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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Four Iowa State wrestlers earned bonus points in the Cyclones' first dual victory of the season Tuesday. The No. 15 Cyclones (1-8, 0-3 Big 12) topped Arizona State (5-4, 1-0 Pac 12) 25-14 in Wells Fargo Arena. Young wrestlers stepped up for the Cyclones in Tempe. Redshirt freshmen Ryak Finch and Luke Goettl each scored bonus points as they returned to their native state. Finch posted a major decision and Goettl pinned his opponent in front of the large cardinal and gold following. "This is my first time wrestling here and I think Iowa State had more fans than ASU did so it was a great experience," Finch said. "It's one out of two times I'll be wrestling in my home state so it was awesome to get the win." Finch started the Cyclones off at 125 with a dominating 11-3 major decision over Sun Devil grappler Dalton Miller. Finch improves to 9-3 overall and posted two takedowns along with five near-fall points in the victory. "I knew coming in getting bonus point was going to be big," Finch said. "I think we were all trying to make sure we got bonus points tonight." At 141 pounds, Goettl trailed 5-3 before pinning Nathan Hoffer at the 4:57 mark. The Clarkdale, Ariz., native's excitement was evident as a wide grin spread across his face after posting the fall and hearing the Cyclone cheering section erupt. "We have a good support system back home and it felt great looking up at the people I love sitting there and supporting me," Goettl said. "I didn't start the match off the way I wanted to, but came back and got the fall. Our team needed it." Iowa State extends its lead in the all-time series against Arizona State to 25-6 overall. "I think it's important to build momentum going into the Missouri match," Iowa State head coach Kevin Jackson said. "It gives us a little motivation and some more energy going into that match." In his first dual appearance since the Dec. 4 Iowa meet, 184-pounder Boaz Beard earned a 10-5 decision over Sun Devil grappler Kevin Radford. Redshirt freshman Mikey England impressed at 174 pounds with a 12-2 major decision over ASU's Jacob Graham. Cyclone captain Andrew Sorenson scored bonus points with a dominating technical fall at 6:28 over Hans Rasmussen at 165 pounds. Fourth-ranked Sorenson defeated Rasmusson 23-5 and improves to 17-1 overall. Iowa State is back in action Sunday as the Cyclones play host to No. 12 Missouri. The Big 12 battle is set to begin at 2 p.m. (CST) in Hilton Coliseum. Results: 125: Ryak Finch (ISU) Mdec. Dalton Miller (ASU), 11-3 133: Shane McGough (ASU) Mdec. Shayden Terukina (ISU), 15-4 141: Luke Goettl (ISU) pinned Nathan Hoffer (ASU), 4:57 149: Kyle McIntosh (ASU) dec. Luke Swalla (ISU), 5-3 157: Michael Moreno (ISU) dec. Victor DeJesus (ASU), 6-5 165: Andrew Sorenson (ISU) tech fall Hans Rasmusson (ASU), 23-5, 6:28 174: Mikey England (ISU) Mdec. Jacob Graham (ASU), 12-2 184: Boaz Beard (ISU) dec. Kevin Radford (ASU), 10-5 197: Tommy Burriel (ASU) Mdec. Cole Shafer (ISU), 11-3 285: Levi Cooper (ASU) dec. Matt Gibson (ISU), 4-1

The No. 3 Minnesota Golden Gopher wrestling team finished in second place at the 2012 Southern Scuffle, after scoring 177.5 points. Three Gophers were crowned individual champions of their respective weight classes. Zach Sanders, Chris Dardanes and Tony Nelson all finished the weekend with a perfect 6-0 record. Penn State won the overall team title with 191.5 points. Sanders defeated Alan Waters of Missouri by a 1-0 decision, to cap off the title at 125 lbs. With the perfect finish Sanders is now 16-0 on the season and ranked No. 1 in the country. Dardanes defeated Nick Soto of host school Chattanooga, by a 7-2 decision and Nelson picked up a 2-0 decision over Oregon State's Clayton Jack, in their championship matches. Dylan Ness (133 lbs.) and Cody Yohn (165 lbs.) each finished in second place at the Scuffle. True freshman Logan Storley finished in third place at 174 lbs. after a 4-1 decision over Patrick Wright of Missouri. Kevin Steinhaus finished in third as well, after defeating Hofstra's Ben Clymer in a 4-0 decision; at 184 lbs. Sonny Yohn took third place after picking up a 4-1 decision of Indiana's Matt Powless. The Gophers will next be in action this Sunday, when they host Ohio State on Sunday Jan. 8 at 1 pm., at the Sports Pavilion.

Using backups at numerous spots in the lineup, GCU opened its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dual season with a 21-11 victory over No. 18 Colorado Mesa. It defeated state rival Embry-Riddle 35-0 earlier in the evening. “We rebounded from a rough weekend (at the GCU Duals Saturday),” said GCU assistant coach Larry Wilbanks. “We had some younger guys and some backups step in and wrestle well.” Justin Martin wrestling up a weight class at 174 and subbing for starter Brett Sanchez (184) picked up a pair of victories on the evening. Sophomore up-and-comer Lino Estrada had his best day as a ‘Lope with two key wins at 133. Backups Nate Zobott (Hwt.), Eric Fan (197) and Vincent Hererra (141) all had wins against Embry-Riddle. Two-time All-American Victor Carazo wrestled up a class at 184 and earned two victories. No. 7 ranked Kyle McCrite (125), Bobby Ward (149) each picked up a pair of victories. Heavyweight Jordan Johnson won his lone match in a key battle against CMU. “We showed the depth of our team,” added Wilbanks. “We had some key guys out and didn't lose anything. It's a big compliment to our backups.” The shutout win over Embry-Riddle is the first in the five-year program's history. Ted Bristol (157) and David Wilber (165) had wins to open the match against the Eagles. Carazo had the only pin of the evening. He earned GCU six points against Embry-Riddle with a pin in 4:45. GCU (4-3) takes on Simon Fraser 7 p.m. Friday at Antelope Gymnasium and welcomes three teams, including RMAC foes Western State and CSU-Pueblo, as well as, California Baptist, on Saturday. Action begins at 3 p.m. Fans unable to attend can watch the live action via the AmericaOne Network on GCULopes.com. Saturday's action wraps up a stretch of nine dual meets in eight days. “We knew with the amount of dual meets we had this week we were going to have to count on some backups,” said Wilbanks.

The No. 2 Peacock wrestling team claimed the team title at the Citrus Open in Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida for the second straight year. Upper Iowa closed the 2011 calendar year with 10 of the their 13 wrestlers placing in the tournament including a title at 133 pounds by Trevor Franklin and four runner-up finishes by Kyle Pedretti, Wade Gobin, Mitch Schultz and Carl Broghammer. Upper Iowa wrestlers posted 47 wins to just 21 losses in the two day tournament while claiming the team trophy over second place Augsburg. The Peacocks grabbed 159 points to lead the 16-team field; Augsburg finished with 149.5 and Cornell placed third with 124.5. Team Scores 1. Upper Iowa 159 2. Augsburg (Minn.) 149.5 3. Cornell (Iowa) 124.5 4. St. John's (Minn.) 115.5 5. Mount Union (Ohio) 107.5 6. North Carolina-Pembroke 104 7. Ohio Northern 103 8. John Carroll (Ohio) 89.5 9. Liberty (Va., club) 84.5 10. Colorado School of Mines 55.5 11. Heidelberg (Ohio) 52 12. New York Univ. 46 13. Ursinus (Pa.) 42.5 14t. Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 12.5 14t. Central Florida (club) 12.5 16. Florida Gulf Coast (club) 6.5 In addition to the Peacock champ, Franklin, and the four runner-ups, Upper Iowa got a fourth place finish from Jordan Rinken, fifth place finish from heavyweight Luke Stika, a pair of seventh place finishes from Blake Hilmer and Chris Paulus, and an eighth place finish from Duane Richardson. Three Peacocks competed at the tournament and won at least two matches, but did not place. They included Winston Robbins (3-2), Blake Sorensen (2-2) and Victor Coronado (2-3). The No. 2 Peacocks will return to the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals next weekend, Jan. 7-8, in Springfield, Illinois. Check back with UpperIowaAthletics.com next week for a preview of the brackets and the Peacocks' run for the team title at the National Duals.

TEMPE -- The Arizona State University wrestling team will welcome the New Year on Tuesday as the squad hosts Iowa State in a home dual at Wells Fargo Arena, beginning at 7 p.m. MST. Arizona State (5-3, 1-0 Pac-12) is looking to bounce back from a bittersweet showing at the Sun Devil Duals last weekend where the team earned its first conference win of the season against Boise State before dropping the afternoon cap to No. 14 Nebraska in a dual that didn't see a single Sun Devil wrestler win an individual match. The Cyclones (0-8) are looking to earn their first dual victory of the season and, like the Sun Devils, feature a prominently young roster. Iowa State is expected to start six freshmen and two sophomores on Tuesday and feature just one senior on the starting lineup in No. 4 Andrew Sorenson at 165 pounds. Iowa State has dominated the history between the two programs, going 24-6-0 in a series that dates back to 1969. Iowa State has won the past seven contests against the Sun Devils, who haven't beat the Cyclones since 2004. The Sun Devils have already surpassed their dual win total from the 2010-11 season and are looking to stay in the positive and build some momentum as the team looks ahead to Sunday's huge conference contest against No. 16 Oregon State. Arizona State will likely go with eight freshmen or redshirt freshmen in the dual against Iowa State, a young group that is led by Nathan Hoffer's 12-5 record (7-1 in duals). Redshirt junior No. 14 Levi Cooper paces the team with 17 wins and is looking to continue building towards repeating his All-America performance of last season. Tuesday's dual will be available for live viewing at www.foxsportsarizona.com by following the Sun Devil links to the video page. The broadcast will commence at 7 p.m. with play-by-play provided by Scott Powell.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Junior Kyle Dake won his third-straight Southern Scuffle title on Monday night to help Cornell take fourth place in the team race. Dake shut out Penn State's Dylan Alton, 3-0, in the finals to go 6-0 for the weekend. Cornell placed a total of nine wrestlers in the top eight of their respective weight classes. At 184 pounds, junior Steve Bosak took second after losing by decision to returning NCAA champion Quinton Wright of Penn State. At 197 pounds, Cam Simaz placed second after a medical forfeit before the championship bout. Also placing for Cornell was Bricker Dixon (8th, 125), Frank Perrelli (3rd, 125), Mike Nevinger (7th, 141), Chris Villalonga (5th, 149), Craig Eifert (8th, 149) and Marshall Peppelman (7th, 165). Cornell took fourth with 130 points. Penn State took first with 191.5 points and was followed by Minnesota (177.5 pts) and Missouri (136.0 pts). Dake and No. 10 Alton were scoreless after the first period of the finals at 157 pounds. Alton went in for a single leg in the first looking to score, but Dake was able to fight back to his feet. Dake chose down to start the second period, and quickly escaped to take a 1-0 decision. Alton chose neutral to start the third period. Alton took a shot in on Dake with 45 seconds left in the bout, but Dake countered for a takedown and rode his opponent out for the remainder of the match to win a 3-0 decision. In the semifinals, Dake defeated Penn State's James Volrath, 6-0. In the finals at 184 pounds, Wright countered an attack by Bosak for a takedown to take a 2-0 lead. Bosak quickly escaped to come within a point. Wright chose to start the second period down. Bosak worked to start tilting his opponent, but Wright caught him for a reversal and back points to take a 7-1 lead. Wright was looking for the fall, but Bosak fought hard to get back to the mat and scrambled his way loose. Bosak chose top to start the third looking to score. Wright reversed Bosak again, but the Big Red wrestler escaped again. With 1:02 in riding time, Wright won a 10-3 decision. At 125 pounds, Perrelli opened the day facing No. 3 Alan Waters of Missouri in the semifinals. Perrelli was narrowly edged out, 3-2, to move to the consolation round. Perrelli bounced back to defeat Hofstra's Steve Bonanno, 3-1, in the consolation semifinals. Perrelli placed third with a 6-4 decision over No. 13 Nico Megaludis of Penn State. Also at 125 pounds, Dixon won by forfeit in his opening bout after his opponent failed to make weight. In his next match, he was edged out by No. 13 Megaludis by a 5-2 decision. Dixon took eighth after Brian Bokoski (North Carolina) won a 6-1 decision. Nevinger picked up bonus points for Cornell to open his Monday morning action after winning by technical fall over Bryan Pearsall of Penn State, 18-0. Nevinger was ahead of his next opponent Mike Kessler (Appalachian State) and was in control. Kessler took advantage of Nevinger's top position on a tilt and scored a defensive fall in 4:31. In the match for seventh place, Nevinger rallied back for the Big Red, pinning Seth Lange (Minnesota) in 3:26. At 149 pounds, Chris Villalonga earned his third-straight major decision with a 9-1 win over Marcus Cain (Duke). Villalonga followed with an 8-3 decision over Augustus Sako of Virginia. In the consolation semifinals, the Big Red sophomore lost, 9-3, to No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State), who went on to take third place. Villalonga placed fifth with a 6-3 decision over Dean Pavlou (Chattanooga). Also wrestling at 149 pounds, Craig Eifert pinned Justin Accordino (Hofstra) in 2:32 to move into the place rounds. He was edged out by Pavlou, 7-5, to move to the seventh place match. Eifert took eighth after dropping a 7-4 decision to Sako. At 165 pounds, Peppelman opened the day by defeating Staudenmay, 9-3. He lost, 7-3, to No. 12 Zach Toal of Missouri. Peppelman took seventh with a 7-1 decision over Brandon Wright of Chattanooga. Cornell will return to home action on Sunday, Jan. 8, when it will play host to EIWA rival No. 6 Lehigh at 1 p.m. in Newman Arena.

The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, ranked No. 5 nationally, stormed through the finals of the 2012 Southern Scuffle, crowning four champions and winning the team title over No. 3 Minnesota by 14 points. Penn State won the title with 191.5 points while Minnesota was second with 177.5. The Nittany Lions entered day two with a slim 7.5 point lead over the gophers and used a superb 6-3 run in the semifinals and a 4-2 showing in the finals to claim the crown. The morning's semifinal fireworks led way to Penn State crowning four individual champions and getting the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler Award, given to All-American David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio) for his 165-pound title. Joining Taylor as titlists were All-American Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.) at 149, All-American Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) at 174 and All-American Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.) at 184. In the morning's semifinals, Penn State sent nine grapplers into action at seven weights and came away with six finalists in five weights. Three-time All-American Molinaro, ranked No. 1 at 149, downed No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi of Oregon State 4-0; No. 10 Dylan Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.) beat Corey Mock of North Carolina 4-1 at 157; teammate James Vollrath (Richboro, Pa.) dropped a tough 6-0 decision to No. 1 Kyle Dake of Cornell at 157; Taylor, ranked No. 1 at 165, downed No. 20 Kyle Blevins to the tune of a 12-3 major; Ruth, ranked No. 2 at 174, majored Patrick Wright of Illinois 10-1; teammate Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) downed No. 11 Logan Storley in the other semifinal at 174, 7-5, to set up a meeting with teammate Ruth in the finals; Wright, ranked No. 5 at 184, beat No. 15 Luke Rebertus of Navy 7-3; true freshman Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.), ranked No. 11 at 197, lost 12-5 to No. 1 Cam Simaz of Cornell; and senior Cameron Wade (Twinsburg, Ohio), ranked No. 8 at 258, lost a close 4-3 decision to No. 4 Clayton Jack of Oregon State. The blistering run through the semifinals set up five championship finals matches featuring six Nittany Lions. For Penn State the championship finals began at 149 where No. 1 Molinaro met No. 11 Dylan Ness of Minnesota. Molinaro scored big for Penn State with a dominating 9-1 major over Ness. Molinaro won his first Scuffle title with a 5-0 mark with two techs and a major. Red-shirt freshman Alton, ranked No. 10, met No. 1 Kyle Dake of Cornell in the finals at 157. Alton battled the two-time NCAA champ tough before dropping a 3-0 decision to take second place in his first Scuffle. Alton went 4-1 with two pins and a major. Top-ranked Taylor took on No. 10 Cody Yohn of Minnesota in the finals at 165. Already owning a tech fall over the 10th-ranked Gopher, Taylor did it one better this time with a team-title clinching pin in the first period (2:36). Taylor, who claimed his second Scuffle crown, went 5-0 with three pins, a tech and a major. At 174, the all-Penn State final pitted No. 2 Ruth against teammate Brown. In a spirited battle, Ruth downed his talented teammate, posting a 6-3 decision. Ruth's win gave him his second straight Scuffle title and he went 6-0 with three pins, a tech and a major. No. 5 Wright met No. 4 Steve Bosak of Cornell in the title bout at 184 and put the exclamation point on the team title by dominating the fourth-ranked Bosak to the tune of a 10-3 win. Wright claimed his first Scuffle title with the victory as he went 5-0 with three pins. Penn State had 11-place winners at the event. True freshman Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.) opened up the day in consolation action at 125 and rolled three straight wins to advance to the third place bout at 125. Megaludis downed No. 7 Matt Snyder of Virginia in the conso semis to advance to the bronze medal bout. In the third place bout, the Lion freshman lost another close decision to No. 7 Perrelli of Cornell, this one by a 6-4 score. He ended the tournament with a 5-2 record for fourth place. Vollrath dropped a tough 3-2 (ot) decision to Chattanooga's Daniel Waddell in the conso semis before moving to the fifth place bout. Vollrath ended the tournament with a tough 4-1 loss to Mock of UNC and placed sixth with a 3-3 mark. McIntosh had a 5-4 win taken from him when a last second reversal was waved off when clock operator was asked by the official and overruled the officials call, sending him to a 4-3 loss to No. 4 Matt Powless of Indiana. He then lost in the fifth place bout and ended the day with a 3-3 mark and with a sixth place finish. Wade rebounded from his close loss to Jack by picking up a key pin at the 1:34 mark over No. 5 Jeremy Johnson of Ohio in the conso semis. He finished the day an upset loss in the third place match and went 4-2 to take fourth place. Red-shirt freshman Jon Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.) was in the heavyweight consolation bracket for Penn State and won his first match, clinching a place. Gingrich ended the day with two losses in consolations but still took eighth place with a 4-3 record. Junior Bryan Pearsall (Lititz, Pa.) was in action in consolations at 141 and dropped his first match of the day to No. 15 Michael Nevinger of Cornell. The loss eliminated Pearsall with a 3-2 mark. Yesterday, Penn State had three wrestlers eliminated but still picked up important wins from them. Red-shirt freshman Seth Beitz (Juniata, Pa.) had a solid showing at 141, going 3-2 before being eliminated. Junior Nick Fischer (Unionville, Pa.) posted a 2-2 mark at 165 before being eliminated. At 133, Nittany Lion junior Derek Reber (Lewisburg, Pa.) went 0-2 one day one. Penn State posted a superb 56-23 overall mark among its 15 wrestlers, collecting 18 pins, nine tech falls and 11 majors along the way. 38 of Penn State's 56 wins were of the bonus point variety. The Nittany Lions return to dual meet action this coming Sunday with a 2 p.m. dual against Michigan State. The road Big Ten battle will take part place in Battle Creek's Kellog Center. Penn State's next home dual is on Sunday, Jan. 22, when Iowa invades Rec Hall for a 2 p.m. dual that is already sold out. The Nittany Lions then host Ohio State on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Fans can purchase a limited number of `standing room only' tickets for the Ohio State dual by calling 814-865-5555. Tickets are priced at $8 for adults and $5 for youth (18 and under) and can be purchased from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day or in person at the Bryce Jordan Center box office. A maximum of four tickets may be purchased per person. The full season slate of live dual meet and tournament action will air locally on WRSC AM (1390 AM) with Friday evening duals being simulcast on WRSC FM (103.1 FM). Lock Haven's WBPZ (1230 AM) will also carry the entire season live, WIEZ (670 AM) in Huntingdon/Lewistown carries all Sunday events and further affiliates may be added soon. The regular season schedule of radio broadcasts will be streamed live at www.GoPSUsports.com as part of Penn State's All-Access package, which will also feature live video streams of many home events. Ticket information is accessed easily online at www.GoPSUsports.com/tickets/m-wrestl-tickets.html . Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at www.twitter.com/pennstatepat and on Penn State Wrestling's facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling. The 2011-12 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline. 2012 SOUTHERN SCUFFLE FINAL TOP TEN TEAM STANDINGS: Sunday, January 2, 2012 - Chattanooga, Tenn. 1: PENN STATE - 191.5 2: Minnesota - 177.5 3: Missouri - 136.0 4: Cornell - 130.0 5: Oregon State - 103.0 6: Virginia - 82.0 7: Chattanooga - 79.0 8: Appalachian State - 63.5 9: Hofstra - 58.0 10: Ohio - 57.0 Attendance: Day 1 (2,168) 2-Day Total (4,378) 2012 SOUTHERN SCUFFLE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS AGATE: Sunday, January 2, 2012 - Chattanooga, Tenn. 125: #1 Zach Sanders MINN dec. #3 Alan Waters MIZ, 1-0 133: Chris Dardanes MINN dec. Nick Soto CHATT, 7-2 141: #5 Michael Mangrum ORE ST dec. Darius Little NCST, 4-1 149: #1 Frank Molinaro PSU maj. dec. #11 Dylan Ness MINN, 9-1 157: #1 Kyle Dake COR dec. #10 Dylan Alton PSU, 0-3 165: #1 David Taylor PSU pinned #10 Cody Yohn MINN, WBF (2:34) 174: #2 Ed Ruth PSU dec. Matt Brown PSU, 6-3 184: #5 Quentin Wright PSU dec. #4 Steve Bosak COR, 10-3 197: #19 Brent Haynes MIZ inj. def. #1 Cam Simaz COR 285: #7 Tony Nelson MINN dec. #4 Clayton Jack ORE ST, 2-0

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club announced Monday (Jan. 2) the addition of former Wolverine Andy Hrovat to its coaching staff. Hrovat, a three-time NCAA All-American and 2008 Olympian, will remain with the CKWC through the 2012 Olympic Trials. Hrovat previously spent several seven seasons on the Michigan wrestling staff, serving one year as volunteer coach (2008-09) after filling a multitude of positions, including strength and conditioning coordinator and director of wrestling operations. Hrovat retired from competition last summer after a successful nine-year freestyle career (2002-11), highlighted by his appearance in the 84 kg/185-pound division at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Hrovat also competed at the 2006 World Championships and has earned medals at the New York Athletic Club Holiday International Open (gold, 2005, '06), Henri Deglane Challenge (gold, 2005, '07), Ivan Yarygin International (bronze, 2007), Pan American Games (silver, 2007), Poland Open (silver, 2006) and Dave Schultz Memorial International (silver, 2005). While in Wolverine wrestler (1999-2002), Hrovat was a two-time University Nationals champion (2001, '02), earning outstanding freestyle wrestler honors in his second appearance, while also placing fourth at the 2000 University World Championships. As a Wolverine wrestler (1999-2002), Hrovat was a three-time NCAA All-American at 184 pounds, placing as high as fourth while becoming the first U-M true freshman to claim a top-eight finish at the national event in 14 years. He served as team captain during his senior campaign -- the same year he carried the nation's No. 1 ranking into the postseason -- and contributed to Michigan's back-to-back top-10 NCAA finishes in his final two seasons. Hrovat's collegiate record of 132-39 still ranks among the best in Wolverine program history. Originally from Gates Mills, Ohio, Hrovat was a two-time state champion and three-time finalist at St. Edward High school, where he was a teammate of fellow Wolverines Mike Kulczycki and Ryan Bertin. Hrovat earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan in 2002. He currently lives in Ann Arbor.

125: No. 1 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) vs. No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri) 133: Nick Soto (Chattanooga) vs. Chris Dardanes (Minnesota) 141: No. 5 Mike Mangrum (Oregon State) vs. Darius Little (North Carolina State) 149: No. 1 Frank Molinaro (Penn State) vs. No. 11 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) vs. No. 10 Dylan Alton (Penn State) 165: No. 1 David Taylor (Penn State) vs. No. 10 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) 174: No. 2 Ed Ruth (Penn State) vs. Matt Brown (Penn State) 184: No. 4 Steve Bosak (Cornell) vs. No. 5 Quentin Wright (Penn State) 197: No. 1 Cam Simaz (Cornell) vs. No. 19 Brent Haynes (Missouri) 285: No. 4 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) vs. No. 7 Tony Nelson (Minnesota)

125: No. 1 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) maj. dec. No. 9 Matt Snyder (Virginia), 9-1 No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri) dec. No. 7 Frank Perrelli (Cornell), 3-2 133: Nick Soto (Chattanooga) dec. No. 5 David Thorn (Minnesota), 5-1 TB Chris Dardanes (Minnesota) dec. Nick Arujau (Unattached), 12-9 141: No. 5 Mike Mangrum (Oregon State) pinned No. 19 Nick Nelson (Virginia), 6:56 Darius Little (North Carolina State) dec. Nicholas Hucke (Missouri), 3-2 TB 149: No. 1 Frank Molinaro (Penn State) dec. No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State), 4-0 No. 11 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) dec. No. 14 Kyle Bradley (Missouri), 9-3 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. James Vollrath (Penn State), 6-0 No. 10 Dylan Alton (Penn State) dec. Corey Mock (North Carolina), 4-1 165: No. 1 David Taylor (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 20 Kyle Blevins (Appalachian State), 12-3 No. 10 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) dec. No. 3 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra), 3-1 174: No. 2 Ed Ruth (Penn State) maj. dec. Patrick Wright (Missouri), 10-1 Matt Brown (Penn State) dec. No. 11 Logan Storley (Minnesota), 7-5 184: No. 4 Steve Bosak (Cornell) dec. No. 10 Austin Trotman (Appalachian State), 2-0 No. 5 Quentin Wright (Penn State) dec. No. 15 Luke Rebertus (Navy), 7-3 197: No. 1 Cam Simaz (Cornell) dec. No. 11 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State), 12-5 No. 19 Brent Haynes (Missouri) dec. No. 2 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota), 6-0 285: No. 7 Tony Nelson (Minnesota) dec. Chad Hanke (Oregon State), 6-2 No. 4 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) dec. No. 8 Cameron Wade (Penn State), 4-3

Photo/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Here is what we learned from the UFC 141 main card and what is (or could be) next for the fighters: Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem Division: Heavyweight Result: Overeem defeated Lesnar by TKO in Round 1 What we learned about Overeem: Alistair's striking is as good, if not better, than advertised. His technical striking overwhelmed Lesnar. His knees were well timed, and his standup makes him a threat to everyone in the UFC heavyweight division. We also learned that he has decent takedown defense, stuffing a single that Lesnar seemed to have deep. What is next for Overeem: Alistair is next in line for a mega fight with Junior dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight championship belt. They will probably fight in Vegas come the middle of the year. What we learned about Lesnar: Maybe Lesnar is not good as advertised. Opinions will vary, but the facts are simple. He beat an aged Randy Couture, beat journeyman Heath Herring, split with Frank Mir, and luckily outlasted a gassed Shane Carwin. At 5-3, was he an elite heavyweight? He looked lost against up and coming talent in Cain Velasquez and a shell of his former cocky villain-like self against Overeem. His heath and potential robbed from him with his issues with diverticulitis. We will never know how good or not good Lesnar is as a fighter. His retirement ensures that. What is next for Lesnar: Brock announces his retirement. My guess is that WWE is next vs. "The Rock," come end of 2012 David Cerrone vs. Nick Diaz Division: Lightweight Result: Diaz defeated Cerrone by unanimous decision What we learned about Diaz: Diaz's dominant display of boxing was evident. He believed in quantity over quality, and landed a ton of clean shots to Cerrone's face. He took some brutal leg kicks, but this win will catapult Diaz in the rankings and put him in line for upper echelon contention. What is next for Diaz: The win will put Diaz in the top 10 of the lightweight division, so expect him to fight Clay Guida in a 2009 rematch that Diaz lost, or the winner of Pettis-Lauzon makes sense. What we learned about Cerrone: He cemented that he has a great chin. He took many clean shots, but kept fighting. His leg kicks brutalized Diaz's legs, and "Cowboy" does not disappoint in putting on a show. We also saw Cerrone drop his chance to move into the top five in the lightweight division. He will have to start again climbing the difficult UFC lightweight ladder. What is next for Cerrone: He will have a minor suspension, but I think that a fight with him and either Gleison Tibau or Rafael dos Anjos makes the most sense. Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks Division: Welterweight Result: Hendricks defeated Fitch by TKO in Round 1 What we learned about Hendricks: "Big Rig" has a nasty left hook. He did something that nobody, including UFC champ GSP, could do ... finish Fitch. Hendricks has been on a tear since entering the UFC, winning seven out of his last eight fights, with the only blemish being a controversial split decision loss to Rick Story in December of 2010. Hendricks, a crafty southpaw, showed once again that opponents have to keep their hands up against his power, while being concerned about Hendricks power takedown. What is next for Hendricks: Hendricks should get the loser of Diaz vs. Condit, as the winner of this fight will get GSP and a title shot. By beating someone of Diaz, Condit or even a Koscheck's level, it puts him next in line for a title shot that he desires. He is a win or two at most away from a crack at the belt. What we learned about Fitch: We did not learn much. He was knocked out for the first time, but the fight was very short and it looked like Fitch got caught with a clean left and paid for it. What is next for Fitch: Fitch will have to climb the ladder once again. He should get another credible opponent like John Hathaway, or the winner of Kampmann vs. Sanchez makes some sense. Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson Division: Light heavyweight Result: Gustafsson defeated Matyushenko by TKO in Round 1 What we learned about Gustafsson: After losing to Phil Davis a couple years ago, Gustafsson has ascended the UFC light heavyweight ladder on a current four-fight win streak. We learned that his length and unique, diverse striking is evolving. The 25-year-old Swede fighter is starting to become a known prospect and contender. What is next for Gustafsson: Rich Franklin or Forrest Griffin makes a ton of sense for Gustaffson, thus answering questions on all sides. What we learned about Matyushenko: He is a gatekeeper, nothing more, nothing less. His loss to Jon Jones was as Jones was raising up the UFC ranks, which is similar to the loss suffered to Gustafsson. He will continue to beat mid to low level competition, only to lose to the upper echelon. What is next for Matyushenko: Potentially a fight against Krzysztof Soszyński in a loser gets cut from the UFC fight. Jim Hettes vs. Nam Phan Division: Featherweight Result: Hettes defeated Phan by unanimous decision What we learned about Hettes: Hettes is a high-ceiling prospect in the featherweight division. He dominated black belt in jiu-jitsu, Phan. He was getting takedowns almost at will, attempted a ton of submissions almost locking up an arm bar in the first round. e announced his arrival to the UFC with a dominant dismantling of Phan What is next for Hettes: Hettes 2-0 in the UFC is ready to crack into the top 20 of the UFC's featherweight division. Fighting Ricado Lamas, Manny Gamburyan, or the Leonard Garcia vs. Tiequan Zhang winner, all make sense. What we learned about Phan: Phan is a nice fighter who is talented, but with this recent loss and his losses to Mike Brown, and Leonard Garcia, it is time to be honest. Phan is going to be a borderline UFC fighter and will have to improve on his takedown defense. 5-8 in your last 13 MMA fights will mean that Phan is close to being cut from the UFC. What is next for Phan: A fight against 0-2 UFC fighter Jason Young with loser gets cut implications makes a lot of sense.

LARAMIE, Wyo. -- The No. 2 Oklahoma State wrestling team celebrated New Year's Day with a 24-17 win over 20th-ranked Wyoming inside UW's Arena-Auditorium, highlighted by key falls from Alan Gelogaev and Jordan Oliver. Although OSU (5-0-0) won six of 10 bouts against Wyoming (0-2-0), the dual was still in doubt through the final match. “It was a good, tough match,” coach John Smith said. “This was a match we needed. I was glad to see ‘Z' (Gelogaev) go out and get a pin, and then Jon (Morrison) backing it up with another win. Of course Jordan does what he does best and puts points on the board and picks up a pin at the end. I'm glad to get out of here with a win.” Oklahoma State led 9-0 after picking up decisions in the first three bouts from Josh Kindig (141), Jamal Parks (149) and Albert White (157). Each nearly picked up bonus points, but won, 8-2, 8-2 and 8-3, respectively, over their UW counterparts. Wyoming responded with 17 unanswered dual points in the next four bouts to take a 17-9 lead with three weight classes left to wrestle. Their run included a 9-3 decision from No. 3 Shane Onufer over No. 18 Dallas Bailey (165), a No. 15 Pat Martinez fall over Zach White (174), a five-point technical fall from No. 3 Joe LeBlanc over Chris McNeil (184) and an upset decision from No. 11 Alfonso Hernandez over No. 4 Cayle Byers (197). Trailing by eight with three bouts remaining, OSU would need to either pick up two falls and give up no more than a decision, or win all three matches to get the dual win. Gelogaev, Jon Morrison and Oliver answered the call. Gelogaev built up a 6-1 lead before pinning UW's L.J. Helbig in 3:23 at heavyweight, and Jon Morrison rode out his final period to seal a 4-1 over Kasey Garnhart at 125 pounds. With OSU leading 18-17, the winner of the 133-poud match between the No. 1-ranked Oliver and No. 16 Zach Zehner would win the dual for his team. Oliver left no hope for the Wyoming Cowboys, dominating Zehner to the score of 21-7 before ending the match with a pin in 5:44 to make the final score, 24-17, OSU. Oliver is now 10-0 and has pinned every opponent thus far. Oklahoma State returns to the mat on Jan. 7, facing the No. 1-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes at 7 p.m. in Iowa City, Iowa. Results: 141: No. 14 Josh Kindig (OSU) dec. McCade Ford (WYO); 8-2 149: No. 2 Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. Brandon Richardson (WYO); 8-2 157: No. 16 Albert White (OSU) dec. Dakota Friesth (WYO); 8-3 165: No. 3 Shane Onufer (WYO) dec. No. 18 Dallas Bailey (OSU); 9-3 174: No. 15 Pat Martinez (WYO) fall Zach White (OSU); 2:54 184: No. 3 Joe LeBlanc (WYO) TF5 Chris McNeil (OSU); 16-1 197: No. 11 Alfonso Hernandez (WYO) dec. No. 4 Cayle Byers (OSU), 8-4 285: No. 3 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) fall L.J. Helbig (WYO); 3:23 125: No. 9 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. Kasey Garnhart (WYO); 4-1 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) fall No. 16 Zach Zehner (WYO); 5:44 Bout Summaries 141: No. 14 Josh Kindig (OSU) dec. McCade Ford (WYO); 8-2 Kindig jumped in front early with a quick takedown in the first five seconds of the bout. He nearly rode out the remainder of the period, but Ford escaped in the final seconds only to be taken down again before the end of the period. The only scoring of the second period came after Kindig started underneath and earned a quick escape to go up, 5-1. The final two minutes favored Kindig as well. Ford escaped to start the period, but Kindig brought him down for a third time to take make the score 8-2. His 3:11 riding time advantage gave him an 8-2 decision. Kindig improves to 8-3 on the year. 149: No. 2 Jamal Parks (OSU) dec. Brandon Richardson (WYO); 8-2 Parks followed the opening bout with a similar 8-2 decision. The senior picked up a takedown and rode out the first period to build a 1:57 advantage. Richardson started the second period underneath and earned an escape, but Parks earned another takedown to go up, 4-1. Parks started underneath in the final period and escaped and added another takedown. Richardson earned an escape just before the final horn and Park's 3:13 riding time advantage gave made it an 8-2 final. Parks maintains his perfect record at 15-0. 157: No. 16 Albert White (OSU) dec. Dakota Friesth (WYO); 8-3 White helped OSU earn a 9-0 team lead with his win over Friesth. White earned a pair of takedowns in the opening period, including one with five seconds remaining to go up, 4-1. The only score in the second period was a Friesth escape and White added an escape and a takedown in the third. White's 1:18 riding time advantage gave him an 8-3 decision. The win improves White's season record to 16-3. After the first three bouts, Oklahoma State had nine total takedowns compared to zero for Wyoming. 165: No. 3 Shane Onufer (WYO) dec. No. 18 Dallas Bailey (OSU); 9-3 Bailey jumped out to a 3-1 lead after trading a takedown for an escape in the opening period and escaping to start the second, but the rest of the match belonged to Onufer, who answered with a second-period takedown, an escape to open the third, another takedown and a pair of Bailey stalling points. Onufer's 2:41 riding time advantage gave him the 9-3 decision. Bailey is now 8-6 on the year. 174: No. 15 Pat Martinez (WYO) fall Zach White (OSU); 2:54 White's matchup was just the second dual start of his career. He jumped to a 2-0 lead with a quick takedown and a subsequent ride of more than a minute, but Martinez escaped, took down Bailey and pinned him with six second left in the first period. White moves to 3-4 with the loss. 184: No. 3 Joe LeBlanc (WYO) TF5 Chris McNeil (OSU); 16-1 McNeil was wrestling at 184 pound for the first time this season, although he was slotted to wrestle at the weight two days ago in a Boise State forfeit. LeBlanc jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first period after scoring a takedown and two quick two-point nearfalls. The lead increased to 13-0 after LeBlanc scored an escape, takedown and two more two-point nearfalls in the second, before McNeil got on the board with a late escape. The match ended when McNeil started underneath in the final period and was taken to his back for a three-point nearfall to make the score 16-1. McNeil is now 10-4 on the year. 197: No. 11 Alfonso Hernandez (WYO) dec. No. 4 Cayle Byers (OSU), 8-4 Byers was wrestling for the first time since the Reno Tournament of Champions on Dec. 18. Hernandez took a 2-0 lead with the first takedown, but Byers tied it with an escape and another to open the second period. Two more Hernandez takedowns, followed by Byers escapes, plus a Hernandez escape in the third and 1:23 riding time advantage gave the Wyoming Cowboy the 8-4 upset decision. Byers moves to 12-3. 285: No. 3 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) fall L.J. Helbig (WYO); 3:23 When OSU needed it most trailing 17-9, Gelogaev responded with a fall. He built a 6-1 lead into the second period behind three takedowns, with the last one putting Helbig straight to his back to pin him in 3:23. 125: No. 9 Jon Morrison (OSU) dec. Kasey Garnhart (WYO); 4-1 Morrison built a 2-1 lead after a first period takedown. He escaped in the second and rode out the entire third period to build a 2:42 riding time advantage and earn a 4-1 decision. Morrison improves to 11-2 on the year with the win. 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) fall No. 16 Zach Zehner (WYO); 5:44 With only one point separating the teams' dual scores. The winner of Oliver's match would decide the team winner. The undefeated junior responded by doing what he has done his previous nine bouts: pinning his opponent. Oliver was all over No. 16 Zehner from the opening seconds as he built an 11-3 lead in the first period behind four takedowns and a three-point nearfall. After the second period, the lead was 19-7 with four more Oliver takedowns. Oliver, leading 21-7 after another third-period takedown, ended the bout 44 seconds into the final period with a pin. He is 10-0.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Mizzou wrestling wrapped up the first day at the 2012 Southern Scuffle in third place with 81.0 points. The Tigers sit ahead of No. 4 Cornell (79.0 points) and trail No. 5 Penn State (118.0 points) and No. 3 Minnesota (110.5 points). Missouri still has five wrestlers remaining in the championship bracket, who will open tomorrow in the semifinals. No. 3 Alan Waters (125), Nicholas Hucke (141), No. 14 Kyle Bradley (149), Patrick Wright (174) and No. 19 Brent Haynes (197) went undefeated on Sunday and still remain in contention for their respective weight class's championship. Both Waters and Haynes dominated on Sunday, as each Tiger won all three of their matches with bonus points. Waters opened up with a 14-1 major decision over Minnesota's Corey Hodowanic, and followed that with a pin in 3:45 over Buddy Scarborough of Old Dominion. In the quarterfinals, he shut out NC State's Coltin Frought with a 10-0 major decision. For the season, Waters is now 12-0, with all 12 victories by bonus points. The sophomore's win over Scarborough was the 50th win of his career. Waters will wrestle No. 7 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) tomorrow in the semifinals. Haynes opened the day with back-to-back falls in his first two matches, pinning Ryan Malo (Virginia) in 2:08 and Colynn Cook (Navy) in 1:00. He then followed with an outstanding performance over No. 4 Matt Powless of Indiana, defeating the Hoosier grappler by a 15-0 technical fall. Haynes now has four pins and four technical falls this season. Haynes will face No. 2 Sonny Yohn of Minnesota tomorrow morning. Hucke, who entered the tournament unseeded, advanced to the 141 pound semifinals with three straight decisions, including an upset of the No. 14 grappler in the country. He knocked off Seth Lange of Minnesota, 8-2, and then defeated Joseph Stanzione of Cornell by a 3-2 decision. To advance to the semifinals, Hucke defeated North Carolina's Evan Henderson, ranked 14th in the nation, by a 7-5 score. Hucke's opening match tomorrow will be against North Carolina State's Darius Little. At 149, sophomore Kyle Bradley won all four of his matches to move into tomorrow's semifinals. In the pigtail round, Bradley pinned Cole Dodd (Chattanooga) in 2:39 for his fourth consecutive victory by fall. After a 4-3 decision over Brennan Brumley (Old Dominion), Bradley defeated Lex Ozias of Virginia Tech by a 10-2 major decision. Bradley defeated Duke's Marcus Cain, 5-3, to move into the semifinals, where he'll face No. 11 Dylan Ness of Minnesota. Senior Patrick Wright is also in the semifinals after winning four straight matches by decision. He started the day with an 8-2 victory against Jake Johnson (Appalachian State), and then knocked off Austin Gabel (Virginia Tech), 2-1. After a 5-2 win over Army's Ryan Tompkins, Wright pulled out another 2-1 win, this time over No. 17 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj of The Citadel. In the semifinals, Wright will take on No. 2 Ed Ruth of Penn State tomorrow. Six other Missouri wrestlers are still alive in the consolation round, and will open the day with wrestleback matches tomorrow morning. Redshirt freshman Drake Houdashelt (157), sophomores Zach Toal (165) and Jordan Gagliano (165), juniors Clarence Neely (184) and Mike Larson (184) and senior Dorian Henderson (174) will have the opportunity to place as high as third. Action resumes tomorrow at 8 a.m. CT with the next round of consolation matches, with the championship semifinals and consolation quarterfinals scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. For more information, follow Mizzou Wrestling on Twitter (@MizzouWrestling) and check out the live bracket updates at trackwrestling.com.

1. Penn State 118 2. Minnesota 110.5 3. Missouri 81 4. Cornell 79 5. Oregon State 62.5 6. Virginia 59.5 7. Appalachian State 49 8. Chattanooga 46.5 9. North Carolina 43.5 10. Ohio 41.5 11. Hofstra 38 12. Navy 36 13. Indiana 33 14. NC State 26 15. Old Dominion 23.5 16. VA Tech 23 17. Army 21.5 18. Campbell 18 19. The Citadel 18 20. Duke 17 21. Cleveland State 10.5 22. Gardner Webb 0

The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, ranked No. 5 nationally, finds itself in first place after the first day of the 2012 Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn., thanks in large part to an explosion of bonus point wins. The Nittany Lions notched 32 bonus point wins (including 16 pins) and leads No. 3 Minnesota by nine points and senior Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.) notched his 100th career win in the process. Penn State sent 15 wrestlers into action at the Scuffle with two at 141, 157, 165, 174 and 285. The top scoring wrestler at each weight class is calculated into the score, so a `starting line-up' is not designated per se. Ten of Penn State's 15 wrestlers advanced to the quarterfinals with the team rolling up bonus points in the process. In the quarters, the Nittany Lions went 9-1 Three-time All-American Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.), ranked No. 1 at 149, went 3-0 on the day with two technical falls to advance to tomorrow morning's semifinals. Molinaro first win was the 100th of his career, making the Nittany Lion the latest to join Penn State's 100-win club. Red-shirt freshman Dylan Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.) was perfect at 157, going 3-0 to advance to the semifinals with two pins and a major. Sophomore James Vollrath (Richboro, Pa.) also advanced to the semis at 157, going 3-0 with a major and a 5-4 win over No. 20 Drake Houdashelt of Missouri in the quarterfinals. Top-ranked All-American David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio), ranked No. 1 at 165, continued his undefeated roll through his season by going 3-0 to advance to the semis. Taylor, who won the Scuffle title at 157 last year, used got two pins and a tech fall. All-American sophomore Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.), ranked No. 2 at 174, was outstanding at 174 as well, going 4-0 with three pins and a tech fall to move to the semifinals. Red-shirt freshman Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) also advanced to the semis at 174, thrilling the Lion faithful with a resounding 6-3 win over No. 7 Dorian Henderson of Missouri in the quarterfinals. Brown's 3-0 mark included two pins. Defending national champion Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.), ranked No. 5 at 184, pinned No. 17 Mike Larson of Missouri in the quarterfinals to move into the semis, going 3-0 on the day as well. True freshman Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.), ranked No. 11 at 197, was 3-0 and moved to the semifinals. McIntosh notched two falls. Senior Cameron Wade (Twinsburg, Ohio) was perfect at heavyweight as well. Wade, ranked No. 8, went 3-0 with two techs and a pin to move into the semifinals. True freshman Nico Megaludis (Murrysville, Pa.), ranked No. 13 at 125, started the tournament 2-0 with a technical fall and a major before suffering a 9-3 loss to No. 7 Frank Perrelli of Cornell in the quarterfinals. Megaludis is 2-1 and is set for consolation action tomorrow morning. His was Penn State's lone quarterfinal loss as the Nittany Lions posted a 9-1 mark. Junior Bryan Pearsall (Lititz, Pa.) got a pin in the first round at 141, lost a tough match in round two. He rebounded for a big consolation win and is 2-1 through day one of the tournament. He continues into consolation action tomorrow morning. Red-shirt freshman Seth Beitz (Juniata, Pa.) had a solid first day at 141, going 2-2 before being eliminated. Junior Nick Fischer (Unionville, Pa.) also picked up wins for Penn State at 165, posting a 2-2 mark before being eliminated. Red-shirt freshman Jon Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.) got a major in his first match at 285 before dropping a close 5-3 decision in round two. Gingrich then posted two straight majors in consolations, went 3-1 on the day and is set for tomorrow mornings wrestle-backs. At 133, Nittany Lion junior Derek Reber (Lewisburg, Pa.) went 0-2 on the day. Penn State is in first place in the team race with 119.5 points, just ahead of second place Minnesota, who has 110.5. Missouri is in third with 82.0, Cornell in fourth with 80.5 and Oregon State in fifth with 66.5. The Nittany Lions first day totals are, in terms of bonus points, stunning. Penn State went 41-9 over the course of day one with 16 pins, eight technical falls and eight majors, meaning 32 of Penn State's 41 wins were of the bonus point variety. Also of note, all nine of Penn State's losses were by decision only. Penn State continues action in the Southern Scuffle beginning tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. Penn State's next home dual is on Sunday, Jan. 22, when Iowa invades Rec Hall for a 2 p.m. dual that is already sold out. The Nittany Lions then host Ohio State on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. Fans can purchase a limited number of `standing room only' tickets for the Ohio State dual by calling 814-865-5555. Tickets are priced at $8 for adults and $5 for youth (18 and under) and can be purchased from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day or in person at the Bryce Jordan Center box office. A maximum of four tickets may be purchased per person. The full season slate of live dual meet and tournament action will air locally on WRSC AM (1390 AM) with Friday evening duals being simulcast on WRSC FM (103.1 FM). Lock Haven's WBPZ (1230 AM) will also carry the entire season live, WIEZ (670 AM) in Huntingdon/Lewistown carries all Sunday events and further affiliates may be added soon. The regular season schedule of radio broadcasts will be streamed live at www.GoPSUsports.com as part of Penn State's All-Access package, which will also feature live video streams of many home events. Ticket information is accessed easily online at www.GoPSUsports.com/tickets/m-wrestl-tickets.html . Fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at www.twitter.com/pennstatepat and on Penn State Wrestling's facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling. The 2011-12 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline. 2012 SOUTHERN SCUFFLE TOP FIVE TEAM STANDINGS AFTER DAY ONE: 1: PENN STATE - 119.5 2: Minnesota - 110.5 3: Missouri - 82.0 4: Cornell - 80.0 5: Oregon State - 66.5

125: No. 1 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) vs. No. 9 Matt Snyder (Virginia) No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri) vs. No. 7 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) (Penn State) 133: No. 5 David Thorn (Minnesota) vs. Nick Soto (Chattanooga) Nick Arujau (Unattached) vs. Chris Dardanes (Minnesota) 141: No. 5 Mike Mangrum (Oregon State) vs. No. 19 Nick Nelson (Virginia) Darius Little (North Carolina State) vs. Nicholas Hucke (Missouri) 149: No. 1 Frank Molinaro (Penn State) vs. No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State) No. 11 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) vs. No. 14 Kyle Bradley (Missouri) 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) vs. James Vollrath (Penn State) No. 10 Dylan Alton (Penn State) vs. Corey Mock (North Carolina) 165: No. 1 David Taylor (Penn State) vs. No. 20 Kyle Blevins (Appalachian State) No. 3 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra) vs. No. 10 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) 174: No. 2 Ed Ruth (Penn State) vs. Patrick Wright (Missouri) No. 11 Logan Storley (Minnesota) vs. Matt Brown (Penn State) 184: No. 4 Steve Bosak (Cornell) vs. No. 10 Austin Trotman (Applachian State) No. 5 Quentin Wright (Penn State) vs. No. 15 Luke Rebertus (Navy) 197: No. 1 Cam Simaz (Cornell) vs. No. 11 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) No. 2 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) vs. No. 19 Brent Haynes (Missouri) 285: No. 7 Tony Nelson (Minnesota) vs. Chad Hanke (Oregon State) No. 4 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) vs. No. 8 Cameron Wade (Penn State)

125: No. 1 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) dec. Rob Deutsch (Old Dominion), 7-3 No. 9 Matt Snyder (Virginia) dec. No. 12 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra), 9-7 SV No. 7 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) dec. No. 13 Nico Megaludis (Penn State), 9-3 No. 3 Alan Waters (Missouri) maj. dec. Coltin Fought (North Carolina State), 10-0 133: No. 5 David Thorn (Minnesota) tech. fall Joe Martinez (Virginia), 18-3 Nick Soto (Chattanooga) dec. Jamie Franco (Hofstra), 7-5 Nick Arujau (Unattached) dec. Tanner Bidelspach (Campbell), 3-0 Chris Dardanes (Minnesota) dec. No. 18 Aaron Kalil (Navy), 5-3 141: No. 5 Mike Mangrum (Oregon State) maj. dec. Mike Kessler (Appalachian State), 16-6 No. 19 Nick Nelson (Virginia) dec. No. 15 Mike Nevinger (Cornell), 4-1 Darius Little (North Carolina State) dec. No. 10 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota), 7-3 Nicholas Hucke (Missouri) dec. No. 14 Evan Henderson (North Carolina), 7-5 149: No. 1 Frank Molinaro (Penn State) tech. fall Dean Pavlou (Chattanooga), 16-0 No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State) dec. No. 18 Craig Eifert (Cornell), 10-3 No. 11 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) dec. Gus Sako (Virginia), 9-5 No. 14 Kyle Bradley (Missouri) dec. Marcus Cain (Duke), 5-3 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) maj. dec. Jedd Moore (Virginia), 10-1 James Vollrath (Penn State) dec. Drake Houdashelt (Missouri), 5-4 Corey Mock (North Carolina) tech. fall Daniel Waddell (Chattanooga), 17-0 No. 10 Dylan Alton (Penn State) maj. dec. Matt Stephens (Virginia Tech), 13-2 165: No. 1 David Taylor (Penn State) pinned John Staudenmayer (Unattached), 2:13 No. 20 Kyle Blevins (Appalachian State) dec. No. 12 Zach Toal (Missouri), 2-0 No. 10 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) dec. Nick Sulzer (Virginia), 3-1 No. 3 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra) dec. Brandon Wright (Chattanooga), 4-1 174: No. 2 Ed Ruth (Penn State) pinned Billy George (Cornell), 1:05 Patrick Wright (Missouri) dec. No. 17 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (The Citadel), 2-1 No. 11 Logan Storley (Minnesota) dec. No. 14 Nick Purdue (Ohio), 4-2 SV Matt Brown (Penn State) dec. No. 7 Dorian Henderson (Missouri), 6-3 184: No. 4 Steve Bosak (Cornell) dec. Clarence Neely (Missouri), 6-0 No. 10 Austin Trotman (Applachian State) dec. Jon Fausey (Virginia), 7-3 No. 5 Quentin Wright (Penn State) pinned No. 17 Mike Larson (Missouri), 1:12 No. 15 Luke Rebertus (Navy) dec. No. 8 Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota), 3-2 197: No. 1 Cam Simaz (Cornell) tech. fall Nikolas Brown (Chattanooga), 20-4 No. 11 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) dec. Paul Rands (Navy), 13-8 No. 19 Brent Haynes (Missouri) tech. fall No. 4 Matt Powless (Indiana), 15-0 No. 2 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) pinned John Weakley (Campbell), 0:51 285: No. 7 Tony Nelson (Minnesota) pinned Paul Snyder (Hofstra), 6:11 Chad Hanke (Oregon State) dec. No. 5 Jeremy Johnson (Ohio), 7-3 No. 8 Cameron Wade (Penn State) pinned Andy Hartshorn (Ohio), 2:13 No. 4 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) maj. dec. Maciej Jochym (Cornell), 10-1

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Photo/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images LAS VEGAS -- For Alistair Overeem, UFC 141 on Friday night served as a welcome party. For his opponent, Brock Lesnar, it was a retirement party. The 31-year-old Overeem, who has not suffered a defeat in four years, shined in his UFC debut, winning by TKO over Lesnar in the first round, sending the former UFC heavyweight champion into retirement. "I just wanted to show the world that I'm ready, and that I'm coming," said Overeem, who improves to 36-11 with the victory. Lesnar cut Overeem early in the fight with a jab, and then attempted a single leg, but was unable to finish. A short time later, Overeem landed two solid knees to Lesnar's midsection. From that point on, it was all Overeem. He overwhelmed Lesnar with more knees to the midsection, and eventually landed a kick that sent Lesnar to the canvas. Overeem followed the kick up with a barrage of punches before referee Mario Yamasaki stepped in and called the fight at 2:26 of the opening round. "Demolition Man" is now in line for a title shot against UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Antos. "I think everybody is excited for this fight, and so am I," said Overeem. Dos Santos is recovering from a knee injury and no timetable has been set for a dos Santos-Overeem fight. So when would Overeem like the fight to happen? "First I would like to have nice long holiday, arrange some stuff, get my stuff in order because there's still some work to do. I don't know ... Maybe before the summer or in the summer [of] 2012." Lesnar, who had not fought in 14 months because of health problems, was gracious in defeat and had some parting words for the 12,158 fans that filled MGM Grand Garden Arena. "I'm going to officially say tonight is the last time you'll see me in the Octagon," said Lesnar, who fell to 5-3 with the loss. "I want to thank everyone. Brock Lesnar is officially retired." Diaz impressive in victory over Cerrone Photo/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Nate Diaz put a halt to Donald Cerrone's six-fight winning streak in Friday's co-main event, winning by unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28, in an action-filled fight that earned Fight of the Night. "That was exactly the fight that I thought it was going to be," said UFC president Dana White. "They went out and both went toe-to-toe. It's one of those situations where there is always going to be a winner and a loser, but you end up respecting both guys because of who they are and how they do it." Diaz was dominant in the standup game, landing 258 strikes against only 66, according to statistics from Compustrike. Cerrone was effective with leg strikes, landing 31 of 49 kicks, and dropped Diaz on multiple occasions. But Diaz proved to be too much. He was aggressive and accurate all night. Hendricks knocks out Fitch in 12 seconds Photo/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Johny Hendricks told his camp on Wednesday that he was going to hit Jon Fitch as hard as he can and see where he falls. That is exactly what he did on Friday night. Hendricks landed a devastating left that dropped Fitch and forced referee Steve Mazzagatti to stop the fight in 12 seconds. With the victory, Hendricks improves to 12-1. "The media said that I had no chance," said Hendricks, who won two NCAA titles as a wrestler at Oklahoma State. "They said I no chance. I told them since it first started I at least had a puncher's chance. The good Lord blessed me with a left hand and I was going to put it on him." Hendricks entered the fight ranked eighth, and Fitch second, in the InterMatFight welterweight rankings. With UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre out for six to nine months, Carlos Condit will face Nick Diaz on Feb. 4 for the interim title in the welterweight division. It remains to be seen who Hendricks will fight next, but he hopes his performance on Friday night will put him in line for a title fight. "I think I belong where I'm at now," said Hendricks. "I just beat the No. 2-ranked guy. GSP couldn't do it in five rounds. B.J. Penn couldn't do it ... I just knocked the No. 2-ranked guy out in 12 seconds. Where does that put me? Hopefully [in line] for a title [shot]. But if it doesn't I'm going to have to go out there and prove it again." Gustafsson overwhelms Matyushenko Photo/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alexander Gustafsson continued his ascent in the UFC light heavyweight division with first-round TKO over Vladimir Matyushenko. A Gustafsson left jab sent Matyushenko to the canvas. Gustafsson then pounced on Matyushenko and landed strikes until referee Yves Lavigne stepped in and called the fight at 2:13 of the first round. It marked the fourth straight win in the UFC for Gustafsson, who entered the fight ranked 11th in the InterMatFight light heavyweight rankings. Gustafsson's name has been mentioned as potential opponent down the road for UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. But Gustafsson thinks that talk is a bit premature. "I think it's too early for that," said Gustafsson. "I just want to take it one fight at a time and win my fights. I just want to climb the rankings." The UFC has its Fuel TV 2 event planned for April 14 in Gustafsson's home country of Sweden. The fights have not been finalized, but Gustafsson hopes to be on the card. "That would be awesome," said Gustafsson of the possibility of fighting in Sweden. "I can't wait for that." Hettes dominates to improve to 10-0 Photo/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jim Hettes showed why he was on the UFC 141 main card with his one-sided, unanimous decision victory over Nam Phan at featherweight. Hettes, who goes by the nickname "The Kid," spent most of the fight in a dominant position and landed a barrage of strikes, but was unable to finish Phan. "I was wondering what it takes to put Nam Phan away," said the 24-year-old Hettes, who is now 10-0. "I was giving him all I could. All that went through my head was watching Brock Lesnar versus Shane Carwin fight, and the last thing I wanted to do was gas out and have Phan get top position or possibly end the fight." Dana White was impressed with Hettes' performance. "I'm going to be honest with you, tonight's the first night I really noticed this kid," said White. "It's pretty awesome to see a jiu-jitsu kid who punches ... When something doesn't work, he moves somewhere else. You guys have heard me talk a lot about the new breed that's coming up and how they train differently and how they're … There you go. There's one of them right there. That kid is nasty. I love watching him fight." Pearson, Castillo, Kim, Volkmann win on undercard The winners on the UFC 141 undercard included Ross Pearson, Danny Castillo, Dong Hyun Kim, and Jacob Volkmann. Pearson won by unanimous decision over Junior Assuncao. Castillo won a split decision over Anthony Njokuani. Kim won by unanimous decision over Sean Pierson. Volkmann won by unanimous decision over Efrain Escudero.

BOISE, Idaho -- The No.2 Oklahoma State wrestling team maintained its perfect season in dominating fashion Friday night, rolling past the Boise State Broncos on the road, 43-3, behind bonus-point wins in the final seven bouts. The Cowboys (4-0-0) nearly pitched a shutout as they won nine of the 10 weight classes against the Broncos (0-4-0). “It was a great end to the dual meet,” assistant coach Zack Esposito said. “Guys were really getting out there and chasing bonus points and cradles. Between Jordan Oliver, Josh Kindig and Jamal Parks, they were doing things our guys should be doing during their matches. It was a good ending to the dual.” The match started at 157 pounds, where OSU's Albert White earned a payback win over Boise State's No.12 George Ivanov, 5-3. The two met earlier this season at the Reno Tournament of Champions on Dec. 18, with White losing a close match. Dallas Bailey followed that up with a two-point win of his own at 165 pounds, knocking off Micheal Cuthbertson, 2-0. After Zach White dropped a tough match at 174 pounds - the first dual match of his career - the Cowboys took over the dual and did not look back. In the final seven bouts, Chris McNeil earned a medical forfeit win in his first appearance at 184 pounds this year; Blake Rosholt (197), Alan Gelogaev (HWT) and Jordan Oliver (133) earned falls; Josh Kindig (141) earned a technical fall, 19-3; and Jon Morrison (125) and Jamal Parks (149) earned major decisions. Oliver's win by fall continues his streak of nine and improves his season record to 9-0. OSU now has one day off tomorrow before resuming action on New Year's Day. “We've got the Wyoming Cowboys ahead of us and we look forward to getting the job done and training through this,” Esposito said. “We're looking forward to getting better every day and putting ourselves in a good spot.” Oklahoma State takes on Wyoming Sunday at 3:00 p.m. CST in Laramie, Wyo. Results: 157: No. 16 Albert White (OSU) dec. No. 12 George Ivanov (BSU); 5-3 165: No. 18 Dallas Bailey (OSU) dec. Micheal Cuthbertson (BSU); 2-0 174: Scott Bacon (BSU)dec. Zach White (OSU); 7-3 184: Chris McNeil (OSU) fall No. 11 Jake Swartz (BSU); MFor 197: Blake Rosholt (OSU) fall Derek Toney (BSU); 1:50 285: No. 3 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) fall J.T. Felix (BSU); 0:47 125: No. 9 Jon Morrison (OSU) MD Isaac Romero (BSU); 9-0 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) fall Shawn Jones (BSU); 5:52 141: No. 14 Josh Kindig (OSU) TF5 Benjamin DeMuelle (BSU); 19-3, 5:35 149: No. 2 Jamal Parks (OSU) MD Steven Hernandez (BSU); 14-4 Bout Summaries 157: No. 16 Albert White (OSU) dec. No. 12 George Ivanov (BSU); 5-3 White earned a close decision to improve his record to 15-3 and atone for his loss to Ivanov at this year's Reno Tournament of Champions. He picked up a first period takedown and gave up an escape in the first two periods to take a 2-2 tie into the final period. White earned a quick escape to start the final period and added another takedown to jump up 5-2. Ivanov escaped to cut the lead to 5-3, but White held him off for the win. 165: No. 18 Dallas Bailey (OSU) dec. Micheal Cuthbertson (BSU); 2-0 Bailey improved to 8-5 on the year after winning hard-fought match with Cuthbertson. The only scoring of the match came when Bailey earned an escape in the second period. Bailey rode out the entire final period and his 1:22 riding time advantage gave him a 2-0 decision. 174: Scott Bacon (BSU) dec. Zach White (OSU); 7-3 Sophomore Zach White saw his first dual action of his collegiate career Friday. The Woodward, Okla., native earned an early 2-0 lead after a quick takedown, but gave up two takedowns and a 2:47 riding time advantage in a 7-3 Bacon decision. 184: Chris McNeil (OSU) fall No. 11 Jake Swartz (BSU); MFor McNeil earned a fall by medical forfeit as Swartz was not able to wrestle. 197: Blake Rosholt (OSU) fall Derek Toney (BSU); 1:50 Rosholt, in his first dual action of the season, made quick work of Toney. Rosholt jumped on top 2-0 with a first period takedown and subsequently pinned his opponent in just 1:50. 285: No. 3 Alan Gelogaev (OSU) fall J.T. Felix (BSU); 0:47 As he has become known for, Gelogaev was aggressive from the opening second of the bout. ‘Z' took down Felix twice in the opening minute of the match, with the second leading to a fall in just 0:47 seconds. Gelogaev has a team-high 10 bonus-point wins this year, including seven falls. 125: No. 9 Jon Morrison (OSU) MD Isaac Romero (BSU); 9-0 Morrison did all the scoring in the 125-pound bout. He held a 5-0 lead after the opening period with a takedown and a three-point nearfall. An escape and second takedown in the second period gave him an 8-0 lead. Although the final period was a scoreless one, Morrison's 3:03 riding time advantage gave him a 9-0 major decision. It was his fifth major decision of the year. 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (OSU) fall Shawn Jones (BSU); 5:52 Oliver's match ended the same way the rest of his matches have ended this year – with a pin. The No. 1-ranked junior built a 9-2 after registering four takedowns and an escape in the first two periods. Oliver ended the match halfway through the final period as he cradled Jones and pinned him to the mat. He improves to 9-0. 141: No. 14 Josh Kindig (OSU) TF5 Benjamin DeMuelle (BSU), 19-3 In perhaps the best opening period of the night, Kindig built a 9-1 lead with a two takedowns and two nearfalls. He escaped to start the second period and added a pair of takedowns and another nearfall to go up 16-2 entering the final period. The final period didn't last long, though, as Kindig let DeMuelle up and took him down a final time to getthe technical fall. His 2:35 riding time advantage made the final score 19-3. 149: No. 2 Jamal Parks (OSU) MD Steven Hernandez (BSU); 14-4 Parks capped the night for Oklahoma State with a major decision over Hernandez. The senior recorded three takedowns in the first period and two more in the second, cutting Hernandez loose between each of them to take a 10-4 lead into the final period. He then chose down, escaped and added a final takedown to go up, 13-4. His 2:52 riding time advantage gave him a 14-4 major decision. Parks is 14-0 on the year with nine bonus-point wins.

After a quick two week break for the holidays, the No. 11 Missouri wrestling team looks to continue their hot streak as they head to their first major tournament of the season. The Tigers, who have won four consecutive dual matches by a total of 63 points, will join 21 other squads at the 2012 Southern Scuffle, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Action will take place on Sunday, Jan. 1 and Monday, Jan. 2. Joining the Tigers at the tournament will be seven other teams ranked in the lastest NWCA Top 25 poll, including No. 3 Minnesota, No. 4 Cornell, No. 5 Penn State, No. 15 Virginia Tech, No. 16 Oregon State, No. 21 Virginia and No. 25 Hofstra. Last year, Cornell and Penn State tied for first place in the team standings at the Southern Scuffle. Live results will be provided through trackwrestling.com, and fans can find a direct link to the results at mutigers.com. The official Mizzou Wrestling Twitter account, @MizzouWrestling, will also tweet results for those without computer access. For more information, visit thesouthernscuffle.com and mutigers.com. A LOOK AT THE BRACKETS Missouri will have 20 wrestlers competing across the 10 weight classes this weekend. Of those 20 grapplers, four Tigers earned the No. 2 seed in their respective class. Here's a look at who will be wrestling in what class, and what other ranked wrestlers make up those classes. 125: Missouri will have Boomer Boyd and Alan Waters at 125 pounds, with Waters earning the No. 2 seed in the class. Boyd is just one of six wrestlers at the weight to not earn a first round bye, so he will open up with a pigtail matchup against Daniel Gallagher of Chattanooga. Waters, the third ranked wrestler at 125 according to Intermat, will take on Corey Hodowanic of Minnesota in his first match. Other ranked wrestlers include No. 1 Zach Sanders (Minnesota), No. 7 Frank Perrelli (Cornell), No. 9 Matthew Snyder (Virginia), No. 12 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) and No. 13 Nicholas Megaludis (Penn State). 133: Nathan McCormick grabbed the No. 2 seed at this weight, while Eric Wilson will also compete for Missouri at 133 pounds. Both wrestlers will have pigtail matches to open the tournament, with Wilson set to take on Cameron Throckmorton (North Carolina) and McCormick going up against Andrew Hammer of Ohio. No. 5 David Thorn (Minnesota) is the top seed, while No. 16 Garrett Drucker (Oregon State), No. 18 Aaron Kalil (Navy) and No. 20 Matthew Nelson (Virginia) are also in the field. 141: Brandon Wiest and Nicholas Hucke will compete in a field that features five of Intermat's top-20 wrestlers in the class. Both Tigers get byes into the round of 32, with Wiest set to face the winner of Luke Vaith (Hofstra) and Brent Jorge (Unattached). Hucke will take the winner of Undrakhb Khishignyam (The Citadel) and Seth Lange (Minnesota). The top two seeds in the weight class are No. 5 Mike Mangrum, who Wiest took to overtime back in November, and No. 14 Evan Henderson of North Carolina. Other ranked wrestlers include No. 10 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota), No. 15 Michael Nevinger (Cornell) and No. 19 Nick Nelson (Virginia). 149: Wrestling for Missouri will be No. 14 Kyle Bradley and Kellen Bounous, with Bradley coming in as the No. 2 overall seed at 149 pounds. Both grapplers open with pigtail matches, as Bounous is set to face Indiana's Taylor Walsh, while Bradley will face David Ivashchenko (The Citadel). Frank Molinaro of Penn State, the No. 1 ranked 149 pounder in the nation, earned the top seed, while No. 11 Dylan Ness (Minnesota), No. 18 Craig Eifert (Cornell) and No. 20 Scott Sakaguchi also join the field. 157: A pair of redshirt freshmen in Drake Houdashelt and Austin Lindsay will compete at 157 pounds for Missouri, with Houdashelt earning the No. 4 seed in the class. Both grapplers get byes into the round of 32. Houdashelt is scheduled to take on David Wesley of Virginia, while Lindsay will face No. 16 Roger Pena of Oregon State. Other top-20 grapplers include No. 1 and top-seeded Kyle Dake (Cornell) and Dylan Alton (Penn State), who is ranked 10th. 165: Mizzou will feature three wrestlers at 165 pounds, led by No. 12 Zach Toal, who picked up the fourth seed. Joining him will be Jordan Gagliano and Patrick Wright. All three Tigers earned byes into the round of 32. Toal is set to face Coleman Gracey (Army), while Gagliano will take on Nijel Jones (North Carolina). Wright's first match will be against Sheldon Brandenburg of Cleveland State. No. 1 David Taylor of Penn State highlights the weight as the top seed, while No. 3 Paul Gillespie (Hofstra), No. 10 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) and No. 20 Kyle Blevins are other top-20 wrestlers set to compete. 174: Four Tiger grapplers will wrestle at 174 pounds, with senior Dorian Henderson, who ranks seventh overall, comes in as Mizzou's fourth No. 2 seed. Juniors Todd Porter and Clarence Neely, along with redshirt freshman Johnny Eblen, are also in the field. Porter's first match will come in the round of 32 and he'll take on Levi Clemons of host Chattanooga in his first match. Eblen is scheduled to face No. 17 Turtogto Luvsandorj (The Citadel) in his opening contest, while Neely will face the winner of Adrin Taylor (Old Dominion) and No. 11 Logan Storley (Minnesota). Henderson will be the only Tiger in the class to wrestle a pigtail match, as he prepares to face Stephen Doty (Virginia) in the opening round. No. 2 Ed Ruth (Penn State) earned the No. 1 seed, while No. 14 Nick Purdue (Ohio) and No. 15 Te Edwards (Old Dominion) join Henderson, Storley and Luvsandorj as top-20 wrestlers in the class. 184: No. 17 Mike Larson will be the lone Tiger in a class that features seven of Intermat's top-20 grapplers. His first match will be against Ohio's Ryan Garringer in the round of 32. No. 4 Stephen Bosak of Cornell is the top seed, while No. 8 Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota), No. 5 Quentin Wright (Penn State) and No. 10 Austin Trotman (Appalachian) are the 2-3-4 seeds, respectively. Also set to compete are No. 11 Jonathan Fausey (Virginia) and No. 15 Luke Rebertus (Navy). 197: Junior Brent Haynes, ranked 19th in the country, will open the tournament in the round of 32 with a matchup against Virginia's Ryan Malo. Three of the top four wrestlers in this class will be competing this weekend, as No. 1 Cam Simaz (Cornell), No. 2 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) and No. 4 Matt Powless (Indiana) come in as the top-three seeds. Other top-20 wrestlers include No. 11 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) and No. 13 Taylor Meeks of Oregon State. HWT: At heavyweight, redshirt freshman Devin Mellon prepares for a round of 32 matchup against Andrew Delaney of The Citadel. Just four ranked wrestlers are set to compete at 285 pounds, but those four wrestlers are all ranked in the top-eight according to Intermat. Earning the top seed was No. 7 Anthony Nelson of Minnesota, while No. 4 Clayton Jack of Oregon State comes in as the No. 2 seed. The third and fourth seeds are No. 8 Cameron Wade (Penn State) and No. 5 Jeremy Johnson (Ohio), respectively. LAST TIME AT THE SCUFFLE This will be Missouri's first appearance at the Southern Scuffle since 2006, when the Tigers took first place in the team standings with 179.5 points, just edging out Minnesota and their 176.0 points. Mizzou had two individual champions in brothers Ben Askren (174) and Max Askren (197). Ben pinned his way to the championship, recording five first period falls on his way to being named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. Max pinned three of his opponents, including Ohio State's J.D. Bergman in the finals, and won by decision in his other two matches. Raymond Jordan placed second at 184 pounds, while Ashtin Primus (141) and Nick Marable (165) both came in third. WHAT'S NEXT Mizzou returns to dual action next week with a rematch against the Iowa State Cyclones, this time in Ames. Action gets underway on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. CT. NO. 12 TIGERS BLAST CYCLONES, 31-10 Scoring bonus points has been the theme for the Tiger wrestling team as of late, and Sunday afternoon was no different. No. 12 Missouri (5-1, 1-1 Big 12) won seven of the 10 matches against Iowa State in front of 1,239 fans, scoring bonus points in five of those wins to pace their 31-10 victory. Iowa State took the early lead with an upset win at 174 pounds, as No. 7 Chris Spangler defeated No. 3 Dorian Henderson by a 7-4 decision. Missouri bounced back, however, with five straight victories to go ahead 21-3. Mike Larson scored a first period fall at 184 pounds, while Brent Haynes won by technical fall, 15-0. Devin Mellon defeated Matt Gibson at heavyweight, 3-2, and then Alan Waters scored a 13-4 major decision over No. 10 Ryak Finch before Nathan McCormick won his match by a 9-3 decision. Mizzou also got bonus point wins from Kyle Bradley at 149, who scored a fall over Joe Cozart with just one second left on the clock, and from Drake Houdashelt at 157, who won by a 13-3 major decision. FOLLOW MIZZOU WRESTLING ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER If you're on Facebook or Twitter, make sure to follow the official University of Missouri Wrestling team to get exclusive updates, pictures, video content and live results throughout the entire season. Head to facebook.com/MizzouWrestling or twitter.com/MizzouWrestling and follow us today.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Members of the Virginia Tech wrestling team wrapped up action at the Midlands Championships on Friday at Welsh-Ryan Arena on the campus of Northwestern University with five placing at the tough event, including sophomore 133-pounder Devin Carter who won a title at his weight class. With the strong performance, the Hokies finished in fourth place with 76.5 points. Jarrod Garnett, wrestling unattached, and Pete Yates also made the championship match of their respective weight class, but both fell in the finals. Zach Neibert took fourth place and JohnDickson finished eighth at his weight class. Carter, who beat the Nos. 7, 3 and 1 seeds en route to the crown, fell behind early to top-seeded and No. 3-ranked Tony Ramos of Iowa in the finals. But after getting his own takedown, the two were tied at 4-4, forcing sudden victory. There, Carter finished off a takedown with 18 seconds left to secure the big win. He is now 19-1 on the season and 55-8 for his young career. Garnett, who was seeded eighth, won his first four matches of the tournament, but was pinned in the championship by No. 2 seed and No. 2-ranked Matt McDonough of Iowa. His biggest win of the tournament was a pin over top-seeded and sixth-ranked Jesse Delgado of Illinois in the quarterfinals. Yates beat the Nos. 3 and 10 seed to reach the title match, but got a tough draw in the finals against postgrad Steve Fittery, who placed third at the NCAAs last year as a senior at American. Yates was downed 12-4, but the loss doesn't count against him because Fittery is not an NCAA competitor. Below are the full results from the tournament for the Tech competitors. Matches marked with a * indicate it was against a non-college opponent and doesn't count toward one's record.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- The ninth ranked Oklahoma wrestling squad finished third overall and claimed one champion among a talented field at the 2011 Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern University, on Friday, Dec. 30. Oklahoma finished the tournament taking home the third place trophy with 94.5 points. Iowa ran away with the title after tallying 152 points. Northwestern placed second with 105.5 points. Virginia Tech (76.5) and Edinboro (74.5) rounded out the top five. Leading the way for Oklahoma was redshirt sophomore Kendric Maple who won the 141 pound title to remain unbeaten (12-0) on the year. The Wichita, Kan., native entered Friday's semifinal matchup having earned bonus points in each of his last seven bouts. In the semifinals Maple defeated Iowa State's Luke Goetti, 13-1. In the championship bout, Maple downed Iowa's No. 1 seed Montell Marion, 5-3. In addition to OU's 141 pound champion, five other Sooners – Jarod Patterson (fifth), Nick Lester (fourth), Matt Lester (fifth), Bubby Graham (sixth) and Erich Schmidtke (fifth) – claimed top six finishes among their respective weight classes. Patterson finished fifth among 125 pounders after he fell to the eventual champion, Iowa's Matt McDonough, in the semifinals. In wrestleback action the junior was defeated by the top seed in Illinois Jesse Delgado. Patterson closed out the tournament with a 6-2 win over Central Michigan's Joe Roth. Nick Lester claimed fourth at 149 pounds. Lester dropped his semifinal bout to Rutgers' top-seeded Mario Mason and then downed Utah Valley's Josh Wilson, the seventh overall seed. The redshirt sophomore then dropped the third place match to Edinboro's David Habat. Like his twin brother, Matt Lester faced the top-overall seed in his weight class, Northwestern's Jason Welch. Lester fell to Welch, but was able to finish fifth among a talented field of 157-pounders after he defeated PU's Tommy Churchard, 10-3. Graham opened action dropping his semifinal matchup to Virginia Tech's Pete Yates, 4-2. In wrestleback action Graham dropped two close bouts to finish sixth in the 165 pound bracket. Schmidtke won two straight over Edinboro's Vic Avery and Iowa's Vinnie Wagner in the 184 pound wrestleback bracket before falling to the second seed in Northern Iowa's Ryan Loder. Schmidtke closed out the fifth place bout with a 5-3 win over Elmhurst's Joe Rau. Jordan Keller (133 pounds) and Keldrick Hall (197) were also in action in their respective wrestleback brackets on Friday. Keller fell to Stanford's Ryan Mango, the seventh seed. After posting a 3-1 record on Thursday Hall dropped his opening match in overtime to Maryland's Christian Boley, 8-6. Up next, the Sooners travel to Laramie, Wyo., to take on No. 20 Wyoming on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 7 p.m.

EVANSTON, Ill. -- University of Iowa junior Matt McDonough earned his second Midlands title in three years to help the Hawkeyes win their tournament record 22nd team title at the 49th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championship. McDonough pinned eighth-seeded Jarrod Garnett of Virginia Tech in the 125-pound finals. Iowa piled up 152 points, 46.5 more than tournament host Northwestern (105.5). Oklahoma (94.5), Virginia Tech (76.5) and Edinboro (74.5) rounded out the top five. McDonough fell behind 2-0 in the opening period before rebounding and building a 7-4 lead heading into the second frame. He then put Garnett on his back with a headlock and finished the fall with 58 seconds remaining in the second period. The pin was McDonough's second of the tournament. He also added a major decision among his five victories en route to the tournament title. Four other Hawkeyes advanced to tonight's finals but had to settle for second place finishes. Tony Ramos (133) and Bobby Telford (Hwt.) each dropped overtime decisions in their respective finals. Ramos gave up a takedown in the first sudden-victory period against Virginia Tech's No. 2 seed Devin Carter. Telford was called for locked hands in the second tiebreaker and was unable to escape top-seeded Jarod Trice of Central Michigan in the heavyweight finals. Both losses were the first of the season for Ramos (15-1) and Telford (14-1). Montell Marion (141) and Ethen Lofthouse (174) also dropped decisions in their respective finals. Marion, the nation's top-ranked 141-pounder, fell 5-3 to Kendrick Maple of Oklahoma, the tournament's No. 3 seed. Lofthouse fell to Northwestern's fifth-seeded Lee Munster, 7-3, in the 174-pound finals. Marion's loss was his first of the season (14-1). Tyler Clark (133) earned a fourth place finish after falling to fourth-seeded B.J. Futrell of Illinois, 6-4, in the consolation finals. Clark finished the tournament with five wins in seven matches to record the highest Midlands finish of his career. He finished fifth last season. Michael Kelly (149) recorded a 3-2 decision over Utah Valley's seventh-seeded Josh Wilson in the fifth-place match. Kelly, who entered the tournament unseeded, finished the championships with a 5-2 record that included a pin and a major decision. The Hawkeyes finished the 49th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships with 11 place-winners and a combined 60-26 record. The top-ranked Hawkeyes return to the mat Friday, Jan. 6, at Indiana. Iowa will put its 83-dual unbeaten streak on the line against the Hoosiers at 6 p.m. (CT) inside University Gym. The Hawkeyes then host Oklahoma State on Saturday, Jan. 7. The Cowboys visit Carver-Hawkeye Arena at 7 p.m. To purchase tickets, contact the UI Ticket Office at 800-IA-HAWKS or online at hawkeyesports.com. Admission is $13 for adults, $7 for children, and $2 for kids five and under.