2014 National Duals

2014 National Duals - Live on Flowrestling

2014 National Duals - Live on Flowrestling

Feb 11, 2014 by Nickolas Velliquette
2014 National Duals - Live on Flowrestling
Draws have been released for the 2014 NCAA National Duals -and we've got a good one this year, friends! Conspicuous absentees Penn State and Iowa continue to hold out of National Duals competition - reasons explained by Cael Sanderson on Twitter - but the Minnesota Golden Gophers aren't against getting themselves a National Dual Team Championship.  Fresh off their HUGE WIN over Penn State, the nationally ranked #2 Gophers expect to navigate through a bracket that should pit them against Big Ten rival Ohio State and later the winner of the OU vs. Cornell semi final. 

Biggest Storylines
Minnesota v OU/Cornell winner for a National title
The ridiculous slew of show-stopping individual match ups.
Cael Sanderson's Twitter rants during the event #WrestlingPolitics

Watch NWCA National Duals LIVE on Flowrestling
We got the juice this weekend.  Flowrestling will be streaming all rounds except the finals (one team dual for the semi finals). Click here to sign up and watch the 2014 National Duals LIVE on Flowrestling.  



2014 NCAA National Duals
Location: Columbus, OH
Date: February 16th - 17h, 2014
Watch LIVE Herehttp://goo.gl/oasLe0
2013 National Duals - Finals Coverage
2014 National Duals Brackets/Draws
2014 National Duals Preview (Floinsider) 

Teams Competing
#2 Minnesota, #5 Oklahoma, #7 Cornell, #13 Ohio State, #15 Illinois, #17 Iowa State, Oregon State, Kent State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Bloomsburg, North Dakota State, Chattanooga, Virginia Tech and Hofstra

Big Matchups to Watch For (all are potential, none are set in stone)
125 - #3 Delgado v #7 Patterson (If Patterson's back), Personal fav: Dance v. #1 Garrett in quarters
133 - #8 Thorn v #10 Johnny DiJulius, Personal fav:
#7 Brewer v #11 Richards -a throwback to HS
141 - #1 Stieber v #4 Dardanes
149 - #2 Dardanes v #3 Maple, Personal fav:
#3 Maple v #10 Busler -the REMATCH of this... 
157 - #6 Dylan Ness v #8 Brian Realbuto
165 - #4 Steven Monk v #7 Corey Mock
174 - #1 Howe v #5 Storely
184 - #3 Gabe Dean v #7 Steinhaus, Personal fav:
#7 Steinhaus v #11 Courts in semi's
197 - #1  Schiller v #2 Gads0n, Personal fav:
#1 Schiller v #5 Rutt in finals
HWT - No super matches here.  Nelson will dominate; Armaveer Desi's a pleasure to watch. 

Sunday, Feb. 16 (4 mats)
1pm ET- Preliminary Round 1
3pm ET- Preliminary Round 2
5pm ET- Consolation Round
7pm ET- Quarterfinals
Monday, Feb. 17
11am ET Consolation Round 2
1pm ET Semifinals & Consolation (4 mats)
4pmET - Final & 3rd and 4th place match ups (2 mats)

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