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Penn 174 lber Nick Incontrera (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) In another week of great EIWA matches, we saw Columbia knock off a ranked Lehigh team, Harvard upset Princeton for the first time in a decade, and Cornell proved they are still the top team in the conference. Lehigh's M...

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Clarion 125 lber Joey Fischer (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Welcome back to this week's Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments, where I (the #MACinsider) will discuss the top five matches, moments, or moves that were nominated by YOU! First, I want to start off by thanking all of those w...

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How all the Division I wrestling teams fared in this week's dual meet competition, formatted in a How The Top 25 Fared breakdown. Rank Team Record Wins This Week Losses This Week 1 Penn State (11-0) #2 Iowa 23-14 2 Iowa (12-1) #1 Penn State 23-14 3 Michigan (9-2) Maryland 44-5 #6 Ohio State 23-15 [&...

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NCAA champion David Carr (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Another week down in the Big 12, and this one was arguably the most notable week in conference so far. Let's look at some of the highlights. Iowa State takes the home stand vs. Oklahoma schools. Oklahoma State and Oklahoma we...

The Arizona State staff with 174 lber Cael Valencia (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Arizona State captures tough win over Lehigh Before the 20-16 victory this weekend, Arizona State's only win in school history against Lehigh came last season. In addition, Zeke Jones hadn...

Indiana 174 lber DJ Washington (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) I've said it before and I'll say it again, the wrestling season flies by if you're not cutting weight and going through rigorous workouts. You blink and it's almost February. Excluding Appalachian State and Gardner-Webb, who will c...

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Sammy Sasso (top) and Yahya Thomas are expected to meet for the 5th time (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) After a cursory glance at the upcoming week's schedule, it's hard not to get excited about some of the potential matches on tap. We've gone through the schedule for the upcomin...

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Iowa State All-American Marcus Coleman (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Saturday's Dual Results Cleveland State 19 George Mason 18 125 - Markel Baker (George Mason) maj Ben Aranda (Cleveland State) 12-3 133 - Jacob Manley (Cleveland State) dec Josh Jones (George Mason) 6-3 141 ...

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Harvard 285 lber Yara Slavikouski (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Friday's Dual Results Air Force 44 Snow College 0 125 - Tucker Owens (Air Force) FFT 133 - Logan Attisano (Air Force) fall Jacob Waddoups (Snow College) 1:40 141 - Garrett Kuchan (Air Force) FFT 149 - Bryce Shelto...

Roman Bravo-Young and former teammate Brody Teske (bottom) at the 133 lb weight class (photo courtesy of Juan Garcia;JCG Photograhpy) UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State wrestling tightened its grip on its place atop the national and Big Ten dual rankings Friday as the No. 1 Nittany Lions defeated No. 2 Io...

Pittsburgh 133 lber Micky Phillippi (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Week one of ACC duals certainly didn't disappoint. We saw one of the best duals in the country in the yearly rivalry dual between NC State and Virginia Tech. We also saw North Carolina and Pittsburgh pick up domin...

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Abe Assad (left) and Aaron Brooks at the 2022 Iowa/Penn State dual meet (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) #2 Iowa travels to #1 Penn State tonight to take part in the most anticipated dual meet of the 2022-23 season. While this has been a Big Ten dual since the Nittany Lions...

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Gavin and Keaton discuss possible outcome for upcoming Iowa vs Penn State Dual

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The 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We're smack dab in the middle of the dual season and have a full-schedule of DI duals whis week. A total of 57 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events,...

Lehigh 141 lber Malyke Hines (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) Dual Meet of the Weekend *ALL RANKINGS ARE FROM INTERMAT* #27 Lehigh hosts #19 Arizona State. Arizona State has taken a few head-scratching losses in duals this season, while battling injuries. Lehigh has been dealing with the inju...

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Max Dean (left) and Jacob Warner in the 2022 NCAA finals (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) The two teams responsible for 13 of the last 14 NCAA titles will face off in a match on Friday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. No. 1 Penn State and No. 2 Iowa both bring in undefeated dual records, but o...

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Last week's top fantasy wrestler Corbyn Munson (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) It's no surprise that the Top 2 fantasy wrestlers of Week 12 were both from Central Michigan and their four scheduled competitions. 157 Corbyn Munson took the #1 spot for the week winning all four of his matches fo...

Iran's 79 kg star Ali Savadkouhi (photo courtesy of Ginnie Coleman/UWW) #1 (79) Ali Savadkouhi (Iran) One of Iran's best hidden gems, Ali Savadkouhi burst onto the scene at the end of 2021 with an upset win over 2020 74 KG Olympic runner-up #4 Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov of Belarus at the Iranian P...

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Penn State freshman 157 lber Levi Haines (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This week, we enjoyed watching some tight duals - including Iowa's scare against Wisconsin - took in the smoke and light show at the Bryce Jordan Center and puzzled over how some of these weight classes are ...

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Diego Sotelo on the Midlands podium (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We are getting into the juicy dual meet part of the season. This week's highlights include American earning 3 one-point wins on Sunday to win the Chippewa Challenge, after going 0-3 at the same event a year ago. ...

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Rider 197 lber Ethan Laird (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Hi everyone! Welcome to a new weekly series here on InterMat called The Top 5 Memorable MAC Moments, where I (the #MACinsider), will be discussing the top five matches, moments, or moves that were nominated by YOU. That's...

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Cal Poly heavyweight Trevor Tinker (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Arizona State ends losing skid against Stanford Arizona State;s lineup is nearly back to full strength as Cohlton Schultz returned to the mat and Cael Valencia began to shock the wrestling world. Valencia helped ...

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Purdue 125 lber Matt Ramos (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The college wrestling season continues to chug along. I feel like it's a good sign when every week "seems like a crazy week of action." I wouldn't necessarily classify the past few days as too out of the ordinary; however...

Lou DePrez at the 2023 Southern Scuffle (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton wrestling announced that Lou DePrez will be added to the coaching staff effective immediately. DePrez will be an assistant coach for the Bearcats program for the rest of the 2022-23...

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Virginia Tech All-American Bryce Andonian (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Opening night for the ACC did not disappoint. The Virginia Tech vs NC State dual got the national spotlight and they put on a show. North Carolina and Pitt both took lopsided wins on the road. We are off an...

How all the Division I wrestling teams fared in this week's dual meet competition, formatted in a How The Top 25 Fared breakdown. Rank School Record Wins this Week Losses this Week 1 Penn State (10-0) #3 Michigan 30-8, #20 Michigan State 34-6 2 Iowa (12-0) #11 Nebraska 33-6, #16 Wisconsin 19-18 (c) ...

Oklahoma State All-American Dustin Plott (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Another week down in the Big 12. Let's look at some of the highlights. Oklahoma State got two solid wins this weekend right before they head into the toughest stretch of their schedule coming up the next fe...

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Penn 133 lber Michael Colaiocco (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco) Saturday's Dual Results Cornell 35 Brown 6 125 - Brett Ungar (Cornell) dec Shane Hanson-Ashworth (Brown) 6-0 133 - Hunter Adrian (Brown) dec Ethan Fernandez (Cornell) 4-2 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornell) maj Ian Oswalt (Brown) 11-3...

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Gavin and Keaton discuss Iowa results from the Nebraska Dual and lookahead to Sunday's Dual against Wisconsin.

Tony Cassioppi (top) and Trent Hillger in the 2022 dual (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens) The Big Ten dual schedule is in full swing, and that means plenty of Friday and Sunday duals. Last night, No. 2 Iowa ran over No. 10 Nebraska, while No. 18 Wisconsin coasted past Purdue. The recovery t...

Patrick Kennedy (right) and Bubba Wilson in Friday's dual (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Friday's Dual Results Penn 23 Lehigh 11 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Carter Bailey (Lehigh) 4-3 133 - Michael Colaiocco (Penn) maj Killian Delaney (Lehigh) 13-4 141 - Malyke Hines (Lehigh) de...

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Mason Parris (left) and Greg Kerkvliet at their 2022 dual meet (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Tonight, we have a great schedule of duals on tap! While you're getting ready to try and pay attention to all 21 duals, we've put together a list of one bout per dual to pay a little mo...

NC State 285 lber Owen Trephan (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It's finally here! ACC duals start tonight and they will start with some fireworks. All the action will be available through the ACC Network. NC State/Virginia Tech will be on ACC Network while the other two duals wil...

Back in 2008, I wrote my annual report breaking down the best wrestlers who didn't qualify for the NCAA championships. This ended up being the final year of the old qualification system based on historical data. The allocation process was based on the number of wrestlers who reached the Round of 12 ...

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Lehigh 184 lber Tate Samuelson (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Will Oklahoma State be a powerhouse in the near future? Any hope for the Cowboys? OSWC 2022 Stalemates Anonymous Account of the Year I think they can still stay near the top. I laid out a plan for them a good while ...

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Emily Shilson at the 2022 All-Star Classic (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Big transfer news today on the women's collegiate front as four-time undefeated collegiate national champion, Emily Shilson, will be transferring from Augsburg to McKendree. Shilson made her news public v...

Deonte Wilson (left) and Hunter Catka during the 2021 dual meet (photo courtesy of Dave Knachel; Virginia Tech athletics) Friday night marks the start of "Friday Night Duals" in the ACC and with it comes one of the most heated current rivalries in college wrestling, NC State and Virginia Tech. Th...

Brock Hardy in Nebraska's recent dual with Northwestern (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Every year in every sport, media outlets put out preseason rankings. In wrestling, late October seems to be the most popular time. Coaches have some idea of the lineup they're putting out, guys who...

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Anthony Molton defeating Jake Ferri (Kent State) at the 2023 Virginia Duals (photo courtesy of Keith Lucas; Campbell Athletics) Hi besties, long time no see… It's been another week of #SoConWR scrapping - and the action got started on *gasp* Friday the 13th. Campbell headed to Hampton for...

The 2022 NCAA Championships (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) We're smack dab in the middle of the dual season and have a full-schedule of DI duals whis week. A total of 59 duals will be contested. Since it can be difficult to figure out where and when to watch all of these events,...

Michigan's All-American 285 lber Mason Parris (photo courtesy of SJanickiPhoto.com) Week 11 ended with some shake-ups in the Fantasy rankings, with Mason Parris (MICH) taking back the pole position. Four of the Top-5 overall Fantasy Wrestlers are heavyweights, with Brock Hardy (NEB) being the lone ...

The MatStats boys research the conference qualifiers. They inform the viewers how you qualify for the Men’s & Women’s NCAA & NAIA national championships. The gang also does a statistical dive into the inordinate number of defaults in the placement bouts in the NCAA Men’s (D1, D2, & D3...

Columbia 125 lber Nick Babin (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) In a weekend full of duals, we saw a lot of EIWA matchups. Yianni notched his 100th career win - which, amazingly, does not even put him in the top 25 for career wins in Cornell's rich wrestling history. Princeton knoc...

Pittsburgh All-American Cole Matthews (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) It was another busy weekend in the ACC and the final countdown (do do do doo) has begun for ACC duals on Friday. Let's take a quick look at some highlights and important happenings from the weekend. Duke: Th...

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Today, Short Time is a personal interview with someone you’ve never previously heard from, unless you happened to listen to a Hampton-based sports talk show called Contact Sports 20-something years ago.  Few people had an impact on my life in sports more than Terry Daniels. Terry isn’t family, ...

HAMPTON, Virginia (January 20, 2023) — No frills, is just the way Dennis Whitby would have wanted it.  Bull Island Grappling and its founders have announced the creation of the WHIPS Foundation to honor the memory of former wrestler, coach and friend Dennis Whitby Jr., a New Jersey native...

Michigan State 157 lber Chase Saldate (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Another weekend of Big Ten wrestling has once again resulted in much more than "5 things" for us to talk about. Here's a roundup of what stood out to us, as well as the debut of our BIG Awards. Scroll to the b...

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Stanford 174 lber Tyler Eischens (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) Little Rock continues to make history The Little Rock Trojans swept Lindenwood 49-0 on Jan. 13, the first sweep and highest team score in program history. The Trojans picked up eight bonus points out of th...

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South Dakota State 197 lber Tanner Sloan (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) I know it doesn't feel that way when you're cutting weight over the holidays or going through brutal workouts, but the wrestling season really flies by. For such a long season, compared to other collegiate ...

How all the Division I wrestling teams fared in this week's dual meet competition, formatted in a How The Top 25 Fared breakdown. Rank Team Record Wins this Week Losses this Week 1 Penn State (8-0) 2 Iowa (10-0) #11 Northwestern 27-9 3 (tie) Iowa State (10-2) Utah Valley 31-9 3 (tie) Michigan (7-0) ...