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Sooners Bounce Back with Win Over No. 21 West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Oklahoma wrestling picked up its first road conference win of the season after defeating No. 21 West Virginia 21-19 on Sunday. The Sooners (4-1 overall, 2-1 Big 12) bounced back from Friday night’s loss at No. 3 Missouri by winning six matches against the Mountaineers, earning bonus points in two bouts. The Big 12 battle was highlighted by the match winning takedown in the closing seconds of the heavyweight bout for Josh Heindselman and the fifth tech fall victory of the season for Stephen Buchanan. 
The 125-pounders started the match, which meant Conrad Hendriksen (5-2) was the first to take the mat for the Sooners. He faced No. 26 Jett Strickenberger and delivered the Mountaineer lightweight his first defeat of the season. A takedown, two escapes and a stalling point helped Hendriksen to his first ranked win of the year, winning by a 6-4 decision.
Next up was No. 33 Jace Koelzer (7-2), who was looking for his second win of the weekend. The Northern Colorado transfer faced off against Davin Rhoads and wasted no time getting points on the board. Three takedowns, a pair of escapes and three minutes of riding time helped the redshirt senior cruise to a 12-4 major decision in the 133-pound bout.
At 141, No. 8 Mosha Schwartz (4-0) suffered a first period injury during an escape attempt by his opponent No. 17 Jordan Titus. Titus was credited the win via injury default to give the Mountaineers six team points. … rest of story at … Soonersports.com/Sooners-bounce-back-with-win-over-no-21-west-virginia

Big Weekend for Little Rock: Undefeated at Dragon Duals, Ranked Wins at Cougar Clash
The starting lineup took down Drexel and Clarion in back-to-back duals on the East Coast, while the rest of the squad turned in a solid performance at the Cougar Clash
LITTLE ROCK – If you could use one word to describe how this weekend went for the Little Rock wrestling team, what would you use? Head Coach Neil Erisman said it best: breakthrough. Despite the squad splitting between the Dragon Duals at Drexel in Pennsylvania and the Cougar Clash tournament in Illinois, the Trojans were busy – yet successful – in both locations.
At the Dragon Duals, Little Rock took out both Drexel and Clarion in back-to-back duals, scoring over thirty team points in both matches. The Trojans bested the host team 30-10 before cleaning up Clarion 37-6. The team won 15 of the 20 bouts on the day, with 12 of those being bonus point victories: wins by major decision, technical fall, or pin. During the second match at the Dragon Duals, Matty Bianchi and Tyler Brennan each added another ranked win to their repertoires, taking out #24 Alejandro Herrera-Rondon handily by 9-1 major decision and #29 John Worthing from Clarion with an 8-4 decision, respectively. Overall, the team tallied 23 takedowns to Drexel’s 6 and 27 takedowns versus Clarion’s 5, proving Little Rock’s offensive efforts throughout the day.
Five Little Rock wrestlers (Nasir Bailey, Matty Bianchi, Tyler Brennan, Stephen Little and Josiah Hill, all nationally ranked) came away with a perfect 2-0 on the day. Little dominated his position, taking home two technical falls, while Brennan and Hill each added a pin for huge bonus points. Bailey got work done for the lower weights, with a technical fall against Drexel and a major decision versus Clarion, while Bianchi claimed a pair of major decisions, not allowing his opponents a single takedown. … story at … LRtrojans.com/Big-weekend-for-little-rock-wrestling-2-0-at-dragon-duals-ranked-wins-at-cougar-clash

Michigan State Wrestling Puts on Record-Setting Performance
LANCASTER, Pa. – The Michigan State wrestling team opened dual season on a high note as it swept a trio of teams in Franklin & Marshall (34-10), Bloomsburg (49-0) and Presbyterian (53-0) on Sunday in the Mayser Center. The 53-0 victory is the largest margin of victory in school history, breaking the previous record set last season when they defeated Davidson, 52-0, on Nov. 11, 2022.
With three wins on Sunday the Spartans open the season with a 3-0 record third consecutive season. MSU’s blanking Bloomsburg and Presbyterian was the fourth time in program history it posted back-to-back dual shutouts (1981-82, 1969-70, 1948-49). The Green and White registered 11 total pins throughout the three duals.
Against Franklin & Marshall, 125-pound senior Tristan Lujan got the day started for MSU as he defeated Eric Howe in a 6-1 decision to give the Spartans an early 3-0 lead. After a loss at 133 pounds, the Spartans went on run with four-straight victories as 141-pound redshirt senior Jordan Hamdan, 149-pound freshman Clayton Jones, 157-pound senior Chase Saldate and 165-pound senior Caleb Fish all won their respective matches via bonus with two pins and two major decisions. … story at … MSUspartans.com/Wrestling-puts-on-record-setting-performance

Bloomsburg Wrestling Goes 2-2 at F&M Duals on Sunday
LANCASTER, Pa. – The Bloomsburg wrestling team went 2-2 on Sunday at the Franklin & Marshall Duals. The Huskies defeated VMI (27-12) and Presbyterian (38-8), before falling to Michigan State (49-0) and host F&M (27-12).
Graduate student Bronson Garber (Millersburg, Pa./Upper Dauphin) got the Huskies off on the right foot with a 5-2 decision over Anthony Burke of VMI. He controlled the match from the beginning with an early first period takedown and only allowed two escape points during the 125-pound match.
After two wins for VMI at 133 and 141, Cade Balestrini (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) got the Huskies back on a track with a pin in the 149-pound match over Eric Doran. Balestrini built a sizable lead with four takedowns and an escape to lead 13-3 before his final takedown pushed his lead to 16-3. That takedown led to Balestrini’s pin at 6:23 to tie the match 9-9.
William Morrow (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) gave the Huskies 12-9 lead with a 8-4 decision over Josh Yost at 157-pounds after getting a pair of takedowns late and sealed the match with a late third-period takedown. Caden Dobbins (Dallastown, Pa./Dallastown) kept it going for the Huskies at 165-pounds with a 6-0 decision over Luke Hart. Dobbins got a takedown in the first period and collected a stall point, an escape and the riding point for the 6-0 win.
Josh Bonomo (Sweet Valley, Pa./Lake-Lehman) pushed the Huskies’ match lead to 18-9 with a 4-0 decision at 174-pounds over Riley Finck. Bonomo got a takedown in the second period to take a 3-0 lead before earning the riding time point for the 4-0 win. Tanner Culver (Hartland, Mich./Hartland) quickly gave the Huskies a 24-9 lead with an early first period pin at 184-pounds. After scoring a takedown over Braxton Lewis he got his pin at 0:52. … story at … BUhuskies.com/Wrestling-goes-2-2-at-f-m-duals-on-sunday

Bellarmine Wrestling rampages through tri-meet against Queens and St. Andrews
CHARLOTTE, NC — The Bellarmine University wrestling team’s tri-meet against host Queens and St. Andrews on Sunday in Curry Arena was a rousing success.
In fact, from start to finish, it was almost nothing but a string of successes. Dropping one match the entire day, Bellarmine stampeded through the tri-meet by defeating Queens 47-3 and following with a 56-0 victory over St. Andrews, in the process moving to 4-0 while winning every dual thus far by 28 points or more. ”Great way for us to cap off the semester with a couple dominating wins where the guys cut loose! The men are progressing really well with what we have been focusing on in training,” Knights Coach Ned Shuck said. “Now we get a couple weeks before little time off for Christmas break.”
Freshman Damion Ryan (125) posted tech falls in both matches, freshman Trayce Eckman (133) pinned both opponents and sophomore Michael Schiffhauer (141) delivered a tech fall and fall. 
Sophomore Zac Cowan (149) earned a fall and tech fall, freshman Gray Ortis (157) notched a pair of tech falls and freshman Grant O’Dell (165) collected a pair of falls. 
Junior Cole Nance (174) registered a major decision and a fall, sophomore Sam Schroeder supplied a major decision and a tech fall and sophomore Thadd Huff pinned both opponents. … story at … Bellarmine.edu/Wrestling-rampages-through-tri-meet-against-queens-and-st-andrews

Royals Split Home Opening Tri-Meet
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte wrestling team hosted a tri-meet this afternoon for its home opener welcoming Bellarmine University and St. Andrews University to Curry Arena. The Royals defeated St. Andrews, 37-17, after falling 43-7 to Bellarmine.  
QUEENS 7 | BELLARMINE 43
QUEENS 37 | ST. ANDREWS 17
KEY STATS AND NOTES
Riley Kuhn won the lone match in the Bellarmine match defeating Kalob Johnstone by decision at the 197-pound weight class.
Queens dominated the meet with the Knights winning seven matches.
David Makupson, Greg Merriman, and Jamikael Lytle each picked up wins by fall while Connor Goodman and Vladimir Sukhikh each had tech wins.
UP NEXT
The Royals will travel to UT Chattanooga for a tri-meet with the Mocs and Little Rock on Saturday, Dec. 16. The full 2023-24 Men’s Wrestling Schedule can be found here. … story at … Queensathletics.com/Royals-split-home-opening-tri-meet

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Duke Blue Devils Outlast Davidson, 19-17

DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Duke wrestling program defeated Davidson, 19-17, in a thrilling road dual at Duke Family Performance Center in Davidson, N.C. on Friday.

HOW IT HAPPENED
•    Junior Logan Ferrero opened the scoring for Duke at 157 pounds, defeating the Wildcats’ Tanner Peake in a tiebreaker, 2-1.
•    Davidson answered in the following two matches, securing back-to-back victories to take the lead, 6-3, heading into the 184-pound bout.
•    Senior Connor Becker defeated Davidson’s Wyatt Ferguson in a 9-4 decision to even the score, 6-6.
•    The Blue Devils used major decisions from sophomore heavyweight Connor Barket and freshman Raymond Adams and a tech fall from senior Logan Agin at 125 pounds to pull ahead, 19-9, with two matches remaining.
•    The Wildcats battled back in their final two matches, securing eight additional points, however the Blue Devils were able to hang on for the win, 19-17.

NOTES
•    Adams captured his first collegiate win, after registering a 10-1 major decision over Davidson’s John Hager.
•    Barket secured the first major decision victory of his career, after besting the Wildcats’ Jake Fernicola, 13-3, in the 285-pound bout.
•    The Blue Devils improved to 3-4 on the year. … rest of story at … GOduke.com/Blue-devils-outlast-davidson-19-17

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