska), 9-3 No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) dec. No. 5 Josh Shields (Arizona State), 8-6 SV 165: No. 17 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) dec. No. 9 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota), 10-4 No. 5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 7 Te 'Shan Campbell (Ohio State), 4-0 174: No. 1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) dec. No. 8 Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa), 9-6 No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) dec. No. 6 Myles Amine (Michigan), 6-4 184: No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) tech. fall Taylor Venz (Nebraska), 19-4 No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 6 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech), 8-0 197: No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) dec. No. 9 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield), 10-4 No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) pinned Stephen Loiseau (Drexel), 3:16 285: No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) dec. No. 13 Nathan Butler (Stanford), 2-0 No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) pinned No. 6 Jacob Kasper (Duke), 6:53

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Cornell true freshman Yianni Diakomihalis reached the semifinals at 141 pounds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) 125: No. 11 Connor Schram (Stanford) vs. No. 16 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) No. 8 Sean Russell (Edinboro) vs. Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa) 133: No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan) vs. No. 9 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) No. 7 Jack Mueller (Virginia) vs. No. 13 Josh Terao (American) 141: No. 3 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs. No. 12 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) No. 7 Chad Red (Nebraska) vs. No. 13 Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) 149: No. 3 Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) vs. No. 9 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) No. 5 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) vs. No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) 157: No. 4 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) vs. No. 11 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) No. 5 Josh Shields (Arizona State) vs. No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) 165: No. 9 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) vs. No. 17 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) No. 5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 7 Te 'Shan Campbell (Ohio State) 174: No. 1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) vs. No. 8 Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa) No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) vs. No. 6 Myles Amine (Michigan) 184: No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. Taylor Venz (Nebraska) No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) vs. No. 6 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 197: No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) vs. No. 9 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) vs. Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) 285: No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) vs. No. 13 Nathan Butler (Stanford) No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) vs. No. 6 Jacob Kasper (Duke)

Adam Coon is one of five semifinalists for Michigan in Las Vegas (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) LAS VEGAS -- The No. 9-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team advanced five into the championship semifinal round to headline the first day of competition at the 36th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday (Dec. 1) at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With three additional Wolverines still alive in the consolation bracket, U-M sits atop the team standings with 90 points. Michigan took advantage of bonus wins to rack up big points, earning 18 total bonus wins through the two sessions, including eight pins. The Wolverines went 5-for-6 in the quarterfinal round; junior/sophomore Stevan Micic, senior/junior Alec Pantaleo, junior/sophomore Myles Amine, fifth-year senior Domenic Abounader and graduate student Adam Coon all pushed through to the semifinal round. Micic, ranked second nationally at 133 pounds, earned bonus points in each of his first three matches, including an 18-3 technical fall against Kent State's Anthony Tutolo in the third round behind four takedowns and eight back points. His quarterfinal bout -- an 11-7 decision over North Carolina's Zach Sherman -- was his closest of the day. Micic scored on four takedowns in that contest to build up an early lead before Sherman closed the final score with a pair of third-period takedowns. Micic advances to the semifinals for the second straight year; he took second place in his CKLV debut last season. Pantaleo, ranked 11th at 157 pounds, bookended the day with a pair of big bonus wins, including a quick first-period fall against North Dakota State's 12th-ranked Clay Read in the quarterfinals. Ream shot in on an early single leg, and Pantaleo pancaked him to his back for the fall at 1:09. Pantaleo opened the day with an 18-3 technical fall against Embry-Riddles James Williams behind six takedowns and a four-point near fall. Pantaleo is a former CKLV finalist, taking second place at 149 pounds in 2014. Amine, ranked sixth at 174 pounds, battled to earn a 9-8 decision over Central Michigan's 16th-ranked CJ Brucki in the quarterfinal round, sacrificing the lead on a late Brucki reversal before reclaiming it on a reversal of his own with just 19 seconds remaining and riding out the match. Amine also earned bonus points in his first two matches of the day, including a 17-1 technical fall over Embry-Riddle's Kody Davis in the second round. Amine took third place in his CKLV debut last season. Abounader, ranked fifth at 184 pounds, cruised to an 8-0 major decision against Wisconsin's 11th-ranked Ricky Robertson in the quarterfinal round, scoring a takedown in each period and riding for nearly five minutes. Abounader, who earned runner-up honors in his last CKLV appearance in 2015, also earned bonus with a quick fall (1:43) against North Dakota State's Tyler McNutt in the second round. Coon, ranked second at heavyweight, boasted the Wolverines' most dominant performance of the day with three falls and a major decision to cruise into the CKLV semifinals for the third time in his career. He pinned a familiar foe in Eastern Michigan's 18th-ranked Gage Hutchison with a bow and arrow at the 4:10 mark in the quarterfinals. He also earned a pair of first-period pins and a second-round major decision. Coon won the CKLV heavyweight crown as a true freshman in 2013. The Wolverines also have three alive in the wrestlebacks, notably junior/sophomore Logan Massa, ranked third nationally and the defending CKLV champion at 165 pounds, who suffered an 8-4 upset to Wisconsin's 17th-ranked Evan Wick after a late takedown in the quarterfinals. Massa earned bonus points in each of his other three bouts, with a first-round pin and back-to-back technical falls. Freshman Drew Mattin, ranked 18th at 125 pounds, went 3-1 and closed the day with back-to-back pins in the wrestlebacks, including a comeback against Michigan State's Rayvon Foley. Graduate student Kevin Beazley, ranked fifth at 197 pounds, also went 3-1 on the day and closed it out with an 11-5 decision against Nebraska's Eric Schultz behind a six-point move at the buzzer. Michigan will return to action tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 2) for the second and final day of competition at the 2017 Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada. U-M will hit the mat at 9 a.m. PST for the semifinals and continued wrestleback rounds, while the championships finals are slated for a 3 p.m. (PST) start. All matches will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Top 10 Teams (After Day 1) 1. MICHIGAN 90.0 2. Ohio State 85.0 3. Nebraska 73.5 4. Arizona State 71.5 5. Northern Iowa 68.0 6. Virginia Tech 56.5 7. Central Michigan 52.0 8. Wyoming 46.5 9. Cornell 45.0 10. Stanford 40.5

Sam Stoll secured a pin to give Iowa a victory (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team needed a pin for the win, and its fall-happy heavyweight delivered. Junior Sam Stoll delivered a first-period knockout to rally the seventh-ranked Hawkeyes to an 18-17 win over No. 15 Illinois on Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The teams split 10 bouts, and for nine matches it looked like Illinois' Isaiah Martinez's technical fall at 165 may be the difference. That was before Stoll, ranked No. 7 at 285 pounds, took Deuce Rachal to his back to send the Carver crowd into what amounted to a buzzer-beating frenzy. "I am out there to do my job," Stoll said. "I know that if I go out there and wrestle hard for seven minutes I can pin a lot of guys. My goal is to pin every guy I wrestle. No one wants to wrestle at a hard, high pace, and if I go out there and take care of what I need to do, everything will fall into place." The Hawkeyes trailed the entire dual, dropping the first three matches and falling behind 9-0 before All-Americans Brandon Sorensen and Michael Kemerer took the mat. Sorensen put Iowa on the board at 149 with a 4-1 win against No. 20 Eric Barone. He picked up a single-leg in the third and closed on the edge to break a 1-1 tie. He finished the final 1:25 on top to add a point for riding time. Michael Kemerer gets in on a shot against Kyle Langenderfer (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) Kemerer followed Sorensen with his own 4-1 decision against. No. 17 Kyle Langenderfer at 157. He scored a takedown in the first and put on a third-period ride to earn a point for riding time. It was his fifth straight win against a ranked opponent. Illinois won two of the first three matches after intermission to build a 17-9 lead -- Joey Gunther sandwiched a 6-1 decision in between Illinois wins at 165 and 184, setting up a must-see bonus-point scenario from the Hawkeyes at 197 and 285. Cash Wilcke wrestled to a 1-1 tie after regulation at 197, and set the table for Stoll's dramatics with a takedown in the first sudden victory period. "I don't really consider the team score when I'm getting ready for my match," Wilcke said. "I know I need to go out there and win and win by scoring points. I let him slow me down. I gave a lot of respect to his offense. I need to do what I do best." QUOTING COACH BRANDS "If we continue to give up nine first period takedowns and get one, we're going to really struggle. We knew this year was going to be unique, but we did not fight. You have to fight and it has to be more about getting that one takedown to get yourself back in the match. Those guys were athletic and points were hard to come by, but that is not where we should be struggling. We know that we have work to do." UP NEXT Iowa returns to the mat Friday, Dec. 8 at No. 11 Rutgers, and Sunday, Dec. 10 at Maryland. NOTABLES Iowa has won 20 straight conference openers. Five of Kemerer's last seven matches have been against ranked opponents, he is 5-0 with two major decisions and a technical fall against those five opponents. Sixteen of Sam Stoll's 34 career wins have ended in fall. Records: Iowa (5-0, 1-0), Illinois (1-2, 0-1). Attendance was 8,206 Results: 125: #13 Travis Piotrowski (ILL) dec. Justin Stickley (IA), 7-4; 0-3 133: #20 Dylan Duncan (ILL) dec. Phillip Laux (IA), 6-1; 0-6 141: Mike Carr (ILL) dec. Vince Turk (IA), 7-5; 0-9 149: #2 Brandon Sorensen (IA) dec. #20 Eric Batone (ILL), 4-1; 3-9 157: #3 Michael Kemerer (IA) #17 Kyle Langenderfer (ILL), 4-1; 6-9 165: #2 Isaiah Martinez (ILL) tech. fall #16 Kaleb Young (IA), 23-8; 6-14 174: Joey Gunther (IA) dec. David Riojas (ILL), 6-1; 9-14 184: #12 Emery Parker (ILL) dec. Mitch Bowman (IA), 5-3; 9-17 197: #10 Cash Wilcke (IA) dec. Andre Lee (ILL), 3-1 SV1; 12-17 285: #7 Sam Stoll (IA) pinned Deuce Rachal (ILL), 2:02; 18-17

PHILADELPHIA --The Rider wrestling team battled throughout and Ryan Cloud's (Brookville, OH/Northmont) victory in the final match of the night clinched a 19-15 victory over the University of Pennsylvania Friday night. The Broncs were victorious in six of the 10 matches wrestled. The dual started off strong for the Rider Wrestlers, with J.R. Wert (Christiansburg, VA/Christiansburg) winning by 13-5 major decision. After a loss at 133 pounds, Tyson Dippery (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) defeated Marc Mastropietro by the score of 9-4. B.J. Clagon (Toms River, NJ/Toms River HS South), Chad Walsh (Cherry Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic), and Dean Sherry (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) each won by decision to pull the Broncs out to a 16-9 lead. The Broncs would then suffer losses at 184 and 197 pounds, leading to a winner-take-all matchup at 285 with the score at 16-15 in favor of Rider. Cloud would bring home the team and individual victory, defeating Patrick Garren by a score of 10-4 for a final match score of 19-15 in favor of Rider. Notes: - This was the second-straight year the Broncs defeated Quakers. - The Broncs now begin a prolonged break with their next competition coming at the South Beach Duals on December 29th and 30th. - Ethan Laird's (Waterford, PA/General McLane) hard-fought 4-2 loss was at the hands of the 12th-ranked 197 pound wrestler in the nation, Frank Mattiace. - Clagon's decision over Velliquette avenged one of two blemishes on the redshirt senior's record this season. Clagon had to take an injury default against Velliquette in the Keystone Classic less than two weeks ago. Results: 125: J.R. Wert (RIDER) over Daniel Planta (PENN) (MD 13-5) 133: Giovanni Ghione (PENN) over Jonathon Tropea (RIDER) (Fall 0:34) 141: Tyson Dippery (RIDER) over Marc Mastropietro (PENN) (Dec 9-4) 149: Joe Oliva (PENN) over Gary Dinmore (RIDER) (Dec 6-3) 157: B.J. Clagon (RIDER) over Joseph Velliquette (PENN) (Dec 5-2) 165: Chad Walsh (RIDER) over May Bethea (PENN) (Dec 6-2) 174: Dean Sherry (RIDER) over Khamari Whimper (PENN) (Dec 12-8) 184: Joe Heyob (PENN) over Michale Fagg-Daves (RIDER) (Dec 7-3) 197: Frank Mattiace (PENN) over Ethan Laird (RIDER) (Dec 4-2) 285: Ryan Cloud (RIDER) over Patrik Garren (PENN) (Dec 10-4)

PRINCETON, N.J. -- No. 5 Lehigh won the first three bouts and scored bonus points in four of six match victories to knock off Princeton 25-13 in EIWA action Friday night at Jadwin Gym. Junior Scott Parker posted his third consecutive win by fall and he, senior Darian Cruz, junior Ryan Preisch and sophomore Jordan Kutler all remained unbeaten on the season. With the win, the Mountain Hawks improve to 4-0 in dual action this season, while the Tigers dropped their season opener. "We knew bonus points would be big tonight and we knew coming in that it could be 5-5," Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro said. "Our guys were focused on tonight and that was the goal. Now we have to have a good tomorrow and a good Sunday. Princeton's a good team. They came to wrestle, we came to wrestle." Cruz was actually surprised as Princeton's Jonathan Gomez gave up the opening takedown at 125 but the returning NCAA champion rallied with five more takedowns plus a reversal to open the second period and scored a late four point near fall to secure an 18-6 major decision. Parker continued his recent strong run, scoring two takedowns and a four point near fall to lead 8-1 after one period. In the second period, Parker locked up a cradle to pin Trey Aslanian in 3:23 to stake Lehigh to a 10-0 lead. Freshman Luke Karam completed the run scoring takedowns in each of the first period off low single shots and adding an escape a stalling point and riding time to defeat Pat D'Arcy 7-0 at 141. "Luke's been a winner his whole life," Santoro said. "He really wants to be great. He works at it all the time and he loves to compete. We just can't rely on those first two guys all the time. We need all 10 guys helping out. We need more guys with that same consistency." Trailing 13-0, Princeton came back to take the next three bouts to pull within 13-10 after six. At 149, fourth-ranked Matt Kolodzik defeated junior Cortlandt Schuyler 4-2 to get the Tigers on the board. Junior Ian Brown scored the first six points against Mike D'Angelo at 157, but the Tiger battled back with the next seven points of the first period and eventually scored 17 unanswered points to post a 17-6 major, cutting Lehigh's lead to 13-7 at intermission. Junior Gordon Wolf engaged in another high-scoring affair at 165, but Princeton's Jonathan Schleifer put up a 10-point first period and nine more in the second. Wolf answered with a takedown and a turn for four near fall in the third, but the best he could do was avoid giving up bonus points as Schleifer held on for the 19-12 decision. Kutler and Preisch answered with back-to-back wins at 174 and 184 to get Lehigh back on track. Kutler totaled four takedowns, two escapes, a two point near fall and a four-pointer in a 16-1 technical fall over Carlin Powell. Preisch then built an early 6-0 lead and went on to defeat Kendall Elfstrom by major decision 11-1, putting Lehigh up 12 with two bouts remaining. Freshman Chris Weiler made his dual debut at 197 taking on Patrick Brucki. Weiler scored the first takedown and led 5-3 over two periods after a late second period reversal, but a third period reversal and then a late takedown was enough to give Brucki an 8-7 decision. With the dual clinched, Lehigh sent out sophomore Christian Colucci at 285 and Colucci scored takedowns in the second and third periods in a 6-3 decision over Michael Markulec. "We did a lot of good things tonight," Santoro said. "We really did. You can't get caught up in a match or two. Guys are going to have bad matches some times. That's okay as long as you learn from it. Ian had a tough loss two weeks ago. He came back two days later and beat an All-American. You have to be resilient in this sport and you have to keep getting better. Our guys do that. They're tough kids and we have to turn around and see what we can do on Sunday." The Mountain Hawks will host top-ranked and two-time defending national champion Penn State Sunday at 2 p.m. at PPL Center in Allentown. The match is sold out but will be televised locally on Service Electric 2 Sports and streamed on the Patriot League Network. Results: 125 - Darian Cruz (Lehigh) major dec. Jonathan Gomez (Princeton) 18-6 133 - Scott Parker (Lehigh) Fall Trey Aslanian (Princeton) 3:23 141 - Luke Karam (Lehigh) dec. Pat D'Arcy (Princeton) 7-0 149 - Matt Kolodzik (Princeton) dec. Cortlandt Schuyler (Lehigh) 4-2 157 - Mike D'Angelo (Princeton) major dec. Ian Brown (Lehigh) 17-6 165 - Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton) dec. Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) 19-12 174 - Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) tech fall Carlin Powell (Princeton) 16-1, 6:30 184 - Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) major dec. Kendall Elfstrom (Princeton) 11-1 197 - Patrick Brucki (Princeton) dec. Chris Weiler (Lehigh) 8-7 285 - Christian Colucci (Lehigh) dec. Michael Markulec (Princeton) 6-3

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- Thomas Haines (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) needed just 43 seconds to pin Razohnn Gross and sealed one of the biggest wins in recent Lock Haven University wrestling history. Haines' pin put the match away and secured Lock Haven's 22-16 upset of No. 11 Rutgers (3-1) tonight in front of a sellout Thomas Fieldhouse crowd. In front of 2,357 raucous fans, LHU (1-0) won five bouts including four by way of bonus points to power the Bald Eagles to their first win over a top-25 team in nearly 12 years. Lock Haven's last win over a ranked opponent came back on February 13, 2005, when LHU topped West Virginia, 21-17. The victory also snapped a two-match losing skid to Rutgers, marking the Bald Eagles first win over the Scarlet Knights since January 2008. Haines, Kyle Shoop (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs), Ronnie Perry (Christiana, Pa./Solanco), Alex Klucker (Summerdale, Pa./East Pennsboro) and Chance Marsteller (New Park, Pa./Kennard-Dale) all won for Lock Haven. Shoop posted LHU's first win of the night and the major decision sparked a four-bout win streak for the Bald Eagles. Perry knocked off No. 13 Eleazar DeLuca, 5-1 while both Klucker and Marsteller dominated their opponents in their LHU dual-debut. Rutgers held a slight 14-12 advantage despite Lock Haven's aggressive style from everyone in the lineup. In the end, LHU's bonus-point victories proved important and none was more important than Haines' pin to seal it. The Scarlet Knights jumped out to a 7-0 lead after posting wins at 125 and 133. No. 2 Nick Suriano majored Josiah Kline (Tucson, Ariz./Ironwood Ridge) 19-5 at 125 in the night's opening bout, before No. 10 Scott DelVecchio posted a 11-5 decision over returning national qualifier DJ Fehlman (Warren, Pa./Warren). Shoop put the Bald Eagles on the board in a big way after he dominated Michael Van Brill 13-0 on the way to a major at 141. Shoop jumped on M. Van Brill early and led 4-0 after one. It was 11-0 after two as Shoop put on a clinic on the way to a 6:15 riding time advantage. In the night's only bout between two nationally-ranked wrestlers coming at 149, Perry, ranked No. 15 came out on top. He grinded out a 5-1 workmanlike win over DeLuca, ranked No. 13. The score remained scoreless after one period, but Perry earned an escape and a takedown in the second to jolt to a 3-0 lead after two. In the third, Perry was awarded a point after DeLuca was hit with a stall call and Perry extended the score to 5-1with a 1:35 riding time advantage. Perry's win knotted the dual at 7-7. At 157, Klucker went to work early on Nick Santos and earned the tech fall at the seven-minute mark. Klucker led 6-0 after one, 9-0 after two and racked up 5:36 of riding time on the way to the 16-1 victory (TF, 7:00). Klucker's tech fall pushed LHU into the lead for the first time at 12-7 Marsteller, ranked No. 10, followed up Klucker's tech fall with Lock Haven's second major of the match. Marsteller dominated John Van Brill on the way to the 11-3 win at 165. Marsteller, who racked up four takedowns in the bout and led 8-2 after the second remained undefeated, and moved to 12-0 on the season. Marsteller's victory extended Lock Haven's lead to 16-7. Joe Grello edged out Jared Siegrist (Manheim, Pa./Central), 3-2 at 174 to cut The Haven lead to 16-10. Jordan Pagano bumped up to 184 and posted a 4-2 sudden-victory win for Rutgers. He edged out Corey Hazel (Spring Mills, Pa./Penns Valley). At 197, another Rutgers wrestler bumped up from his normal spot in the lineup. Nick Gravina, ranked No. 9 at 184, moved up to 197 and edged Tristan Sponseller (East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs), 6-4. The three straight Scarlet Knight wins at 174 - 184 - 197 tied the dual at 16-16, which set things up for some late Lock Haven dramatics. For Haines, he needed just 43 seconds to pin Gross, seal the upset-victory and send the packed Thomas Fieldhouse crowd into an absolute frenzy. Results: 125: No. 2 Nick Suriano (RU) major dec. Josiah Kline (LHU) 19-5; Rutgers leads 4-0 133: No. 10 Scott DelVecchio (RU) dec. DJ Fehlman (LHU) 11-5; Rutgers leads 7-0 141: Kyle Shoop (LHU) major dec. Micheal Van Brill (RU) 13-0; Rutgers leads 7-4 149: No. 15 Ronnie Perry (LHU) dec. 13 Eleazar DeLuca (RU), 5-1; TIED 7-7 157: Alex Klucker (LHU) tech fall Nick Santos (RU) 16-1 (7:00); Lock Haven leads 12-7 165: No. 10 Chance Marsteller (LHU) major dec. John Van Brill (RU) 11-3; Lock Haven leads 16-7 174: Joe Grello (RU) dec. Jared Siegrist (LHU) 3-2; Lock Haven leads 16-10 184: Jordan Pagano (RU) dec. Corey Hazel (LHU), 4-2 SV; Lock Haven leads 16-13 197: Nick Gravina (RU) dec. Tristan Sponseller (LHU) 6-4; TIED 16-16 285: No. 15 Thomas Haines (LHU) pinned Razohnn Gross (RU) 0:43; Lock Haven wins 22-16

125: No. 16 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) dec. No. 3 Ethan Lizak (Minnesota), 4-3 No. 11 Connor Schram (Stanford) dec. Will Bardezbain (Kent State), 4-1 No. 8 Sean Russell (Edinboro) dec. Christian Moody (Oklahoma), 9-2 Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 6 Ryan Milhof (Arizona State), 8-6 133: No. 2 Stevan Micic (Michigan) dec. Zach Sherman (North Carolina), 11-7 No. 9 Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) dec. No. 11 Korbin Myers (Edinboro), 5-1 No. 7 Jack Mueller (Virginia) dec. Austin Desanto (Drexel), 4-0 No. 13 Josh Terao (American) dec. No. 6 Dom Forys (Pittsburgh), 6-3 141: No. 3 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) pinned No. 19 Kanen Storr (Iowa State), 2:04 No. 12 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) maj. dec. Nick Zanetta (Pitt), 9-1 No. 13 Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 8 Tommy Thorn (Minnesota), 4-3 No. 7 Chad Red (Nebraska) dec. Eli Stickley (Wisconsin), 7-5 149: No. 3 Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) dec. Michael Sprague (American), 4-1 No. 9 Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) dec. No. 8 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State), 10-8 No. 6 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. No. 12 Josh Maruca (Arizona State), 9-4 No. 5 Colton McCrystal (Nebraska) dec. No. 18 Zander Wick (Wisconsin), 11-10 157: No. 4 Tyler Berger (Nebraska) dec. No. 19 Taleb Rahmani (Pitt), 7-5 SV No. 11 Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) pinned No. 12 Clay Ream (North Dakota State), 1:09 No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) pinned Tristan Rifanburg (Binghamton), 4:05 No. 5 Josh Shields (Arizona State) dec. No. 20 Archie Colgan (Wyoming), 3-1 SV 165: No. 17 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) dec. No. 3 Logan Massa (Michigan), 8-4 No. 9 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) dec. No. 8 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State), 2-1 No. 7 Te 'Shan Campbell (Ohio State) dec. No.11 Isaiah White (Nebraska), 3-1 No. 5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 18 Jon Jay Chavez (Cornell), 6-2 174: No. 1 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) maj. dec. No. 13 Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma), 15-3 No. 8 Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa) pinned No. 7 Jadaen Bernstein (Navy), 0:52 No. 6 Myles Amine (Michigan) dec. No. 16 C.J. Brucki (Central Michigan), 9-8 No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) dec. No. 15 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford), 9-5 184: No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) maj. dec. No. 14 Steven Schneider (Binghamton), 14-4 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) pinned No. 8 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), 4:26 No. 6 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 10 Max Dean (Cornell), 9-5 No. 5 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 11 Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin), 8-0 197: No. 1 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) maj. dec. Hunter Ritter (Wisconsin), 20-7 No. 9 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) dec. Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado), 8-1 Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) dec. Tom Lane (Cal Poly), 9-2 No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) maj. dec. No. 16 Nathan Traxler (Stanford), 13-3 285: No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned No. 18 Gage Hutchison (Eastern Michigan), 4:10 No. 13 Nathan Butler (Stanford) dec. Shawn Streck (Purdue), 5-1 No. 6 Jacob Kasper (Duke) dec. No. 16 Garrett Ryan (Columbia), 6-0 No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) pinned Cory Daniel (North Carolina), 6:18

Alireza Karimi-Machiani (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY -- United World Wrestling has opened an investigation into irregularities surrounding the first-round match between Ali Reza Karimi (Iran) and Alikhan Zhabrailov (Russia) at the U23 World Championships in Poland. As reported in several news outlets it's believed that Karimi was directed by his coaches to lose the match in avoidance of a potential second-round opponent. United World Wrestling's Legal and Ethics Committees will review all the facts and in the coming weeks submit their recommendations to the UWW Bureau.

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