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This weekend was an odd one for the MAC. There were a couple of key duals on Friday with nothing on Saturday and a quad taking center stage on Sunday. The upcoming weeks should have more MAC-action and fewer breaks. Even so, there was plenty to be learned from the action that did take place. Among them, a huge individual matchup, the defending champions taking a loss, and a MAC dual nestled inside Sunday’s quad. Though we didn’t get in-depth on the Northern Illinois/Cleveland State dual (28-15 NIU), the Huskies lightweights led the way with wins at the first five weights. Ohio takes control at 157 lbs In our “32 Key Matches to Watch the Weekend” article the lone MAC match highlighted was the 157 lb tilt between #17 Peyten Keller (Ohio) and #25 DJ McGee (George Mason). The dual itself featured a pair of MAC squads that may be overlooked and seemingly had the potential to be outside threats for a conference title. The Bobcats made a statement early and often with wins in the first three matches. After a pin by George Mason’s Kaden Cassidy at 149 lbs, the stage was set for the big battle at 157 lbs. Kellar and McGee were scoreless through the first period. The OU star started the second period on the bottom and within the first minute earned a reversal after McGee was a little loose on his leg ride. Kellar proceeded to ride McGee for the remainder of the second stanza and generated enough riding time to earn a point. He would choose neutral in the final period and neither wrestler was able to score. Kellar’s win puts him in the driver’s seat in a strong MAC weight class that also features 2023 champion Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan). At the Midlands, McGee edged Lovett, 3-2. The second half of the dual played out similar to the first with Ohio sweeping the remaining bouts. At 165 and 174 lbs, the Bobcats won a pair of two-point bouts, which preceded a 15-0 tech fall from Zayne Lehman at 184 lbs. Lehman’s victim, Malachi Duvall, was named the conference’s wrestler of the week for the previous week’s worth of action. Ohio closed the dual with a slight upset at 285 lbs as Jordan Greer defeated the previously ranked Chad Nix, 4-2. When the smoke cleared, it was a 29-6 win for Ohio and they took nine of ten bouts from the Patriots. Joel Greenlee’s team earned their first MAC win of the season and now move to 5-3 overall. That surpasses the win total from the 2022-23 squad with about a month’s worth of action still ahead. This week Ohio will travel to take on in-state rival Cleveland State. George Mason is also on the road as they’ll head up to Pennsylvania to face Lock Haven and Bloomsburg. Buffalo Stampede With apologies to our football fans in Western New York, the best performance from a Buffalo team over the past three days belonged to the men on the mat Friday night. John Stutzman’s Bulls traveled to two-time defending MAC champion Lock Haven’s gym and came away with a rather surprisingly lopsided victory, 23-12. Lock Haven flexed their muscles in the early going with wins in three of the first four matches resulting in a 12-4 lead. That’s all the Bald Eagles could muster as Buffalo swept the final six weight classes. The 174 lb bout featured a pair of past national qualifiers clashing and it was Buffalo’s Jay Nivison who got his hand raised after the hard-fought 3-2 victory. A match earlier, Hunter Shaut got by Eric Alderfer 7-4 in sudden victory. Buffalo’s big men proved to be two of their highest-scoring team members on the night. Sam Mitchell cruised to a 15-3 major decision at 197 lbs, while Magnus Bibla racked up 11 points on Ethan Miller to finalize the 23-12 win. The win was the third for Buffalo in the MAC this year and the eighth overall. Buffalo will be off next weekend, while Lock Haven has a busy week that includes duals with George Mason, Rider, and the Mat-Town Open. Clarion Goes 3-0 The notable event for the conference on Sunday was the quad at Clarion. The hosts went a perfect 3-0 on the day downing Kent State, Long Island, and Morgan State. Of the 30 matches contested between those three duals, Clarion was victorious in 25 of those. While there were many standouts for Clarion, Alejandro Herrera-Rondon was the only Golden Eagle wrestler to amass bonus points in all three of his matches. Herrera-Rondon ran the gambit on bonus point wins with a major decision, a tech, and a fall. His three wins brought his season record up to 15-6. The most important of the three wins for Keith Ferraro’s squad was the 24-10 victory against MAC opponent Kent State. His team now moves to 3-1 in the conference. The Golden Flashes saw Pablo Castro (133), Aaron Ferguson (165), and Blake Schaffer (197) grab wins against Clarion. Schaffer did so via major decision and improved to 19-7 on the year. It’ll be nothing but conference duals from here on out for Clarion. Next week’s challenger is Edinboro, who is looking to bounce back after a 44-0 loss against one of the league’s favorites, Central Michigan. Kent State has the week off before traveling back to Pennsylvania for a dual with Bloomsburg on February 3rd.

This morning, the NCAA released the first set of Coaches Rankings for the 2023-24 season. These rankings will play a part in determining which wrestlers earn automatic qualifying bids for their respective conferences. To make the list, a wrestler must have met the mininum of eight DI matches for the year, competed once within the last 30 days, and have been designated the starter by their coach. Full Coaches Rankings can be found here

We’re nearing February and The NCAA released statistical award leaders last week for falls and tech falls. Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force/285) had two pins this weekend to tie for the DI lead with Indiana 197lber Gabe Sollars. Two alumni of Malvern Prep (Pa.) lead the country in technical falls. Michael Beard (Lehigh, 197) came into the weekend with one more than Nick Feldman (Ohio St., 285). Beard posted one more while Feldman teched both of last weekend’s opponents. Their DI-high mark stands at 11 each. Additionally, lead InterMat Editor, Earl Smith, dove into undefeated wrestlers and their chances of remaining unscathed (based on remaining schedule). And while stewing on the dominance and offensive proliferation of Penn State’s Mitch Mesenbrink (he’s scored double-digit points in every bout but one this year), I went down the rabbit hole of ‘dominance,’ and didn’t stop until I ran the numbers for every remaining undefeated DI wrestler remaining (sans redshirts). The NCAA will eventually come out with its own ‘most dominant’ list. But for my purposes, I’m defining it as ‘most team points per bout’. There are a few guidelines to note: 1. I did not count the All-Star Classic. Wrestlers with a loss at that event have an asterisk. 2. I counted matches against all divisions, not just D1 vs. D1. 3. I counted matches against teammates. 4. Forfeits are not included. So here are the results listed by the highest team point average per bout. 1. Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Force, 285* - 5.6 pts. per bout 2. Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa - 5.5 3. Aaron Brooks, Penn St., 197 - 5.4 4. Carter Starocci, Penn St., 174 - 5.3 5. (tie) Keegan O’Toole, Missouri, 165 - 5 5. (tie) Stephen Buchanan, Oklahoma, 197 - 5 7. (tie) Trent Hidlay, NC State, 197 - 4.9 7. (tie) Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado, 157 - 4.9 9. (tie) Dylan Ragusin, Michigan, 133 - 4.8 9. (tie) Mitch Mesenbrink, Penn St., 165 - 4.8 9. (tie) Zach Elam, Missouri, 285 - 4.8 12. Daton Fix, Oklahoma St., 133 - 4.5 13. (tie) Ridge Lovett, Nebraska, 149 - 4.3 13. (tie) Jon Poznanski, Rutgers, 197 - 4.3 15. (tie) Beau Bartlett, Penn St., 141 - 4.2 15. (tie) Levi Haines, Penn St., 157 - 4.2 15. (tie) Zach Glazier, Iowa, 197 - 4.2 Note: Glazier includes 6pts for Ferrari DQ 18. Younger Bastida, Iowa St., 285 - 4.1 19. Ryan Crookham, Lehigh, 133 - 4 20. (tie) Real Woods, Iowa, 141 - 3.9 20. (tie), Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech, 174* - 3.9 20. (tie) Greg Kerkvliet, Penn St., 285 - 3.9 23. Braeden Davis, Penn St., 125 - 3.9 24. Rocky Elam, Missouri, 197 - 3.6 Some observations: Hendrickson has eleven pins in fourteen matches with one decision, one major, and one tech. Two of his falls were against non-DI opponents. But the man is as close to perfect as can be fathomed. 5.6!? That’s ridiculous. You might think it’s crazy that we’re almost in February and PSU still has seven undefeated wrestlers. But that number goes to eight if you include 149lber Tyler Kasak whose only loss was to teammate Beau Bartlett. It should be noted that Penn State’s match count is lower than most other programs. Their team leader in wins is Mesenbrink with 13 and four of their seven undefeated guys have less than ten bouts wrestled. In addition to the three Penn State freshmen who remain undefeated, Lehigh’s Ryan Crookham is the fourth, and, of course, with the win over returning NCAA Champion Arujau, the only freshman ranked #1 in the country. Stephen Buchanan has been a machine. While averaging a tech worth of points thru 19 bouts, he’s recorded seven techs and seven pins. (Three of those came vs. non-DI.) Two wrestlers who lost in the All Star Classic are otherwise undefeated. Wyatt Hendrickson (to Kerkvliet) and Mekhi Lewis (to Carter Starocci). The Elam brothers close the door for the Mizzou Tigers at 197 and 285 and neither has suffered a loss this season.

Saturday’s Dual Results Harvard 43 Sacred Heart 3 125 - Diego Sotelo (Harvard) FFT 133 - Andrew Fallon (Sacred Heart) dec Coleman Nogle (Harvard) 7-3 141 - Dante Frinzi (Harvard) maj Vincent Milazzo (Sacred Heart) 12-1 149 - Jack Crook (Harvard) tech Mike McGhee (Sacred Heart) 23-6 157 - Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) tech Connor MacDonald (Sacred Heart) 19-4 165 - Joshua Kim (Harvard) tech Scott Jarosz (Sacred Heart) 18-2 174 - Phillip Congiliaro (Harvard) tech Owen Ayotte (Sacred Heart) 18-2 184 - Peter Ferraro (Harvard) tech Nicky Eboli (Sacred Heart) 17-2 197 - Alex Whitworth (Harvard) tech Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) 15-0 285 - Nick Marcenelle (Harvard) tech Marc Berisha (Sacred Heart) 7-6 Bucknell 41 Morgan State 9 125 - Isaac Sheehan (Morgan State) dec Grayson McLellan (Bucknell) 7-6 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) tech Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) 20-3 141 - Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) tech Thomas Fierro (Morgan State) 22-7 149 - Riley Bower (Bucknell) maj Aaron Turner (Morgan State) 12-4 157 - Joshua Greenwood (Morgan State) InjDef Nick Delp (Bucknell) 165 - Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) maj Jake Marsh (Morgan State) 15-5 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) fall Cort Vann (Morgan State) 3:42 184 - Mikey Bartush (Bucknell) fall Kyle Grey (Morgan State) 4:21 197 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) fall Nathanic Kendricks (Morgan State) 3:50 285 - Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) tech Tyler Stewart (Morgan State) 17-0 Lehigh 23 Navy 15 125 - Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) fall Dayton DelViscio (Navy) 1:01 133 - Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 10-3 141 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 7-3 149 - Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) 6-5 157 - Max Brignola (Lehigh) fall Jonathan Ley (Navy) 6:22 165 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 6-4 174 - Danny Wask (Navy) dec Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 2-0 184 - David Key (Navy) dec Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 4-3 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) tech Daniel Williams (Navy) 21-5 285 - Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) dec Grady Griess (Navy) 11-4 North Dakota State 25 California Baptist 15 125 - Eli Griffin (California Baptist) fall Ryan Henningson (North Dakota State) :20 133 - Hunter Leake (California Baptist) fall Fernando Barreto (North Dakota State) 6:12 141 - Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) dec Darren Green (California Baptist) 9-6 149 - Maxwell Petersen (North Dakota State) dec Dayne Morton (California Baptist) 4-1SV 157 - Landon Johnson (North Dakota State) dec Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) 9-4 165 - Brendan Howes (North Dakota State) dec Drayden Morton (California Baptist) 4-0 174 - Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) maj Justin Phillips (California Baptist) 8-0 184 - Nathan Haas (California Baptist) dec Adam Cherne (North Dakota State) 7-2 197 - Spencer Mooberry (North Dakota State) dec Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 13-7 285 - Devon Dawson (North Dakota State) fall Chris Island (California Baptist) 2:18 Wyoming 22 Utah Valley 12 125 - Jore Volk (Wyoming) tech Yusief Lillie (Utah Valley) 15-0 133 - Garrett Ricks (Wyoming) maj Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) 16-5 141 - Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) dec Cole Brooks (Wyoming) 2-0 149 - Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) dec Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley) 6-0 157 - Sloan Swan (Wyoming) maj Alex Emmer (Utah Valley) 17-7 165 - Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) dec Jaxon Garoutte (Utah Valley) 12-10 174 - Quayin Short (Wyoming) dec Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) 3-2 184 - Mahonri Rushton (Utah Valley) dec Tyce Raddon (Wyoming) 10-4 197 - Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) dec Joey Novak (Wyoming) 4-1SV 285 - Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) dec Mason Ding (Wyoming) 8-3 Sunday’s Dual Results Penn State 35 Michigan State 0 125 - Braeden Davis (Penn State) dec Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) 7-3 133 - Aaron Nagao (Penn State) tech Andy Hampton (Michigan State) 18-3 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Jordan Hamden (Michigan State) 8-2 149 - David Evans (Penn State) dec Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) 4-2 157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) dec Chase Saldate (Michigan State) 7-6TB 165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) maj Caleb Fish (Michigan State) 18-9 174 - Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) dec DJ Shannon (Michigan State) 8-1 184 - Bernie Truax (Penn State) dec Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) 4-2 197 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) tech Kael Wisler (Michigan State) 21-6 285 - Lucas Cochran (Penn State) dec Josh Terrill (Michigan State) 5-0 Lock Haven 35 Bloomsburg 9 125 - Bronson Garber (Bloomsburg) fall Logan Sallot (Lock Haven) 5:38 133 - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) tech Major Lewis (Bloomsburg) 19-2 141 - Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) FFT 149 - Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) tech Cade Balestrini (Bloomsburg) 17-1 157 - Connor Eck (Lock Haven) dec William Morrow (Bloomsburg) 5-1 165 - Caden Dobbins (Bloomsburg) dec Eric Alderfer (Lock Haven) 3-0 174 - Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) maj Nolan Zeigler (Bloomsburg) 12-3 184 - Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) tech Tanner Culver (Bloomsburg) 21-4 197 - Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) maj David Tuttle (Bloomsburg) 9-0 285 - Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) dec Tyler McCatharn (Bloomsburg) 5-2 Chattanooga 31 VMI 13 125 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) FFT 133 - Dyson Dunham (VMI) dec Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) 7-4 141 - Isaiah Powe (Chattanooga) fall Patrick Jordon (VMI) 6:17 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) dec Ryan Vigil (VMI) 9-5 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) maj Josh Yost (VMI) 15-3 165 - Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) fall Caleb Chandler (VMI) 1:22 174 - Braxton Lewis (VMI) dec Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) 9-5 184 - Toby Schoffstall (VMI) maj Logan Webster (Chattanooga) 17-5 184 - David Harper (Chattanooga) fall Josh Evans (VMI) 1:07 285 - Tyler Mousaw (VMI) dec Kaleb Snodgrass (Chattanooga) 1-0 Nebraska 27 Purdue 14 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) tech Alan Koehler (Nebraska) 19-4 133 - Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) dec Dustin Norris (Purdue) 6-2 141 - Blake Cushing (Nebraska) dec Greyson Clark (Purdue) 7-5 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) fall Marcos Polanco (Purdue) 6:12 157 - Joey Blaze (Purdue) fall Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 6:22 165 - Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) maj Stoney Buell (Purdue) 14-6 174 - Brody Baumann (Purdue) dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 7-2 184 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) dec James Rowley (Purdue) 7-1 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) tech Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 19-4 285 - Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska) dec Tristan Ruhlman (Purdue) 5-0 Michigan 23 Rutgers 10 125 - Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) dec Dean Peterson (Rutgers) 2-1 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) dec Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 8-5 141 - Sergio Lemley (Michigan) dec Mitch Moore (Rutgers) 10-7SV 149 - Michael Cetta (Rutgers) dec Fidel Mayora (Michigan) 10-4 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) maj Al DeSantis (Rutgers) 10-2 165 - Cam Amine (Michigan) dec Luke Gayer (Rutgers) 4-1SV 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec Joseph Walker (Michigan) 5-1 184 - Jaden Bullock (Michigan) maj Brian Soldano (Rutgers) 13-3 197 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) maj Rylan Rogers (Michigan) 11-3 285 - Lucas Davison (Michigan) dec Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) 4-0 Appalachian State 33 The Citadel 4 125 - Chad Bellis (Appalachian State) maj Malik Hardy (The Citadel) 12-2 133 - Ethan Oakley (Appalachian State) dec George Rosas (The Citadel) 4-1 141 - Jacob Silka (The Citadel) maj Riley Edwards (Appalachian State) 10-2 149 - Cody Bond (Appalachian State) dec Jeffrey Boyd (The Citadel) 2-1TB 157 - Tommy Askey (Appalachian State) dec Hayden Watson (The Citadel) 12-9SV 165 - Will Miller (Appalachian State) maj Ben Haubert (The Citadel) 8-0 174 - Lucas Uliano (Appalachian State) tech Brodie Porter (The Citadel) 16-0 184 - Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State) maj Adam Ortega (The Citadel) 12-4 197 - Carson Floyd (Appalachian State) dec Patrick Brophy (The Citadel) 8-1 285 - Jacob Sartorio (Appalachian State) maj Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) 14-5 Appalachian State 51 Greensboro 3 125 - Noah Luna (Appalachian State) FFT 133 - Ethan Oakley (Appalachian State) fall Quadir Medley (Greensboro) 2:15 141 - Josh Wilson (Greensboro) dec Isaac Byers (Appalachian State) 4-1 149 - Kai O’Dell (Appalachian State) FFT 157 - Anthony Conetta (Appalachian State) fall Ethan Kring (Greensboro) 1:46 165 - Drake Acklin (Appalachian State) fall Nicholas Menjivar (Greensboro) :58 174 - Oren Bost (Appalachian State) tech Deven Ashley (Greensboro) 19-3 184 - Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State) fall Omori Lee (Greensboro) 1:54 197 - Gunnar Pool (Appalachian State) maj Khalil Belk (Greensboro) 15-2 285 - James Bankston (Appalachian State) fall Dominic Harris (Greensboro) 5:29 North Dakota State 27 Northern Colorado 14 125 - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) tech Ryan Henningson (North Dakota State) 22-5 133 - Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) dec Fernando Barreto (North Dakota State) 5-1 141 - Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) maj Armando Garcia (Northern Colorado) 14-3 149 - Maxwell Petersen (North Dakota State) maj Killian Schultz (Northern Colorado) 11-2 157 - Landon Johnson (North Dakota State) maj Roman Cruz (Northern Colorado) 15-4 165 - Brendan Howes (North Dakota State) fall Derek Matthews (Northern Colorado) 1:37 174 - Travis Mastrogiovanni (Northern Colorado) dec Mason Gode (North Dakota State) 4-0 184 - Adam Cherne (North Dakota State) dec Franklin Cruz (Northern Colorado) 11-6 197 - Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) dec Spencer Mooberry (North Dakota State) 8-2 285 - Devon Dawson (North Dakota State) FFT Indiana 21 Maryland 15 125 - Michael Spangler (Indiana) maj Tommy Capul (Maryland) 15-3 133 - Braxton Brown (Maryland) tech Cayden Rooks (Indiana) 18-3 141 - Kal Miller (Maryland) dec Danny Fongaro (Indiana) 5-2 149 - Ethen Miller (Maryland) maj Graham Rooks (Indiana) 12-1 157 - Brayton Lee (Indiana) maj Michael North (Maryland) 15-4 165 - Tyler Lillard (Indiana) dec AJ Rodrigues (Maryland) 7-3 174 - DJ Washington (Indiana) dec Dom Solis (Maryland) 4-1 184 - Roman Rogotzke (Indiana) maj Chase Mielnik (Maryland) 13-3 197 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) dec Gabe Sollars (Indiana) 4-1SV 285 - Nick Willham (Indiana) dec Seth Nevills (Maryland) 4-2 Presbyterian 30 Queens 15 125 - Daniel Graham (Queens) FFT 133 - Brayden Adams (Presbyterian) dec Griffin Gonzales (Queens) 10-8 141 - Rey Ortiz (Presbyterian) tech Connor Goodman (Queens) 20-5 149 - Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian) fall Riley Curran (Queens) 4:24 157 - Eli Holiday (Presbyterian) dec Suhaib Hatamleh (Queens) 8-4 165 - Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) dec Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) 3-2 174 - Nathan Furman (Presbyterian) fall Greg Merriman (Queens) 2:55 184 - Caleb Roe (Presbyterian) maj D’Andree Hunt (Queens) 10-2 197 - Riley Kuhn (Queens) fall George Hopkins (Presbyterian) 4:22 285 - Nathan Carnes (Presbyterian) dec Jamikael Lytle (Queens) 14-13 Clarion 24 Kent State 10 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) dec Aden Benavidez (Kent State) 8-1 133 - Pablo Castro (Kent State) dec TJ England (Clarion) 8-1 141 - Ryan Sullivan (Clarion) dec Billy Meiszner (Kent State) 9-3 149 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) dec Matt Ryan (Kent State) 4-1 157 - Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Clarion) fall Keegan Knapp (Kent State) 3:00 165 - Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) dec Eli Brinsky (Clarion) 8-2 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) dec AJ Burkhart (Kent State) 5-1 184 - Cameron Pine (Clarion) maj Kyle Snider (Kent State) 12-3 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) maj Ethan Wiant (Clarion) 9-1 285 - Austin Chapman (Clarion) dec Josh Boggan (Kent State) 6-4 Long Island 25 Morgan State 9 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) tech Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 16-1 133 - Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) dec Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 11-10 141 - Devin Matthews (Long Island) dec Thomas Fierro (Morgan State) 7-2 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) maj Aaron Turner (Morgan State) 12-4 157 - Rhise Royster (Long Island) dec Joshua Greenwood (Morgan State) 12-6 165 - Jake Marsh (Morgan State) fall James Johnston (Long Island) 5:45 174 - Corey Connolly (Long Island) dec Cort Vann (Morgan State) 14-9 184 - Gavin Claro (Long Island) maj Kyle Grey (Morgan State) 11-2 197 - John Dusza (Long Island) dec Nathanic Kendricks (Morgan State) 2-1 285 - Double FFT Kent State 38 Morgan State 6 125 - Julian Dawson (Morgan State) fall Aden Benavidez (Kent State) 4:39 133 - Pablo Castro (Kent State) fall Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) 2:16 141 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) tech Thomas Fierro (Morgan State) 17-1 149 - Matt Ryan (Kent State) dec Aaron Turner (Morgan State) 4-2 157 - Dillon Carlson (Kent State) dec Joshua Greenwood (Morgan State) 8-1 165 - Ethan Barr (Kent State) dec Jake Marsh (Morgan State) 12-9 174 - AJ Burkhart (Kent State) fall Cort Vann (Morgan State) 2:00 184 - Kyle Snider (Kent State) dec Kyle Grey (Morgan State) 8-1 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) dec Nathanic Kendricks (Morgan State) 9-3 285 - Josh Boggan (Kent State) FFT Clarion 39 Long Island 6 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) fall Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) 7:00 133 - TJ England (Clarion) tech Christopher Betancourt (Long Island) 18-2 141 - Ryan Sullivan (Clarion) dec Devin Matthews (Long Island) 5-4 149 - Drew Witham (Long Island) dec Kyle Schickel (Clarion) 2-1 157 - Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Clarion) maj Rhise Royster (Long Island) 9-0 165 - Eli Brinsky (Clarion) fall James Johnston (Long Island) 5:39 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) fall Corey Connelly (Long Island) 2:22 184 - Cameron Pine (Clarion) dec Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island) 8-5 197 - John Dusza (Long Island) dec Ethan Wiant (Clarion) 6-2 285 - Austin Chapman (Clarion) FFT Clarion 50 Morgan State 0 125 - Joey Fischer (Clarion) tech Julian Dawson (Morgan State) 20-2 133 - TJ England (Clarion) fall Shawn Ryncarz (Morgan State) :29 141 - David McClelland (Clarion) fall Thomas Fierro (Morgan State) 3:39 149 - Kyle Schickel (Clarion) maj Aaron Turner (Morgan State) 14-1 157 - Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Clarion) tech Joshua Greenwood (Morgan State) 15-0 165 - Eli Brinsky (Clarion) dec Jake Marsh (Morgan State) 5-2SV 174 - John Worthing (Clarion) fall Cort Vann (Morgan State) 1:47 184 - Cameron Pine (Clarion) tech Kyle Grey (Morgan State) 16-1 197 - Ethan Wiant (Clarion) maj Nathanic Kendricks (Morgan State) 8-0 285 - Austin Chapman (Clarion) FFT Kent State 26 Long Island 7 125 - Robbie Sagaris (Long Island) maj Nico Calello (Kent State) 12-1 133 - Pablo Castro (Kent State) maj Kaelen Francois (Long Island) 10-0 141 - Billy Meiszner (Kent State) dec Devin Matthews (Long Island) 9-2 149 - Matt Ryan (Kent State) dec Drew Witham (Long Island) 3-2 157 - Keegan Knapp (Kent State) dec Rhise Royster (Long Island) 4-1SV 165 - Aaron Ferguson (Kent State) maj James Johnston (Long Island) 8-0 174 - AJ Burkhart (Kent State) dec Corey Connelly (Long Island) 9-5 184 - Anthony D’Alesio (Long Island) dec Kyle Snider (Kent State) 11-4 197 - Blake Schaffer (Kent State) dec John Dusza (Long Island) 10-7 285 - Josh Boggan (Kent State) dec Jared Tracey (Long Island) 6-3SV Hofstra 21 Franklin & Marshall 16 125 - Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra) FFT 133 - Mason Leiphart (F&M) maj Dylan Ryder (Hofstra) 13-0 141 - Pat Phillips (F&M) dec Alex Turley (Hofstra) 5-2 149 - Noah Tapia (Hofstra) maj Josh Hillard (F&M) 14-5 157 - Jurius Clark (Hofstra) dec Dominic Wheatley (F&M) 7-4 165 - Jake Slotnick (Hofstra) dec Josh Palmucci (F&M) 5-2 174 - Noah Fox (F&M) dec Ross McFarland (Hofstra) 5-4 184 - James Conway (F&M) dec Will Conlon (Hofstra) 8-1 197 - John Crawford (F&M) dec Nik Miller (Hofstra) 7-2 285 - Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) tech Harrison Shapiro (F&M) 16-1 Ohio State 27 Wisconsin 15 125 - Eric Barnett (Ohio State) fall Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) :32 133 - Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) maj Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) 19-11 141 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) tech Felix Lettini (Wisconsin) 21-5 149 - Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) maj Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) 12-4 157 - Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) dec Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) 4-2 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) tech Bryce Hepner (Ohio State) 18-3 174 - Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) dec Max Maylor (Wisconsin) 7-3 184 - Shane Liegel (Wisconsin) maj Seth Shumate (Ohio State) 14-3 197 - Luke Geog (Ohio State) dec Joshua Otto (Wisconsin) 8-2 285 - Nick Feldman (Ohio State) tech Gannon Rosenfeld (Wisconsin) 19-3 South Dakota State 39 California Baptist 3 125 - Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) dec Eli Griffin (California Baptist) 7-3 133 - Logan Graf (South Dakota State) maj Mitch Neiner (California Baptist) 10-1 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Darren Green (California Baptist) 8-2 149 - Alek Martin (South Dakota State) dec Dayne Morton (California Baptist) 5-1 157 - Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) maj Chaz Hallmark (California Baptist) 15-2 165 - Drayden Morton (California Baptist) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 4-2 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) tech Justin Phillips (California Baptist) 23-4 184 - Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) fall Nathan Haas (California Baptist) :46 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) tech Eli Sheeran (California Baptist) 17-1 285 - Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) fall Chris Island (California Baptist) 2:59 Bucknell 31 American 9 125 - Shamil Kalmatov (American) fall Grayson McLellan (Bucknell) 1:34 133 - Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) dec Max Leete (American) 5-3 141 - Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) dec Cael McIntyre (American) 5-2 149 - Jack Nies (American) dec Aiden Davis (Bucknell) 8-3 157 - Kolby DePron (Bucknell) dec Ryan Zimmerman (American) 6-0 165 - Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) fall Breon Phifer (American) 2:31 174 - Myles Takats (Bucknell) maj Lucas White (American) 13-4 184 - Mikey Bartush (Bucknell) maj Brad Kata (American) 14-2 197 - Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) tech Liam Volk-Klos (American) 15-0 285 - Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) dec Will Jarrell (American) 7-2 Stanford 20 Penn 16 125 - Max Gallagher (Penn) dec Nico Provo (Stanford) 11-8SV 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) maj Dom Lajoie (Stanford) 14-4 141 - CJ Composto (Penn) dec Jason Miranda (Stanford) 7-2 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) dec Andy Troczynski (Penn) 5-1 157 - Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) maj Lucas Revano (Penn) 14-3 165 - Hunter Garvin (Stanford) dec Kaya Sement (Penn) 11-4 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) dec Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) 4-0 184 - Max Hale (Penn) dec Jack Darrah (Stanford) 8-2 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) maj Martin Cosgrove (Penn) 12-4 285 - Peter Ming (Stanford) dec John Stout (Penn) 4-0 Central Michigan 44 Edinboro 0 125 - Sean Spidle (Central Michigan) tech Caleb Edwards (Edinboro) 17-1 133 - Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) maj Lane Aikey (Edinboro) 10-0 141 - Jimmy Nugent (Central Michigan) fall Jacob Brenneman (Edinboro) 1:29 149 - Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) fall Colin Roberts (Edinboro) 1:51 157 - Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) tech Gannon Jaquay (Edinboro) 18-3 165 - Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) maj Max Kirby (Edinboro) 11-2 174 - Alex Cramer (Central Michigan) maj Joey Arnold (Edinboro) 11-2 184 - Adrien Cramer (Central Michigan) dec Brody Evans (Edinboro) 5-1 197 - Cameron Wood (Central Michigan) dec Jack Kilner (Edinboro) 2-0 285 - Bryan Caves (Central Michigan) maj Nick Lodato (Edinboro) 11-2 Arizona State 21 Pittsburgh 20 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) dec Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) 6-1 133 - Vince Santaniello (Pittsburgh) dec Tristan Mascarenas (Arizona State) 5-0 141 - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) maj Cody Foote (Arizona State) 10-2 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 9-2 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) tech Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 21-6 165 - Chance McLane (Arizona State) dec Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) 4-1 174 - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) maj Cael Valencia (Arizona State) 14-2 184 - Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) tech Shay Addison (Arizona State) 21-5 197 - Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) maj Jacob Meissner (Arizona State) 11-2 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) InjDef Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) Oklahoma State 27 Oregon State 9 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) fall Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) 4:47 133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) tech Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State) 22-6 141 - Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) dec Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) 4-3 149 - Sammy Alvarez (Oklahoma State) dec Nash Singleton (Oregon State) 4-1SV 157 - Teague Travis (Oklahoma State) dec Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) 4-2 165 - Izzak Olejnik (Oklahoma State) maj Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) 10-1 174 - Brayden Thompson (Oklahoma State) dec Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) 4-1SV 184 - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Trey Munoz (Oregon State) 4-3 197 - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) 9-6 285 - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) dec Boone McDermott (Oregon State) 2-1TB Binghamton 18 Navy 17 125 - Carson Wagner (Binghamton) maj Dayton DelViscio (Navy) 13-5 133 - Micah Roes (Binghamton) dec Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 5-1 141 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) tech Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 20-5 149 - Kaemen Smith (Navy) dec Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) 5-2 157 - Jonathan Ley (Navy) dec Carter Baer (Binghamton) 6-2 165 - Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) 5-3 174 - Danny Wask (Navy) dec Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) 4-1SV 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec David Key (Navy) 8-3 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) tech Daniel Williams (Navy) 20-4 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Grady Griess (Navy) 6-2 Army West Point 22 Binghamton 11 125 - Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) dec Carson Wagner (Binghamton) 8-2 133 - Braden Basile (Army West Point) dec Micah Roes (Binghamton) 8-4 141 - Logan Brown (Army West Point) dec Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) 8-2 149 - Matt Williams (Army West Point) dec Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) 11-7 157 - Nate Lukez (Army West Point) maj Carter Baer (Binghamton) 11-3 165 - Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point) 6-1 174 - Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) dec Dimitri Gamkrelidze (Binghamton) 6-5 184 - Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec Dillon Sheehy (Army West Point) 3-2 197 - Louie DePrez (Binghamton) tech Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) 18-2 285 - Lucas Stoddard (Army West Point) dec Charlie Tibbitts (Binghamton) 5-0 Cal Poly 43 CSU Bakersfield 3 125 - Dominic Mendez (Cal Poly) dec Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSU Bakersfield) 4-1 133 - Zeth Romney (Cal Poly) fall Santino Sanchez (CSU Bakersfield) 1:47 141 - Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) dec Louie Ramos (CSU Bakersfield) 7-4 149 - Chance Lamer (Cal Poly) fall Brock Rogers (CSU Bakersfield) 2:02 157 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) Devyn Flores-Che (CSU Bakersfield) 1:16 165 - Guillermo Escobedo (CSU Bakersfield) dec Michael Goldfeder (Cal Poly) 2-1 174 - Blake Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) tech Chris Neal (CSU Bakersfield) 22-5 184 - Kendall LaRosa (Cal Poly) FFT 197 - Jarad Priest (Cal Poly) tech Ryan Arrington (CSU Bakersfield) 16-0 285 - Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) dec Jake Andrews (CSU Bakersfield) 5-0 Campbell 31 Davidson 9 125 - Anthony Molton (Campbell) tech Enis Ljikovic (Davidson) 21-6 133 - Domenic Zaccone (Campbell) tech John Hager (Davidson) 19-4 141 - Chris Rivera (Campbell) maj Josh Viarengo (Davidson) 14-4 149 - Tyler McKnight (Davidson) dec Hagen Heistand (Campbell) 4-1 157 - Tanner Peake (Davidson) dec Chris Earnest (Campbell) 6-1 165 - Dom Baker (Campbell) dec Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) 4-1SV 174 - Riley Augustine (Campbell) dec Marc Koch (Davidson) 3-1 184 - Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson) dec Conor Maslanak (Campbell) 4-2 197 - Levi Hopkins (Campbell) fall Cameo Blankenship (Davidson) 2:20 285 - Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) tech Jake Fernicola (Davidson) 17-2 Stanford 34 Drexel 6 125 - Nico Provo (Stanford) dec Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) 8-6 133 - Dom Lajoie (Stanford) dec Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) 9-3 141 - Jordan Soriano (Drexel) fall Jason Miranda (Stanford) 1:45 149 - Jaden Abas (Stanford) maj Dominic Findora (Drexel) 16-5 157 - Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) tech Tyler Williams (Drexel) 21-5 165 - Hunter Garvin (Stanford) maj Cody Walsh (Drexel) 14-3 174 - Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) maj Jasiah Queen (Drexel) 20-8 184 - Jack Darrah (Stanford) dec Justin Griffith (Drexel) 2-1 197 - Nick Stemmet (Stanford) tech Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) 17-2 285 - Peter Ming (Stanford) dec Santino Morina (Drexel) 4-1

We're officially in the second half of the collegiate wrestling season and have a full schedule of DI duals this week. A total of 50 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). At this time there is no link for the Cal Poly/Oregon State match on Friday night. We'll monitor and update this if will be on the Pac-12 Network. All times listed are Eastern. Friday, January 19: Chattanooga at Duke 6:00 PM ACC Network Extra Penn State at Michigan 6:00 PM Big Ten Network Rutgers at Michigan State 6:00 PM B1G+ Presbyterian at Bellarmine 7:00 PM ESPN+ Morgan State at Bucknell 7:00 PM ESPN+ Northern Illinois at Cleveland State 7:00 PM FloWrestling Penn at Lehigh 7:00 PM FloWrestling Buffalo at Lock Haven 7:00 PM PSAC Digital Network George Mason at Ohio 7:00 PM ESPN+ Maryland at Ohio State 7:00 PM B1G+ Drexel at Princeton 7:00 PM ESPN+ Purdue at Iowa 8:00 PM Big Ten Network Arizona State at Little Rock 8:00 PM Little Rock Sports Network Northern Colorado at South Dakota State 8:00 PM FloWrestling Cal Poly at Oregon State 9:00 PM Pac-12 Network (Digital??) Nebraska at Minnesota 10:00 PM Big Ten Network Saturday, January 20: Sacred Heart at Harvard 2:00 PM ESPN+ Navy at Lehigh 2:00 PM FloWrestling Northwestern at Illinois 3:00 PM B1G+ California Baptist at North Dakota State 8:00 PM NDSU All-Access Wyoming at Utah Valley 8:00 PM UVU Live YouTube Sunday, January 21: Kent State at Clarion 12:00 PM FloWrestling LIU vs. Morgan State at Clarion 12:00 PM Stanford at Penn 12:00 PM ESPN+ Edinboro at Central Michigan 12:00 PM ESPN+ Lock Haven at Bloomsburg 1:00 PM PSAC Digital Network Rutgers at Michigan 1:00 PM B1G+ Penn State at Michigan State 1:00 PM B1G+ Chattanooga at VMI 1:00 PM ESPN+ The Citadel at Appalachian State 2:00 PM AppStateSports YouTube Navy at Binghamton 2:00 PM ESPN+ American at Bucknell 2:00 PM ESPN+ LIU at Clarion 2:00 PM FloWrestling Kent State vs. Morgan State at Clarion 2:00 PM Maryland at Indiana 2:00 PM B1G+ Purdue at Nebraska 2:00 PM B1G+ Northern Colorado at North Dakota State 2:00 PM NDSU All-Access Arizona State at Pittsburgh 2:00 PM ACC Network Extra Hofstra at Franklin & Marshall 3:00 PM Centennial Conference TV Oregon State at Oklahoma State 3:00 PM ESPN+ Queens at Presbyterian 3:00 PM ESPN+ California Baptist at South Dakota State 3:00 PM FloWrestling Ohio State at Wisconsin 3:00 PM Big Ten Network Greensboro at Appalachian State 3:30 PM AppStateSports YouTube Army West Point at Binghamton 4:00 PM ESPN+ Morgan State at Clarion 4:00 PM FloWrestling Kent State vs. LIU at Clarion 4:00 PM Stanford at Drexel 4:30 PM FloWrestling CSU Bakersfield at Cal Poly 6:00 PM FloWrestling Campbell at Davidson 6:00 PM FloWrestling

Friday’s Dual Results Penn State 27 Michigan 9 125 - Braeden Davis (Penn State) dec Michael DeAugustino (Michigan) 5-1 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) fall Aaron Nagao (Penn State) Fall 7:28SV 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Sergio Lemley (Michigan) 7-5 149 - David Evans (Penn State) dec Fidel Mayora (Michigan) 5-2 157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) dec Will Lewan (Michigan) 2-1 165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) maj Cam Amine (Michigan) 12-1 174 - Shane Griffith (Michigan) dec Terrell Barraclough (Penn State) 2-1 184 - Bernie Truax (Penn State) dec Jaden Bullock (Michigan) 4-1 197 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) tech Bobby Striggow (Michigan) 20-5 285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) dec Lucas Davison (Michigan) 8-3 Chattanooga 33 Duke 11 125 - Brayden Palmer (Chattanooga) dec Logan Agin (Duke) 9-3 133 - Blake Boarman (Chattanooga) tech Raymond Adams (Duke) 18-2 141 - Isaiah Powe (Chattanooga) tech Christian Colman (Duke) 18-1 149 - Noah Castillo (Chattanooga) maj Jarred Papscy (Duke) 11-2 157 - Lincoln Heck (Chattanooga) maj Logan Ferraro (Duke) 17-3 165 - Kamdyn Munro (Chattanooga) dec Gaetano Console (Duke) 11-6 174 - Sergio Desiante (Chattanooga) tech David Hussey (Duke) 18-2 184 - Conor Becker (Duke) fall Logan Webster (Chattanooga) 1:19 197 - David Harper (Chattanooga) maj Kwasi Bonsu (Duke) 13-2 285 - Connor Barket (Duke) tech Kendrick Curtis (Chattanooga) 18-2 Ohio 29 George Mason 6 125 - Ryan Meek (Ohio) dec JB Dragovich (George Mason) 7-0 133 - Mason Brugh (Ohio) dec Brandon Wittenberg (George Mason) 8-5 141 - Aidan Waszak (Ohio) dec Dominic Hargrove (George Mason) 6-3 149 - Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) fall Dominic Hoffarth (Ohio) 1:58 157 - Peyten Kellar (Ohio) dec DJ McGee (George Mason) 3-0 165 - Garrett Thompson (Ohio) dec Evan Maag (George Mason) 12-10 174 - Sal Perrine (Ohio) dec Paul Pierce (George Mason) 4-2 184 - Zayne Lehman (Ohio) tech Malachi Duvall (George Mason) 15-0 197 - Austin Starr (Ohio) dec Ruben Karapetyan (George Mason) 8-1 285 - Jordan Green (Ohio) dec Chad Nix (George Mason) 4-2 Bellarmine 40 Presbyterian 9 125 - Damion Ryan (Bellarmine) FFT 133 - Trayce Eckman (Bellarmine) FFT 141 - Rey Ortiz (Presbyterian) fall Shay Korhorn (Bellarmine) 2:39 149 - Zac Cowan (Bellarmine) tech Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian) 22-7 157 - Gray Ortis (Bellarmine) maj Eli Holiday (Presbyterian) 20-8 165 - Grant O’Dell (Bellarmine) tech Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) 15-0 174 - Cole Nance (Bellarmine) maj Nathan Furman (Presbyterian) 14-1 184 - Caleb Roe (Presbyterian) dec Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) 9-4 197 - Justin Hoffer (Bellarmine) tech George Hopkins (Presbyterian) 20-3 285 - Thadd Huff (Bellarmine) fall Morvens Saint Jean (Presbyterian) 4:16 Lehigh 24 Penn 14 125 - Max Gallagher (Penn) dec Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 4-1SV 133 - Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec Michael Colaiocco (Penn) 4-2 141 - Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec CJ Composto (Penn) 4-1SV 149 - Owen Reinsel (Lehigh) maj Andrew Troczynski (Penn) 12-2 157 - Lucas Revano (Penn) dec Max Brignola (Lehigh) 8-6 165 - Jake Logan (Lehigh) dec Kaya Sement (Penn) 10-4 174 - Nick Incontrera (Penn) fall Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 2:35 184 - Max Hale (Penn) dec Jack Wilt (Lehigh) 4-0 197 - Michael Beard (Lehigh) fall Martin Cosgrove (Penn) 3:46 285 - Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) tech John Stout (Penn) 19-4 Drexel 20 Princeton 15 125 - Drew Heethuis (Princeton) maj Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) 10-2 133 - Sean Pierson (Princeton) tech John Hildebrandt (Drexel) 19-3 141 - Jordan Soriano (Drexel) dec Tyler Vasquez (Princeton) 5-1 149 - Dominic Findora (Drexel) tech Cody Tavoso (Princeton) 19-4 157 - Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) dec Tyler Williams (Drexel) 8-1 165 - Cody Walsh (Drexel) dec Blaine Bergey (Princeton) 5-0 174 - Jasiah Queen (Drexel) dec Mikey Squires (Princeton) 7-2 184 - Nathan Dugan (Princeton) dec Justin Griffith (Drexel) 8-2 197 - Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) dec Aidan Conner (Princeton) 3-2 285 - Santino Morina (Drexel) dec Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton) 4-1 Buffalo 23 Lock Haven 12 125 - Max Elton (Buffalo) maj Logan Sallot (Lock Haven) 10-1 133 - Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) maj Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) 16-4 141 - Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) tech Caleb Brooks (Buffalo) 22-6 149 - Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) dec Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 6-4 157 - Nick Stampoulos (Buffalo) dec Connor Eck (Lock Haven) 7-3 165 - Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) dec Eric Alderfer (Lock Haven) 7-4SV 174 - Jay Nivison (Buffalo) dec Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) 3-2 184 - Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) dec Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) 7-5 197 - Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) maj Cael Black (Lock Haven) 15-3 285 - Magnus Bibla (Buffalo) dec Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) 11-6 Northern Illinois 28 Cleveland State 15 125 - Blake West (Northern Illinois) tech Ben Aranda (Cleveland State) 16-1 133 - Nathaniel Genobana (Northern Illinois) dec Nick Molchak (Cleveland State) 15-8 141 - Jacob Brya (Northern Illinois) fall Connor Saylor (Cleveland State) 2:00 149 - Jaivon Jones (Northern Illinois) fall Douglas Terry (Cleveland State) 3:30 157 - Munkhtulga Zuunbayan (Northern Illinois) dec Shane Heil (Cleveland State) 13-7 165 - Tate Geiser (Cleveland State) dec Tommy Bennett (Northern Illinois) 2-1 174 - DeAndre Nassar (Cleveland State) dec Hayden Pummel (Northern Illinois) 4-1SV 184 - Matt Zuber (Northern Illinois) tech Joey Lyons (Cleveland State) 17-2 197 - Ben Smith (Cleveland State) fall Sean Carroll (Northern Illinois) 6:41 285 - Daniel Bucknavich (Cleveland State) dec Jacobi Jackson (Northern Illinois) 2-1 Rutgers 22 Michigan State 13 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) dec Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) 4-1SV 133 - Devon Britton (Rutgers) tech Andrew Hampton (Michigan State) 22-6 141 - Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) dec Mitch Moore (Rutgers) 5-1 149 - Michael Cetta (Rutgers) dec Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State) 5-3 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) dec Al DeSantis (Rutgers) 9-5 165 - Caleb Fish (Michigan State) dec Anthony White (Rutgers) 6-1 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec DJ Shannon (Michigan State) 4-2 184 - Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) dec Brian Soldano (Rutgers) 19-6 197 - John Poznanski (Rutgers) tech Kael Wisler (Michigan State) 22-6 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) dec Josh Terrill (Michigan State) 4-2 South Dakota State 29 Northern Colorado 16 125 - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) maj Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) 14-6 133 - Dominic Serrano (Northern Colorado) dec Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) 6-2 141 - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) maj Armando Garcia (Northern Colorado) 14-3 149 - Alek Martin (South Dakota State) tech Kilian Schultz (Northern Colorado) 15-0 157 - Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) tech Cameron Lucero (Northern Colorado) 18-1 165 - Derek Matthews (Northern Colorado) fall Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 1:00 174 - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) tech Travis Mastrogiovanni (Northern Colorado) 16-0 184 - Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) tech Andrew Donahue (Northern Colorado) 18-3 197 - Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) tech Xavier Vasquez (Northern Colorado) 16-0 285 - Xavier Doolin (Northern Colorado) dec Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) 14-7 Little Rock 18 Arizona State 16 125 - Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) maj Jeremiah Reno (Little Rock) 18-5 133 - Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) dec Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) 7-2 141 - Cody Foote (Arizona State) dec Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) 5-4 149 - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Kyle Dutton (Little Rock) 4-0 157 - Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 10-4 165 - Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) dec Chance McLane (Arizona State) 11-8SV 174 - Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) dec Cael Valencia (Arizona State) 6-0 184 - Triston Wills (Little Rock) maj Shay Addison (Arizona State) 13-5 197 - Stephen Little (Little Rock) tech Jacob Meissner (Arizona State) 25-10 285 - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) dec Josiah Hill (Little Rock) 5-2 Iowa 34 Purdue 6 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) dec Drake Ayala (Iowa) 4-1 133 - Cullan Schriever (Iowa) maj Dustin Norris (Purdue) 20-7 141 - Real Woods (Iowa) maj Greyson Clark (Purdue) 8-0 149 - Victor Voinovich (Iowa) tech Marcos Polanco (Purdue) 19-4 157 - Jared Franek (Iowa) dec Joey Blaze (Purdue) 2-1 165 - Michael Caliendo (Iowa) dec Stoney Buell (Purdue) 9-4 174 - Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) tech Brody Baumann (Purdue) 19-4 184 - James Rowley (Purdue) dec Aiden Riggins (Iowa) 5-1 197 - Zach Glazier (Iowa) tech Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 20-5 285 - Bradley Hill (Iowa) tech Tristan Ruhlman (Purdue) 19-4 Oregon State 21 Cal Poly 17 125 - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Dominic Mendez (Cal Poly) 11-4 133 - Zeth Romney (Cal Poly) dec Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State) 7-2 141 - Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) maj Abe Hinrichsen (Cal Poly) 16-7 149 - Chance Lamer (Cal Poly) maj Nash Singleton (Oregon State) 13-3 157 - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) maj Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) 10-1 165 - Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) maj Michael Goldfeder (Cal Poly) 12-0 174 - Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) dec Daschle Lamer (Cal Poly) 7-2 184 - Trey Munoz (Oregon State) maj Kendall LaRosa (Cal Poly) 12-4 197 - Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) dec Jarad Priest (Cal Poly) 4-1 285 - Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) fall Boone McDermott (Oregon State) 4:48 Ohio State 38 Maryland 4 125 - Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) maj Tommy Capul (Maryland) 11-1 133 - Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) tech Braxton Brown (Maryland) 21-5 141 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) maj Kal Miller (Maryland) 10-2 149 - Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) maj Ethen Miller (Maryland) 14-6 157 - Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) maj Michael North (Maryland) 15-1 165 - Bryce Hepner (Ohio State) maj AJ Rodrigues (Maryland) 14-2 174 - Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) maj Dom Solis (Maryland) 14-4 184 - Seth Shumate (Ohio State) maj Chase Mielnik (Maryland) 15-5 197 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) maj Gavin Bell (Ohio State) 16-4 285 - Nick Feldman (Ohio State) tech Sam O’Brian (Maryland) 17-2 Nebraska 19 Minnesota 14 125 - Patrick McKee (Minnesota) tech Caleb Smith (Nebraska) 18-2 133 - Tyler Wells (Minnesota) dec Kyle Burwick (Nebraska) 6-3SV 141 - Brock Hardy (Nebraska) dec Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) 8-3 149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) maj Drew Roberts (Minnesota) 11-0 157 - Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) dec Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 12-6 165 - Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) dec Blaine Brenner (Minnesota) 8-2 174 - Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) dec Sam Skillings (Minnesota) 4-2 184 - Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) dec Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) 4-1 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) dec Garrett Joles (Minnesota) 4-1SV 285 - Harley Andrews (Nebraska) dec Bennett Tabor (Minnesota) 10-7

Just a few short hours from now, the weekend begins, at least from a wrestling fan standpoint. Across a large chunk of the country, the weather is poor so it’s the perfect time to stay in Friday night and take advantage of a Big Ten Network Tripleheader. There are also some other great duals on over the next three days outside of the B1G, so fire up those alternate devices and get those extra TV’s ready. The entire weekend is littered with entertaining duals and individual matchups, but we’ve specifically noted 32 matches to watch out for between now and Sunday. A handful of these matches are in the Penn State/Michigan dual. We’ve already posted a preview for that entire dual, so if you want to read about that matchup in more detail, do so here. Those matches have been posted below and are in italics; however, we did not comment on them further. Enjoy. 125 lbs #1 Drake Ayala (Iowa) vs. #2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) The last time we saw Matt Ramos against an Iowa wrestler it was rather memorable. This one is rather important as Drake Ayala has assumed the top spot in the country at 125 lbs in this week's rankings update. We’ve come to expect the unexpected at 125 lbs, so does that mean we’re expecting an upset or would the top guy prevailing now be more rare? #2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) vs. #7 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) Caleb Smith has been excellent since coming to Nebraska from Appalachian State. Smith showed he could be an All-American contender by downing Ramos at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on his way to a third-place finish. Smith comes in losing two of his last three duals. How will he hold up during the rigors of the Big Ten schedule? #5 Michael DeAugustino (Michigan) vs. #13 Dean Peterson (Rutgers) After a big match with true freshman Braeden Davis on Friday, veteran Michael DeAugustino has another against Dean Peterson on Sunday. Last year, Peterson dropped a tight 3-2 match to DeAugustino, then at Northwestern. Peterson is also looking to return to his winning ways after dropping two of three. #5 Michael DeAugustino (Michigan) vs. #14 Braeden Davis (Penn State) #7 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) vs. #18 Patrick McKee (Minnesota) An early season loss to Tanner Jordan caused Patrick McKee to tumble down the rankings. Even though these two are separated by 11 spots, rankings-wise, this is probably a toss-up. It’ll be the first of two matches against returning All-American’s for Smith this weekend. #16 Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) vs. #19 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) With the crazy nature of the 125 lb weight class, Brandon Kaylor is the only wrestler to defeat top-ranked Drake Ayala this year. Kaylor also has four losses on the year himself. Troy Spratley has some excellent wins on his resume this year. Another one at Kaylor’s expense could prove that he should be ranked higher and should be thought of as a high All-American contender. #17 Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) vs. #20 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) An important matchup for Big 12 seeding will take place on Friday as the returning conference champion Stevo Poulin takes on Tanner Jordan. In last year’s dual, Poulin prevailed to the tune of 9-2. Poulin is coming in after a weekend filled with mixed results. He started it off with a major decision over Dom Mendez (Cal Poly), but was upset by Eli Griffin (California Baptist). Both of Poulin’s losses this season have come to conference opponents, so another could be harmful to his potential conference seed. 133 lbs #1 Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) vs. #10 Michael Colaiocco (Penn) Top-ranked freshman Ryan Crookham’s next test comes against 2022 EIWA champion Michael Colaiocco. Crookham’s only non-bonus point wins of the year have come against All-American’s Vito Arujau and Aaron Nagao, so he’s taken care of business against everyone else. At the season-opening Journeymen Collegiate Classic, Colaiocco lost to Crookham’s teammate Connor McGonagle, 8-2, and was majored by Arujau. #4 Aaron Nagao (Penn State) vs. #6 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) #6 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) vs. #8 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) A couple weeks after the first round, we’ll have another battle of the Dylan’s between Ragusin and Shawver. In their Midlands final, Ragusin prevailed with a 4-1 decision. On Friday, Ragusin will have a huge test against Aaron Nagao and may or may not be undefeated. Shawver has been excellent in his first year at 133 lbs, losing only three times in 18 outings. #16 Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) vs. #18 Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) After the top-tier of contenders at 133 lbs is pretty wide open. Derrick Cardinal and Dominick Serrano represent a new crop of possible threats at the weight. Cardinal was sixth at the CKLV, while Serrano made the finals of the Southern Scuffle. Serrano also won the Cougar Clash and has won 15 of 18 matches in his first year as a starter. 141 lbs #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) vs. #14 Kal Miller (Maryland) After earning All-American honors as a true freshman in 2023, Jesse Mendez moved up to 141 lbs and has been as good as ever. Maybe better. His signature performance came at the CKLV where he took home the title in a weight class that featured six other wrestlers currently ranked in the top ten. He’ll represent the toughest test of the year for Kal Miller. Miller only has one loss on the year and boasts a pair of wins over past AA Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh). #8 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) vs. #19 Vance VomBaur (Minnesota) Last season, Brock Hardy was a CKLV champion, a Big Ten runner-up, and an NCAA semifinalist. For the year, he only had eight losses. This year he already has five. He certainly hasn’t been bad, just not as sharp as his first year in the Nebraska lineup. Vance Vombaur is a first-year starter for the Gophers that has been very solid. Both wrestlers fell to top-ranked Real Woods last weekend; VomBaur had a chance to tie the match with the Hawkeye superstar had he been able to finish a takedown at the buzzer. Should he put out a similar performance, he might notch the biggest win of his career. #11 Mitch Moore (Rutgers) vs. #25 Sergio Lemley (Michigan) Graduate transfer Mitch Moore will put his perfect record to the test on Sunday against star true freshman Sergio Lemley. Moore has missed some time but has still managed to rack up ten wins and a title at the Sheridan Invitation. Lemley brings a three-match winning streak into Friday’s dual with Penn State, a streak started by an upset win over two-time All-American Clay Carlson (South Dakota State). 149 lbs #1 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) vs. #13 Drew Roberts (Minnesota) We saw last Friday, in Nebraska’s dual with Iowa, that number one gets everyone’s best shot, especially in rivalry duals. Ridge Lovett got his hand raised but had some difficulty racking up points against Caleb Rathjen. Now he has another similarly ranked opponent in Drew Roberts. Depending on dual strategy/scoring, does Roberts try to keep it close or go after the Cornhusker star. #5 Chance Lamer (Cal Poly) vs. #15 Nash Singleton (Oregon State) The dual between Cal Poly and Oregon State is a special one as the Mustang lineup features three Lamer brothers, all from Crescent Valley High School, near the Oregon State campus. Oregon State’s lineup should include at least one (Gabe Whisenhunt) of their teammates, which is a remarkable feat for a single high school (and not even a prep school). In front of family and friends, Chance Lamer will surely be looking to put on a show. Last weekend, he totaled 61 points across three matches. Nash Singleton has put together a solid freshman campaign and would probably love to spoil the homecoming, of sorts. #6 Austin Gomez (Michigan) vs. #16 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) #9 Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) vs. #17 Ethen Miller (Maryland) Last weekend saw returning All-American Dylan D’Emilio get shocked by true freshman Kannon Webster. He’ll look to return to the winner’s circle against Maryland’s Ethen Miller. Last year, at 141 lbs, D’Emilio downed Ethen’s younger brother Kal, 6-3. Ethen is coming off a 1-1 weekend, where he fell to Austin Gomez but put up a tech fall against Northwestern. Miller has been solid thus far but is looking for a big signature win and D’Emilio would qualify as one. 157 lbs #2 Jared Franek (Iowa) vs. #16 Joey Blaze (Purdue) It’ll be one of those weeks that makes or breaks you as a true freshman. Joey Blaze has a Friday/Saturday tilt that includes bouts with the second and third-ranked wrestlers in the nation. But, is this the best time for him to meet Jared Franek; if there is one? Franek was just knocked off by Michael Blockhus Monday night, so either he’s vulnerable or ready to bounce back in a big way. #3 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) vs. #10 Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) This leads us to Blockhus against Peyton Robb. Both, he and Peyton Robb, are sixth-year seniors who made the Big Ten finals in 2023 and subsequently, the NCAA podium. This will be the final opportunity for Minnesota native Peyton Robb to wrestle in front of fans from his home state, so I’m sure he’ll elicit a few cheers from the Gopher faithful. After defeating Franek on Monday, a win by Blockhus might elevate him into the national title discussion. #3 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) vs. #16 Joey Blaze (Purdue) The second half of the weekend challenge for Blaze includes a matchup with Robb in Nebraska. With some of the excellent freshmen at this weight, Blaze has been overlooked a bit. In just his second collegiate event, Blaze upset All-American Ed Scott (NC State), so as of now, Blaze has a perfect record against returning AA’s. #4 Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) vs. #15 Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) Earlier this week, as we examined the remaining schedules for unbeaten wrestlers, we identified this as a key bout for Northern Colorado’s Vince Zerban. His clash with Cael Swensen will be the only potential bout against a ranked opponent before the Big 12 Championships. Last year, these two met in dual competition and it was Swensen who prevailed to the tune of 4-2. Despite receiving high seeds at nationals, (Swensen/20, Zerban/32), both navigated their way to the bloodround before getting eliminated. #17 Peyten Kellar (Ohio) vs. #25 DJ McGee (George Mason) This week is very heavy on key contests between Big Ten and Big 12 rivals, so let’s break it up with an important match in the MAC. As of now, both Peyten Kellar and DJ McGee are the highest-ranked 157 lbers in the conference. The two have combined to amass a record of 32-5 thus far. McGee finished fourth at the Midlands, while Kellar won the season-opening Southeast Open. Another solid win for either could push Kellar toward the top-15 or McGee to the top-20. 165 lbs #7 Cam Amine (Michigan) vs. #9 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) 174 lbs #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. #4 Shane Griffith (Michigan) #4 Shane Griffith (Michigan) vs. #19 Jackson Turley (Rutgers) Not only does Shane Griffith have his hands full with Carter Starocci on Friday, but also, a red-hot Jackson Turley on Sunday. Last weekend, Turley needed less than five minutes to tech then-number nine Donnell Washington (Indiana), then took less than :30 to pin Brody Baumann (Purdue). If healthy, he could be a factor at this weight class nationally. Griffith also is coming in after a strong performance last weekend. He tallied a pair of major decisions, though both were against unranked opposition. 184 lbs #2 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs. #4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State) This dual, in general, is filled with plenty of fun subplots. Oregon State head coach Chris Pendleton is an Oklahoma State grad and starred for John Smith, winning a pair of national titles in the early 2000s. His 184 lber, Trey Munoz, is the son of Cowboy national champion Mark Munoz. The former Oklahoma State stars will be in a familiar venue, the legendary Gallagher-Iba Arena. As for this match itself, it’ll have huge ramifications on the upper portion of the 184 lb rankings and NCAA bracket. Dustin Plott is putting together the finest season of his two-time All-American career with only one loss in 16 matches. He was third at the CKLV Invitational. The 2023 NCAA semifinalist, Munoz, did not place in Vegas, but has rebounded to defeat Bernie Truax in the Beavers dual with Penn State. In last year's dual between these schools, Oregon State’s Aaron Olmos knocked off Plott at 174 lbs, so the Beaver staff may have a gameplan for Munoz. #3 Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) vs. #10 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) After top-ranked Parker Keckeisen, the rest of the NCAA podium at 184 lbs is up-for-grabs. There’s a bunch of capable wrestlers that could fill in those spots if they have a good three days in March. One that hasn’t been discussed much yet is Isaiah Salazar, who was a ninth seed at the national tournament last year and a match away from placing. He’s currently 12-1; however, that lone loss came to a non-starter from Missouri. This year, he and Lenny Pinto, should be in a battle for the top spot in the conference. In last year’s dual, Pinto edged Salazar in an entertaining, 7-6 scrap. #15 Jaden Bullock (Michigan) vs. #20 Brian Soldano (Rutgers) I wrote entertaining and suddenly Brian Soldano appears. The Scarlet Knight sophomore is one of the most dangerous wrestlers in the nation, the type that will give up seven near-fall points if it can put him in position for a fall of his own. He’ll take on Jaden Bullock who has been a very pleasant surprise for Michigan. He was sixth at a Vegas weight class where three past All-Americans missed the podium. I’d be surprised if this wasn’t a high-scoring affair. 285 lbs #1 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) vs. #4 Lucas Davison (Michigan) #5 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) vs. #12 Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) Last season, true freshman Dayton Pitzer took the Midlands by storm defeating a pair of returning All-Americans to make the finals. One of those AA’s was Arizona State’s Cohlton Schultz. Pitt head coach Keith Gavin resisted the urge to deviate from the plan and kept Pitzer in redshirt in order to bulk up the youngster. Now, Schultz gets a chance at revenge. #9 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) vs. #11 Boone McDermott (Oregon State) The All-OSU battle will finish with a really solid matchup between two veterans who are seeking All-American honors for the first time. Doucet comes into this matchup as a winner of his last five duals and shutout Pitzer and Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) last weekend. Boone McDermott has been as consistent as he’s ever been and finished fourth at the CKLV. His first loss at that event came to Doucet in tiebreakers. Doucet ended up injury defaulting out in the following bout.

Week 12 Outlook It’s been one hell of a week for me, with very little sleep. So no long rambling prelude to this week’s outlook. Just straight to the picks, which is what you scroll straight to anyway, right? 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: Joseph Fischer (CLAR)- Vs Kent State, Vs Long Island, Ve Morgan State [+13] Anthony Noto (LHU)- Vs Buffalo, @ Bloomsburg [+9] Brayden Palmer (CHAT)- @ Duke, @ VMI [+8] Richard Figueroa (ASU)- @ Little Rock, @ Pittsburgh [+7] Stevo Poulin (UNCO)- @ South Dakota State, @ North Dakota State [+7] Anthony Molton (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+5] Sean Spidle (CMU)- Vs Edinboro [+4] Diego Sotelo (HARV)- Vs sacred Heart [+4] Justin Cardani (ILL)- Vs Northwestern [+4] Jore Volk (WYO)- @ Utah Valley [+4] Chad Bellis (APP)- Vs The Citadel [+3] Ethan Berginc (ARMY)- @ Binghamton [+3] 133: Blake Boarman (CHAT)- @ Duke, @ VMI [+7] Gable Strickland (LHU)- Vs Buffalo, @ Bloomsburg [+7] Nic Bouzakis (OHST)- Vs Maryland , @ Wisconsin [+7] Dom Zaccone (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+4] Anthony Madrigal (ILL)- Vs Northwestern [+4] Daton Fix (OKST)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Ethan Oakley (APP)- Vs The Citadel [+3] Vince Perez (CMU)- Vs Edinboro [+3] 141: Wyatt Henson (LHU)- Vs Buffalo, @ Bloomsburg [+9] Jesse Mendez (OHST)- Vs Maryland , @ Wisconsin [+9] Braden Bower (BUCK)- Vs Morgan State , Vs American [+8] Clay Carlson (SDSU)- Vs Northern Colorado, Vs California Baptist [+7] Gavin Drexler (NDSU)- Vs California Baptist, Vs Northern Colorado [+6] Beau Bartlett (PSU)- @ Michigan, @ Michigan State [+6] Mitch Moore (RUT)- @ Michigan State, @ Michigan [+6] Nathan Higley (GMU)- @ Ohio [+4] Tagen Jamison (OKST)- Vs Oregon State [+4] Gabe Willochell (WYO)- @ Utah Valley [+4] Cole Matthews (PITT)- Vs Arizona State [+3] 149: Chance Lamer (CP)- @ Oregon State , Vs CSU Bakersfield [+8] Ridge Lovett (NEB)- @ Minnesota, Vs Purdue [+7] Dylan D’Emilio (OHST)- Vs Maryland , @ Wisconsin [+7] Jaden Abas (STAN) - @ Drexel , @ Penn [+7] Kyle Parco (ASU)- @ Little Rock, @ Pittsburgh [+6] Noah Castillo (CHAT)- @ Duke, @ VMI [+6] Corbyn Munson (CMU)- Vs Edinboro [+5] Eligh Rivera (PRIN)- Vs Drexel [+4] Cody Bond (APP)- Vs The Citadel [+3] Thomas Deck (ARMY)- @ Binghamton [+3] Kannon Webster (ILL)- Vs Northwestern [+3] 157: Alejandro Herrera (CLAR)- Vs Kent State, Vs Long Island, Ve Morgan State [+11] Dylan Chappell (BUCK)- Vs Morgan State , Vs American [+8] Daniel Cardenas (STAN) - @ Drexel , @ Penn [+8] Jacori Teemer (ASU)- @ Little Rock, @ Pittsburgh [+7] Levi Haines (PSU)- @ Michigan, @ Michigan State [+7] Johnny Lovett (CMU)- Vs Edinboro [+5] Tommy Askey (APP)- Vs The Citadel [+4] Chris Earnest (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+3] Trevor Chumbley (NW)- @ Illinois [+3] Peyten Kellar (OHIO)- Vs George Mason [+3] 165: Noah Mulvaney (BUCK)- Vs Morgan State , Vs American [+9] Tanner Cook (SDSU)- Vs Northern Colorado, Vs California Baptist [+8] Avery Bassett (LHU)- Vs Buffalo, @ Bloomsburg [+6] Bryce Hepner (OHST)- Vs Maryland , @ Wisconsin [+6] Will Miller (APP)- Vs The Citadel [+4] Garrett Thompson (OHIO)- Vs George Mason [+4] Dominic Baker (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+3] Joseph Bianchi (LR)- Vs Arizona State [+3] Holden Heller (PITT)- Vs Arizona State [+3] 174: Cade DeVos (SDSU)- Vs Northern Colorado, Vs California Baptist [+9] Gavin Sax (NDSU)- Vs California Baptist, Vs Northern Colorado [+8] Carter Starocci (PSU)- @ Michigan, @ Michigan State [+8] Myles Takats (BUCK)- Vs Morgan State , Vs American [+7] Nick Incontrera (PENN)- @ Lehigh, Vs Stanford [+7] Austin Murphy (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+5] Phillip Conigliaro (HARV)- Vs Sacred Heart [+5] Lucas Uliano (APP)- Vs The Citadel [+4] Alex Cramer (CMU)- Vs Edinboro [+4] Edmond Ruth (ILL)- Vs Northwestern [+4] Ben Pasuik (ARMY)- @ Binghamton [+3] Tyler Brennan (LR)- Vs Arizona State [+3] Sal Perrine (OHIO)- Vs George Mason [+3] Luca Augustine (PITT)- Vs Arizona State [+3] 184: Bernie Truax (PSU)- @ Michigan, @ Michigan State [+6] Bennett Berge (SDSU)- Vs Northern Colorado, Vs California Baptist [+6] Jacob Nolan (ARMY)- @ Binghamton [+4] Reece Heller (PITT)- Vs Arizona State [+4] Caleb Hopkins (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+3] Tristan Wills (LR)- Vs Arizona State [+3] 197: Tanner Sloan (SDSU)- Vs Northern Colorado, Vs California Baptist [+10] Aaron Brooks (PSU)- @ Michigan, @ Michigan State [+9] Lou DePrez (BING)- Vs Army, Vs Navy [+8] Nick Stemmet (STAN)- @ Drexel, @ Penn [+8] Logan Deacetis (BUCK)- Vs Morgan State , Vs American [+7] Silas Allred (NEB)- @ Minnesota, Vs Purdue [+7] John Poznanski (RUT)- @ Michigan State, @ Michigan [+7] Stephen Little (LR)- Vs Arizona State [+5] Mac Stout (PITT)- Vs Arizona State [+5] Luke Stout (PRIN)- Vs Drexel [+5] Luke Surber (OKST)- Vs Oregon State [+3] 285: Nick Feldman (OHST)- Vs Maryland , @ Wisconsin [+7] Luke Rasmussen (SDSU)- Vs Northern Colorado, Vs California Baptist [+7] Taye Ghadiali (CAMP)- @ Davidson [+5] Tyler Mousaw (VMI)- Vs Chattanooga [+5] Keaton Kluver (HOF)- NYS Collegiate Championships , @ Franklin & Marshall [+4] Luke Luffman (ILL)- Vs Northwestern [+3]

Upsets happen in all sports. In many sports, a single player can get hot at the right time, and a less heralded team can pull out a victory over traditional power. In wrestling dual meets, upsets are much more difficult. It often takes multiple competitors to have outstanding performances on the same day. With that being said, there are still plenty of dual upsets throughout the college season, and if ever get a collegiate dual tournament there will certainly be upsets. The following are the biggest upsets of the 2023-2024 season to date. If we forgot about any dual upsets, please add them in the comment section. Pittsburgh over Ohio State 21-13 Pittsburgh has been perhaps the wildest dual team this season. The squad can seemingly go from knocking off a perennial powerhouse one week to having a razor-thin match against a newer program the following week. In early December, the Panthers caught Ohio State in a dual and pulled off a 21-13 upset on the road. Keith Gavin’s squad needed to pull off multiple upsets for the team win, and they got it done. Things got started at 125 pounds where Colton Camacho defeated Brendan McCrone. At 141 pounds Cole Mathews, who was coming off back-to-back losses against Big Ten opponents, handed Jesse Mendez his first and only loss of the season, thus far. The final key upset came at 184 pounds. Not only did Reece Heller defeat Gavin Hoffman, but he also put up bonus points as he won via a 12-2 major decision. "We battled really hard," Gavin said to PittsburghPanthers.com. "We have a tough group, even our young guys. They are really fun to coach and I'm so proud of the team. Ohio State is an elite team; any time you can get a dual win over a team like that, it means your program is in a good place and you are doing the right things. But we have to continue to work on improving and stay focused." The Panthers are currently 7-4 on the season and ranked 22nd in the InterMat dual rankings. They welcome No. 19 Arizona State to Fitzgerald Field House this Sunday. Lehigh over Cornell 17-16 It is kind of hard to consider this one an upset considering this is an old EIWA rivalry, and Lehigh has now won four of their last five duals. However, Cornell entered this match ranked in the top 10, and this was the last bout between the two schools as conference opponents with Cornell set to depart to qualify through Ivy League next season. The dual started at 133 pounds and after seven matches, Cornell held a 16-8 score. Lehigh needed someone to stop the Big Red’s momentum, and the person turned out to be No. 7 Michael Beard. He kicked off the comeback with a 10-3 decision over No. 8 Jacob Cardenas. Then at heavyweight No. 8 Nathan Taylor knocked off No. 19 Lewis Fernandez. It all came down to the 125-pound match. True freshman No. 3 Luke Stanich, who is still eligible to redshirt, scored a 3-0 decision over No. 15 Brett Ungar. After a scoreless first period, Ungar took bottom to start the second. The Lehigh wrestler rode out the entire period and picked up a point via stalling. In the third period, Stanich quickly escaped and held on for the 3-0 victory with riding time. "We thought we had to steal a couple of the first four and we only got one, but these guys just fought," Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro said to LehighSports.com. "This is what a team is about. They're getting better and working hard. We just have to believe in what our abilities are. A few more guys and a little bit of belief is going to change the game." South Dakota State over Michigan 22-17 In the offseason, Michigan absolutely feasted in the transfer portal and entered this year with a formidable squad. Injuries have mostly kept the complete lineup out of action, but they added another piece in former All-American No. 6 Austin Gomez at 149 pounds. Despite this, South Dakota State was still able to pull the upset earlier this month. The Jackrabbits were favored in the first two matches and No. 17 Tanner Jordan and No. 16 Derrick Cardinal took care of business at 125 and 133 pounds respectively. Cardinal’s victory was a third-period fall, which was key to the team’s success. Michigan pulled off their fair share of upsets in this dual. No. 25 Sergio Lemley upset two-time All-American Clay Carlson at 141 pounds. At 165 pounds, true freshman Beau Mantanona defeated Tanner Cook. In perhaps the most anticipated bout of the night, former national champion Shane Griffith defeated Cade Devos in sudden victory at 174 pounds, which was a slight upset, on paper, at the time. However, in the end, victories by No. 14 Bennett Berge and No. 6 Tanner Sloan at 184 and 197 pounds proved to be too much for Michigan to overcome. Berge upset No. 15 Jaden Bullock, and Sloan poured on a technical fall over Brendin Yatooma. The post on X from South Dakota State head coach Damion Hahn was short and sweet. “That was fun,” he posted on the social media site. South Dakota State followed that up with wins over Kent State (50-0) and Navy (30-13). They welcome Big 12 rival Northern Colorado to Brookings on Friday. George Mason over Virginia 18-17 Earlier this month, the two Virginia schools faced off at St.Christopher’s High School in Richmond. Virginia entered the contest riding a 10-match winning streak against the Patriots. However, Frank Beasley’s squad was able to pull out the victory. Things did not get off to a great start for the Patriots. Virginia won the first three matches including a major decision by unranked Kyren Butler over No. 30 Nathan Higley. George Mason was able to get back into things in the second half of the match. The biggest victory came at 184 pounds. Mason’s Malachi Duvall scored a first-period fall over Griffin Gammell. The teams split the 10 matches with five victories each. Virginia scored a pair of major decisions, but the fall by Duvall allowed them to escape with the one-point dual victory. “There is just something special happening,” Beasley said on X (formerly Twitter) following the match. Mason followed up the victory over Virginia with a dominant 38-3 over conference opponent Edinboro. The team is currently 9-5 on the season and faces Ohio on the road tonight. Gannon over Kent State 20-19 After finishing 10th at last year’s NCAA Division II tournament, Gannon kicked off this season with an early upset over Kent State. The Golden Knights put themselves in a position to defeat the Golden Flashes by winning four of the first six matches. However, the Division I opponent stormed back with three straight victories from 174 to 197 pounds including a technical fall for Blake Schaffer over Anthony Glessner. Heading into the final bout, Kent State held a 19-13 lead. They only needed to avoid a fall to escape with the victory. Unfortunately for them, senior Matt Long had other plans. He was able to wrap up Josh Boggan late in the first period, throw him to his back, and secure the pin. Not only did the fall tie the score at 19-19, but it only gave Gannon the criteria dual win for most six-point victories. Gannon currently holds a 3-1 dual record. This weekend they travel to Shippensburg for a Friday PSAC dual, and then on Saturday, they face off against conference rival Millersville also on the road.

Friday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for one of the most anticipated dual meets of the 2023-24 season when top-ranked Penn State comes into town to face #13 Michigan. Don’t be fooled by the dual rankings, Michigan’s largely revolves around a dual loss to South Dakota State where three All-Americans were out of the Wolverine lineup. At full strength, Michigan has the tournament potential to challenge for that wide-open second-place trophy, behind the Nittany Lions. Both of these teams were excellent in 2022-23, yet each reloaded in a major way during the offseason. Michigan added four past All-Americans and a second-ranked recruiting class to an already excellent wrestling room. A fifth All-American joined the team before the second semester started. Penn State added two All-Americans and a U20 world champion from the transfer portal, while inking the third-ranked recruiting class in the nation. With so many new faces in both lineups, there is only one potential match slated for Friday, which was a rematch of the 2023 dual. That means there’s plenty of uncertainty and speculation about the results of the individual matches. The offseason additions for Michigan led some to wonder whether they’d be able to threaten Penn State. As crazy as it sounds, adding five All-Americans still doesn’t seem to make a significant dent in the Nittany Lions lead over Michigan (and the rest of the nation). Below is a bout-by-bout look at the potential matchups for Friday’s clash between these college wrestling bluebloods. Along with each match is a prediction of a winner and, then, a dual winner. 125 lbs #5 Michael DeAugustino (Michigan) vs. #14 Braeden Davis (Penn State) I like going into matches figuring that we’re going to learn something about one or both of the competitors. That’s the case at 125 lbs, as a lot can be learned about both Michael DeAugustino and Braeden Davis. The 2022 NCAA fourth-place finisher, DeAugustino, transferred to Michigan from Northwestern after an injury-plagues 2022-23 campaign that saw him in action only ten times before the postseason. DeAugustino looked like he may be close to his past former earlier this year, before suffering an injury in the semifinals of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. After missing more than a month, DeAugustino returned last week to collect a pair of wins over Tommy Capul (Maryland) and Tristan Lujan (Michigan State). The stakes get much higher this week for DeAugustino as he’ll face the only undefeated 125 lber in the nation, the true freshman, Davis. Ever since Nico Megaludis’ graduation, in 2016, Penn State has had difficulty maintaining success at the leadoff weight class. Davis looks like he could be that long-sought-after answer. Davis started January off with a win over 2022 All-American Brandon Kaylor (Penn State), then proceeded to major Michael Spangler (Indiana) in his first Big Ten dual. Should these two clash, we could have answers about both wrestlers. Is DeAugustino a potential title threat at this wide-open weight class or another guy who yo-yo’s up-and-down the rankings each week? Could the future be now for Davis and Penn State? Without any clear-cut favorite at 125 lbs, why not Davis? Prediction: DeAugustino by decision (3-0 Michigan) 133 lbs #6 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) vs. #4 Aaron Nagao (Penn State) As of now, this could be a Big Ten final as it features the two highest-ranked wrestlers in the conference at 133 lbs. Coming into the year, Northwestern graduate transfer Chris Cannon was thought to be “the guy” at 133, allowing Dylan Ragusin to finally redshirt. Cannon only saw action in a Michigan singlet once before suffering an injury that’s kept him out since mid-November. With Cannon likely done for the year, the Michigan staff turned to pull Ragusin from redshirt last weekend. Before getting pulled from redshirt, Ragusin amassed a perfect record competing unattached with tournament titles at the Michigan State Open, the Cleveland State Open, and the Midlands. In his first official competition of the year, Ragusin notched a solid win over returning qualifier Braxton Brown. Penn State will turn to Minnesota transfer Aaron Nagao, who made the Big Ten finals last season and ended the year in fifth place in Tulsa. Nagao has won seven of eight bouts while wearing the Penn State singlet. His only loss came at the hands of Lehigh super-freshman Ryan Crookham in early-December. Despite Nagao and Ragusin competing in the Big Ten together last season, they did not meet. Ragusin represents a significant step up in competition for Nagao, who has only seen one ranked opponent since the Crookham loss. Prediction: Nagao by decision (3-3 tie) 141 lbs #25 Sergio Lemley (Michigan) vs. #2 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) The lone freshman (true) in the Michigan lineup this season is Sergio Lemley who was deemed the #11 overall recruit by MatScouts. Lemley has been a perfect 5-0 in dual competition this season. Without a doubt, his most significant win of the season, thus far, has been when he knocked off two-time All-American Clay Carlson of South Dakota State. The Wolverines fell to SDSU; however, Lemley did his part. He followed that win with two more last weekend, including handing #33 Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) only his fourth loss of the year. The level of competition will take a step up Friday for Lemley as undefeated #2 Beau Bartlett is looming for the Nittany Lions. After two decent years at 149 lbs, Bartlett moved down to 141 lbs for the 2022-23 campaign and has been one of the top wrestlers at the weight since. Over the last year and a half, at 141 lbs, Bartlett has compiled a 37-3 record with only one regular season loss. Never known as a bonus-point machine during the early years of his collegiate career, Bartlett has almost doubled his bonus-point percentage this season and has four pins in ten bouts. Despite the disparity in the rankings between these two, I would expect a relatively close match between these two. Lemley has the look of a freshman that will continually rise up the rankings as the year progresses. Prediction: Bartlett by decision (6-3 Penn State) 149 lbs #6 Austin Gomez (Michigan) vs. #12 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) One of the more intriguing matchups of this dual takes place at 149 lbs with veteran Austin Gomez taking on true freshman Tyler Kasak. The 2022 Big Ten champion, Gomez, appeared to be done with his collegiate career after last season and moved his training situation from Wisconsin to Michigan’s Cliff Keen Wrestling Club. Gomez indicated late in 2023 that he intended to compete again and would use his final year of eligibility with the Wolverines. In the midst of Michigan’s loss to South Dakota State, Gomez made his season debut with a win over a ranked opponent in Alek Martin. It appears he may have been dinged up, but Gomez wrestled in both duals last weekend, posting a win over Ethen Miller (Maryland) and pinning Braden Stauffenberg (Michigan State). If Gomez is close to his 2022 form, he’ll eventually be considered a national title favorite. An opponent the caliber of Kasak should help us figure out just how much impact Gomez can provide in 2024. Kasak was thrust into the starting lineup after All-American Shayne Van Ness was for the season due to an injury. His only collegiate loss came to teammate Beau Bartlett, at 141 lbs, prior to the Van Ness injury. Since then, he has won three straight duals, the most recent two coming against ranked opposition. Sunday’s win over 2023 NCAA Round of 12 finisher, Graham Rooks (Indiana), was an extremely impressive 16-0 tech fall. Similar to his teammate at 125 lbs, a win by Kasak, or even a highly-competitive loss could show that he’ll be in the mix for a high All-American finish this season. Prediction: Gomez by decision (6-6 tie) 157 lbs #9 Will Lewan (Michigan) vs. #1 Levi Haines (Penn State) With graduations, transfers, weight changes, and freshmen, this is the only matchup from the 2023 dual between these two schools, that could happen again on Friday. At that time, it wasn’t a given that Levi Haines would be pulled from redshirt. His sudden victory win over All-American Will Lewan was a hint that Haines was very good and could have a national impact in year one. Typically, wrestlers make the greatest leaps between their first and second years on campus. Haines hasn’t had much in terms of high-level competition to show if that’s the case. Lewan would represent his toughest opponent thus far. During his limited sample size this season, when facing ranked foes, Haines has been limited to regular decisions. With the defensively stout Lewan, that trend is likely to continue. Lewan has been out of action since the CKLV Invitational. There he finished sixth in the most loaded bracket of the event. In the lead-up to the CKLV, Lewan picked up a pair of dual wins. In each of the past two NCAA tournaments, he’s finished eighth and fifth, respectively. In Lewan’s absence, Zack Mattin has gotten the call for Sean Bormet’s team. Though he went 1-2, that lone win came over a ranked opponent in Maryland’s #30 Michael North. Prediction: Haines by decision (9-6 Penn State) 165 lbs #7 Cam Amine (Michigan) vs. #9 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) One of the most interesting matches in this dual takes place at 165 lbs as three-time All-American, Cam Amine, squares off with unbeaten U20 world champion Mitchell Mesenbrink. Amine was fourth at the loaded CKLV Invitational and was out of the Wolverine lineup for the South Dakota State dual. He returned last weekend and went 1-1 with an upset loss to Michigan State’s Caleb Fish. Earlier in the season, another Penn State wrestler Terrell Barraclough pinned Fish (in sudden victory). Despite his national-level credentials, Amine is looking to get his first dual win against Penn State since 2021. He was beaten in this match by Brady Berge in 2022 and Alex Facundo last year. Mesenbrink has largely been dominant and passed every test presented to him with flying colors. He’s tallied tech falls against NCAA qualifiers Brevin Cassella (Binghamton), Jake Logan (Lehigh), and 2023 Pac-12 champion Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) this year. At the time, Olguin was ranked in the top-ten nationally. The only times Mesenbrink has been held to a decision have been against a teammate (Barraclough) and in his first outing of the year. Prediction: Mesenbrink by decision (12-6 Penn State) 174 lbs #4 Shane Griffith (Michigan) vs. #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) Once Shane Griffith’s transfer from Stanford was finalized and it was confirmed he was moving up to 174 lbs, this was one of the great possible matchups that fans hoped to see. Griffith’s magical run to a 2021 national championship brought attention to the decision to eliminate wrestling and 11 other sports from the Stanford athletic department. The team was saved and Griffith went on to make the 2022 NCAA finals and was fifth in 2023, all at 165 lbs. Now at Michigan, and up a weight, Griffith is looking to finish his career on a strong note. In Vegas, at the CKLV, Griffith was upset by true freshman Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) in a matchup that was filled with storylines and became one of the more surprising results of the entire tournament. In his first 2024 dual, Griffith handed CKLV champion Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) his first loss of the year, with a takedown in sudden victory. He followed with a pair of major decisions against unranked opponents last weekend. Griffith will face perhaps the best pound-for-pound wrestler on the collegiate scene this year in Carter Starocci. Starocci has been a winner for his entire career - with three NCAA titles and a winning streak that dates back to the 2021 Big Ten finals; however, he’s taken his dominance to another level this year. None of his six matches have gone the distance (four techs/two falls). That doesn’t include a brutal tech fall over past national champion, Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech), at the All-Star Classic. Starocci is a wrestler who likes the spotlight and should relish the opportunity to impose his will upon a wrestler of Griffith caliber, in front of a likely hostile environment. Prediction: Starocci by major decision (16-6 Penn State) 184 lbs #15 Jaden Bullock (Michigan) vs. #5 Bernie Truax (Penn State) Heading into the 2023-24 season, most expected to see blue-chip, redshirt freshman Rylan Rogers in the 184 lb weight class for the Wolverines. He was nicked up earlier in the season and gave way to Jaden Bullock. Bullock took full advantage of the opportunity and finished sixth in a bracket that was littered with past All-Americans. After a bad loss in the SDSU dual, Bullock bounced back with a pair of wins last weekend. The second came over Michigan State’s four-time national qualifier Layne Malczewski. Earlier in Bullock’s career, Malczewski beat him twice. The second All-American to head to State College via transfer in the offseason was Bernie Truax. During his career at Cal Poly, Truax has earned All-American honors at three different weight classes, but is back at 184 after spending the 2022-23 campaign at 197 lbs. Truax is now officially 5-1 in a Penn State singlet. In his last outing, Truax fell to Oregon State’s All-American Trey Munoz. He also clashed with top-ranked Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) at the All-Star Classic. Had that match been official, it would have represented Keckeisen’s closest match of the year. Truax remains the only person in the 184 lb weight class with a career victory over the Panther star. Penn State fans should not be alarmed about the early loss by Truax, as he’s ready to roll in March. Prediction: Truax by decision (19-6 Penn State) 197 lbs #32 Bobby Striggow (Michigan) vs. #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) Every potential match in this dual features a battle between ranked wrestlers, which is a remarkable feat. The match with the greatest variance between the ranked wrestlers is at 197 lbs with top-ranked Aaron Brooks and Bobby Striggow. Striggow helped solidify his spot in the starting lineup with back-to-back dual wins in mid-November, including one over #27 Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia). He’s struggled a bit since this including an 0-2 showing in Vegas with a loss to Wehmeyer. Striggow is looking to bounce back after two losses to ranked opponents last weekend. Another option for the Wolverines at 197 lbs is veteran Brendin Yatooma. The three-time national champion, Brooks, is in his first year at 197 lbs and hasn’t missed a beat at the higher weight. Only one of his six bouts this year have made it to the third period and that resulted in a tech fall :11 into the final stanza. Altogether, he has three techs and three falls. By chance, if this dual were to be within reach for the Wolverines heading into the final few matches, the Penn State bench can relax knowing they have the potential for bonus points in this contest with Brooks. Prediction: Brooks by tech fall (24-6 Penn State) 285 lbs #4 Lucas Davison (Michigan) vs. #1 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) We’ll close with a potential preview of the Big Ten finals or perhaps the NCAA semifinals with top-ranked Greg Kerkvliet and number-four, Lucas Davison. In fact, if rankings were to hold, this would be the exact matchup you’d see in the national semifinals. Davison is the third of three All-Americans that migrated north from Northwestern in the offseason. He’s thrived with former opponent and Hodge Trophy winner Mason Parris as a training partner at the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club. Davison has been an offensive machine with bonus points in 80% of his matches. That high-scoring potential helped propel him to the CKLV finals for a second consecutive year. Though they did not meet in this particular dual in 2023, Kerkvliet and Davison are semi-familiar with each other. They clashed in the 2022 Big Ten consolations and Kerkvliet came away with a 5-3 victory. Like Davison, Kerkvliet earned All-American honors for the second consecutive year in 2023. He was a Big Ten and national runner-up to the aforementioned Parris. Could the former Michigan heavyweight impart some wisdom to his successor on how to beat the Penn State big man? If you watched the All-Star Classic, you might think Kerkvliet was unbeatable by the way he disposed of 2023 NCAA third-place finisher Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force). In the three bouts that followed the Classic, Kerkvliet was able to earn bonus points. He’s now 6-0 on the season with bonus points in four of those contests. Prediction: Kerkvliet by decision Dual Projection: Penn State 27 Michigan 6

Between Ironman, Hall of Fame Duals, a couple Husker duals, and Blair-Sem-Delbarton, I’ve spent about 10 days at home in the last 40. For the first time in quite a while, I can sit back, relax, and get totally immersed in college wrestling this week. And it’s a robust slate. Let’s get into it… 5. It’s Conference Time From here on out, the majority of the college schedule is in-conference competition. With those matches being critical for seeding at qualifiers coupled with the low match counts for dozens of prominent contenders, I’m hoping it results in a drastic reduction of ‘ducking’ and/or high-profile matchups not materializing. 4. How Good is 2024 Michael DeAugustino? Two years ago, then at Northwestern, DeAugustino posted a terrific season that culminated in a 4th place finish at NCAA’s. But he’s been oft-injured and quite an enigma since. He was just 9-9 last year with highs (a win over Matt Ramos) and lows (a loss to Blake West). To start the year, he defaulted out of CKLV and stands at just 6-1 on the year. Well here’s a big spot for him. This weekend he gets #14 Braeden Davis (PSU) and #13 Dean Peterson (RU). If he gets through both, he’s once again a player in March and in a weight that’s totally up for grabs. 3. And More 125 In this topsy-turvy world of 125, Drake Ayala is the new #1 in the country. On Friday, he’ll face #2-Matt Ramos as the Hawks dual Purdue. 2. My (Other) Favorite Head-to-Heads #1 Ryan Crookham (LEH) vs. #10 Michael Colaiocco (PENN) No Previous Meetings #6 Dylan Ragusin (MICH) vs. #8 Dylan Shawver (RU) Ragusin won 4-1 a couple weeks ago at Midlands. #3 Peyton Robb (NEB) vs. #10 Michael Blockhus (MINN) Blockhus is fresh off a 5-4 win over #2-Jared Franek, who beat Robb last week. #9 Mitch Mesenbrink (PSU) vs. #10 Caleb Fish (MSU) Fish is coming off a win over #7 Cam Amine, who Mesenbrink wrestles Friday. #2 Dustin Plott (OKST) vs. #4 Trey Munoz (ORST) No Previous Meetings #3 Lenny Pinto (NEB) vs. #10 Isaiah Salazar (MINN) Salazar won 7-6 in last year’s dual. #5 Cohlton Schultz (ASU) vs. #12 Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) Pitzer won 4-0 over Schultz at Midlands last season. 1. Almost All of PSU-Michigan Penn State is #1, Michigan #5. And on an individual level, there are so many good matchups and questions to be answered. Let’s start with PSU’s freshmen, which are all undefeated. Braeden Davis takes on veteran #5 Michael DeAugustino. Ty Kasak takes on super senior #6 Austin Gomez. Mitch Mesenbrink will face perennial All-American Cam Amine. 133 is a #4 vs. #6 matchup between Nagao and Ragusin.174 pits two NCAA Champions: Carter Starocci and Shane Griffith. And 285 has #1 Kerkvliet vs. #4 Davidson. That’s it for me this week. It’s going to be a fun one. And I get to watch every second of it from my own couch. Also - don’t forget to tune in to one of the best atmospheres in wrestling as Buchanan hosts Clovis tonight live on MatScouts.

As a lifelong baseball fan (and sometimes player) you learn a lot about the “unwritten rules” of the game. Some are lame and illogical, others are okay. One that most people tend to embrace is “you don’t talk about a no-hitter.” As a pitcher gets into the fifth or sixth inning, everyone watching pretends as if they don’t realize he’s yet to give up a hit. Our mailbag specialist, Jagger, claims he has a gift for breaking up no-hitters simply by watching. If a team I don’t care for is in the midst of a no-hitter, I make sure he’s aware and turns the game on. In wrestling, we don’t really have this rule. There are plenty of wrestlers who are halfway home with perfect records of their own during the 2023-24 season. At least, one per weight. Rather than ignoring them and hoping they maintain that donut in the loss column; today we’re identifying the undefeated wrestlers, listing their remaining probable opponents, and labeling the likelihood of whether or not they maintain their perfect records heading into the postseason. The terms we’re using to describe their changes of remaining unbeaten are (in order): Highly likely Very good Likely So-So Fair Not good With each wrestler, we’ve also mentioned the biggest potential roadblocks during their remaining schedules. Using baseball lingo, as always, we tip our hat to WrestleStat for having records, past matchups, and future opponents so accessible for a feature like this. 125 lbs #14 Braeden Davis (Penn State): 9-0 January 19th: #5 Michael DeAugustino (Michigan) January 21st: Tristan Lujan (Michigan State) January 28th: Tommy Capul (Maryland) February 2nd: #24 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) February 9th: #1 Drake Ayala (Iowa) February 12th: #13 Dean Peterson (Rutgers) February 18th: #7 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) February 25th: Caleb Edwards (Edinboro) We’ll get an idea of just how good Davis is this Friday as he takes on All-American Michael DeAugustino. Should he make it through that test, he’ll get pushed in February, as he has four consecutive matches with ranked competition, two of which are in the top ten. If we've learned anything from the first couple months of the season, it's don't make predictions at 125 lbs, they're bound to go wrong! Outlook: Fair 133 lbs #1 Ryan Crookham (Lehigh): 12-0 January 19th: #10 Michael Colaiocco (Penn) January 20th: #29 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) February 4th: #33 Braden Basile (Army West Point) February 9th: #17 Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) February 17th: Sean Pierson (Princeton) February 24th: #24 Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) The stiffest competition for Ryan Crookham will come on Friday against past EIWA champion Michael Colaiocco. After Colaiocco, there are plenty of ranked opponents and opportunities for him to stumble; however, he hasn’t shown that a slip-up is inevitable. Outlook: Very Good #3 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State): 5-0 January 21st: #26 Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State) January 26th: #23 Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) January 27th: #7 Evan Frost (Iowa State) February 2nd: #24 Julian Chlebove (Arizona State) February 4th: #31 Kade Moore (Missouri) February 10th: #16 Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) February 18th: Jace Koezler (Oklahoma) February 25th: #14 Brody Teske (Iowa) Seven of Daton Fix’s final eight opponents are nationally ranked; however, only one is higher than 14th. Fix has only lost once in his career prior to the NCAA tournament, so I’d guess that trend continues during the final stretch of his career: Outlook: Highly Likely #6 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan): 14-0 January 19th: #4 Aaron Nagao (Penn State) January 21st: #8 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) January 26th: #12 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) February 2nd: #14 Brody Teske (Iowa) February 9th: #19 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) February 16th: Cayden Rooks (Indiana) February 25th: Vince Perez (Central Michigan) A mid-season shredding of the redshirt has thrust Dylan Ragusin into the Wolverine lineup - which has been a good thing. Ragusin has looked as good as ever, competing unattached and last week in the traditional Maize and Blue. The next three matches should tell the tale for Ragusin. Friday he’ll have an opponent that he’s never seen before; however, Aaron Nagao placed higher than him at the 2023 Big Ten Tournament and at NCAA’s. Outlook: So-So 141 lbs #1 Real Woods (Iowa): 11-0 January 19th: #32 Greyson Clark (Purdue) January 26th: #24 Danny Pucino (Illinois) January 28th: Joel Vandervere (Northwestern) February 2nd: #25 Sergio Lemley (Michigan) February 9th: #2 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) February 18th: Felix Lettini (Wisconsin) February 25th: #7 Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) Initially, you would make Real Woods the favorite over anyone he faces (obviously, as the top-ranked 141 lber). But, as the undisputed number one, you always get the best of every opponent. We’ve seen Woods getting pushed by freshman Vance Vombaur on Monday night and Anthony Echemendia early in the season. Despite holding, a significant rankings advantage over most of his competition, some of these matches could be closer than you’d expect. Of course, the big one is against second-ranked Beau Bartlett, whom Woods defeated 4-1 in last year’s dual. Outlook: Likely #2 Beau Bartlett (Penn State): 10-0 January 19th: #25 Sergio Lemley (Michigan) January 21st: #33 Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) January 28th: #14 Kal Miller (Maryland) February 2nd: #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) February 9th: #1 Real Woods (Iowa) February 12th: #11 Mitch Moore (Rutgers) February 18th: #8 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) February 25th: Jacob Brenneman (Edinboro) The February Big Ten duals should tell the tale for Beau Bartlett. A week before his highly anticipated rematch with Woods, he has a dual against CKLV champion and 2023 All-American Jesse Mendez. He also has a matchup with currently undefeated Mitch Moore, then 2023 Big Ten runner-up Brock Hardy to close the conference dual schedule. Last season, Hardy downed Bartlett in the Big Ten semifinals, 7-3 Outlook: Not good #11 Mitch Moore (Rutgers): 11-0 January 19th: #33 Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State) January 21st: #25 Sergio Lemley (Michigan) January 27th: #19 Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) February 4th: #3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) February 12th: #2 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) February 16th: #14 Kal Miller (Maryland) February 21st: Nik Antonelli (Bloomsburg) Before really getting to the gauntlet of his schedule, Mitch Moore has a pair of duals against solid freshmen Sergio Lemley and Vombaur to close January. Both are maybe ranked a bit lower than their abilities would indicate. They should be tough outs for Moore, before even thinking about Mendez and Bartlett. Outlook: Not good 149 lbs #1 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska): 15-0 January 19th: #13 Drew Roberts (Minnesota) January 21st: Marcos Polanco (Purdue) January 26th: Sam Cartella (Northwestern) January 28th: #22 Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) February 4th: #8 Kannon Webster (Illinois) February 9th: #6 Austin Gomez (Michigan) February 18th: #12 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) February 25th: #4 Kyle Parco (Arizona State) Ridge Lovett started the year at the top-ranked 149 lber and has done nothing to dispel the notion that he should be considered the favorite. February should tell the tale for Lovett as we wonder if he’ll head into the Big Ten Championships unbeaten. Stud true freshman Kannon Webster leads off the month. The biggest hurdle will be Austin Gomez on February 9th. Lovett was 0-2 against Gomez during the 2021-22 season, including a :20 fall in the Big Ten semifinals. Admittedly, Lovett has improved significantly and we’re still not sure of Gomez’s ceiling. The same can be said for impressive Penn State freshman Tyler Kasak. Outlook: So-So #6 Austin Gomez (Michigan): 3-0 January 19th: #12 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) January 21st: Michael Cetta (Rutgers) January 26th: #9 Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) February 2nd: #11 Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) February 9th: #1 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) February 16th: #14 Graham Rooks (Indiana) February 25th: #16 Corbyn Munson (Central Michigan) The Michigan/Penn State dual on Friday will be a great one and one of the marquee matchups is Gomez against freshman Tyler Kasak. Since getting moved into the starting lineup, Kasak has passed every test presented to him. Gomez represents a different level. With the field at 149 lbs this year, you would typically give Gomez the edge against any of the wrestlers on his regular season slate; however, he battled various injuries for the last year-plus, so we’re still not sure exactly what version of Gomez will take the mat for Michigan. Outlook: So-So 157 lbs #1 Levi Haines (Penn State): 7-0 January 19th: #9 Will Lewan/Zack Mattin (Michigan) January 21st: #21 Chase Saldate (Michigan State) January 28th: #30 Michael North (Maryland) February 2nd: #33 Isaac Wilcox (Ohio State) February 9th: #2 Jared Franek (Iowa) February 12th: Andy Clark (Rutgers) February 18th: #3 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) February 25th: Steffan Lynch (Edinboro) Just by the way the schedule has broken so far this season, we haven’t seen Levi Haines against any of the top threats at 157 lbs. That should change soon. Will Lewan and Peyton Robb are opponents that pushed Haines to sudden victory in 2022-23. He did not face Franek. There’s also the chance that Haines has made a big jump in his second year and surpassed both. Outlook: Fair #4 Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado): 19-0 January 19th: #15 Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) January 21st: Landon Johnson (North Dakota State) January 26th: Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming) February 10th: Kyler Lake (Utah Valley) February 18th: Brooks Gable (Air Force) You may not have guessed that Vince Zerban is the only other unbeaten wrestler at 157 lbs, but Zerban has been excellent with titles at the Black Knight Invite, the Cougar Clash, and the Southern Scuffle. Zerban’s match Friday against Cael Swensen should indicate whether or not he’ll enter the Big 12 tournament undefeated. Last year, Swensen defeated Zerban 4-2 in dual meet action. Outlook: Fair 165 lbs #1 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri): 11-0 January 26th: #8 Peyton Hall (West Virginia) January 28th: #2 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) February 4th: #4 Izzak Olejnik (Oklahoma State) February 16th: Brendon Howes (North Dakota State) February 18th: Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) February 23rd: Evan Yant (Northern Iowa) February 25th: #3 David Carr (Iowa State) Despite being perhaps one of the top two or three wrestlers in the nation when it comes to pound-for-pound rankings, Keegan O’Toole is far from a shoo-in here. The main reason is the regular-season ending dual with Iowa State and 2021 national champion David Carr. Carr defeated O’Toole in two of their three 2022-23 matchups and is responsible for O’Toole’s only losses since the 2021 NCAA semifinals. The upcoming slate with three top-eight opponents is nothing to scoff at either. Outlook: Fair #9 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State): 11-0 January 19th: #7 Cam Amine (Michigan) January 21st: #10 Caleb Fish (Michigan State) January 28th: Gaven Bell (Maryland) February 2nd: #22 Bryce Hepner (Ohio State) February 9th: #6 Michael Caliendo (Iowa) February 12th: Tony White (Rutgers) February 18th: #18 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) February 25th: Max Kirby (Edinboro) The upcoming Michigan swing should help us learn just how good Mitchell Mesenbrink can be in 2024. So far, Mesenbrink has dominated the competition, even his best tests, to date. This weekend he’ll have top-ten opponents in Cam Amine and Caleb Fish. For the past three years, Amine has been one of the key threats at this weight and Fish upset him last weekend. The often-overlooked Michael Caliendo looms at this Iowa dual, as well. Outlook: Fair 174 lbs #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State): 6-0 January 19th: #4 Shane Griffith (Michigan) January 21st: DJ Shannon (Michigan State) January 28th: Dom Solis (Maryland) February 2nd: #30 Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) February 9th: #9 Patrick Kennedy/Gabe Arnold (Iowa) February 12th: #19 Jackson Turley (Rutgers) February 18th: #29 Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) February 25th: Joey Arnold (Edinboro) For my money, Carter Starocci has been the best collegiate wrestler during the 2023-24 season. He hasn’t suffered a loss since the 2021 Big Ten finals and has opened up his offense more this season, which is a scary proposition. Friday’s matchup with 2021 national champion Shane Griffith is juicy and either of Iowa’s 174’s make for some fun possibilities. Even so, it’s hard to imagine this version of Starocci suffering a loss before March (or even during March). Outlook: Highly Likely #2 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech): 7-0 January 26th: Tyler Eischens (North Carolina) February 2nd: #12 Justin McCoy (Virginia) February 9th: Jack Wimmer (Duke) February 10th: Paul Pierce (George Mason) February 16th: #15 Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) February 23rd: #32 Alex Faison (NC State) When healthy, Mekhi Lewis has been one of the few wrestlers who has been able to seriously push and threaten Carter Starocci over the past two seasons. Health has been a big question for Lewis during that time, as well. He’ll face some good competition during the next month and a half; however, it’s difficult to picture Lewis suffering a loss. Because of his stout defense, some of these matches may end up close on the scoreboard, though less so in actual competition. Outlook: Very Good 184 lbs #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa): 16-0 January 26th: #2 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) January 27th: Giuseppe Hoose (Oklahoma) February 4th: #31 Dennis Robin (West Virginia) February 9th: Nathan Haas (California Baptist) February 11th: #9 Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) February 23rd: #11 Clayton Whiting (Missouri) February 25th: #16 Shane Liegel (Wisconsin) With Aaron Brooks moving up, 184 lbs was without a returning champion this year. Parker Keckeisen was considered the slight favorite; however, since the competition began he has seemingly separated himself from the rest of the pack. His next scheduled dual against Dustin Plott appears to be his toughest challenge. Plott has lost only once in 18 matches. He was third at the CKLV bracket that Keckeisen won, though the two did not meet. Not on the schedule is the Flash Flanigan Open this weekend which some UNI wrestlers may attend. It’s not certain if Keckeisen will, yet. Outlook: Very Good 197 lbs #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State): 6-0 January 19th: #32 Bobby Striggow (Michigan) January 21st: #29 Kael Wisler (Michigan State) January 28th: #5 Jaxon Smith (Maryland) February 2nd: #22 Luke Geog (Ohio State) February 9th: #14 Zach Glazier (Iowa) February 12th: #9 John Poznanski (Rutgers) February 18th: #15 Silas Allred (Nebraska) February 25th: Jack Kilner (Edinboro) Three-time national champion Aaron Brooks has moved up to 197 lbs and hasn’t missed a beat. His Big Ten slate is littered with ranked, high-quality opponents, yet none that jump out as serious threats to Brooks. That being said, we’ll have him a notch lower than Starocci because he has dropped a match before nationals in each of the last two seasons. Outlook: Very Good #2 Stephen Buchanan (Oklahoma): 20-0 January 26th: #30 Julien Broderson (Iowa State) January 27th: #23 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) February 9th: #6 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) February 18th: #16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) Stephen Buchanan has one of the smallest remaining schedules amongst this group of undefeated wrestlers. Each and every one of his prospective opponents is nationally ranked, which presents a challenge for the Sooner. Perhaps, the most significant is 2023 NCAA runner-up, Tanner Sloan. The two have met twice in their careers and have split the matchups. One of those (Sloan’s win) came during the 2019-20 season, so I’m not sure how much that matters. Even so, it’s a very tough match. Outlook: So-So #3 Rocky Elam (Missouri): 8-0 January 26th: Austin Cooley (West Virginia) January 28th: #8 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) February 4th: #16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) February 16th: Spencer Mooberry (North Dakota State) February 18th: #6 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) February 23rd: #23 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) February 25th: #30 Julien Broderson (Iowa State) Like Buchanan, Tanner Sloan represents the toughest test on the remaining slate for Rocky Elam. The pair have traded wins in each of the last two seasons, so he’s certainly a threat for the Mizzou All-American. Additionally, Elam has a matchup against Cornell All-American Jacob Cardenas in late-January. They have never met, though Cardenas looks much improved from last season. Outlook: So-So #4 Trent Hidlay (NC State): 16-0 January 26th: #13 Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) February 2nd: #18 Max Shaw (North Carolina) February 9th: Colden Dorfman (Virginia) February 16th: #8 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) February 18th: Kwasi Bonsu (Duke) February 23rd: #26 Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) Moving up to 197 lbs has been great for Trent Hidlay. He’s taken advantage of the new takedown rules and amassed bonus points in nearly 88% of his matches. Of his regular decisions, only Maryland’s Jaxon Smith was able to keep within a takedown of Hidlay. Though Cardenas represents his most significant challenge, Hidlay did major him in Vegas. Outlook: Highly Likely #9 John Poznanski (Rutgers): 10-0 January 19th: #29 Kael Wisler (Michigan State) January 21st: #32 Bobby Striggow (Michigan) January 27th: #24 Garrett Joles (Minnesota) February 4th: #22 Luke Geog (Ohio State) February 12th: #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) February 16th: #5 Jaxon Smith (Maryland) February 21st: Kolby Flank (Bloomsburg) If John Poznanski can channel the form that made him an All-American as a true freshman in 2021, Rutgers should be in good shape at the 2024 national tournament. Poznanski’s next three weeks should present him with a handful of solid challengers, but no one unbeatable. He will have a difficult pair of duals to close out the Big Ten schedule with Brooks and Smith. Outlook: Not good #14 Zach Glazier (Iowa): 15-0 January 19th: Ben Vanadia (Purdue) January 26th: Isaiah Pettigrew (Illinois) January 28th: Evan Bates (Northwestern) February 2nd: #32 Bobby Striggow (Michigan) February 9th: #1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) February 18th: Mike Tal-Shahar (Wisconsin) February 25th: #16 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) Without a doubt, the most shocking wrestler on this list is Zach Glazier and he sort of lost in the infamous Soldier Salute final against AJ Ferrari, but technically didn’t. There is certainly a path for Glazier to remain unbeaten leading into the Hawkeyes mega-dual with Penn State. Of course, Aaron Brooks is a different challenge. Outlook: Not good 285 lbs #1 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State): 6-0 January 19th: #4 Lucas Davison (Michigan) January 21st: Josh Terrill (Michigan State) January 28th: #23 Seth Nevills (Maryland) February 2nd: #17 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) February 9th: Bradley Hill/Ben Kueter (Iowa) February 12th: #7 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) February 18th: Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska) February 25th: Nick Lodato (Edinboro) Greg Kerkvliet missed some time due to an injury but has returned for the Big Ten duals. His biggest challenge of the regular season looms on Friday with Lucas Davison. February also could be tough with stud-freshman Nick Feldman, potentially seeing U20 world champion Ben Kueter in Iowa, and the always-difficult Yaraslau Slavikouski from Rutgers. Outlook: Very Good #2 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force): 14-0 January 26th: #31 Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) January 28th: Devon Dawson (North Dakota State) February 3rd: Christopher Island (California Baptist) February 9th: Chase Trussell (Utah Valley) February 11th: Will Jarrell (American) February 18th: Xavier Doolin (Northern Colorado) It’s hard to picture 2023 NCAA third-place finisher Wyatt Hendrickson stumbling with his upcoming schedule. He’ll head into the Big 12 tournament without having faced currently unbeaten conference opponents Yonger Bastida and Zach Elam. Outlook: Highly Likely #3 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State): 15-0 January 26th: #14 Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) January 27th: #9 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) February 2nd: Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) February 11th: #16 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) February 25th: #6 Zach Elam (Missouri) Along with Hidlay, no other wrestler has benefited from a move up in weights like Yonger Bastida has, going from 197 to heavyweight. Bastida has been one of the most high-scoring big men in the country, routinely racking up double digits in points. The match to circle is the final one of the year against Zach Elam. We’ll see if the Tiger big man can’t slow Bastida down and/or score enough to keep up with him. Outlook: Very Good #6 Zach Elam (Missouri): 15-0 January 26th: Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) January 28th: #19 Lewis Fernandes (Cornell) February 4th: #9 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) February 16th: Devon Dawson (North Dakota State) February 18th: #31 Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) February 23rd: #16 Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) February 25th: #3 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) Before fast-forwarding to the Bastida matchup, you have to consider opponents like Konner Doucet and Tyrell Gordon. Though Zach Elam has never lost to either, they both have taken him to extra time. One slip-up against either could ruin his perfect record. Plus, the mammoth matchup against Bastida. Outlook: So-So #7 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers): 12-0 January 19th: Josh Terrill (Michigan State) January 21st: #4 Lucas Davison (Michigan) January 27th: #28 Bennett Tabor (Minnesota) February 4th: #17 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) February 12th: #1 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) February 16th: #23 Seth Nevills (Maryland) February 21st: Shane Noonan (Bloomsburg) Yaraslau Slavikouski has solidified the back of the Rutgers lineup and gives Scott Goodale’s team a podium threat at a weight class where they generally have not had one. Slavikouski has yet to face a top-15 opponent while wrestling with the Block R, though that could change this weekend. On Sunday, he could face Davison during Rutgers’ Michigan road trip. If that’s not enough, he has bouts with Nick Feldman and top-ranked Greg Kerkvliet on the docket in February. Outlook: Not good

The B1G Ten dual meet season is in full swing and things are heating up. Between new heavyweights making appearances, incredible atmospheres, and buzzer-beating takedowns, it’s already been an exciting time for fans. With that being said, let’s take a look at five moments from the past week that caught our eye. Turley and Blockhus Claim Big Upsets Later on in this article, you’ll hear about Iowa rolling to some dominating wins. But I want to draw some attention to the upset win at 157 when the Hawkeyes took on Minnesota. Michael Blockhus came back this season on a mission, and he’s had some missteps so far, but on Monday night he was ready to battle. Late in the bout as he trailed 4-2 to #2-ranked Jared Franek, the Bellator MMA fighter, collected the winning takedown and rideout to hand Franek his first loss of the season. On the East Coast, Rutgers All-American Jackson Turley brewed up his own upset du jour against undefeated Donnell Washington of Indiana, who came in ranked 9th at 174. But Turley went big as he defeated Washington by 15-0 technical. Turley threw a bag of tricks at Washington and everything hit. It was one of those moments we’ve seen from Turley where everything is clicking. If the same person shows up in March he will find himself on the podium once again. Penn State Flawlessly Flexes Even for a squad as deadly as Penn State, a team that epitomizes track 2 of Dj Khaled’s Victory album, flawlessness is rare. However, it was accomplished last weekend when the Nittany Lions shutout Indiana 46-0. But it wasn’t just the shutout that I’m talking about, PSU didn’t give up a takedown throughout the entire dual. This weekend they face off against a high-powered Michigan team in what will surely be a must-watch dual. Iowa continues to roll Admittedly, I didn’t know what to think of the Hawkeyes before the season began. I figured they’d be a strong team, but at the time there were pending suspensions, transfers in and out of the program, and speculations on who would step up in the lineup. Fast forward to now, and Iowa is 7-0 and has shown that they remain one of the toughest teams to beat in the country. Despite some fireworks from a few short weeks ago, from a competitive standpoint the team appears to have rallied and guys have stepped up. Patrick Kennedy has looked better in the lineup at 174, Zach Glazier has proven to be a real competitor at 197 after beating the returning B1G champ Silas Allred Friday night, and Drake Ayala appears to be a national championship threat at 125. Not to mention we got our first sighting of Ben Kueter at heavyweight Monday night against Minnesota. The Hawkeyes next dual is this Friday against Purdue at Carver Hawkeye Arena. Michigan with a strong weekend Michigan traveled to Maryland Friday before returning home to take on the Michigan State Spartans Sunday at the Crisler Center. These duals weren’t supposed to be huge challenges for the Wolverines, but in the B1G conference, anything can happen. To their credit, they took care of business in both duals. Against Maryland, Michigan only lost one match to #5-ranked Jason Smith at 197. They even got a win at 157 with Zack Mattin filling in for Will Lewan. Despite some travel issues, Michigan made it back in time to take on the Spartans in Ann Arbor. Caleb Fish got a win over #5 Cameron Amine in dramatic fashion, but that match was expected to be close, as it always is. Next up the Wolverines have their biggest test of the season as they welcome the Nittany Lions to Ann Arbor Friday night, followed by the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers Sunday. Maryland Bounces Back on Sunday Despite a tough dual against Michigan Friday night, the Terrapins bounced back against Northwestern on Sunday. After dropping the first match at 125, Maryland rattled off three straight technical falls at 133, 141, and 149, followed by an upset win for Michael North by fall over #13 Trevor Chumbley. That stretch led to 21 of their eventual 29 dual meet points. Their next two wins came in come-from-behind fashion by Dominic Solis at 174 and eventually a technical fall at 197 from Jaxon Smith. Six wins is typically enough to win a dual meet, but especially when five of those six are technical falls, or pins. Maryland wrestles Ohio State in Columbus next on Friday. It’ll be interesting to see how this dual ends up with Ohio State dealing with a slew of injuries to their starting lineup. They remain very tough though, so this should end up being a fun dual to watch. Bonus Points Check out this week’s conference crossover conversation. Holmes, Claunch, and Wendell discuss Nebraska vs Iowa, Andonian’s injury and some of Cornell’s studs looking gassed against Lehigh.

Air Force (Overall: 2-4; Conference: 0-2): Dual Results (WYO) | Dual Results (CP) The Falcons hosted two duals but dropped both to Wyoming and Cal Poly. Giano Petrucelli, Sam Wolf, and Wyatt Hendrickson went 2-0 on the weekend, with Petrucelli and Hendrickson getting bonus points in each. Hendrickson scored two falls to get his season total up to 11; over the weekend he spent just 1:18 on the mat to get his wins. Next Up: Air Force competes against SDSU and NDSU on the road on January 26th and 28th. California Baptist (Overall: 3-6; Conference: 0-3): Dual Results California Baptist dropped a 20-12 dual against conference opponent Northern Colorado over the weekend, but got a big upset. Eli Griffin kicked off the dual with a 7-4 upset over Big 12 champ Stevo Poulin despite a third-period injury that slowed him down. Dayne Morton, Carter Schubert, and Nathan Haas also won decisions. After a slow start to the year, Griffin is back to looking like a contender in a chaotic weight class. Next Up: California Baptist heads north to compete against Big 12 foes NDSU and SDSU on January 20th and 21st respectively. Iowa State (Overall: 9-1; Conference: 2-0): Dual Results The Cyclones had a dual against Pitt canceled due to the snowstorm, but still got a conference win over the visiting Wolverines. They beat Utah Valley 44-3 including seven bonus wins and a forfeit at heavyweight. Zach Redding continues to man the 149 spot and scored a late takedown to beat Isaiah Delgado. Julien Broderson lost to one of two ranked Utah Valley wrestlers, dropping a 6-1 decision to Evan Bockman. Next Up: Iowa State duals Oklahoma on January 26th and Oklahoma State on January 27th. Missouri (Overall: 7-0; Conference: 3-0): Dual Results The Tigers briefly escaped the cold, heading west for a dual against a young but tough Stanford team. They dominated with a 39-0 win and six bonus point wins. Noah Surtin hit a big move late to major Nico Provo 12-3. Logan Gioffre got his biggest win of the year with an 8-1 decision over Jaden Abas. Gioffre is now 5-4 on the year with all of his losses coming to top eight wrestlers. Brock Mauller got back in the win column over Daniel Cardenas, winning the takedown battle 4-1. Peyton Mocco returned to the lineup with a 21-8 major over Ty Monteiro. This was the team's first shutout win over a Division I team since 2021. Next Up: Missouri had the UNI Open on January 20th, but the event is canceled. It sounds like they are looking to find competition, but if not, they dual West Virginia on January 26th. North Dakota State (Overall: 1-6; Conference: 0-1): No Competition. Next Up: The Bison return to competition with duals against California Baptist and Northern Colorado on January 20th and 21st respectively. Northern Colorado (Overall: 8-2; Conference: 1-1): Dual Results (CP) | Dual Results (CBU) Northern Colorado went 1-1 in duals and got their first conference win of the season. They dropped a 23-15 dual against Cal Poly, winning four matches. Stevo Poulin majored Dom Mendez while Vinny Zerban majored Legend Lamer. Dom Serrano took Zeth Romney to overtime, but lost with a takedown. The team beat California Baptist 20-12, but Stevo Poulin was upset by Eli Griffin. Overall they won six matches there, including bonus points from Dom Serrano and Xavier Doolin. Next Up: The Bears stay on the road with duals against SDSU and NDSU on January 19th and 21st respectively. Northern Iowa (Overall: 3-4; Conference: 2-0): Dual Results Despite a blizzard, the Panthers found a way to dual Utah Valley and get their second conference win of the season. Initially, it looked like the dual was going to be canceled, as the Wolverines were stuck in Ames with the weather. Iowa State graciously allowed the teams to compete in their facility. They beat Utah Valley 32-6 winning eight matches and scoring bonus points in four of them. Julian Farber, Cael Happel, and Ryder Downey all scored major decisions, while Parker Keckeisen scored a tech. Adam Allard lost 5-0 to Isaiah Delgado and Wyatt Voelker was upset by Evan Bockman. Next Up: With the UNI Open being canceled, the team next has Oklahoma State and Oklahoma duals on January 26th and 27th. Oklahoma State (Overall: 7-0; Conference: 3-0): Dual Results (PITT) | Dual Results (WVU) The Cowboys continued their dominant run, taking out Pittsburgh 31-6 and West Virginia 29-9. Spratley had an impressive weekend, pinning Colton Camacho before majoring Jace Schafer. Daton Fix dominated Vince Santaniello 11-0 but gave up a surprising 3rd-period rideout. Tagen Jamison navigated a dangerous Cole Matthews with an 8-2 win and won a wild one against Jordan Titus. Sammy Alvarez got the start at 149lbs and went 1-1, majoring ranked Finn Solomon before dropping a close 4-2 match to true freshman standout Ty Watters. Brayden Thompson dropped a match to Luca Augustine, again going to rideouts but being unable to escape or score in overtime. Izzak Olejnik won a funky match over Holden Heller before dropping a 5-1 decision to Peyton Hall for his first defeat of the year. A penalty point for a headgear pull and a takedown for Hall was the match, but Olejnik was in deep a few times late. Luke Surber made a return to the lineup, dropping a 5-2 match to Mac Stout. Afterward, it sounded like Surber may have suffered a leg injury, and missed the WVU dual. Konner Doucet notched a top-ten win over Dayton Pitzer, scoring a reversal during a locked-hands call for the 3-0 win. Troy Spratley, Daton Fix, Tagen Jamison, Teague Travis, Dustin Plott, and Konner Doucet went 2-0 on the weekend. Next Up: Oklahoma State returns home for a dual with Oregon State on January 21st. Oklahoma (Overall: 5-3; Conference: 2-2): Virginia Dual Results There were a number of late schedule changes, but the Sooners ended up going 1-1 at the Virginia Duals. They beat Navy in an impressive 24-11 win before dropping to Wisconsin 22-16. Stephen Buchanan, Jared Hill, and Josh Heindselman went 2-0 on the day. Jace Koelzer scored an upset over Brendan Ferretti of Navy but was majored by Wisconsin’s Nicolar Rivera. Cael Carlson and Tate Picklo had a rough day going 0-2 to ranked opponents. Giuseppe Hoose got a ranked win, taking out David Key in overtime 7-4. Willie McDougald went 1-1, beating Navy but losing 2-1 to Joseph Zargo for the second time this season. Next Up: The Sooners have a week off before hosting Iowa State and Northern Iowa. South Dakota State (Overall: 6-2; Conference: 0-0): Virginia Dual Results The Jackrabbits also went to the Virginia Duals and went 2-0, blanking Kent State and handling Navy 30-13. The team averaged a tech against Kent State with five techs, three falls, a major, and a regular decision. Against Navy, they dropped matches at 141, 165, and 285. Clay Carlson dropped a 3-1 decision to Josh Koderhandt while Tanner Cook was majored by Andrew Cerniglia. The team got big wins at 174 and 184, as Cade DeVos blanked Danny Wask 5-0 and Bennett Berge beat David Key 9-6. Add in a fall, two major decisions, and two techs and the Jackrabbits looked dominant. Next Up: South Dakota State hosts Northern Colorado on January 19th and California Baptist on January 21st. Utah Valley (Overall: 1-2; Conference: 0-2): Dual Results (ISU) | Dual Results (UNI) The Wolverines braved the blizzard to compete in Iowa, dropping duals to Iowa State and Northern Iowa. Evan Bockman went a solid 2-0 against ranked opponents, beating Julien Broderson and Wyatt Voelker. Isaiah Delgado was the only other Wolverine to get a win, beating UNI’s Adam Allard. Haiden Drury appears to be the starter at 141 after starting the year at 133, while Delgado appears to have won the 149 spot over Ty Smith. Next Up: Utah Valley hosts Wyoming on January 20th. West Virginia (Overall: 8-2; Conference: 2-2): Dual Results West Virginia hosted OK State and dropped the dual 29-9. The team got wins from Peyton Hall, Ty Watters, and Austin Cooley. Hall took out red-hot Izzak Olejnik, with a late takedown in the second and showcased some crazy knee flexibility defensively in the third. Watters had a wild one with Sammy Alvarez, getting the 4-2 win in a match filled with back-and-forth scrambles. Jordan Titus was razor close with Tagen Jamison, showing some good and dangerous defense throughout the match. Alex Hornfeck got the start against Teague Travis, and wrestled close before dropping a 5-2 match. Next Up: West Virginia hosts Missouri in a big conference dual January 26th before traveling to take on Morgan State on January 28th. Wyoming (Overall: 4-5; Conference: 2-3): Dual Results Wyoming got their second conference win of the season with a dominant 30-14 dual win over Air Force. In a dual that had bonus points in eight matches, the Cowboys were on the winning side in five of them. The team started 5-0 in the dual with Jore Volk beating an always-tough Tucker Owens 11-6. True freshmen Cole Brooks and Joey Novak continue to impress with tech falls. Garrett Ricks has now started two of the last three duals, while Birdwell started in the Nebraska dual. Next Up: Wyoming hosts Air Force on January 12th for another Big 12 dual.

This week on the Conference Crossover Conversation, the guys recap some of the highlights from the last week, such as the Iowa/Nebraska dual, Lehigh/Cornell, notable happenings in the ACC and Big Ten, along with the injury woes of Ohio State. They also look ahead to another busy week of quality events and much more. For the full show: Click Here

Little Rock has become anything but a little program during the 2023-24 season. Although Little Rock’s program is still taking baby steps, the program has been setting records each week. “There is a big gratitude for all the guys for believing in what we are doing and they have bought in so many different ways,” coach Neil Erisman said. “We always believed we could be this type of team and it’s fun to see it come together.” Little Rock’s achievements have come in various ways, including nine dual wins and counting, being ranked top 25 for the first time, finishing top 10 at multiple tournaments, and more. The Trojans have been able to create these records while competing in its fifth season. “It starts with the quality and character of the kids we are recruiting,” Erisman said. “We get the right guys who love what we talk about, what we believe in, and jump wholeheartedly into it.” Even though Little Rock continues to rise, it was not always smooth sailing for the Trojans. First, Erisman and the squad had to celebrate the small victories. “It started with celebrating that we didn’t get tech falled in a match,” Erisman said. “Through that, it gave the guys a real sense of gratefulness.” In addition, Erisman and his staff had to make sure to keep confidence flowing high despite tough times. Lastly, Erisman stated the toughest thing about building Little Rock is having no mentors for the wrestlers. “In the end, the culture of your team is who they are when the coaches are not around,” Erisman said. “When you have a group of young kids coming in and buying into a dream, they don’t know it and haven’t been through it. Everything they were doing, they were learning for the first time.” Luckily, Joseph Bianchi, Tyler Brennan, and a couple of other Trojans have continued to build a culture since the first day on campus. “They didn’t quit, which goes a long way,” Erisman said. “I have some guys who stayed the course when it looked like it wasn’t possible and now they are showing these young guys. I can’t be grateful enough for the old guys who were mentally and physically strong enough to survive what we had gone through.” In addition, Little Rock’s underclassmen have provided a spark. “It’s not a greater feeling than a young guy helping change the culture towards a higher level of success,” Erisman said. “Nasir Bailey and Stephen Little have elevated the mentality and expectations. They bet on themselves and it gave some of the other guys confidence.” Bailey currently ranks 13th at 133 pounds with a 16-2 record. He is the first Little Rock freshman to win Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week, to be ranked and upset a ranked wrestler. Little ranks 11th with a record of 11-2. The redshirt freshman defeated a top 5 ranked wrestler and was the first Trojan to be ranked top 10. “You can get hyped up that Nasir and Stephen will be in a match they can win,” Erisman said. “Last year, we got our first-ranked wins. It shows things are possible.” As the postseason is arriving, Little Rock’s final goal is to finish in the top 25 in the country. In addition, they have the confidence to shock their rivals and win a Pac-12 title. Although Erisman is still looking to build Little Rock into the next powerhouse, he is grateful for the first five years at Little Rock. “I have enjoyed doing this journey with all these guys, especially seeing the older guys mature,” Erisman said. “I saw some pictures and videos and they were babies when they got here. I am grateful for them because we have been through a lot together.”

Below is a recap of last week’s EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting. Key Takeaways #28 Lehigh upsets #8 Cornell at home Beard of Lehigh dominates two All-Americans in back-to-back matches Harvard’s Sotelo knocks off #1 Noto of Lock Haven at 125lbs Leo Tarantino of Harvard beats All-American #24 Kane of North Carolina Jarrell of American defeats #9 Ghadiali of Campbell Columbia’s #23 Lennox Wolak defeats #10 Pasiuk of Army at 174lbs Navy’s #20 Josh Koderhandt beats 2X All-American #22 Carlson of SDSU Joe Dubuque earns first win a Head Coach with win over Rider American The Eagles were on a road trip in California. On Friday, they had a tough loss to Cal Poly 39-3. Raymond Lopez had the lone win at 141 lbs. On Sunday, they took on Campbell, CSU Bakersfield, and Central Michigan – going 1-2 in those duals. Max Leete was 3-0 on the day with a win over #20 Zaccone. Will Jarrell (285 lbs) had the biggest upset when he beat #8 Ghadiali of Campbell. Jack Maida took his first loss of the season to Molton of Campbell. Cal Poly 39 – American 3 125 - #29 Dom Mendez (CP) major dec. Shamil Kalmatov (AU), 14-2 (Cal Poly 4-0) 133 - #9 Zeth Romney (CP) pinned Maximilian Leete (AU), 0:24 (Cal Poly 10-0) 141 - Raymond Lopez (AU) dec. Abe Hinrichsen (CP), 8-5 (Cal Poly 10-3) 149 - #6 Chance Lamer (CP) tech fall. Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 22-4 (3:32) (Cal Poly 15-3) 157 - #29 Legend Lamer (CP) pinned Devon Capato (AU), 1:59 (Cal Poly 21-3) 165 - Michael Goldfeder (CP) dec. Breon Phifer (AU), 17-11 (Cal Poly 24-3) 174 - Daschle Lamer (CP) dec. Lucas White (AU), 7-2 (Cal Poly 27-3) 184 - Kendall La Rosa (CP) dec. Connor Bourne (AU), 4-1 SV (Cal Poly 30-3) 197 - Jarad Priest (CP) major dec. Liam Volk-Klos (AU), 17-5 (Cal Poly 34-3) 285 - #24 Trevor Tinker (CP) tech. fall Will Jarrell (AU), 17-1 (5:10) (Cal Poly 39-3) Campbell 26 – American 9 125 - Anthony Molton (Campbell) tech. fall #16 Jack Maida (AU), 25-7 (6:27) (CU 5-0) 133 - Maximilian Leete (AU) dec. #20 Dom Zaccone (Campbell), 11-6 (CU 5-3) 141 - Wynton Denkins (Campbell) dec. Raymond Lopez (AU), 13-11 (CU 8-3) 149 - Hagen Heistand (Campbell) dec. Jack Nies (AU), 4-2 (CU 11-3) 157 - Chris Earnest (Campbell) dec. Kaden Milheim (AU), 5-0 (CU 14-3) 165 - #33 Dom Baker (Campbell) major dec. Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 13-4 (CU 18-3) 174 - Lucas White (AU) dec. Riley Augustine (Campbell), 8-2 (CU 18-6) 184 - Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) dec. Connor Bourne (AU), 4-3 (CU 21-6) 197 - #20 Levi Hopkins (Campbell) tech. fall Liam Volk-Klos (AU), 18-3 (6:55) (CU 26-6) 285 - Will Jarrell (AU) dec. #8 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell), 7-0 (CU 26-9) American 38 – CSU Bakersfield 8 125 - #16 Jack Maida (AU) dec. Richie Castro-Sandoval (CSUB), 1-0 (AU 3-0) 133 - Maximilian Leete (AU) tech. fall Santino Sanchez (CSUB), 18-3 (AU 8-0) 141 - Raymond Lopez (AU) tech. fall Mikey Folch (CSUB), 18-1 (6:24) (AU 13-0) 149 - Ethan Szerencsits (AU) dec. Brock Rogers (CSUB), 6-5 (AU 16-0) 157 - Devyn Flores-Che (CSUB) major dec. Kaden Milheim (AU), 10-2 (AU 16-4) 165 - Guillermo Escobedo (CSUB) major dec. Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 10-1 (AU 16-8) 174 - Lucas White (AU) tech. fall Augustine Garcia (CSUB), 15-0 (2:16) (AU 21-8) 184 - Connor Bourne (AU) pinned Braden Smelser (CSUB), 2:52 (AU 27-8) 197 - Caleb Beaty (AU) pinned Ryan Arrington (CSUB), 1:51 (AU 33-8) 285 - Will Jarrell (AU) dec. Jake Andrews (CSUB) 4-0 (AU 36-8) Central Michigan 22 – American 12 125 - #16 Jack Maida (AU) dec. Sean Spidle (CMU), 2-1 (AU 3-0) 133 - Maximilian Leete (AU) dec. Vince Perez (CMU), 6-5 (AU 6-0) 141 - Jimmy Nugent (CMU) dec. Raymond Lopez (AU), 18-13 (AU 6-3) 149 - #16 Corbyn Munson (CMU) dec. Jack Nies (AU), 4-0 (Tied 6-6) 157 - #27 Johnny Lovett (CMU) major dec. Kaden Milheim (AU), 14-2 (CMU 10-6) 165 - Tracy Hubbard (CMU) major dec. Ryan Zimmerman (AU), 19-8 (CMU 14-6) 174 - #19 Alex Cramer (CMU) major dec. Lucas White (AU), 12-0 (CMU 18-6) 184 - Connor Bourne (AU) dec. Cody Brenner (CMU), 8-3 (CMU 18-9) 197 - Cameron Wood (CMU) major dec. Caleb Beaty (AU), 13-4 (CMU 22-9) 285 - Will Jarrell (AU) dec. Bryan Caves (CMU), 6-0 (CMU 22-12) The Eagles will face Bucknell this weekend in an EIWA matchup. Army The Black Knights hosted two EIWA teams on Sunday in Columbia and Drexel. They won 25-13 over Columbia and 26-9 against Drexel. The lightweights in Ethan Berginc (#30 @ 125 lbs) and Braden Basile (#33 @ 133 lbs) were each 2-0 on the day. At 157 lbs, Nate Lukez was 2-0 on the day as well. Army 25 – Columbia 13 125: #30 Ethan Berginc (ARMY) def. Nick Babin (COL) | Fall, 1:21 133: #33 Braden Basile (ARMY) def. Sulayman Bah (COL) | Fall, 3:41 141: Kai Owen (COL) def. Rich Treanor (ARMY) | Dec., 9-4 149: Matthew Williams (ARMY) def. Richard Fedalen (COL) | Dec., 4-1 157: Nathan Lukez (ARMY) def. Jaden Le (COL) | Dec., 9-5 165: #26 Gunner Filipowicz (ARMY) def. Andrew Garr (COL) | Dec., 8-3 174: #23 Lennox Wolak (COL) def. #10 Ben Pasiuk (ARMY) | Dec., 10-7 184: #31 Aaron Ayzerov (COL) def. Daniel Lawrence (ARMY) | MD, 11-0 197: #28 Jack Wehmeyer (COL) def. Wolfgang Frable (ARMY) | Dec., 8-2 HWT: #26 Lucas Stoddard (ARMY) def. Vincent Mueller (COL) | MD, 14-3 Army 26 - Drexel 9 184: Justin Griffith def. Daniel Lawrence (Army West Point), Dec 4-1; Drexel 3-0 197: Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) def. Ibrahim Ameer, MD 18-5; Army 4-3 285: Austin Kohlhofer (Army West Point) def. Santino Morina, Dec 6-1; Army 7-3 125: #29 Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) def. Desmond Pleasant, Dec 8-7; Army 10-3 133: #31 Braden Basile (Army West Point) def. Jaxon Maroney, Dec 1-0; Army 13-3 141: Jordan Soriano def. Logan Brown (Army West Point), Dec 7-4; Army 13-6 149: Dom Findora def. #33 Thomas Deck (Army West Point), Dec 7-6; Army 13-9 157: Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) def. Tyler Williams, MD 8-0; Army 17-9 165: #25 Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) def. Cody Walsh, Dec 9-4; Army 20-9 174: #10 Benjamin Pasiuk (Army West Point) def. Jack Janda, Fall 1:08; Army 26-9 Army’s schedule this week includes a dual at Binghamton. Binghamton The Bearcats were on the road at Lehigh on Friday, where they dropped the dual 29-12. The following day, they defeated Drexel and Buffalo at home. Brevin Cassella (#22 @ 165lbs) and Jacob Nolan (#13 @ 184lbs) each were 3-0 on the weekend. No. 28 Lehigh 29 - Binghamton 12 125: Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) def. Carson Wagner (BU) MD 17-3, Lehigh 4 BU 0 133: No. 1/1 Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) def. Micah Roes (BU) TF 19-1 6:36, Lehigh 9 BU 0 141: No. 13/16 Malyke Hines (Lehigh) def. Ivan Garcia (BU) TF 17-2 7:00, Lehigh 14 BU 0 149: Caleb Sweet (BU) def. Drew Munch (Lehigh) DEC 8-6, Lehigh 14 BU 3 157: No. 25/24 Max Brignola (Lehigh) def. Fin Nadeau (BU) TF 23-8 6:31, Lehigh 19 BU 3 165: No. 20/22 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. No. 27/NR Jake Logan (Lehigh) DEC 6-3, Lehigh 19 BU 6 174: Will Ebert (BU) def. Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) DEC 7-4 SV, Lehigh 19 BU 9 184: No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Jack Wilt (Lehigh) DEC 8-1, Lehigh 19, BU 12 197: No. 10/9 Michael Beard (Lehigh) def. No. 7/14 Lou DePrez (BU) MD 12-1, Lehigh 23 BU 12 285: No. 11/10 Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) def. No. 19/21 Cory Day (BU) FALL 5:45, Lehigh 29 BU 12 Binghamton 19 - Drexel 15 165: No. 20/22 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. Cody Walsh (Drexel) DEC 4-1, BU 3 Drexel 0 174: Jack Janda (Drexel) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-1, BU 3 Drexel 3 184: No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Justin Griffith (Drexel) TF 16-0 4:49, BU 8 Drexel 3 197: No. 7/14 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) TF 22-1 4:01, BU 13 Drexel 3 285: No. 19/21 Cory Day (BU) def. Santino Morina (Drexel) DEC 12-5, BU 16, Drexel 3 125: Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 5-2 SV, BU 16, Drexel 6 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) DEC 2-0, BU 19 Drexel 6 141: Jordan Soriano (Drexel) def. Nate Lucier (BU) DEC 9-3, BU 19 Drexel 9 149: Dom Findora (Drexel) def. Jordan Brown (BU) DEC 6-3, BU 19 Drexel 12 157: Tyler Williams (Drexel) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 7-1, BU 19 Drexel 15 Binghamton 31 - Buffalo 3 125: Carson Wagner (BU) def. Max Elton (Buffalo) DEC 10-4, BU 3 Buffalo 0 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Tommy Maddox (Buffalo) MD 14-5, BU 7 Buffalo 0 141: Nate Lucier (BU) def. Caleb Brooks (Buffalo) DEC 2-1 TB4, BU 10 Buffalo 0 149: Caleb Sweet (BU) def. No. 33/NR Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) DEC 2-1, BU 13 Buffalo 0 157: Carter Baer (BU) def. Nick Stampoulos (Buffalo) DEC 4-0, BU 16 Buffalo 0 165: No. 20/22 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. Hunter Shaut (Buffalo) MD 8-0, BU 20 Buffalo 0 174: Jay Nivison (Buffalo) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-1 SV, BU 20 Buffalo 3 184: No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) MD 11-0, BU 24 Buffalo 3 197: No. 7/14 Lou DePrez (BU) def. No. 31/NR Sam Mitchell (Buffalo) DEC 8-2, BU 27 Buffalo 3 285: No. 19/21 Cory Day (BU) def. Lonnell Owens-Pabon (Buffalo) MD 12-0, BU 31 Buffalo 3 Next weekend, Binghamton will “go to battle” with Army and Navy at home. Brown The Bears had their first dual meets of the season this weekend on the road. They went 1-2 with a win over Davidson and losses to The Citadel and North Carolina. Hunter Adrian was 2-1 on the weekend at 141lbs, as was Blake Saito at 157lbs and Jonathan Conrad at 174lbs. Brown 24, Davidson 10 125: Double Forfeit 133: Hunter Adrian (Brown) def. John Hager (Davidson) DEC 6-1 141: Ian Oswalt (Brown) def. Jackson Sichelstiel (Davidson) MD 9-1 149: Tyler-Xavier McKnight (Davidson) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown) DEC 5-2 157: Blake Saito (Brown) def. Tanner Peake (Davidson) MD 8-0 165: Marc Koch (Davidson) def. Dominic Frontino (Brown) SV-1 8-5 174: Jonathan Conrad (Brown) def. Brett Sanderlin (Davidson) MD 9-0 184: Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown) MD 13-4 197: James Araneo (Brown) def. Cameo Blankenship (Davidson) DEC 5-0 285: Alex Semenenko (Brown) def. Jake Fernicola (Davidson) FALL 1:44 The Citadel 26, Brown 10 125: Malik Hardy (The Citadel) Win by Forfeit 133: Hunter Adrian (Brown) def. Brayton Killiri (The Citadel) DEC 16-13 141: Jacob Silka (The Citadel) def. Justin Bierdumpfel (Brown) DEC 7-3 149: Jeffrey Boyd (The Citadel) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown) MD 18-5 157: Blake Saito (Brown) def. Hayden Watson (The Citadel) DEC 6-1 165: Benjy Haubert (The Citadel) def. Keegan Rothrock (Brown) DEC 3-0 174: Jonathan Conrad (Brown) def. Brodie Porter (The Citadel) MD 18-5 184: Adam Ortega (The Citadel) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown) MD 14-2 197: Patrick Brophy (The Citadel) def. James Araneo (Brown) DEC 11-6 285: Ben Stemmet (The Citadel) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown) Dec 8-2 #27 North Carolina 40 - Brown 0 125: Marco Tocci (UNC) def. Forfeit 133: Jace Palmer (UNC) def. Hunter Adrian (Brown): 8-7 Dec 141: No. 5 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) def. Ian Oswalt (Brown): 17-3 MD 149: Will Guida (UNC) def. Sam McMonagle (Brown): 9-1 MD 157: Sonny Santiago (UNC) def. Blake Saito (Brown): 6-1 Dec 165: Isaias Estrada (UNC) def. Dominic Frontino (Brown): 11-3 MD 174: Tyler Eischens (UNC) def. Jonathan Conrad (Brown): 12-3 MD 184: No. 24 Gavin Kane (UNC) def. Nicholas Olivieri (Brown): 6-0 Dec 197: No. 18 Max Shaw (UNC) def. James Araneo (Brown): Fall (1:11) 285: Cade Lautt (UNC) def. Alex Semenenko (Brown): 9-5 Dec The Bears will be getting some rest this weekend before continuing EIWA duals. Bucknell The Bison took on EIWA-foe LIU on the road and came away with a 25-11 victory. Bucknell won seven of ten bouts, including a forfeit at heavyweight. Myles Takats, at 174lbs, was the only victor by bonus points. Bucknell 25, LIU 11 125: Robbie Sagaris (LIU) dec. over Grayson McLellan (BUC), 6-3 (LIU 3-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over Christopher Betancourt (LIU), 5-0 (3-3) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) dec. over Braden Bower (BUC), 3-1 (LIU 6-3) 149: Riley Bower (BUC) dec. over Drew Witham (LIU), 4-1 (6-6) 157: Kolby DePron (BUC) dec. over Rhise Royster (LIU), 6-2 (BUC 9-6) 165: James Johnston (LIU) tech fall over Miles Bassett (BUC), 16-0 (3:34) (LIU 11-9) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) maj. dec. over Corey Connolly (LIU), 12-2 (BUC 13-11) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) SV-1 over Anthony D'Alesio (LIU), 7-4 (BUC 16-11) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) dec. over John Dusza (LIU), 10-8 (BUC 19-11) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) won by forfeit, (BUC 25-11) For the Bison, next week’s agenda includes duals with Morgan State and American. Columbia The Lions were on the road at Army for a dual. They lost 25-13. Lennox Wolak (#23 @ 174 lbs) had a big win over #10 Pasiuk. #31 Aaron Ayzerov had the only bonus point victory for the team at 184 lbs. Army 25 – Columbia 13 125: #30 Ethan Berginc (ARMY) def. Nick Babin (COL) | Fall, 1:21 133: #33 Braden Basile (ARMY) def. Sulayman Bah (COL) | Fall, 3:41 141: Kai Owen (COL) def. Rich Treanor (ARMY) | Dec., 9-4 149: Matthew Williams (ARMY) def. Richard Fedalen (COL) | Dec., 4-1 157: Nathan Lukez (ARMY) def. Jaden Le (COL) | Dec., 9-5 165: #26 Gunner Filipowicz (ARMY) def. Andrew Garr (COL) | Dec., 8-3 174: #23 Lennox Wolak (COL) def. #10 Ben Pasiuk (ARMY) | Dec., 10-7 184: #31 Aaron Ayzerov (COL) def. Daniel Lawrence (ARMY) | MD, 11-0 197: #28 Jack Wehmeyer (COL) def. Wolfgang Frable (ARMY) | Dec., 8-2 HWT: #26 Lucas Stoddard (ARMY) def. Vincent Mueller (COL) | MD, 14-3 Columbia is not scheduled to compete next weekend. Cornell (#8) The Big Red were on the road against #28 Lehigh, dropping the dual in a hostile environment. They had two ranked wins individually. At 141 lbs, #17 Vince Cornella had a win over #16 Hines. At 157 lbs, #14 Meyer Shapiro had a decision over #24 Brignola. Julian Ramirez (#3 @ 165 lbs) scored the only bonus point win for Cornell. It may be important to note that Vito Arujau is still sidelined with an injury. Lehigh (#28) 17 – Cornell (#8) 16 133: No. 1 Ryan Crookham def. Ethan Qureshi 19-4 by technical fall 141: No. 17 Vince Cornella def. No. 16 Malyke Hines 5-1 by decision 149: No. 25 Ethan Fernandez def. Kelvin Griffin 6-3 by decision 157: No. 14 Meyer Shapiro def. No. 24 Max Brignola 8-2 by decision 165: No. 3 Julian Ramirez def. Jake Logan 11-3 by major decision 174: Connor Herceg def. Benny Baker 10-4 by decision 184: No. 8 Chris Foca def. Jack Wilt 16-9 by decision 197: No. 9 Michael Beard def. No. 7 Jacob Cardenas 10-3 by decision 285: No. 10 Nathan Taylor def. No. 19 Lewis Fernandes 6-2 by decision 125: Luke Stanich def. No. 14 Brett Ungar 2-0 by decision The Big Red will be off next weekend before they have three duals the following week. Drexel The Dragons were in the state of New York competing against Binghamton and Army. They were defeated in both duals. Both Jordan Soriano and Dom Findora were 2-0 on the weekend at 141 and 149lbs, respectively. Findora’s win over a ranked Williams of Army was a quality win for him. Binghamton 19 - Drexel 15 165: No. 20/22 Brevin Cassella (BU) def. Cody Walsh (Drexel) DEC 4-1, BU 3 Drexel 0 174: Jack Janda (Drexel) def. Dimitri Gamkrelidze (BU) DEC 4-1, BU 3 Drexel 3 184: No. 16/13 Jacob Nolan (BU) def. Justin Griffith (Drexel) TF 16-0 4:49, BU 8 Drexel 3 197: No. 7/14 Lou DePrez (BU) def. Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) TF 22-1 4:01, BU 13 Drexel 3 285: No. 19/21 Cory Day (BU) def. Santino Morina (Drexel) DEC 12-5, BU 16, Drexel 3 125: Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) def. Carson Wagner (BU) DEC 5-2 SV, BU 16, Drexel 6 133: Micah Roes (BU) def. Jaxon Maroney (Drexel) DEC 2-0, BU 19 Drexel 6 141: Jordan Soriano (Drexel) def. Nate Lucier (BU) DEC 9-3, BU 19 Drexel 9 149: Dom Findora (Drexel) def. Jordan Brown (BU) DEC 6-3, BU 19 Drexel 12 157: Tyler Williams (Drexel) def. Carter Baer (BU) DEC 7-1, BU 19 Drexel 15 Army 26 - Drexel 9 184: Justin Griffith def. Daniel Lawrence (Army West Point), Dec 4-1; Drexel 3-0 197: Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) def. Ibrahim Ameer, MD 18-5; Army 4-3 285: Austin Kohlhofer (Army West Point) def. Santino Morina, Dec 6-1; Army 7-3 125: #29 Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) def. Desmond Pleasant, Dec 8-7; Army 10-3 133: #31 Braden Basile (Army West Point) def. Jaxon Maroney, Dec 1-0; Army 13-3 141: Jordan Soriano def. Logan Brown (Army West Point), Dec 7-4; Army 13-6 149: Dom Findora def. #33 Thomas Deck (Army West Point), Dec 7-6; Army 13-9 157: Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) def. Tyler Williams, MD 8-0; Army 17-9 165: #25 Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) def. Cody Walsh, Dec 9-4; Army 20-9 174: #10 Benjamin Pasiuk (Army West Point) def. Jack Janda, Fall 1:08; Army 26-9 The Dragons will be on the road for a dual at Princeton on Friday before hosting Stanford on Sunday. Franklin & Marshall The Diplomats were not on the mat this weekend. They will square off with a home dual with Hofstra next weekend. Harvard The Crimson were on a business trip in the state of North Carolina. They went 2-1 on the weekend with wins over Davidson and #27 North Carolina. They dropped a dual to Lock Haven. Diego Sotelo (#24 @ 125lbs) was 3-0 on the weekend with a win over top-ranked Noto of Lock Haven. At 165lbs, Josh Kim (#31 @ 165lbs) was 3-0 on the weekend as well. Phil Conigliaro (#11 @ 174lbs) went 3-0 also with two tech falls and a major. Leo Tarantino was 2-0 on his weekend and had a huge win over #24 Kane of North Carolina – a returning All-American. That was the difference in the dual win for the team. Harvard 30 - Davidson, 6 125 Diego Sotelo (Harvard) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 133 Coleman Nogle (Harvard) over John Hager (Davidson) Maj 14-2 141 Jaden Pepe (Harvard) over Jackson Sichelstiel (Davidson) Dec 5-0 149 Jack Crook (Harvard) over Tyler-Xavier McKnight (Davidson) Dec 12-8 157 Joseph Cangro (Harvard) over Tanner Peake (Davidson) SV-1 5-2 0 165 Josh Kim (Harvard) over Marc Koch (Davidson) Dec 5-1 174 Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) over Brett Sanderlin (Davidson) TF 16-0 184 Leo Tarantino (Harvard) over Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson) Dec 4-2 0 197 Cameo Blankenship (Davidson) over Max Agresti (Harvard) Dec 6-4 285 Jake Fernicola (Davidson) over Logan Marissal (Harvard) Dec 1-0 Lock Haven 20 - Harvard 14 125 Diego Sotelo (Harvard) over Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) Dec 11-8 133 Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) over Coleman Nogle (Harvard) Dec 5-1 141 Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) over Dante Frinzi (Harvard) TF 23-6 149 Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) over Kenny Herrmann (Harvard) Dec 5-3 157 Connor Eck (Lock Haven) over Joseph Cangro (Harvard) Dec 6-5 165 Josh Kim (Harvard) over Avery Bassett (Lock Haven) Dec 9-6 174 Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) over Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) TF 19-3 184 Colin Fegley (Lock Haven) over Luke Rada (Harvard) Dec 8-5 197 Leo Tarantino (Harvard) over Cael Black (Lock Haven) Dec 8-4 285 Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) over Nick Marcenelle (Harvard) SV-1 3-0 Score: Harvard 20 - UNC (#27) 15 125: No. 24 Diego Sotelo (HAR) over Marco Tocci (UNC): 9-3 Dec 133: Jace Palmer (UNC) over Coleman Nogle (HAR): 7-4 Dec 141: No. 5 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) over Jaden Pepe (HAR): 17-4 MD 149: Jack Crook (HAR) over Wil Guida (UNC): 6-4 Dec 157: Joe Cangro (HAR) over Sonny Santiago (UNC): 8-1 Dec 165: No. 31 Josh Kim (HAR) over Isaias Estrada (UNC): 14-5 MD 174: No. 11 Phil Conigliaro (HAR) over Tyler Eischens (UNC): 16-7 MD 184: Leo Tarantino (HAR) over No. 19 Gavin Kane (UNC): 10-7 SV Dec 197: No. 18 Max Shaw (UNC) over Alex Whitworth (HAR): 11-2 MD 285: Cade Lautt (UNC) over Nick Marcenelle (HAR): 20-8 MD Harvard will keep the momentum going into this week with a match against Sacred Heart. Hofstra The Pride were on the road with duals against VMI and George Mason. They returned home with two dual wins. Dylan Acevedo-Switzer was 2-0 at 125 lbs. Noah Tapia (149 lbs) and Ross McFarland (174 lbs) each won both matches. The upper weights in Nikolas Miller and Keaton Kluever each won both outings as well. Hofstra 28 - VMI 6 125: Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (HOF) dec. Anthony Burke (VMI), 8-3 (3-0) 133: Dyson Dunham (VMI) dec. Dylan Ryder (HOF), 11-6 (3-3) 141: Patrick Jordon (VMI) dec. Alex Turley (HOF), 8-5 (3-6) 149: Noah Tapia (HOF) dec. Ryan Vigil (VMI), 6-3 (6-6) 157: Jurius Clark (HOF) maj. dec. Josh Yost (VMI), 12-3 (10-6) 165: Jake Slotnick (HOF) maj. dec. Luke Hart (VMI), 11-1 (14-6) 174: Ross McFarland (HOF) dec. Braxton Lewis (VMI), 6-0 (17-6) 184: Will Conlon (HOF) dec. Caleb Chandler (VMI), 8-1 (20-6) 197: Nikolas Miller (HOF) dec. Josh Evans (VMI), 8-2 (23-6) 285: Keaton Kluever (HOF) tech fall Tyler Mousaw (VMI), 20-4 (3:38) (28-6) Hofstra 25 - George Mason 15 125: Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (HU) dec. JB Dragovich (GMU), 4-2 (3-0) 133: Dylan Ryder (HU) major dec. Shawn Nonaka (GMU), 9-1 (7-0) 141: #30 Nate Higley (GMU) dec. Alex Turley (HU), 6-5 (7-3) 149: Noah Tapia (HU) wbf. Kaden Cassidy (GMU), 6:15 (13-3) 157: #26 DJ McGee (GMU) dec. Jurius Clark (HU), 6-3 sv-1 (13-6) 165: Evan Maag (GMU) dec. Jake Slotnick (HU), 12-7 (13-9) 174: Ross McFarland (HU) dec. Sean Coughlin (GMU), 5-0 (16-9) 184: Malachi DuVall (GMU) wbf. Will Conlon (HU), 3:16 (16-15) 197: Nikolas Miller (HU) injury default Tyler Kocak (GMU), 0:45 (22-15) 285: #22 Keaton Kluever (HU) dec. Chad Nix (GMU), 4-1 sv-1 (25-15) Hofstra will dual F&M on the road this Sunday. Lehigh #28 The Mountain Hawks won an exciting down-to-the-wire dual against #8 Cornell. The marquee match-up at 197 lbs was won by #9 Michael Beard over #7 Cardenas. Connor Herceg moved up from 165 lbs to win a vital match-up for Lehigh. True freshman, Luke Stanich, iced the dual with his win over #14 Ungar at 125lbs. Lehigh (#28) 17 – Cornell (#8) 16 133: No. 1 Ryan Crookham def. Ethan Qureshi 19-4 by technical fall 141: No. 17 Vince Cornella def. No. 16 Malyke Hines 5-1 by decision 149: No. 25 Ethan Fernandez def. Kelvin Griffin 6-3 by decision 157: No. 14 Meyer Shapiro def. No. 24 Max Brignola 8-2 by decision 165: No. 3 Julian Ramirez def. Jake Logan 11-3 by major decision 174: Connor Herceg def. Benny Baker 10-4 by decision 184: No. 8 Chris Foca def. Jack Wilt 16-9 by decision 197: No. 9 Michael Beard def. No. 7 Jacob Cardenas 10-3 by decision 285: No. 10 Nathan Taylor def. No. 19 Lewis Fernandes 6-2 by decision 125: Luke Stanich def. No. 14 Brett Ungar 2-0 by decision Lehigh’s two home duals this weekend include #20 Penn and #15 Navy. Long Island The Sharks wrestled Bucknell, battling hard in a loss. James Johnston earned the only bonus point win with a tech fall at 165 lbs. Robbie Sagaris (125 lbs) and Devin Matthews (141 lbs) were the other winners for LIU. Bucknell 25, LIU 11 125: Robbie Sagaris (LIU) dec. over Grayson McLellan (BUC), 6-3 (LIU 3-0) 133: No. 16 Kurt Phipps (BUC) dec. over Christopher Betancourt (LIU), 5-0 (3-3) 141: Devin Matthews (LIU) dec. over Braden Bower (BUC), 3-1 (LIU 6-3) 149: Riley Bower (BUC) dec. over Drew Witham (LIU), 4-1 (6-6) 157: Kolby DePron (BUC) dec. over Rhise Royster (LIU), 6-2 (BUC 9-6) 165: James Johnston (LIU) tech fall over Miles Bassett (BUC), 16-0 (3:34) (LIU 11-9) 174: Myles Takats (BUC) maj. dec. over Corey Connolly (LIU), 12-2 (BUC 13-11) 184: Mikey Bartush (BUC) SV-1 over Anthony D'Alesio (LIU), 7-4 (BUC 16-11) 197: Logan Deacetis (BUC) dec. over John Dusza (LIU), 10-8 (BUC 19-11) 285: No. 27 Dorian Crosby (BUC) won by forfeit, (BUC 25-11) This week, the Sharks will be in Clarion dualling them, Morgan State, and Kent State. Navy #15 The Midshipmen were at the Virginia Duals, dropping two duals to #11 South Dakota St and #18 Oklahoma. These were the first losses in dual meets this season for Navy. #20 Josh Koderhandt was 2-0, with a win over 2X All-American #22 Carlson of SDSU. #21 Andrew Cerniglia was 2-0 as well with two wins over ranked opponents. 125: Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma) tech fall Grant Treaster (Navy), 18-2 (6:57) // Oklahoma 5, Navy 0 133: Jace Koelzer (Oklahoma) dec No. 27 Brendan Ferretti (Navy), 2-1 // Oklahoma 8, Navy 0 141: No. 20 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) fall KJ Evans (Oklahoma), 2:22 // Oklahoma 8, Navy 6 149: No. 30 Willie McDougald (Oklahoma) dec Kaemen Smith (Navy), 12-6 // Oklahoma 11, Navy 6 157: No. 33 Jared Hill (Oklahoma) dec Jonathan Ley (Navy), 4-1 SV1 // Oklahoma 14, Navy 5 * 165: No. 21 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) dec No. 29 Cael Carlson (Oklahoma), 7-0 // Oklahoma 14, Navy 8 174: No. 26 Danny Wask (Navy) dec No. 29 Tate Picklo (Oklahoma), 5-0 // Oklahoma 14, Navy 11 184: Giuseppe Hoose (Oklahoma) dec No. 33 David Key (Navy), 7-4 SV1 // Oklahoma 17, Navy 11 197: No. 2 Stephen Buchanan (Oklahoma) major Cael Crebs (Navy), 14-5 // Oklahoma 21, Navy 11 285: No. 14 Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec No. 18 Grady Griess (Navy), 4-1 SV1 // Oklahoma 24, Navy 11 *Navy was deducted a point for unsportsmanlike conduct 125: No. 17 Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) fall Hayden Benter (Navy), 4:06 // South Dakota State 6, Navy 0 133: No. 15 Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State) major Garrett Totten (Navy), 14-1 // South Dakota State 10, Navy 0 141: No. 20 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec No. 22 Clay Carlson (South Dakota State), 3-1 // South Dakota State 10, Navy 3 149: No. 20 Alek Martin (South Dakota State) major Nicholas Vafiadis (Navy), 8-0 // South Dakota State 14, Navy 3 157: No. 17 Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) tech fall Charlie Evans (Navy), 20-4 (6:07) // South Dakota State 19, Navy 3 165; No. 21 Andrew Cerniglia (Navy) major Tanner Cook (South Dakota State), 10-2 // South Dakota State 19, Navy 7 174: No. 5 Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) dec No. 26 Danny Wask (Navy), 5-0 // South Dakota State 22, Navy 7 184: No. 14 Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) Dec No. 33 David Key (Navy), 9-6 // South Dakota State 25, Navy 7 197: No. 6 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) tech fall Cael Crebs (Navy), 18-0 (3:24) // South Dakota State 30, Navy 7 285: No. 18 Grady Griess (Navy) fall No. 32 Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State), 6:08 // South Dakota State 30, Navy 13 Navy will be in action this weekend with duals at Lehigh and Binghamton. Penn #20 The Quakers were on the road for a dual with #27 North Carolina. This was their first win of the season. They won seven of ten bouts. Max Gallagher (#33 @ 125lbs) won by tech fall, as did #16 Max Hale at 184lbs. Kelly Dunnigan made his dual meet debut with a win. Penn (#20) 26 – North Carolina (#27) 10 125: #33 Max Gallagher (P) def. Marco Tocci (UNC), 20-4 TF – Penn leads 5-0 133: #10 Michael Colaiocco (P) def. Jace Palmer (UNC), 17-8 MD – Penn leads 9-0 141: #5 Lachlan McNeil (UNC) def. #12 CJ Composto (P), 15-3 MD – Penn leads 9-4 149: Kelly Dunnigan (P) def. Wil Guida (UNC), 8-3 DEC – Penn leads 12-4 157: #25 Lucas Revano def. Sonny Santiago (UNC), 8-3 DEC – Penn leads 15-4 165: Kaya Sement (P) def. Isaias Estrada (UNC), 3-2 DEC – Penn leads 18-4 174: #11 Nick Incontrera (P) def. Tyler Eischens (UNC), 11-4 DEC – Penn leads 21-4 184: #16 Maximus Hale (P) def. Blah Dahnweih (UNC), 23-7 TF – Penn leads 26-4 197: #18 Max Shaw (UNC) def. #25 Cole Urbas (P), 4-1 DEC – Penn leads 26-7 285: Cade Lautt (UNC) def. #33 John Stout, 13-10 DEC – Penn wins 26-10 The outlook for Penn this weekend will include a road match with Lehigh and hosting Stanford. Princeton The Tigers were 2-0 on the weekend, giving Head Coach, Joe Dubuque, his first two wins since taking over. Eligh Rivera (#32 @ 149lbs) was 2-0 again with an impressive win over #24 Kinner of Rider. #22 Nate Dugan was 2-0 on the weekend also. Princeton 20 – Rider 19 125: Tyler Klinsky (Rider) MD Drew Heethuis (Princeton) 17-3; Rider leads 4-0 133: Richie Koehler (Rider) DEC Sean Pierson (Princeton) 10-4; Rider leads 7-0 141: Tyler Vazquez (Princeton) DEC Will Betancourt (Rider) 1-0; Rider leads 7-3 149: 11/32 Eligh Rivera (Princeton) DEC No. 24 Quinn Kinner (Rider) 11-8 SV; Rider leads 7-6 157: No. 31 Colton Washleski (Rider) DEC Rocco Camillaci (Princeton) 8-3; Rider leads 10-6 165: Blaine Bergey (Princeton) TF Jake Silverstein (Rider) 23-7; Tigers lead 11-10 174: Michael Wilson (Rider) DEC Mikey Squires (Princeton) 4-1; Rider leads 13-11 184: 20/25 Nate Dugan (Princeton) MD Isaac Dean (Rider) 12-3; Tigers lead 15-13 197: 10/12 Luke Stout (Princeton) TF Azeem Bell (Rider) 21-4; Tigers lead 20-13 285: No. 33 David Szuba (Rider) F Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton); Tigers win 20-19 Princeton 39 - Morgan State 3 125: Drew Heethuis (P) wins by technical fall over Kevin Lopez (M), 19-2 (5:22); Princeton leads 5-0 133: Sean Pierson (P) wins by technical fall over Khalid Brinkley (M), 16-1 (4:18), Princeton leads 10-0 141: Tyler Vazquez (P) wins by decision over Tommy Fierro (M), 11-5; Princeton leads 13-0 149: #32 Eligh Rivera (P) wins by major decision over Aaron Turner (M), 14-2; Princeton leads 17-0 157: Rocco Camillaci (P) wins by major decision over Shaymus MacIntosh (M), 18-6; Princeton leads 21-0 165: Jake Marsh (M) wins by decision over Blaine Bergey (P), 6-5; Princeton leads 21-3 174: Mikey Squires (P) wins by major decision over Cortilius Vann (M), 13-3; Princeton leads 25-3 184: #22 Nate Dugan (P) wins by fall over Eric Washington Jr. (M), 4:01; Princeton leads 31-3 197: Aidan Conner (P) wins by decision over Nathanic Kendricks Jr. (M), 2-0; Princeton leads 34-3 285: Sebastian Garibaldi (P) wins by technical fall over Sam Alshemier (M), 19-1 (5:43); Princeton wins 39-3 The Tigers will host Drexel this weekend. Sacred Heart The Pioneers were in North Carolina taking on VMI and Queens. They lost a close one to VMI, but earned their first dual meet win of the year against Queens. Both Jake Ice (125lbs) and Andrew Fallon (133lbs) were 2-0 on the day. Mike McGhee won both his matches at 149lbs. In addition, Scott Jarosz (165lbs) and Hunter Perez (184lbs) each were undefeated on the weekend. VMI 24, Sacred Heart 17 125: Jake Ice (SHU) def. Tony Burke (VMI) by Major Decision, 10-1 133: Andrew Fallon (SHU) def. Dyson Dunham (VMI) by Decision, 12-8 141: Patrick Jordon (VMI) def. Vincent Milazzo (SHU) by Decision, 11-5 149: Mike McGhee (SHU) def. Ryan Vigil (VMI) by Decision, 11-4 157: Josh Yost (VMI) def. Connor MacDonald (SHU) by Pin, 3:53 165: Scott Jarosz (SHU) def. Luke Hart (VMI) by Major Decision, 10-2 174: Braxton Lewis (VMI) def. Owen Ayotte (SHU) by Pin, 2:12 184: Hunter Perez (SHU) def. Caleb Chandler (VMI) by Decision, 4-2 197: Josh Evans (VMI) def. Jake Trovato (SHU) by Decision 8-1 285: Tyler Mousaw (VMI) def. Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) by Pin, 2:25 Sacred Heart 40 | Queens 9 125: Jake Ice (SHU) def. Daniel Graham (Queens) by Fall (2:54) 133: Andrew Fallon (SHU) def. David Makupson (Queens) by Fall (4:08) 141: Vincent Milazzo (SHU) def Ananth Manibushan (Queens) by Fall 2:52 149: Mike McGhee (SHU) def. Suhaib Hatamleh (Queens) by Tech Fall, 21-5 (5:34) 157: Connor MacDonald (SHU) def. Easton Tobia (Queens) by Major Decision, 10-0 165: Scott Jarosz (SHU) def. Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) by Fall (2:09) 174: Greg Merriman (Queens) def. Owen Ayotte (SHU) by Fall (0:31) 184: Hunter Perez (SHU) def. D`Andree Hunt (Queens) by Decision, 10-5 197: Riley Kuhn (Queens) def. Jake Trovato (SHU) by Decision, 12-7 285: Brendan Gilchrist (SHU) def. Joshua Voelkel (Queens) by Major Decision, 12-4 Sacred Heart will be on the road at Harvard this weekend.

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Cal Poly goes 3-0 at home Cal Poly won three straight home duals over the weekend. The Mustangs defeated American 39-3, Northern Colorado 23-15, and Air Force 23-17. Three Mustangs went undefeated during the weekend, Chance and Daschle Lamer, and Zeth Romney. Chance earned bonus-point victories, winning 22-4, 22-7, and 17-9. Daschle picked up a first-period pin and two decisions. Romney dominated with a 24-second pin, a 17-1 tech fall and 4-1 in sudden victory. In addition, Legend Lamer capped off a 2-1 weekend with a tech fall, making it the first time the three Lamer brothers wrestled together and marked an 8-1 record. Lastly, Jarad Priest captured the clinching win against Air Force with a 6-3 decision at 197 pounds against Calvin Sund. CSU Bakersfield remains winless The Roadrunners had three duals over the weekend. However, Bakersfield lost to American 36-8, Campbell 39-3, and Central Michigan 40-3. Guillermo Escobedo won the only match against Campbell, defeating Brant Cracraft 4-2 at 165 pounds. Augustine Garcia had a ranked win against Central Michigan, defeating Alex Cramer 8-2 at 174 pounds. Escobedo defeated Ryan Zimmerman 10-1 and Devyn Flores-Che defeated Kaden Milheim, 10-2 in the American dual. Little Rock dominates in 4 duals Before the season began, Little Rock had nine total dual wins. After capping four dominating wins, the Trojans have nine wins this season. Little Rock defeated Davidson 45-3, Cleveland State 41-3, Lock Haven 40-11 and Presbyterian 50-6. Eight Trojans also went undefeated throughout the weekend. Jeremiah Reno, Joseph Bianchi, Tyler Brennan, Triston Wills, Stephen Little and Josiah Hill went 4-0. Nasir Bailey ended 3-0 while Reid Nelson won his only bout. Lastly, Little Rock had 33 matches end with bonus points, including forfeit wins. Stanford shut out by Tigers The Stanford Cardinal squad was shut out by the Missouri Tigers 39-0. Although Stanford struggled, a handful of wrestlers battled to the final whistle. Jason Miranda dropped a 9-6 match against Zeke Seltzer and Peter Ming lost 8-1 to sixth-ranked Zach Elam.

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We'll start right off with 125 lbs, as usual. The previous #1 Anthony Noto fell to Diego Sotelo in dual action last week, which spurred a change at the top spot. Generally, I like to have some sort of a flow with the rankings from week-to-week, letting them build off each previous week. With a weight like 125 and a situation like we had, that wasn't possible in determining the #1 ranked wrestler. It was more like starting from scratch. Measuring resumes (quality wins and losses), Drake Ayala stood out from the rest of the field. After last night's win over Patrick McKee, Ayala now has wins over #6 Jore Volk, #7 Caleb Smith, #18 McKee (x2), #25 Kysen Terukina, #27 Eli Griffin, along with previously ranked Max Gallagher and Nick Babin. His only loss this year wasn't a bad one, a one-point loss to #16 Brandon Kaylor. Matt Ramos has wins over #13 Dean Peterson, #17 Tanner Jordan, #21 Diego Sotelo, #26 Anthony Molton, #32 Dominic Mendez, #33 Ethan Berginc. Along with previously ranked Tristan Lujan and Nick Babin. His losses are to #7 Caleb Smith, #12 Nico Provo, and #22 Jakob Camacho plus the unofficial loss to high schooler Marcus Blaze. To either make things easier or more confusing, Ayala/Ramos are slated to meet Friday night. In the non-125 lb news of the week, three ranked Ohio State wrestlers have been removed. Paddy Gallagher (157), Carson Kharchla (174), and Gavin Hoffman (184). All are expected out for an extended period of time, perhaps for the season. Those losses have greatly impacted their team tournament ranking. For now, the dual ranking dropped by a spot. We'll see how that plays out. True freshmen Luke Stanich and Braeden Davis were added to the 125 lb rankings. They make a deep weight even deeper. Their addition is why some wrestlers who might be coming off a win or two, but still dropped a place or two this week. On that same note, Tyler Kasak has been added at 149 lbs. Since Patrick Kennedy has been back in action for Iowa at 174 lbs, he was inserted at that weight. True freshman Ben Kueter could be ranked after a good win against Minnesota; however, we'll wait a week or two to see how Tom Brands handles the situation. He obviously has a redshirt available. At 157 lbs, both the #2 and #3 wrestler suffered losses over the past few days. #2 Jared Franek defeated #3 Peyton Robb, but then fell to #10 Michael Blockhus. For now, we're holding static with both in those same slots. Each have very strong cases for their respective ranking. The only other option to assume the #2 spot would be Vince Zerban, who is undefeated; however, his best win came against Daniel Cardenas, who also lost within this ranking cycle. For the full rankings: Click Here