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Almost 50 Potential Ranked Division I Matches Friday Night!

Almost 50 Potential Ranked Division I Matches Friday Night!

A short preview of nine major Division I duals this Friday evening, January 14.

Jan 13, 2022 by JD Rader
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With almost 50 total ranked potential matches, including eight top-10, Friday evening will be a HUGE night for D1 wrestling fans. You can follow along with all the action from 7 pm EST - 11 pm EST with the FloWrestling Watch Party where CP, Spey, and possibly some special guests will be watching and discussing everything that happening in real-time.

Below is a list of most of the duals occurring Friday evening as well as all of their potential ranked matchups. The team rankings are FloWrestling’s dual rankings.

Friday Night Lineup

*All times Eastern

#3 Michigan at #7 Ohio State, 7 PM

#22 Illinois at #18 Rutgers, 7 PM

#5 Arizona State at Pittsburgh, 7 PM

Columbia at #14 Lehigh, 7 PM

#1 Iowa at #17 Northwestern, 8 PM

Northern Iowa at Northern Colorado, 8 PM

#10 Iowa State at #19 Wyoming, 9 PM

#13 Nebraska at #16 Minnesota, 9 PM

North Dakota State at Utah Valley, 9 PM


#3 Michigan at #7 Ohio State

Things get started off with a bang. Not just rivals that bitterly want to defeat each other, but two top-10 teams as well! Outside of the Micic upset last week, Michigan has looked great so far this year. Ohio State will need to pull off some upsets if they want to win the dual. 

125: #1 Nick Suriano vs #14 Malik Heinselman

141: #9 Stevan Micic vs #23 Dylan D’Emilio

157: #14 Will Lewan vs HM Bryce Hepner

165: #10 Cam Amine vs #5 Carson Kharchla

174: #6 Logan Massa vs #7 Ethan Smith

184: #2 Myles Amine vs #6 Kaleb Romero

197: #8 Patrick Brucki vs #19 Gavin Hoffman

285: #2 Mason Parris vs #13 Tate Orndorff

#22 Illinois at #18 Rutgers

The 133 lbs match of this dual is my under-the-radar match of the evening. A true freshman for Rutgers, Joey Olivieri was a 3X New Jersey state champion and has overtaken the starting spot from Sammy Alvarez. However, he’ll have the toughest opponent of his young career so far in AA Lucas Byrd.

125: #24 Justin Cardani vs HM Dylan Shawver

133: #5 Lucas Byrd vs HM Joey Olivieri

174: #22 DJ Shannon vs #23 Jackson Turley

184: #18 Zac Braunagel vs #5 John Poznanski

197: #20 Matt Wroblewski vs #11 Greg Bulsak

#5 Arizona State at Pittsburgh

If Byrd - Olivieri was my under-the-radar match of the night, this is my under-the-radar dual of the night. Seven total potential ranked matches headlined by three top-10!

125: #4 Brandon Courtney vs HM Gage Curry

133: #6 Michael McGee vs #7 Micky Phillippi

141: #22 Jesse Vasquez vs #15 Cole Matthews

157: #4 Jacori Teemer vs HM Elijah Cleary

165: #7 Anthony Valencia vs #9 Jake Wentzel

197: #10 Kordell Norfleet vs #9 Nino Bonaccorsi

285: #3 Cohlton Schultz vs HM Jake Slinger

Columbia at #14 Lehigh

Lehigh’s trying to keep the momentum rolling six days after knocking off Cornell.

125: #20 Joe Manchio vs #18 Jaret Lane

141: HM Matt Kazimir vs #14 Connor McGonagle

157: HM Kyle Mosher vs #15 Josh Humphreys

165: #23 Josh Ogunsanya vs #21 Brian Meyer

#1 Iowa at #17 Northwestern

Potentially the dual of the evening with huge matches at 125, 133, 149, and 157. Iowa will be heavy favorites to win the dual, but Northwestern will make them earn it.

125: #11 Drake Ayala vs #7 Michael DeAugustino

133: #3 Austin Desanto vs #9 Chris Cannon

141: #2 Jaydin Eierman vs HM Frankie Tal Shahar

149: #13 Max Murin vs #5 Yahya Thomas

157: #11 Kaleb Young vs #2 Ryan Deakin

165: #4 Alex Marinelli vs HM David Ferrante

174: #2 Michael Kemerer vs #21 Troy Fisher

197: #3 Jacob Warner vs #18 Andrew Davison

285: #5 Tony Cassioppi vs #12 Lucas Davison

Northern Iowa at Northern Colorado

Battle of Northern Supremacy. 141 should be a fun match. Less than a month after Cael Happel defeated Allan Hart in a dual, Hart turned around and beat Andrew Alirez at Southern Scuffle.

141: #21 Cael Happel vs #6 Andrew Alirez

#10 Iowa State at #19 Wyoming

A couple of swing matches at 174, 184, and 197 could really open this dual up.

141: #17 Ian Parker vs HM Chase Zollmann

157: #1 David Carr vs #13 Jacob Wright

174: #18 Joel Devin vs #12 Hayden Hastings

184: #8 Marcus Coleman vs #16 Tate Samuelson

197: #12 Yonger Bastida vs #4 Stephen Buchanan

285: HM Sam Schuyler vs #10 Brian Andrews

#13 Nebraska at #16 Minnesota

Nebraska’s trying to get back on track after falling to Purdue last weekend. They’re in for a tough task heading to Minneapolis, however.

141: #10 Chad Red vs #13 Jakob Bergeland

149: #4 Ridge Lovett vs #23 Michael Blockhus

157: #7 Peyton Robb vs #5 Brayton Lee

174: #5 Mikey Labriola vs #19 Bailee O’Reilly

184: #12 Taylor Venz vs HM Isaiah Salazar

197: #6 Eric Schultz vs HM Michial Foy

285: #11 Christian Lance vs #1 Gable Steveson

North Dakota State at Utah Valley

Finish your night strong on FloWresting with a Big 12 battle!

133: HM Kellyn March vs #15 Haiden Drury

174: HM Owen Pentz vs #22 Evan Bockman