The past week of college wrestling was headlined by some of the best dual meets of the season and incredible top 5 individual matchups. Take a look below at a breakdown of the biggest stories in college wrestling from the past week.

Glory And Vito Put On A Show

In the best match of the weekend, #3 Pat Glory took out #2 Vito Arujau in a wild, 11-9 match. From the opening whistle, both wrestlers held nothing back creating an action-packed first period. Glory took a 6-4 lead into the second on two takedowns, an escape, and a penalty point from an illegal mat return. Arujau’s only points in the first came from two reversals.

In the second period, Arujau responded with two quick takedowns to tie the match at 8 with just over a minute to go in the period. Glory responded with an escape but the match pace slowed noticeably after the blazing pace set in the first four minutes of the match. At 9-8 in the third, Aurjau chose neutral rather than going under Glory. It ultimately worked out in Glory’s favor as he was able to secure the match-winning takedown quick in the period and used strong defense to close out the bout. While Glory won the bout in the dual, Arujau will likely get his opportunity for revenge in a few weeks at the EIWA Conference Tournament. 

Glory’s final takedown in his win over Arujau:

Patrick Glory wins the battle of No. 1s at 125 over Vito Arujau, 11-9!

Here's the takedown that gave Glory an 11-8 lead in the third ⬇️

Watch the match here: https://t.co/XGZP7vZj7g pic.twitter.com/fs0POjrWhq

— Princeton Wrestling (@tigerwrestling) February 5, 2022

Missouri's Wild Dual Win Over Oklahoma State

In a roller-coaster dual from start to finish, the #8 Missouri Tigers defeated the #9 Oklahoma State Cowboys on Sunday, 21-20. In a dual that started at 141, Oklahoma State gained momentum early with a win by Carter Young at 141, #18 Kaden Gfeller pinning #21 Josh Edmond at 149, and Wyatt Sheets winning a close decision at 157. Missouri’s #3 Keegan O’Toole got the Tigers back on track with a close, 3-2 victory over #8 Travis Wittlake. Then at 174, Peyton Mocco’s back-up, Sean Harman, secured the upset win over #9 Dustin Plott, 5-4.

After a win by Oklahoma State’s Dakota Geer at 184, the Tigers rattled off three straight wins from Rocky Elam (197), Zach Elam, and Noah Surtin (125). Pins by Elam and Surtin were ultimately the difference maker and put the dual out of reach. Missouri will close out their season with duals against #17 Arizona State (Feb 12) and #7 Iowa State (Feb. 16).

Noah Surtin’s win to clinch the dual:

SHOWTIME#TigerStyle🐯 pic.twitter.com/JqGyKWQZEC

— Mizzou Wrestling (@MizzouWrestling) February 6, 2022

Levi Haines Wins Edinboro Open

Penn State commit, Levi Haines chose to bypass his senior season in order to better prepare for his freshman year in State College. It appears that decision is paying off as Haines took home the 157-pound title at the Edinboro open over the weekend. Haine’s went 5-0, had three falls, and most notably defeated Ohio State freshman Paddy Gallagher in the semi-finals, 8-3. With Haines currently ranked #7 in our Class of 2022 High School Big Board - expectations are already high for his collegiate career and his performance over the weekend only raises those hopes for the Nittany Lions.

Haines' win over Paddy Gallagher:

Iowa's Seniors With Strong Send-Off - Marinelli Takes Out Hamiti

Iowa hosted their last home dual of the year over the weened against the Wisconsin Badgers and won in dominant fashion, 29-6. Along with the win, 5 of Iowa’s seniors had a strong showing in their final dual at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Austin DeSanto, Jaydin Eierman, Kaleb Young, Alex Marinelli, and Michael Kemerer all said farewell to their home crowd with victories against the Bagers. 

The most notable victory of that bunch was Alex Marinelli’s 8-5 decision over DJ Hamiti. The Wisconsin freshman was 17-0 entering the bout with 15 of his wins coming by bonus points. In their match on Saturday, Marinelli took control of the match with a takedown in the both the first and second periods to hold a 4-3 lead entering the third. The action picked up in the third when Marinelli and Hamiti traded reversals before Marinelli escaped to extend his lead to 7-5 with 50 seconds remaining in the match. That's how the match would end along with Marinelli gaining another point due to riding time. 

Highlights from Marinelli's win over Hamiti:

Highlight🎥:
165| No.5 Alex Marinelli gets the reversal to open the 3rd period on No.6 Dean Hamiti to secure the win via decision.#Hawkeyes #FightForIowa pic.twitter.com/ZRWFKhqGCQ

— Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling (@Hawks_Wrestling) February 5, 2022

Penn And Army Upset Lehigh

#10 Lehigh has ranked wins this season over #21 Oregon State, #15 Pittsburgh, #23 Central Michigan, and #11 Cornell. However it was a rough weekend for the Mountain Hawks as they dropped duals to both Penn and Army over the weekend. The difference for Penn over Lehigh was their ability to win the close matches. Of the Quakers 8 wins, 5 were by 2 points or less with 4 being by only 1 point. While Lehigh was missing Manzona Bryant and Josh Humphreys against Army, the Black Knights secured upsets by Ben Pasiuk (174) and Corey Shie (141) to propel them to victory. 

Penn's Michael Colaiocco’s win over Malyke Hines:

Full Penn vs Lehigh Dual (link)

Yianni Is Bonusing Everyone - Extends Winning Streak To 65

Yianni Diakomihalis went 3-0 over the weekend and led Cornell to three dual wins over Princeton, Drexel, and Penn. More impressive than the wins, Diakomihalis bonuses all three wrestlers - extending his bonus streak to 11 straight matches. During that streak, Yianni has 3 wins by major decision, 3 by tech fall, and 5 by fall. Diakomihalis is now 18-0 on the season, has a 65-match winning streak, and is 84-1 in his collegiate career. Yianni Diakomihalis is putting together one of the greatest collegiate careers of all time and it looks to be getting better by the match.

Yianni's win against Drexel's Tyler Williams:

While the above stories were the biggest of the week, you can find every result in our week 14 box scores here.