Iowa, Penn State go 3-0 at Collegiate Duals and win respective pools; Cornell and Missouri impress in third-place matches

Photo of Roman Bravo-Young by Sam Janicki

NICEVILLE, Fla. – Iowa and Penn State were the winners of the championship matches as the final day of the 2021 Collegiate Duals wrapped up on Tuesday evening. Iowa defeated NC State, 19-15, while Penn State defeated Arizona State, 29-10.

In the third-place matches, Cornell (18-15 over Virginia Tech) and Missouri (26-9 over Lehigh) picked up wins to wrap up an impressive couple of days in Florida.

In the red pool finals, NC State took Iowa down to the wire courtesy of several key performances from the middleweights. After Iowa took the first three bouts of the competition, No. 3 Tariq Wilson won at 149 pounds to set the stage for a big moment from NC State’s No. 23 Ed Scott at 157 pounds. Scott used a headlock to put No. 8 Kaleb Young on his back, finishing the pin and scoring key bonus points for the Wolfpack.

The Hidlay brothers were dominant at 174 and 184 pounds respectively – with No. 5 Hayden taking out Nelson Brands and No. 3 Trent beating Abe Assad – but Iowa was able to secure wins from No. 7 Jacob Warner (197) and No. 6 Tony Cassioppi (285) to finish up the dual meet win.

In the blue pool final match, Penn State was dominant against Arizona State, winning seven of the dual’s ten bouts. ASU’s No.1 Brandon Courtney (125) got the Sun Devils started with a major decision win, but the Nittany Lions kept momentum throughout the rest of the dual. All four of Penn State's top-ranked wrestlers – Roman Bravo-Young (133), Nick Lee (141), Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks (184) – posted wins. Bravo-Young and Lee both defeated wrestlers ranked in the top-15.

Perhaps the most notable win of the dual came from Penn State’s No. 3 Max Dean at 197, who scored a 10-1 major decision win with four minutes of riding time over No. 8 Kordell Norfleet.

In Cornell’s third-place match win over Virginia Tech, Vito Arujau – now down at 125 pounds – made a statement with a major decision win over No. 16 Sam Latona. Arujau started the year at 133 pounds but looks ready to make a run at the 125-pound title. Also of note for Cornell, No. 15 Jonathan Loew knocked off No. 9 Hunter Bolen with a 7-5 decision in sudden victory.

Missouri won eight of the ten matches against Lehigh to wrap up its Tuesday win. At 125 pounds, Noah Surtin continues to impress for the Tigers, knocking off No. 11 Jaret Lane, 10-4. Surtin defeated NC State’s No. 5 Jakob Camacho on Monday. Third-ranked Keegan O’Toole (165) wrapped up a 3-0 weekend with a 13-5 major decision over Lehigh’s No. 17 Brian Meyer.

Many of the schools competing in the Collegiate Duals will be in action over the holiday break at either the Midlands Championships (Dec. 29-30) or the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2). USA Wrestling will have on-site coverage of both events.

Full results from Tuesday's matches can be found below.

Tuesday’s Collegiate Duals results

Agates courtesy of official releases from competing schools

Finals matches

#1 Iowa 19, #5 NC State 15

125: #1 Spencer Lee (IOWA) dec. #5 Jakob Camacho; 6-1 – 0-3

133: #3 Austin DeSanto (IOWA) major dec. #17 Kai Orine; 16-7 – 0-7

141: #2 Jaydin Eierman (IOWA) dec. #16 Ryan Jack; 7-6 – 0-10

149: #3 Tariq Wilson (NCSU) dec. Coby Siebrecht; 7-3 – 3-10

157: #23 Ed Scott (NCSU) WBF #8 Kaleb Young; 1:10 – 9-10

165: #1 Alex Marinelli (IOWA) dec. Donald Cates; 7-2 – 9-13

174: #5 Hayden Hidlay (NCSU) dec. Nelson Brands; 4-2 – 12-13

184: #3 Trent Hidlay (NCSU) dec. Abe Assad; 6-0 – 15-13

197: #7 Jacob Warner (IOWA) dec. #15 Isaac Trumble; 3-2 – 15-16

285: #6 Tony Cassioppi (IOWA) dec. Tyrie Houghton; 6-2 – 15-19

#2 Penn State 29, #6 Arizona State 10

125: No. 3 Brandon Courtney (ASU) maj. dec. Jake Campbell (Penn State), 18-7

133: No. 1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) dec. No. 14 Michael McGee (ASU), 6-2

141: No. 1 Nick Lee (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 14 Jesse Vasquez (ASU), 14-3

149: No. 22 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec. No. 5 Kyle Parco (ASU), 3-1 SV1

157: No. 3 Jacori Teemer (ASU) dec. Tony Negron (Penn State), 8-3

165: No. 6 Anthony Valencia (ASU) dec. No. 26 Creighton Edsell (Penn State), 10-5

174: No. 1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) tech fall Zane Coleman (ASU), 17-2 4:50

184: No. 1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) fall Josh Nummer (ASU), 1:48

197: No. 3 Max Dean (Penn State) maj. dec. Kordell Norfleet (ASU), 10-1

285: No. 4 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) maj. dec. Chad Porter (ASU), 9-0

Third-place matches

No. 10 Missouri, 26, No. 17 Lehigh, 9

125 | (15) Noah Surtin def. (11) Jaret Lane by 10-4 decision

133 | Connor Brown over Sheldon Seymour by 7-4 decision

141 | (14) Allan Hart over Connor McGonagle by 8-3 decision

149 | (18) Josh Edmond over (30) Manzona Bryant by 6-4 SV-1

157 | (10) Josh Humphreys over (15) Jarrett Jacques by fall (3:31)

165 | (3) Keegan O’Toole over (27) Brian Meyer by 13-5 major decision

174 | (14) Peyton Mocco over Jake Logan by 6-4 decision

184 | (11) Jeremiah Kent over AJ Burkhart by 6-2 decision

197 | (4) Rocky Elam over JT Davis by 12-3 major decision

285 | (8) Jordan Wood over (16) Zach Elam by 2-1 decision

#11 Cornell 18, #8 Virginia Tech 15

125: #5 (133) Vito Arujau (C) won by major decision over #16 Sam Latona (VT), 10-2

133: #4 Korbin Myers (VT) won by decision over Dom LaJoie (C), 9-3

141: Collin Gerardi (VT) won by decision over Cole Handlovic (C), 6-0

149: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (C) won by technical fall over Kylan Montgomery (VT), 19-3

157: #22 Connor Brady (VT) won by decision over #25 Colton Yapoujian (C), 2-1

165: #9 Julian Ramirez (C) won by decision over Clayton Ulrey (VT), 4-2

174: #4 Mekhi Lewis (VT) won by decision over #12 Chris Foca (C), 3-1 (ot1)

184: #15 Jonathan Loew (C) won by decision over #9 Hunter Bolen (VT), 7-5 (sv1)

197: #19 Jacob Cardenas (C) won by decision over Harrison Smith (VT), 3-2

285: #14 Nathan Traxler (VT) won by decision over #18 Lewis Fernandes (C), 5-3

Fifth-place matches

#22 UNI over Hofstra, 33-9

125 | Jacob Moon (Hofstra) wins by forfeit

133 | #31 Kyle Biscoglia (UNI) pinned Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra) 2:00 F

141 | #27 Cael Happel (UNI) dec. Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 10-4

149 | Colin Realbuto (UNI) pinned Michael Leandrou (Hofstra) 4:56 F

157 | Cayd Lara (UNI) pinned Joe McGinty (Hofstra) 3:35 F

165 | #23 Austin Yant (UNI) dec. Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) 6-0

174 | Pat Schoenfelder (UNI) dec. Ross McFarland (Hofstra) 6-2

184 | #4 Parker Keckeisen (UNI) dec. #25 Charles Small (Hofstra) 10-3

197 | #26 Trey Rogers (Hofstra) dec. Noah Glaser (UNI) 5-3

285 | Tyrell Gordon (UNI) dec. #20 Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) 4-2

Central Michigan 26, Binghamton 16

125 | Brock Bergelin (CMU) TF Nick Curley (BU), 16-0, 4:45. CMU leads 5-0

133 | Binghamton forfeits bout vs. Ja'Kerrion Merrit (CMU). CMU leads 11-0

141 | No. 7 Dresden Simon (CMU) DEC Ryan Anderson (BU), 5-2. CMU leads 14-0

149 | Corbyn Munson (CMU) DEC Nick Lombard (BU), 6-5. CMU leads 17-0

157 | No. 19 Johnny Lovett (CMU) FALL Tyler Martin (BU), 3:52. CMU leads 23-0

165 | Brevin Cassella (BU) MD Tracy Hubbard (CMU), 10-1. CMU leads 23-4

174 | Brett Fedewa (CMU) DEC Jacob Nolan (BU), 2-1. CMU leads 26-4

184 | Cory Day (BU) MD Ben Cushman (CMU), 14-4. CMU leads 26-8

197 | No. 12 Lou DePrez (BU) DEC Aaron Bolo (CMU), 8-4. CMU leads 26-11

285 | No. 22 Joe Doyle (BU) TF Cade Dallwitz (CMU), 18-0. CMU wins 26-16