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Princeton wrestling is already guaranteed to have a dramatic home finale this season, as the EIWA Championships are coming to Jadwin Gym in March. The Tigers nailed their home opener as well, knocking off a powerful Old Dominion squad 18-14 in Saturday's tri-meet at Dillon Gym. Princeton split its home-opening tri-meet, which opened with a 33-15 loss to a Binghamton squad flirting with the national Top 25. A match with Old Dominion followed, and considering the Monarchs already owned a win against perennial power Iowa State this season, few likely expected Princeton to pull off the split. But the growth of the Princeton wrestling program continued to show, as the Tigers raced out to a big lead and held off the Monarchs for an 18-14 victory. It was Princeton's first dual victory of the season, but it was also one of the biggest wins for the program in more than a decade. The Princeton lightweights produced in both matches, and they gave the Tigers a 12-0 lead over Old Dominion through three matches. Junior Garrett Frey, a two-time NCAA qualifier, grabbed a forfeit win, and freshman Chris Perez completed a perfect day with a 5-0 win over Scott Festejo at 133. Sophomore Adam Krop continued his strong sophomore season with a 10-8 win over Justin LaValle at 141. "Those first three, they all had supreme efforts today," head coach Chris Ayres said. "Perez is just a great competitor, and Krop is just a tough, tough wrestler." Old Dominion got on the board with a win at 149, and then it turned to sophomore John Nicholson, the 15th-ranked wrestler in the nation at 157. Ayres turned to Daniel Kolodzik, the first major recruit of his tenure. Kolodzik came as close as possible to making NCAAs last year, and he knew he'd need a signature win this year to bolster his roster. With time waning in the third period, it looked like that signature would need to come another day. He trailed by three with less than 30 seconds remaining and was on bottom, but he hit a five-point move to grab a momentous win and give Princeton a 15-2 lead (Old Dominion was docked a team point earlier in the match). "That was just an awesome match," Ayres said. "Nicholson is a top-notch wrestler, and Kolodzik had a chance to give up and look ahead. But he just showed so much heart and pulled out a huge win. That win could change his confidence totally. It was a NCAA championship-worthy match between two top competitors." Old Dominion scored a win at 165, but senior Andy Lowy came up with one his biggest career wins at 174 with a 13-1 major decision. That gave Princeton more breating room than it would need; though it dropped the final three decisions and lost a team point, it still held off the Monarchs for an 18-14 win. Princeton opened the day with a 33-15 loss to Binghamton. The Tigers actually raced out to a 15-0 lead after the lightweight trio posted victories. Frey scored a first-period pin over Derek Steeley, and following a Perez decision, Krop scored a first-period pin of his own. The Binghamton upperweights took control to remain undefeated on the season. Princeton will host No. 17 Rutgers next Saturday at 1 p.m. Princeton 18, Old Dominion 14 125 Garrett Frey (Princeton) won by forfeit 133 Chris Perez (Princeton) won by decision over Scott Festejo 5-0 141 Adam Krop (Princeton) won by decision over Justin LaValle 10-8 149 Brennan Brumley (Old Dominion) won by decision over Luis Ramos 7-4 157 Daniel Kolodzik (Princeton) won by decision over John Nicholson 11-9 165 Tristan Warner (Old Dominion) won by decision over Rich Eva 5-0 174 Andy Lowy (Princeton) won by major decision over Cade Blair 13-1 184 Billy Curling (Old Dominion) won by decision over Dan Santoro 10-5 197 Joe Budi (Old Dominion) won by decision over Kurt Brendel 2-0 285 Matt Tourdot (Old Dominion) won by decision over Bobby Grogan 6-0 Binghamton 33, Princeton 15 125 Garrett Frey (Princeton) won by pin over Derek Steeley 1:20 133 Chris Perez (Princeton) won by decision over Patrick Hunter 7-2 141 Adam Krop (Princeton) won by pin over Mike Sardo 1:15 149 Donald Vinson (Binghamton) won by tech fall over Luis Ramos 5:45 (16-0) 157 Justin Lister (Binghamton) won by pin over Daniel Kolodzik 1:23 165 Matt Kaylor (Binghamton) won by major decision over Rich Eva 18-6 174 Caleb Wallace (Binghamton) won by pin over Andy Lowy 0:56 184 Nathan Schiedel (Binghamton) won by decision over Dan Santoro 7-0 197 Cody Reed (Binghamton) won by decision over Kurt Brendel 3-2 285 Nick Gwiazdowski (Binghamton) won by pin over Bobby Grogan 3:16

MOUNT PLEASANT -- Ben Bennett earned a key technical fall at 184 pounds to push Central Michigan to a 17-15 win over Ohio in its opening Mid-American Conference dual of the season Saturday night. The two-time All-American earned the important technical fall over Ryan Garringer to erase the Chippewas' (6-2, 1-0) 12-9 deficit and put them on top, 14-12. Bennett jumped out in front, 4-1, in the first period with two takedowns, accumulating over a minute of riding time. With two more takedowns and an escape in the second period, the junior continued to dominate his opponent, eventually getting athree-point nearfall in the third period. Two stalling calls and Bennett's riding time point gave the Chippewas' the five bonus points to take control of the match. “I was going out there to try to score points,” Bennett said. “I knew it was important to pick up bonus points and I was going to need to do that because it was pretty tight. I knew I was going to take a lot of takedowns and after getting my riding time up, I just wanted to get on my feet and get as many points as Icould.” Senior Chad Friend followed Bennett's lead, earning a decision, 4-1, over Kyle Sanders to extend the Chippewas' lead to five, 17-12, to secure the win. Friend earned a takedown in the first period and an escape in the second, while accumulating 2:03 of riding time for the victory. The Chippewas opened the match with a quick lead, 6-0, with wins by Joe Roth and Christian Culllinan at 125 and 133 pounds. Roth bounced back from his loss Friday night versus Minnesota with a decision, 9-2, over Gabe Ramos, while Cullinan used a second period takedown and riding town to defeat Jake Wojcik, 3-1. Freshman Mike Ottinger also earned his first true dual victory of his career, defeating the Bobcats' (0-1, 0-1 MAC) Miles Chapman by decision, 11-6. “Our team is fighting as hard as we can fight,” head coach Tom Borelli said. “We have to do a lot of things better at a lot of positions, but our guys are battling pretty hard. There were a few guys that wrestled better today than they wrestled yesterday.” The Maroon and Gold continue MAC competition next Saturday when they travel to Buffalo to take on the Bulls at 1 p.m. No. 19 Central Michigan 17, Ohio 15 Joe Roth (CMU) dec. Gabe Ramos, 9-2 (3:27 riding time); CMU 3-0 Christian Cullinan (CMU) dec. Jake Wojcik, 3-1 (2:16 riding time); CMU 6-0 Darrin Boin (Ohio) dec. Scott Mattingly, 4-3; CMU 6-3 Brad Squire (Ohio) dec. Joey Kielbasa, 4-0 (2:13 riding time); CMU 6, Ohio 6 Harrison Hightower (Ohio) dec. Jared Porter, 5-2 (3:02 riding time); Ohio 9-6 Mike Ottinger (CMU) dec. Miles Chapman, 11-6 (1:20 riding time); CMU 9, Ohio 9 No. 15 Nick Purdue (Ohio) dec. Anthony Bill, 3-0; Ohio 12-9 No. 9 Ben Bennett (CMU) tech. fall Ryan Garringer, 23-7; CMU 14-12 Chad Friend (CMU) dec. Kyle Sanders, 4-1 (2:03 riding time); CMU 17-12 No. 12 Jeremy Johnson (Ohio) dec. No. 9 Peter Sturgeon, 5-0 (3:43 riding time); CMU 17-15

LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas Invitational is an event where unknowns can make a name for themselves, and over the weekend, some Wyoming wrestlers did just that. Seniors Joe LeBlanc (184 pounds) and Shane Onufer (165) won their weight-class title, and five other UW wrestlers placed in the top eight Saturday in the conclusion of the two-day event. Wyoming finished third in the team standings, just behind champion Ohio State and runner-up Michigan. “The important thing walking away from this tourney was some guys made a name for themselves,” Wyoming coach Mark Branch said. “That's awesome, because we won't see some of these schools until the end. We really did ourselves a lot of good. Our guys were under the spotlight, and they responded well to the exposure.” Onufer, currently ranked third in the country, went 5-0 on the weekend, and had his best day Saturday, beating two ranked wrestlers en route to the 165-pound crown. In his first match, Onufer beat Joe Booth of Drexel, ranked 17th in the nation, and took out Paul Gillespie (Hofstra), who was ranked fourth. Onufer won a 4-2 decision over Gillespie for the title, and now is 11-0 on the year. LeBlanc continued his dominating run this season as well, beating 10th-ranked Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) and third-ranked Steve Bosak of Cornell. LeBlanc was solid in the title match, beating Bosak in a 7-3 decision. LeBlanc, ranked fourth in the nation, moved to 11-0 for the season. Senior Michael Martinez (125) recovered from a loss on Friday to win two matches in the consolation bracket Saturday, but lost to Western Wrestling Conference foe Trent Sprenkle of North Dakota State in the fifth/sixth place match. He dropped a 3-1 decision to Sprenkle to finish sixth. Redshirt freshman Zach Zehner finished fifth in the 133-pound bracket after qualifying for the semifinals Friday with three wins. Zehner dropped his first match of the day to 10th-ranked Aaron Schopp of Edinboro and suffered his second defeat to No. 18 Steven Keith of Harvard. He recovered with his second win of the tournament over Ridge Kiley of Nebraska, who was ranked 17th in the nation. Zehner beat Kiley in a 6-5 decision to place fifth. Dakota Friesth, a redshirt freshman at 157 pounds, finished eighth overall. He started Saturday's action in the wrestleback bracket, and won a 7-3 decision over Josh Kremier of Air Force. Friesth then dropped the next match to No. 14 Josh Demas of Ohio State, and fell to Corey Mock of North Carolina in the seventh/eighth-place match in a 7-0 decision. The Pokes had another placer in redshirt freshman Patrick Martinez, who was fourth at 174 pounds. He started Saturday with three straight wins to get to the third/fourth-place match, but couldn't get by fourth-ranked Nick Heflin of Ohio State, who won a close 3-2 decision. The final placewinner for Wyoming was redshirt junior Alfonso Hernandez, who was fourth at 197 pounds. Hernandez won three bouts on Saturday in the consolation bracket to get to the third-place match, but lost a 5-3 decision to No. 7 Matthew Wilps of Pittsburgh. “We didn't wrestle our best by any means (Saturday),” Branch said. “Our best wrestling is ahead of us. We went in there with big boys and went toe to toe with them. I feel really positive. I think we can wrestle better and I know we will wrestle a lot better. We earned respect today. That'll help as the season goes on.”

Related: Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Brackets Related: Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Placewinners LAS VEGAS -- Behind five true freshmen and a pair of redshirt freshmen, the sixth ranked Ohio State wrestling team captured the 2011 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Michigan finished second, while Wyoming rounded out the Top 3. Logan Stieber, a redshirt freshman from Monroeville, Ohio, not only earned the individual title at 133 pounds, but his 10-5 win over Aaron Schopp of Edinboro in the final lifted the Scarlet and Gray to the team title as well. After an initial day in which he pinned all three of his opponents, L. Stieber began the second day of competition with a 14-6 major decision win against Michigan's Zach Stevens. The Buckeyes were also backed by two runner-up finishes by freshman Hunter Stieber (141) and redshirt-sophomore Peter Capone (HWT). Following his exciting win over No. 1 Kellen Russell of Michigan the day before, H. Stieber met fifth ranked Michael Mangrum in the final and dropped a 6-3 decision. In the semifinals, H. Stieber, the younger brother of L. Stieber, defeated Tyler Small of Kent State, 6-2. Capone, a Johnson City, N.Y., native, recorded a 5-2 victory over Levi Cooper of Arizona State as one of the remaining four in the heavyweight bracket, but then suffered a setback in the final vs. Clayton Jack of Oregon State. At the 6:51 mark, Capone was pinned by the eighth ranked Jack. Redshirt sophomore Nick Heflin finished third at 174 pounds. The Buckeye from Massillon, Ohio, was able to rebound from a 3-2 loss to Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) and win back-to-back matches for the Top 3 finish. In the wrestlebacks, Heflin downed Indiana's Ryan Leblanc, 3-1, in sudden victory before posting a 3-2 triumph in the third-place matchup vs. Patrick Martinez. It was the second meeting in the tournament between Heflin and Martinez and Heflin won the first meeting by the same 3-2 score. After posting a 2-0 record on day one, 125-pounder Johnni Dijulius lost, 5-2, to Cornell's Frank Perrelli in the semifinals. However, the true freshman from Aurora, Ohio, answered with another win vs. Trent Sprenkle of North Dakota State. The previous day, Dijulius downed Sprenkle, 11-8. Competing for third place, Dijulius matched up against Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) and fell, 8-2, for a fourth-place finish. Wrestling four times Saturday, redshirt junior C.J. Magrum was fifth at 184 pounds. A 9-4 victory against Thomas Ferguson of North Carolina preceded advancement on a Matt Ryan (West Virginia) forfeit. What came next were back-to-back tiebreaker bouts en route to the Top 5 finish. First, Magrum, who hails from Oak Harbor, Ohio, dropped a tough 3-1 tiebreaker to Boise State's Jacob Swartz. However, Magrum countered with a 3-1 tiebreaker win of his own when he beat Luke Rebertus of Navy. Like Magrum, freshman Cam Tessari (Monroeville, Ohio) also wrestled four times Saturday and finished sixth at 149 pounds. Consecutive wins (5-2 decision over Nebraska's Brandon Wilbourn and a 5-3 victory vs. Scott Sakaguch of Oregon State) to open the day, kept Tessari in contention for third place, but a 7-6 tiebreaker loss to David Habat of Edinboro dropped him to the fifth-place bout where he lost to Josh Wilson of Utah Valley, 4-2. Redshirt freshman Josh Demas (157 pounds) also finished in the Top 6. A medical forfeit by Harvard's Walter Peppelman advanced Demas to a meeting with Dakota Friesth of Wyoming. Demas defeated Friesth, 9-4, before dropping a 5-0 decision to North Dakota State's Steven Monk. In the fifth-place matchup, Demas, who hails from Westerville, Ohio, was pinned in 2:28. Freshman Derek Garcia was forced to bow out of the tournament Friday because of an illness, while classmate Andrew Campolattano did not place. Up next, the Buckeyes will wrestle at Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 before returning to the Buckeye state to face Kent State in Kent, Ohio, at 1 p.m. Dec. 11.

125: 1st: No. 3 Nic Bedelyon (Kent State) dec. No. 6 Frank Perrelli (Cornell), 3-1 3rd: No. 13 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) dec. Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State), 8-2 5th: No. 7 Trent Sprenkle (North Dakota State) dec. No. 12 Michael Martinez (Wyoming), 3-1 7th: No. 16 Anthony Zanetta (Pittsburgh) dec. No. 20 Tyler Iwamura (Cal State-Bakersfield), 3-1 SV 133: 1st: No. 4 Logan Stieber (Ohio State) dec. No. 10 A.J. Schopp (Edinboro), 10-5 3rd: No. 18 Steven Keith (Harvard) dec. No. 11 Zac Stevens (Michigan), 6-0 5th: Zach Zehner (Wyoming) dec. No. 17 Ridge Kiley (Nebraska), 6-5 7th: No. 5 Ryan Mango (Stanford) maj. dec. No. 16 Aaron Kalil (Navy), 17-5 141: 1st: No. 5 Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) dec. No. 15 Hunter Stieber (Ohio State), 6-3 3rd: No. 1 Kellen Russell (Michigan) maj. dec. Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska), 16-8 5th: No. 2 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) dec. No. 10 Tyler Small (Kent State), 5-3 7th: No. 14 Evan Henderson (North Carolina) dec. No. 12 Mike Nevinger (Cornell), 7-2 149: 1st: No. 6 Eric Grajales (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 5 Cole VonOhlen (Air Force), 9-1 3rd: David Habat (Edinboro) dec. No. 3 Tyler Nauman (Pittsburgh), 5-3 5th: Josh Wilson (Utah Valley) dec. No. 15 Cam Tessari (Ohio State), 4-2 7th: No. 7 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State) pinned Justin Accordino (Hofstra), 1:38 157: 1st: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney), 4-0 3rd: James Green (Nebraska) dec. No. 17 Steven Monk (North Dakota State), 7-6 5th: R.J. (Oregon State) pinned No. 14 Josh Demas (Ohio State), 2:28 7th: Corey Mock (North Carolina) dec. Dakota Friesth (Wyoming), 7-0 165: 1st: No. 3 Shane Onufer (Wyoming) dec. No. 4 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra), 4-2 3rd: No. 10 Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) dec. No. 12 Gabe Burak (Northern Colorado), 3-2 5th: No. 16 Ben Jordan (Wisconsin) dec. No. 17 Joe Booth (Drexel), 5-0 7th: No. 18 Dan Yates (Michigan) dec. Tyler Wilps (Pittsburgh), 4-2 174: 1st: No. 7 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) dec. No. 11 Justin Zeerip (Michigan), 6-5 TB 3rd: No. 4 Nick Heflin (Ohio State) dec. Patrick Martinez (Wyoming), 3-2 5th: Ryan LeBlanc won by med. forfeit over No. 1 Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) 7th: No. 19 Ethan Headlee (Pittsburgh) dec. Kurtis Julson (North Dakota State), 7-0 184: 1st: No. 4 Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) dec. No. 3 Steve Bosak (Cornell), 7-3 3rd: No. 10 Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) won by med. forfeit over No. 12 Jake Swartz (Boise State) 5th: C.J. Magrum (Ohio State) dec. No. 13 Luke Rebertus (Navy), 3-1 TB 7th: Ophir Bernstein (Brown) won by med. forfeit over No. 16 Matt Ryan (West Virginia) 197: 1st: No. 4 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) dec. No. 5 Matt Powless (Indiana), 10-4 3rd: No. 7 Matthew Wilps (Pittsburgh) dec. Alfonso Hernandez (Wyoming), 5-3 5th: No. 12 Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) maj. dec. Brandon Palik (Drexel), 12-2 7th: James Fox (Harvard) won by default over Max Huntley (Michigan) 285: 1st: No. 8 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) pinned Peter Capone (Ohio State), 6:59 3rd: No. 11 Tucker Lane (Nebraska) dec. No. 16 Brendan Barlow (Kent State), 1-0 TB 5th: Atticus Disney (Cal Poly) won by medical forfeit over No. 6 Levi Cooper (Arizona State) 7th: No. 14 Ben Apland (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 20 J.T. Felix (Boise State), 10-2

125: No. 3 Nic Bedelyon (Kent State) dec. No. 6 Frank Perrelli (Cornell), 3-1 133: No. 4 Logan Stieber (Ohio State) dec. No. 10 A.J. Schopp (Edinboro), 10-5 141: No. 5 Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) dec. No. 15 Hunter Stieber (Ohio State), 6-3 149: No. 6 Eric Grajales (Michigan) maj. dec. No. 5 Cole VonOhlen (Air Force), 9-1 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney), 4-0 165: No. 3 Shane Onufer (Wyoming) dec. No. 4 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra), 4-2 174: No. 7 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) dec. No. 11 Justin Zeerip (Michigan), 6-5 TB1 184: No. 4 Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) dec. No. 3 Steve Bosak (Cornell), 7-3 197: No. 4 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) dec. No. 5 Matt Powless (Indiana), 10-4 285: No. 8 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) pinned Peter Capone (Ohio State), 6:51

125: No. 3 Nic Bedelyon (Kent State) dec. No. 13 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra), 8-1 No. 6 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) dec. Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State), 5-1 133: No. 4 Logan Stieber (Ohio State) maj. dec. No. 11 Zac Stevens (Michigan), 14-6 No. 10 A.J. Schopp (Edinboro) tech. fall Zach Zehner (Wyoming), 16-0;1:41 141: No. 15 Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) dec. No. 10 Tyler Small (Kent State), 6-2 No. 5 Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) dec. No. 2 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly), 4-3 149: No. 6 Eric Grajales (Michigan) dec. David Habat (Edinboro), 6-5 No. 5 Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) dec. Joshua Wilson (Utah Valley), 10-3 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. No. 17 Steven Monk (North Dakota State), 7-1 T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney) dec. James Green (Nebraska), 3-1 165: No. 3 Shane Onufer (Wyoming) dec. No. 17 Joe Booth (Drexel), 4-3 No. 4 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra) dec. No. 12 Gabe Burak (Northern Colorado), 5-3 174: No. 11 Justin Zeerip (Michigan) med. forfeit over No. 1 Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) No. 7 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) dec. Nick Heflin (Ohio State), 3-2 OT 184: No. 3 Steve Bosak (Cornell) dec. No. 12 Jake Swartz (Boise State), 2-1 No. 4 Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) dec. No. 10 Josh Ihnen (Nebraska), 7-5 197: No. 4 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) maj. dec. No. 12 Taylor Meeks (Oregon State), 14-2 No. 5 Matt Powless (Indiana) dec. No. 7 Matthew Wilps (Pittsburgh), 6-5 285: Peter Capone (Ohio State) dec. No. 6 Levi Cooper (Arizona State), 5-2 No. 8 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) dec. Atticus Disney (Cal Poly), 6-2

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa wrestling team opened its Big Ten schedule with a 20-13 win over seventh-ranked Illinois tonight inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa won six-of-10 matches and scored bonus points in the final two bouts to extend its unbeaten dual streak to 81. “We were in a battle tonight,” said Iowa head coach Tom Brands, “and we saw some not-so-good things. We have to get on the offense and not let guys slow us down. We're fortunate we get to go right back into it in less the 48 hours. We need to be sharper and we need to make some strides” Illinois grabbed the early 3-0 lead when eighth-ranked Eric Terrazas recorded an 8-4 decision over Iowa's 149-pound junior Mark Ballweg. The Hawkeyes responded with three consecutive decisions from Derek St. John (157), Mike Evans (165) and Ethen Lofthouse (174). All three wrestlers led from start to finish to help Iowa stake a 9-3 advantage. St. John scored four takedowns to earn his ninth win of the season, a 10-5 decision, while Evans recorded his second straight shutout with a 5-0 victory in his Big Ten debut. Lofthouse scored a second period escape and takedown to build a 3-0 lead and outscored Illinois' third-ranked Jordan Blanton 3-1 in the final period to earn a 6-1 decision. Illinois (6-1, 0-1) answered Iowa's run with a major decision at 184 to cut into the Hawkeye lead. Iowa's Jeremy Fahler battled back from an early 6-1 deficit to tie the 184-pound match, 7-7, but Illinois' Tony Dallago out-scored Fahler 9-1 in the final period to secure the bonus point and pull the Illini within two points, 9-7, heading into intermission. Illinois's Mario Gonzalez then gave the Illini its second lead of the night with an 11-9 decision over Iowa's Tomas Lira at 197 pounds. Trailing 10-9, Iowa redshirt freshman Bobby Telford rode Illinois' Pat Walker the entire second period and added an early third period escape to earn a 2-0 win and help Iowa reclaim the lead, 12-10. Junior Matt McDonough looked like he would create some distance in the team race by jumping to a 6-2 lead in the 125-pound match, but a late second period reversal by Illinois' Jesse Delgado turned the momentum against McDonough and the pair eventually went into overtime tied, 7-7. Delgado scored a takedown with 40 seconds left in the extra period and added a pair of back points to earn the 11-7 win and give Illinois a 13-12 advantage heading into the final two matches of the evening. The night's headlining match between Iowa's third-ranked Tony Ramos and Illinois' second-ranked Jesse Delgado looked good for the Hawkeyes when Ramos scored a pair of takedowns in the opening period to jump to a 4-2 lead. Futrell scored an early escape in the second frame before another Ramos takedown and an illegal holding call on Futrell helped the Hawkeye sophomore grab a 7-3 advantage. Ramos eventually used another pair of takedowns and more than two minutes of riding time to earn a major decision and return the lead back to Iowa, 16-13. Iowa's Montell Marion then secured the Hawkeye victory with an 11-2 major decision over Illinois' Daryl Thomas. Marion scored a pair of first period takedowns and never trailed in the match, building 2:46 of riding time to earn his team-high fourth major decision of the year. The Hawkeyes (4-0, 1-0) return to action Sunday when they travel to Ames, Iowa, to face Iowa State at 2 p.m. inside Hilton Coliseum. The dual will be broadcast live on AM-800 KXIC and Hawkeye All-Access, a subscription service committed to providing quality coverage of University of Iowa athletic events. Steven Grace and Mark Ironside with have the call live from Hilton Coliseum. The dual will also be televised live on Mediacom. Hawkeye Notes: Iowa stretched its dual unbeaten streak to 81 duals… McDonough's loss was his first in 43 career dual matches and his first loss in 23 matches inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena… Ramos, Marion, St. John, Evans and Telford remain unbeaten in 2011-12… Iowa has won its last six Big Ten openers… Tom Brands is 6-0 in Big Ten openers… Iowa has won its last 36 Big Ten duals. Results: 149 - Eric Terrazas (IL) dec. Mark Ballweg (I), 8-4 157 - Derek St. John (I) dec. Jackson Morse (IL), 10-5 165 - Mike Evans (I) dec. Dan Stelter (IL), 5-0 174 - Ethen Lofthouse (I) dec. Jordan Blanton (IL), 6-1 184 - Tony Dallago (IL) major dec. Jeremy Fahler (I), 17-8 197 - Mario Gonzalez (IL) dec. Tomas Lira (I), 11-9 Hwt. - Bobby Telford (I) dec. Pat Walker (IL), 2-0 125 - Jesse Delgado (IL) dec. Matt McDonough (I), 11-7 (OT) 133 - Tony Ramos (I) major dec. B.J. Futrell (IL), 13-5 141 - Montell Marion (I) major dec. Daryl Thomas (IL), 11-2

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland wrestling team won six of 10 matches Friday evening to extend its winning streak over local rival American to six as the Terps defeated the Eagles, 23-14. Maryland improved to 7-0 in dual meets and American fell to 0-4. Redshirt sophomore Christian Boley, ranked 20th at 197, provided the highlight of the dual meet with a thrilling 7-6 decision over eighth-ranked Daniel Mitchell to seal a Terrapin victory. Trailing 5-4 entering the third period, Boley picked up an early escape to tie the match, and added a late takedown to win. "There was no doubt in his mind going into the match today that he was going to win," said head coach Kerry McCoy. "It was just a matter of how he was going to win. For us to ice the match that way is great credit to all of the work he's been doing." The Terps got off to a strong start courtesy of 125-pound sophomore Shane Gentry and 133-pound freshman Geoffrey Alexander. Gentry scored a 2-point near-fall in the second period and grinded out a 2-1 decision over Thomas Williams. Alexander had three takedowns and a 3-point near-fall in the first period to take command of his match against Chris Brienza. Alexander earned a 17-2 technical fall and gave Maryland an 8-0 lead. American responded by winning the next three bouts. Ninth-ranked Matt Mariacher won a 7-4 decision over freshman Frank Goodwin at 141. Kevin Tao earned a major decision over sophomore Ben Dorsay at 149, and a 14-6 major decision for fourth-ranked Ganbayar Sanjaa over 16th-ranked senior Kyle John at 157 put the Eagles up 11-8. At 165, second-ranked junior Josh Asper ended the Eagles' momentum with a 19-4 technical fall over Sean McCarty to edge the Terps in front at 12-11. Seventeenth-ranked redshirt sophomore Jimmy Sheptock won a vital five points for the Terps with 17-2 technical fall over Philip Barreiro at 174. Sheptock went on the offensive in the first period with a takedown and two 2-point near-falls. Redshirt sophomore Ty Snook increased the Terps lead to 20-11 with an 8-3 decision over 184-pound Thomas Barreiro. Snook had two first period takedowns and added another in the third period to clinch the victory and set the stage for Boley. Boley, who lost an 8-6 decision to Mitchell last season, scored an early first-period takedown and added another following an escape by Mitchell. In the second period, Mitchell earned an escape and takedown to take a 5-4 lead. Boley choose to start on the ground to begin the third period and quickly earned an escape to tie the match before sealing the victory with a takedown. Top-ranked Ryan Flores won a 7-3 decision over 10th-ranked sophomore Spencer Myers at 285 to end the dual meet. Results: 125: Shane Gentry (MD) dec. Thomas Williams (AU), 2-1 (3-0) 133: Geoffrey Alexander (MD) tech. fall over Chris Brienza (AU), 17-2 (8-0) 141: Matt Mariacher (AU) dec. Frank Goodwin (MD), 7-4 (8-3) 149: Kevin Tao (AU) major dec. Ben Dorsay (MD), 12-4 (8-7) 157: Ganbayar Sanjaa (AU) major dec. Kyle John (MD), 14-6 (11-8) 165: Asper (MD) tech. fall over Sean McCarty (AU), 19-4 (12-11) 174: Jimmy Sheptock (MD) tech. fall over Philip Barreiro (AU), 17-2 (17-11) 184: Ty Snook (MD) dec. Thomas Barreiro (AU), 8-3 (20-11) 197: Christian Boley (MD) dec. Daniel Mitchell (AU), 7-6 (23-11) 285: Ryan Flores (AU) dec. Spencer Myers (MD), 7-3 (23-14)

Watch more video of Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 2011 on flowrestling.org Ohio State true freshman Hunter Stieber, who is ranked 15th by InterMatWrestle.com, defeated defending NCAA champion Kellen Russell of Michigan, 6-5, in the quarterfinals of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at 141 pounds. Stieber will now face No. 10 Tyler Small of Kent State in the semifinals.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The sixth ranked Ohio State wrestling team currently is in first place with 69 points after the first day of the 2011 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. No. 9 Michigan is in second place with 63.5 points, while No. 3 Cornell rounds out the Top 3 with 61 points. With five wrestlers set to compete in the semifinals, the Buckeyes will return to action at 12 p.m. ET Saturday with consolation action, while the semifinals will begin at 1 p.m. ET. Freshman Hunter Stieber (141) arguably scored the biggest win of the tournament when he downed No. 1 Kellen Russell of Michigan, 6-5, thanks to a takedown in the waning seconds of the third period. Earlier in the day, Stieber, who hails from Monroeville, Ohio, recorded a major decision against Brown's Zachary Tanenbaum, 10-1. Johnni Dijulius (125) and Logan Stieber (133) were the first pair of Buckeyes to advance to the semifinals Friday night courtesy of bonus-point wins. A true freshman, Dijulius wrapped up the day with a 15-6 major decision vs. Tyler Iwamur of Cal State Bakersfield. The Buckeye from Aurora, Ohio, began the day with an 11-8 victory against North Dakota State's Trent Sprenkle. Stieber won all three of his matches Friday via pins, including a 49-second pin in the second round against Shawn Jones of Boise State. Prior to that impressive outing, the Monroeville, Ohio, native pinned Brock Livorio (North Carolina) in 1:43. The redshirt freshman then ended the evening pinning Harvard's Steven Keith near the 4:40 mark. Redshirt-sophomore Nick Heflin (174) was the fourth Buckeye to advance to the semifinals after posting a 3-2 decision against Patrick Martinez of Wyoming. The Massillon, Ohio, native opened the tournament with a 5-1 victory vs. Lance Bryson of West Virginia before defeating Arizona State's Jacob Graham, 11-3, in the second round. Peter Capone, a redshirt sophomore from Johnson City, N.Y., secured his place in the semifinals courtesy of his 5-2 win over Michigan's Ben Apland. Capone's previous match was a hard-fought 2-1 tiebreaking win vs. Ernest James of Edinboro. That win was after an 11-2 victory in the first round vs. Leonard Romero of Menlo Calif. Cam Tessari, a native of Monroeville, Ohio, dropped to the wrestleback bracket after suffering a 7-4 defeat to Air Force's Cole VonOhlen. In the opening session, Tessari won back-to-back matches, both by decision. In his first bout, Tessari downed Jonathan Burns (North Carolina), 8-2, before beating Hofstra's Justin Accordino, 8-3. C.J. Magrum, a redshirt junior from Oak Harbor, Ohio, also will contend for third place after dropping a 16-1 decision to No. 2 seed Joe LeBlanc of Wyoming in the quarterfinals. Magrum started the day strong with a 2:49 pin over Stanford's Spence Patrick. Magrum then decisioned Hofstra's Ben Clymer in a 4-3 tiebreaking thriller. Joining Tessari and Magrum in their attempts to finish in the Top 3 is freshman Andrew Campolattano. The Bound Brook, N.J., native lost a close 6-4 decision in sudden victory to Taylor Meeks of Oregon State after notching consecutive wins. Campolattano earned a 52-second pin over North Idaho College's Justin Korthuis and followed with an 8-3 decision against Mac Mancuso. At 157 pounds, redshirt freshman Josh Demas rebounded from a first-round 8-2 setback to win three consecutive matches in consolation action. A 4-3 decision over Victor DeJesus (Arizona State) began the run and that win was followed by a 5-4 triumph vs. Shawn Perry of Wisconsin. Demas concluded the day with a 3-1 win against Napoleon Aniciete of Utah Valley. Freshman Derek Garcia was forced to bow out of the tournament because of an illness.

The No. 3 Minnesota wrestling team continued its hot streak against No. 19 Central Michigan tonight, after defeating the Chippewas 24-9. With the win, the Gophers extend their all-time win streak against the Chippewas to 12-0. Minnesota started the evening out strong winning the first six matches. The night started out at 125 lbs. and Zach Sanders would come out strong in the opening match and only need two full periods, as he defeated Joe Roth by a 24-9 technical fall. It was Sanders third win of the season by a count of a technical fall. Next up for Minnesota was David Thorn, who pulled out the win over the Chippeawas Christian Cullinan by a 5-4 decision. Nick Dardanes would follow Thorn and won an 8-5 decision over Scott Mattingly. Dylan Ness took the mat next for the Gophers, who came into the third match of the night up 11-0. Ness would have total control of CMU's Joey Kielbasa and picked up his fifth win of the season with a 8-1 decision. Alec Ortiz would come into the Gopher lineup at 157 lbs., and picked up a huge 7-1 dec. The sophomore from Grand Ronde, Ore., would put Minnesota on top 17-0, heading into intermission. The Chippewas would break into the Gophers six match win streak and pick up back-to-back wins at 174 lbs. and 184 lbs. In the 184 lbs. match between No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus and No. 9 Ben Bennett, both wrestlers went down to the wire with Bennett picking up the 2-1 decision, after picking up the extra point from riding time. Sonny Yohn would pick up the Gophers final points on the evening after winning by a 21-7 major decision over Chad Friend. Minnesota will next travel to face rival Oklahoma State on Sunday. The Cowboys are ranked No. 2 in the nation. Minnesota has lost to Oklahoma State the last two times they have faced. Action is set to get underway in Stillwater at 1 p.m. Results: 125: No. 2 Zach Sanders won by tech fall over No. 19 Joe Roth; 5:00 24-9; MINN: 5 CMU: 0 133: No. 6 David Thorn won by dec. over Christian Cullinan; 5-4; MINN: 8 CMU: 0 141: No. 13 Nick Dardanes won by dec. over Scott Mattingly; 8-5; MINN: 11 CMU: 0 149: No. 13 Dylan Ness won by dec. over Joey Kielbasa; 8-1; MINN: 14 CMU: 0 157: Alec Ortiz won by dec. over Jared Porter; 5-2; MINN: 17 CMU: 0 165: No. 8 Cody Yohn won by dec. over Mike Ottinger; 2-1 -MINN: 20 CMU: 0 174: Anthony Bill won by dec. over Steven Avalos: 10-4; MINN: 20 CMU: 3 184: No.9 Ben Bennett won by dec. over No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus; 2-1; MINN: 20 CMU: 6 197: No. 3 Sonny Yohn won by major dec. over Chad Friend; 21-7; MINN: 24 CMU: 6 HWT: No. 9 Peter Sturgeon won by dec. over No. 2 Tony Nelson; 6-4; MINN:24 CMU: 9

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The 16th-ranked Rutgers wrestling team got big points from 174-pounder Greg Zannetti (Edison, N.J.) in the squad's 20-13 dual win over Old Dominion in the RAC on Friday. Zannetti, ranked 16th according to Amateur Wrestling News, turned the tide in the contest with a 27-12 (5:42) technical fall of seventh-ranked Te Edwards of ODU. The Scarlet Knights improved to 3-1 overall with the victory, while the Monarchs dropped to 4-2 overall. RU won six of the 10 contested bouts, with bonus points coming from Zannetti at 174 pounds and at 157 pounds for ODU with a major decision. A junior, Zannetti fought from his back to score the biggest win of the evening. The RU wrestler avoided allowing the fall to ODU's Edwards in the first period and went on to notch eight takedowns in second and third periods to overpower Edwards. The five-point match win pushed RU's lead out to 17-10 with two matches left in the dual. Zannetti moved his season record to 7-0 (4-0 duals) with the victory. Daniel Rinaldi (Lodi, N.J.) closed the dual on a high note for Rutgers, defeating Old Dominion 197-pounder Joe Budi by decision, 9-4. Scott Winston (Jackson, N.J.) opened the second half of the dual with a Rutgers victory, winning by a 5-4 decision over ODU's Tristan Warner. Prior to the intermission, Rutgers and Old Dominion exchanged blows in the first five matches. ODU scored an initial win at heavyweight before Vincent Dellefave (Toms River, N.J.) struck back at 125 pounds. Dellefave put the Scarlet Knights on the scoreboard with a 5-4 win by decision over Eric Dunnet of Old Dominion. RU took a 6-3 dual lead with an overtime win at 133 pounds by Michael DeMarco (Lyndhurst, N.J.) over Scott Festejo of ODU. Tied with two points apiece in the sudden victory period, DeMarco put Festejo in an awkward position, resulting in the Monarch wrestler scissoring his legs around DeMarco's head. A technical violation, one point was awarded to end the match for RU with a 3-2 win by decision. Mario Mason (Moorestown, N.J.) sent Rutgers into the break with a victory at 149 pounds, edging Monarch wrestler Brennan Brumley by decision, 3-2. The fourth-ranked 149-pounder in the country improved his overall record to 7-0 (4-0 duals) with the win. The Scarlet Knights hit the road to face Princeton and Rider on Saturday, Dec. 10. RU takes on Princeton at 1 p.m., with the match against Rider set to begin at 7 p.m. Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RutgersAthletics) and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding Rutgers wrestling, follow the program on Twitter (@RUWrestling). Fans can receive timely information, including special offers and giveaways throughout the year on our social media outlets along with www.ScarletKnights.com. Results: HWT – Matt Tourdot (ODU) dec. Daniel Hopkins (Rutgers), 8-7 125 pounds – Vincent Dellafave (Rutgers) dec. Eric Dunnet, 5-4 133 pounds – Michael DeMarco (Rutgers) dec. Scott Festejo (ODU), 3-2 (SV) 141 pounds – Justin LaValle (ODU) dec. No. 16 Billy Ashnault (Rutgers), 4-1 149 pounds – No. 4 Mario Mason (Rutgers) dec. Brennan Brumley (ODU), 3-2 157 pounds – John Nicholson (ODU) major dec. Anthony Volpe (Rutgers), 15-6 165 pounds – No. 6 Scott Winston (Rutgers) dec. Tristan Warner (ODU), 5-4 174 pounds – No. 16 Greg Zannetti (Rutgers) tech. fall No. 7 Te Edwards (ODU), 27-12 (5:42) 184 pounds – Billy Curling (ODU) dec. Dan Seidenberg (Rutgers), 5-1 197 pounds – Daniel Rinaldi (Rutgers) dec. Joe Budi (ODU), 9-4

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- The University of Pennsylvania's wrestling program has been in existence since 1906, and Zack Kemmerer firmly planted himself among the all-time greats on Friday night with his 100th career win as part of a 26-12 win over Bloomsburg. Kemmerer, ranked fourth in the country, downed Bloomsburg's Matt Rappo, 14-2, to hit the century mark, in the process becoming the eighth wrestler in Penn history to have his hand raised 100 times. Kemmerer's 100th win came with four takedowns and a pair of two-point nearfalls over Rappo – the younger brother of Penn's Mark Rappo and former Quaker Rick Rappo. Kemmerer was busy in the first period, putting up six points before a full two-minute ride in the second period. With Rappo tired, Kemmerer quickly turned an escape in the third into four more points with a takedown and two backpoints, adding his fourth takedown late for the wide final margin. His win capped three victories to start the dual – the first time Penn had done so in the early stages of the 2011-12 season. Geoffrey Bostany won his first dual bout of the season with a 6-3 decision over Dereck Enders before No. 14 Bryan Ortenzio improved to 13-0 this season with a 10-2 major decision over Craig Barker. Ortenzio scored four takedowns in the match, two in both the first and third periods. After Kemmerer's win, Bloomsburg was able to get back in the dual before halftime via a decision at 149 for Bryce Busler over Steve Robertson, 9-3, and a fall for No. 13 Frank Hickman over Troy Hernandez at the 6:11 mark at 157 pounds. Whatever head coach Rob Eiter said to Lorenzo Thomas during the halftime break paid off as Thomas even the six points with a fall of his own over Kevin Hartnett at the 6:17 mark. Thomas had controlled the whole match, leading 8-1 at the time of the fall. Ian Korb engaged in a wild match with NCAA qualifier Mike Dessino, but came out on the wrong end of an 8-7 match. The bout was a 3-2 affair after two periods, but Korb came back with a takedown to a pair of backpoints in the waning 30 seconds. He had a cradle in, but couldn't cinch it. Instead, Dessino reversed to tie the match. With 20 seconds left, Korb escaped to take the lead, but his attempted headlock tie to kill the clock left him vulnerable for an inside trip and Dessino took advantage for the score with just seconds left. Erich Smith gave Penn back its eight-point lead with a 10-4 decision at 184 over Mike Mirra. Smith scored twice in the first period to build a 4-1 lead and added a takedown in both of the final periods for the win. No. 6 Micah Burak tested his cardio against Rich Perry, but came through in the tiebreaker for a 6-3 win. After both men only mustered escapes in regulation, Burak escaped and scored a takedown in the first 30-second period. In the second rideout, he negated a Perry escape with another takedown for the win. Anthony DiLonardo earned some redemption for his tough finish at the Northeast Duals with a 3-2 decision over Zac Walsh to cap the dual. The win also earned redemption for the team as Walsh had won the deciding match in Bloomsburg's 25-23 win last year in Philly. DiLonardo scored the only takedown of the match with 1:06 remaining for the win. 125 – Geoffrey Bostany (Penn) def. Dereck Enders (BU), 6-3 Penn leads, 3-0 133 - #14 Bryan Ortenzio (Penn) def. Craig Barber (BU), 10-2 Penn leads, 7-0 141 - #4 Zack Kemmerer (Penn) def. Matt Rappo (BU), 14-2 Penn leads, 11-0 149 – Bryce Busler (BU) def. Steve Robertson (Penn), 9-3 Penn leads, 11-3 157 - #13 Frank Hickman (BU) def. Troy Hernandez (Penn), Fall 6:11 Penn leads, 11-9 165 – Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) def. Kevin Hartnett (BU), Fall 6:17 Penn leads, 17-9 174 – Mike Dessino (BU) def. Ian Korb (Penn), 8-7 Penn leads, 17-12 184 – Eric Smith (Penn) def. Mike Mirra (BU), 10-4 Penn leads, 20-12 197 - #6 Micah Burak (Penn) def. Rich Perry (BU), 6-3 (TB) Penn leads, 23-12 285 – Anthony DiLonardo (Penn) def. Zac Walsh (BU), 3-2 Penn leads, 26-12 125 – Geoffrey Bostany opened the scoring in the first 15 seconds, but Dereck Enders escaped and then countered for a takedown of his own before the first minute expired to take a 3-2 lead. Bostany countered with a reversal, riding out the first period and taking a 4-3 lead to the second. Enders chose bottom for the second, but Bostany controlled the first minute for big riding time before a stalemate. Off the restart, Enders kicked, but couldn't fully escape and they went back to a restart. Bostany escaped in the third with 1:07 to go and kept his riding time advantage. He staved off any shots from Enders and added 1:16 of riding time for a 6-3 win. 133 – Takedown 20 seconds in for Ortenzio, and Barber escapes rather quickly. With 1:10 to go, Ortenzio counters a Barber shot with a headlock, circling around for a second takedown. In the second, Ortenzio chose bottom and escaped in about 20 seconds to extend his lead. Barber chose neutral for the third, but Ortenzio scored the takedown 45 seconds into the period. Ortenzio promptly cut Barber, looking for the major. Off a scramble, Ortenzio countered a headlock into a double leg and rode out for the 10-2 win with riding time. 141- Kemmerer was dominant throughout, with two takedowns in the first period before riding Matt Rappo out for the second period. In the third, Kemmerer escaped quickly and turned in for a takedown to two backpoints to widen his lead. A fourth takedown and riding time gave him a 14-2 major decision. 149 – Bryce Busler broke the ice for Bloomsburg with a takedown midway through the first period. Robertson got his escape with 30 seconds to go in the period, but with just 0:59 of riding time for Busler. Riding time counted up for Busler as Robertson chose bottom for the second period. On a return, Robertson was caught in a cross-wrist by Busler and gave up two backpoints. In the third, Busler chose neutral and made it work with a takedown with 1:30 left in the match. He proceeded to add two backpoints before cutting Robertson. The major was within reach, but didn't come as Busler took a 9-3 decision. 157 - #13 Frank Hickman had trouble getting inside on Troy Hernandez for the first half of the match, but scored the opening takedown on a single just past the two-minute mark. In the second period, Hickman reversed from a bottom start to widen his lead to 4-0. In the third, after cutting Hernandez, Hickman pounced for a takedown to shoulders for a fall at 6:11. 165 – Lorenzo Thomas broke a long stalemate in terms of scoring by finishing a scramble with 0:31 left in the first period on the edge of the mat. He countered a Kevin Hartnett high single into a low double for the score to lead, 2-0, after the first. In the second, after Hartnett was hit with a stall warning, Thomas immediately reversed for two more points before 15 seconds were gone. Hartnett chose neutral for the third. Thomas dominated the third, with two takedowns before cradling Hartnett for the fall at 6:17. 174- Ian Korb scored seven seconds in, shooting right off the whistle on Mike Dessino. The former NCAA qualifier from Bloomsburg escaped 36 seconds later. Korb had a high single in towards the buzzer, but could not score. Midway through the second period, Dessino finished a scramble with his first takedown of the match, coming out the backdoor for the score. Korb almost reversed out at the end, but Dessino regained control of his armbar to ride out the clock. In the third, Dessino escaped 20 seconds into the period to take a two-point lead, with riding time not a factor. A low single from Dessino with 50 seconds left led to a pair of backpoints on a cradle, but no fall. Dessino reversed off the nearfall, but Korb escaped to take a brief lead. Dessino however, tripped Korb down while Korb was holding a headlock for the 8-7 win. 184 – Erich Smith scored two takedowns in the first two minutes against Mike Mirra, taking a 4-1 lead and 1:33 of riding time after the first. In the second, Smith added three more points, escaping first and then taking Mirra down. In the third, Smith went for the bonus points, with a takedown in the final 30 seconds, but after cutting Mirra out couldn't get another and settled for a 10-4 win. 197 – The first period went scoreless, but Rich Perry came closes with a shot on the edge in the final ten seconds. Burak staved off and Burak chose bottom for the second. He escaped in 19 seconds after two cautions on Perry. There was no more scoring and Perry chose bottom for the third. Perry got his escape with 43 seconds left, and Burak's riding time at 0:56, to tie the score. Perry had a single in the sudden victory, but Burak defended. In the first tiebreaker, Burak chose down and escaped before quickly shooting a single for a takedown. Perry escaped before the end of the 30 seconds, though. In the second period of the tiebreaker, Perry escaped, but Burak countered with a go-behind for a 6-3 win. 285 – Neither man scored in the first period. Anthony DiLonardo chose bottom for the second against Zac Walsh. He made that choice work with an escape at the 3:39 mark to take the lead. In the third, Walsh escaped with 1:24 to go to tie the bout. DiLonardo then took the first true shot of the match and connected on the edge with 1:06 remaining. Off the restart, Walsh escaped, but DiLonardo pushed the issue and made sure the 3-2 score held up.

125: No. 3 Nic Bedelyon (Kent State) vs. No. 13 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) No. 6 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) vs. Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State) 133: No. 4 Logan Stieber (Ohio State) vs. No. 11 Zac Stevens (Michigan) No. 10 A.J. Schopp (Edinboro) vs. Zach Zehner (Wyoming) 141: No. 10 Tyler Small (Kent State) vs. No. 15 Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) No. 2 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) vs. No. 5 Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) 149: No. 6 Eric Grajales (Michigan) vs. David Habat (Edinboro) No. 5 Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) vs. Joshua Wilson (Utah Valley) 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) vs. No. 17 Steven Monk (North Dakota State) James Green (Nebraska) vs. T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney) 165: No. 3 Shane Onufer (Wyoming) vs. No. 17 Joe Booth (Drexel) No. 4 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra) vs. No. 12 Gabe Burak (Northern Colorado) 174: No. 1 Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) vs. No. 11 Justin Zeerip (Michigan) No. 4 Nick Heflin (Ohio State) vs. No. 7 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) 184: No. 3 Steve Bosak (Cornell) vs. No. 12 Jake Swartz (Boise State) No. 4 Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) vs. No. 10 Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) 197: No. 4 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) vs. No. 12 Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) No. 5 Matt Powless (Indiana) vs. No. 7 Matthew Wilps (Pittsburgh) 285: No. 6 Levi Cooper (Arizona State) vs. Peter Capone (Ohio State) No. 8 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) vs. Atticus Disney (Cal Poly)

With all the lead-up to Saturday's TUF 14 Finale, you'd think Michael Bisping would have remembered to use the check scale before trotting on stage Friday night in the Key West Ballroom at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The coach of Season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter, weighed 186.25 on his first attempt, a quarter-pound more than the 186 lbs. weight limit. His opponent, Jason "Mayhem" Miller weighed 185.5 lbs. Bisping left the stage in a torrent of insults and curse words, which left the fans booing and reportedly led UFC President Dana White to reprimand the fighters about their use of profanity on television. MAIN CARD (Spike TV) Michael Bisping (186.25)* vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller (185.5) Dennis Bermudez (146) vs. Diego Brandao (145) John Dodson (134) vs. T.J. Dillashaw (135.5) Yves Edwards (155) vs. Tony Ferguson (155.5) Johnny Bedford (136) vs. Louis Gaudinot (136) PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook) Marcus Brimage (143) vs. Stephan Bass (145) John Albert (136) vs. Dustin Pague (136) Roland Delorme (136) vs. Josh Ferguson (134) Josh Clopton (144) vs. Steven Siler (146) Bryan Caraway (145) vs. Dustin Neace (145.5) *original weight - has two hours to make the 186 lbs. weight limit

125: No. 3 Nic Bedelyon (Kent State) pinned Zachary Zimmer (Kent State), 1:02 No. 13 Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) maj. dec. No. 16 Anthony Zanetta (Pittsburgh), 11-3 Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State) maj. dec. No. 20 Tyler Iwamura (Cal State-Bakersfield), 15-6 No. 6 Frank Perrelli (Cornell) dec. No. 12 Michael Martinez (Wyoming), 3-2 133: No. 4 Logan Stieber (Ohio State) pinned No. 18 Steven Keith (Harvard), 4:40 No. 11 Zac Stevens (Michigan) dec. Garrett Drucker (Oregon State), 6-3 No. 10 A.J. Schopp (Edinboro) pinned No. 16 Aaron Kalil (Navy), 4:38 Zach Zehner (Wyoming) dec. No. 17 Ridge Kiley (Nebraska), 3-1 141: No. 15 Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) dec. No. 1 Kellen Russell (Michigan), 6-5 No. 10 Tyler Small (Kent State) dec. Dalton Jensen (Nebraska-Kearney), 6-4 No. 5 Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) maj. dec. Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska), 20-7 No. 2 Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) dec. No. 14 Evan Henderson (North Carolina), 8-1 149: David Habat (Edinboro) dec. No. 3 Tyler Nauman (Pittsburgh), 5-2 No. 6 Eric Grajales (Michigan) tech. fall No. 17 Taylor Walsh (Indiana), 19-4;5:00 Joshua Wilson (Utah Valley) dec. No. 7 Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State), 4-2 No. 5 Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) dec. No. 15 Cam Tessari (Ohio State), 6-4 157: No. 1 Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec. Brandon Zeerip (Michigan), 6-0 No. 17 Steven Monk (North Dakota State) dec. R.J. (Oregon State), 8-1 James Green (Nebraska) dec. Joshua Kreimier (Air Force), 8-5 T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney) inj. def. No. 7 Walter Peppelman (Harvard) 165: No. 3 Shane Onufer (Wyoming) maj. dec. Marshall Peppelman (Cornell), 8-0 No. 17 Joe Booth (Drexel) dec. No. 16 Ben Jordan (Wisconsin), 3-1 SV No. 12 Gabe Burak (Northern Colorado) pinned No. 10 Robert Kokesh (Nebraska), 6:55 No. 4 P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra) dec. Tyler Wilps (Pittsburgh), 3-2 174: No. 1 Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) dec. Kurtis Julson (North Dakota State), 8-2 No. 11 Justin Zeerip (Michigan) maj. dec. Frank Cousins (Wisconsin), 11-1 No. 7 Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) dec. No. 19 Ethan Headlee (Pittsburgh), 3-2 No. 4 Nick Heflin (Ohio State) dec. Patrick Martinez (Wyoming), 3-2 184: No. 3 Steve Bosak (Cornell) maj. dec. Timothy McCall (Wisconsin), 11-0 No. 12 Jake Swartz (Boise State) dec. No. 13 Luke Rebertus (Navy), 4-2 No. 10 Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) dec. No. 16 Matt Ryan (West Virginia), 4-0 No. 4 Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) tech. fall Cody Magrum (Ohio State), 16-1;6:43 197: No. 4 Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) maj. dec. Brandon Palik (Drexel), 15-4 No. 12 Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) dec. No. 17 Andrew Campolattano (Ohio State), 6-4 SV No. 7 Matthew Wilps (Pittsburgh) dec. Max Huntley (Michigan), 6-4 No. 5 Matt Powless (Indiana) dec. Alfonso Hernandez (Wyoming), 4-2 285: No. 6 Levi Cooper (Arizona State) dec. No. 18 Kyle Frey (Drexel), 3-2 Peter Capone (Ohio State) dec. No. 14 Ben Apland (Michigan), 5-2 Atticus Disney (Cal Poly) dec. No. 11 Tucker Lane (Nebraska), 5-4 No. 8 Clayton Jack (Oregon State) pinned No. 20 J.T. Felix (Boise State), 2:37

EVANSTON, Ill. -- More than 40 Division I, II and III teams will send wrestlers to Evanston for the 49th annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships as Northwestern announced the tournament field today. This year's event, running from Dec. 29-30 at Welsh-Ryan Arena, includes 17 teams that are ranked or receiving votes in the latest NWCA/USA Today Division I Coaches Poll. Additionally, seven teams that placed in the top 10 at the 2010 Midlands Championships return for the 2011 edition. A complete list of Division I teams participating at the 49th annual Midlands Championships can be found below: Division I Teams: No. 1 Iowa, No. 7 Illinois, No. 10 Lehigh, No. 11 Oklahoma, No. 13 Maryland, No. 14 Virginia Tech, No. 16 Rutgers, No. 17 Northwestern, No. 19 Central Michigan, No. 22 Penn, No. 24 American, Cal Poly (RV), Edinboro (RV), Iowa State (RV), Purdue (RV), Stanford (RV), Wisconsin (RV), Bucknell, Cal State Bakersfield, Clarion, Eastern Michigan, Harvard, North Dakota State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Princeton, Rider, South Dakota State, Utah Valley Fans can purchase tickets to Midlands by calling 1-888-GO-PURPLE or by filling out an order form, which is available at the Midlands Tournament info section on NUsports.com.

The Mean is back in title contention. Coming off a draw against former Strikeforce Champion Gegard Moussasi in April, Keith "The Mean" Jardine has been given a title shot. The 36-year-old will face reigning Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold on the to-be-announced January 7th Strikeforce card. Rockhold was originally thought to be facing off of against Tim Kennedy, but Kennedy withdrew because of an undisclosed injury. Jardine was originally scheduled to compete on Strikeforce's Dec. 17 card.

125: 1. Nicholas Bedelyon (Kent State) 2. Frank Perrelli (Cornell) 3. Trent Sprenkle (North Dakota State) 4. Anthony Zanetta (Pittsburgh) 5. Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) 6. Tyler Iwamura (Cal State-Bakersfield) 7. Michael Martinez (Wyoming) 8. Gregory Rinker (Air Force) 133: 1. Logan Stieber (Ohio State) 2. Ryan Mango (Stanford) 3. Aaron Schopp (Edinboro) 4. Garrett Drucker (Oregon State) 5. Zach Stevens (Michigan) 6. Aaron Kalil (Navy) 7. Ridge Kiley (Nebraska) 8. Steven Keith (Harvard) 9. Jordan Thome (Army) 10. Shelton Mack (Pittsburgh) 11. Thomas Kelliher (Wisconsin) 141: 1. Kellen Russell (Michigan) 2. Boris Novachkov (Cal Poly) 3. Michael Mangrum (Oregon State) 4. Tyler Small (Kent State) 5. Dalton Jensen (Nebraska-Kearney) 6. Michael Nevinger (Cornell) 7. Evan Henderson (North Carolina) 8. Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) 9. Mitchell Port (Edinboro) 10. Nathan Pennesi (West Virginia) 11. Jacob Sueflohn (Nebraska) 149: 1. Tyler Nauman (Pittsburgh) 2. Cole VonOhlen (Air Force) 3. Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State) 4. Taylor Walsh (Indiana) 5. Eric Grajales (Michigan) 6. Craig Eifert (Cornell) 7. Cam Tessari (Ohio State) 8. Daniel Young (Army) 9. David Habat (Edinboro) 10. Justin Accordino (Hofstra) 157: 1. Kyle Dake (Cornell) 2. Walter Peppelman (Harvard) 3. Josh Demas (Ohio State) 4. Steven Monk (North Dakota State) 5. Georgi Ivanov (Boise State) 6. James Green (Nebraska) 7. T.J. Hepburn (Nebraska-Kearney) 8. Shawn Perry (Wisconsin) 9. Brandon Zeerip (Michigan) 10. Donnie Tasser (Pittsburgh) 165: 1. Shane Onufer (Wyoming) 2. Paul Gillespie (Hofstra) 3. Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) 4. Ben Jordan (Wisconsin) 5. Joe Booth (Drexel) 6. Dan Yates (Michigan) 7. Ross Tice (Kent State) 8. Mason Bailey (Navy) 9. Marshall Peppelman (Cornell) 10. Tyler Wilps (Pittsburgh) 174: 1. Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford) 2. Nick Heflin (Ohio State) 3. Ryan DesRoches (Cal Poly) 4. Justin Zeerip (Michigan) 5. Peter Huntley (Navy) 6. Ethan Headlee (Pittsburgh) 7. Patrick Martinez (Wyoming) 8. Kurtis Julson (North Dakota State) 9. Billy George (Cornell) 10. Ryan Leblanc (Indiana) 184: 1. Steve Bosak (Cornell) 2. Joe LeBlanc (Wyoming) 3. Josh Ihnen (Nebraska) 4. Jacob Swartz (Boise State) 5. Luke Rebertus (Navy) 6. Matt Ryan (West Virginia) 7. Ben Clymer (Hofstra) 8. Max Thomusseit (Pittsburgh) 9. Timothy McCall (Wisconsin) 10. Cody Magrum (Ohio State) 197: 1. Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro) 2. Matt Powless (Indiana) 3. Matthew Wilps (Pittsburgh) 4. Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) 5. Andrew Campolattano (Ohio State) 6. Ryan Smith (Cal Poly) 7. Alfonso Hernandez (Wyoming) 8. Brandon Palik (Drexel) 285: 1. Levi Cooper (Arizona State) 2. Clayton Jack (Oregon State) 3. Tucker Lane (Nebraska) 4. Ben Apland (Michigan) 5. Ernest James (Edinboro) 6. Brendan Barlow (Kent State) 7. Daniel Miller (Navy) 8. Kyle Frey (Drexel) 9. Brandon Williamson (West Virginia) 10. J.T. Felix (Boise State) 11. Atticus Disney (Cal Poly) 12. Peter Capone (Ohio State)

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Every week InterMatWrestle.com selects three key college wrestling dual meets (and/or tournaments) and makes predictions. This week InterMatWrestle.com has selected No. 9 Illinois at No. 1 Iowa (Friday), No. 7 American at No. 20 Maryland (Friday), and No. 3 Minnesota at No. 2 Oklahoma State (Sunday). Lineups are subject to change. No. 9 Illinois at No. 1 Iowa Date: Friday, Dec. 2 Time: 7 p.m. CT Location: Iowa City, Iowa (Carver-Hawkeye Arena) Synopsis: Illinois needs virtually everything to go its way to win this dual meet, including B.J. Futrell beating Tony Ramos at 133 pounds. The Hawkeyes just have too much firepower for the Fighting Illini. Weight-by-Weight Predictions: 125: No. 1 Matt McDonough (Iowa) maj. dec. No. 15 Jesse Delgado (Illinois) 133: No. 2 Tony Ramos (Iowa) dec. No. 3 B.J. Futrell (Illinois) 141: No. 3 Montell Marion (Iowa) maj. dec. Daryl Thomas (Illinois) 149: No. 8 Eric Terrazas (Illinois) maj. dec. Jacob Ballweg (Iowa) 157: No. 2 Derek St. John (Iowa) dec. Jackson Morse (Illinois) 165: No. 15 Mike Evans (Iowa) maj. dec. Dan Stelter (Illinois) 174: No. 3 Jordan Blanton (Illinois) dec. No. 6 Ethen Lofthouse (Iowa) 184: Tony Dallago (Illinois) dec. Jeremy Fahler (Iowa) 197: No. 2 Grant Gambrall (Iowa) dec. No. 15 Mario Gonzalez (Illinois) 285: Bobby Telford (Iowa) dec. Pat Walker (Illinois) Predicted Dual Meet Score: Iowa 24, Illinois 10 No. 7 American at No. 20 Maryland Date: Friday, Dec. 2 Time: 7 p.m. ET Location: College Park, Md. (Comcast Pavilion) Synopsis: American has the horses to be in the hunt for a trophy in March, but may end up with an underwhelming dual meet record this season because of lack of depth. Kerry McCoy's Maryland Terrapins are solid throughout. The heavyweight match is not only a battle of returning All-Americans, but also a rematch from the NWCA All-Star Classic. Weight-by-Weight Predictions: 125: Shane Gentry (Maryland) dec. Thomas Williams (American) 133: Geoffrey Alexander (Maryland) dec. Corey Borshoff (American) 141: No. 9 Matt Mariacher (American) dec. Frank Goodwin (Maryland) 149: Ben Dorsay (Maryland) dec. Kevin Tao (American) 157: No. 4 Ganbayar Sanjaa (American) dec. No. 16 Kyle John (Maryland) 165: No. 2 Josh Asper (Maryland) tech. fall Sean McCarthy (American) 174: No. 17 Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) dec. Philip Barreiro (American) 184: Thomas Barreiro (American) dec. Ty Snook (Maryland) 197: No. 8 Daniel Mitchell (American) dec. No. 20 Christian Boley (Maryland) 285: No. 1 Ryan Flores (American) dec. No. 10 Spencer Myers (Maryland) Predicted Dual Meet Score: Maryland 17, American 15 No. 3 Minnesota at No. 2 Oklahoma State Date: Sunday, Dec. 4 Time: 1 p.m. CT Location: Stillwater, Okla. (Gallagher-Iba Arena) Synopsis: There are several swing matches that could go either way in this dual meet between national powers. Of the 20 wrestlers expected to compete, 15 are ranked in the top 10 and 19 are ranked in the top 20. Don't be surprised if this one comes down to the final match. Weight-by-Weight Predictions: 125: No. 2 Zach Sanders (Minnesota) dec. No. 11 Ladd Rupp (Oklahoma State) 133: No. 1 Jordan Oliver (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 6 David Thorn (Minnesota) 141: No. 7 Josh Kindig (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 13 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota) 149: No. 2 Jamal Parks (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 13 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) 157: No. 9 Jake Deitchler (Minnesota) dec. No. 10 Albert White (Oklahoma State) 165: No. 8 Cody Yohn (Minnesota) dec. No. 11 Dallas Bailey (Oklahoma State) 174: No. 8 Logan Storley (Minnesota) dec. Chris McNeil (Oklahoma State) 184: No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota) dec. No. 8 Chris Perry (Oklahoma State) 197: No. 2 Cayle Byers (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 3 Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) 285: No. 2 Tony Nelson (Minnesota) dec. No. 3 Alan Gelogaev (Oklahoma State) Predicted Dual Meet Score: Minnesota 18, Oklahoma State 12

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Eastern Michigan University wrestling team cruised to a 33-9 road victory over Cleveland State University Thursday evening, Dec. 1, winning eight of a possible 10 matches. Three grapplers took their matches by way of fall for the Eagles, who overcame an early 9-3 deficit en route to the win. The Eagles (4-1) earned 18 of their points off of pins by redshirt freshman Jaylyn Bohl (149 lbs.), redshirt junior Aaron Sulzer (157 lbs.) and redshirt sophomore Phillip Joseph (184 lbs.). Redshirt sophomore Jared Germaine (125 lbs.) also recorded a victory Thursday, improving his individual record to 5-0. Joseph's win also gave him that same undefeated mark. EMU has now won five duals in-a-row over the Vikings. Cleveland State (2-3) won just two matches, one by fall and one by decision. Following Germaine's 7-4 decision to begin the match, the Vikings responded to take a 9-3 lead after redshirt freshman Jake Byers was taken to the mat in his first-career regular season dual match at the 6:52 mark of the 133 lbs. bout and redshirt sophomore Seth Schaner was bested, 7-4, at 141 lbs. Bohl and Sulzer made sure the EMU deficit was short-lived as Bohl pinned Lawrence Cavello at the 3:59 mark and Sulzer did the same to Tanner Lemon at 2:44. The Eagles were off and running with a 15-9 lead. Eastern Michigan finished the evening by winning the final five matches including Joseph's pin of Aric Thurn at the 2:25 mark. The Green and White kicks-off the Mid-American Conference season with a home contest against Ohio University Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. Results: 125: Jared Germaine (EMU) dec. Ben Willeford (CSU), 7-4 EMU 3, CSU 0 133: Nick Flannery (CSU) fall Jake Byers (EMU), 6:52 CSU 6, EMU 3 141: Josh Palivoda (CSU) dec. Seth Schaner (EMU), 7-3 CSU 9, EMU 3 149: Jaylyn Bohl (EMU) fall Lawrence Cavello (CSU), 3:59 EMU 9, CSU 9 157: Aaron Sulzer (EMU) fall Tanner Lemon (CSU), 2:44 EMU 15, CSU 9 165: Lester France (EMU) dec. Sheldon Brandenburg (CSU), 10-5 EMU 18, CSU 9 174: Phillip Joseph (EMU) fall Aric Thurn (CSU), 2:25 EMU 24, CSU 9 184: Mike Curby (EMU) dec. Corbin Boone (CSU), 6-3 EMU 27, CSU 9 197: Nick Whitenburg (EMU) dec. Nick Anthony (CSU), 11-5 EMU 30, CSU 9 HWT: Wes Schroeder (EMU) dec. Chris Weber (CSU), 3-2 EMU 33, CSU 9

BLACKSBURG -- The 14th-ranked Virginia Tech wrestling squad defeated Appalachian State, 24-16 in its home opener Thursday at the Cassell Coliseum in fron of 964 fans. Seventh-ranked Devin Carter opened the match by notching 11 takedowns en route to a 24-9 technical fall over Chris Johnson at 133 pounds. Zach Neibert followed 7-1 decision over Mike Kessler at 141 pounds to put Tech up 8-0. At 149 pounds, Appalachian State got on the board and cut Tech's lead in half as Savva Kostis defeated Tech's Nick Murray by a 15-5 major decision. The Mountaineers' Chip Powell then gave Appalachian State the lead at 10-8 with pin over Cameron Hurd at 2:40. Two ranked wrestlers took to the mat at 165 pounds as Tech's 16th-ranked Pete Yates squared off against No. 20 Kyle Blevins for Appalachian State. The match was tied at 5-5 in the third period when Yates was called for an illegal hold with less than a minute left and Blevins was awarded the penalty point. Blevins held on for the 6-5 decision as Yates was unable to get the takedown. Following the intermission, the Hokies' Chris Moon scored a 9-5 decision over Carter Downs at 174 pounds, making the score 13-11 in favor of ASU. Eleventh-ranked Austin Trotman continued the Mountaineers' momentum with a 9-4 win over John Dickson at 184 pounds. No. 16 Nick Vetterlein opened up a 4-1 lead in the first period over ASU's Jon Hartley at 197 pounds before Hartley took injury time after falling on his shoulder on a takedown. After an escape following the injury time, Vetterlein capitalized, scoring a quick takedown straigh to Hartley's back for the pin at 1:21. With the fall, Tech regained the lead at 17-16. Tech's Chris Penny led throughout at heavyweight and scored a 10-2 major decision over Joe Cummings, putting the Hokies up 21-16. In the final bout, Erik Spjut shut out ASU's Tony Gravely 4-0 at 125 pounds, making the final score 24-16. “With the exception of 165 pounds, I think it's pretty evident which guys are used to being in the lineup and which guys aren't,” said head coach Kevin Dresser. “Guys who aren't used to being in the lineup didn't get it done for us tonight. We're disappointed at 165 pounds. Until we learn to open up and go after people, we're not going to get it down with this style. We have a short turnoard to the Penn State tournament this weekend and then we get a break. Hopefully by the time we get to January, we'll determine some starters. We still have a lot of weight classes up for grabs. Obviously our injury situation in the month of November has changed things.” Tech, ranked 14th in the NWCA/USA Today Coaches' Poll is now 3-1 while Appalachian State drops to 2-1. The Hokies will be back in action on this weekend at the Nittany Lion open on Sunday with some non-starters also participating in the Davidson Open on Saturday. Results: 133: #7 Devin Carter (VT) tech fall Chris Johnson, 24-9 (6:07) 141: Zach Neibert (VT) dec. Mike Kessler, 7-1 149: Savva Kostis (ASU) maj. dec. Nick Murray, 15-5 157: Chip Powell (ASU) fall Cameron Hurd, 2:40 165: #20 Kyle Blevins (ASU) dec. #14 Pete Yates, 6-5 174: Chris Moon (VT) dec. Carter Downs, 9-5 184: #11 Austin Trotman (ASU) dec. John Dickson, 9-4 197: #16 Nick Vetterlein (VT) fall Jon Hartley, 1:21 285: Chris Penny (VT) maj. dec. Joe Cummings, 10-2 125: Erik Spjut (VT) dec. Tony Gravely, 4-0

DEKALB, Ill. -- The Purdue wrestling team held off a hard-nosed Northern Illinois University (NIU) squad on Thursday night for a 19-15 road victory at the NIU Convocation Center in the Huskies' Showcase Meet. The Boilermakers needed overtime to secure two of their six victories on the night, while sophomore Kyle Mosier paced the squad with a major-decision win at 165 pounds. Improving to 3-4 on the season in dual competition, the big story of the evening for the Old Gold and Black was the absence of four of their starters. In addition to eighth-ranked 133-pound sophomore Cashé Quiroga and 11th-ranked 197-pound senior A.J. Kissel, the Boilermakers were also without No. 10 junior Ivan Lopouchanski at 149 pounds and sophomore Camden Eppert at 125 pounds, who missed the meet due to illness. Despite not having their teammates on hand, the Boilermakers stepped up and secured enough points to come away with the victory. “We did a good job stepping up as a team, getting overtime victories and fighting for a win without the presence of our four starters,” said Purdue head coach Scott Hinkel. “Tonight was a great example of just finding a way to win and I'm proud of our guys for coming together and getting it done.” NIU jumped out to a 6-0 lead as sophomore Nick Smith pinned Luke Schroeder in the Boilermaker rookie's first career dual match. Schroeder jumped out to an early lead with a pair of first period takedowns, but Smith rebounded in the second to score the fall and his ninth win of the season. Reigning Big Ten Wrestler of the Week Matt Fields retaliated at 133 pounds for Purdue, coming up just shy of a major decision in a 9-2 victory over sophomore Rob Jillard. Fields dominated the match aside from giving up a reversal in the second period and turned the Huskie sophomore to his back for a pair of nearfall points in the third. The Huskies bit back at 141 pounds as sophomore Kevin Fanta used a four-point play in the third period to earn a 7-3 decision over Purdue junior Jake Fleckenstein, and give NIU at 9-3 lead in the team score. The Boilermakers turned the tide at 149 pounds as freshman Nick Lawrence had a series of firsts en route to an overtime win over NIU freshman Tyler Argue. Thursday marked Lawrence's first collegiate dual match and his first-ever match at 149 pounds. The pair traded escapes in regulation and Lawrence notched the bout's only score about 30 seconds into the extra frame to cut into the Huskies' lead. Junior Tommy Churchard followed up with a dominant showing at 157 pounds, blanking Indiana native Sam Bennett, 6-0, to even the score at 9-9. Churchard was tough on top throughout the seven minutes, scoring takedowns in the first and second frames and rolling up almost five minutes of riding time in the win. The run continued at 165 pounds as Mosier offered up another shutout, a 10-0 win over sophomore Dan Burk. Things looked to go Burk's way early as he snared a leg and worked for the takedown, but Mosier made a slick roll-through maneuver for the two and took firm control of the match. Mosier reversed Burk to start the second period and nearly scored the fall late in the frame, settling for a three-point nearfall, and tacked on another takedown and the riding-time point in the third. Freshman Drake Stein made it four straight for the Boilermakers at 174 pounds, launching sophomore opponent Caleb Busson several times en route to a 9-3 decision. Stein also came up just shy of a pin, catching a cradle in the second period and only coming up with a couple of back points. NIU's 20th-ranked senior Brad Dieckhaus halted the Boilermaker run at 184 pounds, knocking off surging Purdue freshman Braden Atwood, 6-1. After a scoreless first, Dieckhaus escaped and notched a takedown off of an Atwood shot in the second to make it 3-0 after two. Atwood escaped in the third period, but his hail-mary shot in the third resulted in another Dieckhaus takedown and the riding time finished the bout at 6-1, and cut the team lead to 16-12. The Huskies pulled within one at 197 pounds as senior Mike Lukowski used a five-point play at the end of the first period to ride out a 7-2 win over Purdue sophomore Justin Dinius. The match came down to the heavyweights and they finished a great meet with a thrilling finale as Purdue senior Roger Vukobratovich took it all the way to a tie-break overtime to earn a 4-3 win over NIU sophomore Jared Torrence. Regulation ended in a 1-1 tie as the two big men traded escapes, and neither scored in the sudden victory period, pushing the bout to a tie break. Both shot out quickly from the bottom position, first Vukobratovich, then Torrence, but the Boilermaker senior made the most of the 30 seconds, scoring a takedown and sealing up his individual win and the team victory. The Boilermakers return to action, Friday, Dec. 9, as they open Big Ten Duals and square off with Michigan State University at Holloway Gymnasium. Results: 125: Nick Smith (NIU) def. Luke Schroeder (PU), Fall 4:22 (PU 0 – NIU 6) 133: Matt Fields (PU) def. Rob Jillard (NIU), D 9-2 (PU 3 – NIU 6) 141: Kevin Fanta (NIU) def. Jake Fleckenstein (PU), D 7-3 (PU 3 – NIU 9) 149: Nick Lawrence (PU) def. Tyler Argue (NIU), SV 3-1 (PU 6 – NIU 9) 157: Tommy Churchard (PU) def. Sam Bennett (NIU), D 6-0 (PU 9 – NIU 9) 165: Kyle Mosier (PU) def. Dan Burk (NIU), MD 10-0 (PU 13 – NIU 9) 174: Drake Stein (PU) def. Caleb Busson (NIU), D 9-3 (PU 16 – NIU 9) 184: #20 Brad Dieckhaus (NIU) def. Braden Atwood (PU), D 6-1 (PU 16 – NIU 12) 197: Mike Lukowski (NIU) def. Justin Dinius (PU), D 7-2 (PU 16 – NIU 15) 285: Roger Vukobratovich (PU) def. Jared Torrance (NIU), TB 4-3 (PU 19-15)