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You hear it all the time, the Big Ten dual meet season is brutal. The amount of top talent in this conference is on full display every week and last weekend was no different. However, as we recap what we saw, we can’t wait to get to Friday for Iowa vs Michigan in a battle between two of the best teams in the country. Tough week for Wisconsin It hasn’t been the easiest time for Wisconsin as they got their Big Ten dual meet season started with three straight losses. Losses to Ohio State (27-15), Michigan State (22-15), and Nebraska (28-9) have the Badgers currently sitting at 0-3 in the conference with duals against Northwestern and Purdue coming up this weekend. Of note, Dean Hamiti has been back down to 165 since the start of the new year and has claimed three straight ranked wins. In addition, Eric Barnett has maintained his consistency with three straight wins through the Big Ten dual grind at 125, which has been the most up-and-down weight class of the year. Hawkeyes Win 18 of 20 in Trip to Illinois Talk about a dominating road trip. Iowa faced off against Illinois and Northwestern last week and dominated by a combined score of 82-6. The six points came from two losses in their dual against Illinois, before they went on to shutout Northwestern a few days later. We also got our second Ben Kueter sighting as well. The true freshman took the mat against Jack Jessen and picked up a 45-second fall to cap off the shutout win in Evanston. This weekend the Hawks have a huge matchup as they head to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan on Friday. Young Buckeyes come through at home Ohio State hosted Michigan on Friday night in front of a raucous home crowd. The momentum in the dual started in favor of the Wolverines as they got bonus point wins at 125 and 133 in ranked matchups. Michigan forfeited at 141 as a result of Sergio Lemley not passing the skin inspection, which was a bummer for those looking forward to that match with Jesse Mendez. They continued with another win at 149 and an OT win at 157 to take control of the dual… or so they thought. Michigan was favored in most of the last matches, but credit to the Buckeyes for not backing down. They got upset wins at 184 with Ryder Rogotzke getting a tech fall over Jaden Bullock, and eventually the dual came down to Heavyweight. Nick Feldman showed that he is as advertised, and got the win over then-fourth-ranked Lucas Davison. That was enough for the Buckeyes to continue to have their bragging rights for another season with the hard-fought 20-19 win in Columbus. Up next for Michigan is hosting Iowa this Friday in Ann Arbor, with Ohio State traveling to Penn State Friday night as well. It’s called the Hoosier state The state of Indiana was up for grabs Saturday with the dual between Indiana and Purdue, and Indiana was ready to rock. Matt Ramos started the dual off quickly with a win for the Boilermakers, but it was a string of Indiana wins after that. 133 through 157 was all Indiana, with Brayton Lee getting a 4-2 win over Purdue’s stud freshman Joey Blaze. In the end, Purdue only got three wins (125, 165, and 197), which is generally not enough to win a dual meet. Roman Rogotzke, brother of the aforementioned Rogotzke of Ohio State, got a nice win at 184 in overtime against James Rowley to essentially seal the dual. Indiana has been wrestling very well this season, and has shown some real consistency throughout their lineup. Indiana hosts Michigan State on Sunday afternoon, and Purdue will host Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon as well. Spartans use bonus points to upset the Badgers There was a theme in Friday night's dual against the Badgers. It was High School Night for Michigan State, and it’s always great to get a win at home with some potential future Spartans in attendance. The match results were split five to five, but Michigan State held Wisconsin to five decisions, where MSU was able to get bonus points at 157, 197, and 285, two of those being falls (157 and 285). Even with the bonus points, Michigan State needed some clutch wins from Layne Malczewski at 184, getting the win over then 16th-ranked Shane Liegel, and Kael Wisler got the major decision over Josh Otto at 197. Up next for the Spartans is a trip to Champaign, IL to take on Illinois on Friday night, followed by Indiana on Sunday afternoon. Wisconsin will be hosting Northwestern at home Friday night, and traveling to Purdue Sunday afternoon.

We're coming down the home stretch of the collegiate wrestling season and have a full schedule of DI duals this week. A total of 53 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links). All times listed are Eastern. Thursday, February 1: The Citadel at Chattanooga 5:00 PM Clarion at Lock Haven 7:00 PM PSAC Digital Network South Dakota State at Wyoming 8:00 PM FloWrestling Friday, February 2: Columbia at Cornell 6:30 PM ESPN+ Ohio State at Penn State 6:30 PM Big Ten Network Appalachian State at Campbell 7:00 PM UFC FightPass Bellarmine at Davidson 7:00 PM FloWrestling Pittsburgh at Duke 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Virginia Tech at Virginia 7:00 PM ACC Network Extra Lock Haven at Navy 7:30 PM Navy Athletics YouTube LIU at Franklin & Marshall 8:00 PM Centennial Conference Digital Network Michigan State at Illinois 8:00 PM B1G+ West Virginia at Iowa State 8:00 PM ESPN+ Maryland at Minnesota 8:00 PM B1G+ Arizona State at Oklahoma State 8:00 PM ESPN+ North Dakota State at Utah Valley 8:00 PM GoUVU YouTube Northwestern at Wisconsin 8:00 PM B1G+ Iowa at Michigan 8:30 PM Big Ten Network North Carolina at NC State 8:30 PM ACC Network Saturday, February 3: Binghamton, Cleveland State, Edinboro, Hofstra at Edinboro Open 9:00 AM Lindenwood at Missouri Valley Open 10:00 AM Chattanooga at Gardner-Webb 12:00 PM ESPN+ Princeton at Harvard 12:00 PM ESPN+ Sacred Heart at Bloomsburg 1:00 PM PSAC Digital Network Penn at Brown 1:00 PM ESPN+ Northern Illinois at Buffalo 1:00 PM ESPN+ Cal Poly at Little Rock 1:00 PM Little Rock Sports Network Rider at Drexel 2:00 PM FloWrestling VMI at Presbyterian 2:00 PM California Baptist at Air Force 3:00 PM FloWrestling Kent State at Bloomsburg 3:00 PM PSAC Digital Network Bucknell at Navy 7:30 PM ESPN+ South Dakota State at Utah Valley 8:00 PM GoUVU YouTube Sunday, February 4: Bellarmine, SIU Edwardsville at Greyhound Open (Indianapolis) 10:00 AM Drexel vs. Morgan State at American 11:00 AM ESPN+ Penn at Harvard 12:00 PM ESPN+ Michigan State at Indiana 12:00 PM Big Ten Network Drexel at American 1:00 PM ESPN+ Princeton at Brown 1:00 PM Bucknell at Columbia 1:00 PM ESPN+ Rider at George Mason 1:00 PM ESPN+ Wisconsin at Purdue 1:00 PM B1G+ Ohio State at Rutgers 1:00 PM B1G+ VMI at Appalachian State 2:00 PM AppState Sports YouTube Lehigh at Army West Point 2:00 PM Army WP Athletics YouTube Gardner-Webb at Campbell 2:00 PM Campbell Mall Ohio at Central Michigan 2:00 PM ESPN+ Northwestern at Minnesota 2:00 PM Big Ten Network Oklahoma State at Missouri 2:00 PM FloWrestling Bellarmine at The Citadel 2:00 PM ESPN+ Morgan State at American 3:00 PM ESPN+ Oregon State at Arizona State 3:00 PM Pac-12 Oregon Illinois at Nebraska 3:00 PM B1G+ West Virginia at Northern Iowa 3:00 PM FloWrestling North Dakota State at Wyoming 3:00 PM FloWrestling CSU Bakersfield at Stanford 7:00 PM Pac-12 Stanford

Virginia Head Coach Steve Garland talks about the state of his team and the adversity they've battled through during the first three months of the season. His team has had to frequently bump wrestlers up and down the lineup because of injuries. Last weekend, The Cavaliers got as healthy as they've been in months, went 2-0, and picked up their first ACC victory. Tomorrow they'll host #12 Virginia Tech in a marquee dual at John Paul Jones Arena. Garland talks about some key individual matches and the overall atmosphere of the event.

Two remaining weeks of Fantasy Regular Season competition. If you’re not doing a carry-over league, you might need to start dropping those highly ranked names for guys who are going to be guaranteed wrestling rather than seed-protecting. Through 13 weeks, we have two wrestlers who have separated themselves from the rest of the wrestling pack in 285 Taye Ghadiali (CAMP) and 141 Wyatt Henson (LHU). Both have 97 Fpts on the season and are #1 and #2 respectively based on their PPM. 149 Caleb Henson, who has been in the tops of the Overall Season rankings this year, comes in at #3 just one point above 197 Stephen Buchanan. See the current Top-25 Overall Season Fantasy Wrestler Standings HERE. For this week, there are three main tournaments to keep an eye on: Edinboro Open, Greyhound Open, and Missouri Valley Open. As usual, entries are still coming in for each of these tournaments, so keep the notifications on for @FantasyD1Wrestl as updates will be posted to the InterMat Forum Fantasy Wrestling Board. A reminder of some important rules: Wrestlers entered at a weight must compete at that weight or else their results will not be counted. Wrestlers in the “Floater” spots can compete at ANY weight and accumulate Fantasy points. A wrestler will LOCK on your roster at 12pm ET on the day of their first competition for the week (refer to the SHP’s Week Preview). Only results against D1 competition (starters, backups, and redshirts) will count towards Fantasy Points. Check your league settings to know how many add/drops are permitted per week. Wrestlers I Like This Week Wrestler (School)- competition for the week [Proj Score] *organized by most potential points to least, then by school alphabetically”: 125: Pat McKee (MINN)- Vs Maryland, Vs Northwestern [+10] Anthony Noto (LHU)- Vs Clarion, @ Navy [+8] Jack Maida (AMER)- Vs Drexel, Vs Morgan State [+7] Brayden Palmer (CHAT)- Vs The Citadel, @ Gardner-Webb [+7] Tyler Klinsky (RID)- @ Drexel, @ George Mason [+7] Jore Volk (WYO)- Vs South Dakota State, Vs North Dakota State [+7] Anthony Molton (CAMP)- Vs Appalachian State, Vs Gardner-Webb [+6] Caleb Smith (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+4] Blake West (NIU)- @ Buffalo [+4] Braeden Davis (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+4] Kysen Terukina (ISU)- Vs West Virginia [+3] Colton Camacho (PITT)- @ Duke [+3] Nico Provo (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+3] Cooper Flynn (VT)- @ Virginia [+3] 133: Michael Colaiocco (PENN)- @ Brown, @ Harvard [+8] Blake Boarman (CHAT)- Vs The Citadel, @ Gardner-Webb [+7] Daton Fix (OKST)- Vs Arizona State, @ Missouri [+6] Mason Leiphart (F&M)- Vs Long Island [+5] Vince Santaniello (PITT)- @ Duke [+5] Vito Arujau (COR)- Vs Columbia [+4] Evan Frost (ISU)- Vs West Virginia [+4] Ryan Crookham (LEH)- @ Army [+4] Julian Farber (UNI)- Vs West Virginia [+4] Dom LaJoie (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+4] Hunter Leake (CBU)- @ Air Force [+3] Jacob Van Dee (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+3] Kai Orine (NCST)- Vs North Carolina [+3] Sam Latona (VT)- @ Virginia [+3] 141: Wyatt Henson (LHU)- Vs Clarion, @ Navy [+7] CJ Composto (PENN)- @ Brown, @ Harvard [+7} Tagen Jamison (OKST)- Vs Arizona State, @ Missouri [+6] Cole Matthews (PITT)- @ Duke [+5] Brock Hardy (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+4] Jason Miranda (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+4] Vince Cornella (COR)- Vs Columbia [+3] Malyke Hines (LEH)- @ Army [+3] Tom Crook (VT)- @ Virginia [+3] 149: Kannon Webster (ILL)- Greyhound Open Cody Bond (APP)- @ Campbell, Vs VMI [+7] Noah Castillo (CHAT)- Vs The Citadel, @ Gardner-Webb [+7] Joseph Zargo (WISC)- Vs Northwestern, @ Purdue [+7] Nicholas Stonecheck (LHU)- Vs Clarion, @ Navy [+6] Dylan D’Emilio (OHST)- @ Penn State, @ Rutgers [+6] Ridge Lovett (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+5] Matthew Williams (ARMY)- Vs Lehigh [+4] Chance Lamer (CP)- @ Little Rock [+4] Finn Solomon (PITT)- @ Duke [+4] Jaden Abas (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+4] Ethan Fernandez (COR)- Vs Columbia [+3] Jackson Arrington (NCST)- Vs North Carolina [+3] 157: Tommy Askey (APP)- @ Campbell, Vs VMI [+7] Jacori Teemer (ASU)- @ Oklahoma State, Vs Oregon State [+6] Michael Blockhus (MINN)- Vs Maryland, Vs Northwestern [+6] Lucas Revano (PENN)- @ Brown, @ Harvard [+6] Daniel Cardenas (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+6] Ed Scott (NCST)- Vs North Carolina [+5] Meyer Shapiro (COR)- Vs Columbia [+4] Cody Chittum (ISU)- Vs West Virginia [+3] Peyton Robb (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+3] Levi Haines (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+3] 165: Dean Hamiti (WISC)- Vs Northwestern, @ Purdue [+8] Caleb Fish (MSU)- @ Illinois, @ Indiana [+6] Julian Ramirez (COR)- Vs Columbia [+4] Mitchell Mesenbrink (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+4] Holden Heller (PITT)- @ Duke [+4] Hunter Garvin (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+4] Giano Petrucelli (AF)- Vs California Baptist [+3] David Carr (ISU)- Vs West Virginia [+3] Keegan O’Toole (MIZZ)- Vs Oklahoma State [+3] Antrell Taylor (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+3] Derek Fields (NCST)- Vs North Carolina [+3] Joseph Bianchi (LR)- Vs Cal Poly [+3] 174: Sean Harman (MIZZ)- Missouri Valley Open (Flex) Max Maylor (WISC)- Vs Northwestern, @ Purdue [+7] Lennox Wolak (COL)- @ Cornell, Vs Bucknell [+6] Edmond Ruth (ILL)- Vs Michigan State, @Nebraska [+6] Carter Starocci (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+4] Luca Augustine (PITT)- @ Duke [+4] Lorenzo Norman (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+4] Ben Pasuik (ARMY)- Vs Lehigh [+3] John Worthing (CLAR)- @ Lock Haven [+3] Donnell Washington (IND)- @ Indiana [+3] Mekhi Lewis (VT)- @ Virginia [+3] 184: Caleb Hopkins (CAMP)- Vs Appalachian State, Vs Gardner-Webb [+7] Isaiah Salazar (MINN)- Vs Maryland, Vs Northwestern [+7] Dustin Plott (OKST)- Vs Arizona State, @ Missouri [+7] Chris Foca (COR)- Vs Columbia [+4] Parker Keckeisen (UNI)- Vs West Virginia [+4] Trey Munoz (ORST)- @ Arizona State [+4] Reece Heller (PITT)- @ Duke [+4] Jack Darrah (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+4] Sam Wolf (AF)- Vs California Baptist [+3] Cameron Pine (CLAR)- @ Lock Haven [+3] James Conway (F&M)- Vs Long Island [+3] Will Feldkamp (ISU)- Vs West Virginia [+3] Tristan Wells (LR)- @ Cal Poly [+3] Lenny Pinto (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+3] Bernie Truax (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+3] Dakota Howard (VT)- @ Virginia [+3] 197: Luke Stout (PRIN)- @ Harvard, @ Brown [+9] Levi Hopkins (CAMP)- Vs Appalachian State, Vs Gardner-Webb [+7] Michael Beard (LEH)- @ Army [+5] Stephen Little (LR)- @ Cal Poly [+5] Nick Stemmet (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+5] Sam Mitchell (BUFF)- Vs Northern Illinois [+4] Jacob Cardenas (COR)- Vs Columbia [+4] Silas Allred (NEB)- Vs Illinois [+4] Trent Hidlay (NCST)- Vs North Carolina [+4] Aaron Brooks (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+4] Mac Stout (PITT)- @ Duke [+4] Justin Rademacher (ORST)- @ Arizona State [+3] Andy Smith (VT)- @ Virginia [+3] 285: Keaton Kluever (HOF)- Edinboro Open Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- Vs Appalachian State, Vs Gardner-Webb [+9] William Jarrell (AMER)- Vs Drexel, Vs Morgan State [+7] Wyatt Hendrickson (AF)- Vs California Baptist [+6] Lewis Fernandes (COR)- Vs Columbia [+4] Yonger Bastida (ISU)- Vs West Virginia [+4] Nathan Taylor (LEH)- @ Army [+4] Connor Barket (DUKE)- Vs Pittsburgh [+3] Owen Trephan (NCST)- Vs North Carolina [+3] Greg Kerkvliet (PSU)- Vs Ohio State [+3] Peter Ming (STAN)- Vs CSU Bakersfield [+3]

As we head into February, most teams are wrapping up conference competition and looking ahead to the postseason. A few select teams have that old “good problem” to have with multiple talented wrestlers at the same weight. For whatever reason, neither has jumped out in front of the other and grabbed a hold of the starting position. Below we’ve identified seven prominent teams with uncertain situations headed into February. Each situation is a little bit different. We’ll discuss the parties involved in each battle and when you can expect to get some more clarity regarding each decision. Penn State (149 lbs) Tyler Kasak/David Evans As of Sunday, this battle may be settled. Maybe. True freshman Tyler Kasak and program mainstay David Evans met at the Mat-Town Open and Kasak prevailed, 4-2. It was his second tight win over Evans this season. Just last year, with Levi Haines, we saw Cael Sanderson and the Penn State staff drag that decision down to the very last minute and we’re getting to that point with Kasak, who could still redshirt. This one comes down to what the coaching staff is looking for in 2023-24. It seems like a lock that the Nittany Lions will win the team title. With Kasak, Penn State could perhaps challenge the team scoring mark or Minnesota’s ten All-American mark from 2001. Kasak, ranked 12th at 149 lbs, is the only Penn State wrestler ranked outside of the top-ten in his respective weight class. Even so, the podium half of the podium is ripe for the taking at 149 lbs and Kasak has not lost to anyone outside of the Nittany Lion room. Starting Evans isn’t exactly punting on the weight class for 2023-24, either. Evans could be starting and winning for a lot of teams in the country at 141 or 149 lbs. He’s competed at both this season. In his opening event of the year, Evans downed 2022 All-American CJ Composto (Penn) in sudden victory. Of his three losses on the year, two have come to Kasak. The other was at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic to #15 (141) Malyke Hines (Lehigh). Since moving up to 149, Evans has picked up three dual wins; two against Big Ten foes. There’s an argument to be made that there’s probably not a huge dropoff between the two in 2023-24, in terms of NCAA point scoring. The Penn State brass also has to decide what’s the best for their star recruit, Kasak’s, future. If they keep him in redshirt, will he have four years of potential dominance like a Jason Nolf or Bo Nickal? That may not be the case wrestling him in the 2024 postseason - though it could, as we haven’t seen Kasak against top competitors yet. Iowa (133 lbs) Cullan Schriever/Brody Teske Brody Teske got the head start on Cullan Schriever after the latter had to miss a few dates at the beginning of the year, due to his involvement in Iowa’s gambling probe. Teske did fine, with a title at the Soldier Salute, but suffered a loss to Evan Frost (Iowa State) in the Cy-Hawk dual and a rather lopsided one to Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) during his last dual appearance at 133 lbs. Since the Van Dee loss, Teske hasn’t seen the mat for the Hawkeye at 133 lbs. True freshman Kale Peterson got the call against Minnesota. Peterson has shown enough to think that he’ll be in this mix in 2024-25. But for now, he’s likely out of the equation and staying in redshirt. Cullan Schriever has been the guy for the last three duals for Iowa and has gotten his hand raised each time; with bonus points to boot. Schriever is now 8-1 on the season with his lone loss coming to Van Dee at the Soldier Salute. In addition to his three Big Ten dual wins, Schriever has beaten #19 Angelo Rini (Columbia) and former national qualifier Jake Gliva (Minnesota). Trying to read between the lines and analyze the situation, you have to think Schriever now has the upper hand. In addition to starting each of the last three duals at 133 lbs, Teske moved up to 141 lbs to spell Real Woods during last weekend’s two matches. Oklahoma State (149 lbs) Sammy Alvarez/Jordan Williams If you would have told me in November that a weight class would be uncertain in late-January for Oklahoma State, I would have guessed 157 lbs, or perhaps, 141. Teague Travis’ emergence at 157 has shored up that weight, while Tagen Jamison grabbed ahold of the 141 role early in the season. One reason that 141 seemed to be up in the air was the presence of Rutgers transfer Sammy Alvarez. During the 2019-20 campaign, Alvarez earned the tenth seed at 133 lbs at the ill-fated 2020 NCAA Tournament. Since then, Alvarez has been in-and-out of the Rutgers lineup, and lacked consistency, while trying to find the right weight class. Alvarez was not available during the first semester due to transfer rules and Jamison posted some strong results at the 141 lb weight class he was assumed to be wrestling. That wasn’t the case and Alvarez’s season got kicked off at the Reno Tournament of Champions, where he went 4-2 at 149 lbs. At the same time, Jordan Williams was a top-ten recruit in the Class of 2022 and started the year as “the guy” for Oklahoma State at 149 lbs. Williams had an impressive showing winning the Lindenwood Open, but then went 2-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Williams went 2-2 in duals before giving way to Alvarez. On a road trip, Alvarez started with a major decision against Pittsburgh’s Finn Solomon, but lost to freshman Ty Watters (West Virginia). Last weekend, both saw action as the Cowboys hosted a pair of conference foes from Iowa. Williams earned a tech fall over Northern Iowa’s Adam Allard, while Alvarez fell to #10 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State). It’s difficult to read into these results. Does Alvarez have a leg up since he was given the more difficult opponent or does the edge go to Williams, who looked as good as he has all year? Either we’ll have some clarity or more confusion after the upcoming weekend. Arizona State and #4 Kyle Parco looms large on Friday night. Mizzou has #24 Logan Gioffre on Sunday. Again, we’ll be paying attention to who goes where (if the two split matches) and the results from each. Missouri figures to be a much closer match team-wise, but Arizona State has a top-flight 149. Missouri (141 lbs) Josh Edmond/Zeke Seltzer Coming into the year, it appeared as if Missouri’s lineup would feature redshirt freshman Zeke Seltzer at 133 lbs and Josh Edmond at 141. A top recruit from the high school Class of 2022, Seltzer got off to a slow start winning only two of his first seven matches. That span included an 0-2 showing at the Cougar Clash, giving up bonus points in both of his matches against non-starters. When Seltzer resurfaced, later in December, it was at 141 lbs at the Soldier Salute. Though Seltzer took some lumps, he did notch a win over two-time All-American Clay Carlson (South Dakota State). Since then, Seltzer got a dual start at 141 lbs and posted a win over a ranked opponent in #31 Jason Miranda (Stanford). Edmond had a really strong Midlands performance in 2022 while redshirting and started the year with an impressive preseason ranking (#17). He would take two losses within his first two matches, though neither could be classified as “bad” (Kal Miller/Maryland and Mosha Schwartz/Oklahoma). After losing a barnburner to Virginia Tech’s Tom Crook, Seltzer was given an opportunity. Sunday’s dual with Cornell saw Edmond get the start at 141 and Seltzer bumped up to 149. Both took defeats, though Seltzer’s might be more expected, up a weight, against a ranked opponent (Ethan Fernandez). Pay attention to Sunday’s dual against #3 Oklahoma State. Provided both Edmond and Seltzer are healthy, it should be telling who gets the start against eighth-ranked Tagen Jamison. This should be a tight dual and the Mizzou staff would prefer to have the optimal lineup, if available. Michigan (184 lbs) Jaden Bullock/Rylan Rogers This one may have already worked itself out, but we’ll talk about the Michigan Wolverines at 184 lbs, just in case. The #11 overall recruit in the Class of 2022, Rylan Rogers saw some action last season at 184 and 197 lbs, but was penciled in as the successor to Matt Finesilver for the 2023-24 campaign. An early-season injury to Rogers left the door open for Jaden Bullock who took full advantage of his opportunity. Bullock got the nod in Michigan’s first two duals of the year and responded with wins against Rider and Columbia. The Columbia win saw Bullock post a win over a ranked wrestler in Aaron Ayzerov. Even though Bullock got off to a strong start, not many saw his performance at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational coming. Bullock notched wins over All-American Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) and super freshman Dylan Fishback on his way to a sixth-place finish at a loaded 184 lb weight class. Bullock got on the podium, while three past All-Americans did not. Since Vegas, Bullock has continued to get starts at 184 lbs. He’s gone 3-3 during that stretch, one that’s been highlighted by wins over NCAA qualifiers Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) and Brian Soldano (Ohio State). Unfortunately, in Friday’s dual with Ohio State, Bullock fell behind Ryder Rogotzke early and never recovered, losing via a 21-0 tech fall. While Bullock has provided stability at the 184 lb class, the Wolverines haven’t gotten the same production out of 197. Initially, veterans Bobby Striggow and Brendin Yatooma have been given the first chance to lock down the starting role at 197 lbs. During Michigan’s most recent two duals, Rogers has been the starter. In both instances, he’s lost to ranked opponents. Michigan has a huge dual with Iowa on the docket for Friday. Once again, we’ll see who gets the call for Sean Bormet’s team. This may be a moot point as Rogers might now be able to get down to 184 lbs if he’s bulked up for 197. NC State (125 lbs) Jakob Camacho/Jarrett Trombley Here’s a battle that is probably decided…but, maybe, just maybe it isn’t. Friday’s ACC opener saw 2023 conference champion Jarrett Trombley get the start for NC State, while Jakob Camacho went to Saturday’s Appalachian Open, presumably to boost his match count. Trombley did what he was supposed to Friday against Pittsburgh and majored the Panthers Camacho, Colton. Jakob was a perfect 3-0 at the Appalachian Open. There hasn’t been much drama or uncertainty as to who NC State would start at 125 lbs this year. Camacho rose to number one in the nation, at one point, but quickly dropped after a disastrous 0-3 showing at the Collegiate Duals. The Wolfpack staff still sent Camacho out for their next dual with Oklahoma State, where he was also beaten. I fully expect Camacho to get the start on Friday night against in-state rival North Carolina. Pay attention to the match and the result. He’ll face a capable opponent in #29 Spencer Moore. Two years ago, Camacho beat Moore in that same dual, 7-2. If Moore reverses that result and pulls the upset, does the NC State staff give Trombley another opportunity? NC State next wrestles Virginia before an out-of-conference dual with Cornell. Then on the final weekend of the year, they meet Virginia Tech in one of the most heated rivalries in the sport. The Virginia dual could be pivotal; either a spot for Camacho to keep the momentum going or perhaps for Trombley to make his push. Penn (Multiple Weights) The Midlands presented some good problems to have for Penn as their youngsters performed better than their incumbents at a handful of weights. Since then, the Quakers have had five duals and it appears they have sorted out those question marks in the lineup. Max Gallagher has taken the reigns at 125 lbs and defeated CKLV champion Nico Provo (Stanford) last weekend, before falling to Nick Babin (Columbia) this week. Lucas Revano and Jude Swisher have both seen time at 157 lbs, but Revano pulled ahead after a head-to-head win at Midlands and a third-place showing. He’s since won four of five duals. At 197 lbs, it was Martin Cosgrove who had a better Midlands, but veteran Cole Urbas has gotten the majority of the dual meet action since the calendar turned to January. Penn has the New England contingent of the Ivy League this weekend before a dual with Cornell on the following weekend. If any of their starters stumble before then, the Quakers are very deep and can assume the “next man up” mantra, if needed.

Air Force (Overall: 3-4; Conference: 1-3): Dual Results (SDSU) | Dual Results (NDSU) Taking on the Dakota schools at home Air Force took a 32-9 loss to SDSU but got their first conference win 21-13 over NDSU. After dropping 133-157 the Falcons won the rest of the matches, including major decisions from Giano Petrucelli and Sam Wolf. While they didn’t have that same success against the Jackrabbits they did get bonus points from Wyatt Hendrickson. Sam Wolf was majored by Bennett Berge, only his third loss of the season. While they didn’t win these matches, Air Force was within a takedown from 125-141 against ranked opponents. Next Up: Air Force hosts California Baptist on February 3rd. California Baptist (Overall: 3-8; Conference: 0-5): No Competition. Next Up: California Baptist hits the road for a dual against Air Force on February 3rd. Iowa State (Overall: 10-2; Conference: 3-1): Dual Results (OU) | Dual Results (OKST) Iowa State took a trip to the Oklahoma schools and came back with another win and their first conference loss this season. They got Casey Swiderski back in the lineup at 149, but lost Cody Chittum for the weekend with a concussion. Against OU, they dominated to a 37-4 win, winning nine matches and six bonus point victories. Casey Swiderski beat 2022 Big 12 finalist Willie McDougald 8-3. Jason Kraisser stepped in for Chittum and beat a ranked Jared Hill. MJ Gaitan made a statement with a second-period pin over Tate Picklo and Yonger Bastida continued to dominate from neutral with a 14-4 major over Josh Heindselman. The next day the Cyclones took on fellow top five OK State but lost 21-12. They dropped the first three matches as Terukina and Echemendia were unable to score and Evan Frost was unable to slow down Daton Fix. Jason Kraisser lost some scrambles to Teague Travis, while Will Feldkamp couldn't keep up with Plott’s pressure, narrowly avoiding being teched. Casey Swiderski got another strong win over Sammy Alvarez. David Carr handled Izzak Olejnik 8-1, while MJ Gaitan beat Brayden Thompson in overtime. Julien Broderson gave up a dual-changing major decision to true freshman Jersey Robb, giving a deficit that Yonger Bastida’s win over Doucet was unable to cover. Next Up: Iowa State duals West Virginia at home on February 2nd. Missouri (Overall: 8-1; Conference: 4-0): Dual Results (WVU) | Dual Results (CORN) The Tigers went on a long road trip east and came back with another conference win and their first loss of the season. They started with a 30-6 win over a tough West Virginia team that saw bonus points from Noah Surtin, Kade Moore, and Brock Mauller. Josh Edmond and Logan Gioffre lost competitive matches to Jordan Titus and Ty Watters in entertaining matches. Gioffre took injury time for a rib injury against Watters and proceeded to miss the Cornell dual, an injury to monitor with OK State coming up. Two days later, they traveled to top-ten Cornell and lost 20-16. They started hot as Noah Surtin hit a mixer to pin Brett Ungar, the same move and period he pinned him with at the 2022 Southern Scuffle. Kade Moore followed that up with a big move against returning champ Vito Arujau, putting him on his back for a takedown and nearfall. Vito ended up scoring two rapid-fire takedowns and getting riding time for a 10-9 win. The Tigers struggled from there, dropping the next three, including Mauller giving up bonus points for the first time in his career to Meyer Shapiro. O’Toole majored Julian Ramirez and Peyton Mocco won 8-2, but a major decision loss by Clayton Whiting and Rocky Elam being upset by Jacob Cardenas clinched the Tigers first loss. Zach Elam won a close against Lewis Fernandes 2-1. OK State is up next and could decide the unofficial dual champs and set the stage for the Big 12 tournament. Next Up: Missouri hosts OK State in a massive Big 12 conference dual on February 4th. North Dakota State (Overall: 3-7; Conference: 2-2): Dual Results The Bison fell to .500 on the year in conference duals with a 21-13 loss to Air Force. They won consecutive matches from 133-157, but were missing ranked starter Gaven Sax at 174. His backup Mason Gode lost a one-point decision. Devon Dawson, at heavyweight, gave Wyatt Hendrickson a tough 9-4 match, the closest match Hendrickson has had all year. Next Up: NDSU has road duals at Utah Valley on February 2nd and at Wyoming on February 4th. Northern Colorado (Overall): 8-5; Conference: 1-4): Dual Results The Bears dropped a conference dual against Wyoming 23-16, but not without getting some quality wins. The dual started with Stevo Poulin taking out Jore Volk 3-1, then Dom Serrano majored Garrett Ricks for a strong lead. The team dropped six of the next eight, but Travis Mastrogiovanni at 174 is starting to look like a potential factor for the team. While he doesn’t have ranked wins this season he is now 10-4 on the year and won three of his last four. Next Up: The Bears have their last home dual against Utah Valley on February 10th. Northern Iowa (Overall: 4-5; Conference: 3-1): Dual Results (OKST) | Dual Results (OU) The always-tough Panther team visited the state of Oklahoma and came back after going 1-1 against OK State and OU. They dropped the dual to top-five OK State 22-12 but got big wins at 141, 157, 184, and 197. Cael Happel and Ryder Downey won their matches with a lone takedown against ranked opponents. Parker Keckeisen vs Dustin Plott was the match of the night and Keckeisen took round one 12-6, including two nearfall that were waived off after review. Trever Anderson and Tyrell Gordon came close to upsets, but dropped one-point matches to ranked wrestlers. The team rebounded the next day with a dominant 30-12 win over the Sooners that saw them win six matches, all by bonus. Ryder Downey and Jared Simma scored a major decision and a fall against Jared Hill and Tate Picklo respectively. Anderson, RJ Weston, and Tyrell Gordon went 0-2 on the weekend. Anderson and Gordon again lost close matches, with Gordon going to overtime. Northern Iowa has now won the past seven duals against OU, going back to the 2018 season. Next Up: The Panthers compete against West Virginia at home on February 4th. Oklahoma State (Overall: 10-0; Conference: 5-0): Dual Results (UNI) | Dual Results (ISU) The Cowboys stayed undefeated and got another top-five win this weekend with dual victories over Northern Iowa and Iowa State on back-to-back days. Against Northern Iowa, they won six matches with bonus points from Daton Fix and Jordan Williams. Troy Spratley won another close match against Trever Anderson. Tagen Jamison and Teague Travis lost one takedown matches to higher-ranked opponents. Konner Doucet was 0-2 against Tyrell Gordon, but got a win in rideouts here. Plott lost the first match to Keckeisen, but both wrestlers are likely walking away with plenty of notes in a back-and-forth match that saw Keckeisen score a takedown late. The team continued their strong performance the next day with a 21-12 win over Iowa State. They won the first three, including a bonus from Daton Fix over Evan Frost and Tagen Jamison showing some great defense to beat Anthony Echemendia in sudden victory. Sammy Alvarez lost 8-2 to Casey Swiderski, and with Williams' strong performance against UNI is continuing to look like a relevant lineup battle. Izzak Olejnik and Konner Doucet couldn’t keep up with David Carr and Yonger Bastida but held their losses to decisions. Dustin Plott nearly teched Will Feldkamp and continues to look like a title contender. After coming into the season outside the top ten, the Cowboys are now looking like potentially the top Big 12 dual team. Next Up: Oklahoma State duals Arizona State at home on February 2nd before heading to Columbia, MO on February 4th. Oklahoma (Overall: 5-5; Conference: 2-4): Dual Results (ISU) | Dual Results (UNI) The Sooners went 0-2 against the state of Iowa, losing one-sided duals to Iowa State and Northern Iowa. Iowa State won the dual 37-4, with the lone win coming from Stephen Buchanan and a 19-5 major decision over Caleb Helgeson. Jared Hill and Conrad Hendriksen lost close matches, with Hendriksen going to OT against Kysen Terukina. Against UNI they dropped the dual 30-12, but won four matches. Hendriksen continues to put himself in the conversation at 125, beating Trever Anderson in a 7-6 match. Willie McDougald and Cael Carlson won one-point matches, while Josh Heindselman took out Tyrell Gordon in sudden victory. Jared Hill and Tate Picklo both dropped ranked matches by bonus points and the team was without Stephen Buchanan. Next Up: The Sooners host SDSU on February 9th. South Dakota State (Overall: 9-2; Conference: 3-0): Dual Results SDSU won eight matches against Air Force to take the dual 32-9. It started off with close wins from 125-141, but the Jackrabbits separated with bonus points from Alek Martin, Cael Swensen, Cade DeVos, Bennett Berge, and Tanner Sloan. This was actually Sloan’s first pin of the year, a surprising stat with his 79% bonus rate and seven techs. Berge has firmly established himself as a podium contender at 184, as he has won his last six and majored Sam Wolf 8-0. After a slow start in the first semester SDSU is making a statement in 2024. Next Up: South Dakota State wrestles Wyoming on February 1st followed by Utah Valley on February 3rd, both on the road. Utah Valley (Overall: 1-3; Conference: 0-3): No Competition. Next Up: Utah Valley has duals against North Dakota State and South Dakota State on February 2nd and 3rd. West Virginia (Overall: 9-3; Conference: 2-3): Dual Results (MIZ) | Dual Results (MSU) The Mountaineers went 1-1 on the weekend, dropping a 30-6 dual to Mizzou and getting a 40-3 win over Morgan State. Their conference dual against the Tigers was filled with wild matches early. After giving up bonus points at 125 and 133 they battled back. Jordan Titus beat Josh Edmond in rideouts in a must-watch low-scoring match with almost nonstop action. Ty Watters beat a game Logan Gioffre, separating after Gioffre took injury time with some solid scrambles. One of the best matches of the night came against WVU, as Peyton Hall dropped a barnburner 8-7 match against #1 Keegan O’Toole. Hall had a 6-1 lead after the first period, but couldn’t stop O’Toole late in what could be a Big 12 semifinal. The team rebounded well against Morgan State, winning nine matches with seven bonus point wins. Jace Schafer, Jordan Titus, Ty Watters, and Austin Cooley all scored tech falls. Peyton Hall was right there with a 23-10 major decision as well. Now at #17 in the NWCA polls, this is the highest they have been ranked since being #16 in 2005. Next Up: West Virginia heads to the state of Iowa to wrestle Iowa State on February 2nd and Northern Iowa on February 4th. Wyoming (Overall: 6-5; Conference: 4-3): Dual Results Wyoming used a come-from-behind performance to get their third win in a row against Northern Colorado. After Jore Volk lost 3-1 to Stevo Poulin and Garrett Ricks was majored by Dom Serrano, the Cowboys won six of the last eight to win 23-16. Ethan Ducca made his return from injury with a strong decision win. True freshmen Cole Brooks, Sloan Swan, and Joey Novak continue to impress with Brooks and Novak scoring bonus points. Last year Wyoming was 1-9 in the conference and 1-10 overall but have now gone over 0.500 overall and in the conference. Next Up: Wyoming Hosts South Dakota State on February 1st then North Dakota State on February 4th.

Key Takeaways from the week Exciting dual matchups and surprise upsets at opens made for a great week of Women’s College Wrestling. Here are my 3 takeaways from the action over the past few days: Warrior Open Created Tough Battles for Top Teams Several top NCAA and NAIA programs sent wrestlers to compete at the Warrior Open over the weekend. While Iowa claimed another top team finish, there were plenty of surprising individual match results. One of the big headlines from the event was the two high school wrestlers who walked away as champs. At 130 lbs, Taina Fernandez, a freshman out of Maryland wrestled her way to the top of the podium, taking out NCAA All-American Cayden Condit of Lindenwood along with wrestlers from Siena Heights, Iowa, and Providence. Fernandez won three matches by fall and two by tech fall. At 101 lbs, another high school freshman, Jaclyn Bouzakis out of Pennsylvania, also had a wildly impressive tournament taking out #1 (NAIA) Erin Hikiji of Providence and #1 (NCAA) Sterling Dias of Iowa. While we’ve certainly seen upsets like this at open tournaments in both men’s and women’s wrestling, especially at lighter weights, I was particularly impressed by Bouzakis’ competitive decision win over Dias. We sometimes see a quick, solid takedown where a wrestler can then get to a leg lace or tight gut wrench and then turn repeatedly for a quick tech. However, Bouzakis wrestled smart against a very savvy Dias in this match, countering her quick takedown style and frequently setting up shots of her own from ties. A few other notable wins included Ajayzee Zaballos of Menlo, who is ranked 11th at 123 lbs, who wrestled down at 116 lbs for this tournament and won her championship match against #4 Icart Galumette of Campbellsville by tech fall. Additionally, Lilly Luft who we talked about last week collected another fall against Zaynah McBryde of Life at this tournament resulting in her first championship finish as a Hawkeye. Luft struggled in a few opens and tri duals earlier in the semester, but is becoming a reliable point scorer for Iowa as a freshman. I am curious to see how she continues to perform as the NCAA competition ramps up in the coming weeks. At 123 lbs, however, another championship matchup between Life and Iowa went the way of the Running Eagles as Anna Krejsa notched a decision over Ava Rose. Another fun match was the finals at 109 lbs where a top 10 NAIA matchup took place between #7 Paige Morales of Providence and #9 Tehani Soares of Indiana Tech. While the match did end up in a tech fall win for Morales 12-2, Soares was frequently in on her own shots and caused a few scramble situations that Morales was not able to work through before the two were reset. Still, it seemed in this match at least that Morales was ready for her opponent here and had the upper hand on offense. I am curious to see these two wrestle again at NCWWCs if the brackets shake out that way. Ranked Duals in Fort Wayne In addition to the open on Sunday, Indiana Tech also hosted the Warrior Duals on Saturday with #1 (NCAA) Iowa, #1 (NAIA) Life, #7 (NAIA) Campbellsville, #12 (NAIA) University of the Cumberlands, and #13 (NAIA) Indiana Tech, just to name a few. While some of the results were a bit lopsided, a few duals made for interesting matchups. In Indiana Tech’s dual against Campbellsville, Tech kept it close, winning 4 of 6 matches, but the ranked matchups did not go in their favor. Campbellsville wrestlers like #5 Josie Davis, #10 Gabriella Perez, #2 Emma Walker, and #4 Kendra Thompson, created an insurmountable lead for their team. At 170 lbs, however, #12 Grace Doering for Indiana Tech won the close and tough-fought decision 4-3 over #15 Sierra Chavez of Campbellsville. These two seemed like a tough stylistic matchup for each other, stifling each of their normal dynamic styles of offense. In addition to Life and Iowa, the University of the Cumberlands went undefeated at the Warrior Duals, winning all 4 duals with 10 undefeated wrestlers. In an exciting ranked matchup against Indiana Tech, it seemed like the Patriots had all the answers, only dropping one match to Tech. In ranked matchups, we saw #5 Elizabeth Dosado of Cumberlands win a close 6-3 decision against #7 Makayla Young. Similarly, #11 Chamira Cooper won a defensive matchup against talented #15 Grace Doering at 170 lbs. Cooper wins 3-1 to further solidify the win for her team. Unfortunately, a lot of incomplete lineups and a few starters who did not make the trip left some other potentially close matchups, very lopsided, but overall, there was a lot of great wrestling out of Indiana this weekend. Tough Tri-Dual Losses for Augsburg The Augsburg women’s wrestling program was a team previously stacked with ranked wrestlers and former All-Americans. I previewed the team in the pre-season highlighting new head coach and two-time Olympian Ali Sprenger. While Coach Sprenger seems to be coaching her girls up to compete well, the team has really just taken the hit from transfers in the offseason. In their first dual against Wartburg with whom they are tied for the #13 spot in the rankings, the Auggies unfortunately had to forfeit four consecutive matches from 109 lbs-130 lbs. The team did rally during the later half of the dual getting a pin from their star #4 Nina Makem at 155 lbs and from Belle Huss at 191 lbs, but it was not enough to pull them out from the forfeit deficit. The team then took on #11 (NAIA) William Penn, where the Auggies again came up short with their lineup and forfeited the first six matches of the dual. They won the next three with pins from Autumn Flanigan, #4 Nina Makem, and Madison Horn. After a decision loss at 191 against Andrea Smith of William Penn, the final score was 33-16 in favor of the statesmen. I discussed in my pre-season article that the Auggie had 12 wrestlers on the roster, none of whom are listed at 109 or 116, with only one wrestler at 101 and 123. Even with that deficit, the Auggies won a majority of the matches they competed in all by pin. It is clear they have talent both from their wrestlers and coaching staff, but recruiting and transfer portal work will be pivotal to keep them in the rankings towards the end of the year. Results this week in major NCAA, NCWA, and NAIA competitions January 23: #2 (NCAA) North Central vs #T-15 (NCAA) University of Wisconsin-Stephens Point January 24: #20 (NAIA) Central Methodist 14 vs #19 (NAIA) Baker 27 January 25: #7 (NAIA) Campbellsville 38 vs Lourdes 8 January 26: Indiana Tech Warrior Duals VIEW BRACKETS January 26: #2 (NAIA) Menlo 43 vs #9 (NAIA) Vanguard 1 January 27: Indiana Tech Warrior Open VIEW BRACKETS January 29: #3 (NAIA) Grand View 42 vs Missouri Valley 4 Upcoming Events January 31: #1 (NCAA) Iowa vs University of Sioux Falls January 31: #20 (NAIA) Central Methodist vs William Woods February 2: #3 (NAIA) Grand View vs Avila February 2: Women’s Division 3 Invite February 3: Grand View Open

We had an exciting opening week of ACC action on Friday. While the team scores went as expected, there were some big individual upsets. We saw several wrestlers return to the lineup after being out with injuries and making an immediate impact. It seems that most teams have settled on a lineup for the rest of the season, but we will see a few wrinkles be thrown in along the way to spice it up a little (I love the rule allowing five dates for true freshmen…). All three duals on Friday were lopsided affairs but left us with a lot of good takeaways. 1. NC State and Virginia Tech are the early favorites for the dual title. The Wolfpack traveled to Pitt and took eight of ten bouts; their only losses were upsets at 141 and 184. The Hokies hosted the Tar Heels and after losing the opening match in sudden victory, they reeled off nine straight wins. Thankfully the ACC scheduling is better this year and their dual will be the final match instead of the opening dual as it was last year. 2. 141 is bonkers. #27 Cole Matthews beat #4 Ryan Jack. #17 Tom Crook beat #5 Lachlan McNeil. Jack Gioffre has been in and out of the rankings this year and has the potential to hang with any of these guys. Jack and McNeil will meet this week. I have no idea how this is going to shake out in dual matchups, but suffice to say, that the ACC tournament is going to be fire at 141. 3. Virginia looks rejuvenated with five (?!?!) starters back in the lineup after returning from injury. The Hoos have dealt with a wild run of injuries but returned half of their lineup in time for ACC duals. Those five were a combined 7-1 on the weekend. They shut out Duke 45-0 in a dominant showing on Friday and dispatched American 36-6 on Sunday. The Cavaliers will face a much tougher test when they host Virginia Tech on Friday, but I’m glad to see them healthy and getting back on track. 4. Do we learn anything from early upsets? There were a lot of upsets on paper, I’m interested to see how those line up over the next four weeks. The Wolfpack will have a tough choice to make at 125 between Jarrett Trombley and Jakob Camacho. 125: Jarrett Trombley over #31 Colton Camacho 141: #27 Cole Matthews over #4 Ryan Jack #14 Tom Crook over #5 Lachlan McNeil 165: #16 Derek Fields over #14 Holden Heller 174: #31 Alex Faison over #17 Luca Augustine 184: #12 Reece Heller over #7 Dylan Fishback 197: #26 Andy Smith over #19 Max Shaw Virginia 45 Duke 0 125 - Kyle Montaperto (Virginia) tech Logan Agin (Duke) 18-0 133 - Marlon Yarbrough (Virginia) tech Raymond Adams (Duke) 20-5 141 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) fall Christian Colman (Duke) 2:48 149 - Michael Gioffre (Virginia) tech Sean O’Donnell (Duke) 23-5 157 - Nick Sanko (Virginia) maj Logan Ferraro (Duke) 11-1 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) maj Gaetano Console (Duke) 14-5 174 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) tech David Hussey (Duke) 18-2 184 - Griffin Gammel (Virginia) dec Conor Becker (Duke) 4-2 197 - Krystian Kinsey (Virginia) tech Kwasi Bonsu (Duke) 18-2 285 - Ryan Catka (Virginia) dec Connor Barket (Duke) 12-8 NC State 31 Pittsburgh 6 125 - Jarrett Trombley (NC State) maj Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 14-4 133 - Kai Orine (NC State) maj Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) 10-1 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Ryan Jack (NC State) 15-10 149 - Jackson Arrington (NC State) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 4-2 157 - Ed Scott (NC State) maj Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 16-3 165 - Derek Fields (NC State) dec Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 7-1 174 - Alex Faison (NC State) dec Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) 7-5 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Dylan Fishback (NC State) 4-3 197 - Trent Hidlay (NC State) tech Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) 20-4 285 - Owen Trephan (NC State) tech Geoff Magin (Pittsburgh) 20-4 Virginia Tech 33 North Carolina 3 125 - Cooper Flynn (Virginia Tech) dec Spencer Moore (North Carolina) 4-2 133 - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) tech Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 19-3 141 - Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) dec Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 5-4 149 - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) tech Wil Guida (North Carolina) 19-3 157 - Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) dec Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) 4-1 165 - Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) dec Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) 4-2 174 - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) maj Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) 11-3 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech) 11-8 SV 197 - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) dec Max Shaw (North Carolina) 4-2 285 - Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) maj Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 14-5 Virginia 36 American 6 125 - Kyle Montaperto (Virginia) tech Shamil Kalmatov (American) 15-0 133 - Gable Porter (Virginia) dec Max Leete (American) 4-1 141 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) tech Cael McIntyre (American) 20-5 149 - Jack Nies (American) dec Michael Gioffre (Virginia) 5-4 157 - Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) tech Ryan Zimmerman (American) 23-4 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) maj Breon Phifer (American) 12-2 174 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) tech Mervin Mancia (American) 15-0 184 - Lucas White (American) dec Griffin Gammell (Virginia) 12-7 197 - Krystian Kinsey (Virginia) tech Caleb Beaty (American) 21-4 285 - Ryan Catka (Virginia) maj Will Jarrell (American) 14-6 North Carolina 20 Navy 17 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) tech Hayden Benter (Navy) 19-4 133 - Brendan Ferretti (Navy) dec Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 8-5 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec Josh Koderhandt (Navy) 9-6 149 - Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina) 13-9 157 - Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Jonathan Ley (Navy) 4-2 165 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) :42 174 - Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) dec Danny Wask (Navy) 15-12 SV 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec David Key (Navy) 9-6 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Daniel Williams (Navy) 5-3 285 - Grady Griess (Navy) tech Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 17-2

Below is a recap of last week’s EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting. Key Takeaways #9 Cornell knocks off #3 Missouri at home Cornell’s Shapiro defeats 3X All-American Mauller of Missouri at 157lbs Army improves to 4-0 in conference duals American The Eagles had a home dual against Virginia, dropping the match 36-6. Jack Nies continues to impress at his new 149 lbs class with a win. Lucas White had the other win for American via decision. Virginia 36 American 6 125: Kyle Montaperto (UVA) tech. fall Shamil Kalmatov (AU), 15-0 (7:00) (UVA 5-0) 133: Gable Porter (UVA) dec. #31 Maximilian Leete (AU), 4-1 (UVA 8-0) 141: Jack Gioffre (UVA) tech. fall Cael McIntyre (AU), 20-5 (UVA 13-0) 149: Jack Nies (AU) dec. Michael Gioffre (UVA), 5-4 (UVA 13-3) 157: #28 Dylan Cedeno (UVA) tech. fall Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 23-4 (4:43) (UVA 18-3) 165: Nick Hamilton (UVA) major dec. Breon Phifer (AU), 12-2 (UVA 22-3) 174: #14 Justin McCoy (UVA) tech. fall Mervin Mancia (AU), 15-0 (2:46) (UVA 27-3) 184: Lucas White (AU) dec. Griffin Gammell (UVA), 12-7 (UVA 27-6) 197: Krystian Kinsey (UVA) tech. fall Caleb Beaty (AU), 21-4 (6:10) (UVA 32-6) 285: Ryan Catka (UVA) major dec. #33 Will Jarrell (AU), 14-6 (UVA 36-6) This weekend, American will host Drexel and Morgan State Army The Black Knights remain perfect in EIWA action with a thrilling win over Bucknell by an 18-15 score. Charlie Farmer made the difference at 125 lbs with the only pin of the dual for either team. Matthew Williams (149), Nathan Lukez (157 lbs), Ben Pasiuk (174 lbs), and Lucas Stoddard (285 lbs) each won by decision. Stoddard clinched the dual with his victory in the final bout. Army 18 Bucknell 15 125: Charles Farmer (AWP) fall over Owen Bell (BUC), 1:43 (AWP 6-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over No. 31 Braden Basile (AWP), 1-0 (AWP 6-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (BUC) dec. over Logan Brown (AWP), 5-4 (6-6) 149: Matthew Williams (AWP) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 4-1 (AWP 9-6) 157: Nathan Lukez (AWP) dec. over Cade Wirnsberger (BUC), 5-1 (AWP 12-6) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) SV-1 over Dalton Harkins (AWP), 9-2 (AWP 12-9) 174: No. 16 Ben Pasiuk (AWP) dec. over Myles Takats (BUC), 12-11 (AWP 15-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Dillon Sheehy (AWP), 4-1 (AWP 15-12) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) dec. over Wolfgang Frable (AWP) 5-1 (15-15) 285: #26 Lucas Stoddard (AWP) dec. over #27 Dorian Crosby (BUC), 4-2 (AWP 18-15) This weekend, Army will host Lehigh in a battle of unbeaten teams in conference duals. Binghamton The Bearcats were 2-0 on the day with wins over Brown and Harvard. Micah Roes was 2-0 at 133 lbs, as was Nate Lucier at 141 lbs. At 165 lbs, Brevin Cassella was unbeaten as well. Binghamton’s upper weights were a perfect 6-0 by Jacon Nolan, Lou DePrez, and Cory Day. The Bearcats move to 5-2 in conference duals, and 6-3 overall. Binghamton 28 Harvard 9 125: No. 26/21 Diego Sotelo (Harvard) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 8-6, Harvard 3 BU 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 7-3, BU 3 Harvard 3 141: Nate Lucier (BU) def. Dante Frinzi (Harvard) DEC 9-6, BU 6 Harvard 3 149: Jordan Brown (BU) def. Jack Crook (Harvard) DEC 10-7, BU 9 Harvard 3 157: Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 4-3, BU 9 Harvard 6 165: No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. NR/30 Joshua Kim (Harvard) DEC 5-0, BU 12 Harvard 6 174: No. 8/8 Philip Canigliaro (Harvard) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-2, BU 12 Harvard 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Leo Tarantino (Harvard) MD 9-1, BU 16 Harvard 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Alex Whitworth (Harvard) FALL 10-1 2:45, BU 22 Harvard 9 285: Cory Day (BU) def. Logan Marissal (Harvard) FALL 3-0 0:46, BU 28 Harvard 9 Binghamton 24 Brown 9 125: Michael Joyce (Brown) def. Carson Wagner (Binghamton) DEC 7-2, Brown 3 Binghamton 0 133: Micah Roes (Binghamton) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) DEC 4-3, Binghamton 3 Brown 3 141: Nate Lucier (Binghamton) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) DEC 2-1 SV, Binghamton 6 Brown 3 149: Sam McMonagle (Brown) def. Jordan Brown (Binghamton) DEC 2-1, Binghamton 6 Brown 6 157: Blake Saito (Brown) def. Carter Baer (Binghamton) DEC 9-3, Brown 9 Binghamton 6 165: No. 21/20 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) DEC 3-0, Binghamton 9 Brown 9 174: Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-2, Binghamton 12 Brown 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown) TF 17-1 4:54, Binghamton 17 Brown 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (Binghamton) def. Lear Quinton (Brown) MD 16-2, Binghamton 21 Brown 9 285: No. 17/19 Cory Day (Binghamton) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) DEC 6-0, Binghamton 24 Brown 9 The Bearcats are off this weekend before continuing EIWA dual action the following weekend. Brown The Bears had a tough road trip to New York this weekend. Michael Joyce at 125 lbs made his season debut, going 1-1 on the day. He nearly had a win over Cornell’s Diakomihalis. Sam McMonagle had a win against Binghamton at 149 lbs. At 157 lbs, Blake Saito came away with a win over Binghamton. Binghamton 24 Brown 9 125: Michael Joyce (Brown) def. Carson Wagner (Binghamton) DEC 7-2, Brown 3 Binghamton 0 133: Micah Roes (Binghamton) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) DEC 4-3, Binghamton 3 Brown 3 141: Nate Lucier (Binghamton) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) DEC 2-1 SV, Binghamton 6 Brown 3 149: Sam McMonagle (Brown) def. Jordan Brown (Binghamton) DEC 2-1, Binghamton 6 Brown 6 157: Blake Saito (Brown) def. Carter Baer (Binghamton) DEC 9-3, Brown 9 Binghamton 6 165: No. 21/20 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) DEC 3-0, Binghamton 9 Brown 9 174: Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-2, Binghamton 12 Brown 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown) TF 17-1 4:54, Binghamton 17 Brown 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (Binghamton) def. Lear Quinton (Brown) MD 16-2, Binghamton 21 Brown 9 285: No. 17/19 Cory Day (Binghamton) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) DEC 6-0, Binghamton 24 Brown 9 Cornell 41 Brown -1 125: Diakomihalis (CU) def. Michael Joyce (Brown) DEC 7-4 133: No. 2 Arujau (CU) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) TF 19-4 141: No. 13 Cornella (CU) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) MD 11-0 149: No. 28 Fernandez (CU) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown) TF 18-1 157: No. 12 Shapiro (CU) def. Blake Saito (Brown) TF 18-3 165: No. 2 Julian Ramirez (CU) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) TF 17-2 174: Evan Canoyer (CU) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-1 184: No. 9 Foca (CU) def. Nicholas Oliveri (Brown) by fall 197: No. 8 Cardenas (CU) def. James Araneo (Brown) by fall 285: No. 18 Fernandes (CU) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) by fall The Bears are back in Ivy League action next weekend with home duals against Penn and Princeton. Bucknell The Bison went 1-1 on the weekend. They dropped a tight match to Army on Saturday, then won over Drexel on Sunday. Kurt Phipps led the way at 133 lbs going 2-0. At 165 lbs, Noah Mulvaney was 2-0 with two decisions. Mikey Bartush and Logan Deacetis were each 2-0 as well. On Sunday, Dylan Chappell was at the Mat Town open, where he had one loss to finish in fifth. Army 18 Bucknell 15 125: Charles Farmer (AWP) fall over Owen Bell (BUC), 1:43 (AWP 6-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over No. 31 Braden Basile (AWP), 1-0 (AWP 6-3) 141: Dylan Chappell (BUC) dec. over Logan Brown (AWP), 5-4 (6-6) 149: Matthew Williams (AWP) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 4-1 (AWP 9-6) 157: Nathan Lukez (AWP) dec. over Cade Wirnsberger (BUC), 5-1 (AWP 12-6) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) SV-1 over Dalton Harkins (AWP), 9-2 (AWP 12-9) 174: No. 16 Ben Pasiuk (AWP) dec. over Myles Takats (BUC), 12-11 (AWP 15-9) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Dillon Sheehy (AWP), 4-1 (AWP 15-12) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) dec. over Wolfgang Frable (AWP) 5-1 (15-15) 285: #26 Lucas Stoddard (AWP) dec. over #27 Dorian Crosby (BUC), 4-2 (AWP 18-15) Bucknell 24 Drexel 10 125: Desmond Pleasant (DU) maj. dec. over Kade Davidheiser (BUC), 14-5 (DU 4-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over Jaxon Maroney (DU), 6-1 (DU 4-3) 141: Braden Bower (BUC) maj. dec. over Jordan Soriano (DU), 14-3 (BUC 7-4) 149: Dom Findora (DU) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 10-4 (7-7) 157: Tyler Williams (DU) SV over Aiden Davis (BUC), 4-1 (DU 10-7) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) dec. over Cody Walsh (DU), 8-5 (10-10) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) dec. over Jack Janda (DU), 9-8 (BUC 13-10) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Justin Griffith (DU), 5-1 (BUC 16-10) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) tech fall over Ibrahim Ameer (DU), 16-0 (4:46) (BUC 21-10) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) dec. over Santino Morina (DU), 8-3 (BUC 24-10) The Bison will be on the road this weekend with duals at Navy and Columbia. Columbia The Lions had two Ivy League matches this weekend and were defeated in both duals. Jaden Le (157 lbs) was 1-0 on the weekend with a win over Princeton. Lennox Wolak was the other winner in the Princeton dual. Nick Babin was the lone victor against #29 Gallagher of Penn. Columbia is dealing with some injuries, which may be evident in the results. Princeton 26 Columbia 7 125: Drew Heethuis (PRIN) def. Nick Babin (COL) | Dec., 1-0 133: Sean Pierson (PRIN) def. Sulayman Bah (COL) | Dec., 12-8 141: Tyler Vazquez (PRIN) def. Kai Owen (COL) | Dec., 10-9 149: #26 Eligh Rivera (PRIN) def. Richard Fedalen (COL) | Dec., 8-3 157: Jaden Le (COL) def. Rocco Camillaci (PRIN) | Dec., 7-6 165: Blaine Bergey (PRIN) def. Kyle Mosher (COL) | MD, 12-3 174: #20 Lennox Wolak (COL) def. Michael Squires (PRIN) |MD, 21-11 184: #20 Nate Dugan (PRIN) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (COL) | Dec., 8-5 197: #10 Luke Stout (PRIN) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (COL) | Dec., 8-1 HWT: Sebastian Garibaldi (PRIN) def. Vincent Mueller (COL) | MD, 10-0 Penn 31 Columbia 3 125: Nick Babin (C) def. #29 Max Gallager (P), 4-0 DEC – Columbia Leads 3-0 133: #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Yanni Vines (C), 19-4 TF – Penn Leads 5-3 141: #16 CJ Composto (P) def. Kai Owen (C), 9-3 DEC – Penn Leafs 8-3 149: Andy Troczynski (P) def. Richard Fedalen (C), 11-2 MD – Penn Leads 12-3 157: #23 Lucas Revano (P) def. David Berkovich (C) 18 – 5 MD – Penn Leads 16-3 165: Kaya Sement (P) def. Kyle Mosher (C), 8-2 DEC – Penn Leads 19-16 174: #7 Nick Incontrera (P) def. #20 Lennox Wolak (C), 5-3 DEC – Penn Leads 22-3 184: #17 Maximus Hale (P) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (C), 9-4 DEC – Penn Leads 25-3 197: #24 Cole Urbas (P) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (C), 7-1 DEC – Penn Leads 28-3 285: John Stout (P) def. Billy McChesney (C), 10-6 DEC – Final 31-3 The Ivy League and EIWA schedule continues this weekend for Columbia with duals against Cornell, followed by Bucknell. Cornell (#9) The Big Red had a “big” weekend at home going 3-0, including a dual win over #3 Missouri. They dominated Ivy League foes Brown and Harvard. Greg Diakomihalis was 2-0 on the weekend including a win over #21 Sotelo of Harvard. Vito Arujau (#2 @ 133 lbs) made his return from injury to go 3-0 on the weekend. Meyer Shapiro had another signature win over a 3X All-American, Mauller of Missouri, who entered the week ranked 5th. At 197 lbs, #8 Jacob Cardenas iced the match over Missouri with a win over 3X All-American and then-undefeated Rocky Elam. He entered the weekend ranked 3rd. Cornell (#9) 37 Harvard 6 125: Greg Diakomihalis def. No. 21 Diego Sotelo 14-2 by major decision 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. Coleman Nogle 13-5 by major decision 141: No. 13 Vince Cornella def. Jaden Pepe by fall 149: No. 28 Ethan Fernandez def. Jack Crook 10-7 by decision 157: No. 12 Meyer Shapiro def. Jimmy Harrington 13-3 by major decision 165: No. 30 Joshua Kim def. Brody Oleksak 11-4 by decision 174: No. 8 Philip Conigliaro def. Colt Barley 14-4 by major decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. Leo Tarantino 19-4 by technical fall 197: No. 8 Jacob Cardenas def. Alex Whitworth 16-1 by technical fall 285: No. 18 Lewis Fernandes def. Jeffrey Crooks by fall Cornell (#9) 41 Brown -1 125: Diakomihalis (CU) def. Michael Joyce (Brown) DEC 7-4 133: No. 2 Arujau (CU) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown) TF 19-4 141: No. 13 Cornella (CU) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown) MD 11-0 149: No. 28 Fernandez (CU) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown) TF 18-1 157: No. 12 Shapiro (CU) def. Blake Saito (Brown) TF 18-3 165: No. 2 Julian Ramirez (CU) def. Dom Frontino (Brown) TF 17-2 174: Evan Canoyer (CU) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown) DEC 4-1 184: No. 9 Foca (CU) def. Nicholas Oliveri (Brown) by fall 197: No. 8 Cardenas (CU) def. James Araneo (Brown) by fall 285: No. 18 Fernandes (CU) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) by fall Cornell (#9) 20 Missouri (#3) 16 125: No. 7 Noah Surtin def. No. 133 Brett Ungar by fall 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. No. 27 Kade Moore 10-9 by decision 141: No. 13 Vince Cornella def. No. 23 Joshua Edmond 9-6 by decision 149: No. 28 Ethan Fernandez def. No. 25 Logan Gioffre 4-0 by decision 157: No. 12 Meyer Shapiro def. No. 5 Brock Mauller 13-4 by major decision 165: No. 1 Keegan O'Toole def. No. 2 Julian Ramirez 13-5 by major decision 174: No. 6 Peyton Mocco def. Evan Canoyer 8-2 by decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. No. 11 Clayton Whiting 14-1 by major decision 197: No. 8 Jacob Cardenas def. No. 3 Rocky Elam 4-0 by decision 285: No. 6 Zach Elam def. No. 18 Lewis Fernandes 2-1 by decision Cornell will be in action this week with a dual against Columbia. Drexel The Dragons played host to The Bison of Bucknell in an EIWA showdown. The match started with a major decision by Desmond Pleasant at 125lbs. Dom Findora won by decision at 149 lbs. At 157 lbs, Tyler Williams earned an overtime win for the final win of the bout for Drexel. Bucknell 24 - Drexel 10 125: Desmond Pleasant (DU) maj. dec. over Kade Davidheiser (BUC), 14-5 (DU 4-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over Jaxon Maroney (DU), 6-1 (DU 4-3) 141: Braden Bower (BUC) maj. dec. over Jordan Soriano (DU), 14-3 (BUC 7-4) 149: Dom Findora (DU) dec. over Riley Bower (BUC), 10-4 (7-7) 157: Tyler Williams (DU) SV over Aiden Davis (BUC), 4-1 (DU 10-7) 165: No. 12 Noah Mulvaney (BUC) dec. over Cody Walsh (DU), 8-5 (10-10) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) dec. over Jack Janda (DU), 9-8 (BUC 13-10) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) dec. over Justin Griffith (DU), 5-1 (BUC 16-10) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) tech fall over Ibrahim Ameer (DU), 16-0 (4:46) (BUC 21-10) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) dec. over Santino Morina (DU), 8-3 (BUC 24-10) Drexel will host Rider next week in an old-school CAA rivalry on Saturday. On Sunday, they will wrestle American and Morgan State. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats had a road win over Sacred Heart. James Conway and John Crawford each earned bonus point wins to start the dual. Josh Hillard had a pin at 149 lbs while Dom Wheatley and Noah Fox each had tech falls. The Diplomats move to 4-2 on the season. Franklin & Marshall 33, Sacred Heart 10 184: #18 James Conway (F&M) TF Hunter Perez (SHU); 6:37 (19-3) (F&M 5-0) 197: #31 John Crawford (F&M) WBF Jake Trovato (SHU); 3:43 (F&M 11-0) 285: Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) dec. Harrison Shapiro (F&M); 4-1 (F&M 11-3) 125: Jake Ice (SHU) maj. Eric Howe (F&M); 10-1 (F&M 11-7) 133: #29 Mason Leiphart (F&M) dec. Andrew Fallon (SHU); 14-9 (F&M 14-7) 141: Pat Phillips (F&M) dec. Vinny Milazzo (SHU); 4-0 (F&M 17-7) 149: Josh Hillard (F&M) WBF Chris Naegele (SHU); 2:37 (F&M 23-7) 157: Dominic Wheatley (F&M) TF Connor MacDonald (SHU); 6:30 (15-0) (F&M 28-7) 165: Scott Jarosz (SHU) dec. Josh Palmucci (F&M); 8-1 (F&M 28-10) 174: Noah Fox (F&M) TF Owen Ayotte (SHU); 6:36 (25-6) (F&M 33-10) F&M will have a home dual against LIU on Friday. Harvard The Crimson had a road trip to New York with duals against Binghamton and Cornell. The lone wrestler to go 2-0 on the day was Phillip Conigliaro at 174 lbs. Diego Sotelo was 1-1 at 125 lbs, as was Jimmy Harrington at 157 lbs. Josh Kim (165 lbs) wrestled to a 1-1 record also. Harvard has been wrestling well, but Binghamton and Cornell were tough challenges. Binghamton 28 Harvard 9 125: No. 26/21 Diego Sotelo (Harvard) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 8-6, Harvard 3 BU 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 7-3, BU 3 Harvard 3 141: Nate Lucier (BU) def. Dante Frinzi (Harvard) DEC 9-6, BU 6 Harvard 3 149: Jordan Brown (BU) def. Jack Crook (Harvard) DEC 10-7, BU 9 Harvard 3 157: Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 4-3, BU 9 Harvard 6 165: No. 20/21 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. NR/30 Joshua Kim (Harvard) DEC 5-0, BU 12 Harvard 6 174: No. 8/8 Philip Canigliaro (Harvard) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-2, BU 12 Harvard 9 184: No. 15/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Leo Tarantino (Harvard) MD 9-1, BU 16 Harvard 9 197: No. 8/12 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Alex Whitworth (Harvard) FALL 10-1 2:45, BU 22 Harvard 9 285: Cory Day (BU) def. Logan Marissal (Harvard) FALL 3-0 0:46, BU 28 Harvard 9 Cornell (#9) 37 Harvard 6 125: Greg Diakomihalis def. No. 21 Diego Sotelo 14-2 by major decision 133: No. 2 Vito Arujau def. Coleman Nogle 13-5 by major decision 141: No. 13 Vince Cornella def. Jaden Pepe by fall 149: No. 28 Ethan Fernandez def. Jack Crook 10-7 by decision 157: No. 12 Meyer Shapiro def. Jimmy Harrington 13-3 by major decision 165: No. 30 Joshua Kim def. Brody Oleksak 11-4 by decision 174: No. 8 Philip Conigliaro def. Colt Barley 14-4 by major decision 184: No. 9 Chris Foca def. Leo Tarantino 19-4 by technical fall 197: No. 8 Jacob Cardenas def. Alex Whitworth 16-1 by technical fall 285: No. 18 Lewis Fernandes def. Jeffrey Crooks by fall On this weekend’s agenda, Harvard will host Princeton and Penn to duals. Hofstra The Pride took on Long Island rival, LIU. They came away the winner by a 22-14 score. Keaton Kluever had another tech fall at heavyweight. Dylan Rider had a major decision at 133 lbs, as did Ross McFarland at 174 lbs. Nikolas Miller (197 lbs), Dylan Acevedo (125 lbs), and Jake Slotnik (165 lbs) each earned decisions to help seal the deal. Hofstra 22 LIU 14 184: Anthony D'Alesio (LIU) dec. Will Conlon (Hofstra), 9-5 (0-3) 197: Nikolas Miller (Hofstra) dec. John Desza (LIU), 8-3 (3-3) 285: #21 Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) tech fall Jared Tracey (LIU), 21-4 (4:40) (8-3) 125: Dylan Acevedo (Hofstra) dec. Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 3-2 (11-3) 133: Dylan Ryder (Hofstra) major dec. Christopher Betancourt (LIU), 16-3 (15-3) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) major dec. Alex Turley (Hofstra), 13-5 (15-7) 149: Drew Witham (LIU) major dec. Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 13-3 (15-11) 157: Rhise Royster (LIU) dec. Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 6-1 (15-14) 165: Jake Slotnik (Hofstra) dec. James Johnston (LIU), 6-2 (18-14) 174: Ross McFarland (Hofstra) major dec. Corey Connolly (LIU), 8-0 (22-14) Hofstra will compete in the Edinboro Open this weekend. #15 Lehigh Lehigh did not have any duals this weekend. But a few starters were in action at the Mat Town Open in Lock Haven. Luke Stanich was getting his match count up – wrestling unattached, earning 2nd place at 125 lbs. Carter Bailey was also 2nd at 141 lbs. At 149 lbs, Kelvin Griffin was 3rd while Owen Reinsel was 6th. With other placers, both attached and unattached, Lehigh had an impressive outing. The Mountain Hawks will be on the road with a dual against Army West Point. Long Island The Sharks were battling Hofstra on the road. LIU won four of ten bouts, losing the dual. They saw wins from Anthony D'Alesio (184 lbs) and Rhise Royster (157 lbs). Earning majors were Devin Matthews and Drew Witham at 141 lbs and 149 lbs, respectively. Hofstra 22 LIU 14 184: Anthony D'Alesio (LIU) dec. Will Conlon (Hofstra), 9-5 (0-3) 197: Nikolas Miller (Hofstra) dec. John Desza (LIU), 8-3 (3-3) 285: #21 Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) tech fall Jared Tracey (LIU), 21-4 (4:40) (8-3) 125: Dylan Acevedo (Hofstra) dec. Robbie Sagaris (LIU), 3-2 (11-3) 133: Dylan Ryder (Hofstra) major dec. Christopher Betancourt (LIU), 16-3 (15-3) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) major dec. Alex Turley (Hofstra), 13-5 (15-7) 149: Drew Witham (LIU) major dec. Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 13-3 (15-11) 157: Rhise Royster (LIU) dec. Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 6-1 (15-14) 165: Jake Slotnik (Hofstra) dec. James Johnston (LIU), 6-2 (18-14) 174: Ross McFarland (Hofstra) major dec. Corey Connolly (LIU), 8-0 (22-14) LIU will be on the road this weekend with a dual against Franklin & Marshall. Navy The Midshipmen were on the road against North Carolina. They earned bonus point wins in two of the four bouts won, but lost the dual 20-14. Kaemen Smith (149 lbs) earned a decision win, as did Brendan Ferretti (133 lbs). Navy saw a pin from Andrew Cerniglia. He has yet to lose this calendar year and is currently ranked 19th at 165 lbs. At 285 lbs, Grady Griess won via technical fall. 141: No. 5 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec No. 12 Josh Koderhandt (Navy), 9-6 // North Carolina 3, Navy 0 149: Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina), 13-9 // North Carolina 3, Navy 3 157: Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Jonathan Ley (Navy), 4-2 // North Carolina 6, Navy 3 165: No. 19 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Isaias Estrada (North Carolina), 0:42 // Navy 9, North Carolina 6 174: Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) dec No. 27 Danny Wask (Navy), 15-12 SV 1 // North Carolina 9, Navy 184: No. 23 Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec David Key (Navy), 10-6 // North Carolina 12, Navy 9 197: No. 19 Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Daniel Williams (Navy), 5-3 // North Carolina 15, Navy 9 285: No. 20 Grady Griess (Navy) tech fall Cade Lautt (North Carolina), 17-2 (6:39) // North Carolina 15, Navy 14 125: No. 29 Spencer Moore (North Carolina) tech fall Hayden Benter (Navy), 19-4 (6:26) // North Carolina 20, Navy 14 133: No. 33 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) dec Jace Palmer (North Carolina), 8-5 // North Carolina 20, Navy 17 Navy will host Lock Haven and Bucknell to duals this weekend. #18 Penn The Quakers hosted Columbia to an Ivy League match up. They won nine of ten bouts, claiming victory in dominant fashion. Michael Colaiocco led the team by winning via tech fall at 133 lbs. Andy Troczynski (149 lbs) and Lucas Revano (157 lbs) each won by major decision. Cole Urbas won his match against a ranked opponent at 197 lbs. At 174 lbs, 7th-ranked Nick Incontrera beat Wolak, ranked 20th in the nation. Ryan Miller competed in the Mat Town Open and won his 133 lb bracket after wrestling 125 lbs all season. Penn 31 Columbia 3 125: Nick Babin (C) def. #29 Max Gallager (P), 4-0 DEC – Columbia Leads 3-0 133: #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Yanni Vines (C), 19-4 TF – Penn Leads 5-3 141: #16 CJ Composto (P) def. Kai Owen (C), 9-3 DEC – Penn Leafs 8-3 149: Andy Troczynski (P) def. Richard Fedalen (C), 11-2 MD – Penn Leads 12-3 157: #23 Lucas Revano (P) def. David Berkovich (C) 18 – 5 MD – Penn Leads 16-3 165: Kaya Sement (P) def. Kyle Mosher (C), 8-2 DEC – Penn Leads 19-16 174: #7 Nick Incontrera (P) def. #20 Lennox Wolak (C), 5-3 DEC – Penn Leads 22-3 184: #17 Maximus Hale (P) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (C), 9-4 DEC – Penn Leads 25-3 197: #24 Cole Urbas (P) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (C), 7-1 DEC – Penn Leads 28-3 285: John Stout (P) def. Billy McChesney (C), 10-6 DEC – Final 31-3 This weekend, Penn will have a road trip to dual both Brown and Harvard. Princeton The Tigers came back from last week’s loss with a vengeance. They won over Columbia in eight of ten bouts. Drew Heethuis had a solid win over NCAA qualifier, Nick Babin, at 125lbs. The Tigers saw major decisions from Blaine Bergey (165lbs), and Sebastian Garibaldi (285lbs). Princeton 26 Columbia 7 125: Drew Heethuis (PRIN) def. Nick Babin (COL) | Dec., 1-0 133: Sean Pierson (PRIN) def. Sulayman Bah (COL) | Dec., 12-8 141: Tyler Vazquez (PRIN) def. Kai Owen (COL) | Dec., 10-9 149: #26 Eligh Rivera (PRIN) def. Richard Fedalen (COL) | Dec., 8-3 157: Jaden Le (COL) def. Rocco Camillaci (PRIN) | Dec., 7-6 165: Blaine Bergey (PRIN) def. Kyle Mosher (COL) | MD, 12-3 174: #20 Lennox Wolak (COL) def. Michael Squires (PRIN) |MD, 21-11 184: #20 Nate Dugan (PRIN) def. #30 Aaron Ayzerov (COL) | Dec., 8-5 197: #10 Luke Stout (PRIN) def. #27 Jack Wehmeyer (COL) | Dec., 8-1 HWT: Sebastian Garibaldi (PRIN) def. Vincent Mueller (COL) | MD, 10-0 Princeton will be on the road with matchups against Harvard and Brown. Sacred Heart The Pioneers played host to F&M. They won three bouts. At 285 lbs, Brendan Gilchrist won by decision. Jake Ice kept it rolling at 125 lbs with a major decision. Lastly, Scott Jarosz was a point shy of earning the major at 165 lbs. Franklin & Marshall 33, Sacred Heart 10 184: #18 James Conway (F&M) TF Hunter Perez (SHU); 6:37 (19-3) (F&M 5-0) 197: #31 John Crawford (F&M) WBF Jake Trovato (SHU); 3:43 (F&M 11-0) 285: Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) dec. Harrison Shapiro (F&M); 4-1 (F&M 11-3) 125: Jake Ice (SHU) maj. Eric Howe (F&M); 10-1 (F&M 11-7) 133: #29 Mason Leiphart (F&M) dec. Andrew Fallon (SHU); 14-9 (F&M 14-7) 141: Pat Phillips (F&M) dec. Vinny Milazzo (SHU); 4-0 (F&M 17-7) 149: Josh Hillard (F&M) WBF Chris Naegele (SHU); 2:37 (F&M 23-7) 157: Dominic Wheatley (F&M) TF Connor MacDonald (SHU); 6:30 (15-0) (F&M 28-7) 165: Scott Jarosz (SHU) dec. Josh Palmucci (F&M); 8-1 (F&M 28-10) 174: Noah Fox (F&M) TF Owen Ayotte (SHU); 6:36 (25-6) (F&M 33-10) Sacred Heart’s road trip for the week will be at Bloomsburg to avenge a loss against them from November.

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Welcome back for another week of rankings-talk! We usually start off this column by talking 125 lbs, but we'll go with a weight class that's equally difficult to predict, just because of the sheer top-end talent, 157 lbs. Freshman Meyer Shapiro is the big mover after his impressive major decision win over Brock Mauller. Five through 12 at this weight had to be re-organized because of this win. Normally, I like some flow from week-to-week in the rankings; however, occasionally there has to be an overhaul. There was one for that portion of the weight class. I'd also keep an eye on #19 at the weight, Brayton Lee. He's proven to be a top contender, when healthy. Last season, he wasn't at all, and he suffered a bunch of uncharacteristic losses. Lee has competedly sparingly thus far, but checked in with his biggest win of the year (Joey Blaze). Lee has some tough matches during the remainder of the season, but nothing against current top-ten's. His highest ranked regular season competition would come from #12 Will Lewan (February 16th). That could lead to him being an x-factor at the Big Ten Championships. At 141 lbs, we had a unique situation where both the fourth and fifth ranked wrestlers lost to opponents outside of the top-ten. Since, Ryan Jack and Lachlan McNeil have beaten the wrestlers ranked in their general vicinity, we stood pat with them and gave a slight boost to their opponents, Tom Crook and Cole Matthews. 165 lbs kind of straightened itself out up top as David Carr beat Izzak Olejnik and Keegan O'Toole majored Julian Ramirez. We're still holding still with Mitchell Mesenbrink. I know it's a hot-button topic for Penn State fans. He'll have his opportunies against those higher ranked opponents soon. Plus, they might lose to non-top-3 opponents. At 197 lbs, Rocky Elam suffered his first loss of the season. This was another area that had to be reorganized. With #5 Jaxon Smith losing via major decision (to #1 Aaron Brooks), we decided to bump Michael Beard up into the fourth slot. Beard has an excellent resume this year with some impressive, dominant wins. For the full rankings: Click Here

125: Wide Open The Undefeated: Braeden Davis, Penn St. (13-0) The Situation: The state of 125 has been chaotic all season. Although true freshman Davis is the only undefeated, nothing is certain at this weight. Top-ranked Matt Ramos, the defending NCAA finalist, has three losses and there are ten other guys at 125 with two losses or less. I don’t think there’s enough ‘meat on the bone’ in conferences outside the B1G that would propel a champ to the top spot. In the PAC, Richie Figeroa already has two losses, and the next guy up, Brandon Kaylor has six. The ACC has been rather mediocre at the weight, overall. There are two non-B1G’s that could get it should 1) they win out and 2) the BIG Champ is someone with a relatively high number of losses. Those two would be a one-loss EIWA Champ Luke Stanich (Lehigh) or a one-loss Noah Surtin (Missouri) should he win out and capture the Big 12 title. Top Seed Prediction: Big Ten Champion 133: Two Man Race The Undefeated: #1-Ryan Crookham, Lehigh (14-0); #3-Daton Fix, OK State (8-0); #4-Dylan Ragusin, Michigan (16-0) The Situation: Barring something unforeseen, this seems pretty clear. Crookham controls his own destiny. He has the best wins (Vito, Nagao, Colaiocco) of the undefeated. A rematch with Vito in the EIWA finals seems likely. Should he win out, he’ll no doubt be the top seed. If Vito wins the rematch at EIWA’s, a Big 12 Champ Daton Fix would be the clear top seed. He only has eight matches but he bonuses both #6-Kai Orine (NCST) and #7-Evan Frost (ISU). Ragusin, with a win over #5-Nagao, has an outside shot, but would need several things to happen. He’d have to win B1G’s, have Vito beat Crookham, and see Daton stumble, which isn’t likely given Daton’s remaining schedule. Vito, of course, has a shot, but he’d need to win EIWA’s and have both Ragusin and Daton lose. Top Seed Prediction: Crookham if he beats Vito; Fix if he doesn’t 141: All About The B1G The Undefeated: #1-Real Woods, Iowa (12-0); #2-Beau Bartlett, Penn St. (13-0) The Situation: Jesse Mendez, at 18-1 is ranked #3 in the country meaning the Top 3 guys in the nation are all from the B1G. The only other wrestlers with less than two losses are West Virginia’s Jordan Titus and Lock Haven’s Wyatt Henson, who are ranked 10th and 11th, respectively. Woods has Bartlett and #8-Tagen Jamison before conference weekend. Bartlett has both Woods and Mendez. But none of that probably matters as the man who is standing on top of the Big Ten conference podium is almost assuredly the Top Seed in Kansas City. Top Seed Prediction: Big Ten Champ 149: Another Clear 2-Man The Undefeated: #1-Ridge Lovett, Nebraska (19-0); #6-Austin Gomez, Michigan (4-0) The Situation: Virginia Tech’s #2-Caleb Henson has just the loss to Lovett from CKLV finals. Like Real Woods at 141, if Lovett wins out, he’s your obvious top seed. But Gomez has looked fantastic and is 2-0 against Lovett in previous seasons. Those two are slated to meet this Feb. 9th. Even if they split, I don’t see Henson jumping both of them considering the head-to-head from Vegas. So whoever wins last (e.i. The B1G final) should be the 1. Top Seed Prediction: Big Ten Champ 157: Dare I Say, As Crazy as 125 The Undefeated: #1-Levi Haines, Penn St. (10-0); #3-Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado (17-0) The Situation: Haines is not only one of just two undefeated's, but also ranked #1 and the highest returning placer from last year’s NCAA’s. So slam dunk, right? Not at this weight. To say ‘Should he win out…’ would be lazy considering 1) he just escaped sudden victory with #21-Chase Saldate (MSU), 2) the depth of the weight, 3) the tight margins we see everywhere at the weight and 4) the significant remaining schedule for the top contenders. Consider that #2-Jared Franek has not only lost to #6-Michael Blockhus (MINN), but he’s also had a last-second scare from #13-Cody Chittum (ISU), a win over #16-Joey Blaze (PUR) without a takedown, and, most recently, an OT victory over #19-Trevor Chumbley. The point is, no matter how good these guys are, the margins are too slim to just project winning out for anyone. In addition B1G’s, which will have #1, #2, #6, #9, #10, #16, #19, #20, and #21, Haines and Franek are set to hit in a dual, Haines also has Peyton Robb. All the while, undefeated Vinny Zerban is lurking and Meyer Shapiro is still in play as a top seed. Those two guys have different attributes for seeding: Zerban, though undefeated, has the best win of #11-Daniel Cardenas (Stanford). He also beat Saldate, but other than that his competition has been light. Shapiro, on the other hand, has two losses (both on the same day at CKLV), but has wins over #5-Brock Mauller (MIZZ) and #8-Bryce Andonian (VT). Zerban will have to navigate a Big 12 bracket with #5, #13, #14, #15, and #18. And there will be no room for error. A loss and he’ll be out of top seed contention. Meyer has #7-Ed Scott (NCST) in a dual and then an EIWA conference tournament that has no other competitor ranked Top 20. This is all to say that Meyer still has a fighting chance should the guys in the B1G cannibalize each other, which results have shown is absolutely possible. Top Seed Prediction: Too Soon To Tell 165: Arrowheads The Undefeated: #1-Keegan O’Toole, Missouri (13-0); #7-Mitch Mesenbrink, Penn St. (14-0) The Situation: The only remaining undefeated's are both Arrowhead HS (Wisconsin) alums. O’Toole is the front-runner for the top seed as a two-time defending NCAA Champ who is undefeated and ranked #1. That being said, he still has #3-David Carr (ISU) and #4-Izaak Olejnik (OKST) in duals and then again at the Big 12 tournament. If he wins out, it’s a no-brainer. But although he’s the favorite to do so, that’s one of the toughest remaining schedules in the country. Mesenbrink’s best win is Cam Amine (MICH), who was ranked 7th at the time. But he still has a dual matchup with #6-Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) and a B1G tournament with him, #5-Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin), #9-Caleb Fish (MSU) and #10-Amine. For Mesenbrink to capture the top seed, he’ll need to win out and have KOT lose at Big 12’s. Even if Carr were to beat Keegan in a dual, I’d bet the farm on the seeding committed making sure he and Carr were on opposite sides at NCAA’s. For Carr, he has a clear path to the top seed as well and that is to beat Keegan both in the dual and at Big 12’s. Let’s summarize the path to #1 seed: KOT: Win Big 12’s Carr: Win out Mesenbrink: Win out + KOT wins dual with Carr + Carr wins Big 12’s The above isn’t guaranteed, but rather my assumption based on past seeding/thought processes. Top Seed Prediction: Big 12 Champ 174: Next Topic Nittany Lion The Undefeated: #1-Carter Starocci, Penn St. (8-0); #2-Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech (8-0) The Situation: In pursuit of his fourth NCAA title, Starocci is undefeated and as dominant as he’s ever been. Even in the toughest conference in the nation, his winning out looks like a foregone conclusion. Starocci beat Mekhi in the All-Star Classic, which technically doesn’t count and yet kind of does because, ya know, we watched it. It happened. Top Seed Prediction: Carter Starocci 184: Next Topic Panther Train The Undefeated: #1-Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa (15-0) The Situation: Keckeisen beat #5-Bernie Traux (Penn St.) at the All-Star Classic, and won a monster CKLV that had the following in the bracket: #2, #3, #4, #7, #8, and #10. Additionally, he beat #2-Dustin Plott (OKST) in a dual last week. Although he has #10-Will Feldkamp (ISU) and #11-Clayton Whiting (MIZZ) in duals and both of them plus Plott at Big 12’s, it would be shocking for anyone to knock him off prior to NCAA’s. Top Seed Prediction: Parker Keckeisen 197: Next Topic Nittany Lion The Undefeated: #1-Aaron Brooks, Penn St. (9-0); #2-Stephen Buchanan, Oklahoma (18-0); #3-Trent Hidlay, North Carolina St. (17-0) The Situation: It’s a pretty odd situation in that the top three guys are all 1) undefeated 2) dominant 3) credentialed. All of them have placed Top 3 at NCAA’s with Hidlay making a final. They are also, conveniently, in three different conferences. But of course, Brooks is chasing history as he goes for his fourth NCAA title. And there’s very little in his way prior to the big dance. He’ll be heavily favored in all duals and at the B1G tournament where there is just one other Top 10 197lber. - #5-Jaxon Smith (Maryland), who Brooks just majored two days ago. Hidlay has #7-Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) in a dual but should cruise at ACC’s with no other Top 10’s. Buchanan has the biggest task in remaining undefeated with #6-Tanner Sloan (SDSU) and #16-Luke Surber (OKST) in duals followed by the Big 12 tournament which has both of them plus one-loss Rocky Elam (MIZZ). Top Seed Prediction: Aaron Brooks 285: Does the All-Star Count, or Nah? The Undefeated: #1-Greg Kerkvliet, Penn St. (8-0); #2-Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Force (14-0); #3-Yonger Bastida, Iowa St. (17-0); #5-Zach Elam, Missouri (17-0) The Situation: Kerkvliet has many things going for him. He’s ranked #1 and the perception across the country is he’s the clear best in the field this year. He’s also the highest returning placer after a runner-up finish last year. And he’s undefeated. However, his best win this year is over Michigan’s Lucas Davison who now has three losses and dropped out of the Top 5. That is, of course, if you don’t count the utterly dominant win over Hendrickson at the All-Star Classic. And, by seeding process, you’re not supposed to. That creates a conundrum as 1) Kerkvliet is not going to have an opportunity to beat any Top 5 guys before NCAA’s and 2) three of the current Top 5 are both undefeated and in the same conference. That means whoever wins Big 12’s is going to have a crazy good score come out of the seeding formula. Usually, the “All-Star-Classic-Doesn’t-Count” conundrum works itself out and doesn’t come into play. But I just don’t see how it does this year at HWT. If Kerkvliet is the #1 seed (and he should be) at NCAA’s, that means the committee took matters into their own hands (and they should). Top Seed Prediction: Greg Kerkvliet

Little Rock’s streak ends at six Little Rock’s historic run ended when the Trojans traveled to Stanford. The Cardinal wrestling team defeated Little Rock 24-15. Although the Trojans lost, their three rising stars shined against tough competitors. Nasir Bailey defeated Dominic LaJoie 19-3 at 133 pounds, Stephen Little pinned Nick Stemmet in 51 seconds at 197 pounds and Josiah Hill majored Jackson Mankowski 15-5 at heavyweight. Five other Trojans lost their matches by three or fewer points. Before losing to Stanford, Little Rock handled #16 Oregon State 20-17. Jeremiah Reno pinned Brandon Kaylor at 125 pounds, Bailey downed Gabe Whisenhunt 13-4, Joey Bianchi blanke Kekana Fouret 10-0, Little defeated Justin Rademacher 10-3 and Hill defeated #17 Boone McDermott, 4-1. Oregon State falls to Little Rock Oregon State found themselves on the wrong side of upset matches. However, the Beavers did win five matches against the Trojans. Cleveland Belton defeated Cael Keck 7-5, Nash Singleton defeated Kyle Dutton 11-8, Isaiah Crosby knocked off Matt Bianchi 9-7, Matthew Olguin tech fall Brendon Abdon 21-4 up at 174 lbs and Trey Munoz beat Triston Wills 11-8. Stanford captures first Pac-12 victory Stanford had its first Pac-12 dual against Little Rock at home and won 24-15. The Cardinal won seven out of the ten matches and ended the Trojans six-match win streak. Nico Provo began the dual with a 13-11 victory at 125 pounds against a hot Jeremiah Reno. Jason Miranda won a shootout over Brennan Van Hoecke, 15-13, Jaden Abas prevailed in another barnburner over Kyle Dutton, 13-10, Daniel Cardenas defeated Matt Bianchi 5-0, Hunter Garvin pinned Brandon Abdon, Tye Monteiro upset #18 Tyler Brennan 5-2 and Jack Darrah edged Triston Wills 3-2.

This last weekend was a big one for the biggest teams in the DI landscape. There were a pair of duals featuring top-ten teams squaring off and others that saw them face prominent opposition. These marquee duals will surely impact the new set of dual rankings, which will drop tomorrow. Here’s a brief recap of the notable action for each school in the top ten and what they have on the horizon. 1. Penn State: Win 42-6 (at Maryland) The Nittany Lions ran their unbeaten streak in dual meets to 51 consecutive matches with a 42-6 thumping of Maryland, on the road. Penn State was without two potential starters (Aaron Nagao - 133) and Tyler Kasak/David Evans (149) and those were the only two losses on the day. All eight of their wins came via bonus points and four were falls. The most notable win came at 197 lbs where top-ranked Aaron Brooks majored fifth-ranked Jaxon Smith, 13-4. The two 149 lbers went to the Mat-Town Open to boost their match total for NCAA qualification purposes. Kasak and Evans ended up hitting and the freshman, Kasak, got a 4-2 victory. Next: On Friday, Penn State will host number seven Ohio State. 2. Iowa: Win 36-6 (at #26 Illinois); Win 46-0 (at Northwestern) Iowa had a weekend road trip through Illinois and came away with a pair of dominating dual victories. Tom Brands’ team only lost two matches across the two duals and both came in sudden victory. They combined to outdistance Illinois and Northwestern by an 82-6 margin. 197 lber Zach Glazier ran his perfect record to 18-0 with a pair of bonus-point victories. There might be some clarity at 133 lbs as Cullan Schriever got the call in both duals. Against Illinois, he majored #30 Tony Madrigal (Illinois), 9-1. The Northwestern dual saw him tech Patrick Adams, 24-9. Schriever is now 8-1 on the year. Brody Teske, one of the other options at 133, moved up to 141 lbs for the weekend and won both of his bouts. Top-ranked Real Woods was given the weekend off. Next: Friday, Iowa will travel to meet #13 Michigan. Though the Hawkeyes are favorites, there are plenty of possible intriguing matchups. 3. Missouri: Win 30-6 (at #19 West Virginia); Loss 20-16 (at #9 Cornell) Missouri took to the road and faced a pair of ranked opponents. Friday saw the Tigers post a lopsided win over conference rival West Virginia. Mizzou’s one-two punch of Noah Surtin and Kade Moore staked them to an 11-0 after a tech fall and fall, respectively. At 165 lbs, two-time national champion Keegan O’Toole barely escaped against All-American Peyton Hall, 8-7. Sunday saw Mizzou go north to Cornell for a huge non-conference dual. For the first time in a month, Cornell was a full strength and showed off. In the early going, it was Moore who turned heads, by putting returning national champion Vito Arujau on his back for an early lead. Arujau battled back to win 10-9, but it was a solid performance for the previously unheralded Moore. Once again, 165 lbs was front and center as O’Toole squared off with second-ranked Julian Ramirez. After Ramirez grabbed the first takedown, the rest of the contest was all O’Toole. He prevailed with a 13-5 major decision. The remaining key matches were less friendly to the Tigers and they fell to Cornell, 20-16. Heavyweight Zach Elam remained unbeaten with a 2-1 victory over Lewis Fernandes. Next: Missouri will have no time to lick their wounds as they’ll host #4 Oklahoma State on Sunday. 4. Oklahoma State: Win 22-12 (#20 Northern Iowa); Win 21-12 (#5 Iowa State) Oklahoma State played host to a pair of Big 12 teams from the state of Iowa and finished the weekend with their perfect record intact. Friday’s 22-12 win over Northern Iowa, coupled with a 21-12 win over Iowa State pushed the Cowboys to 10-0. The UNI bout featured a #1 vs. #2 showdown at 184 lbs. At one point, Oklahoma State’s second-ranked Dustin Plott appeared to have Parker Keckeisen on the ropes; however, Keckeisen battled back to win 12-6. The 149 lb contest saw the return of Jordan Williams to the starting lineup. Williams won via tech fall and may have made a statement for the starting spot at the weight. At heavyweight, Konner Doucet got by Tyrell Gordon in tiebreakers during a top-15 clash. Saturday night’s mega-dual with Iowa State saw the Cowboys win the first three matches and jump out to an insurmountable 10-0 advantage. The key win in the sequence saw Tagen Jamison take down #7 Anthony Echemendia in sudden victory. That victory was crucial for Jamison who has faced a tough schedule, of late. Any comeback hopes for the Cyclones were thwarted by major decisions at 184 and 197 lbs by Plott and true freshman, Jersey Robb. Plott downed returning All-American Will Feldkamp, while Robb was called into duty, with Luke Surber unavailable, and not only won but posted a 15-6 major decision over #30 Julien Broderson. Next: It gets no easier for Oklahoma State as they face #23 Arizona State on Friday at home before traveling to #3 Missouri on Sunday. 5. Iowa State: Win 37-4 (at #18 Oklahoma); Loss 21-12 (at #4 Oklahoma State) The Cyclones took to the road for a pair of duals against traditional Big 12 rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. There wasn’t much suspense surrounding the Oklahoma dual as Iowa State took nine of ten matches from the Sooners. At 149 lbs, Casey Swiderski returned to the lineup, after an absence of almost two months and picked up a ranked win over #32 Willie McDougald. Freshman 174 lbs MJ Gaitan had an impressive ranked win pinning #29 Tate Picklo. Some bright spots for ISU in their loss to Oklahoma State include a second win on the weekend from Swiderski. He beat #17 Sammy Alvarez, 8-2. David Carr wasn’t seriously threatened in one of the headline bouts of the evening. Carr got by CKLV champion, Izzak Olejnik, 8-1. Gaitan also was unbeaten during the Oklahoma swing; taking down dangerous true freshman Brayden Thompson, 6-3 in sudden victory and Yonger Bastida maintained his perfect record and grabbed a top-ten victory (Doucet). Next: The Cyclones are at home this week for a Friday dual with #19 West Virginia 6. Nebraska: Win 39-3 (at Northwestern); Win 28-9 (at #17 Wisconsin) The Cornhuskers flexed their muscles in a pair of Big Ten wins on Friday/Sunday. Neither of their opponents managed more than ten team points as Nebraska cruised, even with the services of two-time All-American 157 lber Peyton Robb. Jacob Van Dee, Ridge Lovett, Lenny Pinto, and Silas Allred all went 2-0 on the weekend for Nebraska. Allred had identical 19-4 tech falls against Northwestern and Wisconsin, giving him three straight techs - all by the same score. Next: Nebraska is in action against #26 Illinois at home on Sunday. That dual should feature a top-ten clash at 149 lbs as true freshman Kannon Webster is ranked eighth and chasing Nebraska’s #1 Lovett. 7. Ohio State: Win 20-19 (#13 Michigan) What a Friday night for Tom Ryan’s team! His Buckeyes have been the recipients of some horrendous fortune on the injury front, of late. Paddy Gallagher, Carson Kharchla, and Gavin Hoffman all are dealing with very serious ailments and are unavailable. The sad reality is that none of Ohio State’s opponents will feel sorry for them, least of all, Michigan. Friday’s dual with the Wolverines got off to an ominous start with Michigan winning the first four matches contested (Jesse Mendez received a forfeit for OSU at 141). The upperweights picked up the slack and carried the Buckeyes to victory winning four of the last five. Bryce Hepner was down early but never wavered in an exciting, 12-10 win over Beau Mantanona at 165. 184 lbs saw Ryder Rogotzke take it to #15 Jaden Bullock in a 21-0 tech fall. The deciding match came at 285 lbs when freshman Nick Feldman used a third-period takedown to knock off #4 Lucas Davison, 4-3. Next: There’s no time to celebrate for Ohio State as they’ll travel to top-ranked Penn State Friday and #14 Rutgers Sunday. 8. NC State: Win 31-6 (at #25 Pittsburgh) Friday marked the first day of the ACC dual season and NC State traveled north to take on a dangerous Pittsburgh team that was responsible for Ohio State’s only loss of the year. That didn’t bother the Wolfpack as they started the dual with back-to-back major decisions from Jarrett Trombley and Kai Orine and never looked back. The unheralded middleweights for NC State both picked up a pair of really strong wins against Pitt. Derek Fields pulled a slight upset on #14 Holden Heller, while Alex Faison downed #17 Luca Augustine. Despite Augustine holding a higher national ranking, Faison is now 3-0 career against him. Next: The ACC schedule continues with heated rival North Carolina on Friday night. 9. Cornell: Win 37-6 (Harvard), Win 47-0 (Brown), Win 20-16 (at #3 Missouri) Saturday saw Cornell host Harvard and Brown for their first two Ivy League duals of the year. Greg Diakmoihalis set the tone in the Harvard dual with an impressive 14-3 major decision over #21 Diego Sotelo. The rest of the dual went as you would expect, though Mike Grey was able to get some new faces (Brody Oleksak and Colt Barley) in at 165 and 174, respectively. In Saturday’s second dual, Cornell blanked Brown, 47-0. Seven of the ten Big Red wrestlers logged bonus point wins. Sunday saw the mega, non-conference matchup with third-ranked Missouri. After surrendering a pin at 125 lbs, Cornell won the next four bouts to lead 13-3 at the break. The final bout in the first half saw true freshman Meyer Shapiro dominate three-time All-American Brock Mauller in a 14-4 major decision. Huge wins at 184 and 197 lbs clinched the dual for Grey’s team. Chris Foca was facing an imposing opponent in #11 Clayton Whiting, but it didn’t seem to matter as he poured it on - to the tune of 14-1. Jacob Cardenas locked up the win by shutting out multiple-time All-American Rocky Elam, which accounted for Elam’s first loss of the year. With their full lineup available Cornell is a dangerous team and much better than their current ninth ranking. Next: Saturday brings Columbia to Ithaca for an Ivy/EIWA dual. 10. Minnesota: Win 20-12 (at #14 Rutgers) Minnesota made the long trek to the East Coast for a Saturday afternoon matinee with #14 Rutgers. True freshman Tyler Wells continues to impress and notched his biggest win of the season, by upsetting #8 Dylan Shawver, 5-2 in sudden victory. His win got Minnesota on the board after a loss at 125 lbs. Three consecutive wins from the middleweights were highlighted by Michael Blockhus, who stays hot with a tech fall at 157 lbs. The turning point of the match came at 184 lbs as true freshman Max McEnelly stepped in and recorded a 4-2 win over the dangerous #22 Brian Soldano. Rutgers still had a shot at the victory with unbeaten #9 John Poznanski lurking at 197 lbs. Those hopes were dashed with an upset by Garrett Joles. Jokes got a takedown in sudden victory to come out on top, 4-1. That is the biggest of the 13 wins on the year for Joles. Next: Minnesota stays home next weekend and plays host to Maryland on Friday and Northwestern on Sunday.

Saturday’s Dual Results Minnesota 20 Rutgers 12 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) dec Patrick McKee (Minnesota) 6-4 133 - Tyler Wells (Minnesota) dec Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 5-2SV 141 - Mitch Moore (Rutgers) dec Vance VomBaur (Minnesota) 4-1 149 - Drew Roberts (Minnesota) dec Michael Cetta (Rutgers) 3-0 157 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) tech Al DeSantis (Rutgers) 18-3 165 - Blaine Brenner (Minnesota) dec Luke Gayer (Rutgers) 2-0 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) 7-4 184 - Max McEnelly (Minnesota) dec Brian Soldano (Rutgers) 3-2 197 - Garrett Joles (Minnesota) dec John Poznanski (Rutgers) 4-1SV 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) dec Bennett Tabor (Minnesota) 8-2 Cornell 37 Harvard 6 125 - Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) maj Diego Sotelo (Harvard) 14-3 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 14-4 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) fall Jaden Pepe (Harvard) 2:10 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Jack Crook (Harvard) 11-7 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) maj Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) 14-3 165 - Joshua Kim (Harvard) dec Brody Oleksak (Cornell) 11-4 174 - Phil Conigilario(Harvard) maj Colt Barley (Cornell) 14-4 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) tech Leonardo Tarantino (Harvard) 19-4 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) tech Alex Whitworth (Harvard) 16-1 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) fall Jeffrey Crooks (Harvard) 1:23 Cornell 47 Brown 0 125 - Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec Michael Joyce (Brown) 7-4SV 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) tech Hunter Adrian (Brown) 19-4 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) dec Ian Oswalt (Brown) 7-0 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) tech Sam McMonagle (Brown) 18-1 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) tech Blake Saito (Brown) 18-3 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) tech Dom Frontino (Brown) 17-2 174 - Evan Canoyer (Cornell) dec Jonathan Conrad (Brown) 4-1 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) fall Nick Olivieri (Brown) 1:43 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) fall James Araneo (Brown) 4:52 285 - Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) fall Alex Semenenko (Brown) 2:32 Hofstra 22 Long Island 14 125 - Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra) dec Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 4-3TB 133 - Dylan Ryder (Hofstra) maj Christopher Betancourt (Long Island) 16-3 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) maj Alex Turley (Hofstra) 13-5 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) maj Noah Tapia (Hofstra) 13-3 157 - Rhise Royster (Long Island) dec Jurius Clark (Hofstra) 6-1 165 - Jake Slotnick (Hofstra) dec James Johnston (Long Island) 6-2 174 - Ross McFarland (Hofstra) maj Corey Connolly (Long Island) 8-0 184 - Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island) dec Will Conlon (Hofstra) 9-5 197 - Nik Miller (Hofstra) dec John Dusza (Long Island) 8-3 285 - Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) tech Jared Tracy (Long Island) 21-4 Northern Illinois 22 Central Michigan 10 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) dec Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) 7-5 133 - Mikey Kaminski (Northern Illinois) dec Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) 13-10SV 141 - Jacob Brya (Northern Illinois) dec Ja’Kerion Merritt (Central Michigan) 5-0 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) 7-1 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) dec Brett Smith (Northern Illinois) 5-1 165 - Tommy Bennett (Northern Illinois) dec Tyler Swiderski (Central Michigan) 5-4 174 - Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) tech Ricardo Salin (Northern Illinois) 20-5 184 - Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) maj Adrien Cramer (Central Michigan) 10-2 197 - Carter Grewe (Northern Illinois) dec Cameron Wood (Central Michigan) 7-4 285 - Jacobi Jackson (Northern Illinois) dec Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) 4-1 Binghamton 28 Harvard 9 125 - Diego Sotelo (Harvard) dec Carson Wagner (Binghamton) 8-6 133 - Micah Roes (Binghamton) dec Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 7-3 141 - Nate Lucier (Binghamton) dec Dante Frinzi (Harvard) 9-6 149 - Jordan Brown (Binghamton) dec Jack Crook (Havard) 10-7 157 - Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) dec Carter Bear (Binghamton) 4-3 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Joshua Kim (Harvard) 5-0 174 - Phil Conigliaro (Harvard) dec Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) 4-2 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) maj Leonardo Tarantino (Harvard) 9-1 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) fall Alex Whitworth (Harvard) 2:45 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) fall Logan Marissal (Havard) :46 Army West Point 18 Bucknell 15 125 - Charlie Farmer (Army West Point) fall Owen Bell (Bucknell) 1:43 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Braden Basile (Army West Point) 1-0 141 - Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) dec Logan Brown (Army West Point) 5-4 149 - Matthew Williams (Army West Point) dec Riley Bower (Bucknell) 4-1 157 - Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) dec Cade Wirnsberger (Bucknell) 5-1 165 - Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 9-2SV 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) dec Myles Takats (Bucknell) 12-11 184 - Nolan Springer (Bucknell) dec Dillon Sheehy (Army West Point) 4-1 197 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) dec Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) 5-1 285 - Lucas Stoddard (Army West Point) dec Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) 4-2 Indiana 22 Purdue 9 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Michael Spangler (Indiana) 8-6 133 - Cayden Rooks (Indiana) maj Jacob Macatangay (Purdue) 11-2 141 - Danny Fongaro (Indiana) dec Christian White (Purdue) 5-2 149 - Graham Rooks (Indiana) dec Marcos Polanco (Purdue) 5-4 157 - Brayton Lee (Indiana) dec Joey Blaze (Purdue) 4-2 165 - Stoney Buell (Purdue) dec Tyler Lillard (Indiana) 5-1 174 - DJ Washington (Indiana) dec Brody Baumann (Purdue) 9-4 184 - Roman Rogotzke (Indiana) dec James Rowley (Purdue) 6-3SV 197 - Ben Vanadia (Purdue) dec Gabe Sollars (Indiana) 6-3SV 285 - Nick Willham (Indiana) dec Tristan Ruhlman (Purdue) 4-2 Oklahoma State 21 Iowa State 12 125 - Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) dec Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 4-2 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) maj Evan Frost (Iowa State) 11-2 141 - Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) dec Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) 4-1SV 149 - Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) dec Sammy Alvarez (Oklahoma State) 8-2 157 - Teague Travis (Oklahoma State) dec Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) 8-3 165 - David Carr (Iowa State) dec Izzak Olejnik (Oklahoma State) 8-1 174 - MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) dec Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State) 6-3SV 184 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) maj Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) 17-3 197 - Jersey Robb (Oklahoma State) maj Julien Broderson (Iowa State) 15-6 285 - Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) dec Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 7-2 Franklin & Marshall 33 Sacred Heart 10 125 - Jake Ice (Sacred Heart) maj Eric Howe (F&M) 10-1 133 - Mason Leiphart (F&M) dec Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) 14-9 141 - Pat Phillips (F&M) dec Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) 4-0 149 - Josh Hillard (F&M) fall Chris Naegele (Sacred Heart) 2:37 157 - Dominic Wheatley (F&M) tech Connor MacDonald (Sacred Heart) 15-0 165 - Scott Jarosz (Sacred Heart) dec Josh Palmucci (F&M) 8-1 174 - Noah Fox (F&M) tech Owen Ayotte (Sacred Heart) 25-6 184 - James Conway (F&M) tech Hunter Perez (Sacred Heart) 19-3 197 - John Crawford (F&M) fall Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) 3:43 285 - Brendan Gilchrist (Sacred Heart) dec Harrison Shapiro (F&M) 4-1 Binghamton 24 Brown 9 125 - Michael Joyce (Brown) dec Carson Wagner (Binghamton) 7-2 133 - Micah Roes (Binghamton) dec Hunter Adrian (Brown) 4-3 141 - Nate Lucier (Binghamton) dec Ian Oswalt (Brown) 2-1SV 149 - Sam McMonagle (Brown) dec Jordan Brown (Binghamton) 2-1 157 - Blake Saito (Brown) dec Carter Baer (Binghamton) 9-3 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Dom Frontino (Brown) 3-0 174 - Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) dec Jonathan Conrad (Brown) 4-2 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) tech Nick Olivieri (Brown) 17-1 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) maj James Araneo (Brown) 16-2 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Alex Semenenko (Brown) 6-0 Northern Iowa 30 Oklahoma 12 125 - Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma) dec Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa) 7-6 133 - Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) maj Jace Koelzer (Oklahoma) 9-1 141 - Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) tech Kaden Smith (Oklahoma) 21-6 149 - Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Cael Rahnavardi (Northern Iowa) 3-2 157 - Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) maj Jared Hill (Oklahoma) 13-1 165 - Cael Carlson (Oklahoma) dec RJ Weston (Northern Iowa) 7-6 174 - Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) fall Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) 4:01 184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) tech Carson Berryhill (Oklahoma) 22-6 197 - Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) fall Ryan Nichols (Oklahoma) 4:22 285 - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 4-1SV Sunday’s Dual Results Penn State 42 Maryland 6 125 - Braeden Davis (Penn State) tech Tommy Capul (Maryland) 15-0 133 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) dec Baylor Shunk (Penn State) 8-3 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) maj Kal Miller (Maryland) 11-1 149 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) dec Connor Pierce (Penn State) 5-0 157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) tech Michael North (Maryland) 15-0 165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) fall Ryan Money (Maryland) :50 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) fall Mason Stein (Maryland) 4:26 184 - Bernie Truax (Penn State) fall Chase Mielnik (Maryland) 1:43 197 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) maj Jaxon Smith (Maryland) 13-4 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) fall Jordan Gabriel (Maryland) :55 Bellarmine 23 Gardner-Webb 15 125 - Drew West (Gardner-Webb) tech Damion Ryan (Bellarmine) 18-1 133 - Trayce Eckman (Bellarmine) maj Tyson Lane (Gardner-Webb) 16-6 141 - AJ Rallo (Bellarmine) maj Dominic DiTullio (Gardner-Webb) 9-0 149 - Zach Price (Gardner-Webb) dec Zac Cowan (Bellarmine) 4-2 157 - Ty Porter (Gardner-Webb) dec Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine) 6-4 165 - Grant O’Dell (Bellarmine) dec Andrew Wilson (Gardner-Webb) 7-3 174 - Cole Nance (Bellarmine) dec Samuel Mora (Gardner-Webb) 6-5 184 - Jha’Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) maj Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) 11-1 197 - Andrew Liber (Bellarmine) dec Josh McCutheon (Gardner-Webb) 12-8 285 - Thadd Huff (Bellarmine) fall Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) 2:51 Cornell 20 Missouri 16 125 - Noah Surtin (Missouri) fall Brett Ungar (Cornell) 2:21 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) dec Kade Moore (Missouri) 10-9 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) dec Josh Edmond (Missouri) 9-6 149 - Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) dec Zeke Seltzer (Missouri) 4-0 157 - Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) maj Brock Mauller (Missouri) 14-4 165 - Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) maj Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 13-5 174 - Peyton Mocco (Missouri) dec Evan Canoyer (Cornell) 8-2 184 - Chris Foca (Cornell) tech Clayton Whiting (Missouri) 14-1 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Rocky Elam (Missouri) 4-0 285 - Zach Elam (Missouri) dec Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) 2-1 Rider 42 Bloomsburg 3 125 - Tyler Klinsky (Rider) fall Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) 3:00 133 - Richie Koehler (Rider) tech Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 17-1 141 - Will Betancourt (Rider) FFT 149 - Quinn Kinner (Rider) tech Nik Antonelli (Bloomsburg) 17-1 157 - Colton Washleski (Rider) dec Will Morrow (Bloomsburg) 10-3 165 - Caden Dobbins (Bloomsburg) dec Cole McComas (Rider) 5-0 174 - Michael Wilson (Rider) maj Nolen Zeigler (Bloomsburg) 15-4 184 - Isaac Dean (Rider) dec Tanner Culver (Bloomsburg) 7-2 197 - Azeem Bell (Rider) tech David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 22-7 285 - David Szuba (Rider) tech Tyler McCatharn (Bloomsburg) 21-4 Air Force 21 North Dakota State 13 125 - Tucker Owens (Air Force) maj Ryan Henningson (North Dakota State) 11-3 133 - Fernando Barreto (North Dakota State) dec Robert Wright (Air Force) 6-2 141 - Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) dec Garrett Kuchan (Air Force) 10-3 149 - Max Petersen (North Dakota State) maj Joe Fernau (Air Force) 15-3 157 - Landon Johnson (North Dakota State) dec Brooks Gable (Air Force) 2-0 165 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) maj Brendan Howes (North Dakota State) 14-2 174 - Noah Blake (Air Force) dec Mason Gode (North Dakota State) 3-2 184 - Sam Wolf (Air Force) maj Adam Cherne (North Dakota State) 12-0 197 - Calvin Sund (Air Force) dec Spencer Mooberry (North Dakota State) 6-3 285 - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) dec Devon Dawson (North Dakota State) 9-4 Virginia 36 American 6 125 - Kyle Montaperto (Virginia) tech Shamil Kalmatov (American) 15-0 133 - Gable Porter (Virginia) dec Max Leete (American) 4-1 141 - Jack Gioffre (Virginia) tech Cael McIntyre (American) 20-5 149 - Jack Nies (American) dec Michael Gioffre (Virginia) 5-4 157 - Dylan Cedeno (Virginia) tech Ryan Zimmerman (American) 23-4 165 - Nick Hamilton (Virginia) maj Breon Phifer (American) 12-2 174 - Justin McCoy (Virginia) tech Mervin Mancia (American) 15-0 184 - Lucas White (American) dec Griffin Gammell (Virginia) 12-7 197 - Krystian Kinsey (Virginia) tech Caleb Beaty (American) 21-4 285 - Ryan Catka (Virginia) maj Will Jarrell (American) 14-6 Chattanooga 28 Davidson 13 125 - Chaz McDonald (Chattanooga) fall Enis Ljikovic (Davidson) 2:14 133 - Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) maj John Hager (Davidson) 11-2 141 - Isaiah Powe (Chattanooga) tech Joshua Viarengo (Davidson) 22-4 149 - Matthew Williams (Chattanooga) tech Matt McLaughlin (Davidson) 18-3 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) maj Noah Frack (Davidson) 14-4 165 - Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) dec Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) 11-5 174 - Marc Koch (Davidson) dec Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) 4-1 184 - Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson) dec Ryan Stein (Chattanooga) 8-2 197 - David Harper (Chattanooga) maj Cameo Blankenship (Davidson) 11-1 285 - Jake Fernicola (Davidson) maj Kaleb Snodgrass (Chattanooga) 13-2 The Citadel 35 VMI 3 125 - Malik Hardy (The Citadel) dec Tony Burke (VMI) 8-2 133 - George Rosas (The Citadel) dec Dyson Dunham (VMI) 2-1 141 - Jacob Silka (The Citadel) tech Raymond Cmil (VMI) 17-0 149 - Jeffrey Boyd (The Citadel) tech Ryan Vigil (VMI) 22-5 157 - Hayden Watson (The Citadel) dec Josh Yost (VMI) 2-0 165 - Ben Haubert (The Citadel) maj Luke Hart (VMI) 11-2 174 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) dec Brodie Porter (The Citadel) 3-2 184 - Adam Ortega (The Citadel) dec Toby Schoffstall (VMI) 11-5 197 - Patrick Brophy (The Citadel) dec Josh Evans (VMI) 5-2 285 - Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) fall Tyler Mousaw (VMI) :53 Central Michigan 22 SIU Edwardsville 12 125 - Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) dec Davian Guanajuato (SIU Edwardsville) 5-0 133 - Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) dec Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) 5-2 141 - Eric Almarinez (SIU Edwardsville) dec Jimmy Nugent (Central Michigan) 8-6 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) dec Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) 6-4 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) maj Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville) 15-2 165 - Bradley Gillum (SIU Edwardsville) dec Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) 5-3 174 - Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) tech Dominic Lopez (SIU Edwardsville) 19-3 184 - Deron Pulliam (SIU Edwardsville) dec Cody Brenner (Central Michigan) 4-1SV 197 - Cameron Wood (Central Michigan) dec Ryan Yarnell (SIU Edwardsville) 6-3SV 285 - Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) maj Bryson Buhk (SIU Edwardsville) 11-0 Nebraska 28 Wisconsin 9 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) dec Caleb Smith (Nebraska) 5-3 133 - Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) dec Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) 6-4 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) tech Felix Lettini (Wisconsin) 19-4 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) fall Julian George (Wisconsin) 2:34 157 - Ethan Stiles (Nebraska) dec Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) 4-1 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) dec Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) 7-2 174 - Max Maylor (Wisconsin) dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 4-2 184 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) dec Shane Liegel (Wisconsin) 7-2 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) tech Joshua Otto (Wisconsin) 19-4 285 - Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska) dec Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) 19-14 Iowa 46 Northwestern 0 125 - Drake Ayala (Iowa) tech Massey Odiotti (Northwestern) 19-4 133 - Cullan Schriever (Iowa) tech Patrick Adams (Northwestern) 24-9 141 - Brody Teske (Iowa) tech Kolby McClain (Northwestern) 17-1 149 - Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) fall Aiden Vandenbush (Northwestern) 3:46 157 - Jared Franek (Iowa) dec Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) 4-1SV 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) tech Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern) 21-5 174 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) maj David Ferrante (Northwestern) 11-2 184 - Aiden Riggins (Iowa) dec Troy Fisher (Northwestern) 4-2 197 - Zach Glazier (Iowa) maj Evan Bates (Northwestern) 11-2 285 - Ben Kueter (Iowa) fall Jack Jessen (Northwestern) :45 West Virginia 40 Morgan State 3 125 - Jace Schafer (West Virginia) tech Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 18-1 133 - Makhare Rogers (Morgan State) dec Garhett Dickenson (West Virginia) 7-3 141 - Jordan Titus (West Virginia) tech Thomas Fierro (Morgan State) 15-0 149 - Ty Watters (West Virginia) FFT 157 - Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia) tec Joshua Greenwood (Morgan State) 4-0 165 - Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj Jake Marsh (Morgan State) 23-10 174 - Jack Blumer (West Virginia) dec Cort Vann (Morgan State) 4-0 184 - Dennis Robin (West Virginia) maj Kyle Grey (Morgan State) 10-2 197 - Austin Cooley (West Virginia) tech Nathanic Kendricks (Morgan State) 19-4 285 - Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) FFT Clarion 43 Edinboro 3 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) tech Caleb Edwards (Edinboro) 19-1 133 - TJ England (Clarion) fall Eamonn Jimenez (Edinboro) 5:55 141 - Ryan Sullivan (Clarion) tech Jacob Brenneman (Edinboro) 24-9 149 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) maj Colin Roberts (Edinboro) 17-3 157 - Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Clarion) fall Gannon Jacquay (Edinboro) 3:46 165 - Eli Brinsky (Clarion) dec Max Kirby (Edinboro) 3-2 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) maj Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 9-1 184 - Cam Pine (Clarion) maj Brody Evans (Edinboro) 13-4 197 - Jack Kilner (Edinboro) dec Ethan Wiant (Clarion) 5-1 285 - John Meyers (Clarion) fall Nick Lodato (Edinboro) 6:49 Penn 31 Columbia 3 125 - Nick Babin (Columbia) dec Max Gallagher (Penn) 4-0 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) tech Yianni Vines (Columbia) 19-4 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec Kai Owen (Columbia) 9-3 149 - Andy Troczynski (Penn) maj Richard Fedalen (Columbia) 11-2 157 - Lucas Revano (Penn) maj David Berkovich (Columbia) 18-5 165 - Kaya Sement (Penn) dec Kyle Mosher (Columbia) 8-2 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Lennox Wolak (Columbia) 5-3 184 - Max Hale (Penn) dec Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia) 9-4 197 - Cole Urbas (Penn) dec Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 7-1 285 - John Stout (Penn) dec Billy McChesney (Columbia) 10-6 North Carolina 20 Navy 17 125 - Spencer Moore (North Carolina) tech Hayden Benter (Navy) 19-4 133 - Brendan Ferretti (Navy) dec Jace Palmer (North Carolina) 8-5 141 - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) dec Josh Koderhandt (Navy) 9-6 149 - Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Wil Guida (North Carolina) 13-9 157 - Sonny Santiago (North Carolina) dec Jonathan Ley (Navy) 4-2 165 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) fall Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) :42 174 - Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) dec Danny Wask (Navy) 15-12SV 184 - Gavin Kane (North Carolina) dec David Key (Navy) 9-6 197 - Max Shaw (North Carolina) dec Daniel Williams (Navy) 5-3 285 - Grady Griess (Navy) tech Cade Lautt (North Carolina) 17-2 Bucknell 24 Drexel 10 125 - Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) maj Kade Davidheiser (Bucknell) 14-5 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) 6-1 141 - Braden Bower (Bucknell) maj Jordan Soriano (Drexel) 14-3 149 - Dom Findora (Drexel) dec Riley Bower (Bucknell) 10-4 157 - Tyler Williams (Drexel) dec Aiden Davis (Bucknell) 4-1SV 165 - Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) dec Cody Walsh (Drexel) 8-5 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) dec Jack Janda (Drexel) 9-8 184 - Mikey Bartush (Bucknell) dec Justin Griffith (Drexel) 5-1 197 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) tech Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) 16-0 285 - Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) dec Santino Morina (Drexel) 8-3 Stanford 24 Little Rock 15 125 - Nico Provo (Stanford) dec Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 13-11 133 - Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) tech Dom Lajoie (Stanford) 19-3 141 - Jason Miranda (Stanford) dec Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 15-13 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 13-10 157 - Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 5-0 165 - Hunter Garvin (Stanford) fall Brendon Abdon (Little Rock) 2:09 174 - Tye Monteiro (Stanford) dec Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) 5-2 184 - Jack Darrah (Stanford) dec Triston Wills (Little Rock) 3-2 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) fall Nick Stemmet (Stanford) :51 285 - Josiah Hill (Little Rock) maj Jackson Mankowski (Stanford) 15-5

Typically, when we’re highlighting must-watch duals during the second half of the season they turn out to be Big Ten clashes. Not this week, as there’s a colossal, top-five matchup on tap for the Big 12. Fifth-ranked Iowa State goes on the road for the second leg of their visit to Oklahoma to take on the fourth-ranked Cowboys of Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State was also in action last night against a team from Iowa. Though Friday and Saturday’s duals were scheduled ahead of time, they’ve turned into a de facto mini-tournament. The Cowboys got by Northern Iowa and Iowa State thrashed Oklahoma, so now they’ll meet in one of the most-anticipated duals of the season. At the beginning of the year, we may not have guessed that Iowa State/Oklahoma State would turn out to be a top-five clash; however, both teams have been slightly better than expected by the outside world. Should all starters wrestle, this could be a dual that features ten bouts between ranked wrestlers. Half of those could feature top-ten wrestlers from both squads squaring off. Even though both teams attended the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (won by Iowa State), none of the wrestlers met at the event. With transfers in both lineups and some weight shifting in the offseason, we’ll have ten fresh, new matchups. The action goes down at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central, so be sure to tune into ESPN+ . Below is a weight-by-weight look at the dual with predictions for each match and a projected team score. 125 lbs - #25 Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) vs. #20 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) Right off the bat, we have a toss-up bout. Kysen Terukina started the year the same way his 2022-23 campaign began, with an impressive win over two-time All-American Eric Barnett (Wisconsin). Since then, he’s been good, not great, going 6-4 and 1-2 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Terukina comes into Oklahoma on a four-match winning streak, a span that includes a solid win over Midlands runner-up Eli Griffin (California Baptist). Troy Spratley is in his first year at Oklahoma State after redshirting in 2022-23 as a freshman at Minnesota. Spratley has been fairly consistent for the Cowboys this season with a 13-4 record. He is responsible for the only blemish on second-ranked true freshman Luke Stanich’s (Lehigh) record. Spratley also has a win over Jakob Camacho (NC State) who spent some time ranked number one at this weight. He’s looking to bounce back this week, as he was caught and pinned by Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) last weekend. Prediction: Spratley by decision (3-0 Oklahoma State) 133 lbs - #7 Evan Frost (Iowa State) vs. #3 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) Nationally, expectations weren’t very high for the Cyclones at 133 lbs during the preseason. Evan Frost quickly erased those doubts by winning his wrestle-off and his first seven bouts. That stretch includes a Cy-Hawk win over Brody Teske (Iowa) and a run that took him to the CKLV finals. Frost’s prowess from the top position was instrumental in the Teske win and has helped him rack up bonus points in six of his 13 wins thus far. Frost will have his stiffest challenge to date with three-time NCAA finalist Daton Fix. Fix is 7-0 on the year with all of his wins coming in dual competition. His only non-bonus point win of the year came against former teammate Cooper Birdwell (Wyoming). Fix was able to amass bonus points (11-3 major decision) in the Cowboys dual upset of NC State at the expense of 2023 All-American Kai Orine. Orine is responsible for one of Frost’s two losses this year; a major decision in the CKLV finals. Though Fix only has six matches this year, four have come against ranked competition. Last night, Fix was a point short of a tech fall over #23 Julian Farber (Northern Iowa). With an anticipated tight dual, getting bonus from Fix here is essential. Prediction: Fix by major decision (7-0 Oklahoma State) 141 lbs - #9 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) vs. #10 Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) Once a highly-coveted recruit who was dominating his way through Fargo, Anthony Echemendia resurfaced at Iowa State with relatively little fanfare. His addition has really solidified the Cyclone lineup with Casey Swiderski moving up to 149 lbs in the offseason. Early in the season, Echemendia pushed top-ranked Real Woods (Iowa) into sudden victory and showed that he could be a key player at this weight. A week later, Echemendia was seventh in a loaded CKLV weight class. Since Vegas, Echemendia has been a perfect 7-0 and has earned bonus points in all seven contests. Two of the wins came at the Collegiate Duals, where he downed 2022 All-American Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) and 2023 EIWA champion Vance Cornella (Cornell). Like teammate, Troy Spratley, Tagen Jamison came to Stillwater after initially attending Minnesota. Jamison has a breakout performance at the CKLV Invitational taking fifth place. In his final match, Jamison majored 2023 All-American Brock Hardy (Nebraska), an opponent who was responsible for Jamison’s loss on the top-side. Since then, Jamison has handed #10 Jordan Titus (West Virginia) his only loss of the year, but has been defeated late by Ryan Jack (NC State) and was recently upset by Cleveland Belton (Oregon State). Last night he lost a tough one to #6 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa). Getting back on the right foot doesn’t get much easier with Echemendia across from him. The two did not meet in Vegas though they both were podium finishers. Prediction: Echemendia by decision (7-3 Oklahoma State) 149 lbs - #10 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) vs. #17 Sammy Alvarez/Jordan Williams (Oklahoma State) It appears as if we’ll see Casey Swiderski back on the mat for Kevin Dresser’s team against Oklahoma State. He returned last night to down Oklahoma’s NCAA qualifier Willie McDougald, 8-3. Swiderski had not been in action since Vegas in early December and Dresser recently said that he underwent a minor knee procedure. Swiderski finished fifth in Vegas and showed that he has the goods to challenge for a podium spot this season. His best win at CKLV was a 14-11 barnburner over 2021 All-American Jaden Abas (Stanford). Swiderski was deemed the third-best recruit in the Class of 2022 and his early-season performance indicates he could be wrestling up to that level. Should Swiderski not be able to compete, Iowa State has a good alternative option in NCAA qualifier Zach Redding. Another transfer in the Oklahoma State lineup is Sammy Alvarez who came to the Cowboys midway through the 2022-23 season from Rutgers. Lately, Alvarez has gotten the call from John Smith and has responded with wins in two of his three dual starts. His lone loss came to West Virginia’s seventh-ranked true freshman Ty Watters, while beating two other solid freshmen, Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) and Nash Singleton (Oregon State). Throughout his career, Alvarez has shown flashes that lead you to believe he could be a high NCAA finisher. Should the Oklahoma State staff be able to help him find consistency, that might be a possibility. Redshirt freshman Jordan Williams got the first crack at this weight class and could get the call if the OSU staff decides to go in a different direction. Williams looked excellent last night during a 21-5 tech fall win over Northern Iowa’s Adam Allard. Prediction: Swiderski by decision (7-6 Oklahoma State) 157 lbs - #13 Cody Chittum (Iowa State) vs. #18 Teague Travis (Oklahoma State) 157 lbs is an incredibly loaded and deep weight class. That’s evident by looking at the rankings for both Cody Chittum and Teague Travis. Chittum went 2-2 in that legendary CKLV weight class, but hasn’t tasted defeat since then. His biggest win during that stretch was a 9-5 decision over Arizona State’s two-time All-American #4 Jacori Teemer. Chittum could be gaining momentum at the right time and, looking at his record, none of his three losses are what you’d classify as “bad.” Each came to a top-ten opponent. Chittum did not wrestle for Iowa State last night against Oklahoma. In that dual it was 2023 NCAA qualifier Jason Kraisser that got the call and responded with a 2-0 victory. Coming into the season, 157 lbs appeared to be the most unsettled weight class for the Cowboys. Almost three months later, and with Teague Travis unbeaten at 157 lbs, it’s safe to say it’s settled. Travis’ debut at 157 lbs featured a win over a ranked opponent in Max Brignola (Lehigh). Three matches later, he would notch a signature win over dangerous, All-American Ed Scott (NC State). Travis is a redshirt sophomore who went 11-2 while competing unattached. Travis’ unbeaten run at 157 lbs came to an end last night against a tough competitor in Northern Iowa’s Ryder Downey. That doesn’t lessen the importance of this bout for the dual competition or for rankings purposes. Prediction: Chittum by decision (9-7 Iowa State) 165 lbs - #3 David Carr (Iowa State) vs. #4 Izzak Olejnik (Oklahoma State) The most anticipated bout in this dual full of good matchups will take place at 165 lbs. 2021 national champion David Carr is in the midst of his final season in Ames and is looking to go out on top. He suffered a rare upset in the semifinals of the CKLV Invitational. He rebounded to defeat multiple-time All-American Cam Amine (Michigan) to secure third place and hasn’t lost since. The Amine win and a 2-0 shutout over another AA, Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin), account for the only regular decisions among his 15 wins this season. Should Carr win he would already have four wins this season over past All-Americans. Izzak Olejnik and Carr have never met despite both wrestling at this weight class in 2022-23 and each making the NCAA podium. Olejnik also won the CKLV tournament where Carr finished third. Olejnik was very good at Northern Illinois, evidenced by his 2023 NCAA eighth-place finish; however, he’s taken the next step at Oklahoma State. His CKLV title run featured wins over Amine and Julian Ramirez (Cornell). Two weeks ago, Olejnik fell from the ranks of the unbeaten after a 5-1 loss to Peyton Hall (West Virginia). While there’s plenty of action before the postseason, the winner of this match still has hopes alive for that all-important top-seed at the Big 12 Championships. Prediction: Carr by decision (12-7 Iowa State) 174 lbs - #23 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) vs. #25 Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State) The future of the 174 lb weight class will be on display with these two freshmen; MJ Gaitan, a redshirt freshman, and Brayden Thompson who is straight out of the high school ranks. Gaitan managed to finish eighth in Las Vegas and has been even better since then. He’ll come into Saturday night a winner of his last six matches. The most recent was a fall over Oklahoma’s #29 Tate Picklo. Picklo was the second past national qualifier that Gaitan has taken out during his winning streak. Like Gaitan, Thompson has really come on off late. The number five overall recruit in the Class of 2023 missed some time early but has gotten on a roll. With a still-developing offense and a stout defense, Augustine has tended to keep himself in almost every matchup. Three of his last five bouts have gone into sudden victory (two wins). Last weekend, his sudden victory takedown defeated 2023 Pac-12 champion Matthew Olguin (Oregon State). On Friday night, he scored a 6-3 win over #30 Jared Simma (Northern Iowa). This has the potential to be a good stylistic clash as Gaitan is pretty wide-open offensively and Thompson is sound defensively. Prediction: Gaitan by decision (15-7 Iowa State) 184 lbs - #10 Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) vs. #2 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) With the loss to two-time All-American Marcus Coleman to graduation, it appeared as if there would be a significant hole at 184 for the Cyclones. Graduate transfer and 2023 All-American Will Feldkamp came over from Clarion and has been as good as advertised for ISU. Feldkamp navigated a difficult CKLV bracket and found himself in the finals, where he fell to top-ranked Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa). Feldkamp has an array of throws, trips, and big attacks from his feet, so he can either end a match in an instant or put it out of reach quickly. Though Dustin Plott finished a step below Feldkamp on the CKLV podium, the two did not meet at that tournament and they don’t have any past history with each other. Plott is coming off a loss to Keckeisen on Friday night, in a one-versus-two match that went back and forth and lived up to its eye-catching billing. The two-time All-American moved up to 184 from 174 lbs in the offseason and has looked as good as ever. Last weekend, Plott solidified his lofty ranking with a solid 4-2 victory over 2023 All-American and NCAA semifinalist Trey Munoz (Oregon State). Plott will be looking to start a new winning streak as he had an 11-match streak snapped by Keckeisen last night. Despite both wrestlers holding top-ten rankings, there is the potential for bonus points here. If Feldkamp hits a big more or if one goes awry, it could provide a huge swing in either direction. Prediction: Plott by decision (15-10 Iowa State) 197 lbs - #30 Julian Broderson/Caleb Helgeson (Iowa State) vs. #16 Luke Surber/Jersey Robb (Oklahoma State) As can often be the case in dual meets, someone at 197 lbs could turn out to be the unlikely hero. When a pin from a national champion can be equal to a pin from a second-string wrestler, funny things can occur. There’s a bit of uncertainty surrounding who both teams will send out at 197 lbs. Julian Broderson is the veteran for Iowa State and is currently ranked 30th in the nation with a 6-4 record. Broderson is recently coming off a loss in his last appearance, the Cyclones win over Utah Valley. Last night, it was Caleb Helgeson who got the call against second-ranked Stephen Buchanan. Iowa State has plenty of options at this weight, so they may look further than Helgeson if Broderson isn’t the guy. Oklahoma State is more stable at 197 lbs with 16th-ranked Luke Surber a two-time national qualifier (once at 285 lbs). However, Surber has dealt with injuries this season and has been in-and-out of the Cowboy lineup. Jersey Robb got the nod last night and lost a 5-1 decision to Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa). Surber answered the bell last weekend and got a ranked win over Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) in sudden victory. Prediction: Surber by decision (15-13 Iowa State) 285 lbs - #3 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) vs. #9 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) What an ace-in-the-hole Yonger Bastida has been for Iowa State competing up at 285 lbs this season! Bastida is fresh off a 14-4 major decision over a much-improved #11 Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) last night. For comparison’s sake, his likely opponent, Konner Doucet held off Heindselman 2-1 in tiebreakers during their first Bedlam Dual. Bastida has been one of the more dynamic and explosive offensive heavyweights in the nation this year. Six of his 16 wins have come via tech fall, which is remarkable for the 285 lb weight class. Bastida has also been battle-tested at his new weight, logging wins over four of the top-12 wrestlers in the nation, coming into this matchup. Doucet qualified for nationals for the first time in 2023 by finishing fifth in the Big 12 and amassing an 18-12 record. This year he’s taken the next step and has been much more consistent. Though he has two losses on his ledger, one of them was an injury default that came in the opening seconds of a match in Vegas. He’ll come into Saturday night’s match sporting a seven-match winning streak. During that span, he’s only allowed three points once. His stingy defense will certainly be tested by the offense-minded Bastida. Should extra time be required, Doucet is extremely comfortable and effective going past the seven-minute mark. Three of his wins during his current winning streak have come in tiebreakers. Prediction: Bastida by major decision Team Score Projection: Iowa State wins 19-13

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