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Huskers Win Fourth-Straight Navy Classic Title

Five Huskers claimed individual titles at the 2025 Navy Classic on Sunday, driving Nebraska to win its fourth-straight team title with 144 points.
Individually, Brock Hardy (141), Antrell Taylor (157), LJ Araujo (165), Christopher Minto (174) and Silas Allred (184) won their respective weight classes.
Eleven of the 15 competing Huskers placed, with Camden McDanel (197) capturing the runner-up finish, Jacob Van Dee (133) finishing third and Harley Andrews (285), Hayden Mills (133) and Kael Lauridsen (125) finishing in fifth. Freshman Tyler Eise (174) came in sixth in his first Navy Classic appearance. 
Hardy, Taylor, Minto and Allred completed back-to-back individual titles. Both Hardy and Allred faced top-25 opponents in the final. No. 2 Hardy won in a decision (4-3) over No. 15 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell while Allred defeated No. 19 Malachi DuVall of George Mason in a decision (SV-1, 9-6) to collect his title. The redshirt freshman Araujo collected two decisions, a major decision and a technical fall to garner first place.
The Big Red finished first out of 10 teams, as Pittsburgh (126 points) finished second and Navy (95.5 points) finished in third.
Up Next: NU will return home to host Army on Friday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. … more at … https://huskers.com/news/2025/11/2/huskers-win-fourth-straight-navy-classic-title

November 4, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Wolverines knock off No. 14/12 Stanford, 19-12, to open season

OREM, Utah — Utah Valley University opened the 2025-26 season by knocking off No. 14/12 Stanford 19-12 on Saturday night at the UCCU Center. The Wolverines won six of 10 matches, including a bonus-point victory from true freshman Zyon Trujillo. In the premier match of the night, No. 19 David Evans made his debut in Wolverine green and stole the win with a late takedown and near fall in the final 13 seconds to defeat No. 24 Aden Valencia.
“We beat a very talented team tonight in Stanford. I know they were missing some guys from their lineup, but our focus and mindset did not change,” head coach Adam Hall said, who picked up his third win over a ranked opponent in his young head coaching career. “We knew we would be tested, but we were ready for the challenge. Our team showed tonight that we also have talent, and some new faces brought a spark that we needed.”
Stanford had four ranked wrestlers out of the lineup, with two competing at the NWCA All-Star Classic. No. 4 Daniel Cardenas (157 pounds) and No. 4 Hunter Garvin (165 pounds) both competed at Rutgers University. No. 11 Nico Provo (125 pounds) and No. 17 Lorenzo Norman (174 pounds) were also out Saturday night.
In the opening match, Stanford’s Edwin Sierra took an early lead over Bridger Ricks, but the Utah Valley senior responded with a go-ahead takedown with 1:15 remaining. He rode out Sierra to secure riding time and the 7-4 win.
At 133 pounds, true freshman Geronimo Rivera faced No. 7 and All-American Tyler Knox. After an early takedown from Knox, Rivera earned a reversal to draw within a point. Knox added his own reversal in the second before trading reversals with Rivera to take an 8-4 lead after two periods. Knox then rode Rivera for the final two minutes to pick up the 8-4 decision and tie the dual at … more at … https://gouvu.com/news/2025/11/1/wrestling-wolverines-knock-off-no-14-12-stanford-19-12-to-open-season.aspx

November 4, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Rowan Clinches Win as Duke Comes from Behind to Defeat Sacred Heart, 19-18

DURHAM, N.C. — The Duke wrestling team won five out of the last six matches en route to registering a come-from-behind victory, 19-18, Saturday in the 2025-26 season opener against Sacred Heart in Cameron Indoor Stadium.     
The Blue Devils collected victories on the day by Aurelius Dunbar (157), Aidan Wallace (165), Gaetano Console (184), Connor Barket (HWT) and Riley Rowan (125) to score 19 of the last 22 points in the match.  Rowan closed the match with a 2-0 decision to secure the Duke win. 
HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Sacred Heart opened the contest by taking the first four matches, jumping out to a 15-0 advantage.
  • The Blue Devils got things started in the 157-weight class as Dunbar registered a 4-2 decision in his Duke debut over AJ Falcone.After a scoreless first period, Dunbar collected a takedown to take a 3-1 lead.With the match even, 3-3, Dunbar escaped and a forced a second stalling call on Falcon to close with a 4-2 decision.
  • Seeing action this season in the 165 class, Wallace registered a 5-4 overtime decision versus Aidan Zarrella to bring the Blue Devils to, 15-6.Wallace held a 3-0 lead through the first and led 4-1 in the third before Zarella evened the match with a takedown.Wallace got an escape in the second overtime to register the victory.
  • Duke won its third match in a row as Console was impressive against Eric Wolf at 184 pounds.Console totaled three takedowns in the first period and six for the match as he rolled to the crucial technical fall.
  • Sacred Heart’s Chris DeLena picked up a 10-6 decision over redshirt freshman Owen McCrory at 197 pounds to extend the Pioneers’ stretch the lead back to seven, 18-11. … more at … https://goduke.com/news/2025/11/1/wrestling-rowan-clinches-win-as-duke-comes-from-behind-to-defeat-sacred-heart-19-18

November 4, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Presbyterian Pummels First Three Opponents of New Season

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. – The fifth-ranked Presbyterian College women’s wrestling team was practically perfect on Saturday afternoon, making a statement to start the new season in lopsided victories over Newberry, Allen, and Huntingdon.
Twenty different PC wrestlers competed at least once in those three duals, beating Newberry 43-3, Allen 43-6, and Huntingdon 43-2. Out of the 30 standard matches (excluding exhibitions), the Blue Hose went an astounding 29-1. They collected 13 pins and were simply dominant from beginning to end.
Presbyterian outscored their three opponents by a combined score of 129-11. Dating back to last season, PC has now won 11 of their last 13 dual encounters.
RESULTS
#5 PC def. Newberry, 43-3

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