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D-I Pre-Christmas Dual Meets Round Up

No. 20 West Virginia Shuts Out Fairmont State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – In front of 752 fans, the West Virginia University wrestling team claimed seven wins by fall on its way to a 56-0 victory over Fairmont State at the WVU Coliseum on Tuesday night.  
West Virginia improves to 7-1 overall for the first time in consecutive seasons since 1960 and 1961 after capturing its first home shutout since 2020 against Hofstra (38-0). … story at … WVUsports.com/Wrestling-no-20-west-virginia-shuts-out-fairmont-state

Wyoming Wrestling Claims a Pair of Bouts in 31-9 Defeat to No. 9 Oklahoma State
LARAMIE, Wyo. (12/19/23) – The University of Wyoming wrestling team couldn’t have asked for a better start Tuesday night in its dual against No. 9 Oklahoma State. No. 9 Jore Volk (125) gave the fans inside the UniWyo Sports Complex something to cheer about early, however, only one more Wyoming win matriculated in.
Oklahoma State prevailed, 31-9, to push its record to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big 12. Wyoming falls to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in league action. … story at … GOwyo.com/Wrestling-claims-a-pair-of-bouts-in-31-9-defeat-to-no-9-oklahoma-state

Panthers roll past Lock Haven at Collegiate Duals, fall to Buckeyes and Wolfpack
Trever Anderson headlines UNI’s impressive day of action with upset of top-ranked challenger. UNI returns to action at the Soldier Salute in Coralville, Dec. 29-30.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — UNI wrestling battled two of the nation’s top-ten teams and secured its first dual win of the season as the Panthers participated in the 2023 edition of the Journeymen Collegiate Duals at the Montgomery Bell Academy in the Music City on Tuesday.
Northern Iowa faced a tough test in the first of three duals on the day in a 26-7 loss to No. 10 Ohio State, before coming up short in a hotly contested matchup with No. 2 North Carolina State, 25-16. The Panthers wrapped the day in impressive fashion with a 35-3 rout of Lock Haven, … story at … UNIpanthers.com/Panthers-roll-past-lock-haven-at-collegiate-duals-fall-to-buckeyes-and-wolfpack

Four Sooners Claim Individual Titles at Reno Tournament of Champions
RENO, Nev. – Oklahoma wrestlers KJ Evans, Jared Hill, Tate Picklo and Stephen Buchanan took home individual titles from the Reno Tournament of Champions, while the Sooners placed first as a team on Sunday.
The Sooners tallied 174.5 points in the 21-team tournament. Wyoming placed second with 150 points, while Grand View finished third with 130.5 points. Utah Valley took fourth with 76 points and No. 9 Oklahoma State rounded out the top five with 65.5 points.
Altogether, OU had four champions, four runners-up … story at … Soonersports.com/Wrestling-four-sooners-claim-individual-titles-at-reno-tournament-of-champions

Mountain Climbing — IU Poised to Make Big Ten Wrestling Move
By Pete DiPrimio      IUHoosiers.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– Climbing a mountain is never easy, especially when it’s the Big Ten wrestling mountain built on the achievements of legends with names of Gable, Sanderson and Brands.
Here is Angel Escobedo, a legend in his own right with a national championship and four All-America honors as an individual, seeking as head coach to elevate Indiana’s program to elite status.
And it includes this ultimate mountain-top quest: ”That’s the goal — … story at … IUhoosiers.com/Mountain-climbing-iu-poised-to-make-big-ten-wrestling-move

NCAA D1 Week 7 Roundup: Blog of Champions
The world’s finest collection of noteworthy happenings from the seventh week of the 2023-24 NCAA D1 wrestling season
Hello from Fort Worth, Texas, the livestock capital of the world and the location of Senior Nationals, where bids to the 2024 Olympic Team Trials have been earned.  We’ll talk more about Sr Nats later. What we will discuss more immediately is this blog’s primary concern, namely the NCAA D1 wrestling week that was.  Box Scores | Rankings | Last Week’s Roundup
The holiday season is slowing the collegiate wrestling world down, but there were still scads of noteworthy happenings from week 7 of the 2023-24 season, so let’s get noting!
The Dual of the Century of the Week: App State vs North Carolina
There are eight (EIGHT!) D1 programs in the great state of North Carolina, so we figured now was as good as any to highlight two of the best! App State pulled off the –don’t call it an–upset … story at … Flowrestling.org/NCAA-d1-week-7-roundup-blog-of-champions

No. 13 Pitt Battles in Challenging Collegiate Duals
NASHVILLE—In its final event of the year, the No. 13 Pitt wrestling team battled through a long day of wrestling action at the 2023 Collegiate Duals on Monday at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville. The Panthers (7-3) went 1-2 on the day of duals, surviving a scare against Little Rock by winning 22-21 on the third criteria of match points. Pitt opened with a narrow 21-14 defeat to No. 6 Iowa State and followed that up with a 27-12 defeat to No. 5 Cornell. “We came here for some really good competition, and that’s what we got,” Pitt coach Keith Gavin said. … story at … Pittsburghpanthers.com/Wrestling-no-13-pitt-battles-in-challenging-collegiate-duals

Cornell Takes Two Of Three At National Collegiate Duals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The No. 5 Cornell wrestling team won two of its three duals Monday at the National Collegiate Duals, beating Little Rock 32-8 and No. 13 Pittsburgh 27-13 before falling to No. 6 Iowa State 26-15 at Montgomery Bell Academy. The Big Red moved to 3-1 in duals this season at the event. 
Top Notes and Highlights 
Three-time All-American and 2023 national champion Vito Arujau (133) returned to Cornell’s lineup for the first time since the Journeymen Classic in early November. The senior defeated No. 21 Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) 4-0 by decision and No. 23 Vinny Santaniello (Pitt) 19-4 by technical fall. … story at … Cornellbigred.com/Collegiate-wrestling-duals-recap

No. 6 Iowa State Goes 3-0 at Collegiate Duals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No. 6 Iowa State (6-1, 0-0 Big 12) ended 2023 on a high note with a 3-0 outing, including a pair of top-15 wins, at the Collegiate Duals. The Cyclones notched victories over No. 13 Pittsburgh, Little Rock and No. 5 Cornell Monday at Montgomery Bell Academy.
In the day’s first contest, Iowa State took six of 10 matches from Pittsburgh as the Cyclones prevailed, 21-14. ISU trounced Little Rock, 31-9, before topping No. 5 Cornell, 26-15, in the day’s final dual.
Anthony Echemendia highlighted the day with major decisions against two top-16 opponents. He defeated Pitt’s No. 15 Cole Mathews, 12-3, and Cornell’s Vince Cornella, 13-4. … story at … Cyclones.com/Wrestling-no-6-iowa-state-goes-3-0-at-collegiate-duals

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