NCAA Week 6 Roundup: Bedlam Delivers
The biggest stories from the sixth week of the 2022-2023 college wrestling season.
It’s going to be a short roundup this week as I’m sitting in a hotel room here in Coralville, Iowa after having watched the USA men’s freestyle complete ‘the double‘. That’s right, America just won the World Cup after winning the World Championships earlier this year in Serbia. And now I only have a couple of hours to get this blog up on your favorite wrestling website.
So let’s get to the roundup before I cause an international incident and get deported.
Stone Cold Laser Lock Dual of the Century, of the Week
BEDLAM: Oklahoma State vs Oklahoma
This year’s edition lived up to its reputation. Bedlam means madness, and that’s exactly what wrestling fans in the state of Oklahoma got on Sunday.
The Cowboys haven’t lost to the Sooners in many years (I’d look up the exact number of years, and many other facts, for this blog but I have the plane to catch in like 5 hours and this deadline isn’t looming and smaller). … rest of story at Flowrestling.org/articles/10148836-ncaa-week-6-roundup-bedlam-delivers
Penn State, Iowa remain unbeaten and atop NWCA Division I Coaches Poll
Manheim, Pennsylvania – The nation’s top six remained unchanged and Virginia Tech’s win over Missouri reshuffled the bottom half of the Top 10 as the most recent NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday.
Penn State remained unbeaten after beating visiting Oregon State 31-3 before another sold-out Rec Hall crowd on Sunday. Iowa improved to 7-0 with a 27-12 victory on the road at Chattanooga and remained second in the poll. Penn State did pick up an additional first-place vote this week, giving the Nittany Lions 13 of the possible 14 first-place votes.
Third-ranked Ohio State improved to 4-0 with a 32-6 win against Kent State. … rest of story at NWCAonline.com/penn-state-iowa-remain-unbeaten-and-atop-nwca-division-i-coaches-poll
NO. 3 OHIO STATE KNOCKS OFF KENT STATE, 32-9
COLUMBUS, Ohio – No. 3 Ohio State (4-0) took care if intrastate foe Kent State (0-1) Sunday 32-9 at the Covelli Center (Att: 3,460).
Freshman Nic Bouzakis (133) and redshirt freshman Mike Misita (HWT) won their first matches in dual competitions.
How it Happened
125 | Malik Heinselman (OSU) def. Jake Ferri (KSU) | 4-3
Heinselman scored the match’s first takedown with less than 30 seconds left in the first period for a 2-0 lead. He added another point with an escape to start the second. Ferri escaped with a minute left in the third and added a late takedown to tie it at 3-all. With a point for riding time, Heinselman won by decision, 4-3.
133 | Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. Brendon Fenton (KSU) | D, 5-0
Bouzakis recorded a takedown in the first minute for the 2-0 lead after one. Bouzakis added two more with a reversal to start the second to lead 4-0 headed to the third. With a point for riding time, Bouzakis won by decision, 5-0. It was his first dual win as a Buckeye.
Final Results
OSU KSU
125 | Malik Heinselman (OSU) def. Jake Ferri (KSU) | D, 4-3 3 0
133 | Nic Bouzakis (OSU) def. Brendon Fenton (KSU) | D, 5-0 6 0
141 | Dylan D’Emilio (OSU) def. Louis Newell (KSU) | D, 3-1 9 0
149 | Sammy Sasso (OSU) def. Kody Komara (KSU) | TF, 19-3 14 0
157 | Keegan Knapp (KSU) def. Isaac Wilcox (OSU) | D, 6-3 14 3
165 | Enrique Munguia (KSU) wins by MFF 14 9
174| Ethan Smith (OSU) def. Mason Karpinski (KSU) | TF, 21-6 19 9
184 | Kaleb Romero (OSU) def. Tyler Bates (KSU) | TF, 25-10 24 9
197 | Gavin Hoffman (OSU) def. Ryan Boyle (KSU) | TF, 21-6 29 9
HWT | Mike Misita (OSU) def. Jacob Cover (KSU) | D, 9-2 32 9
Next Up:
No. 3 Ohio State travels to New Orleans for the 2022 Collegiate Duals Dec. 19-20. The Buckeyes will open the event vs. Lock Haven at noon followed by a match vs. Northern Iowa at 2 p.m. Dec. 19.
#GoBucks … rest of story at Ohiostatebuckeyes.com/no-3-ohio-state-knocks-off-kent-state-32-9
Oklahoma State Rallies for Bedlam Win Behind Luke Surber Pin
STILLWATER – With the match tied at 15 a piece heading into the final bout of the dual, Luke Surber pinned No. 28 Keegan Moore 34 seconds into the first period to give the Oklahoma State wrestling team its 16th straight win over the Sooners, 21-15.
“I knew I was going to have to win to win the dual,” Surber said. “I went out and got in on my shot and went for the cradle and he rolled onto his back. I had him pinned like five times probably.”
Oklahoma jumped out to a 12-4 lead after the first five matches, with the lone Cowboy victory coming in a 14-5 major decision from No. 2 Daton Fix over No. 30 Wyatt Henson.
Following intermission, Kaden Gfeller got Oklahoma State back on track with a 7-1 decision over No. 29 Jacob Butler. Gfeller used a reversal in which he caught Butler on his back for a four-point near fall to separate the score in the second period on his way to a comfortable win. … rest of story at OKstate.com/news/2022/12/11/cowboy-wrestling-oklahoma-state-rallies-for-bedlam-win-behind-luke-surber-pin
Upcoming Collegiate Duals feature ten teams in WIN’s Dec. 12 Rankings
NEWTON, Iowa — The holidays are nearly here and so too are the first of several holiday college wrestling events. That includes the Journeymen Collegiate Duals that will take place next Monday and Tuesday in New Orleans, La., and will feature ten teams that are ranked in WIN’s Dec. 12 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Teams competing at the New Orleans Convention Center will wrestle in one of four pools of three teams on Dec. 19, where those results will determine where teams, on Dec. 20, will face another school that finished at the same level in another pool.
Penn State, which is ranked No. 1 in WIN’s dual rankings with a 4-0 record, will compete in the event. Other ranked teams competing in the “Big Easy” will be No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 Iowa State, No. 8 NC State, No. 15 Cornell, No. 18 North Carolina, No. 20 Northern Iowa, No. 21 Lehigh, No. 24 Cal Poly and No. 25 Oregon State.
The Nittany Lions are also ranked No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index with 95 TPI points. That includes eight ranked wrestlers and four wrestlers ranked No. 1 at their weight class: Roman Bravo-Young (133), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (184) and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt).
The remaining Top-5 schools in WIN’s latest TPI are No. 2 Iowa, … rest of story at WIN-magazine.com/2022/12/12/upcoming-collegiate-duals-feature-nine-teams-in-wins-dec-12-rankings
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