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149 lb regional champion Isiah Royal of Limestone (photo/Limestone athletics) Team Scores 1) Newberry 130.5 2) UNC Pembroke 104.5 3) Lander 101.5 4) Belmont Abbey 100.5 5) Limestone 67.5 6) King 63.5 7) Coker 49.5 8) Queens 40.5 9) Mount Olive 39 10) Emmanuel 37.5 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Nick Daggett (UNC Pembroke) InjDef Evan Carrigan (Newberry) 133 lbs - Majid Corbett (Limestone) dec Elijah Lusk (Lander) 4-1 141 lbs - Zeth Brower (Lander) dec Christian Small (King) 6-0 149 lbs - Isiah Royal (Newberry) dec Demetri Teddlie (King) 9-2 157 lbs - Dallas Boone (King) InjDef Jake Nicolosi (Mount Olive) 165 lbs - John Dean (Belmont Abbey) dec Rahsaan Vereen (UNC Pembroke) 3-2 174 lbs - Caleb Spears (Newberry) dec Connor Weeks (Belmont Abbey) 9-6 184 lbs - JaQuez Bostic (Limestone) dec Noah Curreri (Queens) 7-4 197 lbs - Darius Parker (Lander) dec Bryce Walker (UNC Pembroke) 4-3 285 lbs - Zach Shaffer (UNC Pembroke) MedFFT Juan Holmes (Limestone) NCAA Qualifiers by team Belmont Abbey John Carayiannis (141 - 3rd) John Dean (165 - 1st) Connor Weeks (174 - 2nd) Coker Patrick Wunderlich (157 - 3rd) King Christian Small (141 - 2nd) Demetri Teddlie (149 - 2nd) Dallas Boone (157 - 1st) Lander Elijah Lusk (133 - 2nd) Zeth Brower (141 - 1st) Darius Parker (197 - 1st) Cameron Coffman (285 - 3rd) Limestone Kevin Radcliff (125 - 3rd) Majid Corbett (133 - 1st) JaQuez Bostic (184 - 1st) Juan Holmes (285 - 2nd) Mount Olive Jake Nicolosi (157 - 2nd) Newberry Evan Carrigan (125 - 2nd) Timothy Luker (133 - 3rd) Isiah Royal (149 - 1st) Talon Seitz (165 - 3rd) Caleb Spears (174 - 1st) Queens Stephon Halliburton (174 - 3rd) Noah Curreri (184 - 2nd) Austin Watkins (197 - 3rd) UNC Pembroke Nick Daggett (125 - 1st) Jake Piccirilli (149 - 3rd) Rahsaan Vereen (165 - 2nd) Jovaun Johson (184 - 3rd) Bryce Walker (197 - 2nd) Zach Shaffer (285 - 1st)

149 lb Super Regional champion Jacob Ealy (photo/UPJ athletics) Team Scores 1) Pitt-Johnstown 147 2) Gannon 129.5 3) Kutztown 110.5 4) Mercyhurst 99.5 5) Millersville 82 6) Seton Hill 62.5 7) Alderson Broaddus 49.5 8) American International 48.5 9) Shippensburg 32 10) East Stroudsburg 25 11) Fairmont State 3 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Jacob Dunlap (Gannon) dec Tyshawn White (Shippensburg) 6-2 133 lbs - Collin Wickramaratna (Kutztown) dec Eric Bartos (Mercyhurst) 8-5 141 lbs - Caleb Morris (Pitt-Johnstown) tech Joel Cawoski (Seton Hill) 18-1 149 lbs - Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown) fall Josh Laubach (Alderson Broaddus) 2:58 157 lbs - JoJo Gonzalez (American International) dec Nick Young (Gannon) 8-4 165 lbs - Dillon Keane (Pitt-Johnstown) maj Brandon Connor (Millersville) 8-0 174 lbs - Joseph Petrella (Gannon) dec Dillon Walker (Mercyhurst) 3-1SV 184 lbs - Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) dec Anthony Giamppietro (Millersville) 7-2 197 lbs - Brian Kennerly (Kutztown) maj Joel Leise (Gannon) 15-6 285 lbs - Andrew Dunn (Kutztown) dec Jacob Robb (Mercyhurst) 3-1SV NCAA Qualifiers by Team Alderson Broaddus Josh Laubach (149 - 2nd) Gino Sita (197 - 3rd) American International JoJo Gonzalez (157 - 1st) Gannon Jacob Dunlap (125 - 1st) Dom Means (149 - 3rd) Nick Young (157 - 2nd) Evan Fisler (165 - 3rd) Joseph Petrella (174 - 1st) Cam Page (184 - 3rd) Joel Leise (197 - 2nd) Freddie Nixon (285 - 3rd) Kutztown Collin Wickramaratna (133 - 1st) Matt Weinberg (184 - 1st) Brian Kennerly (197 - 1st) Andrew Dunn (285 - 1st) Mercyhurst Eric Bartos (133 - 2nd) Alexis Soriano (141 - 3rd) Dillon Walker (174 - 2nd) Jacob Robb (285 - 2nd) Millersville Devin Flannery (133 - 3nd) Brandon Connor (165 - 2nd) Anthony Giampietro (184 - 2nd) Pitt-Johnstown Matt Siszka (125 - 3rd) Caleb Morris (141- 1st) Jacob Ealy (149 - 1st) Nathan Smith (157 - 3rd) Dillon Keane (165 - 1st) Brock Biddle (174 - 3rd) Seton Hill Joel Cawoski (141 - 2nd) Shippensburg Tyshawn White (125 - 2nd)

141 lb regional champion Kyle Slendorn of Stevens Institute (photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Team Scores 1) Stevens Institute 160.5 2) Alvernia 151 3) Averett 127 4) Washington and Lee 103.5 5) York 97 6) Wilkes 95 7) Roanoke 70.5 8) Ferrum 69 9) Messiah 62.5 10) Lycoming 59 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Sam Braswell (Averett) dec Austin Fashouer (Wilkes) 3-2 133 lbs - Dalton Rohrbaugh (York) dec Josh Wilson (Greensboro) 3-2 141 lbs - Kyle Slendorn (Stevens Institute) fall Josiah Gehr (Messiah) 5:33 149 lbs - Brett Kaliner (Stevens Institute) fall Hunter Campbell (Averett) 2:20 157 lbs - Ryan Luth (Washington and Lee) dec Nick Barnhart (Messiah) 9-7 165 lbs - Matt Lackman (Alvernia) dec Alex Turley (Averett) 3-2 174 lbs - Stefan Major (Stevens Institute) Yousseff Ait Boulahri (Delaware Valley) 184 lbs - Mahlic Sallah (Roanoke) dec Colton Babcock (Wilkes) 7-4 197 lbs - Camden Farrow (York) dec Mauro Pellot-Vasquez (Alvernia) 9-7 285 lbs - John Fulmer (Lycoming) dec Nico Ramirez (Southern Virginia) 5-0 NCAA Qualifiers by team Alvernia Matt Lackman (165 - 1st) Isaac Kassis (184 - 4th) Mauro Pellot-Vasquez (197 - 2nd) Parker Rodenhaber (285 - 3rd) Averett Sam Braswell (125 -1st) Brandon Woody (141 - 3rd) Hunter Campbell (149 - 2nd) Alex Turley (165 - 2nd) Delaware Valley Yousseff Ait Boulahri (174 - 2nd) Gettysburg Luke Kowalski (133 - 3rd) Greensboro Josh Wilson (133 - 2nd) Hai Siu (149 - 3rd) King's Kade Kravits (174 - 3rd) Lycoming Gable Crebs (197 - 3rd) John Fulmer (285 - 1st) Messiah Josiah Gehr (141 - 2nd) Nick Barnhart (157 - 2nd) Roanoke Mahlic Sallah (184 - 1st) Stevens Institute Kyle Slendorn (141 -1st) Brett Kaliner (149 - 1st) Stefan Major (174 - 1st) Southern Virginia Nico Ramirez (285 - 2nd) Washington and Jefferson Jaden Datz (165 - 3rd) Washington and Lee Riley Parker (125 - 3rd) Ryan Luth (157 - 1st) Wilkes Austin Fashouer (125 - 2nd) Colton Babcock (184 - 2nd) York Dalton Rohrbaugh (133 -1st) Eric Hutchinson (157 - 3rd) Camden Farrow (197 - 1st)

Tervel Dlagnev (photo/Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Tervel Dlagnev of Team USA will receive his bronze medal from the Olympic Games London 2012 at 120 kg. in men's freestyle wrestling in an Olympic Medal Reallocation Ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., on Sunday, March 6. The ceremony will be held at Pinnacle Bank Arena, just prior to the final session of the 2022 Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships, with the University of Nebraska playing host to the event for the first time since joining the conference in 2012. Session IV, which features the first-, third- and fifth-place matches, is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. CT, while the Dlagnev medal ceremony will start shortly after 3:00 p.m. CT Additional information regarding the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships can be found at //bigten.org/wrestle. This Olympic Medal Reallocation Ceremony, approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and conducted under its specifications, will be presented by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), the National Olympic Committee for the United States. Also partnering in the Olympic Medal Reallocation Ceremony for Tervel Dlagnev are USA Wrestling, the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. "We are very excited that Tervel Dlagnev will be listed in the history books as an Olympic medalist, a recognition long overdue. It helps restore our faith in the system of keeping wrestling clean. We are grateful for the tireless efforts of the IOC, USOPC and UWW to bring justice in situations where doping rules are violated. We are also pleased that Tervel can share this amazing experience with his family and friends. Special thanks to the Big Ten and the University of Nebraska for providing a perfect platform to honor one of our nation's great athletes," said Rich Bender, USA Wrestling Executive Director. Dlagnev is a resident of Lincoln and works as an assistant wrestling coach for the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, which is the host institution for the Big Ten Wrestling Championships. The 2012 Olympic bronze medal and pin will be presented to Dlagnev by a representative of the IOC and the USOPC during the ceremony. Members of the Dlagnev family will also be in attendance. As part of the #OlympiansMadeHere program, the Big Ten Conference will also recognize Olympic wrestling medalists who are either current Big Ten student-athletes or currently serve as a coach for a Big Ten wrestling program. #OlympiansMadeHere celebrates the strong connection between NCAA athletics and the U.S. Olympic Movement. The Big Ten is respected as the strongest Div. I college wrestling conference and has produced numerous Olympic and world championship medalists in wrestling. Dlagnev was a member of both the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Teams. In addition to his bronze medal from the 2012 Olympic Games, which he is receiving in Lincoln, Dlagnev placed fifth at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Dlagnev is also a two-time world bronze medalist, a two-time NCAA Div. II champion and four-time All-American for the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Dlagnev attended high school in Arlington, Texas.

Ohio State's national qualifier Mark Martin in a 2014-15 dual meet (photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) A few high-profile wrestlers were scheduled for fights this weekend, but those fights fell through. However, that by no means, indicates a lack of former wrestlers in action. On Friday and Saturday, there will be several fights that will likely be of interest to wrestling fans. The following previews those fights and lets fans know where to watch. Bellator 275 Austin Vanderford vs. Gegard Mousasi In the main event of a rare afternoon card from Bellator, Vanderford will challenge Mousasi for the promotion's middleweight title. During his college days at Southern Oregon University, Vanderford was a two-time NAIA All-American and won a national title at 184 pounds as a senior in 2012. He made his professional MMA debut in 2017 and won his first five fights, including a bout on Dana White's Contender Series, before signing with Bellator in 2019. Vanderford has won five-straight contests in the promotion to earn a shot. Mousasi won the vacant middleweight title over former welterweight champion Douglas Lima in 2020 after previously dropping the belt against Rafael Lovato. He successfully defended the title against another NAIA champion, John Salter, last August. The main card of Bellator 275 will air live on Showtime on Friday starting at 4pm ET. Legacy Fighting Alliance 125 LFA 125 was set to be packed with former wrestlers as Taylor Cahill, Jimmy Lawson and Gavin Teasdale were all originally scheduled to compete on the card. However, all three of their bouts were canceled. Alex Moher vs. Anthony Pilot The card retains some wrestling flavor as Moher has represented Canada on the international scene. He finished seventh at the 2018 Pan American Championships after losing to Thomas Gilman. Moher's best international result was a fifth-place finish at the 2019 Grand Prix of Spain, at a weight that was ultimately won by Josh Rodriguez. The Canadian is currently competing as an amatuer and holds a 2-1 record. Pilot made his amateur debut last July and fell via third-round stoppage. The bout is expected to be part of the preliminary card, which is scheduled to air live starting at 7pm ET on Friday on LFA's Facebook page. PFL Challenger Series 2 Mark Martin vs. Dilano Taylor Martin was a three-time NCAA qualifier for Ohio State at 174 pounds. As a senior, he moved up to 197 and came up short of the tournament. In 2015, he was a part of the Buckeyes team national championship. Martin turned professional in MMA back in 2018. He lost his second fight via split decision, but has since built a 7-1 record. Taylor also holds a 7-1 record and is coming off a split-decision victory over Marcus Edwards at Titan FC 73. The four-fight PFL Challenger Series 2 show, which is designed to sign prospects for upcoming PFL tournaments, airs live on Friday at 9pm ET on both Fubo TV and PFL's YouTube page. UFC Vegas 49 Bobby Green vs. Islam Makhachev Despite being unranked in the UFC's own rankings, Green will step into the main event slot against Makhachev. The California native has a very striking heavy style, but he was a two-time state placer for A.B. Miller High School in Fontana. Green will likely need to rely on that wrestling as Makhachev is a protege of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and one of the better takedown artists in the lightweight division. Terrance McKinney vs. Fares Ziam McKinney was a two-time state champion in Washington at the high school level. He started his college career at North Idaho before eventually transferring to Chadron State. In 2016, he finished second at the RMAC conference tournament. McKinney made his UFC debut last June and scored a seven-second knockout over Matt Frevola. The competition will likely get tougher this weekend as he meets Fares Ziam, who is 12-3 as a professional and coming off back-to-back wins in the UFC. McKinney's bout will be part of the preliminary card scheduled for Saturday at 4pm ET, while Green will be on the main card that kicks off at 7pm ET. Both parts of the show will air live on ESPN+. Fury FC 58 Mo Miller vs. Evers Anderson Miller was a three-time NCAA Division II qualifier for Notre Dame (Ohio). He finished fourth in 2013 as a sophomore and third in 2015, as a senior, to become a two-time All-American. Miller made his professional MMA debut in 2019 and won his first four fights before earning a shot on Dana White's Contender Series. Despite winning on the show over Brandon Lewis, he was not awarded a contract. Miller returned to action last November, but suffered his first MMA defeat as he fell via submission against Jose Johnson. Anderson is 4-2 and coming off a loss against John Pham last October. Miller's fight will be part of the Fury FC 58 main card, which airs live on Saturday at 5:30pm ET on UFC Fight Pass.

Michigan State's #5 ranked 197 lber Cam Caffey (photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) As we head to the postseason, I'll be scouting wrestlers for the first annual (and probably last annual) All-Jagger Team. What's the criteria? Beats the heck out of me. You'll create the criteria with what you do on the mat. Storm through a conference tournament and shock everyone? That certainly helps. Fight your way through the backside after an early defeat to grab a medal? It's one of my favorite things about any tournament. Follow me on Twitter? You're practically on the board of directors. Anyway, All-Jagger team, it's a thing. Show me what you got. Now to the All-Jagoff mailbag since the Jaggettes wisely do not ask for my advice very often. Why do you think wrestlers just wrestle fewer matches nowadays? When do you think pitch counting started becoming a thing? @theGOATfollower I believe I discussed this in a very early edition of the mailbag. This is a unique season with the extra year. Toss in the short season last year and it seems the days of a Zain Retherford or an Anthony Collica competing thirty to forty times a season are a distant memory. Sadly, like most sports, this will soon become the norm. Running backs don't carry the ball 35 times a game anymore. Pitchers rarely go past the sixth inning these days. We've been at this modern sports thing for a good long time now. Every sport evolves and that evolution usually coincides with keeping athletes healthier. If skipping a few opens and a few duals that don't matter to stay healthy for March, then that's the direction we are headed. Can you try and predict the top 8 at 197? @WorstYoungest You know I can. With the news of AJ Ferrari missing the rest of the season, it opened up the widest weight class we've seen in years with a ton of talented dudes primed to take the mantle of light heavyweight king. I could tell you right now Isaac Trumble has a chance to win it and you would agree with me. He's ranked at fifteen! The whole thing will be bat-dropping crazy, to say the least, so here's my random top-eight, which will surely be nowhere near how it ends up. 8. Greg Bulsak-Rutgers gets a transfer turned AA to cap off an excellent final season 7. Louie DePrez-Quietly having another fine season, the Bearcat gets Billy Baldwin giddy by improving on his eighth-place finish at 184 6. Jacob Cardenas-Honestly, he could win the whole thing, but I'll temper expectations in his first year at the big dance 5. Isaac Trumble-There's that man again 4. Stephen Buchanan-Cowboy Up 3. Eric Shultz-Reverses a loss to Buchanan to take bronze 2. Max Dean-Finds himself in a familiar spot, albeit at a different weight, but comes up just short for a rare PSU finals loss 1. Cameron Caffey-Brings it home in the state of Michigan for the loudest moment of the night HM. Yonger Bastida-Comes up just short in the blood round Should AJ Ferrari cash in the Money in the Bank and secure his 2nd title? @Rhino184 Seconds after Cam's hand is raised, the techno music hits. That's AJ Ferrari's music! He's gonna cash in the briefcase right now! Caffey is stunned! AJ rips off his tank top and tosses it into the crowd. "Let's do this," he says with a big flex. "Shake hands," the ref says. And there's the whistle. Match over. Caffey (MSU) injury default Ferrari (OSU) 0:01. The crowd does collective John C. Reilly GIF face. What's the worst stall call you've ever seen? @Oldestgreatest From, youngest and worst to oldest and greatest, with the question that's on everyone's minds. Jason Bryant says it's Hendricks versus Abdurakhmanov. You can google it. It's worth a google. Or maybe you can't. Slides, camouflage cargo shorts, an authentic team 1/4 zip, with a visor…acceptable apparel for Detroit, or is this conference level attire? @MarkHidlay The patriarch of the Hidlay family is ready for an exciting few weeks as his two sons make a run for natties and he wants to look good. Naturally, he asks the innovator of style, who laid it all on the line to bring Daisy Dukes for men and bandanas back in style, for the rest of you cool cats. I say it's a fine fit for the conference tournament as you should get some nice Spring weather in Charlottesville. For the National Tournament in Detroit, you may want to dress a little warmer with a nice red sweater and a white-collared dress shirt underneath. Parents get plenty of screen time from ESPN, so don't be afraid to look your best. Honorary Jersey Guy Scott Green says, "slides are acceptable with any outfit, so don't waste time looking for shoes." Top 3 mob movies? Shane Thomas I won't say these are the top three, but they are three favorites of mine. 1. Goodfellas-Ok this one really is the best mob movie of all time. No need to even explain any further. 2. Donnie Brasco-Seriously, I love this movie. Pacino shows true brilliance while displaying classic New York toughness that cloaks a broken man who never achieved the success and respect he wanted from the life of a wiseguy. Fuggetaboutit. 3. Eastern Promises-Switching things up to the Russian side of mafia life for this one. I'm not even sure what's going on in this one. Something about a baby. What I do know is there's a whole lot of Viggo Mortensen being cool. I mean a WHOLE lot. Why does everything hurt and when can I expect Ok State to get #35? @leecothran Man, 2022 got Cowboy fans more blue than a Penn State singlet. The truth is, this team is not far off from being back near the top. The goal is to build around Daton's senior year in likely 2025 after yet another Olympic redshirt. Toss in both Ferrari brothers, both Mastro brothers, Carter Young, sprinkle in a Voinovich, a dash of Plott, and some good recruits the next few years, and it's starting to look pretty good. Admit it, visions of 2025 have you feeling a little less pain right now. What teams will lose team points at NCAA? @PelikanHead All the Ivy teams. You ever play croquet with them? Bunch of hotheads.

Hofstra 184 lber Charles Small (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Below is a recap of last week's EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting. Notable News Navy beats Army in classic rivalry match Delp of Bucknell and Meyer of Lehigh win EIWA Co-Wrestlers of the Week. Meyer of Lehigh knocks off #7 Valencia of Arizona State, who is a returning AA . American The Eagles hosted the Penn Quakers, ultimately dropping their dual. Jack Maida earned the Eagles' first win of the night at 133lb. At heavyweight, Isaac Righter earned a major decision. During extra matches, both Ben Root and Tim Fitzpatrick each had a win in extra countable matches Boxscore: #19 Penn 39 – American 7 125: #24 Ryan Miller (Penn) dec. Max Leete (AU), 5-0 (Penn 3-0) 133: Jack Maida (AU) dec. Blair Orr (Penn), 5-2 (Tied 3-3) 141: #15 CJ Composto (Penn) major dec. Ethan Szerencsits (AU), 20-7 (Penn 7-3) 149: #22 Anthony Artalona (Penn) pinned Patrick Ryan (AU), 1:05 (Penn 13-3) 157: #21 Doug Zapf (Penn) major dec. Jack Nies (AU), 17-6 (Penn 17-3) 165: #22 Lucas Revano (Penn) tech. fall Breon Phifer (AU), 19-3 (Penn 22-3) 174: #20 Nick Incontrera major dec. Tim Fitzpatrick (AU), 14-4 (Penn 26-3) 184: Neil Antrassian (Penn) major dec. Carsten Rawls (AU), 10-2 (Penn 30-3) 197: Cole Urbas (Penn) pinned Mervin Mancia (AU), 2:27 (Penn 36-3) 285: Isaac Righter (AU) major dec. Nate Hoagland (Penn), 8-0 (Penn 36-7) American had two wins in the dual over a very tough Penn squad. This American University team is not at the level to compete against a team of Penn's caliber. You need to respect the fight, though. This team will come to battle until the end. With only three seniors being honored on Senior Night, this team has some young talent. Once the new coaching staff gets a few years of recruiting under their belt, this team will be in the competitive middle to upper tier of the EIWA. Army The Black Knights were on the road to wrestle longtime rival, Navy. At 141lb, Corey Shie earned a victory over Hunt. Matthew Williams has done an excellent job filling in for Ogunsanya. He had another win at 149 lbs. The third win came from Ben Pasiuk (#23 – 174) via decision Boxscore: Navy 22 – Army 9 141: Corey Shie dec Tyler Hunt (NAVY), 7-3 149: Matthew Williams dec Jonathan Miranda (NAVY), 10-3 157: #25 Andrew Cerniglia (NAVY) dec #23 Marcus Hartman, 10-4 165: Val Park (NAVY) dec #27 Dalton Harkins, 3-0 174: #23 Ben Pasiuk dec Shane Sosinsky (NAVY), 9-2 184: #32 David Key (NAVY) dec Brad Laughlin, 6-4 197: #26 Jacob Koser (NAVY) dec #25 J.T. Brown, 2-1 285: Ryan Catka (NAVY) dec Brandon Phillips, 3-2 125: Jacob Allen (NAVY) dec Ryan Chauvin, 5-1 133: #24 Josh Koderhandt (NAVY) major Dominic Carone, 13-2 The Army Black Knights definitely want this one back. This was not a great performance, after beating both Bucknell and Lehigh in the past two weeks. It seemed like every close match went Navy's way. The score looks somewhat lopsided; however, many of the matches were within three points or less. The dual may have been closer than what the score indicated. Regardless, they will go back to the drawing board and come ready for conferences. Binghamton The Bearcats traveled to Cambridge, MA, to take on the Harvard Crimson. Harvard took the dual in a tight two-point battle. At 133lb, Anthony Sobotker secured the first win for the team with a major decision. Ryan Anderson (#19 – 141) had a 5-1 decision over high school teammate Herrmann At 165lb, Brevin Cassella earned another decision for BU. In the upper weights, Sam Deprez was the victor at 197lb wrestling for his brother. In addition, Joe Doyle (#20 – 285) needed a pin to tie the dual, but only came away with a major. Boxscore: Harvard 19, Binghamton 17 125: Beau Bayless (H) def. Nick Curley (B), Dec. 9-8 (Harvard 3-0) 133: Anthony Sobotker (B) def. Cole Bayless (H), MD 11-1 (Binghamton 4-3) 141: No. 19 Ryan Anderson (B) def. Kenny Herrmann (H), Dec. 5-1 (Binghamton 7-3) 149: Lukus Stricker (H) def. Michael Zarif (B), Fall 4:20 (Harvard 9-7) 157: Trevor Tarsi (H) def. Tyler Martin (B), MD 14-6 (Harvard 13-7) 165: Brevin Cassella (B) def. Cael Berg (H), Dec. 6-0 (Harvard 13-10) 174: Joshua Kim (H) def. Jacob Nolan (B), Dec. 10-5 (Harvard 16-10) 184: Luke Rada (H) def. Cory Day (B), Dec. 4-1 (Harvard 19-10) 197: Sam Deprez (B) def. Will Hoeft (H), Dec. 3-2 (Harvard 19-13) 285: No. 20 Joe Doyle (B) def. Jeffrey Crooks (H), MD 12-1 (Harvard 19-17) This was a surprising loss for Binghamton. With matches split 5-5, the lone pin by Harvard was the difference. Sobtoker and Doyle (whom you can typically rely on for a pin) fell short and each recorded a major decision. With a successful dual meet season, dropping their last two duals of the season may not be great for the team's confidence overall. This coaching staff is well aware of how to get this team to peak. We will see a full lineup of Bearcats ready to give it their all at conferences. Brown The Bears hosted two EIWA teams in Harvard and Sacred Heart. They went 1-1 on the weekend. At 141lb, Timothy Levine was 2-0 on the weekend. James Araneo (184) had a pair of wins as well, one by fall. Ay 197lb, Cade Wilson wrestled in front of the home crowd for the last time, earning decisions in both matches Boxscore: Harvard 22, Brown 12 125: Beau Bayless (Harvard) over Reese Fry (Brown) (Dec 5-0) 133: Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) over Dillon Murphy (Harvard) (Dec 11-5) 141: Timothy Levine (Brown) over Kenny Herrmann (Harvard) (Dec 7-2) 149: Lukus Stricker (Harvard) over Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) (Dec 3-1) 157: Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) over Jack Bokina (Brown) (Dec 10-4) 165: Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) over Keegan Rothrock (Brown) (MD 16-5) 174: Josh Kim (Harvard) over Drew Clearie (Brown) (Dec 11-7) 184: James Araneo (Brown) over Luke Rada (Harvard) (Dec 11-5) 197: Cade Wilson (Brown) over Will Hoeft (Harvard) (Dec 9-3) 285: Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) over Lear Quinton (Brown) (Fall 4:06) Boxscore: Brown 35 – Sacred Heart 11 125: Reese Fry (Brown) over Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) (Fall 2:39) 133: Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) over Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) (Dec 3-2) 141: Timothy Levine (Brown) over John Lafferty (Sacred Heart) (TF 20-2 6:59) 149: Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) over Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) (Dec 8-2) 157: Nicholas Palumbo (Sacred Heart) over Jack Bokina (Brown) (MD 13-4) 165: Ryan Bolletino (Sacred Heart) over Keegan Rothrock (Brown) (MD 13-5) 174: Drew Clearie (Brown) over Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart) (Fall 2:44) 184: James Araneo (Brown) over Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart) (Fall 4:08) 197: Cade Wilson (Brown) over Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) (Dec 7-3) 285: Lear Quinton (Brown) over Nicholas Copley (Sacred Heart) (Fall 1:54) The Bears had a dominant win over Sacred Heart, while winning four matches against a skilled Harvard team. I like where this team is right before conferences. We have seen them injured over the last few weeks. Now that they are healthy, it looks like they will be ready for EIWAs. Coach Beckerman has done this plenty of times, and I have complete faith in him to have his guys peak. Bucknell The Bison were on the road, competing at yet another tough place to wrestle. Last week was Grace Hall at Lehigh. This week they had the pleasure to compete at Oklahoma State. One of two wins came from Nick Delp at 157lb when he defeated returning All-American, Sheets (#18). The second win came from Zach Hartman (#18 – 165). He also beat returning AA, Wittlake (#8). Boxscore: Bucknell 6 – #12 Oklahoma State 32 133: #2 Daton Fix (OSU) tech fall over Kurt Phipps (BU) 21-6 (7:00) 141: #21 Carter Young (OSU) dec. over #26 Darren Miller (BU) 8-3 149: #13 Kaden Gfeller (OSU) dec. over Kolby DePron (BU) 9-3 157: Nick Delp (BU) dec. over #18 Wyatt Sheets (OSU) 7-5 165: #18 Zach Hartman (BU) dec. over #8 Travis Wittlake (OSU) 5-0 174: #12 Dustin Plott (OSU) fall over Sam Barnes (BU) 1:44 184: #8 Dakota Geer (OSU) maj. Dec. over Logan Deacetis (BU) 21-8 197: Gavin Stika (OSU) dec. over Mason McCready (BU) 3-2 285: #31 Luke Surber (OSU) tech fall over Luke Niemeyer (BU) 20-4 (4:50) 125: #7 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (OSU) dec. over Brandon Seidman (BU) 2-0 This was obviously a tough outing for the Bison. I'm sure the staff would have liked to see a better result, but it's hard to compete against a team like Oklahoma State, in their own territory. Many people do not agree with the term "good loss," but Seidman had a 2-0 defeat to Mastrogiovanni (#7). With their previous performances, they look ready to be competitive at EIWAs. If Delp keeps winning like he has, he will elevate this team into the top five. This team should be excited for this opportunity. Columbia The Lions were on the road and battled hard, coming away defeated in both matches to quality BIG TEN opponents, Maryland and Rutgers. Highest ranked Lion, Joshua Ogunsanya (#19 – 165), was 2-0 on the weekend, with two majors. At 149lb, Danny Fongaro had an undefeated weekend as well, with two majors. AT 174lb, Nick Fine was the third wrestler to win both matches. Boxscore: Maryland 22 - Columbia 15 125: No. 31 Joe Manchio (COL) def. Zach Spence (MARY) maj. 14-4 133: King Sandoval (MARY) def. No. 23 Angelo Rini (COL) fall (0:31) 141: Danny Bertoni (MARY) def. No. 20 Matt Kazimir (COL) dec. 7-1 149: Danny Fongaro (COL) def. Michael North (MARY) maj. 16-5 157: Lucas Cordio (MARY) def. Andrew Garr (COL) dec. 10-8 165: No. 19 Joshua Ogunsanya (COL) def. Gaven Bell (MARY) maj. 13-3 174: Nick Fine (COL) def. Dom Solis (MARY) dec. 8-6 184: No. 10 Kyle Cochran (MARY) def. Brian Bonino (COL) maj. 12-4 197: No. 29 Jaron Smith (MARY) def. Sam Wustefeld (COL) dec. 9-5 285: Zach Schrader (MARY) def. Danny Conley (COL) dec. 6-0 Boxscore: NO. 14 Rutgers 21 - Columbia 17 125: No. 27 Dylan Shawver (RU) def. No. 31 Joe Manchio (COL) dec. 7-1 133: No. 16 Joseph Olivieri (RU) def. No. 23 Angelo Rini (COL) fall (2:38) 141: No. 20 Matt Kazimir (COL) def. Andrew Gapas (RU) dec. 7-4 149: Danny Fongaro (COL) def. Asa Garcia (RU) maj. 10-0 157: Andrew Garr (COL) def. Al DeSantis (RU) dec. 8-2 165: No. 19 Joshua Ogunsanya (COL) def. Andrew Clark (RU) maj. 13-4 174: Nick Fine (COL) def. Connor O'Neill (RU) dec. 2-1 184: No. 11 John Poznanski (RU) def. Brian Bonino (COL) SV-1 3-1 197: No. 11 Greg Bulsak (RU) def. Sam Wustefeld (COL) fall (2:43) 285: Boone McDermott (RU) def. Danny Conley (COL) dec. 5-1 The Lions were in both of these matches. One match that goes the other way in either of them, they pull out the win. Ever since the Lions' loss to Pitt earlier this month, they have been wrestling really well. This team is starting to click, while firing on all cylinders. This weekend, their strong first three weights had a record of 2-4. If these guys perform at conferences like they are capable of, look out for this team to surprise some people. Cornell (#7) Cornell traveled to compete against #8 Wisconsin. Vito Arujau (#3 – 125) was tough as nails majoring returning AA, Barnett (#6). Top-ranked Yianni Diakomihalis (149lb) came away with a six-point win over #6 Gomez. Both Hunter Richard (#24 – 157) and Jonathan Loew (#13 – 184) earned decisions over ranked opponents. It took until overtime, but Jacob Cardenas (#18 – 197) won via decision. Boxscore: #8 Wisconsin 19, #11 Cornell 16 133: Kyle Burwick (Wisconsin) won by decision over #32 Dom LaJoie (Cornell), 6-4 141: #32 Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) won by major decision over JJ Wilson (Cornell), 21-9 149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) won by decision over #6 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin), 12-6 157: #24 Hunter Richard (Cornell) won by decision over #29 Garrett Model (Wisconsin), 10-6 165: #6 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) won by fall over #9 Julian Ramirez (Cornell), 3:16 174: #30 Andrew McNally (Wisconsin) won by decision over Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell), 7-2 184: #13 Jonathan Loew (Cornell) won by decision over #27 Chris Weiler (Wisconsin), 9-4 197: #18 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) won by decision over #20 Braxton Amos (Wisconsin), 3-1 (sv1) 285: #11 Trent Hilger (Wisconsin) won by decision over #16 Lewis Fernandes (Cornell), 6-2 125: #3 Vito Arujau (Cornell) won by major decision over #6 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin), 13-3 The Big Red won five matches, but lost the battle of bonus points. Even without their ranked starter at 174, Chris Foca, this was a very winnable dual. This was an overall great performance by Cornell while wrestling in a tough environment at Wisconsin. This team is still probably the favorite at EIWA's, but it may be a close battle as usual. If they were to move forward without Foca, we would have an awesome team race in Ithaca. Drexel The Dragons won their final dual of the year against old-time CAA rival Rider University. At 149lb, we saw Luke Nichter (#28) make his return from injury and win by decision. Parker Kropman (157), Evan Barczak (#26 - 165) and Bryan McLaughlin (#184) all won by a decision. Mickey O'Malley (#9 – 174) pinned his opponent again to help extend Drexel's lead At 125lb, Antonio Mininno had the clutch pin to put the match out of reach. Boxscore: Drexel 23 – Rider 17 149: Luke Nichter def. Bryan Miraglia, 9-4 Dec, Drexel leads 2-0 157: Parker Kropman def. Cole McComas, 5-2 Dec, Drexel leads 5-0 165: Evan Barczak def. Mike Wilson, 8-3 Dec, Drexel leads 8-0 174: Mickey O'Malley def. Corey Connolly, Fall 4:57, Drexel leads 14-0 184: Bryan McLaughlin def. Shane Reitsma, 10-5 Dec, Drexel leads 17-0 197: Matt Correnti def. Santino Morina, 8-2 Dec, Drexel leads 17-3 285: David Szuba def. Eli Anthony, Fall 1:07, Drexel leads 17-9 125: Antonio Mininno def. Tyler Klinsky, Fall 6:54, Drexel leads 23-9 133: Richie Koehler def. Jaxon Maroney, 3-1 Dec, Drexel leads 23-12 141: Quinn Kinner def. Jared Donahue, 15-0 Tech Fall, Drexel win 23-17 The Dragons had a nice overall performance. It's always a positive to win your last dual of the season. With a healthy Nichter, this team just seems to be better all-around. He brings a fun energy to the team that raises everyone else's level of performance. The Dragons have some talent, with a handful of guys either ranked, or right on the cusp. They can make some noise at conferences if they bring their 'A game." Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats took their first EIWA loss to Hofstra this weekend. Freshman Pat Phillips got the Dips on the board with a major decision at 133 lbs. At 141 lbs, Wil Gil won by decision. The final win came at 174lb, where John Crawford won by decision. Boxscore: Hofstra 22, Franklin & Marshall 11 184: #33 Charles Small (HOF) dec. James Conway (F&M); 4-2 (3-0) 197: #32 Trey Rogers (HOF) maj. Mike Waszen (F&M); 15-4 (7-0) 285: #18 Zachary Knighton-Ward (HOF) dec. Cenzo Pelusi (F&M); 4-2 (10-0) 125: Jacob Moon (HOF) dec. Gio Diaz (F&M); 5-4 (13-0) 133: Pat Phillips (F&M) maj. Matt Templeton (HOF); 8-0 (13-4) 141: Wil Gil (F&M) dec. Justin Hoyle (HOF); 4-2 (13-7) 149: Michael Leandrou (HOF) dec. Cristiaan Dailey (F&M); 5-3 (16-7) 157: Joseph McGinty (HOF) dec. Chase McCollum (F&M); 7-5 (19-7) 165: Ricky Stamm (HOF) dec. Noah Fox (F&M); 7-1 (22-7) 174: John Crawford (F&M) maj. Ericson Velaquez (HOF); 11-1 (22-11) The Diplomats were in this one. They lost two matches in the last minute of the dual, which ended up being the deciding factor. Hofstra is a tough team, and F&M was in this match even if the score may not show it. For the most part, this team fights hard. For a D3-sized school with zero scholarships, the coaching staff is doing very well for what they have to work with. I like the direction of this team with young talent scattered up and down the lineup. Harvard The Crimson were undefeated this weekend, with wins over Brown and Binghamton. Beau Bayless (125lb) had a nice weekend with two wins. At 149lb, Lukus Stricker has two wins; one came via fall. Trevor Tarsi (157lb) has been impressive lately. He also won both of his bouts this week. At 174lb, Josh Kim earned two decision wins. Boxscore: Harvard 22, Brown 12 125: Beau Bayless (Harvard) over Reese Fry (Brown) (Dec 5-0) 133: Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) over Dillon Murphy (Harvard) (Dec 11-5) 141: Timothy Levine (Brown) over Kenny Herrmann (Harvard) (Dec 7-2) 149: Lukus Stricker (Harvard) over Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) (Dec 3-1) 157: Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) over Jack Bokina (Brown) (Dec 10-4) 165: Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) over Keegan Rothrock (Brown) (MD 16-5) 174: Josh Kim (Harvard) over Drew Clearie (Brown) (Dec 11-7) 184: James Araneo (Brown) over Luke Rada (Harvard) (Dec 11-5) 197: Cade Wilson (Brown) over Will Hoeft (Harvard) (Dec 9-3) 285: Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) over Lear Quinton (Brown) (Fall 4:06) Boxscore: Harvard 19, Binghamton 17 125: Beau Bayless (H) def. Nick Curley (B), Dec. 9-8 (Harvard 3-0) 133: Anthony Sobotker (B) def. Cole Bayless (H), MD 11-1 (Binghamton 4-3) 141: No. 19 Ryan Anderson (B) def. Kenny Herrmann (H), Dec. 5-1 (Binghamton 7-3) 149: Lukus Stricker (H) def. Michael Zarif (B), Fall 4:20 (Harvard 9-7) 157: Trevor Tarsi (H) def. Tyler Martin (B), MD 14-6 (Harvard 13-7) 165: Brevin Cassella (B) def. Cael Berg (H), Dec. 6-0 (Harvard 13-10) 174: Joshua Kim (H) def. Jacob Nolan (B), Dec. 10-5 (Harvard 16-10) 184: Luke Rada (H) def. Cory Day (B), Dec. 4-1 (Harvard 19-10) 197: Sam Deprez (B) def. Will Hoeft (H), Dec. 3-2 (Harvard 19-13) 285: No. 20 Joe Doyle (B) def. Jeffrey Crooks (H), MD 12-1 (Harvard 19-17) Two strong performances out of Harvard this weekend. The win over Binghamton, I would consider an upset. More impressively, the Crimson were without Conigliaro that match and still gutted out a win. This team is coming into shape at this time and looks to be ready to shock some people at EIWAs. If this team can manage to have a wrestler or two pull an upset and/or go on a run, it will make things very interesting for them in the team race. Hofstra The Pride finished out their dual meet season with a win over Franklin & Marshall. Hofstra's "Big 3" of Charles Small (#33 – 184), Trey Rogers (#32 – 197), and Zachary Knighton-Ward (#18 – 285) all were victorious. Only Rogers came away with a bonus-point win. At 125lb, Jacob Moon had a tight victory. As did Michael Leandrou (149lb) and Joseph McGinty (157lb) to help seal the deal for the Pride. Ricky Stamm (165lb) was the final winner for Hofstra on the day. Boxscore: Hofstra 22, Franklin & Marshall 11 184: #33 Charles Small (HOF) dec. James Conway (F&M); 4-2 (3-0) 197: #32 Trey Rogers (HOF) maj. Mike Waszen (F&M); 15-4 (7-0) 285: #18 Zachary Knighton-Ward (HOF) dec. Cenzo Pelusi (F&M); 4-2 (10-0) 125: Jacob Moon (HOF) dec. Gio Diaz (F&M); 5-4 (13-0) 133: Pat Phillips (F&M) maj. Matt Templeton (HOF); 8-0 (13-4) 141: Wil Gil (F&M) dec. Justin Hoyle (HOF); 4-2 (13-7) 149: Michael Leandrou (HOF) dec. Cristiaan Dailey (F&M); 5-3 (16-7) 157: Joseph McGinty (HOF) dec. Chase McCollum (F&M); 7-5 (19-7) 165: Ricky Stamm (HOF) dec. Noah Fox (F&M); 7-1 (22-7) 174: John Crawford (F&M) maj. Ericson Velaquez (HOF); 11-1 (22-11) Hofstra is in a good spot right now. Their starting 174lb wrestler (McFarland) will be back from injury in time for conferences, which only improves their team. We expect their three upper weights to succeed and place high enough to qualify for NCAAs. They will need another wrestler to step up and outperform their seed in order for this team to make a run for the top 5. Stamm would be a guy to keep an eye out for at 165lb. That bracket is absolutely loaded with talent! Lehigh (#20) The Mountain Hawks traveled west to compete against #13 Arizona State. At 141lb, we saw Dan Moran come away with a win. Brian Meyer (#25 – 165) had the biggest win of the night when he beat Valencia (#7), who was an All-American last season. At 174, Jake Logan had a tech fall while AJ Burkhart (184) came away with a pin. Boxscore: No. 13 Arizona State 21, Lehigh 17 125: Brandon Courtney (ASU) major dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 10-2 133: Michael McGee (ASU) major dec. Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 12-4 141: Dan Moran (Lehigh) dec. Mykey Ramos (ASU) 8-2 149: Kyle Parco (ASU) dec. Max Brignola (Lehigh) 5-2 157: Jacori Teemer (ASU) dec. Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 8-5 165: Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec. Anthony Valencia (ASU) 6-1 174: Jake Logan (Lehigh) tech fall Ryan Rochford (ASU) 20-5, 7:00 184: AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) Fall Josh Nummer (ASU) 4:50 197: Kordell Norfleet (ASU) major dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 12-4 285: Cohlton Schultz (ASU) dec. Jordan Wood (Lehigh) 4-2, tb Lehigh came to battle a very skilled Arizona State team. With this team missing a handful of starters and losing two tough toss-up matches, the remainder of the squad did step up. With a huge upset from Meyer, then back-to-back bonus-point wins by Logan and Burkhart, they came within striking range to win. They ultimately fell short, but not without a fight. Brignola hung in with a returning All-American. I'm excited to see how he performs at conferences. I sound like a broken record, but Lehigh will be ready for EIWAs, and they will perform very well. This team is at its best when it matters. Long Island The Sharks won their first dual of the season over Sacred Heart. At 197lb, Nunzio Crowley continued his winning ways to earn a major decision. Robbie Sagaris (125lb) and Drew Witham (149) each earned a major decision as well. At heavyweight, Tim Nagosky won by decision. At 141lb, Devin Matthews earned a technical fall while Ryan Ferro (174) won by fall. Boxscore: LIU 25 – Sacred Heart 15 184: Joe Accousti (SHU) def. James Langan (LIU), 5-1 dec. 197: Nunzio Crowley (LIU) def. Mark Blokh (SHU), 16-3 maj. Dec. 285: Tim Nagosky (LIU) def. Nicholas Copley (SHU), 9-3 dec. 125: Robbie Sagaris (LIU) def. Jacob Venezia (SHU), 10-0 maj. dec. 133: Anthony Petrillo (SHU) def. Kaelan Francois (LIU), 7-2 dec. 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) def. Chris Naegele (SHU) 16-0 Tech. Fall 2:58 149: Drew Witham (LIU) def. Rafael Lievano (SHU), 10-0 maj. dec 157: Nicholas Palumbo (SHU) def. Rhise Royster (LIU), 6-3 dec. 165: Ryan Bollentino (SHU) def. Blake Bahna (LIU), Fall 2:55 174: Ryan Ferro (LIU) def. Alex Marciniak (SHU) Fall 1:39 What a great way to end the season for the Sharks. This is the definition of ending on a high note. The team effort was outstanding overall. This will be a good confidence boost heading into EIWAs. Crowley and Ferro seem to have the best results on this team, so expect them to make some noise and potentially play the role of bracket buster. I would love to see another teammate of theirs also take on this role, and really impress the fans. Navy The Midshipmen hosted rival Army, and took seven of ten bouts. Both Andrew Cerniglia (#25 – 157) and Jacob Koser (#26 – 197) defeated their ranked opponent. At 165lb, Val Park beat a ranked opponent in Harkins (#27) to earn a nice win. David Key (#32 – 184) and Ryan Catka (285) each walked away with decision. Lightweights Jacob Allen (125) and Josh Koderhandt (#24 – 133) each had a win to round out the meet. Boxscore: Navy 22 – Army 9 141: Corey Shie dec Tyler Hunt (NAVY), 7-3 149: Matthew Williams dec Jonathan Miranda (NAVY), 10-3 157: #25 Andrew Cerniglia (NAVY) dec #23 Marcus Hartman, 10-4 165: Val Park (NAVY) dec #27 Dalton Harkins, 3-0 174: #23 Ben Pasiuk dec Shane Sosinsky (NAVY), 9-2 184: #32 David Key (NAVY) dec Brad Laughlin, 6-4 197: #26 Jacob Koser (NAVY) dec #25 J.T. Brown, 2-1 285: Ryan Catka (NAVY) dec Brandon Phillips, 3-2 125: Jacob Allen (NAVY) dec Ryan Chauvin, 5-1 133: #24 Josh Koderhandt (NAVY) major Dominic Carone, 13-2 Navy will be tough at conferences. We just saw Army beat a tough Lehigh team a week or so ago. Navy is in the conversation to finish in the top five at EIWAs. Coach Kolat and company have done a fantastic job in a short amount of time. With two senior starters set to graduate, the future of this team is looking awfully bright in Annapolis. Penn The Quakers were on the road to visit American. They left D.C. with a dominant win. At 125lb, 24th ranked Ryan Miller had a decision over a tough Max Leete. The Quakers scored a handful of major decisions from CJ Composto (#15 – 141), Doug Zapf (#21 – 157), Nick Incontrera (#20 – 174) and Neil Antrassian (184). Anthony Artalona (#22 – 149) and Cole Urbas (197) each earned a fall. At 165lb, Lucas Revano (#22) had a technical fall to close out his dual meet season. Boxscore: #19 Penn 39 – American 7 125: #24 Ryan Miller (Penn) dec. Max Leete (AU), 5-0 (Penn 3-0) 133: Jack Maida (AU) dec. Blair Orr (Penn), 5-2 (Tied 3-3) 141: #15 CJ Composto (Penn) major dec. Ethan Szerencsits (AU), 20-7 (Penn 7-3) 149: #22 Anthony Artalona (Penn) pinned Patrick Ryan (AU), 1:05 (Penn 13-3) 157: #21 Doug Zapf (Penn) major dec. Jack Nies (AU), 17-6 (Penn 17-3) 165: #22 Lucas Revano (Penn) tech. fall Breon Phifer (AU), 19-3 (Penn 22-3) 174: #20 Nick Incontrera major dec. Tim Fitzpatrick (AU), 14-4 (Penn 26-3) 184: Neil Antrassian (Penn) major dec. Carsten Rawls (AU), 10-2 (Penn 30-3) 197: Cole Urbas (Penn) pinned Mervin Mancia (AU), 2:27 (Penn 36-3) 285: Isaac Righter (AU) major dec. Nate Hoagland (Penn), 8-0 (Penn 36-7) The Quakers are coming for that EIWA title next weekend. They have the team to do it. With a healthy lineup, they will be included in the tightest team race we have seen in a while – along with Cornell, Princeton, and Lehigh. If you are an EIWA fan, you must be excited for this team race. With the Ivy League teams missing last season, they need to make up for lost time. Penn is no exception. Remember, this team was this year's Ivy League regular-season runner-up, behind Cornell. If you don't think Penn has some motivation to take the EIWA Conference Title in front of the Cornell faithful, in Ithaca, you are sadly mistaken. Princeton The Tigers wrestled against their in-state rival Rutgers. Known as the BIG IVY rival, Rutgers won the bout this season. At 165lb, Blaine Bergey started off the dual with a win. Patrick Glory (#2 – 125) had a major over Shawver (#29). Finally, at 157lb, Quincy Monday (#7) won via injury default. Boxscore: #15 Rutgers 24 – #24 Princeton 13 165: Blaine Bergey (P) wins by decision over Andrew Clark, 8-5 (Princeton leads 3-0) 174: Connor O'Neill wins by decision over Nate Dugan (P), 3-2 (Tied 3-3) 184: #8 John Poznanski wins by major decision over Mikey Squires (P), 15-6 (Rutgers leads 7-3) 197: #11 Greg Bulsak wins by decision over #20 Luke Stout (P), 9-3 (Rutgers leads 10-3) HWT: Boone McDermott wins by decision over Matt Cover (P), 6-4 SV1 (Rutgers leads 13-3) 125: #2 Patrick Glory (P) wins by major decision over #29 Dylan Shawver, 13-3 (Rutgers leads 13-7) 133: #17 Joseph Olivieri wins by decision over Nick Kayal (P), 8-4 (Rutgers leads 16-7) 141: #3 Sebastian Rivera wins by technical fall over Danny Coles (P), 20-3 (Rutgers leads 21-7) 149: #15 Michael VanBrill wins by decision over Marshall Keller (P), 8-7 (Rutgers leads 24-7) 157: #7 Quincy Monday (P) wins by injury default over Robert Kanniard, 0:49 (Rutgers leads 24-13) This may not have been the result the Tigers wanted, but they did not wrestle badly. They may have been a little outmatched, but some dual results were very close and could have gone their way. This Princeton team is looking for their time to be on top of the conference. They are right in the mix to take home the title. The excitement around this team is infectious, and it will make the title hunt that much more fun. Sacred Heart The Pioneers were on the road for two duals, ultimately dropping both matches. At 133lb, Anthony Petrillo came away with a 2-0 record on the weekend. Nicholas Palumbo (157lb) had a decision and major decision. At 165lb, Ryan Bollentino had a weekend with a pin and major. Boxscore: LIU 25 – Sacred Heart 15 184: Joe Accousti (SHU) def. James Langan (LIU), 5-1 dec. 197: Nunzio Crowley (LIU) def. Mark Blokh (SHU), 16-3 maj. Dec. 285: Tim Nagosky (LIU) def. Nicholas Copley (SHU), 9-3 dec. 125: Robbie Sagaris (LIU) def. Jacob Venezia (SHU), 10-0 maj. Dec. 133: Anthony Petrillo (SHU) def. Kaelan Francois (LIU), 7-2 dec. 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) def. Chris Naegele (SHU) 16-0 Tech. Fall 2:58 149: Drew Witham (LIU) def. Rafael Lievano (SHU), 10-0 maj. Dec 157: Nicholas Palumbo (SHU) def. Rhise Royster (LIU), 6-3 dec. 165: Ryan Bollentino (SHU) def. Blake Bahna (LIU), Fall 2:55 174: Ryan Ferro (LIU) def. Alex Marciniak (SHU) Fall 1:39 Boxscore: Brown 35 – Sacred Heart 11 125: Reese Fry (Brown) over Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) (Fall 2:39) 133: Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) over Nicky Cabanillas (Brown) (Dec 3-2) 141: Timothy Levine (Brown) over John Lafferty (Sacred Heart) (TF 20-2 6:59) 149: Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) over Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) (Dec 8-2) 157: Nicholas Palumbo (Sacred Heart) over Jack Bokina (Brown) (MD 13-4) 165: Ryan Bolletino (Sacred Heart) over Keegan Rothrock (Brown) (MD 13-5) 174: Drew Clearie (Brown) over Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart) (Fall 2:44) 184: James Araneo (Brown) over Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart) (Fall 4:08) 197: Cade Wilson (Brown) over Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) (Dec 7-3) 285: Lear Quinton (Brown) over Nicholas Copley (Sacred Heart) (Fall 1:54) The Pioneers had a tough outing this weekend. We will expect them to improve on this performance at conferences. Sacred Heart has two returning national qualifiers to help lead the team at conferences. Palumbo at 157lb is back in the lineup from injury, looking like he's back, ready to make a return trip to NCAAs. This team has a lot of depth and are looking to have a guy (or two) go on a run at conferences next weekend. This coaching staff will have them ready to go.

3x NCAA All-American Stevan Micic (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Earlier this afternoon, the NCAA released it's qualifier allocation for the DI national championships which will be held in Detroit, Michigan, March 17th-19th. Those figures let us know how many wrestlers per weight class will punch their tickets to nationals at the conclusion of their respective conference tournaments. After perusing the allocations and comparing them to InterMat's national rankings, there were some possible irregularities to watch out for as we watch the results of the conference tournaments. Since some notable wrestlers, ones that have the chance to win their conference or have a deep run, didn't earn bids, there will be some dominoes that fall. Here's what we've found from the allocations. Chaos at 141 lbs Perhaps the weight class that will get shook up the most as the result of the allocations is 141 lbs. The Big Ten is front and center amongst the potential problems. The seven wrestlers that earned qualifying bids for the conference were: #1 Nick Lee (Penn State), #2 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa), #3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers), #17 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State), #18 Jake Bergeland (Minnesota), #22 Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) and #31 Parker Filius (Purdue). Now there are some gigantic omissions amongst the Big Ten wrestlers that didn't qualify a spot. In fact, they have combined to AA seven times at the NCAA Championships. #10 Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska), #15 Stevan Micic (Michigan), and #16 Dylan Duncan (Illinois). You'd assume that under normal circumstances, all three would finish in the top-seven. If that happens, the conference would have three wrestlers who earned spots, seeking at-large bids. Other names in the Big Ten, to throw in the mix, are Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) and Cayden Rooks (Indiana). Tal-Shahar is a freshman that has wrestled progressively better at the end of the year and could shock someone in Lincoln. Rooks is looking to snap a five-match losing streak, but was a qualifier in 2021. Another possible monkey wrench in the conference is the health of Rivera. If he's limited and doesn't grab an automatic qualifying spot, it'll be another highly-qualified wrestler seeking a precious at-large berth. Across the country, there are only five such bids available. Other unusual takeaways from 141 lbs involve the MAC and Pac-12. There are three automatic qualifying slots available for the MAC, with #12 Dresden Simon (Central Michigan), Seth Koleno (Clarion), and Kyran Hagan (Ohio), picking up the bids. Koleno and Hagan are not ranked in InterMat's top-33, while Quinn Kinner (Rider) and Gabe Willochell (Edinboro) are. The Pac-12 gained a pair of spots from #8 Real Woods (Stanford) and #13 Grant Willits (Oregon State). Two conference members, #32 Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) and #33 Angelo Martinoni (CSU Bakersfield), are ranked and may be seeking a precious bid. More than most other weight classes in recent memory, 141 lbs will likely have some high-quality wrestlers left out in the cold. Possible problems at 165 lbs The Big Ten should be responsible for the issues at 141, but it could be the Big 12 that's an issue at 165 lbs. The conference is allocated four spots in Detroit. The Big 12 wrestlers that earned those spots were: #2 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri), #7 Peyton Hall (West Virginia), #16 Austin Yant (Northern Iowa), #17 Luke Weber (North Dakota State). Notably absent from that list is returning All-American #11 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State). In addition, there are four other conference members that are currently among the top-33. #21 Cole Moody (Wyoming), #31 Isaac Judge (Iowa State), #32 Joe Grello (Oklahoma), #33 Tanner Cook (South Dakota State). That means a handful of quality wrestlers from the Big 12 will be in the at-large pool. Other conferences could chip in with some headaches, too. The Big Ten, the MAC, and the SoCon all have unranked wrestlers that earned automatic slots (Cael Carlson - Minnesota, Riley Smucker - Cleveland State, and Rodrick Mosley - Gardner-Webb). Could the B1G qualifier all 14 at 184? I'm sure at first glance, seeing that the Big Ten will earn 12 automatic qualifying spots at 184 lbs, you may have done a double-take. That couldn't be right, could it? Well, 13 of the top-28 wrestlers at the weight class reside in the Big Ten! The only one of the bunch that didn't earn an allocation was #20 Abe Assad (Iowa). It's probably a safe bet that Assad places top-12 and pushes someone else into the at-large pool. With Assad and the other 12, semi-safely headed to nationals, the only other wrestler in the conference on the outside is Northwestern's Jack Jessen. Though he's currently 1-8 on the year, Jessen took #28 Max Lyon (Purdue) to sudden victory Saturday afternoon. He's certainly capable of beating someone in the league and making it into the top-12. With one at-large berth almost certainly going to the Big Ten, that leaves only three others for the remaining six conferences. One that probably will have multiple wrestlers seeking those limited spots is the Big 12. The Big 12 has three ranked wrestlers that didn't earn spots in #15 Tate Samuelson (Wyoming), #32 Cade King (South Dakota State), and #33 Keegan Moore (Oklahoma).

2021 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee has announced the pre-allocation spots for the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as listed in the chart below. Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 20. The pre-allocations are determined using a sliding scale of a .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' rank and top 30 ratings percentage index (RPI) with a maximum of 29 pre-allocations per weight class. For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference was awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish. After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 8, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 6 p.m. on March 9. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. ACC 125(3) 133(5) 141(4) 149(4) 157(5) 165(3) 174(4) 184(5) 197(3) 285(3) Total (39) Big 12 125(6) 133(6) 141(7) 149(4) 157(6) 165(4) 174(8) 184(4) 197(7) 285(6) Total (58) Big Ten 125(10) 133(10) 141(7) 149(7) 157(7) 165(7) 174(8) 184(12) 197(11) 285(9) Total (88) EIWA 125(4) 133(2) 141(4) 149(4) 157(5) 165(7) 174(4) 184(3) 197(5) 285(4) Total (42) MAC 125(1) 133(1) 141(3) 149(5) 157(2) 165(3) 174(2) 184(2) 197(1) 285(2) Total (22) Pac-12 125 (3) 133(3) 141(2) 149 (3) 157(2) 165(3) 174(2) 184(2) 197(1) 285(2) Total (23) SoCon 125(2) 133(2) 141(1) 149(2) 157(1) 165(2) 174(1) 184(1) 197(1) 285(2) Total (15) Pre-Allocations 125(29) 133(29) 141(28) 149(29) 157 (28) 165(29) 174(29) 184(29) 197(29) 285(28) Total (287) At-Large 125(4) 133(4) 141(5) 149(4) 157(5) 165(4) 174(4) 184(4) 197(4) 285(5) Total (43) The coaches' rankings are determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the seven conference. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have five Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days. The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent's opponent winning percentage (opponent's strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked. The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee did determine it will not consider for championship selections, including conference pre-allocations, any results from extra matches that ended with injury defaults where the wrestlers did not wrestle.

Chattanooga 197 lber Matthew Waddell (photo courtesy of Chattanooga athletics) Hi friends, I hope y'all enjoyed this last weekend of #SoConWR action! While most other schools have concluded their dual meet schedules for the season, we have a #SoConWR Centennial Celebration coming up this weekend. Let's get into the action from this past weekend: Friday, February 18: Gardner-Webb hosted Presbyterian College, winning the dual 28-7. Gardner-Webb won eight out of the ten bouts, with notable performances at 141, 165, and 197. Trevon Majette (GW, 141) scored an 11-3 major decision victory over Khalid Brinkley (PC, 141). 165lb RJ Mosley (GW) had the lone techfFall of the evening, scoring 17-2 over Sean Getty (PC). Last but certainly not least, Anthony Perrine (GW, 197) also locked up an 11-3 major decision win for the Runnin' Bulldogs over Aiden Jean (PC, 197). Presbyterian picked up their two wins at 125 and 157. Jacob Brasseur (PC, 125) started off the evening with a 16-2 major decision victory over Aedyn Concepcion (GW), and Zachary Phillips (PC, 157) secured a 7-3 decision over Taylor Parks (GW). Chattanooga shuts out Bellarmine, 44-0. To cap off their Southern Conference season, the Mocs hit the road to Louisville, Kentucky, to face off against the Bellarmine Knights. Notable wins for the Mocs were two falls at 157 and 184, Lincoln Heck (UTC) pinned Alex Rhine (BU) and Thomas Sell (UTC) pinned Sam Schroeder (BU). Matthew Waddell (197) also scored an 18-1 tech fall over Bryant Wilkinson. Appalachian bests Davidson 34-6, earning the SoCon regular-season championship. Appalachian had two duals left in their SoCon schedule: Davidson and Presbyterian, and only needed one win to officially clinch the Southern Conference Championship title. The Mountaineers won eight out of ten bouts, dropping matches at 184 and 197. Notable victories for App State include #23 Caleb Smith's (125) fall over Hale Robinson (DC), and heavyweight Mike Burchell's (APP) fall over Mitchell Trigg (DC). Davidson's Gavin Henry (184) picked up a 6-3 Decision over Brett Mordecai, and Finlay Holston (197) had a close 3-2 win over Wyatt Miller. Sunday, February 20: UTC brings home a B1G win over Indiana University, 21-15. The Chattanooga Mocs had to bring the thunder one last time this season, posting a win over a B1G opponent. The Mocs won six out of ten matches, mostly by close decisions. To help seal the deal and bring home a win, Carial Tarter (174) pinned Isiah Levitz (IU), which earned him #SoConWR of the Week! App State shuts out Presbyterian 46-0, ends the season undefeated in the conference. App State traveled to Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, SC, to face off against the Presbyterian Blue Hose. App State came ready to scrap, with five major decisions, four technical falls, and one pin to shut out Presbyterian College. The Citadel beats VMI in a military showdown, 32-5. The Citadel closed their SoCon season with a massive dual victory over military rival VMI, winning eight out of ten bouts. VMI picked up wins at 141 and 197, Freddie Junko posted a 5-1 decision over Jackson Bradford, and Tyler Mousaw won 12-9 over Ben Stemmet. One team point was deducted for VMI after the 197 bout for delay of match. Notable wins for The Citadel were at 133, 157, and 165. Jake Rotunda (133) secured a fall over Patrick Maglathin, as well as Dazjon Casto (157) over Seth Fillers. Selwyn Porter had the lone major decision victory of the afternoon, beating Blake Showers 13-2. This weekend we've got one last dual meet on the schedule: Davidson is hosting Presbyterian for their Centennial Celebration! 100 years of Davidson Wrestling will be celebrated at the event this Sunday; the match starts at 1:00pm. I'll be there covering the event, and I hear we're going to learn about upcoming changes to Davidson Wrestling! Stay tuned for all the updates here on InterMat and as always, you can keep up with me on Twitter @gallardo_rachel. And if you see me - don't be shy, come say hi! Oh! And we can't forget that on March 5th, the Southern Conference Championships will be held in Boone, North Carolina, at the Holmes Convocation Center. Tickets are on sale NOW! You won't want to miss this Southern Conference scrapping. I know I won't! As always, stay safe, stay healthy, stay happy, xoxo, Rachel G

2021 NCAA finals between Trent Hidlay (left) and Aaron Brooks (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Almost five years ago, to the day, was the last time that the NWCA National Duals were held in some form or fashion. That most recent iteration of the event was a "Bowl" series, where schools were paired up with one another in a stand-alone dual. That year non-Big Ten schools hosted, while Big Ten teams hosted the previous year. So before we get focused on the postseason, let's have some fun and look at how this type of event could happen in 2021-22. We've put together 19 duals that would comprise this hypothetical dual series. How were they put together? Pretty simply. Starting at #1, we paired off Penn State with the next highest-ranked non-Big Ten schools. That practice continued down the rankings; however, we did not match teams that wrestled each other in duals already. For instance, Iowa and Iowa State should have been paired together, but they are on each other's schedule. So, Iowa gets the next non-Big Ten school, not on their schedule. Along with a brief summary of interesting matchups and facts about each dual, we also ran these dual meets through the dual comparison feature on WrestleStat, to get a good gauge on how these matches would play out. Army West Point vs. Stanford WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 17-17 Whoa! Right off the bat, we have a barnburner that WrestleStat expects to head to criteria. We know despite Army West Point's dual record, they're down to face anyone/anywhere. How about a Stanford team that is probably better in a tournament-style, but still formidable in duals? The headline bout between these two teams comes at 149 lbs with returning conference champions Jaden Abas (Stanford) and PJ Ogunsanya (Army West Point). The two met in the consolation round of 16 at the 2021 NCAA Championships and Abas eliminated Ogunsaya, 9-2. Cal Poly vs. Wyoming WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 17-16 Wyoming It's a second-straight matchup between a team that's made for tournaments (Cal Poly) against one that's relatively balanced in Wyoming. The best part about this prospect pairing is the middle-to-back half of their weights. 2021 Big 12 runner-up Cole Moody (Wyoming) would have his hands full with the nation's top-ranked a165 lber, Evan Wick (Cal Poly). After that, you have back-to-back bouts featuring top-15 ranked wrestlers for both teams. #13 Adam Kemp (Cal Poly) and #15 Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) at 174 and #5 Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) versus #15 Tate Samuelson (Wyoming) up at 184 lbs. Kemp and Hastings were in the same Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational weight class this year, with Kemp taking sixth and Hastings seventh; though they didn't meet. Navy vs. Virginia WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 19-12 Virginia This could be a nice regional rivalry, though the schools are separated by about 150 miles; Navy and Virginia haven't met in dual action since 2009 (at the Virginia Duals). The last time these schools were scheduled for a match, UVA head coach Steve Garland was a senior! Up-and-down the line, both school's lineups really match up well and could make for an entertaining dual. After returning NCAA qualifiers kick off the dual at 125 (Patrick McCormick - UVA and Jacob Allen - Navy), At 133 is a pair of probable, first-time qualifiers at 133 with #19 Brian Courtney (Virginia) and #22 Josh Koderhandt (Navy). More fire at 157 lbs, when #23 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) faces off with the guy directly behind him in the rankings, Jake Keating (Virginia). 184 and 197 both feature ranked wrestlers for both squads with #25 Michael Battista (Virginia) and #30 David Key (Navy), then #16 Jay Aiello (Virginia) and #25 Jake Koser (Navy). Basically, there are lots of toss-up matches, which could make this bout swing towards Navy under the right circumstances. Lehigh vs. North Dakota State WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 18-17 North Dakota State Lehigh has faced one of the most challenging out-of-conference schedule's in the nation this year, so don't let a 9-9 dual record deceive you of their true potential. Without a doubt, this dual would be one to watch if, for nothing else, the 157 lb contest. #5 Jared Franek (North Dakota State) and #6 Josh Humphreys (Lehigh). The two have combined to go 36-4 this year and are worthy of such lofty rankings. Both have made it to the NCAA Round of 12 and are still seeking their first NCAA All-American honor in 2022. This is the type of match you could see in the national quarterfinals or perhaps even the bloodround. A low-key bout to watch would take place at 165 lbs with 2021 Big 12 champion #17 Luke Weber (North Dakota State) against #25 Brian Meyer (Lehigh). The Mountain Hawk is fresh off a win over All-American Anthony Valencia and also has beaten national runner-up Jake Wentzel this year. Illinois vs. South Dakota State WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 20-12 South Dakota State I don't know if you'd call it an upset, but it's interesting seeing WrestleStat projection the Big Ten team falling at the hands of South Dakota State. The Illini's top and most consistent wrestler this season has been 133 lber Lucas Byrd. Though his sixth ranking is significantly higher than #25 Gabe Tagg, the Jackrabbit has improved as he's been given more mat time and this bout could be closer than you'd guess. A rematch between two returning AA's looms at 141 lbs. Last year, Dylan Duncan (Illinois) edged Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) 3-2 at the NCAA Tournament; however, Duncan missed most of the regular season and hasn't been at that form, just yet. On the other hand, Carlson is 27-3 and won the CKLV Invitational. A fun contrast of styles could be in store at 165 as you have the brawler in #27 Danny Braunagel (Illinois) and the #33 wide-open Tanner Cook (South Dakota State), who's always looking for a pin. The match could be still hanging in the balance with ranked heavyweight #17 Luke Luffman (Illinois) and #22 AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) waiting in the wings. Appalachian State vs. Oklahoma WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 23-9 Oklahoma It looks as if WrestleStat has projected some of the toss-up matches to lean the Sooners direction, because I wouldn't necessarily imagine such a one-sided dual between these two programs. These teams actually met twice, relatively recently, in 2017 and 2018. The most recent meeting actually had a pair of bouts that still could happen in 2022, with #28 Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) and #30 Codi Russell (Appalachian State) at 133 and #17 Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) and #28 Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State). The Mantanona/Flitz bout ended with a 17-12 score, so anytime there's a possibility of 30 points on the board, you've gotta run it back, right? The middle of a 2022 dual between these teams is loaded with action, highlighted by #4 Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) and #19 Willie McDougald (Oklahoma). #25 Princeton vs. Campbell WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 19-18 Campbell Early in the 2021-22 season, Campbell defeated Lehigh and battled tough against #20 Oregon State, so seeing WS pick a Campbell upset isn't too shocking. The Camels are probably better suited for duals opposed the Princeton, at this point. While this dual, looks like it would be fun to watch and exciting, there aren't too many battles between ranked foes as a possibility. The 184 lb bout between #24 Travis Stefanik (Princeton) and #26 Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) is the only one on tap. Even so, the last two bouts between #19 Luke Stout (Princeton) and Levi Hopkins/Chris Kober (Campbell) at 197 and #25 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) and Matt Cover (Princeton), could go either way. #21 Michigan State vs. #24 Pittsburgh WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 19-13 Michigan State You might not think so at first glance, but this dual could have some GIANT matches with big-time rankings implications on the lineup. First and foremost is at 133 lbs. #7 Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) against #10 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh). The two-time ACC champion, Philippi, is so defensively sound and a good scrambler, so he'll be a difficult matchup for anyone. Foley can put points on the board and is wrestling as well as any time in his career. Sign me up for this one. 157 lbs has a top-15 matchup with #16 Chase Saldate (Michigan State) and #18 Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh). Since moving to Pitt, Cleary has thrived and won the MatMen Open, while Saldate has excelled despite not having redshirted for the Spartans. These two met in dual competition last year, while Cleary was at Ohio State, and Saldate pitched a 4-0 shutout. At 197 lbs, we have the type of bout you could see in the NCAA quarters with returning runner-up #9 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) and former Big Ten champion #5 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State). Despite a slow start, Caffey has righted the ship and looks like a possible title contender for MSU. #18 Purdue vs. #23 Central Michigan WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 23-9 Purdue This potential dual seems to fit as both programs strike me as blue-collar, tough wrestlers that are products of good systems and coaching staffs. The bout-to-watch here is at 157 lbs with #12 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) and #17 Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan). Both are seeking their first podium berth; Coleman had his first chance wiped out in 2020 and was injured and defaulted out last year. Lovett had a relatively surprising run to the consi round of 16. This year, he's been much more consistent and just defeated a top-ten opponent in Will Lewan (Michigan). While CMU doesn't have anyone in the rankings from 165-197, those weights are all inhabited by experienced wrestlers that could make things rough for their counterparts from Purdue. #17 Northwestern vs. #22 Northern Iowa WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 17-17 So it's a tie and we must go to criteria for the right to wear black and purple! That checks out. Right off the bat, we have a good one at 125 lbs. It's a rematch of the 2021 NCAA Round of 16 between #12 Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) and #15 Brody Teske (Northern Iowa). Interestingly enough, at that time, DeAugustino was still seeded 12th, but was the underdog to Teske, who prevailed, 2-0. #16 Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) has quietly moved up the 133 lb rankings and makes a prospective bout with #9 Chris Cannon (Northwestern) interesting. The same can be said for 165 and 174 lbs. Though the Panthers boast ranked wrestlers at both weights (#16 Austin Yant and #19 Lance Runyon, respectively), both of Northwestern's unranked grapplers have past NCAA experience (David Ferrante and Troy Fisher). For that matter, 141 lbs could also be good as Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) has the look of a young guy that could breakout out at the conference tournament. Here he could shock #24 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa). #15 Rutgers vs. #20 Oregon State WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 19-12 Rutgers So if you're playing along at home, you'll see that the WrestleStat dual comparison feature gave #15 Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) a major decision over #12 Devan Turner (Oregon State) at 133 and unranked Robert Kanniard (Rutgers) the win at 157 against #15 Hunter Willits (Oregon State). With both of these squads being a force in duals, they match up really well. #13 Grant Willits (Oregon State) is fresh off handing Real Woods his first loss of the year (via fall) and would be looking to do the same to #3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers). After this week's rankings, the 184 lb contest between John Poznanski (Rutgers) and Trey Munoz (Oregon State) would be considered a top-ten affair, with Poz at nine and Munoz ten. Other ranked wrestlers set to tangle would be #14 Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) and #27 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) at 125, along with#15 Mike Van Brill (Rutgers) and #25 Cory Crooks (Oregon State) at 149. #14 Minnesota vs. #19 North Carolina WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 19-15 North Carolina A late-season injury to Brayton Lee (Minnesota) would have prevented the best match in this dual from happening at 157 lbs. He would have been slated to meet Austin O'Connor (North Carolina), who sat just behind him in the national rankings. In Lee's absence, O'Connor bumps up to #4. Without Lee/O'Connor, the best potential match of this dual takes place at 174 lbs with #8 Clay Lautt (North Carolina) and #18 Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota). Lautt ended his regular season by pinning four-time ACC champion Hayden Hidlay (NC State), while O'Reilly has assumed the starting role at this weight and been one of Minnesota's more consistent wrestlers. A pair of future stars could clash at 184 with Gavin Kane (North Carolina) and Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota). Kane recently defeated All-American Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech), while Salazar is still looking for that first, big signature win. #13 Nebraska vs. #16 Penn WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 28-8 Nebraska The "Jordan Burroughs Bowl." JB's alma mater and former training spot against his new one in the Pennsylvania RTC. Despite the lopsided final score, Penn has a very strong lineup that could make for plenty of interesting individual matches. At 141 with multiple-time All-American CJ Red (Nebraska) and MatMen Open finalist CJ Composto (Penn). If anyone follows the high school scene closely, 149 lbs should grab your fancy. #6 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) against #24 Anthony Artalona (Penn) is a Fargo-veteran's dream. Lovett is one of the most decorated wrestlers in "Fargo" history with ten total placings (3x Greco champ; two as a Junior). Artalona was a six-time placer and won a pair of Junior freestyle championships. Along with ranked matchups at 174, 184, and 285, there's a top-20 clash at 157 lbs between #11 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) and #19 Doug Zapf (Penn). #11 Arizona State vs. #12 Oklahoma State WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 18-16 Oklahoma State Despite the Cowboys being besieged with injuries down the stretch, WrestleStat still has Oklahoma State eeking out a win over Arizona State. While AJ Ferrari wasn't considered, it's likely that they couldn't take into consideration some of the OSU wrestlers that are banged up. Aside from those concerns, these two teams match up well. There would be three bouts between returning All-Americans in this dual. Fix/McGee at 133, Teemer/Sheets at 157, and Wittlake/Valencia at 165. Any or all of these are probably previews of the NCAA Tournament, at some point. Along with those All-Americans meeting, second-year #12 Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) gets NCAA runner-up #4 Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) at 125 and some exciting 149 lbers do battle with #7 Kyle Parco (Arizona State) and #13 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State). #7 Wisconsin vs. #9 Virginia Tech WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 16-15 Wisconsin This would have been the first meeting between these schools since 2012-13 and what a missed opportunity. The 149 lb bout could have been one of the best of the year. #5 Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) and #8 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) are two of the most electric wrestlers in the nation. Getting them on the same mat would be incredible. Either a 25-point shootout or the most exciting :25 second fall you've ever seen. If that isn't enough, returning All-Americans at 125 lbs with #6 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) and #18 Sam Latona (Virginia Tech). The two did not meet in St. Louis last season, but Latona outplaced the Badger. This year, Barnett is having an all-around better year, while Latona has come on of late. Virginia Tech's All-Americans at 174 and 184 lbs, #6 Mekhi Lewis and #14 Hunter Bolen, would be tasked with a pair of past NCAA Round of 12 finishers in #30 Andrew McNally and #27 Chris Weiler. The closing match is one that could use professional wrestling "Hair Match" stipulations. Both heavyweights, #12 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) and #14 Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech), have glorious locks that can be fashioned into man-buns. The winner likely propels his team to victory, while avoiding a haircut. #6 Ohio State vs. #10 Missouri WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 24-7 Missouri Wait, what? 24-7 in favor of Missouri. That's an interesting prognostication, to say the least. This dual is loaded with potential fun matchups, but it would be crazy to think that either team wins in a blowout. Look no further than 165 lbs for your marquee matchup. #2 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) and #4 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) are a combined 36-1 this year and are among the key title contenders at 165. It's not a stretch to think the pair could represent a possible NCAA finals match or maybe a semifinal. In most duals, we've highlighted the potential bouts between ranked wrestlers. Here, it's easier to pick out the ones without them. 133 lbs is the only of the dual to have neither combatant ranked, while Ohio State's 157 lber is currently not in the top-33. Everyone else in the dual is! 125, 174, and 285 look like the most competitive. The leadoff weight features #9 Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) and #17 Noah Surtin (Missouri) in a bout between two 125 lbers that have really stepped up their game this year. Although WS has projected a win by #11 Peyton Mocco (Missouri), #7 Ethan Smith (Ohio State) is the returning AA of the pair and hasn't lost to a non-All-American this year. Somehow heavyweight veterans #13 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) and #19 Zach Elam (Missouri) have never met. They have a ton of common opponents and have each qualified for nationals multiple times at this weight class. #3 Michigan vs. #5 Iowa State WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 23-9 Michigan We've got a red-hot Iowa State team facing a Michigan team that's one of the school's best in decades, perhaps ever. 141 lbs is interesting as predictions for this result may have shifted over the past few months. Three-time All-American and 2020 Olympian Stevan Micic (Michigan) is picked by WS and would have been considered an overwhelming favorite over Ian Parker (Iowa State) in the past. However, since his return, Micic has only gone 6-4. The Michigan native, Parker, hasn't been overly active this year, but does sport a record that includes wins in nine of ten matches. 157 lbs has a pair of age-group world champions in Junior (and NCAA) champion #1 David Carr (Iowa State) versus #10 Will Lewan (Michigan). It would be an interesting clash of styles. Lewan is usually able to shutdown his opponent's offense, while Carr has racked up bonus points in more than 70% of his matches this year. The two met in the NCAA Round of 16 last year and Carr was still able to post a 10-2 major decision. One of the most improved wrestlers for the Cyclones draws perhaps the best for Michigan at 184 lbs with #2 Myles Amine (Michigan) and #7 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State). Amine is a close loss to NCAA champion Aaron Brooks (Penn State) away from being undefeated this year, while Coleman has found a consistency not previously reached and owns wins over a pair of returning AA's. Perhaps the best match, from a viewing standpoint, would be the 197 lb bout. #7 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) and #11 Patrick Brucki (Michigan) could make for a fun match. Both have been in their own fair share of buzzer-beaters and late rallies. #2 Iowa vs. #8 Cornell WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 29-6 Iowa Back when the National Duals were "a thing," tensions ran high between these two schools as then-Cornell head coach took shots at Tom Brands when Iowa didn't compete one year. I'm sure with a Big Red alum at the helm in Mike Grey and the Brands' brothers still in Iowa City, there are some underlying tensions at play here. While Iowa is a clear-cut favorite here, there are still plenty of intriguing matches that could take place. First of all, at 125 lbs with All-American and Olympic Trials finalist, Vito Arujau, facing off with one of the nation's best freshmen in Drake Ayala. Plenty of action from both parties would be expected. At 165/174/197/285, Iowa has returning All-Americans (Alex Marinelli, Michael Kemerer, Jacob Warner, Tony Cassioppi), against talented Cornell wrestlers that haven't had the opportunity to wrestle at nationals yet (Julian Ramirez, Chris Foca, Jacob Cardenas, Lewis Fernandes). In the heat of a dual meet, you may see Cornell pull one of these upsets. WS has #13 Jonathan Loew (Cornell) falling to #20 Abe Assad (Iowa), so there's another possible win for Cornell, which was given in the prediction. Another quality, top-ten matchup in this dual is #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) against #10 Max Murin (Iowa). Yianni has never wrestled an Iowa wrestler in collegiate competition. I'd expect a low-scoring bout between him and Murin. #1 Penn State vs. #4 NC State WrestleStat Dual Prediction: 21-12 Penn State NC State wrestled Iowa to a barnburner at the Collegiate Duals in December. They have the potential to at least make things interesting with Penn State, if all goes their way. The two biggest matches for this dual would involve the Hidlay brothers and Penn State's returning national champions at 174 and 184. At 184, it would be an NCAA finals rematch between Aaron Brooks (Penn State) and Trent Hidlay. Brooks has generally been head-and-shoulders above most of his competition, but barely got by Hidlay. Trent's older brother, Hayden, has moved up two weight classes and proven he can be a title contender. On Sunday night, Hidlay got by 2019 national champion, Mekhi Lewis, in sudden victory. Breaking down the rest of this dual, NC State is a favorite, on paper, at 149 with Tariq Wilson (NC State) against Beau Bartlett (Penn State), 157 with Ed Scott (NC State) and Brady Berge (Penn State), and 165 Daniel Bullard (NC State) and Creighton Edsell (Penn State). We could consider Penn State slight favorites at 125 with Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State)/Jakob Camacho (NC State) and 197 Max Dean (Penn State)/Isaac Trumble (NC State). So, NC State could make it a dual with wins where they're favored, one of the headliners, and maybe one of the slight favorites. Not as has been the case with Penn State over the last decade; bonus points will be a factor. Roman Bravo Young, Nick Lee, and Greg Kerkvliet all have matches where at least a major decision is in play.

Lindenwood's 2021 NCAA DII national champion Abner Romero (photo courtesy of Lindenwood athletics) St. Charles, Mo. - On Wednesday, Lindenwood University officially accepted an invitation to join the Ohio Valley Conference starting in the fall of 2022. Lindenwood, which sponsors all 18 of the OVC's championship sports, will become official members on July 1, 2022. Lindenwood marks only the 24th full-time member in the 74-year history of the Ohio Valley Conference. The Ohio Valley Conference is adding Lindenwood as the 10th full-time member for the 2022-23 school year. Lindenwood will join University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Eastern Illinois University, Morehead State University, Southeast Missouri State University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, University of Southern Indiana, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University and the University of Tennessee at Martin as OVC full member institutions. "We are delighted to add Lindenwood University as the 10th member of the OVC for the 2022-23 academic year," said OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche. "President Porter's vision for the future of the institution, along with Lindenwood's commitment to success, its geographic alignment with the OVC and its sports offerings, including football, and our shared philosophy and values make them a great fit for the Conference. We are excited to welcome Lindenwood to our OVC community." Lindenwood is set to begin its reclassification process to the NCAA Division I level during the 2022-23 academic year. The Lions will be included in OVC regular season schedules and be eligible to compete in OVC Championships. Eligibility for Lindenwood to earn automatic bids to NCAA Championships begins in 2026-27, its first full season of full Division I membership. "Lindenwood is thrilled to join the Ohio Valley Conference as we apply to transition to NCAA Division I. This opportunity will elevate our entire university and provide championship-level experiences our student athletes deserve," Lindenwood President Dr. John Porter said. "A move to NCAA Division I athletics and membership in the OVC enhances our Lindenwood University community in many ways and aligns with our strategic plan– it will drive enrollment, enhance university visibility, and generate revenue. We are eager to begin competition at this next level and look forward to welcoming OVC member schools to our campus beginning this fall." Lindenwood became a full NCAA Division II member during the 2013-14 school year. As one of the largest athletic departments in the country, Lindenwood supports 29 sports at the NCAA level. With a student-athlete population exceeding 1,400 at Lindenwood, more than 700 compete in an NCAA sport. Lindenwood has an overall enrollment of just north of 7,000 students from all across the world. Since joining the NCAA, Lindenwood has won four National Championships, with the most recent being the 2021 Women's Lacrosse team. In 2017, Lindenwood ranked sixth in the NCAA Directors' Cup, which included five team conference titles. In the NCAA era, Lindenwood has claimed three regional championships, 31 conference titles, and eight conference tournament championships. Lindenwood has garnered 13 individual national champions at the NCAA level. In addition to the individual achievement, six student-athlete have earned the NCAA Elite 90 Award for academic and athletic success throughout the season. Lindenwood's NCAA sport programs have combined for a 3.0 GPA or higher since the start of the 2013-14 school year. Lindenwood has been the site of many significant events during its time in the NCAA. The Lions will are set to host the 2022 NCAA Division II Women's Lacrosse National Championship in May. Lindenwood has put on numerous regional championships at three different facilities on campus. Lindenwood was selected to host the 2020 NCAA Division II National Championship Festival, which would have featured five national championship, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Today is an exciting day in the history of Lindenwood University," said Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Brad Wachler. "Over the last 10 years at the NCAA Division II level, we were fortunate to find great success on and off the field of play. We are now prepared more than ever to make the transition to the highest level of college sports. We are thankful for the Ohio Valley Conference's partnership and look forward to working together to elevate the student-athlete experience." Founded in 1948, the OVC is headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn. and been located in the Nashville metropolitan area since 1979. Over the past seven years OVC teams have placed multiple teams in NCAA Championship fields in baseball, men's basketball, football and rifle. Additionally, over that time frame OVC teams have won NCAA Tournament games in the sports of baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, football, soccer, softball and volleyball. Over that period the league has also had both a male and female golf student-athlete advance to the National Championship and in the sport of cross country had at least one athlete advance to the National Championship meet in each of the past 13 years. Since 2018 the league has hosted its Men's and Women's Basketball Championship at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, including setting attendance records in 2019. Additionally, the OVC hosts neutral site championships in the sports of baseball, softball, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's golf and men's and women's tennis. During the 2020-21 academic year, a record 1,718 student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for achieving a 3.25 grade point average or higher, while a record 356 earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for compiling a perfect 4.0 GPA. About the Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference was founded in 1948 and is in its seventh decade of competition, making it the eighth-oldest Division I athletic conference. Now in its 74th year, OVC teams have garnered national championships in football along with national team or individual titles in the sports of rifle, cross country, track and golf. Over the past seven years the league has placed multiple teams in NCAA Championship fields in the sports baseball, men's basketball, football and rifle. In the 1950s the OVC became a pioneer when Morehead State became one of the first non-traditionally Black mid-southern institutions to accept an African American student. Soon after the passing of Title IX legislation, the OVC began formulating plans for women's athletics which began in 1977. The OVC has long been a national leader in sportsmanship and in 1995 implemented a first-of-its-kind Sportsmanship Statement, a policy that promotes principals of fair play, ethical conduct and respect for one's opponent. The OVC has a multi-year media rights agreement with ESPN and well as a sponsorship agreement with LEARFIELD. For more information, visit www.OVCSports.com.

Northern Illinois' 125 lber Bryce West (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Bloomsburg: On Sunday, the Huskies topped Edinboro 29-14. Six wrestlers had their hands raised, helping to secure a 15 point victory. Bronson Garber (125) pinned Chris Merlo in 5:34. Up a weight, Cole Rhone also won via fall over Cameron Soda in 6:22. Josh Mason (141) won by a 9-0 major decision over Jackie Gold. Cade Balestrini (149) cruised by with a fall over Sully Allen in 2:27. Alex Carida (157) defeated PJ Gohn by a 12-1 major decision. Shane Noonan (HWT) won by a nail-biting 3-2 decision over Max Millin. Buffalo: The Bulls won big over conference opponent, Ohio University, 24-9. Eight wrestlers came out on top, ending their regular season with a win. Derek Spann (133) defeated Gio DiSabato by a 6-4 decision. Ben Freeman (141) won by a 10-2 major decision over Aidan Waszak. John Arceri (149) topped Alec Hagan by a close 3-2 decision. Michael Petite (157) pulled a slight upset of #27 Jordan Slivka with a 4-3 decision. Noah Grover (165) won big over Sean O'Dwyer, 8-2. Peter Acciardi (184) defeated Logan Stanley by a 5-2 decision. Sam Mitchell (197) battled tough and topped Carson Brewer by a 6-5 decision. Toby Cahill (HWT) sealed the deal by defeating Jordan Greer 8-1. Central Michigan: On Friday, the Chippewas lost a hard-fought battle to in-state rival Michigan State 19-17. Five Chippewas won their matches. Dresden Simon (141) defeated Matt Santos by a decision of 7-3. Corbyn Munson (149) picked up a huge win against Peyton Omania by a decision of 9-5. Tracy Hubbard (165) topped Caleb Fish by a close 6-4 decision. Bret Fedewa (174) had a solid win over Nate Jimenez by a decision of 7-1. Matt Stencel (HWT) closed out the match in dominant fashion by pinning Brad Wilton in 5:43. Cleveland State: Over the weekend, the Vikings defeated George Mason 22-15. Six Vikings were victorious. Jake Manley (133) topped Michael Rapuano by an 11-6 decision. Marcus Robinson (149) won big over Shawn Nonaka by a 10-1 major decision. Riley Smucker (165) posted a 6-1 decision over Tyler Kocak. DeAndre Nassar (184) defeated Kyle Davis by a decision of 5-3. Ben Smith (197) held on for a 5-4 decision over Jon List. Daniel Bucknavich (HWT) went out big by pinning Ali Salem in 3:06. Clarion: The Eagles battled hard against Edinboro, topping the Fighting Scots 26-11. Seven Eagles defeated their Edinboro counterparts, helping to secure a 15 point victory. Joey Fischer (125) started out strong against Chris Merlo, winning by a 10-1 major decision. Alex Blake (133) downed Cameron Soda by a 5-3 decision. Brent Moore (149) returned to the mat with a vengeance, pinning Ryan Burgos in :26. Kyle Schickel (157) won by a decision of 11-4 over PJ Gohn. Kolby Ho (165) eased over Dylan Kohn with an 8-3 decision. John Worthing (174) won big against Joey Arnold by securing an 11-0 major decision. Tyler Bagley (HWT) sealed the deal by shutting out Max Millin 5-0. Edinboro: Over the weekend, the Fighting Scots came up short against Clarion, 26-11, and Bloomsburg 29-14. Two wrestlers had standout performances. Ethan Ducca (184) topped Max Wohlabaugh of Clarion 4-2 in sudden victory and Bruno Stolfi of Bloomsburg by an 8-4 decision. Cody Mulligan (197) dominated Brett Wittmann with a technical fall 17-1, and David Tuttle of Bloomsburg by a 10-2 major decision. George Mason: The Patriots fell short to Cleveland State 22-15. Four Patriots had their hands raised. Ben Monn (125) won big over Logan Heil by a 7-1 decision. Kaden Caddisy (141) defeated Hunter Olson by a 15-0 technical fall. Avery Bassett (157) topped Joey Caprella by an 8-0 major decision. Logan Messer (174) triumphed over Anthony Rice by a 7-1 decision. Kent State: On Friday, the Golden Flashes defeated SIU-Edwardsville 29-12. Seven wrestlers defeated their opponents, helping to secure a 17-point win. Jake Ferri (125) came out strong against Austin Macias, winning by a 19-3 technical fall. Louis Newell (141) won by forfeit. Kody Komara (149) won 3-1 in sudden victory over Caleb Tyus. Robert Pryhocki (157) pinned Max Kristoff in 3:25. Brady Chrisman (165) won with a 4-2 decision over Cardeionte Wilson. Colin McCracken (184) downed Sergio Villalobos by a 4-1 decision. Tyler Bates (197) was victorious in extra time over Austin Andres, 3-1. Northern Illinois: On Sunday, the Huskies crushed SIU-Edwardsville 35-3. Nine Huskies had solid wins over their conference opponents. Bryce West (125) topped Austin Macias 5-2. Twin brother Drew West (133) had a 15-1 major decision over Aaron Schulist. Javion Jones (141) won by forfeit. Anthony Cheloni (149) triumphed over Caleb Tyus by an 8-4 decision. Anthony Gibson (157) won by a 14-2 major decision over Max Kristoff. Izzak Olejnik (165) had a solid 7-2 win over Cardeionte Wilson. Mason Kauffman (174) won by a 7-4 decision over Kevin Gschwendtner. Brit Wilson (184) came out strong, pinning Sergio Villalobos in 3:45. Terrese Aaron (HWT) closed out the match by defeating Colton McKiernan 4-2. Ohio: This weekend, the Bobcats lost to Buffalo 24-9. Two wrestlers secured a win. Oscar Sanchez (125) defeated Tristan Daugherty in sudden victory 3-1. Sal Perrine (174) won over Jake Lanning by disqualification. Rider: The Broncs fell short to Drexel 23-17. Four Broncs defeated their opponents. Richie Koehler (133) won by a 3-1 decision over Jaxon Maroney. Quinn Kinner (141) had a huge win over Jared Donahue, winning by a 15-0 technical fall. Matt Correnti (197) topped Santino Morina by an 8-2 decision. David Szuba (HWT) went out big by pinning Eli Anthony in 1:07. Rider closed their regular season with a 45-0 loss against top-ranked Penn State. At 141 lbs, Kinner held strong against defending champion Nick Lee and limited him to a 6-3 win. SIU Edwardsville: The Cougars fell short to Kent State 29-12 and Northern Illinois 35-3. Four Cougars added a win to their record. Matt Malavsky (133) won by forfeit. Kevin Gschwendtner (174) defeated Michael Ferree of Kent State by an 11-9 decision. Colton McKiernan (HWT) blanked Jacob Cover of Kent State with a 3-0 decision. Austin Andres' 4-1 win at 197, over Tristen Gauman of Northern Illinois, accounted for the Cougars lone win against NIU.

Oklahoma State 149 lber Kaden Gfeller (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Wednesday 02/16 Iowa State DEF Missouri 17-16 Thursday 02/17 Missouri DEF Northern Iowa 24-10 Friday 02/18 Wyoming DEF West Virginia 25-11 Oklahoma State DEF Bucknell 32-6 Sunday 02/20 Oklahoma State DEF Oklahoma 18-16 South Dakota State DEF North Dakota State 32-3 Northern Colorado DEF Air Force 19-18 Last Chance Open at Iowa State Bedlam and Iowa State-Missouri go down to the wire Two great duals between a few of the top programs in the conference. Missouri-Iowa State was a bit of a defacto battle for the top spot heading into the Big 12 tournament. These teams scrapped. There were upsets on both sides and ultimately a sudden victory win for Iowa State's Yonger Bastida at 197 put things over the top for the Cyclones. Not to be outdone, last year's Big 12 co-champions also put on quite the show. Oklahoma State came in missing a few of their top guys with All-American's Wyatt Sheets (157) and Travis Wittlake (165) both last-minute scratches from the dual. An upset for Luke Surber at heavyweight and bonus-point wins from Carter Young, Daton Fix, and Kaden Gfeller ultimately gave the Cowboys the win over their Bedlam rival Oklahoma. Northern Colorado edges out Air Force A good closeout to the dual season for Northern Colorado. Big win over their in-state rival Air Force brings them to a .500 dual record and gives them their second conference win of the season. A bonus point win for Boo Alirez ultimately was the difference maker.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - DC Public Schools (DCPS) in partnership with Wrestling to Beat The Streets DC (BTSDC) announced today the return of public high school wrestling in the District after 30 years through the launch of eight varsity high school wrestling programs for the inaugural season this winter. "I'm excited to announce the incorporation of high school varsity wrestling to our athletic program," said Chancellor Lewis Ferebee. "The sport of wrestling will help build our students confidence, discipline and a strong work ethic that will go long way in and out of the classroom. We're thankful for partners like Wrestling to Beat the Streets DC who have a proven track record of developing young adults through the sport of wrestling." This pilot season of varsity wrestling will begin on March 7, 2022, with six weeks of practices for experienced wrestlers and newcomers, with the season culminating with two weeks of competition. Although no DCIAA Champion will be crowned this season, next year, varsity wrestling will have a full season ending with a championship meet. The eight schools who will be participating during the pilot season are: Anacostia, Ballou, Bell, Cardozo, Dunbar, Roosevelt, Wilson, and H.D. Woodson high schools. Wrestling to Beat the Streets DC is a nonprofit youth development organization that believes in the power of wrestling to empower students in underserved communities. With the launch of these new programs, BTSDC will assist in recruiting and training new coaches, as well as staging wrestling clinics for the student athletes. In addition, BTSDC will provide each of the schools with start-up equipment such as wrestling mats, uniforms, headgear, and shoes. "Wrestling is a sport of inclusiveness. Student athletes can participate in the sport regardless of their height, weight, race, or gender," said BTSDC Executive Director Geary FitzPatrick. "We are grateful for the opportunity to impact the lives of so many student athletes and look forward to expanding our programming in years to come with the support of DC Public Schools." For more information on this upcoming varsity wrestling season, visit thedciaa.com. To find out more about how you can get involved in supporting our partners with this new initiative, please visit BeatTheStreetsDC.com

Oregon State 141 lber Grant Willits (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) A fortnight has passed since we last checked in on the Pac-12 Conference here at InterMat – and not for lack of notable activity among the six conference teams. As high school coaches around the country (self-included) prepared their young student-athletes for the postseason stretch towards “State” (or “States” for the multi-divisional members of the Union), the Pac-12 teams completed the remainder of their regular-season dual schedule. Final Pac-12 Season Dual Standings (As of 2/21/2022) 1. #10 Arizona State (9-4, 5-0 conference) 2. #20 Oregon State (8-3, 4-1) 3. Stanford (5-4, 3-2) 4. Cal Poly (4-3, 2-3) T5. CSU Bakersfield (2-10, 0-4) T5. Little Rock (1-13, 0-4) Arizona State Completes Sweep of Conference, Splits Against #10 Missouri and Lehigh Entering February, the then #7-ranked Sun Devils had just narrowly prevailed over then #21 Oregon State, 20-17, with Stanford and Little Rock remaining on their conference-dual schedule. A strong effort turned in a decisive 25-15 victory over Stanford on February 4th, highlighted by key victories over ranked Cardinal wrestlers. #4 Michael McGee (133) unleashed a technical fall on then-#29 Jackson DiSario, terminating the match early in under three-and-a-half minutes, 16-1. #9 Kyle Parco separated himself from fellow All-American, #12 Jaden Abas with an 11-3 major decision at 149lbs, scoring three takedowns to none on Abas. The Cardinal had their standouts, too, as #3 Shane Griffith outlasted #8 Anthony Valencia, 7-6, at 165lbs, while unranked 197lber Nick Stemmet (who has spent time in the national rankings) managed to hold #10 Kordell Norfleet to an 8-5 decision. With the Cardinal dispatched, the Sun Devils moved on to their final conference dual, at Little Rock. Despite forfeiting at 165lbs, the Arizona State squad used four major decisions and two technical falls to separate themselves, 29-12, over Little Rock and complete their conference sweep on February 6th. Upon return to Tempe, they prepared to host the #10 Missouri Tigers on February 12th and the Lehigh Mountain Hawks the following week, at home. If the then #6 Sun Devils needed a reality check, after seizing the conference dual-trophy, they found it in Missouri. Splitting the dual down the middle at five matches apiece, the Tigers left Tempe with the 19-14 dual-victory after #2 Keegan O'Toole pinned #7 Anthony Valencia at 165lbs, followed immediately after by a technical fall at 174lbs when #13 Peyton Mocco put up a 21-6 score on unranked Zane Coleman. Another important victory for the Tigers was a 4-2 decision by #8 Rocky Elam over #10 Kordell Norfleet at 197. Winners of ranked matchups for the Sun Devils were #4 Brandon Courtney (125), 10-5 over #17 Noah Surtin; #7 Kyle Parco (149), 3-2 over #22 Josh Edmond; #3 Jacori Teemer (157), 3-1 SV1 over #21 Jarret Jacques; and #2 Cohlton Schultz (285), 8-1 over #19 Zach Elam. On February 19th, in their final event before hosting the Pac-12 Championships on March 6th, the #10 Sun Devils squared off against a salty Lehigh squad, and needed a tremendous effort from #2 Cohlton Schultz to prevail, 21-17, and finish the regular season with a victory. Before it all came down to heavyweight, #7 Kyle Parco earned another ranked win with a 5-2 decision over #26 Max Brignola at 149lbs. #3 Jacori Teemer followed up at 157lbs with an 8-5 decision over #6 Josh Humphreys. Lehigh struck back at 165lbs, when #25 Brian Meyer upset #8 Anthony Valencia, 6-1, scoring two takedowns to none. Entering heavyweight, Arizona State held an 18-17 lead, with #2 Schultz remaining to face a fellow All-American in #7 Jordan Wood. After trading escapes in regulation, Schultz and Wood continued into the first-round of tiebreakers. In the second period of tiebreaker-1, an escape, takedown, and short-time rideout was the difference for Schultz, as he defeated a game Wood, 4-2 TB1, to secure the dual meet victory. Oregon State and Stanford both Sweep Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield, Battle for 2nd Both the Oregon State Beavers and Stanford Cardinal solidified their claims to second-place in the conference dual-standings, having defeated Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield (Oregon State prevailing 21-10 and 36-4, respectively, while Stanford managed 23-14 and 20-17 duals over the Mustangs and Roadrunners). The results set up a winner-takes-runner-up dual between the Beavers and Cardinal, on February 20th in Palo Alto. The visiting, #20 Beavers left little doubt, taking seven of ten matches to defeat Stanford, 30-9. The dual went mostly chalk, with Stanford earning wins at 197 (unranked Nick Stemmet over Ryan Reyes via 6-2 decision), 149 (#12 Jaden Abas 9-4 over #25 Cory Crooks), and 165 (#3 Shane Griffith 6-1 over unranked Matthew Olguin). Oregon State's #12-ranked 133lber Devan Turner prevailed over #33 Jackson DiSario, 5-1, setting the stage for #13-ranked 141lber Grant Willits. Trailing 1-0 in the second period, Willits found himself on a leg as then-#4 Real Woods aimed to funk the position to score his own points. Willits, however, attacked the position and stacked Woods up, earning a sudden neutral fall to upset the Cardinal All-American. At 174lbs, #27 Mateo Olmos defeated #33 Tyler Eischens, 6-4. An interesting note is that Ryan Reyes would flip the result of his bout with Nick Stemmet in extra matches, defeating the Cardinal 7-6 in a non-scoring bout. Cal Poly Undefeated in Home Tri-Meet with Air Force, CSU Bakersfield In between their aforementioned dual-defeats to Oregon State on February 4th and Stanford on February 19th, the Mustangs hosted a successful home event on February 13th, defeating Air Force, 27-18, and CSU Bakersfield, 21-18. Against Air Force, the Mustangs took six of ten bouts, using a major at 197lbs by Trent Tracy, a technical fall at 165lbs by #1 Evan Wick, and a fall at 149lbs by #16 Legend Lamer to offset an individual upset at 174lbs and a fall for the Falcons at heavyweight. At 174lbs, #30 Sam Wolf upset #13 Adam Kemp in sudden-victory, 3-1. The other ranked individual from Air Force, #6 Wyatt Hendrickson, earned a first-period fall over Cal Poly's Sam Aguilar. Against CSU Bakersfield, Cal Poly and the Roadrunners split the dual, five matches apiece, with Mustang bonus points making the difference. The five ranked Mustangs each earned victories, with #16 Legend Lamer's (149) 11-6 decision the only non-bonus point victory. #29 Antonio Lorenzo opened the dual with a 12-4 major over Eddie Flores at 125lbs, before the Mustangs conceded an injury default to Bakersfield's #23-ranked 133lber Chance Rich. #31 Lawrence Saenz (141) earned an 11-2 major over Louie Ramos, while #1 Evan Wick (165) and #5 Bernie Truax (184) each earned technical falls. Urias Leads Roadrunners into Postseason The CSU Bakersfield Roadrunner narrowly defeated transitioning-to-Division 1 Cal Baptist, 20-19, to open the month of February. The remainder of the month, however, was brutal for the Roadrunners, as they suffered dual meet defeats to Stanford (20-17), Air Force (25-9), Cal Poly (21-18), and Oregon State (36-4). A bright spot in the line-up has been 174lber Albert Urias, who has earned himself a place in the national rankings, yet again. At the time unranked, Urias earned a major over Cal Baptist's Johann Steinforth, before upsetting Stanford's #29 Tyler Eischens with a 10-8 sudden-victory performance on February 10th. Urias followed that performance up with another ranked, overtime victory, this time an 8-6 SV1 win over #30 Sam Wolf (Air Force). A 3-2 decision over Cal Poly's Nathan Tausch kept the momentum going for Urias going into his final bout of the regular season against Oregon State. Squaring off against #27 Mateo Olmos, #31 Urias nearly forced overtime again, but Olmos was able to secure a short-time takedown to halt Urias, 6-4. Returning NCAA Round of 12 Chance Rich has waxed and waned in the month of February. Entering the month ranked #14 at 133lbs, Rich dropped a 4-2 SV1 match to Cal Baptist's Hunter Leake, before rebounding with a ranked win over #31 Jackson DiSario (Stanford), 9-4. However, Rich would slip again, losing 3-2 to Air Force's Sidney Flores. Rich did not take the mat against Oregon State. Fellow NCAA Qualifier Angelo Martinoni (141) has been rather inactive, taking the mat only against Stanford in February, losing a 14-3 major to #5 Real Woods. Of note, senior 149lber Josh Brown took advantage of a mismatch in his final appearance as a Roadrunner, earning a 19-4 technical fall over Oregon State non-starter Jason Shaner to protect his team from a shutout against the Beavers. Little Rock Endures Final Duals, Individuals Prevent Shutouts The young Trojan team endured four lopsided dual-meet defeats in the first two weekends of February, losing to Oklahoma (37-3), #7 Arizona State (29-12), North Dakota State (30-9), and South Dakota State (43-3). Tyler Brennan (165) earned a 12-0 major decision over Troy Mantanona (Oklahoma) to prevent a shutout. Brennan would go on to receive a forfeit against Arizona State. Conner Ward (141) defeated Mykey Ramos, 5-2, and Triston Wills (174) defeated Zane Coleman, 8-1, as Little Rock weathered the high-powered Sun Devil squad. Joseph Bianchi (149) earned back-to-back decisions during the Dakota trip, preventing a shutout against South Dakota State with his efforts. Also winning at North Dakota State were Josiah Hill (285) and Jayden Carson (125), who each earned decisions. The Trojans are in the middle of a three-week hiatus from competition as they prepare for their run at the Pac-12 tournament.

Daton Fix (left) and Austin DeSanto (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Rivalries were front and center this past weekend as the regular season for DI wrestling wound down in style. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State did battle in their second Bedlam dual. Their first included a skirmish in the post-match handshake line. NC State hosted Virginia Tech in a top-ten, non-conference dual between conference opponents. Non-conference because Virginia Tech did not make the trip earlier in the year after an unfortunate run of Covid-related issues. Fans from both sides almost demanded the match and coaches from both schools agreed. So what makes a good rivalry and what are some of the best? We've broken down eight current rivalries, some you may expect to see on the list, others that will surprise you. To judge these rivalries, we've created six rivalry-related criteria below. Each rivalry will get a score, between one and ten, based on how their rivalry stacks up. Wrestling Rivalry Criteria 1. Either a geographical or conference tie 2. Recruiting battles. Do the coaching staff's fight for the same kids? 3. Competitiveness. Are the matches close? Is there a question who will win? Does one team normally dominate? 4. National Significance. The results should have an impact on national/team rankings 5. Fan Involvement. There has to be animosity between the fanbases 6. History. It's one thing to have a heated dual meet, but do these teams have a long track record of competing against each other. Appalachian State vs. Campbell Criteria 1: 10/10. Both schools are in the SoCon and separated by about three hours. Criteria 2: 6/10. Campbell has generally recruited on a very national basis, moreso than Appalachian State. Even so, there are plenty of under-the-radar NC kids that both parties seek out. Criteria 3: 9/10. Since Kolat's arrival and under his successor, Scotti Sentes, Campbell has taken three of eight duals. Appalachian State won the first four, before the Camels reeled off three-in-a-row. Appalachian State retook a hold of the SoCon regular-season crown this season with a 19-13 win last weekend. You can almost guarantee that their duals will come down to the final bout. Campbell's seven-point win in 2020 represented the “largest” margin of victory by either squad since 2016. Criteria 4: 5/10. Both teams have a few wrestlers vying for the podium annually. They both are currently just outside of the top-25 for duals. Criteria 5: 8/10. Since both are relatively small schools, they don't have the widespread alumni base, like other schools on this list, but they aren't shy about their disdain for the other school. Criteria 6: 6/10. Appalachian State and Campbell have competed against each other since 1974, but did not meet between 1980-1990. There were also a few years in the early 2000's where they did not meet as Campbell was not in the SoCon yet. This is one that has really taken off over the last decade. Since Campbell made the huge splash and hired Cary Kolat in the spring of 2014, the Campbell program has been on a steep upward trajectory. Total Score: 44 Army West Point vs. Navy Criteria 1: 10/10. This whole rivalry probably deserves a story and a rating of its own, because it's not like any other on this list. The distance between West Point, New York and Annapolis, Maryland (150 miles) is largely irrelevant based on the other ways these schools are tied together. Both are services academies and whenever they meet, regardless of the sport, it's the biggest, most significant match/game on their calendar. Criteria 2: 5/10. While Army and Navy are chasing similar types of recruits, those looking to serve their country, first and foremost. That can eliminate some of the upper-echelon high schoolers who are focused on NCAA and international wrestling stardom. So it's a different “type” of recruiting going on, between the schools. Under their current coaches, both have elevated their recruiting game, in terms of the pre-collegiate wrestling accomplishments, while non compromising on the academic/intangible end. Criteria 3: 6/10. Of late, these duals have been highly competitive and went back-and-forth. However, in the big picture, Navy has dominated the series 51-10-5. Army West Point has excelled under Kevin Ward, defeating Navy in four of his first five years. The first two seasons under Cary Kolat's tutelage, the Midshipmen have come out victorious. Criteria 4: 4/10. Expect this dual to continue to have more relevance nationally as high-caliber recruits continue to commit to both programs. Aside from the 2020 campaign, Navy's last NCAA All-American came in 2016, while Army's was in 2008. That isn't to say there aren't quality wrestlers on both sides, but again, not at the caliber of the other schools on this list. Criteria 5: 10/10. Army head coach Kevin Ward once told me that this is a match where, “if you win, you'll find dozens of congratulatory emails from non-wrestling alums, you've never talked to before.” Army also has a “Beat Navy” tunnel on-campus that lists the year's where each team has defeated Navy in their respective sport. At either school, even a bad season isn't “that bad” if they beat the other academy. This rivalry even has a name, the “Star Match.” Criteria 6: 10/10. The Army/Navy match has a rich history dating back to 1957. Something tells me that this one will never drop off the schedule. Total Score: 45 Iowa vs. Iowa State Criteria 1: 10/10. Though these two are not in the same conference, they are only separated by about two hours. The coaching staffs for both schools have always made it a priority to keep the other on the schedule. Criteria 2: 6/10. This is kind of nuanced. Within the last five years or so, Iowa had been recruiting more outside of the state. Hence their five starters from Pennsylvania on the 2021 national title-winning team. Iowa State gets its fair share of kids outside of the state boundaries, too. Only three of their ten current starters are homegrown. Now, with a great crop of high schoolers from Iowa in the Class of 2022 and 2023, the Hawkeyes have flexed their muscles, a bit with 11 in-state commitments this fall. We'll settle for “not as much as one may expect” when it comes to recruiting battles. Criteria 3: 5/10. Overall, this is a series that has been dominated by the Hawkeyes to the tune of 16-65-3. Iowa State's last win over Iowa came in the 2004-05 season. The 2018-19 dual between these rivals was excellent, but the only one that went down to the final bout since 2009-10. Since then, the Cyclones have been held under ten team points on eight occasions. Hopefully, with a great season by Iowa State, the competitiveness in this rivalry is on an upswing. Criteria 4: 7/10. Throughout history, this has been a rivalry between college wrestling superpowers. The teams have combined to win 32 NCAA team titles (24 for Iowa; 8 for Iowa State). David Carr's 2021 NCAA title was only the third for an Iowa State wrestler since 2011. Once again, that number could rise in the near future and help enhance this series. Criteria 5: 10/10. It's safe to say this is a ten; however, some Iowa fans may downplay the significance of the rivalry because of the lack of competitive duals in the last decade-plus. Criteria 6: 10/10. While the history of this dual can be traced back to 1916, Iowa and Iowa State have been regular sparring partners since the mid-1970's. Some of the most legendary figures in the sport have competed in this dual (Dan Gable, Cael Sanderson, Tom Brands, Kevin Jackson, Spencer Lee, etc.). Total Score: 48 Cornell vs. Lehigh Criteria 1: 9/10. Only three and a half hours separate EIWA rivals Cornell and Lehigh, two schools located in neighboring states. The two are wrestling rivals, but in different conferences for other sports. The Ivy League for Cornell and the Patriot League for Lehigh. Criteria 2: 8/10. Despite Cornell being an Ivy, Lehigh has academics that are nearly on par with the Ivies. That can lead to some recruiting battles. Since Cornell has the Ivy title associated with them, they are more likely to recruit on a national level. Being located in one of the best hotbeds for wrestling in the country, Lehigh doesn't necessarily “have” to look very far for quality recruits. Criteria 3: 10/10. It's an overused cliche, but you can “throw out the record books” when these two teams take the mat. Look no further than early January when a 5-4 Lehigh team knocked off then-eighth-ranked Cornell. In fact, Lehigh has now won three straight duals against Cornell, which may come as a surprise to some. Both squads have combined to win every EIWA Championship title since 2001. Lehigh with nine (including the last four) and Cornell with 11 straight between 2007-2017. Criteria 4: 6/10. Since the early-2000's, Cornell has been a perennial top-ten team and is a regular team trophy threat. 2021 marked only the second time since 2004-05 that Cornell missed out on finishing in the top-ten at nationals. Their highwater mark was back-to-back national runner-up finishes in 2010 and 12. Lehigh hadn't seen that same level of success since 2000-06, when they collected two team trophies and missed the top-ten only once. While both programs have highlights individually and as a team, combined, they don't stack up recently in comparison to others on this list. Criteria 5: 8/10. If you weren't a part of this rivalry, you may have forgotten that these schools took a break from competing against one another in 2006-07 and 2007-08, because the rivalry was getting too heated. At least, between the two fanbases. That's a unique situation! Since then, it hasn't been quite as tense, but still one of the best to follow. Criteria 6: 9/10. Cornell and Lehigh have a rivalry that dates back to 1910! They've met 99 times, with Lehigh holding the advantage 63-33-3. As their dual record indicates, Lehigh has been more consistent throughout the history of their clashes, while Cornell has emerged dramatically over the past two decades. Total Score: 50 Iowa vs. Penn State Criteria 1: 5/10. 770+ miles, 12 hours via car, and three full states separate Iowa and Penn State. They are both members of the Big Ten; however, due to the size of the conference, they do not always meet in dual competition. Criteria 2: 9/10. The only thing that prevents this from being a 10/10 is the fact that the personality of each head coach and draws certain types of kids. Some may be better suited towards Iowa and gravitate toward Brands. All that being said, both are typically in the hunt for the brightest young superstars. Criteria 3: 9/10. Since Cael Sanderson arrived in Happy Valley, the dual results have favored the Nittany Lions, ever-so-slightly. Five matches to four. Though some final dual scores appear to be lopsided, they typically fell into the category of “closer than the score indicates.” Criteria 4: 10/10. Seeing how Penn State and Iowa have combined to win all but two NCAA team titles since Tom Brands was named Iowa head coach for the 2006-07 season, I'd say their duals have a bit of significance. Last year, two weight classes had Iowa and Penn State wrestlers meet for an NCAA title (along with the Big Ten too). Criteria 5: 10/10. Whenever these two teams renew their rivalry, it tends to be the most coveted dual ticket available. This year is no different as over 16,000 packed into Carver-Hawkeye Arena. If you don't believe this deserves a “10”, check out both teams' message boards. Criteria 6: 8/10. The 1992-93 season was Penn State's first in the Big Ten, but it took until Sanderson took over for Penn State to emerge as a consistent conference and national title threat for Iowa. 30 years of competition is very significant, but still not as long as some of the others; however, the quality of the meets/tournaments involving both schools since, is enough to make up for it. Total Score: 51 NC State vs. Virginia Tech Criteria 1: 9/10. The schools are in neighboring states and separated by about three and a half hours. Criteria 2: 9/10. NC State and Virginia Tech have been fixtures in the top-ten for recruiting rankings since NC State's top-ranked Class of 2016. Both schools have established themselves as spots where wrestlers can win national titles, which has put them amongst the recruiting powers of the Big Ten. They often are on the final list of schools for elite recruits. Criteria 3: 10/10. Last night's 21-10 win by NC State was an outlier for this series. Their previous four meetings came down to the last bout of the meet. The NC State/Virginia Tech rivalry has heated up since the hiring of Pat Popolizio in 2012. Since then, the schools have combined to win eight of the nine ACC Tournament titles. Each squad has four during that time period. Criteria 4: 8/10. This rivalry has developed into one that has great national significance. Both schools have recently earned their first NCAA team trophy (Virginia Tech - 2016 and NC State - 2018) and are generally among the top ten. They also are a safe bet for multiple All-Americans at nationals. Excluding 2020, the last time the Hokies failed to have at least three AA's was in 2012. The Wolfpack have had three or more three times since 2016. Criteria 5: 10/10. Before this season, I probably would have called it a 9 out of 10. But after the forfeited dual meet and the ensuing social media and message board chatter, I think it's safe to say it's a 10 out of 10. Criteria 6: 6/10. The first meeting between these schools was in 1955; however, Virginia Tech did not join the ACC until the 2004-05 season. Before the move, these schools had a gap between 1998 and 2004, where they did not dual. Some points were deducted as this rivalry isn't quite as huge in other sports. The Hokies primary rival in most other sports, and in general is Virginia, while North Carolina and Duke are for NC State. Total Score: 52 Iowa vs. Oklahoma State Criteria 1: 6/10. Wrestling blue-bloods Iowa and Oklahoma State are separated by about eight hours and Missouri and Kansas. They also aren't in the same conference. Most other sports wouldn't necessarily consider these schools rivals. Criteria 2: 8/10. For top-notch recruits with NCAA/World/Olympic aspirations, Iowa and Oklahoma State are routinely among their final schools and therefore, they go head-to-head often. Both schools recruit nationally, but tend to keep the bluest of their blue-chipper's at home. Criteria 3: 10/10. This is a series that tends to go in waves. The first year after Iowa's three-time champions graduated (2010-11), the schools tied at 15. Oklahoma State followed with back-to-back wins. Then Iowa reeled off three-in-a-row. From the 2017-20 seasons, the teams split their next four duals. The meetings between these schools can lead to upsets, as was the case in Stillwater in 2019 as Nick Piccininni and the Cowboys prevailed 27-12. Criteria 4: 10/10. Oklahoma State's 34 NCAA team titles are more than any other team in any other collegiate sport. Iowa's 24 are extremely impressive in their own right. Both schools have a handful of national title contenders every year. You have to go back to 2009 to find the last year where neither Iowa nor Oklahoma State crowned an individual national champion. These teams have been great on the international stage, too, as Oklahoma State grads have won 21 Olympic gold medals, while five Hawkeyes have won gold. Both are led by Olympic gold medalists, Iowa with Brands and Oklahoma State by John Smith. Criteria 5: 10/10. The schools have two of the largest and most renowned fanbases. Both are passionate in their own right. In November of 2015, the schools set a dual-meet attendance record when over 42,000 fans packed into Iowa's Kinnick Stadium for the “Grapple on the Gridiron.” Just a week ago, fans from both schools traveled to Texas, in the middle of the high school postseason, to watch these squads scrap at the Texas Rangers stadium; over 12,000 turned up. Criteria 6: 10/10. Without much more explanation, it's safe to say that both teams have a long, storied history of success and have battled for college wrestling supremacy for decades. Total Score: 54 Other Notable Wrestling Rivalries: Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State - Bedlam! Held twice a year (great!), but traditionally dominated by the Cowboys. Iowa vs. Minnesota - Iowa was always blocking tough Minnesota teams from winning in the late 90's/early 2000's, before the Gophers finally broke through. We'll see how good this one is if Minnesota gets back into the title hunt. Iowa State vs. Northern Iowa - The head coaches got in on the fun this year with some good-natured trash talk, before an entertaining dual. The state of Iowa is passionate enough to have a great rivalry that doesn't include the Hawkeyes. Michigan vs. Ohio State - You know it's a good rivalry when the schools refuse to say each other's names correctly. North Carolina vs. NC State - As North Carolina continues to improve, this series will too. I experienced this dual firsthand in 2020 as the Wolfpack set an attendance record. It was an incredible event! Ohio State vs. Penn State - We mentioned them with other rivalries, but these two hit on the recruiting trail and have been team title favorites before Iowa's current resurgence. Princeton vs. Rutgers - Both teams have been on the rise over the last decade, leading to more nationally relevant results. Check-in a few years down the road and this could be a fun one. Missouri vs.??? - Missouri left the Big 12 prior to the 2012-13 season and joined the SEC. Since the SEC doesn't offer wrestling, Mizzou was an affiliate member of the MAC. Now, the Tigers are back in the Big 12. I can see rivalries developing or reigniting with perhaps Iowa State or Northern Iowa.

Missouri 138 lbs state champion Carter McCallister of Rock Bridge HS (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Last weekend, the ball got rolling for the high school state tournament season. This weekend it was in full force as some of the traditional powers like Illinois and Iowa held their much-anticipated season-ending tournaments. As these tournaments conclude, it begs the question, "how did my favorite team's recruits fare?" In some smaller states, it's almost a given that your college-bound studs are collecting another state title, while in the power states, with the deepest talent pools, such achievements are not guaranteed. Either way, we've combed through results from all of the state tournaments that have taken place thus far to find out how everyone's recruits have finished. For those wrestlers that go to the National Prep Championships, those results will be added as that tournament is conducted. We will update this article each week as more results become official. If you do not see a recruit that should be added, please fill out our commitment form. Air Force Evan Binder (Whitfield) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (132) Drake Buchanan (Center Grove) - Indiana State Champion (182) Peyton Hahn (Boonville) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (285) Appalachian State Hunter Adams (Gainesville) - Georgia 3A State Champion (182) Levi Andrews (Avery County) - North Carolina 1A State Champion (285) Ethan Shell (Avery County) - North Carolina 1A State Champion (138) Arizona State Tyler Antoniak (Millard South) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (152) Corey Camden (College Park) - Texas 6A State Qualifier (138) Diego Chavez (Santa Cruz Valley) - Arizona D4 State Champion (175) Michael Kilic (Woodward Academy) - Georgia 5A State Champion (160) Army West Point Gage Cook (Granger) - Washington 1B/2B State Champion (285) Gunner Filipowicz (Woodward Academy) - Georgia 5A State Champion (170) Jaime Rivera (Sunnyside) - Arizona D1 State Champion (150) Averett Braeden Fluke (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State third-place (220) Binghamton Will Ebert (Fairfield) - Connecticut Class LL State Champion (170) Fin Nadeau (Flathead) - Montana AA State Champion (145) Bucknell Murphy Menke (Ponderosa) - Colorado 5A State Champion (160) Campbell Dom Baker (New Kent) - Virginia 3A State Champion (170) Devon Bell (Laney) - North Carolina 4A State Champion (182) Jack Hawbaker (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State Runner-Up (152) Hagen Heistand (Underwood) - Iowa 1A State Champion (145) Chadron State Jackson Tonkovich (Batavia) - Illinois 3A State Qualifier (182) Chattanooga Cole Cochran (Woodland Cartersville) - Georgia 5A State Champion (160) Jeremy Paradice (Colquitt County) - Georgia 7A State Champion (160) Clarion Chase Cordia (Osage) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (182) Cleveland State Keith Ransom (Mexico) - Missouri Class 2 State Runner-Up (145) Columbia Evan Frost (Dowling Catholic) - Iowa 3A State Champion (132) Jacob Frost (Dowling Catholic) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (138) Yianni Vines (Thompson) - Alabama 7A State Champion (126) Cornell Foster Cardinale (Liberty) - Virginia 4A State Runner-Up (126) Davidson Jarek Stewart-Karolweics (Brevard) - North Carolina 2A State Runner-Up (285) Gardner-Webb Josh McCuthen (Valdosta) - Georgia 6A State Champion (195) George Mason Alex Frowert (Atlee) - Virginia 4A State Champion (152) Donovan Sprouse (Patriot) - Virginia 6A State Runner-Up (220) Hofstra Alex Turley (Webster Groves) - Missouri Class 3 third-place (126) Illinois Brian Beers (Barrington) - Illinois 3A State fifth-place (126) Kole Brower (Moline) - Illinois 3A State Champion (138) Kannon Webster (Washington) - Illinois 2A State Champion (132) Indiana Cole Rhemrev (Stevenson) - Illinois 3A State fifth-place (138) Gabe Sollars (Mater Dei) - Indiana State Champion (195) Indianapolis Nathan Smith (Southport) - Indiana State third-place (106) Iowa Ryder Block (Waverly-Shell Rock) - Iowa 3A State Champion (138) - Class of 2023 Easton Fleshman (West Lyon) - Iowa 2A State Champion (285) Bradley Hill (Bettendorf) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (195) Joel Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State sixth-place (145) Nate Jesuroga (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State Champion (126) - Class of 2023 Ben Kueter (City High) - Iowa 3A State Champion (220) - Class of 2023 Carson Martinson (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (160) Carter Martinson (Southeast Polk) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (152) Drake Rhodes (Billings West) - Montana AA State Champion (160) Jace Rhodes (Mason City) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (132) Aiden Riggins (Waverly-Shell Rock) - Iowa 3A State Champion (160) Iowa State Carter Fousek (Crestwood) - Iowa 2A State Champion (138) Tate Naaktgeboren (Linn-Mar) - Iowa 3A State Champion (170) - Class of 2023 Christian Stanek (Xavier) - Iowa 3A State third-place (160) Fernando Villaescusa (Gilbert) - Iowa 2A State Runner-Up (182) Kent State Eli Ashcroft (Kearney) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (145) Keith Barr (Hickman) - Missouri Class 4 State sixth-place (138) Billy Meiszner (Providence Catholic) - Illinois 3A State fourth-place (132) Lander Samuel Gerard (Robinson) - Virginia 6A State Champion (152) Little Rock Kyle Dutton (Liberty) - Missouri Class 4 State Champion (145) Cael Keck (Park Hill) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (132) Keith Miley (Whitfield) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (285) Maryland Kal Miller (Park Hill) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (145) McKendree Logan Rathjen (Liberty) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (152) Michigan Codei Khawaja (Floyd Central) - Indiana State Qualifier (170) Josh Knudten (Libertyville) - Illinois 3A State Champion (182) Missouri Ryan Boersma (Mt. Carmel) - Illinois 3A State Champion (285) J Conway (Floyd Central) - Indiana State Champion (160) David Cross (Francis Howell Central) - Missouri Class 4 Runner-Up (138) Easton Hilton (Liberty) - Missouri Class 4 third-place (138) Carter McCallister (Rock Bridge) - Missouri Class 4 State Champion (138) - Class of 2023 Kaden Moore (Allen) - Texas 6A State Champion (138) Peyton Moore (Nixa) - Missouri Class 4 third-place (126) Zeke Seltzer (Cathedral) - Indiana State Champion (132) Owen Uhls (Fulton) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (138) Mount Olive Lucas Cotto (Laney) - North Carolina 4A State Qualifier (113) Navy Nick Vafiadis (New Kent) - Virginia 3A State Champion (160) NC State Jackson Baglio (Central Cabarrus) - North Carolina 3A State Champion (120) - Class of 2023 Danny Curran (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State fifth-place (132) Tommy Curran (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State Champion (145) Chase Horne (West Laurens) - Georgia 4A State Champion (285) Jeremiah Price (Surry Central) - North Carolina 2A State Champion (152) - Class of 2023 Vincent Robinson (Homewood) - Illinois 3A State Runner-Up (126) - Class of 2023 Cheaney Schoeff (Avon) - Indiana State third-place (132) - Class of 2023 Matthew Singleton (Woodward Academy) - Georgia 5A State Champion (182) Nebraska Antrell Taylor (Millard South) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (170) Nebraska-Kearney Joey Airola (Boulder) - Colorado 5A State sixth-place (132) Jacob Awiszus (Gering) - Nebraska Class B State Champion (182) Newberry Aidan Lambert (Kellam) - Virginia 6A State fifth-place (160) North Carolina Nasir Bailey (Rich Township) - Illinois 3A State Champion (132) Cole Hunt (Cass) - Georgia 5A State Champion (120) Max Martin (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State sixth-place (120) Cade Tenold (Don Bosco) - Iowa 1A State Champion (170) Carson Tenold (Don Bosco) - Iowa 1A State Champion (195) North Dakota State Boeden Greenley (Lisbon) - North Dakota Class B State Champion (160) Northern Colorado Andrew Blackburn-Forst (Lockport) - Illinois 3A State Champion (220) Bryce Garcia (Pueblo County) - Colorado 4A State Champion (170) Brady Hankin (Woodland Park) - Colorado 3A State Runner-Up (138) Kobi Johnson (Loveland) - Colorado 4A State Champion (120) Northern Illinois Tom Bennett (Brother Rice) - Illinois 2A State Champion (170) Damien Lopez (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State third-place (152) Eli Rocha (Platte County) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (138) Northern Iowa Trever Anderson (Ankeny) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (120) Chet Buss (North Butler-Clarksville) - Iowa 1A State Champion (285) Garrett Funk (Don Bosco) - Iowa 1A State Runner-Up (132) Cory Land (Moody) - Alabama 5A/6A State Champion (138) Wyatt Voelker (West Delaware) - Iowa 2A State Champion (195) Northwestern Sammie Hayes (Carl Sandburg) - Illinois 3A State sixth-place (120) Kai Neumark (Deerfield) - Illinois 2A State Runner-Up (138) Ohio Charlie Heydorn (Lake Forest) - Illinois 2A State fourth-place (182) Ohio State Jesse Mendez (Crown Point) - Indiana State Champion (138) Oklahoma Zan Fugitt (Nixa) - Missouri Class 4 State Champion (120) - Class of 2023 Oregon State Isaiah Anderson (Chiawana) - Washington 4A State Champion (195) CJ Hamblin (Mountain View) - Washington 3A State Champion (170) Austin Scott (Mountain View) - Arizona D2 State Champion (157) Penn Christian Carroll (New Prairie) - Indiana State Champion (220) - Class of 2023 Presbyterian Ty Chittum (Great Bridge) - Virginia 4A State Champion (160) Princeton Drew Lang (West) - Utah 6A State Champion (144) Purdue Brody Baumann (Mater Dei) - Indiana State Champion (170) SIU Edwardsville Andrew Doehring (Lafayette) - Missouri Class 4 fourth-place (138) Bradley Gillum (Dekalb) - Illinois 3A State Runner-Up (182) Marcel Lopez (New London) - Iowa 1A State Champion (126) Brock Woodcock (St. Clair) - Missouri Class 2 State Champion (145) - Class of 2023 St. Cloud State Archer Heelan (Kearney) - Nebraska Class A State fifth-place (120) Donnie Hidden (Washington) - Illinois 2A State Runner-Up (195) Nick Renteria (IC Catholic) - Illinois 1A State Champion (120) Jaydon Walls (Platte County) - Missouri Class 3 State Champion (195) Stanford Daniel Cardenas (Pomona) - Colorado 5A State Champion (152) Hunter Garvin (Iowa City West) - Iowa 3A State Champion (152) Lain Yapoujian (Byers) - Colorado 2A State Champion (138) - Class of 2023 The Citadel Aiden Curry (Central Academy) - North Carolina 3A State Champion (160) Caelan Riley (Libertyville) - Illinois 3A State third-place (120) Dillon Roman (Monarch) - Colorado 5A State Runner-Up (138) Hayden Watson (Center Grove) - Indiana State Champion (145) Virginia Robert Avila Jr. (Iowa City West) - Iowa 3A State Runner-Up (145) Griffin Gammel (Waukee Northwest) - Iowa 3A State Champion (182) Garrett Grice (Bellevue East) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (138) Nick Hamilton (Papillion-La Vista) - Nebraska Class A State Champion (160) RJ May (Maggie Walker) - Virginia 3A State Champion (182) Kyle Montaperto (Central Academy) - North Carolina 3A State Champion (126) Cooper Rudolph (Robinson) - Virginia 6A State Champion (285) Virginia Tech Logan Frazier (Crown Point) - Indiana State Champion (126) - Class of 2023 Caleb Henson (Woodland-Cartersville) - Georgia 5A State Champion (152) Wyoming Kevin Zimmer (Carl Sandburg) - Illinois 3A State Runner-Up (285)

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday's Dual Results Northwestern 20 Purdue 15 125 - Devin Schroder (Purdue) dec Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) 5-0 133 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Matt Vinci (Northwestern) 9-5 141 - Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) dec Parker Filius (Purdue) 10-4 149 - Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) dec Alec White (Purdue) 8-3 157 - Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) fall Kendall Coleman (Purdue) 2:37 165 - Hayden Lohrey (Purdue) dec David Ferrante (Northwestern) 12-10 174 - Troy Fisher (Northwestern) dec Emil Soehnlen (Purdue) 3-1SV 184 - Max Lyon (Purdue) dec Jack Jessen (Northwestern) 3-1SV 197 - Thomas Penola (Purdue) dec Andrew Davison (Northwestern) 5-3 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) tech Michael Woulfe (Purdue) 15-0 Harvard 19 Binghamton 17 125 - Beau Bayless (Harvard) dec Nick Curley (Binghamton) 9-8 133 - Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) maj Cole Bayless (Harvard) 11-1 141 - Ryan Anderson (Binghamton) dec Kenny Herrmann (Harvard) 5-1 149 - Lukus Stricker (Harvard) fall Michael Zarif (Binghamton) 4:20 157 - Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) maj Tyler Martin (Binghamton) 14-6 165 - Brevin Casella (Binghamton) dec Cael Berg (Harvard) 6-0 174 - Joshua Kim (Harvard) dec Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 10-5 184 - Luke Rada (Harvard) dec Cory Day (Binghamton) 4-1 197 - Sam DePrez (Binghamton) dec Will Hoeft (Harvard) 3-2 285 - Joe Doyle (Binghamton) maj Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) 12-1 Arizona State 21 Lehigh 17 125 - Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) maj Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 10-2 133 - Michael McGee (Arizona State) maj Satoshi Abe (Lehigh) 12-4 141 - Dan Moran (Lehigh) dec Mykey Ramos (Arizona State) 7-2 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Max Brignola (Lehigh) 5-2 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 8-5 165 - Brian Meyer (Lehigh) dec Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) 6-1 174 - Jake Logan (Lehigh) tech Ryan Rochford (Arizona State) 20-5 184 - AJ Burkhart (Lehigh) fall Josh Nummer (Arizona State) 4:51 197 - Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) maj JT Davis (Lehigh) 12-4 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) dec Jordan Wood (Lehigh) 4-2TB Long Island 26 Sacred Heart 15 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) maj Jacob Venezia (Sacred Heart) 10-0 133 - Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 7-2 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) tech Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart) 16-0 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) maj Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) 10-0 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 6-3 165 - Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) fall Blake Bahna (Long Island) 2:55 174 - Ryan Ferro (Long Island) fall Alex Marciniak (Sacred Heart) 1:39 184 - Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) dec James Langan (Long Island) 5-1 197 - Nunzio Crowley (Long Island) maj Mark Blokh (Sacred Heart) 16-3 285 - Tim Nagosky (Long Island) dec Nick Copley (Sacred Heart) 9-3 Rutgers 21 Columbia 17 125 - Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) dec Joe Manchio (Columbia) 7-1 133 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) fall Angelo Rini (Columbia) 2:38 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) dec Andrew Gapas (Rutgers) 7-4 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) maj Asa Garcia (Rutgers) 10-0 157 - Andrew Garr (Columbia) dec Al DeSantis (Rutgers) 8-2 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) maj Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 13-4 174 - Nick Fine (Columbia) dec Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) 2-1 184 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) dec Brian Bonino (Columbia) 3-1SV 197 - Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) fall Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) 2:43 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Daniel Conley (Columbia) 5-1 Oregon State 39 CSU Bakersfield 5 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Eddie Flores (CSU Bakersfield) 9-4 133 - Devan Turner (Oregon State) tech Romeo McNeil (CSU Bakersfield) 15-0 141 - Grant Willits (Oregon State) tech Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 20-2 149 - Josh Brown (CSU Bakersfield) tech Jason Shaner (Oregon State) 19-4 157 - Hunter Willits (Oregon State) fall Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 6:10 165 - Matt Olguin (Oregon State) tech Bradley Harper (CSU Bakersfield) 24-9 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Albert Urias (CSU Bakersfield) 6-4 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) fall Jacob Hansen (CSU Bakersfield) 3:27 197 - Ryan Reyes (Oregon State) dec Josh Loomer (CSU Bakersfield) 3-2 285 - Gary Traub (Oregon State) dec Jacob Sieder (CSU Bakersfield) 7-2 Clarion 26 Edinboro 11 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) maj Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 10-1 133 - Alex Blake (Clarion) dec Cameron Soda (Edinboro) 5-3 141 - Gabe Willochell (Edinboro) dec Seth Koleno (Clarion) 12-8 149 - Brent Moore (Clarion) fall Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) :26 157 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 11-4 165 - Kolby Ho (Clarion) dec Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) 8-3 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) maj Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 11-0 184 - Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) dec Max Wohlabaugh (Clarion) 4-2SV 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) tech Brett Wittmann (Clarion) 17-1 285 - Tyler Bagoly (Clarion) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 5-0 Buffalo 24 Ohio 9 125 - Oscar Sanchez (Ohio) dec Tristan Daugherty (Buffalo) 3-1SV 133 - Derek Spann (Buffalo) dec Gio DiSabato (Ohio) 6-4 141 - Ben Freeman (Buffalo) maj Aidan Waszak (Ohio) 10-2 149 - John Arceri (Buffalo) dec Alec Hagan (Ohio) 3-2 157 - Michael Petite (Buffalo) dec Jordan Slivka (Ohio) 4-3 165 - Noah Grover (Buffalo) dec Sean O'Dwyer (Ohio) 8-2 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) disq Jake Lanning (Buffalo) 184 - Peter Acciardi (Buffalo) dec Logan Stanley (Ohio) 5-2 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) dec Carson Brewer (Ohio) 6-5 285 - Toby Cahill (Buffalo) dec Jordan Greer (Ohio) 8-1 Maryland 31 American 12 125 - Max Leete (American) fall Zach Spence (Maryland) 4:09 133 - Jack Maida (American) dec King Sandoval (Maryland) 4-3 141 - Danny Bertoni (Maryland) tech Ethan Szerencsits (American) 16-0 149 - Michael North (Maryland) dec Patrick Ryan (American) 9-3 157 - Lucas Cordio (Maryland) fall Antonio Segura (American) 4:19 165 - Gaven Bell (Maryland) maj Cole Painter (American) 9-0 174 - Tim Fitzpatrick (American) dec Dom Solis (Maryland) 3-2 184 - Kyle Cochran (Maryland) tech Colin Shannon (American) 18-0 197 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) fall Carsten Rawls (American) 1:47 285 - Zach Schrader (Maryland) dec Isaac Righter (American) 3-1SV Stanford 23 Cal Poly 14 125 - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) maj Suhas Chundi (Stanford) 14-5 133 - Jackson DiSario (Stanford) dec Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 7-2 141 - Real Woods (Stanford) dec Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) 5-0 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-4 157 - Charlie Darracott (Stanford) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-4 165 - Evan Wick (Cal Poly) dec Shane Griffith (Stanford) 6-1 174 - Tyler Eischens (Stanford) tech Nathan Tausch (Cal Poly) 16-0 184 - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) maj Nick Addison (Stanford) 17-3 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) fall Trent Tracy (Cal Poly) 6:02 285 - Samuel Aguilar (Cal Poly) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 7-4 Sunday's Dual Results Penn 36 American 7 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Max Leete (American) 5-0 133 - Jack Maida (American) dec Blair Orr (Penn) 5-2 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) maj Ethan Szerencsits (American) 20-7 149 - Anthony Artalona (Penn) fall Patrick Ryan (American) 1:05 157 - Doug Zapf (Penn) maj Jack Nies (American) 17-6 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) tech Breon Phifer (American) 19-3 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) maj Tim Fitzpatrick (American) 14-4 184 - Neil Antrassian (Penn) maj Carsten Rawls (American) 10-2 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) fall Mervin Mancia (American) 2:27 285 - Isaac Righter (American) maj Nate Hoagland (Penn) 8-0 Cleveland State 22 George Mason 15 125 - Ben Monn (George Mason) dec Logan Heil (Cleveland State) 7-1 133 - Jake Manley (Cleveland State) dec Michael Rapuano (George Mason) 11-6 141 - Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) tech Hunter Olson (Cleveland State) 15-0 149 - Marcus Robinson (Cleveland State) maj Shawn Nonaka (George Mason) 10-1 157 - Avery Bassett (George Mason) maj Joey Caprella (Cleveland State) 8-0 165 - Riley Smucker (Cleveland State) dec Tyler Kocak (George Mason) 6-1 174 - Logan Messer (George Mason) dec Anthony Rice (Cleveland State) 7-1 184 - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) dec Kyle Davis (George Mason) 5-3 197 - Ben Smith (Cleveland State) dec Jon List (George Mason) 5-4 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) fall Ali Salem (George Mason) 3:06 Chattanooga 21 Indiana 15 125 - Jacob Moran (Indiana) dec Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) 6-5 133 - Brock Hudkins (Indiana) dec Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) 5-3 141 - Franco Valdes (Chattanooga) dec Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 3-1 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Graham Rooks (Indiana) 6-5 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 3-2 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Kasper McIntosh (Indiana) 7-4 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) fall Isiah Levitz (Indiana) 6:29 184 - DJ Washington (Indiana) maj Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) 20-8 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) dec Nick Willham (Indiana) 3-2 285 - Jacob Bullock (Indiana) tech Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) 16-0 Wisconsin 19 Cornell 16 125 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) 13-3 133 - Kyle Burwick (Wisconsin) dec Dom LaJoie (Cornell) 6-4 141 - Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) maj JJ Wilson (Cornell) 21-9 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) 12-6 157 - Hunter Richard (Cornell) dec Garrett Model (Wisconsin) 10-6 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) fall Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 3:16 174 - Andrew McNally (Wisconsin) dec Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell) 7-2 184 - Jonathan Loew (Cornell) dec Chris Weiler (Wisconsin) 9-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) 3-1SV 285 - Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) dec Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) 6-2 Penn State 45 Rider 0 125 - Drew Hildebrandt (Penn State) fall Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 2:59 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) tech Richie Koehler (Rider) 26-11 141 - Nick Lee (Penn State) dec Quinn Kinner (Rider) 6-3 149 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) maj Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 12-4 157 - Brady Berge (Penn State) maj Cole McComas (Rider) 14-4 165 - Creighton Edsell (Penn State) dec Michael Wilson (Rider) 7-6 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) maj Shane Reitsma (Rider) 22-9 184 - Donovan Ball (Penn State) maj Corey Connolly (Rider) 12-3 197 - Max Dean (Penn State) fall Azeem Bell (Rider) :54 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) fall David Szuba (Rider) 1:11 Michigan 28 Central Michigan 12 125 - Jack Medley (Michigan) dec Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) 5-2 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) tech Vince Perez (Central Michigan) 24-9 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) dec Stevan Micic (Michigan) 7-6 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) fall Kanen Storr (Michigan) 4:06 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Will Lewan (Michigan) 3-2TB 165 - Cameron Amine (Michigan) dec Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) 4-2 174 - Logan Massa (Michigan) maj Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) 13-2 184 - Myles Amine (Michigan) maj Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 20-7 197 - Patrick Brucki (Michigan) fall Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) 4:15 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) dec Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) 7-4 Hofstra 22 Franklin & Marshall 11 125 - Jacob Moon (Hofstra) dec Gio Diaz (Franklin & Marshall) 5-4 133 - Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall) maj Matthew Templeton (Hofstra) 8-0 141 - Wil Gil (Franklin & Marshall) dec Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 4-2 149 - Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) dec Cristaan Dailey (Franklin & Marshall) 5-3 157 - Joe McGinty (Hofstra) dec Chase McCollum (Franklin & Marshall) 7-5 165 - Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) dec Noah Fox (Franklin & Marshall) 7-1 174 - John Crawford (Franklin & Marshall) maj Ericson Velasquez (Hofstra) 11-1 184 - Charles Small (Hofstra) dec James Conway (Franklin & Marshall) 4-2 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) maj Michael Waszen (Franklin & Marshall) 15-4 285 - Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) dec Vincenzo Pelusi (Franklin & Marshall) 4-2 Brown 35 Sacred Heart 11 125 - Reese Fry (Brown) fall Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) 2:39 133 - Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart) dec Nicky Cabanilla (Brown) 3-2 141 - Timothy Levine (Brown) tech John Lafferty (Sacred Heart) 20-2 149 - Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) dec Rafael Lievano (Sacred Heart) 8-2 157 - Nick Palumbo (Sacred Heart) maj Jack Bokina (Brown) 13-4 165 - Ryan Bollentino (Sacred Heart) maj Keegan Rothrock (Brown) 13-5 174 - Drew Clearie (Brown) fall Shaun Williams (Sacred Heart) 2:44 184 - James Araneo (Brown) fall Robert Hetherman (Sacred Heart) 4:08 197 - Cade Wilson (Brown) dec Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart) 7-3 285 - Lear Quinton (Brown) fall Nicholas Copley (Sacred Heart) 1:54 Appalachian State 46 Presbyterian 0 125 - Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) maj Benny Gomez (Presbyterian) 14-2 133 - Codi Russell (Appalachian State) tech Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) 25-9 141 - Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State) tech Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) 17-0 149 - Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) fall Reid Stewart (Presbyterian) 1:46 157 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) maj Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian) 13-1 165 - Will Formato (Appalachian State) tech Sean Getty (Presbyterian) 16-0 174 - Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) maj Mason Watkins (Presbyterian) 14-3 184 - Barrett Blakely (Appalachian State) maj David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 10-0 197 - Wyatt Miller (Appalachian State) tech Aiden Jean (Presbyterian) 19-0 285 - Michael Burchell (Appalachian State) maj Will Pontoon (Presbyterian) 12-3 Bloomsburg 29 Edinboro 14 125 - Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) fall Chris Merlo (Edinboro) 5:34 133 - Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) fall Cameron Soda (Edinboro) 6:22 141 - Josh Mason (Bloomsburg) maj Jackie Gold (Edinboro) 9-0 149 - Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) fall Sully Allen (Edinboro) 2:27 157 - Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) maj PJ Gohn (Edinboro) 12-1 165 - Dylan Kohn (Edinboro) maj Trenton Harder (Bloomsburg) 8-0 174 - Joey Arnold (Edinboro) dec Matt Benedetti (Bloomsburg) 4-2SV 184 - Ethan Ducca (Edinboro) dec Bruno Stolfi (Bloomsburg) 8-4 197 - Cody Mulligan (Edinboro) maj David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 10-2 285 - Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) dec Max Millin (Edinboro) 3-2 Northern Colorado 19 Air Force 18 125 - Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado) dec Jared Van Vleet (Air Force) 6-3 133 - Dyson Kunz (Northern Colorado) dec Sidney Flores (Air Force) 7-5 141 - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) maj Cody Phippen (Air Force) 10-2 149 - Chris Sandoval (Northern Colorado) dec Dylan Martinez (Air Force) 5-2 157 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) fall Nathan Moore (Northern Colorado) 5:59 165 - Trey Brisker (Air Force) dec Jaziah Whaley (Northern Colorado) 9-3 174 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) dec Damen Pape (Northern Colorado) 8-2 184 - Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) dec Noah Blake (Air Force) 3-1SV 197 - Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) dec Kayne Hutchison (Air Force) 9-6 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) fall Robert Winters (Northern Colorado) 4:59 Northern Illinois 35 SIU Edwardsville 3 125 - Bryce West (Northern Illinois) dec Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 5-2 133 - Drew West (Northern Illinois) maj Aaron Schulist (SIU Edwardsville) 15-1 141 - Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) FFT 149 - Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois) dec Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 8-4 157 - Anthony Gibson (Northern Illinois) maj Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) 14-2 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 7-2 174 - Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois) dec Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) 7-4 184 - Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) fall Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 3:45 197 - Austin Andres (SIU Edwardsville) dec Tristen Gauman (Northern Illinois) 4-1 285 - Terrese Aaron (Northern Illinois) dec Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 Oklahoma State 18 Oklahoma 16 125 - Joey Prata (Oklahoma) dec Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) 4-1 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) maj Tony Madrigal (Oklahoma) 12-4 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) maj Jacob Butler (Oklahoma) 11-3 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) maj Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) 12-2 157 - Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) dec Daniel Manibog (Oklahoma State) 9-3 165 - Joe Grello (Oklahoma) dec Jalin Harper (Oklahoma State) 3-0 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) 4-3 184 - Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) dec Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 9-4 197 - Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) maj Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) 13-3 285 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) 4-2 South Dakota State 32 North Dakota State 3 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) maj Lucas Rodriguez (North Dakota State) 9-0 133 - Gabe Tagg (South Dakota State) dec Kellyn March (North Dakota State) 10-3 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State) 8-3 149 - Daniel Kimball (South Dakota State) dec Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) 8-7 157 - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Kenny O'Neill (South Dakota State) 10-3 165 - Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) dec Luke Weber (North Dakota State) 8-2SV 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) maj Austin Brenner (North Dakota State) 9-0 184 - Cade King (South Dakota State) dec DJ Parker (North Dakota State) 5-4 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) fall Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) 5:25 285 - AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) dec Brandon Metz (North Dakota State) 3-2TB The Citadel 32 VMI 5 125 - Malik Hardy (The Citadel) maj Cam Chicella (VMI) 13-0 133 - Jake Rotunda (The Citadel) fall Patrick Maglathlin (VMI) 1:48 141 - Freddy Junko (VMI) dec Jackson Bradford (The Citadel) 5-1 149 - Ethan Willis (The Citadel) dec Luke Fegley (VMI) 6-0 157 - Dazjon Casto (The Citadel) fall Seth Fillers (VMI) 1:27 165 - Selwyn Porter (The Citadel) maj Blake Showers (VMI) 13-2 174 - Cole Burke (The Citadel) dec Jon Hoover (VMI) 2-0 184 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) dec Joel Diaz (VMI) 6-4 197 - Tyler Mousaw (VMI) dec Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) 12-9 285 - Michael McAleavey (The Citadel) dec Josh Evans (VMI) 4-0 Oregon State 31 Stanford 9 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) fall Suhas Chundi (Stanford) 5:34 133 - Devan Turner (Oregon State) dec Jackson DiSario (Stanford) 5-1 141 - Grant Willits (Oregon State) fall Real Woods (Stanford) 3:54 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Cory Crooks (Oregon State) 9-4 157 - Hunter Willits (Oregon State) maj Charlie Darracott (Stanford) 12-3 165 - Shane Griffith (Stanford) dec Matt Olguin (Oregon State) 6-1 174 - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Tyler Eischens (Stanford) 6-4 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) fall Nick Addison (Stanford) 5:29 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) dec Ryan Reyes (Oregon State) 6-2 285 - Gary Traub (Oregon State) dec Peter Ming (Stanford) 7-3 NC State 21 Virginia Tech 10 125 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Jakob Camacho (NC State) 9-3 133 - Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) maj Kai Orine (NC State) 14-6 141 - Ryan Jack (NC State) dec Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) 4-3 149 - Tariq Wilson (NC State) dec Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 9-3 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 4-3 165 - Thomas Bullard (NC State) dec Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) 4-0 174 - Hayden Hidlay (NC State) dec Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) 3-1SV 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) dec Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 2-1 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) 6-0 285 - Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech) dec Owen Trephan (NC State) 3-2 Iowa 20 Nebraska 15 125 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec Jeremiah Reno (Nebraska) 13-6 133 - Austin DeSanto (Iowa) tech Alex Thomsen (Nebraska) 22-7 141 - Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) dec Chad Red Jr. (Nebraska) 6-3 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) dec Vince Turk (Iowa) 3-1 157 - Kaleb Young (Iowa) dec Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 6-3 165 - Alex Marinelli (Iowa) dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 8-2 174 - Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) dec Michael Kemerer (Iowa) 5-4 184 - Taylor Venz (Nebraska) fall Abe Assad (Iowa) 6:12 197 - Eric Schultz (Nebraska) dec Jacob Warner (Iowa) 3-2 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) dec Christian Lance (Nebraska) 3-0

Trent Hidlay (left) and Hunter Bolen (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's finally happening! It will be 380 days since the last dual meeting between the Wolfpack and Hokies when they hit the mat Sunday evening. 380 days since Sam Latona shook Cassell Coliseum, with a last-second takedown and nearfall of Jakob Camacho, to give the Hokies the dual win on tiebreaker criteria. The teams split the dual championship and individual championship last season, with the Wolfpack bringing home the ACC trophy at the tournament. Though the lineups will look significantly different than last season--the competitive fire between the teams and their respective fanbases is as strong as ever. Only two matches on Sunday will be a repeat of last year's dual--Latona beat Camacho by decision and Hunter Bolen edged out a 2-1 victory over Trent Hidlay. While this match will be contested as a non-conference dual, there are certainly conference bragging rights on the line. The eyes of ACC nation and wrestling fans across the country will be on Raleigh Sunday night for this top-10 dual. 125: #20 Sam Latona vs #14 Jakob Camacho Latona holds a 3-0 head-to-head advantage over Camacho--the last match was a 2-1 win in TB1 for Latona in the ACC finals. Latona went on to earn All-American honors, finishing 6th last year. He got off to a sluggish start this season, but has looked phenomenal since the calendar turned to 2022; he has won six straight entering this dual and is 4-0 in the ACC. Camacho dropped a heartbreaker in the bloodround at the NCAA tournament last year to Killian Cardinale, but has put together a great season and enters this match at 14-2 with his losses to Spencer Lee and Noah Surtin. Both of these guys have been putting up great offensive numbers and are coming in with a lot of momentum. This match is very much a toss-up, but I lean toward Latona to move it to 4-0. 133: #5 Korbin Myers vs. #14 Kai Orine Myers earned All-American honors last year for the Hokies and this season has been the picture of consistency. He is 15-1 on the year with his lone loss to #4 Michael McGee in a one-point match. Orine has had an impressive season in his first year starting for the Wolfpack. He is coming into this dual at 13-3, but has dropped two tough back-to-back matches; 4-1 to Micky Phillippi and 4-2 in sudden victory to Joe Heilmann. Orine has a great pace and attacks very well. He has five tech falls and two major decisions on the year. He has also shown strong defense, especially for a more inexperienced wrestler. He held the super high-paced Austin Desanto to a major decision which was huge for the team battle against Iowa. Orine has shown he can hang with anyone in the weight, but I think Myers' experience and maturity give him the edge. 141: #22 Collin Gerardi vs. #24 Ryan Jack This match could be critical to determining the dual and it pairs up two very patient wrestlers who make it difficult for opponents to score. Jack is 13-6 on the year and 2-2 in the ACC. He has dropped his last two matches, but they were great bouts against very tough competition. He lost to #6 Cole Matthews 3-1 and #7 Kizhan Clarke 4-3. Gerardi enters at 10-6 on the year and 2-2 in the ACC, with losses to Matthews and Clarke as well. This has the makings of a gritty, low-scoring match. 149: #5 Bryce Andonian vs #3 Tariq Wilson SO much potential for fireworks in this one! After a hiatus in the middle of the season, Andonian has returned with a vengeance for ACC competition. He is 7-1 on the year, with his only loss to #2 Sammy Sasso in November. Andonian is 3-0 in the ACC with a decision win over Jarod Verkleeren, a major decision of #17 Zach Sherman and a 21-second pin of #14 Josh Finesilver. The Hokie 149 lber is a two-time NCAA qualifier and fell in the bloodround last year. Tariq Wilson is a four-time NCAA qualifier and has twice placed third at the NCAA tournament. He is undefeated on the year at 12-0 and has four wins in the ACC with decisions over Verkleeren, Sherman, Finesilver and Dan Mancini. Both of these guys are very dangerous from their feet. Wilson has incredibly fast shots and is able to close a lot of space with his length. Andonian isn't afraid to work from any position; he never seems to be uncomfortable with a situation and is always willing to take a risk to score points. This one is going to be fun. 157: #28 Connor Brady vs. #11 Ed Scott Don't count out the Hokies in this one just because there isn't a lofty ranking beside Brady's name. Brady started the year 11-2 before entering ACC competition but has dropped his last four and hasn't found a win in conference. Aside from a tech fall from Austin O'Connor, all of his conference matches have been close; he lost in sudden victory to #21 Elijah Cleary, a 4-3 decision on a last-second takedown to Wade Unger and a tight 5-3 decision to Jake Keating. Ed Scott has had a fantastic season and a highlight reel to show for it. He comes in at 18-1 with his only blemish an 11-10 loss to Keating. Scott won by tech fall over Unger and a 6-2 decision over Cleary; O'Connor did not wrestle in the UNC/NC State dual, so Scott won by tech fall over Mason Phillips. He has a 73% bonus rate on the year with seven pins and six tech falls. Scott is always in go mode and has put up some crazy offensive numbers this year. 165: Clayton Ulrey vs. #21 Thomas Bullard This is another sneaky good match that will play a big role in the team outcome. Ulrey has had a strong season and has really come on in the second half. He is 14-11 on the year, but when you look into his record, it tells an interesting story. His record includes losses to the wrestlers currently ranked #2, #4, #7, #9, #16, #19 and #23--and only two of his losses were by bonus points. He has solid defense and fights to stay in every match, which has been a benefit to the team on multiple occasions. Bullard is a four-time NCAA qualifier and came back for his super senior year to help the team and make one more run at the All-American podium. He is 16-5 on the season and is 3-1 in the ACC with a one-point loss to #16 Jake Wentzel. He has great defense and is a solid top wrestler--he also has an uncanny ability to win close matches. 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis vs. #4 Hayden Hidlay This match alone is worth the price of admission. This is the battle we have all had circled on the calendar. 2019 National Champion Mekhi Lewis takes on 3-time (4 with the shortened 2020 season) All-American Hayden Hidlay. They have never met before and are both at a new weight for the season; Lewis is up from 165 while Hidlay bumped up two weights from 157. Lewis comes in undefeated at 17-0, while Hidlay is coming off his first loss of the year on Friday night, when he was pinned by #9 Clay Lautt. Both of these guys are phenomenal on their feet; both creating their own offense and with lightning-quick reshots and go behinds. 184: #14 Hunter Bolen vs #3 Trent Hidlay If the first four times these guys have met have taught us anything, it is that this match will be an absolute battle. Bolen holds a 3-1 head-to-head advantage, but Hilday picked up the last win in the ACC finals last year on his way to an NCAA finals appearance; Bolen also finished on the podium last year, bringing home a 7th place finish. Bolen comes in at 19-3 and his only loss in the ACC was a sudden victory loss to Gavin Kane; Hidlay enters undefeated at 14-0. Their previous matches have all been low-scoring affairs, and I wouldn't expect anything different here as both are incredibly difficult to score on. 197: #30 Dakota Howard vs. #15 Isaac Trumble This is another match that could have an absolute bonkers score--both of these guys have incredible motors and aren't afraid to attack and go upper body. Howard is up two weight classes from last year's dual but has had a solid season at 197. He is 13-7 on the year and 2-2 in the ACC, with losses to Nino Bonaccorsi and Jay Aiello. Trumble is 18-3 and comes in on an absolute heater of a run, having upset wins over Jay Aiello and Nino Bonaccorsi in back-to-back weeks before winning a decision over Max Shaw on Friday. Trumble uses his length really well and is a tall 197--Howard is shorter for the weight but has an attack rate to rival anyone in the country. 285: #14 Nathan Traxler vs. #26 Tyrie Houghton I'd say the dual will come down to this match, but I just found out we are starting at 165--but this will still be a great match. Houghton won out the spot over Deonte Wilson and Owen Trephan, both of whom who also have ranked wins on the year. He is gritty and relentless for a big guy--he has several go-ahead takedowns in the third period. Traxler has had a fantastic season since transferring from Stanford. He lost early in the year to Tate Orndorff and then went on a nearly full season winning streak before dropping a tight decision to Quinn Miller on Friday. He is 16-2 on the year and 3-1 in the ACC. Trephan comes in at 21-8 for the season and 3-0 in the ACC.

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Friday's Dual Results Drexel 23 Rider 17 125 - Antonio Mininno (Drexel) fall Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 6:54 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) dec Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) 3-1 141 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) tech Jared Donahue (Drexel) 15-0 149 - Luke Nichter (Drexel) dec Bryan Miraglia (Rider) 9-4 157 - Parker Kropman (Drexel) dec Cole McComas (Rider) 5-2 165 - Evan Barczak (Drexel) dec Michael Wilson (Rider) 8-3 174 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) fall Corey Connolly (Rider) 4:57 184 - Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) dec Shane Reitsma (Rider) 10-5 197 - Matt Correnti (Rider) dec Santino Morina (Drexel) 8-2 285 - David Szuba (Rider) fall Eli Anthony (Drexel) 1:07 Chattanooga 44 Bellarmine 0 125 - Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga) maj Jack Parker (Bellarmine) 10-1 133 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) maj Brandon Lucas (Bellarmine) 18-4 141 - Franco Valdez (Chattanooga) FFT 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Mitch Collica (Bellarmine) 12-3 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) fall Alex Rhine (Bellarmine) 1:37 165 - Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga) dec Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) 4-0 174 - Carial Tarter (Chattanooga) dec Eric Beck (Bellarmine) 5-3 184 - Thomas Sell (Chattanooga) fall Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) 3:54 197 - Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) tech Bryant Wilkinson (Bellarmine) 18-1 285 - Matthias Ervin (Chattanooga) dec Charlie Cadell (Bellarmine) 3-1 Maryland 22 Columbia 15 125 - Joe Manchio (Columbia) maj Zach Spence (Maryland) 14-4 133 - King Sandoval (Maryland) fall Angelo Rini (Columbia) :31 141 - Danny Bertoni (Maryland) dec Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 7-1 149 - Danny Fongaro (Columbia) maj Michael North (Maryland) 16-5 157 - Lucas Cordio (Maryland) dec Andrew Garr (Columbia) 10-8 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) maj Gaven Bell (Maryland) 13-3 174 - Nick Fine (Columbia) dec Dom Solis (Maryland) 8-6 184 - Kyle Cochran (Maryland) maj Brian Bonino (Columbia) 12-4 197 - Jaron Smith (Maryland) dec Sam Wustefeld (Columbia) 9-5 285 - Zach Schrader (Maryland) dec Dan Conley (Columbia) 6-0 Appalachian State 34 Davidson 6 125 - Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) fall Hale Robinson (Davidson) 4:27 133 - Codi Russell (Appalachian State) dec Kyle Gorant (Davidson) 6-4 141 - Heath Gonyer (Appalachian State) maj Nick Cambria (Davidson) 10-2 149 - Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) maj Gavin Damasco (Davidson) 13-1 157 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) maj Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) 12-4 165 - Will Formato (Appalachian State) dec Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) 2-0 174 - Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State) maj Lachlan Rosato (Davidson) 10-2 184 - Gavin Henry (Davidson) dec Brett Mordecai (Appalachian State) 5-3 197 - Finlay Holston (Davidson) dec Wyatt Miller (Appalachian State) 3-2 285 - Michael Burchell (Appalachian State) fall Mitchell Trigg (Davidson) 5:59 Pittsburgh 29 Duke 12 125 - Gage Curry (Pittsburgh) maj Logan Agin (Duke) 8-0 133 - Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) fall Drake Doolittle (Duke) 5:27 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) maj Patrick Rowland (Duke) 17-4 149 - Josh Finesilver (Duke) maj Dan Mancini (Pittsburgh) 12-4 157 - Elijah Cleary (Pittsburgh) dec Wade Unger (Duke) 6-4 165 - Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) maj Gabe Dinette (Duke) 9-1 174 - Matt Finesilver (Duke) tech Hunter Kernan (Pittsburgh) 15-0 184 - Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) maj Vincent Baker (Duke) 10-2 197 - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) maj Kaden Russell (Duke) 11-2 285 - Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) dec Jake Slinger (Pittsburgh) 3-2 NC State 25 North Carolina 12 125 - Jakob Camacho (NC State) dec Spencer Moore (North Carolina) 7-2 133 - Joe Heilmann (North Carolina) dec Kai Orine (NC State) 4-2SV 141 - Kizhan Clarke (North Carolina) dec Ryan Jack (NC State) 4-3 149 - Tariq Wilson (NC State) dec Zach Sherman (North Carolina) 6-2 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) tech Mason Phillips (North Carolina) 21-6 165 - Thomas Bullard (NC State) maj Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) 10-2 174 - Clay Lautt (North Carolina) fall Hayden Hidlay (NC State) 3:34 184 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) maj Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 13-3 197 - Isaac Trumble (NC State) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 6-0 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 6-2 Kent State 29 SIU Edwardsville 12 125 - Jake Ferri (Kent State) tech Austin Macias (SIU Edwardsville) 19-3 133 - Matt Malavsky (SIU Edwardsville) FFT 141 - Louis Newell (Kent State) FFT 149 - Kody Komara (Kent State) dec Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 3-1SV 157 - Robert Pryhocki (Kent State) fall Max Kristoff (SIU Edwardsville) 3:25 165 - Brady Chrisman (Kent State) dec Cardeionte Wilson (SIU Edwardsville) 4-2 174 - Kevin Gschwendtner (SIU Edwardsville) dec Michael Ferree (Kent State) 11-9 184 - Colin McCracken (Kent State) dec Sergio Villalobos (SIU Edwardsville) 4-1 197 - Tyler Bates (Kent State) dec Austin Andres (SIU Edwardsville) 3-1SV 285 - Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) dec Jacob Cover (Kent State) 3-0 Oklahoma State 32 Bucknell 6 125 - Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State) dec Brandon Seidman (Bucknell) 3-0 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) tech Kurtis Phipps (Bucknell) 21-6 141 - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) dec Darren Miller (Bucknell) 8-3 149 - Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) dec Kolby DePron (Bucknell) 9-3 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) 7-5 165 - Zach Hartman (Bucknell) dec Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) 5-0 174 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) fall Sam Barnes (Bucknell) 1:44 184 - Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) maj Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) 21-8 197 - Gavin Stika (Oklahoma State) dec Mason McCready (Bucknell) 3-2 285 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) tech Luke Niemeyer (Bucknell) 20-4 Rutgers 24 Princeton 13 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) maj Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 13-3 133 - Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) dec Nick Kayal (Princeton) 8-4 141 - Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) tech Danny Coles (Princeton) 20-3 149 - Mike Van Brill (Rutgers) dec Marshall Keller (Princeton) 8-7 157 - Quincy Monday (Princeton) InjDef Robert Kanniard (Rutgers) 165 - Blaine Bergey (Princeton) dec Andrew Clark (Rutgers) 8-5 174 - Connor O'Neill (Rutgers) dec Nate Dugan (Princeton) 3-2 184 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) maj Mikey Squires (Princeton) 15-6 197 - Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) dec Luke Stout (Princeton) 9-3 285 - Boone McDermott (Rutgers) dec Matt Cover (Princeton) 6-4SV Virginia Tech 20 Virginia 15 125 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) dec Patrick McCormick (Virginia) 9-4 133 - Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) dec Brian Courtney (Virginia) 8-3 141 - Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech) dec Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) 6-2 149 - Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) dec Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) 5-4 157 - Jake Keating (Virginia) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 5-3 165 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) dec Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) 6-2 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) maj Justin Phillips (Virginia) 17-5 184 - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) maj Michael Battista (Virginia) 14-3 197 - Jay Aiello (Virginia) fall Dakota Howard (Virginia Tech) 6:23 285 - Quinn Miller (Virginia) dec Nathan Traxler (Virginia Tech) 4-3 Michigan State 19 Central Michigan 17 125 - Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) dec Brock Bergelin (Central Michigan) 3-2 133 - Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) maj Vince Perez (Central Michigan) 15-4 141 - Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) dec Matt Santos (Michigan State) 7-3 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Peyton Omania (Michigan State) 9-5 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) dec Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) 4-3 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) dec Caleb Fish (Michigan State) 6-4 174 - Bret Fedewa (Central Michigan) dec Nate Jimenez (Michigan State) 7-1 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) fall Ben Cushman (Central Michigan) 3:58 197 - Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) dec Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan) 10-5 285 - Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) fall Brad Wilton (Michigan State) 5:43 Gardner-Webb 28 Presbyterian 7 125 - Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian) maj Aedyn Concepcion (Gardner-Webb) 16-2 133 - Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) dec Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian) 11-6 141 - Trevon Majette (Gardner-Webb) maj Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian) 11-3 149 - Brandon Bright (Gardner-Webb) dec Reid Stewart (Presbyterian) 3-1 157 - Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian) dec Taylor Parks (Gardner-Webb) 7-3 165 - Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb) tech Sean Getty (Presbyterian) 17-2 174 - Evan Schenk (Gardner-Webb) dec Mason Watkins (Presbyterian) 11-7 184 - Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) dec David Bertrand (Presbyterian) 3-1 197 - Anthony Perrine (Gardner-Webb) dec Aiden Jean (Presbyterian) 11-2 285 - Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) dec Will Pontoon (Presbyterian) 6-0 Navy 22 Army West Point 9 125 - Jacob Allen (Navy) dec Ryan Chauvin (Army West Point) 5-1 133 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) maj Dominic Carone (Army West Point) 13-2 141 - Corey Shie (Army West Point) dec Tyler Hunt (Navy) 7-3 149 - Matt Williams (Army West Point) dec Jonathan Miragalia (Navy) 10-3 157 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec Markus Hartman (Army West Point) 10-4 165 - Jon Park (Navy) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 3-0 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) dec Shane Sosinsky (Navy) 9-2 184 - David Key (Navy) dec Brad Laughlin (Army West Point) 6-4 197 - Jake Koser (Navy) dec JT Brown (Army West Point) 2-1 285 - Ryan Catka (Navy) dec Brandon Phillips (Army West Point) 3-2 Wyoming 25 West Virginia 11 125 - Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) maj Jake Svihel (Wyoming) 13-4 133 - Job Greenwood (Wyoming) dec Garett Lautzenhesier (West Virginia) 4-2 141 - Darren Green (Wyoming) dec Caleb Rea (West Virginia) 3-2 149 - Jaron Jensen (Wyoming) dec Jeffrey Boyd (West Virginia) 3-1 157 - Jacob Wright (Wyoming) dec Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) 7-2 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) 13-2 174 - Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) dec Dennis Robin (West Virginia) 3-0 184 - Tate Samuelson (Wyoming) maj Anthony Carman (West Virginia) 9-1 197 - Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) fall Jackson Moomau (West Virginia) 2:35 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) dec Terren Swartz (Wyoming) 9-4

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This is a great weekend to have your eyes on the ACC. We start the weekend with three duals on Friday night that will feature some in-state rivalries and some fire matchups. I'm going to change up the preview a bit this week and focus on a couple matches from each dual that I think will A. be great matches and B. have a major impact on the dual. To cap off this final weekend of regular-season action, we get a top-10 battle in Raleigh between the Wolfpack and the Hokies--I'll have a full breakdown of that dual out this weekend. #23 Pittsburgh at Duke The Panthers make the trek to North Carolina for the second time this month, this time to face the Blue Devils. Unfortunately, the strength of each of these teams doesn't match up well, so we won't have any ranked versus ranked matches, but there will still be a couple good ones to keep your eyes on. The first match I'm watching is at 149. Mancini has been real scrappy each time he's gotten the start for the Panthers and gave #3 Tariq Wilson a battle last week. Finesilver is looking to finish his run through a loaded weight class on a high note. A win in this match could be big for where he falls in the bracket at the ACC championship. I'm also pretty excited to watch the heavyweights get after it. Both of these guys have shown the ability to let it fly this season, so I'm hoping the final match ends that way. 285 is one of the weaker weights in the ACC, so there will be a battle in Charlottesville to steal an NCAA slot. This match could determine who is on the same side as Nathan Traxler, who has run through the weight class. 125: #30 Gage Curry vs. Ty Naquin/Logan Agin 133: #10 Micky Phillippi vs. Drake Doolittle 141: #6 Cole Matthews vs. Patrick Rowland 149: Dan Mancini vs. #14 Josh Finesilver 157: #19 Elijah Cleary vs. Wade Unger 165: #16 Jake Wentzel vs. Gabe Dinette 174: Hunter Kernan vs. #16 Matt Finesilver 184: Greg Harvey vs. Vince Baker 197: #8 Nino Bonaccorsi vs. Kaden Russell 285: Jake Slinger vs. Jonah Niesenbaum #8 Virginia Tech at Virginia The Commonwealth Clash is always a big deal, regardless of the sport. I'm expecting a raucous crowd on Friday at Mem Gym; the Hoos have done a great job marketing this dual and the Hokies travel very well. This will be the first of two duals this weekend for the Hokies, but I don't see that impacting them in any way here. There are a few matches in this dual to pay extra attention to--starting early at 133. Courtney has had a great season so far at 11-3 and has seemed to be building momentum. He has an uncanny ability to find his way through scrambles to get points, but in this match, he will have to create the scrambles as Myers is one of the cleanest shot finishers in the conference. I encourage you to watch Korbin's matches this year and focus on how well he is able to float and control his hips both on takedowns and on top; it's a thing of beauty. The second focus match is at 157 with Connor Brady and Jake Keating. Keating comes in at 11-4 and has looked great in-conference. He has a big win over Ed Scott and wrestled very well in his loss to Austin O'Connor. Keating is coming in with momentum, while Brady is looking to get out of the biggest slump of his season. Brady lost his first two ACC matches in close bouts--a sudden victory loss to Elijah Cleary and a last-second takedown loss to Wade Unger, but last week was blown out 25-10 by O'Connor. The Hokies will need him at his best this weekend, and that will start with the Keating match. The final focus match is at 184 with Battista and Bolen. Battista enters at 14-3 with all three losses to wrestlers in the top-10; two of those were major decision losses to Gavin Kane and Trent Hidlay in the ACC. After those two losses, Battista seemed to be back to the form he was successful with early in the season, putting up 34 points in two matches against Duke last week. Bolen comes in at 18-3 with his losses to #9 Kane, #10 Kyle Cochran and #13 Jonathon Loew. He dropped a sudden victory match to Kane last week 3-1 in a great battle between the two. I expect both guys to bring their A-game to this dual and put on an entertaining match. 125: #20 Sam Latona vs. Patrick McCormick 133: #5 Korbin Myers vs. #20 Brian Courtney 141: #22 Collin Gerardi vs. Dylan Cedeno 149: #5 Bryce Andonian vs. #32 Jarod Verkleeren 157: #28 Connor Brady vs. #26 Jake Keating 165: Clayton Ulrey vs. #23 Justin McCoy 174: #3 Mekhi Lewis vs. Justin Phillips 184: #14 Hunter Bolen vs. #25 Michael Battista 197: #30 Dakota Howard vs. #16 Jay Aiello 285: #14 Nathan Traxler vs. #32 Quinn Miller #18 North Carolina at #4 North Carolina State The rivalry between UNC and NC State is STRONG and we will get to see it play out on the mat in Raleigh Friday night. There are some awesome matches in this dual and I fully expect this to be a battle from the opening whistle. There are a lot of potential focus matches in this dual, so I'll try to narrow it down to a couple. The match between Wilson and Sherman will be the 8th match between them in their college careers--Wilson holds a strong 6-1 record in these matches. At 157, I fully expect to see some fireworks between O'Connor and Scott--both of them are wide open and not afraid to go upper body and they can both put up crazy amounts of points. It should be a fun one. The other two big matches to watch feature the Hidlay brothers. They will both face #9 ranked Tar Heels, who have been on an absolute heater. Lautt had won 9 straight before dropping a decision to Mekhi Lewis last week. Kane has won 13 straight, including the upset win over Bolen last week. Both Hiday brothers come in with unblemished records. Hayden is 11-0 with a 73% bonus rate and Trent is 13-0 with a 92% bonus rate. Both have been dominating nearly everyone in their path and don't seem to be ready to stop any time soon. Both matches will be statement wins--no matter which way they end up. 125: Spencer Moore vs. #14 Jakob Camacho 133: #21 Joe Heilmann vs. #14 Kai Orine 141: #7 Kizhan Clarke vs. #24 Ryan Jack 149: #17 Zach Sherman vs. #3 Tariq Wilson 157: #5 Austin O'Connor vs. #11 Ed Scott 165: Isaias Estrada vs. #21 Thomas Bullard 174: #9 Clay Lautt vs. #4 Hayden Hidlay 184: #9 Gavin Kane vs. #3 Trent Hidlay 197: #27 Max Shaw vs.#15 Isaac Trumble 285: Brandon Whitman vs. #26 Tyrie Houghton

(photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's the last Friday of the dual season! How time flies when you're not actually making weight and competing. While the Big Ten Network, specifically B1G+, is loaded with content again tonight, there's a slightly different look to the duals. None of them are interconference clashes; they all feature a Big Ten school hosting an out-of-conference opponent. In two cases, these B1G schools face in-state competition, which adds a different level of intensity to the match. Below are the three dual on the B1G+ tonight, how to watch them, and what to look out for on this last Friday of the dual portion of the season. (All times eastern) #19 Central Michigan at #21 Michigan State - 6pm/How to watch: B1G+ Ranked Match: #16 Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) vs. #17 Chase Saldate (Michigan State) While only one of the ten bouts in this dual features a pair of ranked wrestlers, there are a lot of quality contests on tap for this in-state battle. Both teams happen to be better in dual competition as opposed to tournaments. At 149 lbs, Corbyn Munson just dropped out of the rankings this week, but has had a strong year for Central Michigan, amassing a 20-6 record. He'll face Peyton Omania, a 2021 national qualifier, who was a World Team member last season in Greco-Roman. Omania also has a Junior World bronze medal on his resume. The headliner is a matchup at 157 lbs between a pair of returning national qualifiers that are currently ranked next to one another, with Lovett and Saldate. Lovett comes in with an 11-match winning streak, while Saldate is looking to get back on the winning path, having lost in his last two appearances. Neither loss could be classified as “bad” since his opponents were both ranked in the top-eight. From 165-197, most of Central Michigan's prospective starters were on the shortlist of wrestlers considered for the national rankings, but didn't make the cut this week. That should make for interesting matches at 165 and 197, both solid weights for the Spartans. A season-ending injury pushed Caleb Fish into MSU's starting lineup at 165; however, he has acquitted himself well and sports a 20-8 record. His bout with Tracy Hubbard should be considered a swing match in this dual. At 197, #5 Cam Caffey will see Aaron Bolo of Central Michigan. A winner of seven of his last eight, Bolo has downed a pair of returning national qualifiers during his hot streak and is 11-5 overall. Caffey has risen to the level of his competition this year. He went through the Big Ten portion of his schedule unscathed, picked up wins over five ranked opponents in the process. With returning NCAA champion AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) out for the year, due to injury, Caffey's shot at a national title is just as good as anyone at this weight. Columbia at Maryland - 7 pm/How to watch: B1G+ This is a dual between a pair of emerging programs that have been tearing up the recruiting trail, of late. Both Columbia and Maryland have seen their results on the mat pick up as well. Though there are no matches between ranked wrestlers in this meet, there are several intriguing ones. Expect fireworks at 133 lbs, because that's what happens when King Sandoval takes the mat for the Terps. The NCAA leader in falls, with 12, Sandoval regularly puts together flashy moves that circulate on social media. He'll face a tough test in #23 Angelo Rini, who is a combined 43-16 during his almost two years competing for Columbia. 174 lbs has a pair of wrestlers on the cusp of a national ranking with Nick Fine (Columbia) and Dom Solis (Maryland). Fine is a true freshman that's hit a bit of a rough patch, losing three of his last six matches; however, he's still 18-10 on the year. Solis won his first three Big Ten duals of the year, culminating in a major decision victory over Rutgers' Connor O'Neill on Saturday. Without a doubt, Maryland's best wrestler this year has been #10 Kyle Cochran at 184 lbs. Cochran won the Southern Scuffle and is 20-6 on the year. While he's a heavy favorite over Brian Bonino, the Lion 184 lber does have a pair of recent wins over returning national qualifiers (David Key - Navy and Gregg Harvey - Pittsburgh), so he's capable of an upset. Princeton at Rutgers - 7 pm/How to watch: B1G+ Ranked Matches: #2 Patrick Glory (Princeton) vs. #27 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) #23 Travis Stefanik (Princeton) vs. #11 John Poznanski (Rutgers) #19 Luke Stout (Princeton) vs. #11 Greg Bulsak (Rutgers) It's always fun when these in-state rivals clash, especially with the emergence of both teams as national powers. Both are expected to feature a pair of returning All-Americans in their lineup, Rutgers with Sebastian Rivera at 141 and John Poznanski at 184 and Princeton with Patrick Glory at 125 and Quincy Monday at 157. Glory has been excellent this year with a perfect 12-0 record and bonus points in 58% of his bouts. Ever the showman and team player, Glory will look to silence the Rutgers home crowd with another bonus-point win against a capable opponent in Dylan Shawver. The Scarlet Knight 125 lber took his lumps in the Big Ten (5-4), but is still 18-6 for the year. Over the past few weeks, All-American John Poznanski has taken some uncharacteristic losses at 184 lbs. Does Travis Stefanik represent a chance to get back to his winning ways or another potential roadblock? Stefanik is best remembered for posting a huge win over Cornell in 2019-20 that allowed Princeton to snap Cornell's Ivy League stranglehold. Perhaps the best match of the night, rankings-wise, is at 197 lbs between Clarion graduate-transfer Greg Bulsak and young Luke Stout. As eluded to earlier, 197 is wide open nationally. There looks to be little separating the top-ranked wrestlers from someone at #19, like Stout. A win for the Tiger could do wonders for his NCAA seeding. Bulsak holding server in his home gym will help him gain confidence needed to make the NCAA podium for the first time.

4x NCAA All-American Logan Storley(photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Several levels of college wrestling will be on display in MMA this weekend as shows from the PFL, Bellator and the UFC feature wrestlers with experience at the NAIA, NCAA Division III, NJCAA and Division I levels are in action. The following is a preview of the former top college wrestlers fighting this Friday and Saturday. PFL Challenger Series 1 Josh Silveira vs. Mohamed Juma The former Arizona State wrestler made his professional MMA debut in 2019, but Silveira is on the verge of earning a contract with a major league promotion. He will take on Juma in the main event of the very first PFL Challengers Series. The event is designed to select competitors for upcoming PFL seasons. Silveira won the 197-pound Pac 12 title for the Sun Devils in 2016 to qualify for the NCAA tournament. He turned professional three years later and currently sports an undefeated 7-0 record. Juma, a native of South Sudan, holds an 8-2 record but enters the fight coming off a loss. Taylor Johnson vs. Alexander Poppeck Johnson started his collegiate wrestling career at Oregon State before transferring to Southern Oregon. After the move, he became a three-time NAIA All-American, with his best finish resulting in a national title in 2014. Johnson recently ended a four-fight run in Bellator that saw him upset former NCAA champion Ed Ruth and drop a decision against former Missouri wrestler Johnny Eblen. Johnson is now 7-3 as a professional. Poppeck, Johnson's opponent on Friday, came up short in his shot on Dana White's Contenders Series back in 2019, but he has won three straight since that loss and has a 12-3 record. The four-fight PFL Challengers Series 1 card will stream live on Fubo TV on Friday at 9pm ET. UFC Vegas 48 Chas Skelly vs. Mark Striegl Skelly finished his high school wrestling career with a 164-3 record and won a Texas state championship. He then continued wrestling at Oklahoma City University, where he became an NAIA All-American. Skelly made his UFC debut back in 2014, and he has gone 7-3 with one "no contest." This will be his first fight since 2019. Striegl will bring an 18-3 record into the cage, but he is coming off a loss against Said Nurmagomedov in his UFC debut in 2020. The entire UFC Vegas 48 card will air live on ESPN+. Skelly's fight will be part of the preliminary card, which begins at 4pm ET. Bellator 274 Logan Storley vs. Neiman Gracie Storley, a four-time All-American for Minnesota, returns to action in the main event of Bellator 274 against a member of the legendary Gracie family. The former Golden Gopher finished his college career in 2015 with a 119-27. Less than a year later, he made his professional MMA debut. Storley won five fights before signing with Bellator in 2017. With the promotion, he has gone 7-1, with his only loss coming against current welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov. Gracie holds an 11-2 record and has picked up wins over former wrestlers Ruth and Jon Fitch. Chance Rencountre vs. Andrey Koreshkov Rencountre was an NJCAA All-American for Labette in 2007, who then finished his eligibility at Fort Hays State. He went 2-2 in the UFC between 2018 and 2019, but left the promotion after a loss against Lyman Good. Rencountre has bounced back with a pair of wins, and his record currently stands at 16-4. Koreshkov defeated Douglas Lima to claim the welterweight title in 2015 and has a 24-4 professional record. Brennan Ward vs. Brandon Bell Ward's wrestling career began at Colby Community College before he transferred to Johnson & Wales. He made the finals of the Division III NCAA tournament in 2010 to become an NCAA All-American. Ward returned to the tournament the following year but was eliminated from All-American contention by multiple-time Greco world team member Joe Rau. This will be Ward's first fight since 2017. Bell, his opponent, has a 10-10 record and is currently riding a three-fight losing streak. Jordan Newman vs. Cody Herbert Newman was a two-time NCAA Division III champion and three-time All-American for Wisconsin Whitewater. As a senior in 2018, he was named D3 National Wrestler of the Year by D3Wrestle.com. Newman made his professional MMA debut under the Bellator banner in 2019. He has gone 3-0 with the promotion, with his last victory coming via technical knockout last April. Herbert is 2-0 as a professional, but he also fought twice in Jorge Masvidal's bare-knuckle MMA promotion last year, splitting a pair of fights. Isaiah Hokit vs. Theodore Macuka Hokit began his college wrestling career at Drexel. However, when Fresno State revived their program he transferred back to his home state. He was a two-year starter for the Bulldogs and went 15-12 in his last year in the lineup. Hokit went 2-2 at the Big 12 tournament in 2019, but finished short of NCAA qualification after a loss to Oklahoma State's Joe Smith. He made his MMA debut at Bellator 261 last June and suffered an upset knockout. Hokit will look to turn things around against Macuka, who is 1-2 as a professional and previously lost to Division II champion Cody Law. Bellator 274 also takes place on Saturday night. Ward, Newman and Hokit will be on the YouTube undercard, which begins at 6pm ET. The main card starts at 9pm ET on Showtime. BKFC: Knuckle Mania 2 Chad Mendes vs. Joshuah Alvarez It might not be MMA, but the former UFC title challenger will be back in action on Saturday. Mendes will face off against Alvarez in a bare-knuckle boxing match. He was a two-time All-American for Cal Poly and made the finals of the 2008 NCAA tournament at 141 pounds before coming up short against Ohio State's J Jaggers. Mendes returned to the UFC in 2018 after serving a suspension and split a pair of bouts. This will be his first fight since falling against current featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. If you are the type who is interested in watching bare-knuckle boxing, Knuckle Mania 2 will air via internet pay-per-view on Fite.TV.

2x NCAA champion Ben Askren (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Let's get down to business this week! What are your thoughts on single champ states vs multiple champs per state in high school? @Obrats Being from a single champ state, I'm clearly not for it. But I do see the benefit of it, even though I have no idea if it's even a reason for it. I imagine having twice as many. Or sometimes six times as many state champs, as a single state, raises awareness to all areas of some very large states, therefore keeping the participation levels up. Maybe I just made that up. I don't know. I suppose two classes isn't the worst thing, but anything beyond that is a bunch of malarky. With the tremendous success of the Jagger Bag, might we get a Jagger Podcast in the offseason, or perhaps next season? Give the fans what they want. @Obrats A double dose of Dan here, who also doubles as the guy who sneaks me into Rutgers matches. The main reason is simply that I don't like the sound of my voice. In the right setting, I'm no stranger to the gift of gab. But something about being on some kind of recorded show flips off a switch instead of on. Don't get me wrong, I like doing them and have no problem saying yes if asked, but I can't see ever having my own show. (Immediately trademarks the name Jaggin' Off) Should high school and college folkstyle have identical rules? @coachbiskits I bounced this around my mates Richard and Clay and they both think they should be the same. Personally, I like the idea of having to adapt to new settings as you move up. Plus, the logistics of doing stuff like riding time may be too much to handle at your average high school tournaments. Would Shane Sparks dominate Ben Askren in anything else besides wrestling takes? @BVillaD2wrestle Proper television grooming? Come on Ben, you host a show with some of the most dapper men to grace a screen. Let's get some product in that wild mane. Who wins the NC State vs. VT match? Should they also start at 197 pounds? @Rhino184 It's the first Sunday without football and we've been blessed with the unsanctioned makeup of the doomed Hokie-Wolfpack dual that we all wanted. It doesn't bother me that it isn't for the ACC title. In fact, I prefer that it's just a grudge match between two great teams and fanbases who are not fond of each other. Even better than that, it's on a Sunday night with no competition as opposed to a packed Friday night. It only seems fitting that you start at 197 and close with the Brothers of Destruction vs the Hokie duo of Lewis and Bolen. Think about it. 12-12 after eight matches. HH-Mekhi. Nobody knows what will happen there at all and possibly the most intriguing match of the season to date. Then you have Hoagie-Hunter. You assume it has to favor Trent here. But he's only 1-3 against Bolen with an overtime victory. Now it is their most recent matchup, so has he figured Bolen out, or was it a case of being due? Maybe it's a little of both, as the combined score of all four of their matches is 8-6. That's insane. Bottom line is it could very well come down to this match. I'll be watching. Rock Harrison will be freaking out. Jersey Hokie may get banned from Twitter. Thank you to both teams for putting their differences aside and getting it done. This next month is the best time for high school and college wrestling. Soak it all in before the long offseason.