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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. -- Campbell remains unbeaten after defeating Gardner-Webb 30-9 Thursday night, using seven individual wins to move to 3-0 overall and in the Southern Conference. Cody Ryba (174 pounds), Ville Heino (184 pounds), and Taylor McGiffen (197 pounds) all improved to 3-0 in league action to lead CU. Tyler Walker (125 pounds) and Eloheim Palma (285 pounds) both moved to 2-0 with wins Thursday. The Walker twins opened up the match with two wins for the second-straight time. At 125 pounds, Tyler picked up his second win of the season with a 1:55 pin over William Anderson. In the 133-pound division, Drew earned his third major decision of the year 15-5 over Robbie Golde to put CU up 10-0. Gardner-Webb came back with two wins at 141 and 149. Ryan Mosely defeated Michael Dahlstrom 7-3 before Tyler Ziegler took a 6-3 decision over Collin Munson, closing the score to 10-6. Grant Blumenthal gave the Camels another win at 157 pounds, posting the 6-3 decision over Alex Bennett. No. 20 Austin Trott edged out Paul Duggan 1-0 at 165 pounds, and picked up the final Runnin' Bulldog win of the day. Ryba notched his second major decision of the year at 174, 12-2 over Aaron Rabin. Heino followed with another major decision victory, 16-6 over Zach Bennett in the 184-pound spot. At 197 pounds, McGiffen picked up his second tech fall of the year, taking down Terry Henderson 20-5. Palma earned the final CU win of the day, 9-4 over Justin Kozera in the heavyweight bout. Full results are listed below. The Camels have a quick turnaround, as they compete at N.C. State tomorrow in a 7 p.m. match. Results: 125 - Tyler Walker (CAM) pin William Anderson (GWU), 1:55 133 - Drew Walker (CAM) major dec. Robbie Golde (GWU), 15-5 141 - Ryan Mosley (GWU) dec. Michael Dahlstrom (CAM), 7-3 149 - Tyler Ziegler (GWU) dec. Collin Munson (CAM), 6-3 157 - Grant Blumenthal (CAM) dec. Alex Bennett (GWU), 6-3 165 - No. 20 Austin Trott (GWU) dec. Paul Duggan (CAM), 1-0 174 - Cody Ryba (CAM) major dec. Aaron Rabin (GWU), 12-2 184 - Ville Heino (CAM) major dec. Zach Bennett (GWU), 16-6 197 - Taylor McGiffen (CAM) tech. fall Terry Henderson (GWU), 20-5 285 - Eloheim Palma (CAM) dec. Justin Kozera (GWU), 9-4

Corvallis, Ore. -- The No. 24 Oregon State wrestling team downed No. 20 Lehigh 28-10 Thursday night in front of Beaver Nation. The Beavers started the night with a bang as Toney Chay (165) pinned Lehigh’s Ben Haas in 4:33, giving Oregon State an early six point lead, and setting the tone for the rest of the match. Teammate Joe Latham (174) kept the ball rolling as he upset No. 16 Elliot Riddick by a 5-2 decision, extending the Beaver’s lead to nine. Oregon State’s Austin Morehead (184) followed that performance with an 11-1 major decision over Zach Diekel, bringing the score to 13-0. Moving into 197, No. 13 Taylor Meeks collected six points for the Beavers off a Mountain Hawk forfeit, giving Oregon State a 19-0 lead. No. 15 Amarveer Dhesi (HWT) then topped Lehigh’s Doug Vollaro with an 8-4 decision moving into the lighter weight classes. The Mountain Hawks earned the next 10 points of the match in three consecutive bouts. Lehigh’s Darian Cruz defeated Joey Palmer (125) by a 9-4 decision, followed by No. 7 Mason Beckman who topped Drew Van Anrooy (133) by a 4-0 decision. At 141, Lehigh’s No. 15 Laike Gardner defeated joey Delgado with an 11-3 major decision, bringing the score to 19-10 heading into the final two bouts. No. 12 Scott Sakaguchi (149) brought the house down with an exciting 6-4 sudden victory decision over Lehigh’s No. 11 Mitch Minotti. Tied at 4-4, the bout was sent into overtime, where Sakaguchi grabbed an early takedown to claim the victory, bringing the crowd to their feet. No. 11 RJ Pena finished the night off for the Beavers with an 8-6 decision over Lehigh’s No. 10 Joey Napoli, finalizing Oregon State’s 28-10 victory over their ranked opponent. Oregon State hosts No. 6 Oklahoma on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. PT in Gill Coliseum. The match will air live on the Pac-12 Networks, while live stats and updates can be found at www.Trackwrestling.com and Twitter.com/OSU_Wrestling. The Beavers will also be celebrating Senior Day to honor their six senior wrestlers for their years of hard work and commitment to the program. Senior Day celebrations will starts at 11:15 before the match gets underway. Head Coach Jim Zalesky on Toney Chay’s pin in the first bout… “I was happy with tonight. Toney is our guy and he’s had some success… He kept at it and got the takedown, and we worked on that, and then he got the pin. Instead of letting the guy go, he turned him over and got the pin. It was a great way to start, with six points.” On Joe Latham upsetting his ranked opponent… “I think he could have wrestled better, but I think it was a good win for him against a ranked opponent. He wrestled a good match.” On Scott Sakaguchi’s performance… “I think Sakaguchi kind of woke up. He came out a little too slow and the guy had a higher pace than him. But he found a way to win; sometimes you just have to find a way to win.” Scott Sakaguchi on his matchup… “I just kept hustling. I knew he was just trying to hold on for the win at that point and I started getting frustrated… I refocused and realized I just had to go and get a lot of points really quick. That’s probably the most fun of a dual I have ever wrestled in.” On the team’s win… “I felt like the team all around was getting excited and scoring a lot of points and hustling. For the team, and for myself, it’s the most fun dual I have been a part of, for sure… We started in the middle and those guys did an awesome job, they got us all excited. Jess (Lewis) gave us a good speech before and it got us all fired up.” Results: 165: Toney Chay pinned Ben Haas, 4:33 (OSU 6, LU 0) 174: Joe Latham dec. No. 16 Elliot Riddick, 5-2 (OSU9, LU 0) 184: Austin Morehead maj. dec. Zach Diekel, 11-1 (OSU 13, LU 0) 197: No. 13 Taylor Meeks forfeit over John Bolich, FFT (OSU 19, LU 0) HWT: No. 15 Amarveer Dhesi dec. Doug Vollaro, 8-4 (OSU 22, LU 0) 125: Darian Cruz dec. Joey Palmer, 9-4 (OSU 22, LU 3) 133: No. 7 Mason Beckman dec. Drew Van Anrooy, 4-0 (OSU 22, LU 6) 141: Laike Gardner maj. dec. Joey Delgado, 11-3 (OSU 22, LU 10) 149: No. 12 Scott Sakaguchi dec. No. 11 Mitch Minotti, 6-4 OT (OSU 25, LU 10) 157: No. 11 RJ Pena dec. No. 10 Joey Napoli, 8-6 (OSU 28, LU 10)

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Top-ranked Michigan heavyweight Adam Coon and Penn State 141-pounder Zain Retherford are both undefeated heading into their final two months of their true freshman seasons. Though neither is likely to retain their perfect season, it got us thinking about which wrestlers of the past ten years had the most impressive campaigns as true freshmen. Here's our list of top ten freshmen of the past ten years. Honorable Mention: Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) NCAA sixth-place finisher in 2012 Logan Storley (Minnesota) NCAA sixth-place finisher in 2012 James Green (Nebraska) NCAA seventh-place finisher in 2012 Devin Carter (Virginia Tech) NCAA round of 12 in 2011 Alan Waters (Missouri) 39-7 in 2010-2011 Quentin Wright (Penn State) NCAA sixth-place finisher in 2009 Kellen Russell (Michigan) Big Ten champ, 2-2 at NCAAs in 2008 Coleman Scott (Oklahoma State) NCAA eighth-place finisher in 2005 Cashe Quiroga (Purdue) NCAA sixth-place finisher in 2010 10. Nick Gwiazdowski (Binghamton/North Carolina State) NCAA eight-place finisher in 2012 Summary: Winning as a freshman is always difficult, but special consideration has to be paid to any wrestler who can come out of high school at 18 and mix it up with 285-pound goliaths for five months. Nick Gwiazdowski was as unlikely an All-American as there ever was when he took home a plaque in 2012, and his performance against bigger and stronger men proved that true freshman success could stretch to heavyweights. 9. Cam Tessari (Ohio State/Hofstra) NCAA fourth-place finisher in 2012 Cam Tessari finished fourth at the 2012 NCAAs after losing in the opening round (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Summary: One of the biggest recruits for Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan in 2011, Cam Tessari was one of the Monroeville High School wrestlers many fans thought would lead the program for the next five seasons. Tessari fulfilled his promise in 2012 by earning a 10th seed at the NCAA tournament and then outperforming that seed to finish fourth at 149 pounds. The Ohio native, who has battled inconsistency over his first two seasons, has since transferred to Hofstra where Rob Anspach is hoping Tessari can recreate his freshman magic. 8. Tyler Caldwell (Oklahoma/Oklahoma State) NCAA fifth-place finisher in 2010 Tyler Caldwell reached the NCAA semifinals in 2010 by defeating Chris Brown of Old Dominion in the quarterfinals (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Summary: Unseeded heading into the 2010 NCAA tournament, Tyler Caldwell used a close 3-2 tiebreaker win over fifth-seeded Colt Sponseller (Ohio State ) to propel him into the quarterfinals against Old Dominion's Chris Brown. After a 2-1 decision over Brown, Caldwell battled to a 4-1 decision loss to Andrew Howe in the semifinals. Not much had been expected of Caldwell heading into the NCAA tournament, but that run on the front side of the bracket, plus a win over ninth-seeded Andy Rendos of Bucknell, made Caldwell one of the best true freshman wrestlers of this decade. 7. Lance Palmer (Ohio State) NCAA fourth-place finisher in 2007 Summary: Lance Palmer, a four-time Ohio state champion, was a top ten wrestler all season, and at NCAAs found himself facing Matt Coughlin (Indiana) in the quarterfinals. He won 2-1, and thought he'd drop his semifinal match to Josh Churella (Michigan), 5-2. Palmer would go on to earn a respectable fourth-place finish. Palmer was tremendous on the mat, which allowed him to make a smooth transition to Division I college wrestling. 6. J.P. O'Connor (Harvard) NCAA fifth-place finisher in 2007 Summary: Wrestling in the shadow of Harvard NCAA champion Jesse Jantzen could have been crippling for four-time New York state champion J.P. O'Connor. But by the end of the 2007 season it was obvious that O'Connor had learned that you could win an NCAA title by being better on the mat. With arguably the best ride in the history of NCAA wrestling, O'Connor managed his way into sixth place in a loaded 149-pound weight class in 2007. 5. Nico Megaludis (Penn State) NCAA runner-up in 2012 Summary: A surprise NCAA finalist two seasons ago, Nico Megaludis has since become the type of top-tier wrestler every program wants. He's fun to watch, aggressive on his feet, and puts on stunning displays of flexibility and creativity in shot defense. Whether he's hitting the splits, or working counter-offense, Megaludis was, and still is, a top contender. 4. Troy Nickerson (Cornell) NCAA runner-up in 2006 Summary: The first five-time state champion from New York State, there was plenty of hype following Troy Nickerson to Ithaca in 2005-06. For the most part, Nickerson delivered on that hype. Under the guidance of Cornell head coach Rob Koll and then-assistant Steve Garland, Nickerson utilized a brutal top game and aggressive counter offense to make a run to the NCAA finals. 3. Andrew Howe (Wisconsin/Oklahoma) NCAA runner-up in 2009 Summary: Though he's now in his sixth season and growing roots at the NCAA tournament, there was a time (last decade) when Andrew Howe was fresh on the scene. A Donny Pritzlaff duplicate, Howe excelled at Wisconsin in his true freshman season by doing what Donny had done years earlier -- working the head, keeping position, and giving up stunningly few points. He's the favorite to win in 2014, and with two championships and four top-three NCAA finishes, Howe will go down as one of the best of all time. 2. Dustin Schlatter (Minnesota) NCAA champion in 2006 Dustin Schlatter cruised to an NCAA title as a true freshman (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)Summary: Mat-stomping intimidation and a grueling pace made Schlatter feared as a true freshman. Along with Troy Nickerson, Schlatter was among the first wave of true freshmen wrestlers in the NCAA who showed that the young could more often than not compete with upperclassmen in their first season. Before 2006 the majority of young wrestlers needed a year or two to develop on the mat and in shot defense. Not Schlatter. He was strong, tough-minded, strong defensively and offensive. That season he defeated NCAA champion Zack Esposito of Oklahoma State twice, including once by major decision. 1. Kyle Dake (Cornell) NCAA champion in 2010 Kyle Dake won his first NCAA championship at 141 pounds (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Summary: What happened after Kyle Dake's freshman season is really what pushed him past Dustin Schlatter and into the top spot of true freshman. What many had hoped Schlatter would become, Dake became, and it all started in his true freshman season. A four-time NCAA champion at four weights in four straight years, Dake has an argument for overall greatest of all time. Advocates for the Cornell legend would have tough time outstripping Cael Sanderson's undefeated career, but when it comes to topping a list of diaper dandies, nobody was better than Dake.

The Lindenwood wrestling team defeated the Central Missouri Mules by a score of 27-16 in Warrensburg, Mo. on Wednesday night. Central Missouri started off the dual with a Zeb Spicer pin over Tyler Sexton in the 174 weight class. Lindenwood took the next five matches to give the Lions a 22-6 lead and it would be all they needed. John McArdle won 20-8 in his match and Steven Butler pinned his opponent at the 1:11 mark in the 285 weight class. Matt Katusin also won by pinfall as his came at the 1:22 mark. Colton Orlando fell to No. 3 Frank Cagnina and Luke Roth lost to No. 7 Ty Loethen in their respective weight classes. The Lions improve to 3-0 in duals. Lindenwood will return to action on Saturday when they take on Central Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Casy Rowell scored a second-period fall to lead five bonus-point wins for Central Oklahoma and the fifth-ranked Bronchos rolled over Oklahoma City 30-9 here Wednesday night at Abe Lemons Arena. It was the 500th win in program history for UCO, which won the first seven matches in jumping out to a 30-0 lead over the NAIA No. 12-rated Stars. The Bronchos, now 7-4 on the season, return to action Friday when they host Truman State at 7 p.m. Rowell had the lone pin of the night at 133 pounds, with UCO also getting major decisions from 141 Dustin Reed, 157 Cory Dauphin and 165 Chris Watson in addition to picking up one forfeit. Josh Breece (125) and Jordan Basks (149) earned regular decisions for the Bronchos. “We’ll take the win and move on,” said head coach David James of the victory that improved UCO’s all-time record to 500-224-11. “We looked pretty solid in a few weights and a little sloppy in others, but we did what we needed to do.” Breece used a takedown with three seconds left in the second period to take a 3-2 lead after trailing 2-0 and added a third-period near-fall en route to picking up UCO’s first win on the mat after Cody Dauphin earned an opening forfeit at heavyweight. Rowell rolled to his 10th bonus-point win of the season and improved to 19-3 with his second-period fall, racking up six takedowns and a near-fall before ending the match at the 4:23 mark. Reed continued UCO’s onslaught at 141, recording three first-period takedowns in taking a 6-2 lead and then finishing off a 13-3 major decision with two takedowns and a near-fall in the final stanza while racking up more than four minutes riding time. Top-ranked Basks needed a last-second escape in the second period to break a 2-2 tie with Ricky McCarty and then pulled away with a third-period takedown and near-fall to run his record to 27-1. No. 1 Cory Dauphin used a four-point move in the final five seconds of the opening period to take a 6-1 lead over NAIA’s third-ranked Zach Skates before adding a takedown and near-fall in the final minute to polish off the major decision that pushed his winning streak to 37 straight. Watson pushed UCO’s lead to 30-0 with a 9-1 rout at 165, scoring two takedowns, a near-fall and a reverse to go with nearly five minutes riding time as the top-rated junior moved to 22-1 on the season. The Stars picked up their first win at 174 where fifth-ranked Derek Sivertsen edged Zach Aylor 3-2. Aylor nearly scored a go-ahead takedown twice in the final period, but Sivertsen was able to fend him off and hold on for the win. UCO moved Kasey Wilcox up a weight to fill in for Znick Ferrell at 184 and dropped a 6-1 decision, while Garrett Henshaw fell 3-2 at 197 in the final bout of the night. Results: Hvy – Cody Dauphin, UCO, won by forfeit. 125 – Josh Breece, UCO, dec. Adrian Gaines, 6-4. 133 – Casy Rowell, UCO, pinned Alvie Killingsworth, 4:23. 141 – Dustin Reed, UCO, major dec. James Landoll, 13-3. 149 – Jordan Basks, UCO, dec. Ricky McCarty, 9-3. 157 – Cory Dauphin, UCO, major dec. Zach Skates, 13-4. 165 – Chris Watson, UCO, major dec. Hunter Muskrat, 9-1. 174 – Derek Sivertsen, OCU, dec. Zach Aylor, 3-2. 184 – Cody Sivertsen, OCU, dec. Kasey Wilcox, 6-1. 197 – Teagan Franco, OCU, dec. Garrett Henshaw, 3-2.

BOONE, N.C. -- Duke won five of the night’s final six bouts to rally from a 15-0 deficit in a thrilling 25-18 comeback victory over Appalachian State in wrestling dual action tonight at Varsity Gym. The Blue Devils scored bonus points in three of the final four matches to post their fourth victory of the year. After falling behind 15-0 after the opening three matches, the Blue Devils dropped just one bout in the final seven duals to improve to 4-7 overall on the year. Appalachian State falls to 4-7 with the loss. “These guys wrestled well, it was crazy,” said head coach Glen Lanham. “We had that forfeit and we just fell in that hole early, but our guys wrestled and stepped up and wrestled hard. We could easily have tucked our tails and given up, but they fought back and I’m proud of that. We’ll have a day off and then we’re back at it against Virginia Tech.” The Mountaineers jumped all over Duke, getting six points from a forfeit at 125, a pin at 133 and a decision at 141 for the 150 lead. Redshirt freshman Jake Faust sparked the Blue Devils’ comeback at 149 pounds with a 5-0 blanking of Aaron Scott. Scoreless in the first period, Faust picked up a takedown late in the second period and added three more points in the final stanza to remain undefeated in duals. He is 9-4 overall and 3-0 in duals on the year for the Blue Devils. At 157 pounds, redshirt junior Immanuel Kerr-Brown pulled out yet another close victory in a 9-7 decision over Nick Hall. Following a low-scoring first period, Kerr-Brown and Hall traded points over the course of the next two minutes with Kerr-Brown heading into the final session with a 5-4 edge. Kerr-Brown on top to start the third period was whistled for stalling as Hall escaped to give the Mountaineer a 6-5 advantage with 1:37 remaining. The Rome, Ga., native responded for Duke with a takedown, but he couldn’t hold on as Hall escaped again to make it 7-7 with just 45 seconds to go. Looking for his seventh win by two or fewer points this year, Kerr-Brown scored the takedown with just two seconds left for his 15th win of the campaign and eight dual win of the year. Appalachian State picked up a decision at 165 to increase the lead to 18-6 with four matches remaining. Needed bonus points in virtually all four bouts to come away with the victory, redshirt sophomore Trey Adamson started the trend with 23-9 major decision at 174 pounds. Adamson dominated Adrian Soto-Perez throughout the seven minutes as he picked up takedown after takedown for his team-best seventh major decision of the year. Scoring just one takedown in the first period, the final four minutes were all Duke as Adamson scored 10 takedowns for the win. He is 12-7 overall and 7-4 in duals this season. The comeback continued with Andrew DeHart at 184. Normally wrestling at 165, DeHart tried to get Dominick Vetell on his back early and nearly got pinned himself. The redshirt sophomore regrouped and took another shot and put Vetell on his back for the pin in just 1:34. The fall, DeHart’s second of the year, brought Duke to within two, 18-16 with two bouts left. Wrestling up from his normal 184 position, freshman Jacob Kasper followed suit with a second consecutive pin for the Blue Devils after 3:35. The six points gave Duke its first lead of the night 22-18 with just the heavyweight match left. Redshirt sophomore Conner Hartmann closed out the match for Duke with a narrow 5-3 decision. A tight bout throughout, Hartmann scored a late two-point nearfall in the third period to edge Denzel Dejournette for his 12th win of the campaign. Duke returns to action Friday, Jan. 24 against No. 17 Virginia Tech. The Blue Devils and Hokies will wrestle at Charlotte Latin in Charlotte, N.C. Admission is $5 with proceeds benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. The first bout is set for 7:30 p.m. Results: 125- Vito Pasone wins by forfeit (APP leads 6-0) 133- Chris Johnson (APP) fall Evan Botwin (DUKE), 1:29 (APP leads 12-0) 141- Jake Smith (APP) dec. Xaviel Ramos (DUKE), 9-3 (APP leads 15-0) 149- Jake Faust (DUKE) dec. Aaron Scott (APP), 6-0 (APP leads 15-3) 157- Immanuel Kerr-Brown (DUKE) dec. Nick Hall (APP), 9-7 (APP leads 15-6) 165- Zack Strickland (APP) maj dec. Marcus Cain, 8-0 (APP leads 19-6) 174- Trey Adamson (DUKE) maj dec. Adrian Soto-Perez (APP), 23-9 (APP leads 19-10) 184- Andrew DeHart (DUKE) fall Nick Vetell (APP), 1:35, (APP leads 19-16) 197- Jacob Kasper (DUKE) fall Kacee Hutchinson (APP), 3:37 (DUKE leads 22-19) HWT- Connor Hartmann (DUKE) dec. Denzel Dejournette (APP), 5-3 (DUKE wins 25-19)

On a night when the big guns were quiet, the 22nd-ranked Chattanooga Mocs were still able to score a dominating 27-12 Southern Conference win at The Citadel. UTC dropped four individual matches, but scored bonus points in five of its six wins to improve to 12-5 overall and 3-0 in SoCon action. Despite losses by senior Alex Hudson at 157 and sixth-ranked junior Corey Mock at 165, the Mocs still won their 11th-striaght SoCon match and remained in first place in the conference race. UTC improved to 25-1 in league duals under fifth-year head coach Heath Eslinger. The Citadel fell to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the SoCon. “It was an awesome effort tonight,” stated Eslinger. “We competed hard at all 10 weights, and up to this point we have been very consistent. That’s really all you can ask for. To get a win like that with Corey and Alex going down was big.” The evening started with a huge matchup at 165 between Mock and The Citadel’s 16th-ranked senior Turtogtokh Luvsandorj. Luvsandorj scored a first period takedown and held a 2-1 lead after three minutes. Mock chose down in the second period and escaped to tie the match heading into the final frame. Luvsandorj chose neutral to start the third and scored another takedown to go up 4-2. Mock escaped but could not get the go-ahead score. Individually, Mock moves to 23-2 overall while Luvsandorj improves to 22-5. Trailing 3-0 just after their best wrestler went down, things could have gone south quickly for the Mocs. However, UTC dominated the next six matches to put the outcome out of reach. “Bonus points were huge for us tonight,” continued Eslinger. “It would have been a lot closer had we not had three majors and a couple of pins. Those extra points in those five matches were really the difference.” Junior Levi Clemons (174), freshman Scottie Boykin (197) and junior Nick Soto (133) all scored four-point major decisions. Sophomore John Lampe won a 3-2 decision at 184, but the big wins were pins by a pair of freshmen. Heavyweight Dawson Peck improved to 6-1 overall with a second period pin against Joseph Bexley. That gave the Mocs a 17-3 lead after four matches. The big surprise came next at 125 when freshman Campbell Lewis put Joaquin Marquez on his back in the first period. UTC went up 23-3 after that bout, all but putting the team result out of reach for the Bulldogs. “It was a big win for Campbell,” added Eslinger. “He needed one like that to get back on track and he did it against a tough competitor. He has been working hard and it was great to see it pay off tonight.” Lewis snapped a four-match losing streak with just his second win of the season. Marquez was 16-9 coming into today’s action and had the most wins of any SoCon 125-pounder. Lewis’s other win this season was against Gardner-Webb, giving him a 2-0 mark in SoCon action. Coincidentally, that was also the last win at 125 in dual match action for the Mocs, snapping a string of seven consecutive losses at that weight. The Mocs return to Maclellan Gym for the final home match of the season on Sunday, Feb. 2, against Appalachian State. UTC hosts the Mountaineers at 2:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). Tickets are available on GoMocs.com or by calling the UTC Ticket Office at 423-266-MOCS (6627). Results: 165: No. 16 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (The Citadel) – Dec. 4-3 – No. 6 Corey Mock (UTC) – The Citadel 3-0 174: Levi Clemons (UTC) – MD 16-7 - Terrell Forbes (The Citadel) – UTC 4-3 184: John Lampe (UTC) – Dec. 3-2 - Kenneth Radford (The Citadel) – UTC 7-3 197: Scottie Boykin (UTC) – MD 16-5 - Marshall Haas (The Citadel) – UTC 11-3 285: Dawson Peck (UTC) – Fall (4:23) - Joseph Bexley (The Citadel) – UTC 17-3 125: Campbell Lewis (UTC) – Fall (2:57) - Joaquin Marquez (The Citadel) – UTC 23-3 133: No. 11 Nick Soto (UTC) – MD 8-0 - Aaron Hansen (The Citadel) – UTC 27-3 141: Ugi Khishignyam (The Citadel) – Dec. 12-5 - Michael Pongracz (UTC) – UTC 27-6 149: Matthew Frisch (The Citadel) – Dec. 7-3 - Austin Sams (UTC) – UTC 27-9 157: Aaron Walker (The Citadel) – Dec. 7-5 (SV1) - Alex Hudson (UTC) – UTC 27-12

Brian Smith and Jason Peters will go "On the Mat" this Wednesday, Jan. 22. "On the Mat" is a presentation of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum. The show can be heard live on the Internet at 1650thefan.com or locally in Northeast Iowa each Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m. CT on AM 1650, The Fan. A podcast of the show is available on theopenmat.com. E-mail dgmstaff@nwhof.org with any questions or comments. Smith is the head wrestling coach at the University of Missouri. His team is currently ranked seventh in the nation. Peters is the head wrestling coach at Pittsburgh. His team is currently ranked eighth in the nation.

UNIVERSITY HTS., Ohio -- The No. 11 ranked Mount Union wrestling team won the final four matches to rally for a 19-15 Ohio Athletic Conference win at John Carroll Tuesday in University Heights. The Purple Raiders (9-4, 1-0 OAC) found themselves down 15-7 after the 165 pound match but won the next three matches to take a 16-15 lead heading into the final match at 285 pounds. Senior Nick Rajcsak (Stow/Stow) then scored a 3-1 overtime win to clinch the dual for Mount Union. John Carroll (2-5, 0-1 OAC) opened the match with a pin at 125 pounds before Mount Union scored a major victory from Jeremy Border (Caldwell/Caldwell) at 133 and a 5-0 win from Alex Funderburg (Amherst/Amherst) at 141 to give the Raiders a 7-6 lead. The Blue Streaks got three straight decisions at 149, 157 and 165 that put them back up 15-7 before the Mount Union rally. The Raiders return to the mat next Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 pm hosting Baldwin Wallace in an OAC dual at The MAAC in Alliance. Results: 125 Sal Corrao (John Carroll) won by pin over Dan Hoberney (Mount Union) 4:19. 133 Jeremy Border (Mount Union) won by major decision over Michael Buckiso (John Carroll) 10-0. 141 Alex Funderburg (Mount Union) won by decision over Anthony Trocchio (John Carroll) 5-0. 149 Daniel Mirman (John Carroll) won by decision over Ben Kazimir (Mount Union) 5-4. 157 Terner Gott (John Carroll) won by decision over Jon Garrison (Mount Union) 9-6. 165 Tom McNulty (John Carroll) won by decision over Joe Schindel (Mount Union) 8-1. 174 Chad Zeigler (Mount Union) won by decision over Jake Vincent (John Carroll) 4-0. 184 Brent Kirk (Mount Union) won by decision over Todd Gaydosh (John Carroll) 5-3. 197 Lucas Dies (Mount Union) won by decision over Robert Kratman (John Carroll) 3-1. 285 Nick Rajcsak (Mount Union) won in sudden victory 1 over Will Porter (John Carroll) 3-1.

NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. -- Five wins in the first six weights proved to be the difference for Manchester University Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Spartans, looking to make senior 197-pounder Jason Pedigo's final home dual be a memorable one, did just that in front of a good crowd at Stauffer-Wolfe Arena. MU's 28-15 victory over its in-state rival marked the program's second such against the Thunder (1-7). A pin from freshman 165-punder Dylan Lauffer (Fairfield, Ohio) thrown with forfeit wins from sophomore 133-pounder Kalib Jackson (Angola, Ind.) and freshman 157-pounder Collin Wise (Cairo, Ohio) helped move the Black and Gold (4-9) out to a 24-3 lead through 165. Freshman Logan Floor (Sheridan, Ind.) made it official with an 11-1 major decision victory over Shane Hendrickson that was aided by a three-point nearfall late in the opening frame. Trine rallied back in the final three matches behind a decision at 184, a fall at 197 and a hard-fought decision at heavyweight. Manchester University had opened the evening with a decision win from freshman 125-pounder Alan Mock (Peru, Ind.) and a narrow 2-1 final for sophomore 141-pounder Josh Juarez (South Bend, Ind.) which was sealed with a riding point late in the third period. MU continues its dual season Saturday, Jan. 25. They take on Concordia University of Wisconsin and UW-Eau Claire in their pool at the UW-Whitewater Border Brawls. NOTES: Jackson's forfeit win marked back-to-back double-digit win campaigns for the sophomore. His 10 victories are second on the team, trailing only Lauffer's 11 ... Juarez, Mock and Wise each climbed with two wins of double figures. Results: 125: Alan Mock (M) dec. Levi Graber, 6-0 133: Kalib Jackson (M) wins by forfeit 141: Josh Juarez dec. Wes Cummings, 2-1 149: Adam Boles (T) dec. Bryce Roberts, 6-0 157: Collin Wise (M) wins by forfeit 165: Dylan Lauffer pinned Isaiah Hill 174: Logan Floor maj. Dec. Shane Hendrickson, 11-1 184: Joe Stasiak(T) dec. Brian Clark, 7-3 197: Michael Connor (T) pinned Jason Pedigo, 4:56 HWT: Mack Green (T) dec. Dustin Kult, 4-1

BEREA, Ohio -- The Berg wrestling team opened up their 2014 Ohio Athletic Conference dual match schedule with a 35-6 victory over the Yellow Jackets of Baldwin Wallace. The Berg entered the matchup riding a three year winning streak against the Yellow Jackets. Following their two-loss victory, third year Ned Shuck remains unbeaten against Baldwin Wallace having dominated the Yellow Jackets 115-18 in their last three meetings. "We knew we would have a tough fight against these guys," said Shuck. "We came ready to fight, we came ready to battle and it is a great way to kick of the OAC dual season with a win. I'm really proud of our guys." Senior Delian Schneider held his own against the BW's 125-pounder Jesse Gunter until the final minute of the third period. The Yellow Jacket, who is ranked as a contender by d3wrestle.com, scored a takedown as time expired in the third period to bring the score to 6-6 and send the match to sudden victory overtime. Gunter out lasted Schneider and scored a takedown on the edge of the mat to put Baldwin Wallace ahead, 3-0. Sophomore 133-pounder Justin Kihn scored a six-point fall in a time of 5:40 to propel the Berg to a 6-3 lead. "We try to instill a dominating style and scoring bonus points is how you do that," stated Shuck. The 141-pound weight class was occupied by senior Ian Gillespie who entered the match 18-10 overall. Gillespie accumulated 4:00 of riding time through the second and third period on his way to an 8-0 major decision and his 19th victory of the season. With the Berg grapplers leading the Yellow Jackets, 10-3, sophomore 149-pounder Damon Cheek scored a tight 3-0 decision. At 157-pounds, sophomore Aaron Banko surrendered the second Berg loss of the evening in a 5-2 decision. Senior Jeremy Stepp rallied at 165-pounds with a narrow victory, 6-5 to move the team score to 13-6 in Heidelberg's favor. Brennan Kelly followed Stepp's decision with one of his own at 174-pounds, 4-3. Junior 184-pounder Richard Dowdley put his BW counterpart striaght to the mat twice for a takedown and three near fall points as he went on to win by major decision, 11-0. As the Berg led 23-6, senior Jason Russell made quick work of his opponent at 197-pounds. Russell scored a first period fall in a time of 1:56 to propel the Berg to a 29-6 lead. Heavyweight Nino Majoy received a forfeit to conclude the Berg's first OAC dual match. "We will use a win like this to build confidence but we can't look to far ahead," said Shuck. "We have to focus on Alma this weekend and I tell the guys to take it one match at a time so that's what we will do." The Student Princes will return to the mat this coming weekend as they travel to Alma, Mich. for the Alma College Open. Wrestling will begin at 8:30 a.m. Results: 125 Jesse Gunter (Baldwin Wallace) won in overtime over Delian Schneider (Heidelberg) 7-6. 3.00 0 133 Justin Kihn (Heidelberg) won by pin over Andrew Taylor (Baldwin Wallace) 5:40. 0 6.00 141 Ian Gillespie (Heidelberg) won by major decision over Joey Schmidt (Baldwin Wallace) 8-0. 0 4.00 149 Damon Cheek (Heidelberg) won by decision over Graham Montague (Baldwin Wallace) 3-0. 0 3.00 157 Garrett Chase (Baldwin Wallace) won by decision over Aaron Banko (Heidelberg) 4-2. 3.00 0 165 Jeremy Stepp (Heidelberg) won by decision over David Shapiro (Baldwin Wallace) 6-4. 0 3.00 174 Brennan Kelly (Heidelberg) won by decision over Ben Lebrun (Baldwin Wallace) 4-3. 0 3.00 184 Richard Dowdley (Heidelberg) won by major decision over Andrew Shackelford (Baldwin Wallace) 11-0. 0 4.00 197 Jason Russell (Heidelberg) won by pin over Tyler Keating (Baldwin Wallace) 1:59. 0 6.00 285 Nino Majoy (Heidelberg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) . 0 6.00 Dual Meet Score 6.0 35.0

HARTSVILLE, S.C. -- The Coker Cobras picked up a 28-15 win over Belmont Abbey in their final home dual match of the season on Tuesday (Jan. 21) night. The win gives the Cobras a 6-4 record in dual matches this season. Mikel Nelson got the match started with a thrilling 12-11 come-from-behind victory in the 125-pound division. Nelson found himself behind 7-0 early in the match, but he battled his way back to win the match and give Coker a 3-0 lead. Charlie Huff, Walker Barfield and Kevin Thompson built on the momentum started by Nelson with back-to-back-to-back pins at the 133-pound, 141-pound and 149-pound divisions. The three pins gave the Cobras a 21-0 lead. Belmont Abbey bounced back with three decisions and a pin over the next four matches, trimming the Coker lead to just six points, 21-15. With two matches remaining it was up to Robert Parland and Austin Akins to secure the Coker victory. Parland put the match out of reach with an impressive 4-1 win at the 197-pound division. Akins put the nail in the coffin with a dominating 13-0 major decision at the 285-pound division, giving Coker the 28-15 win. The Cobras return to the mat on Saturday (Jan. 25) at the Super Region Duals at Newberry College. Coker will take on Tiffin, Shippensburg, Findlay and Indianapolis during the all day event. Results: 125 Mikel Nelson (Coker College) won by decision over Michael Bedard (Belmont Abbey) 12-11. 3.00 0 133 Charlie Huff (Coker College) won by pin over Markus Almeida (Belmont Abbey) 3:51. 6.00 0 141 Walker Barfield (Coker College) won by pin over Clemente Narviaz (Belmont Abbey) 3:54. 6.00 0 149 Kevin Thompson II (Coker College) won by pin over Sean Webb (Belmont Abbey) 4:35. 6.00 0 157 John Glunt (Belmont Abbey) won by decision over Johnathan Dykes (Coker College) 11-6. 0 3.00 165 Daniel Callahan (Belmont Abbey) won by pin over Philip Burrows (Coker College) 0:00. 0 6.00 174 Joseph Maumoynier (Belmont Abbey) won by decision over Zach Dicus (Coker College) 12-5. 0 3.00 184 Marcus Dwaileebe (Belmont Abbey) won by decision over Shane Carpenter (Coker College) 4-1. 0 3.00 197 Robert Parland (Coker College) won by decision over Kelly Baker (Belmont Abbey) 4-1. 3.00 0 285 Austin Akins (Coker College) won by major decision over Thomas Turpin (Belmont Abbey) 13-0. 4.00 0 Dual Meet Score 28.0 15.0

NEW CONCORD -- The Ohio Northern wrestling team opened the Ohio Athletic Conference portion of its schedule with a 48-0 victory at Muskingum on Tuesday night at the Recreation Center. The Polar Bears improve to 9-5 overall and are 1-0 in OAC action, while the Muskies fall to 0-6, 0-1. Junior Cody Lovejoy and freshman Kyler Deeter each won by pin to lead ONU. Lovejoy won in 1:17 at heavyweight and Deeter won in 3:34 at 157 pounds. Seniors Ryan Fowler and Michael Pawlitz also posted victories by decision for Northern. Fowler won 6-0 at 141 pounds and Pawlitz won 6-0 at 197 pounds. The Muskies forfeited six of the 10 weight classes in the bout. The Polar Bears will return to action next Tuesday when they host John Carroll in an OAC dual match at 7:30 at the ONU Sports Center. Ohio Northern 48, Muskingum 0 Results: 125 -- Double Forfeit 133 -- Cole Cochran (ONU) won by forfeit 141 -- Ryan Fowler (ONU) dec. Jonathan Raugh, 7-0 149 -- Gennar Feucht (ONU) won by forfeit 157 -- Kyler Deeter (ONU) pinned Cole Vancil, 3:34 165 -- Colt Lovejoy (ONU) won by forfeit 174 -- Tyler Gargano (ONU) won by firfeit 184 -- David Woolley (ONU) won by forfeit 197 -- Michael Pawlitz (ONU) dec. Lucas Weber, 6-0 285 -- Cody Lovejoy (ONU) pinned James Keys, 1:17

Wheaton, Ill. -- The Wheaton Thunder wrestling team closed out the dual match portion of the 2013-14 schedule with a 20-17 victory against North Central College on Tuesday night in King Arena. Wheaton finishes its dual match slate for the season with an 11-1 record, the best mark for the Wheaton wrestling program since a 12-3-1 campaign in 1967-68. North Central earned wins at 125-pounds, 133-pounds and 141-pound to take an 11-0 lead in the team scoring. Wheaton's first victory of the night came at 149-pounds as junior William Byrd (PICTURED LEFT) earned a 9-2 decision against Nathan Segal at 149-pounds. Byrd's victory trimmed North Central's lead to 11-3. Josh Tardy of North Central earned a decision at 157-pounds to increase the guests' lead to 14-3. Wheaton picked up momentum with victories over the next four matches. The second victory of the night for the Thunder was a win in a 16-1 technical fall by freshman Stephen Aiello at the 6:22 mark of his match against Alex Vosburgh at 165-pounds. Aiello scored eight of his 16 points in the first period, en route to a win that cut North Central's lead to 14-8. Thunder senior Matt McCrary won an 11-5 decision against Evan Kirkman at 174-pounds to close the Cardinals' lead to 14-11. Wheaton gained the lead for good with a decisive pin by Thunder All-American Dan Olsen at the 1:38 mark of his match against Vincent Pizzo at 184-pounds. Olsen's quick pin gave Wheaton a 17-14 advantage. Thunder senior Mitch Steed gained a closely contested 6-2 decision over North Central's Casey Greenberg at 197-pounds to extend the Wheaton lead to 20-14. Steed led Greenberg by a narrow 2-1 advantage as they entered the third period, but Steed earned four key points in the third period to emerge with the win. North Central's Dylan Mahler defeated Wheaton freshman Taylor Gohn in an 8-3 decision at 285-pounds to account for the final score of 20-17. Wheaton is off until next weekend when the Thunder hosts the Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational on January 31 and February 1 in King Arena. Wrestling will begin at 11 AM on January 1, as more than 30 teams visit Wheaton for the largest and oldest small-college wrestling tournament in the country. Results: 125-pounds: Nick Santos (North Central), def. Tom Foy (Wheaton), 12-3 major decision 133-pounds: Layten Binion (North Central), def. Gregory Manfredi (Wheaton), 13-2 major decision 141-pounds: Howard Beatty (North Central) def. Jared Fekete (Wheaton), 8-7 decision 149-pounds: William Byrd (Wheaton) def. Nathan Segal (North Central), 9-2 decision 157-pounds: Josh Tardy (North Central) def. Mark Savenok (Wheaton), 9-4 decision 165-pounds: Stephen Aiello (Wheaton) def. Alex Vosburgh (North Central), 16-1 technical fall (6:22) 174-pounds: Matt McCrary (Wheaton) def. Eric Kirkman (North Central), 11-5 decision 184-pounds: Dan Olsen (Wheaton) def. Vincent Pizzo (North Central) by fall (1:38) 197-pounds: Mitch Steed (Wheaton) def. Casey Greenberg (North Central), 6-2 decision 285-pounds: Dylan Mahler (North Central) def. Taylor Gohn (Wheaton), 8-3 decision

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- No.2-ranked Concordia turned to its "next generation" to come up with key individual wins in a wire-to-wire win against the University of Jamestown. For the second straight home dual meet the Cobbers won eight of the 10 individual matches in posting a 30-12 victory over the Jimmies. The victory pushes Concordia's dual-meet record to 11-2 on the season. The 11 dual-meet wins is the most since the 2010-11 season and is one shy of the school record of 12 set back in 2009-10. Jamestown loses for the third straight dual meet and is now 3-5 on the season. Concordia won the first three individual bouts of the match with the biggest victory coming at 141 by Will McCarthy. Freshman Richard Soto started the dual by coming away with an 11-4 decision at 125. Soto finished with a flurry of points to get the seven-point victory. Gabe Foltz then earned a forfeit win at 133 to up his season record to 14-9. McCarthy followed Foltz and recorded the most dramatic victory of the night. He erased a three-point deficit in the third period and won 10-8. McCarthy entered the final period trailing 7-4 but then came up with six points to grab his sixth win of the year. It was McCarthy's first individual match since Dec. 21. "I was just taking it one point at a time, commented McCarthy. "I was trying to hang in there and keep it close. I had a feeling I would be able to outlast him." The Jimmies came up with one of their two pin falls on the night and then the Cobbers rattled off four straight individual wins to seal the victory by gaining a 27-6 lead in the match. Ben Cousins, Brandon Haluptzok, Sebastian Gardner and Chris Harrison all earned points for CC. Cousins, another one of the "next generation" Cobbers, won 4-0 at 157 and once again came up with the decisive points in the third period. McCarthy was asked about the team's ability to win in the third and remarked, "I know our conditioning is pretty tough so I [the team] was banking on that." Haluptzok earned a third-period victory when he hung on and won 4-3 at 165. It was only Haluptzok's sixth match of the season and he evened his record at 3-3. Gardner won his match at 174 in the second period when he earned a couple of escapes to take a two-point lead and then added one more in the third to win 6-3. Gardner is 18-10 on the year and has won six of his last nine matches. Harrison recorded Concordia's second forfeit win of the night and is now 19-5. He is the fifth member of the Cobbers to win 19 matches this season. Freshman Justice Davis finished off the match with a 3-2 win at 285. It marked bookend wins for CC freshmen. Davis got an escape in the final 20 seconds of his bout and earned a 3-2 victory. Davis picked up his fifth win on the year. Concordia will turn its attention to another national-caliber dual-format invitational. The Cobbers will participate in the Border Brawl Duals hosted by UW-Whitewater on Saturday, Jan. 25. CC face UW-Stevens Point in the first round and then square off against No.9-ranked Olivet in the second round. Results: 125 – Richy Soto (CC) dec. Andre Aguinaga (UJ); 11-4 (Concordia 3-0) 133 – Gabe Foltz (CC) wins by forfeit (Concordia 9-0) 141 – Will McCarthy (CC) dec. Eddy Wilson (UJ); 10-8 (Concordia 12-0) 149 – Dillon Beeler (UJ) pin fall Jacob Rositas (CC); 2:03 (Concordia 12-6) 157 – Ben Cousins (CC) dec. Devon Schnaubert (UJ); 4-0 (Concordia 15-6) 165 – Brandon Haluptzok (CC) dec. Pat Nord (UJ); 4-3 (Concordia 18-6) 174 – Sebastian Gardner (CC) dec. Jaykob Miller (UJ); 6-3 (Concordia 21-6) 184 – Chris Harrison (CC) wins by forfeit (Concordia 27-6) 197 – Demetreus Roby (UJ) pin fall Kyle Willette (CC); 6:54 (Concordia 27-12) 285 – Justice Davis (CC) dec. Antonio Lopez (UJ); 3-2 (Concordia 30-12)

WAVERLY, Iowa -- The No. 1 ranked Wartburg (11-0 overall, 3-0 IIAC) defeated Loras (6-8, 2-1) 31-13 Tuesday night. Results: 125: #3 Gilberto Camacho (WB) win by 7-0 dec vs Ronnie Triche 133: Charlie Jones (WB) win by 17-6 maj dec vs Dearion Stokes 141: Matt Holmes (LC) win by 3-2 dec vs Jace Lopez 149: Andrew Steiert (WB) wins by fall at 1:59 vs Joe Wood 157: #2 Steve DeWitt (LC) wins by 14-6 maj dec vs Brett Yonkovic 165: #4 Cole Welter(WB) wins by 11-3 maj dec vs Bill Wood 174: #1 Landon Williams (WB) wins by 15-0 tech fall vs Joe Butler 184: #9 Sam Upah (WB) wins by fall at 2:41 vs Mathias Palmersheim 197: Cody Flynn (LC) wins by fall at 1:01 vs #5 Puna Soriano 285: #2 Ryan Fank (WB) wins by 2-1 OT dec vs #5 James Buss Official: Eric Eckerman Other Notes: -Steiert's first appearance in a varsity dual -Welter needs one more win to have 100 for his career and Upah needs three to reach the century mark. -Williams extends his lead as the program's all-time leader in tech falls and now has 25 in his career. He needs one more win to crack into Wartburg's top ten win list. -Williams also has a team-best 28 wins on the year. -Upah recorded his fourth pin of the season and 30th of his career -With his win, Fank increased his winning streak to 23. -Wartburg extends their overall duals winning streak to 47 and 168 over IIAC opponents.

After Simpson College won by fall to begin the dual, the Buena Vista wrestling team then won four of the next five weight classes to build a 17-10 lead and hung on in the end to top the Storm, 24-19, in an Iowa Conference thriller inside of Siebens Fieldhouse on Tuesday night. The dual began at 197 pounds, and the Storm took the early lead before Gable Bonner won an exciting 4-3 decision at 285 pounds. Bonner trailed 1-0 heading to the third before quickly tying things up at 1-1 just 20 seconds into the final period. That's the way things stood at the end of regulation and after the first overtime period. Bonner then took a 2-1 lead with an escape with less than five seconds left in the first sudden death before Simpson tied things up at 2-2. Bonner then got a thrilling takedown with under 10 seconds left before letting his opponent go with just a second left for the final score. Senior Branden Schultz put the Beavers in front, 9-6, as he won by forfeit at 125 pounds before Slade Stiles made it a 13-6 advantage with his 21-10 triumph at 133. Jeff Sand picked up a penalty point with just 10 seconds left to go with riding time to win an 11-3 major decision for the Storm at 141 pounds over Cam Mennenoh. Junior Steve Gutschenritter improved to 10-4 on the year with his commanding 11-1 major decision at 149 pounds to push the Beaver lead up to 17-10. Simpson pulled back within a point at 17-16 when Jacob Mize won by pin over Drake Swedlund at 157 pounds. Seth Shatto kept BVU in the lead as he picked up two takedowns and a reversal over the final five minutes of his 165-pound match to go on and win 11-1 for his 20th win of the year. Brett Roberts held off Tyler Puls in a hard-fought match at 174 pounds to keep Simpson within striking distance at 21-19 heading into the final bout of the night. Senior Casey Paprocki, who hasn't seen any action over the last few weeks, was back out on the mat for the Beavers at 184 pounds. He took a 1-0 lead early in the second period with an escape 30 seconds in and kept that lead heading to the third. He was able to pick up a pair of nearfall points midway through the period for a 3-0 lead before surrendering a reversal seconds which made it a 3-2 score. Paprocki was then let loose to make it a 4-2 score with a minute left before being taken down to even things up at 4-4. He was able to get away with 30 seconds to go, and held on for the final 15 seconds in a scramble situation to earn the 5-4 win and give the Beavers the five-point victory. It's the third straight win over the Storm for BVU, and each win came down to the final match. Buena Vista improves to 1-4 overall (1-2 IIAC) and will look to add to that conference win total win it hosts three other teams in half of the IIAC Duals this Saturday inside of the Lamberti Rec Center. The Beavers will begin their day against #28 Dubuque at 9:00am before taking on top-ranked Wartburg College at 10:30am. The day concludes with a dual against Central College at 12:00pm.

With the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday now past, the scholastic wrestling regular season is more or less hitting its home stretch. However, as was the case this past weekend, there is a lot of connected activity involving Fab 50 teams in the coming week. Broncos traveled to Marmion, came away with win, continue with gauntlet by hosting Marist Looking at the schedule for Montini Catholic, Ill., at the start of the season, one could see this midseason seven week gauntlet and call it a lot of things -- including sadistic. The last week of that stretch is finally in sight. The penultimate week came to roost this past Saturday, as the No. 20 ranked Broncos beat No. 30 Marmion Academy, Ill. 36-28 in dual meet action. The first four matches of this dual meet were forfeits. Montini Catholic earned three of them as Edgar Ruano (220), No. 10 Michael Johnson, Jr. (285), and Jimmy Pawleski (106) got their hands raised for showing up; then it was Marmion Academy's turn with No. 16 Anthony Bosco (113) cutting the deficit to 18-6. After those four non-matches, the host Cadets won three consecutive weights to tie the dual meet at 18-all. A.J. Jaffe picked up an 8-2 decision over Kegan Calkins at 120, No. 13 Johnny Jimenez upended Dylan Duncan 7-2 at 126, and Anthony Cheloni scored a fall in 2:43 over Caleb Fortuna at 138. In response, Montini Catholic picked up consecutive wins from middle-weight anchors Vince Turk (138) and No. 20 Chris Garcia (145), which gave them a 25-18 lead that would hold up through the rest of the dual meet. Trace Carello would cut into that deficit slightly for the Cadets with a 21-4 technical fall at 152 pounds; however, another pair of consecutive wins for Montini Catholic would open the lead up to 33-23 with two matches left in the dual. Those wins came from Lucas Fortuna and No. 13 Xavier Montalvo who bumped up one weight class each. The host Cadets would flip their wrestlers for the last two weights in hopes of stealing the dual meet. Josh Myers did his part with a 20-5 technical fall at 182 pounds, which kept the dual in reach for Marmion Academy. However, Anthony Ferraro gave the Broncos the match-sealing victory at 195 pounds by 5-1 decision over Nathan Traxler. Now on Friday night, it will be the capper to the gauntlet, as Montini Catholic will host No. 13 Marist in dual meet action starting at 7 p.m. Central. There will be a live web stream/broadcast of the dual meet on the Illinois Matmen website. Projected lineups are below. 106: Jimmy Pawleski (Mon) vs. Jim McAuliffe (Mar) 113: TBD vs. Nick Lukanich (Mar) 120: Kegan Calkins (Mon) vs. Mark Duda/Andy O'Brien (Mar) 126: Dylan Duncan (Mon) vs. Mike Mullaney/Mark Duda (Mar) 132: Caleb Fortuna (Mon) vs. Ameen Hamdan (Mar) 138: Vince Turk (Mon) vs. Mario Leveille (Mar) 145: No. 20 Chris Garcia (Mon) vs. David Kasper/Nick Gasbarro (Mar) 152: Luke Fortuna (Mon) vs. Jakada Hull (Mar) 160: No. 13 Xavier Montalvo (Mon) vs. Peter Andreotti (Mar) 170: TBD vs. Jake Poole (Mar) 182: Mitch Navarro (Mon) vs. Alex Benoit (Mar) 195: Anthony Ferraro (Mon) vs. Sam Feldner (Mar) 220: Edgar Ruano (Mon) vs. Pat O'Connor (Mar) 285: No. 10 Michael Johnson, Jr. (Mon) vs. Jake Ford (Mar) Marmion Academy travels to Michigan for two dual meets against Fab 50 opposition Like Montini Catholic in the previous piece, the No. 30 ranked Cadets is ending their own seven-week gauntlet of rigorous competitions this weekend. They'll be traveling to Michigan for tri-meets on Friday and Saturday. On each day, they'll face on Fab 50 team -- on Friday, it'll be No. 15 Lowell (Mich.), while on Saturday they compete against No. 18 Detroit Catholic Central (Mich.). Also, on Saturday, they'll match up against Cincinnati Moeller (Ohio). For Cincinnati Moeller, which started inside the top 15 in the preseason, these last two weeks have kind of been the start to their season. The Crusaders are getting back their upper-weight core to the lineup, at least to some extent. Here are projected lineups for Lowell, Marmion Academy, Detroit Catholic Central, and Cincinnati Moeller for this weekend; the "old weights" are used in Michigan competition. 103: Sam Russell (Low), TBD (Marm), Davis Rastigue/Trevor Geelhood (DCC), Connor Graves (Moe) 112: Lucas Hall (Low), No. 16 Anthony Bosco (Marm), Tommy Herrmann (DCC), Jalen Summerours (Moe) 119: Zeth Dean (Low), A.J. Jaffe (Marm), Parker O'Brien (DCC), Conner Ziegler (Moe) 125: Bailey Jack (Low), No. 13 Johnny Jimenez (Marm), Trevor Zdebski (DCC), Connor Borton (Moe) 130: Derek Krajewski (Low), Anthony Cheloni (Marm), Evan Toth (DCC), Jacoby Ward (Moe) 135: Jordan Hall (Low), Michael Callahan (Marm), Eli Joseph (DCC), Tiese Gideon (Moe) 140: Josh Kinsley (Low), Eli Baltazar (Marm), Myles Amine (DCC), Drew Hobbs (Moe) 145: Danny Kruse (Low), Matt Ferraro (Marm), Malik Amine/Ryan O'Connor (DCC), Campbell Morton (Moe) 152: Jacob Garcia (Low), Trace Carello (Marm), No. 12 Nick Bennett (DCC), Jonathan Tallarigo (Moe) 160: Kanon Dean (Low), Sammy Breen (Marm), Tyler Morland (DCC), Austin Bohenek (Moe) 171: Max Dean (Low), Nick Ferraro (Marm), No. 12 Andrew Garcia (DCC), Quinton Rosser/Brett Bryant (Moe) 189: Garrett Stehley (Low), Josh Myers/Nathan Traxler (Marm), No. 17 at 182 Logan Marcicki (DCC), Dakota Sizemore/William Smallwood (Moe) 215: No. 13 Josh Colegrove (Low), Myers/Traxler (Marm), Nick Giese/Jimmy Russell (DCC), Jerry Thornberry/No. 5 Chalmer Frueauf (Moe) 285: Logan Wilcox (Low), TBD (Marm), Russell/Mark Bilger, Joe Hensley (Moe) Additional Fab 50 clashes in the Wolverine State Two additional dual meets in the coming week up in the state of Michigan will feature a pair of Fab 50 teams going up against one another. This afternoon starting at 1:30 p.m., No. 15 Lowell will host No. 18 Detroit Catholic Central in an assembly match. Projected lineups for each squad are featured in the item above. Then on Friday, No. 28 Davison and No. 36 St. Johns will compete in a dual meet before the University of Michigan's home match against Michigan State at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor. Projected lineups for each team are below. 103: Jacob Alvarez (D) vs. Emilio Sanchez (SJ) 112: Max Johnson (D) vs. Ian Parker (SJ) 119: Jacob Madrigal (D) vs. Lucas McFarland (SJ) 125: Lincoln Olson (D) vs. Derek Droste (SJ) 130: Derek Humphrey (D) vs. Bret Fedewa (SJ) 135: Matt Miller (D) vs. Jacob Zelenka (SJ) 140: No. 13 at 138 Justin Oliver (D) vs. No. 3 at 138 Zac Hall/Mark Bozzo (SJ) 145: Dominic Russ (D) vs. Hall/Bozzo (SJ) 152: Brenan McRill (D) vs. No. 5 Logan Massa (SJ) 160: Thomas Garty (D) vs. Drew Wixson (SJ) 171: Mark Lange (D) vs. TBD (SJ) 189: No. 15 at 182 Jordan Cooks (D) vs. No. 11 Angus Arthur (SJ) 215: Jake Ellis (D) vs. Tyler Wildmo (SJ) 285: Dakota Powers (D) vs. Nic Sturgis/Jake Gnegy (SJ) Wyoming Seminary with a statement victory over Bergen Catholic This past Friday night at the University of Pennsylvania, No. 6 Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) laid a statement on No. 8 Bergen Catholic (N.J.) in the form of a 39-19 victory. It was a second very decisive dual meet win for the Blue Knights over a team ranked in the top ten this season. The opening four matches of the dual meet set the tone, and were in essence the margin at the end of the match. Danny Boychuck opened the proceedings with a 19 second pin over Bergen Catholic backup Connor Laspina at 138 pounds. Tyler Ponte extended the lead for Wyoming Seminary with a 6-4 decision over Zach Spira. No. 10 Nick Reenan continued the barrage, earning an injury default at the 1:30 mark against Joe Grello at 152, while the stretch of dominance ended with a 14-1 major decision victory for No. 18 Chris Weiler over Jordan Pagan at 160. Bergen Catholic would cut into the lead with Kevin Mulligan's 5-3 decision victory over Ryan McMullan at 170 pounds and a pin in 3:38 by Danny DeLorenzi against Greg Kleinsmith at 182. However, it was still a 19-9 deficit for the Crusaders, who did not wrestle No. 2 Johnny Sebastian in this dual meet, either at 182 or up at 195. Seeing the lead cut down to ten, Wyoming Seminary would go on another four bout winning streak to put the dual meet out of reach. At 195 pounds, it was Mike Rogers with a 7-1 decision over Connor O'Brien. Matthew Doggett continued to sap out the hopes of the Crusaders, this one was a 7-6 victory over Christian Jenco at 220. Then, it was Jake Scanlan scoring a pin in 3:52 over Joe Caggiano at 285. Finally, John Busiello earned a 16-0 technical fall in four minutes over Evan Quinn at 106. Bergen Catholic would win three of the evening's last four bouts, but the damage was done during the first ten matches of the dual meet. Those wins came from No. 2 Nick Suriano at 113 pounds, an 11-3 major decision over Trent Olson; Pete Lipari with a 2-0 decision over Will Verallis at 126; and a 5-4 victory for J.P. Ascolese over C.J. Moyer at 132. The disruption came in the form of Jimmy Overheiser scoring a 3-2 victory over the Crusaders' Tyler Casamenti at 120. Each team will see another nationally ranked opponent this coming Saturday in dual meet action. The Blue Knights make a trip to Maryland for the Gilman Duals, where they will most likely face No. 50 McDonogh, Md. Bergen Catholic will wrestle No. 21 Bound Brook, N.J. as part of a quad meet at High Point -- Raritan is the fourth team in that event. It's a total muddle behind Bergen Catholic in the Garden State Among schools that compete in the NJSIAA, No. 1 Blair Academy does not (they feed into National Preps), there is much confusion about who is second best behind Bergen Catholic this season. The happenings of the past week validate such an assertion. On Saturday, Bound Brook traveled to Don Bosco Prep. They earned a 36-19 victory, taking home victories in ten of fourteen weight classes. However, the defeated Ironmen were without one starter and lost five of six matches decided by two points or less. Full details of that dual meet are available here. On Monday, Don Bosco Prep traveled to St. Peter's Prep and bounced back with a 30-27 victory. It was a meet in which both teams won seven of the weight classes. Full details of that dual meet are available here. Also on Monday, Bound Brook went to unranked Delbarton, and was trailing 20-12 after eight weight classes. However, it was consecutive victories from their back four weight classes -- including three pins -- that assured a Crusaders victory. The final score was 33-29, with the two teams splitting the fourteen weight class. For full details, click here. Adding to that confusion is results from earlier in the season. St. Peter's Prep beat a short-handed Bound Brook squad 35-28 at the Clash, though the teams split the fourteen weight classes. In addition, St. Peter's Prep split the fourteen weight classes during last weekend's 32-29 victory over Delabrton. Sorting it all out, Bound Brook and St. Peter's Prep will switch places in this week's Fab 50 -- Bound Brook to No. 21 and St. Peter's Prep to No. 25 -- while Don Bosco Prep stays at No. 23. Golden State update Two major tournaments took place this past weekend in California. No. 32 Poway used mass volume in winning the championship at the Battle for the Belt hosted by Temecula Valley this past weekend. Despite no champions, the Titans placed ten individuals on the way to a 199.5 to 190 victory over No. 46 Vacaville. Leading the Poway effort were runner-up finishes from Sergio Enloe (138) and No. 14 Ralphy Tovar (145). Vacaville had two wrestlers win weight class titles. Gionn Peralta made his debut at 113, came up with a title, and jumps into the rankings at No. 14; and No. 4 Jeramy Sweany (220) continued his dominance this season with pins in all six of his matches. The Bulldogs placed six wrestlers in all. Other notable weight class champions were Evan Wick (San Marino), who upset the previous ranked Sean Cannon (Green Valley, Nev.) 4-3 at 120; No. 9 Nikko Villarreal (Gilroy), a 4-2 winner over Ralphy Tovar at 145; No. 15 Paul Fox (Gilroy) at 152; and No. 5 Nick Fiegener (Folsom), who beat No. 6 Corey Griego (Sultana) 3-2 in the 182 final. No. 33 Buchanan was the dominant champion at the Five Counties Invitational this past weekend hosted by Fountain Valley. The Bears were led by four weight class champions: Jason Delacruz (120), Conner Francis (145), Abner Romero (152), and Kai Dill (220). In all nine wrestlers placed. Finishing second in the tournament was Santiago Corona with 211 points, led by three weight class champions -- Chris Lacayo (106), No. 4 Michael Longo (138), and Freddie Garcia (160). Two additional nationally ranked wrestlers won weight class titles: No. 9 Mason Pengilly (Porterville) at 126 and Nour Abdullatif (Roosevelt) at 285. On Wednesday evening, it will be a battle of Fab 50 squads when No. 35 Clovis West travels to No. 33 Buchanan. Then on Saturday at 4 p.m. Pacific Time, Buchanan and No. 4 Clovis will travel to No. 46 Vacaville as part of a double-dual. Buchanan and Clovis will both dual Vacaville and James Logan, but will not dual each other. Here are projected lineups for Clovis West, Buchanan, Clovis, and Vacaville. 106: Chris Marin (CW), Ross Arve (B), No. 5 Justin Mejia (C), Jordan Aquino (V) 113: Bryce Morita (CW), Jake Levatino/Durbin Lloren (B), Tristan Gilliland (C), No. 14 Gionn Peralta (V) 120: Isack Espina (CW), Jason Delacruz (B), Julian Gaytan (C), Anthony Hernandez (V) 126: No. 16 Michael Knoblauch (CW), Greg Gaxiola (B), Khristian Olivas (C), Bobby Ehman (V) 132: Bobby Miguel (CW), Kyle Hansen (B), Isaiah Hokit (C), Kyle Moore (V) 138: Chris Lane (CW), Dean Esquibel (B), Lane Barnes (C), Eric Udall (V) 145: Chris Garcia (CW), Conner Francis (B), Jared Hill (C), Hayden Fry (V) 152: Tyler Zimmer (CW), Abner Romero (B), Dominic Kincaid (C), Quintin Cardoza (V) 160: Luke Lierly (CW), Isaiah Jones (B), Josh Hokit (C), Jesse Johnson (V) 170: Eric Glikbarg (CW), Esequiel Olivera (B), Brody Brand (C), Cole Tigert (V) 182: George Espana (CW), Young Woo An (B), A.J. Nevills (C), Zach Myers/James Probis (V) 195: Alex Ku (CW), Zekary Levatino (B), Adam Prentice (C), Steven Gomez (V) 220: Cortes Morales (CW), Kai Dill (B), Matt Weiss (C), No. 4 Jeramy Sweany (V) 285: Austin Cox (CW), David Robles (B), No. 1 Nick Nevills (C), Mike McCauley (V) Broken Arrow and Stillwater in tight battle for Sooner State supremacy This past weekend the top three teams in Oklahoma, all of which are ranked in the top 15 nationally, competed in the Bobby Lyons Invitational hosted by Sand Springs. The team race was razor tight, and came down to the last weight class of the evening. Trailing by 1.5 points with the championship and consolation finals at 285 pounds to go, Broken Arrow got a 2-1 overtime victory from Trenton Lieurance in the third place bout. That gave the Tigers the championship when No. 15 Andrew Dixon (Edmond North) pinned Stillwater's James Brower in the championship bout. Despite going 1-6 in first place matches, Broken Arrow scored the 234 to 233.5 victory over Stillwater, which went 5-2 in those matches. The lone champion for Broken Arrow was No. 11 Markus Simmons, who scored a 12-2 major decision over John Jimanez (Sand Springs) at 120 pounds. Runner-up finishes came from Damon Hail (113), Davion Jeffries (126), Zack Edwards (132), Shea Conley (138), Tanner Bailey (145), and Paden Bailey (152). Six additional Tigers wrestlers earned a placement finish to make it thirteen in all for Broken Arrow. Weight class champions for runner-up Stillwater included Andrew Nieman (106), No. 13 Kaid Brock (132), Tristan Moran (138), No. 5 Joe Smith (145), and No. 5 Chandler Rogers (170). Nieman made his season debut at 106, earned a victory over No. 14 Paxton Rosen (Edmond North), which puts him in the rankings this week at No. 13. Brock, Moran, and Smith scored victories over Broken Arrow opposition. Runner-up finishers for the Pioneers were Jordan Dieringer (182) and Brower. Additional wrestlers placed third, fifth, and sixth for Stillwater. Finishing third in the event was Edmond North, who despite having four weight class champions only could muster 207.5 points. Those four weight class champions were No. 10 Joel Dixon (182), No. 5 Derek White (195), No. 12 Lance Dixon (220), and No. 15 Andrew Dixon (285). Rounding out the weight class champions were No. 3 Daton Fix (Sand Springs) at 113 pounds; Cody Karstetter (Sand Springs), who beat Jeffries 3-2 in the 126 final to knock him out of the weight class rankings; Jonce Blaylock (Berryhill) at 152; and Jacobe Smith (Muskogee) at 160. This coming Tuesday, No. 12 Stillwater will travel to No. 11 Broken Arrow for a dual meet. Edmond North dropped three spots to No. 14 in the Fab 50 this week, and will travel to Yukon for the Jay Hancock Memorial, a tournament that also includes No. 49 Collinsville. Bettendorf competes against top Iowa rivals in past and present weekends For a second tournament this season, it was No. 22 Bettendorf (Iowa) finishing slightly ahead of No. 37 Waverly-Shell Rock (Iowa) to secure a tournament victory. The first time came in the opening weekend at the Keith Young Invitational. This past weekend, it was at the Geneseo Wrestling Invitational in Illinois. Both the Bulldogs and Go-Hawks placed nine wrestlers in the top six podium spots, but it was Bettendorf's five champions out-pointing the eight top three finishers for Waverly-Shell Rock. Winning weight class titles for Bettendorf were Jack Wagner (106), Jacob Schwarm (113), Paul Glynn (120), No. 4 Fredy Stroker (132), and No. 10 Logan Ryan (138). Jacob Woodard (145) finished in second place, while an additional Bulldogs wrestler placed fifth and two others were sixth. Waverly-Shell Rock had Bryce Steiert (145) and Spencer Derifield (160) pick up weight class titles. Nate Sands (120), Izaak Miller (182), and Thomas Foy (195) placed second; while Justin Reither (132), Corey Abernathy (170), and Kaleb Staack (285) placed third. This coming weekend, Bettendorf will be joined by No. 27 Southeast Polk in the field at the Ed Winger Invite hosted by Urbandale, Iowa. Sixteen teams will compete in the individual bracket tournament on Saturday. Bettendorf won eight weight classes in a 37-27 dual meet victory against Southeast Polk at Iowa State a week ago from this past Sunday. Additional ranked teams from The Predicament polls in the field include North Scott and Iowa City West. Quick hitters Blair Academy, N.J., yet again showed why they are the number one team in the country. This past weekend in the Escape the Rock Tournament held outside of Philadelphia, the Buccaneers placed 13 wrestlers (every weight class but for 160, where No. 3 Dylan Milonas is out injured), and won four titles. Champions included No. 12 Chaz Tucker (120), who beat three nationally ranked wrestlers on the weekend, No. 1 Joey McKenna (138), No. 9 Mason Manville (152), and No. 15 Brandon Dallavia. Finishing in second place with four champions and 197.5 points, but 80 back of Blair Academy, was No. 16 Bethlehem Catholic, Pa. The Hawks were led by weight class champions Jake Riegel (106), No. 19 Luke Karam (113), No. 3 Zeke Moisey (126), and Andrew Dunn (220). For full results, click here. This coming week, top-ranked Blair Academy hosts a pair of Fab 50 teams as part of a Super Quad at 12:30 p.m. The Buccaneers will wrestle all four teams in the following order: No. 23 Don Bosco Prep (N.J.), Tulsa Union (Okla.), Smyrna (Del.), and No. 26 St. Edward (Ohio). On the opposite mat, the following dual meets will take place: St. Edward vs. Smyrna, St. Edward vs. Don Bosco, St. Edward vs. Tulsa Union, and Don Bosco Prep vs. Tulsa Union. The two matches for St. Edward on Saturday against Fab 50 opposition mark a fourth consecutive Saturday in which the Eagles have taken on a Fab 50 opponent in dual meet competition. This past weekend they hosted No. 5 St. Paris Graham, Ohio in their annual match. The visiting Falcons came away with a 34-25 victory, as they won eight of the fourteen weight classes. However, St. Edward won the only match involving a pair of nationally ranked wrestlers, as No. 11 L.J. Bentley upended No. 17 Eli Stickley by a 2-1 score at 113 pounds. In the WPIAL, which is the regional governing body for schools around Pittsburgh, sub-section championship dual meets will be taking place tonight. Most notable among those is the sub-section 1 tournament in Class AAA (big-school) to be held at No. 41 Greater Latrobe starting at 6 p.m. The host Wildcats are the second seed and will dual Kiski Area in one semifinal, while No. 9 Franklin Regional takes on Hempfield Area. The two winners and losers will meet to determine placement positions for next week's WPIAL team championship tournament. No. 42 Kuna and No. 45 Centennial, the top two teams in the state of Idaho, will both be at the Red Halverson Memorial Wrestling Invitational this weekend in Minico. This past weekend, Kuna dominated their way to a title at the Tiger-Grizz Invitational; while Centennial was short a key starter, who placed at the Reno TOC in December, and was in fourth place behind No. 38 Pleasant Grove (Utah) and two others at The Rumble in Orem, Utah. No. 4 Clovis (Calif.) outlasted No. 8 Massillon Perry (Ohio) in a relatively tight point race at the Alliance Top Gun Wrestling Tournament this past weekend. A recap of the event was written and posted on InterMat Sunday morning. To read the article, click here.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of Northern Iowa Athletics Department has announced the Iowa State vs. UNI dual has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. The dual will take place in West Gymnasium still as it was originally slated. Fewer than 50 tickets remain for the instate matchup. Tickets may be purchased online by clicking here or by phone (319) 273-4849.

OREGON CITY, Ore. -- The Clackamas wrestling team used a quick start and huge bonus point wins at the first three weight classes to improve to 9-3 on the year. The first three bouts were huge for the Cougars to get a very excited Randall Hall crowd ready for an exciting evening in a big way. Stevan Knoblauch, CJ Palmer and Robbie Rizzolino each earned bonus point wins to help the team jump out to a 17-0 lead. The night included some huge wins by Clackamas and none bigger than that of David Douglas High School standout Ihoughama Odihizuwa as he took down the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the nation with a convincing 8-4 win. Also, getting the folks fired up was Eleazar DeLuca's handling of No. 3 Nico Moreno. "I am incredibly proud of all of our kids from the red shirts through starters as they have worked very hard to get to where they are at right now and to avenge each of the early December losses was huge," said Clackamas coach Josh Rhoden. "We told our guys that now we can either let everyone catch us or we can widen the gap. Our hope is that these guys continue to respond like they have all year and continue to make gains." Results: 125: Stevan Knoblauch (Clackamas) pinned Jared Miller (North Idaho), 5:33 133: CJ Palmer (Clackamas) pinned Zach Mahaney (North Idaho), 2:40 141: Robert Rizzolino (Clackamas) tech. fall Kit Major (North Idaho), 21-6 149: Jeremy Golding (North Idaho) maj.dec. Kenny Martin (Clackamas), 14-4 157: Eleazar DeLuca (Clackamas) dec. Nico Moreno (North Idaho), 9-7 165: Tyler McLean (North Idaho) dec. Kyle Bateman (Clackamas), 5-3 SV 174: Derrick Booth (North Idaho) dec. Tyler White (Clackamas), 4-2 184: Adrian Salas (Clackamas) tech. fall Johnathan Dennis (North Idaho), 17-2 197: Ihoghama Odighizuwa (Clackamas) dec. VJ Giulio (North Idaho), 8-4 285: Taylor Kornoely (North Idaho) maj. dec. Brandon Johnson (Clackamas), 14-2

The 23rd-ranked Chattanooga wrestling team scored a dominating 35-6 win at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in Southern Conference action today. The Mocs improved to 11-5 overall and 2-0 in league matches while the Cougars dropped to 3-10 and 1-1 in SoCon matches. For the Mocs, it was their fourth straight dual win, improving to 6-5 all-time against SIUE. UTC has won 10 consecutive SoCon matches and are 24-1 in league duals under fifth-year head coach Heath Eslinger. “We wrestled well today,” stated Eslinger. “It was a good effort and we are wrestling consistently each time out. We just need to continue to improve with each week.” SIUE opened with a 3-0 after Dakota Leach scored a 9-6 win against freshman Byron Smith at 125. That advantage was short lived, as the Mocs ran off eight straight-wins, starting with back-to-back major decisions. Junior Nick Soto posted a 15-2 victory over Patrick Meyers at 133 while freshman Michael Pongracz shut out Drew Vrbenec 8-0 at 141. Wins by sophomore Austin Sams and senior Alex Hudson at 149 and 157, respectively, pushed the Mocs lead to 15-3 before UTC really turned up the heat. Junior Corey Mock posted a technical fall against Matthew Lester at 165 before junior Levi Clemons and sophomore John Lampe scored consecutive pins at 174 and 184. Freshman Scottie Boykin closed out the Mocs scoring with a 12-6 decision over Chris Johnson at 197. SIUE got three more points when heavyweight David Devine scored a 7-5 win in overtime against freshman Dawson Peck. It was the first loss for Peck in six matches since transferring to UTC from Virginia Tech at the semester break. UTC gets right back on the road this week, traveling to The Citadel (3-2, 1-0 SoCon) for a Wednesday match at 7:00 p.m. (E.S.T.). Links for live scoring and pay-per-view video are available on the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com. Chattanooga closes out its home schedule against Appalachian State on Sunday, Feb. 2, in Maclelland Gym. Match time against the Mountaineers is set for 2:00 p.m. Results: 125: Dakota Leach (SIUE) – Dec. 9-6 - Byron Smith (UTC) – SIUE 3-0 133: No. 11 Nick Soto (UTC) – MD 15-2 - Patrick Myers (SIUE) – UTC 4-3 141: Michael Pongracz (UTC) – MD 8-0 - Drew Vrbenec (SIUE) – UTC 8-3 149: Austin Sams (UTC) – Dec. 14-10 - Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE) – UTC 11-3 157: Alex Hudson (UTC) – MD 13-0 - Logun Taylor (SIUE) – UTC 15-3 165: No. 6 Corey Mock (UTC) – Tech. Fall 16-0 (5:58) - Matthew Lester (SIUE) – UTC 20-3 174: Levi Clemons (UTC) – Fall 6:46 - Jake Residori (SIUE) – UTC 26-3 184: John Lampe (UTC) – Fall 4:24 - Derek Nagel (SIUE) – UTC 32-3 197: Scottie Boykin (UTC) – Dec. 12-6 - Chris Johnson (SIUE) – UTC 35-3 285: David Devine (SIUE) – Dec. 7-5 (SV1) - Dawson Peck (UTC) – UTC 35-6

KENT, Ohio -- Despite having two starters out of its lineup Sunday, Kent State (8-6) captured 6-of-10 matches in a 23-14 win over NC State (10-3) at the M.A.C. Center. Right next to the wrestling mat, Kent State's gymnastics team also defeated the Wolfpack during the special Beauty and the Beast event. "When we found out at weigh-ins that Caleb (Marsh) wasn't going to be able to go, I was worried," Head Coach Jim Andrassy said. "I thought it would be hard for us to win, but we had a lot of guys step up and I'm proud of our guys for the way they came through." Prior to Sunday, the Golden Flashes were just 4-9 at the 165-pound weight class in dual meets and 1-12 at 125 pounds, but sophomores Tyler Buckwalter and Del Vinas each came up with big victories. The afternoon started at 165, as Buckwalter earned a 9-1 win over Peter Santos. In just his fourth victory of the season, Buckwalter scored a takedown with 10 seconds left in the match to clinch the major decision. He set the tone in the first period with a takedown immediately followed by a three-point turn. "Tyler's a better dual meet wrestler than a tournament wrestler at this point," Andrassy said. "Our hope is that he just continues to progress." The Wolfpack answered with a major decision of their own at 174, before sophomore Sam Wheeler gave the Flashes the lead for good with a 9-5 decision over Mike Macchiavello. Wheeler recorded two first period takedowns and never trailed. Sophomore Cole Baxter followed with an 8-3 decision over KaRonne Jones that included four minutes of riding time. "Our young guys are getting better and better every match," Andrassy said. "The improvement isn't always as fast as we'd like to be as coaches, but it's come against very good competition this year." Vinas claimed his first career dual victory with a 5-3 decision over Micah Perez. Vinas scored a pair of first period takedowns from his own shots and escaped in the third. "It was only our second win at 125 in dual this year," Andrassy said. "We can win a lot of duals if we win there." Sophomore Mack McGuire brought the crowd to its feet with a first period pin of Chris Wilkes. With the match scoreless late in the first, McGuire got in deep on a shot and had not yet earned a takedown, but tilted Wilkes' legs high enough to put him flat on his back. With his team up 19-11, sophomore Michael DePalma sealed the victory with a 12-2 major decision of Brian Hamann. Up 2-0 after one period, DePalma broke things open in the second with a reversal and two takedowns. The Golden Flashes begin a string of five straight conference duals Friday, Jan. 24, visiting Ohio. Already 2-0 in the MAC, Kent State hosts Central Michigan Sunday, Jan. 26 at the M.A.C. Center. Ian Miller and Caleb Marsh are both expected back in the lineup Friday. Results: 165 Tyler Buckwalter (KSU) won by major decision over Peter Santos (NCSU) 9-1. 174 Pete Renda (NCSU) won by major decision over Mike Vollant (KSU) 14-3. 184 Sam Wheeler (KSU) won by decision over Michael Macchiavello (NCSU) 9-5. 197 Cole Baxter (KSU) won by decision over KaRonne Jones (NCSU) 8-3. 285 Nick Gwiazdowski (NCSU) won by major decision over Mimmo Lytle (KSU) 10-1. 125 Edilberto Vinas (KSU) won by decision over Micah Perez (NCSU) 5-3. 133 Mackenzie McGuire (KSU) won by pin over Chris Wilkes (NCSU) 2:43. 141 Sam Speno (NCSU) won by decision over Tyler Small (KSU) 3-2. 149 Michael Depalma (KSU) won by major decision over Brian Hamann (NCSU) 12-2. 157 Thomas Gantt (NCSU) won by decision over T.J. Keklak (KSU) 9-4.

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Three straight victories in the middle of the lineup helped key a 19-17 victory for the North Dakota State wrestling team over the Oregon State Beavers on Sunday, Jan. 19, at Gill Coliseum. With the win, the Bison (6-3) have won their last four duals – including two straight against ranked opponents. After dropping three consecutive weight classes and falling behind to Oregon State 11-9, third-ranked Steven Monk recaptured the lead for the Bison at 165 pounds with a 9-0 major decision over Toney Chay. Following Monk at 174 pounds, No. 12/13 Hayden Zillmer picked up three points for the Bison, using a takedown in the sudden victory period in overtime to register a 3-1 win over Joe Latham. NDSU junior Kurtis Julson extended the team lead to 19-11 with a 9-4 decision at 184 pounds. The Beavers’ 197-pounder, No. 12 Taylor Meeks, earned a 9-2 decision over Tyler Lehmann cutting the deficit to 19-14. NDSU junior Evan Knutson lost by decision, 10-4, in the final bout of the match against Oregon State’s Amarveer Dhesi – who came into the match ranked No. 18 at 285 pounds – but helped the Bison defeat the Beavers with a two-point margin. The victory gave NDSU their first in the series against Oregon State, which had won the previous four meetings between the two schools. The Beavers were ranked No. 20 coming into this week in the latest USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll and were ranked as high as 11th in the same poll this season. Monk won his 13th straight match of the season and improved his season record to 20-1. Hunter Weber earned his seventh pin this season, defeating Joey Palmer in one minute, 12 seconds in the first period. Justin Lavalle earned a 4-2 decision over Drew Van Anrooy at 133 pounds. The Bison host Air Force in their next dual at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Bison Sports Arena. Results: 125: Hunter Weber (NDSU) won by pin over Joey Palmer (Oregon State), 1:12 133: Justin LaValle (NDSU) won by decision over Drew Van Anrooy (Oregon State), 4-2 141: Joey Delgado (Oregon State) won by decision over Clay Cathey (NDSU), 9-4 149: Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon State) won by major decision over Tyler Diamond (NDSU), 14-2 157: Roger Pena (Oregon State) won by major decision over Nick Olejnik (NDSU), 15-4 165: Steven Monk (NDSU) won by major decision over Toney Chay (Oregon State), 9-0 174: Hayden Zillmer (NDSU) won in sudden victory 1 over Joe Latham (Oregon State), 3-1 184: Kurtis Julson (NDSU) won by decision over Austin Morehead (Oregon State), 9-4 197: Taylor Meeks (Oregon State) won by decision over Tyler Lehmann (NDSU), 9-2 285: Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) won by decision over Evan Knutson (NDSU), 10-4.

GILLETTE, Wyo. -- After trailing 17-12 with two matches left, South Dakota State won the final two matches to defeat Wyoming, 18-17; beating the Cowboys for the first time in school history. “All the credit goes to the 10 guys that went out and executed their gameplan today,” head coach Chris Bono said. “I could not be more proud of this group for believing in our coaches, themselves and their teammates.” Brance Simms and Eric Orozco won the final two matches 6-0 and 9-4, respectively. Alex Kocer (149) and No. 18 Cody Pack (157) gave SDSU a 6-0 lead after recording back-to-back wins to open the dual. Kocer earned his 20th victory of the season after defeating Brandon Richardson, 6-3. After giving up the first takedown, Pack escaped and recorded a takedown midway through the second period to take control of the match and went on to win, 4-2. After dropping the 165-lb bout, John Nething II used a balanced attack to down Brent Havlik, 8-3. Wyoming tied the match 9-9 after No. 20 Ben Stroh pinned redshirt freshman Ben Schwery. The Cowboys took a 12-9 lead following a Shane Woods’ 4-1 win over Trey Hable. J.J. Everard earned a hard-fought victory over Tanner Harms in the 285-lb bout, 7-3; tying the dual up, 12-12. Wyoming took a 17-12 lead after No. 8 Tyler Cox recorded a technical fall in the 125-lb bout. Following Simms' 6-0 win and the dual on the line, senior Eric Orozco beat Cole Mendenhall, 9-4 to win the decisive match and solidify the Jackrabbit win. “He finds a way to win,” Bono said of Orozco. “He deserves to get a win like that for how hard he has worked and his complete buy-in of the program since day one. I am extremely happy for the young man.” SDSU moves to 2-3 overall and 1-0 in WWC action. “It’s a great win for our program and we’re excited to build on it next week," Bono said. "We could not turn this program this quick without the support of our athletic director, administration, coaching staff and community support.” SDSU continues Western Wrestling Conference action on Jan. 26 as the Jacks welcome Air Force to Frost Arena. Results: 149 Pounds: Alex Kocer (SDSU) over Brandon Richardson (UW) – Dec., 6-3/ 3-0 157 Pounds: No. 18 Cody Pack (SDSU) over Andy McCulley (UW) – Dec., 4-2/6-0 165 Pounds: No. 18 Dakota Friesth (UW) over Joe Brewster (SDSU) – Dec., 5-3/6-3 174 Pounds: John Nething II (SDSU) over Brent Havlik (UW) – Dec., 8-3/9-3 184 Pounds: No. 20 Ben Stroh (UW) fall over Ben Schwery (SDSU) – 3:31/9-9 197 Pounds: Shane Woods (UW) over Trey Hable (SDSU) – Dec., 4-1/9-12 285 Pounds: J.J. Everard (SDSU) over Tanner Harms (UW) – Dec., 7-3/12-12 125 Pounds: No. 8 Tyler Cox (UW) tech. fall over Ben Gillette (SDSU) – 24-9, /12-17 133 Pounds: Brance Simms (SDSU) over Gunnar Woodburn (UW) – Dec., 6-0/15-17 141 Pounds: Eric Orozco (SDSU) over Cole Mendenhall (UW) – Dec., 9-4/18-17