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VESTAL, N.Y. -- The Binghamton wrestling team defeated American, 22-17, Friday night at the West Gym. Jacob Nicholson, Jesse Dellavecchia, Jack McKeever, Steve Schneider, and Mark Tracy all won for BU in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) dual match. After AU won the opening bout, the Bearcats picked up six points via an injury default at 133 pounds. The Eagles came back with a 9-5 decision in the 141 pound match, but BU rallied behind Dellavecchia. The 149-pounder took on Cole Moseley in an action-packed match. Late in the second period, Moseley was penalized, giving Dellavecchia a 1-0 edge. The freshman then successfully stayed on top of his foe for the duration of the third period, pulling out a 1-0 victory. The visitors collected wins in the next two matches, but McKeever got the Bearcats back on track. In his 174-pound bout, the senior, tabbed 28th in the latest NCAA Coaches' Panel Rankings, took an early lead over Michael Eckhart and continued to control the contest. Eckhart was eventually disqualified, as he was called for stalling five times. The DQ added six points to BU's tally, giving the hosts a 15-14 lead with three matches remaining. In the 184-pound match, Schneider posted a consistent effort in a 6-2 win over Jason Grimes. The 19th-ranked grappler in his weight class notched points in each period on his way to his 18th win of the season. Tracy was aggressive from the start in a stellar performance at 197 pounds. In his seventh consecutive victory, the redshirt freshman claimed a 15-4 major decision over Joe Salvi, clinching the dual for BU. In the heavyweight contest, Connor Calkins and Jake Scanlan were evenly matched, as each grappler earned a point in regulation. Neither wrestler could score in sudden victory, forcing more extra time. Calkins escaped in his down period, but Scanlan escaped and then recorded a takedown to pick up a win for the Eagles. Coach Matt Dernlan's squad has now won five of its last six matches. BU is 10-5 overall and 6-3 in the EIWA. American dropped to 4-6 overall and 1-4 in the league. Binghamton next competes at Buffalo on Friday, February 12. The non-conference bout is slated for a 2 p.m. start. Results: 125 #8 David Terao (AU) maj. dec. Steven Bulzomi (BU), 9-1 (4-0 AU) 133 Jacob Nicholson (BU) injury default Esteban Gomez-Rivera (AU) (6-4 BU) 141 Tyler Scotton (AU) dec. Dylan Caruana (BU), 9-5 (7-6 AU) 149 Jesse Dellavecchia (BU) dec. Cole Moseley (AU), 1-0 (9-7 BU) 157 #13 John Boyle (AU) maj. dec. Vincent DePrez (BU), 11-3 (11-9 AU) 165 Mitchell Wightman (AU) dec. Anthony DePrez (BU), 6-3 (14-9 AU) 174 #28 Jack McKeever (BU) via DQ Michael Eckhart (AU), stalling (15-14 BU) 184 #19 Steve Schneider (BU) dec. Jason Grimes (AU), 6-2 (18-14 BU) 197 Mark Tracy (BU) maj.dec. Joe Salvi (AU), 15-4 (22-14 BU) 285 Jake Scanlan (AU) dec. Connor Calkins (BU), 4-2 (TB2) (22-17 BU)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The No. 18 Virginia wrestling team won six of 10 bouts in a 22-12 defeat of Duke Friday evening in an ACC dual at Memorial Gymnasium. Virginia (6-4, 1-2 ACC) won its 10th straight dual against Duke (4-6, 0-2). Nick Herrmann (125), George DiCamillo (133), Andrew Atkinson (157), Tyler Askey (174), Will Schany (184) and Patrick Gillen (285) each scored wins for the Cavaliers. “It feels good to get a win,” Virginia head coach Steve Garland said. “We saw a lot of good things tonight. Starting right off the bat with Herrmann getting the major decision – that set the tone for the night. We harped on our guys to take more attacks and be more offensive and they did that tonight, so I'm happy about that. Zach Nye looked amazing tonight and almost pulled off a big one. We need to build on this for another tough one tomorrow” Virginia jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead in the dual. With three takedowns in the final period, Herrmann scored a 12-4 major decision over Thayer Atkins to give UVA a 4-0 edge, and the lead quickly grew to 10-0 as DiCamillo, ranked sixth nationally, won by forfeit. Duke won the next two bouts, as Zach Finesilver downed UVA's Zach Watson, 8-3, at 141 before his twin brother Mitch Finesilver, ranked 10th nationally, blanked Chris Yankowich, 6-0, at 149. Atkinson parlayed a dominating first period to cruise to a 9-3 win over Connor Bass at 157. Atkinson scored a takedown 10 seconds into the match and rode Bass for the entire period while also accumulating four back points. That gave UVA a 13-6 lead at the dual's midway point. Duke got three points back in a wild 165-pound match as Jake Faust rallied to top Fox Baldwin, 16-12. Baldwin took a 9-3 lead in the second period when he put Faust on his back and nearly pinned him, but Faust came back in the final period, nearly pinning Baldwin while racking up a trio of takedowns as well as four back points. UVA won the next two bouts, as Askey took control early in an 8-3 win over Brian Dorsey at 174 before Will Schany held off a late charge from Trey Adamson to win 8-7 at 184. Schany prevailed on the riding-time point after accumulating 2:07 of riding time. The feature match of the night came at 197, where No. 5 Conner Hartmann of Duke held off a late charge from No. 10 Zach Nye to win 4-3. Nye was in on a leg twice in the final minute, but Hartmann defended well to stave off the takedown attempt. UVA finished with a win in the heavyweight bout as Patrick Gillen claimed a 7-3 win over Brendan Walsh. Virginia returns to Mem Gym at 1 p.m. Saturday when it takes on No. 14 North Carolina. Admission is free. Results: 125: Nick Herrmann (Virginia) major dec. Thayer Atkins (Duke), 12-4; UVA 4-0 133: No. 6 George DiCamillo (Virginia) wins by forfeit; UVA 10-0 141: Zach Finesilver (Duke) dec. Zach Watson (Virginia), 8-3; UVA 10-3 149: No. 10 Mitch Finesilver (Duke) dec. Chris Yankowich (Virginia), 6-0; UVA 10-6 157: Andrew Atkinson (Virginia) dec. Connor Bass (Duke), 9-3; UVA 13-6 165: Jake Faust (Duke) dec. Fox Baldwin (Virginia), 16-12; UVA 13-9 174: Tyler Askey (Virginia) dec. Brian Dorsey (Duke), 8-3; UVA 16-9 184: Will Schany (Virginia) dec. Trey Adamson (Duke), 8-7; UVA 19-9 197: No. 5 Conner Hartmann (Duke) dec. No. 10 Zach Nye (Virginia), 4-3; UVA 19-12 285: Patrick Gillen (Virginia) dec. Brendan Walsh (Duke), 7-3; UVA 22-12

PITTSBURGH -- The Virginia Tech wrestling team defeated the No. 17 Pittsburgh Panthers for the first time on the road in program history on Friday. The Hokies now hold a 2-11 all-time record against Pitt after the 28-7 victory. Moving to 12-2 overall, the Hokies sit solidly in second place in the ACC standings, separating themselves from Pitt and moving closer to next weekend's foe, NC State. No. 3 Zach Epperly came up huge with a fall over TeShane Campbell in 4:38 when the Hokies needed it most, following a reversed call that cost No. 11 David McFadden a victory. No. 10 Solomon Chishko and No. 14 Zack Zavatsky both had notable performances that helped the Hokies on to victory. The Pittsburgh natives came up with a decision over No. 5 Mikey Racciato and a major decision over Zach Bruce, respectively. Pittsburgh, last years' runner up at the ACC championship, will move to 9-4 (1-2 ACC) on the season. The Hokies hope to use their fourth consecutive win to their advantage as they move to take on Edinboro this Sunday at 1 PM. Dresser sounds off "We had some stars tonight but we were very tentative at some weights. Great night for Solomon Chishko and Zach Epperly!" Hokie highlights • The Hokies beat Pitt on the road for the first time in program history, only the second win over the Panthers ever • Ty Walz took his opponent into triple OT to remain undefeated on the season, sitting at 19-0 • Zach Epperly picked up his second fall in 2016, the first coming against George Mason in early January Results: 125: No. 3 Joey Dance dec. LJ Bentley, 7-3 133: No. 19 Dom Forys maj. dec. Dennis Gustafson, 14-4 141: No. 10 Solomon Chishko dec No. 5 Mikey Racciato, 6-0 149: Sal Mastriani dec. Robert Lee, 6-1 157: Jake Spengler dec. Nate Russell, 9-3 165: Cody Wiercioch dec. No. 11 David McFadden, 7-6 174: No. 3 Zach Epperly FALL TeShane Campbell 4:38 184: No. 14 Zack Zavatsky maj. dec. Zach Bruce 11-3 197: No. 7 Jared Haught dec. Nick Bonaccorsi 8-2 HWT: No. 3 Ty Walz dec. Ryan Solomon 3-2 TB1

BOILING SPRINGS -- Gardner-Webb moved into a three-way for first place in the SoCon standings Friday night with a dominant, 28-12, win over The Citadel. The Runnin' Bulldogs (7-5, 5-1 SoCon) improved to 4-0 in Paul Porter Arena with the win -- which was the program's first over The Citadel since December 2, 2000 and fourth win in the series since 1988. The win also set a new single-season mark for Southern Conference wins for Gardner-Webb. With Appalachian State's win over Chattanooga Friday night, GWU pulled into a three-way tie for first place with one match remaining -- a home date with Davidson on Wednesday night (Feb. 10) at 7:00 pm. On senior night in Paul Porter Arena, the match started in fine fashion for fourth-year standouts Cortez Starkes (125) and Tyler Ziegler (133). Starkes rolled to a dominant, 14-2, major decision in the opening bout and Ziegler built momentum throughout the first period before pinning Caleb Smith in 2:50 for an early 10-0 GWU lead. The Citadel (4-8, 1-4 SoCon) sandwiched a pair of decisions around a Chris Vassar win at 149 - then Austin Trott seized momentum back quickly at 165 pounds. Trott, an NCAA qualifier in 2014, took Daniel Smith to the mat in 2:25 for a 19-6 Gardner-Webb lead with four matches remaining. Brett Stein and Hunter Gamble followed with decisions at 174 and 184, respectively, with Gamble improving to 6-0 against league foes with his victory. Marshall Haas pin at 197 provided The Citadel's last team points of the night, as Boyce Cornwell wrestled his way to a 5-2 decision at 285 for the final margin. Cornwell and Ziegler each improved 10-2 in dual competition this season. Gardner-Webb will close out its Southern Conference slate by hosting Davidson at 7:00 pm in Paul Porter Arena. GWU will then host Cleveland State and Ohio on February 13 (12:00 / 2:00). Results: 125 - Cortez Starkes (GWU) major dec. Charles Kearney (CIT) - (14-2) - 4-0 133 - Tyler Ziegler (GWU) pinned Caleb Smith (CIT) - (2:50) - 10-0 141 - Ty Buckiso (CIT) dec. Ryan Hull (GWU) - 5-3 - 10-3 149 - Chris Vassar (GWU) dec. Matt Frisch (CIT) - 4-1 - 13-3 157 - Aaron Walker (CIT) dec. Ryan Mosley (GWU) - 1-0 - 13-6 165 - Austin Trott (GWU) pinned Daniel Smith (CIT) - (2:25) - 19-6 174 - Brett Stein (GWU) dec. Tim Knipl (CIT) - 8-6 - 22-6 184 - Hunter Gamble (GWU) dec. Sawyer Root (CIT) - 6-2 - 25-6 197 - Marshall Haas (CIT) pinned Gray Jones (GWU) - (3:24) - 25-12 285 - Boyce Cornwell (GWU) dec. Joe Bexley (CIT) - 5-2 - 28-12

PHILADELPHIA -- The Drexel wrestling team shutout the Sacred Heart Pioneers, 48-0 on Friday evening at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. The Dragons secured extra-point wins in nine of the 10 matches on their way to sweeping the conference dual meet. Zack Fuentes got things started for the Dragons with a 15-3 major decision over Sacred Heart's Gerard Daley at 125. David Pearce followed by picking up a 17-0 technical fall at 133 at the end of the first period to give Drexel an early 9-0 advantage. In the 141 match, Kevin Devoy Jr. gave Drexel another tech fall late in the third period as he secured a 23-6 victory over Alex Harnsberger. With the Dragons leading 14-0, No. 11 Matthew Cimato came out strong and earned a 14-3 major decision over the Pioneers' Brandon Levesque in the 149 bout. At 157, freshman Mike Comunale pinned Sacred Heart's Casey Mitchell just 45 seconds into the match to earn his first-career dual win in front of a home crowd. Then at 165, Austin Rose kept the Dragons' momentum going with a 16-0 technical fall just before the end of the first period to give Drexel a 29-0 advantagfe. A major decision from Nick Elmer at 174 extended the Dragons' lead to 33-0 with three matches to go. At 184, Stephen Loiseau picked up a 2-0 victory over Elliott Antler and then Joshua Murphy followed with a win-by-fall just 43 seconds into the 197 match. Heavyweight Joey Goodhart sealed the deal for the Dragons with a pin at 1:41 to give Drexel the dual victory by a final score of 48-0. With the win, the Dragons improve to 6-7 overall and 3-3 in EIWA competition while the Pioneers move to 1-10, 0-5 EIWA. The Drexel wrestling squad returns to action tomorrow as they host back-to-back duals against Franklin & Marshall and Rider at the DAC. The Dragons will first face the Diplomats beginning at 4 p.m. before they take on the Broncs in a dual that is set to begin at 6 p.m. Results: 125: Zack Fuentes (DU) MAJ Gerard Daley (SHU), 15-3 133: David Pearce (DU) TF Tim Johnson (SHU) (9-0 DU), 17-0 @3:00 141: Kevin Devoy Jr. (DU) TF Alex Harnsberger (SHU), 23-6 @6:25 149: No. 11 Matthew Cimato (DU) MAJ Brandon Levesque (SHU), 14-3 157: Mike Comunale (DU) WBF Casey Mitchell (SHU) @0:45 165: Austin Rose (DU) TF Matt Fisher (SHU), 16-0 @2:49 174: Nick Elmer (DU) MAJ Johnny Vrasidas (SHU), 14-4 184: Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Elliott Antler (SHU), 2-0 197: Joshua Murphy (DU) WBF Sasha Oliinyk (SHU) @0:43 285: Joey Goodhart (DU) WBF Duke Sherwood (SHU) @1:41

OREM, Utah -- Alex Kocer and Nate Rotert each recorded first-period pins to lead South Dakota State to a 28-13 victory over Utah Valley in a Big 12 Conference wrestling dual Friday night. With their 10th consecutive dual victory, the Jackrabbits improved to 11-5 overall and 4-1 against Big 12 opponents. UVU, which was scheduled to wrestle against North Dakota State later on Friday, fell to 3-7 overall and 0-1 in conference action. After the Wolverines' Jade Rauser opened the dual with a pin of Brance Simms at 133 pounds, the Jackrabbits clicked off seven consecutive victories. Seth Gross started the run of success with a 10-0 major decision over Trevor Willson, followed by Kocer's pin of Matthew Ontiveros with 20 seconds remaining in the first period. The next four SDSU victories were all by decision as sixth-ranked Cody Pack, Logan Peterson, David Kocer and Brady Ayers were all winners. Pack improved to 22-2 on the season, while David Kocer upped his team-leading win total to 23 against nine defeats. Rotert, ranked 15th at 197 pounds, sealed the Jackrabbit dual victory with a pin of Aryton Almberg 1 minute and 14 seconds into their match. Utah Valley salvaged the final two bouts of the night, highlighted by 18th-ranked Chasen Tolbert's 13-5 major decision over Ben Gillette in the final matchup of the night, at 125 pounds. SDSU will attempt to tie its school record for consecutive dual victories at 11 on Sunday afternoon at Boise State (Idaho). Action is slated for a noon Mountain Time (1 p.m. Central) start. Results: 133: Jade Rauser (UVU) def. Brance Simms (SDSU), by fall 2:16 141: Seth Gross (SDSU) major dec. Trevor Willson (UVU), 10-0 149: Alex Kocer (SDSU) def. Matthew Ontiveros (UVU), by fall 2:40 157: #6 Cody Pack (SDSU) dec. Raider Lofthouse (UVU), 11-5 165: Logan Peterson (SDSU) dec. Brayden Humpherys (UVU), 9-4 174: David Kocer (SDSU) dec. Ross Taylor (UVU), 6-4 184: Brady Ayers (SDSU) dec. Will Sumner (UVU), 9-4 197: #15 Nate Rotert (SDSU) def. Aryton Almberg (UVU), by fall 1:14 285: Dustin Dennison (UVU) dec. Alex Macki (SDSU), 5-0 125: #18 Chasen Tolbert (UVU) major dec. Ben Gillette (SDSU), 13-5

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- No. 1 Penn State (13-0, 8-0 B1G) used relentless offensive tempo to roll to a win over No. 3 Ohio State (9-3, 6-2 B1G) in front of a sold out Bryce Jordan Center crowd on Friday night. Head coach Cael Sanderson's squad won six of ten bouts to cruise to the 24-14 victory. The announced crowd of 15,983 is the second largest crowd in Penn State history (15,996 vs. Pitt on 12/8/13) and the third largest in NCAA history (behind that dual and Iowa's 42,287 held in Kinnick Stadium this year on 12/13/15). Penn State has now wrestled in front of 30 of 31 sell-outs at home, including three of four in the BJC (and 27 straight in Rec Hall). The dual began at 125 where senior Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.), ranked No. 4, met No. 1 Nathan Tomasello. The duo battled evenly for nearly seven minutes before Tomasello notched a last-second takedown to grab a 3-1 win. Senior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.), ranked No. 5 at 133, tied the dual at 3-3 with a strong 8-4 win over No. 10 Johnni DiJulius, roaring back from a first period deficit to post the win. Junior Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.), ranked No. 14 at 141, battled No. 4 Micah Jordan tough before dropping a close 6-3 decision, giving OSU a 6-3 lead. Sophomore Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 149, then made short work of Ohio State's Sal Marandino with a first period pin at the 2:31 mark to put the Lions up 9-6. Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, then handled No. 11 Jake Ryan to the tune of a 19-6 major to give Penn State a 13-6 lead at intermission. Junior Geno Morelli (DuBois, Pa.) got the call at 165 and nearly upset No. 2 Bo Jordan. Jordan used a third period takedown to grab a hard-fought 3-2 win and cut Penn State's lead to 13-9. Red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), ranked No. 1 at 174, used a dominating 10-point third period to roll to an 11-5 win over No. 14 Myles Martin, putting Penn State up 16-9. Sophomore Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.), ranked No. 9 at 184, controlled No. 13 Kenny Courts for seven minutes, shutting the Buckeye out 4-0 and using a full third period ride-out to total 2:03 in riding time. Senior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.), ranked No. 1 at 197, then put up eleven takedowns in a 24-9 tech fall over Josh Fox at the 7:00 mark. At 285, freshman Jan Johnson (Mohnton, Pa.) dropped a tough 24-9 tech fall to No. 2 Kyle Snyder. Penn State rolled to the 24-14 victory to remain unbeaten on the year. The Nittany Lions are now 13-0, 9-0 in the Big Ten, while Ohio State falls to 9-3, 6-2 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions dominated the dual's pace, totaling a 26-15 takedown edge. Penn State picked up bonus points off a pin (Retherford), a tech fall (McIntosh) and a major (Nolf). The Nittany Lions now own an 18-12 edge in the all-time series with Ohio State. Penn State will visit Lehigh for a critical non-conference dual on Friday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. and then return home for a date with Michigan State in Rec Hall on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. With the remaining Rec Hall duals already at seated capacity, a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets (SROs) can be purchased for each. Rec Hall SROs may only be purchased by calling 1-800-NITTANY and are $15 per person. Penn State Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at @pennstateWREST, on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennstatewrest. The 2015-16 Penn State wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline. This is PENN STATE. WRESTLING lives here. Results: 125: #1 Nathan Tomasello OSU dec. #4 Nico Megaludis PSU, 3-1 / 0-3 133: #5 Jordan Conaway PSU dec. #10 Johnni DiJulius OSU, 8-4 / 3-3 141: #4 Micah Jordan OSU dec. #14 Jimmy Gulibon PSU, 6-3 / 3-6 149: #1 Zain Retherford PSU pinned Sal Marandino OSU, WBF (2:31) / 9-6 157: #1 Jason Nolf PSU maj. dec. #11 Jake Ryan OSU, 19-6 / 13-6 165: #2 Bo Jordan OSU dec. Geno Morelli PSU, 3-2 / 13-9 174: #1 Bo Nickal PSU dec. #14 Myles Martin OSU, 11-5 / 16-9 184: #9 Matt McCutcheon PSU dec. #13 Kenny Courts OSU, 4-0 / 19-9 197: #1 Morgan McIntosh PSU tech fall Josh Fox OSU, 24-9 (TF; 7:00) / 24-9 285: #2 Kyle Snyder OSU tech fall Jan Johnson PSU, 24-9 (TF; 4:00) / 24-14 Attendance: 15,983 (second largest in Penn State history, third largest in NCAA history) Records: Penn State 13-0, 8-0 B1G; Ohio State 9-3, 6-2 B1G Up Next for Penn State: Friday, Feb. 12, at Lehigh, 7 p.m. BOUT-BY-BOUT: 125: Senior Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.), ranked No. 4 at 125, took on No. 1 Nathan Tomasello. The two All-Americans worked the middle of the mat for the first minute-plus with Megaludis working to connect on a couple quick singles. Tomasello answered with a quick shot of his own but neither man found an opening to finish. The bout moved into the second period scoreless. Tomasello chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 1-0 lead. Megaludis continued to press on offense, forcing Tomasello to the outside circle with his pace. Megaludis kept Tomasello on the outside of the mat for the entire period and trailed 1-0 after two. Megaludis chose down to start the third period and quickly escaped to a 1-1 tie. The Lion senior pressed the pace, shooting continually at the Buckeye's ankle and keeping Tomasello on defense. Megaludis shot low on Tomasello with :15 left and the Buckeye countered for a last second takedown to steal a 3-1 win. 133: Senior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.), ranked No. 5 at 133, met No. 10 Johnni DiJulius. Conaway, like Megaludis, set the tempo early, looking to keep the pace of the bout up tempo. DiJulius worked his way into control on a single leg, notched a takedown and turned Conaway to his back for two near fall points to take an early 4-0 lead. DiJulius put together a strong ride, controlling the action for over a minute before Conaway escaped. The Lion senior then blazed through a high single as time expired to cut the lead to 4-3 as the period ended. Conaway chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 4-4 tie. The Lion senior then used a strong high double to work DiJulius to the mat for a takedown and a 6-4 lead. He then maintained control long enough to kill the time advantage while trying to turn the Buckeye for back points. Conaway picked up another point as the period ended on a second DiJulius stall to lead 7-4 after two. DiJulius chose down to start the third period and Conaway continued to dominate the action on top. Conaway worked for back points for over a minute, building up over a minute in riding time. DiJulius could not break free of Conaway's strong control and the Nittany Lion senior, with 1:44 in riding time, rolled to the 8-4 win. 141: Junior Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.), ranked No. 14 at 141, battled No. 4 Micah Jordan. Gulibon worked his way in on a low single early, nearly grabbing a takedown. But Jordan worked his way out of trouble and forced a stalemate at the 2:25 mark. Gulibon continued to set the tempo, forcing Jordan's head to the mat. Jordan countered late on a Gulibon shot and led 2-0 after the opening period. Jordan chose down to start the second period and Gulibon maintained control, fighting off one solid Jordan reversal attempt in the process. The Lion junior built his riding time edge up to well over a minute and turned Jordan for a one-count but could not get the two near fall points as the Buckeye rolled through the move. The full ride out had Gulibon down 2-0 but with 1:43 in riding time after two periods. Gulibon chose down to start the second period and quickly escaped to a 2-1 deficit, still maintaining 1:34 in riding time. The duo traded scrambling shots for the next :30 but the score held. Gulibon took a quick shot that Jordan once again countered, notching his second counter takedown to up his lead to 4-1. Gulibon quickly escaped to a 4-2 deficit. Gulibon scrambled for a last second takedown to grab the win but Jordan notched a third counter takedown as the period ended to post the 6-3 win (Gulibon had 1:23 in time). 149: Sophomore Zain Retherford (Benton, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 149, took on Sal Marandino. Retherford wasted no time taking the Buckeye down, working his way to an early 2-0 lead. Retherford worked for a chance to turn Marandino but the Buckeye escaped on the scramble and Retherford led 1-0 at the 2:00 mark. Retherford tacked on a quick second takedown, cut Marandino loose and led 4-2. He used a low single to take the Buckeye down a third time and then began trying to turn Marandino for back points. He got the four count and then, after working chest to chest, got the fall at the 2:31 mark. 157: Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf (Yatesboro, Pa.), ranked No. 1 at 157, met No. 11 Jake Ryan. Nolf came out fast, setting a quick tempo from the opening whistle. Forcing Ryan backwards from the onset, Nolf blew through a low double off a reset to take a 2-0 with just over 2:00 left and then went to work on top for a bit until cutting Ryan loose to a 2-1 score. He quickly connected on another low single and tacked on a second takedown with 1:00 left to wrestle. Another cut of Ryan had Nolf working the middle of the mat while the Buckeye was hit for a first stall warning with :10 left. Nolf's last second takedown attempt was cut short by the clock and he led 4-2 with :49 in time after one. Ryan chose down to start the second period and Nolf cut him loose to a 4-3 score with 1:12 on the clock. Nolf scored again off a reset to lead 6-3, cut Ryan loose and then rolled through another takedown to lead 8-4 with 2:03 in time after two. Nolf chose down to start the final period and quickly escaped to a 9-4 lead. He took a 10-4 lead on another stall and then a 12-5 lead with a cut and takedown. Nolf picked up a sixth takedown to lead 14-5 with riding time when Ryan took an injury timeout. Nolf cut Ryan loose after the reset and then picked up another point on a stall to lead 15-6 with :40 left. Looking for more than a major, Nolf chased Ryan, picking up another point on a stall to lead 16-6. He added a final takedown and 2:18 in time to post the 19-6 major. 165: Junior Geno Morelli (DuBois, Pa. battled No. 2 Bo Jordan at 165. Morelli and Jordan worked for upper body control in the middle of the mat for a minute-plus. The Lion junior stepped back from a slight Jordan shot with 1:15 on the clock and the duo continued work the center circle. Jordan worked Morelli's head down to the mat but the Lion worked his way back to his feet and killed the clock in the opening period with a late shot of his own. Jordan chose down to start the second period and Morelli maintained control for :41 before Jordan escaped off a reset to a 1-0 lead. Jordan began to press offensively and nearly scored on a swift low single. But Morelli deftly stepped back and slid out of trouble to keep action neutral. Trailing 1-0, Morelli chose down to start the third period. Morelli quickly escaped to a 1-1 tie and then fought off Jordan's attempt at shoulder control. With the bout tied 1-1 with just over 1:00 left, action resumed in the center circle with Morelli pushing back one Jordan shot but picking up a first stall warning. Jordan notched the bout's first takedown with :35 left to take a 3-1 lead with a scramble on the edge of the mat. Morelli escaped quickly to a 3-2 deficit and then turned into the Buckeye, looking for a late takedown to steal the win. The Lion junior could not break through Jordan's defense and dropped a hard-fought 3-2 decision. 174: Red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas), ranked No. 1 at 174, faced off against No. 14 Myles Martin. Nickal, like his teammates, set a fast tempo off the opening whistle. The freshman controlled the action in the middle of the mat and fought off two Martin counter shots in the process. Nickal and Martin traded shots during the middle period and the bout moved to the second stanza tied 0-0. Martin chose down to start the second period and quickly turned Martin for what appeared to be two near fall points. The official did not award the points but immediately called for a review on his own. After a review, the no call was confirmed and the bout continued on tied 0-0. Nickal slipped through a throw attempt and was reversed to fall behind 2-1 after a quick escape. Nickal continued to force the action appeared to have a takedown at the buzzer but none was awarded. Trailing 2-1, Nickal took down to start the third period. Martin quickly turned him for two back points. Nickal escaped quickly and then drove through a low double to tie the score at 4-4. Nickal maintained control long enough to build up 1:04 in time before Martin escaped to a 5-4 Buckeye lead. Nickal used shoulder control to work Martin to the ground to take a 6-5 lead. He then turned him for four back points as the period ended and, with 1:39 in time, posted the 11-5 win. 184: Sophomore Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.), ranked No. 9 at 184, took on No. 13 Kenny Courts. The duo traded early jabs, working for control in the center of the mat as the opening period played out. McCutcheon, having missed the last Penn State dual with an injury, fought Courts evenly through the opening period and then turned a fast low double into a takedown as the period ended (nearly getting near fall points in the process). Leading 2-0, McCutcheon chose down to start the second stanza and quickly escaped to a 3-0 lead. McCutcheon continued to shoot low with his feet firmly on the Nittany Lion logo as Courts slid side-to-side. The Lion sophomore's offensive pressure kept Courts at arm's length and allowed him to carry a 3-0 lead into the third period. Courts chose down to start the third period but McCutcheon broke the Buckeye flat, building up over 1:00 in riding time while working for a chance to turn him. While Courts was able to fight off McCutcheon's tilts, the Lion's dominant work on top was too much. McCutcheon clinched the riding time point first, then continued his ride for the entire period. The ride out gave McCutcheon 2:02 in time and the 4-0 win. 197: Senior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.), ranked No. 1 at 285, met Josh Fox. McIntosh controlled the action early, looking for a chance to take the Buckeye down in the middle of the mat. Fox's defense was firm for the first two minutes but McIntosh's relentless pressure led to a takedown on a fast single leg with 1:00 on the clock. The Lion senior then rode Fox out to lead 2-0 with 1:00 in time. McIntosh chose down to start the second period and quickly reversed the Buckeye. Fox escaped but McIntosh countered with another takedown and led 6-1 with 1:40 on the clock. The Lion senior cut Fox loose and picked up third takedown of the match with a trip at the :55 mark to lead 9-2. McIntosh cut Fox at the :25 mark and then stormed through another high shot for a takedown and an 11-3 lead with 1:53 in time after two periods. Fox chose down to start the third period and McIntosh continued to build up his riding time advantage. He cut Fox loose to an 11-4 score, took him down and cut him again, then picked up another takedown with :55 on the clock to lead 15-5. McIntosh, working for a tech fall, picked up five takedowns in the final :40 to poste the 24-9 TF at the 7:00 mark. 285: True freshman Jan Johnson (Mohnton, Pa.) took on No. 2 Kyle Snyder at 285. Johnson took a quick shot off the whistle that Snyder stepped back from. The Buckeye then took Johnson down in the middle of the mat for an early 2-1 lead. Snyder added a second takedown to up his lead to 4-2 after Johnson escaped with 2:10 on the clock. Snyder continued to control the action, however and added five more takedowns and four near fall points to lead 18-6 after the opening period. Johnson chose down to start the second and Snyder allowed for a neutral start to make it 18-7. The Buckeye then tacked on three more takedowns to post the 24-9 technical fall at the 4:00 mark.

The Super Bowl is Sunday, and for fans of football that'll mean get-togethers, beer drinking and watching as overgrown humans ram shoulder-on into each other's heads. As I've mentioned in previous articles, football is not my sport. Beside the utter boredom of the pacing, the incessant advertorials (advertising interspersed with news-like features), and the bull-honky storylines the sport seems obviously, deeply and irreparably damaged. This makes me either hopelessly disconnected, or as others are predicting, ahead of the curve. The NFL is caught in a maelstrom of negative press and is not only facing financial ruin via lawsuits, but cultural disintegration as mothers across America have begun to pull their children from the field. For football there seems to be no turning back. Though decadent in this weekend's affairs, the sport is on bended knee -- the pride ushering in the fall. Wrestling was once in a similar, albeit more immediate, position. Almost three years ago to the day, on February 12, the IOC began the process of eliminating wrestling from the Olympic program. In response, the sport launched its Save Olympic Wrestling campaign, mustered new leadership and worked its way back into the Olympic program. Much of that movement was based in the promise and delivery of change. I saw many of our sport's major improvements materialize in real time. Some, like the media rollout at the international federation, I've helped create. Others, like 6-6-6, an increase in the scope of the sport's development and improved tournament flow has all but transformed the sport. For the past 34 months I've traveled across five continents and accumulated well more than a half-million airline miles working on some of these problems, and while exhausting, I think that my proximity to the change made me privy to the secret of what made the sport's return so successful. There were, and are, many factors that influence wrestling's reemergence at the international level. In the past three years we've seen improved rules, healthier governance and the new leadership of President Nenad Lalovic. All certainly played a significant role in wrestling's renaissance. However, despite the importance of each factor, none seems to stand alone, almost needing another component to make it a viable solution. Improved wrestling on the mat needed better rules, which required governance to write and then referees to implement. The leaders of national federations and fans then oversaw those referees. The sport has begun to work like a singular organism -- each part dependent on the other. But something has to feed all these individual parts. There has to be fuel -- something larger at work than politics, improved rules, and more transparency in governance. After three years the answer is clear, and it's what separates the at-risk sports of wrestling and football. Wrestling is bound together by a community that works and it's made up of individuals willing to do anything in their power to ensure their sport's success. Football is a business that lacks an organizational structure capable of maintaining a fight of this magnitude without intense buy-in from fans and the media -- two areas most likely to leave the bandwagon first. Yes, the wrestling community is often cantankerous and a touch too sensitive, but with its passion, energy, joy and knowledge of the sport you've become the key to its rapid rise on the international sports scene. There is no community like ours. No body of individuals with as much collective passion, sport-based intelligence, or hard work mentality. We don't accept failure and we won't settle for anything than a best effort. I love wrestling and I somewhat dislike football. That's the rock from which I view the world, and from where I sit I see football as a sport without a collective body willing to fight their fight like we did ours. Yes, they have executives and maybe they'll find new and better rules, but they'll never have what we have. They'll never have you. To your questions … Q: What do you make of Kaori Icho losing at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix? Is she still the favorite to win in Rio? -- Mike C. Japanese wrestling legend Kaori Icho with her gold medal at the 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Foley: Purvedorj Orkhon put on a hell of a display against Icho at last week's Ivan Yarygin in Krasnoyarsk. The young Mongolian star had been competing at 55 kilos, but added three kilos for a run at the 58-kilo Olympic spot. To get there Orkhon had already beaten 60-kilo 2014 World champion Sukhee Tsendichimed in the Mongolian National tournament, 10-0. She also steamrolled her early competition in Yarygin and looked more muscular and athletic than ever before in her international career. By contrast Icho looked sluggish and out-of-shape all tournament. Her movements were rigid and she was constantly gasping for air. Even her win against Chimdee in the opening round seemed forced, and she still managed a nine-point advantage. I was with the Japanese delegation in Rio when it was announced that Icho lost. The next day the word was the Icho had already embraced the loss and was excited because it meant that she was able to improve before the Olympic Games. I know Icho well and if there is something she has that others don't it's an ability to view the sport as a challenge to overcome, rather than a burden. Icho live to outwork her opponents and to develop new strategies for competitors. I would suspect that come the Olympic Games she will be much better prepared for competition. Still, all that disclaimer-like chatter gone, I was very impressed with Orkhon and will be watching her at the Olympic qualifier in Kazakhstan to see if Yarygin was a fluke, or if she has announced herself as ready to take home an Olympic gold. Q: I was wondering, what are the chances of you writing a piece on former Penn State and Oklahoma All-American, Nate Parker? Since his days on the mat, he has since established himself as a respected Hollywood actor and has just made his directorial debut with his acclaimed independent film, "The Birth of a Nation." I think it would be wonderful for the wrestling community to be made aware of his work. -- Kore S. Foley: I'd meant to write about Nate Parker and his Sundance success in last week's mailbag, but it seemed the story was still unfolding. Today it's more clear: Parker has sold the rights to "Birth of a Nation" for a whopping, record-setting $17 million. The movie tells the story of Nat Turner's slave rebellion of 1831. Parker had labored over the writing, production and direction for almost ten years -- work that seems ready to be recognized in both dollars and awards. His dedication to this project is something we should all hope to mirror in the pursuit of our passions. Parker wanted to tell a story for the right reasons and believed that with hard work it would be a story the public would want to hear. They did, and after ten years Parker is now ready to show the world a new truth about slavery in the United States. I wish him the best of luck and will be at some theater that first week to support his film's release and the message it brings to the viewing public. And though it might be unfair, I'm already looking forward to what Parker does next. Q: Alan Waters rolled through the Dave Schultz Memorial. Is he a legit threat to make the U.S. Olympic team? -- Mike C. Foley: The Dave Schultz was a fairly weak tournament this year. A lot of talent was overseas, with the Yarygin and Paris tournaments running simultaneously. Though I like Alan Waters and think he's a good shot to place at the Olympic qualifier, there are several wrestlers to get past before Waters makes an Olympic team. Primary among those roadblocks is Tony Ramos, who has held the spot for the last two years, but there is also Coleman Scott, Tyler Graff, Sam Hazewinkel and Angel Escobedo. That's a steep climb to the top. MULTIMEDIA HALFTIME Link: Forward thinking wins hearts, minds … and media attention Women's wrestling in Rio Q: World champion Kyle Snyder took a loss at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix. Cause for concern? -- Mike C. Foley: No. The animal he lost to did a backflip, but hasn't been on the circuit in almost two years. Whatever lightening in a bottle that manimal captured will need to last him throughout the season injury-free, Russian Nationals and the opening rounds of the Olympic Games. If there was casue for concern for Snyder fans it was only that Varner seemed to be competing at his highest level since winning the Olympics in 2012. Can he make it through the challenge tournament and outstrip Snyder in a best-of-three finals? That seems more possible after Yarygin than it did before. Q: Do you see any way that Ohio State can pull the upset over Penn State Friday night? I'm a huge Buckeye fan but I'm having a hard time seeing any way it'll happen. The way I see it is that Penn State will almost certainly get a tech/pin from Zain Retherford and Jason Nolf. Morgan McIntosh will definitely win as well and will most likely major or better especially if Mark Martin doesn't wrestle. If that's the case, the Buckeyes will need to win 6 of 10 matches to win. Snyder at heavyweight will win for sure and I don't see either Jordan brother losing even with Micah going against Jimmy Guilibon. However, that leaves Nico Megaludis vs. Nato at 125, JDJ vs. Jordan Conaway at 133, Myles Martin vs. Bo Nickal at 174 and Courts vs. someone at 184. Ohio State would have to win three of those four matches to win. Tough to see it happening but wondering what you think. -- Eric B. Foley: This is much, much less likely to happen. Your analysis requires no more input from my side. Like you said, "tough to see it happening." However, I like Nato, JDJ and Kenny Courts to win along with Snyder and Bo Jordan. Little Jordan I'm not as certain about, and I think that he will be the match to watch, along with whoever creates bonus points at the upper weights. Q: How many more career college losses will Isaiah Martinez have? Over/under is 2.5. What side are you betting? -- Mike C. Foley: How many more? I'd take the over on 2.5 matches. Kids are just getting a lot better out of high school and with Nolf being a freshman this has the makings of a three-year rivalry that will be certain to result in losses on both sides. Q: Lock Haven has recently picked up a couple nice transfers in four-time PA state champion Thomas Haines and four-time PA state placer Patrick Duggan. The programs has had mixed results this year. What do you think of the job Scott Moore is doing at Lock Haven? Any "chance" another PA wrestling great transfers to Lock Haven? -- Mike C. Foley: Scott Moore is a close friend and former teammate. I'm proud of the job he's doing, if only for the fact that I know the cards he was dealt and the quick changes to culture and recruiting he's already been able to implement. I love the "Chance" reference, but I can tell you honestly I haven't heard anything about his transfer to Pennsylvania. I'd think he'd be more likely to find Cary Kolat and try to hunker down for a happy career near an old coach. Q: Assuming NC State gets past Nebraska, Virginia Tech and Missouri, it will likely be Penn State vs. NC State for the National Duals championship. Am I crazy to think NC State has a puncher's chance to upset Penn State? The stars would need to align for Popolizio's squad, but it could happen. -- Mike C. Foley: Upset of the year! You are not crazy to think he's got a chance. They are the No. 3 team in the nation and can score bonus points in at least two weight classes. By the way, anyone who would see that type of upset and still not understand the appeal of a dual national championship just can't be reasoned with. Q: What rule changes would create more action so we get more matches like Isaiah Martinez vs. Jason Nolf? -- @thejollybeggar Foley: The rules are in place for that type of match. The difference was the refereeing. For once they took control and enforced the out-of-bounds rule as it was written. College wrestling has a chance when wrestlers aren't allowed to stall. More had to be done to stop the gamesmanship, and that seemed like the first move towards ensuring less playing the edge and more offensive-oriented competition. Let's watch over the next month and see if it continues. I'm not confident it will. Q: If Isaiah Martinez beats Jason Nolf in the Big Ten finals, do you think an undefeated Ian Miller would be the No. 1 seed in NYC? -- Mike C. Foley: I'm certain he would.

Palo Alto, Calif. -- Redshirt sophomore Abraham Rodriguez ended an 8-match losing streak with a pivotal technical fall to lead the Oregon State wrestling team to a 21-13 victory over No. 25 Stanford on Thursday in a Pacific-12 Conference match at Burnham Pavilion. Rodriguez dominated Walker Dempsey 26-11 to give the Beavers (7-6, 1-1 Pac-12) a 12-7 lead at the halfway point. The Cardinal (9-3, 2-2) won the next two matches to go back ahead 13-12, but their advantage was short-lived. Redshirt freshman Corey Griego (184), redshirt sophomore Cody Crawford (197) and redshirt sophomore Amarveer Dhesi (hwt.) then combined for three straight wins by decision for nine unanswered points to clinch the match. The Beavers thus captured their second match in a row while snapping Stanford's nine-match winning streak. They also extended their winning streak over the Cardinal to 11 matches in a row, and upped their series edge to 39-1-1. Also winning for the Beavers were redshirt juniors Joey Palmer (133) and Joey Delgado (149). Delgado earned a major decision and enabled OSU to tie the match 7-7 after four weight classes. The road trip resumes at 7 p.m. Friday at Cal Poly, and concludes at 5 p.m. Saturday at CSU-Bakersfield. Both are Pac-12 matches. OSU's next home dual is Feb. 11 against Oklahoma. The Beavers host Air Force on Feb. 14, then conclude the regular season with the Feb. 21 Border War against Boise State, also at Gill Coliseum. For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/OSU_Wrestling or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateWrestling. Results: 125: Connor Schram (S) dec. Ronnie Bresser (OSU), 4-3 133: Joey Palmer (OSU) dec. Mason Pengilly (S), 6-2 141: Joey McKenna (S) maj. dec. over Jack Hathaway (OSU), 10-1 149: Joey Delgado (OSU) maj. dec. Peter Russo (S), 10-2 157: Abraham Rodriguez (OSU) tech. fall over Walker Dempsey (S), 26-11 165: Jim Wilson (S) dec. Seth Thomas (OSU), 7-6 174: Peter Galli (S) dec. Tyler Chay (OSU), 8-5 184: Corey Griego (OSU) dec. Garet Krohn (S), 7-0 197: Cody Crawford (OSU) dec. Zach Nevills (S), 11-7 Hwt.: Amarveer Dhesi (OSU) dec. Nathan Butler (S), 8-6

CHADRON, Neb. -- With the team score knotted at 16-16, it all boiled down to the heavyweight match here Thursday night, and Chadron State's Cooper Cogdill answered the call by pinning fellow freshman Corbin Grenowich, giving the Eagles a 22-16 victory over New Mexico Highlands in an exciting Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual. After a scoreless first period, Cogdill came around behind Grenowich for a takedown and a two-point nearfall in the second session. The Chadron native quickly escaped from the referee's position to open the third period, managed another takedown and used a reverse half-Nelson to begin the pinning process, much to the crowd's delight. The outcome hikes the Eagles' dual record to 12-1 and avenges Highlands' 22-10 win during last year's dual in Las Vegas. Both team won five matches, but the Eagles got another pin from sophomore Chance Helmick at 165 pounds to help decide the outcome. Helmick leads the Eagles with a 26-5 record. The Cowboys opened the dual by winning three of the first four matches to take a 10-3 lead. A 13-4 major decision by Highlands' Orlando Guerra at 149 pounds provided the bonus point. Chadron State's triumph in the early matches was a 9-5 decision by Taylor Summers over Tre Humphrey at 133 pounds. Summers took a 4-0 lead late in the first period and was ahead the rest of the way. The match wasn't nearly as wild as their bout had been on Sunday during the RMAC Tournament. Summers won that won 19-14. He's now 17-6 for the season. Also victorious for the Eagles were redshirt freshman Johnny Porter, who posted a 10-2 major decision at 157 pounds, and junior Caleb Copeland, who had two takedowns and didn't give up any while winning the 174-pound encounter 5-3. He is now 20-8 for the season. The Eagles wrap up their home schedule this weekend by hosting two South Dakota teams, Northern State and Dakota Wesleyan, at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Results: 125: Jacob Espana, NMHU, dec. Brandon Kile 8-4. 133: Taylor Summers, CSC, dec. Tre Humphrey 9-5. 141: Dan Gaylor, NMHU, dec, Josh Miller 5-4. 149: Orlando Guerra, NMHU, major dec. Clayton Steinmetz 13-4. 157: Johnny Porter, CSC, major dec. Christian Luchuga 10-2. 165: Chance Helmrick, CSC, pinned Jacob Hawthorne 2:17. 174: Caleb Copeland, CSC, dec. J.B. Bechtloff 5-3. 184: Luis Terrazas, NMHU, dec. Shane Rodenburg 6-0. 197: Cody Marquez, NMHU, dec. Stuart Hircock 3-0. 285: Cooper Cogdill,CSC, pinned Coby Grenowich 5:33.

ABERDEEN, S.D. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team won eight of 10 weight classes on its way to a 32-8 win over Northern State in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action Thursday night in Aberdeen, S.D. MSUM improved to 6-6 overall and 1-4 in the NSIC with the win, while Northern State fell to 0-5 overall and 4-11 in the NSIC. The Dragons scored bonus points at four weight classes -- 125, 133, 157 and 184 -- which proved pivotal in building a lead in the match. Although the Dragons won by forfeit at 285 as well, the dual was already clinched before that matchup. Freshman Jared Goldsmith got the Dragons off to a good start at 125, earning an 11-3 major decision over Northern State's Ben Cauffman. The MSUM lead grew to 9-0 after junior Blake Bosch, ranked No. 2 at 133 pounds, dominated Carson Henry for a 17-1 technical fall. Bosch has won 17 matches in a row and is 25-5 on the year. Redshirt freshman Kristian Vazquez made it three in a row for MSUM in the lower weights with a 7-4 win over Matt Bettencourt at 141, giving MSUM a 12-0 lead. Northern got on the board with a major decision win at 149 to cut the lead to 12-4. The Dragons won the next four matches to put the dual out of reach. Junior Garret Hoffner got MSUM bonus points at 157 with an 11-3 major decision win over Blake Perryman. Freshman Adam Blees followed with a 9-3 win over Grant Steen at 165 for MSUM, and freshman Brayden Kuntz earned an 8-5 win over Ayden Garcia at 174 for the Dragons. Freshman Austin May had an impressive showing at 184 for the Dragons, picking up a 17-5 win over David Murphy to push the lead to 26-4 and clinch the dual win for MSUM. The Wolves won by major decision at 197 and the Dragons won by forfeit at 285 to conclude the dual. MSUM hosts the University of Mary on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Nemzek Fieldhouse. Results: 125-Jared Goldsmith (MSUM) maj. dec. Ben Cauffman, 11-3 133-Blake Bosch (MSUM) tech. fall Carson Henry, 17-1 141-Kristian Vazquez (MSUM) dec. Matt Bettencourt, 7-4 149-Tyler Stenberg (NSU) maj. dec. Isaac Novacek, 15-4 157-Garret Hoffner (MSUM) maj. dec. Blake Perryman, 11-3 165-Adam Blees (MSUM) dec. Grant Steen, 9-3 174-Brayden Kuntz (MSUM) dec. Ayden Garcia, 8-5 184-Austin May (MSUM) maj. dec. David Murphy, 17-5 197-Joe Gomez (N) maj. dec. Mike Urban, 10-1 285-Nader Abdullatif (MSUM) won by forfeit

The Millikin wrestling team defeated North Central College 24-19 in a dual meet at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois on February 4. It was the Big Blue's first dual meet against an opponent from the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) since returning to competition this year. Millikin opened the match with a 13-8 decision by freshman Dustinn Brown at 125 over Jeffrey Cook. North Central scored wins at 133 and 141 to pull ahead 11-3. Blake Tisza pulled Millikin to 11-6 with a 3-1 decision over Ben Williamson. North Central's Danny Harris won in a technical fall to make it 16-6 Cardinals. Millikin would begin a major comeback at 165 when Dylan Knisley defeated Eric Kirkman in overtime 6-4 to make 16-9. Millikin then turned the match around with back-to-back wins by fall from Stephan Birt and Keajion Jennings. Birt won over Matt Marcotte 1:26 into the match at 174 to make it a 16-15 contest. Jennings gave Millikin the lead for good at 184 pinning Vincent Pizzo at 1:54 making it 21-16. North Central's Tyler Vittal answered the Big Blue rally winning in overtime at 197 7-3. Millikin's James Buss remained undefeated on the year winning at 285 3-0 over Emonte Logan to seal the Millikin victory. Millikin is now 9-5 on the season while North Central goes to 4-8. The Big Blue will get some wrestlers some mat time on Saturday, February 6 at the Jim Fox Invite hosted by the University of Dubuque. The full Big Blue squad will be back in action for its final dual meet on February 11 against Cornell College. The match will be held on the stage at Millikin's Kirkland Fine Arts Center. The evening starts at 6 p.m. with a talk from wrestling legend Dan Gable. The match starts at 7 p.m. The evening will also include music from Millikin's Percussion Ensemble. Tickets for the event at $10 and can be purchased at the Kirkland Box Office or online at http://www.millikin.edu/kirkland. Results: 125-Millikin's Dustinn Brown defeated Jeffrey Cook 13-8 3-0 133-North Central's Brandon Malone defeated Millikin's Zach Whitsel Fall 4:33 3-6 141-North Central's Leyten Binion defeated Millikin's Kerin Ramirez (TF 16-0) 3-11 149-Millikin's Blake Tisza defeated Ben Williamson 3-1 6-11 157-North Central's Danny Harris defeated Millikin's Austin Hedrick (TF 17-2) 6-16 165-Millikin's Dylan Knisley defeated Eric Kirkman (SV-1, 6-4) 9-16 174-Millikin's Stephan Birt defeated Matt Marcotte by Fall 1:26 15-16 184-Millikin's Keajion Jennings defeated Vincent Pizzo by Fall 1:54) 21-16 197-North Central's Tyler Vittal defeated Millikin's Myron Hamilton (SV-1,7-3) 21-19 285-Millikin's James Buss defeated Emonte Logan 3-0 24-19

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Wrestling team got a dominating win over UW-Platteville Thursday night, winning 32-12. It was a full team effort with the Blugolds getting wins by Scott Worlund (Jr.- Pittsville, WI) with his defeat over Zachary Blizzard by a 8-2 decision and Nathaniel Behnke (Sr.- Bruce, WI) over Zachary Shuler by fall (0:50). Also recording wins were Robert Rocole (Jr.- Lakewood, WI/Wabeno) over Jacob Somann by a 9-0 major decision and Roy Munroe (Sr.- Cadott, WI) with a defeat of Mason Bohm by fall (3:37) Matthew Laugen (Jr.- Fergus Falls, MN/Kennedy) helped the Blugolds finish strong with a 5-1 over win over Isaac Brosinskii as Justin Karkula (Jr.- Oshkosh, WI/West) capped the night with a defeat of D'Andre Johnson by 14-4 major decision. The Blugolds return to action when they host the Don Parker Open on February 6. Results: 157: Robert Rocole (UWEC) over Jacob Somann (UWP) - MD, 9-0 0 4 165: Michael Belanger (UWP) over Ryan Behnke (UWEC) - Dec., 7-1 3 0 174: Matthew Laugen (UWEC) over Isaac Brosinskii (UWP) - TB-1, 5-1 0 3 184: Grant Wedepohl (UWP) over Jeremy Amundson (UWEC) - Fall, 4:07 6 0 197: Bryant Etherton (UWP) over Cecil Philson (UWEC) - Dec., 8-4 3 0 285: Justin Karkula (UWEC) over D'Andre Johnson (UWP) - MD, 14-4 0 4 125: Zackary Sirny (UWEC) win - forfeit 0 6 133: Scott Worlund (UWEC) over Zachary Blizzard (UWP) - Dec., 8-2 0 3 141: Nathaniel Behnke (UWEC) over Zachary Schuler (UWP) - Fall, 0:50 0 6 149: Roy Munroe (UWEC) over Mason Bohm (UWP) - Fall, 3:37 0 6

PIERZ, Minn. -- The No. 2 St. Cloud State University wrestling team (13-1, 5-0 NSIC) scored another conference victory with 41-3 triumph vs. Southwest Minnesota State on Thursday, Feb. 4, at Pierz-Healy High School. The highlight of the evening was Clint Poster, who attended Pierz-Healy High School scoring a fall at 3:02 in his match to excite the hometown crowd. The Huskies scored a total of four falls on the evening by Jarred Oftedahl at 133 pounds, Matt Nelson at 141 pounds, Poster at 165 pounds and V.J. Giulio at 197 pounds. Brett Velasquez won by an 11-4 decision at 125 pounds, Jay Hildreth earned a 14-2 major decision at 149 pounds, Travis Holt had a 6-4 decision at 157 pounds, Clayton Jennissen had a 4-2 decision at 174 pounds, Chavez Farris had a 16-6 major decision at 184 pounds. The loss of the evening for the Huskies was by heavyweight Austin Goergen against Cole Wilson in a 4-2 overtime decision. SCSU will continue its season on Feb. 6 with a dual match against Minnesota State on the road at 2 p.m. Complete results for the match are listed below: Results: 125: Brett Velasquez (SCS) over Taylor Curtis (SMSU) (Dec. 11-4) 133: Jarred Oftedahl (SCSU) over Antonio Meikel (SMSU) (Fall - 2:03) 141: Matt Nelson (SCSU) over Cortez Arredondo (SMSU) (Fall - 4:35) 149: Jay Hildreth (SCSU) over Zach Beaumaster (SMSU) (MD - 14-2) 157: Travis Holt (SCSU) over Patrick Kelley (SMSU) (Dec 6-4) 165: Clint Poster (SCSU) over Kegen Fingalsen (SMSU) (Fall - 3:02) 174: Clayton Jennissen (SCSU) over Kyle Begin (SMSU) (Dec 4-2) 184: Chavez Farris (SCSU) over Brody Goens (SMSU) (MD 16-6) 197: V.J. Giulio (SCSU) over Ashton Bartlett (SMSU) (Fall - 1:23) 285: Cole Wilson (SMSU) over Austin Goergen (SCSU) (Decision 4-2 overtime)

Millersville, Pa. -- The Marauders were victorious Thursday, defeating East Stroudsburg in convincing fashion 26-9. Millersville had two wrestlers win by major decision in Connor Sheehan and Colton Dull. Sheehan (125) had not wrestled since December, but no signs of rust showed as he scored a takedown in the first period to take the lead. After Collyn Dorney escaped, Sheehan scored his second takedown and held a 6-1 advantage at the end of the first period. Beginning the second period in the down position, Sheehan escaped immediately and scored a third takedown. In the third, Sheehan escaped Dorney again and capped off the match with another takedown to win 20-11. Colton Dull (197) picked up right where he left off on Saturday, scoring an immediate takedown and maintaining control for the entirety of the match. Dull later scored a takedown en route to a 13-1 decision. Alex Baider (133), the team leader in wins, notched his 20th victory against Connor Maliff Thursday. Baider (20-9), opened the first round with a takedown and later scored two points due to two nearfalls. In the second round, Baider scrambled to get a late escape and enter the third round with a 6-2 lead. In the third, Maliff was on top for the majority of the round until Baider escaped late to earn an 8-3 victory. Nick Haegele, D.J. Mele, and Seth Decker all chipped in with wins for Millersville. Haegele (149) built his lead early to the tune of 10-0 against Christian Silva. Silva tried to make a late charge as he cut the deficit to 10-4, but Haegele regained control and ended the match with riding time to make it an 11-4 final. Mele (157) began with a takedown of Januszkiewicz and had 2:20 riding time all in the first period, which he capped off with a nearfall. In the second, Mele scored an early escape and never looked back as he went on to win by a score of 6-0. Sophomore Seth Decker squared off against East Stroudsburg's Joey Kratochvil in the 165 pound division. Both wrestlers struggled to gain control of the match, but at the end of the first Decker scored a takedown as time expired. In the second round, Kratochvil scored an early escape and followed it with a takedown. Decker countered to end the second period with a late escape and eventually outlast Kratochvil 6-5. The Marauders are now 6-5 (1-4 PSAC) on the season and travel to Pitt-Johnstown tomorrow night to face the Mountain Cats at 7 p.m. Results: 125: Connor Sheehan (MILL) over Collyn Dorney (EAST) (MD 20-11) 133: Alex Baider (MILL) over Connor Maliff (EAST) (Dec 8-3) 141: Dylan Nace (EAST) over Thomas Nulty (MILL) (Dec 11-4) 149: Nick Haegele (MILL) over Christian Silva (EAST) (Dec 11-4) 157: D.J. Mele (MILL) over Eric Januszkiewicz (EAST) (Dec 6-0) 165: Seth Decker (MILL) over Joey Kratochvil (EAST) (Dec 6-5) 174: Josh Deutel (EAST) over Nick Mancini (MILL) (MD 10-0) 184: Kyle Narber (MILL) over (EAST) (For.) 197: Colton Dull (MILL) over Brandon Steele (EAST) (MD 13-1) 285: Tyson Searer (EAST) over David Wuestner (MILL) (Dec 2-1) (EAST Deducted one point for unsportsmanlike conduct at 133. -1.00)

The Belmont Abbey Wrestling Team, led by Senior William Rees, ended its tenth season in the Wheeler Center with back-to-back wins against King University 29-12 and Greensboro College 48-5. The dual meet record now stands at 11-9 and 3-3 in the ECAC. In the opening match of the night against King, Michael Bedard would lead the Crusaders off with a 10-6 Decision over Reed Jacks. All-American Scott Bosak would earn a Technical Fall of 16-1 over Landon Reed and Joseph Coss and John Wilson would both earn close Decisions against while Jonathan Charpenter and Nicauzi Mitchell would both earn wins by forfeit. Jonathan Smith lost by fall to Cody Davis at 2:23 and Chaas Delgado would fall to Andrew Lutterloh by a close 2-1 Decision. At the conclusion of the match, the program recognized seniors Rees and Moses their years of dedicated commitment to Belmont Abbey Wrestling as they lead the team to back-to-back wins. The second dual of the night was no contest as Rees started the match with a second period win by Fall against Gabriel Wilson of Greensboro College. Moses followed Reese with a first period Fall against Alexander Palmer. Bedard, Bosak, and Coss earned forfeits and Charpenter, Mitchell and Brandon Dills all earned wins by fall. Smith lost by Technical Fall 22-6 to Vincent Wilson in the heavyweight bout for the lone Greensboro points of the evening. The Crusaders will be back on the mat Monday February 8 at Newberry College for their final ECAC Conference Match of the year. Belmont Abbey 29, King University 12 125: Michael Bedard (BEAB) over Reed Jacks (KCT) (Dec 10-6) 133: William Rees (BEAB) over Frank Lopez (KCT) (Dec 14-10) 141: Jonathan Charpenter (BEAB) over (KCT) (For.) 149: Nicauzi Mitchell (BEAB) over (KCT) (For.) 157: Scott Bosak (BEAB) over Landon Reed (KCT) (TF 16-1 0:00) 165: Joseph Coss (BEAB) over Travis Edwards (KCT) (Dec 4-3) 174: Darius Rutland (KCT) over Tyler Maclain (BEAB) (Dec 6-4) 184: John Wilson (BEAB) over Kody Eichlin (KCT) (Dec 2-1) 197: Cody Davis (KCT) over Jonathan Smith (BEAB) (Fall 2:23) 285: Andrew Lutterloh (KCT) over Chass Delgado (BEAB) (Dec 2-1) Belmont Abbey 48, Greensboro College 5 125: William Rees (BEAB) over Gabriel Wilson (GRNB) (Fall 4:56) 133: Michael Bedard (BEAB) over (GRNB) (For.) 141: Jonathan Charpenter (BEAB) over Jonathan Bennett (GRNB) (Fall 5:43) 149: Nicauzi Mitchell (BEAB) over Ricardo Cunha (GRNB) (Fall 0:59) 157: Scott Bosak (BEAB) over (GRNB) (For.) 165: Joseph Coss (BEAB) over (GRNB) (For.) 174: Matthew Moses (BEAB) over Alexander(AJ) Palmer (GRNB) (Fall 1:20) 184: Brandon Dills (BEAB) over Emmanuel Garcia (GRNB) (Fall 1:59) 197: Double Forfeit 285: Vincent Wilson (GRNB) over Jonathan Smith (BEAB) (TF 22-6 5:00)

HARTSVILLE, S.C. -- Derek Rothermel's decision at 165 pounds helped Coker stake claim to a comfortable 18-4 lead, but the UNC Pembroke wrestling team won each of the last four matches, including a decisive pin by Stuart Nadeau in the heavyweight bout, to stun the Cobras, 19-18, on Thursday evening at the Harris E. & Louise H. DeLoach Center. The result stopped a four-match skid for the Braves (11-7, 3-0 ECAC) who stayed perfect in Eastern College Athletic Conference action as well. The setback snapped a nine-match win streak for the Cobras (13-3, 4-2) who wrapped up both the conference and home portion of their schedule on Thursday. Coker opened up the night with three-straight wins, including two via bonus points, to grab an early 12-0 lead on the team scoreboard. Eric Milks stopped the bleeding with a 13-5 major decision over Walker Barfield at 149 pounds, but the Cobras responded with consecutive decisions by Rashad Cunningham (157 pounds) and Rothermel to blow the match wide open. Sheldon Morris toughed out a 5-2 win at 174 pounds to put the Braves back in business, and all-American Blaze Shade and Mikey Thomas each registered wins despite wrestling up a class to cut the UNCP deficit back to 18-13. Nadeau took care of the rest, securing a takedown two minutes into his heavyweight contest with Austin Akins, before pinning the Coker senior 42 seconds later. The Braves will be back in action again on Saturday when they head to Anderson, S.C., for a pair of dual matchups. UNCP will battle Anderson (1-16) in the final installment of the "Battle For The Belt" at 1 p.m., before locking arms with Emmanuel (9-3) in a league neutral site contest at 3 p.m. Results: 125: Charlie Huff (CC) maj. dec. Josh Brown (UNCP) M 10-2 133: Derrick Nelson (CC) tech. fall Dustin Smith (UNCP) TF 22-7; 7:00 141: Curtis Harris (CC) dec. Ryan Blackwell (UNCP) D 6-4 149: Eric Milks (UNCP) maj. dec. Walker Barfield (CC) M 13-5 157: Rashad Cunningham (CC) dec. Hayden Fry (UNCP) D 7-5 165: Derek Rothermel (CC) dec. Joey DiMartino (UNCP) D 10-6 174: Sheldon Morris (UNCP) dec. Derrick Booth (CC) D 5-2 184: Blaze Shade (UNCP) dec. Luis Peguero (CC) D 3-0 197: Mikey Thomas (UNCP) dec. John Allen Griswold (CC) D 6-2 285: Stuart Nadeau (UNCP) pinned Austin Akins (CC) F 2:42

PUEBLO, Colo. -- Joshua Ailey, Blake Dauphin and Jeromy Davenport earned bonus-point wins to spark streaking Central Oklahoma to a 34-6 drubbing of No. 19-ranked PUEBLO, Colo. (Feb. 4) – Joshua Ailey, Blake Dauphin and Jeromy Davenport earned bonus-point wins to spark streaking Central Oklahoma to a 34-6 drubbing of No. 19-ranked Colorado State-Pueblo here Thursday night. It was the sixth straight win for the Bronchos of 34th-year head coach David James, who improved to 11-5 on the season while staying perfect (18-0) against the Thunderwolves. Ailey picked up a first-period pin at 141 pounds, Davenport a second-period fall at 157 and Dauphin a major decision at 133 as UCO's big winners. The Bronchos also got regular decisions from 165 Danny Carrillo, 184 Brock Warren, 197 Jadon Davenport and Hvy Evan McGee, while 125 Zac D'Amico earned a forfeit. "I thought we wrestled pretty well overall," James said. "We got off to a good start with some early bonus wins and stayed on the offensive for the most part." The Bronchos jumped out to a quick 16-0 lead behind D'Amico's opening-match forfeit, Dauphin's 12-4 rout and Ailey's fall. Dauphin had four takedowns in recording his 20th win of the season and Ailey needed just 1:45 to notch his team-high 10th fall. Spencer Rutherford dropped a tough 8-6 decision at 149, but Jeromy Davenport got UCO back on the winning track with a pin at the 3:38 mark after building a 7-2 lead. Carrillo followed with his eighth straight win, using a trio of takedowns to avenge an early-season loss to Kyle Bateman with a 7-4 victory and the Bronchos were in control with a 25-3 cushion. Mason Thompson couldn't overcome an early 6-0 deficit and fell 11-7 at 174 before UCO finished the night with three straight wins. Warren had two takedowns and a reverse in a 7-2 win, Jadon Davenport used a third-period near-fall to secure a 6-0 shutout and McGee prevailed 2-1 after picking up a penalty point for stalling with just 10 seconds remaining. The Bronchos move on to Alamosa, Colo. Friday to wrap up the dual portion of their schedule with a 7 p.m. match against Adams State. Results: 125: Zac D'Amico, UCO, won by forfeit. 133: Blake Dauphin, UCO, major dec. Ruben Lucero, 12-4. 141: Joshua Ailey, UCO, pinned Rick Weirich, 1:45. 149: Tim Urenda, CSU-P, dec. Spencer Rutherford, UCO, 9-6. 157: Jeromy Davenport, UCO, pinned Dixon Richins, 3:38. 165: Danny Carrillo, UCO, dec. Kyle Bateman, 7-4. 174: Joshua Castellano, CSU-Pueblo, dec. Mason Thompson, 11-7. 184: Brock Warren, UCO, dec. John Lewis, 7-2. 197: Jadon Davenport, UCO, dec. Jakob Lund, 6-0. Hvy: Evan McGee, UCO, dec. Taren Welch, 2-1.

NEWBERRY -- A great crowd and a great team effort from the whole lineup pushed the Newberry Wolves to a 33-12 victory over the visiting Limestone Saints in Eleazer Arena on Thursday evening. With the win, Newberry is now 14-2 overall and 3-0 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division II Wrestling League. Limestone falls to 9-6 overall and 3-2 in the ECAC. Five bonus point wins highlighted the Newberry win, including three wins by fall. Division II National Wrestler of the Week Jordan Simpson had the quickest pin of the night, pinning Kyle Lowe at the 1:42 mark of the 133 lbs. bout. No. 3 Huston Evans picked up his 13th pin of the season in the third period of the 184 lbs. bout and Mike Kennedy earned a pin in the second period of the 285 lbs. bout to close out the win. Nick Lankford recorded an unusual technical fall in the 141 lbs. bout, winning by a 20-2 count without recording a takedown. He notched five different four-point nearfall moves to earn the win. Lukas Gilmore shut out Mac Mota 8-0 at 165 lbs. to earn a major decision. Other wins for the Wolves included Trung Duong at 125 lbs. and Cody Brundage at 197 lbs. winning by decision. The win was Newberry's seventh in a row and 31st consecutive home victory. The Wolves return to action on Monday, February 8, at 7 p.m. when they host Belmont Abbey in an ECAC dual in Eleazer Arena. Results: 125: Trung Duong (NC) dec. James Sass (LC), 8-4 133: Jordan Simpson (NC) pinned Kyle Lowe (LC), 1:42 141: Nick Lankford (NC) tech fall Ross Benzel (LC), 20-2; 5:22 149: Taylor Wickett (LC) pin Zach Dobbins (NC), 4:59 157: DeAndre' Johnson (LC) dec. Alex Rice (NC), 7-1 165: Lukas Gilmore (NC) major dec. Mac Mota (LC), 8-0 174: Edwin Wilson (LC) dec. Dennis Flores (NC), 13-12 184: Huston Evans (NC) pinned Clif Decius (LC), 6:33 197: Cody Brundage (NC) dec. Matthew Rudy (LC), 5-3 Hwt: Mike Kennedy (NC) pinned Cody VandeLinde (LC), 4:24

WAVERLY, Iowa-- Top-ranked Wartburg (18-0 overall) defeated No. 7 Augsburg (11-3) 29-10 Thursday in the annual Battle of the Burgs. The Knights took the go-ahead lead in the all-time series at 16-15 and have won the last seven straight Battle of the Burgs. Notes: Attendance: 2,200 Official: Jason Wedgeburn Dual started at 157. Olea had his first loss of the year and winning streak halted at 15. Campo earned his 24th season victory which is tied for team best. Onoo moved his winning streak to 14. Wagenhoffer suffered his first loss of the season and had his 15-match winning streak snapped. Michael remains undefeated. Michael moved winning streak to 21. DeVos increased his winning streak to 16. DeVos earned his fourth fall and the fastest of the season. Levsen earned his 20th win of the year. Roman earned his ninth tech fall of the season and 25th of his career which ranks second-best on the program's all-time leader list. Results: 125: James Goman (AC) win by 9-7 dec vs. #3 Arnulfo Olea (WB) 133: #3 Connor Campo (WB) win by 7-4 dec vs. #10 Sam Bennyhoff (AC) 141: #8 Kaz Onoo (WB) won by 15-3 maj dec vs. Aaron Wilson (AC) 149: Kenny Martin (WB) won by 9-7 dec vs. #7 Rashad Kennedy (AC) 157: Grant Parker (AC) won by 7-6 dec OT vs. #3 Drew Wagenhoffer (WB) 165: Nick Michael (WB) win by 16-1 tech fall vs. #10 Eric Hensel (AC) 174: #3 Eric DeVos (WB) wins by fall at :26 vs. Austin Boniface (AC) 184: #6 Bryan Levsen (WB) win by 4-3 dec vs. Sebastian Larson (AC) 197: #2 Gerard Roman (WB) win by 18-0 tech fall at 1:52 vs. Logan Hortop (AC) 285: #1 Donny Longendyke (AC) won by 9-1 maj dec. vs. Ben Nagle (WB)

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. -- The Edinboro University wrestling team made it 14 straight wins over Lock Haven and 17 consecutive Eastern Wrestling League duals with a 21-13 win over the Bald Eagles at Thomas Fieldhouse on Thursday night. The win boosted the Fighting Scots to 8-6 as they wrapped up their third straight undefeated EWL season at 6-0. Lock Haven fell to 7-9 and 2-3, respectively. The victory was fueled by a dominating performance by Billy Miller at heavyweight. With Edinboro holding a 16-13 lead, the redshirt freshman clinched the win with a technical fall. Fellow redshirt freshman Sean Russell also picked up bonus points with a major decision at 125 lbs. Russell got the night underway with a 20-9 major decision over Jake Field (13-14). He improved to 22-5 with the win. Anthony Rivera (7-9) followed with a 6-4 win in sudden victory over Lewis Williams at 133 lbs., giving Edinboro a 7-0 lead. The Bald Eagles would close to 7-6 with decisions at 141 and 149 lbs. Cody Wheeler (5-7) posted a 5-3 decision over freshman Tyler Vath at 141 lbs., as Vath's late attempt at a tying takedown was unsuccessful. He fell to 7-12. The 149 lbs. match featured nationally-ranked freshman Patricio Lugo against Dan Neff, an All-American a year ago. Lugo was looking for his third win over an All-American this year, but Neff would record a first period takedown and went on for a 7-3 decision. Lugo, ranked 14th by InterMat, fell to 24-4 while Neff is now 21-8 and has won 14 straight matches. Austin Matthews rebounded from his first defeat as a Fighting Scot in his last match for an impressive 6-1 win over Aaron McKinney at 157 lbs. McKinney (23-13) won the PSAC championship earlier this year, with Matthews still recovering from knee surgery. Matthews, now 2-1 and ranked 15th, would score all the points he needed in the first period with a takedown and four near-fall points. Redshirt senior Casey Fuller boosted the Fighting Scots' lead to 13-6 with a 3-0 decision at 165 lbs. over Cody Cordes (13-14), as he improved to 22-5. Ty Schoffstall (7-3), filling in for starter Patrick Jennings at 174 lbs., dropped a 15-6 major decision to Tyler Wood (16-14). Like Matthews, Vic Avery returned recently from knee surgery and continues to round into form. The redshirt senior, ranked second at 184 lbs., improved to 3-0 with an impressive 11-6 win ov er Tristan Sponseller, who is now 20-6. A pair of familiar foes in Vince Pickett and Phil Sprenkle hooked up at 197 lbs. Scoreless heading into the third period, Pickett turned in an impressive ride on Sprenkle, but the Bald Eagle would register a reversal with 20 seconds remaining for a 2-1 decision. Pickett fell to 17-12 while Sprenkle is 13-6. That left Miller needing a win to clinch the match. He was more than up to the task, recording an early takedown and dominating his heavyweight bout with Adam Mackie (10-10) with a 15-0 (7:00) technical fall. Miller is now 23-7. Edinboro doesn't have much time to celebrate the victory. The Fighting Scots will take part in the Edinboro Open on Saturday, February 6, with several starters slated to compete, followed by a home dual with tenth-ranked Virginia Tech on Sunday, February 7. The match gets underway at 1 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse. Results: 125 -- Sean Russell (EU) maj. dec. Jake Field (LHU) 20-9 133 -- Anthony Rivera (EU) dec. Lewis Williams (LHU) 6-4 sv 141 -- Cody Wheeler (LHU) dec. Tyler Vath (EU) 5-3 149 -- Dan Neff (LHU) dec. #14 Patricio Lugo (EU) 7-3 157 -- #15 Austin Matthews (EU) dec. Aaron McKinney (LHU) 6-1 165 -- Casey Fuller (EU) dec. Cody Cordes (LHU) 3-0 174 -- Tyler Wood (LHU) maj. dec. Ty Schoffstall (EU) 15-6 184 -- #2 Vic Avery (EU) dec. Tristan Sponseller (LHU) 11-6 197 -- Phil Sprenkle (LHU) dec. Vince Pickett (EU) 2-1 285 -- Billy Miller (EU) tech. fall Adam Mackie (LHU) 15-0 (7:00)

Morgan McIntosh is one of four No. 1-ranked wrestlers for Penn State (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)On Friday, live on the Big Ten Network at 6 p.m. ET, the last two teams to win an NCAA championship face off in a dual meet. Penn State comes into the match undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the dual meet rankings. Ohio State is currently 9-2 and ranked No. 7. The following is a weight-by-weight preview of the dual meet. The lineups are a prediction of each team's best squad. The predicted outcomes are based on a proprietary statistical model developed by StrikeScoreMMA.com called Wrestler's Pythagorean Expectation (WPE). The model has been previously used to predict the finals of the Midlands Championships and the Oklahoma State vs. Missouri dual meet. In those two instances, the model correctly predicted the winner in 89 percent of matches. The WPE for each competitor is list below in parentheses. 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State (93.47) vs. No. 4 Nico Megaludis, Penn State (90.33) As the returning national champion, Tomasello should be the favorite here. However, in the past he has struggled in his initial encounters with top-ranked wrestlers. For example, last year, he fell against Thomas Gilman (Iowa) before returning to score the victory later in the year. Tomasello and Megaludis have not met in college, so this should be a tough one. Prediction: Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. Megaludis (Penn State) 133: No. 10 Johnni DiJulius, Ohio State (68.68) vs. No. 5 Jordan Conaway, Penn State (85.97) Conaway has only lost twice this season. He fell against No. 2 Zane Richards in a dual and No. 1 Nahshon Garrett in the finals of the Southern Scuffle. DiJulius has managed to hold onto his ranking spot, but he has had a disappointing season up to this point. He has gone 9-4 in duals and the CKLV tournament. Conaway should take this one. Prediction: Conaway (Penn State) dec. DiJulius (Ohio State) 141: No. 4 Micah Jordan, Ohio State (87.08) vs. No. 14 Jimmy Gulibon, Penn State (72.35) After being ranked No. 2 in early November, Gulibon has fallen all the way to No. 14. On the other hand, Jordan has had a great redshirt freshman campaign. His only defeat was a one-point loss against No. 8 Matt Manley (Missouri). He has picked up victories over veterans such as No. 9 Todd Preston (Harvard) and No. 19 Anthony Abidin (Nebraska). Prediction: Jordan (Ohio State) dec. Gulibon (Penn State) 149: Cody Burcher, Ohio State (58.06) vs. No. 1 Zain Retherford, Penn State (98.89) Stieber has not really looked like himself since coming back from twin Tommy John surgeries. So far, he has only wrestled in three duals and posted a 1-2 record. For these reasons, Ohio State is expected to go with Cody Burcher here. Burcher has been the starter for most of the season. In duals the CKLV tournament he has struggled to a 3-6 record. It has been feast of famine, as all three of his wins during that stretch have come via fall. Retherford has been on the other end of spectrum. He is undefeated and annihilated respected opposition like Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) and Alec Pantaleo (Michigan). This should be as close to a lock for Penn State as it gets. Prediction: Retherford (Penn State) maj. dec. Burcher (Ohio State) 157: No. 11 Jake Ryan, Ohio State (64.00) vs. No. 1 Jason Nolf, Penn State (95.87) So far this season, nobody has been able to come close to stopping Nolf. That should not change here. He is 24-0 with 11 falls and 8 technical falls. It will be a struggle for Ryan to not give up bonus. Prediction: Nolf (Penn State) tech. fall Ryan (Ohio State) 165: No. 2 Bo Jordan, Ohio State (98.25) vs. No. 17 Shakur Rasheed, Penn State (87.92) Going into the season, a lot of people saw 165 as a potential hole in the Penn State lineup. In a lot of ways, Rasheed has been a bit of a bright spot. However, Jordan is still the clear favorite here. After beginning the year at 174, he has adjusted to the new weight and returned to dominance. Prediction: Jordan (Ohio State) maj. dec. Rasheed (Penn State) 174: No. 14 Myles Martin, Ohio State (77.99) vs. No. 1 Bo Nickal, Penn State (95.24) Since coming off his redshirt, Martin has gone 4-2 and outscored his opponents 64-34. Last week, he defeated No. 11 Nate Jackson (Indiana) who is the only wrestler to defeat Nickal this year. With all that being said, Martin is still adjusting to competing at the Division I level. Nickal should be in the driver's seat for this one. Prediction: Nickal (Penn State) maj. dec. Martin (Ohio State) 184: No. 13 Kenny Courts, Ohio State (74.03) vs. No. 9 Matt McCutcheon, Ohio State (95.01) After suffering a knee injury against Illinois, McCutcheon was listed as questionable by coach Cael Sanderson for last weekend's match against Michigan. McCutcheon did not wrestle. Without the injury factor, McCutcheon would be a pretty clear favorite. However, he could be slowed by the knee or even replaced as a backup. If this dual turns out to be this close, this could be a wildcard match. Prediction: McCutcheon (Penn State) dec. Courts (Ohio State) 197: Mark Martin, Ohio State (37.86) vs. No. 1 Morgan McIntosh, Penn State (97.84) It has been a tough year for Martin. He is only 4-4 in duals and the CKLV tournament. He has been outscored 32 to 41 in those matches. On the other hand, McIntosh is undefeated with 17 bonus point victories. Prediction: McIntosh (Penn State) maj. dec. Martin (Ohio State) 285: No. 2 Kyle Snyder (95.08*) vs. Jan Johnson (10.00) This should be a virtual lock for the Buckeyes. Everyone knows that Snyder is a reigning world champion. He recently took third at the respected Ivan Yarygin International. He has had only one collegiate match this season, but he seems to be in top form. Johnson has struggled this season to say the least. He comes into this out with the lowest WPE of any starter. Prediction: Snyder (Ohio State) pins Johnson (Penn State) *Snyder's WPE is based on his performance at the Ivan Yarygin International. Predicted Dual Meet Score: Penn State 23, Ohio State 16 Richard Mann currently runs the data-driven MMA blog StrikeScoreMMA.com.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Tom Ryan, currently in his 10th season as the head coach of the Ohio State wrestling program, has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee, the organization announced today. Ryan's appointment is effective immediately and effective through August 31, 2019. The group includes two other head coach – Brian Smith of Missouri and Bob Patnesky of Davidson. It also consists of Matthew Whisenant, Deputy Director of Athletics at Wyoming, Valarie Richardson, Sr. Associate Athletics Director of Athletics at Virginia and William Walker, Director of Athletics at American University. The committee handles topics such as selection and seeding for the NCAA Championships, officiating, and rules-related issues. In nine-plus seasons guiding the Buckeyes, Ryan has a 122-44 record with four top-five NCAA finishes, including the program's first national championship last season. Three times he has been selected as InterMat's National Coach of the Year – 2008, 2009 and 2015. His athletes have also reached unprecedented heights, highlighted by eight individual national titles and 14 NCAA finals appearances. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes (9-2, 6-1) are back in action tomorrow when they take on No. 1 Penn State (12-0, 7-0) at a sold-out Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pa. The dual can be seen live on BTN.

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin wrestling team's dual at Maryland has been rescheduled for Feb. 14 at 10:30 a.m. (CT). The match was originally scheduled for Jan. 24, but was postponed due to winter storm Jonas. Wisconsin travels to face Rutgers on Friday night in Piscatway, New Jersey, before returning home to host Minnesota at noon in the UW Field House on Sunday, Feb. 7.

MANHEIM, Pa. -- Mark Cody, President of the National Wrestling Coaches Association, announced Tuesday the eight host sites selected for the 2016 NWCA Division I National Championships Dual Series Presented by the United States Marine Corps and Titan Mercury Wrestling Club to be held on Sunday, Feb. 21. The eight Big Ten host schools include current No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Iowa, No. 8 Michigan, No. 9 Ohio State, No. 11 Nebraska, No. 12 Rutgers, No. 22 Indiana and No. 23 Minnesota. "I've been thrilled with the extraordinary level of support this event has received from all participating coaches and administrations," said NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. "Like any new concept, we've experienced some unanticipated challenges but the coaches and school administrators have been great at helping us navigate through these situations." The host Big Ten coaches were pleased with their selection for the new format of the national duals, which will feature the highest ranking Big Ten teams hosting the highest ranked dual meet champions from the seven other Division I wrestling conferences, along with one non-Big Ten at-large team to round out the field. "We're really excited about the new format of the National Duals this season," Michigan coach Joe McFarland said. "It's a great opportunity to match up a number of the top programs and showcase great dual meets across several campus sites. We're looking forward to hosting and to bring another quality home event to our fans." "We're happy to be hosting a dual for the NWCA Dual series," Nebraska head coach Mark Manning said. "Our student-athletes look forward to a great challenge competitively and will represent Husker Nation!" "One of our goals from the beginning of the season was to wrestle in an NWCA bowl match," Rutgers head coach Scott Goodale said. "We are excited for the opportunity to host another great opponent. The next two weeks become extremely important as we try to climb the Big Ten ladder to position ourselves as high as possible in the conference." The selection of Rutgers as a host site was met with excitement from the university's administration. "We are very excited to host the NWCA National Championship Dual Series at the RAC," Rutgers Director of Athletics Patrick Hobbs said. "Our selection to this prestigious event is a credit to our student athletes, Coach Goodale, and his staff. The success of our wrestling program has generated tremendous support among our students, fans, donors and alumni. We look forward to offering this community an additional opportunity to share in this success." Stay updated with the event details by visiting our D1 Duals Series page.