Sooners Score Three Wins at Norman Duals
NORMAN — The No. 21 Oklahoma wrestling team earned an unblemished 3-0 record after defeating Southeast CC, Cal State Bakersfield and Chattanooga in dual action on Saturday. As a team, the Sooners outscored opponents 105-21 on the day.
OU’s first dual was against Southeast CC. A historical milestone for the squad from Lincoln, Neb., Saturday marked the Bobcats’ first dual against a Division I opponent since the inception of the program in 2023. The Sooners had seven wrestlers make their season dual debuts: Beric Jordan, Carter Schmidt, Alex Braun, Hunter Hollingsworth, Anders Thompson, Seth Seago and Ryder Wiese all picked up wins. Elsewhere, KJ Evans, Tate Picklo and Mannix Morgan took care of business as the Sooners routed the Bobcats, 41-0. It marked the first time Oklahoma won all 10 matches in a dual since blanking Little Rock, 37-0, on Nov. 18, 2022.
The Sooners went up against CSU Bakersfield in their second dual of the day. Mosha Schwartz, Willie McDougald, KJ Evans, Mannix Morgan and DJ Parker led the way for Oklahoma as all earned bonus-point wins. Antonio Lorenzo and Picklo added decision victories, while the Roadrunners forfeited the 133-pound bout. The Sooners took eight of the 10 matches to take the 38-7 win.
OU finished out the quad with a dual against Chattanooga. Bradley Hill scored his first dual win since the season opener, racking up three takedowns, an escape and riding time against UTC’s David Harper for an 11-2 major decision. Picklo scored his third win of the day by fall, pinning the Mocs’ Jackson Hurst just one minute into the first period. Lorenzo, Schwartz and Parker contributed with bonus points, capping off a 26-14 win for the Sooners.
OU will enjoy a holiday break before traveling to Chattanooga, Tenn., to participate in the Southern Scuffle on Jan. 4-5, in what is widely considered one of the toughest regular season tournaments in collegiate wrestling. It will mark the second consecutive season Oklahoma will start the year at the event, and the Sooners will look to improve on … more at … https://soonersports.com/news/2024/12/21/wrestling-sooners-score-three-wins-at-norman-duals
Roanoke Wrestling wins all three at Gator ‘Boots’ Duals
The Facts:
Scores: No. 8 Roanoke 38, Mount Union 9, No. 8 Roanoke 22, No. 14 Loras 17, No. 8 Roanoke 51, Muskingum 3
Location: Hendersonville, Tenn., Hendersonville High School
The Short Story: The Roanoke College wrestling team earned three victories Saturday at the Gator ‘Boots’ Duals, hosted at Hendersonville High School (Tenn.). The Maroons, ranked No. 8 this week in dual match rankings by TheOpenMat.com, breezed to two non-conference victories and won a tight 22-17 decision over No. 14 Loras College (Iowa).
How it happened:
*Mark Samuel rolled to three wins at 141, with two pins and a technical fall.
*Isaic Paulino was 3-0 on the day at 125 with a major decision win.
*Vincenzo Corvetto won all three of his matches at 184, including one pin.
*Jonah Paulino was 2-0 at 133 with two technical falls.
Next Time:
Roanoke will compete at the Jim Crytzer Memorial at Washington & Lee University on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Men’s Gator ‘Boots’ Duals
Hendersonville High School
Hendersonville, Tenn.
Dec. 21, 2024
Final Results: Roanoke 38, Mount Union 9
125 – Isaic Paulino (Roanoke College) over Mason Taylor (Mount Union) Maj 15-4
133 – Jonah Paulino (Roanoke College) over Nolan Frye (Mount Union) TF 17-2
141 – Mark Samuel (Roanoke College) over Mason McCarty (Mount Union) TF 17-2 … More at … https://roanokemaroons.com/news/2024/12/21/roanoke-wrestling-wins-all-three-at-gator-boots-duals.aspx
Davis Named Southern Conference Wrestler of The Week
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Redshirt freshman T.K. Davis of the Gardner-Webb University wrestling team has been named Southern Conference Wrestler of the Week for the week of December 11th through the 17th. The Rockmart, Ga. native went 3-0 in the 133-pound weight class in this past weekend’s Kent State quad meet, highlighted by an 11-6 decision over reigning Big Ten Champion and All-American Dylan Shawver of Rutgers, who came into the match ranked No. 9 in the country for his division. Davis also scored wins over Michael Giugliano of Buffalo and Adan Benavidez of Kent State, both by tech fall to complete a perfect individual weekend. … more at … https://gwusports.com/news/2024/12/18/wrestling-davis-named-southern-conference-wrestler-of-the-week.aspx
DI Live Streaming Guide (12/28 – 12/30/2024)
With the Christmas holiday in the middle of the week, it led to a well-needed break for college wrestling competitions. The period between Christmas and the New Year is traditionally when the Midlands are held. That is the case this year – along with recent addition The Soldier Salute. The Midlands will be hosting their tournament for the 60th time and this will be the third edition of the Salute. These will be the only DI events occurring over the weekend and into Monday.
Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events, InterMat has put together a list of all of the live-streamed events occurring this week. Below are the dates/times and how to watch each match (with links).
To make this guide even easier to find, we’ve added a link on our homepage and the latest Live Streaming Guide will appear right under the header articles.
All times are Eastern.
Sunday, December 29: Bucknell, Cal Poly, California Baptist, Central Michigan, Edinboro, Franklin & Marshall, George Mason, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Penn, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Rider, Rutgers, SIU Edwardsville, Stanford, Wisconsin at Ken Kraft Midlands, Hoffman Estates, IL 10:30 AM B1G+ – Session 1 / B1G+ – Session 2 … more at … https://intermatwrestle.com/articles.html/47_streaming-guide/di-live-streaming-guide-1228-12302024-r99867/
This Week in ACC Wrestling
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – A challenging week lies ahead for several Atlantic Coast Conference wrestling programs, as six of the nine dual matches will be against top-25 competition, headlined by No. 7 Virginia Tech taking on No. 3 Oklahoma State on Thursday, December 19, at 8 p.m. ET in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on ESPN+.
The top-25 action continues on Friday, December 20, when No. 18 Pitt will compete at the Rider Quad Meet, taking on No. 24 Maryland (10 a.m. ET), No. 14 South Dakota State (noon ET) and host Rider (2 p.m. ET). On Saturday, December 21, No. 25 North Carolina will take on No. 5 Ohio State (3 p.m. ET), No. 13 Iowa State (5 p.m. ET) and Lock Haven at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in Nashville, Tennessee.
On Sunday, December 22, Duke will host VMI at 1 p.m. ET on ACCNX, while No. 6 NC State will hit the road to face off with No. 12 Cornell at 4 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
In addition to the duals, Virginia will compete at the highly touted Sheridan Tournament hosted by Lehigh on Saturday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
ESPN and the ACC announced that ACC Friday Night Duals will return this season to ACC Network with five straight weeks of conference matchups, beginning on January 24, … more at … https://theacc.com/news/2024/12/18/this-week-in-acc-wrestling.aspx
Cowboys, Buckeyes take out ranked opponents, Top 25 sees minimal movement
Manheim, Pennsylvania – One upset created some movement in the lower half of the NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday, but in large, there were minimal changes in the poll.
The biggest upset came in West Virginia as California Baptist upended then-No. 18 West Virginia 18-15 in New Cumberland. The loss dropped the Mountaineers (3-1) four spots to No. 22.
There were only two duals between ranked teams this past week: No. 3 Oklahoma State (5-0) trounced No. 21 Oklahoma 35-3 at Bedlam, while No. 5 Ohio State topped then-No. 19 Pittsburgh 20-17.
The top 10 remained the same as No. 1 Penn State (3-0) shutout Wyoming 54-0 at the Bryce Jordan Center. Other action saw No. 10 Northern Iowa beat perennial Division II power Nebraska-Kearney 35-8, No. 13 Iowa State beat North Dakota State 27-12, Rutgers (8-2) swept a trio of duals with Gardner-Webb, Kent State and Clarion, while Little Rock beat Chattanooga 32-6 on Monday night.
Methodology: The NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll is voted on by two coaches from each Division I wrestling conference. Each first-place vote is worth 25 points, 24 points for a second-place vote, 23 points for a third-place vote, and so on, through to one point for a 25th-place vote. The poll is based on dual meet results.
NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Coaches Poll
December 17, 2024
… more at … https://nwcaonline.com/news/2024/12/17/ncaa-division-1-men-cowboys-buckeyes-take-out-ranked-opponents-top-25-sees-minimal-movement.aspx
WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 NCAA Division I Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic
By Mike Finn
NEWTON, Iowa — The holidays are upon the college wrestling world and many of the top teams, listed in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 national rankings, will be in action one more weekend before Christmas at neutral-site dual meets.
The biggest event will be happening in Nashville, Tenn., where five teams ranked in WIN’s Dual Team Rankings — No. 1 Penn State, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 10 Iowa State, No. 13 Missouri and No. 19 Little Rock — will compete. This could include a featured meeting between the top-two ranked wrestlers and a pair of national champions at 174 pounds: Missouri’s No. 1 Keegan O’Toole and Penn State’s No. 2-ranked Levi Haines.
Meanwhile, there are also scheduled duals between No. 3 Oklahoma State hosting No. 7 Virginia Tech on Dec. 19 and No. 6 NC State traveling to No. 9 Cornell on Dec. 22.
With most schools taking semester exams last weekend, there was little action and few changes in WIN’s Dec. 16 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. This includes WIN’s Tournament Power Index, where the top five schools are Penn State (138 TPI points), Oklahoma State (78), Iowa (75), Minnesota (64.5) and Virginia Tech (58.5).
WIN’s TPI projects where programs would finish in the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships, which will be held March 20-22 in Philadelphia, if every wrestler finished the season where they are ranked now. The following is a breakdown of those individual TPI points per ranking: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, … more at … https://www.win-magazine.com/2024/12/16/win-magazines-dec-16-ncaa-division-i-rankings-presented-by-cliff-keen-athletic/
Christian Davis Named Conference Carolinas Wrestler of the Week
Second Bearcat Freshman to be Honored this Season
GREENVILLE, S.C. – After winning the 133-lb Midwest Classic bracket over the weekend by knocking off a pair of nationally-ranked opponents, Christian Davis has been named the Conference Carolinas Wrestler of the Week as announced by the league this afternoon. Davis is the second Lander wrestler to earn the weekly honor this season and the second freshman to earn the honor, joining Issac Sheeren who earned the award in the first week of the season.
Davis earned the honor on the back of a perfect 5-0 week at the prestigious Midwest Classic that saw him become the fourth Midwest Classic Champion in program history as well as the first freshman to win the tournament in program history. Of his five wins, three of them came by bonus point margins, one of which a 10-2 major decision over the fourth-ranked wrestler in his weight class in Peter Rolle of Central Oklahoma. Davis picked up the tournament title with a dominant 8-2 win over the second-ranked wrestler in his class, Reece Barnhardt of UMary.
Davis now sits at 20-2 on the season … more at … https://landerbearcats.com/news/2024/12/17/wrestling-christian-davis-named-conference-carolinas-wrestler-of-the-week.aspx
NECP, Tarboro wrestlers claim titles in USAF-Eagle Invitational
The North East Carolina Prep School wrestling team produced three championships while Tarboro claimed one during the USAF-Eagle Invitational at Rosewood High School on Saturday.
Holton Quincy took the 113-pound title for the Huskies while Colton Lewis won at 126 and Ryan Mann claimed the 144 crown.
Quincy had a bye through the first two rounds. He then pinned Albert Couch of Southwest Onslow (1:22) in the quarterfinals, won by pin (2:32) over Guy Wavra of Corinth Holders in the semifinals and won by major decision 8-0 over Jesse Farmsworth of Panther Creek in the finals.
Lewis received a first-round bye and pinned George Records of Southwest Onslow (0:59) in the second round. Lewis then pinned Florentino Martinez-Hernandez of North Pitt (0:43) in the quarterfinals, won by technical fall 18-4 over Isaiah Mazura of Rosewood in the semifinals and won by major decision 12-0 over Carson Corl of South Johnston in the finals.
Mann received a first-round bye and pinned Troy Parker of Garner (1:13) in the second round. He then won by technical fall 16-1 over Ethan Johnson of North Pitt in the quarterfinals, took a major decision 10-0 over Ashton Shields-Adams in the semifinals and claimed the championship by pinning Mikey Leaf of Ravenscroft (2:51) in the finals match.
Daniel Silver placed second in the 285-pound (heavyweight) division. Silver received byes through the first two rounds. He pinned Sean Banks of Rosewood (3:16) and Jayden Williams of Clayton (3;58) before falling by pin (1:31) to Nicholas Rodgers of Wilson Fike in the championship match.
Other results for the Huskies are as follows:
• 106: Alan Tebalan finished in third place with a pin over Esteban Placencia of Southwest Onslow (0:19).
• 120: Kemon Downing took fourth place after losing by medical forfeit to Connor Elliot of Millbrook.
• 132: Brayden Waneroik ended up fourth overall … more at … https://www.reflector.com/apgstate/necp-tarboro-wrestlers-claim-titles-in-usaf-eagle-invitational/article_e3496683-b2a4-52cf-8a19-097b7f70aa81.html
North Carolina’s Lachlan McNeil Named ACC Wrestler of the Week
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – North Carolina redshirt junior Lachlan McNeil was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Week for Week 8, December 19-22.
Wrestling at 149 pounds, McNeil went 3-0 for the Tar Heels over three dual matches at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, December 21.
The Toronto, Ontario, native started his day at the College Wrestling Duals with an 8-2 decision over No. 12 Dylan D’Emilio of No. 5 Ohio State, picking up one of the four wins for the Tar Heels in the match.
In his second match of the day, McNeil dominated Carter Fousek of No. 13 Iowa State … more at … https://theacc.com/news/2024/12/24/wrestling-north-carolinas-lachlan-mcneil-named-acc-wrestler-of-the-week.aspx
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