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10 Big Things That Happened At The NWCA National Duals

The NWCA National Duals wrapped up Saturday in Cedar Falls with a series of drama-packed championship showdowns, highlighted by Iowa’s down-to-the-wire win
North Central coach Joe Norton says he’ll lose sleep over the 109-pound match between Jaslynn Gallegos and Iowa’s Ava Bayless during the National Duals finals. Gallegos, the 2023 NCWWC (NCAA) champion at 116 pounds got the nod over teammate Kendra Ryan — even though Ryan teched Bayless at US Nationals a few weeks prior. 
Bayless trailed with 30 seconds remaining when she secured a takedown and a caution and one when Gallegos shuffled out of bounds while her back was exposed. The Cardinal star could have won the match with a takedown but, as Norton learned later, Gallegos thought she was winning 5-5 on criteria. 
Iowa won the dual 21-20 even though North Central won six of 10 matches. “We want to have 109 back,” Norton said. “We should win that match but we didn’t. Our women wrestled so great. You’re upset that you lost the dual but it’s hard to be upset with the women when they wrestled that well.” 
Second-seeded Iowa showed its resolve against the top seed. Sterling Dias (101 pounds) defeated the 2023 NCWWC champion Maddie Avila 11-0, Marlynne Deede (155 pounds) secured a fall over London Houston, and Kylie Welker (170 pounds) won the match of the tournament: an 11-3 victory over three-time NCWWC champion Yelena Makoyed who returned for her final semester of eligibility. 
More importantly, Iowa earned a team point in every match — even the losses. Freestyle doesn’t use traditional college folkstyle scoring, so a technical point during a loss means one point for your team. And that’s what ultimately decided the dual. North Central’s Traeh Haynes won 6-1 over Iowa’s Jaycee Foeller in the final match. An activity clock point was awarded to Foeller late in the second period. North Central would have won if the dual was 20-20 since the Cardinals won more matches (6-4).
A single match point ultimately made the difference, and it was enough to give Iowa a National Duals title inside the UNI-Dome during its inaugural season. “Every point mattered,” Iowa coach Clarissa Chun said. “Without that point from Jaycee’s match, it would have been flipped. Wrestling is hard. Sometimes wrestling is unforgiving. Our women know how to take care of business. “You fight the whole six minutes. That’s what they’re told. Our team is amazing.” 
— Kyle Klingman

Life Ends Grand View’s Incredible NAIA Dual Run

For the past 13 years, Grand View has enjoyed the grandest view in all of college wrestling when it comes to dual meet success. The Vikings won 116 consecutive duals — the longest streak in college wrestling history — before they lost in November of 2022 against Iowa State.  Against NAIA competition, the Vikings entered Saturday afternoon with 162 consecutive wins and hadn’t lost since 2011.  Omi Acosta and Cole Manion had been on both sides of Grand View’s dominance — as competitors for the Vikings and adversaries who watched the Vikings ran their National Duals title streak to 11. 
On Saturday, however, Acosta’s Life University program — with Manion captaining the ship in Cedar Falls — took down Grand View 24-17 in the NAIA championship dual.  Life won six bouts against the Vikings, including five of the first seven to seize control. In that stretch, the Running Eagles picked up a first-period fall from Jaden New at 165, a technical fall from Thaddeus Long at 133 and a major decision from national champ Brevin Balmeceda at 157.  “We have nothing but respect for those guys over there,” Manion said. “They’re a great program. A lot of our coaching staff wrestled there, and I think it’s a special thing to have two programs — one where everybody graduated from and the graduates — where we’re kind of head and shoulders above everybody competing against each other. I think that’s a special thing and I’ve got nothing but love and respect for those guys over there. (Grand View) coach (Nick) Mitchell, coach (Paul) Reedy, those guys were mentors to me and I loved my time there and I really enjoyed it but now it’s focusing on ourselves and trying to figure out how good we can be.” 
— Andy Hamilton

Three Reigning NAIA Champs Tumble Saturday

The clincher for Life came at 197, where Demarco Lee knocked off returning national champion Owen Braungardt 4-2 to put the title dual out of reach. It was the third instance of the day in which a reigning NAIA national champion went down. … story at … Flowrestling.org/10-big-things-that-happened-at-the-nwca-national-duals

January 17, 2024 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

NCAA Division III wrestling results

UWL Defeats Third-Ranked UW-Eau Claire; Wins Seven Matches; Records 37th Straight Victory over Blugolds
La Crosse, Wis. – In a match-up of top-four ranked teams, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team earned a 30-12 victory over UW-Eau Claire Wednesday night in Mitchell Hall. The Eagles, ranked fourth on the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Poll, improve to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC). The Blugolds, ranked third, drop to 8-4 overall and 2-1 in the conference. 
UWL now leads the all-time series, 51-7, with UW-Eau Claire. The Eagles have won 37 straight duals over the Blugolds. UW-Eau Claire last earned a dual win during the 1986-87 season.   UWL took a 3-0 lead as 11th-ranked Remington Bontreger won by decision (6-1) over Travis Moelter at 125-pounds. The Blugolds took a 6-3 lead as top-ranked Tyler Fleetwood won by fall (4:31) over Zach Weiler at 133-pounds.  The Eagles’ quickly regained the lead as Sam Lorenz won by fall (:49) over Bo Niewiadomski at 141-pounds to give UWL a 9-6 lead.  
In a match-up of top-five ranked wrestlers at 149, UWL’s third-ranked Tyler Goebel won by decision (2-1) over fifth-ranked Zach Sato. The win extended UWL’s lead to 12-6. The Eagles’ Nolan Hertel, ranked first in the country at 157-pounds, gave UWL a 18-6 lead with a win by medical forfeit over Jan Hernandez-Soto.
Tristan Massie, ranked 11th at 165-pounds for UW-Eau Claire, earned a win by decision (9-2) over UWL’s Noah Leisgang. The Blugolds’ second-ranked Jared Stricker at 174-pounds cut the lead to 18-12 with a decision (8-1) over the Eagles’ Eddie Simes. … story at … UWLathletics.com/news/2023/12/13/wrestling

Muskingum defeats Hiram in a dominating fashion
Muskingum defeated Hiram Friday night 33-24. The Muskies gained the advantage over the Terriers with four pins.
The Basics
Steele Center – New Concord, Ohio
On the Mat

• Senior Hunter Heck earned his win with a fall (3:43) in the 125-pound weight class. Heck was awarded his 11th win of the season, with five of those wins by fall.
• Freshman Donovan King who wrestled in the 133-pound weight class obtained a win with a fall (1:29).
• Freshman Aiden Johnson took down his opponent in the 141-pound weight class with a 13-8 decision win.
• Freshman Lee Zoganas earned his win in the 149-pound weight class with a fall (2:47). Zoganas won his 18th match of the season, and 12th win by a fall. … story at … Fightingmuskies.com/sports/wrest/2023-24/releases/20231215

Buonocore, Roberson Take 2nd, Wrestling 3rd At Citrus Invitational
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Avery Buonocore (141 pounds) and 6th-ranked Keegan Roberson (157) each won their semifinal matches, but fell just short in their championship matches Saturday on the final day of the Citrus Invitational. 
133 pounder Logan Robinson took home third place honors, while Massimo Sullivan finished fourth in the 285 pound bracket. Christopher Dickey and Garrett Steele each placed fifth, at 184 and 197 pounds, respectively. Chance Cottingham (133), Nick Williams (165), and Nick Minacapelli (285) all took sixth place, while Joshua Feliz (141) and Will Lowery (165) both finished eighth to round out the Black and Gold’s top eight finishers. The Braves racked up 128.5 team points to finish third out of 14 teams. … story at … UNCPbraves.com/Buonocore-roberson-take-2nd-wrestling-3rd-at-citrus-invitational

Wrestling Weekend That Was: Wartburg claims 13th NWCA National Duals title
Wartburg beats rival Augsburg in NCAA Division III final; Coe and Upper Iowa storm back; ISU sweep out West; UNI earns 800th dual win; Decorah crowns 5 champs at Anamosa
Wartburg captured its 13th title, while Coe and Upper Iowa rebounded after opening-round losses at the NWCA Multi-Divisional Dual Championships at the UNI-Dome. Life University got a title sweep. Iowa State swept out west, UNI got its 800th dual win and the Alburnett boys and Decorah girls impressed during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
Wartburg claims 13th NWCA National Duals crown 
The National Wrestling Coaches Association Multi-Divisional National Duals returned to Cedar Falls for the first time since 2011. Like that previous trip to the UNI-Dome, Wartburg stood atop the NCAA Division III hill for the first time since 2020.
The Knights increased their NWCA record of multi-divisional national dual titles with their 13th championship. No. 2 Wartburg beat rival and top-seeded Augsburg (Minn.) University, 21-19, in the finals. The Knights’ top-ranked Massoma Endene posted a 14-2 major decision over No. 2 Parker Venz at 197 pounds to seal the win, rendering the dual-ending pin by heavyweight Tyler Raway a moot point. “This is important to us,” Wartburg Coach Eric Keller told media in a post-tournament interview. “This event is a signature event we circle on our calendar and they do a great job running it.”
Wartburg 133-pounder Joe Pins, who has one of the best names in all of wrestling, provided a big boost in the finals and in the 20-17 semifinal win over No. 3 Wisconsin-La Crosse Saturday morning. … story at … Thegazette.com/Weekend-that-was-wartburg-claims-13th-nwca-multi-divisional-duals-title

Averett Wrestling downs Shenandoah in ODAC matchup
DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University wrestling defeated Shenandoah University 46-5 on Thursday afternoon in the Grant Center. As a team, the Cougars compiled three falls, four technical falls and two major decisions against Shenandoah. Averett only lost one match the entire afternoon. Senior heavyweight Trent Ragland pinned Daniel Basil-Barker in under a minute.
In the 133-pound weight class, freshman A.J. Orlando III defeated No. 7 in the region Sean Rinebolt by a commanding 16-5 major decision. At 149 pounds, junior Jesse Alvarado had his first home event since last season. He defeated Manny Lucas by a 20-2 technical fall. Sophomore Xavier Swanson racked up another win for the Cougars, defeating Christopher Johnson-Hunte by a 17-1 technical fall. At 165 pounds, junior Anthony Taylor pinned Daiveon Barlow in just under two minutes to keep the momentum going for the Cougars. Junior Khalil Mitchell started off the match hot, getting takedown after takedown to defeat No. 6 in the region Dylan Weaver by a 16-3 major decision in the 174-pound weight class. Senior George Moseley was in a battle against Hunter Thompson up until Moseley pinned him at 3:45. At 197 pounds, senior Jamar Christian maintains his undefeated record after he defeated George Vrachnos 19-2. Junior Mason Barrett managed to get a 17-2 technical fall within the first period against Elliot Rivera. … story at … Averettcougars.com/Mens-Westling-downs-shenandoah-in-odac-matchup

SAU earns win over Southeast CC
The St. Ambrose wrestling team defeated Southeast Community College (Neb.) by a score of 22-14 Wednesday evening. Coming into the match, Southeast CC was ranked No. 12 in the NJCAA.
To start the dual, the Bees were able to jump out to a quick 7-0 lead. Diego Machado earned a 6-0 decision win at 165 pounds. At 174 pounds, Jayden Terronez secured a major decision victory, winning his match 9-0. Tyreese Johnson earned a decision victory as well, winning 8-3 to extend the Bees lead. The Bees took a 10-7 lead into the intermission. After the intermission, Steele Dias won his match at 125 pounds by forfeit. The Bees would add two more wins … story at … Saubees.com/sports/mwrest/2023-24/releases/20240111i685

January 17, 2024 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

#12 Chadron State Eagles score 28 straight to down the Cowboys

CHADRON, Neb. — The Chadron State College wrestling team won seven consecutive matches and scored 28 straight points enroute to defeating New Mexico Highlands 34-7, Thursday evening in the Chicoine Center.
After Dominic Joyce, a freshman from North Port, Florida, won an exhibition match with a 20-5 tech fall to start the dual, fans were treated to a nationally ranked matchup at 125 pounds.
#15 Rhys Sellers for the Cowboy’s and CSC’s Quade Smith, who is ranked seventh in the nation, gave fans some third period excitement. While trailing 3-2, Sellers used a late escape to tie the match and later scored a takedown to win 6-3 and give the Cowboys a 3-0 match lead.
The 133-pound weight class is when CSC started the string of seven straight victories. #2 Quentrevion Campbell, a redshirt senior from Tifton, Georgia, defeated his opponent with a 17-4 major decision to improve to 11-1 on the season.
#17 Ethan Leake and Joseph Misitano from New Mexico Highlands were tied at four at the conclusion of the first period and Leake led 5-4 due to a stalling point from his opponent heading to the final period. Leake, a redshirt senior from Clovis, California, chose bottom to begin the third and scored the final point with an escape to win 7-4.
The only tech fall that counted towards team points was scored by Torry Early at 149 pounds. Early, a senior from Oak Park, Illinois, won 15-0 in 1:45 to add to his team record for tech falls in a season.
At 157 pounds, Clayton Robinson, a redshirt freshman from Johnstown, Colorado, won with a 10-7 decision. … story at … Chadroneagles.com/Wrestling-12-eagles-score-28-straight-to-down-the-cowboys

January 17, 2024 Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

College Duals in North Carolina in January

Molton named SoCon Wrestler of the Week
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Redshirt senior Anthony Molton has been named the SoCon Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon. Molton took first place at the Franklin & Marshall Open last Friday, going 5-0 at the event. 
Molton began his day with a 6:15 tech fall over Jack Parker (unattached). He followed that up with his second and third falls of the season. He defeated Navy’s Grant Treaster in 4:14, followed by Carson Wagner (Binghamton) in 4:01 in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Molton defeated Vince Robinson of NC State by a 5-4 decision. He then beat Robinson’s teammate Troy Hohman in the finals by a 4-1 tally. In each match, Molton scored a takedown in the final 30 seconds of the third period to reach the winning score. … story at … GOcamels.com/Molton-named-socon-wrestler-of-the-week

No. 20 Men’s Wrestling goes perfect 2-0 on Day 1 of Davidson Duals
No. 20 Bald Eagles open day with 30-14 win over Gardner-Webb; Haven caps perfect day with thrilling 20-14 victory over Harvard
DAVIDSON, N.C. – The nationally-ranked Lock Haven men’s wrestling team picked up a pair of wins today (Thursday, Jan. 11) to go a perfect 2-0 on day one of the 2024 Davidson Duals.
The No. 20 Bald Eagles opened the day with a clinical 30-14 victory over Gardner-Webb and Lock Haven closed day-one action with a thrilling 20-14 victory over Harvard.
It marked Lock Haven’s first two dual victories of the 2023-24 season as The Haven moved to 2-5 overall.
The victory over Gardner-Webb also marked dual-win No. 75 at The Haven for head coach Scott Moore.
Leading the way today was Gable Strickland (Benton, Pa./Benton), No. 13 Wyatt Henson (Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg), Nick Stonecheck (Alpharetta, Ga./Buford) and Connor Eck (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem). All four were a perfect 2-0 on the day.
Strickland was 2-0 at 133 pounds, 13^th-ranked Henson went 2-0 … story at … GOlhu.com/No-20-mens-wrestling-goes-perfect-2-0-on-day-1-of-davidson-duals

UMO extends streak with victory at Belmont Abbey, 31-12
Results
BELMONT, N.C. (Jan. 11) – The University of Mount Olive men’s wrestling program registered seven victories, including three via fall, in a 31-12 win at Belmont Abbey on Thursday night in Conference Carolinas action.
With the win, the Trojans extend their winning streak to seven straight and improve to 9-1 overall behind a 4-1 record in conference duals. Mount Olive has won the last two meetings with Belmont Abbey with the record split at 2-2 all-time in the series. Meanwhile, the Crusaders fall to 5-5 this season with a 3-3 mark in league meets.
In the opening match, junior Lens Mathurin recorded a takedown and four-point near fall in the first period before pinning Ethan McCullough in the 125-weight class to give UMO a 6-0 edge. After the Crusaders received a forfeit at 133, the Trojans answered back with redshirt sophomore Taylor Robinson posting a 10-2 major decision over Will Cline with three takedowns in the 141-weight class to put Mount Olive ahead by a 10-6 margin. At 149, redshirt sophomore Dallas Wilson leaped out to a 7-0 lead in the first period before securing a 9-5 decision against Skyler Caban to extend the advantage to 13-6. Belmont Abbey responded in the 157-weight class with a victory by a 7-4 decision to cut the deficit to 13-9 through five matches. At 165, Mount Olive countered with … story at … UMOtrojans.com/UMO-extends-streak-with-victory-at-belmont-abbey-31-12

Little Rock’s Perfect Outing at Davidson Duals Brings Team Win Total to Nine, Proves Higher Standards
The nine wins this season doubles the program’s win total prior to this season
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Little Rock concluded the Davidson Duals with two more team wins to bring the outing to a perfect 4-0, moving to 9-4 on the season in the process. With the ninth win, the Trojans have effectively doubled their program win total in just this season alone.
Going into the 2023-24 season, Little Rock held a record of 9-41 throughout the program’s history. This week on the East Coast, the Trojans surpassed the total they brought in last year (5), and then brought the program total to 18. The best part? They still have seven duals left on the schedule.
“It’s a great feat for us and something that wasn’t imaginable for a few years,” admitted head coach Neil Erisman. “We’ve set a new standard for our program. That’s been the main theme since day one, having to raise the bar and do new things, and this is just one step in the right direction toward our goals. But it can’t be understated how cool it is to reach this mark.”
Even with a forfeit at 157 pounds in both of day two’s matches at the Davidson Duals, Little Rock still scored at least 40 team points between the pair of matches. Over the entire event, the Trojans put up 176 team points to their opponents’ 23 and won 35 of the 40 bouts. Read more about how day one went at the the two-day Davidson Duals here.
The results this week were not a given, but they were expected by Coach Erisman. “If we had some slip-ups or didn’t wrestle well, we could’ve came out of there with some losses. But we focused on scoring points and I’m proud that I saw us make a decision change for the better a few times.”
Two Trojans now are tied for the program’s most falls collected in a single season: Tyler Brennan and Josiah Hill. The duo collected their eighth respective pins of the year over the past two days as Brennan added two and Hill went three in a row following the first dual. Notably, the pair were also tied for the previous high, seven, set in the 2021-22 season. … story at … LRtrojans.com/Wrestling-little-rocks-perfect-outing-at-davidson-duals-brings-team-win-total-to-nine-raises-program-standards

#20 Wrestling Downs North Carolina on the Road, 26-10; Wins First Dual of Season
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The #20 University of Pennsylvania wrestling team won its first dual meet of the season on Friday night after beating North Carolina, 26-10, in Chapel Hill.  
#10 Michael Colaiocco (133), #11 Nick Incontrera (174), #16 Maximus Hale (184), #25 Lucas Revano (157), #33 Max Gallagher (125), Kelly Dunnigan (149), and Kaya Sement (165) took their bouts to give Penn its sixth straight win over North Carolina.
Quaker Notemeal
*Dunnigan made his season debut in duals tonight against the Tar Heels, sweetening the start with the victory by decision over North Carolina.
*Hale and Incontrera’s perfect records are still intact as both moved into 3-0 in duals with the wins.
*The Quakers took seven matches in a dual for the first time this season.
*For the first time this year, Penn wrestled in extra matches during a dual with Andy Troczynski (149) and Zach Delsanter (285), hitting the mats for the Red and Blue.
How It Happened
#33 Gallagher gave the Quakers a lead they would not lose … story at … Pennathletics.com/Wrestling-downs-north-carolina-on-the-road-26-10-wins-first-dual-of-season

Wrestling Hosts First Ever Sellout Crowd, Falls to Cowboys 22-12
Jack, Arrington, and Hidlay each earn wins
RALEIGH – The fourth-ranked NC State wrestling team fell to the ninth-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, 22-12, Friday evening in Reynolds Coliseum. 
The meeting between the two top-10 programs was a sellout, the first ever for an NC State home match. 
125 (3-0, Oklahoma State)
Troy Spratley and Jakob Camacho started the evening for the two teams. Spratley earned the Cowboys three points after defeating Camacho by a 7-3 decision.
133 (7-0, Oklahoma State)
Dalton Fix started with a quick 7-2 lead over Kai Orine, but Orine added an escape with one minute remaining in the third period to shrink Fix’s lead to 7-3. With just seconds left … story at … https://gopack.com/news/2024/1/5/wrestling-hosts-first-ever-sellout-crowd-falls-to-cowboys-22-12

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