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.
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