What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend: NCAA Wrestling Begins!

What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend: NCAA Wrestling Begins!

All the ranked potential national ranked dual meet matchups for the weekend as well as info on the open tournaments in our weekend run down.

Nov 2, 2017 by Andrew Spey
What 2 Watch 4 This Weekend: NCAA Wrestling Begins!
The NCAA wrestling season begins anew, and there is much rejoicing.

FloWrestling will have you covered this weekend, as we live-stream four major college opens and two Edinboro home duals. In addition to all the NCAA action, the 20th Dave Schultz Memorial Invitational concludes on Saturday with the men's freestyle medal round.

We're highlighting the potential nationally ranked matchups for all the opening-weekend dual meets as well as keep you up to speed with all the open tournaments in our weekend rundown.

Saturday, November 4


Princeton Open
Participating schools: Hofstra, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 20 Princeton, Rider, Sacred Heart

Cowboy Open
Keep an eye on 165 pounds, as top 20 Rocky Mountain rivals No. 20 Keilan Torres and No. 16 Brandon Ashworth could lock horns in the finals.

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Participating schools: Air Force, Northern Colorado, Wyoming

Notable potential entries (NQ denotes an NCAA National Qualifier)

133: Rico Montoya, N. Colorado NQ; Montorie Bridges, Wyoming
157: No. 17 Archie Colgan, Wyoming
165: No. 10 Keilan Torres, N. Colorado; No. 16 Branson Ashworth, Wyoming
184: No. 18 Dylan Gabel, N. Colorado
Note: Bryce Meredith is scheduled to participate in the NWCA All-Star Classic
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Maryland at No. 14 Rutgers (Noon ET)
For the second year in a row, Rutgers is kicking off the season with a match at High Point Stadium. Last year, over 16,000 fans watched Rutgers beat in-state rival Princeton. This year, Nick Suriano makes his official debut in his home state's singlet. Will a new school record be set when the Scarlet Knights face off against fellow Big Ten newcomer Maryland?

Notable potential matchups
125: Brandon Cray vs. No. 3 Nick Suriano
133: Tyler Goodwin vs. No. 11 Scott DelVecchio
285: No. 7 Youssif Hemida NQ vs. Razohnn Gross
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No. 13 Illinois at No. 5 Missouri (5 PM ET)
Notable potential matchups
133: No. 15 Dylan Duncan vs. No. 9 John Erneste
174: No 20. Xavier Montalvo vs. No. 5 Daniel Lewis

SUPER Sunday, November 5


Clarion Open
Several conferences will be represented, as the ACC, Big 12, MAC, and EWL will all send schools to western Pennsylvania for this early season classic.

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Participating schools:
Bloomsburg, Clarion, Cleveland State, Indiana, Kent State, Lock Haven, Utah Valley, Virginia, West Virginia

Notable potential entries

125: No. 7 Zeke Moisey, WVU; No. 18 Jake Gromacki, ; Elijah Oliver, Indiana NQ
133: No. 5 Jack Mueller UVA; No. 17 Anthony Tutolo Kent t; DJ Fehlman LHU NQ
141: No. 13 Brock Zacherl Clarion; Brian Courtney UVA
149: No. 15 Ronnie Perry LHU; Sam Krivus UVA
157: Jake Danishek Indiana NQ; Casey Sparkman Kent St NQs
165: No. 11 Chance Marsteller LHU
174: No. 17 Devin Skatzka Indiana; No. 19 Kimball Bastian UVU
184: No. 19 Nick Corba CSU; Greg Bulsak Clarion
197: No. 7 Jake Smith WVU; No. 19 Kyle Conel Kent St NQ; Tanner Orndorff UVU NQ
285: No. 11 Thomas Haines LHU; Dustin Dennison UVU NQ
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Michigan State Open
Don't sleep on this one. Three top-20 teams as well as several other traditional powers are on their way to East Lansing, MI, for what could be the toughest tournament in November.

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Participating schools: No. 3 Michigan, No. 6 Arizona State, No. 19 Central Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Purdue, Wisconsin

Notable potential entries
125: No. 6 Ryan Millhof AZ St 7th; No. 15 Luke Welch Purdue: No. 16 Sebastian Rivera NW; No. 19 Johnny Jimenez Wisc
133: No. 12 Eli Stickley Wisc; No. 14 Austin Eicher Mich St; No. 20 Ben Thornton Pur; Ali Naser AZ St
141: No. 9 Javier Gasca Mich St; No. 14 Michael Longo Okla; No. 16 Sal Profaci Mich; No. 17 Cole Martin Wisc; No. 20 Mason Smith CMU
149: No. 6 Justin Oliver CMU; No. 10 Ryan Deakin NW; No. 11 Josh Maruca AZ St; Christian Pagdilao AZ St NQ; No. 12 Davion Jeffries Okla; No. 20 Malik Amine Mich; Zander Wick Wisc
157: No. 8 Alec Pantaleo Mich; No. 12 Colin Heffernan CMU; No. 15 Josh Shields AZ St; No. 19 Andrew Crone Wisc; Jason Tsirtsis AZSt; Griffin Parriott Purdue
165: No. 3 Logan Massa Mich; No. 7 Anthony Valencia AZ St; No. 14 Evan Wick Wisc; No. 17 Jacob Morrissey Purdue
174: No. 2 Zahid Valencia AZ St; No. 4 Myles Amine Mich; No. 9 Drew Hughes Mich St; No. 13 Christian Brucki CMU; No. 14 Yoanse Mejias Okla; Ryan Christensen Wisc NQ; Jacob Covaciu Wisc
184: No. 5 Domenic Abounader Mich; No. 9 Jordan Ellingwood CMU; No. 12 Ricky Robertson Wisc
197: No. 6 Kevin Beazley Mich; No. 17 Hunter Ritter Wisc; No. 18 Christian Brunner Purdue; Cade Belshay AZ St; Cordell Norfleet AZ St; Jackson Striggow Mich
285: No. 2 Adam Coon Mich; No. 3 Tanner Hall AZ St; No. 10 Conan Jennings NW
Note: Zahid Valencia, Alec Pantaleo, Stevan Micic, and Tanner Hall will be at the NWCA All-Star Classic.
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Hokie Open
Participating schools: Appalachian State, Army West Point, Chattanooga, Davidson, Duke, Gardner-Webb, No. 18 North Carolina, Ohio, Old Dominion, Stanford, The Citadel, Virginia Tech, VMI

Daktronics Open
A small but powerful contingent of midwestern schools will scrap in Brookings, South Dakota, in one of the best kickoff opens of the year.

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Participating schools: No. 8 Minnesota, No. 16 Nebraska, No. 15 South Dakota State

Notable potential entries
125: No. 4 Ethan Lizak Minn
133: No. 6 Mitch McKee Minn
141: No. 6 Tommy Thorn Minn; No. 15 Chad Red Neb
149: No. 7 Steve Bleise Minn; No. 8 Colton McCrystal Neb; Collin Purinton Neb NQ
157: No. 5 Tyler Berger Neb; No. 10 Jake Short Minn; No. 18 Luke Zilverberg SDSU
165: Nick Wanzek Minn; Isiah White NEB
174: No. 12 David Kocer SDSU
197: No. 9 Nate Rotert SDSU
Note: High school seniors Gable Steveson (No. 1 at 285), Patrick McKee (No. 1 at 120), and Alex Lloyd (No. 3 at 145) will also participate. Steveson and McKee are Minnesota commits and Lloyd has verbally committed to South Dakota State.
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CSU Bakersfield vs. Bucknell at Edinboro (10:30 AM ET)
Notable potential matchups
141: No. 19 Russell Rohlfing vs. No. 8 Tyler Smith
197: No. 11 Matt Williams vs. No. 15 Tom Sleigh

CSU Bakersfield at Edinboro (Noon ET)

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Notable potential matchups
133: Sean Nickell NQ vs. Korbin Myers NQ
165: Lorenzo De La Riva NQ vs. Austin Matthews NQ
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Bucknell at Edinboro (2 PM ET)

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Edinoro hosts Bucknell in a weekend-ending dual featuring eight 2017 NCAA Tournament national qualifiers.
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Eastern Michigan at Campbell (1 PM ET)
Notable potential matchups
285: No. 19 Gage Hutchison vs. No. 12 Jere Heino

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