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Sean Bormet talks to InterMat after his Michigan Wolverines traveled to the University of Virginia and posted a 29-12 win. Coach Bormet talks about the efforts that veteran Joseph Walker and was true freshman Brock Mantanona bring. Transfers Chase Saldate and Jacob Cardenas both had big wins - Coach Bormet discusses their impact on the program. Next up for the Wolverine is the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational - Coach Bormet talks about where he feels his team is, headed into Vegas. For the full interview:

As we head into the Thanksgiving break, there were a handful of MAC wrestlers who feasted on their opponents over the last weekend. A trio of teams got to sit at the grown-up’s table, while other teams gorged themselves at individual tournaments. There are no turkeys here this week as we celebrate some of the best MAC performances of the week. Northern Illinois The talk of the MAC, at least on Sunday, was Rider. And we’ll get to Rider shortly; however, Rider did suffer a loss last week. It was to conference opponent Northern Illinois on Friday night, 20-19. The light and heavyweights for the Huskies took care of business. None of NIU’s wins against Rider came from 149-184. One of the toss-up matches of the dual came at 141 lbs with NCAA qualifier McKenzie Bell of Rider and NCAA alternate Jacob Brya of Northern Illinois. Brya was making his season debut and his mat wrestling made the difference. A pair of reversals pushed him past Bell in a 7-5 victory. Heading into the 197 lb bout, the path to victory for the Huskies seemed slim. They were down by eight points with another toss-up match between Spencer Mooberry and Rider’s Steyn De Lange. De Lange held a slim 3-2 lead with two minutes of wrestling remaining and the choice to wrestle from the bottom position. DeLange got a relatively quick stand-up to increase his lead to 4-2 Shortly after the escape, Mooberry got in on a low attack and De Lange started a prolonged scramble. The Rider wrestler tried to roll through after a takedown was awarded to Mooberry and was caught on his back. Mooberry never let him leave his back and chaos erupted after a fall was called by the official. Now, with a match remaining, Northern Illinois trailed by two points. Heavyweight Jacob Christensen clinched the win for NIU with a 3-1 victory over freshman Collin French. Christensen was buoyed by an escape point and two points for stalling on French. The win was the first in program history over Rider. Northern Illinois will take some time off over Thanksgiving only to reemerge at SIU Edwardsville’s Cougar Clash on December 7th. Rider After the tough conference loss on Friday night, Rider had no time to lick their wounds. The team traveled north to Wisconsin for a Sunday dual with the Badgers of the Big Ten. The bout started at 197 lbs which saw De Lange get a close 4-3 win over Nico Colucci; however, the next three would go in favor of the hosts, putting Rider at a 12-3 disadvantage. That nine-point hole didn’t matter as John Hangey’s team won the remaining six matches to blow through the Badgers, 28-12. Bell got the run started with a 10-4 win over Brock Bobzien; however, it was Sammy Alvarez at 149 lbs that began a streak of bonus points in three straight matches. His 21-4 tech fall, was followed by a second-period pin by Colton Washleski at 157 lbs and Enrique Munguia threw a 9-0 shutout to completely take control of the dual. Michael Wilson (174) and Isaac Dean (184) closed things out with a 10-9 win and a 20-6 major decision, respectively. The Broncs move up to 1-2 on the year after the close loss to NIU and loss last week to #20 West Virginia. You’ll be able to see Rider in action at the toughest tournament in the country as they head to Vegas for the Cliff Keen Invitational on December 6th and 7th. George Mason To close out the dual portion of our recap, George Mason quietly went to 6-0 in all competitions and 4-0 in the MAC with a 32-8 win over SIU Edwardsville. The Cougars make take issues with the term quietly as Mason was able to tally bonus points in half of their eight wins. Stalwarts DJ McGee (157) and Evan Maag (165) had a major decision and fall, respectively. Veteran Logan Messer was dominating before an injury default and true freshman James Blackman continues to impress with a 13-4 major decision at 285 lbs. In addition to lighting up the scoreboard, the Patriots also had to grind out three close wins. 125 lber Ben Monn prevailed over Davian Guanajuato in sudden victory, while Charlie Bunting notched a 4-1 win over Marcel Lopez at 133 lbs, and Malachi DuVall slipped by Deron Pulliam 1-0 at 184 lbs. Finally, at 149 lbs Kaden Cassidy maintained his perfect record and has a chance to potentially break into the national rankings. This marks the second time in three years that Frank Beasley’s team has started the year with six straight dual wins. George Mason will look to extend that to eight wins as they’ll take on MAC foe Buffalo and Long Island on December 6th. Editor's Note: Long Island has taken this match off of their schedule - so it will just be a dual between George Mason and Buffalo. The dual will be held in George Mason's "Johnson Center" the food court in the student union. Keystone Classic Half of the champions from the Keystone Classic came from the MAC. The first of the titles came from one of the usual suspects, while others may have been a bit more surprising. Anthony Noto’s title at 133 lbs came after back-to-back wins over solid opponents from the host school, Penn (Ryan Miller and Alex Almeyda). Central Michigan got a second title as Chandler Amaker won the 165 lb weight class following Lovett. From a MAC standpoint, Amaker’s most significant win came in the semifinals when he downed Lock Haven’s Caden Dobbins, 5-2. It was an all-Lock Haven affair in the 174 lb finals as Avery Bassett scored early and often in an 11-3 major decision over teammate Tyler Stoltzfus. It was the first loss of the year for Stoltzfus and Bassett ran his record to 7-1. Another Lock Haven wrestler claimed a title at 184 lbs when Colin Fegley locked up a last-minute takedown to defeat Adrien Cramer of Central Michigan, 4-1. In the semis, Fegley had a very solid win over Virginia Tech’s Sam Fisher - someone who has been ranked in the past, but is behind All-American TJ Stewart. Fegley made his way into the national rankings last week, for the first time in his career, and doesn’t appear to be leaving them soon after a Keystone title. Lock Haven’s top recruit from the Class of 2024, Tucker Hogan, showed why he was so highly regarded in his title run at 197 lbs. In three bouts, Hogan amassed 46 points. Hogan has been noted as an excellent wrestler from the top - he displayed this with five sets of nearfall points across his three wins. Kent State at the Navy Classic The Golden Flashes crowned a champion at the Navy Classic as Billy Meiszner won the 149 lb bracket. Meiszner was unseeded but ended up winning the top half of the bracket. In the quarterfinals, Meiszner picked off Nebraska’s Scott Robertson, 11-4. Robertson had just knocked off the top seed in the weight class, Kaeman Smith of Navy. Meiszner finished his tournament with wins over Ayden Garver (Oregon State) and Carson DesRosier (The Citadel). Though none of his wins came over ranked opposition, hopefully, this tournament title sparks Meiszner and helps him to continue his winning ways once he meets that caliber of opponents. Kent State will be back in dual action on December 5th against Lake Erie, before heading to the Cleveland State Open on the 7th. The Big Red Invite A pair of MAC teams were in Ithaca for Cornell’s Big Red Invite, Buffalo, and Clarion. Wrestlers were sorted into round-robin groups and were able to get at least three matches per wrestler. Leading the way for Buffalo was 157 lber Kaleb Burgess. Burgess had falls in three of his four matches and defeated teammate Brady Ungar, 8-1, in the only match that went the full seven minutes. Lonnell Owens-Pabon (197) took second in his group. He posted two falls and had an 8-1 decision victory over Brown’s Thomas Sandoval. The only Clarion wrestler to win his bracket was Wesley Barnes, who won the 165 lb “B” grouping. Barnes had a pair of falls among his five wins. Kyle Schickel (149/A), Scott Johnson (133/B), Judah Aybar (149/B), Gavin Wilmoth (174/B), Ethan Wiant (197/B), and Lucas Thomas (285/B) all finished second in their respective groupings.

We're almost finished with the first month of the 2024-25 season and there are a couple of events on this holiday week. A total of 4 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). To make this guide even easier to find, we've added a link on our homepage and the latest Live Streaming Guide will appear right under the header articles. All times Eastern Monday, November 25: Greensboro at North Carolina 5:00 PM ESPN+ Illinois at North Carolina 7:00 PM ESPN+ Tuesday, November 26: Missouri vs. Northern Iowa at Hartland, WI 8:00 PM UFC Fight Pass: CFFC Match Day Sunday, December 1: Bloomsburg, Cornell, Lock Haven, Navy at Mat Town Open I 9:30 AM Minnesota at South Dakota State 3:00 PM MidCo Sports Plus

Sunday’s DI Dual Results Ohio State 38 Hofstra 6 125 - Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) fall Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra) 2:27 133 - Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) maj Chase Liardi (Hofstra) 12-2 141 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) fall Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 3:40 149 - Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) maj Noah Tapia (Hofstra) 16-4 157 - Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) maj Jurius Clark (Hofstra) 14-5 165 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) maj Kyle Mosher (Hofstra) 14-4 174 - Greyson Harris (Hofstra) dec TJ Schierl (Ohio State) 11-7 184 - Ross McFarland (Hofstra) dec Gavin Bell (Ohio State) 7-3 197 - Luke Geog (Hofstra) tech Nik Miller (Hofstra) 15-0 285 - Nick Feldman (Ohio State) tech Danny Church (Hofstra) 21-6 George Mason 32 SIU Edwardsville 8 125 - Ben Monn (George Mason) dec Davian Guanajuato (SIU Edwardsville) 7-4SV 133 - Charlie Bunting (George Mason) dec Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1 141 - Danny Martinez (SIU Edwardsville) tech Dom Hargrove (George Mason) 16-1 149 - Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) dec Hayden Whidden (SIU Edwardsville) 8-3 157 - DJ McGee (George Mason) maj Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville) 16-8 165 - Evan Maag (George Mason) fall Bradley Gillum (SIU Edwardsville) 1:52 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) InjDef Griffin Ray (SIU Edwardsville) 184 - Malachi DuVall (George Mason) dec Deron Pullium (SIU Edwardsville) 1-0 197 - Nick Nosler (SIU Edwardsville) dec Tyler Kocak (George Mason) 7-3 285 - James Blackman (George Mason) maj Jake Fernandez (SIU Edwardsville) 13-4 Rider 28 Wisconsin 12 125 - Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) dec Will Betancourt (Rider) 7-6 133 - Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) fall Michael Campanano (Rider) 4:08 141 - McKenzie Bell (Rider) dec Brock Bobzien (Wisconsin) 10-4 149 - Sammy Alvarez (Rider) tech Royce Nilo (Wisconsin) 21-4 157 - Colton Washleski (Rider) fall Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) 4:52 165 - Enrique Munguia (Rider) maj Cale Anderson (Wisconsin) 9-0 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) dec Lucas Condon (Wisconsin) 10-9 184 - Isaac Dean (Rider) maj Dylan Russo (Wisconsin) 20-6 197 - Steyn DeLange (Rider) dec Nico Colucci (Wisconsin) 4-3 285 - Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) dec Collin French (Rider) 7-0 Little Rock 29 Northwestern 10 125 - Reid Nelson (Little Rock) dec Dedrick Navarro (Northwestern) 9-4 133 - Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) tech Massey Odiotti (Northwestern) 21-5 141 - Jayden Gomez (Little Rock) fall Chris Cannon (Northwestern) 4:59 149 - Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) dec Sam Cartella (Northwestern) 3-2 157 - Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 4-1 165 - Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern) maj Brendon Abdon (Little Rock) 8-0 174 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) dec Joseph Martin (Northwestern) 6-3 184 - Brock DelSignore (Little Rock) dec Jon Halvorsen (Northwestern) 2-1 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) fall Evan Bates (Northwestern) 4:33 285 - Dirk Morley (Northwestern) dec Apollo Gothard (Little Rock) 8-2 Minnesota 44 Campbell 0 125 - Cooper Flynn (Minnesota) dec Anthony Molton (Campbell) 5-4 133 - Tyler Wells (Minnesota) maj Dom Zaccone (Campbell) 10-2 141 - Vance VomBaur (Minnesota) maj Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 10-2 149 - Drew Roberts (Minnesota) maj Oliver Fairchild (Campbell) 11-3 157 - Tommy Askey (Minnesota) maj Seth Larson (Campbell) 13-1 165 - Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) tech Ryan Bollentino (Campbell) 25-9 174 - Clayton Whiting (Minnesota) maj Brant Cracraft (Campbell) 15-4 184 - Max McEnelly (Minnesota) tech Connor Maslanek (Campbell) 19-4 197 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) FFT 285 - Gable Steveson (Minnesota) tech Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) 20-4 Pittsburgh 21 Lehigh 12 125 - Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) dec Nick Babin (Pittsburgh) 6-3 133 - Matty Lopes (Lehigh) dec Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 3-2 141 - Anthony Santaniello (Pittsburgh) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 4-1 149 - Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) tech Kelvin Griffin (Lehigh) 20-4 157 - Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh) dec Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) 2-1 165 - Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) dec Kelin Laffey (Pittsburgh) 9-4 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) 4-1 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) maj Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 8-0 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) dec Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) 9-2 285 - Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) dec JT Davis (Lehigh) 2-1 Northern Iowa 16 South Dakota State 15 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) dec Kyle Gollhofer (Northern Iowa) 7-4SV 133 - Cory Land (Northern Iowa) dec Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) 9-7 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) dec Julian Tagg (South Dakota State) 4-1 149 - Colin Dupill (South Dakota State) dec Adam Allard (Northern Iowa) 7-6 157 - Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) dec Cobe Siebrecht (South Dakota State) 8-1 165 - Drake Rhodes (South Dakota State) dec Jack Thomsen (Northern Iowa) 12-7 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) dec Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) 7-6 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) 8-3 197 - Zach Glazier (South Dakota State) dec Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) 4-3 285 - Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa) dec Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) 7-2 Oklahoma State 33 Arizona State 6 125 - Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) fall Max Brewster (Arizona State) 4:35 133 - Cael Hughes (Oklahoma State) tech Carter Dibert (Arizona State) 18-1 141 - Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) dec Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) 5-1 149 - Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 9-7 157 - Cutter Sheets (Oklahoma State) maj Austin Scott (Arizona State) 18-5 165 - Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) dec Cam Amine (Oklahoma State) 4-1SV 174 - Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State) maj Chance McLane (Arizona State) 14-4 184 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) maj Shay Addison (Arizona State) 15-2 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) maj Max Acciardi (Arizona State) 17-4 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) dec Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 11-5 Michigan 29 Virginia 12 125 - Keveyon Roller (Virginia) maj Nolan Wertanen (Michigan) 14-5 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) maj Gable Porter (Virginia) 11-1 141 - Sergio Lemley (Michigan) tech Kyren Butler (Virginia) 16-1 149 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) tech Nathan Jerore (Michigan) 17-1 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan) maj Michael Gioffre (Virginia) 13-3 165 - Brock Mantanona (Michigan) maj Nick Hamilton (Virginia) 11-3 174 - Joseph Walker (Michigan) maj Rocco Contino (Virginia) 17-5 184 - Jaden Bullock (Michigan) dec Griffin Gammell (Virginia) 9-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) tech Ethan Weatherspoon (Virginia) 18-1 285 - Gabe Christenson (Virginia) dec Dzhabrail Khurshidov (Michigan) 4-1

Saturday night was one of the most-anticipated duals of the collegiate regular season as #9 Iowa State traveled into Iowa City to take on #2 Iowa. The dual lived up to the hype as there were some upsets, some twists and turns, a few unforeseen appearances, and lots of good action. The Cy-Hawk dual did provide us with some takeaways (five of them) as we move on with the rest of the season. So let’s get to them! 1. Jacori Teemer’s injury Perhaps the biggest story pertaining to this dual - in a big picture perspective - is the injury to the top-ranked 157 lber in the country, Jacori Teemer. While attempting to defend an elevated single leg from Paniro Johnson, Teemer appeared to injure his hamstring. After getting attention from the Iowa training staff, Teemer made his way back on the mat ready to continue. He gave it another try but had difficulty even getting down in the top portion of referee’s position. Shortly after the restart, with Teemer in obvious discomfort, the Iowa staff pulled the pull and defaulted. At the time, it looked like this result would turn the tides towards Iowa State in the dual; however, the Hawkeyes swept the next four weights. Teemer will obviously miss some action for the Hawkeyes. Iowa’s next dual(s) are on December 6th against Army West Point and Princeton. Not having Teemer in the lineup for either of those duals should not put the dual result in question. Beyond that, losing Teemer or having him very limited, during the Big Ten schedule and potentially the postseason could have huge implications. The 157 lb weight class isn’t exactly loaded with contenders like some other weights are. Right behind Teemer is Cornell All-American Meyer Shapiro who needed to injury default out of the Journeymen Collegiate Classic two weeks ago. He didn’t participate in the Big Red’s dual with Buffalo on Saturday afternoon. Could the top-two wrestlers at the weight have their long-term status in flux? Three through eight at this weight are Antrell Taylor (Nebraska), Tyler Kasak (Penn State), Peyten Kellar (Ohio), Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa), Tommy Askey (Minnesota), and Ed Scott (NC State). Even Kasak’s status is unknown as Penn State also has Alex Facundo available and Kasak has yet to redshirt. Iowa State’s Paniro Johnson entered the weekend ranked #10. Things might get really interesting here. Circling back to Iowa, the Hawkeyes used Caleb Rathjen in their season-opening dual to fill-in at 157 lbs. I’d assume he gets the first call if Teemer is out for any period of time. It’s worth noting that a previous option, Cobe Seibrecht, transferred to South Dakota State late in the summer - once the Teemer addition was finalized. 2. Patrick Kennedy’s return All summer and preseason we’ve tried to make sense of 174/184 for the Hawkeyes. It seemed like Gabe Arnold would make sense at 174 lbs with Nelson Brands at 184. Brands had his sights set on regaining the starting role at 174 lbs, so he was thrown into the mix with Arnold and the incumbent, Patrick Kennedy. Head Coach Tom Brands said he would let the wrestlers sort it out in the room and it looked like that may have been the case with Nelson getting the call at 174 and Arnold at 184 lbs in each of the first three duals for the Hawkeyes. With Iowa trailing 12-9 heading into 174 lbs, Tom Brands threw a curveball and sent out Kennedy to face former Hawkeye teammate Aiden Riggins. Brands was obviously privy to tons of live-go’s between the two and thought Kennedy would be a better matchup than his nephew, Nelson. Or perhaps, Nelson has still been trying to knock the rust off after missing the entire 2023-24 campaign. Would he have been able to post a tech fall win over Riggins? I think he wins, but probably not via tech. At the time, those two bonus points looked like they could be huge heading into 184 lbs with a veteran in the mix for Iowa State. Which brings us to…. 3. Angelo Ferrari’s Carver-Hawkeye debut If putting Kennedy out at 174 lbs was a curveball from Brands, unleashing Angelo Ferrari was one of those wipeout sliders that starts in the middle of the plate and ends up behind a batter’s back foot - making him look foolish when he swings. The tech fall at 174 lbs gave Iowa a 14-12 lead coming down the home stretch. For Iowa State to win, they would need to win either 184 or 197 lbs and hope their heavyweight wins, as you would expect. 184 seemed like a better bet with #15 Evan Bockman presumably against #7 Arnold, rather than #20 Christian Carroll beating #2 Stephen Buchanan. So in a match that could make the heavyweight result irrelevant Brands chose to send out true freshman Angelo Ferrari rather than Arnold. And for full transparency, Ferrari isn’t some walk-on from the back of the roster. He was one of the top overall recruits in the Class of 2024, but he hadn’t been truly tested in a live match with an opponent of Bockman’s caliber. It seemed like it may be riskier than going with Arnold. It didn’t take long to see that Ferrari not only belonged in the match, but he was the better wrestler and might be able to manage bonus points. He came up just short in that regard, but still produced a convincing decision and got the Carver-Hawkeye excited for the future - and in the moment. With Kennedy’s performance and the possibilities that Ferrari presents, it sort of muddied the waters at 174 and 184 lbs, once again. 4. Echemendia’s a title contender One of the matches I was looking forward to the most was the 149 lb contest between All-Americans #4 Kyle Parco and #7 Anthony Echemendia. Echemendia earned All-American honors last year at 141 lbs and moved up this season. Normally, I am concerned about a wrestler changing weights, because there is a lot that can go wrong for them. I worried about Echemendia and the size/strength factor much less than others because he intended on wrestling 149 lbs last season - even appearing in his first two matches there. His early returns in 2024-25 have been favorable with an 11-5 win over #12 Jaden Abas (Stanford) and a tech fall over Navy’s starter Kaeman Smith. Even though Echemendia came out on the wrong side of a 4-3 loss to Parco, I actually feel better about his chances of a deep NCAA run this season. The Cyclone got the only takedown of the bout on a body lock that was finishing immaculately. The difference in the bout was a penalty point for locking hands, immediately followed by a point for an illegal cut-back. Of course, his top game and match savviness will have to improve, but I don’t see either being emblematic of a deeper issue. 149 lbs is a weight class that is currently looking up at returning champion Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech). Also ahead of Parco are Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) and Ty Watters (West Virginia). Big Ten champion Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) is right behind Parco. At this point of the season, I think there are multiple wrestlers from that group capable of standing on the top step of the podium in late-March. Echemendia should be in that group. Whether you agree or disagree with the sentiment, we should get a preview soon. All but Van Ness and Parco are on teams headed to the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in two weeks. That could end up shaking up the rankings or perhaps reinforcing what we already know now. 5. It’s not over for the Cyclones No one wants to lose matches…individually and as a team. It’s a tough burden to carry a 20-match losing streak to your biggest rival. It stings. At the same time, Iowa State’s season is far from over. In the grand scheme of things, because of the way college wrestling is currently constructed, all that matters from this dual is bragging rights for fans and maybe some fodder for the Iowa staff to use on the recruiting trail. That’s it. For proof, you need to look back allllll the way to……2023. I remember interviewing Kevin Dresser after the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. As he spoke to the media, you could still sense the hurt in his voice from losing to Iowa. The 2023 installment was particularly painful. As a partial observer, I thought Iowa State stood a much better chance against the Hawkeyes last year than this year. The dual was on their home turf. It was the final Cy-Hawk dual for program-changing senior David Carr. After Carr’s major decision at 165 lbs, the Cyclones led 10-9. Winning one of the next three matches, would put the dual in All-American Yonger Bastida’s hands - who was in a relative mismatch. It appeared that Iowa State would have the advantage at 184 and 197 lbs; however, they ended up losing both and the dual, 18-14. Because of the timing of the 2023 dual and the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Iowa State only had a few days to lick their wounds before heading to Vegas. Actually, only four days of rest. And the reason I spoke to Dresser after CKLV - his team won the entire thing. In a tournament that was rightly called the toughest in-season tournament in over a decade was won by Iowa State, less than a week after getting their hearts broken by their rival. Later in the year, Iowa State won their first Big 12 Championship since 2009. Less than two weeks after that, they finished fourth in the nation, a slot ahead of Iowa. At the time, we didn’t think that Dresser’s team earned an NCAA team trophy - prior to 2023 the NCAA awarded trophies to the top-four teams, but stated they would only salute the top-three teams due to budgetary constraints. A few months later, the NCAA changed course and the Cyclones received their trophy. It was the first of Dresser’s tenure in Ames. Iowa State fans, the loss hurts. The streak sucks. But it’s not the end of the world. The Cyclones can still have an incredibly successful season. Like last season, CKLV is looming on the Iowa State schedule. There’s a longer break between the two (Dec. 6/7), so they might even have a couple of team members that were banged up for yesterday’s dual, but ready for Vegas. Even before the calendar turns over to 2025, ISU has a dual with North Dakota State at Dresser’s old high school and the Collegiate Duals where they’ll face Lock Haven, #23 North Carolina, and #6 Ohio State. We’re at the point in Dresser’s tenure at ISU where he expects his team to win every single time they toe the line. The loss stings, but it only defines the season if they let it do so.

Saturday’s Dual Results Iowa 21 Iowa State 15 125 - Adrian Meza (Iowa State) dec Kale Peterson (Iowa) 5-1 133 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec Evan Frost (Iowa State) 11-7 141 - Zach Redding (Iowa State) dec Ryder Block (Iowa) 5-4 149 - Kyle Parco (Iowa) dec Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) 4-3 157 - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) InjDef Jacori Teemer (Iowa) 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec Connor Euton (Iowa State) 12-7 174 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech Aiden Riggins (Iowa State) 19-4 184 - Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) dec Evan Bockman (Iowa State) 8-2 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) maj Christian Carroll (Iowa State) 10-0 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Ben Kueter (Iowa) 7-2 Cornell 37 Buffalo 0 125 - Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) maj Max Elton (Buffalo) 14-2 133 - Brett Ungar (Cornell) tech Troy Guerra (Buffalo) 15-0 141 - Joshua Saunders (Cornell) maj Aaron Lanster (Buffalo) 11-2 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Sam Ewing (Buffalo) 12-5 157 - Nate Wade (Cornell) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 7-5 165 - Evan Canoyer (Cornell) dec Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) 9-2 174 - Simon Ruiz (Cornell) tech Dylan Schell (Buffalo) 20-4 184 - Colt Barley (Cornell) dec Marcus Pettie (Buffalo) 7-2 197 - Mikey Dellagatta (Cornell) maj Lonnell Owens-Pabon (Buffalo) 11-1 Oklahoma 27 Wyoming 6 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Oklahoma) dec Jore Volk (Wyoming) 3-2 133 - Cleveland Belton (Oklahoma) dec David Saenz (Wyoming) 8-4 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) maj Cole Brooks (Wyoming) 14-6 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) 8-5SV 157 - Jared Hill (Wyoming) dec Carter Schubert (Oklahoma) 4-2 165 - Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) dec Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 5-4 174 - Gaven Sax (Oklahoma) tech Brett McIntosh (Wyoming) 15-0 184 - DJ Parker (Oklahoma) dec Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming) 4-3 197 - Joey Novak (Wyoming) dec Bradley Hill (Oklahoma) 3-1 285 - Juan Mora (Oklahoma) dec Kevin Zimmer (Wyoming) 7-6 Purdue 26 Princeton 15 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) maj Ethan Rivera (Princeton) 16-3 133 - Danny Jones (Princeton) dec Dustin Norris (Purdue) 3-2 141 - Greyson Clark (Purdue) dec Eligh Rivera (Princeton) 7-3 149 - Ty Whalen (Princeton) dec Isaac Ruble (Purdue) 8-1 157 - Joey Blaze (Purdue) fall Christopher Martino (Princeton) 5:49 165 - Stoney Buell (Purdue) tech Cody Tavoso (Princeton) 17-1 174 - Brody Baumann (Purdue) tech Xavier Giles (Princeton) 20-3 184 - James Rowley (Purdue) dec Mikey Squires (Princeton) 9-3 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) tech Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 17-2 285 - Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton) maj Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) 8-0 Princeton 29 Chattanooga 13 125 - Ethan Rivera (Princeton) maj Ty Tice (Chattanooga) 10-1 133 - Danny Jones (Princeton) maj Bryce Luna (Chattanooga) 12-3 141 - Eligh Rivera (Princeton) dec Isaiah Powe (Chattanooga) 12-5 149 - Ty Whalen (Princeton) tech Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 20-4 157 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) tech Christopher Martino (Princeton) 20-2 165 - Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) maj Cody Tavoso (Princeton) 10-2 174 - Sergio DeSiante (Chattanooga) maj Xavier Giles (Princeton) 8-0 184 - Mikey Squires (Princeton) tech Logan Webster (Chattanooga) 18-1 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) tech David Harper (Chattanooga) 17-1 285 - Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton) dec Ethan Vergara (Chattanooga) 8-5 Purdue 41 Chattanooga 3 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) tech Ty Tice (Chattanooga) 20-4 133 - Dustin Norris (Purdue) dec Bryce Luna (Chattanooga) 10-6 141 - Eli Knight (Chattanooga) dec Greyson Clark (Purdue) 10-7 149 - Isaac Ruble (Purdue) dec Dayne Dalrymple (Chattanooga) 3-0 157 - Joey Blaze (Purdue) maj Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) 11-3 165 - Stoney Buell (Purdue) maj Jackson Hurst (Chattanooga) 16-5 174 - Brody Baumann (Purdue) fall Sergio DeSiante (Chattanooga) 3:56 184 - James Rowley (Purdue) fall Logan Webster (Chattanooga) 1:48 197 - Ben Vanadia (Purdue) fall David Harper (Chattanooga) 2:44 285 - Hayden Filipovich (Purdue) maj Ethan Vergara (Chattanooga) 11-0 American 33 Duke 6 125 - JJ Peace (American) tech Ethan Grimminger (Duke) 20-4 133 - Raymond Lopez (American) maj Raymond Adams (Duke) 17-7 141 - Cael McIntyre (American) dec Noah Kochman (Duke) 5-1 149 - Gage Owen (American) dec Peter Chacon (Duke) 7-3 157 - Jack Nies (American) tech Logan Fite (Duke) 18-1 165 - Aidan Wallace (Duke) dec.Kaden Milheim (American) 5-0 174 - Caleb Campos (American) maj Gaetano Console (Duke) 17-7 184 - Lucas White (American) fall Owen McGrory (Duke) 2:02 197 - Liam Volk-Klos (American) dec Vincent Lee (Duke), 13-7 285 - Connor Barket (Duke) dec Emmanuel Ulrich (American) 5-0 Utah Valley 54 Presbyterian 0 125 - Bridger Ricks (Utah Valley) tech Brayden Adams (Presbyterian) 17-2 133 - Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) tech TJ Rodier (Presbyterian) 15-0 141 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) FFT 149 - Tanner Frothinger (Utah Valley) fall Ryan Luna (Presbyterian) 3:53 157 -Ryker Fullmer (Utah Valley) fall Eli Holiday (Presbyterian) 4:47 165 - Alex Emmer (Utah Valley) maj Nathan Furman (Presbyterian) 8-0 174 - Mark Takara (Utah Valley) fall Reed Douglass (Presbyterian) 4:48 184 - Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) maj Caleb Roe (Presbyterian) 11-0 197 - Kael Bennie (Utah Valley) fall George Hopkins (Presbyterian) 1:19 285 - Jack Forbes (Utah Valley) fall Marvens Saint Jean (Presbyterian) 1:11 Utah Valley 38 Duke 6 125 - Bridger Ricks (Utah Valley) tech Ethan Grimminger (Duke) 14-3 133 - Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) fall Raymond Adams (Duke) 3:50 141 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) maj Christian Coleman (Duke) 9-1 149 - Sean O’Donnell (Duke) dec Q’veli Quintanilla (Utah Valley) 7-0 157 - Ryker Fullmer (Utah Valley) tech Peter Chacon (Duke) 20-4 165 - Terrell Barraclough (Utah Valley) maj Aiden Wallace (Duke) 12-3 174 - Trevor Frank (Utah Valley) dec David Hussey (Duke) 10-4 184 - Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) fall Logan Richey (Duke) 2:31 197 - Kael Bennie (Utah Valley) fall Vincent Lee (Duke) 6:41 285 - Connor Barket (Duke) dec Jack Forbes (Utah Valley) 7-6 Duke 38 Presbyterian 9 125 - Ethan Grimminger (Duke) dec Brayden Adams (Presbyterian) 5-2SV 133 - Raymond Adams (Duke) maj TJ Rodier (Presbyterian) 17-6 141 - Noah Kochman (Duke) FFT 149 - Sean O’Donnell (Duke) dec Ryan Luna (Presbyterian) 5-1 157 - Logan Fite (Duke)) fall Eli Holiday (Presbyterian) 1:24 165 - Aiden Wallace (Duke) tech Nathan Furman (Presbyterian) 18-0 174 - Reed Douglass (Presbyterian) tech David Hussey (Duke) 26-10 184 - Caleb Roe (Presbyterian) maj Logan Richey (Duke) 15-4 197 - Vincent Lee (Duke) tech Toler Hornick (Presbyterian) 22-7 285 - Connor Barket (Duke) fall Marvens Saint Jean (Presbyterian) 4:08 American 43 Presbyterian 6 125 - JJ Peace (American) fall Brayden Adams (Presbyterian) 4:39 133 - Raymond Lopez (American) fall TJ Rodier (Presbyterian) 0:14 141 - Cael McIntyre (American) FFT 149 - Gage Owen (American) maj Ryan Luna (Presbyterian) 16-5 157 - Jack Nies (American) maj Jamison Colongione (Presbyterian) 14-3 165 - Kaden Milheim (American) maj Joshua Roe (Presbyterian) 11-3 174 - Caleb Campos (American) tech Reed Douglass (Presbyterian) 22-6 184 - Lucas White (American) dec Caleb Roe (Presbyterian) 9-4 197 - Liam Volk-Klos (American) tech Toler Hornick (Presbyterian) 20-4 285 - Marvens Saint Jean (Presbyterian) fall Emmanuel Ulrich (American) 4:05 Air Force 54 Vanguard 0 125 - Nico Tocci (Air Force) FFT 133 - Gavin Caprella (Air Force) tech Robert Villegas (Vanguard) 16-1 141 - Carter Nogle (Air Force) fall Hector Hernandez (Vanguard) 2:12 149 - Alec Viduya (Air Force) FFT 157 - EJ Beloncik (Air Force) tech Caidence Turner (Vanguard) 20-4 165 - Andrew Harmon (Air Force) maj Richard Motas (Vanguard) 11-0 174 - Jack Ganos (Air Force) fall Marquize Brown (Vanguard) 2:15 184 - Gage Musser (Air Force) fall Keagen Kroeger (Vanguard) 1:43 197 - Brian Burburjia (Air Force) fall Isaiah Hernandez (Vanguard) 1:43 285 - Antonio Ramos (Air Force) maj Roman Torres (Vanguard) 13-0

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Friday night the Iowa women’s wrestling team got some good news. In addition to their success on the mat at the Missouri Valley Open, head coach Clarissa Chun got a win on the recruiting trail with a verbal commitment from Isabella Marie Gonzales (Clovis East, California). In FloWrestling’s recent list of the top-100 girls recruits in the high school Class of 2025 - Gonzales was listed at #5. Gonzales is a two-time California state champion with her most recent title coming at 115 lbs with a 6-1 victory over Kylee Golz of Trabuco Hills. We recently saw Gonzales in action at Who’s #1, where she won a 9-8 barnburner over Savannah Witt (Michigan) at 120 lbs. It was the second Who’s #1 win for Gonzales. She was selected to participate in the 2023 event and won a 4-4 match over future Iowa teammate Karlee Brooks at 117 lbs. Over the summer, Gonzales represented the United States at the U17 World Championships at 53 kg. Gonzales came up one match shy of a bronze medal. In each of the previous three years, Gonzales earned a gold medal at the Pan-American Championships - across two age groups. Gonzales is the first wrestler to commit to Chun’s team from the Class of 2025. For all of the current commitments reported to InterMat, from the girls high school Class of 2025, Click Here

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The Black Knight Invitational is back again. This year’s event includes Army West Point, Binghamton, Bloomsburg, Columbia, Gardner-Webb, Long Island University, Michigan State, Penn State, and Rutgers. Top-ranked Penn State will wrestle a majority of their starters, while 18th Rutgers will have a limited contingent thanks to a dual at #5 Virginia Tech two days prior. The host school, Army West Point, comes into the event ranked #27. They will look to defend their title over Penn State and Rutgers. The event will stream on Sunday, November 24th at 10AM on Flowrestling. 125: Penn State’s freshman phenom will make his NCAA debut. His delay was expected last week but had to accept a forfeit in a dual against Drexel. We finally get to see him in action. Charlie Farmer of Army comes in with a 5-2 record, claiming a one-point win over Lane of Gardner-Webb. LIU’s Robbie Sagaris will look to keep the ranked wins coming after he knocked off Peterson of Rutgers a week ago. Kurt McHenry will make his return to the mat for the first time since November of 2023. Dean Peterson of Rutgers is not registered to compete. The assumption is an injury suffered last weekend. He’s currently ranked 16th in the nation. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #33 Luke Lilledahl Penn State 2. #21 Charlie Farmer Army 3. Robert Sagaris LIU 4. Tyson Lane Gardner-Webb Sulayman Bah Columbia Jeffrey Jacome Gardner-Webb Kurt McHenry Penn State Sawyer Ostroff LIU Connor Smith Columbia Caleb Uhorchuk Army Caleb Weiand Michigan State 133: Ethan Berginc of Army West Point will be the top seed in front of the home crowd. He’s also the lone ranked wrestler in the group. He’s a two-time NCAA qualifier, which is more than the entire field combined. The next seed, Tristan Lujan, was an NCAA qualifier last year who ended the season with a 17-17 record. Coincidentally, both of these wrestlers are wrestling up a weight class from last season. Gary Steen, of Penn State, and Boris Witmer, of Columbia, round out the seeds. Steen has not seen the mat since December 9th, 2023. Witmer and Berginc met once this season at the Princeton Open where Berginc won by 13-2 major. It’s noteworthy that Penn State’s Braeden Davis is not competing – leaving out the opportunity for a potential Berginc / Davis match-up. Davis won this invitational last season over Berginc in the finals with a 5-1 result. Lujan dropped a 4-2 decision to Davis in the semifinals. Also missing from the registration is Dylan Shawver from Rutgers. He’s a returning All-American with a ranking of #6 nationally. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #25 Ethan Berginc Army 2. Tristan Lujan Michigan State 3. Gary Steen Penn State 4. Boris Witmer Columbia Takeo Davis Gardner-Webb Jared Chuquilin LIU Kaelan Francois LIU Kyison Garcia Penn State Andrew Hampton Michigan State Tyler Lamon Gardner-Webb Timothy Levine Penn State Major Lewis Bloomsburg Charlie Sly Gardner-Webb 141: Beau Bartlett was last year’s champion, and he is the top seed for this year’s event. Army’s Basile was the runner-up at 133lbs last year. Todd Carter of Gardner-Webb has a win over Basile in their dual earlier in the month. Carter was 3rd at this event a year ago. Rich Treanor rounds out the seeded wrestlers – he placed 4th at last year’s invitational. Look for Lucier of Binghamton, Matthews of LIU, and Ryan Franco of Army to compete for a top-4 finish. Fongaro of Rutgers was 6th last year. With an abundance of capable Army West Point wrestlers, look for this to be a measuring stick on who may earn the spot moving forward. With Basile earning a trip to NCAAs last season, and starting the season ranked – he may be the frontrunner. One notable wrestler not registered is Columbia’s Kai Owen. He’s a returning NCAA qualifier currently ranked 26th. He would have been a nice addition with his ability to pin. Rutgers’ 141lbs wrestler Joey Olivieri is not registered as well. His ranking is currently 22nd. He is the 2nd ranked wrestler not slated to compete at this weight. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #3 Beau Bartlett Penn State 2. #28 Todd Carter Gardner-Webb 3. Braden Basile Army 4. Rich Treanor Army Nicholas Gorman LIU Amir Avazov LIU Jaden Crumpler Michigan State Ty Edwards Gardner-Webb Joe Fongaro Rutgers Ryan Franco Army Sean Larkin Michigan State Nathan Lucier Binghamton Devin Matthews LIU Cael Nasdeo Penn State 149: We saw Van Ness make his season debut at the NWCA classic with a major decision win over #3 Ty Watters of West Virginia. The All-American claims the top seed. Trae McDaniel of Army claims the 2nd seed with Andrew Clark of Rutgers as the 3rd seed. Richard Fedalen from Columbia is slated to be the 4th seed. Both of these guys are just outside the rankings. Clark’s teammate, Michael Cetta, was 5th in this event a season ago. We can expect him to be in the mix as the 33rd-ranked wrestler in the country. One would expect Van Ness to dominate this bracket, but the remainder of the place finishers will be entertaining. With two wrestlers registered from Rutgers – we can expect a battle for this position. Cetta is not seeded top 4, but has a national ranking. Clark is still a formidable opponent. They have each competed in two duals for the Scarlet Knights. Clark’s 4-2 record at the Princeton Open may give him a slight edge over Cetta, who went 2-2. Kenny Duschek of Columbia has a one-point loss to McDaniel and a pin over Cetta. He’ll be looking to make some noise at this event. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #2 Shayne Van Ness Penn State 2. #28 Trae McDaniel Army 3. Andrew Clark Rutgers 4. Richard Fedalen Columbia Kenny Duschek Columbia Thomas Bonasera LIU Nikolas Antonelli Bloomsburg Jordan Barry LIU Mason Barvitskie Army #33 Michael Cetta Rutgers Hayden Coy Bloomsburg Ivan Garcia Binghamton Joey Giordano Gardner-Webb Sam Harris Gardner-Webb Cooper Hornack Columbia Hunter Jones Gardner-Webb Connor Pierce Penn State Yanni Vines Columbia Drew Witham LIU 157: Kasak comes in as the 4th ranked wrestler after earning All-American honors a year ago at 149lbs. Facundo is coming off an Olympic redshirt season after an NCAA tournament appearance in 2023. He’s been at 165lbs for his entire career. Assuming these two meet in the finals, all eyes will be on this one. Kasak does have a redshirt to utilize, for what it’s worth. Drew Pepin of Gardner-Webb has an overtime win over Army’s Morris, earning him the 3rd seed over Morris. Columbia is bringing six wrestlers to this event. We’ve seen Jaden Le compete at EIWAs in the past. His only appearance thus far has been at the Princeton Open. Rossetti has started in both of Columbia’s duals – if this is an indicator of how this weight class has played out for the team at this point in the season. The top 6 from this event last year will not be in action this season. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #4 Tyler Kasak Penn State 2. Alex Facundo Penn State 3. Drew Pepin Gardner-Webb 4. Dakota Morris Army Jaden Le Columbia Brayden Roberts LIU Dominic Rossetti Columbia Rawson Iwanicki Columbia Nicholas Campagna Columbia Jake Wacha Columbia Tyler Barrett Columbia Tyler Brignola Gardner-Webb Jordan Brown Binghamton Jack Conley Michigan State Micah Hanau Army William Morrow Bloomsburg Fin Nadeau Binghamton Taythan Silva Army Braden Stauffenberg Michigan State Mason Stewart Michigan State 165: This weight class will see last season’s NCAA runner-up Mitchell Mesenbrink as the top seed. He will look to repeat as champion of this event as well. Filipowicz of Army will put his undefeated season on the line with six of his eight wins coming via major. His lone two decisions were against Alvan of Columbia and White of Rutgers. DJ Shannon of Michigan State has made the move down to 165 lbs after competing at 174 lbs for the previous five seasons. He is the lone unranked, seeded wrestler – making this a good test for him. For what it’s worth – he did place 3rd at this event a season ago. Anthony White is unseeded, but he’s been a national qualifier with a current ranking of #32. You can expect him to repeat, or improve, his 4th place finish at this event last year. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State 2. #14 Gunner Filipowicz Army 3. DJ Shannon Michigan State 4. #26 Cesar Alvan Columbia Cam Adams Michigan State Carter Baer Binghamton Aurelius Dunbar Penn State Leo Hess Bloomsburg Oliver Howard Columbia James Johnston LIU #32 Anthony White Rutgers 174: The pre-seeds include Nittany Lions at the top two, and two Black Knights right behind. Levi Haines was last year’s NCAA Champion at 157lbs after he was runner-up the year prior. Matt Lee was 6th in this event a year ago. Harkins is up from 174lbs, currently holding a 6-1 record. Haase is a freshman who took a major decision loss to Harkins at the Princeton Open. Haase is 3-3 against D1 competition on the year, including a win over Columbia’s McGill. Michigan State’s three wrestlers will find themselves battling for the starting spot. Rutgers did not register 18th-ranked Jackson Turley – an All-American in 2021. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #2 Levi Haines Penn State 2. Matt Lee Penn State 3. #31 Dalton Harkins Army 4. Cooper Haase Army Jack McGill Columbia Matt Romanelli Columbia Ryan Boucher Michigan State Corey Connolly LIU Ceasar Garza Michigan State Marty Larkin Michigan State Donavan Smith LIU Andrew Wilson Gardner-Webb 184: Carter Starrocci, next topic? He may be the best pound-for-pound wrestler we’ve seen in quite some time. Rutgers will have #21 Brian Soldano and Shane Cartegena-Walsh compete in the weight class. If seeds hold, expect an all-Scarlett Knight semi-final on the bottom half of the bracket. Cartegena-Walsh was the champion a season ago down at 174 lbs. LIU’s Anthony D’Alesio is a returning NCAA qualifier looking to make his way back into the rankings after taking a few losses early in the season. Army looks to have a positional battle between Christie and Karpinski. Christie was 174lbs to begin the year. He’ll make his debut at 184lbs. One of Penn State’s young studs, Zack Ryder, will make his collegiate debut. With a few NCAA qualifiers in the field, it will be a great litmus test for him. Expect Lucas Daly and Cory Thomas from Michigan State to solidify their argument to be the earn the starting gig for the Spartans. Daly was the runner-up here last season at 197lbs, now testing his luck at 184lbs. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #1 Carter Starocci Penn State 2. #21 Brian Soldano Rutgers 3. Shane Cartegena-Walsh Rutgers 4. Anthony D'Alesio LIU Braden Brown LIU Brixan Burgess Gardner-Webb Andrew Christie Army Lucas Daly Michigan State Spencer Fine Columbia Eidson Flores Gardner-Webb Cole Karpinski Army Zack Ryder Penn State Cory Thomas Michigan State 197: Here’s another weight class where the top two seeds are Penn State Nittany Lions. Lucas Cochran is 1-0 on the season. He made a name for himself last season when he defeated Rutgers’s All-American Slavikouski handily in a dual meet while giving up a ton of size wrestling up at heavyweight. Josh Barr is a young redshirt freshman with high expectations, who has yet to take the mat this season. He was 15-0 in his redshirt year wrestling at 184lbs, including a title at this same event when he knocked off multiple-time NCAA qualifier, Jacob Nolan of Binghamton in the semis. Could we see another all-Penn State final here? Kael Wisler was the champion last year in this weight class. Cotton’s national ranking sits at 27th. Michigan State has two very solid wrestlers in this weight class too. Army’s four entrants are led by Kohlhofer and Frable. Kohlhofer is down from heavyweight, looking to overtake this weight class from Frable. Bevis of Binghamton was 5th last year in this event. When we add Mirasola from Penn State into this mix, who has a very high ceiling, this may be the most open weight of the tournament. With a couple of teammates vying for the starting spot, expect some fun results! One ranked name missing from the entrants list is John Poznanski from Rutgers. He’s an All-American who’s made multiple trips to NCAAs. With a current ranking of 12th in the nation, he may have been the favorite. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. Lucas Cochran Penn State 2. #23 Josh Barr Penn State 3. Kael Wisler Michigan State 4. #33 Austin Kohlhofer Army Jack Bernik Columbia Cayden Bevis Binghamton #27 Remy Cotton Michigan State Maxx DeCapua LIU Kolby Flank Bloomsburg Wolfgang Frable Army Josh McCutchen Gardner-Webb Connor Mirasola Penn State Eli Pack Army Mason Rebulk Bloomsburg Ike Schmidt Columbia Reid Schroeder Army David Tuttle Bloomsburg 285: No surprise to see the defending NCAA champ take the top-seed. Kerkvliet will look to continue where he left off last year. Army’s Lucas Stoddard was 3rd at this event, but has improved by leaps and bounds. He just came back from a 5th place finish at the U23 world championships after winning PanAms a few months prior. Tibbitts of Binghamton and Mirasola of Penn State round out the seeded wrestlers. Mirasola (like his brother) were highly-touted recruits expected to be dominant forces in the upper weights at Penn State. It's noteworthy that Rutgers heavyweight Yaraslau Slavikouski has not entered. He’s a returning All-American who would add some depth to this bracket. Seed (Ranking) Name School 1. #2 Greg Kerkvliet Penn State 2. #20 Lucas Stoddard Army 3. Charles Tibbitts Binghamton 4. Cole Mirasola Penn State Billy McChesney Columbia Richard Ryu Columbia Chris Powell LIU Mason Blue Gardner-Webb Brady Colbert Army Tristen Hitchcock Army Tyler McCatharn Bloomsburg Peyton Mccomas Gardner-Webb Vincent Mueller Columbia Sam Sorenson Army Max Vanadia Michigan State

Friday’s DI Dual Result VMI 42 Seton Hill 8 125 - Don Lindsey (Seton Hill) maj Cody Tanner (VMI) 23-10 133 - Dyson Dunham (VMI) fall Jacob Gardner (Seton Hill) 3:57 141 - Phoenix Alyea (VMI) FFT 149 - Patrick Jordon (VMI) fall Nate Levie (Seton Hill) 1:16 157 - Eric Doran (VMI) dec Christian Hirak (Seton Hill) 8-6 165 - Ryan Vigil (VMI) tech Collin Hearn (Seton Hill) 15-0 174 - Kane Kettering (Seton Hill) maj Logan Chambers (VMI) 13-2 184 - Ethan Flowers (VMI) maj Troy McClelland (Seton Hill) 9-0 197 - Toby Schoffstall (VMI) FFT 285 - Josh Evans (VMI) FFT Virginia Tech 26 Rutgers 11 125 - Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) maj Ayden Smith (Rutgers) 13-0 133 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) tech Franky Medina (Virginia Tech) 19-3 141 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) 4-1 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) maj Michael Cetta (Rutgers) 11-1 157 - Rafael Hipolito (Virginia Tech) dec Conner Harer (Rutgers) 7-3 165 - Mac Church (Virginia Tech) dec Andrew Barbosa (Rutgers) 10-8 174 - Lennox Wolak (Virginia Tech) fall Jackson Turley (Rutgers) 4:21 184 - Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) dec TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech) 5-1 197 - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) dec John Poznanski (Rutgers) 4-3 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) dec Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) 4-1SV Michigan 35 Duke 11 125 - Nolan Wertanen (Duke) tech Ethan Grimminger (Duke) 17-2 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Raymond Adams (Duke) 20-4 141 - Sergio Lemley (Michigan) tech Christian Colman (Duke) 17-2 149 - Peter Chacon (Duke) maj Zar Walker (Michigan) 8-0 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan) tech Sean O’Donnell (Duke) 19-4 165 - Aiden Wallace (Duke) maj Josh Knudten (Michigan) 12-4 174 - Joseph Walker (Michigan) fall Gaetano Console (Duke) 4:25 184 - Codei Khawaja (Michigan) maj Logan Richey (Duke) 12-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) tech Kwasi Bonsu (Duke) 15-0 285 - Connor Barket (Duke) dec Ira Jenkins (Michigan) 8-5 Arizona State 43 Arizona Christian 3 125 - Damian Moreno (Arizona State) dec Abraham Pablo (Arizona Christian) 7-4SV 133 - Carter Dibert (Arizona State) fall Sean Archuleta (Arizona Christian) :54 141 - Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) fall Channing Porter (Arizona Christian) 1:47 149 - Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) fall Mateo Valencia (Arizona Christian) 1:47 157 - Michael Kilic (Arizona State) tech Nicholas DeHart (Arizona Christian) 20-4 165 - Javani Majoor (Arizona State) dec Carlo Castagnaro (Arizona Christian) 10-7 174 - Max Wilner (Arizona State) fall Gary Smith (Arizona Christian) 2:24 184 - Shay Addison (Arizona State) tech Jacob Ford (Arizona Christian) 17-2 197 - Damion Schunke (Arizona State) dec Michael Moreno (Arizona Christian) 9-7 285 - Kaiden Cisneros (Arizona Christian) dec Phil Chobot (Arizona State) 4-1 Arizona State 48 Embry-Riddle 5 125 - Landon Smith (Embry-Riddle) tech Max Brewster (Arizona State) 17-2 133 - Carter Dibert (Arizona State) tech Allan Hendricks (Embry-Riddle) 17-2 141 - Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) tech Adam Stanley (Embry-Riddle) 19-4 149 - Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) maj Jonah Chew (Embry-Riddle) 15-5 157 - Austin Scott (Arizona State) fall Jayden Luttrell (Embry-Riddle) 4:20 165 - Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) tech William Prater (Embry-Riddle) 19-4 174 - Chance McLane (Arizona State) tech Daniil Gorshkov (Embry-Riddle) 20-4 184 - Shay Addison (Arizona State) fall Thomas Stadel (Embry Riddle) 1:02 197 - Damion Schunke (Arizona State) FFT 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) fall Kenneth Copley (Embry Riddle) 2:38 Minnesota 39 North Dakota State 0 125 - Cooper Flynn (Minnesota) dec Tristan Daugherty (North Dakota State) 4-1 133 - Tyler Wells (Minnesota) dec Kyle Burwick (North Dakota State) 3-2 141 - Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) tech Kellyn March (North Dakota State) 22-6 149 - Drew Roberts (Minnesota) dec Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) 8-6 157 - Tommy Askey (Minnesota) dec Gabriel Schumm (North Dakota State) 14-7 165 - Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) maj Boeden Greenley (North Dakota State) 16-2 174 - Clayton Whiting (Minnesota) dec Devin Wasley (North Dakota State) 8-3 184 - Max McEnelly (Minnesota) tech Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State) 22-7 197 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) tech Aiden Hight (North Dakota State) 17-0 285 - Gable Steveson (Minnesota) tech Andrew Blackburn-Forst (North Dakota State) 18-3 West Virginia 37 Appalachian State 8 125 - Jace Schafer (West Virginia) fall Noah Luna (Appalachian State) 5:42 133 - Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) dec Chad Bellis (Appalachian State) 11-8SV 141 - Jordan Titus (West Virginia) tech Riley Edwards (Appalachian State) 17-2 149 - Kaden Keiser (Appalachian State) tech Blake Boyers (West Virginia) 21-5 157 - Sasha Gavronsky (West Virginia) fall Jeremiah Price (Appalachian State) 1:06 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) fall Will Miller (Appalachian State) 6:49 174 - Brody Conley (West Virginia) dec Lucas Uliano (Appalachian State) 4-0 184 - Dennis Robin (West Virginia) maj Logan Eller (Appalachian State) 14-6 197 - Carson Floyd (Appalachian State) dec Rune Lawrence (West Virginia) 4-1SV 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) maj Stephan Monchery (Appalachian State) 10-1 Maryland 43 Morgan State 3 125 - Tyler Garvin (Maryland) tech Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 17-2 133 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) tech Kevin Lopez (Morgan State) 17-1 141 - Dario Lemus (Maryland) fall Myrin Nixon (Morgan State) 3:29 149 - Michael Pizzuto (Maryland) dec Aaron Turner (Morgan State) 2-0 157 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) tech Eric Tecson (Morgan State) 19-4 165 - John Martin Best (Maryland) tech Sam Diggs (Morgan State) 20-5 174 - Darrien Roberts (Morgan State) dec Branson John (Maryland) 3-2 184 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) tech Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State) 22-6 197 - Chase Mielnik (Maryland) fall Eric Washington (Morgan State) :27 285 - Seth Nevills (Maryland) dec Xavier Doolin (Morgan State) 5-3 Northern 20 Rider 19 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) maj Will Betancourt (Rider) 8-0 133 - Markel Baker (Northern Illinois) maj Nieko Malone (Rider) 19-5 141 - Jacob Brya (Northern Illinois) dec McKenzie Bell (Rider) 7-5 149 - Sammy Alvarez (Rider) dec Collin Arch (Northern Illinois) 7-1 157 - Colton Washleski (Rider) maj Landen Johnson (Northern Illinois) 17-6 165 - Enrique Munguia (Rider) dec Brett Smith (Northern Illinois) 5-4 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) maj Jake Evans (Northern Illinois) 17-3 184 - Isaac Dean (Rider) tech Spencer Steiner (Northern Illinois) 20-4 197 - Spencer Mooberry (Northern Illinois) fall Steyn DeLange (Rider) 6:05 285 - Jacob Christiansen (Northern Illinois) dec Collin French (Rider) 3-1 Oklahoma State 32 Wyoming 6 125 - Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) dec Jore Volk (Wyoming) 7-4SV 133 - Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) maj Stockton O’Brien (Wyoming) 11-3 141 - Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) dec Cole Brooks (Wyoming) 7-4SV 149 - Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) dec Carter Young (Oklahoma State) 12-7 157 - Jared Hill (Wyoming) dec Cutter Sheets (Oklahoma State) 4-1SV 165 - Cam Amine (Oklahoma State) maj Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 12-2 174 - Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State) fall Quayin Short (Wyoming) Fall 1:48 184 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming) 9-4 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec Joey Novak (Wyoming) 7-4 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) fall Kevin Zimmer (Wyoming) 3:49 California Baptist 28 Air Force 3 125 - Mitchell Neiner (California Baptist) dec Bubba Wright (Air Force) 4-2 133 - Richard Murrillo (California Baptist) dec Gavin Caprella (Air Force) 7-5 141 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) dec Carter Nogle (Air Force) 11-10 149 - Paul Kelly (California Baptist) maj Alec Viduya (Air Force) 14-4 157 - EJ Beloncik (Air Force) dec Daniel Manibog (California Baptist) 10-5 165 - Drayden Morton (California Baptist) dec Logan Fowler (Air Force) 5-2 174 - Carter Schmidt (California Baptist) dec Jack Ganos (Air Force) 4-2 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Gage Musser (Air Force) 5-3 197 - Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) dec Brian Burburjia (Air Force) 4-1 285 - Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) dec Antonio Ramos (Air Force) 2-1

If there was ever a great weekend to watch ACC wrestling against some stellar out-of-conference foes, this is it! It kicks off tonight and there will be at least one excellent dual to watch on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Friday Starting it off in Blacksburg with their annual dual at the Moss Arts Center - if you have never experienced a dual there, I highly recommend it. They were really one of the first programs to make a non-traditional venue an annual affair, and the atmosphere on stage is pretty incredible. They will have a top-20 dual team from the B1G for the second straight week, hosting the Fighting Knights of the Garden State Parkway… or the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers, not sure which (that’s just for you Jags). We all know how strong of a program Goody has built up there and it will be a great test for the Hokies. 125 #12 Eddie Ventresca v #17 Dean Peterson 133 #10 Connor McGonagle v #6 Dylan Shawver 141 #16 Sam Latona v #22 Joey Olivieri 149 #1 Caleb Henson v #33 Michael Cetta 157 #25 Rafael Hipolito v Conner Harer 165 Mac Church v #32 Anthony White 174 #4 Lennox Wolak v #18 Jackson Turley 184 #12 TJ Stewart v #21 Brian Soldano 197 #13 Andy Smith v #12 John Poznanski 285 #16 Jimmy Mullen v #9 Yaraslau Slavakouski Meanwhile, in the Research Triangle, Duke will host Michigan in their first of two ACC matchups this weekend. This dual will be hosted at Jordan High School and as of right now, I’m not sure if there will be a streaming option. This is the third week of the season I have been irrationally angry about an ACC dual not being streamed, but I digress. The Blue Devils have been looking strong at the upper weights and will get a big test from the Wolverines. 125 Ethan Grimminger v Christian Tanefeu 133 Raymond Adams v #4 Dylan Ragusin 141 Christian Colman v #8 Sergio Lemley 149 Sean O’Donnell v #31 Dylan Gilcher 157 Logan Ferrero v #12 Chase Saldate 165 Aiden Wallace v Brock Mantanona 174 David Hussey v #27 Joseph Walker 184 Logan Richey v #18 Jaden Bullock 197 Vincent Lee v #3 Jacob Cardenas 285 Connor Barket v Ira Jenkins Saturday Duke will welcome in three other squads - American, Presbyterian, and Utah Valley for a quad in Pittsboro, NC. This marks the return of former Wolfpack Associate Head Coach Adam Hall to North Carolina for the first time since taking over the UVU program. I am interested to see how the Blue Devils look across the board the night after a dual with a top-tier program. Connor Barket versus Jack Forbes and Aidan Wallace against Terrell Barraclaugh are the highlight matches on Saturday, both against Utah Valley. For the nightcap, Utah Valley will travel to Raleigh where the Wolfpack will welcome back Coach Hall and his new squad. The Pack is still working to figure out the best option at a couple weights--133 and 197 after the injury to Christian Knop. They do have Jakob Camacho listed as a potential matchup at 133, which we have speculated may be a solid move after the successful start from Vincent Robinson. 125 #13 Vincent Robinson v Bridger Ricks 133 Jakob Camacho or Troy Hohman v Kase Mauger 141 #7 Kai Orine v #25 Haiden Drury 149 Koy Buesgens v Tanner Frothinger 157 #8 Ed Scott v Ryker Fulmer 165 #27 Derek Fields v #5 Terrell Barraclaugh 174 #23 Matty Singleton v Mark Takara 184 #14 Dylan Fishback v Caleb Uhlenhopp 197 Chase Horne or Andrew Macchiavello v Kael Bennie 285 #6 Isaac Trumble v Jack Forbes Sunday We have a double dose of duals and the Keystone Classic all on tap for a busy Sunday which will allow for an all-day wrestling viewing option. The Hokies will travel to Philly for the Keystone Classic where there will be some potential huge matchups. Austin Sommer broke some of those down for us earlier this week. Pittsburgh will welcome in-state rival Lehigh to the city for the annual edition of what has come to be a very entertaining dual series. These two squads both have a quiet, but very impressive coaching staff that share very fertile recruiting grounds. There is often a lot more on the line than what may meet the eye. 125 #15 Nick Babin v #16 Sheldon Seymour 133 #31 Vinnie Santaniello v Ryan Crookham 141 Anthony Santaniello v #19 Malyke Hines 149 #29 Finn Solomon v #30 Kelvin Griffin 157 Dylan Evans v #31 Logan Rozynski 165 Kelvin Laffey v Thayne Lawrence 174 #15 Luca Augustine v Rylan Rodgers 184 #13 Reece Heller v Jack Wilt 197 #14 Mac Stout v #6 Michael Beard 285 #14 Dayton Pitzer v Calvin Lachman The night will close with Virginia hosting Michigan at Memorial Gym. The Hoos were off last week so they have a well-rested squad who is looking to make the most of a primetime matchup against a top-10 team. 125 #31 Keyveon Roller v Christian Tanefeu 133 #32 Gable Porter v #4 Dylan Ragusin 141 Kyren Butler v #8 Sergio Lemley 149 Jack Gioffre/Erik Roggie v #31 Dylan Gilcher 157 Michael Gioffre v #12 Chase Saldate 165 #12 Nick Hamilton v Brock Mantanona 174 Rocco Contino v #27 Joseph Walker 184 Griffin Gammel/Jack Lesher v #18 Jaden Bullock 197 Max Shulaw v #3 Jacob Cardenas 285 Gabe Christensen/Brenan Morgan v Ira Jenkins Monday That’s right. Monday. The Tar Heels will finish out the busy weekend welcoming Greensboro College and another B1G program to ACC country. The Illini are coming off a big win over Mizzou on Thursday and there will be a few great matchups to keep your eyes on. 125 #25 Spencer Moore v Caelen Riley 133 #15 Ethan Oakley v #2 Lucas Byrd 141 Jayden Scott v #15 Danny Pucino 149 #6 Lachlan McNeil v #10 Kannon Webster 157 #27 Sonny Santiago v #20 Jason Kraisser 165 Nick Fea v #24 Braeden Scoles 174 #12 Josh Ogunsanya v #16 Danny Braunagel 184 #22 Gavin Kane v #9 Edmond Ruth 197 Cade Lautt v #10 Zac Braunagel 285 Aydin Guttridge v #10 Luke Luffman

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