What 2 Watch 4: Rounding The Home Stretch

What 2 Watch 4: Rounding The Home Stretch

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Feb 9, 2017 by Andrew Spey
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It's the penultimate dual meet weekend of the year! Don't miss these matches as the college teams gear up for the Dual Bowl Series and tournament season.

As always, consult the USA Wrestling Broadcast Schedule for television and streaming information and links.


Friday, February 10:


#14 Wisconsin at Purdue
When: 6:00 PM
Television: Big Ten Network
Streaming: BTN2GO

The Badgers will bring #3 Isaac Jordan at 165 and #2 Connor Medbery to West Lafayette, Indiana, to take on the Boilermakers.

Penn at #8 Cornell
When: 6:30 PM
Streaming: Ivy League Digital Network
174: #13 Casey Kent, Penn vs #3 Brian Realbuto, Cornell

Quaker Joe Heyob will likely get the pleasure of facing off against Cornell's remorseless slaughtering machine, Gabe Dean, at 184.

Cleveland State at Edinboro

When: 7:00 PM
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Just like in medieval times, the Fighting Scots will defend their homeland from the invading Vikings. Unlike medieval times, these Vikings can use forks and knives when eating their roast chickens. They also get free refills on their Pepsis.

#3 Iowa at Indiana
When: 7:00 PM
Streaming: BTN Plus

125: #1 Thomas Gilman, Iowa vs #19 Elijah Oliver, Indiana
184: #4 Sammy Brooks, Iowa vs #6 Nate Jackson, Indiana

What will Thomas Gilman do next? Only one way to find out! Also worth tuning in for the rubber match between Brooks and Jackson, who split matches at Midlands earlier this year.

Ohio at Old Dominion
When: 7:00 PM
Streaming: Monarch Media

Ohio's top ranked Bobcat is #14 Cam Kelly 133, who will contend with Old Dominion and their two top 20 Monarchs, #8 Jack Dechow, at 184, and #18 Kevin Beazley at 197.

#9 Illinois at #2 Penn State
When: 7:00 PM
Streaming: BTN Plus
157: #11 Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois vs # 1 Jason Nolf, PSU
165: #1 Isaiah Martinez, Illinois vs #5 Vincenzo Joseph, PSU
174: #12 Zac Brunson, Illinois vs #9 Mark Hall, PSU
184: #11 Emery Parker, Illinois vs #2 Bo Nickal, PSU
285: #15 Brooks Black, Illinois vs #5 Nick Nevills, PSU

We should see a ranked wrestler at every weight class, including administer of extreme admonishments, #1 Zain Retherford, at 141. You also might want to follow along on the twitter, it could get interesting ;)

#4 Ohio State at #6 Nebraska
When: 8:00 PM ET (7:00 PM CT)
Streaming: BTN Plus
133: #1 Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State vs #4 Eric Montoya, Nebraska
141: #16 Luke Pletcher, Ohio State vs #10 Colton McCrystal, Nebraska
184: #9 Myles Martin, Ohio State vs #3 Tim Dudley, Nebraska
197: #4 Kollin Moore, Ohio State vs #6 Aaron Studebaker, Nebraska
285: #1 Kyle Snyder, Ohio State vs #10 Collin Jensen, Nebraska

The first of Nebraska's two huge intra conference duals this weekend, this one may come down to who has the healthiest line up. Two top six wrestlers at 197 highlights a great set of bouts.

Buffalo at Northern Iowa
When: 8:00 PM ET (7:00 PM CT)
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Buffalo will bring two ranked wrestlers, #16 Bryan Lantry at 133 and #17 James Benjamin, at 197, way out west, to UNI's West Gym in Cedar Falls.

Wyoming at #1 Oklahoma State
When: 8:30 PM ET (7:30 PM CT)
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125: #14 Drew Templeman, Wyoming vs #11 Nick Piccininni, OK State
141: #8 Bryce Meredith, Wyoming vs #1 Dean Heil, OK State
149: #19 Cole Mendenhall, Wyoming vs #2 Anthony Collica, OK State

Cowboy on Cowboy violence to occur Stillwater, Friday night. Wyoming probably won't have enough muscle to keep the dual meet close, but expect close matches at 125 and 141.

North Dakota State at Air Force
When: 9:00 PM ET (7:00 PM MT)
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The Bison bring two top 10 wrestlers to high altitude Colorado Springs, with #7 Josh Rodriguez, at 125 and #10 Clay Ream, at 157.

Saturday, February 11:


Princeton at #8 Cornell

When: 3:00 PM
Streaming: Ivy League Digital Network

The present versus the future of the Ivy League? Cornell won't be interested in relinquishing the title any time soon, but expect the Tigers to mount a serious challenge to the Big Red's longstanding supremacy.

#19 North Carolina State at #5 Virginia Tech
When: 7:00 PM
Streaming: ACC Network Extra
125: #18 Sean Fausz, NC State vs #6 Joey Dance, VA Tech
149: #7 Sam Speno, NC State vs #6 Solomon Chishko, VA Tech
184: #15 Michael Macchiavello, NC State vs #7 Zack Zavatsky, VA Tech

The ACC has never been in ruder health, as the Wolfpack will try to upset the Hokies, in Blacksburg.

Sunday, February 12:


#15 South Dakota State at #5 Virginia Tech
When: 12:30 PM
Streaming: ACC Network Extra
149: #15 Alex Kocer, SD State vs #6 Solomon Chishko, VA Tech
174: #15 David Kocer, SD State vs #5 Zach Epperly, VA Tech
197: #7 Nathan Rotert, SD State vs #3 Jared Haught, VA Tech

Fresh off their big upset of the Oklahoma Sooners, South Dakota State will try to keep the momentum going against the Hokies, who the Jackrabbits hope will still be very tired from wrestling North Carolina State the day before.

#11 Michigan at #14 Wisconsin
When: 1:00 PM ET (12:00 PM CT)
Streaming: BTN Plus
157: #12 Brian Murphy, Michigan vs #17 TJ Ruschell, Wisconsin
165: #2 Logan Massa, Michigan vs #3 Isaac Jordan, Wisconsin

All eyes will be on 165, as ZekeJo will look to avenge his 8-7 loss to Logan Massa "of Puppets", back December at the CKLV.

#4 Ohio State at #10 Minnesota
When: 2:00 PM ET (1:00 PM CT)
Streaming: BTN Plus
133: #1 Nathan Tomasello, tOSU vs #10 Mitch McKee, Minnesota
141: #16 Luke Pletcher, tOSU vs #11 Tommy Thorn, Minnesota
197: #4 Kollin Moore, tOSU vs #2 Brett Pfarr, Minnesota
285: #1 Kyle Snyder, tOSU vs #8 Michael Kroells, Minnesota

Fourteen ranked wrestlers are expected to take the mat in this massive dual meet between Big Ten rivals. Redshirt freshmen Kollin Moore should see his second top 10 senior opponent of the weekend.

#6 Nebraska at #3 Iowa
When: 3:00 PM (2:00 PM)
Streaming: BTN Plus
125: #3 Tim Lambert, Nebraska vs #1 Thomas Gilman, Iowa
133: #4 Eric Montoya, Nebraska vs #3 Cory Clark, Iowa
141: #10 Colton McCrystal, Nebraska vs #20 Topher Carton, Iowa
157: #3 Tyler Berger, Nebraska vs #2 Michael Kemerer, Iowa
184: #3 Tim Dudley, Nebraska vs #4 Sammy Brookers, Iowa

No surprise that the match of the weekend features Iowa and their eight top 20 wrestlers. Bader and Bratke break it all down for you here in a Whiteboard War.

#16 Oklahoma at #1 Oklahoma State
When: 3:00 PM (2:00 PM)
Television: Fox Sports Oklahoma
149: #16 Davion Jeffries, Oklahoma vs #2 Anthony Collica, OK State
157: #15 Clark Glass, Oklahoma vs #6 Joe Smith, OK State
165: #14 Yoanse Mejias, Oklahoma vs #7 Chandler Rogers, OK State

Oklahoma State will be the favorite to sweep this season's Bedlam series Sunday afternoon. They'll try to avoid looking ahead to their titanic match up against Penn State next weekend in the Dual Bowl Series main event.

North Dakota State at Wyoming

When: 4:00 PM ET (2:00 PM MT)
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125: #7 Josh Rodriguez, ND State vs #14 Drew Templeman, Wyoming

Close out your weekend of wrestling with a battle of Western foes. Big 12 tournament seeds will be on the minds of both of these evenly matched teams.

Enjoy the matches, wrestling fans!