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Highlights Penn’s Max Gallagher earns WOW honors with win over #8 Peterson of Rutgers Brown goes 2-0 on the weekend with dominant performances Duals (2/19) #12 Rutgers 18 #25 Penn 13 125 - Max Gallagher (Penn) decDean Peterson (Rutgers) 5-4 133 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) dec Ryan Miller (Penn) 7-4 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec Joseph Oliveri (Rutgers) 4-1SV 149 - Cross Wasilewski (Penn) dec Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 4-2 157 - Jude Swisher (Penn) maj Conner Harer (Rutgers) 9-1 165 - Anthony White (Rutgers) dec Andy Troczynski (Penn) 4-1 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec Nick Incontrera (Penn) 12-7 184 - Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) dec #19 Maximus Hale(Penn) 4-2 197 - PJ Casale (Rutgers) dec Nate Taylor (Penn) 4-0 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) dec Matthew Cruise(Penn) 5-0 (2/21) Brown 43 Sacred Heart 3 125 - Jared Brunner (Brown) FFT 133 - Braxton Appello (Sacred Heart) dec Hunter Adrian (Brown) 9-8 141 - Ian Oswalt (Brown) dec Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) 5-2SV 149 - Joey Iamunno (Brown) fall Dakota Asuncion (Sacred Heart) 6:50 157 - Blake Saito (Brown) dec Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) 5-1 165 - Keegan Rothrock (Brown) fall Calvin Pineda (Sacred Heart) 2:22 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) fall Calum Price (Sacred Heart) 1:37 184 - Connor O’Donnell (Brown) tech Nicky Eboli (Sacred Heart) 19-3 197 - Thomas Sandoval (Brown) dec Chris DeLana (Sacred Heart) 5-3TB 285 - Alex Semenenko (Brown) tech Matt Walker (Sacred Heart) 18-3 Cornell 27 Bucknell 18 125 - Marcello Milani (Cornell) FFT 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) tech Joseph Sciarrone (Cornell) 18-3 141 - Josh Saunders (Cornell) maj Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) 11-1 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Braden Bower (Bucknell) 5-1 157 - Riley Bower (Bucknell) fall Owen Finn (Cornell) 1:109 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) dec Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) 10-4 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) maj Simon Ruiz (Cornell) 11-3 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) tech Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 16-1 197 - Mikey Dellagatta (Cornell) fall Michael Bartush (Bucknell) 1:56 285 - Logan Shephard (Bucknell) dec Aiden Compton (Cornell) 11-4 Events (2/23) Patriot Last Chance Open – George Mason, VA This open included wrestlers from Cornell and Princeton. Below are results from each school Cornell 141: #30 Josh Saunders – Champion Princeton 149: Christopher Martino – 5th 174: Xavier Giles – 3rd 184: #27 Kole Mulhauser – 3rd 184: Mike Squires – 4th (2/23) F&M Invitational – Franklin & Marshall, PA Penn was the lone participant in this event. Below are the results for the Quakers. 125: Brady Pruett – Champion 133: Spencer Barnhart – Champion 141: Evan Mougalian – Champion 165: Paul Ognissanti – Champion 165: Adam Thomson – 2nd 197: Jackson Zimmerman – 4th

The last week of competition in the Big 12 had some entertaining duals, capping off with Oklahoma State battling with Iowa. Iowa State and Missouri had an entertaining finish to the season, with both teams getting upsets and the Cyclones coming out on top. South Dakota State kept the Border Bell for the fourth consecutive matchup over North Dakota State. Northern Iowa completed a historic season, getting their most wins since 1988 with 14. Notable Results: Friday (2/21): Full Results Northern Iowa over Wisconsin (27-9) 165: Cody Goebel Dec. #20 Jack Thomsen (9-3) Lehigh over Arizona State (25-11) 141: Emilio Ysaguirre Dec. #29 Carter Bailey (4-1) 149: Pierson Manville Dec. #26 Malyke Hines (5-3) 285: #6 Owen Trephan Dec. #5 Cohlton Schultz (4-2) ASU is another Big 12 team that has struggled with injuries but had some bright spots here. Since returning to the lineup Ysaguirre has been competitive with ranked opponents and came through with a win here. Manville has stepped up the past three duals and got a ranked win here as a true freshman. Schultz suffered a small upset, with a big takedown from Trephan coming in the second to win. California Baptist over CSU Bakersfield (30-11) 141: Eli Griffin Maj. Hayden Zinkin (8-0) Not a ranked result but positive to see Griffin return to the lineup, as he hasn’t competed since Midlands. He’s another interesting piece in a stacked Big 12 weight class. Saturday (2/22): Full Results Iowa State over Missouri (21-18) 125: Ethan Perryman Dec. #32 Gage Walker (7-4) 157: J Conway Dec. #11 Cody Chittum (9-3) 174: #1 Keegan O’Toole Fall Cade Schmidt (6:24) 184: #10 Evan Bockman Dec. #9 Colton Hawks (1-0) 285: Seth Nitzel Dec. #26 Daniel Herrera (8-3) Two of the more banged-up teams this season squared off, with the Cyclones getting an upset at 125 and a bonus point win at 133 to pull away. Conway got one of the bigger upsets for the Tigers this season, getting takedowns in the second and third periods plus plenty of riding time for the upset win. O’Toole made his return to the lineup and got a fall, which tied the team score at the time. Hawks also made his return but appeared more hampered, choosing neutral in the third after a Bockman escape that decided the match. Then at heavyweight Seth Nitzel got the nod and avenged a loss from the Cyclone Open over Herrera. The Cyclones had success as well, getting upsets at 125 and 184. At 133, Garrett Grice stepped up in place of Evan Frost and was dominant, putting up 13 points before getting the fall to win OW for the final UFC Fight Pass dual of the year. Sunday (2/23): Full Results Northern Colorado over Air Force (22-21) South Dakota State over North Dakota State (23-10) 125: Ezekiel Witt Dec. #14 Tanner Jordan (3-2) 285: Andrew Blackburn-Frost Dec. #27 Luke Rasmussen (7-5) A late takedown by Witt flipped a November result where Jordan teched him. Similarly, Blackburn-Frost was majored by Rasmussen early in the year but avenged the loss here. West Virginia over Arizona State (24-13) 125: #2 Richie Figueroa Maj. #12 Jett Strickenberger (11-2) While not an upset it is notable as Strickenberger was having a strong case for the top seed with the win over Spratley and undefeated in conference at 125. Figueroa hasn’t seen the same opponents, but the win over Strickenberger could put him in line for the top seed at Big 12’s. Iowa over Oklahoma State (21-16) 184: Angelo Ferrari Dec. #3 Dustin Plott (SV-1 6-3) Every match was big in a dual like this, but it was pretty chalk outside of this upset. The Cowboys got bonus points at 125, 141, and heavyweight compared to the Hawkeyes getting them at 133, 165, and 197. OK State used Rin Sakamoto at 133, who gave up bonus points but had some fun scraps with Ayala. Also of note is Cam Amine, who came in wearing a face mask and appeared to suffer a knee injury as well. Fish had a wild match with Teemer, making a late push with a tough ride late. They’ll head into Big 12’s as heavy favorites with a number of conference contenders.

We’ve made it to the end of the 2024-25 regular season! The dual meet portion of the schedule closed emphatically with Iowa’s win over Oklahoma State. For the second straight season, the Hawkeyes are responsible for Oklahoma State’s only dual loss of the year. That gives Iowa the #2 spot in our final set of dual rankings for the year. Oklahoma State takes the number three slot. The only other significant change in the team's dual rankings was related to Virginia Tech’s win over NC State. NC State drops behind Virginia Tech and one-loss Cornell. Minnesota and Ohio State move up as well. Even with big duals like Iowa/Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech/NC State, there wasn’t a whole lot of movement at the top of the individual rankings. A slight upset from the Hokies 125 lber Eddie Ventresca gave Vince Robinson his first actual loss of the year and led to a bit of shuffling. Troy Spratley moves back up to #3, Ventresca is #4, and Robinson is #5. All three have exchanged wins over each other, so you could order this a couple of different ways. We’re taking the most recent result and working from there. Another top-five loss came at 149 lbs where #8 Ethan Stiles downed #5 Lachlan McNeil. Stiles has been remarkable since moving down from 157. In the last month, he has beaten #5 McNeil, #9 Lamer, #11 Williams, and #15 Abas. I’m not sure I remember a wrestler dropping down midseason and turning in results like this. Also, at 174 lbs, Lorenzo Norman lost to Josh Ogunsanya. It is only the second loss of the year for Norman, so he doesn’t get penalized too much. It also doesn’t make sense based on the rest of the weight class to drop him any lower than fifth, right now. For the full rankings: Click Here

NCAA Regionals Results This weekend, 8 regions of NCAA women’s wrestling programs battled it out for qualifying spots at the National tournament in March. This expanded regional round grew from 6 teams last year to 8 teams this year, with the top 4 competitors at each weight getting the qualifying nod. The NCWWC will be held on March 7-8. Each team could bring 15 wrestlers to Regionals and all are eligible to qualify, so here is a breakdown of how many qualifiers each team had as well as the placers at each weight. Iowa: 15 North Central: 15 McKendree: 14 Presbyterian: 14 Sacred Heart: 14 East Stroudsburg: 11 Grand Valley State: 11 King: 11 Colorado Mesa: 10 Emmanuel: 10 Lock Haven: 10 Fort Hays State: 9 Gannon: 9 Lindenwood: 9 Simpson: 9 Elmira: 8 Frostburg State: 8 Wartburg: 8 Wisconsin-Stevens Point: 8 Western New England: 7 Ursinus: 6 York: 6 Aurora: 5 D`Youville: 5 Quincy: 5 Simon Fraser: 5 Tiffin: 5 West Liberty: 5 William Jewell: 5 Chadron: 4 Otterbein: 4 Albion: 3 Augustana: 3 Delaware Valley: 3 Hiram: 3 Mount Union: 3 Northern Michigan: 3 Schreiner: 3 Wisconsin-Oshkosh: 3 Adams State: 2 Baldwin Wallace: 2 Dubuque: 2 Greensboro: 2 Marymount: 2 Mount Olive: 2 New England: 2 Sioux Falls: 2 Adrian: 1 Alfred State: 1 Alma: 1 Alvernia: 1 Bethany: 1 Carthage: 1 Emory & Henry: 1 Eureka: 1 Felician: 1 Huntingdon: 1 Minot State: 1 Muhlenberg: 1 New Jersey City: 1 Texas Woman`s: 1 Utica: 1 And here are the top 4 finishers at each weight at each regional: REGION 1 Host: Elmira College Teams: Alfred State, Buffalo State, Centenary, D’Youville, Elmira, Felician, Maine Maritime, New England, New Jersey City, Sacred Heart, Utica, Western New England 103 pounds 1st Place - Ahsia Torres of Sacred Heart 2nd Place - Alexis Dobson of New England College 3rd Place - Tiffany Stoshak of Sacred Heart 4th Place - Gianna Hernandez of Western New England 110 pounds 1st Place - Abby Duke of Elmira College 2nd Place - Izabella Frezzo of New Jersey City University 3rd Place - Aaliyah Payne-Parris of Sacred Heart 4th Place - Lauren Nguyen of Sacred Heart 117 pounds 1st Place - Tatiana Walker of Sacred Heart 2nd Place - Nohea Moniz of Sacred Heart 3rd Place - Dianna Pineda of Alfred State 4th Place - Hailey Laabs of Western New England 124 pounds 1st Place - Linda Holeman of Western New England 2nd Place - Jazmene Molina of Utica 3rd Place - Alexandra Fitzgerald of Sacred Heart 4th Place - Megan Edwards of Elmira College 131 pounds 1st Place - Jaclyn Dehney of New England College 2nd Place - Ragan Retell of Elmira College 3rd Place - Elleahna Anderson of Sacred Heart 4th Place - Madison Wellen of D`Youville 138 pounds 1st Place - Gabby Bradigan of Elmira College 2nd Place - Tanya Teneva of Western New England 3rd Place - Alessandra Elliott of D`Youville 4th Place - Kendall Branchaud of Western New England 145 pounds 1st Place - Zoey Lints of Elmira College 2nd Place - Khadijah Sanusi of Sacred Heart 3rd Place - Saniyah Ward of D`Youville 4th Place - Tayla Tildsley of Sacred Heart 160 pounds 1st Place - Love Daley of Sacred Heart 2nd Place - Skylah Chakouian of Elmira College 3rd Place - Atiyana Williams of Western New England 4th Place - Zoe Kip of D`Youville 180 pounds 1st Place - Madison Sandquist of Sacred Heart 2nd Place - Hazel Dahlquist of Elmira College 3rd Place - Jacklyn Smith of Sacred Heart 4th Place - Shalom Feliz Lopez of Western New England 207 pounds 1st Place - Tayana Labady of Elmira College 2nd Place - Madeline Hodges of Sacred Heart 3rd Place - Mackenzie Laforest of D`Youville 4th Place - Talisha Lewis of Felician REGION 2 Host: East Stroudsburg University Teams: Alvernia, Cedar Crest, Delaware Valley, East Stroudsburg, Lock Haven, Marymount, McDaniel, Misericordia, Muhlenberg, Penn State Altoona, Ursinus, York 103 pounds 1st Place - Olivia Klein of East Stroudsburg University 2nd Place - Madeline Gavares of Ursinus 3rd Place - Summer Batts of Lock Haven University 4th Place - Jesenia Camargo of Delaware Valley 110 pounds 1st Place - Emily Klein of East Stroudsburg University 2nd Place - Olivia Guy of Ursinus 3rd Place - Alanna Barberio of East Stroudsburg University 4th Place - Daisey Hawkins of York 117 pounds 1st Place - Jayleah Pletz of Lock Haven University 2nd Place - Gisele Ramirez of York 3rd Place - Olivia Palmer of East Stroudsburg University 4th Place - Josey Wehr of Delaware Valley 124 pounds 1st Place - Kalli Roskos of Ursinus 2nd Place - Waverly Kanelong of East Stroudsburg University 3rd Place - Alyssa Landrum of Marymount 4th Place - Ingrid Penn of Marymount 131 pounds 1st Place - Jackeline Ramos of East Stroudsburg University 2nd Place - Stacy Bloomfield of Ursinus 3rd Place - Lillian Sherer of Lock Haven University 4th Place - Zoe Gress of East Stroudsburg University 138 pounds 1st Place - Maura White of York 2nd Place - Ruth Ansah of East Stroudsburg University 3rd Place - Gianna Amendola of East Stroudsburg University 4th Place - Paige Jackson of Lock Haven University 145 pounds 1st Place - Chloe Charlesworth of Ursinus 2nd Place - Selina Moore of East Stroudsburg University 3rd Place - Marissa Rumsey of Lock Haven University 4th Place - Kylie Monroe of York 160 pounds 1st Place - Tiffani Baublitz of East Stroudsburg University 2nd Place - Emma Matera of Ursinus 3rd Place - Avry Ryhal of Lock Haven University 4th Place - Kelsey Gelb of Muhlenberg 180 pounds 1st Place - Azariah Moore of Lock Haven University 2nd Place - Lindsay Laws of Lock Haven University 3rd Place - Macenzie Hunter of Alvernia 4th Place - Allison Brandt of York 207 pounds 1st Place - Alyssa Favara of Lock Haven University 2nd Place - Sophie Pollack of Delaware Valley 3rd Place - Trinity Monaghan of Lock Haven University 4th Place - Emma Lavalle of York REGION 3 Host: Emmanuel University Teams: Allen, Bluefield State, Emmanuel, Emory & Henry, Greensboro, Huntingdon, King, Lincoln Memorial, Newberry, Presbyterian, Randolph, Southern Virginia, Mount Olive 103 pounds 1st Place - Avery Kibelbek of King University 2nd Place - Mia Zuniga of King University 3rd Place - Chiara Barbieri of Presbyterian 4th Place - Lilian Prendergast of Mount Olive 110 pounds 1st Place - Samara Chavez of King University 2nd Place - Chloe Dearwester of Presbyterian 3rd Place - Dianna Holmes of King University 4th Place - Dinayah Vazquez of Emmanuel University 117 pounds 1st Place - Clare Booe of King University 2nd Place - Melanie Mendoza of King University 3rd Place - Karissa Turnwall of Emmanuel University 4th Place - Charlee Shuler of Presbyterian 124 pounds 1st Place - Montana Delawder of King University 2nd Place - Alyssa Mahan of Presbyterian 3rd Place - Ayonna McNeil of Mount Olive 4th Place - Jewelysa Funakoshi of Emmanuel University 131 pounds 1st Place - Anna Dicugno of King University 2nd Place - Cassia Zammit of Presbyterian 3rd Place - Samantha Larios of Emmanuel University 4th Place - Jessica Corredor of King University 138 pounds 1st Place - Carina Giangeruso of Presbyterian 2nd Place - Paige Wehrmeister of Presbyterian 3rd Place - Gianna Dibenedetto of Emmanuel University 4th Place - Kyra Tomlinson of Greensboro College 145 pounds 1st Place - Aine Drury of King University 2nd Place - Madeline Kubicki of Presbyterian 3rd Place - Jocelyn Yepez of Emmanuel University 4th Place - Molly Keller of Emory & Henry 160 pounds 1st Place - May Cuyler of Presbyterian 2nd Place - Kendra Heroch of Emmanuel University 3rd Place - Aalijah Pineda of Emmanuel University 4th Place - Isabella Gretzinger of Presbyterian 180 pounds 1st Place - Henlee Haynes of Presbyterian 2nd Place - Alyssa Arana of Emmanuel University 3rd Place - Kascidy Garren of Presbyterian 4th Place - Aniyah Griffin of Huntingdon 207 pounds 1st Place - Ella Beam of Presbyterian 2nd Place - Gemma Templeman of Emmanuel University 3rd Place - Maria Aiono of Presbyterian 4th Place - Destiny Vaughans of Greensboro College REGION 4 Host: Tiffin University Teams: Baldwin Wallace, Bethany, Frostburg State, Gannon, Hiram, John Carroll, Manchester, Mount Union, Otterbein, Tiffin, Trine, Waynesburg, West Liberty 103 pounds 1st Place - Olivia Shore of Otterbein 2nd Place - Juliana Alejandro of Tiffin University 3rd Place - Jada Badayos- Chaves of Gannon University 4th Place - Jeulenea Khang of West Liberty 110 pounds 1st Place - Grace Jones of Tiffin University 2nd Place - Katerina Pendergrass of Gannon University 3rd Place - Kylee Bentley of Hiram 4th Place - Rylee Touhalisky of Otterbein 117 pounds 1st Place - Samantha Larsen of Gannon University 2nd Place - Brenna McCarley of Gannon University 3rd Place - Lexi Doerflinger of Hiram 4th Place - Hailey Hatfield of Otterbein 124 pounds 1st Place - Jayden Bazemore of Gannon University 2nd Place - Jada Fowler of Frostburg State 3rd Place - Sienna Sanborn of Tiffin University 4th Place - Hannah Mccarley of Gannon University 131 pounds 1st Place - Brianna Holcomb of Frostburg State 2nd Place - Solana Mottola of Frostburg State 3rd Place - Ciara Riner of Tiffin University 4th Place - Lexi Beadle of Baldwin Wallace 138 pounds 1st Place - Lili Ujfalvi of Gannon University 2nd Place - Shani Tyson of Frostburg State 3rd Place - Emma Hanrahan of Mount Union 4th Place - Mallory Chunat of Hiram 145 pounds 1st Place - Amber Hunter-Snyder of Frostburg State 2nd Place - Karlie Stith of Mount Union 3rd Place - Skyelar Smith of West Liberty 4th Place - Grace O`Korn of West Liberty 160 pounds 1st Place - Nyla Burgess of Gannon University 2nd Place - Leyna Rumpler of Baldwin Wallace 3rd Place - Trinity Barrus of Bethany 4th Place - Janiya Brogan of West Liberty 180 pounds 1st Place - Isabella Phillips of Gannon University 2nd Place - Erin Martin of Tiffin University 3rd Place - Jada Arnold of Frostburg State 4th Place - Maria Hiles of Frostburg State 207 pounds 1st Place - Jocelyn Cacek of Frostburg State 2nd Place - Lyndsee Young of Mount Union 3rd Place - Grace Murphy of Otterbein 4th Place - Jamie Shapton of West Liberty REGION 5 Host: Adrian College Teams: Adrian, Albion, Alma, Aurora, Carthage, Concordia, Davenport, Elmhurst, Grand Valley State, Lakeland, North Central, Northern Michigan 103 pounds 1st Place - Rayana Sahagun of Grand Valley State 2nd Place - Madison Avila of North Central College 3rd Place - Genesis Ramirez of Aurora 4th Place - Brianne Graves of North Central College 110 pounds 1st Place - Sage Mortimer of Grand Valley State 2nd Place - Kendra Ryan of North Central College 3rd Place - Mackenzie Burger of Alma 4th Place - Mia Moore of Aurora 117 pounds 1st Place - Yu Sakamoto of Northern Michigan University 2nd Place - Sydney Petzinger of North Central College 3rd Place - Ana Malovich of Grand Valley State 4th Place - Natalie Majer of Carthage College 124 pounds 1st Place - Amani Jones of North Central College 2nd Place - Aspen Blasko of Grand Valley State 3rd Place - Bethany Regione of Aurora 4th Place - Jayla Oberst of Albion 131 pounds 1st Place - Alexis Janiak of Aurora 2nd Place - Sara Sterner of North Central College 3rd Place - Hannah Palise of Grand Valley State 4th Place - Natasha Markoutsis of Aurora 138 pounds 1st Place - Katerina Lange of Grand Valley State 2nd Place - Taylor Graveman of North Central College 3rd Place - Alissa Caltagirone of Northern Michigan University 4th Place - Emma Grimm of North Central College 145 pounds 1st Place - Bella Mir of North Central College 2nd Place - Sydney Perry of North Central College 3rd Place - Emily Medford of Grand Valley State 4th Place - Skylar Little Soldier of Grand Valley State 160 pounds 1st Place - Elleni Johnson of Grand Valley State 2nd Place - Clarissa Agostini of Grand Valley State 3rd Place - Tiera Jimerson of North Central College 4th Place - Brynn Green of Albion 180 pounds 1st Place - Sabrina Nauss of Grand Valley State 2nd Place - Shenita Lawson of North Central College 3rd Place - Brittyn Corbishley of North Central College 4th Place - Mia Gaetjens of Adrian College 207 pounds 1st Place - Traeh Haynes of North Central College 2nd Place - Dasia Yearby of North Central College 3rd Place - Abbie Miles of Albion 4th Place - Kailyn Garrett of Northern Michigan University REGION 6 Host: Lindenwood University Teams: Blackburn, Eureka, Fontbonne, Illinois Wesleyan, Lindenwood, McKendree, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Quincy, Westminster, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 103 pounds 1st Place - Gabriele Tedesco of McKendree University 2nd Place - Alexis Winecke of Wisconsin Stevens Point 3rd Place - Sienna Caruso of Lindenwood University 4th Place - Mackenzie Graves of Quincy 110 pounds 1st Place - Trinity Pendergrass of Quincy 2nd Place - Alaina Sunlin of Wisconsin Stevens Point 3rd Place - Kate Cooper of Lindenwood University 4th Place - Samantha Miller of McKendree University 117 pounds 1st Place - Caitlyn Jackson of Lindenwood University 2nd Place - Norah Swaim of McKendree University 3rd Place - Jenna Beddow of McKendree University 4th Place - RoseAnn Marshall of Wisconsin Stevens Point 124 pounds 1st Place - Shelby Moore of McKendree University 2nd Place - Annesley Day of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 3rd Place - Hayley Gilson of Lindenwood University 4th Place - Mya Delleree of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 131 pounds 1st Place - Alexandra Szkotnicki of McKendree University 2nd Place - Viktorya Torres of McKendree University 3rd Place - Cayden Condit of Lindenwood University 4th Place - Cera Philson of Wisconsin Stevens Point 138 pounds 1st Place - Haylie Jaffe of McKendree University 2nd Place - Alexis Gomez of McKendree University 3rd Place - Madeline Barton of Quincy 4th Place - Marissa Sanabria of Lindenwood University 145 pounds 1st Place - Savannah Gomez of McKendree University 2nd Place - Mckenzie Cook of Eureka 3rd Place - Rebecca Strong of Lindenwood University 4th Place - Cadie Percy of Wisconsin Stevens Point 160 pounds 1st Place - Kaylynn Albrecht of McKendree University 2nd Place - Kara Kuge of Wisconsin Stevens Point 3rd Place - Alexa Valdez of Quincy 4th Place - Sophia Sosa of Quincy 180 pounds 1st Place - Lydia Krauss of McKendree University 2nd Place - Jade Herzer of Wisconsin Stevens Point 3rd Place - Makayla Rivera of Lindenwood University 4th Place - Tabitha Breitrick of Wisconsin Stevens Point 207 pounds 1st Place - Tristan Kelly of McKendree University 2nd Place - Sara Lake of Lindenwood University 3rd Place - Alivia Davey of Wisconsin - Oshkosh 4th Place - Manusiu Muti of McKendree University REGION 7 Host: Simpson College Teams: Augsburg, Augustana, Buena Vista, Central, Cornell, Dubuque, Iowa, Loras, Simpson, Sioux Falls, Upper Iowa, Wartburg 103 pounds 1st Place - Sterling Dias of Iowa 2nd Place - Rianne Murphy of Iowa 3rd Place - Gracie Waage of Simpson 4th Place - Carissa Hersom of Wartburg 110 pounds 1st Place - Ava Bayless of Iowa 2nd Place - Emilie Gonzalez of Iowa 3rd Place - Sarah Zimmerman of Simpson 4th Place - Layla Phillips of Simpson 117 pounds 1st Place - Brianna Gonzalez of Iowa 2nd Place - Shea Reisel of Dubuque 3rd Place - Jasmine Luedtke of Wartburg 4th Place - Lanna Walter of Sioux Falls 124 pounds 1st Place - Cali Leng of Iowa 2nd Place - Liannette Ortiz of Wartburg 3rd Place - Sandie Pfeil of Augustana (IL) 4th Place - Ashley Cannon of Simpson 131 pounds 1st Place - Emmily Patneaud of Iowa 2nd Place - Kylie Rule of Wartburg 3rd Place - Moni Griffin of Augustana (IL) 4th Place - Dionni Garcia-Vasquez of Simpson 138 pounds 1st Place - Nanea Estrella of Iowa 2nd Place - Aniyah Kelly of Wartburg 3rd Place - Nina Makem of Augsburg University 4th Place - Paige Gershmel of Simpson 145 pounds 1st Place - Macey Kilty of Iowa 2nd Place - Reese Larramendy of Iowa 3rd Place - May Prado of Wartburg 4th Place - Annelise Obermark of Simpson 160 pounds 1st Place - Kennedy Blades of Iowa 2nd Place - Keeley Kehrli of Simpson 3rd Place - Alexandra Hofrichter of Dubuque 4th Place - Breanna Wier of Simpson 180 pounds 1st Place - Kylie Welker of Iowa 2nd Place - Naomi Simon of Iowa 3rd Place - Sawyer Graham of Augustana (IL) 4th Place - Ellie Poulette of Wartburg 207 pounds 1st Place - Jaycee Foeller of Iowa 2nd Place - Alivia White of Iowa 3rd Place - Rewa Chababo of Wartburg 4th Place - Zoe Adam of Sioux Falls REGION 8 Host: Texas Woman’s University Teams: Adams State, Chadron State, Colorado Mesa, Fort Hays State, Linfield, Minot State, Pacific, Schreiner, Simon Fraser, Texas Woman’s, William Jewell 103 pounds 1st Place - Jennesis Martinez of Colorado Mesa University 2nd Place - Odelia Lopez of Schreiner University 3rd Place - Brianna Vollendroff of Chadron 4th Place - Maddison Heinzer of Colorado Mesa University 110 pounds 1st Place - Austria Holland of Adams State 2nd Place - Sophia Cornish of Colorado Mesa University 3rd Place - Rylee Balcazar of Chadron 4th Place - Josiah Ortiz of Fort Hays State 117 pounds 1st Place - Alexandra Waitsman of William Jewell College 2nd Place - Maddie Mackenzie of Simon Fraser University 3rd Place - Marjorie McDaniel of Colorado Mesa University 4th Place - Lindsey Lopez of Fort Hays State 124 pounds 1st Place - Lorianna Piestewa of Colorado Mesa University 2nd Place - Brooke McCurley of Colorado Mesa University 3rd Place - Emarie Bolosan of William Jewell College 4th Place - Lexy Basurto of Schreiner University 131 pounds 1st Place - Piper Cadden of Fort Hays State 2nd Place - Jamie Laswell of Fort Hays State 3rd Place - Shelby Kemp of William Jewell College 4th Place - Ella Finding of Simon Fraser University 138 pounds 1st Place - Corrie Williams of Adams State 2nd Place - Nichole Moore of Fort Hays State 3rd Place - Ashlynn Goodwin of Fort Hays State 4th Place - Athena Willden of William Jewell College 145 pounds 1st Place - Erica Schroeder of Colorado Mesa University 2nd Place - Azana King of Schreiner University 3rd Place - Dylen Ritchey of Fort Hays State 4th Place - Haleigh Lematta of Minot State 160 pounds 1st Place - Gretchen Donally of Colorado Mesa University 2nd Place - Lene McCrackin of Simon Fraser University 3rd Place - Nylease Yzagere of William Jewell College 4th Place - Poorna Babu of Texas Woman`s University 180 pounds 1st Place - Paige Maher of Simon Fraser University 2nd Place - Alison Evans of Colorado Mesa University 3rd Place - Isabella Renfro of Fort Hays State 4th Place - Ella Shevlin of Chadron 207 pounds 1st Place - Julia Richey of Simon Fraser University 2nd Place - Esther Peters of Chadron 3rd Place - Isabeau Shalack of Colorado Mesa University 4th Place - Hailey Conley of Fort Hays State NAIA Conferences This weekend, we will see conference action for NAIA teams across 6 conferences. NAIA post season works a little more like Men’s NCAAs with each conference having a number of allocated spots at each weight based on rankings and other factors. After conferences, a committee will determine the remaining at-large qualifiers to complete the 210 athlete national tournament. You can see those conference allocations below:

This weekend, high school state tournament season really went into full swing. States like Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa held their much-anticipated season-ending tournaments - along with plenty of others. As these tournaments conclude, it begs the question, "how did my favorite team's recruits fare?" In some smaller states, it's almost a given that your college-bound studs are collecting another state title, while in the power states, with the deepest talent pools, such achievements are not guaranteed. Either way, we've combed through results from all of the state tournaments that have taken place thus far to find out how everyone's recruits have finished. We will update this article each week as more results become official. If you do not see a recruit that should be added, please fill out our commitment form or email me at earl@matscouts.com . Air Force Brayden Bohnsack: Union, Iowa (120 lbs) - 2A State Champion Jay Eversole: Lakeway Christian, Tennessee (190 lbs) - National Prep Qualifier Cy Fowler: Cleveland, Tennessee (175 lbs) - AA State Champion Tyler Harrill: Skutt Catholic, Nebraska (150 lbs) - Class B State Champion Colston Hoffman: Central Carroll, Georgia (138 lbs) - 4A State Champion Chance Mathews: Cherokee Trail, Colorado (138 lbs) - 5A State Runner-Up Bradley Patterson: Camden County, Georgia (113 lbs) - 6A State Champion Dario Petrucelli: Rockwall, Texas (157 lbs) - 6A State 3rd Place Genaro Pino: Pueblo Central, Colorado (175 lbs) - 4A State Runner-Up Arment Waltenbaugh: The Hill School, Pennsylvania (157 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place American RJ Robinson: Homewood-Flossmoor, Illinois (175 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Max Rosen: Depaul, Illinois (144 lbs) - 2A State Qualifier Appalachian State Musa Tamaradze: New York Military Academy (132 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Arizona State Gabriel Delgado: SLAM Academy, Nevada (157 lbs) - 5A State Champion Jabari Hinson: Ames, Iowa (150 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Justin Wardlow: Lockport, Illinois (150 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up - Class of 2026 Melvin Whitehead: Liberty, Nevada (215 lbs) - 5A State Champion Aidan Ysaguirre: Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona (215 lbs) - D4 State Champion Army West Point Zion Borge: Westlake, Utah (132 lbs) - 6A State Runner-Up - Class of 2026 Cash Colbert: Paul VI, Virginia (215 lbs) - National Prep Runner-Up - Class of 2026 Conner Doherty: Mt. Pisagh, Georgia (144 lbs) - 1A State Champion Jordan Joslyn: New York Military Academy, New York (150 lbs) - National Prep Qualifier Evan Roudebush: Bloomington South, Indiana (165 lbs) - State 3rd Place Benjamin Smith: New York Military Academy, New York (175 lbs) - National Prep 5th Place Jojo Uhorchuk: Signal Mountain, Tennessee (132 lbs) - Tennessee A State Champion - Class of 2026 Augustana (SD) Lucas Kral: Garner-Hayfield/Ventura, Iowa (157 lbs) - 2A State 3rd Place Hudson Loges: Blair, Nebraska (138 lbs) - Class B State Champion Cole Welte: Skutt Catholic, Nebraska (120 lbs) - Class B State Champion Bellarmine Travis Long: Roosevelt, Colorado (132 lbs) - 4A State 3rd Place Bloomsburg Hassin Maynes: Grand Junction Central, Colorado (157 lbs) - 5A State 4th Place Brown Maximus Norman: Baylor School, Tennessee (175 lbs) - National Prep Runner-Up Bucknell Jackson Heslin: Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut (126 lbs) - National Prep 4th Place Blue Stiffler: Mill Creek, Georgia (138 lbs) - 6A State Champion California Baptist Caio Aron: College Park, Texas (132 lbs) - 6A State Champion Adonis Bonar: Creighton Prep, Nebraska (190 lbs) Class A State Champion Richie Clementi: Brother Martin, Louisiana (144 lbs) - D1 State Champion Castleton Luke Houchins: Benedictine, Virginia (113 lbs) - National Prep Qualifier Braxton McAvey: Saint Frances, Maryland (150 lbs) - National Prep Qualifier Central Shane Hanford: West Marshall, Iowa (150 lbs) - 2A State Champion Clayton Isham: Clear Creek-Amana, Iowa (175 lbs) - 3A State Qualifier Central Missouri Jack Ferguson: Yorkville, Illinois (157 lbs) - 3A State 3rd Place Chadron State Brooks Loosvelt: York, Nebraska (175 lbs) - Class B State Runner-Up Iverson Mejia: Wilber-Clatonia (150 lbs) - Class C State 3rd Place Chattanooga Brady Gobbell: Father Ryan, Tennessee (132 lbs) - National Prep 5th Place Brayden Leach: Summit, Tennessee (157 lbs) - AA State Champion Ethan Uhorchuk: Signal Mountain, Tennessee (138 lbs) - A State Champion Coe Kendall Kurtz: City High, Iowa (120 lbs) - 3A State 3rd Place Lucas Oldenkamp: Lake Mills, Iowa (113 lbs) - 1A State 4th Place Jordan Schmidt: Solon, Iowa (144 lbs) - 2A State Qualifier Carter Siebel: Pleasant Valley, Iowa (126 lbs) - 3A State 4th Place Justin Wirtz: Emmetsburg, Iowa (175 lbs) - 1A State 5th Place Columbia Kingston Daniels Silva: Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut (215 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Cornell Jude Correa: Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (215 lbs) - National Prep Champion Joe Knackstedt: Oak Park-River Forest, Illinois (138 lbs) - 3A State 4th Place Cornell (IA) Truman Folkers: Ankeny, Iowa (126 lbs) - 3A State 5th Place Jax Miller: West Delaware, Iowa (144 lbs) - 2A State 4th Place Davidson Cody Kirk: Pike Road, Alabama (190 lbs) - 6A State Champion Kiyan Simon: Huntsville, Alabama (120 lbs) - 7A State Champion Dickinson State Liam Bundrock: Battle Mountain, Nevada (138 lbs) - 2A State Qualifier Doane Jack Sherrell: Papillon-LaVista South, Nebraska (165 lbs) - Class A State Qualifier Drexel Christopher Mance: Lovett School, Georgia (190 lbs) - 2A State Champion Oumar Tounkara: New York Military Academy, New York (120 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Gardner-Webb Luke Murray: Peninsula Catholic, Virginia (165 lbs) - National Prep 8th Place Harvard Robby DeHaven: Woodward Academy, Georgia (165 lbs) - 5A State Champion Dylan Greenstein: Northfield Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts (215 lbs) - National Prep 5th Place Robert Kucharczk: Lake Highland Prep, Florida (190 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Ben Smith: South Summit, Utah (175 lbs) - 3A State Champion Hofstra Roman Belardo: Jefferson, Georgia (132 lbs) - 3A State Champion - Class of 2026 Illinois George Marinopoulos: Marist, Illinois (132 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Wyatt Medlin: Washington, Illinois (157 lbs) - 2A State Champion - Class of 2026 Aaron Stewart: Warren Township, Illinois (175 lbs) - 3A State Champion - Class of 2026 Indiana Ayden Bollinger: Delta, Indiana (120 lbs) - State 6th Place Anthony Gutierrez: St. Charles East, Illinois (165 lbs) - 3A State 4th Place Gavin Jendreas: Crown Point, Indiana (126 lbs) - State Runner-Up Indianapolis Bryce Doss: New Palestine, Indiana (144 lbs) - State 3rd Place Ethan Farnell: Maconaquah, Indiana (190 lbs) - State 3rd Place Iowa Leister Bowling IV: Mead, Colorado (175 lbs) - 4A State Champion Leo DeLuca: Blair Academy, New Jersey (120 lbs) - National Prep Champion Iowa State Christian Castillo: Ames, Iowa (126 lbs) - 3A State Champion Jacob Helgeson: Johnston, Iowa (175 lbs) - 3A State Champion TJ Koester: Bettendorf, Iowa (132 lbs) - 3A State Champion Carter Pearson: Southeast Polk, Iowa (132 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Kent State Silas Stits: Center Grove, Indiana (157 lbs) - State 3rd Place Lehigh Anthony Evanitsky: Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (150 lbs) - National Prep 6th Place Little Rock Billy Greenwood: Poudre, Colorado (157 lbs) - 5A State Champion Jadyn Johnson: Melissa, Texas (165 lbs) - 5A State Champion Isael Perez: New York Military Academy, New York (190 lbs) - National Prep 8th Place Long Island Grayson Catlow-Sidler: William Penn Charter, Pennsylvania (175 lbs) - National Prep 8th Place Mary Kale Baumann: Great Falls/MSDB, Montana (157 lbs) - AA State Champion Ben DeForest: Bismarck, North Dakota (133 lbs) - Class A State Champion Maryland Seth Digby: Northfield Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts (165 lbs) - National Prep 7th Place Michigan Cooper Hinz: Jesup, Iowa (120 lbs) - 1A State 3rd Place De’Alcapon Veazy: Ponderosa, Colorado (190 lbs) - 5A State Champion Michigan State Michael Esteban: Marist, Illinois (126 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Evan Gosz: Fremd, Illinois (144 lbs) - 3A State Champion Minnesota Mason Carlson: Syracuse, Utah (126 lbs) - 6A State Champion - Class of 2026 Minnesota West Nikeo Cabrera: New Manchester, Georgia (138 lbs) - 5A State Qualifier Missouri Dom Bambinelli: Mill Creek, Georgia (175 lbs) - 6A State Champion Seth Mendoza: Mt. Carmel, Illinois (138 lbs) - 3A State Champion Antonio Mills: Mill Creek, Georgia (132 lbs) - 6A State Champion - Class of 2026 Teequavius Mills: Mill Creek, Georgia (138 lbs) - 6A State Champion - Class of 2026 Morningside Ty Lorentzen: Oskaloosa, Iowa (126 lbs) - 2A State Qualifier Navy Evan Boblits: St. Mary’s Ryken, Maryland (150 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Nikos Filipos: Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (126 lbs) - National Prep 6th Place Tyler Hood: St. Christopher’s, Virginia (150 lbs) - National Prep Runner-Up NC State Kai Calcutt: Loyola Academy, Illinois (215 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up - Class of 2026 Will Denny: Marist, Illinois (165 lbs) - 3A State Champion Cason Howe: Greenwood, South Carolina (215 lbs) - 5A State Champion Nebraska Noah Bull: Layton, Utah (150 lbs) - 6A State Champion - Class of 2026 Jake Hockaday: Brownsburg, Indiana (132 lbs) - State Champion Niko Rotella: Skutt Catholic, Nebraska (157 lbs) - Class B State Runner-Up - Class of 2026 Abdi Unle: Omaha Bryan, Nebraska (120 lbs) - Class A State Champion Cade Ziola: Skutt Catholic, Nebraska (215 lbs) - Class B State Champion Nebraska-Kearney Sam Nachtigal: Kearney, Nebraska (157 lbs) - Class A State Qualifier Robert Nelson: Minden, Nebraska (165 lbs) - Class C State Champion Luke Pawloski: Pleasanton, Nebraska (215 lbs) - Class D State Runner-Up Corbin Reisz: Logan-Magnolia, Iowa (150 lbs) - 1A State Champion Jack Sponenburgh: Kearney, Nebraska (113 lbs) - Class A State 5th Place North Carolina Israel Ibarra: Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona (175 lbs) - D4 State Champion Brody Kelly: IC Catholic, Illinois (175 lbs) - 2A State Champion - Class of 2026 Jacob Levy: Lake Highland Prep, Florida (285 lbs) - National Prep Champion North Dakota State Brayden Canoyer: Waverly, Nebraska (144 lbs) - Class B State Champion Gabriel Gallardo: Sahuarita, Arizona (157 lbs) - Class D State Champion North Idaho CC Rade Ostrander: Keller Timber Creek, Texas (215 lbs) - 6A State Champion Northern Colorado Josh Fish: Westlake, Utah (150 lbs) - 6A State 3rd Place Logan Glynn: Millard South, Nebraska (157 lbs) - Class A State Champion Northern Illinois Bobby Conway: Brother Rice, Illinois (132 lbs) - 2A State 6th Place Maddox Garbis: Plainfield North, Illinois (106 lbs) - 3A State 6th Place Logan Trenary: Southeast Polk, Iowa (150 lbs) - 3A State Qualifier Northern Iowa Waylon Cressell: Warren Central, Indiana (175 lbs) - State Champion - Class of 2026 Jace Hedeman: Union, Iowa (132 lbs) - 2A State Champion Kyler Knaack: Don Bosco, Iowa (165 lbs) - 1A State Champion Logan Paradice: Colquitt County, Georgia (150 lbs) - 6A State Champion Northwestern Alex Smith: Lake Highland Prep, Florida (215 lbs) - National Prep 4th Place Ryder Wilder: Camden County, Georgia (190 lbs) - 6A State Champion - Class of 2026 NYU Brady Knaupp: Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut (132 lbs) - National Prep 7th Place Ohio Sam Bustamante: Bishop Chatard, Indiana (144 lbs) - State 6th Place Ricky Ericksen: Marist, Illinois (190 lbs) - 3A State Champion Dom Serio: West Aurora, Illinois (157 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Oklahoma Jake Knight: Bettendorf, Iowa (120 lbs) - 3A State Champion - Class of 2026 Mikey Ruiz: Canyon Randall, Texas (126 lbs) - 5A State Champion - Class of 2026 Dallas Russell: Jefferson, Georgia (157 lbs) - 3A State Champion - Class of 2026 Oklahoma State Dreshaun Ross: Fort Dodge, Iowa (215 lbs) - 3A State Champion - Class of 2026 Sergio Vega: Sunnyside, Arizona (144 lbs) - D1 State Champion Oregon State Koy Davidson: Fort Dodge, Iowa (144 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Manny Saldate: SLAM Academy, Nevada (138 lbs) - 5A State Champion Ouachita Baptist Blake Butler: South Beauregard, Louisiana (215 lbs) - D3 State Champion Hagan Crockett: Artesia, New Mexico (139 lbs) - New Mexico 4A State Qualifier Penn Liam Carlin: Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut (165 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Deven Casey: IC Catholic, Illinois (132 lbs) - 2A State Champion Elliott Humphries: Northfield Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts (175 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Penn State Will Henckel: Blair Academy, New Jersey (175 lbs) - National Prep Champion Pittsburgh Nadav Nafshi: Germantown Academy, Pennsylvania (157 lbs) - National Prep Runner-Up Presbyterian Dallas Canoyer: Earlham, Iowa (126 lbs) - 1A State Qualifier Princeton Conor McCloskey: Buford, Georgia (215 lbs) - 6A State Runner-Up Providence Jett Murray: Florence-Carlton, Montana (175 lbs) - B/C State Qualifier Purdue Ty Henderson: Mater Dei, Indiana (126 lbs) - State 3rd Place Adrian Pellot: Merrillville, Indiana (165 lbs) - State Champion Isaiah Schaefer: Mater Dei, Indiana (138 lbs) - State Champion Zach Stewart: Marmion Academy, Illinois (144 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Noah Weaver: Rossville, Indiana (215 lbs) - State Champion Reinhardt Maddox McArthur: Buford, Georgia (138 lbs) - 6A State Runner-Up Rutgers Easton Doster: New Haven, Indiana (150 lbs) - State 4th Place SIU Edwardsville Donovan Allen: Marist, Illinois (144 lbs) - 3A State 4th Place Kiernan Meink: Millard South, Nebraska (126 lbs) - Class A State Champion - Class of 2026 South Dakota State Bas Diaz: Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa (157 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up Riley Johnson: Skutt Catholic, Nebraska (165 lbs) - Class B State Champion - Class of 2026 Stanford James Bechter: Northfield Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts (285 lbs) - National Prep Runner-Up St. Cloud State Scottie Meier Jr. : Lincoln East, Nebraska (150 lbs) - Class A State Runner-Up The Citadel Brady Campbell: Opelika, Alabama (175 lbs) - 7A State Champion Thomas Johnson: James Island Charter, South Carolina (150 lbs) - 5A State Champion Upper Iowa Cale Nash: Clear Creek-Amana, Iowa (132 lbs) - 3A State Qualifier Brock Shaha: Mount Ayr, Iowa (120 lbs) - 1A State 5th Place Utah Valley Ian Fritz: Pleasant Grove, Utah (157 lbs) - 6A State Champion Geronimo Rivera: Layton, Utah (132 lbs) - 6A State Champion Zyon Trujillo: Silverado, Nevada (174 lbs) - 4A State Champion Jason Worthley: West Field, Utah (150 lbs) - 4A State Champion Vanguard Isaiah Johnson: Resurrection Christian Academy, Colorado (215 lbs) - 3A State Champion Virginia Rocco Hayes: Carl Sandburg, Illinois (113 lbs) - 3A State 3rd Place Jayce Paridon: Lake Highland Prep, Florida (138 lbs) - National Prep Champion Alexander Pierce: Iowa City West, Iowa (113 lbs) - 3A State Runner-Up - Class of 2026 Emmitt Sherlock: Gilman, Maryland (190 lbs) - National Prep Runner-Up Virginia Tech Revin Dickman: Brownsburg, Indiana (120 lbs) - State Champion - Class of 2026 Drew Gorman: Buford, Georgia (144 lbs) - 6A State Champion Claudio Torres: Lake Highland Prep, Florida (165 lbs) - National Prep Champion VMI JT Bowers: West Laurens, Georgia (165 lbs) - 3A State Champion Declan Strait: Chaparral, Colorado (126 lbs) - 5A State Runner-Up Wartburg Ethan Bibler: Waverly-Shell Rock, Iowa (165 lbs) - 3A State 4th Place Wesleyan Reese Spiro: Northfield Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts (190 lbs) - National Prep 4th Place West Virginia Mason Jakob: Dobyns Bennett, Tennessee (126 lbs) - AA State Champion - Class of 2026 Casen Roark: Father Ryan, Tennessee (138 lbs) - National Prep 3rd Place Jason Torres: Wyoming Seminary, Pennsylvania (138 lbs) - National Prep 6th Place Western Colorado Hunter Bogner: Dumas, Texas (138 lbs) - 5A State Champion Ty Reeves: Poudre, Colorado (132 lbs) - 5A State 5th Place Aidan Odom: Corona del Sol, Arizona (285 lbs) - D1 State Qualifier William Woods Charles Knight: Gulf Shores, Alabama (157 lbs) - 6A State Runner-Up Wisconsin Tyson Waughtel: Vandalia, Illinois (126 lbs) - 1A State Champion Wisconsin-La Crosse Cole Gentsch: Normal, Illinois (126 lbs) - 3A State Qualifier Kolt Knaack: Don Bosco, Iowa (150 lbs) - 1A State 4th Place Asher Sheldon: Batavia, Illinois (215 lbs) - 3A State 6th Place Wisconsin-Oshkosh Caidan Ronning: Plano, Illinois (157 lbs) - 2A State Qualifier Wisconsin-Platteville Steele Diercks: Davenport Assumption, Iowa (132 lbs) - 2A State 5th Place Dawson McConnell: Lincoln, Illinois (175 lbs) - 2A State Qualifier Wyoming Bradlee Farrer: Pleasant Grove, Utah (175 lbs) - 6A State Champion Lane Foard: Benedictine, Virginia (190 lbs) - National Prep Champion Isaiah Harrison: Mountain View, Colorado (120 lbs) - 4A State Champion Gunner Henry: Brownsburg, Indiana (190 lbs) - State Champion

Signal Mountain

Have we caught our collective breath as a wrestling community? Those Sunday night megaduals are something else! I’d love to see more of that in the future, especially after football season is over. If you missed Oklahoma State against Iowa, it was one of the best dual of the year and it easily lived up to the hype. Many expected the 184 lb bout to play a pivotal role in the team result and that ended up being accurate. The freshman against the senior star is always a good storyline for me. Both Angelo Ferrari and Dustin Plott acquitted themselves well, but a star was born in Ferrari. Or maybe confirmed. Iowa finished the regular season the same way they finished the 2023-24 campaign - by handing Oklahoma State their only dual loss of the year. Tom Brands is now responsible for David Taylor’s first dual loss as the Cowboys head coach. I’m sure Brands heard the rumblings over the last nine months about how Taylor could be building the next dynasty in college wrestling and said “Not so fast.” Here are five takeaways from the candidate for “Dual of the Year.” 1. Angelo Ferrari is ready to go….right now! This is probably obvious to anyone who watched Sunday’s dual, but Angelo Ferrari has proven he can compete with the best wrestlers at 184 lbs in some pretty high-intensity environments. Ferrari’s only loss came to Carter Starocci in Iowa’s dual with Penn State, but it was by a 3-1 final score, which represents Starocci’s only non-bonus point win of the season. On Sunday, he took out returning NCAA runner-up Dustin Plott in sudden victory. The fact that Ferrari got the win was impressive in its own right. Coming into the match, Plott had lost six times over the last two seasons and five of those losses came to 2024 national champion Parker Keckeisen. That being said, I was impressed by the manner in which Ferrari won the match. Plott was down by a point in the third period and proceeded to ride the Hawkeye for the entire third period - gaining a riding time point, in the process, and sending the match to extra time. The mental fortitude and physical toughness to brush yourself off after those two minutes of action and come out as the aggressor in sudden victory is remarkable. Ferrari was able to get to Plott’s legs multiple times in the sudden victory period, before actually finishing for the winning takedown. Obviously, if you're beating someone like Plott and competitive with the four-time national champion, it should mean a potentially high finish for Ferrari at the 2025 NCAA Championships. 2. Even so….staying in redshirt is the way to go. After the Penn State dual, Tom Brands re-iterated that Ferrari would be kept in redshirt, but he needed to keep redshirt freshman Gabe Arnold fresh. Ferrari would use his five dates and they wouldn’t be against “cupcakes.” Despite the temptation of a win over Plott, I think keeping Ferrari in redshirt is the correct course of action for Brands. From a pure roster management standpoint, it makes sense to wrestle Arnold in the postseason and keep Ferrari in redshirt. Should you wrestle Ferrari, you waste a potential postseason appearance for Arnold, who's a great prospect in his own right. Brands gets paid the big bucks to manage egos and get a team full of wrestlers to buy into his vision for the program. Should Arnold get bumped to the bench, in today’s NIL/transfer portal world, it might be difficult to keep him in Iowa City. Regardless of how well Arnold does in the postseason this year, 174 lbs is probably in the cards for him next year. Brands has never been the type to punt success one season for potential wins in the future, but next year could be interesting with what we now know. Penn State will be really good again and for the foreseeable future. But, they do lose Beau Bartlett, Carter Starocci, and Greg Kerkvliet. We’re still not sure what to make from their 125 and 133 lbers. They could be in for a high finish this year or they could miss the podium. All of this is to say that Penn State is more “getable” next year compared to last year or this one. With likely high NCAA finishers like Drake Ayala and Mikey Caliendo as seniors, combined with a redshirt freshman Ferrari in a clear-out 184 lb weight class, Arnold at his best weight - that’s a good tournament team. Looking at Iowa’s lineup, there is no short-time successor to Stephen Buchanan on the roster. Does that mean that Iowa could be a spot for Angelo’s older brother, AJ? If he gets through a school year at CSU Bakersfield without any off-the-mat issues, maybe that’s a possibility. Iowa has brought in multiple high-profile transfers in each of the last two years, so maybe another couple this offseason? 3. Taylor is not afraid of the bold moves During the Nebraska/Purdue match that preceded the dual on the Big Ten Network, Tim Johnson announced that Oklahoma State had weighed in Rin Sakamoto at 133 lbs, in addition to the expected starter Reece Witcraft. I immediately sent a message to one of my chat groups saying “he’s not actually going to throw out Sakamoto for his first folkstyle match in Carver-Hawkeye against the defacto #1 guy in the weight, is he?” Well, he did. At first glance you may not think that a major decision loss would be chalked up as a win for Oklahoma State, but I think in that situation it was. Witcraft is a gamer and has been a valued member of the Oklahoma State team. Former head coach John Smith spoke highly of him in 2022-23, when he made a huge cut to 125 lbs after the Cowboys suddenly had a void at the weight. Even though it probably wasn’t in his best interest and was likely a miserable experience. But Witcraft can be an all-or-nothing guy on the mat. We saw it earlier this season in the Bedlam dual where he was losing, likely to give up bonus points, and tossed Cleveland Belton for a fall. He might have very well silenced the Carver-Hawkeye crowd by pinning Ayala and turning the tide in the dual. At the same time, he could have tried the big move and been put on his back by Ayala and gave up a fall. The latter is probably more likely than the former. If we looked at the statistically probable outcomes for an Ayala/Witcraft match, I think a major decision for Ayala is the most likely result. Maybe followed by a decision, but also a tech or pin. In sending out Sakamoto, Taylor probably reduced the chance of a tech or pin and ended up getting a similar result. Again, it was a bold decision. The easy decision is to just go with the senior and it would be understandable in that environment. Overall, it didn’t impact the result of the dual, but had the 184 lb match flipped - it would have been a decision from the Oklahoma State bench that would have been important, while possibly overlooked. 4. Are we overlooking Dean Hamiti as a title contender? In late December we saw one of the most anticipated matches of the year, as two-time NCAA champion Keegan O’Toole edged Penn State national champion Levi Haines at the Collegiate Duals. It was a meeting between number one and number two, both were undefeated at the time. Some were calling it an NCAA finals preview….and that may very well be the case. Dean Hamiti might have something else to say about it. Hamiti posted an 8-1 decision over Nelson Brands - one he might have been annoyed about as he surrendered an escape to Brands late, which took away a potential major decision. That aside, nobody majors Nelson Brands. He’s just too good at handfighting and holding position. Throughout Brands’ long career at Iowa, he’s only been majored once? Without heading to WrestleStat can anyone name that opponent? Aside from Tony Ramos, I’m not sure if many people would have guessed Devin Kane at the 2021 NCAA Championships. With all due respect to Mr. Kane, based on Brands’ injury history and his results against some of the elite wrestlers of our time, I’d imagine Brands was banged up on some level. Over his career, Brands has lost to Starocci, Aaron Brooks, Mekhi Lewis, Mikey Labriola, and Edmond Ruth and none majored him. Only Brooks came close (14-8). If Hamiti can get through the difficult defense of Brands, how would he fare with O’Toole/Haines? We should see in two weeks as he and O’Toole will likely clash at the Big 12 Championships. They didn’t hit in dual meet competition because O’Toole missed about two months with an injury. An injury also could swing things Hamiti’s way. Their potential matchups will be one of the most anticipated of conference tournament weekend. 5. Is Jacori Teemer slowly regaining his normal form? A takedown off the opening whistle, at 157 lbs against Caleb Fish, made it look like Jacori Teemer was all the way back from a hamstring issue he suffered in November. Teemer had other moments of brilliance in a scramble and with his trademark double leg against Fish. Then Brands had him take down in the third period, while he was possibly on the path to a major decision (he was leading 9-4). In the heat of the moment, I kind of questioned the decision. A wrestler who probably wasn’t fully healthy and in the best condition going underneath a good top wrestler in the third period of an emotionally draining dual meet. It had the recipe for trouble. As I suspected, Fish was very tough on top and rode Teemer for a significant part of the third. He later cut the Hawkeye to try and get points on his feet. All-in-all, Fish was able to get two points from stalling calls in the third. Looking back at this situation, it was probably a necessary evil to put Teemer in that position. One that should help prepare him for the postseason. Some of the elite 157 lbs in the Big Ten are really tough from top. Tyler Kasak, Ethen Miller, Joey Blaze, Tommy Askey. At some point, Teemer will need to get an escape in a key situation against one (or more) of these guys. They obviously won’t care about his conditioning or health. Or maybe they’ll smell blood if there’s any doubt about either. With that rough third period and almost two weeks before the Big Ten Championships, I think we’ll end up seeing the best version of Teemer in a Hawkeye singlet in Evanston.

Saturday’s DI Dual Results Rider 39 Cleveland State 0 125 - Noah Michaels (Rider) dec Ben Aranda (Cleveland State) 5-3 133 - Will Betancourt (Rider) InjDef Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) 141 - Branden Palcko (Rider) dec Ethan Mitchell (Cleveland State) 12-8 149 - Sammy Alvarez (Rider) tech Connor Saylor (Cleveland State) 20-5 157 - Colton Washleski (Rider) dec Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) 9-3 165 - Enrique Munguia (Rider) dec Tate Geiser (Cleveland State) 6-3SV 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) tech Ronald Dimmerling (Cleveland State) 17-2 184 - Isaac Dean (Rider) tech Gavin Ricketts (Cleveland State) 18-3 197 - Brock Zurawski (Rider) dec Joey Lyons (Cleveland State) 7-0 285 - Collin French (Rider) dec Kaiden Haines (Cleveland State) 5-4 Iowa State 21 Missouri 18 125 - Ethan Perryman (Iowa State) dec Gage Walker (Missouri) 7-4 133 - Garrett Grice (Iowa State) fall Kade Moore (Missouri) 4:22 141 - Jacob Frost (Iowa State) dec Josh Edmond (Missouri) 9-8 149 - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) dec Logan Gioffre (Missouri) 4-1 157 - J Conway (Missouri) dec Cody Chittum (Iowa State) 9-3 165 - Cam Steed (Missouri) fall Aiden Riggins (Iowa State) 3:31 174 - Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) fall Cade Schmidt (Iowa State) 6:24 184 - Evan Bockman (Iowa State) dec Colton Hawks (Missouri) 1-0 197 - Nate Schon (Iowa State) dec Jesse Cassat (Missouri) 4-2 285 - Seth Nitzel (Missouri) dec Daniel Herrera (Iowa State) 9-3 Cornell 27 Bucknell 18 125 - Marcello Milani (Cornell) FFT 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) tech Joseph Sciarrone (Cornell) 18-3 141 - Josh Saunders (Cornell) maj Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) 11-1 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Braden Bower (Bucknell) 5-1 157 - Riley Bower (Bucknell) fall Owen Finn (Cornell) 1:109 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) dec Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) 10-4 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) maj Simon Ruiz (Cornell) 11-3 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) tech Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 16-1 197 - Mikey Dellagatta (Cornell) fall Michael Bartush (Bucknell) 1:56 285 - Logan Shephard (Bucknell) dec Aiden Compton (Cornell) 11-4 Brown 43 Sacred Heart 3 125 - Jared Brunner (Brown) FFT 133 - Braxton Appello (Sacred Heart) dec Hunter Adrian (Brown) 9-8 141 - Ian Oswalt (Brown) dec Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) 5-2SV 149 - Joey Iamunno (Brown) fall Dakota Asuncion (Sacred Heart) 6:50 157 - Blake Saito (Brown) dec Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) 5-1 165 - Keegan Rothrock (Brown) fall Calvin Pineda (Sacred Heart) 2:22 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) fall Calum Price (Sacred Heart) 1:37 184 - Connor O’Donnell (Brown) tech Nicky Eboli (Sacred Heart) 19-3 197 - Thomas Sandoval (Brown) dec Chris DeLana (Sacred Heart) 5-3TB 285 - Alex Semenenko (Brown) tech Matt Walker (Sacred Heart) 18-3 Northern Illinois 19 SIU Edwardsville 12 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) dec Drew Davis (SIU Edwardsville) 3-0 133 - Markel Baker (Northern Illinois) dec Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) 3-2 141 - Jacob Brya (Northern Illinois) maj Porter Matecki (SIU Edwardsville) 14-0 149 - Collin Arch (Northern Illinois) dec Alec Peralta (SIU Edwardsville) 5-0 157 - Eric Almarinez (SIU Edwardsville) dec Landen Johnson (Northern Illinois) 10-5 165 - Brett Smith (Northern Illinois) dec Bradley Gillum (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1SV 174 - Tommy Bennett (Northern Illinois) dec Luke Odom (SIU Edwardsville) 8-5 184 - Deron Pulliam (SIU Edwardsville) dec Damarion Ross (Northern Illinois) 9-3 197 - Nick Nosler (SIU Edwardsville) dec Sean Carroll (Northern Illinois) 4-1 285 - Bryson Buhk (SIU Edwardsville) dec Jacob Christiansen (Northern Illinois) 4-1SV Sunday’s DI Dual Results Army West Point 30 Binghamton 6 125 - Charlie Farmer (Army West Point) dec Carson Wagner (Binghamton) 8-6 133 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) dec Micah Roes (Binghamton) 5-4 141 - Richard Treanor (Army West Point) dec Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 4-2 149 - Mason Barvitskie (Army West Point) dec Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) 7-2 157 - Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) dec Dakota Morris (Army West Point) 4-3 165 - Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point) dec Carter Baer (Binghamton) 5-2 174 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 3-1 184 - Jake Gilfoil (Army West Point) dec Will Ebert (Binghamton) 3-1 197 - Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) fall Cayden Bevis (Binghamton) 2:56 285 - Brady Colbert (Army West Point) FFT Chattanooga 16 Bellarmine 15 125 - Jack Parker (Bellarmine) dec Ty Tice (Chattanooga) 8-5 133 - Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) dec Trayce Eckman (Bellarmine) 7-4 141 - Eli Knight (Chattanooga) dec AJ Rallo (Bellarmine) 5-4 149 - Zac Cowan (Bellarmine) dec Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 4-1 157 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) tech Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine) 19-4 165 - Cole Nance (Bellarmine) dec Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) 13-8 174 - Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) dec Grant O’Dell (Bellarmine) 5-3 184 - Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) dec Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) 7-2 197 - Andrew Liber (Bellarmine) dec Landon Jones (Chattanooga) 5-0 285 - Ethan Vergara (Chattanooga) dec Daulton Mayer (Bellarmine) 4-2 VMI 23 Sacred Heart 18 125 - Waylon Rogers (VMI) tech Michael Baker (Sacred Heart) 16-1 133 - Braxton Appello (Sacred Heart) maj Kyle Gibson (VMI) 10-1 141 - Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) dec Wayne Rold (VMI) 8-5SV 149 - Dakota Asuncion (Sacred Heart) tech Nate Shippey (VMI) 19-4 157 - Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) dec Raymond Cmil (VMI) 8-3 165 - Logan Chambers (VMI) dec Calvin Pineda (Sacred Heart) 12-7 174 - Luke Hart (VMI) tech Calum Price (Sacred Heart) 16-1 184 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) tech Owen Ayoette (Sacred Heart) 17-1 197 - Toby Schoffstall (VMI) tech Chris DeLana (Sacred Heart) 17-0 285 - Brendan Gilchrist (Sacred Heart) dec Josh Evans (VMI) 7-2 Long Island 29 Sacred Heart 10 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) FFT 133 - Braxton Appello (Sacred Heart) dec Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 5-0 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) dec Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) 5-4 149 - Dakota Asuncion (Sacred Heart) dec Tommy Bonasera (Long Island) 6-2 157 - Brayden Roberts (Long Island) dec Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) 3-1 165 - James Johnston (Long Island) tech Calvin Pineda (Sacred Heart) 14-6 174 - Blake Bahna (Long Island) maj Calum Price (Sacred Heart) 17-4 184 - Owen Ayoette (Sacred Heart) tech Braden Brown (Long Island) 15-0 197 - Corey Connolly (Long Island) maj Chris DeLana (Sacred Heart) 13-3 285 - Chris Powell (Long Island) fall Connor White (Sacred Heart) 1:25 American 30 Morgan State 15 125 - JJ Peace (American) maj Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 10-0 133 - Raymond Lopez (American) fall Treshaun Tecson (Morgan State) 2:16 141 - Elijah White (American) tech Jimmie Jones (Morgan State) 16-0 149 - Gage Owen (American) dec Yannis Charles (Morgan State) 10-5 157 - Aaron Turner (Morgan State) dec Devon Capato (American) 8-5SV 165 - Kaden Milheim (American) fall Cooper Lockhart (Morgan State) 1:43 174 - Darrien Roberts (Morgan State) maj Breon Phifer (American) 11-2 184 - Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State) dec Lucas White (American) 10-3 197 - Liam Volk-Klos (American) fall Eric Washington (Morgan State) 4:41 285 - Xavier Doolin (Morgan State) tech Carston Rawls (American) 18-1 Ohio 20 Buffalo 13 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) dec Malachi O’Leary (Ohio) 5-2 133 - TJ England (Ohio) dec Troy Guerra (Buffalo) 11-5 141 - Kaden Jett (Ohio) dec Cole French (Buffalo) 6-1 149 - Sam Ewing (Buffalo) maj Derek Raike (Ohio) 13-1 157 - Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) maj Logan Cravatas (Ohio) 15-2 165 - Jack Lledo (Ohio) dec Charlie Foster (Buffalo) 8-2 174 - Bobby Gaylord (Ohio) dec Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) 9-4 184 - Marcus Petite (Buffalo) dec Jeremy Olszko (Ohio) 7-4SV 197 - Austin Starr (Ohio) maj Connor Scuilla (Buffalo) 8-0 285 - Jordan Greer (Ohio) maj Robbie Unruh (Buffalo) 11-0 Cal Poly 23 CSU Bakersfield 20 125 - Koda Holeman (Cal Poly) mj Eathon Rider (CSU Bakersfield) 22-8 133 - Zeth Romney (Cal Poly) FFT 141 - Hayden Zinkin (CSU Bakersfield) dec Korbin Shepherd (Cal Poly) 3-1 149 - Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) dec Hercules Windrath (Cal Poly) 3-1 157 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) tech Jose Farias (CSU Bakersfield) 16-0 165 - Luka Wick (Cal Poly) dec Guillermo Escobedo (CSU Bakersfield) 4-3 174 - Kendall LaRosa (Cal Poly) tech Chris Neal (CSU Bakersfield) 20-4 184 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (CSU Bakersfield) fall Daschle Lamer (Cal Poly) 6:18 197 - AJ Ferrari (CSU Bakersfield) tech Cole Jackson (Cal Poly) 19-2 285 - Jake Andrews (CSU Bakersfield) dec Luke Meyer (Cal Poly) 7-1 The Citadel 29 Gardner-Webb 14 125 - Gylon Sims (The Citadel) dec Tyson Lane (Gardner-Webb) 6-4 133 - TK Davis (Gardner-Webb) fall George Rosas (The Citadel) 1:42 141 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) tech Thomas Termini (The Citadel) 20-4 149 - Carson DesRosier (The Citadel) dec Joseph Giordano (Gardner-Webb) 3-1 157 - Drew Pepin (Gardner-Webb) dec Tyler Badgett(The Citadel) 5-1 165 - Thomas Snipes (The Citadel) tech Grant Kress (Gardner-Webb) 17-1 174 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) maj Andrew Wilson (Gardner-Webb) 11-2 184 - Micah DiCarlo (The Citadel) dec Jackson Potts (Gardner-Webb) 4-1 197 - Patrick Brophy (The Citadel) tech Edison Flores (Gardner-Webb) 19-2 285 - Jonathan Chesser (The Citadel) fall Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) 4:34 Oregon State 22 North Carolina 14 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) dec Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) 9-6SV 133 - Ethan Oakley (North Carolina) maj Gage Singleton (Oregon State) 12-4 141 - Nash Singleton (Oregon State) dec Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 2-1TB 149 - Ethan Stiles (Oregon State) dec Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 5-3 157 - CJ Hamblin (Oregon State) dec Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) 4-3 165 - Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) dec Charlie Darracott (North Carolina) 8-3 174 - Sean Harman (Oregon State) tech Nolan O’Boyle (North Carolina) 21-6 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec TJ McDonnell (Oregon State) 10-7 197 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) tech Robert Plott (North Carolina) 21-6 285 - Nolan Neves (North Carolina) maj Brett Mower (Oregon State) 16-4 Nebraska 35 Purdue 6 125 - Caleb Smith (Nebraska) tech Ashton Jackson (Purdue) 21-6 133 - Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) maj Dustin Norris (Purdue) 11-1 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) maj Greyson Clark (Purdue) 15-4 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) tech Isaac Ruble (Purdue) 21-5 157 - Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) dec Joey Blaze (Purdue) 4-1 165 - Christopher Minto (Nebraska) tech Stoney Buell (Purdue) 17-1 174 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) tech Brody Baumann (Purdue) 21-6 184 - Orlando Cruz (Purdue) dec Ethan DeLeon (Nebraska) 4-2 197 - Camden McDanel (Nebraska) tech Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 22-6 285 - Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) dec Harley Andrews (Nebraska) 9-4 South Dakota State 23 North Dakota State 10 125 - Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State) dec Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 3-2 133 - Kyle Burwick (North Dakota State) maj Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) 18-7 141 - Julian Tagg (South Dakota State) dec Michael Olson (North Dakota State) 5-0 149 - Avery Allen (South Dakota State) dec Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) 7-4 157 - Moses Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State) maj Clay Radenz (North Dakota State) 14-5 165 - Drake Rhodes (South Dakota State) dec Boeden Greenley (North Dakota State) 6-5 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) maj Devin Wasley (North Dakota State) 14-2 184 - Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) dec Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State) 5-4 197 - Zach Glazier (South Dakota State) dec Tayshuan Glover (North Dakota State) 8-6 285 - Andrew Blackburn-Forst (North Dakota State) dec Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) 7-5 Campbell 21 Appalachian State 15 125 - Cooper Shore (Campbell) dec Bryson Terrell (Appalachian State) 9-6SV 133 - Logan Heil (Campbell) dec Chad Bellis (Appalachian State) 11-7 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) dec Aldo Hernandez (Appalachian State) 8-3 149 - Wynton Denkins (Campbell) dec Kaden Keiser (Appalachian State) 12-8 157 - Jeremiah Price (Appalachian State) dec Chris Earnest (Campbell) 5-3 165 - Will Miller (Appalachian State) dec Dom Baker (Campbell) 4-0 174 - Lucas Uliano (Appalachian State) tech Kendrick Hodge (Campbell) 15-0 184 - Riley Augustine (Campbell) fall Logan Eller (Appalachian State) 4:50 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) dec Carson Floyd (Appalachian State) 10-7 285 - Stephan Monchery (Appalachian State) maj Landon Sargent (Campbell) 11-2 West Virginia 24 Arizona State 13 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) maj Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) 11-2 133 - Tommy Maddox (West Virginia) dec Damian Moreno (Arizona State) 6-4 141 - Jordan Titus (West Virginia) dec Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) 5-2SV 149 - Pierson Manville (Arizona State) dec Sam Hillegas (West Virginia) 5-1 157 - Caleb Dowling (West Virginia) dec Michael Kilic (Arizona State) 8-5 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) tech Austin Scott (Arizona State) 15-0 174 - Brody Conley (West Virginia) dec Joseph Manfredi (Arizona State) 3-0 184 - Dennis Robin (West Virginia) dec Cael Valencia (Arizona State) 12-7 197 - Ian Bush (West Virginia) maj Jacob Meissner (Arizona State) 11-3 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) fall Wilson Spires (West Virginia) 2:35 Michigan 31 Central Michigan 11 125 - Christian Tanefeu (Michigan) dec Grant Stahl (Central Michigan) 9-6 133 - Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) tech Nolan Wertanen (Michigan) 15-0 141 - Sergio Lemley (Michigan) tech Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) 26-11 149 - Mason Shrader (Central Michigan) dec Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) 4-2 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Zack Mattin (Michigan) 9-3 165 - Beau Mantanona (Michigan) fall Chandler Amaker (Central Michigan) :47 174 - Brock Mantanona (Michigan) dec Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) 9-8 184 - Jaden Bullock (Michigan) tech Mason Alessio (Central Michigan) 17-2 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) maj Luke Cochran (Central Michigan) 12-3 285 - Josh Heindselman (Michigan) tech Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) 22-6 Northern Colorado 22 Air Force 21 125 - Tucker Owens (Air Force) FFT 133 - Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) maj Gavin Caprella (Air Force) 15-2 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) maj Carter Nogle (Air Force) 19-6 149 - Benji Alanis (Northern Colorado) tech Alec Viduya (Air Force) 17-2 157 - Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) fall EJ Beloncik (Air Force) 1:45 165 - Clayton Ulrey (Northern Colorado) dec Logan Fowler (Air Force) 12-6 174 - Jack Ganos (Air Force) tech Ayden Rix-McElhinney (Northern Colorado) 17-2 184 - Gage Musser (Air Force) dec AJ Heeg (Northern Colorado) 5-0 197 - Brian Burburjia (Air Force) dec Andrew Donahue (Northern Colorado) 8-5SV 285 - Soren Herzog (Air Force) maj Remington Peterson (Northern Colorado) 13-5 Iowa 21 Oklahoma State 16 125 - Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) maj Joey Cruz (Iowa) 17-3 133 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) maj Rin Sakamoto (Oklahoma State) 11-1 141 - Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) maj Jace Rhodes (Iowa) 8-0 149 - Kyle Parco (Iowa) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 7-1 157 - Jacori Teemer (Iowa) dec Caleb Fish (Oklahoma State) 10-6 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) maj Cam Amine (Oklahoma State) 10-1 174 - Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State) dec Nelson Brands (Iowa) 8-1 184 - Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) dec Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 6-3SV 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) maj Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) 10-1 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) tech Ben Kueter (Iowa) 18-3

Hokies head coach Tony Robie speaks with the media after a huge win over rival NC State. With the win, the Hokies clinch a share of the ACC Dual title. Coach Robie talks about some of the standouts from the duals, the team heading into the postseason and more:

What better way to close out the regular season than a Sunday evening clash between the #2 and #3 teams in the country? Throw in the fact that those teams are two of the most storied programs in our sport’s history and heated rivals and we’re in for some fun. There’s an added element to this rivalry in 2024-25 as Olympic gold medalist David Taylor is in his first year leading the Oklahoma State program. Taylor’s addition has provided the Cowboys with a shot in the arm on the recruiting trail, with fan interactions and attendance, and with on-mat performance. The Cowboys come into Sunday’s match with a 13-0 dual record. They boast wins over #4 Northern Iowa, #6 NC State, #9 Virginia Tech, and #11 Iowa State. The eight-point win over Northern Iowa represents Oklahoma State’s closest dual of the season. They come into this dual ranked second in the nation. Taking a back seat to no one is Tom Brands’ Iowa Hawkeyes. The third-ranked Hawkeyes sport a 13-1 record with their only dual loss coming to top-ranked Penn State. They have wins over #5 Nebraska, #7 Minnesota, #8 Ohio State, and #11 Iowa State. Let’s take a look at what we expect to see from both teams weight-by-weight and make some predictions. 125 lbs - #4 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) vs. #16 Joey Cruz (Iowa) During the last few weeks, we’ve labeled matches involving Joey Cruz to be “closer than the rankings may indicate.” After a win over Minnesota’s Cooper Flynn on Friday and Northwestern’s Dedrick Navarro on Sunday, Cruz has risen in the rankings so that gap isn’t quite as wide. I still like how he’s competed lately and think that, with a home crowd behind him, he’ll be able to make this clash with Troy Spratley a one-takedown match. Spratley has been excellent throughout the season, finishing third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and losing just twice in dual competition. Since Spratley’s most recent loss, he’s reeled off three straight wins, the last three of which involved bonus points. Pick: Spratley by decision (3-0 Oklahoma State) 133 lbs - #21 Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Drake Ayala (Iowa) It was an overtime victory from Drake Ayala that helped get the momentum started for an Iowa win in 2024. Ayala is now up at 133 lbs and is expected to get the win and, perhaps more, this time. With top-ranked Ryan Crookham’s status being murky at-best, Ayala is the man to beat at this weight class. He comes in on a 13-match winning streak and has a pair of wins over past All-Americans and six over returning national qualifiers this season. Oklahoma State has bounced between redshirt freshman Cael Hughes and the veteran Reece Witcraft at this weight. Witcraft has the ability to change a match with one move - as he often tries big throws and trips that could quickly rack up points or perhaps a fall. At the same time, he can put himself in danger. That could be a problem with someone as fundamentally sound as Ayala. You have to go back to the 2021-22 season to find a prior match between these two. Both were redshirting, at the time, and Ayala majored Witcraft at the Southern Scuffle down at 125. Normally, a match so long ago would have little relevance, but I do like this match to play out in a similar manner. Pick: Ayala by major decision (4-3 Iowa) 141 lbs - #5 Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) vs. Cullan Schriever/Ryder Block (Iowa) This is an important weight for Oklahoma State as we move into the middleweights. In the next three weights, Iowa will be a significant favorite, so at minimum, the Cowboys will need a win; however, bonus points would be preferable. Tagen Jamison is starting to round back into form after ending January with a pair of sudden victory losses (both to opponents from Iowa schools). In his last outing, Jamison got back on the winning track with a solid 8-2 decision over Little Rock’s Brennan Van Hoecke. Jamison is hoping for a better end to the season compared to last year. He had a similar regular season, but was fourth in the Big 12 and went 0-2 at nationals. Iowa still appears to be undecided at 141 lbs. Cullan Schriever got the call in both matches last weekend and went 1-1. He got down big to Vance Vombaur and almost worked his way back into the match. Two days later, he majored Northwestern’s Luis Bazan. He is now 5-9 on the year. Though he’s seen significant time in the Hawkeye lineup over the past three seasons, Schriever has never been the guy for Iowa in the postseason. The Hawkeyes also could use Ryder Block, a top recruit who is 2-4 as a redshirt freshman. Block was expected to compete at 149 lbs, but has moved down to try and solidify this weight. Pick: Jamison by decision (6-4 Oklahoma State) 149 lbs - #18 Carter Young (Oklahoma State) vs. #3 Kyle Parco (Iowa) This is where it could get a little dicey for Oklahoma State. A dual loss to Shayne Van Ness is the only blemish on the record for Kyle Parco. Parco is seeking to earn All-American honors for a fifth time and looking for an elusive national title is the ultimate goal. Since coming to Iowa from Arizona State, Parco has been racking up points like no other time in his career. His top game has been excellent and typically separates him from his opposition. Carter Young is a two-time national qualifier who used the 2023-24 season to take a redshirt. He has returned and been solid, but not spectacular. For the the most part, Young has beaten the guys ranked below or around him, but hasn’t been able to break through and knock off those in Parco’s class. Since the calendar flipped to 2025, Young has been .500 and he comes in after losing three of his last four. In this situation, I can see Young avoiding bonus points, but falling to Parco. Pick: Parco by decision (7-6 Iowa) 157 lbs - #14 Caleb Fish (Oklahoma State) vs. #3 Jacori Teemer (Iowa) For the most part, I think the discussion surrounding Jacori Teemer’s health can be tempered. Teemer took the mat last Friday and grinded out a tough, 4-1 victory over a top-ten opponent in Tommy Askey of Minnesota. It served as Teemer’s best win of the season, thus far. Teemer didn’t take the mat two days later against Northwestern, but that is more out of an abundance of caution and preserving him for this dual, rather than anything injury-related. Like Teemer, Caleb Fish is a senior in his first year with a new team. He was expected to redshirt, but has been pressed into duty at 157 lbs. The change of scenery has been kind to Fish as he has been more consistent than ever in his career. That being said, he’d like to right the ship heading into the postseason after losing two out of his last three duals. One of the high points of Fish’s first season in Stillwater was a third-place finish at a loaded CKLV Invitational. Even when completely healthy, Teemer rarely lights up the scoreboard against opponents of Fish’s caliber. I see this one playing out similarly to the Askey match - close until a late takedown for the Hawkeye. Pick: Teemer by decision (10-6 Iowa) 165 lbs - #6 Cam Amine (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) Another new face Oklahoma State has been veteran Cam Amine - a two-time All-American for Michigan. While at Michigan, Amine had the opportunity to meet Michael Caliendo on two occasions in 2023-24. Both came at the 2024 Big Ten Championships and, in both instances, Caliendo was victorious in sudden victory. Caliendo has been as dangerous as ever this year with bonus points in over 72% of his bouts - an increase of more than 20% over last year, when he finished fourth in the country. At the same time, Amine has a knack for slowing down his opponents. Does he do that again on Sunday? After a bit of a rough start to the year, Amine has been excellent from December on, going 11-2 with a pair of top-15 wins sprinkled in. We saw last week that Caliendo was able to open it up against an opponent in Andrew Sparks, who held him in check earlier this season. The result was a 21-5 tech fall. In two years at Iowa, Caliendo has only suffered one loss in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. He’s someone who appears to feed off the energy of the crowd. I don’t know if that will necessarily push him to bonus points against an opponent like Amine, but I think the margin of victory is greater than a single takedown. Pick: Caliendo by decision (13-6 Iowa) 174 lbs - #3 Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State) vs. #11 Patrick Kennedy/Nelson Brands (Iowa) If Oklahoma State can make it to this point only down by seven points or less, they should be in a very good position to get the “W.” If Parco/Caliendo can get bonus points, or someone else gets an upset, it could spell trouble for the Cowboys. Another new face for Oklahoma State is Dean Hamiti. The two-time All-American has still yet to taste defeat in an OSU singlet. He’s 18-0 with a title at the CKLV and bonus-point wins in more than 3/4 of his appearances. Hamiti has been at his best in some of Oklahoma State’s biggest duals. He teched All-American Lennox Wolak in the win over Virginia Tech. Hamiti did the same to Iowa State’s MJ Gaitan and majored Northern Iowa’s Jared Simma. No matter who Iowa sends out, bonus points may be asking too much for Hamiti. He and Patrick Kennedy met in the 2023 Big Ten finals and Hamiti prevailed, 9-6. Kennedy got the call in Iowa’s win over Minnesota and he responded with an 8-4 win in front of fans from his home state. Two days later, it was Nelson Brands who made a return to the Iowa lineup. After a two-month layoff, Brands responded with a 21-6 tech fall win over Northwestern’s Aiden Vandenbush. Whoever faces Hamiti will have the hands full, but is probably tough enough to avoid surrendering bonus points. Pick: Hamiti by decision (13-9 Iowa) 184 lbs - #3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs. #8 Gabe Arnold/Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) Should Dustin Plott wrestle Gabe Arnold, it would be the only rematch from the 2024 edition of this rivalry. In that matchup, Plott controlled the true freshman Arnold in a 5-1 victory. It marked the only loss of Arnold’s impressive redshirt campaign. Plott went on to earn All-American honors for a third time and made his first NCAA finals appearance. Since then, Plott has been as consistent as ever. He’s 15-2 with his only two losses coming to his finals opponent Parker Keckeisen. Iowa could counter with Arnold or true freshman Angelo Ferrari. A win over Northwestern snapped a brief two-match losing streak for Arnold that saw him get knocked off twice in sudden victory. Before those two losses, Arnold won a pair of matches in extra time, one over former club teammate Jaxon Smith and the other against former Big Ten champion and NCAA All-American Edmond Ruth. I’m sure Arnold and the Iowa staff would like to see him be able to open up more offensively and avoid sudden victory; however, Plott may not be the opponent to do it against. Ferrari has one date available to maintain his redshirt status, so he’s definitely in-play here, as well. Brands has utilized Ferrari in two of his biggest duals to date, Iowa State and Penn State, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him against Plott, as well. Ferrari has been excellent for a true freshman with his only loss being a 3-1 decision to four-time national champion Carter Starocci. Pick: Plott by decision (13-12 Iowa) 197 lbs - #6 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) vs. #1 Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) Assuming the dual starts at 125 lbs, this will be a highly pivotal contest. If the action plays out like we have predicted and Iowa holds a slim lead, Stephen Buchanan could technically put this one out of reach before two-time All-American Wyatt Hendrickson even takes the mat. We’ve seen Buchanan thrive under the bright lights in his first year at Iowa. His pin against Nebraska gave his team a chance to win going into heavyweight and though the team win was locked up against Minnesota, he won a clutch bout against a tough opponent. This time for Buchanan the opposition is a familiar face in Luke Surber. While at Oklahoma last season, Buchanan defeated Luke Surber, 6-2 in the consolation semifinals at the Big 12 Championships. In fairness to Surber, he wasn’t wrestling at the level he is today. Surber has endured a few injury-plagued campaigns to qualify for nationals on three occasions; however, he was never nearly as good as he is today. Surber has only lost once this season and has already avenged that loss. In his last outing, he knocked off 2024 All-American Stephen Little of Little Rock, 5-4. With his confidence likely at an all-time high, Surber isn’t thinking about a close loss for the sake of his team, he’s thinking upset. Pick: Buchanan by decision (16-12 Iowa) 285 lbs - #3 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) vs. #11 Ben Kueter (Iowa) I’m sure fans of both teams would prefer their side winning via blowout, but it would be fun if Iowa holds a four-point lead heading into the final bout with Hendrickson toeing the line against two-sport star Ben Kueter. Hendrickson has been perfect since coming to Oklahoma State and has bonus points in a staggering 88% of his matches. Only top-five opponents like Isaac Trumble and Cohlton Schultz have escaped from a match against Hendrickson without losing via bonus points (and Trumble was pinned by Hendrickson in Vegas). And looking at Hendrickson’s scores, he actually hasn’t won via major decision this season. His bonus points have all come from techs and pins. Basically, he’s like a snowball rolling down a hill - it’s hard to stop that momentum! Should Kueter take the mat with the dual on the line for Iowa, he wouldn’t be in uncharted territory. His major decision over Harley Andrews pushed Iowa past Nebraska. Though it didn’t have team implications, Kueter closed out a win over Ohio State with a nice 5-4 upset over All-American Nick Feldman. This will be one of those rare occasions where Kueter is likely not the most athletic heavyweight in the match. Or at least from a wrestling standpoint. With both of these wrestlers being offensively-minded big men, I expect plenty of points on the board. These two are both very accomplished on the freestyle scene with Kueter owning U20 world gold and silver medals, while Hendrickson is a U23 world champion. Pick: Hendrickson by tech (17-16 Oklahoma State)

Friday’s DI Dual Results Edinboro 44 Bloomsburg 5 125 - Chris Vargo (Edinboro) FFT 133 - Colton Camacho (Edinboro) tech Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 19-0 141 - Anthony Ferraro (Edinboro) FFT 149 - Ryan Michaels (Edinboro) fall Nik Voros (Bloomsburg) 3:27 157 - Will Morrow (Bloomsburg) tech Colin Roberts (Edinboro) 16-0 165 - Max Kirby (Edinboro) tech Luke Thomas (Bloomsburg) 17-0 174 - Brody Evans (Edinboro) tech Logan Baker (Bloomsburg) 21-6 184 - Hunter Hutcheson (Edinboro) dec Nick Foster (Bloomsburg) 7-5 197 - Nick Lodato (Edinboro) dec Kolby Flank (Bloomsburg) 5-0 285 - Aden Roe (Edinboro) tech Tyler McCatharn (Bloomsburg) 18-1 Brown 36 Harvard 6 125 - Jared Brunner (Brown) FFT 133 - Hunter Adrian (Brown) dec Logan Brzozowski (Harvard) 5-3 141 - Ian Oswalt (Brown) fall Jameson Garcia (Harvard) 2:19 149 - Joey Iamunno (Brown) dec Jaden Pepe (Harvard) 16-12 157 - Blake Saito (Brown) dec Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) 13-8 165 - Cael Berg (Harvard) dec Keegan Rothrock (Brown) 6-1 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) dec Haden Bottiglieri (Harvard) 15-8 184 - Andrew Reall (Brown) fall Luke Rada (Harvard) 4:21 197 - Max Agresti (Harvard) dec Thomas Sandoval (Brown) 4-1SV 285 - Alex Semenenko (Brown) fall Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) :45 Indiana 40 Chattanooga 4 125 - Jacob Moran (Indiana) maj Ty Tice (Chattanooga) 15-5 133 - Angelo Rini (Indiana) dec Bryce Luna (Chattanooga) 8-5 141 - Henry Porter (Indiana) maj Ethan Lipsey (Chattanooga) 12-3 149 - Joey Buttler (Indiana) fall Yuta Otero (Chattanooga) 2:54 157 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Ryan Garvick (Indiana) 10-2 165 - Tyler Lillard (Indiana) maj Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) 14-4 174 - Derek Gilcher (Indiana) dec CJ Liddle (Chattanooga) 11-4 184 - DJ Washington (Indiana) tech Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) 19-4 197 - Gabe Sollars (Indiana) fall Landon Lewis (Chattanooga) 4:01 285 - Jacob Bullock (Indiana) tech Kendrick Curtis (Chattanooga) 19-4 Northern Iowa 28 Wisconsin 12 125 - Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) dec Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa) 13-8 133 - Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) dec Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) 5-0 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) tech Carson Exferd (Wisconsin) 23-7 149 - Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) fall Royce Nilo (Wisconsin) 3:43 157 - Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) dec Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) 5-0 165 - Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) dec Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) 9-3 174 - Lucas Condon (Wisconsin) dec Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) 8-1 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) tech Dylan Russo (Wisconsin) 20-3 197 - Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) dec Wyatt Ingham (Wisconsin) 8-1 285 - Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) fall Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) 4:47 Maryland 23 Drexel 13 125 - Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) maj Presden Sanchez (Maryland) 10-1 133 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) maj Kyle Waterman (Drexel) 13-4 141 - Dario Lemus (Maryland) dec John Hildebrandt (Drexel) 1-0 149 - Dominic Findora (Drexel) dec Michael Pizzuto (Maryland) 8-2 157 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) tech Aboubakare Diaby (Drexel) 19-4 165 - Cody Walsh (Drexel) dec Alex Uryniak (Maryland) 5-2SV 174 - Branson John (Maryland) dec Jack Janda (Drexel) 10-3 184 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) maj Giuseppe Hoose (Drexel) 14-4 197 - Ethan Wilson (Drexel) dec Jack Darrah (Maryland) 8-2 285 - Seth Nevills (Maryland) maj Tanner Updegraff (Drexel) 10-1 Central Michigan 22 Michigan State 12 125 - Grant Stahl (Central Michigan) dec Caleb Weiand (Michigan State) 4-1 133 - Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) maj Andrew Hampton (Michigan State) 10-0 141 - Jaden Crumpler (Michigan State) dec Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) 4-2 149 - Mason Shrader (Central Michigan) tech Clayton Jones (Michigan State) 18-3 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) 9-2 165 - Jay Nivison (Michigan State) dec Chandler Amaker (Central Michigan) 10-3 174 - Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) maj Ceasar Garza (Michigan State) 8-0 184 - Marty Larkin (Michigan State) dec Adrien Cramer (Central Michigan) 6-0 197 - Luke Cochran (Central Michigan) dec Lucas Daly (Michigan State) 7-2 285 - Max Vanadia (Michigan State) dec Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) 5-3 Columbia 25 Bucknell 16 125 - Sulayman Bah (Columbia) fall Chris Nucifora (Bucknell) 3:50 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) maj Connor Smith (Columbia) 15-5 141 - Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia) dec Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) 4-1SV 149 - Kai Owen (Columbia) fall Aiden Davis (Bucknell) 5:51 157 - Richard Fedalen (Columbia) dec Cade Wirnsberger (Bucknell) 5-2 165 - Cesar Alvan (Columbia) dec Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) 8-7 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) maj Jack McGill (Columbia) 11-1 184 - Nick Fine (Columbia) maj Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 9-0 197 - Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell) tech Javen Jovero (Columbia) 20-4 285 - Logan Shephard (Bucknell) dec Vincent Mueller (Columbia) 10-7 Pittsburgh 23 Virginia 13 125 - Nick Babin (Pittsburgh) dec Keyveon Roller (Virginia) 5-3 133 - Gable Porter (Virginia) maj Tyler Chappell (Pittsburgh) 11-1 141 - Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) dec Briar Priest (Pittsburgh) 4-2 149 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 5-4 157 - Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh) dec Michael Gioffre (Virginia) 4-1 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) dec Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 2-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) tech Rocco Contino (Virginia) 19-4 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Justin Phillips (Virginia) 7-3 197 - Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) maj Ethan Weatherspoon (Virginia) 12-2 285 - Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) tech Gabe Christenson (Virginia) 18-3 Lehigh 25 Arizona State 11 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) dec Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 7-3 133 - Damian Moreno (Arizona State) dec Mason Ziegler (Lehigh) 8-5 141 - Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) dec Carter Bailey (Lehigh) 4-1 149 - Pierson Manville (Arizona State) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 5-3 157 - Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) dec Michael Kilic (Arizona State) 10-4 165 - Richie Grungo (Lehigh) fall Austin Scott (Arizona State) 2:20 174 - Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) tech Arturo Anaya (Arizona State) 22-6 184 - Caden Rogers (Lehigh) dec Shay Addison (Arizona State) 3-2 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) tech Max Acciardi (Arizona State) 19-4 285 - Owen Trephan (Lehigh) dec Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 4-2 Virginia Tech 21 NC State 10 125 - Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) dec Vincent Robinson (NC State) 4-1 133 - Connor McGonagle (Virginia Tech) dec Kai Orine (NC State) 4-1SV 141 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Troy Hohman (NC State) 7-0 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) dec Koy Buesgens (NC State) 5-1 157 - Rafael Hipolito (Virginia Tech) dec Ed Scott (NC State) 3-2 165 - Mac Church (Virginia Tech) dec Derek Fields (NC State) 2-1TB 174 - Matthew Singleton (NC State) maj Lennox Wolak (Virginia Tech) 12-2 184 - Dylan Fishback (NC State) dec TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech) 4-1 197 - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) dec Christian Knop (NC State) 2-1 285 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) 5-3 Penn State 50 American 3 125 - Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) tech Coen Bainey (American) 20-3 133 - Raymond Lopez (American) dec Kyison Garcia (Penn State) 9-7 141 - Beau Barlett (Penn State) tech Elijah White (American) 21-5 149 - Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) tech Gage Owen (American) 16-1 157 - Tyler Kasak (Penn State) fall Devon Capato (American) 2:19 165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) tech Kaden Milheim (American) 19-2 174 - Levi Haines (Penn State) fall Breon Phifer (American) 3:43 184 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) fall Lucas White (American) 2:22 197 - Josh Barr (Penn State) fall Liam Volk-Klos (American) 1:09 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) fall Emmanuel Ulrich (American) 2:47 California Baptist 30 CSU Bakersfield 11 125 - Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSU Bakersfield) dec Mitch Neiner (California Baptist) 4-2 133 - Damian Alvarez (California Baptist) FFT 141 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) maj Hayden Zinkin (CSU Bakersfield) 8-0 149 - Paul Kelly (California Baptist) dec Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 6-0 157 - Drayden Morton (California Baptist) fall Jose Farias (CSU Bakersfield) 4:31 165 - Daniel Manibog (California Baptist) dec Guillermo Escobedo (CSU Bakersfield) 4-2 174 - Carter Schmidt (California Baptist) tech Chris Neal (CSU Bakersfield) 22-6 184 - Gerrit Nijenhuis (CSU Bakersfield) dec Mason Espinoza (California Baptist) 12-7 197 - AJ Ferrari (CSU Bakersfield) tech Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 20-4 285 - Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) dec Eric Mittlestead (CSU Bakersfield) 3-1 North Carolina 24 Stanford 9 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) FFT 133 - Ethan Oakley (North Carolina) dec Tyler Knox (Stanford) 4-2 141 - Jason Miranda (Stanford) dec Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 2-0 149 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec Jaden Abas (Stanford) 8-1SV 157 - Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Zach Hanson (Stanford) 13-7 165 - Hunter Garvin (Stanford) dec Charlie Darracott (North Carolina) 4-1SV 174 - Josh Ogunsanya (North Carolina) dec Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) 15-13 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec Cole Han-Lindemyer (Stanford) 6-1 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) dec Robert Platt (North Carolina) 5-4 285 - Nolan Neves (North Carolina) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 3-2

We’ve got a huge weekend on tap to finish out the regular season in the ACC. The ACC Dual Championship is on the line and could shake out a few different ways. Right now, the Wolfpack controls their own destiny; as the only undefeated team in the conference, if they beat the Hokies, the dual title goes back to Raleigh. BUT…like I said after week one of ACC duals, it’s going to be a wild year and there is a very real chance that no team makes it through unscathed. Currently, two other teams have one loss in conference - Virginia Tech lost to North Carolina, and UNC lost to NC State. Based on the system the ACC uses, the dual champion is determined only by the final record in the conference, not head-to-head matches. So there is a possibility that the dual title will be shared by two or three teams. Let’s look at the scenarios: NC State beats Virginia Tech. The Wolfpack are the outright dual champs. The result of UNC and Stanford doesn’t matter. Virginia Tech beats NC State and Stanford beats UNC. The Hokies and the Wolfpack share the dual title. VT wins and UNC beats Stanford - it is a three-way tie for the dual title with UNC, VT, and NCST all ending with a 5-1 record in conference. #6 NC State at #9 Virginia Tech 125 - #3 Vincent Robinson v #5 Eddie Ventresca 133 - #14 Kai Orine v #13 Connor McGonagle 141 - Tyler Tracy/Troy Hohman v #10 Sam Latona 149 - #22 Koy Buesgens v #1 Caleb Henson 157 - #15 Ed Scott v #12 Rafael Hipolito 165 - #28 Derek Fields v Mac Church 174 - #22 Matty Singleton v #20 Lennox Wolak 184 - #14 Dylan Fishback v #20 TJ Stewart 197 - #31 Christian Knop v #16 Andy Smith 285 - #4 Isaac Trumble v #13 Jimmy Mullen This dual has been the highlight of the conference for the past decade and Friday’s edition should be no different. In their past 10 head-to-head meetings, they have an even 5-5 split with most duals being decided by 5 points or fewer. The past five duals have been won by the home team, with the last road upset coming in 2019 with the Wolfpack winning the dual title in Blacksburg, 17-16. Based on InterMat rankings, the Hokies are favored in 6 matches to 4 for the Wolfpack. I can’t even point to a single match that I’m most looking forward to, there are incredible matchups up and down the lineup. I fully expect the atmosphere in Cassell to be rowdy tonight. The way I see it, there are five matches that lean more heavily on paper toward one team or the other--141, 149, and 197 for the Hokies and 165 and 285 for the Wolfpack--these can all very much go either direction, but I would call that an upset if it happens. These are the weights where each team will be hunting for critical bonus points. The remaining weights - 125, 133, 157, 174, and 184 - are very much toss-up matches. Let’s look at these toss-ups: 125 We have a top-5 battle and these two have never met. Robinson is 18-1 on the year with his lone loss a medical forfeit at the CKLV. He has a big win over #4 Troy Spratley, who has a win over Ventresca; he has, however, never faced an All-American. The Hokie is a 2023 All-American and comes in at 15-3 with losses to Spratley, #1 Matt Ramos, and a sudden victory loss to #11 Spencer Moore. Expect a wide-open match here. Both have an impressive attack rate and put a lot of points on the board. 133 This will be an important bout. Orine started the season at 141 and dropped back to 133 and he is still adjusting to the weight. He is 11-5 overall, but 3-3 at 133. It has been an adjustment dropping back down, but he has looked better physically every time he’s gone out. McGonagle came into the season with big expectations, but has been limited with injuries. He is 8-1 overall with his lone loss to #19 Tyler Wells and has a big win over #7 Tyler Knox in sudden victory. This match should be pretty wide-open and physical. 157 Ok, I lied. This is the match I’m looking forward to the most. This match could be absolutely bonkers. Both of these guys are capable of some insane technique and big moves and they both have a very unique feel - but in different ways. Scott took out Hipolito in the dual last season 12-7 but Hipolito has made huge jumps in the past year. Scott is a former All-American and two-time bloodround finisher. He comes in at 11-4 on the year with only one questionable loss early in the season. Hipolito is in his first year starting and has a 12-3 with one loss from a medical forfeit and the other two in sudden victory in low-scoring bouts. 174 Lennox Wolak entered the season as a returning All-American at his new home in Blacksburg and a preseason top-5 ranking. He struggled early in the year after an injury and had a disastrous Southern Scuffle that dropped him much lower in the rankings. He has looked much better of late, but has been hard to predict this year. Matty Singleton has been on the edge of breaking through all season and is still looking for a signature win. He is 12-7 on the year, but really doesn’t have any bad losses, they are all to opponents ranked above him. This is an odd match stylistically and could be a 1-0 SV match or a 20-second pin in either direction. Should be a fun one. 184 In the ongoing battles between Virginia Tech and NC State, we have seen some incredible individual rivalries. I think this matchup will go down as another in the long-running series; both are sophomores and are likely to stay at the same weight moving forward. Stewart holds a 2-0 advantage over Fishback, beating him 7-2 in the dual and 8-5 at the ACC Championships last year. Stewart ended the year on the podium with a 7th place finish while Fishback fell in the bloodround. It’s safe to say they are pretty evenly matched. Fishback has had a pretty good year, he is 10-5 with all of his losses coming to top-15 opponents; he has started to look more aggressive offensively lately, which could be helpful or harmful against Stewart. TJ had a very rough start to the year. He was coming off a knee injury and was very tentative early in the year. As he feels more confident, his offense has picked up and he has looked more like the All-American we saw last year. He is 9-7 overall and 4-1 in conference, his lone loss was a pin to Gavin Kane, when he went for a throw that didn’t quite go as planned. I expect a battle here and the dual could very well hinge on this match. #15 North Carolina at #18 Stanford 125 #11 Spencer Moore v FFT 133 #11 Ethan Oakley v #7 Tyler Knox 141 #22 Jayden Scott v #21 Jason Miranda 149 #5 Lachlan McNeil v #15 Jaden Abas 157 #23 Sonny Santiago v #28 Grigor Cholakyan 165 Charlie Darracott v #13 Hunter Garvin 174 #18 Josh Ogunsanya v #4 Lorenzo Norman 184 #19 Gavin Kane v Tye Montiero/Cole Han-Lindemyer 197 Cade Lautt v #15 Nick Stemmet 285 Nolan Neves v #29 Peter Ming Coming into the season we knew that the Tar Heels would have some individual weapons but it didn’t seem like they would have the full lineup strength to contend for the dual title. They proved that wrong in the opening week with an upset win over Virginia Tech. Stanford had a similar vibe, especially giving up a forfeit at 125 every week, but they have shown to be a gritty team as well. This one has the makings of a tight dual and there is a lot on the line for the Tar Heels; they need to win to have a shot at a share of the dual title. Based on rankings, Stanford holds a 6-4 advantage here, but they are giving up 6 to start at 125. There are two key matches I see that can swing this dual in either direction. At 141, both Jayden Scott and Jason Miranda have had flashes of brilliance this season and are coming off of tough losses last week. We should also see the return of Grigor Cholakyan against Sonny Santiago in what could be a very tight match that will have major implications on the overall dual. I am also very interested to see Lachlan McNeil against his toughest test in conference this year in Jaden Abas (McNeil didn’t face Caleb Henson in the opening dual as he was out with an injury). We should also see Lorenzo Norman returning to the lineup after a couple weeks' absence; he has been incredible this year and will have a big match against Josh Ogunsanya. This should be a battle of a dual and will be a fun one to watch. #17 Pittsburgh at Virginia 125 #24 Nick Babin v #31 Keyveon Roller 133 Tyler Chappell v #33 Gable Porter 141 Anthony Santaniello v #19 Dylan Cedeno 149 #23 Finn Solomon v Jack Gioffre/Erik Roggie 157 #21 Dylan Evans v Michael Gioffre/Nick Sanko 165 #33 Jared Keslar v #21 Nick Hamilton 174 #21 Luca Augustine v Rocco Contino 184 #13 Reece Heller/Chase Kranitz v Griffin Gammell 197 #10 Mac Stout v Stephen Burrell/Ethan Weatherspoon 285 #14 Dayton Pitzer v Gabe Christensen Pitt has been consistent and dangerous all season. Their loss to North Carolina on criteria put the Tar Heels in position for a share of the title; that’s how close it has been all conference season. Virginia has been hampered by injuries and illnesses throughout their lineup and are hoping to have a full, healthy lineup for the postseason. I am hopeful that we see a full lineup for the Hoos this week, as they could use some positive momentum and more mat time for the guys who have been out. There are some fun matches to keep your eye on in this dual, starting at 125. Babin and Roller will have major seeding implications for the ACC tournament and both of them want this match. Cedeno is looking to finish the conference season strong for the Hoos, as is Nick Hamilton who will sit toward the top of the seedings at a wide-open 165. The upper weights for the Panthers have been their strength all season, and they are all looking to go out on top. One thing to watch there is whether we see Reece Heller back at 184 - he was out with an injury last week. Also, I think 174 will be a sneaky good match. Augustine has had some huge wins and some tough losses, he is looking to bounce back after getting pinned by Lennox Wolak last week and will have a fresh, and dangerous Rocco Contino who had his first conference match last week since returning from an injury.

Growing up in Michigan, and specifically in Ann Arbor was super fun. I got to experience some of the excitement of being in a big college town, and have the ancillary benefits while growing up and at college age. I ended up going to Central Michigan University and had a great time in Mount Pleasant for the five and a half years that I lived in town. Additionally, I spent plenty of time in East Lansing while visiting friends who were in school at Michigan State. I have had several trips to each campus over the years. There is a general respect between the institutions, and each program has its traditional powers over the years with respect to their athletics. That being said, it’s always fun to have the in-state battles amongst programs. I’ll always remember where I was when CMU football beat MSU football in 2009 (funny enough I was in Ann Arbor at my friend's house who went to MSU). More specific to this site though and wrestling in general, let’s focus on wrestling. It’s been a hot minute since CMU last beat Michigan or Michigan State, but this year seems to be a solid option for them. This Friday, for Senior Night, they’ll host the Spartans at McGuirk Arena. Two seniors, Johnny Lovett (157) and Alex Cramer (174) are both favored in their respective matches and will look to finish in front of their home crowd with a win over Michigan State. 197 will be an interesting match, with MSU having Remy Cotton, who has shown some flashes of greatness this season. His last match was cut short as he suffered a head injury against Jacob Cardenas, and had to withdraw. Hoping he can be back and we can have a good battle near the end of the dual. Sunday CMU travels to Ann Arbor to take on the Wolverines in their last home dual of the season as well. I expect the Crisler Center to be busy for this one, as in-state battles tend to bring out a lot of the local fans. Michigan will also have its Senior Day that night, which will include 10 graduating seniors/grad students. The Wolverines are heavy favorites in this one, but we should still get some fun matches with Johnny Lovett and Chase Saldate at 157. Last year this match was being won by Lovett heading into the third, and Saldate stormed back to win against the usually stingy Lovett. Cramer and Joseph Walker at 174 should also be a fun matchup, as Walker has shown the propensity to slow matches down and pick his spots on offense. Cramer is also comfortable with a slower pace and should be confident against Walker. My prediction is that the Chippewas win at home Friday night, and put up a solid fight on Sunday, while ultimately dropping the dual with the Wolverines. CMU, fresh off officially winning the MAC West with a win this past weekend against SIUE, is looking to round into postseason form after these duals. Similarly, the Wolverines and Spartans have trips to Evanston, Illinois in their future and are looking to finish strong before heading to Philadelphia for NCAAs.

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