Takedown Report

17th College News, Notes and Results

No. 1 Penn State wrestling is upset by Arizona State, breaks its 60 straight dual win streak
Arizona State’s 19-18 upset of the top-ranked Nittany Lion wrestling team on Friday might have shocked the wrestling world, but for the Sun Devils, this win has been a long time coming. Sitting between brothers Zahid and Anthony Valencia on Monday in a packed media room, coach Zeke Jones said this date has been marked on his program since he arrived at ASU in 2014 and brought in the nation’s top-ranked recruiting class in 2015 — led by the Valencias. “We marked this on our calendar as an important date in the history for wrestling, wrestling in the West, wrestling for Arizona State, wrestling for our program and for our university,” he said. Part of the reason why several of his wrestlers — including the Valencias — didn’t take Olympic redshirts this year was to set up this moment, he said. Rest of the story and video at https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-wrestling/article237687214.html?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b and
No. 10 Arizona State shocks No. 1 Penn State, 19-18 in Tempe
at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2019/November/22/Arizona-State-shocks-Penn-State?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Nebraska Cornhuskers Corral Cowboys 28-7
LINCOLN — No. 3 Nebraska (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) won eight of 10 bouts, including three by bonus points, to defeat Wyoming 28-7 in front of 1,460 fans at the Devaney Center on Friday night. The Cowboys (1-1, 1-0 Big Twelve) got off to a quick start, winning the first two matches of the evening. At 125, Wyoming’s Cole Verner defeated Husker redshirt freshmen Alex Thomsen in a three-overtime thriller. Knotted at five at the end of three periods, neither grappler scored in either of the first two overtime periods. Verner earned an escape to open the third overtime period and that proved to be enough, as he recorded a 7-6 victory. #7 Montorie Bridges earned a major decision in the subsequent 133-pound bout, defeating Zak Hensley 14-6.  Rest of the story at https://huskers.com/news/2019/11/22/wrestling-wyoming-post-match-recap.aspx?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Top-Ranked Pitt-Johnstown Down Kutztown 31-12 in 2019-20 Home Opener
After wrestling eight straight matches on the road, the top-ranked Pitt-Johnstown wrestlers made their 2019-20 home debut and got falls from national champions Chris Eddins (149 lbs.) and Connor Craig (184 lbs.) in a 31-12 PSAC victory over Kutztown, Friday night in the Sports Center.  The Mountain Cats are now 7-2 overall and 3-0 in the PSAC.
Pitt-Johnstown and Kutztown split the first two bouts.  At 125 lbs., seventh-ranked  Brendan Howard gave the Mountain Cats a 3-0 lead with a 10-4 win over Matt Wilde, before the Golden Bears tied it with Collin Wick’s 9-3 decision over Matt Siszka at 133 lbs. Rest of the story at https://pittjohnstownathletics.com/news/2019/11/22/wrestling-top-ranked-wrestlers-down-kutztown-31-12-in-2019-20-home-opener.aspx?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Davidson Falls to Chattanooga in Home Opener
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Davidson wrestling fell to Southern Conference foe Chattanooga Friday evening at Belk Arena, 47-0.
With the loss, Davidson falls to 0-3 in dual matches and 0-2 in conference clashes, while with the win Chattanooga improves to 2-3 and picked up their first SoCon victory. The two best chances for the ‘Cats came at 133 and 141 pounds. Sophomore Kyle Gorant battled back from a pair of first period takedowns to trail just 4-3 after two frames, but the Mocs Wade Cummings third period escape sealed the decision victory for the visitor. In his first home meet, David Loniewski used a third period takedown to knot the bout at five, but Aidan Murphy’s escape proved the difference in a tightly contested tilt, 6-5. Rest of the story at https://davidsonwildcats.com/news/2019/11/22/wrestling-falls-to-chattanooga-in-home-opener.aspx?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

South Dakota State JACKRABBITS TAKE DOWN UTAH VALLEY
OREM, Utah — South Dakota State’s Zach Carlson and Clay Carlson each recorded pins to lead the Jackrabbit wrestling team to a 24-12 victory over host Utah Valley in the Big 12 Conference dual opener for both teams Friday. The Jackrabbits evened their overall dual record at 1-1, while UVU dropped to 1-2 on the season. Rest of the story at https://gojacks.com/news/2019/11/22/wrestling-jackrabbits-take-down-utah-valley.aspx?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

No. 14 The College of New Jersey Defeats York
EWING, N.J. – The College of New Jersey wrestling team took eight of 10 bouts Friday evening on their way to defeating York College (Pa.) 31-6. The 14^th-ranked Lions improved to 3-1 with the victory, while the Spartans fall to 2-1. The win is the first for TCNJ over York since the 2014-15 season.
The Lions fell behind at 125 where Nick Denora suffered a narrow 7-5 defeat to Jared Kuhns.
Jake Giordano quickly put TCNJ back on top with a lead they would not give up at 133. The junior earned a tech. fall late in the third period to give the Lions a 5-3 advantage. At 141, Robert Dinger came away a single point shy of a tech. fall of his own, taking a 19-5 major decision and scoring the bonus team point. Rest of the story at https://tcnjathletics.com/news/2019/11/22/no-14-wrestling-defeats-york.aspx?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

North Dakota State University Turns Over Indiana 26-12
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – North Dakota State won seven of 10 bouts including a pin from 165-pounder Andrew Fogarty and tech fall from 133 Cam Sykora to defeat Indiana University 26-12 in a non-conference dual on Friday Nov. 22 before 1,501 fans in Wilkinson Hall.
North Dakota State (2-1, 0-0 Big12) is scheduled to face No. 16-ranked Northwestern (1-1, 0-0 Big Ten) at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. Rest of the story at https://gobison.com/news/2019/11/22/wrestling-ndsu-turns-over-indiana-26-12.aspx?mc_cid=a208e136cd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Cal Poly Wins Seven of Ten Bouts En Route to Dual Victory Over Buffalo
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Trent Tracy and Tom Lane won by major decision and Cal Poly claimed five other bouts by decision en route to a 23-10 dual meet victory over Buffalo on Saturday afternoon inside Mott Athletics Center. Tracy was a 13-2 winner over Pete Acciardi at 184 pounds with a takedown and a trio of two-point near falls while Lane posted a 9-0 shutout over Sam Schuyler at 197 pounds, scoring a takedown, a four-point near fall, two penalty points and riding time. Lane was ranked No. 7 this week while Schuyler was 13th. Rest of the story at https://calpoly.prestosports.com//sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191123u1vcr4?mc_cid=bf43724ece&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Why Sean Mondello transferred from diving
Sean Mondello didn’t finish where he wanted to in his final state wrestling tournament, and he knew that he wasn’t finished with wrestling after that.  He was already committed to Miami’s diving team, but he couldn’t get rid of the feeling that he needed to wrestle in college even as he spent five days a week practicing with the RedHawks.  Wrestling has had a special place in Mondello’s life ever since he began when he was seven years old.  “I’ve loved (wrestling) ever since I started,” Mondello said. “I loved diving, too, but I believed that wrestling was my true calling.” Rest of the story at https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2019/11/ohio-bobcats-wrestling-sean-mondello-feature?mc_cid=5088d33caf&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Quant Wrestling: By the Numbers from the 2019 NCAA Championships
NOTE: Quant Wrestling looks to bring a whole new insight into wrestling analytics. Quant Wrestling has captured data from all 640 matches of the 2019 NCAA Championships, tracking more than 400 different statistics to bring you a By the Numbers look at the different trends and correlations that lead to NCAA wrestling success.
Zahid Valencia averaged 4.4 attacks per minute — almost twice as many as the tournament average — last year during his five-match march to a second national title. Spencer Lee’s single-leg shots produced a 63-percent finish rate last March in Pittsburgh. Anthony Cassar doubled down on double-legs during his run to a national title, utilizing the shot for 65 percent of his attacks and cashing in on 36-percent of those tries. Rest of the story at https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1574309035961&twSessionId=sbwpkthllv&postId=1747694132&mc_cid=6df13f2d91&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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