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Cornell's Gabe Dean advanced to the finals (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) LAS VEGAS -- Six returning champions punched their tickets to the finals of Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday. Those wrestlers include Ohio State wrestlers Nathan Tomasello (133) and Micah Jordan (149), Cornell wrestlers Brian Realbuto (174) and Gabe Dean (184), as well as Wisconsin's Isaac Jordan (165) and Virginia Tech's Ty Walz (285). MIchigan's Logan Massa defeated ASU's Anthony Valencia in the semifinals (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) Four freshmen earned spots in the finals: Ohio State's Jose Rodriguez (125), Arizona State's Zahid Valencia (174) and Michigan wrestlers Stevan Micic (133) and Logan Massa (165). Returning NCAA champion Myles Martin of Ohio State was defeated in the semifinals at 184 pounds by Virginia Tech's Zack Zavatasky, 6-4. Wisconsin grabbed the lead in the team standings heading in the finals. The Badgers have two finalists and seven placewinners. Ohio State sits in second place, followed by Virginia Tech. The final round is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. PT. InterMat will continue its live blog coverage. Semifinal Results 125: No. 2 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 14 Sean Russell (Edinboro), 4-2 Jose Rodriguez (Ohio State) tech. fall Trey Andrews (Northern Colorado), 17-1 133: No. 3 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. No. 18 Mark Grey (Cornell), 8-3 No. 9 Stevan Micic (Michigan) dec. Mitchell McKee (Minnesota), 9-7 SV 141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) maj. dec. No. 16 Logan Everett (Army), 10-2 No. 7 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) dec. Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield), 5-4 149: No. 8 Pat Lugo (Edinboro) dec. No. 5 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 5-3 No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) dec. No. 7 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan), 9-4 157: No. 10 Collin Heffernan (Central Michigan) dec. Joshua Shields (Arizona State), 6-3 Jake Short (Minnesota) by injury default over No. 20 Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech 165: No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) pinned No. 16 Austin Matthews (Edinboro), 1:45 No. 6 Logan Massa (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 9 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State), 17-4 174: No. 5 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) dec. No. 13 Jim Wilson (Stanford), 12-5 No. 7 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) maj. dec. No. 10 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 10-2 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) pinned No. 11 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), 2:55 No. 8 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State), 6-4 197: No. 2 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) maj. dec. No. 12 Kollin Moore (Ohio State), 15-7 No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 6 Jake Smith (West Virginia), 6-4 SV 285: No. 2 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) dec. No. 8 Michael Kroells (Minnesota), 4-2 No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State), 5-3

BROOKINGS, South Dakota -- The University of Iowa wrestling team won eight-of-10 matches to defeat No. 20 South Dakota State, 29-8, Friday night at Frost Arena. A school record 4,087 fans watched the third-ranked Hawkeyes (4-0, 1-0) pile up 31 takedowns and 14 nearfall points to win their 20th consecutive road dual. "Everywhere you go you're going to get the best shot and biggest crowds and it's a situation that you love and embrace," said UI head coach Tom Brands, who picked up his 200th career dual win. "There is no better feeling that wrestling in front of your fans, except maybe when you can quite a rabid arena on the road. We have great fans, so that's saying a lot if you can compare those two things." The Hawkeyes scored bonus points in three bouts, including a technical fall from Thomas Gilman, who scored 12 takedowns to win 26-10 at 125 pounds. "The guy went out there and had a game plan: keep his wrist clear and try not to give up more than 30 takedowns," said Gilman, who improved to 7-0 this season with five pins and two technical falls. "They're all tough," he said. "It doesn't matter if it was our first match of the year, our last one, the next one, or at nationals, they're all tough. The way I do may make it look easy, but they're all tough." Sammy Brooks used six takedowns and eight nearfall points to win 20-5 at 184, and Topher Carton ended the night with a 12-1 major decision at 141. Carton scored three takedowns, four nearfall, and racked up 4:00 of riding time. Brandon Sorensen (149), Michael Kemerer (157), Joey Gunther (165), and Alex Meyer (174) spotted the Hawkeyes a 12-0 advantage before Brooks blew the doors open at 184. He used five takedowns and four nearfall points to build a 14-4 first period lead before eventually terminating the match with four more nearfall one minute into the second frame. "That's part of the philosophy we have as Hawkeyes," Brooks said. "If I go out there and put the hammer down and I do my job, the next guy is going to go and do the same. There is no beating that. In a place like this that may be even more important, when the crowd believes they've been close and they're still in it. I didn't hear much cheering from them in my match." The Hawkeyes also got a win at 285, where Steven Holloway scored a takedown 25 seconds into the first period and used a second-period escape to win, 3-2. The Jackrabbits were favored at 133 and 197 pounds and got wins at both. Phillip Laux lost 15-0 at 133 to seventh-ranked Seth Gross, and Cash Wilcke fell, 8-5, to fourth-ranked Nate Rotert at 197. Wilcke led 4-3 after two periods but surrendered a pair of takedowns in the third and lost for the first time this season. Iowa returns to the mat Saturday, Dec. 10 hosting Iowa State in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Series. The dual begins at 7 p.m. (CT) and is broadcast on KXIC AM 800 and online at Hawkeye All-Access. The dual is streamed online on BTN Plus. Visit BTN2Go.com for more information. NOTES: Attendance was 4,087, and an attendance record at SDSU... Iowa scored 18 of its 31 takedowns in the first period… Kemerer (9-0) earned his first career win over a ranked opponent….Brands is 200-37-1 in 13 seasons as a head coach. Results: 149 -- #2 Brandon Sorensen (I) dec. Alex Kocer (SDSU), 9-5; 3-0 157 -- #7 Michael Kemerer (I) dec. Colin Holler (SDSU), 7-3; 6-0 165 -- Joey Gunther (I) dec. Luke Zilverberg (SDSU), 6-4; 9-0 174 -- #6 Alex Meyer (I) dec. #15 David Kocer (SDSU), 4-1; 12-0 184 -- #7 Sammy Brooks (I) major dec. Martin Mueller (SDSU), 20-5; 17-0 197 -- #4 Nate Rotert (SDSU) dec. Cash Wilcke (I), 9-5; 17-3 285 -- Steven Holloway (I) dec. Alex Macki (SDSU), 3-2; 20-3 125 -- #1 Thomas Gilman (I) tech. fall Ben Gillette (SDSU), 26-11; 25-3 133 -- #7 Seth Gross (SDSU) tech. fall Phillip Laux (I), 15-0; 25-8 141 -- Topher Carton (I) major dec. Henry Pohlmeyer (SDSU), 12-1; 29-8

NORMAN, Okla. -- Top-ranked Oklahoma State dropped No. 16 Oklahoma, 33-3, in the 175th edition of Bedlam wrestling Friday night after winning nine of 10 individual bouts. The win bumped the Cowboys' advantage in the series to 138-27-10 and marked the Cowboys' third 30-point victory in the first three duals of the season. The Cowboys (3-0) recorded four bonus point victories in the win, including technical falls from Kyle Crutchmer and Nolan Boyd at 174 and 184 pounds, respectively, to close out the match. "The scoreboard looks good," head coach John Smith said. "I felt like we didn't impose our will in some of the matches where I really thought there was a lopsided (advantage), and then it was scoreless in the first period. That scenario is not a scenario you want to see, but sometimes that happens early (in the season). I was pleased with the matches where it seemed like we were tight, and then we exploded and put up a lot of points, so that was good to see." Preston Weigel started off the night with a 4-0 decision, racking up nearly four minutes of riding time over No. 18 Brad Johnson to improve to 5-1 on the season. Weigel recorded a takedown halfway through the first period, securing nearly a minute and a half of riding time after one. Starting the second on bottom, Weigel escaped quickly to boost his lead to three where it would stay for the remainder of the match. Senior heavyweight Austin Schafer picked up his second-straight top-15 win Saturday night with a 5-2 decision over No. 13 Ross Larson that extended the Cowboy lead to 6-0. After a scoreless first period, Schafer got the high end of a scoring flurry to start the second, escaping before taking down Larson to jump out to a 3-2 lead after the first two periods. The Edmond, Okla., product closed it out, escaping to open the period and holding off Larson for the remainder of the match. 125-pounder Nick Piccininni tallied a 12-2 major decision over Christian Moody for the first bonus point win of the night for the Pokes. Despite neither wrestler finding a way to score in the first, the redshirt freshman used three takedowns and a four-point nearfall in the final two periods to run up the score in a hurry and convert the major decision. In three duals this season, Piccininni has recorded a pair of technical falls and tonight's major decision to boost his dual point total to 14 on the year. Kaid Brock recorded a 10-7 win over Oklahoma's Trae Blackwell at 133 pounds to move to 7-0 overall this season and 3-0 in duals. Brock recorded a couple of takedowns in the first period, following with a couple more in the second to lead 9-5 after three. Starting the third on bottom, the Stillwater native escaped to make his lead five. Blackwell would score on a takedown late in the final period, but it was too late as Brock ran out the clock for the decision. Reigning NCAA Champion Dean Heil came out of the gate hot at 141 pounds, recording three takedowns and a four-point nearfall to lead 10-2 after one frame. The scoring slowed down with each wrestler only adding an escape in the remaining two periods, but that opening spurt and riding time put Heil on top with a 12-3 decision. Anthony Collica picked up his second win of the season in as many matches with a 10-5 decision over No. 14 Davion Jeffries at 149 pounds to bump the Cowboy lead to 20-0. After a takedown in each of the first two periods, Collica finished strong with a takedown and reversal in the final frame to wrap up the win. At 157 pounds, Jonce Blaylock dropped 13th-ranked DaWaylon Barnes in a 6-3 decision to seal the victory for the Pokes with three matches to go. Blaylock took a 1-0 lead into the final period. After Barnes escaped to open the third and tie the match at one, the match looked to be headed for sudden victory as both wrestlers struggled to score, but Barnes was called for his second stalling of the night, putting Blaylock ahead. The redshirt sophomore just built his lead after that, closing the match with a pair of takedowns to seal the upset and his second career win over a ranked foe. Chandler Rogers was the only Cowboy to be defeated Friday night, falling in a 3-1 sudden victory decision to No. 11 Clark Glass at 165 pounds. Kyle Crutchmer surged late to pick up a 21-6 technical fall over Oklahoma's Hayden Hansen. Leading 5-1 after the first two periods, Kyle Crutchmer found no trouble scoring in the third. Crutchmer tallied five takedowns and two nearfalls in the final frame to get the tech, marking his second bonus point victory of the season. Nolan Boyd finished off the Cowboy rout with a technical fall win over OU's Andrew Dixon. Boyd jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first period, and got the tech fall in 5:43 after a couple of takedowns and a four-point nearfall over the final two periods. The dual win was the Cowboys' sixth straight over the Sooners and their 13th in the last 14 meetings. OSU returns to action Sunday at 1 p.m., squaring off with No. 21 Pitt in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Results: 197: No. 5 Preston Weigel (OSU) dec. No. 18 Brad Johnson (OU) 4-0 HWT: No. 12 Austin Schafer (OSU) dec. No. 13 Ross Larson (OU) 5-2 125: No. 10 Nick Piccininni (OSU) MD Christian Moody (OU) 12-2 133: No. 6 Kaid Brock (OSU) dec. Trae Blackwell (OU) 10-7 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (OSU) MD Mike Longo (OU) 12-3 149: No. 3 Anthony Collica (OSU) dec. No. 14 Davion Jeffries (OU) 10-5 157: Jonce Blaylock (OSU) dec. No. 13 DaWaylon Barnes (OU) 6-3 165: No. 11 Clark Glass (OU) dec. No. 4 Chandler Rogers (OSU) 3-1, SV-1 174: No. 4 Kyle Crutchmer (OSU) TF Hayden Hansen (OU) 21-6 184: No. 5 Nolan Boyd (OSU) TF Andrew Dixon (OU) 16-1

EVANSTON, N.D. -- North Dakota State University came out strong winning the first four matches and recorded a pin, tech fall and major decision to defeat previously unbeaten Northwestern University 24-12 in a non-conference dual match Friday, Dec. 2, at Welsh-Ryan Arena. NDSU (2-1) is scheduled to wrestle Indiana (2-1) at 1 p.m. and host Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (0-0) at 2:30 pm. Sunday, Dec. 4. True freshman 141-pounder Taylor Nein (Bismarck, N.D.) recorded a first period takedown and made it stand for a 3-1 decision over Northwestern's Alexander McKenna to get things going for the Bison. Nein evened his dual record to 1-1 and improved to 4-1 overall. North Dakota State 149 Mitch Friedman broke free for an 11-5 decision over Shayne Oster before 12th-ranked 157-pounder Clay Ream recorded his fourth pin of the season at 2:42 over Anthony Petrone. Ream improved to 6-0 this season including 3-0 in duals. Redshirt freshman 165-pounder Andrew Fogarty, ranked 19th nationally, made it four in a row for the Bison with 15-2 major decision over Ben Sullivan to push the NDSU lead to 16-0. Fogarty is now 6-1 overall, 2-1 in duals. Northwestern (4-1) reeled off three straight wins before 285-pound senior Ben Tynan stopped the run with a convincing 6-0 decision over Conan Jennings and put the Bison ahead 19-9. North Dakota State 125-pound senior Josh Rodriguez exploded over the final two periods to post a 22-7 tech fall over Anthony Rubinetti. The fifth-ranked Rodriguez recorded his fourth tech fall of the season to push his record to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in duals. Results: 141: Taylor Nein (NDSU) dec. Alec McKenna (NU), 3-1 [NDSU 3, NU 0] 149: Mitch Friedman (NDSU) dec. Shayne Oster (NU), 11-5 [NDSU 6, NU 0] 157: #12 Clay Ream (NDSU) Fall Anthony Petrone (NU), 2:42 [NDSU 12, NU 0] 165: #19 Andrew Fogarty (NDSU) maj. dec. Ben Sullivan (NU), 15-2 [NDSU 16, NU 0] 174: Johnny Sebastian (NU) dec. Carter Nielsen (NDSU), 6-4 [NDSU 16, NU 3] 184: Mitch Sliga (NU) dec. Tyler McNutt (NDSU), 8-2 [NDSU 16, NU 6] 197: Jacob Berkowitz (NU) dec. Cordell Eaton (NDSU), 9-7 [NDSU 16, NU 9] 285: Ben Tynan (NDSU) dec. Conan Jennings (NU), 6-0 [NDSU 19, NU 9] 125: #5 Josh Rodriguez (NDSU) Tech Fall Anthony Rubinetti (NU), 22-7 (6:50) [NDSU 24, NU 9] 133: Jason Ipsarides (NU) dec. Albert Landeros (NDSU), 8-2 [NDSU 24, NU 12]

LANCASTER, Pa. -- Anthony Mancini's second-period pin at 184 put the finishing touches on an impressive 30-19 win for the Franklin & Marshall wrestling team over VMI on Friday evening at the Mayser Center. The victory in the Diplomats' home opener improved F&M to 1-0 on the year while the Keydets fell to 0-3. Holding on to a 21-13 team lead heading into the 184-pound matchup, Mancini delivered a clutch fall at 3:59 to give six points to the Diplomats and officially clinch the victory. VMI had the upper-hand after the opening bout of the night at 125 with Dalton Henderson putting the Keydets out in front at 5-0 after an 18-0 major decision. However, back-to-back pins by Dan Martoccio at 133 (0:42) and Paddy Quinlan at 141 (3:35) swung the momentum back in F&M's favor with a seven-point advantage at 12-5. Jason Bing (149 pounds) followed with a 12-2 major that included a pair of takedowns, a reversal and four near fall points to pad the Diplomats' lead at 16-5. A 27-12 tech. fall by the Keydets at 157 brought VMI to within six at 16-10, but a dominant 18-3 tech. fall by Robbie King (165 pounds), which featured eight first-period back points, once again pushed F&M ahead by 11 points. The Keydets continued to fight, cutting into the deficit by three points with a 7-2 Shabaka Johns decision at 174 before Mancini's pin put an end to VMI's chances. Corey Kerkesner also had a memorable night for the Diplomats registering his first-career dual meet victory at 285 with a third-period reversal that gave the sophomore a thrilling 4-3 win to close out the match. F&M has a four-week break in action and will return to the mat on December 29th when the Diplomats send wrestlers to compete at both the Midlands and the Lock Haven Classic. Results: 125: Dalton Henderson (VMI) over Edgar Garcia (F&M) (TF 18-0 5:32) 133: Dan Martoccio (F&M) over Kevin Keaveney (VMI) (Fall 0:42) 141: Patrick Quinlan (F&M) over Darren Ostrander (VMI) (Fall 3:35) 149: Jason Bing (F&M) over Stevan Smith (VMI) (MD 12-2) 157: Neal Richards (VMI) over Emmett LiCastri (F&M) (TF 27-12 6:22) 165: Rob King (F&M) over Blake Hohman (VMI) (TF 18-3 4:40) 174: Shabaka Johns (VMI) over Joshua Young (F&M) (Dec 7-2) 184: Anthony Mancini (F&M) over Christopher Beck (VMI) (Fall 3:59) 197: Taylor Thomas (VMI) over Jack Argast (F&M) (Fall 2:52) 285: Corey Kerkesner (F&M) over Sam Bouis (VMI) (Dec 4-3)

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. -- Bonus points proved to be the difference on Friday night (Dec.2), building an early lead and providing the insurance needed down the stretch as Virginia (3-2) defeated Gardner-Webb (2-2) by a score of 22-18. Despite the early wins, the home-standing Bulldogs came surging back down the stretch to pull within three points in the overall score with two matches remaining. Redshirt sophomore Chance McClure (Commerce, Ga.) picked up a major decision to clinch the dual match for the Cavaliers. Freshman Jack Mueller (Dallas, Texas), seniors Will Mason (Virginia Beach, Va.) and George DiCamillo (Highland Heights, Ohio), and junior Andrew Atkinson (Lynchburg, Va.) joined McClure (Commerce, Ga.) in wins to push the Cavaliers to victory. Mueller, DiCamillo, Atkinson and McClure all picked up bonus points as Virginia secured the win by four points. "Bonus points from Jack, George and Andrew continue to be big for this team," said Virginia head coach Steve Garland. "Those three have really set the tone for our program the whole year. However, the hero of the night is Chance McClure. He has been battling all year and has been putting in so much extra work. It was great to see him get the major decision to ice the dual. He really wrestled well tonight. "We have another ranked team coming up on Sunday at Chattanooga, so we need to refocus and finish out the weekend." Mueller started things strong at 125 pounds, remaining undefeated on the season and posting at least a major decision for the seventh time in his nine matches. Mason followed that up with a decision at 133 pounds before DiCamillo pinned his opponent at 141 pounds to push the Cavaliers to a 14-0 lead through the first four matches. Gardner- Webb got on the board with a decision at 149 pounds before Atkinson would snag his major decision at 157 pounds. The Bulldogs then picked up victories at 174 and 184 pounds before McClure would clinch the match with his major decision at 197 pounds. Virginia will return to action on Sunday (Dec. 4) when the Cavaliers face No. 25 Chattanooga at 1 p.m. Fans can watch the match through a live stream linked at VirginiaSports.com. Virginia 22, Gardner-Webb 18 125: No. 15 Jack Mueller def. Landon LoAlbo, TF, 16-1; UVA 5, GWU 0 133: Will Mason def. Phillip Anderson, Dec., 9-5; UVA 8, GWU 0 141: No. 10 George DiCamillo def. Ryan Hull, Fall, 2:07; UVA 14, GWU 0 149: Chris Vasser def. Sam Krivus, Dec., 2-0; UVA 14, GWU 3 157: No. 17 Andrew Atkinson def. Ryan Mosley, Major Dec., 8-0; UVA 18, GWU 3 165: No. 12 Tyler Marinelli def. Cam Harrell, Dec., 3-1; UVA 18, GWU 6 174: Austin Trott def. Ray Bethea, Fall, 1:53; UVA 18, GWU 12 184: No. 20 Hunter Gamble def. Will Schany, Dec., 5-0; UVA 18-GWU 15 197: Chance McClure def. Payton Mills, Major Dec., 10-2; UVA 22, GWU 15 HWT: Boyce Cornwell def. Chuck Boddy, Dec., 6-4 (sv-1); UVA 22, GWU 18

Nathan Tomasello defeated Ali Naser in the quarterfinals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) LAS VEGAS -- A strong quarterfinal round has Ohio State on top at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational after the first day of competition at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Buckeyes, who are missing Olympic champion Kyle Snyder, went 5-for-5 in the quarterfinal round, and sit two points ahead of Virginia Tech heading into Saturday's competition. The Hokies have the most semifinalist with six. Minnesota is currently in third place, followed by Cornell. ASU's Joshua Shields pinned Michigan's Brian Murphy (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Nine of the 10 No. 1 seeds advanced to the semifinals. The lone top seed to fall on Friday was Michigan's Brian Murphy, who was pinned by Arizona State's Joshua Shields in the quarterfinals at 157 pounds. InterMat will continue its live blog coverage on the final day in Las Vegas. Wrestling resumes at 9 a.m. PT, with the semifinals scheduled for 10 a.m. Virginia Tech's Joey Dance shut out ISU's Markus Simmonds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Quarterfinal Results 125: No. 2 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) dec. Markus Simmons (Iowa State), 4-0 No. 14 Sean Russell (Edinboro) dec. Noah Gonser (Eastern Michigan), 7-3 Jose Rodriguez (Ohio State) maj. dec. Noah Baughman (Cornell), 10-2 Trey Andrews (Northern Colorado) dec. No. 7 Connor Schram (Stanford), 4-2 133: No. 3 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. Ali Naser (Arizona State), 9-4 No. 18 Mark Grey (Cornell) pinned No. 16 Anthony Tutolo (Kent State), 4:50 No. 9 Stevan Micic (Michigan) maj. dec. Drew Templeman (Wyoming), 17-4 Mitchell McKee (Minnesota) pinned Corey Keener (Central Michigan), 5:44 141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) pinned Timmy Box (Northern Colorado), 1:56 No. 16 Logan Everett (Army) dec. A.J. Jaffe (Harvard), 10-4 Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) dec. Sal Profaci (Michigan), 13-6 No. 7 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) maj. dec. Mason Smith (Central Michigan), 12-1 149: No. 5 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) dec. Joey Delgado (Oregon State), 8-2 No. 8 Pat Lugo (Edinboro) maj. dec. No. 15 Andrew Crone (Wisconsin), 12-3 No. 7 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. Cole Mendenhall (Wyoming), 14-11 No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) pinned Coleman Hammond (Cal State Bakersfield), 3:56 157: Joshua Shields (Arizona State) pinned No. 5 Brian Murphy (Michigan), 3:20 No. 10 Collin Heffernan (Central Michigan) dec. Cole Shorts (Cal Poly), 5-3 Jake Short (Minnesota) dec. Alex Mossing (Air Force), 4-2 No. 20 Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 11 Russell Parsons (Army), 10-3 165: No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) tech. fall Andrew Mendel (Army West Point), 22-7 No. 16 Austin Matthews (Edinboro) dec. No. 12 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford), 7-3 No. 9 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) maj. dec. No. 20 Brandon Womack (Cornell), 18-6 No. 6 Logan Massa (Michigan) dec. Tyrel White (Columbia), 8-2 174: No. 5 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) dec. Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley), 3-2 No. 13 Jim Wilson (Stanford) dec. Jacob Morrissey (Purdue), 9-3 No. 10 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) dec. No. 14 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota), 8-1 No. 7 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) dec. No. 20 Myles Amine (Michigan), 4-3 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) pinned Mark Penyacsek (CSU Bakersfield), 1:22 No. 11 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) dec. Dakota Geer (Edinboro), 6-4 No. 8 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) dec. Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado), 9-5 No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) pinned Will Sumner (Utah Valley), 3:45 197: No. 2 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) tech. fall Ben Honis (Cornell), 16-1 No. 12 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) tech. fall Tanner Orndoff (Utah Valley), 20-5 No. 6 Jake Smith (West Virginia) dec. No. 16 Tom Sleigh (Bucknell), 6-1 No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 19 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield), 5-3 285: No. 2 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) tech. fall Quean Smith (Iowa State), 16-0 No. 8 Michael Kroells (Minnesota) dec. No. 10 Nathan Butler (Stanford), 3-1 No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) dec. No. 16 Billy Miller (Edinboro), 5-2 No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) maj. dec. Cody Crawford (Oregon State), 17-7

Cornell's Gabe Dean advanced to the quarterfinals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) LAS VEGAS -- The quarterfinals are set at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational after an opening session that saw 17 ranked wrestlers lose. The most notable upset of the opening session came at 133 pounds, where No. 5 Earl Hall of Iowa State, seeded No. 2, was edged by Central Michigan's Corey Keener. Keener, a two-time NCAA qualifier, scored a first-period takedown, and added a reversal in the second period to pace him to victory. Cornell leads the team race and has six wrestlers in tonight's quarterfinals. Central Michigan sits in second place and also has six quarterfinalists. Tonight's session is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. PT. InterMat will continue its live blog coverage tonight. The quarterfinal matches are listed below. InterMat rankings are listed, not tournament seeds. 125: No. 2 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) vs. Markus Simmons (Iowa State) No. 14 Sean Russell (Edinboro) vs. Noah Gonser (Eastern Michigan) Jose Rodriguez (Ohio State) vs. Noah Baughman (Cornell) No. 7 Connor Schram (Stanford) vs. Trey Andrews (Northern Colorado) 133: No. 3 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. Ali Naser (Arizona State) No. 16 Anthony Tutolo (Kent State) vs. No. 18 Mark Grey (Cornell) No. 9 Stevan Micic (Michigan) vs. Drew Templeman (Wyoming) Mitchell McKee (Minnesota) vs. Corey Keener (Central Michigan) 141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) vs. Timmy Box (Northern Colorado) No. 16 Logan Everett (Army) vs. A.J. Jaffe (Harvard) Sal Profaci (Michigan) vs. Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) No. 7 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs. Mason Smith (Central Michigan) 149: No. 5 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) vs. Joey Delgado (Oregon State) No. 8 Pat Lugo (Edinboro) vs. No. 15 Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) No. 7 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) vs. Cole Mendenhall (Wyoming) No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) vs. Coleman Hammond (Cal State Bakersfield) 157: No. 5 Brian Murphy (Michigan) vs. Joshua Shields (Arizona State) No. 10 Collin Heffernan (Central Michigan) vs. Cole Shorts (Cal Poly) Jake Short (Minnesota) vs. Alex Mossing (Air Force) No. 11 Russell Parsons (Army) vs. No. 20 Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech) 165: No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) vs. Andrew Mendel (Army West Point) No. 12 Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) vs. No. 16 Austin Matthews (Edinboro) No. 9 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) vs. No. 20 Brandon Womack (Cornell) No. 6 Logan Massa (Michigan) vs. Tyrel White (Columbia) 174: No. 5 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) vs. Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley) No. 13 Jim Wilson (Stanford) vs. Jacob Morrissey (Purdue) No. 10 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) vs. No. 14 Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) No. 7 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) vs. No. 20 Myles Amine (Michigan) 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. Mark Penyacsek (CSU Bakersfield) No. 11 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) vs. Dakota Geer (Edinboro) No. 8 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) vs. Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado) No. 2 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. Will Sumner (Utah Valley) 197: No. 2 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) vs. Ben Honis (Cornell) No. 12 Kollin Moore (Ohio State) vs. Tanner Orndoff (Utah Valley) No. 6 Jake Smith (West Virginia) vs. No. 16 Tom Sleigh (Bucknell) No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 19 Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) 285: No. 2 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) vs. Quean Smith (Iowa State) No. 8 Michael Kroells (Minnesota) vs. No. 10 Nathan Butler (Stanford) No. 4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State) vs. No. 16 Billy Miller (Edinboro) No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) vs. Cody Crawford (Oregon State)

Live Blog Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

Kyle Snyder secures a takedown on Elizbar Odikadze (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The Titan Mercury Wrestling Club traveled to Ukraine this week to participate in the World Wrestling Clubs Cup. The team was composed of seven American-based wrestlers and 2016 Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili. The event, held annually, has become an increasingly competitive offseason event for many wrestlers over the past few seasons. With bigger team payouts in 2016 this iteration became something of an All-Star event. The TMWC, with guest star Khinchegashvili at 61 kilograms, wrestled to team gold on Thursday and completed an impressive undefeated run. For many fans the performances by Nazar Kulchytskyy, Nico Megaludis and Nick Gwiazdowski were especially enjoyable to watch as they showed real growth as wrestler and knocked off top competitors. However delightful the improvement of some athletes, a pair of losses by 2016 Olympic champion Kyle Snyder seems to have left some American wrestling fans curious about the quality and longevity of Snyder's dominance at 97 kilograms. To recap, Snyder's first loss came via criteria to Elizbar Odikadze (Georgia) in a match that he seemed to have in control, but was unable to finalize in the closing seconds. The second loss was a little more random or concerning or depressing in that it came at the hands of Iranian youngster Abbas Tahan, by the score of 3-1. While I agree that there is no reason to panic about Snyder's skill set or his viability as the USA's top 97-kilogram wrestler, the tournament certainly showed that the Olympic champion will have to fight for every point for the next four years. To be clear, Snyder was never outmatched, and in seeing his losses it never occurred to fans that his Olympic championship was won by fluke. Still, the losses showed that there is something delayed, or halting, about his offense which is now being picked apart by nations with motivated head coaches. As an example of a strategic shortcoming, Snyder typically scores late. But with some great coaching from Iran and Georgia much of that aggression was stalled in Ukraine. Snyder has typically excelled late, but in the two big tournaments he's won at the international level (World Championships and the Olympic Games) there was a certain amount of pressure that seemed to inspire his late actions and get nervous opponents wrestling on their heels. That scenario was absent in Ukraine. Still, the biggest concern for the Kyle Snyder fan base isn't the losses, but the likely inclusion of Abdulrashid Sadulaev as a 97-kilogram entry. With Anuiar Guduev moving up from 74 kilograms to 86 kilograms, and whispers that Sadulaev is himself still growing, all signs point to the Olympic champion making his way up in weight to challenge Snyder. While a daunting task to take on the top wrestler in the world, Sadulaev's presence might prove to be just the motivation a young and much-accomplished wrestler like Snyder needs to improve aspects of his game. Knowing he has a full six minutes against the No. 1 pound-for-pound wrestler in the world should be inspiration for him moving forward. Win or lose, one thing we know about Snyder is that he's able and willing to learn from mistakes and improve each time he steps on the mat. Also, as we saw with Varner and other competitors, Snyder almost never loses twice to the same guy. Now is not the time to worry. Sit back, enjoy the journey and cheer on what has become unquestionably the best in the world. To your questions … Q: What are your thoughts on the World Wrestling Clubs Cup? -- Mike C. Foley: Love the atmosphere and competitiveness. I actually kind of liked the free agency aspect, too. Good for these nations for having their wrestlers change clubs and compete at will! Q: I'm a fan of Northern Iowa wrestling. There's been much discussion among the fans as to why Iowa and Northern Iowa don't wrestle. What is frustrating is that Iowa will wrestle a community college, but won't go 70 miles to wrestle the Panthers. Is there something between Tom Brands and Doug Schwab that we don't know about? It seems odd and counterproductive for wrestling that these two teams don't meet. Thoughts? -- Jay A. Foley: The lack of an Iowa vs. Northern Iowa dual meet has been mentioned in the past. Depending on who you support there are a variety of reasons that the schools have yet to meet in a premier dual meet. Fans from Northern Iowa think that Brands and company are scared of this new in-state rivalry. From their perspective if Iowa wrestles and loses then they cede over some in-state recruiting and prestige to the Panthers. If they were to win then it's business as usual. A classic lose-lose situation. Iowa fans probably think that they don't need another tough dual meet in a season that promises a bunch of Big Ten hitters and specialty rivalry matches already slated against Iowa State and the National Duals. Another weight cut and a date off the calendar just to face another Iowa team? Meh, they probably think that they can see each other enough at tournaments. As for the relationship between Brands and Schwab I couldn't tell you a thing. From what I know they are respectful of each other, but extremely competitive. Both have innovated in recent years so my hope is, like yours, that they could collaborate and make something happen for the fans in Iowa, but also those on the coasts who love to peer in on the inner-workings of the sport's most competitive state. Q: I think that adding a few Mexican schools to the NCAA Division II ranks would be a really cool idea. Simon Fraser is in Canada and competes in the NCAA. They should consider suitable candidates from over our southern border as well. I imagine that they'd start with fútbol, but if one day they could add some folkstyle teams that would be great. -- Timmy B. Foley: Really interesting idea and one I hadn't much considered. One hang-up might be the style. The national program of Mexico is still working through some early kinks in educating coaches on the sport of freestyle and Greco-Roman, so adding a third style for scholastic purposes seems unlikely. Q: Joe Benavidez is a -205 favorite vs. Henry Cejudo this weekend at UFC TUF 24 Finale. What kind of chance does the underdog Cejudo have in this fight? -- Mike C. Foley: Joey B. is no joke with his hands and has plenty of wrestling to stymie Cejudo. My only question is endurance, which I would actually give to Cejudo. Also, love him or hate 'em, when he makes weight Cejudo usually finds a way to win. Good line. I'll take Cejudo. Q: Do you have any idea how the movement between schools of both athletes and coaches is viewed by coaches? I am specifically asking about the relationship or lack thereof between Coach Garland at Virginia and Coach Smith of Missouri. The last couple of years it seems like there have been quite a few kids and coaches that switched between the schools. Do the coaches get along? Corollary: Are coaches "recruiting" kids while they are competing for other schools? It seems like college wrestling is becoming similar to college basketball with a large number of kids second guessing their original college choice after a year in the program. Is this a product of coaches' continuation of recruiting, kids changing their mind, false advertising, a combination, or something I am not thinking of. Side note: My kids (daughter 8 and son 5) are both wrestling fans. It is mostly the only sport on in our house in the winter. My son is starting to wrestle at a junior team once a week for an hour. My daughter is interested, but I am struggling to find any youth girls wrestling leagues. Do you know of a database or someplace I can look into local wrestling programs? We live in Las Vegas. -- Josh W. Foley: Coach Alex Clemson had been a coach at the University of Virginia for several years. The year after he returned to his home state of Missouri and coach the Tigers, a U.Va. wrestler Blaise Butler chose to pursue his Masters at Missouri. Though I'm sure the coaches are still tight, a lot of their interactions are still dictated by the desires of the wrestlers to be close to family, friends and people they know well. The recruiting of college wrestlers does stop once they enter school Sometimes verbal commitments can be wishy-washy, but after signing -- and especially once they are on campus -- the overtures usually stop. Some wrestlers make really difficult decisions on where to attend school and sometimes aren't happy with their choice. I've seen it several times up close where a wrestler doesn't fit into the culture, can't keep up grades, is too far from home, or simply doesn't get along with the coach. This isn't just blue chips guys. This is everyone from the walk-on up to the star recruit. Kids change their minds. As for women's wrestling I don't know of an existing database, but check the comments as I'm sure someone will post a link to any that do exist. You can also check out the NWCA website and the Wrestle Like a Girl page on Facebook. They might be good resources. Your state chapter of USA Wrestling should also have a comprehensive list of all girls registered to wrestle in Nevada. Q: Cory Clark (Iowa) -3.5 vs. Seth Gross (South Dakota State) on Friday night. What side are you betting? -- Mike C. Foley: Most readers remember that Seth Gross was booted from the Iowa wrestling team two years ago after a run-in with the law. Though the charges seemed to have been reduced, he was sent out from Iowa and landed at South Dakota State where he wrestled at 141 pounds last season. This year Gross moved down to 133 pounds, and is set to face off against former teammate Cory Clark tonight. While Gross recently showed some high-level gumption in winning the Junior World Team Trials at 60 kilograms, I think Clark is on a warpath this season. The Hawkeye has been NCAA runner-up on two occasions and it's doubtful (at least to me) that he'd be rattled by competing against a former teammate. Love your line. I'm taking Clark to cover. Q: This may be a hard question to answer, but what is the best district for high school wrestling in the country? And by that I guess I mean what district has had the most NCAA All-Americans? I would think it would be WPIAL or District XI out in PA, but I am not sure if anyone has already done this research. -- Brian B. Foley: WPIAL. By light years. Q: Every year I do an annual trip to watch a popular wrestling event. I am very fascinated in the Iowa style, although I am a Michigander myself. Three years ago I began this tradition where I watched Penn State defeat Iowa, the following year Missouri beat Iowa for the 2015 National Duals championship, and last year went to Carver to witness the Big Ten Championships. Considering this year Iowa will be wrestling Michigan and Michigan State the same weekend in the land of the mitten, I have no desire to travel to Carver this year. I am curious aside from the NCAA Championships in St. Louis this year, what you think would be the highest event of interest for the coming year? Currently I am considering traveling to Indiana for the Big Ten Championships. -- Nicholas F. Foley: I've been to a few Big Ten Championships and loved the atmosphere! You really can't go sideways if you choose to spend a couple days binge-watching the best wrestlers in the nation scrap for both conference gold and a seed at the NCAA tournament. As for the festivities outside the arena, I've only been to Indiana a few times and thought it was a tough place to "Capital P" party, but I imagine that you can surround yourself with some wrestling people and you'll be happy as Brent Metcalf at a yard sale filled with camouflage pants.

The seeds have been released for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, which takes place Friday and Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Wrestling is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. PT. InterMat will be providing a live blog throughout the two-day competition for fans to follow the action and interact. 125: 1. Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) -- No. 2 2. Connor Schram (Stanford) -- No. 7 3. Josh Terao (American) -- No. 12 4. Sean Russell (Edinboro) -- No. 14 5. Austin Assad (Michigan) -- No. 16 6. Brent Fleetwood (Central Michigan) -- No. 20 7. Trey Andrews (Northern Colorado) 8. Markus Simmons (Iowa State) 9. Mitchell Brown (Utah Valley) 10. Drew Romero (Air Force) 133: 1. Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) -- No. 3 2. Earl Hall (Iowa State) -- No. 5 3. Stevan Micic (Michigan) -- No. 9 4. Anthony Tutolo (Kent State) -- No. 16 5. Mark Grey (Cornell) -- No. 18 6. Drew Templeman (Wyoming) 7. Mitchell McKee (Minnesota) 8. Ali Naser (Arizona State) 9. Luke Welch (Purdue) 10. Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) 141: 1. Joey McKenna (Stanford) -- No. 2 2. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) -- No. 7 3. Brock Zacherl (Clarion) -- No. 13 4. Logan Everett (Army) -- No. 16 5. Tyler Smith (Bucknell -- No. 17 6. Jared Prince (Navy) -- No. 18 7. Joey Palmer (Oregon State) -- No. 19 8. Kyle Springer (Eastern Michigan) 149: 1. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) -- No. 5 2. Micah Jordan (Ohio State) -- No. 6 3. Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) -- No. 7 4. Pat Lugo (Edinboro) -- No. 8 5. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) -- No. 15 6. Joey Galasso (Cornell) -- No. 19 7. Coleman Hammond (Cal State Bakersfield) 8. Zac Hall (Michigan) -- No. 20 9. Joey Delgado (Oregon State) 10. Nick Barber (Eastern Michigan) 157: 1. Brian Murphy (Michigan) -- No. 5 2. Russell Parsons (Army) -- No. 11 3. Victor Lopez (Bucknell) -- No. 18 4. Collin Heffernan (Central Michigan) -- No. 10 5. Casey Sparkman (Kent State) -- No. 19 6. Jake Short (Minnesota) 7. Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech) -- No. 20 8. Joshua Shields (Arizona State) 9. Jake Ryan (Ohio State) 165: 1. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) -- No. 2 2. Logan Massa (Michigan) -- No. 6 3. Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) -- No. 9 4. Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) -- No. 12 5. Austin Matthews (Edinboro) -- No. 16 6. Brandon Womack (Cornell) -- No. 20 7. Tyrel White (Columbia) 8. Evan Delong (Clarion) 174: 1. Brian Realbuto (Cornell) -- No. 5 2. Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) -- No. 7 3. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) -- No. 10 4. Jadaen Bernstein (Navy) -- No. 11 5. Jim Wilson (Stanford) -- No. 13 6. Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) -- No. 14 7. Myles Amine (Michigan) -- No. 20 8. Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin) 9. Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley) 184: 1. Gabe Dean (Cornell) -- No. 1 2. Myles Martin (Ohio State) -- No. 2 3. Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) -- No. 8 4. Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) -- No. 11 5. Steve Schneider (Binghamton) -- No. 15 6. Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado) 7. Will Sumner (Utah Valley) 197: 1. Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) -- No. 2 2. Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) -- No. 3 3. Jake Smith (West Virginia) -- No. 6 4. Kollin Moore (Ohio State) -- No. 12 5. Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin) -- No. 15 6. Tom Sleigh (Bucknell) -- No. 16 7. Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) -- No. 19 8. Rocco Caywood (Army) -- No. 20 9. Jeric Kasunic (American) 10. Marcus Harrington (Iowa State) 285: 1. Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) -- No. 2 2. Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) -- No. 3 3. Tanner Hall (Arizona State) -- No. 4 4. Michael Kroells (Minnesota) -- No. 8 5. Nathan Butler (Stanford) -- No. 10 6. Billy Miller (Edinboro) -- No. 16 7. Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) -- No. 20 8. Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley) 9. Gage Hutchinson (Eastern Michigan)

Coach JohnMark Bentley received a $25,000 donation from App State wrestling Hall of Famer Wayne C. York (Photo/Rob Moore) BOONE, N.C. -- Appalachian State University wrestling raised $50,740 as part of the "Pin to Win" campaign that started on Oct. 31, head coach JohnMark Bentley announced today. In partnership with Appalachian State wrestling alumnus Wayne C. York, the Hall of Famer generously pledged to match donations made to the "Pin to Win" campaign up to $25,000. With $25,740 received, York presented a check to the program for the maximum amount before the Mountaineers downed the then-No. 25 North Carolina on Nov. 27 at Varsity Gym. "I would like thank Mr. York and all those that donated to the campaign!" Bentley said. "I am very humbled by the show of support for our program from our fans and alumni!" The money raised will solely benefit wrestling scholarships, which allow young men the opportunity to pursue academic and athletic endeavors at the top level at Appalachian State. A longtime supporter of Appalachian athletics and Appalachian wrestling, York wrestled for Appalachian State from 1949-51 and graduated with a degree in physical education. York was inducted into the Appalachian State University Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 20, 1997 in recognition of his outstanding collegiate career. York was a member of the undefeated 1950 squad that went 13-0 and set a new national scoring record with 368 points.

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ALEIGH, N.C. -- Trailing 8-4 after the first three bouts, the ninth-ranked NC State wrestling team won the final seven matches and defeated No. 21 Appalachian State 30-8 in Reynolds Coliseum Wednesday night. The Wolfpack (3-0) recorded five bonus point wins on the night, and dating back to last season, NC State has now won 26 of its last 27 duals. The dual started at 197 pounds, and redshirt sophomore Malik McDonald got the Pack started with a 12-3 major decision. The Mountaineers (3-1) then ran off two straight major decisions - their lone wins of the night - and held an 8-4 lead after the first three matches. NC State then closed out the dual reeling off seven straight wins and outscored Appalachian State 75-20 in those bouts. Sean Fausz started the Pack's winning streak with an 8-6 win at 133 pounds. Tied 5-5 going into the third period, Fausz scored a reversal to start the period and held on for the win. No. 7 Kevin Jack made quick work of his foe at 141 pounds, getting a 17-1 technical fall. At the intermission, the Pack held a 12-8 lead. No. 16 Sam Speno pulled off the Pack's first upset of the night, as he scored a 19-7 major decision over Matt Zovistoski at 149 pounds. Another redshirt from last season, Brian Hamann, also picked up an upset win, as he rode No. 18 Forrest Przybysz the entire third period and picked up a 2-1 win at 165 pounds. In between the Pack's two upsets, No. 4 Max Rohskopf scored four back-points in the second period and earned the ride time point to win 5-0 at 157 pounds. The Pack closed the dual with a pair of major decisions. Freshman Nick Reenan won 10-2 followed by No. 18 Michael Macchiavello's 14-3 win. Results: #9 NC State 30, #23 Appalachian State 8 197: Malik McDonald (NCSU) major dec. Randall Diane; 12-3 - 4-0 285: #9 Denzel Dejournette (APP) major dec. Mike Kosoy; 14-4 - 4-4 125: Vito Pasone (APP) major dec. Wade Cummings; 14-6 - 4-8 133: Sean Fausz (NCSU) dec. Colby Smith; 8-6 - 7-8 141: #6 Kevin Jack (NCSU) tech fall Irvin Enriquez; 17-1 - 12-8 149: #16 Sam Speno (NCSU) major dec. Matt Zovistoski; 19-7 - 16-8 157: #4 Max Rohskopf (NCSU) dec. Gavin Londoff; 5-0 - 19-8 165: Brian Hamann (NCSU) dec. #18 Forrest Przybysz; 2-1 - 22-8 174: Nick Reenan (NCSU) major dec. Marcus Johnson; 10-2 - 26-8 184: #18 Michael Macchiavello (NCSU) major dec. David Peters-Logue - 14-3 - 30-8

A pair of nationally ranked teams, No. 34 Southeast Polk (Iowa) and No. 47 Broken Arrow (Okla.), anchor what is an excellent 16-team field that comes from five states at the Gardner Edgerton (Kansas) Invitational. Additional teams to note include state tournament champions Skutt Catholic (Neb.), state runners-up Cascia Hall (Okla.) and Platte County (Mo.), along with top five state tournament finishers in Mill Valley (Kansas), Dodge City (Kansas) and St. James Academy (Kansas). Below is a list of individuals to watch in the tournament: 113: Cody Phippen (Platte County) 120: Gauge Perrien (Southeast Polk), Tyler Lawley (Broken Arrow), Tyler Flood (Olathe North, Kansas) 126: Korbin Meink (Skutt Catholic), Adam Brown (Southeast Polk), Jevon Parrish (Olathe North, Kansas) 132: Conner Ward (Mill Valley), Cade Devos (Southeast Polk), Devon Plaza (Dodge City) 138: Tanner Skidgel (Cascia Hall), Nathan Lendt (Southeast Polk) 145: Zach Barnes (Southeast Polk), Mason Wallace (Manhattan, Kansas), Tylor Garcia (Dodge City) 152: Caleb Wise (Broken Arrow), Jalin Harper (Manhattan, Kansas), Terrell Galloway (Mill Valley, Kansas) 160: Billy Higgins (Skutt Catholic), Dalton Abney (Cascia Hall) 170: Sammy Cokeley (St. James Academy) 182: No. 11 Clay Lautt (St. James Academy), Zach Marcheselli (Broken Arrow), Dylan Sevis (Dodge City) 195: Skyler Haynes (Broken Arrow), Dylan Prince (Pittsburg, Kansas), Aryus Jones (Junction City) 285: No. 15 Kayne Hutchison (Pittsburg, Kansas), Trenton Lieurance (Broken Arrow), Elden Picou (Manhattan, Kansas)

As part of the Grapple at the Garden wrestling showcase this past weekend, there was an all-star event featuring wrestlers from New Jersey and those from New York. Nine of 16 bouts were won by the New Jersey wrestler. Some of the notable outcomes were as follows: 120: Connor O'Neill (DePaul Catholic, N.J.) dec. No. 1 (at 113) Adam Busiello (Eastport-South Manor, N.Y.), 4-1 126: Chris Scorese (Cranford, N.J.) dec. Jonathan Gomez (Locust Valley, N.Y.), 4-2 138: No. 1 Vitali Arujau (Syosset, N.Y.) major dec. John Burger (New Milford, N.J.), 13-5 145: No. 7 (at 132) Jacori Teemer (Long Beach, N.Y.) dec. Nick Santos (St. Peter's Prep, N.J.), 3-2 152: No. 19 (at 160) Michael O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) dec. No. 17 (at 145) Peter Pappas (Plainview JFK, N.Y.), 7-3 195: No. 3 Brandon Kui (DePaul Catholic, N.J.) dec. Tanner Zagarino (Mattituck, N.Y.), 8-1 220: No. 16 Terron Robinson (Walt Whitman, N.Y.) dec. Sean O'Malley (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.), 9-3

Positioned as the second best team in Illinois per the national rankings, and No. 20 overall, Lockport went undefeated in dual meets during the last week. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving saw the Porters defeat Yorkville 44-19, earning victories in nine bouts; while on Thanksgiving Eve they upended West Aurora 58-9, winning eleven bouts. On Saturday, Lockport swept three matches in a quad meet at Minooka, those coming against the hosts, Belleville West, and Mt. Carmel. The Porters were dominant in their first two victories, winning 23 of the 28 weight classes between a 64-12 defeat of Minooka and a 57-10 victory over Belleville West. The last match of the day saw Lockport taking on Mt. Carmel, who ended the 2015-16 season ranked nationally and entered this season as the top team in Class 3A per the rankings done by Illinois Best Weekly. The Caravan jumped out to a 12-0 lead after three bouts. It started with a 14-5 major decision by Rehan Uribe over freshman James Pierandozzi at 120, then a 16-0 technical fall by 2015 state medalist Kaleb Guzior over Dalton Dwyer at 126, and finally an 8-6 overtime decision for state qualifier David Devine over Brandon Ramsey at 132. Lockport would stop the bleeding and make the dual meet again competitive with a pair of wins over returning state medalists: two-time state qualifier Brandon Ramos upended Kendall Coleman 7-6 at 138, while state qualifier and Cadet freestyle All-American Baylor Fernandes beat Yahya Thomas 6-2 at 145. Mt. Carmel would stretch the lead to 20-8 through eight matches with wins in two of the next three bouts. State qualifier Dillon Hoey beat Zach Reese 4-2 at 152 pounds, with two-time state medalist David Riojas pinning reserve wrestler Malik Daghash in the first period at 170. In between those matches, Lockport secured an 8-3 decision from two-time state medalist Trevell Timmons (ranked No. 14 nationally) over state medalist Jack Mulay at 160. For the crucial turn of the dual meet, the nationally ranked Porters bumped seniors Nick Dado and Payton Fernandes up to 182 and 195 pounds respecitvely. Dado secured the turning point of the match with a 3-2 decision over Dan Benoit, while Fernandes earned a pin in the second period over Emmanuel Terrell to cut the deficit to 20-17. Lockport took the lead for good with a first period pin from Yousif Salah at 220. The final score became 38-20, nine matches to five, with a forfeit at 285 taken by Brandon Baker, a 12-7 decision from Cadet double All-American Matthew Ramos at 106, and a first period pin from Cadet Greco All-American Anthony Molton at 113 to close out the dual meet. All this happened for nationally ranked Lockport while missing a pair of key starters from the lineup, two-time state placer Abdullah Assaf (126) as well as state qualifier and Cadet double All-American Ronald Tucker Jr. (285). Both could return to the mat this weekend, but will be back by mid-December at the absolute latest. With respect to the lineup for the Caravan, two-time state qualifier Joey Egan (lower-weight) did not wrestle in the dual against Lockport, and they might have slightly different upper-weight personnel after the transition from football season. Ron Sauer Duals After the positive results of the opening week, the Porters have a dual meet at Bolingbrook (Ill.) on Thursday night before traveling to Fox High School near St. Louis (Mo.) for the Ron Sauer Duals on Friday and Saturday. No. 20 Lockport has finished runner-up two of the previous three years, including an upset loss to Holt (Mo.) in last year's championship match. The Porters are in a day one pool with Collinsville (Ill.), Holt, and the hosts Fox; Holt last year finished fourth in Class 4 at the state tournament, which is the big-school division. Other pools break out as follows: Edwardsville (Illinois -- round of 16 Class AAA team state), Seckman (Missouri -- 13th Class 4 individual state), Eureka (Missouri -- 14th Class 4 individual state), Helias (Missouri) Staley (Missouri -- 5th Class 4 individual state), Quincy (Illinois), Cedar Hill Northwest (Missouri -- 19th Class 4 individual state), Fort Zumwalt West (Missouri) Francis Howell Central (Missouri -- 9th Class 4 individual state), Whitfield (Missouri -- Class 1, small-school, individual runners-up), Oak Forest (Illinois), Belleville East (Illinois)

Missouri head wrestling coach Brian Smith (Photo/Mark Lundy, Lutte-Lens.com) Two top college wrestling coaches - Eric Keller, and Brian Smith -- will be guests on this week's edition of the On the Mat wrestling broadcast on Wednesday, Nov. 30. Eric Keller is about to embark on his seventh season as head coach at Wartburg College, coming off a season where he guided the Knights to the 2016 NCAA Division III team title. Brian Smith took the head coaching job at University of Missouri in May 1998. In 18 seasons, Smith has coached 22 All-Americans to 42 top-eight performances and five Tigers to seven national championships. On the Mat is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at 1650thefan.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday at 5 p.m. Central on AM 1650, The Fan. A podcast of the show is available on mattalkonline.com.

Shakopee's Brent Jones is ranked No. 11 nationally by InterMat (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine) One of the states starting its regular season this week is Minnesota, and it will kick off with a bang on Thursday night as a pair of nationally ranked teams will take to the mat. Apple Valley is the 11-time defending dual team state champions, though one of them was the tied match in the 2013 state final, and enter the season ranked No. 1 in Class AAA per The Guillotine; while the Sabers are ranked second. This is not likely to be the season's only dual meet, as the teams are in the same section, where they should meet come February with a dual team state spot on the line, presuming Prior Lake (ranked No. 7 by The Guillotine) doesn't spoil the party. Below are the projected lineups for this dual meet (rankings from The Guillotine for Class AAA are noted): 106: Dylan Anderson (Apple Valley) vs. Max Crowe (Shakopee), 8th vs. 3rd 113: Regan Schrempp vs. Aaron Cashman, 6th vs. 1st (Cashman will be ranked nationally at 113 on Dec. 7, was evaluated as a 120 in the preseason) 120: Peyton McLagan vs. Carson Manville, 10th vs. 3rd 126: Brady Gross vs. Zach Coleman, 6th vs. NR 132: Sebas Swiggum vs. No. 11 Brent Jones, 6th vs. 1st 138: Kyle Rathman vs. Sam Webster, 6th vs. 8th 145: Nate Larson vs. Alex Crowe, 5th vs. 1st 152: Devin Roberts vs. No. 14 Alex Lloyd, 10th vs. 1st 160: Jalen Thul vs. Jack Casey, 5th vs. NR 170: Tony Watts vs. Carson Poshusta, neither is ranked 182: Jonah Johnson vs. Zach Chytka, 10th vs 5th 195: Tyler Kim vs. Tyler Kropiwka, 9th vs. NR 220: Tanyi Besong vs. Pat Ruhland, 4th vs. NR 285: No. 1 Gable Steveson vs. Kyle Kotek, 1st vs. NR Based on the rankings published by The Guillotine, Shakopee has the higher ranked wrestler in seven bouts, Apple Valley in six. However, working in Apple Valley's favor is the fact Shakopee has five not ranked wrestlers going against Apple Valley ranked wrestlers in this dual meet. Other obvious factors in deciding this dual meet will be any lineup manipulation, as well as if any matches go in favor of the non-ranked wrestler. In order for Shakopee to win this dual meet, it is my prediction they will have to win eight or more bouts due to the weight classes where they have non-ranked wrestlers.

For most states across the country, this first weekend of December is also the first weekend of the high school wrestling states. Some states have already started, a few start in the following week, while New Jersey is two weeks out from its start. Here is the schedule of competition during the coming week (Wednesday 11/30 through Tuesday 12/6) for teams ranked nationally in the Fab 50. No. 1 Blair Academy, N.J. -- travel to St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) for the Caruso Tournament on Saturday 12/3 No. 3 St. Edward, Ohio -- host quad meet against Huntington (W.Va.), Parkersburg South (W.Va.), and Wadsworth (Ohio) on Saturday 12/3 No. 4 Lake Highland Prep, Fla. -- travel to Lake Howell (Fla.) for the Brenden Buckley Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 5 Clovis, Calif. -- compete in the Newbury Park (Calif.) Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 6 St. Paris Graham, Ohio -- compete in the Marysville (Ohio) Duals on Saturday 12/3 No. 8 Malvern Prep, Pa. -- travel to St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) for the Caruso Tournament on Saturday 12/3 No. 13 Brownsburg, Ind. -- travel to Westfield (Ind.) for dual meet on Wednesday 11/30, compete in the Harrison (Ohio) Duals on Saturday 12/3 No. 14 Poway, Calif. -- host the John Bright Invitational on Friday 12/2 (dual meets) and Saturday 12/3 (individual bracket) No. 15 Elyria, Ohio -- host tri-meet against Akron SVSM (Ohio) and Parkersburg (W.Va) on Saturday 12/3 No. 16 Allen, Texas -- compete in The Woodlands (Texas) Tournament on Friday 12/2 and Saturday 12/3 No. 17 Wyoming Seminary, Pa. -- split squad between hosting the Friends of Sem Duals and traveling to St. Benedict's Prep (N.J.) for the Caruso Tournament on Saturday 12/3 No. 18 Oak Park River Forest, Ill. -- travel to Proviso West (Ill.) for dual meet on Friday 12/2, compete in the Washington (Ill.) Duals on Saturday 12/3 No. 19 Choctaw, Okla. -- host Deer Creek (Okla.) in dual meet on Thursday 12/1 No. 20 Lockport, Ill. -- travel to Bolingbrook (Ill.) for dual meet on Thursday 12/1, travel to Fox (Mo.) for the Ron Sauer Duals on Friday 12/2 and Saturday 12/3 No. 21 Pueblo County, Colo. -- travel to Pine Creek (Colo.) for the Battle of the Best Duals on Friday 12/2 and Saturday 12/3 No. 22 Tuttle, Okla. -- host tri-meet against Elgin (Okla.) and Western Heights (Okla.) on Tuesday 12/6 No. 23 Washington, Ill. -- host tri-meet against East Peoria (Ill.) and Pekin (Ill.) on Thursday 12/1, host Super Duals on Saturday 12/3 No. 25 Goddard, Kans. -- compete in the Valley Center (Kans.) duals on Saturday 12/3 No. 26 Montini Catholic, Ill. -- host quad meet against Bowen (Ill.), Mt. Carmel (Ill.), and Providence Catholic (Ill.) on Saturday 12/3 No. 28 Camden County, Ga. -- travel to Orange City (Fla.) for the Clash of the Titans Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 29 Long Beach, N.Y. -- host Battle at the Beach tournament on Saturday 12/3 No. 30 Anoka, Minn. -- compete in the Maple Grove (Minn.) Tournament on Saturday 12/3 No. 31 Gilroy, Calif. -- TBD No. 33 Kasson-Mantorville, Minn. -- travel to Lake City (Minn.) for dual meet on Thursday 12/3, compete in Winona (Minn.) Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 34 Southeast Polk, Iowa -- host Mason City (Iowa) in dual meet on Thursday 12/1, compete in Gardner-Edgerton (Kansas) Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 35 Shakopee, Minn. -- travel to No. 39 Apple Valley (Minn.) for dual meet on Thursday 12/1, compete in quad at Chisago Lakes (Minn.) on Friday 12/2, compete in Osseo (Minn.) Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 36 West Des Moines Valley, Iowa -- host Dowling Catholic (Iowa) in dual meet on Thursday 12/1, travel to Cedar Falls (Iowa) for Keith Young Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 37 Roseburg, Ore. -- compete in the McNary (Ore.) Duals on Friday 12/2 No. 38 Fort Dodge, Iowa -- compete in tri-meet at Ames (Iowa) on Thursday 12/1 against the hosts and North-Hoover (Iowa), compete in the Independence (Iowa) Invitational Saturday 12/3 No. 39 Apple Valley, Minn. -- host No. 35 Shakopee (Minn.) in dual meet on Thursday 12/1, compete in Winona (Minn.) Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 41 Portage, Ind. -- travel to Chesterton (Ind.) for dual meet on Wednesday 11/30, compete in Harvest Classic at Lake Central (Ind.) on Saturday 12/3 No. 42 Hilton, N.Y. -- host Lockport (N.Y.) in dual meet on Wednesday 11/30, compete in Matt Marino Invitational at Webster-Schroeder (N.Y.) on Friday 12/2 and Saturday 12/3 No. 43 Park Hill, Mo. -- host Park Hill Duals on Saturday 12/3, travel to Platte County (Mo.) for dual meet on Tuesday 12/6 No. 47 Broken Arrow, Okla. -- compete in Gardner-Edgerton (Kansas) Invitational on Saturday 12/3 No. 49 Wasatch, Utah -- host Spanish Fork (Utah) in dual meet on Thursday 12/1, compete in the Layton (Utah) Invitational on Friday 12/2 and Saturday 12/3 No. 50 Stratford, Wis. -- host multi-team tournament on Saturday 12/3 No competitions scheduled: No. 2 Buchanan (Calif.), No. 7 Bergen Catholic (N.J.), No. 9 Bethlehem Catholic (Pa.), No. 10 Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.), No. 11 Nazareth (Pa.), No. 12 Olentangy Liberty (Ohio), No. 24 Pomona (Colo.), No. 27 Sand Springs (Okla.), No. 32 Brecksville (Ohio), No. 40 North Allegheny (Pa.), No. 44 Don Bosco Prep (N.J.), No. 45 Lowell (Mich.), No. 46 Cumberland Valley (Pa.), No. 48 Delsea Regional (N.J.)

DEKALB, Ill. -- In the premier matchup of the night, Old Dominion's ninth-ranked Kevin Beazley scored a third period takedown to defeat Northern Illinois' 10th-ranked Shawn Soott, 3-2, at 197 to lift the Monarchs over the Huskies, 22-9, for their first dual meet victory of the season Tuesday night. ODU improved to 1-3, 1-1 (MAC) while Northern Illinois fell to 2-2, 0-1 (MAC). "Our schedule is very tough, as we have wrestled three top-25 teams in our first three matches in Missouri, UNC and UNI," head coach Steve Martin said. "We knew we would have to be on to be able to beat NIU. This mentally was a good win for us. We wrestled with an aggressive style straight up and down the lineup. From a competing standpoint, it was good to see us battle the entire match. We learned a lot about our team on this five day road trip. We have a lot of work to do moving forward." After the Huskies' Brock Hudkins defeated Steven Simpson, 4-3, at 125, the Monarchs secured back-to-back decision victories from Alex Madrigal and Emilio Saavedra at 133 and 141, respectively, to put ODU out in front, 6-3. Northern Illinois responded with a 9-3 decision win from 12th-ranked Steve Bleise at 149 and a 6-0 victory by Caden McWhirter at 157 to reclaim the lead, 9-6, at the intermission. Old Dominion would never look back from there, as the Monarchs rolled to five straight wins from 165 to 285. Seldon Wright earned a 17-8 major decision at 165, while freshman Antonio Agee picked up the first dual meet win of his career, securing a late third period takedown to knock off Shaun'Qae McMurtry, 3-1, at 174. Jack Dechow kept the momentum rolling for Old Dominion, registering a controlling 6-1 win at 184 over Bryce Gorman. At 197, with the battle of top 10 wresters deadlocked at 1-1 in the final 30 seconds, Kevin Beazley secured both ankles of Shawn Scott for a takedown to go up, 3-1. A quick escape by Scott narrowed the lead to 3-2, but Beazley held on for the 3-2 triumph to improve to 8-1 on the season. To close out the dual meet, Will Hilliard scored a takedown and four nearfall to jump out to a 7-2 first period lead over Caleb Gossett and hung on for the 12-7 win to clinch the dual meet for the Monarchs. "The highlight of the night was Kevin Beazley's win over a top-10 opponent," Martin continued. "We had three freshmen execute their game plans tonight in Madrigal, Agee and Hilliard. Seldon Wright scored bonus points, and he is starting to understand that when he opens up he can dominate people. Saavedra imposed his will on his opponent and that was important since they were once workout partners in high school. Dechow wrestled solid in all his positions and especially looked good on top." Results: 125: Brock Hudkins (NOIL) over Steven Simpson (OLDO) (Dec 4-3) 133: Alex Madrigal (OLDO) over Alijah Jeffery (NOIL) (Dec 6-2) 141: Emilio Saavedra (OLDO) over Angel Velasquez (NOIL) (Dec 3-2) 149: No. 12 Steve Bleise (NOIL) over Michael Hayes (OLDO) (Dec 9-3) 157: Caden McWhirter (NOIL) over Austin Eads (OLDO) (Dec 6-0) 165: No. 15 Seldon Wright (OLDO) over Andrew Scott (NOIL) (MD 17-8) 174: Antonio Agee (OLDO) over Shaun`Qae McMurtry (NOIL) (Dec 3-1) 184: No. 13 Jack Dechow (OLDO) over Bryce Gorman (NOIL) (Dec 6-1) 197: No. 9 Kevin Beazley (OLDO) over No. 10 Shawn Scott (NOIL) (Dec 3-2) 285: Will Hilliard (OLDO) over Caleb Gossett (NOIL) (Dec 12-7) Up Next ODU returns home to the Ted Constant Center on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. for a home dual meet against No. 12 NC State.

Cornell's Gabe Dean was pre-seeded No. 1 at 184 pounds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The pre-seeds have been released for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, which takes place Friday and Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Note: Final seeds are subject to change following weigh-ins on Friday. InterMat ranking is listed to the right. 125: 1. Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) -- No. 2 2. Connor Schram (Stanford) -- No. 7 3. Josh Terao (American) -- No. 12 4. Sean Russell (Edinboro) -- No. 14 5. Austin Assad (Michigan) -- No. 16 6. Brent Fleetwood (Central Michigan) -- No. 20 7. Dalton Marci (Cornell) 133: 1. Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) -- No. 3 2. Earl Hall (Iowa State) -- No. 5 3. Stevan Micic (Michigan) -- No. 9 4. Anthony Tutolo (Kent State) -- No. 16 5. Mark Grey (Cornell) -- No. 18 6. Drew Templeman (Wyoming) 141: 1. Joey McKenna (Stanford) -- No. 2 2. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) -- No. 7 3. Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) -- No. 12 4. Brock Zacherl (Clarion) -- No. 13 5. Logan Everett (Army) -- No. 16 6. Tyler Smith (Bucknell) -- No. 17 7. Jared Prince (Navy) -- No. 18 8. Joey Palmer (Oregon State) -- No. 19 9. Kyle Springer (Eastern Michigan) 149: 1. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) -- No. 5 2. Micah Jordan (Ohio State) -- No. 6 3. Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) -- No. 7 4. Pat Lugo (Edinboro) -- No. 8 5. Andrew Crone (Wisconsin) -- No. 15 6. Joey Galasso (Cornell) -- No. 19 7. Zac Hall (Michigan) -- No. 20 8. Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State) 9. Joey Delgado (Oregon State) 157: 1. Dylan Palacio (Cornell) -- No. 2 2. Brian Murphy (Michigan) -- No. 5 3. Collin Heffernan (Central Michigan) -- No. 10 4. Russell Parsons (Army) -- No. 11 5. Victor Lopez (Bucknell) -- No. 18 6. Casey Sparkman (Kent State) -- No. 19 7. Sal Mastriani (Virginia Tech) -- No. 20 8. Joshua Shields (Arizona State) 165: 1. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) -- No. 2 2. Logan Massa (Michigan) -- No. 6 3. Dylan Cottrell (West Virginia) -- No. 8 4. Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) -- No. 9 5. Keaton Subjeck (Stanford) -- No. 12 6. Austin Matthews (Edinboro) -- No. 16 7. Brandon Womack (Cornell) -- No. 20 8. Tyrel White (Columbia) 174: 1. Bo Jordan (Ohio State) -- No. 1 2. Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) -- No. 2 3. Brian Realbuto (Cornell) -- No. 5 4. Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) -- No. 7 5. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) -- No. 10 6. Jadaen Bernstein (Navy) -- No. 11 7. Jim Wilson (Stanford) -- No. 13 8. Nick Wanzek (Minnesota) -- No. 14 9. Myles Amine (Michigan) -- No. 20 10. Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin) 184: 1. Gabe Dean (Cornell) -- No. 1 2. Myles Martin (Ohio State) -- No. 2 3. Patrick Downey (Iowa State) -- No. 6 4. Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) -- No. 8 5. Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan) -- No. 11 6. Steve Schneider (Binghamton) -- No. 15 7. Corey Griego (Oregon State) -- No. 16 197: 1. Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) -- No. 2 2. Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) -- No. 3 3. Jake Smith (West Virginia) -- No. 6 4. Kollin Moore (Ohio State) -- No. 12 5. Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin) -- No. 15 6. Tom Sleigh (Bucknell) -- No. 16 7. Matt Williams (CSU Bakersfield) -- No. 19 8. Rocco Caywood (Army) -- No. 20 9. Parker Hines (Air Force) 285: 1. Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) -- No. 1 2. Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) -- No. 2 3. Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) -- No. 3 4. Tanner Hall (Arizona State) -- No. 4 5. Michael Kroells (Minnesota) -- No. 8 6. Nathan Butler (Stanford) -- No. 10 7. Billy Miller (Edinboro) -- No. 16 8. Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) -- No. 20

The Princeton wrestling team celebrated the Thanksgiving weekend in style Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The Tigers improved to 2-1 on the young season with impressive victories over both Maryland (24-9) and Buffalo (28-12). The Tigers looked strong up and down the lineup during the annual collegiate showdown in New York City, but Princeton got especially strong performances from members of its freshman class during the two victories. While fourth-ranked Matthew Kolodzik improved to 7-0 at 141 with a decision and a technical fall, it was classmate Kevin Parker who had the most impressive day. The younger brother of former Princeton All-American Greg Parker '03, Parker posted third-period pins against both Idris White (Maryland) and Brett Perry (Buffalo). The former broke open what had been a very tight match between the Tigers and Terrapins. The two teams split decisions in the first six matches, though all three of Princeton's losses came by either one or two points. Jon Schleifer, who improved to 6-1 on the season, opened a 12-9 lead with a 7-3 decision, and Parker tripled that advantage with his fall. Both fourth-ranked Brett Harner and 18th-ranked Ray O'Donnell finished the victory with wins of their own, and the Tigers carried that momentum into the nightcap by winning six of the first seven in the win over Buffalo. Freshman Ty Agaisse opened with a 6-1 win, and classmate Leonard Merkin made his dual meet debut with a dominating 22-4 technical fall at 157. Sophomore Joe Tavoso basically put the match away with a 9-8 win at 165. Princeton will head to Lincoln, Neb., next Saturday to compete at the 2016 Nebraska Duals. The Tigers will open at 10 am with EIWA rival Drexel, and then will take on Michigan State (12 pm) and No. 6 Nebraska to complete the day. PRINCETON 24, MARYLAND 9 125 – Alex Vargas (M) dec. Ty Agaisse 3-2 133 – Pat D'Arcy (P) dec. Michael Beck 5-1 141 – Matthew Kolodzik (P) dec. Billy Rappo 7-2 149 – Alfred Bannister (M) dec. Jordan Laster 6-4, SV 157 – Justin Alexander (M) dec. Mike D'Angelo 8-6 165 – Joe Tavoso (P) dec. Josh Ugalde 8-4 174 – Jonathan Schleifer (P) dec. Sam Rowell 7-3 184 – Kevin Parker (P) p. Idris White 5:42 197 – Brett Harner (P) mdec. David-Brian Whisler 16-4 285 – Ray O'Donnell (P) dec. Youssif Hemida 15-8 PRINCETON 28, BUFFALO 12 125 – Ty Agaisse (P) dec. Derek Spann 6-1 133 – Bryan Landry (M) dec. Pat D'Arcy 4-1 141 – Matthew Kolodzik (P) TF Blake Retell 25-10 149 – Jordan Laster (P) dec. Colt Cotton 3-2 157 – Leonard Merkin (P) TF Kobe Gerrehy 22-4 165 – Joe Tavoso (P) dec. Derek Holcomb 9-8 174 – Jonathan Schleifer (P) dec. Muhammed Mcbryde 5-2 184 – Kevin Parker (P) p. Brett Perry 5:51 197 – James Benjamin (B) dec. Brett Harner 7-5, SV 285 – Jake Gunning (B) won by forfeit

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The eighth-ranked Cornell wrestling team one-upped the Big Red hockey team, winning two matches on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden to sweep the Grapple at the Garden. The Big Red improved to 3-0 on the season with a 39-0 win over Hofstra and a 28-10 triumph over No. 10 Rutgers. Cornell hockey got the weekend started on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over New Hampshire to make the Big Red a perfect 3-0 on the weekend at the World's Most Famous Arena. MORE INFO TO COME #8 Cornell 39, Hofstra 0 125: Noah Baughman (C) won by decision over Jacob Martin (H), 3-1 133: Mark Grey (C) won by decision over Vinny Vespa (H), 14-12 141: Will Koll (C) won by decision over Connor Burkert (H), 9-4 149: #19 Joey Galasso (C) won by decision over Ryan Burkert (H), 9-6 157: Taylor Simaz (C) won by decision over Jake Kaminsky (H), 5-2 165: #20 Brandon Womack (C) won by fall over Bobby Fehr (H), 3:50 174: #5 Brian Realbuto (C) won by technical fall over Sage Heller (H), 21-3 184: #1 Gabe Dean (C) won by fall over Mike Oxley (H), 0:33 197: Ben Honis (C) won by major decision over Nezar Haddad (H), 9-1 285: #19 Jeramy Sweany (C) won by decision over Omar Haddad (H), 6-2 #8 Cornell 28, #10 Rutgers 10 125: Noah Baughman (C) won by decision over Sean McCabe (R), 3-1 133: Mark Grey (C) won by decision over #13 Tyson Dippery (R), 6-3 141: #5 Anthony Ashnault (R) won by decision over Will Koll (C), 6-4 149: #10 Ken Theobold (R) won by decision over #19 Joey Galasso (C), 6-0 157: John Van Brill (R) won by major decision over Taylor Simaz (C), 8-0 165: #20 Brandon Womack (C) won by fall over Willie Scott (R), 4:24 174: #5 Brian Realbuto (C) won by decision over Philip Bakuckas (R), 4-2 184: #1 Gabe Dean (C) won by major decision over #13 Nicholas Gravina (R), 16-3 197: Ben Honis (C) won by major decision over Anthony Messner (R), 4-0 285: #19 Jeramy Sweany (C) won by fall over Razohnn Gross (R), 4:32

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- In its first Big 12 dual of the season, the University of Wyoming Cowboy wrestling team defeated the Iowa State Cyclones, 19-15, inside the UniWyo Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon. With the victory, UW improves to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big 12, while the Cyclones drop to 1-3, and 1-3 in the Big 12. "Since we have a pretty good break until we are back with another dual, it's good to get a win at home," UW head coach Mark Branch said. "I saw some improvements from last week. We know each team will make changes and that Iowa State very well could be a different team in March at the Big 12 Championships. We had some big performances going up against a couple of tough wrestlers, which was exciting. I thought Brandon (Tribble) did excellent with the amount of weight that he was going up against. The dual basically came down to that and it helped us for the rest of the afternoon." It was the 16th matchup between the schools and the win became the second-ever victory for the Pokes. Wyoming's lone win came back in 1950 when they won, 19-10 over Iowa State. The Cowboys won five of the matches against Iowa State with bonus points in two. Redshirt sophomore Branson Ashworth once again started the dual on the right foot for the Brown and Gold. Ashworth earned a decision (3-0) by way of a second period escape and then a final period takedown over Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer. Junior Kyle Pope dropped a decision (10-7) to No. 10 Lelund Weatherspoon in the second match of the afternoon. Pope was tied 4-4 heading into the second period after two escapes and a takedown. He closed the score to one, 6-7 after a reversal in the second period before Weatherspoon ran away with it. Iowa State furthered its early lead when Carson Powell defeated junior Luke Paine by a 6-0 decision. Redshirt freshman Cody Vigoren rectified a loss against Nebraska last week with a major (9-0) over Joe Teague. Redshirt senior Brandon Tribble added to UW's lead with a decision (4-3) over Quean Smith. Tribble was down 1-3 after the first two periods and then earned an escape and a takedown in the final period for the victory. Iowa State would win the next two duals, as senior Gunnar Woodburn was defeated by Markus Simmons by decision (13-7) just before redshirt senior Drew Templeman fell by decision (10-4) to No. 5 Earl Hall during his first dual of the season. Junior Bryce Meredith recorded his fourth fall of the season with a pin (4:09) over No. 13 Gabe Moreno. Meredith had two takedowns in the dual with one each in the first two periods. Redshirt senior Cole Mendenhall continued his winning ways with a decision (9-4) over Chase Straw. Mendenhall jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two takedowns and an escape. Straw didn't earn a point until late in the second period and Mendenhall returned a reversal and escape in the third period with his own escape and takedown to seal the victory. In what was the final dual of the afternoon, junior Archie Colgan fell to Colston DeBlasi by decision (5-3). Despite earning riding time, Colgan fell behind 0-5 in the first period and recorded a reversal to begin the second period. The Pokes return to the mat next weekend as they travel to the Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas on Dec. 2-3. Results: 165: Branson Ashworth (UW) dec. Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (ISU), 3-0. 174: Lelund Weatherspoon (ISU) dec. Kyle Pope (UW), 10-7. 184: Carson Powell (ISU) dec. Luke Paine (UW), 6-0. (3:04 RT) 197: Cody Vigoren (UW) maj. dec. Joe Teague (ISU), 9-0. 285: Brandon Tribble (UW) dec. Quean Smith (ISU), 4-3. 125: Markus Simmons (ISU) dec. Gunnar Woodburn (UW), 13-7. (2:18 RT) 133: Earl Hall (ISU) dec. Drew Templeman (UW), 10-4. (1:24 RT) 141: Bryce Meredith (UW) fall Gabe Moreno (ISU), 4:10. 149: Cole Mendenhall (UW) dec. Chase Straw (ISU), 9-4. 157: Colston DiBlasi (ISU) dec. Archie Colgan (UW), 5-3.