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Quarterfinals set for Southern Scuffle; with one No. 1 seed and three No. 2 seeds beaten in first session

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Southern Scuffle venue image courtesy of GoMocs.com.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The quarterfinals have been set at the Southern Scuffle, with some great competition in all 10 weight classes.


After the round of 16 ended, Oklahoma State had a slight lead, with the top eight teams all within 8.5 points of each other. NC State has the most in the quarterfinals with eight, followed by Oklahoma State, which has seven. Coming in with six quarterfinalists are North Dakota State and Pittsburgh. Next is Northern Colorado, Stanford with five in the quarterfinals.


There was one top seed who lost, when No. 1 seed Joe Smith of Oklahoma State lost to unseeded Lorenza De La Riva of North Dakota State, 7-2 at 174 pounds. De La Riva is a senior and two-time NCAA qualifier. He competed his first two seasons for CSU-Bakerfield, and transferred last year to North Dakota State for his junior season.


Three No. 2 seeds were beaten. At 141 pounds, unseeded Dusty Hone of Oklahoma State beat No. 2 Tariq Wilson of NC State, 6-4 in sudden victory in the round of 16. At 149 pounds, unseeded Jason Kraisser of Campbell beat No. 2 Gerard Angelo of Rutgers, 4-2 in the second round. At 174 pounds, unseeded Chris Foca of the Finger Lakes RTC stopped No. 2 Joe Grello of Rutgers, 7-6 in the round of 16.


The championship quarterfinals and consolation round four begins at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. All of the action is live on FloWrestling.


A full wrap-up story for the day by Roger Moore will be posted this evening.

SOUTHERN SCUFFLE

At Chattanooga, Tenn., January 1



Quarterfinal pairings (with seeds)



125 pounds

No. 1 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) vs. Sam Latona (Virginia Tech)

Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) vs. Jonathan Tropea (Rider)

No. 6 Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) vs. Luke Werner (Lock Haven)

No. 2 Nic Aguilar (Rutgers) vs, No. 7 Michael McGee (Old Dominion)


133 pounds

No. 1 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) vs. No. 8 Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State)

No. 5 Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) vs. Kai Orine (NC State)

No. 3 Mosha Schwartz (Northern Colorado) vs. No. 6 Devan Turner (Oregon St.)

No. 2 Cam Sykora (North Dakota State) vs. No. 7 Chandler Olson (Drexel)


141 pounds

No. 1 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) vs. Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton)

No. 4 Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) vs. Jojo Aragona (Rutgers)

No. 3 Real Woods (Stanford) vs. No. 6 Evan Cheek (Cleveland State)

Alex Madrigal (George Mason) vs. Dusty Hone (Oklahoma State)


149 pounds

No. 1 Requir Van der Merwe (Stanford) vs. No. 8 Jonathan Milner (Appalachian State)

No. 4 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) vs. AJ Leitten (NC State)

No. 3 Russell Rohlfing (Cal State Bakersfield) vs. No. 6 Colston Diblasi (George Mason)

Jaden Abas (Stanford) vs. Jason Kraisser (Campbell)


157 pounds

No. 1 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) vs. Jared Franek (North Dakota State)

No. 5 Kolby Ho (George Mason) vs. Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State)

No. 6 Hunter Willits (Oregon St.) vs. Luke Weber (North Dakota State)

No. 2 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) vs. Michael Vanbrill (Rutgers)


165 pounds

No. 1 Shane Griffith (Stanford) vs. Chase Straw (Iowa State)

No. 4 Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) vs. No. 5 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State)

No. 3 Thomas Bullard (NC State) vs. Joe Lee (Penn State)

No. 2 Tanner Skidgel (Navy) vs. No. 7 Ebed Jarrell (Drexel)


174 pounds

No. 8 Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) vs. Lorenzo De la Riva (North Dakota State)

No. 4 Dean Sherry (Rider) vs. No. 5 Daniel Bullard (NC State)

No. 3 Spencer Carey (Navy) vs. No. 6 Carter Starocci (Penn State)

No. 7 Neal Richards (Virginia Military Institute) vs. Chris Foca (Finger Lakes)


184 pounds

No. 1 Trent Hidlay (NC State) vs. David Key (Naval Academy Prep School)

No. 4 Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) vs. Chris Kober (Campbell)

No. 3 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) vs. Julien Broderson (Iowa State) vs.

No. 2 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) vs. Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado)


197 pounds

No. 1 Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 8 Ethan Laird (Rider)

No. 4 Noah Adams (West Virginia) vs. No. 5 Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado)

No. 3 Nick Reenan (NC State) vs. Michael Beard (Penn State)

No. 2 Nathan Traxler (Stanford) vs. No. 7 Jacob Cardenas (Finger Lakes)


285

No. 1 Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh) vs. Deonte Wilson (NC State)

No. 4 Brandon Metz (North Dakota State) vs. No. 5 Dalton Robertson (Northern Colorado)

No. 3 Cary Miller (Appalachian State) vs. Dan Stibral (North Dakota State)

No. 2 Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) Lewis Fernandes (Finger Lakes)

Round of 16 results


125 pounds

Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State) TF Malcolm Robinson (Rutgers), 17-0 4:16

Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) F Mcgwire Midkiff (North Dakota State), 0:18

Caleb Smith (Appalachian State) MD John Mcgarry (Virginia Military Institute), 13-0

Jonathan Tropea (Rider) DEC Gabriel Townsell (Stanford), 11-5

Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) DEC Sidney Flores (Air Force), 5-3 TB2

Luke Werner (Lock Haven) DEC Sean Carter (Appalachian State), 6-5

Michael Mcgee (Old Dominion) DEC Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga), 8-7

Nic Aguilar (Rutgers) MD Jackson Disario (Stanford), 13-4


133 pounds

Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) DEC Jared Van vleet (Air Force), 4-1

Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) DEC Cj Manley (Lock Haven), 11-6

Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) DEC Ramazan Attasauov (Iowa State), 2-1

Kai Orine (NC State) F Chance Rich (Cal State Bakersfield), 3:57

Mosha Schwartz (Northern Colorado) DEC Chris Wright (Rider), 8-6

Devan Turner (Oregon St.) DEC Jaret Lane (Lehigh), 6-4 SV

Chandler Olson (Drexel) DEC Jake Rotunda (Citadel), 3-2

Cam Sykora (North Dakota State) MD Casey Cobb (Navy), 15-3


141 pounds

Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) MD Jacob Dado (Citadel), 13-0

Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton) DEC Lenny Petersen (Air Force), 7-4

Jojo Aragona (Rutgers) DEC Fabian Santillan (Stanford), 2-0

Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) DEC Grant Willits (Oregon St.), 6-2

Real Woods (Stanford) F Caleb Rea (West Virginia), 2:12

Evan Cheek (Cleveland State) DEC Pete Lipari (Rider), 5-2

Alex Madrigal (George Mason) DEC Cody Trybus (Navy), 5-2

Dusty Hone (Oklahoma State) DEC Tariq Wilson (NC State), 6-4 SV


149 pounds

Requir Van der merwe (Stanford) TF Zach Barnes (Campbell), 20-5 6:33

Jonathan Milner (Appalachian State) MD Justin Yorkdale (George Mason), 11-1

AJ Leitten (NC State) DEC Tanner Smith (Chattanooga), 4-2

Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) TF Travis Layton (Rider), 18-3

Russell Rohlfing (Cal State Bakersfield) DEC Robert Long (Navy), 5-0

Colston Diblasi (George Mason) DEC Matt Grippi (NC State), 3-2

Jaden Abas (Stanford) DEC Josh Finesilver (Duke), 5-3

Jason Kraisser (Campbell) F Selwyn Porter (Citadel), 2:48


157 pounds

Hayden Hidlay (NC State) F Ethan Woods (Stanford), 2:00

Jared Franek (North Dakota State) MD Robert Kanniard (Rutgers), 12-3

Kolby Ho (George Mason) DEC Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia), 8-4

Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) DEC Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh), 6-2

Luke Weber (North Dakota State) DEC Matt Zovistoski (Appalachian State), 5-4

Hunter Willits (Oregon St.) MD Tyler Shilson (Chattanooga), 13-3

Michael Vanbrill (Rutgers) DEC Tyler Eischens (Stanford), 9-6

Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) MD Wyatt Pfau (Duke), 14-4


165

Shane Griffith (Stanford) DEC Evan Barczak (Drexel), 11-4

Chase Straw (Iowa State) DEC Will Formato (Appalachian State), 6-3

Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) DEC Randy Meneweather (Air Force), 4-2

Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) DEC Isaac Judge (Iowa State), 6-0

Thomas Bullard (NC State) DEC Drew Nicholson (Chattanooga), 4-2

Joe Lee (Penn State) F Connor Flynn (Missouri), 2:17

Ebed Jarrell (Drexel) F Dazjon Casto (Citadel), 5:41

Tanner Skidgel (Navy) DEC Zane Mulder (Iowa State), 6-0


174

Lorenzo De la riva (North Dakota State) DEC Joe Smith (Oklahoma State), 7-2

Gregg Harvey (Pittsburgh) DEC Mickey O'malley (Drexel), 3-2

Daniel Bullard (NC State) DEC Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State), 4-1

Dean Sherry (Rider) DEC Edmond Ruth (Lehigh), 6-1

Spencer Carey (Navy) DEC Willie Scott (Rutgers), 5-2

Carter Starocci (Penn State) MD Cody Surratt (Air Force), 12-2

Neal Richards (Virginia Military Institute) MD Jake Logan (Lehigh), 12-4

Chris Foca (Finger Lakes) DEC Joe Grello (Rutgers), 7-6


184

Trent Hidlay (NC State) MD Deandre Nassar (Cleveland State), 18-5

David Key (Naval Academy Prep School) F Anthony Montalvo (Oklahoma State), 0:38

Chris Kober (Campbell) DEC George Walton (Rider), 4-3

Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) DEC Jake Thompson (Air Force), 9-2

Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) TF Jha'quan Anderson (Gardner Webb), 22-7 7:00

Julien Broderson (Iowa State) DEC Corey Hazel (Lock Haven), 7-1

Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) DEC Colt Doyle (Oregon St.), 5-1

Lou Deprez (Binghamton) F Mason Fiscella (Appalachian State), 0:24


197

Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) TF Taye Ghadiali (Campbell), 20-5 5:58

Ethan Laird (Rider) DEC Matt Correnti (Rutgers), 5-2

Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) MD Rodney Jones (Chattanooga), 11-3

Noah Adams (West Virginia) DEC Jacob Koser (Navy), 8-3

Nick Reenan (NC State) MD Ben Smtih (Cleveland State), 13-5

Michael Beard (Penn State) MD Jordan Pagano (Rutgers), 9-0

Jacob Cardenas (Finger Lakes) MD Roderick Davis (Gardner Webb), 10-1

Nathan Traxler (Stanford) MD Bear Hughes (Oklahoma State), 12-3


285

Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh) MD Riley Smith (Navy), 15-2

Deonte Wilson (NC State) DEC Brandon Ngati (West Virginia), 4-3

Dalton Robertson (Northern Colorado) DEC Tyrie Houghton (NC State), 8-2

Brandon Metz (North Dakota State) F Joe Doyle (Binghamton), 2:08

Cary Miller (Appalachian State) DEC Colin Lawler (NC State), 8-1

Dan Stibral (North Dakota State) DEC Jamarcus Grant (Oregon St.), 6-4

Lewis Fernandes (Finger Lakes) DEC David Showunmi (Stanford), 7-1

Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) MD Alex Esposito (Rutgers), 16-6

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