Takedown Report

20th College News, Notes and Results

Nebraska Cornhuskers Persevere Against Panthers
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The No. 3 Nebraska wrestling team picked up bonus points in four of their five match victories on Sunday afternoon to defeat No. 17 Northern Iowa 23-19 at the West Gym in Cedar Falls, Iowa.  The Huskers’ first road trip to Northern Iowa (0-2, 0-0 Big Twelve) in nearly a decade started off unevenly. Alex Thomsen (125) scored three takedowns and led #9 Jay Schwarm 6-2 before the Panther grappler put Thomsen in a cradle and took the Husker redshirt freshman to his back. Schwarm’s pin gave the home team a quick 6-0 advantage.  Rest of the story at https://huskers.com/news/2019/11/24/wrestling-uni-post-match-recap.aspx?mc_cid=a3b64c44ec&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Writing Time: A look inside Penn State’s jaw-dropping dual streak and the night Arizona State ended it
A couple hours after the giant fell Friday night and the mat-storming mob took the party to other parts around Tempe, Zeke Jones finally made his way home and began shifting his attention to what’s next for Arizona State wrestling.  “We’re lifting at 9 o’clock,” the coach of the Sun Devils said after the biggest dual win of his six seasons at Arizona State. “No matter what happened tonight we were lifting at 9, so that’s happening.”  The Sun Devils will have a little more spring in their step Saturday morning when they start tossing weights around. They’ll approach the post-Penn State portion of their season fueled by confidence this time around rather than shaking off a Nittany Lion nightmare.  “Last year what they did to us, I never forgot it,” Arizona State junior 197-pounder Kordell Norfleet said, referencing a 41-3 loss in Happy Valley. “They embarrassed us. They toyed with us. … We couldn’t let it happen again.” 
An Arizona State-record crowd of 8,522 poured into Desert Financial Arena. A good portion of them flooded the mat after time expired on a 19-18 Sun Devil victory that snapped a 60-dual win streak for the Nittany Lions. Rest of the story at https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1574639489584&twSessionId=qgqnsczcrb&postId=1761573132&mc_cid=a3b64c44ec&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Presbyterian Blue Hose Get Set To Host Inaugural Women’s Wrestling Dual
The Presbyterian College women’s wrestling team will host its inaugural Tri-Dual on Saturday December 7th from the Templeton Center as the Blue Hose welcome in Limestone and Life beginning at 1 p.m…. “It is not often that any person has the opportunity to witness history in the making, let alone plan for it,” added athletic director Robert Acunto. “On December 7th any person can witness the first-ever NCAA Division I women’s wrestling team compete in their first home match, and PC is grateful for the opportunity to be able to plan a great event for everyone who attends. We are also anticipating a near-capacity crowd, so I encourage everyone to arrive early in order to get a good seat.”  The dual will begin with the Blue Hose Battling Limestone at 1 p.m. which will be followed at approximately 2 p.m. by Presbyterian facing Life. The Tri-Dual will conclude with a match between Life and Limestone tentatively set for 3 p.m. Rest of the story and details at https://gobluehose.com/news/2019/11/25/blue-hose-get-set-to-host-inaugural-womens-wrestling-dual.aspx?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Immediate reactions from Little Rock’s dual meet debut
On Sunday, the eyes of the wrestling world were on two places – Ames, Iowa and Little Rock, Arkansas. When it comes to wrestling, one of those places is not like the other. While one saw over 11,000 fans come into the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa to witness one of wrestling’s greatest in-state rivalries, just under 1,500 fans came to the Jack Stephens Center to witness college wrestling, many for the first time, as the Trojans of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock wrestled the first dual meet in school history. This is the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I’m your host, Hall of Fame wrestling writer, broadcaster and announcer Jason Bryant and I had the privilege of being in Little Rock to witness the berth of another Division I wrestling program.  Rest of the story at http://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/short-time/immediate-reactions-from-little-rocks-dual-meet-debut/?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Auggie women’s wrestlers win first-ever dual meet
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Claiming two pins and a technical fall, the Augsburg University women’s wrestling team scored a victory in its first-ever dual meet, a 35-8 win at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Monday evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 35, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 8
LOCATION: Berg Gym, Stevens Point, Wis.
RECORDS: Augsburg 1-0, UW-Stevens Point 1-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Competing in her first collegiate match, Emily Shilson (FY, Maple Grove, Minn./Mounds View HS) was dominant in a 10-0 technical fall victory over Brooke Thurber, completing the win in just 60 seconds. She scored a takedown and quickly converted four two-point back exposures to end the match early. Rest of the story at https://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2019/11/25/wwr112519.aspx?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Fresno City wins third straight CCCAA Team Dual State Championship
Boasting four wrestlers that are currently ranked #1 in their respective weight classifications in their lineup, the Fresno City College wrestling team captured their third consecutive CCCAA Team Dual State Championship on Sunday night. The Rams, ranked #1 in the state, defeated #2-ranked Cerritos College, 30-8 in the championship match in Norwalk. Fresno City won all three of their titles against the Falcons, while this was the fourth straight season the two squared off in the state championship match.
125 Pounds – Mario Moreno (FCC) def. Jonathan Prata (CERR), 5-2
In the opening match of the night, the #2-ranked Moreno handed #1-ranked Prata his first loss of the season. Prata got the scoring started with an early takedown in the first period. After Moreno worked out of the hold, he scored a reversal with 24 seconds left in the first period to take a 3-2 advantage. Starting the second period in the down position, Moreno added to his lead with an escape point and then rode Prata for the entire two-minute third period to add a riding time point to the final score.
133 Pounds – Andres Gonzales (CERR) def. Louie Bravo (FCC), 9-4
Gonzalez held a 4-0 lead after the first two periods on the strength of two takedowns, with the third period accounting for most of the scoring. It was a 5-0 lead for the #2-ranked Gonzales until Bravo, who’s ranked #3, recorded a takedown with 1:49 left in the match. Just 20 seconds later, Gonzales secured his victory with a reversal for a 7-2 lead. Although he surrendered a reversal with eight seconds left, Gonzales was able to escape and add a riding time point for the victory. Rest of the story at https://www.cccaasports.org/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20191124zjqyab?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

TOM’s College Wrestler of the Week – November 25th, 2019
Last week, Trent Hidlay made his debut in an NC State singlet, going 3-0 at the Wolfpack Duals after picking up a win in his season-opening dual against Old Dominion. It was difficult to gauge exactly where the redshirt freshman should land in the national landscape, as three of the four wins came against non-DI competition and his opponent from Old Dominion, while capable, has yet to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in three years with the team. Hidlay was able to assert his dominance in those four matches with two major decisions and two falls. 
After Saturday’s two duals, there is a clear picture of where Hidlay fits in at 184 lbs, which is near the top of the rankings. Trent had a tall task with two of the top-ranked 184 lbers in Ben Darmstadt (Cornell) and Louie DePrez (Binghamton). The day started with a dual with Cornell and Hidlay and Darmstadt would be the first match of the meet. Darmstadt, an All-American in 2018 at 197 lbs, missed all of last season due to injury and has dropped down a weight class since. Trent wasted no time and got on the scoreboard with a takedown early in the first period. He would add two more points later in that same frame with a reversal. Late in the third, with five points showing for the Wolfpack wrestler and Darmstadt with four (though riding time was locked up), Hidlay managed to get a second takedown to go-ahead 7-4. Rest of the story at https://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/toms-college-wrestler-of-the-week-november-25th-2019/75589?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Top 15 College Wrestling Performances of the Week – November 25th, 2019
In most years, the dual season really starts to heat up when we get into the conference schedule. This wasn’t most years and it certainly wasn’t a typical weekend. In last week’s edition of the top performances of the week, we highlighted dual upsets by Virginia Tech, Illinois, Northwestern, Rider, and Stanford. This time we had an even bigger upset when Penn State went down for the first time in 60 duals. In addition to the upsets, there were just some really good dual meets that took place. To put things in perspective, Minnesota at Oklahoma State, a match that in years past would have been one of the highlighted events of the year, was maybe the fifth-best match of the weekend. To make things even better, we saw the “coming-out parties” for some of the best freshmen in the country. Wait, that’s not it… there’s more. Also, the dual meet debut of the lone DI program in Arkansas and a mat storming in Arizona. Needless to say, there’s a lot to talk about. So much that, just for this week, we expanded the top 10 performances of the week into the top 15.  Rest of the story and complete list at https://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/top-15-college-wrestling-performances-of-the-week-november-25th-2019/75594?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

3rd Season Column 13: Deep South satisfied at the Navy Classic, In State hate fests in IA and PA, All over-looked and Under-rated team, 165 and 157, SoCon News, and…wine
DIXIE GETS ER DONE: SOUTHERN GOLD AND SILVER AT NAVY CLASSIC
Yeah, you and your drinking buddy had money down on two Southern teams taking Gold and Silver at the Navy Classic. And the author is tall, dark, devilishly handsome and possessed of a massive trust fund. That VA Tech was an odds on favorite going in to the 42nd version of the big mat showdown in Annapolis was maybe accepted, maybe. Since these events are always “all about the brackets” (i.e., who wrestles who and in what round) the Hokies perch atop the podium was in no way guaranteed. That’s what happened, though, as the dirty birds from Blacksburg took the team title with 2 individual champs. BHH* Head Coach Tony Robies team is chock full of different starters and missing multiple All Americans and a National Champ from last season. And they’re an undefeated, top 5 team in the early going. That Southern strength the Scribes bragging about? Well, more about that later. . .
CLOSE FOR BOTH, PRETTY FOR ONE
That’s the read on what went down in the PA Power tilt between Pat Santoros Lehigh Mountain Hawks and Keith Gavins Pitt Panthers.  Rest of the stories in this column at https://morewrestlingplease.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/3rd-season-column-13-deep-south-satisfied-at-the-navy-classic-in-state-hate-fests-in-ia-and-pa-all-over-looked-and-under-rated-team-165-and-157-socon-news-and-wine/?mc_cid=d3b3a1a68e&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Arizona State snaps Penn State win streak; Iowa moves to No. 1 for first time since 2015
Manheim, Pennsylvania – Eleven years ago, Arizona State’s wrestling program was dropped for 10 days. This past weekend, a crowd of over 8,500 saw the Sun Devils knock off top-ranked Penn State and end the Nittany Lions’ dual meet win streak of 60. Couple that with Iowa’s 29-6 win over Iowa State and it was a recipe for a new No. 1 as Iowa (2-0) moved to the top spot for the first time since February 17, 2015 as the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes received 13 of 14 first-place votes. Nebraska (4-0) moved up one spot to No. 2, while Penn State (1-1) slid to No. 3. Arizona State (5-0) vaulted up six spots to No. 4. Virginia Tech (3-0) was fifth. The Hilton Coliseum crowd in Ames checked in at 11,238, the 10th largest crowd to see wrestling at the venue and the first wrestling dual to draw at least 11,000 fans since December 2009, also against Iowa. Arizona State’s movement is significant, not just due to its near demise a decade ago, but it’s the highest the Sun Devil wrestling program has been ranked since February 5, 1998, when the Sun Devils were also ranked No. 4 in the country. It’s also the highest a Pac-12 (or Pac-10) team has been ranked since Boise State was ranked No. 2 in November of 2010. Rest of the story at http://www.nwcaonline.com/arizona-state-snaps-penn-state-win-streak-iowa-moves-to-no-1-for-first-time-since-2015/?mc_cid=785dda8f52&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

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