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He’s back! 2021 Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson and the University of Minnesota announced this afternoon that Steveson will rejoin the Gopher wrestling team for his final year of eligibility in the 2024-25 season. Steveson was last on the collegiate wrestling mat during the 2021-22 wrestling season and captured his second NCAA title after a 6-2 victory over Arizona State’s Cohlton Schultz. At the University of Minnesota, Steveson amassed an 83-2 career record with three Big Ten titles and two Hodge Trophies after each of his NCAA title-winning seasons. Once he takes the mat, Steveson will bring with him a 51-match winning streak. His presence will turn the 285 lb weight class on its head as no active collegiate wrestlers have a career win over Steveson. He defeated the 2024 NCAA champion, Greg Kerkvliet, in both the 2021 and 2022 national tournaments. Steveson also had a brief return to the mat in the spring and summer of 2023, when he won the US Open and Final X, but could not compete at the World Championships due to obligations within the WWE. Since leaving his shoes on the mat in Detroit, Steveson went into the WWE, was drafted to the RAW brand, and appeared on NXT. He also received an invitation to training camp for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills this summer. The University of Minnesota has scheduled a press conference for Monday, November 18th. Steveson and Gopher head coach Brandon Eggum will meet with the media.

Top 3 Takeaways and Highlights 1. Dual Spotlight: #1 NAIA Life vs #2 NCAA Iowa A highly anticipated multi-conference dual matchup came early in the season this year as fans tuned in to watch the top-ranked NAIA team, Life University, take on the Iowa Hawkeyes, currently ranked #2 in NCAA competition, at the Eagle Madness Duals over the weekend. Both teams were undefeated in dual competition heading into their matchup with Iowa also defeating Hastings, and Life taking down Lindsey Wilson, Brewton-Parker, and Marymount. This dual started with some real back-and-forth from the teams, with Life losing via pin in the match between Rianne Murphy (Iowa) and Brianna Funakoshi. However, the Running Eagles responded with a tech fall win from freshman Anaya Falcon (Life) over Valarie Solorio (Iowa) and a big 6-0 decision in the much-anticipated match between returning All-American Salyna Shotwell (Life) over returning champ Ava Bayless (Iowa), who was bumped up a weight class here. From there, things turned and points started adding up in Iowa’s favor. All-American Brianna Gonzalez was also up a weight for Iowa when she took out Life’s All-American Anna Krejsa in a surprisingly lopsided 12-3 decision. From there, was the biggest surprise for me in this dual. The matchup at 131 lbs was between two heavy hitters for each team. Here, Life has Sarah Savidge who has made it to the finals of NAIA nationals twice. Iowa has returning All-American Skye Realin who has previously competed at Central Methodist and McKendree. Instead of the nailbiter I was expecting, Realin got a serious takedown against Savidge that took her to her back, getting the pin called in just 45 seconds. From there, we saw the return of Nanea Estrella for the Hawkeyes, taking out freshman Netavia Wickson via tech fall, and returning champ Reese Larramendy for Iowa then took out Christina Jaen with a tech fall of her own. These are two spots where we typically see McBryde sisters for Life. Speaking of which, at 160 lbs we saw reigning champ Latifah McBryde who put some much-needed points on the board for Life with a tech fall over Iowa’s Rose Cassioppi. The rest was all Iowa with a pin for true freshman Naomi Simon over a freshman for Life Ugochi Anunobi. Things wrapped up with Iowa’s All-American Jaycee Foeller winning a close decision 3-2 over Margaret Graham for Life. Overall, neither team sent out their full, most competitive lineups, but the depth of Iowa’s team with backups, including some true freshmen, shows just how lethal they can be even not at full strength. I’d love to see some more of those top-ranked matchups, and if they were to do so, I think you’d see a slightly less-lopsided team score. However, once again, Iowa cannot be discounted, and with some of the talent they have in their lineup like Kylie Welker and new additions Macey Kilty and Kennedy Blades, I feel there is not going to be much that can keep them from the top spot at NCWWC’s again this season. Final results: 103 lbs. – Rianne Murphy (Iowa) fall Brianna Funakoshi (Life), 1:33 110 lbs. – #2 Anaya Falcon (Life) tech. fall Valarie Solorio (Iowa), 12-2 117 lbs. – #6 Salyna Shotwell (Life) dec.#1 (at 110 lbs) Ava Bayless (Iowa), 6-0 124 lbs. – #1 (at 117) Brianna Gonzalez (Iowa) dec. #4 Anna Krejsa (Life), 12-3 131 lbs. – #10 Skye Realin (Iowa) fall #2 Sarah Savidge (Life), 0:45 138 lbs. – #5 Nanea Estrella (Iowa) tech. fall Netavia Wickson (Life), 12-2 145 lbs. – #1 Reese Larramendy (Iowa) tech. fall Christina Jaen (Life), 10-0 160 lbs. – #1 Latifah McBryde (Life) tech. fall Rose Cassioppi (Iowa), 10-0 180 lbs. – Naomi Simon (Iowa) fall Ugochi Anunobi (Life), 2:34 207 lbs. – #1 Jaycee Foeller (Iowa) dec. Margaret Graham (Life), 3-2 2. North Central Dominance at Adrian Duals #3 North Central Cardinals cleaned up at the Adrian Duals with weekend with wins over #8 Sacred Heart, #4 McKendree, #11 Schreiner University, and finally #1 King University. I want to focus on the King dual, but there were so many impressive wins for North Central throughout the tournament. Against, Sacred Heart, #9 Tiera Jimerson got the upset win via tech fall in a high-flying match against #3 Love Daley. At 180 lbs, North Central’s #5 Brittyn Corbishley got the pin over #6 Madison Sandquist of Sacred Heart as well in just under 2 minutes. In the dual with McKendree, freshman Gabriele Tedesco (McKendree) had a huge win over #3 Maddie Avila. Tedesco was a huge add for the Bearcat lineup and I would not be surprised to see her break into the rankings after her wins this weekend. The other win to point out at this dual was #6 Kendra Ryan (North Central) with a pin over #4 Samantha Miller (McKendree), which did take almost 4-minutes, but shows off the danger Ryan poses throughout the match regardless of opponent. Finally, against #1 King, North Central got things started with a win from #3 Madison Avila. Then, #3 Samara Chavez of King got the decision over #6 Kendra Ryan to put King on top. From there, things went back and forth and got close a few times. Each team had ranked wrestlers in the lineup against unranked opponents, but North Central was able to capitalize in a lot of the matches with two ranked wrestlers head-to-head. At 124 lbs #1 Amani Jones showed the level she is at with a decisive 10-0 tech fall over #3 Montana DeLawder (King). King won three in a row at 138, 145 and 160 pounds. #1 Claire DiCungo got a tech fall against her unranked opponent, #2 Aine Drury got a pin over Iowa transfer, #5 Bella Mir (North Central), and #1 Chey Bowman (King) won by a 6-3 decision against #9 Tiera Jimerson. Now, with the dual score separated by 1 point (King 17 - NCC 16), King had to forfeit at 180 lbs against North Central’s Brittyn Corbishley, and then #2 Traeh Haynes of North Central put a definitive stamp on it with a pin in 2 minutes. Similar, to the Iowa/Life dual, you did not have a full lineup for King, but the win for North Central is still very impressive, and could easily bump them up in the rankings. 3. Delaware State adds Women’s Wrestling The first-ever Division 1 women’s wrestling program at an HBCU is coming for the 2025-26 wrestling season at Delaware State University (DSU). DSU is located in Dover, Delaware and made this announcement in coordination with HBCU Wrestling who made a $1.25 million gift to start the program. HBCU Wrestling is an organization whose mission is to establish and/or restore men’s and women’s wrestling to historically black colleges and universities. Results this week in major NCAA, NCWA, and NAIA competitions Colorado Mesa 37 over (NAIA #21) William Jewell 9 Colorado Mesa 41 over Texas Woman’s University 6 (NAIA #21) William Jewell 34 over Texas Woman’s University 13 (NCAA #3) North Central College 41 over Carthage College 0 (NCAA #9) Elmira 29 over (NCAA #13) East Stroudsburg 18 (NAIA #13) Baker 29 over (NAIA #5) William Penn 14 (NCAA #5) Presbyterian 23 over (NAIA #6) Campbellsville 21 Bill Farrell tournament VIEW RESULTS Eagle Madness Duals VIEW RESULTS Adrian Duals VIEW RESULTS Eagle Madness Open VIEW RESULTS Waldorf Open VIEW RESULTS East Stroudsburg Tri-Dual VIEW RESULTS Battle of the Rockies VIEW RESULTS Adrian Invitational VIEW RESULTS Upcoming events for next week Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of all collegiate women’s competitions. Wednesday, Nov. 13: (NCAA #3) North Central College vs Augustana (NCAA #4) McKendree vs (NAIA RV) Missouri Baptist Thursday, November 14: (NAIA #1) Grand View vs (NAIA #20) Central Methodist Friday, November 15: (NAIA #1) Grand View vs (NAIA #16) Wayland Baptist Saturday, November 16: Trailblazer Duals Grand Valley State University Home Duals UWO Titan Duals Blue Hose Open Lindenwood Duals Sunday, November 17: Lindenwood Duals (Day 2) Albion Open Blue Hose Challenge

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NCAA DI Rankings have been updated for this week and can be found here. There was much more movement this week as opposed to after week one. Individually, we've mentioned it in our "Five Questions" and "Top Ranked Upsets" articles yesterday, but 165 lbs had some major shakeups. The top seven wrestlers remained the same; however, the previous #8 (Garrett Thompson) was moved to 174 lbs. #9 Matthew Olguin and #13 Beau Mantanona were removed because of injury concerns. In addition, Andrew Sparks fell to Will Miller at the Mountaineer Invitational. Strong performances from Cam Steed (pictured) and Bryce Hepner led to both jumping significantly. Expect a lot of movement in this weight class for the foreseeable future. From a team standpoint, NC State was hit hard in tournament rankings. The Wolfpack has many prominent starters suffer losses at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic. We're keeping a close eye on the 125 lb situation. For now, we still have Jakob Camacho as the ranked starter. NC State wrestles Appalachian State, Princeton, and Rutgers this week, so there may be some more clarity regarding this situation in the near future. The Wolfpack are still extremely strong from a dual standpoint and will probably bounce back quickly, individually. Be sure to look at that nine through 20 range in the team tournament rankings. Only nine points separates ninth place from the 18th place tie. A good (or bad) week by one of these team's stars could create weekly shuffling in this area of the rankings.

Highlights Penn’s Jude Swisher defeats All-American #6 Ed Scott of NC State Harvard’s Jimmy Harrington knocks off #6 Scott of NC State hours later Nick Incontrera of Penn wins Journeyman Collegiate Classic Journeymen Collegiate Classic (11/10) Cornell, Harvard, Penn all participated. This event is unique with wrestlers placed in pools based on comparable competition. The top ranked wrestlers are placed in pool A, the next handful are pool B, etc. Unattached wrestlers were allowed to compete. *Brown, Columbia, and Princeton were all off this weekend 125: (Pool A) Max Gallagher, Penn – 4th (Pool A) Diego Sotelo, Harvard – 5th (Pool B) Greg Diakomihalis, Cornell – 1st (Pool B) Brady Pruett, Penn – 3rd (Pool B) Logan Brzozowski, Harvard – 4th (Pool C) Marcello Milani, Cornell – 2nd (Pool D) Joe Sciarrone, Cornell – 3rd (Pool E) Ernest Perry, Cornell – 4th 133: (Pool A) Brett Ungar, Cornell – 2nd (Pool A) Tyler Ferrara, Cornell – 3rd (Pool A) Alex Almeyda, Penn – 5th (Pool B) Ryan Miller, Penn – 1st (Pool B) Nico Nardone, Penn – 3rd (Pool C) Foster Cardinale, Cornell – 2nd (Pool D) Ethan Qureshi, Cornell – 1st (Pool D) Spencer Barnhart, Penn – 2nd 141: (Pool A) CJ Composto, Penn – 2nd (Pool B) Evan Mougalian, Penn – 2nd (Pool C) Jameson Garcia, Harvard – 1st (Pool C) Dante Frinzi, Harvard – 4th (Pool C) Myles Griffin, Cornell – 6th (Pool F) Carter Tate, Cornell – 2nd 149: (Pool A) Cross Wasilewski, Penn – 2nd (Pool A) Jaden Pepe, Harvard – 6th (Pool B) Ethan Fernandez, Cornell – 2nd (Pool B) Donny Pigoni, Harvard – 6th (Pool D) Nate Wade, Cornell – 1st (Pool E) Macario Calavitta, Cornell – 2nd (Pool G) Rich Delsanter, Penn – 6th 157: (Pool A) Jude Swisher, Penn – 2nd (Pool A) Jimmy Harrington, Harvard – 3rd (Pool A) Meyer Shapiro, Cornell – 6th (Pool B) Paul Ognissanti, Penn – 3rd (Pool B) Nolan Liess, Harvard – 6th 165: (Pool B) Evan Canoyer, Cornell – 4th (Pool B) Gage McClenahan, Cornell – 5th (Pool B) Brody Oleksak, Cornell – 6th (Pool C) Andy Troczynski, Penn – 2nd (Pool C) Vince Mannella, Penn – 4th (Pool D) Kaleb Williams, Cornell – 4th (Pool D) Michael Bobola, Harvard – 6th (Pool E) Reed Fullmer, Penn – 1st (Pool E) Buzzy Bomberger, Cornell – 5th 174: (Pool A) Nick Incontrera, Penn – 1st (Pool A) Simon Ruiz, Cornell – 2nd (Pool B) Christian Hansen, Cornell – 1st (Pool B) Haden Bottiglieri, Harvard – 4th (Pool C) Alex Whitworth, Harvard – 2nd (Pool D) Xander Koukkanen, Penn – 6th 184: (Pool A) Matt Walsh, Harvard – 6th (Pool B) Colt Barley, Cornell – 1st (Pool B) Justin Mayes, Cornell – 3rd (Pool B) Luke Rada, Harvard – 6th (Pool C) Nate Taylor, Penn – 2nd (Pool C) Matt Furman, Cornell – 2nd (Pool D) Doak Dean, Harvard – 5th (Pool E) Zahir Mclean-Felix, Cornell – 3rd 197: (Pool A) Max Agresti, Harvard – 6th (Pool B) Michael Dellagatta, Cornell – 1st (Pool B) Hudson Skove, Harvard – 3rd (Pool C) Eric Carlson, Cornell – 4th (Pool C) Andrew Connolly, Penn – 6th (Pool E) Denzel Perez. Penn – 5th (Pool F) Josh LaBarbara, Penn – 3rd 285: (Pool A) Matthew Cruise, Penn – 4th (Pool A) Logan Marissal, Harvard – 5th (Pool B) John Pardo, Penn – 3rd (Pool C) Ashton Davis, Cornell – 1st (Pool C) Zach Delsanter, Penn – 2nd (Pool E) Aiden Compton, Cornell – 2nd

The MSU Open is always a great time. Anyone available and nearby should start every season by checking out this awesome event. Michigan State wrestling always does an awesome job with hosting and putting on this event, and you can watch some excellent wrestling from the freshman/sophomore division, through the excellent competition in the Open division. A great perk of my position is that I get to interview some of the coaches and athletes while attending. Early on, I had the chance to meet with Dylan Ragusin and talk about how his experience from last season and the summer will lead to additional success this season While floating around and watching the matches, I also had a chance to grab Northwestern’s Trevor Chumbley to talk through what he can expect from him and his squad this season, as well as what the fans can expect from Evanston Illinois as they host the B1G Championships. Shortly thereafter, I had the pleasure of watching Johnny Lovett get some work done on his way to the finals of the deep and talented 157-pound finals, where he ended up dropping a close match to All-American Peyten Kellar of Ohio. Here is Johnny after his quarterfinal victory: Michigan sent a solid contingent of competitors to this tournament, including Chase Saldate who placed 3rd at 157. Some of their other wrestlers had recently competed at the Clarion Open the previous weekend. Here, I connect with Joseph Walker, 174, who is fresh off of winning that tournament. Here he talks about his journey and patience as he prepared year after year for the chance to be a full time starter: Additionally, I grabbed Jack Medley - Director of Operations for Michigan wrestling, to talk about the team this season and what to expect from their squad; Being a B1G correspondent for InterMat, I wanted to try to grab as many competitors as I could reasonably get interviews from. Balancing the interview portion with not bothering the athletes as they battle with some of the best in the country is tough, but I knew I wanted to grab Derek Gilcher, the Hoosier who is battling to get himself in the lineup this season. Here he talks about coming back from injury and his approach to this season; What’s better than interviewing one Gilcher? Interviewing two of them. Here I talk with Dylan Gilcher about his recent experience at the Clarion Open, and his approach headed into his first season with the Wolverines; I wasn’t about to leave East Lansing without grabbing Ben Bennett, who was coaching in his first competition as the Head Coach of the Chippewas. Here he talks about what we can expect from this Central Michigan team as they look to defend their title as MAC Champions, as well as how Johnny Lovett is looking to stay aggressive this season; I genuinely love this tournament, and though I didn’t get to speak with everyone I had hoped to, I got some great insight from athletes and coaches as the 2024/2025 season gets underway. I hope you enjoyed these interviews, and I hope to grab some more as the year continues to unfold.

While this was the second weekend of competition in the college wrestling world, it had many more events than week one. More events meant more opportunities for top teams and wrestlers to collide and collide they did! Week two featured a handful of surprising upsets, more than in week one. With upsets becoming more frequent, we’ve highlighted the top wrestlers from each weight class who suffered a loss over the weekend. Of course, not every one of these losses was classified as upsets. In some cases, a high-quality wrestler lost to an opponent who was just ranked higher. Whatever the circumstances, there were some very prominent competitors that put a one or two in their respective loss columns over the weekend. Since we're over four months away from the NCAA Tournament, we've also given a reason why you shouldn't worry much about the loss (or losses). 125 lbs #7 Jakob Camacho (NC State) In our “Five Questions” article we got into Jakob Camacho’s weekend, a bit. What we omitted was that he did pick up a ranked win on Saturday over #27 Anthony Molton during NC State’s dominating win over Campbell. A day later, he lost three times against #13 Diego Sotelo (Harvard), #19 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh), and #28 Nick Babin (Pittsburgh). The cause for concern may be the lopsided nature of his losses to Sotelo and Seymour (both major decisions). What also makes this situation complicated is that NC State redshirt freshman Vince Robinson looked excellent in winning the top pool at 125 lbs. Robinson downed three returning national qualifiers and posted at least 10 points in all three matches. Why you shouldn’t be worried: Camacho had an ugly skid last year. He was ranked #1 in the nation and then went 0-3 at the Collegiate Duals, followed by a loss to Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) in his next dual appearance. Camacho has figured out how to snap out of slumps before and even has been challenged by quality teammates (Jarrett Trombley). The losses on Sunday also came on his first attempt at making weight on back-to-back days this year. I can’t imagine it’s easy for the seventh-year senior to make 125 lbs, so that could be a reason for the unusual performance from Camacho. 133 lbs #7 Drake Ayala (Iowa) In only his second match at 133 lbs, 2024 NCAA runner-up Drake Ayala was stunned by Stanford’s redshirt freshman Tyler Knox, 15-10. The match featured some of the best scrambling sequences you’ll see all year. For the most part, Knox came out on top in those flurries. Despite the rankings disparity between the two, Knox is much better than his current ranking of #23. During his redshirt freshman year, he majored Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) and downed four other past national qualifiers. Before beating Ayala, Knox majored Iowa State’s Garrett Grice on Friday night. Why you shouldn’t be worried: Ayala has two of the best lightweight coaches in his corner. They will certainly analyze the film and make the small tweaks necessary for Ayala to come out on top in similar scrambles in the future. During the 2023-24 regular season, Ayala had a few losses that might have been surprising at the time, but he was ready to go in the postseason. 141 lbs #6 Kai Orine (NC State) Kai Orine made his debut at 141 lbs weekend and dominated the field at the Battle at the Citadel with two pins and a tech fall. On Saturday, he pinned national qualifier Shannon Hanna (Campbell). Sunday saw him go 1-1 with a tight win over Will Baysingar (Illinois) before a 4-1 loss to Luke Stanich (Lehigh). Stanich, a 2024 All-American at 125 lbs, hasn’t been considered for the national rankings at 141 lbs because he intends on redshirting this season. Why you shouldn’t be worried: Stanich might just be one of the elite 141 lbers. In just two weeks of competition, Stanich has already posted wins over Orine, All-American CJ Composto (Penn), and Sergio Lemley (Michigan). His only loss came to the returning national champion, Jesse Mendez (Ohio State). This loss may look funky on paper because Stanich isn’t ranked, but it’s not a bad one. 149 lbs #12 Jaden Abas (Stanford) 149 lbs is one of only two weight classes without a loss from a top-ten wrestler last week. Unlike some of the wrestlers we’ve mentioned already, Jaden Abas didn’t lose to an opponent who is ranked lower than him - his came to #4 Kyle Parco (Iowa). Generally, it shouldn’t impact him much from a rankings standpoint. Abas will actually get a shot to move up after next weekend. He’ll take on Cal Poly’s Chance Lamer an opponent he defeated last year in dual competition. Why you shouldn’t be worried: So, the 15-0 loss to Parco looks ugly. And it was for the most part. Historically, Parco has beaten Abas (now 5-0 in Parco’s favor); however, their most recent matches were very close. In this meeting, Parco blew the match open with his work from the top. This result may say more about Parco’s gains in the Iowa room than anything about Abas. While it seems like Parco’s winning streak over Abas continues should they meet again, I imagine Abas will adjust and not be so lopsided. Abas had a tough two-match road trip with Parco and All-American Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) on back-to-back nights. At this point in his career, we know who he is. He’s always been a podium threat and will continue to be in his final year of eligibility. 157 lbs #2 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)/#6 Ed Scott (NC State) I’ll do two here since a pair of top-six wrestlers fell at 157 lbs. One, Meyer Shapiro, was via injury default. We’ll discuss that one in a bit. All-American Ed Scott was 1-2 on Sunday with losses to #20 Jude Swisher (Penn) and Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) sandwiched around a major decision win over #21 Jason Kraisser (Illinois). Harrington was a nice development from this event as he looked solid in his injury default win over Shapiro and he traded blows back and forth with Scott in their third-place match. Why you shouldn’t be worried: Scott’s a veteran. A year ago, in this same town, he fell in sudden victory to true freshman Joey Blaze (Purdue). He responded to that loss with a third-place finish in Vegas in one of the most difficult regular season brackets in recent memory. Just in that CKLV tournament, Scott notched wins over All-Americans Will Lewan (Michigan) and Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech), along with Big 12 champion Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) and Round of 12 finisher Tommy Askey (Appalachian State). I’m not concerned. Now onto Shapiro. Actually, I am a bit concerned. Not because of anything wrestling-wise from Shapiro. He’s proven to be worthy of his label as the #1 overall recruit in the Class of 2023, something he validated with a third-place finish at nationals as a true freshman. What concerns me is the injuries. Shapiro missed time after Vegas after dealing with a head injury. He wears the special headgear designed to prevent them and yesterday appeared to have some sort of a scare related to his head. He ended up injury defaulting against Harrington. It’s probably not right to speculate any further about the situation, but very concerning for Shapiro’s health. Hopefully, this was only precautionary. 165 lbs #11 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) This was the only other weight class without a top-ten wrestler losing. Andrew Sparks suffered his first defeat of the year in the finals of the Mountaineer Invitational where he lost to the host school’s Will Miller, 4-3. Miller is no slouch himself, as he entered the week ranked just a few places behind Sparks at #14. On a good note, Sparks did notch a win over teammate Blaine Brenner. While that may not matter for NCAA qualification purposes, it’s a quality victory over an NCAA qualifier and presumably Sparks’ best competition in-room. Why you shouldn’t be worried: A couple of reasons. As we discussed in the five questions article. The #8-#15 range at 165 lbs is really in shambles. Two wrestlers in that area are feared to have been lost to season-ending injuries. Another may be staying at 174 lbs. I expect there will be plenty of movement all year from the wrestlers within this range. While Sparks may drop in tomorrow’s rankings, I would expect him to move back to this range. Also, this is Sparks' first time competing at 165 lbs since the 2023 NCAA Championships. Something like that can be a factor in November debuts. Note: Technically, #8 Garrett Thompson (Ohio) suffered a loss at the Michigan State Open; however, it was at 174 lbs and we're trying to confirm whether he'll be staying up at that weight. 174 lbs #6 Nelson Brands (Iowa) Saturday afternoon was the setting for #2 Iowa’s home debut against #15 Stanford. A talented young Stanford team took the first two matches contested before the veteran Hawkeyes took over and won three straight bouts. That run ended at 174 lbs as redshirt freshman Lorenzo Norman stunned Nelson Brands, 4-1. That Norman is logging wins over an opponent like Brands shouldn’t be too surprising. He did down Shane Griffith at CKLV last year. That was one of the bigger upsets of the year. Why you shouldn’t be worried: A fact that Willie Saylor has mentioned on the First Word recently. Nelson Brands has only seen action in 63 collegiate matches spread out over six-plus years now. Brands was not able to compete for the entire 2023-24 season and has battled a variety of injuries throughout his career. Between this match and his season-opening 2-1 win over Oregon State’s Sean Harmon, I think Brands is still trying to knock the rust off a bit. Brands’ toughness and hand-fighting will likely keep him in every match he wrestles this year. That could be enough to get him on the podium. Should his offense blossom, Brands could be a key contender at the weight. Also, Norman will be a tough-out for most 174 lbers. He has incredible length for the weight and is difficult to score on. 184 lbs #7 Edmond Ruth (Illinois) Edmond Ruth actually suffered a loss on both Saturday and Sunday. He should be commended for wrestling both days, as sometimes you’ll see a wrestler who loses at WrangleMania not available for the Collegiate Classic on Sunday. In Illinois’ dual win over Binghamton, Ruth was stunned by the Bearcats sophomore Will Ebert in a 2-0 loss. Ebert’s mat skills were the deciding factor as he rode Ruth for the entire second period and earned an escape in the final period, while maintaining the riding time advantage. On Sunday, Ruth was pinned in sudden victory by the high-flying Brian Soldano (Rutgers). The pair were locked up an upper-body and as they hit the mat, each wrestler had an opportunity to get the takedown. Soldano ended up on top and got the fall. It wasn’t all for naught, in Sunday’s third-place match, Ruth posted a win over #10 Dylan Fishback (NC State). Once again, I applaud Ruth for wrestling his final bout of the day. After a pair of losses to lesser-ranked foes, many wrestlers have avoided the potential for a third against Fishback. Why you shouldn’t be worried: Ruth is probably still adjusting to a new weight class and more powerful opponents. Down at 174 lbs, he still engaged in a lot of close matches and when that’s the case, sometimes you get burned. Luckily for Ruth, Rutgers is on the Illinois schedule this year so he may have multiple opportunities to get that loss back. 197 lbs #10 Zac Braunagel (Illinois) Zac Braunagel had two impressive wins on Saturday at WrangleMania and then added a pair on Sunday by defeating Lehigh’s JT Davis and #14 Mac Stout (Pittsburgh. The Stout win was a good one as the sophomore seems poised to make a big jump during his second year in the Pitt lineup. Braunagel’s Sunday ended with a 7-6 loss to Lehigh All-American Michael Beard. Beard is currently ranked sixth in the nation. Why you shouldn’t be worried: Losing to Beard is nothing to be ashamed of. Beard/Braunagel seems like it could be an NCAA quarterfinal or Round of 12 type match. In order to make the podium, Braunagel will have to beat an opponent of his caliber. What’s impressive is that Braunagel was able to slow down the high-scoring Beard, at least slightly. Half of Beard’s eight wins this season have come via tech fall. A close loss to an opponent a few spots ahead of you in the rankings is certainly not a cause for concern. 285 lbs #4 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) What an interesting two days for Cohlton Schultz! On Saturday, he suffered an overtime loss to Illinois’ Luke Luffman. The bout was decided on a stalling point. Schultz is another wrestler who continued to compete despite a Saturday loss. He made up for the setback on Sunday by tossing and pinning 2023 U23 World Champion Isaac Trumble. Trumble started the week ranked #10 in the nation but seemed poised to move up after a WrangleMania win over #7 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell). Why you shouldn’t be worried: Cohlton Schultz has been extremely consistent over his collegiate career. He’s already made the NCAA podium on four occasions. Twice he’s advanced to the NCAA semis. This weekend he showed that he can bounce back from a loss by defeating a high-quality opponent. Schultz will be in the mix, as always, when it comes to March.

We’re getting into a routine now! Two weekends of wrestling have now made us feel like we’re smack dap in the middle of the season. Lots of tournaments on Saturday, running concurrently with the WrangleMania Duals, and the Journeymen Collegiate Classic made for plenty of action. Plenty of results. Some were surprising, while some may have confirmed suspicions we had about freshmen or new faces in college lineups. As will be the tradition every Sunday night or Monday morning, we’ll throw out five questions that will need to be answered while compiling national rankings for a Tuesday release. 1. What to do about Virginia Tech’s upperweight situation? We said at the beginning of the season that Virginia Tech has a good problem at 197 lbs and heavyweight with a pair of veterans who have made the NCAA Round of 12 - both of which are trying to fend off highly sought-after recruits like Sonny Sasso and Jimmy Mullen. Both Sasso and Mullen had impressive redshirt campaigns and are doing the same (if not, better) in 2024-25. Last week, Sasso showed out with five first-period falls during his dual win at Chattanooga and the Southeast Open. This week it was Mullen who opened eyes. We’ve heard that the battle between him and incumbent Hunter Catka has been very close - with neither taking a significant advantage. That changed in Boone, North Carolina at the Mountaineer Invitational. The two big men were deadlocked at zero after the first period and Catka went under Mullen. Early in the second period, Catka tried to stand up and Mullen locked in a two-on-one tilt, took Catka to his back and secured a fall. This win likely gives Mullen another shot in the lineup this week when the Hokies host #14 Missouri. When those two teams collide, the rankings go out the window, so don’t be confused by a ranking for the Tigers that’s typically lower than normal. Mizzou will also send out a new starter at heavyweight in Seth Nitzel. Nitzel is coming off a runner-up finish at the TigerStyle Invite and posted a major decision victory over 2024 national qualifier Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly). For rankings purposes, we’ll probably go with Mullen this week. Since Sasso did not wrestle and we’ve been told his battle with Andy Smith is very tight, we’ll lean toward the veteran, for now. 2. Is history repeating itself at 125? One of the common themes throughout the 2023-24 season was the unpredictability and chaos at 125 lbs. Is it happening again? With a handful of key players that were in the mix last year, still around in 2024-25 it’s not a huge surprise. It doesn’t count for rankings purposes but #3 Caleb Smith lost a wrestle-off to freshman Kael Lauridsen. #7 Jakob Camacho had a day to forget at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic - going 0-3. His losses were to quality opponents in #13 Diego Sotelo (Harvard), #19 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh), and #28 Nick Babin (Pittsburgh) - but they were all losses. To make things even more confusing from an NC State standpoint is that Camacho’s teammate, Vincent Robinson, won the top 125 lb pool. Robinson defeated Sotelo and Seymour and majored #16 Max Gallagher (Penn). NC State has a busy week with Appalachian State on Friday, followed by Princeton and Rutgers at the Jersey Jostle on Sunday. It’ll be interesting to see who gets the nod in those matches - particularly Rutgers and #11 Dean Peterson. With Cooper Flynn transferring to Minnesota, I thought we may have seen the last of Flynn and former Virginia Tech teammate Eddie Ventresca going at it. Or at least until March. That proved to be wrong as the two squared off in the finals of the Mountaineer Invitational and Ventresca was victorious. The 2023 All-American typically gets the best of Flynn (in close fashion), but Ventresca was ranked significantly lower after an injury-plagued first month of the 2023-24 season. In other interesting 125 lb related news, #29 Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) pinned #18 Blake West (Northern Illinois) in the finals of the Michigan State Open. Rivera acquitted himself well last year competing at 133 lbs, so I thought he might be someone to watch this season at 125. He should move up after that strong win. Once again, Monday night will see a lot of time invested into these 125 lb rankings. 3. Where are the second tier of contenders at 165 lbs? So for now, the top-seven at 165 lbs looks like a pretty solid tier of championship contenders. Anything can happen, but it would be surprising to see more than one of them miss the podium in March. After that top-seven, it’s wiiiide open. And even wider than you may think. Shortly after last week’s rankings were posted, we learned that #9 Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) was lost for the season due to injury. We’re fearing the same may be true for #13 Beau Mantanona (Michigan). For the second consecutive week, #8 Garrett Thompson (Ohio) wrestled up at 174 lbs. We wrote last week’s appearance at 174 lbs off to the fact that Ohio was trying to maximize their talent in order to beat a B1G opponent (Wisconsin). In the preseason, we did receive some reassurance that Thompson was aiming to go 165. Between now and Tuesday morning, we’ll have to ascertain whether Thompson is in the process of cutting down to 165 or maybe he’s just staying at 174. In addition, #14 Will Miller (Appalachian State) took out #11 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) to win the Mountaineer Invitational. #10 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) is expected to go 165 lbs, but has yet to make an appearance at the weight. Going a little farther down the list, #17 Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern) was shut out by #26 Bryce Hepner (Ohio State) at the Michigan State Open. My instinct is to not elevate Gaitan any further until he logs some matches at the weight. He finished the year very strongly at 174 lbs, but had some consistency issues. Rewarding Miller is probably the fairest solution, we’ll see how it shakes out after that! 4. Have we underrated Penn? Penn is currently #28 in our tournament rankings and they fall into the “just missed” category for duals. The Quakers took the mat for the first time at the Journeymen Collegiate Challenge and were impressive overall. At 149 lbs, we currently have freshman Cross Wasilewski ranked #19 based off of his exploits while competing unattached last year. Maybe it seemed too high? After Sunday, it’s either just right or perhaps too low. Wasilewski majored national qualifiers Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) and Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State). Vasquez held the #14 ranking at the weight. Wasilewski finished his day with a respectable 8-7 loss to fellow freshman stud Kannon Webster (Illinois). At 125 lbs, Max Gallagher picked up a key win over Ivy rival Diego Sotelo - though he did drop a pair of matches after the fact. 141 lber CJ Composto had a day that is difficult to judge from a rankings standpoint. He defeated Ryan Jack (NC State) who was in the preseason rankings (in the top five) but now is slated to redshirt, then lost to Luke Stanich (Lehigh). Stanich was an All-American at 141 who is on track to redshirt, as well. The Jack win is very impressive as there are not many guys who have beaten him these last few years, but it’s not a head-to-head win against anyone in the field. At 157 lbs, Jude Swisher went 2-1 - defeating 2023 All-American Ed Scott (NC State) and #21 ranked Jason Kraisser (Illinois). He did suffer a loss to redshirting Jackson Arrington (NC State), but that won’t really ding him in the rankings. Perhaps the best showing of the day from a Penn wrestler came at 174 lbs where Nick Incontrera earned a championship hammer by winning a very tough pool All three of his wins came over ranked opposition, the highest being Cornell freshman #16 Simon Ruiz. After just a week of competition from their wrestlers, I want to say that Penn is properly ranked. Incontrera might move up a spot or two in the rankings and he’s already within the All-American range, so that’s a couple of extra team tournament points. Penn should get a solid test from another team just outside of the rankings on Saturday as Northern Colorado comes to town. 5. How to properly frame the Stanford win over Iowa State? Early season dual results can often make dual rankings extremely difficult to do. Also, duals are more volatile than a tournament, so it’s exactly the reason why we should have a potentially exciting National Dual Championship - but I digress. At the end of the day, #15 Stanford and #7 Iowa State took the mat and the Cardinal pulled off a 23-21 upset. Iowa State fans may point to the numerous notable wrestlers out of the lineup. All-American Evan Frost was missing at 133 lbs. All-American Casey Swiderski is getting down to 141 lbs. 157 lber Paniro Johnson was serving a suspension. MJ Gaitan was not available at 165. Though the Cyclones got the win at 285 lbs, they were missing All-American Yonger Bastida. Now the Stanford staff would probably counter by saying they were without their 125 lbs #10 Nico Provo and had to forfeit - which forced them to start the dual in a 6-0 hole. Making a point for both teams - after what we saw on Saturday against Iowa, Tyler Knox and Aden Valencia may have gotten wins anyway had Iowa State’s top options been available at those weights. They’re both really, really good. At the same time, they may not have achieved bonus-point status, something that happened Friday night. Ultimately, Iowa State will drop a few spots in the team rankings. Stanford….looking at the teams above them, #12 Michigan, #13 Illinois, #14 Missouri - it doesn’t necessarily seem fair to jump those teams. We’ll have to run the numbers again to see how a Mantanona loss would impact the Wolverines in a dual sense.

Jefferson

Lake Highland Prep

Saturday’s DI Dual Results Franklin & Marshall 23 VMI 22 125 - Jimmy Garcia (F&M) fall Cody Tanner (VMI) 3:49 133 - Mason Leiphart (F&M) dec Dyson Dunham (VMI) 5-0 141 - Bryce Kresho (F&M) fall Phoenix Alyea (VMI) 6:08 149 - Patrick Jordon (VMI) fall Josh Hillard (F&M) 7:11 157 - Luke Bender (F&M) maj Eric Doran (VMI) 14-5 165 - Ryan Vigil (VMI) maj Josh Palmucci (F&M) 9-0 174 - Dominic Wheatley (F&M) tech Tyler Berish (VMI) 19-2 184 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) fall Leo Varga (F&M) 3:50 197 - Toby Schoffstall (VMI) maj RJ Moore (F&M) 9-0 285 - Josh Evans (VMI) dec Brody Kline (F&M) 4-2 Long Island 37 Duke 8 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) maj Ethan Grimminger (Duke) 11-0 133 - Kaelen Francois (Long Island) dec Raymond Adams (Duke) 7-1 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) tech Noah Kochman (Duke) 16-0 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) tech Sean O’Donnell (Duke) 15-0 157 - Brayden Roberts (Long Island) fall Nick Tattini (Duke) 2:01 165 - Aiden Wallace (Duke) tech James Johnston (Long Island) 15-0 174 - Blake Bahna (Long Island) FFT 184 - Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island) tech Logan Richey (Duke) 21-5 197 - Gavin Claro (Long Island) dec Vincent Lee (Duke) 7-5 285 - Connor Barket (Duke) dec Chris Powell (Long Island) 3-0 Buffalo 37 Sacred Heart 5 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) maj Mike Manta (Sacred Heart) 14-3 133 - Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) tech Troy Guerra (Buffalo) 19-3 141 - Cole French (Buffalo) maj Jake Samuels (Sacred Heart) 12-0 149 - Sam Ewing (Buffalo) fall Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) 1:54 157 - Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) maj Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) 8-0 165 - Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) maj Mike McGhee (Sacred Heart) 12-2 174 - Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) dec Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart) 8-5SV 184 - Marcus Petite (Buffalo) dec Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) 6-1 197 - Coy Raines (Buffalo) fall Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) 1:27 285 - Magnus Bibla (Buffalo) dec Brendan Gilchrist (Sacred Heart) 10-3 Illinois 30 Binghamton 10 125 - Carson Wagner (Binghamton) dec Caelen Riley (Illinois) 10-5 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) dec Micah Roes (Binghamton) 3-2 141 - Danny Pucino (Illinois) maj Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 14-4 149 - Kannon Webster (Illinois) tech Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) 21-3 157 - Jason Kraisser (Illinois) dec Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) 6-4 165 - Braeden Scoles (Illinois) fall Carter Baer (Binghamton) 5:20 174 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) maj Danny Braunagel (Illinois) 14-1 184 - Will Ebert (Binghamton) dec Edmond Ruth (Illinois) 2-0 197 - Zac Braunagel (Illinois) tech Andrew Bailey (Binghamton) 17-2 285 - Luke Luffman (Illinois) maj Cory Day (Binghamton) 11-1 California Baptist 29 Buffalo 6 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) dec Mitchell Neiner (California Baptist) 4-1SV 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) fall Aiden Shufelt (Buffalo) 2:47 141 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) maj Cole French (Buffalo) 16-4 149 - Paul Kelly (California Baptist) maj Sam Ewing (Buffalo) 14-1 157 - Daniel Manibog (California Baptist) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 12-5 165 - Drayden Morton (California Baptist) dec Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) 8-5SV 174 - Carter Schmidt (California Baptist) dec Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) 4-1 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Marcus Petite (Buffalo) 10-7 197 - Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) dec Coy Raines (Buffalo) 6-0 285 - Magnus Bibla (Buffalo) dec Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) 4-2 VMI 24 Sacred Heart 19 125 - Mike Manta (Sacred Heart) dec Cody Tanner (VMI) 8-2 133 - Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) dec Dyson Dunham (VMI) 14-8 141 - Phoenix Alyea (VMI) fall Jake Samuels (Sacred Heart) 4:45 149 - Patrick Jordon (VMI) fall Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) 2:22 157 - Felix Lettini (Sacred Heart) maj Logan Chambers (VMI) 11-3 165 - Ryan Vigil (VMI) dec Mike McGhee (Sacred Heart) 5-0 174 - Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart) fall Eric Doran (VMI) 6:25 184 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) dec Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) 8-2 197 - Toby Schoffstall (VMI) fall Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) :57 285 - Brendan Gilchrist (Sacred Heart) dec Josh Evans (VMI) 10-6 Arizona State 38 Long Island 3 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) dec Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 6-1 133 - Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) tech Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 17-2 141 - Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) dec Devin Matthews (Long Island) 9-5 149 - Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 11-7 157 - Brayden Roberts (Long Island) dec Michael Kilic (Arizona State) 2-0 165 - Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) tech James Johnston (Long Island) 21-5 174 - Chance McLane (Arizona State) maj Blake Bahna (Long Island) 12-2 184 - Aziz Fayzullaev (Arizona State) fall Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island) 2:42 197 - Jacob Meissner (Arizona State) dec Gavin Claro (Long Island) 9-8 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) Disq Chris Powell (Long Island) Campbell 24 California Baptist 17 125 - Anthony Molton (Campbell) fall Mitchell Neiner (California Baptist) :52 133 - Dom Zaccone (Campbell) dec Hunter Leake (California Baptist) 8-2 141 - Shannon Hanna (Campbell) dec Eli Griffin (California Baptist) 4-2SV 149 - Paul Kelly (California Baptist) InjDef Eugene Harney (Campbell) 157 - Seth Larson (Campbell) dec Daniel Manibog (California Baptist) 4-2 165 - Drayden Morton (California Baptist) maj Kendrick Hodge (Campbell) 13-4 174 - Dom Baker (Campbell) dec Carter Schmidt (California Baptist) 4-1SV 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) maj Cole Rees (Campbell) 17-7 197 - Mike Slade (Campbell) dec Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 7-6 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) fall Tristan Kemp (California Baptist) 2:06 Rutgers 46 Duke 4 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) tech Ethan Grimminger (Duke) 17-2 133 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) fall Raymond Adams (Duke) 5:45 141 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) tech Christian Colman (Duke) 20-4 149 - Andrew Clark (Rutgers) maj Peter Chacon (Duke) 14-4 157 - Conner Harer (Rutgers) fall Nick Tattini (Duke) 4:59 165 - Aidan Wallace (Duke) maj Luke Gayer (Rutgers) 10-0 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) FFT 184 - Brian Soldano (Rutgers) fall Logan Richey (Duke) :55 197 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) tech Vincent Lee (Duke) 18-3 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) dec Conor Barket (Duke) 8-1 Illinois 37 Arizona State 6 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) fall Caelan Riley (Illinois) 3:55 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) dec Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) 4-0 141 - Danny Pucino (Illinois) dec Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) 4-1 149 - Kannon Webster (Illinois) maj Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) 21-7 157 - Jason Kraisser (Illinois) fall Michael Kilic (Arizona State) 2:22 165 - Braeden Scoles (Illinois) fall Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) 2:53 174 - Danny Braunagel (Illinois) dec Chance McLane (Arizona State) 6-3 184 - Edmond Ruth (Illinois) dec Aziz Fayzullaev (Arizona State) 11-7 197 - Zac Braunagel (Illinois) fall Jacob Meissner (Arizona State) 3:46 285 - Luke Luffman (Illinois) dec Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 2-1SV Rutgers 41 Franklin & Marshall 3 125 - Jimmy Garcia (F&M) dec Kurt Wehner (Rutgers) 9-4 133 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) FFT 141 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) dec Bryce Kresho (F&M) 10-8 149 - Michael Cetta (Rutgers) fall Josh Hillard (F&M) 4:03 157 - Conner Harer (Rutgers) maj Luke Bender (F&M) 11-1 165 - Tony White (Rutgers) maj Josh Palmucci (F&M) 11-1 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) maj Dom Wheatley (F&M) 18-4 184 - Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) tech Leo Varga (F&M) 21-5 197 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) tech RJ Moore (F&M) 19-4 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) maj Brody Kline (F&M) 14-3 NC State 35 Campbell 3 125 - Jakob Camacho (NC State) dec Anthony Molton (Campbell) 7-2 133 - Dom Zaccone (Campbell) dec Draegen Orine (NC State) 6-2 141 - Kai Orine (NC State) fall Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 4:10 149 - Koy Buesgens (NC State) FFT 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) fall Seth Larson (Campbell) 1:09 165 - Derek Fields (NC State) dec Kendrick Hodge (Campbell) 4-1 174 - Matt Singleton (NC State) fall Dom Baker (Campbell) :24 184 - Dylan Fishback (NC State) tech Conor Maslanek (Campbell) 18-1 197 - Christian Knop (NC State) fall Mike Slade (Campbell) 3:30 285 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) 2-1 North Carolina 33 Drexel 0 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) dec Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) 10-5 133 - Ethan Oakley (North Carolina) dec Kyle Waterman (Drexel) 8-2 141 - Jayden Scott (North Carolina) dec Jordan Soriano (Drexel) 5-2 149 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) maj Dom Findora (Drexel) 14-4 157 - Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Luke Nichter (Drexel) 5-1 165 - Nick Fea (North Carolina) maj Cody Walsh (Drexel) 9-1 174 - Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) dec Jack Janda (Drexel) 6-1SV 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec Giuseppe Hoose (Drexel) 15-9 197 - Cade Lautt (North Carolina) maj Ethan Wilson (Drexel) 17-5 285 - Aydin Guttridge (North Carolina) dec Tanner Updegraff (Drexel) 8-2 Navy 29 Drexel 9 125 - Garrett Totten (Navy) dec Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) 9-4 133- Kyle Waterman (Drexel) dec Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 13-10SV 141 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) tech Jordan Soriano (Drexel) 19-4 149 - Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Dom Findora (Drexel) 7-6 157 - Luke Nichter (Drexel) maj Devon Deem (Navy) 13-4 165 - Tyler Sagi (Navy) maj Cody Walsh (Drexel) 11-3 174 - Danny Wask (Navy) tech Dom D’Agostino (Drexel) 21-4 184 - Daniel Williams (Navy) dec Giuseppe Hoose (Drexel) 9-2 197 - Payton Thomas (Navy) fall Ethan Wilson (Drexel) 4:37 285 - Dom Petracci (Drexel) dec Alistair Larson (Navy) 4-1 North Carolina 23 Navy 16 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) maj Garrett Totten (Navy) 17-4 133 - Ethan Oakley (North Carolina) dec Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 5-1 141 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec Jayden Scott (North Carolina) 7-2 149 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) tech Kaeman Smith (Navy) 19-4 157 - Sonny Santiago (Navy) maj Charlie Evans (Navy) 13-2 165 - Tyler Sagi (Navy) InjDef Nick Fea (North Carolina) 174 - Danny Wask (Navy) dec Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) 7-2 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec Daniel Williams (Navy) 5-1 197 - Payton Thomas (Navy) maj Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 18-6 285 - Aydin Guttridge (North Carolina) maj Alistair Larson (Navy) 11-3 George Mason 40 Bloomsburg 0 125 - Ben Monn (George Mason) maj Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 11-1 133 - Charlie Bunting (George Mason) FFT 141 - Dom Hargrove (George Mason) dec Ashton Campbell (Bloomsburg) 7-4 149 - Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) tech Hayden Coy (Bloomsburg) 15-0 157 - DJ McGee (George Mason) dec William Morrow (Bloomsburg) 7-1 165 - Evan Maag (George Mason) tech Leo Hess (Bloomsburg) 19-2 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) maj Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 13-3 184 - Malachi Duvall (George Mason) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 11-5 197 - Tyler Kocak (George Mason) maj Kolby Flank (Bloomsburg) 13-4 285 - James Blackman (George Mason) tech Tyler McCatham (Bloomsburg) 22-6 George Mason 54 Millersville 0 125 - JB Dragovich (George Mason) tech Dominic Flatt (Millersville) 21-6 133 - Charlie Bunting (George Mason) tech Cael Rossi (Millersville) 19-4 141 - Dom Hargrove (George Mason) fall Danny Capozzi (Millersville) 1:40 149 - Cale Roggie (George Mason) maj Marcus Gable (Millersville) 19-5 157 - Thomas Stokfa (George Mason) tech Timothy Uhler (Millersville) 19-4 165 - Sean Coughlin (George Mason) tech Chase Bish (Millersville) 19-3 174 - Riley Hackworth (George Mason) fall Mitch Bivona (Millersville) 2:06 184 - Malachi Duvall (George Mason) fall Tyler Hurst (Millersville) 1;49 197 - Donovan Sprouse (George Mason) fall Bruce Vaughan (Millersville) 6:00 285 - Ean Winchester (George Mason) fall Kurt Scheuerman (Millersville) 1:02 George Mason 37 Williams 6 125 - Gunner Chambers (George Mason) tech Christopher Cohen (Williams) 20-3 133 - Geoffrey Whelan (George Mason) dec John Schneider (Williams) 10-6 141 - Dom Hargrove (George Mason) fall Tylor Stubbs (Williams) 2:10 149 - Cale Roggie (George Mason) tech Caleb Seyfried (Williams) 19-4 157 - Peter Kane (Williams) dec Thomas Stofka (George Mason) 10-5 165 - Sean Coughlin (George Mason) tech Fisher Stites (Williams) 21-5 174 - Riley Hackworth (George Mason) maj Sean Tansey (Williams) 13-4 184 - Malachi Duvall (George Mason) dec Zach Borzio (Williams) 7-4 197 - Max Hall (Williams) dec Colin Pedersen (George Mason) 9-5 285 - Ean Winchester (George Mason) fall Thomas Goodwin (Williams) 3:48 Millersville 30 Bloomsburg 12 125 - Bryce Beatty (Millersville) dec Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 5-3 133 - Taylor Robinson (Millersville) FFT 141 - Nicholas Cottone (Millersville) FFT 149 - Hayden Coy (Bloomsburg) dec Richie DeFulvio (Millersville) 16-10 157 - William Morrow (Bloomsburg) dec Tim Uhler (Millersville) 9-3 165 - Nick Bennet (Millersville) dec Leo Hess (Bloomsburg) 7-0 174 - Mitch Bivona (Millersville) FFT 184 - Cole Dubois (Millersville) dec David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 3-1 197 - Riley O’Boyle (Millersville) dec Kolby Flank (Bloomsburg) 4-2 285 - Tyler McCatham (Bloomsburg) fall Kurt Scheuerman (Millersville) 4:06 Williams 24 Bloomsburg 10 125 - Christopher Cohen (Williams) dec Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 4-1 141 - Tylor Stubbs (Williams) maj Ashton Campbell (Bloomsburg) 18-0 149 - Caleb Seyfried (Williams) dec Hayden Coy (Bloomsburg) 7-6 157 - William Morrow (Bloomsburg) dec Peter Kane (Williams) 4-1 165 - Leo Hess (Bloomsburg) maj Fisher Stites (Williams) 17-7 174 - Sean Tansey (Williams) dec Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 5-3 184 - David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) dec Jamie Evarts (Williams) 12-6 197 - David LaPrade (Williams) tech Mason Rebuck (Bloomsburg) 17-2 285 - Thomas Goodwin (Williams) fall Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) 3:00 Iowa 32 Stanford 9 125 - Kale Petersen (Iowa) FFT 133 - Tyler Knox (Stanford) dec Drake Ayala (Iowa) 15-10 141 - Aden Valencia (Stanford) dec Ryder Block (Iowa) 11-6 149 - Kyle Parco (Iowa) tech Jaden Abas (Stanford) 15-0 157 - Jacori Teemer (Iowa) maj Grigor Cholakyan (Stanford) 13-3 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec Hunter Garvin (Stanford) 17-12 174 - Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) dec Nelson Brands (Iowa) 4-1 184 - Gabe Arnold (Iowa) maj Tye Monteiro (Stanford) 14-3 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) tech Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 17-1 285 - Ben Kueter (Iowa) tech Jackson Mankowski (Stanford) 19-4 Wyoming 46 Western Wyoming 0 125 - Jore Volk (Wyoming) fall Sefton Douglass (Western Wyoming) 4:36 133 - Stockton O’Brien (Wyoming) fall Zach Marrero (Western Wyoming) 4:52 141 - Cole Brooks (Wyoming) fall Dmitri Garza-Alarcon (Western Wyoming) 1:58 149 - Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) maj Tristan Stafford (Western Wyoming) 15-3 157 - Jared Hill (Wyoming) maj Hixton Canton (Western Wyoming) 15-5 165 - Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) maj Banks Norby (Western Wyoming) 17-5 174 - Seamus Casey (Wyoming) dec Sam May (Western Wyoming) 6-3 184 - Brett McIntosh (Wyoming) maj Banks Love (Western Wyoming) 12-2 197 - Joey Novak (Wyoming) fall Ian Dickerson (Western Wyoming) 1:59 285 - Kevin Zimmer (Wyoming) dec D’Marian Lopez (Western Wyoming) 4-2 Sunday’s Dual Results Glenville State 27 Morgan State 12 (Working on obtaining full results) Bucknell 34 Morgan State 8 125 - Treshaun Tecson (Morgan State) maj Kade Davidheiser (Bucknell) 13-1 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) tech Kevin Lopez (Morgan State) 17-0 141 - Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) tech Myrin Nixon (Morgan State) 17-0 149 - Braden Bower (Bucknell) dec Yannis Charles (Morgan State) 10-7 157 - Cade Wirnsberger (Bucknell) maj Shaymus MacIntosh (Morgan State) 8-0 165 - Creed Thomas (Bucknell) dec Sam Diggs (Morgan State) 11-9 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) tech Darrien Roberts (Morgan State) 18-1 184 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) tech Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State) 18-2 197 - Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell) tech Cam Johnson (Morgan State) 18-3 285 - Xavier Doolin (Morgan State) maj Logan Shepherd (Bucknell) 12-4 American 19 Clarion 18 125 - Coen Bainey (American) dec Weston Pisarchick (Clarion) 4-3 133 - Shamil Kalmatov (American) dec Mason Prinkey (Clarion) 9-6 141 - Gianni Silvestri (Clarion) dec Cael McIntyre (American) 7-5 149 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec Gage Owen (American) 5-3 157 - Jack Nies (American) dec Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Clarion) 9-6SV 165 - Kaden Milheim (American) maj John Altieri (Clarion) 13-1 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) fall Caleb Campos (American) 2:44 184 - Adrian Gacek (Clarion) dec Lucas White (American) 6-3 197 - Liam Volk-Klos (American) fall Connor Jacobs (Clarion) 4:59 285 - Austin Chapman (Clarion) dec Will Jarrell (American) 4-2

Birmingham

McDowell

Fremd

Montini Catholic

Clear Creek Amana

Friday’s DI Dual Results Kent State 23 Gannon 15 125 - Logan Sallot (Gannon) dec Nico Calello (Kent State) 4-1 133 - Jerry Echevarria (Gannon) dec Tyeler Hagensen (Kent State) 5-2 141 - Eli Ashcroft (Kent State) dec Brock Christian (Gannon) 6-4 149 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) maj Hayden Butterfield (Gannon) 14-4 157 - Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) dec Ethan Richner (Gannon) 9-6 165 - Ethan Barr (Kent State) dec Nicholas Coreno (Gannon) 6-3 174 - Patrick Jackson (Gannon) fall Waylon Wehner (Kent State) 2:15 184 - Trent Thomas (Kent State) maj Gaetano Savelli (Gannon) 12-3 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) fall Shane Davidson (Gannon) 3:49 285 - Dorian Crosby (Gannon) dec Brentan Simmerman (Kent State) 6-4 Nebraska 32 Utah Valley 7 125 - Caleb Smith (Nebraska) dec Bridger Ricks (Utah Valley) 8-5SV 133 - Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) maj Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) 13-1 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) dec Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) 4-0 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) fall Tanner Frothinger (Utah Valley) 1:26 157 - Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) tech Ryker Fullmer (Utah Valley) 20-4 165 - Terrell Barraclough (Utah Valley) maj Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 8-0 174 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) tech Mark Takara (Utah Valley) 23-6 184 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) dec Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) 11-7 197 - Camden McDanel (Nebraska) dec Kael Bennie (Utah Valley) 8-3 285 - Jack Forbes (Utah Valley) dec Harley Andrews (Nebraska) 5-4 Army West Point 35 Gardner-Webb 6 125 - Charlie Farmer (Army West Point) dec Tyson Lane (Gardner-Webb) 5-4 133 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) fall TK Davis (Gardner-Webb) 2:25 141 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) dec Braden Basile (Army West Point) 4-2 149 - Trae McDaniel (Army West Point) dec Joseph Giordano (Gardner-Webb) 7-4 157 - Drew Pepin (Gardner-Webb) dec Dakota Morris (Army West Point) 4-1SV 165 - Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point) tech Tyler Brignola (Gardner-Webb) 18-3 174 - Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) maj Andrew Wilson (Gardner-Webb) 13-0 184 - Cole Karpinski (Army West Point) maj Edison Flores (Gardner-Webb) 11-0 197 - Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) maj Joshua McCutchen (Gardner-Webb) 17-4 285 - Brady Colbert (Army West Point) FFT Virginia 24 The Citadel 11 125 - Keyveon Roller (Virginia) dec Tyler Washburn (The Citadel) 15-8 133 - Gable Porter (Virginia) dec George Rosas (The Citadel) 5-0 141 - Kyren Butler (Virginia) dec Thomas Termini (The Citadel) 4-1SV 149 - Carson DesRosier (The Citadel) dec Erik Roggie (Virginia) 2-1 157 - Michael Gioffre (Virginia) dec Tyler Badgett (The Citadel) 8-3 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) dec Thomas Snipes (The Citadel) 7-3 174 - Rocco Contino (Virginia) dec Ben Haubert (The Citadel) 7-4 184 - Billy Janzer (The Citadel) dec Griffin Gammel (Virginia) 7-3 197 - Patrick Brophy (The Citadel) tech Max Shulaw (Virginia) 27-12 285 - Brenan Morgan (Virginia) fall Adam Ortega (The Citadel) :54 Oregon State 35 North Dakota State 6 125 - Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) dec Tristan Daugherty (North Dakota State) 7-0 133 - Kyle Burwick (North Dakota State) dec Damion Elliott (Oregon State) 10-7 141 - Nash Singleton (Oregon State) tech Gideon Cole (North Dakota State) 17-2 149 - Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) dec Victor Jacinto (Oregon State) 9-2 157 - Ethan Stiles (Oregon State) tech Boeden Greenley (North Dakota State) 19-4 165 - Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) fall Brendan Howes (North Dakota State) 3:15 174 - Sean Harman (Oregon State) maj Max Magayna (North Dakota State) 19-6 184 - TJ McDonnell (Oregon State) dec Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State) 9-6 197 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) tech Aiden Hight (North Dakota State) 20-3 285 - Brett Mower (Oregon State) maj Andrew Blackburn-Forst (North Dakota State) 11-2 Stanford 23 Iowa State 21 125 - Adrian Meza (Iowa State) FFT 133 - Tyler Knox (Stanford) maj Garrett Grice (Iowa State) 10-0 141 - Aden Valencia (Stanford) fall Zach Redding (Iowa State) 5:50 149 - Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) dec Jaden Abas (Stanford) 11-5 157 - Grigor Cholakyan (Stanford) fall Kane Naaktgeboren (Iowa State) 5:32 165 - Hunter Garvin (Stanford) dec Connor Euton (Iowa State) 10-3 174 - Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) maj Aiden Riggins (Iowa State) 10-1 184 - Evan Bockman (Iowa State) maj Luke Duthie (Stanford) 15-7 197 - Christian Carroll (Iowa State) dec Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 11-7 285 - Daniel Herrera (Iowa State) tech Jackson Mankowski (Stanford) 20-4 Oklahoma 32 Air Force 3 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Oklahoma) dec Bubba Wright (Air Force) 5-1 133 - Cleveland Belton (Oklahoma) dec Gavin Caprella (Air Force) 4-2 141 - Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) dec Carter Nogle (Air Force) 16-9 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) fall Alec Viduya (Air Force) 6:04 157 - Carter Schubert (Oklahoma) dec EJ Beloncik (Air Force) 6-2 165 - Andrew Harmon (Air Force) dec Mannix Morgan (Oklahoma) 7-3 174 - Gaven Sax (Oklahoma) dec Jack Ganos (Air Force) 6-0 184 - DJ Parker (Oklahoma) tech Owen Heiser (Air Force) 19-1 197 - Bradley Hill (Oklahoma) dec Brian Burburjia (Air Force) 4-1 285 - Juan Mora (Oklahoma) dec Antonio Ramos (Air Force) 8-3

Week two is always an interesting weekend in the college wrestling world. With the excitement of wrestling returning, did we put too much emphasis on what we saw during the first weekend of November? Did someone wrestle out-of-their-mind for one match or have a bad time getting down to weight for the first (or second time) or just had a difficult time shaking off the rust? Also, not everyone wrestles on week one (or even week two). There will be some teams we see for the first time this week. With plenty of action going on, there’s always the chance you might miss something. So we’ve outlined some key storylines to monitor over the next three days. As always, if you’re looking for a way to watch these matches - check out our Live Streaming Guide Bubba and the Barraclough Last weekend, we saw Terrell Barraclough make a successful debut for Utah Valley with a win over then-#3 Hunter Garvin followed by three bonus-point wins at the Menlo Open. Anyone that followed Barraclough knew he was capable of picking up such wins. Now, can he string them together? An opponent like Bubba Wilson of Nebraska is the perfect kind of barometer for this. Wilson is a tough out and a two-time national qualifier. With 165 lbs being influx (aside from the top tier), Wilson could be an All-American threat. Throwing Down on the Yorktown Late Friday afternoon and into the evening is the setting for “Throwdown on the Yorktown” which should be one of the biggest spectacles of the college wrestling season. Army West Point, Gardner-Webb, The Citadel and Virginia will all be in dual competition on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown. DII Lander and Newberry will wrestle too, as will Campbellsville and Presbyterian’s women’s programs. It will be a great start for a strong weekend of action. Stanford’s Iowa’s Swing Chris Ayres’ team has loaded up the schedule for his second year with Stanford. The Cardinal will travel to Iowa State for a dual tonight, followed by a Saturday afternoon matinee at Carver-Hawkeye Arena with Iowa. We could see Jaden Abas hit a pair of All-Americans in Anthony Echemendia and Kyle Parco. Abas and Parco have a long history, but it’s all in favor of the new Hawkeye, Parco. Iowa native Hunter Garvin returns to his home state and will have his hands full with #2 Michael Caliendo on Saturday. It’s unclear who he’ll have against Iowa State, but it should be a quality opponent - either #10 MJ Gaitan or Connor Euton. Redshirt freshman Tyler Knox could have All-American’s on back-to-back days with #5 Evan Frost (Iowa State) and #7 Drake Ayala (Iowa) at 133 lbs. Tournament Saturday We don’t have full entries for Saturday’s tournaments and it can be frustrating to speculate because of that fact, plus having to anticipate advancement - but there should be some excellent matchups at tournaments on Saturday. Primarily the TigerStyle Invite. It is a small tournament, but features #8 Missouri, #16 Little Rock, #25 Purdue, #29 Maryland along with Cal Poly and SIU Edwardsville. One of the weights I’ll focus on is 133 as many of these programs have high-quality 133’s. Also on Saturday is Appalachian State’s Mountaineer Invitational, the Michigan State Open, and the Bison Open. One note about the Michigan State Open is that there will be a small contingent from Oklahoma State traveling to East Lansing, so it’s the first opportunity to see David Taylor’s team in action. Vinson’s Dual Debut Buffalo is one of the team’s that will travel to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for WrangleMania. It will feature the dual debut of the Bulls head coach Donnie Vinson. Some of Buffalo’s wrestlers participated in the Clarion Open; however, this will be the first time they’re in action in a team competition. Vinson’s team will have the opportunity to get off on the right foot during a 10am dual against Sacred Heart. California Baptist follows at 12pm. Shark Alert Last year at WrangleMania, Long Island stunned Buffalo in dual competition. Later in the year, the Sharks minted their first DI national qualifier in Anthony D’Alesio. 2024 will have LIU heading to Bethlehem under the leadership of former Buffalo wrestler John Arceri. They have a winnable dual in round one against Duke, before meeting Arizona State. First Look at Rutgers #18 Rutgers will take the mat for the first time in 2024-25 in two duals that they’ll be heavily favored in - against Duke and Franklin & Marshall. Should they unveil their full lineup, it could be a very imposing group. Rutgers will have to be ready as #8 NC State is looming on the horizon at next week’s Jersey Jostle. In-State, But Out-of-State A pair of North Carolina teams will head to Bethlehem to square off as #8 NC State clashes with Campbell. This dual might be one of the best of the weekend, in terms of ranked versus ranked matchups. Half of the ten bouts could featured ranked opponents meeting. None bigger than the big men with returning All-American #7 Taye Ghadiali facing 2023 U23 World Champion #10 Isaac Trumble. Looking beyond the ranked matches, I’m eager to see how 149 lbs plays out. Koy Buesgens started the year in the bottom half of the rankings. He had a very solid 14-2 redshirt campaign in 2023-24. Buesgens dropped out after a loss last week to The Citadel’s Jacob Silka. On the other side is true freshman Eugene Harney. Harney was one of Campbell’s standouts at the “Dual At the Daddy” when he upset then #15 Gabe Willochell in his college debut. A big weekend, could force Harney into the top-33 at 149 lbs. Arizona State/Illinois Headlines WrangleMania The must-see dual matchup from WrangleMania pits #13 Illinois against #21 Arizona State. One key match comes at 149 lbs with #10 Kannon Webster and #14 Jesse Vasquez. It will end with a pair of heavyweights that have made age-group Greco world teams in #4 Cohlton Schultz and #13 Luke Luffman. All preseason I’ve had my eye on Illinois being a very tough team, beating Arizona State would go a long way towards proving their potential. Back-to-back ACC Opponents for Navy Last week, we highlighted Navy’s dual with Pittsburgh as one to watch. It was great in 2023. This one was extremely lopsided (35-3) in favor of Pittsburgh. Now, Navy has another ACC opponent in North Carolina. Can Navy put the Pitt loss behind them and move onto the Tar Heels? This will be the first dual competition of the season for Rob Koll’s team; however, they had plenty of standouts at the Southeast Open. Both teams will wrestle Drexel, as well. He’s Back! Saturday will mark the dual debut of John Stutzman version 2.0 for Bloomsburg. Stutzman returns to the school where he made a name for himself after spending a decade coaching Buffalo. His team will see action against one of his former pupils and assistant coaches in Frank Beasley, head coach of the host George Mason Patriots. Millersville and Williams will also wrestle both schools. Journeymen Collegiate Classic On Sunday, many of the team’s that participated in WrangleMania will stay in Bethlehem for the Collegiate Classic. This event divides wrestlers into pools, generally based on similar talent, and they compete in round-robin action - followed by a cross-pool matchup where the winner’s meet, and second-place wrestlers meet, along with the same for third-place finishers. Again, it’s difficult to project who will advance, but we’ll single out some potential weights to watch. Pool A at 184 lbs features four ranked wrestlers - #7 Edmond Ruth, #10 Dylan Fishback, #18 Reece Heller, and #20 Brian Soldano. Pool A at 285 lbs has three of the top-ten wrestlers in the nation with #4 Cohlton Schultz, #8 Nathan Taylor, and #10 Isaac Trumble. Pool A at 157 lbs features #2 Meyer Shapiro and #6 Ed Scott. At 125 lbs, there are five ranked wrestlers amongst the two pools. Pool A has #1 Richie Figueroa, #16 Max Gallagher, and #19 Sheldon Seymour. Pool B has #12 Greg Diakomihalis and #13 Diego Sotelo. After Saturday, coaches may end up pulling some of these wrestlers and the pools would have to be redrawn. Not all of these guys will wrestle each other, but there are some interesting possibilities. Remember, it was the 2023 Journeymen Collegiate Classic where hometown hero Ryan Crookham announced himself to the college wrestling world by stunning NCAA and world champion Vito Arujau.

We have another full weekend on tap in ACC country with a good split between duals and tournaments. Let’s take a look at a few things to keep your eyes on this weekend. Big Dual Weekend for #15 Stanford Being a west coast school in a sport that is midwest/east coast dominated provides scheduling challenges. Being a Pacific coast school in the ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE provides its own logistical nightmares. The Cardinal squad does well with scheduling multiple events when they make bigger road trips, this weekend is no exception. They are making a trip to Iowa this weekend and will see #8 Iowa State and #2 Iowa. #8 Iowa State 125 #10 Nico Provo v Osmany Diversent 133 #23 Tyler Knox v #5 Evan Frost 141 #32 Jason Miranda v #12 Casey Swiderski 149 #12 Jaden Abas v #7 Anthony Echemendia 157 Grigor Chalokyan v #11 Paniro Johnson 165 #7 Hunter Garvin v #10 MJ Gaitan 174 #17 Lorenzo Norman v Aiden Riggins 184 #27 Luke Duthie v #16 Evan Bockman 197 #17 Nick Stemmet v #32 Christian Carroll 285 Jackson Mankowski v #6 Yonger Bastida #2 Iowa 125 #10 Nico Provo v #31 Kale Peterson 133 #23 Tyler Knox v #7 Drake Ayala 141 #32 Jason Miranda v #31 Ryder Block 149 #12 Jaden Abas v #4 Kyle Parco 157 Grigor Chalokyan v #1 Jacori Teemer 165 #7 Hunter Garvin v #2 Michael Caliendo 174 #17 Lorenzo Norman v #6 Nelson Brands 184 #27 Luke Duthie v #9 Gabe Arnold 197 #17 Nick Stemmet v #2 Stephen Buchanan 285 Jackson Mankowski v #11 Ben Keuter Throwdown on the Yorktown Virginia will head south to Charleston, South Carolina for a non-traditional dual setting on the flight deck of the USS Yorktown. The Hoos will look to continue their hot dual start against The Citadel and Gardner-Webb. The event is the brainchild of SOCON official and SC House of Representatives member Neil Collins. The matches will take place on the flight deck of the WWII aircraft that is moored in Charleston Harbor. The event will feature both women’s and men’s duals and should be a pretty awesome evening of wrestling. The biggest thing to watch for the Hoos is the lineup at the lower weights - I’ve told you there will be some fluctuations throughout the semester as they figure out their optimal lineup. I’m listing the starters from last week, but don’t be surprised if you see appearances from Marlon Yarbrough (#21 at 141) and Jack Gioffre. I’m also keeping an eye on Rocco Contino at 174; I’ve been super impressed by what I’ve seen from him this year. The Citadel 125 Keyveon Roller v Gylon Sims 133 #33 Gable Porter v George Rosas 141 Kyren Butler v Thomas Termini 149 Erik Roggie v Jacob Silka 157 Michael Gioffre v Hayden Watson 165 #12 Nick Hamilton v Thomas Snipes 174 Rocco Contino v Benjamin Haubert 184 Hadyn Danals v #28 Billy Danzer 197 Max Shulaw v #28 Patrick Brophy 285 Gabe Christensen v Adam Ortega Gardner-Webb 125 Keyveon Roller v Tyson Lane 133 #33 Gable Porter v TK Davis 141 Kyren Butler v #33 Todd Carter 149 Erik Roggie v Joseph Giordano 157 Michael Gioffre v Drew Pepin 165 #12 Nick Hamilton v Tyler Brignola 174 Rocco Contino v Andrew Wilson 184 Hadyn Danals v Brixan Burgess 197 Max Shulaw v Joshua McCutchen 285 Gabe Christensen v Peyton McComas Journeymen Several squads will make their way to Bethlehem, PA for the Journeymen Wranglemania on Saturday and the Collegiate Classic on Sunday. Duke will face LIU and Rutgers in the early rounds and NC State will square off with Campbell in the final round of duals. Keep an eye on the upper weights for the Duke duals. Vincent Lee and Connor Barket will both face some tough tests, especially against Rutgers. The NC State versus Campbell dual has some sneaky good matches to keep up with. The highlight will be a top-10 showdown at 285 between All-American Taye Ghadiali and Isaac Trumble. #8 NC State v Campbell 125 #7 Jakob Camacho v #27 Anthony Molton 133 Jacob Cox v #22 Dom Zaccone 141 #6 Kai Orine v #30 Shannon Hanna 149 Koy Buesgens v Eugene Harney 157 #6 Ed Scott v Seth Larson 165 #21 Derek Fields v Kendrick Hodge 174 #24 Matt Singleton v #25 Dom Baker 184 #10 Dylan Fishback v Cole Rees 197 #27 Christian Knop v #19 Levi Hopkins 285 #10 Isaac Trumble v #7 Taye Ghadiali The Sunday pools at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic are always top tier. There is some stout competition this year, but we won’t know specific matchups until this weekend. Duke and NC State will participate, as will Pittsburgh. There are multiple top-20 teams that are sending wrestlers including Cornell, Illinois, Lehigh and Arizona State. Keep an eye on the InterMat socials for pool breakdowns when they are announced. Sunday Duals North Carolina will look to build on their strong start at the Southeast Open when they travel to Annapolis on Saturday for duals against Drexel and Navy. Navy 125 #26 Spencer Moore v Nick Treaster 133 #17 Ethan Oakley v Brendan Ferretti 141 Jayden Scott v #9 Josh Koderhandt 149 #6 Lachlan McNeil v Kaemen Smith 157 #26 Sonny Santiago v Jonathan Ley 165 Nick Fea v Tyler Sagi 174 #11 Josh Ogunsanya v #22 Danny Wask 184 #22 Gavin Kane v Zyan Hall 197 Cade Lautt v Payton Thomas 285 #33 Aydin Guttridge v Alistair Larson Drexel 125 #26 Spencer Moore v Desmond Pleasant 133 #17 Ethan Oakley v Kyle Waterman 141 Jayden Scott v Malachi Bordovski 149 #6 Lachlan McNeil v Dominic Findora 157 #26 Sonny Santiago v Luke Nichter 165 Nick Fea v #31 Cody Walsh 174 #11 Josh Ogunsanya v Jasiah Queen 184 #22 Gavin Kane v #32 Guiseppe Hoose 197 Cade Lautt v #21 Michael O’Malley 285 #33 Aydin Guttridge v Shane Whitney Mountaineer Invite The Hokies will send a limited squad across the mountains to West Virginia for the Mountaineer Invite. They won’t have their full starting lineup, but expect some familiar faces getting some mat time in Morgantown.

FCW Week 2 Outlook Entering Week 2, teams will want to look for the best tournament plays to maximize their scoring and widen the gap against league-mates. The Michigan State Open, Tiger Style Invite, Mountaineer Invite, and Bison Open offer the traditional bracket scoring opportunity, while WrangleMania and Journeymen classic offer a guaranteed set of matches to count on. Entries are still trickling in for all these tournaments, so keep those twitter notifications on and check out the Fantasy Wrestling page on the InterMat Forums for updates. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the “Floater” spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week. (refer to the SHP’s Week Preview) Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. Have a question, concern, suggestions, or just want to chat about Fantasy Wrestling? Hit us up on Twitter or head over to the InterMat Forums where we have a Fantasy Wrestling dedicated Forum page! Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score]* 125: Jakob Camacho (NCST) - WrangleMania, Journeymen Classic Nicolar Rivera (WISC)- Michigan State Open Greg Diakomihalis (COR)- Journeymen Classic Diego Sotelo (HARV)- Journeymen Classic Nick Babin (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Ayden Smith (RUT)- Journeymen Classic Dean Peterson (RUT)- WrangleMania [+9] Charlie Farmer (ARMY)- Vs The Citadel, Vs Gardner-Webb [+7] Richard Figueroa (ASU)- WrangleMania [+7] Spencer Moore (UNC)- Vs Drexel, Vs Navy [+7] Ben Monn (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+3] Maximo Renteria (ORST)- @ North Dakota State [+3] 133: Zan Fugitt (WISC)- Michigan State Open Zeth Romney (CP)- Tiger Style Invite Braxton Brown (MARY)- Tiger Style Invite Vince Santaniello (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Dylan Shawver (RUT)- WrangleMania [+8] Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- Vs The Citadel, Vs Gardner-Webb [+7] Dominic Zaccone (CAMP)- WrangleMania [+6] Kurt Phipps (BUCK)- @ Morgan State [+5] Cleveland Belton (OU)- @ Air Force [+3] 141: Eli Griffin (CBU)- WrangleMania , Journeymen Classic Kai Orine (NCST) - WrangleMania, Journeymen Classic Brett Ungar (COR)- Journeymen Classic Anthony Santaniello (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Sam Cartella (NW)- Michigan State Open Joey Olivieri (RUT)- WrangleMania [+7] Dylan Chappell (BUCK)- @ Morgan State [+5] Mosha Schwartz (OU)- @ Air Force [+5] Dominic Hargrove (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+3] 149: Koy Buesgens (NCST) - WrangleMania, Journeymen Classic Ethan Fernandez (COR)- Journeymen Classic Jackson Arrington (NCST)- Journeymen Classic Finn Solomon (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Chance Lamer (CP)- Tiger Style Invite Lachlan McNeil (UNC)- Vs Drexel, Vs Navy [+7] Andrew Clark (RUT)- WrangleMania [+7] Braden Bower (BUCK)- @ Morgan State [+4] Kaden Cassidy (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+4] Willie McDougald (OU)- @ Air Force [+4] 157: Ed Scott (NCST) - WrangleMania, Journeymen Classic Peyten Kellar (OHIO)- Michigan State Open Legend Lamer (CP)- Tiger Style Invite Ethen Miller (MARY)- Tiger Style Invite Meyer Shapiro (COR)- Journeymen Classic Dylan Evans (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Kaleb Burgess (BUFF)- WrangleMania [+8] Conner Harer (RUT)- WrangleMania [+7] Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (CLAR)- @ American [+4] Cade Wirnsberger (BUCK)- @ Morgan State [+4] Ethan Stiles (ORST)- @ North Dakota State [+4] DJ McGee (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+3] 165: Derek Fields (NCST) - WrangleMania, Journeymen Classic Maxx Mayfield (NW)- Michigan State Open Garrett Thompson (OHIO)- Michigan State Open (maybe 174? Use as a floater) Luka Wick (CP)- Tiger Style Invite Nicco Ruiz (ASU)- WrangleMania [+8] Nick Hamilton (UVA)- @ The Citadel, Vs Gardner-Webb [+7] Gunner Filipowicz (ARMY)- Vs The Citadel, Vs Gardner-Webb [+6] Noah Mulvaney (BUCK)- @ Morgan State [+6] Tate Picklo (OU)- @ Air Force [+5] Evan Maag (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+4] 174: Simon Ruiz (COR)- Journeymen Classic Luca Augustine (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Jackson Turley (RUT)- WrangleMania [+7] Gavin Sax (OU)- @ Air Force [+5] Logan Messer (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+4] Sean Harman (ORST)- @ North Dakota State [+4] 184: Dylan Fishback (NCST) - WrangleMania, Journeymen Classic Brian Soldano (RUT)- WrangleMania , Journeymen Classic Edmond Ruth (ILL)- WrangleMania , Journeymen Classic Jaxon Smith (MARY)- Tiger Style Invite Reece Heller (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Billy Janzer (CIT)- Vs Army, Vs Gardner-Webb [+6] Malachi Duvall (GMU)- Vs Bloomsburg [+4] DeAnthony Parker (OU)- @ Air Force [+4] 197: Zac Braunagel (ILL)- WrangleMania , Journeymen Classic Austin Starr (OHIO)- Michigan State Open Seth Nevills (MARY)- Tiger Style Invite Mac Stout (PITT)- Journeymen Classic John Poznanski (RUT)- WrangleMania [+8] Dillon Bechtold (BUCK)- @ Morgan State [+5] Trey Munoz (ORST)- @ North Dakota State [+5] 285: Owen Trephan (NCST)- Journeymen Classic Dayton Pitzer (PITT)- Journeymen Classic Trevor Tinker (CP)- Tiger Style Invite Aydin Guttridge (UNC)- Vs Drexel, Vs Navy [+7] Yaraslau Slavikouski (RUT)- WrangleMania [+7] Lucas Stoddard (ARMY)- Vs The Citadel, Vs Gardner-Webb [+6] Brett Mower (ORST)- @ North Dakota State [+4]

The University of Michigan’s Class of 2026 is coming together quite nicely. Sean Bormet’s team received their second verbal from the junior class as #11 overall Moses Mendoza (Gilroy, CA) committed to the Wolverines today. Mendoza is currently ranked fourth in the nation at 126 lbs. Mendoza was a third-place finisher for Daniel Cormier’s Gilroy High School team at 120 lbs in 2024. The bulk of Mendoza’s accolades have come on the national level as he has placed six times in Fargo - three at the 16U level and three as a Junior. This summer he was sixth in both styles while wrestling at 132 lbs. Last month, Mendoza was third at 126 lbs at the Super 32. Mendoza will join #19 Blake Cosby (Dundee, MI) in Michigan’s Class of 2026. At the next level, Mendoza projects at the 141 lb weight class. That works out well for the Wolverines as their current starter, Sergio Lemley, is headed into his sophomore year. Mendoza could slide in after his graduation and a redshirt season. Michigan is quickly becoming “the spot” for some of California’s best wrestlers. Fellow Gilroy wrestler, Chase Saldate, transferred to Ann Arbor in the offseason for his final year of eligibility. The Mantanona brothers (Beau and Brock) were highly-ranked recruits who have made their way to Michigan. One of the top heavyweight prospects in the Class of 2025, Nick Sahakian, has committed to Bormet’s squad, as well. Before committing to the Wolverines, Mendoza also took visits to NC State and Nebraska. For all of Michigan’s current verbal commitments from the Class of 2025 and 2026 - Click Here

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