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Week 4 Upsets: 11 Top 5s Go Down!

Week 4 Upsets: 11 Top 5s Go Down!

Another wild weekend of NCAA wrestling saw 11 top 5 wrestlers go down.

Nov 25, 2019 by David Bray
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Each week we try to put together a comprehensive list of every upset that happened over the weekend. If you saw an upset that didn't make this list, we'd love to know about it. Email david.bray@flosports.tv to report upsets that we missed.

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Each week we try to put together a comprehensive list of every upset that happened over the weekend. If you saw an upset that didn't make this list, we'd love to know about it. Email david.bray@flosports.tv to report upsets that we missed.

As we've come to expect, this weekend was packed with upsets that will have big impacts on this season's rankings. Before diving into the complete list of this week's upsets, check out some of the landscape shifting results we saw in week 4:


Trent Hidlay Takes Out #2 & #3

NC State wrestled both Cornell and Binghamton this Saturday. This gave Wolfpack freshman Trent Hidlay the chance to take on #3 Ben Darmstadt and #2 Louie DePrez in back-to-back matches. Hidlay came out on top in two razor-thin contests. The second was live on FloWrestling, and you can watch it above. While Hidlay was a high-profile freshman, these wins will certainly propel him toward the top of the NCAA rankings and put him even higher on people's radars.


David Carr Over #2 Kaleb Young

Like Trent Hidlay above, David Carr is a freshman who wrestling fans have been clamoring for since last season. He won a Junior World gold medal over the summer, and everyone has been curious to see how his age level success would translate at the NCAA level.

He had the first big test of his young career on Sunday when he took on second-ranked Kaleb Young of Iowa. While many Iowa State fans favored Carr in the matchup, he still had to prove that he was ready to take out a proven All-American. Carr did just that in one of the weekend's most entertaining matches.

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Unranked Orndorff Upends #4 Sloan

In one of the biggest numerical upsets of the weekend, unranked Tanner Orndorff surprised South Dakota State's fourth-ranked Tanner Sloan. The Jackrabbit had an impressive true freshman year last year which had him near the top of the field at 197. But Utah Valley's Orndorff was ready. He needed third-period heroics to get the win. Check it out here:

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Brands Makes Case for Starting Spot With Win Over #5 Colbray

Nelson Brands notched his second-ranked win in as many weeks, this time beating a top-five opponent in Iowa State's Sammy Colbray. Before this dual meet, many considered Brands to be a backup at 184 to #11 Cash Wilcke. Now the question is how Iowa can leave him out of the lineup.

The match itself was exciting. Brands, clearly giving up substantial size, had what it took in an overtime contest with plenty of late drama. It's a must-watch match.

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#20 Purinton over #3 Thomsen in a Wild One

Nebraska's Collin Purinton came into his match against #3 Max Thomsen as a major underdog, having lost an 11-4 decision to Thomsen a season ago. That didn't stop Purinton from knocking off the UNI All-American in an overtime match that played a major role in Nebrada's win against the third-ranked Panthers.

Purinton is a wrestler who has been looking for a signature win like this throughout his career. Now he has one. Take a look at that action-packed match here:

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Those upsets just scratch the surface of all the madness that went down this weekend. Take a look at every upset we could find here:

125: Gage Curry, American over #13 Killian Cardinale, Old Dominion

125: Joe Manchio, Columbia over #16 Gabe Townsell, Stanford

125: Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State over #17 Sidney Flores, Air Force

125: Nic Aguilar, Rutgers over #17 Sidney Flores, Air Force

125: Sean Carter, Appalachian State over #20 Jonathon Tropea, Rider

125: Patrick McCormick, Virginia over #20 Jonathon Tropea, Rider

125: Kilian Cardinale, Old Dominion over #25 Joey Prata, Virginia Tech

125: Nic Aguilar, Rutgers over #25 Joey Prata, Virginia Tech


133: Isaha Perez, Fresno State over #14 Chance Rich, CSU Bakersfield

133: #16 Derek Spann, Buffalo over #14 Chance Rich, CSU Bakersfield

133: Garrett Pepple, Michigan State over #15 Sammy Alvarez, Rutgers

133: Garrett Pepple, Michigan State over #17 DJ Fehlman, Lock Haven

133: Jared Van Vleet, Air Force over #18 Collin Gerardi, Virginia Tech

133: Steven Simpson, Old Dominion over #20 Tye Varndell, Edinboro

133: Tim Rooney, Kent State over #22 Devan Turner, Oregon State

133: Zack Trampe, Binghamton over #23 Jarrett Trombley, North Carolina State

133: Michael Jaffe, Harvard over #24 Codi Russell, Appalachian State

133: Chris Wright, Rider over #24 Codi Russell, Appalachian State

133: Richie Koehler, Rider over #24 Codi Russell, Appalachian State


141: #17 Joshua Heil, Campbell over #6 Kyle Shoop, Lock Haven

141: Ryan Pomrinca, Lehigh over #16 Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh

141: Shakur Laney, Ohio over #18 Mitch Moore, Virginia Tech

141: Cody Trybus, Navy over #20 Lenny Petersen, Air Force

141: Cole Mattin, Michigan over #21 Dresden Simon, Central Michigan


149: #20 Collin Purinton, Nebraska over #3 Max Thomsen, Northern Iowa

149: #6 Pat Lugo, Iowa over #4 Jarrett Degen, Iowa State

149: #12 Griffin Parriott, Purdue over #5 Brock Zacherl, Clarion

149: Matt Kolonia, Bucknell over #15 Brent Moore, Virginia Tech

149: A J Raya, California Baptist over #17 Russell Rohlfing, CSU Bakersfield

149: A J Raya, California Baptist over #22 Greg Gaxiola, Fresno State


157: #19 David Carr, Iowa State over #2 Kaleb Young, Iowa

157: #24 Matt Zovistoski, Appalachian State over #7 Anthony Artalona, Penn

157: Alexander Klucker, Lock Haven over #13 BC LaPrade, Virginia Tech

157: Zac Carson, Ohio over #13 BC LaPrade, Virginia Tech

157: Parker Kropman, Drexel over #25 Justin McCoy, Virginia


165: Philip Conigliaro, Harvard over #16 Ebed Jarrell, Drexel

165: Zach Hartman, Bucknell over #18 Quentin Perez, Campbell

165: John Crawford, Franklin & Marshall over #25 Cam Coy, Virginia

165: Michael Kistler, Penn over #25 Cam Coy, Virginia


174: #5 Bryce Steiert, Northern Iowa over #4 Mikey Labriola, Nebraska

174: Michael O'Malley, Drexel over #9 Dean Sherry, Rider

174: Mason Eaglin, Duke over #9 Dean Sherry, Rider

174: Daniel Bullard, North Carolina State over #11 Brandon Womack, Cornell

174: Jeremiah Kent, Missouri over #21 Connor Flynn, Missouri

174: Jacob Oliver, Edinboro over #23 Spencer Carey, Navy

174: Jacob Oliver, Edinboro over #24 Jared Siegrist, Lock Haven

174: Layne Malczewski, Michigan State over #24 Jared Siegrist, Lock Haven


184: #13 Trent Hidlay, North Carolina State over #2 Lou Deprez, Binghamton

184: #13 Trent Hidlay, North Carolina State over #3 Ben Darmstadt, Cornell

184: Nelson Brands, Iowa over #5 Samuel Colbray, Iowa State

184: #19 Cameron Caffey, Michigan State over #9 Andrew Morgan, Campbell

184: Tanner Harvey, American over #19 Cameron Caffey, Michigan State

184: Caden McWhirter, Northern Illinois over #21 Max Lyon, Purdue

184: Owen Webster, Minnesota over #25 Anthony Montalvo, Oklahoma State


197: Tanner Orndorff, Utah Valley over #4 Tanner Sloan, South Dakota State

197: Kordell Norfleet, Arizona State over #13 Kyle Conel, Penn State

197: Gage Braun, Northern Illinois over #23 Greg Bulsak, Clarion

197: Christian Brunner, Purdue over #23 Greg Bulsak, Clarion


285: #8 Trent Hillger, Wisconsin over #3 Tate Orndorff, Utah Valley

285: #10 Demetrius Thomas, Pittsburgh over #4 Jordan Wood, Lehigh

285: Christian Lance, Nebraska over #14 Brian Andrews, Wyoming

285: Jose Diaz, Missouri over #17 Colton McKiernan, Southern Illinois Edwardsville

285: Tyler Bagoly, Clarion over #19 Thomas Penola, Purdue

285: Terrese Aaron, Northern Illinois over #19 Thomas Penola, Purdue

285: Jon Spaulding, Edinboro over #20 Christian Colucci, Rutgers

285: Jordan Earnest, Ohio over #20 Christian Colucci, Rutgers

285: Zachary Kight-Ward, Hofstra over #22 Kayne Hutchison, Air Force

285: Jon Spaulding, Edinboro over #22 Kayne Hutchison, Air Force