Takedown Report

College Results – 2021 – #3

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Quick review of some of the latest college matches. Will be posting more results daily. We welcome input sent by e-mail to us at the Editor’s office at martinkfleming@gmail.com
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1 } – Seven D1 scores that grabbed our attention over the weekend
The Big Ten joined the Division I fray as college wrestling’s powerhouse conference kicked off its season while other leagues returned to competition for the second straight weekend. We looked at 570 D1 match results from the weekend and found seven that stood out.  
125 pounds — Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) pinned No. 12 Nic Aguilar (Rutgers) 1:01
Ragusin has been terrific since stepping on campus at Michigan. The two-time Illinois state champion reached the U.S. Senior Nationals finals and won the UWW Junior Nationals in the fall. His debut with the Wolverines didn’t last long. He whipped Aguilar over for a 61-second fall that jump started Michigan’s 26-10 win at Rutgers. 
133 pounds — Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) pinned No. 9 Zach Price (South Dakota State) 6:22
Price was on this list last week after toppling a pair of top-10 opponents during his red-hot start to the season. This time around, wound up on the other end against an old high school rival. These two grew up competing against each other in the Des Moines outskirts and battled three times when they were high school freshmen. Price won all three then, but Biscoglia, who’s vying for a starting job with the Panthers, gained the upper hand Sunday when he cranked Price over for a fall shortly after taking a 5-4 lead in the final minute. 
165 pounds # 26 Will Formato (Appalachian State) dec. # 6 Thomas Bullard (North Carolina State) 4-0 
Formato is off to a formidable start, posting a pair of wins against returning NCAA qualifiers. He took control early against Bullard, scoring a takedown midway through the opening period and adding a two-point near-fall later in the first. … rest of story at _{^{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1610425090606&twSessionId=abugxxqymc&postId=951538135&mc_cid=01186bea70&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

2 } – College wrestling: Here’s what we learned from the first weekend of Big Ten action
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE 2021 WRESTLING SEASON
Seven Big Ten teams — Michigan, Rutgers, Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois and Maryland — kicked off the 2021 season over the weekend, offering fans a first look at this year’s stars. Despite the empty stands and the quiet arenas, the wrestlers stepped up, shook off the rust of the post-season and put up some serious points. Here’s what you need to know about the first weekend of Big Ten wrestling and what these matches suggest about the rest of the season. 
Gable Steveson and Sebastian Rivera are back 
Minnesota battled No. 5 Nebraska tough in the season-opener on Friday night, but despite the team loss, the spotlight remained on Minnesota heavyweight Gable Steveson. He’s the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the country and a likely contender for the 125kg spot on the 2021 U.S. Olympic team. Steveson cruised to a tech fall in the first match of his junior campaign, and his performance showed the Big Ten that he’s back and better than ever. A conference champion and two-time All-American, Stevenson missed out on the chance to battle for a national title last year, but his mind is squarely focused on 2021 and putting up as many dominant performances as possible.  All eyes will be on the Gopher heavyweight throughout the season, but he’s not the only top-ranked guy aiming to make some noise in this shortened dual schedule. … rest of story at _{^{https://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2021-01-11/college-wrestling-heres-what-we-learned-first-weekend-big-ten-action?mc_cid=01186bea70&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

3 } – Amateur Wrestling Block | College Wrestling is Back!
NCAA Wrestling is back! With an abbreviated season that will not count against the athlete’s eligibility, the college dual meet season is underway. The third-ranked University of Michigan, whose Regional Training Center won the RTC freestyle duals last month, head into the folkstyle season looking to win their first NCAA team championship. The Wolverines kicked off the year in two dual meets over the weekend against Big Ten foes.
On Friday night, Head Coach Sean Bormet’s Wolverine squad traveled to New Jersey to take on the 15th-ranked Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Michigan defeated Rutgers 26–10. Freshman 125 lbs. Dylan Ragusin, fresh off a Junior National Freestyle Championship and a runner-up finish at the Senior level, pinned Nicolas Aguilar in 1:01. At 133 lbs, 12th ranked Jack Medley won by decision. The Wolverines won four matches in a row from 149-174 as #6 Kanen Store, #9 Will Lewan, #17 Cameron Amine, and #2 Logan Massa collected victories. 2nd ranked heavyweight Mason Parris closed the night with a major decision over Christian Colucci. … rest of story at _{^{https://fightgamemedia.com/2021/01/amateur-wrestling-block-college-wrestling-is-back/?mc_cid=01186bea70&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

4 } – NCAA announces health and safety plans for all other winter championships
Following the recent announcement of health and safety protocols for the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, the NCAA has announced protocols for its remaining winter championships. “This is the next step in being able to have our student-athletes compete for national championships in the safest manner possible,” said Dr. Brian Hainline, the NCAA’s chief medical officer. “These protocols have been put in place after extensive discussion with some of the leading members of the medical and scientific community who have the utmost expertise in public health and COVID-19.” The first portion of the plan calls for all rounds of the winter championships to be held at predetermined sites, rather than at traditional sites that are not predetermined. Bids for predetermined preliminary rounds will be accepted now through Jan. 25, with the host sites to be announced the week of Feb. 8. For championships that typically have predetermined sites that have previously been announced, those sites will continue to host as long as local public health authorities determine it is safe to do so. … rest of story at _{^{https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2021-01-11/ncaa-announces-health-and-safety-plans-all-other-winter-championships?mc_cid=01186bea70&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

5 } – Bucknell Wrestling Excels in Debut
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell wrestling team returned to the mat on Sunday by hosting LIU and VMI in a round-robin tournament at Gerhard Fieldhouse. Vincent Andreano’s performance at 174 pounds was a highlight for the Bison. The sophomore went 3-0 with a pair of pins; his first, of LIU’s Tom DiGennaro, came in the first period while his second, of VMI’s Joel Diaz, came with just two seconds remaining on the clock.  
Andreano was one of six Bison to go undefeated on the day, joining Darren Miller (3-0 at 133), Brandon Seidman (2-0 at 125), David Campbell (2-0 at 141), No. 11 Zach Hartman (2-0 at 165) and Dorian Crosby (2-0 at 285). Five freshmen who made their collegiate debut picked up their first career victories. Joining Crosby in that group were Kurt Phipps (141), Logan Sanom (149), Nick Delp (157) and Austin Walley (184). Sanom and Delp’s came by fall while Walley and Crosby’s came by major decision. Walley impressed in his debut. He rattled off three-straight victories, with two coming by commanding major decisions, en route to a 3-1 record. In total, Bucknell racked up bonus points in 16 bouts, winning seven by fall, one by technical fall and eight by major decision. … rest of story at _{^{https://bucknellbison.com/news/2021/1/3/bucknell-wrestling-excels-in-debut.aspx?mc_cid=d8fa13dc26&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

6 } – Iowa State Opens 2021 With A 35-6 Victory Over Wartburg
AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State wrestling team (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) opened the season with a 35-6 victory over Wartburg (0-1, 0-0 ARC). The day consisted of a varsity dual, junior varsity dual and extra matches. In total, the Cyclones went 22-3 in individual matches.
How It Happened
In the varsity dual, the Cyclones won eight of the 10 bouts, with seven of their eight wins coming by bonus-point variety. Three true freshmen got the nod in the starting lineup, with all three coming away victorious. At 133 pounds, Zach Redding posted a 16-1 technical fall over Joe Pins. The Manorville, N.Y., native tallied four takedowns and a trio of two-point nerfalls en route to victory. Cam Robinson followed suit at 149 pounds. He won by 15-3 major decision over Brady Fritz, scoring on four takedowns and a four-point nearfall to cap off the match. At 197 pounds, Yonger Bastida began his Cardinal and Gold career with a 15-8 win over Kobe Woods. Bastida racked up six takedowns in the match, cruising to victory.
Along with those ISU rookies, sophomore Tate Battani also made his debut in the Cyclone lineup. The Huxley, Iowa, native recorded a15-7 major decision over Jordan Bushey. Battani scored all of his points in the second and third periods, which included six takedowns. … rest of story at _{^{https://cyclones.com/news/2021/1/3/wrestling-iowa-state-opens-2021-with-a-35-6-victory-over-wartburg.aspx?mc_cid=d8fa13dc26&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

7 } – Top 10 College Wrestling Performances of the Week – January 4th, 2021
The first full weekend of the 2021 wrestling season has come and gone and it was much different than most fans are accustomed to seeing. Two duals (Campbell vs. North Carolina; Hofstra vs. Lehigh) were canceled the day of, based on a positive COVID test from one of the teams. Like collegiate and professional sports over the past few months, some venues had limited fans, but many had none. We were introduced to the term “extra matches.” Not exhibition matches, because exhibitions don’t count in official statistics. After/during dual meets, teams held extra matches, some of which included their starters, others consisted of backups or freshmen. As the season progresses, we’ll see more tri’s and quads than we’re accustomed to seeing at the DI level. At the end of the day, wrestling is wrestling and we got to see some great action and remarkable performances. The first weekend of the year normally has some great freshmen, stunning upsets, and exciting duals. Though it was delayed by two months, this opening weekend had all of the above. We’ll take you through a large chunk of it with the top performances of the week. 
10) Codi Russell (Appalachian State)
After qualifying for the NCAA Tournament twice at 133 lbs, Codi Russell has dropped down to 125 for his senior season. The early results for the Mountaineer are promising as he went 3-0 at Appalachian State’s Individual Quad event. Codi was one of four ASU wrestlers to finish unbeaten on the day. Russell outscored the opposition 46-8 in three bouts and he notched two major decisions and a tech. All three of his wins came against wrestlers from the University of Virginia, including a 17-4 major against the Cavaliers probable starter, Patrick McCormick. Codi is a 2019 SoCon Champion that earned the 29th seed at nationals in 2020. He has an event bigger ACC matchup looming on Friday as he’ll meet #8 Jakob Camacho (NC State). … rest of story at _{^{https://news.theopenmat.com/college-wrestling-news/top-10-college-wrestling-performances-of-the-week-january-4th-2021/79747?mc_cid=ea644fcb33&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

8 } – Five D1 scores that caught our attention on the opening weekend of the season
It’s a short sprint to March this season for college wrestling’s top stars, but March quickly popped onto the college wrestling radar during the opening weekend in January.  The Division I season kicked off over the weekend with more than 400 matches. Here are five that grabbed our attention. 
133 pounds — Kellyn March (North Dakota State) major dec. No. 7 Devan Turner (Oregon State) 14-5 
How’s this for a college wrestling debut? March is a true freshman who won four South Dakota State titles. His first assignment Sunday came against Turner, a returning Pac-12 champion. March scored a go-ahead takedown midway through the first period and rode Turner out and then blew open the match with a six-point move in the second. It didn’t get an easier for Turner, who later got majored by Missouri’s Matt Schmitt and lost to South Dakota State’s Zach Price. 
133 pounds — No. 23 Zach Price (South Dakota State) dec. No. 10 Matt Schmitt (Missouri) 7-5
Price’s undefeated day included a pair of wins against top-10 opponents. He took down Turner 6-3 and also rallied back to beat Schmitt, using a late takedown and two-point near-fall to secure the win. 
149 pounds — No. 17 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) dec. No. 7 Josh Heil (Campbell) 12-9 
Andonian struck first in the battle of Cleveland-area products, scoring in the opening seconds and pushing his … rest of story at _{^{https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1609822988905&twSessionId=rctdmojucs&postId=930617135&mc_cid=ea644fcb33&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

9} – COWBOYS RALLY FALLS SHORT IN SEASON OPENER
Final Results (PDF)
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Jan. 3, 2021) – The Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling team opened its 2020-21 season Sunday afternoon as they hosted Big 12 foe Northern Colorado. The Cowboys won five matches in a row to end the dual, but fell to the Bears 19-24. “I was proud of our bigger guys coming back and taking care of their individual matches.” Said Head Coach Mark Branch “Moody stepping out there after the way the meet started was really big.”  The Cowboy comeback started with Cole Moody at 165 pounds. Moody faced off against Billy Higgins in a match that was tied 2-2 heading into the third period. After an escape from Higgins, Moody would put the match away by taking Higgins down and pinning him with 45 second left in the match to put the Cowboys on the board.  At 174 pounds No. 17 Hayden Hastings put on a solid performance against Northern Colorado’s Damen Pape. Hastings scored a takedown early in the match and jumped out to a 2-0 lead. He would then add a point for an escape along with a stalling point and riding time point for a 5-0 shutout victory.  … rest of story at ^{_{https://gowyo.com/news/2021/1/3/wrestling-cowboys-rally-falls-short-in-season-opener.aspx?mc_cid=d8fa13dc26&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

10 } – PITT RALLIES TO OPEN SEASON WITH DUAL VICTORY AT NAVY
PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh wrestling team needed a spark on Sunday evening in the season-opening dual match against the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. And senior leader and team captain Jake Wentzel provided that boost for the Panthers (1-0, 0-0 ACC). With his team trailing 14-3 after dropping four of the first five bouts to the Midshipmen (0-1, 0-0 EIWA), Wentzel won his opening match of the season against No. 7 Tanner Skidgel of Navy by a 5-2 decision, sparking a furious Pitt rally that saw the visitors take the last five contests of the dual to triumph 22-14.  “Jake found a way tonight, even when it didn’t look like it was going to go his way,” Pitt head coach Keith Gavin said of Wentzel. “The upper weights did a really nice job. We know we can count on the likes of Wentzel, Harvey and Bonaccorsi, but it was great to see McGill and Slinger win as well.” … rest of story at _{^{https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2021/1/3/wrestling-pitt-rallies-to-open-season-with-dual-victory-at-navy.aspx?mc_cid=d8fa13dc26&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

11 } – UVU OPENS STRONG, CROWNS SIX CHAMPS AT CAL POLY TOURNAMENT
DEMETRIUS ROMERO (174), JACOB ARMSTRONG (197), KEKANA FOURET (165), DANNY SNEDIKER (157), AND TY SMITH (133) ALL WON TITLES OUTRIGHT, WHILE KASE MAUGER AND DAWSON COLLINS SHARED THE TITLE AT 125.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The Utah Valley University wrestling team opened its 2020-21 season with a bang by crowning six champions at the season-opening Cal Poly Round Robin Tournament on Sunday afternoon at the Mott Athletics Center in San Luis Obispo. Senior 174-pounder Demetrius Romero and redshirt freshmen Ty Smith (133 pounds) and Kekana Fouret (165) all went 3-0 en route to winning their respective weight classes, while freshman 157-pounder Danny Snediker and sophomore Jacob Armstrong (197) each went 2-0, and freshmen Kase Mauger and Dawson Collins each compiled 1-0 records to share the 125-pound title.  “We are grateful for the opportunity to compete and it felt great to get back out on the mat today,” head UVU coach Greg Williams said. “With this format, we had the opportunity to get more matches—not only for our starters but also our backups. This is necessary this season so that we can see where they are at, … rest of story at _{^{https://gouvu.com/news/2021/1/3/wrestling-uvu-opens-strong-crowns-six-champs-at-cal-poly-tournament.aspx?mc_cid=d8fa13dc26&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

12 } – No.5 McKendree Defeats Kentucky Wesleyan Tuesday Night, 51-0
(OWENSBORO, KY – Jan. 5) – The No.5 McKendree men’s wrestling team opened up their 2021 schedule with a non-conference dual against Kentucky Wesleyan, Tuesday night. The Bearcats held the Panthers from scoring and record their first win of the season, 51-0. James Kisgen‘s Team picked up from where they left off last season. Christian Mejia (Elkhart, IN/Elkhart Memorial) dropped a weight class this season and started at 125-lb for the Bearcats, recording his first win of the season, and setting the tone for the remainder of the dual. Five Bearcats would record their first victory of the season by pin, first from Devin Schwartzkopf (St. Louis, MO/Francis Howell Central and Greenways Academy) in his first start for the team. No.6 Nate Smalling (Belleville, IL/Belleville West) and … rest of story at _{^{https://mckbearcats.com/news/2021/1/5/mens-wrestling-no-5-mckendree-defeats-kentucky-wesleyan-tuesday-night-51-0.aspx?mc_cid=afb669e366&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}}

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