What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend

What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend

Feb 13, 2014 by Christian Pyles
What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend
What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend
Christian Pyles

Duals on duals this weekend! Get ready for a What 2 Watch 4 extended edition with Mondays national duals taken into consideration.

Friday, February 14th

Iowa v. Lehigh
Love won’t be in the air when Iowa heads to Lehigh for their dual meet with the Mountain Hawks.

Though it won’t be a ranked v. ranked matchup, lets keep our eye on 125 for the Hawkeyes and see if they stick with Cory Clark or give Thomas Gilman another go.

At 133 it’s a huge one. Possibly the biggest match of the weekend. #3 Tony Ramos takes on Mason Beckman. Beckman notched a win over Schopp to get the year going. Schopp went on to beat Ramos.

#11 Josh Dziewa and #13 Laike Gardner will lock up as well. Both are very crafty scramblers. Takedowns will be tough to come by in this one.

#7 Brody Grothus will take on #16 Mitch Minotti. Don’t let the disparity fool you. This is a very winnable match for Minotti.

#3 Derek St. John takes on #11 Joey Napoli. DSJ dominated last time around. Now he heads to Napolis turf!

#6 Mike Evans will face the neutral dynamo #16 Elliot Riddick of Lehigh. Riddick is tough on his feet but will struggle with Evans pace and top game.

At 197 #15 Nathan Burak of Iowa will face #17 John Bolich of Lehigh.


Edinboro v. Pittsburgh
At 133 we’ll see Shelton Mack of Pittsburgh take on #2 AJ Schopp of Edinboro. Though Mack is unranked he does have a win over Schopp.

#2 Mitchell Port will take on the talented True Freshman #16 Edgar Bright.

Mike Racciato of Pittsburgh will face #15 Dave Habat of Edinboro.

Air Force v. Utah Valley
#4 Josh Martinez will take on #20 Jade Rauser. These two split matches a year ago, with Rauser winning the last one.

Saturday, February 15

Oklahoma State v. Clarion
At 157 #2 Alex Dieringer will lock up with #19 Austin Matthews of Clarion.

NC State v. Maryland
#7 Nick Gwiazdowski will take on #11 Spencer Myers of Maryland in a great ACC matchup.

Michigan v. Pittsburgh
Youtsey v. Zanetta at 125 will be a good one as well as Mack v. Bruno at 133.

Willie Saylor loves the matchup for his boy Mike Racciato against #5 Eric Grajales of Michigan. Do you?

Utah Valley v. Wyoming
All American and 9th ranked Tyler Cox of Wyoming will take on #20 Jade Rauser of Utah Valley. They split a year ago.

Sunday, February 16

ODU v. Missouri
At 149 #1 Drake Houdashelt will take on red hot Lenny Richardson of Old Dominion. Richardson knocked off Tywan Claxton last week (the only guy to beat Houdashelt this year).

Oklahoma State v. Penn State
Superdual on the way people!

#2 Nico Megaludis v. #18 Eddie Klimara
#14 Jimmy Gulibon v. #5 Jon Morrison
#3 Zain Retherford v. #17 Anthony Collica
#18 Zach Beitz v. #8 Josh Kindig
#12 Dylan Alton v. #2 Alex Dieringer
#1 David Taylor v. #2 Tyler Caldwell
#3 Matt Brown v. #2 Chris Perry
#1 Ed Ruth v. Jordan Rogers
#4 Morgan McIntosh v. #19 Blake Rosholt
Jon Gingrich v. #16 Austin Marsden

North Carolina v. The Citadel
#6 Evan Henderson v. Ugi! Henderson won 2 of 3 a year ago.

Purdue v. UNI

I’m not saying Cashe Quiroga can beat Joe Colon. But...maybe I am? Keep an eye on this one. If Quiroga can get out on bottom. Could be interesting, all I’m sayin!

National Duals
It’s going to be great! Minnesota, Cornell, Oklahoma, Ohio State, VT, Oregon State, Bloomsburg, Hofstra, Iowa State, Kent State, CMU, Illinois and ND State all put it on the line for the title of National Duals champion!