Duke 2022-23 Season Preview
The Blue Devils will be Finesilver-less for the first time in what feels like a decade. Coach Lanham and crew will be looking to build around a core of young talent, several of whom have experience in the starting lineup. Duke has a dual-heavy schedule again this year–I think this will be beneficial as the team grows together and finds the best combination of starters throughout the lineup.
TOP RETURNERS
Wade Unger was 12-18 last year but was starting to put it together at the end of the season. He wrestled a difficult schedule and had close matches with some top-tier talent. Ungar was 1-4 in the ACC with a win over Connor Brady and decision losses to O’Connor, Keating and Cleary; he lost to Ed Scott by tech fall. He showed a lot of growth last year and has looked solid in the preseason. I’d expect him to continue that momentum into this year.
Jonah Niesenbaum displayed tremendous improvement last year and was on the cusp of qualifying for the NCAA tournament. He was 16-11 last year after a combined 4-26 record his first two years in Durham. Niesenbaum was fun to watch last year and had some big wins to clinch duals for the Blue Devils. I think we’ll see continued improvement and more success from Niesenbaum throughout the year.
KEY DEPARTURES
It is hard to state how much of an impact the Finesilver family has made on Duke Wrestling. Since older twins Mitch and Zach arrived on campus in 2015, the brothers have played a large part in the success of the Blue Devils. With younger twins Matt and Josh Finesilver completing their time in Durham last year, we see the end of an era; unless there are some long-lost cousins on a mat somewhere in Colorado…
Josh graduated from Duke with a final record of 93-55; he was a four-time NCAA qualifier and made the blood round in 2021. … rest of story at Intermatwrestle.com/articles/26217?DUKE=Wrestling+News&utm_campaign
Big Ten Conference Announces Television Schedule for 2022-23 Wrestling Season
2022-23 Big Ten Conference Wrestling Television Schedule
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The 2022-23 Big Ten Conference wrestling season will feature an extensive slate of television coverage with a minimum of 29 total broadcasts as the conference seeks its 16th straight national championship.
The lineup is highlighted by a package of 26 regular season national broadcasts, with 24 telecasts on Big Ten Network and two on ESPNU.
Big Ten Network will broadcast a minimum of 24 duals with the first taking place on Sunday, December 4, when Iowa travels to in-state rival Iowa State. Big Ten Network will also televise three sessions of the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships on March 4-5, 2023. All televised matches can be streamed exclusively on the FOX Sports app, while additional duals will be available for streaming on B1G+. … rest of the story at Bigten.org/news/2022/10/20/big-ten-conference-announces-television-schedule-for-2022-23-season
Campbell picked No. 1 in preseason SoCon wrestling poll
App State, Chattanooga selected second and third, respectively
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After coming off a 2021-22 season that saw it take the Southern Conference Wrestling Championship for the fourth consecutive season, the Campbell Camels have been selected as the preseason frontrunner for the first time since 2019 for the upcoming 2022-23 wrestling campaign by the league’s nine head coaches, who also selected a 10-member preseason all-conference team.
Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams or student-athletes. Five wrestlers maxed out with the number of points possible to be selected to the preseason all-conference team, while five of the wrestlers on the preseason all-conference team were individual title winners at the 2022 SoCon Championship.
Campbell, who finished with 100.5 points in last year’s SoCon tournament to clinch the title over 2021-22 preseason SoCon favorite App State, earned 59 points in the 2022-23 preseason poll and finished with four first-place votes. The Camels went 6-1 in conference matchups last season and held an 11-5 record overall.
The Camels had four wrestlers selected to the preseason All-SoCon team in … rest of story at Soconsports.com/news/2022/10/20/campbell-picked-no-1-in-preseason-socon-wrestling-poll
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