Best Matches From Day Two Of Senior Nationals
Best Matches From Day Two Of Senior Nationals
The 11 best matches from all the men's and women's freestyle action on day two of Senior Nationals.
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What a day. From 11 am EST to 10 pm EST, with just a slight break in the middle there was wrestling on. It was glorious.
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With so much wrestling on today there were plenty of great matches. Here are the 11 you must go back and watch.
Anthony Valencia vs Hayden Hidlay
This one had twitter buzzing.
Many mistakes made on my part throughout that match but I just want to take this time to apologize for absolutely none of my actions. Just really not willing to let up full speed while going out of bounds. Wouldn’t expect the person I am wrestling to treat me any differently.
— Hayden Hidlay (@Hidlaymania) October 10, 2020
I asked the ref and he said the push out is erased because of my behavior.
— Hayden Hidlay (@Hidlaymania) October 10, 2020
That was one of the most violent matches I've ever seen
— The Wrestling Nomad (@wrestlingnomad) October 10, 2020
When the 2pt threshold is different on the boundary line, and you reward dake points 2/3 of the way into the next mat, you have to expect guys to wrestle onto the concrete when the whistle isn’t blown. https://t.co/36meOfOczX
— Sockobuw (@sockobuw) October 10, 2020
Sometimes it's 4 on continuation.
— Christian Pyles (@CPyles8) October 10, 2020
Sometimes you give up a penalty point.
Can't say I understand. #HidlayValencia https://t.co/OJqt85GRFH
Anthony Valencia vs Elroy Perkin
Why not back to back Valencia matches? Not as much controversy in this one, but even more points.
David Carr vs Ryan Deakin
This one lived up to the hype. It went down to the wire and came within inches of being a different result.
Dylan Ragusin vs Darian Cruz
The most unlikely of finalists, Dylan Ragusin, has kind of stolen the show in Coralville. The Michigan freshman is more known for his Greco-Roman skills, he’s a Cadet and Junior World Team member, but the Illinois native is getting it done in freestyle this weekend. His closest match of the tournament was this one point match with NCAA champion Darian Cruz.
Kannen Storr vs Earl Hall
A battle of former Cyclones. Hall was up 13-4, one point away from a tech fall, before Storr rattled off 14-straight points to mount a massive comeback.
Victoria Francis vs Precious Bell
Welcome to 76 kg Victoria Francis. Bell put up a good fight, but it was ultimately two big four pointers that made the difference for Francis.
Andrew Alirez vs Joey McKenna
Andrew Alirez didn’t come to Senior Nationals to get the dust off. He came to win. He’s looking as good as ever and in tomorrow night’s finals after this huge win over Joey McKenna.
Vito Arujau vs Jack Mueller
We were robbed of this one at Beat the Streets, but these two more than made up for it today at Senior Nationals. In a match very similar to their first one back in 2017, Vito pulled away in an exciting one.
Forrest Molinaro vs Skylar Grote
Props to Skylar Grote. She wrestled well all day and was giving two-time World Team member Molinaro all she could handle before Snowflake went beast bode.
Brody Teske vs Jeremiah Reno
A random backside match turned into quite the shootout at 57 kg. These two put up a combined 37 points. That is the most of any match that I could find today.
Nick Reenan vs Silas Allred
Another sneaky backside shootout. This one a combined 34 points.
