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The 5 best places to watch college wrestling, according to fans

Wrestling fans are passionate and their energy drives the sport. They show up to big matches and they show up in numbers. The 2019 NCAA wrestling tournament drew more than 100,000 spectators who packed PPG Paints Arena to the brim for all six sessions. The excitement isn’t just limited to the national tournament. The Iowa Hawkeyes have led the country for the last 13 years in dual-meet attendance, averaging more than 8,500 fans in 2019 and totaling 59,684 supporters in Carver-Hawkeye Arena last season.

Session 6 Attendance: 18,950
All Session Attendance: 109,405#NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/t4kg5ijHtE— NCAA Wrestling (@ncaawrestling) March 24, 2019
The defending champion Penn State Nittany Lions also draw famous crowds to Rec Hall, and Cael Sanderson’s team attracted a total of 55,222 fans to State College in the 2018-2019 season to finish second nationally for home attendance. Penn State also fills the Bryce Jordan Center once a year for a big dual that welcomes more than 16,000 fans. 
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Rec Hall and Carver-Hawkeye Arena are two of the most well-known arenas in college wrestling. It’s also worth noting the unique places duals have occurred, including Fresno State’s Battle of Midway tournament which will be held again in 2019 on the flight deck of the famed aircraft carrier.  Duals have also occurred in Yankee Stadium, on football fields, on college quads and in theaters. Rest of the story and videos at https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2019-09-30/5-best-places-watch-college-wrestling-according-fans

October 3, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

CAROLINA WRESTLING ANNOUNCES 2019-20 SCHEDULE

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina wrestling team will host seven home duals in Carmichael Arena this season and will face six teams that finished within the top 20 of last year’s NCAA Championships. The 2019-20 schedule, which was announced Tuesday, boasts a series of strong non-conference opponents to kick off the season before beginning ACC competition in late January. UNC will open the season at the Hokie Open tournament on November 3. This continues the tradition of traveling to Virginia to kick off the season, which the Tar Heels have done every year in the Coleman Scott era.
Carolina will open up its dual-meet schedule on November 8, traveling to Ann Arbor to take on the University of Michigan. This will be the first meeting between the Tar Heels and Wolverines since the 1993-94 season. Last year, Michigan posted a fifth-place finish at NCAAs. The next weekend, UNC will make a trip out west to visit Stanford. Last season, the Cardinal put two wrestlers in the Round of 12 after posting a 9-4 dual meet record and knocking off four teams ranked within the top-20. Rest of the story at https://goheels.com/news/2019/10/1/carolina-announces-2019-20-wrestling-schedule.aspx?mc_cid=5ee3104c62&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

October 3, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

LITTLE ROCK UNVEILS INAUGURAL 2019-20 SCHEDULE

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Wonderful to see the start up of a NEW Division I program. We hope that this will become more common in the hear future.
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LITTLE ROCK – After a year and a half of waiting and preparation, the inaugural schedule for Little Rock wrestling has been released by head coach Neil Erisman. The inaugural slate includes nine dual meets, including five at the Jack Stephens Center, and three open tournaments, all leading up to the Pac 12 Conference Championships in March.
2019-20 Little Rock Wrestling Schedule
“We are very excited to announce our inaugural schedule,” Erisman said. “Coach Maldonado and I feel we have a solid line up of competitions. Our team will see some great competitors across the country that will hopefully help prepare them for the NCAA Championships, which is the ultimate goal.”
The 2019-20 season for Little Rock begins November 9 when the Trojans compete in their first open tournament of the year, participating in the Oklahoma City Open. That leads into Little Rock’s historic first home dual, which will be a Natural State showdown as the Trojans welcome University of the Ozarks to the Jack Stephens Center on Sunday, November 24. Another open tournament awaits Little Rock as the calendar turns to December, making the first of two trips to Edwardsville, Illinois on the year. The Trojans will compete in the SIU Edwardsville Cougar Clash on Saturday, December 7. The Trojans then return home for a pair of competitive home duals, beginning with the first “Sun Belt Championship” match against Appalachian State on Wednesday, December 18, pitting the two Sun Belt programs that sponsor wrestling against each other. Erisman then welcomes some familiar faces to Little Rock as the Trojans will host North Carolina on Friday, December 20th. Erisman spent four seasons as an assistant with the Tar Heels, who finished the 2018-19 season ranked 12th nationally.
After the new year, Little Rock opens 2020 with the Southern Scuffle January 1-2 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, an event that draws some of the nation’s top teams every year.  Rest of the story at https://lrtrojans.com/news/2019/9/30/wrestling-little-rock-unveils-inaugural-2019-20-schedule.aspx?mc_cid=5ee3104c62&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

October 3, 2019 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment