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Hempstead, NY -- Led by a 13-6 victory at 125 lbs by redshirt senior Steve Bonanno and a 3-1 sudden victory win by Paul Snyder at heavyweight, the Hofstra Wrestling team rolled past American, 21-9, on Friday evening at the Mack Sports Complex. Hofstra continued its strong play as of late as the Pride won for the fourth time in its last five dual matches in improving to 4-12 overall. American, which entered the match having won three of its last four contests, fell to 4-4 with the loss. The match got started at 165 lbs as redshirt sophomore Nick Terdick from Hofstra battled Phillip Barreiro of American. After an early Pride advantage, Barreiro fought back eventually earned a 7-5 decision to give the Eagles an early lead. In the night’s second match, sophomore Jermaine John would allow the Pride to knot the score at three as he defeated Keithen Cast, 8-3. After American took a 6-3 lead on 4-1 win by Thomas Barreiro over Victor Pozsonyi at184 lbs, the back and forth match would be tied once again as redshirt junior Tim Murphy held on for a 6-3 win to even the score at six heading into the heavyweight contest. Hofstra would take its first lead of the match as Snyder needed overtime to notch a 3-1 win over Blake Herrin of American. The sudden victory win allowed Hofstra to take a 9-6 lead into the match heading into the intermission. The win was Snyder’s team-leading 17th of the season. The Pride would push its advantage to 12-6 overall in the match as Bonanno picked up his 12th victory of the year in cruising past David Terao, 13-6 at 125 lbs. Bonanno is currently the Pride’s highest ranked wrestler as he is ranked 16 by InterMat, 18 by The Wrestling Report, 20 by USA Today/NWCA/Amateur Wrestling News and 17 by Wrestling Inside News Magazine. A close battle would take place at 133 lbs as redshirt junior Jamie Franco narrowly defeated Esteban Gomez-Rivera, 2-0, to give Hofstra a commanding 15-6 lead in the overall match. Hofstra would continue to pour it on as each wrestler began to feed off the previous one with redshirt junior Luke Vaith notching a 6-1 win over John Boyle at 141 lbs to push the overall match score to 18-6. That win was the Pride’s fifth straight in the match. American closed the gap to 18-9 as Kevin Tao defeated redshirt sophomore Cody Ruggirello at 149 lbs, 7-2 before the contest ended with a 3-1 Hofstra win from redshirt senior Tyler Banks at 157 lbs over Mark Cirello. Hofstra returns to action on Sunday when it hosts Columbia (3-4) at 1 p.m. in the Mack Sports Complex. For ticket information call (516) HOF-TIXX. Results: 165- Phillip Barreiro (AU) dec. Nick Terdick (HU), 7-5 174- Jermaine John (HU) dec. Keithen Cast (AU), 8-3 184- Thomas Barreiro (AU) dec. Victor Pozsonyi (HU), 4-1 197- Tim Murphy (HU) dec. Devon Bradley (AU), 6-3 285- Paul Snyder (HU) dec. Blake Herrin (AU), 3-1 SV 125- Steve Bonanno (HU) dec. David Terao (AU), 13-6 133- Jamie Franco (HU) dec. Estaban Gomez-Rivera (AU), 2-0 141- Luke Vaith (HU) dec. John Boyle (AU), 6-1 149- Kevin Tao (AU) dec. Cody Ruggirello (HU), 7-4 157- Tyler Banks (HU) dec. Mark Cirello (AU), 3-1

Boiling Springs, N.C. -- Gardner-Webb posted six wins overall for the match, as freshman Cortez Starkes opened the dual up with a major decision win at 125 pounds, while redshirt-senior Travis Porter finished the bout out with a shutout win at the heavyweight position to lead the Runnin’ Bulldog grapplers to a 19-12 win over VMI in Southern Conference action. The win was the second straight for Gardner-Webb in Southern Conference action and puts the Runnin’ Bulldogs at 4-6 overall and 2-2 in conference action. Gardner-Webb’s Starkes earned his first dual match victory of his career, as he used a late three-point near fall to record a 15-4 major decision win over Armando Herrera at 125 pounds to put the home team in front early in the match at 4-0. After VMI’s Andriy Onufriyenko used a two-point takedown late in the second period to defeat GWU’s Robbie Golde 4-3 at 133 pounds and the Keydets’ Ryan Goodsell used the riding time to edge Davante Andujar 3-2 at 141 pounds to give VMI a 6-4 match lead, redshirt-senior Ryan Medved used a pair of two-point takedowns and a one-point escape to earn a 5-2 decision over Zeb Stewart at 149 pounds and put GWU back in front at 7-6 in the match. Fellow redshirt-senior Alex Medved followed up with a 10-4 decision over Ted Gottwald at 157 pounds, while Justin Guthrie used two early two-point takedowns and held on for a 4-2 win over Mark Darr at 165 pounds to put the home team on top at 13-6. At 174 pounds, freshman Hunter Gamble used a late two-point takedown in the third period to secure at a 6-1 win over John Dommert to push the GWU match lead to 10 at 16-6. After VMI got a 2-1 win at 184 pounds by Jonathan Jones on riding time once more and then posted a 4-1 win at 197 pounds by Urayoan Garcia to cut the Gardner-Webb match lead to four at 16-12, GWU’s Porter used a five point second period to register a 7-0 shutout win over Michael LaPrade. Gardner-Webb (4-6, 2-2 SoCon) will return to the mat to take on the Campbell Fighting Camels on Monday night, January 28th, at 7 p.m. inBuies Creek, N.C. Results: 125 – Cortez Starkes (GWU) maj. dec. Armando Herrera (VMI) – 15-4 (GWU 4-0) 133 – Andriy Onufriyenko (VMI) dec. Robbie Golde (GWU) – 4-3 (GWU 4-3) 141 – Ryan Goodsell (VMI) dec. Davante Andujar (GWU) – 3-2 (VMI 6-4) 149 – Ryan Medved (GWU) dec. Zeb Stewart (VMI) – 5-2 (GWU 7-6) 157 – Alex Medved (GWU) dec. Ted Gottwald (VMI) – 10-4 (GWU 10-6) 165 – Justin Guthrie (GWU) dec. Mark Darr (VMI) – 13-6 (GWU 13-6) 174 – Hunter Gamble (GWU) dec. John Dommert (VMI) – 6-1 (GWU 16-6) 184 – Jonathan Jones (VMI) dec. Gray Jones (GWU) – 2-1 (GWU 16-9) 197 – Urayoan Garcia (VMI) dec. Blake Salyer (GWU) – 4-1 (GWU 16-12) 285 – Travis Porter (GWU) dec. Michael LaPrade (VMI) – 7-0 (GWU 19-12)

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- No. 23 Northwestern had a strong start to its dual vs. Michigan State, winning four of the first five bouts Friday night in East Lansing, and never looked back in its 18-15 victory. Six Wildcats picked up victories, including true freshman Garrison White who captured his first career Big Ten win. True freshman Dominick Malone got things started for the ’Cats with a 2-1 victory over MSU’s Brendan Lyon at 125. Each wrestler traded escapes in the second and third period and 19th-ranked Malone won with 1:25 of riding time. Fellow true freshman Garrison White kept things rolling for NU and picked up his first Big Ten victory with the 6-1 decision over Brandon Fifield at 133. White stormed out to a 5-0 lead in the first with a takedown and three nearfall points and accumulated 1:24 of riding time. White started the second period down but was unable to escape as Fifield took over the riding time advantage. The MSU wrestler assumed the top position to start the third and White escaped in the closing seconds to secure the 6-1 win. Sophomore Pat Greco extended NU’s lead to 9-0 after an 8-2 decision over Nick Trimble at 141. Greco had a 5-0 shutout after two periods with two takedowns and an escape. Trimble started the third period down and scored his first point off an escape but Greco tabbed his third takedown of the match to lead 7-1. Working for the major decision, Greco let Trimble escape shortly after but he was unable to score another takedown and took the 8-2 decision with riding time. A close decision at 149 lbs. put MSU on the board as Roger Wildmo edged NU sophomore Dylan Marriott, 4-3. Marriott scored the first takedown of the match and had the 3-1 lead in the second, but Wildmo scored a takedown in the closing seconds of the second to tie things up and then the winning escape in the third. Senior Jason Welch helped NU take the 12-3 lead into the break after his 5-1 decision over Ryan Watts at 157. The senior, who is ranked second in the country, took the 3-0 lead after two periods with a second-period escape and takedown in the closing seconds. Welch then extended his lead to 5-0 with another takedown and Watts scored his lone point of the match off an escape late in the third. The victory was the 20th of the season for Welch. At 165 lbs., sophomore Pierce Harger won his fifth straight match, shutting out Nick Proctor, 7-0. Harger had a strong first period with a takedown and two nearfall points to go up 4-0. He then escaped early in the second, was awarded a point for two MSU stalling calls in the second and had the riding time advantage in the victory. Harger has won his last five matches in dominating fashion with three shutouts and two first-period falls. The Loveland, Ohio, native has only been taken down once in the last five bouts. No. 9 Lee Munster picked up another decision, giving NU the 18-3 cushion. Munster scored the lone takedown in his 4-2 victory against Jordan Wohlfert at 174. True freshman Jacob Berkowitz wrestled a hard-fought match against MSU’s No. 18 John Rizqallah at 184 lbs. Berkowitz nearly had a takedown at the edge of the mat with time winding down in the first but no points were awarded. After a scoreless first, Berkowitz started the second period down and was unable to escape. Rizqallah then scored a reversal in the third period to capture the narrow 3-0 decision. MSU won another close decision at 197 as Nick McDiarmid edged No. 16 Alex Polizzi. The NU sophomore tallied two escapes but it wasn’t enough as McDiarmid’s first-period takedown and third-period escape gave him the win. That was the final match of the evening with no bout contested at heavyweight and Northwestern captured the 18-15 dual win. The Wildcats continue their road trip through the state of Michigan, taking on the 18th-ranked Wolverines Sunday. Match time is set for 1 p.m. CT in Ann Arbor. Results: 125: #19 Dominick Malone (NU) dec Brendan Lyon (MSU), 2-1 (3-0 NU) 133: Garrison White (NU) dec Brandon Fifield (MSU), 6-1 (6-0 NU) 141: Pat Greco (NU) dec Nick Trimble (MSU), 8-2 (9-0 NU) 149: Roger Wildmo (MSU) dec Dylan Marriott (NU), 4-3 (9-3 NU) 157: #2 Jason Welch (NU) dec Ryan Watts (MSU), 5-1 (12-3 NU) 165: #16 Pierce Harger (NU) dec Nick Proctor (MSU), 7-0 (15-3 NU) 174: #9 Lee Munster (NU) dec Jordan Wohlfert (MSU), 4-2 (18-3 NU) 184: #18 John Rizqallah (MSU) dec Jacob Berkowitz (NU), 3-0 (18-6 NU) 197: Nick McDiarmid (MSU) dec #16 Alex Polizzi (NU), 3-2 (18-9 NU) Hwt: #7 Michael McClure (MSU) wins by forfeit (18-15 NU)

The NWCA Board of Directors has awarded The University of Minnesota as the host institution to the 2013 NWCA/ Cliff Keen Division I National Duals Presented by Hibiclens and the Marines. This event is also dubbed as the "Mat Mayhem" Championship Finals and will be held on February 22-23 in Williams Arena starting Friday at 6 p.m. "In addition to our event title and presenting sponsors, we want to extend a heartfelt thanks to NWCA benefactor and founder of Beat the Streets-Los Angeles, Andy Barth, for his incredibly generous and ongoing support of this signature event. The National Duals would not be sustainable without the significant donor and sponsor support, said NWCA president, Rob Koll. "It is exciting for the state of Minnesota," said Minnesota head coach J. Robinson "It's exciting for the state to host one of the premier wrestling events in the country." The University of Minnesota was selected to host the event due to its ability to assist in the fulfillment of the event wide goal of growing the sport of wrestling, especially through increasing spectatorship by creating a one of a kind fan experience through a dual meet tournament. Event organizers hope to reach this goal is by having a strong host fan base working to create an electrifying event atmosphere that fans will remember for years. "The University of Minnesota is a very attractive venue because they have one of the top three wrestling spectator bases of all division one teams. Further, our very loyal mid-west spectator base is also within "easy" driving distance," said NWCA President Rob Koll. Koll further stated that most participating teams would have reduced travel costs and easier access to the University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota and Williams Arena is located about fifteen miles from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The Gophers are no stranger to hosting large wrestling events. In 2002 they hosted the Border Brawl in which 15,646 fans were in attendance at the local, off-campus Target Center to see the Gophers defeat Iowa. The more than 15,000 fans present that day set a new record for attendance at a collegiate dual wrestling meet. Minnesota, currently the number three ranked team in the nation, is especially excited to host the event as they are the reigning champions of the event. "With us hosting, I think our guys have taken their excitement one step further," said Robinson. "They are looking forward to wrestling in front of their home crowd against the best in the country. It's a chance to showcase how good Minnesota is. There aren't too many times where you get the chance to do that. " Robinson, who has been the head coach for the Gophers for 27 years, has long been a proponent of the National Dual Meet Championships and has worked a great deal in assisting the NWCA in growing the sport of wrestling. "We are forever grateful that so many faithful coaches, wrestlers, sponsors, and fans have embraced the National Duals concept over the years. Being able to have Coach Robinson play an integral part in the 2013 Championships shows his dedication to the prominence of the dual meet." said Mike Moyer, executive director of the NWCA. The finals will be the last stage of the newly reformatted National Dual Meet Championships. The finals event will feature four teams via automatic bids; Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State, and a championship team out of each of the four regional events on February 17 (an 8 team field). Fox College Sports will be broadcasting 10 dual meets from the event on a 2 week tape delay to a potential universe of 54 million homes. Each dual will also be re-broadcasted a minimum of 10 times to a potential universe of 54 million homes each time. Tickets to the event are on sale and can be purchased via Minnesota Athletics. For additional pricing, seating and purchasing information, visit the Minnesota Athletics Site. For more event information, go to the National Duals page at nwcaonline.com. About the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) The National Wrestling Coaches Association, established in 1928, is a non-profit organization for the advancement of all levels of the sport of wrestling with primary emphasis on developing coaches who work in academic environments. The membership embraces all people interested in amateur wrestling. The three core competencies of the NWCA are: coaching development, student-athlete welfare, and promotion of wrestling. About Cliff Keen Cliff Keen Athletic is a wrestling and officials wear company, dedicated to the advancement of athletics through innovative products and communications. Cliff Keen Athletic exemplifies the rich traditions of sport and the superior quality of athletic wear required for holding up to the rigors of competition. About Hibiclens Hibiclens is an antiseptic antimicrobial skin cleanser possessing bactericidal properties that can be part of an effective defense for preventing the spread of skin infections. Its active ingredient works in a unique way -- it kills germs on contact and bonds to the skin to keep killing microorganisms up to 6 hours after washing. Hibiclens® has been proven to kill MRSA (in vitro) and other staph infections. About the United States Marine Corps On November 10, 1775, the Marine Corps was established by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since then, the Marine Corps, through service on land, in air, and at sea, have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue. Whether facing our nation's foes or conducting humanitarian relief and disaster recovery operations at home or abroad, today's Marine Corps stands ready to continue in the same proud tradition of faithful service to the United States. For more information, visit http://www.Marines.com. About Beat-The-Streets Beat the Streets - Los Angeles, a nonprofit corporation, strives to cultivate and support youth development programs in underserved communities in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Within this context, Beat the Streets -- LA utilizes the sport of wrestling to foster and encourage a desire for excellence, respect for peers, fair play, leadership, and perseverance. With community engagement and investment, Beat the Streets -- LA will provide support and direction for youth programs, enhancing young men and women's lives in school, sports and the community

Oshkosh, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team, ranked fifth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA), improved to 14-3 overall and 3-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) with a 46-6 victory at UW-Oshkosh Thursday night in Kolf Sports Center. The Titans fall to 4-6 overall and 1-3 in the conference. The Eagles recorded five wins by fall, two by major decision, one by technical fall and one by decision as they earned their 21st straight win over UW-Oshkosh. Izzy Balsiger, James Bennett and Adam Sheley gave UW-L an 18-0 lead recording three wins by fall. Balsiger, ranked 10th at 125-pounds, opened with a win by fall (3:38) over the Titans' Parker Peterson. Bennet followed with a win by fall (2:01) at 133-pounds over David Rosenau and Sheley, ranked fifth at 141, defeated Justin Schienebeck by fall (2:20). Brady Schrupp gave the Eagles a 22-0 lead with a win by major decision (8-0) over Dylan Riley at 149-pounds. Ninth-ranked JR Lewis won by fall (2:16) for UW-L at 157-pounds for a 28-0 advantage. UW-Oshkosh's Nazar Kulchytskyy earned its only victory of the night as he won by fall (1:08) over UW-L's Derek Weinmann at 165-pounds. Kulchytskyy is currently ranked second in Division III. UW-L's Mitch Anderson made it 32-6 with a major decision (10-1) versus Ben Frieler at 174-pounds and Eric Twohey gave the Eagles a 38-6 lead with a win by fall (4:35) over Dakota Daniels at 184. Tony Piechowski defeated Korey Kleinhans by technical fall (15-0, 4:35) at 197-pounds and Cody Endres made the final margin of 46-6 with a decision (9-6) over Brandon Clapper at 285. UW-L returns to action Friday, February 1 at the Pete Willson Wheaton College (Ill.) Invitational starting at 11 a.m. Results: 125: Izzy Balsiger (UWL) Pinned Parker Peterson (UWO), 3:38, 6-0 133: James Bennett (UWL) Pinned David Rosenau (UWO), 2:01, 12-0 141: Adam Sheley (UWL) Pinned Justin Schienebeck (UWO), 2:20, 18-0 149: Brady Schrupp (UWL) Defeated Dylan Riley (UWO), 8-0, 22-0 157: JR Lewis (UWL) Pinned Jacob Moczynski (UWO), 2:16, 28-0 165: Nazar Kulchytskyy (UWO) Pinned Derek Weinmann (UWL), 1:08, 28-6 174: Mitch Anderson Defeated Ben Frieler (UWO), 10-1, 32-6 184: Eric Twohey (UWL) Pinned Dakota Daniels (UWO), 4:35, 38-6 197: Tony Piechowski (UWL) Defeated Korey Kleinhans (UWO), 15-0 (4:35), 43-6 285: Cody Endres (UWL) Defeated Brandon Clapper (UWO), 9-6, 46-6

WAVERLY -- Cornell juniors Ben Rosen and Carl Gaul recorded bookend wins over highly-rated individuals as the No. 28 Rams had their moments in a 34-13 dual loss to top-ranked and unbeaten Wartburg Thursday night in Levick Arena. Cornell (5-3) collected three match victories against the two-time defending national champions. The 13 dual meet points are the most allowed by Wartburg (14-0) against a Division III foe this season. Rosen gave the Rams an early lift with a 5-4 triumph over third-ranked Gilberto Camacho in the opening bout at 125 pounds. The upset moved Rosen's record to 18-12 on the season, and put Cornell ahead 3-0 in the dual. The Knights went on to win the next seven matches – four of them pins – to take control of the meet with a 34-3 lead. The Rams finished the dual strong, getting wins and bonus points from junior 197-pounder Alex Coolidge and Gaul at heavyweight in the final two matches. The second-ranked Coolidge (23-3) handled Steven Kleamenakis in a 14-5 major decision. Gaul (20-10) provided the final highlight with a third-period pin over sixth-ranked Ryan Fank in 6:13. A late move gave Gaul his team-high 13th fall of the season, and 40th of his career. In a rated matchup at 149, Cornell's fourth-ranked freshman Trevor Engle dropped a 13-9 decision to No. 2 Kodie Silvestri. Engle moved to 21-6 on the season. Cornell 174-pounder Brent Hamm also fell by decision, 9-3, to fourth-ranked Dylan Azinger. At 141, freshman Samuel Chalkley lost a 12-2 major decision to Tommy Mirocha. Cornell's Scott Smith at 133, Daniel Ball at 157, Colin Bertucci at 165 and Kevin Stahmer at 184 all lost by fall against nationally-ranked opponents. Coming up – The Rams return to action Feb. 2 for Loras' Duhawk Open in Dubuque. Cornell's next dual meet is Feb. 6 at No. 26 University of Dubuque. Results: 125: Ben Rosen (CC) won by 5-4 dec vs. #3 Gilberto Camacho (WB). 3-0 Cornell 133: #1 Kenny Anderson (WB) won by fall at 1:32 vs. Scott Smith (CC). 6-3 Wartburg 141: Tommy Mirocha (WB) wins by 12-2 maj dec vs. Samuel Chalkley (CC).10-3 WB 149: #2 Kodie Silvestri (WB) wins by 13-9 maj dec vs. #4 Trevor Engle (CC). 13-3 WB 157: #3 Cole Welter (WB) wins by fall at 2:27 vs. Daniel Ball (CC). 19-3 WB 165: #1 Landon Williams (WB) wins by fall at 3:47 vs. Colin Bertucci (CC). 25-3 WB 174: #4 Dylan Azinger (WB) wins by 9-3 dec vs. Brent Hamm (CC). 28-3 WB 184: #5 Sam Upah (WB) wins by fall at 1:43 vs. Kevin Stahmer (CC). 34-3 WB 197: #2 Alex Coolidge (CC) wins by 14-5 maj dec Steven Kleamenakis (WB). 34-7 WB 285: Carl Gaul (CC) wins by fall at 6:13 vs. #6 Ryan Fank (WB). 34-13 WB 149 exhibition: Andrew Johnson (WB) won by 11-2 maj dec vs. Zach Bechtkof

The 13th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney used three forfeits and won a couple of close decisions to beat Maryville University, 29-12, Thursday night at Millard South High School. UNK (8-3) has now won five duals in a row while the second-year Saints from St. Louis, Mo., fall to 0-3. Maryville is led by former UNO head coach Mike Denney and this was his return to Omaha. The dual started at 157 pounds where Lincoln redshirt freshman Chase White managed 2-1 overtime win. White and Joey Moorhouse each recorded an escape during regulation and, after a scoreless sudden victory period, White escaped again. He then rode Moorhouse for 30 seconds to claim the win. Columbus senior Austin Carmichael then followed with a 3-2 win over Christian Loges. Carmichael scored a first period takedown and escaped early in the third to give the Lopers a 6-0 lead. Next, junior Patrick Martinez (Hemet, Calif.) improved to 4-0 as a UNK wrestler as he had four takedowns and a reversal at 174 lbs. Winning 11-5, Martinez also racked up 1:40 of riding time. After forfeit wins for both teams at 184 and 197 lbs., senior Nick Bauman (Broomfield, Colo.) scored a last second takedown in the sudden victory period to edge Millard South grad Mario Denson, 3-1, at 285 lbs. True freshman Connor Bolling (Central City) scored five more team points for the Lopers when he recorded an injury default win over Brandon Oshiro. Bolling took down the sophomore with 21 seconds left in the first period. Due to an ankle injury, Oshiro couldn't continue. Finally, the senior Raufeon Stots (Houston, Texas) took on sophomore Keenan Hagerty at 149 lbs. in a rematch of last year's national championship match. This time, Hagerty had the upper hand as he took down Stots with 1:16 left in the match to move ahead 3-1. He then scored two near fall points at the end of the match and picked up 1:14 in riding time. UNK hosts Chadron State Saturday at 6:00 p.m.

The Colorado Mesa University wrestling team took on the Division I Northern Colorado Bears in a dual on Thursday night. The two teams split the ten bouts but a James Martinez pin at 149 pounds proved to be the difference as the Mavericks extended their win streak to 12 matches after an 18-17 thrilling victory in Brownson Arena. Colorado Mesa and Northern Colorado split the first two matches of the night. UNC's Jesse Nielsen scored a major decision victory at 174 pounds while CMU's Nick Petersen picked up a decision at 184 pounds. In the third match of the night, Maverick Jordan Passehl faced off with Bear Cody McAninch at 197 pounds. McAninch had the early lead in the match and led 4-2 heading into the final period. Passehl took McAninch down and let him up twice to even the bout. Passehl's final takedown occurred with roughly five second left in the match which still gave McAninch a riding point and the win 7-6. Northern Colorado led 7-3 after three bouts. After UNC scored a decision victory at 285 pounds, Colorado Mesa's Jonathon Stelling picked up a 9-3 victory at 125 pounds. The freshman is now 20-8 on the season and cut the Bear lead to 10-6. The Bears and Mavericks would split the next two matches to make the score of the dual 13-9 in favor of Northern Colorado. At 149 pounds, Mavericks James Martinez scored a pin over Northern Colorado's Nick Alspaugh at the 2:18 mark of the match. The pin was Martinez' sixth of the season and pushed his record to 12-1 on the season. That gave the Mavericks their first lead of the dual at 15-13. Senior Jon Gappmaier fell to Northern Colorado's Mitchell Polkowske 9-0 to make the dual score 17-15 in favor of Northern Colorado. Gappmaier's record is now 10-3 on the season. In the night's final bout, UNC's Charlie McMartin squared off with Maverick Tyler Miles. McMartin took early control of the match and was injured on a shot attempt. McMartin continued on but wasn't the same. Miles scored a takedown on the injury and picked up two escapes and a reversal to score the 7-6 decision and win the dual for the Mavericks. The Mavericks will return to the mats next Thursday for a dual with nationally ranked Grand Canyon and then on Saturday a showdown with rival Western State in Brownson Arena. Results: 125 Jonathon Stelling (CMU) vs. Abe Fox (UNC) 9-3 UNC 10-6 CMU’s Stelling is now 20-8 on the season; UNC’s Fox is now 1-5 on the season 133 Tyler Nelson (CMU) vs. Sam Bauer (UNC) 3-1 UNC 10-9 CMU’s Nelson is now 9-6 on the season; UNC’s Bauer is now 6-11 on the season 141 Drew Schumann (CMU) vs. Nick Adams (UNC) 12-7 UNC 13-9 UNC’s Adams is now 10-7 on the season; CMU’s Schumann is now 16-9 on the season 149 James Martinez (CMU) vs. Nick Alspaugh (UNC) 2:18 CMU 15-13 CMU’s Martinez is now 12-1 on the season; UNC’s Alspaugh is now 1-10 on the season 157 #2 Jon Gappmaier (CMU) vs. Mitchell Polkowske (UNC) 9-0 UNC 17-15 UNC’s Polkowske is now 7-4 on the season; CMU’s Gappmaier is now 10-3 on the season 165 Tyler Miles (CMU) vs. Charlie McMartin (UNC) 7-6 CMU 18-17 CMU’s Miles is now 10-7 on the season; UNC’s McMartin is now 14-10 on the season 174 Mitch Wyatt (CMU) vs. Jessie Nielsen (UNC) 11-3 UNC 4-0 UNC’s Nielsen is now 2-1 on the season; CMU’s Wyatt is now 10-11 on the season 184 Nick Petersen (CMU) vs. Keith Johnson (UNC) 10-3 UNC 4-3 CMU’s Petersen is now 21-4 on the season; UNC’s Johnson is now 1-5 on the season 197 Jordan Passehl (CMU) vs. Cody McAninch (UNC) 7-6 UNC 7-3 UNC’s McAninch is now 6-11 on the season; CMU’s Passehl is now 8-4 on the season 285 Paco Retana (CMU) vs. Henry Chirino (UNC) 8-2 UNC 10-3 UNC’s Chirino is now 20-7 on the season; CMU’s Retana is now 12-14 on the season *Dual started at 174 pounds CMU Even Matches; UNC Odd Matches

ALAMOSA, Colo. -- The Adams State University Grizzlies wrestled for the first time at home this season Thursday night facing Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rival Western State. The Grizzlies wrestled five duals in three days last week, going 2-3 against some stiff competition. Juniors Jerry Huff (Broomfield, Colo.) and seventh-ranked Ryan Fillingame (Victorville, Calif.) led the Grizzlies over the weekend, with Huff posting a perfect 4-0 record at the Nebraska-Kearney duals. Fillingame was also perfect at the Nebraska-Kearney duals and also accumulated a dual win last Thursday at Fort Hays State. Things got underway at 184 pounds with ASU's Mario Garcia (Pueblo, Colo.) falling in a major decision to Kyle Piatt (Olathe, Colo.) of Western State, 12-3. Garcia is now 3-12, 0-6 in duals. The Grizzlies forfeited the 197-pound match, which made the score 10-0 in Western's favor. One of the more exciting matches of the evening came next at 285 pounds and featured Adams State's Taylor Stam(Parker, Colo.) versus Kyle Graulus (Fort Morgan, Colo.). Neither wrestler was able to gain an advantage throughout the opening period, and the match went into the period with no score. Stam was able to score one point in the second to take a 1-0 advantage until Graulus tied it in the third. The regulation time would expire with score deadlocked at one. The sudden victory period would not be enough to decide the match, but Stam would eventually close out the victory in the first tie-breaker period with a final score of 2-1. Stam improved to 6-10, 3-4 in duals on the year. Stam's victory marked the first of seven in a row for the Grizzlies, who were in control of the team score for the rest of the night. Huff was in control throughout the entire 125-pound match, defeating Dustin Stiegemeyer (Austin, Texas) with a solid 7-2 decision. Huff improved to an impressive 16-4, 5-0 in duals on the season. Grizzly freshman Martin Ramirez (Elk Grove, Calif.) dominated the 133-pound weight class with a convincing 12-3 major decision. Ramirez, now 16-10, 4-3 in duals, has steadily been improving over the season and is becoming a force for the Grizzlies to compliment an already strong arsenal of light and middle-weight wrestlers. Fillingame would score a 6-3 decision at 141 pounds to push his record to 19-5 and a perfect 6-0 in duals. Fillingame's 19 wins are tied for the team lead. ASU would get two falls in the 149 and 157 pound matches, with ASU's Max Ortega (Rio Rancho, N.M.) making short work of Brandon Montoya (Johnstown, Colo.) at 149 pounds, pinning him in 1:17. The Grizzlies' Daniel Kelly would go on to pin Andy Fontenot (Houston, Texas) in 4:28 to bring the score to 25-10 and out of the Mountaineers' reach. Ortega improved to 11-5, 3-0 in duals, while Kelly won his team-leading 19th match of the season. Kelly is 6-1 in duals on the season. Adams State junior Justin Samora (Cortez, Colo.) won at the 165-pound weight class, scoring a major-decision to push his record to 15-11, 5-2 which set up a showdown between ASU's Jarrod Purvis (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and No. 2 Elliot Copeland (Bennett, Colo.) in the final match of the night at 174 pounds. The 174-pound matchup was close throughout, with Purvis trailing 4-7 after the opening period. Purvis would score a takedown in period two, but Copeland's two escapes would keep the margin at three points after two periods. Purvis would score an escape early into the third period and then got a takedown to tie the match at nine with twenty seconds left, but Copeland would escape from Purvis 10 seconds later and Purvis ended up falling for just the sixth time this season, 10-9. Purvis now stands at 14-6, 5-2. The Grizzlies 29-13 victory helped them improve to 4-3, 2-1 in RMAC duals on the season and will travel to Golden, Colo. for the Rocky Mountain Open this Saturday. They will next wrestle at home on Feb. 1 in RMAC action against Chadron State. Results: 184 Kyle Piatt (WSC) maj. dec. Mario Garcia (ASU), 3-12 4 0 Garcia is now 3-12, 0-6 in duals. 197 Sam Mangum (WSC) wins by forfeit 10 0 285 Taylor Stam (ASU) dec. Kyle Graulus (WSC), 2-1 (TB-1) 10 3 Stam is now 6-10, 3-4 in duals. 125 Jerry Huff (ASU) dec. Dustin Stiegemeyer (WSC), 7-2 10 6 Huff is now 16-4, 5-0 in duals. 133 Martin Ramirez (ASU) maj. dec. CJ York (WSC), 12-3 10 10 Ramirez is now 16-10, 4-3 in duals. 141 #7 Ryan Fillingame dec. Cody Cole (WSC), 6-3 10 13 Fillingame is now 19-5, 6-0 in duals. 149 Max Ortega (ASU) def. Brandon Montoya (WSC), Fall (1:17) 10 19 Ortega is now 11-5, 3-0 in duals. 157 Daniel Kelly (ASU) def. Andy Fontenot (WSC), Fall (4:28) 10 25 Kelly is now 19-7, 6-1 in duals. 165 Justin Samora (ASU) maj. dec. Austin Harris (WSC), 8-0 10 29 Samora is now 15-11, 5-2 in duals. 174 #2 Patrick Martinez (WSC) dec. Jarrod Purvis (ASU), 10-9 13 29 Purvis is now 14-5, 5-1 in duals.

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Air Force senior Cole VonOhlen is currently 21-2 and ranked fourth nationally at 149 pounds. He has been one of the most successful wrestlers in program history. Earlier this season VonOhlen became the all-time pins leader at Air Force. He is a three-time NCAA qualifier with a career record of 133-24. InterMat recently caught up with VonOhlen and talked to him about a variety of topics. Cole VonOhlen is 21-2 this season and ranked fourth at 149 (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)You haven't competed due to injury since the Southern Scuffle in early January. What's the severity of your injury? When do you expect to be back on the mat competing? VonOhlen: I just kind of tweaked my shoulder a little bit. In a week or a couple weeks I should be good to go for sure. I'm not too concerned about it. In previous years I've gotten a lot of matches in, so having less matches isn't a bad thing for me this year. I've wrestled enough to know where I'm at and what I'm capable of. Just making sure I'm ready for March is the big thing. Is it tough having to sit and watch your teammates wrestle? VonOhlen: It is and it isn't. Right now it's pretty awesome because even though I'm not out there they're still kicking butt. So it's pretty cool. It would have been nice to be back for the Oregon State match because we had a few guys out for that one. I think we could have had a lot better match against them if a few of us would have been back. Being out and still beating UNI was pretty cool. You recently finished runner-up at the Southern Scuffle. You defeated a fellow Minnesota native Dylan Ness in the semifinals. What was the key to defeating Ness? VonOhlen: I think it was just wrestling my match. Our styles kind of match up well for me to do well. He likes to roll around a little bit and I'm not afraid to scramble in there. Getting on top and bottom were good positions for me. Getting a takedown in the first period was big. I think being able to get on top is a bag factor me, so I just have to keep working on that in big matches. You fell in the Southern Scuffle finals to Oklahoma State's Jordan Oliver, the nation's top-ranked 149-pounder. What did you take away from that loss? VonOhlen: Sometimes I have trouble with quick guys, so I just need to keep working on my defense and make sure I'm getting in on my own shots. I got in on a couple shots, but I just kind of stopped. I need to try to finish a little more. A takedown in that match would have changed things. So I'll just keep working and hopefully I'll get my rematch in March. Last season you came into the NCAAs as the No. 3 seed and fell short of All-American honors. Is that something that still drives you? Or was it something you immediately put in the past? VonOhlen: No, I definitely didn't immediately put that one in the past. It's still a driving factor. Every year I get closer and closer. So just finally making that last little push to get on the podium will be exciting in March. How different is wrestling in the NCAA tournament compared to wrestling in a regular season event? VonOhlen: It's a little different. It's different if you take it as different. If you try to have the mindset where it's just another tournament I think you'll be all right. Some guys can psyche themselves out if they haven't been in big tournaments before. Most guys that go to it have been in big tournaments. They've been in state tournaments, or national tournaments, or wrestled in Fargo. Hopefully most of the time it's not too big of a change, but some people can get themselves psyched out. Cole VonOhlen defeated Derek Valenti of Virginia en route to finishing runner-up at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Now that you're a senior has anything changed with your approach to the sport? Are you putting more pressure on yourself to accomplish your goals? Or less because it's your last season of college wrestling? VonOhlen: The only thing that I can do is train as hard as I can and then wrestle as hard as I can. Whatever outcome happens I've got to try to be happy with. I'm just trying to give it everything I've got and hopefully walk away satisfied in the end. Air Force is currently ranked 24th in the country. Where do you see this program going? VonOhlen: We're definitely on the up. We've got a lot of tough guys coming in all the time, a lot of tough freshmen. Hopefully our practice room environment just keeping getting tougher and tougher and we keep working up the ladder. It's pretty exciting. Has Air Force been everything you thought it would be coming out of high school? VonOhlen: Coming out of high school I didn't really know what it would be. I hadn't been that involved in the military stuff before or anything, so it was just kind of a leap. It has far exceeded my expectations … just with all the opportunities, all the friends you meet, and all the chances you get while you're there. It's been a pretty awesome experience. Your coaches Joel Sharratt and Sam Barber both have ties to your home state of Minnesota. Sharratt wrestled at Bloomington Kennedy and Barber coached at Augsburg. What's it like wrestling for them? VonOhlen: It's just kind of a good continuation. I had a really good coach in high school, Randy Baker. He knows both of them well. They have kind of the same mentality, so it was an easy crossover for me and a continuation of the building I was doing in high school. It was good transition and kept me on the good path that I was on. You're close to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. How has that benefitted you throughout your college wrestling career? VonOhlen: A lot. Whenever there is a training camp or something I can just hop down there and I'm in the mix with the best guys in the country or the world. You're facing really tough guys all the time. It's helped me a lot. It's always good to get different competition, or tough competition, that will push you or make you realize a weakness that you didn't have before. Have you decided if you want to continue wrestling competitively after you graduate from the Air Force? VonOhlen: Yeah, I would like to. I'm looking at the options for the World Class Athlete Program. So I'll see what opportunities I can get with that. Hopefully that's a possibility. It would be pretty fun. This story also appears in the Jan. 25 issue of The Guillotine. The Guillotine has been covering wrestling in Minnesota since 1971. Its mission is to report and promote wrestling at all levels -- from youth and high school wrestling to college and international level wrestling. Subscribe to The Guillotine.

InterMat senior writer T.R. Foley answers reader questions about NCAA wrestling, international wrestling, recruiting, or anything loosely related to wrestling. You have until Thursday night every week to send questions to Foley's Twitter or email account. Do you want to read a past mailbag? Access archives. Thanks to the all readers who submitted questions this past week. Sometimes we have so many that I have to hold a question or two for the following week, but we've never had as much response as we did last week. Readers sent in enough questions to cover three weeks of mailbags, so if you don't see your response, please wait until next week and you'll be sure to see your name in BOLD. As always, I'm looking forward to reading your emails. I'll be in Asia for the next two weeks reporting, and though I'll be tuning into the matches that I can find online, I'll need your questions to help me keep focused. While away I'll be filing stories for InterMat and FIGHT! Magazine, in addition to a large piece I'm hoping will appear in a national sports magazine. I'll also be wrestling in India, so fans of WrestlingRoots.org be sure to keep checking the Facebook page and the Twitter (@wrestlingroots) for new photos and videos of traditional kushti wrestling. India will be the last for the book research and will allow me to start the publishing process and get something in print by the end of the summer. Any restaurant recommendations in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and New Dehli are much appreciated. To your questions ... Q: When a high school wrestler transfers like in college do they lose any eligibility or can they wrestle right away? -- @gapyonks Foley: The answer is based on a number of factors. Individual school districts take direction from the state, but are largely autonomous in how they award eligibility to current students. Certainly if you're from a military family and you move mid-semester there is little reason to think that the school district would complain about participation in sports. However, if you move for less noticeable reasons, or the connection to the school seems tenuous, then it might spark an investigation. Gaming the system are those whose parents buy property in a district. It's a hell of an investment, but one that many parents have made. School districts might seek to restrict their participation, but I imagine most would green light in lieu of determining the motivation of the parents. Again, this is the discretion of the school, then the school district and finally the state educational system. For a super interesting case, take a read at the situation surrounding the Sudanese basketball players in the suburbs of Chicago. Q: Any idea when the Alton's will be back in PSU's lineup? #inquiringmindswanttoknow -- @MichaelPriore Foley: Twitter Lesson #1: That is called a HASHTAG. Use 'em when you want to say something that might take too many characters, or when you want your Tweet to be searchable and trendable. As for the answer to your question, both Alton boys will be in the lineup this weekend, after completing their 30-day no-competition punishment. Don't expect much of a fall off from their pre-suspension performances. The twins have been competing at open tournaments and working out with the team. Q: What ever happened to Lance Palmer's younger brother who wrestled at Ohio State? Freddie Rodriguez? He was a Spartan last I checked. -- @Chosen_OneLCA Foley: Collin Palmer didn't stick to wrestling and instead started a family. He was a talented guy from a talented family. Freddie Rodriguez was looking to give it a shot at a high school in Iowa, but he was a little on the older side of the eligibility requirements, and he wasn't allowed to compete. He has already fought in one MMA match so it's entirely possible that after high school he will enter into the sport. Otherwise he'll need to get his grades up at a JUCO before having a chance to show his worth at the Division I level. Multimedia Halftime Lights. Camera. ACTION. Ouch. Watch as a spotlight falls on a wrestler. They call him the "White Lion" My site WrestlingRoots.org seeks out stories like the one you see below and posts them to our website and Facebook page. If you're interested please check out the site or follow along on Twitter @wrestlingroots to discover daily content! Q: Is it better to have a team that has studs to start on the varsity lineup with backups that maybe aren't as talented, or a team with depth? As in, should anyone be able to take the starting spot at any given time, or is it better for the starters to be leaps and bounds ahead of any backups? -- D. Clark Foley: Who wouldn't want stud backups? Remember Jesse Whitmer, the 118-pound NCAA champion for Iowa in 1997? This guy is a backup for four years behind Mike Mena. Finally in his fifth year he gets the nod and we all find out that he's a hammer on his feet. Backup is almost a derogatory word, like they don't have a huge impact on the direction of the program. I could name another dozen who've shown the ability to compete at the top level even as they sat the bench, but the truth is that talented backups are always the supporting structure of any wrestling team. Individuals may shine, lead and be the technical example for a squad, but without a supporting staff that is both talented and committed the efforts of the starters won't matter. That written, I can see what you mean: Does wrestling with 3-4 studs work as extra motivation for the team? It could, but you'll always need dedicated workout partners to make sure that your team is successful and healthy for the entire season. Q: I was wondering if you know how long Logan Stieber is out? I feel like his absence has made a drastic impact for the Buckeyes, especially against Iowa and Minnesota where that's a seven-point swing which would have made those duals much closer than they were. -- Mike in Cleveland Ohio State's Logan Stieber won the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational with a victory over Nathan McCormick (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Foley: Logan will have an enormous impact on the team when he returns to action. When that will be is a good guess. I talked with Reece Humphrey this week for the upcoming Back Points podcast and he said that Logan is battling a hamstring injury. Right now it's not serious, and certainly not season ending, but Tom Ryan and his staff are protecting him from any further damage. Like Humphrey said, the hamstring is a tricky injury that you need to protect because the recovery time can be brutal, especially when the NCAA tournament is only a few weeks away. The major concern for Buckeye fans shouldn't be how quickly he's back for the dual meet, but how healthy he'll be at Big Tens and NCAAs. It's more important to win the NCAA title than keep it close against Minnesota. But maybe I'm just being selfish. I took a bet with @muirorless on the number of NCAA titles the Stieber brothers would accumulate for their career. It was a large number. Update from reader, Jerry: Hoping for February 1st return. Q: So I just watched the Lance Armstrong interview and I started thinking about the "doping" issue as it pertains to wrestling. Should we as a wrestling community start getting in front of this issue now? Further, do you think that the prevalence of performance-enhancing drug (PED) usage in MMA (which has so many ties to wrestling) will begin to filter into the wrestling world? -- Unknown # Foley: I love that you brought up the issue of PEDs in collegiate and professional sports. It would be easy for wrestling to bury its head in the Resilite and avoid the larger issues. As we all know, the wrestling community rarely gets in front of an issue (age restrictions on weight cutting), but being proactive in thinking about change is an important first step to help grow and protect the sport. Despite your vigilance, there is no PEDs issue in collegiate wrestling. Though there is plenty of talent that graduates from NCAA wrestling to MMA, the negative habits like PED use are picked up in the major leagues, not the minors. MMA is more susceptible to PEDs for several reasons, but few are as consequential as the extended layoff between camps and the multifaceted training regiments that many fighters claim cause injury. It's easy for a fighter 10 weeks from a fight to be in a cycle, because they can wean themselves off as the fight approaches. For wrestlers the timetable is too crunched to handle the weight flux associated with the use of TRT and high-test PEDS. Wrestlers run a middle distance race and therefore become consumed with the idea of balancing weight with fitness. To be clear, I agree that MMA is turned upside down with drug use. Over the years I've had several candid discussions with fighters about PED use and most claim that the numbers inside the UFC is well north of fifty percent. This week, our very own Ben Askren is so irritated by the culture of drug use that he became the first MMA fighter to volunteer and pass VADA testing before a main event. He won by third-round corner stoppage. PED abuse in MMA is more serious than in ball sports because with strength, stamina and rage come real consequences. After years of speculation Rousamir Palhares got dinged for steroids after his TKO loss to Hector Lombard. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert is known around the world to be on drugs for many of the world's top grappling contests, and in 2011 his over-developed body and fried mind dislocated an opponent's knee well after the final whistle. You put trust in your opponents in BJJ and MMA, and Palhares, likely because of the roids, was unable to contain his rage. (If you're queasy, don't watch the end of the video. If you live for that shit, it's bookmarkable. If you love seeing dudes survive in impossible situations, watch this.) On the note of unhinged rage, Vitor Belfort hardly hid his use of PEDs and TRT at his fight last weekend in Brazil. It's unlikely that the two-time former champion even cycled off -- confident enough that his hometown doctors would assist him. The entire event looked a little larger than normal and seeing that much drug use actually makes me hesitant to bet fighters in the future. Until wrestling starts seeing freaks of this kind take the mat, I think we are still 99.5% clean with little room to worry. Q: It seems like every week you get a question like "Where is John Doe? He was a four-time state champ and now I can't find him on his team's roster." Why don't you guys do a recruiting rewind feature similar to Rivals where you look at the top recruits from four or five years ago and see where they ended up, how their college careers went, and maybe take a look at some hidden gems that weren't ranked very high coming out of high school. -- Bobby Foley: That's not a bad idea. We've done it once before, in 2008, and I think it's a pretty interesting article. Would you want to see it for this year? I can definitely tell you that with the exception of Eric Grajales, the Class of 2009 has been spectacular on the top. I mean, really impressive.

In the prior two seasons, interstate rivals No. 15 Detroit Catholic Central, Mich., and No. 20 Cincinnati Moeller, Ohio have battled it out in dual meet competition. Two years ago, the Shamrocks traveled south as favorites, but were upset by the host Crusaders. However, last year, Moeller travelled north to Michigan and left with a loss for their trip. This Saturday, Moeller will play host, and the 2 p.m. dual meet should be one full of intrigue. These two teams are extremely balanced. The matchups across this dual meet should be interesting to follow, with the overall outcome of the dual meet open for either team to win. Below is a breakdown of the projected lineups. 106: Zack Prater (Detroit Catholic Central) vs. Will Kruspe (Cincinnati Moeller). This weight class is a relative weakness for both squads. The freshman Prater was one match away from placing at the Medina Invitational, while Kruspe is a senior whose lone tournament placement is eighth at SWOWCA. 113: Trevor Zdebski vs. Conner Ziegler. Zdebski was champion of the Medina Invitational in this weight class and placed third at state in the 103 weight class as a freshman last year. Fellow sophomore Ziegler has three notable tournament placements this year -- second at SWOWCA, fifth at POWERade, and champion at the Catholic Invitational Tournament -- after qualifying for state last year at 106. 120: Evan Toth vs. Jacoby Ward. The junior Toth qualified for state as a freshman and failed to place at Medina last month, while Ward is a freshman and yet to place in any tournament this year. However, he was one match away from placing at POWERade, and has a great family lineage with older brother Joey Ward and half-brother Chaz Gresham being state champions last year. 126: No. 12 Kenny Bade/Myles Amine vs. Connor Borton. The strategy for the Shamrocks may be to place the lesser of their two options, state qualifier Myles Amine, in this match against the sophomore Borton who was a state alternate last year. Myles Amine is ranked sixth in Division 1 at 130 pounds, while Borton placed fourth at both SWOWCA and the CIT. 132: Bade/Amine vs. Andrew Mendel. It would be ideal for the Shamrocks to have two-time state champion, and two-time Medina champion, Bade here. The Penn-bound wrestler would be a strong favorite against two-time state alternate Mendel, who was champion at CIT after a runner-up finish at SWOWCA and being one match away from placing at POWERade. 138: Malik Amine vs. Jonathan Tallarigo. The Shamrocks are strong favorites in this match with two-time state placer, and state runner-up last year, Amine the projected wrestler here against the junior Tallarigo, whose first varsity tournament placement came this past weekend at the CIT (where he finished sixth). 145: Chris Naubert vs. Austin Bohenek. This is another battle of relatively unproven wrestlers, as neither has been near the state tournament. The senior Naubert is unranked in Michigan Division 1, and went 2-2 at the Medina Invitational. The junior Bohenek was one match away from placing at the POWERade and CIT. 152: Mike Babicz vs. Wyatt Wilson. Babicz was a state qualifier in 2011, but falls outside the top ten and was one match away from placing at Medina in December. Fellow senior Wilson has yet to make the state tournament, and has finished fourth at SWOWCA and second at the CIT this year. 160: Logan Marcicki vs. Dean Meyer. This is a battle of excellent junior wrestlers, with Marcicki having won a state title in 2011 and finishing runner-up at the Medina Invitational. Meyer is a two-time state qualifier, who placed eighth as a freshman. This season, he placed fourth at SWOWCA, third at POWERade, and champion at the CIT. 170: No. 17 DrewD Garcia vs. No. 20 Dakota Sizemore. Yet another match placing excellent juniors against one another, this time both are in the national rankings. For the Shamrocks, Garcia is a two-time state finalist, winning state last year, and has won the Medina Invitational each of the last two years. Countering for the Crusaders is two-time state qualifier Sizemore, who was third at state last year; this season, he finished runner-up at SWOWCA, placed third at POWERade, and was champion at the CIT. 182: Nick Giese vs. Quention Rosser. The sophomore Giese placed sixth at the Medina Invitational in this weight class, and is ranked fifth in Michigan Division 1 at 189 pounds. For Moeller, Rosser is a junior who made the state tournament last year, and this season finished second at SWOWCA, was a match away from placing at the POWERade, before winning the CIT. 195: Jimmy Russell vs. Jerry Thornberry. The junior Russell was one match away from placement at Medina in December, but only cracks the lineup due to the extra upper-weight in NFHS wrestling. Fellow junior Thornberry placed eighth at state as a freshman but failed to make state last last year. This season, he finished fourth at SWOWCA, sixth at POWERade, and third at the CIT. 220: Jay Peterson vs. No. 10 Chalmer Frueauf. The senior Peterson is ranked ninth in Michigan Division 1 and placed seventh at the Medina Invitational. Only a junior, Frueauf has finished fourth in the state in each of his first two high school seasons. During this season, he placed third at the POWERade, and was a dominant champion at SWOWCA and the CIT. 285: Robert Coe vs. Max Swoboda. The senior Coe, bound for Boston University, placed seventh at state last year and fourth at the Medina Invitational. He is also the top ranked wrestler in Michigan Division 1 at this weight class. The Crusaders respond with fellow senior Swoboda, who failed to place at both SWOWCA and POWERade but finished third at the CIT.

Mules wrestling earned a hard-fought 20-15 dual victory against the Lindenwood Lions (2-4, 1-1 MIAA) in St. Charles Thursday evening. The Mules improve to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in the MIAA with their second straight dual win. The Mules fell behind early, 3-0, after Mitchell Bradley fell on a 9-2 decision to the Lions' Blayne Shockley. Hunter Neighbors tied the dual up at three though after he took a 7-4 decision over Lindenwood's Michael Caldwell. The Lions regained a 6-3 lead after Eric Mateo fell at 141 pounds via a 6-5 decision to Craig Chiles. Nick Viterisi tied the dual up at 6-6 in the 149 pound bout by taking a 10-4 decision win over Lindenwood's Derrick Weller. The Lions retook the lead when the Mules had to forfeit at 157 pounds due to injury. Trailing 12-6, Ty Loethen delivered for the Mules at 165 pounds, claiming a 7-2 decision over the Lions' Luke Roth to slice the Lindenwood advantage in half, 12-9. Lindenwood was able to extend its lead to 15-9 after Jake Hawks fell via a 4-0 decision to Matt Greene at 174 pounds but Clarence Neely answered for the Mules in the 184 pound bout, taking a commanding 11-3 major decision victory over Jake Landals to pull the Mules within two, 15-13, with just two bouts remaining. Todd Brier gave the Mules a slim 16-15 lead after he bested the Lions' Padric Lynch in the 197 pound bout, 5-4. With the dual on the line, Tim Tuaquoi stepped up and gave the Mules the victory, delivering an impressive 9-0 major decision win against Lindenwood's Matt Atley. The Mules return to action Friday when they travel to Lebanon, Ill. to face McKendree in a non-conference dual beginning at 7 p.m. Results: 125: Blayne Shockley (LWU) dec. Mitchell Bradley (UCM), 9-2, LWU 3-0 133: Hunter Neighbors (UCM) dec. Michael Caldwell (LWU), 7-4, Tied 3-3 141: Craig Chiles (LWU) dec. Eric Mateo (UCM), 6-5, LWU 6-3 149: Nick Viterisi (UCM) dec. Derrick Weller (LWU), 10-4, Tied 6-6 157: Masen Ridenhour (LWU) wins by injury defaut, LWU 12-6 165: Ty Loethen (UCM) dec. Luke Roth (LWU), 7-2, LWU 12-9 174: Matt Greene (LWU) dec. Jake Hawks (UCM), 4-0, LWU 15-9 184: Clarence Neely (UCM) maj. dec. Jake Landals (LWU), 11-3, LWU 15-13 197: Todd Brier (UCM) dec. Padric Lynch (LWU), 5-4, UCM 16-15 285: Tim Tuaquoi (UCM) maj. dec. Matt Atley (LWU), 9-0, UCM 20-15

Mankato, Minn. -- Junior Corby Running's takedown at 7:21 gave the junior a 3-1 sudden-victory win over Jeremy Brazil and gave No. 13 Minnesota State a 21-15 win over No. 6 Upper Iowa. MSU moves to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in NSIC action. After alternating wins to open the dual, sophomore Drew Lexvold (141 lbs) landed a reversal at 4:19, which eventually led to a pin at 4:40. Lexvold's pin gave MSU a 9-3 lead that it would never surrender. After dropping back-to-back decisions at 149-lbs and 157-lbs, MSU would win four of the final five matches - two of which came against ranked Peacock opponents. No. 3 Cody Quinn started a three-bout winning streak by defeating No. 4 Wade Gobin 2-1. No. 6 Brendan Eichmann recorded takedowns in each of the first two periods, along with an escpe in the third to defeat No. 8 Blake Sorenson in the 174-lbs bout. Senior Aaron Norgren (184 lbs) completed the streak with a 10-4 win over Brock Gobin. Junior Nathan Haynes fell to No. 1 Carl Broghammer at 2:07 to pull UIU within 3, as it trailed 18-15 entering the heavyweight showdown. MSU will travel to No. 19 Augustana Saturday, Jan. 26. Results: 125 lbs: David Demo over Chris Paulus 2-0 (3-0) 133 lbs: Trevor Franklin over Alphonso Vruno 4-3 (3-3) 141 lbs: Drew Lexvold pins Matt Paulus 4:40 (9-3) 149 lbs: Jordan Rinken over Thomas Allen 5-3 (9-6) 157 lbs: Bryce Lumzy over Sawyer Hoffman 8-1 (9-9) 165 lbs: Cody Quinn over Wade Gobin 2-1 (12-9) 174 lbs: Brendan Eichmann over Blake Sorenson 5-3 (15-9) 184 lbs: Aaron Norgren over Brock Gobin 10-4 (18-9) 197 lbs: Carl Broghammer pins Nathan Haynes 2:07 (18-15) 285 lbs: Corby Running sudden victory over Jeremy Brazil 3-1 (21-15)

JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- As the temperatures get colder outside, the heat inside the Cobber wrestling room starts to rise. Concordia won six straight individual matches en route to a 34-6 win at Jamestown and has now won four of its last five dual matches. Concordia (5-4) is starting to round into championship form after plowing through a very tough first half schedule. The Cobbers showed their mettle on Wednesday by winning eight of the first nine matches in the dual and coming away with the 28-point win. The best stretch for Concordia came during the three bouts from 174 through 197 where all three CC athletes posted wins by a pin fall. Sebastian Gardner started that streak by claiming a pin at 1:35 of his match at 174. Chris Harrison then followed that up with a pin at 5:00 at 184 and then Nathan Schmitz finished off the trio of pins with a win at 197 at the 1:55 mark. Concordia's hottest wrestler started the meet on the right track. Will McCarthy came away with a 4-3 decision at 125. McCarthy has now won five straight matches and is coming off a weight-class win at the Matman Invitational last weekend. Jacoby Bergeron then staked Concordia to a 6-0 lead when he won 10-3 at 133. Jake Long and Jake Krogstad earned decisions sandwiched around a major decision from Kyle LeDuc at 157. Long's win pushes him into the double-digit win total for the season. Long is now 10-7 on the year and becomes the 10th Cobber wrestler to win at least 10 matches on the year. For Krogstad it was his 15th victory of the season and he is now one of four Concordia athletes to have at least 15 wins. The Cobbers will now head to Minneapolis to participate in one of the most anticipated dual meets of the season. Concordia will compete in the Minnesota Duals on Saturday, Jan. 26 where they will take on former MIAC opponents No.7-ranked Augsburg, St. John's and St. Olaf. Results: 125 - Will McCarthy (CC) dec. Sean Blumhardt (JC); 4-3 133 - Jacoby Bergeron (CC) dec. Coby Horner (JC); 10-3 141 - Dillon Kifer (JC) dec. Jake Kostik (CC); 9-5 149 - Jacob Long (CC) dec. Samuel Brown (JC); 8-1 157 - Kyle LeDuc (CC) maj. dec. Jaykob Miller (JC); 11-3 165 - Jake Krogstad (CC) dec. Michael Nord (JC); 8-5 174 - Sebastian Gardner (CC) pin fall Johnathon Gonzalez (JC); 1:35 184 - Christian Harrison (CC) pin fall Samuel Tilley (JC); 5:00 197 - Nathan Schmitz (CC) pin fall Austin Werre (JC); 1:55 285 - Antonio Lopez (JC) OT dec. Cody Kasprick (CC); 5-3 Match Notes: - Concordia is ranked 17th in the latest NWCA Division III poll. - #17 Concordia is now 5-4 in dual meets this season. - Jamestown is now 2-9 in dual meets this season. - Concordia won eight individual matches - 6 matches were won by a decision, 3 by pin fall and 1 by major decision - Concordia won 4 matches by decision, 3 by pin fall and 1 by major decision - Jamestown won both matches by decision - Cobber junior Jake Long is now 10-7 on the year and the 10th Concordia wrestler to have at least 10 wins on the season.

The Colorado Mesa University wrestling team competed on the road on Wednesday night against the CSU-Pueblo ThunderWolves. The Mavericks came away with a 24-14 and ran their dual match win streak to 11. CMU is now 16-1 on the season in duals and are now 3-0 in RMAC matches. Jonathon Stelling lost to top ranked 125 pound T-Wolf Jesse Hillhouse in the openeing match 12-3 which might have woken up the Colorado Mesa. The Mavericks followed with two straight pins. Tyler Nelson picked up a pin at 133 pounds over Jacob Haney in 2:21 and Drew Schumann picked up a pin over Adam Ortivez in 5:38 to give CMU a 12-4 lead. James Martinez and Jon Gappmaier followed them with decision victories at 149 and 157 pounds respectively and gave the Mavericks an 18-4 lead. The Thunderwolves picked up a major decision win at 165 pounds to cut the Maverick lead to 18-8. At 174 pounds, Maverick Zak Slotten dropped a 4-3 decision in two overtimes to T-Wolf Ray Hall. The loss was Slotten's second of the season and only his first against a non-Maverick (His only other loss was to Nick Petersen). The Mavericks led 18-11 after the match. Back-to-Back wins by Nick Petersen and Jordan Passehl put the dual out of reach heading to the night's final match. Paco Retana and Niko Bogojevic squared off in the final bout of the night and didnt disappoint. Retana and Bogojevic were knotted at 1-1 and headed to overtime. Bogojevic scored a takedown in the extra period to pick up the 3-1 win. Colorado Mesa will be back in action Thursday night when they take on Division I Northern Colorado in Brownson Arena at 7:00pm. Thursday night's match will be 'Throwback Night' and everyone is invited out to cheer on the Mavericks as they look to extend their school record win streak. Results: 125 Jesse Hillhouse (CSU-Pueblo) dec. Jonathon Stelling (Colorado Mesa) 12-3 133 Tyler Nelson (Colorado Mesa) pinned Jacob Haney (CSU-Pueblo) 2:21 141 Drew Schumann (Colorado Mesa) pinned Adam Ortivez (CSU-Pueblo) 5:38 149 James Martinez (Colorado Mesa) dec. Jimmy Chase (CSU-Pueblo) 8-2 157 Jon Gappmaier (Colorado Mesa) dec. Nick Stahler (CSU-Pueblo) 2-0 165 Trevor Grant (CSU-Pueblo) dec. Tyler Miles (Colorado Mesa) 12-0 174 Ray Hall (CSU-Pueblo) dec. Zak Slotten (Colorado Mesa) 4-3 184 Nick Peterson (Colorado Mesa) dec. Adam Carey (CSU-Pueblo) 6-1 197 Jordan Passehl (Colorado Mesa) dec. Chris Frisbie (CSU-Pueblo) 4-0 285 Niko Bogojevic (CSU-Pueblo) dec. Francisco Retana (Colorado Mesa) 3-1

ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Nationally fourth-ranked Cortland overcame an early 7-0 deficit and the Red Dragons defeated host Oneonta, 27-13, in a dual match. Cortland improved to 12-2 with the win and Oneonta is now 4-8. Oneonta won the first two matches – an 8-6 win by Zachary Aal at 125 pounds and a 12-4 major decision by Ben Mikac at 133 pounds. Cortland answered with three straight victories to take a 14-7 lead. Junior Brian Bistis (Whitehouse Station, NJ/Hunterdon Central), ranked eighth nationally at 141 pounds, pinned his opponent with 31 seconds left in the match. Freshman Bobby Dierna (Webster/Wayne), ranked third nationally at 149 pounds, posted a 12-2 major decision and senior Troy Sterling (Uniondale), ranked eighth in the nation at 157 pounds, outlasted his opponent, 7-5. Shaun Gillen's 8-4 decision at 165 pounds kept Oneonta within four at 14-10, but sophomore Lou Puca (Huntington) pinned his opponent at 174 pounds in 3:43 to increase the Cortland lead to 20-10. Puca is ranked seventh nationally. Oneonta stayed alive with a 4-3 win by Greg Du Vall at 184 pounds, but Cortland clinched the victory when senior and nationally top-ranked Jared Myhrberg (Queensbury) recorded a 10-2 major decision at 197 pounds. Senior Corey James (Kingston) concluded the evening with a 2-1 decision at 285 pounds. With their victories, Bistis improved to 16-5 on the season, Dierna is now 23-1 and Sterling is 12-6. Puca upped his season mark to 20-3, Myhrberg improved to 24-1 and James is 16-3. Cortland will compete at the Messiah College Wrestling Open on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 10 a.m. More than 200 wrestlers have registered for the tournament. Results: 125: Zachary Aal (ONE) dec. Tanavung Tim, 8-6 133: Ben Mikac (ONE) major dec. David Occhipinti, 12-4 141: Brian Bistis (CORT) pinned Sean Hanson, 6:29 149: Bobby Dierna (CORT) major dec. Noah Valastro, 12-2 157: Troy Sterling (CORT) dec. Dan Graff, 7-5 165: Shaun Gillen (ONE) dec. James Ondris, 8-4 174: Lou Puca (CORT) pinned Donnie VanBuren, 3:43 184: Greg Du Vall (ONE) dec. Will Parks, 4-3 197: Jared Myhrberg (CORT) major dec. Chad Obzud, 10-2 285: Corey James (CORT) dec. Jake Smith, 2-1 Exhibition: 285: Andy Scopino (CORT) major dec. Jacob Freudenberg, 13-4

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Wins in six weight classes helped the Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team team earn a 23-13 win over Mary in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference dual Wednesday night in Bismarck, N.D. Casey Williams MSUM improved to 7-3 overall and 2-1 in the NSIC, while Mary fell to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in league duals. Sophomore Gerad Fugleberg got a pin for MSUM, while sophomore Philippe Walker and junior Casey Williams both won by major decision. The Dragons won by decision at three other classes to earn the dual win. "I thought we were a little flat," MSUM head coach Kris Nelson said. "We're going to get back and pick up the intensity a little bit. We weren't getting after it the way I wanted. Some people looked good, but overall it wasn't our best night." MSUM got off to a good start at 125 pounds thanks to freshman Mitch Dunlap, who earned a 7-3 win over Mary's Jordan Eckholm. "Mitch Dunlap did a good job getting us a win there," Nelson said. Sophomore Philippe Walker improved his record to 15-7 with a 12-0 major decision win over Mary's Hunter Menendez to push the Dragon lead to 7-0. "Walker went out and wrestled well," Nelson said. "He got us bonus points in a match we were hoping to get bonus points." Mary's Trevor Johnson, ranked No. 2 in the nation at 141 pounds, beat MSUM's Angel Vega by major decision (13-3) to bring the Marauders within 7-4 in the dual. The Dragons pushed the lead back to seven points, however, as junior Casey Williams beat Mary's Landon Della Silva 13-3 to earn the major decision victory. "He did a great job," Nelson said. "He gave up the first takedown; after that he got an escape and continued to wrestle hard." Mary won the next two matches at 157 and 165 by 3-2 scores to cut the Dragon lead to 11-10. However, redshirt freshman Jesse Puncochar got the Dragons back on track at 174 pounds with a hard-fought 7-6 win over Mary's Riley Nagel. "It was a scrambling match with a lot of reversals," Nelson said. "Jesse ended up getting the win for us." Mary won again at 184 to close the gap to 14-13 in the dual. However, the Dragons regained the momentum for good at 197, thanks to junior Matt Lewellen, who claimed a 7-3 win over Mary's Kriss McCleary. "Matt Lewellen wrestled tough," Nelson said. "He was physical and wrestled the full seven minutes. He's getting back to wrestling the way he was at the beginning of the year." Fugleberg then clinched the match in style for MSUM with a pin over Mary's Levi Roemmich. "Gerad Fugleberg got the first takedown and put the guy in a near-side cradle and got the pin," Nelson said. "That was a good win for Gerad." MSUM is back in action Thursday at Minot State. "It'll be a good opportunity to go out and do the things they know how to do and get after it," Nelson said. Results: 125-Mitch Dunlap (MSUM) dec. Jordan Eckholm (Mary), 7-3 133-Philippe Walker (MSUM) maj. dec. Hunter Menendez (Mary), 12-0 141-Trevor Johnson (Mary) maj. dec. Angel Vega (MSUM), 15-2 149-Casey Williams (MSUM) maj. dec. Landon Della Silva (Mary), 13-3 157-Jordan Engelhardt (Mary) dec. Marianno Portillo (MSUM), 3-2 165-Brock Krumm (Mary) dec. Kerron Williams (MSUM), 3-2 174-Jesse Puncochar (MSUM) dec. Riley Nagel (Mary), 7-6 184-Brady Anderson (Mary) dec. Lucas Moderow (MSUM), 9-3 197-Matt Lewellen (MSUM) dec. Kriss McCleary (Mary), 7-3 285-Gerad Fugleberg (MSUM) pinned Levi Roemmich (Mary), 1:21

PAINESVILLE, Ohio -- Behind an upset win at 133 pounds by sophomore Austin Gillihan (Corry, Pa./Corry Area) and another flurry at the end, the Lake Erie College wrestling team won its third straight dual match, defeating traditional nonconference rival Gannon University, 25-16, Wednesday night (Jan. 23) at the Jerome T. Osborne Family Athletic and Wellness Center. Gillihan decisioned Jose Matos, the country's seventh-ranked wrestler at 133 pounds, and did so rather convincingly. Gillihan never trailed in the match and finished strong with a four-point third period plus he earned a point for over three minutes of riding time. Then, just like they did a week ago in their upset of then 18th-ranked Ashland University, the Storm (9-3) put together a three-match winning streak over the final three matches of the evening. A victory that was both the first for the Storm in three tries over Gannon (1-3) and the team's school-record ninth dual match win of the year. The night got off to a fast and exciting start. Junior Tyler Tesny (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls) scored an escape and picked up a point for stalling in the final 15 seconds to come back and defeat Jermaine Easter, 6-5, at 174 pounds. Classmate Zev Green (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville) followed with a thrilling sudden victory overtime win at 184 pounds, knocking off Zack Zelcs 4-2. Following a pin at 197 pounds by Gannon's Chris Boyd, freshman heavyweight Almonte Patrick (Maple Heights, Ohio/Maple Heights) jumped out to an early 7-0 first-period lead and went on to an 11-1 major decision over Chaz Lear. The 10-6 Lake Erie lead was quickly erased by a major decision win at 125 pounds by the Golden Knights' Matt Turek. After Gillihan's win at 133, Adam Weinell pulled off a surprise pin of junior Tom McVicker (South Fork, Pa./Forest Hills/Penn Highlands) at 141 pounds. Weinell was trailing 7-5 with five seconds to go in the second period when he got the fall. Now trailing 16-13, the Lake Erie went on what has been a recently customary late run. Sophomore Nate Ball (Wadsworth, Ohio/Wadsworth) earned a convincing 12-7 decision over Mike Krysiak at 149 pounds and junior Zak Vargo (Stow, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) made quick work of Sean Floor with a pin in 2:01 at 157 pounds. Sophomore All-American Matt Vandermeer (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) closed out the night with a 6-3 decision over Adam Greenman, his 13th consecutive victory. The Storm now turns its attention to its showdown Sunday afternoon, Jan. 27, at second-ranked Notre Dame College. Results: 125: Matt Vandermeer Turek (GU) maj. dec. Ian Ross (LEC), 11-3 133: Austin Gillihan (LEC) dec. Jose Matos (GU), 10-5 141: Adam Weinell (GU) pinned Tom McVicker (LEC), 4:55 149: Nate Ball (LEC) dec. Mike Krysiak (GU), 12-7 157: Zak Vargo (LEC) pinned Sean Floor (GU), 2:01 165: Matt (LEC) dec. Adam Greenman (GU), 6-3 174: Tyler Tensy (LEC) dec. Jermaine Easter (GU), 6-5 184: Zev Green (LEC) dec. Zack Zelcs (GU), 4-2 (SV1) 197: Chris Boyd (GU) pinned Mikey Samijlenko (LEC), 3:39 Hwt: Almonte Patrick (LEC) maj. dec . Chaz Lear (GU), 11-1

LAWRENCEVILLE -- There is Army Strong. Then there is 'Rider Strong-Bronc Tough.' 'Rider Strong-Bronc Tough' is the battle cry for the Rider wrestling team. "That's our team slogan, our motto,' said junior Ramon Santiago (Sayreville, N.J./Sayreville). "That's what we preach in the wrestling room." On Wednesday night the Broncs battled the United States Military Academy to another close match, winning six of the 10 bouts for the victory. "This is three years in a row that it has gone down to the final bout with Army," said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. "From a fan's perspective you get to see it all. Two tough teams fighting." "We knew Army was going to be tough," Santiago said, "so we had to be tougher. Wrestle the whole seven minutes. We want these close matches, tough opponents, although when you are in them you don't like it when it is so close." "'Rider Strong-Bronc Tough' is something where we are trying to get the kids to compete hard for seven minutes," Taylor said. "That is something we've been known for for years and I think we might have gotten away from it for a while. We're getting the kids to buy into it again, to fight harder." Rider senior Zac Cibula (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg Casco) won for the final score. With the win Cibula improved to 7-1 in duals, 19-6 overall, with nine wins in his last 11 matches. For Rider (8-5) Ramon Santiago, junior James Brundage (Ossining, N.Y./Ossining), freshman Ryan Wolfe (New Castle, Del./Caravel), freshman Greg Velasco (Union Beach, NJ/Keyport) and sophomore Vinny Fava (Elmwood Park, N.J./Elmwood Park) also won. Santiago, ranked 16th in the nation, used a reversal, takedown and back points with two seconds left for a come-from-behind win over Paul Hancock (21-7 record) in the first bout of the evening. "I looked at the score and I was still losing with just a few seconds left," Santiago remembered. "I knew this is a big match and it was probably going to be close. I'm one of the leaders on the team so I'm thinking if I put him through a scramble I can win. I just started rolling and came out on top." "If Ramon doesn't come back for that win we don't win tonight," Taylor said. "That was huge. You don't want to fall behind early." The win was the 23rd of the season for Santiago, who has won 11 of his last 12 bouts. "I'm doing pretty well right now," Santiago said. "I don't think I've reached my full potential yet." Santiago placed at the prestigious Midlands Tournament this year, the first Bronc to do so since 2008. "That gave me a lot of confidence and I've been doing well since then," Santiago said. Fava was trailing 1-0 in the third period before a come-from-behind win at 141, giving Rider a 15-9 lead. Wolfe improved to 18-9 as a collegiate wrestler. "He beat the top seed in the CAA last week so yes, I'd say he's doing pretty well," Taylor said of his star rookie. "He beat another good wrestler tonight. It's nice to have someone step in like that. He's very talented." Wolfe was the 2012 Delaware State Champion and was a two-time State Finalist at Caravel Academy, where he was the Beast of the East Champion and ranked 12th in the nation last year. The Delaware Wrestler of the Year last year, Wolfe compiled 173 wins, the second most all-time in Delaware Scholastic wrestling. "Last year was my best year," said Wolfe, talking about his 48-1 senior year, "winning the Beast and the States. I tried to bring those winning ways with me this year." Wolfe was wrestling unattached at tournaments, planning on red-shirting this season, until the starting 184, sophomore Clint Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff), was lost for the season. "The original plan was to red-shirt," Wolfe said, "and go to as many tournaments on my own that I could and get ready for next year. When Clint got hurt the coaches told me to step in and that's what I've tried to do." For Army (4-5), Jordan Thome won for the 83rd time in his career to cut the Rider lead to 12-9. The Broncs won 16-15 at West Point last year. The last time Army came to Lawrenceville the Black Knights won 19-16. Rider and Army have now met 26 times since the series began in 1976-77, with Rider winning 13 and there was one tie. Rider travels to Old Dominion for a CAA dual meet, where the Broncs will try to be all that they can be Sunday afternoon. "They are a tough team," Taylor said of the Monarchs. "There is no margin for error in that one." Results: 165: Ramon Santiago-R dec. Paul Hancock-A 7-4 3-0 174: James Brundage-R dec. Coleman Gracey-A 9-7 6-0 184: Ryan Wolfe-R dec. Travis Mallo-A 11-5 9-0 197: Bryce Barnes-A dec. Don McNeil-R 12-8 9-3 285: Greg Velasco-R dec. Stephen Snyder-A 4-1 12-3 125: Hunter Wood-A dec. Patrick Skinner-R 12-6 12-6 133: Jordan Thome-A dec. Jimmy Morris-R 5-1 12-9 141: Vinny Fava-R dec. Tyler Rauenzahn-A 6-1 15-9 149: John Belanger-A dec. Curt Delia-R 6-5 15-12 157: Zac Cibula-R dec. Patrick Marchetti-A 4-1 18-12

DURHAM, N.C. -- After spending the past three months on the road the Duke University wrestling team debuted in its new home in Card Gymnasium with a thrilling 24-15 victory over Appalachian State. The Blue Devils avenged the loss to the Mountaineers last season in capturing the first of their four home duals this season. Duke (3-5) captured victories at 133, 141, 149, 157, 174, 184 and 285 pounds and garnered bonus points from Marcus Cain at 149, Immanuel Kerr-Brown at 157 and Trey Adamson at 174 to help secure the triumph over the Appalachian State (6-4). The Blue Devils, trailing 9-3 after three bouts, rebounded and never looked back en route to the nine-point win. "It's definitely a good win for us," said head coach Glen Lanham. "Last year those guys really took it to us. I felt like we pressure them and took the winds out of their sail. We have some improvement, but that's with anything. I thought our guys wrestled hard and that's all that we can ask. I'm fired up and excited about that we wrestled hard." The match started at 197 pounds with Appalachian State's Paul Weiss getting a final second takedown to edge Duke redshirt freshman Michael Chapman 3-1 for the 3-0 lead. In a reversal of fortunes for the Blue Devils, junior Brian Self turned the tables on the Mountaineers as he scored a takedown with two ticks left in regulation for the 3-1 decision. After a scoreless first period, Self and Joe Cummings traded escapes in the next two periods leaving them at neutral for the final 1:48. Self, wrestling up from his usual 197-pound slot, stayed strong and with one final shot captured his third dual win at 285 and evened the match score 3-3. "[Brian] Self is a warrior," Lanham said. "He's a utility wrestler. He'll wrestle anywhere from 184 to 197 to heavyweight. He's just got fight and he's going to fight to the very end. He goes out there and wrestles hard and doesn't give them anything. He's like a bulldog out there and that's what we need." The Mountaineers garnered six points with a pin from Dominic Parisi at 125, but it was all Duke in the next four matches. Redshirt sophomore Brandon Gambucci got things going for the Blue Devils with a convincing 8-2 decision at 133 pounds. Gambucci registered the early takedown and eventually built his lead to 7-2 after five minutes of action. The Mansfield, Ohio native continued to build his riding time in the third period, earning the bonus point to capture his 10th win of the year. At 141 pounds, it was Duke sophomore Tanner Hough posting a thrilling 8-7 decision over William Johnson. Hough jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first period and built a 6-2 advantage midway through the second before Johnson mounted a comeback. Trailing by four, Johnson completed the comeback late in the third period with a takedown to tie the match 7-7 with 45 seconds left. Carrying the momentum, the Appalachian State junior let Hough escape in hopes of securing a takedown, but Hough was able to defend Johnson's closing shots for the 8-7 crucial win. Duke added big major decisions from Cain and Kerr-Brown to stretch its lead to 17-9. Cain, making his dual match debut, cruised from the opening whistle to secure the 16-6 victory over Zachary Kechter. The win was his 13th of the campaign and the first dual win of his career, while the major decision was his second of the season. Kerr-Brown's ensuing performance left the Duke bench on its feet as he used a takedown in the final second of the match to make it 11-2 and give the Blue Devils a big four points on the scoreboard. Leading 3-1 after two periods of wrestling, Kerr-Brown dominated Aaron Scott in the final session as he scored two takedowns and a pair of penalty points before tacking on the riding time bonus for the 11-2 major decision. "Coach [Will] Rowe has been working with [Immanuel Kerr-Brown] a lot just in getting his mindset right. He's got everything. He just needs to believe in himself and I think he's really starting to believe he can do some special things in this sport. He does everything we ask him to do. You couldn't have a better kid." The Mountaineers rallied to within two, 17-15 with a fall at 165 before Adamson and Diego Bencomo clinched the win for the Blue Devils in the final two bouts. Adamson controlled the bout right away with a takedown and two-point nearfall right off the bat. He continued to build a lead and then as time expired scored a takedown and two more nearfall points to clinch the four-point major decision for the Blue Devils, 14-6. At 184 pounds, Bencomo avenged a loss earlier in the season to Jake Johnson. Bencomo used a pair of takedowns in both the first and second periods to build a solid 8-4 lead before tacking on one more takedown in the final session. Duke returns home Saturday, Jan. 26 against Boston University at 4:30 p.m., in Card Gymnasium. Results: 197: Paul Weiss (ASU) dec. Michael Chapman (DU), 3-1, (ASU 3-0) 285: Brian Self (DU) dec. Joe Cummings (ASU), 3-1 (3-3) 125: Dominic Parisi (ASU) fall Peter Terrezza (DU), 6:14 (ASU9-3) 133: Brandon Gambucci (DU) dec. Brett Boston (ASU), 8-2 (ASU 9-6) 141: Tanner Hough (DU) dec. William Johnson (ASU), 8-7 (9-9) 149: Marcus Cain (DU) major dec. Zachary Kechter (ASU), 16-6 (DU 13-9) 157: Immanuel Kerr-Brown (DU) major dec. Aaron Scott (ASU), 11-2, (DU 17-9) 165: Zachary Strickland (ASU) fall Randy Roden (DU), 6:10, (DU17-15) 174: Trey Adamson (DU) major dec. Collin Hedash (ASU), 14-6, (DU21-15) 184: Diego Bencomo (DU) dec. Jake Johnson (ASU), 10-4, (DU24-15)

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Campbell moved to 2-1 in Southern Conference action Wednesday, as it defeated The Citadel 25-13 in Charleston, S.C. The Camels are now 3-6 overall, as they snap a nine-match skid against the Bulldogs dating back to the 2002-03 season. Wrestling in his first dual meet of the season, redshirt sophomore James Cook recorded Campbell's first win of the night at 184 pounds. He pinned Josh Tuck in 3:31, his second on the season. He moves to 4-6 on the year overall. At 197 pounds, senior John Merickel notched CU's second-straight win by fall over Marshall Haas in 3:45. The pin was his third of the season as he improved his SoCon record to 2-1 and is 10-14 overall. The Citadel's first win came at the heavyweight slot, as Andrew Delaney posted an 11-8 decision over Joe Nolan. Freshman Eric Montoya earned his 26th win of the year, as he defeated Joaquin Marquez 3-0. Ranked No. 27 at 125 pounds by WrestlingReport.com, Montoya remains unbeaten in SoCon action, standing at 3-0. The Citadel earned two wins in a row at the 133 and 141 spots, bringing the score to 15-9 in favor of CU. Tanner Bidelspach, a redshirt junior, fell in his third-straight match to Aaron Hansen 5-0 before freshman Michael Dahlstrom lost in an 11-6 decision from Undrakhbayar Khishignyam. CU widened its lead to 18-9 after redshirt junior 149-pounder Brent Jorge extended his SoCon winning record to 3-0. He notched a 4-1 decision over the Bulldogs' Jordan Dix. The Citadel won its final match of the night at 157 pounds, as Matthew Frisch blanked freshman Grant Blumenthal in a 13-0 major decision. CU finished the match with two wins in a row. Redshirt junior Nick Rex earned a 4-2 decision over Vincent Bellaran, as he wrestled at 165 for the first time this season. In the final match of the night, sophomore Paul Duggan also moved to a new weight class at 174, tabbing a 19-9 major decision over John Duane. After being on the road for the past two matches, the Camels return home Mon., Jan. 28. They will take on SoCon foe Gardner-Webb at 7:00 p.m. in Gore Arena. Results: 184: James Cook pin Josh Tuck, 3:31 197: John Merickel pin Marshall Haas, 3:45 285: Andrew Delaney dec. Joe Nolan, 11-8 125: Eric Montoya dec. Joaquin Marquez, 4-0 133: Aaron Hanson dec. Tanner Bidelspach, 5-0 141: Undrakhbayar Khishignyam dec. Michael Dahlstrom, 11-6 149: Brent Jorge dec. Jordan Dix, 4-1 157: Matthew Frisch MD Grant Blumenthal, 13-0 165: Nick Rex dec. Vincent Bellaran, 4-2 174: Paul Duggan MD John Duane, 19-9

The annual Border Brawl between Iowa and Minnesota takes place on Saturday at 3 p.m. CT at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The dual meet will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. Iowa leads the all-time series 69-25-1. Below are three keys to victory for each team. Iowa 1. Win the first three matches Minnesota and Iowa dual meets have always started at 125 pounds, so there's no reason to believe this dual meet will be an exception. The Hawkeyes are favored in the first two matches, and the third match is a tossup on paper. If the Hawkeyes want to be in a position to win this dual meet, winning the first three matches and jumping out to a 9-0 or 10-0 lead is extremely important. Matt McDonough has never dropped a match to Gopher wrestler, and it's hard to envision him losing on Saturday to No. 13 David Thorn (8-5), who still seems to be trying to find his way as a 125-pounder. The last time McDonough came to Minneapolis two seasons ago he hammered Zach Sanders 10-3, and jump-started the Hawkeyes in a 19-12 victory over the Gophers. Tony Ramos defeated Chris Dardanes three times last season, including once by pin in the third-place match at the NCAAs (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)At 133, Iowa is a solid favorite with No. 2 Tony Ramos (15-0) taking on No. 9 Chris Dardanes (12-2) in a battle of returning All-Americans and Illinois natives. Ramos won all three meetings last season by scores of 5-2, 6-1, and pin. Ramos has a career dual meet record of 44-1, with that lone loss coming to NCAA champion Logan Stieber of Ohio State. At 141, No. 9 Mark Ballweg of Iowa (16-1) and No. 10 Nick Dardanes of Minnesota (14-5) is the most up-for-grabs match in the dual meet, and it's a match Iowa needs more than Minnesota. The two are ranked side-by-side, but Ballweg has wins over two wrestlers who have defeated Dardanes this season, Luke Vaith of Hofstra and Julian Feikert of Oklahoma State. 2. Pull an upset Upsets are not uncommon in big dual meets, so don't be surprised to see one on Saturday in Minneapolis. Based on rankings, Iowa will be an underdog in six matches: 149, 165, 174, 184, 197, and heavyweight. The Hawkeyes will need at least one -- and possibly two -- of those matches to go their way. Of those six matches, Iowa appears to have the best chance for an upset at 165, 174, or 197. At 165, No. 18 Nick Moore of Iowa (10-3) will take on No. 10 Cody Yohn of Minnesota (16-6). Yohn, a three-time NCAA qualifier, has a stronger college wrestling pedigree than Moore, but has been prone to occasional letdowns throughout his career. He has taken unexpected losses this season to true freshman teammate Dylan Reel and Appalachian State's Zach Strickland. His other four losses have come to wrestlers ranked inside the top eight. Moore is a capable wrestler who has the tools to defeat Yohn. He was a four-time state champion in Iowa who now seems to be figuring things out at the Division I level as a redshirt sophomore. Mike Evans came up big against Minnesota last season in the dual meet in Iowa City (Photo/Johnnie Johnson)The matchup at 174 pounds is arguably the premier bout of the dual meet, pitting No. 2 Logan Storley of Minnesota (16-1) against No. 6 Mike Evans of Iowa (11-1). Both wrestlers have a single blemish on their records -- and for both that single blemish is a one-point loss to top-ranked Chris Perry of Oklahoma State. Both Storley and Evans are wrestling with a lot of confidence right not now. While the higher-ranked Storley has to be considered the favorite wrestling at home, a victory by Evans would surprise few. The matchup at 197 features No. 12 Scott Schiller of Minnesota (16-3) taking on Nathan Burak of Iowa (12-7). Burak, though unranked, has shown steady improvement with each match after spending last season focusing on freestyle at the Olympic Training in Colorado Springs. He has recent wins over NCAA qualifiers Andrew Campolottano of Ohio State and Max Huntley of Michigan. All three of Schiller's losses this season have come to higher ranked opponents: No. 3 Quentin Wright of Penn State, No. 8 Taylor Meeks of Oregon State, and No. 11 Brent Haynes of Missouri. 3. Find bonus points somewhere With eighteen of 20 wrestlers ranked in the dual meet, virtually all the matches are expected to be competitive, so bonus points will be at a premium, but will be the difference if both teams win five matches. DSJ has picked up bonus points in nine of his 15 wins (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Iowa's best opportunity to pick up bonus points might be at 157 where top-ranked Derek St. John (15-0) will wrestle unranked Danny Zilverberg (11-5). Last season Zilverbeg kept it to a decision against St. John, losing 6-3. But that was at a time when St. John was struggling with an injury. DSJ has picked up bonus points in nine of his 15 wins this season, but has only one bonus-point victory in his last five matches. Iowa's team leader and most credentialed wrestler McDonough (125) is a threat to get bonus points every time he steps on the mat, but that will be a tall order against a solid wrestler in Thorn. While it does not appear on paper that there will be many opportunities for bonus points for either team, unexpected things can and do happen in Iowa-Minnesota dual meets. Last season, for example, Evans pinned Yohn at 165 in a match many viewed as a tossup. (Three weeks later Yohn avenged the loss by defeating Evans 5-3 at the National Duals.) Minnesota 1. Win two of the first five matches Dylan Ness will be looking to bounce back from a bad loss to Caleb Ervin of Illinois (Photo/Mark Beshey, The Guillotine)With Minnesota being favored in four of the final five matches, the Gophers need to find a way to win two matches before intermission so they are in a position to win six matches in the dual meet. The Gophers are favored at 149 with NCAA runner-up Dylan Ness (5-3) taking on Mike Kelly (10-5). Ness earned bonus points both times he wrestled Kelly last season. However, Ness missed all of November and December, and is still trying to regain his form. He is coming off a bad loss to Caleb Ervin of Illinois on Monday night. Still, one would have to favor Ness based on previous meetings. As previously mentioned, the match at 141 between Nick Dardanes and Mark Ballweg is a tossup on paper. If Minnesota can win that critical match -- and Ness can get a win at 149 -- the Gophers will be in the driver's seat. 2. Wrestle inspired Minnesota is coming off an uninspired performance against Illinois on Monday night despite winning the dual meet 18-14. Returning All-Americans Chris Dardanes (133) and Dylan Ness (149) both lost by major decision in matches in which they were favored to win. Three other Gophers, Nick Dardanes (141), Kevin Steinhaus (184), and Tony Nelson (285), came up a point short of earning a major decision and giving the team an extra bonus point. If the Gophers wrestle like they did on Monday night, the Hawkeyes will win Saturday's dual meet going away. Minnesota can't leave points on the board and expect to come out on top against a team like Iowa. Last season Minnesota wrestled uninspired in an early season road loss to Cornell, but bounced back less than 48 hours later to defeat Penn State in State College. It's hard to imagine the Gophers not wrestling inspired in a big home dual meet against rival Iowa, but it's a necessity if they want to beat the Hawkeyes on Saturday. 3. Capitalize on the home-mat advantage Minnesota needs to keep the crowd in Saturday's dual meetIn a dual meet like Iowa-Minnesota with so many tightly contested matches, both teams will want to use every advantage they have. Minnesota needs to capitalize on its home-mat advantage. But Iowa fans travel well and will be out in full force on Saturday in Minneapolis. With the Hawkeyes favored in the first two matches -- and the third match being a tossup -- the Gophers could find themselves in a hole early, which in turn could take the Gopher crowd out of it. The last two times the Hawkeyes and Gophers wrestled in Minneapolis, Iowa swept the first three matches and took the crowd out of it early. Minnesota needs to have the crowd alive when the dual meet gets to 165 where the Gophers are favored the rest of the way. Giving up a pin early or suffering an upset at 149 could take the wind out of the Minnesota crowd. The Gophers need to give their fans a reason to get excited in the first half of the dual meet, whether it's Thorn or Zilverberg going toe-to-toe with their heavily favored Hawkeye opponents, Chris Dardanes upsetting Ramos, Nick Dardanes lighting up the scoreboard, or Ness getting a pin.

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