Takedown Report

Recaps – End of Regular Season

Headlines from the Final Weekend of the DI Regular Season
The final weekend of the 2023-24 regular season provided for plenty of interesting storylines even though some schools already wrapped up theirs a week ago. The past couple of days featured top-ten clashes, rivalry duals, some upsets, a potentially impactful injury, and much more. 
Here are the key storylines from the final week of the regular season. Hey, we’ve got at least one per conference. 
Iowa/Oklahoma State
Iowa continued their recent dominance over their rival Oklahoma State with a 22-9 dual victory on Sunday afternoon. The Hawkeyes have won each of their last four meetings against the Cowboys. We covered this in more detail yesterday in our wrap-up article.  … story at … Intermatwrestle.com/Headlines-from-the-final-weekend-of-the-di-regular-season
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Big 12 Weekly Recap (2/27/2024)
The final week of the regular season came to a close with eight Big 12 teams competing. North and South Dakota State battled for the Border Bell, with the Jackrabbits coming out on top for the third consecutive year. California Baptist finished with a win over Utah Valley to cap a banner year for the second-year DI-eligible program. Iowa State and Northern Iowa beat shorthanded Missouri. Oklahoma State took on Iowa but lost 22-9 in a dual filled with tossups. 

California Baptist (Overall: 7-10; Conference: 2-6): Dual Results
The Lancers capped their regular season with a 20-17 win over Utah Valley on the road. Chaz Hallmark and Dayne Morton scored pivotal wins, with Hallmark winning in sudden victory and Morton beating 2023 qualifier Isaiah Delgado 7-6. Add in some bonus points from Eli Griffin and Hunter Leake and the team more than doubled their wins from last year. Now headed into Big 12’s they have a great opportunity to get their first DI qualifier. 

Iowa State (Overall: 13-2; Conference: 6-1): Dual Result
The Cyclones dominated a shorthanded Missouri team with a 41-3 win. They scored bonus points with Evan Frost, Casey Swiderski, David Carr, MJ Gaitan, and Yonger Bastida. Echemendia was down 7-0 after a big throw from Josh Edmond early but battled back for a big 10-9 win. Carr stayed undefeated at home with a 67-0 record and a first-period fall. Feldkamp dropped a match to Colton Hawks, getting put on his back off a counter to a big move and another takedown late. Bastida scored another statement win with a 13-4 major over Zach Elam, with takedowns in every period. 

Missouri (Overall: 10-4; Conference: 6-3): Dual Results (UNI) | Dual Results (ISU)

The Tigers made a trip to Iowa missing eight starters and coach Kendric Maple due to a mix of injuries and illness. Josh Edmond and Zach Elam both scored ranked wins, being joined by Colton Hawks. Edmond beat Cael Happel 4-3 and had a big lead on Anthony Echemendia before dropping a 10-9 match. Zach beat Tyrell Gordon in rideouts 4-1 with a turn, but couldn’t keep up with Yonger Bastida’s offense. 2023 round of 16 finisher Colton Hawks was majored by Parker Keckeisen, but avenged an NCAA loss to Will Feldkamp with a big move of his own. … story at … Intermatwrestle.com/Big-12-weekly-recap-2272024
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Pac-12 Weekly Recap (2/26/2024)
Arizona State splits the final 2 ranked duals
ASU started the weekend with a 24-14 victory against #14 Lehigh on Saturday. The Sun Devils won the first seven matches before losing two in a row and forfeiting the heavyweight matchup.
Richard Figueroa began the dual with an upset, defeating second-ranked Luke Stanich 5-3. In addition, Jesse Vasquez continued to look strong during his return from injury and had a slight upset over #16 Malyke Hines in a sudden victory. Kyle Parco posted a tech fall, Julian Chlebove, Jacori Teemer, and Chance McLane tallied regular decisions, while Cael Valencia won by a major decision.
ASU returned to the mat on Sunday and lost 26-9 against #4 Nebraska. Figueroa continued his winning ways and upset #7 Caleb Smith, 4-3. The three-time All-American, Parco, notched perhaps the biggest win of his career. He handed top-ranked 149 lber, Ridge Lovett, his only loss of the 2023-24 regular season, 4-3. Teemer recorded the Sun Devils other victory when he defeated Ethan Stiles 7-2.

Cal Poly sends 2 wrestlers to compete
Michael Goldfeder and Trevor Tinker competed in the Patriot Last Chance Open to boost their stock before the postseason. Goldfeder went 2-1, defeating Lock Haven’s Brett Barbush and unattached Noah Roulo.  Tinker went 3-0 with two tech falls against Drexel’s Shane Whitney and Buffalo’s Magnus Bibla, and a pin against George Mason’s Colin Pederson.

Little Rock earns 15th win of the season
The Trojans completed the regular season by capturing a 57-0 victory against Lindenwood. Little Rock won every match by forfeit, tech fall, or pin. … story at … Intermatwrestle.com/PAC-12-weekly-recap-2262024
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EIWA Weekly Recap (2/27/2024)
Below is a recap of last week’s EIWA action, with individual news and highlights worth noting.
Key Takeaways 

• Lehigh’s Stanich officially uses 6th date, causing him to forego his redshirt season.
• Ryan Crookham of Lehigh remains the only undefeated wrestler in the conference at 15-0
• Jude Swisher of Penn wrestles to 6-0 in two events with all bonus point wins
• Binghamton’s Lou DePrez (#9) knocks off #7 Cardenas of Cornell 

American  
The Eagles were on the road at Columbia and Army. Both wrestlers at the 133 lbs class were undefeated on the weekend. Max Leete had a win over Columbia, while Raymond Lopez had a win over #28 Basile of Army. Jack Maida made a return to the lineup. He had a win over #30 Berginc of Army. American terminated the dual season … story at … Intermatwrestle.com/EIWA-weekly-recap-2272024

March 1, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized