Over 100 Ranked Upsets On Conference Weekend
Over 100 Ranked Upsets On Conference Weekend
Here are the biggest upset stories from NCAA wrestling's conference weekend.
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With every postseason starter in action and so much on the line, conference weekend had almost too many upsets to track. Check out the biggest upset stories of the weekend, then check out the list of every upset we could find. If you saw an upset of a ranked wrestler that we missed, email david.bray@flosports.tv so we can be sure to include it.
5 Undefeated Wrestlers Go Down
As I mentioned in an earlier article, five undefeated wrestlers who were all in the running for this year's Hodge Trophy took losses this weekend, eliminating them from Hodge Trophy contention.
Four of those five matches were between wrestlers ranked #1 and #2, and only three of them were technically upsets as Gable Steveson was ranked ahead of Mason Parris.
The top-ranked, undefeated wrestlers who were upset were Nick Lee, who fell to #2 Luke Pletcher at 141, Vincenzo Joseph, who dropped a match to #2 Alex Marinelli at 165, and Michael Kemerer who lost to #2 Mark Hall at 174.
The other undefeated wrestler took the most surprising loss of the lot as #2 Jack Mueller fell to #15 Jakob Camacho of NC State in the ACC Finals. That result will probably put Mueller on the same side of the NCAA bracket as Spencer Lee, his opponent in last year's finals match.
5 #1-Ranked Wrestlers Take Losses
Half of the nation's #1-ranked wrestlers were upset this weekend. In addition to Lee, Joseph, and Kemerer mentioned above, Seth Gross and Sammy Sasso were also upset.
Sasso's loss came against Iowa's #2 Pat Lugo in the Big Ten finals. This was a rematch from a highly competitive bout between the two in the Ohio State vs Iowa dual. This meeting was just as close, coming down to the final second.
Gross' loss came to #3 Sebastian Rivera of Northwestern in the Big Ten semifinals. Gross and Rivera met in a wild one at Midlands where Gross got his hand raised. It was Rivera this time in another entertaining match that was tied late.
All The Upsets
Check out all 127 upsets we could find, including 32 upsets over wrestlers ranked in the top 10. I'll summarize the biggest results for each weight.
125
The big one here, Camacho over #2 Mueller, is in the section above, but 125 actually had six top-10 upsets. Pat McKee lost to both Brandon Meredith and Malik Heinselman, an indication that his injury may be impacting him significantly.
Both Cody Phippen and Christian Moody took out #10 Jacob Schwarm, and Joe Manchio pinned #5 Brandon Paetzell.
125: #15 Jakob Camacho, North Carolina State D;11-4 #2 Jack Mueller, Virginia
125: Joe Manchio, Columbia F;4:13 #5 Brandon Paetzell, Lehigh
125: Brandon Meredith, Penn State D;3-2 #9 Patrick Mckee, Minnesota
125: Malik Heinselman, Ohio State F;2:07 #9 Patrick Mckee, Minnesota
125: Cody Phippen, Air Force D;4-2 #10 Jacob Schwarm, Northern Iowa
125: Christian Moody, Oklahoma F;2:35 #10 Jacob Schwarm, Northern Iowa
125: Logan Heil, Cleveland State F;1:18 #13 Luke Werner, Lock Haven
125: Dylan Ryder, Hofstra D;9-8 #14 Michael Colaiocco, Penn
125: Antonio Mininno, Drexel F;4:22 #14 Michael Colaiocco, Penn
125: Korbin Meink, Campbell D;7-4 #18 Fabian Gutierrez, Chattanooga
125: Malik Heinselman, Ohio State D;4-0 #20 Justin Cardani, Illinois
125: #23 Nic Aguilar, Rutgers D;4-1 #20 Justin Cardani, Illinois
125: #22 Jack Medley, Michigan D;9-4 #20 Justin Cardani, Illinois
125: Alex Thomsen, Nebraska D;17-12 #21 Liam Cronin, Indiana
125: Christian Moody, Oklahoma D;7-3 #25 Daniel Vega, South Dakota State
133
The top four at this weight collided at the Big Ten Championships where #1 Gross and #3 DeSanto took losses to #3 Sebastian Rivera and #4 Roman Bravo-Young, respectively. The other top-10 upset here happened at the Big 12 where Cam Sykora finally earned a win over #10 Montorie Bridges after losing in their first four meetings.
133: #3 Sebastian Rivera, Northwestern D;7-6 #1 Seth Gross, Wisconsin
133: #4 Roman Bravo-Young, Penn State D;3-2 #2 Austin DeSanto, Iowa
133: #13 Cameron Sykora, North Dakota State D;7-6 #10 Montorie Bridges, Wyoming
133: #20 Mosha Schwartz, Northern Colorado D;6-4 #12 Taylor LaMont, Utah Valley
133: #19 Reece Witcraft, Oklahoma State D;5-3 #12 Taylor LaMont, Utah Valley
133: #20 Mosha Schwartz, Northern Colorado D;3-2 #15 Anthony Madrigal, Oklahoma
133: #21 Tim Rooney, Kent State D;3-1 #16 Allan Hart, Missouri
133: Zach Price, South Dakota State D;11-9 #17 Todd Small, Iowa State
133: #18 Jack Skudlarczyk, Northern Iowa D;10-7 #17 Todd Small, Iowa State
133: Jared Van Vleet, Air Force D;9-6 #19 Reece Witcraft, Oklahoma State
133: Lawrence Saenz, Fresno State M;16-7 #19 Reece Witcraft, Oklahoma State
133: Louie Hayes, Virginia D;5-3 #23 Jarrett Trombley, North Carolina State
133: #25 Jaime Hernandez, North Carolina D;7-2 #23 Jarrett Trombley, North Carolina State
133: Louie Hayes, Virginia D;7-2 #24 Collin Gerardi, Virginia Tech
141
Other than Pletcher over Lee for the #1 spot, which I discussed above, the most interesting bit here is that #3 Max Murin lost to both Mitch McKee and Chad Red. He has held down the #3 spot since January 13 but will now have a lower seed at NCAAs.
The remaining top-10 upsets happened at the Big 12 Championships where #10 Ian Parker took out #7 Dom Demas and unranked Dylan Droegemueller beat #10 Michael Blockhus.
141: #2 Luke Pletcher, Ohio State D;6-5 #1 Nick Lee, Penn State
141: #6 Mitch McKee, Minnesota D;3-1 #3 Max Murin, Iowa
141: #4 Chad Red, Nebraska D;3-1 #3 Max Murin, Iowa
141: #8 Ian Parker, Iowa State D;4-2 #7 Dom Demas, Oklahoma
141: Dylan Droegemueller, North Dakota State D;8-5 #10 Michael Blockhus, Northern Iowa
141: #14 Zachary Sherman, North Carolina D;5-4 #13 Tariq Wilson, North Carolina State
141: Noah Baughman, Cornell D;3-2 #15 Doug Zapf, Penn
141: Ryan Pomrinca, Lehigh D;4-3 #15 Doug Zapf, Penn
141: Anthony Gibson, Northern Illinois D;8-6 #17 Shakur Laney, Ohio
141: #23 Kyle Shoop, Lock Haven M;14-2 #17 Shakur Laney, Ohio
141: Dylan Droegemueller, North Dakota State M;13-3 #19 DJ Lloren, Fresno State
141: #21 Dusty Hone, Oklahoma State M;11-3 #19 DJ Lloren, Fresno State
141: Grant Leeth, Missouri D;4-2 #23 Kyle Shoop, Lock Haven
141: Sa'Derian Perry, Old Dominion M;10-2 #23 Kyle Shoop, Lock Haven
149
Two top-10 upsets here, the first is #2 Pat Lugo over #1 Sammy Sasso. In addition to that, #15 Collin Purinton returned to form this weekend beating #7 Brayton Lee and #11 Kanen Storr en route to a third-place finish at Big Tens. This is the best he has looked since beating Max Thomsen at the beginning of the year.
149: #2 Pat Lugo, Iowa D;2-1 #1 Sammy Sasso, Ohio State
149: #15 Collin Purinton, Nebraska D;3-0 #7 Brayton Lee, Minnesota
149: #15 Collin Purinton, Nebraska D;8-3 #11 Kanen Storr, Michigan
149: Gerard Angelo, Rutgers D;15-11 #13 Cole Martin, Wisconsin
149: Alex Hrisopoulos, Michigan State F;2:46 #13 Cole Martin, Wisconsin
149: #19 Griffin Parriott, Purdue D;7-5 #13 Cole Martin, Wisconsin
149: Jared Prince, Navy D;3-1 #14 Kizhan Clarke, American
149: #18 Yahya Thomas, Northwestern D;6-3 #16 Jarod Verkleeren, Penn State
149: #19 Griffin Parriott, Purdue D;5-3 #18 Yahya Thomas, Northwestern
149: Alec Hagan, Ohio D;6-3 #20 Colston DiBlasi, George Mason
149: Selwyn Porter, The Citadel D;7-6 #23 Tanner Smith, Chattanooga
149: PJ Ogunsanya, Army West Point D;3-2 #25 Jimmy Hoffman, Lehigh
149: Hunter Richard, Cornell D;7-5 #25 Jimmy Hoffman, Lehigh
149: Jared Prince, Navy T;20-4 #25 Jimmy Hoffman, Lehigh
157
The story at this weight is Josh Humphreys who took out #9 Markus Hartman and #4 Quincy Monday. Humphreys has been considered by many to be an All-American contender, and he looked like one this weekend.
Eric Barone also returned to the version of himself Illinois fans expected in the preseason beating #8 Will Lewan and #6 Kaleb Young. Barone wasn't the only one to beat Young as unranked Peyton Robb also accomplished the feat for the first top-10 win of his career.
157: #10 Josh Humphreys, Lehigh D;7-0 #4 Quincy Monday, Princeton
157: Eric Barone, Illinois D;3-1 #6 Kaleb Young, Iowa
157: Peyton Robb, Nebraska D;3-2 #6 Kaleb Young, Iowa
157: Eric Barone, Illinois D;4-1 #8 Will Lewan, Michigan
157: #10 Josh Humphreys, Lehigh D;8-2 #9 Markus Hartman, Army West Point
157: Alex Carida, Bloomsburg D;6-4 #12 Zac Carson, Ohio
157: #25 Jarrett Jacques, Missouri F;4:57 #12 Zac Carson, Ohio
157: #16 Logan Parks, Central Michigan D;5-3 #12 Zac Carson, Ohio
157: #13 Justin Ruffin, Southern Illinois Edwardsville D;4-3 #12 Zac Carson, Ohio
157: #14 Larry Early, Old Dominion D;11-9 #13 Justin Ruffin, Southern Illinois Edwardsville
157: #14 Larry Early, Old Dominion D;6-4 #13 Justin Ruffin, Southern Illinois Edwardsville
157: #25 Jarrett Jacques, Missouri M;12-3 #16 Logan Parks, Central Michigan
157: Elijah Cleary, Ohio State D;5-1 #20 Jake Tucker, Michigan State
157: #22 Taleb Rahmani, Pittsburgh D;6-4 #21 Austin Headlee, North Carolina
165
I mentioned Marinelli and Joseph above. The other two top-10 upsets at this weight involved #9 David McFadden. He beat #8 Thomas Bullard who beat him in a dual this season, but he then fell to #14 Jake Wentzel of Pitt in the finals.
165: #2 Alex Marinelli, Iowa D;3-2 #1 Vincenzo Joseph, Penn State
165: #9 David McFadden, Virginia Tech D;4-1 #8 Thomas Bullard, North Carolina State
165: #14 Jake Wentzel, Pittsburgh D;3-1 #9 David McFadden, Virginia Tech
165: #15 Ethan Smith, Ohio State M;15-4 #12 Shayne Oster, Northwestern
165: Cam Coy, Virginia D;3-1 #13 Kennedy Monday, North Carolina
165: #14 Jake Wentzel, Pittsburgh D;3-2 #13 Kennedy Monday, North Carolina
165: Ricky Stamm, Hofstra D;3-1 #20 Ebed Jarrell, Drexel
165: #22 Cael McCormick, Army West Point D;2-1 #20 Ebed Jarrell, Drexel
165: #22 Cael McCormick, Army West Point F;:45 #21 Grant Cuomo, Princeton
165: #24 Troy Keller, Buffalo D;10-5 #23 Izzak Olejnik, Northern Illinois
174
Other than Hall over Kemerer, the only top 10 upset here was #8 Kaleb Romero over #6 Devin Skatzka in a rubber match between the two.
174: #2 Mark Hall, Penn State D;8-5 #1 Michael Kemerer, Iowa
174: #8 Kaleb Romero, Ohio State D;6-5 #6 Devin Skatzka, Minnesota
174: #16 Joseph Smith, Oklahoma State D;3-1 #11 Kimball Bastian, Utah Valley
174: #12 Samuel Colbray, Iowa State D;4-2 #11 Kimball Bastian, Utah Valley
174: Jake Lowell, Central Michigan M;13-5 #13 Jacob Oliver, Edinboro
174: Connor Flynn, Missouri T;17-0 #13 Jacob Oliver, Edinboro
174: Clay Lautt, North Carolina D;5-4 #14 Gregg Harvey, Pittsburgh
174: Clay Lautt, North Carolina D;4-3 #15 Daniel Bullard, North Carolina State
174: Connor Flynn, Missouri F;1:11 #17 Dean Sherry, Rider
174: #19 Andrew McNally, Kent State D;10-8 #17 Dean Sherry, Rider
174: Jared Siegrist, Lock Haven D;10-9 #19 Andrew McNally, Kent State
174: #23 Layne Malczewski, Michigan State D;5-2 #20 Joseph Gunther, Illinois
174: Luke Weber, North Dakota State D;2-1 #25 Jackson Hemauer, Fresno State
184
Nebraska's #10 Taylor Venz got revenge over #9 Abe Assad of Iowa, winning a 6-4 decision. Venz finished third at Big Tens and looks solid heading into NCAAs.
184: #10 Taylor Venz, Nebraska D;6-4 #9 Abe Assad, Iowa
184: Tate Samuelson, Wyoming D;3-2 #11 Anthony Montalvo, Oklahoma State
184: #20 Johnny Sebastian, Wisconsin D;8-4 #13 Zach Braunagel, Illinois
184: Max Lyon, Purdue D;4-2 #15 Billy Janzer, Rutgers
184: #22 Jelani Embree, Michigan D;7-1 #18 Owen Webster, Minnesota
184: #24 Tanner Harvey, American D;9-3 #19 Noah Stewart, Army West Point
184: #25 Jonathan Loew, Cornell D;4-3 #21 Travis Stefanik, Princeton
184: #24 Tanner Harvey, American D;13-6 #21 Travis Stefanik, Princeton
197
Shakur Rasheed beat #3 Jacob Warner on the front side at Big Tens before falling to Warner for third. Northwestern's Lucas Davison had a solid showing against #5 Christian Brunner of Purdue who wrestled his first matches this weekend since sustaining an injury in January.
The biggest upset of this weight came at EIWAs where unranked Drew Phipps of Bucknell beat #6 Pat Brucki in the semifinals. Brucki had defeated Phipps 4-2 earlier this season.
197: #18 Shakur Rasheed, Penn State D;3-1 #3 Jacob Warner, Iowa
197: #10 Lucas Davison, Northwestern D;7-3 #5 Christian Brunner, Purdue
197: Drew Phipps, Bucknell D;7-4 #6 Patrick Brucki, Princeton
197: #17 Dakota Geer, Oklahoma State D;8-2 #15 Jake Woodley, Oklahoma
197: #21 Stephen Buchanan, Wyoming D;9-5 #17 Dakota Geer, Oklahoma State
197: Benjamin Smith, Cleveland State D;3-1 #20 Wyatt Koelling, Missouri
197: Timothy Young, Old Dominion D;6-4 #20 Wyatt Koelling, Missouri
197: Cordell Eaton, North Dakota State D;9-5 #21 Stephen Buchanan, Wyoming
197: #24 Jacob Seely, Northern Colorado D;5-4 #21 Stephen Buchanan, Wyoming
197: Cordell Eaton, North Dakota State D;5-2 #22 Tanner Orndorff, Utah Valley
197: #24 Jacob Seely, Northern Colorado M;10-2 #22 Tanner Orndorff, Utah Valley
197: Jackson Striggow, Michigan D;5-4 #23 Jaron Smith, Maryland
197: Hunter Ritter, Minnesota M;11-2 #23 Jaron Smith, Maryland
197: Dylan Reynolds, Edinboro D;5-2 #25 Colin McCracken, Kent State
197: Landon Pelham, Central Michigan F;:38 #25 Colin McCracken, Kent State
285
Utah Valley's #7 Tate Orndorff took two losses this weekend to Fresno State's #11 Josh Hokit and Wyoming's #21 Brian Andrews. The upset for Andrews was one of three total upsets the Wyoming heavyweight pulled at the Big 12 Championships. He also beat #13 Carter Isley and #12 Gannon Gremmel on his way to a conference championship.
285: #21 Brian Andrews, Wyoming D;7-3 #7 Tate Orndorff, Utah Valley
285: #11 Josh Hokit, Fresno State D;3-1 #7 Tate Orndorff, Utah Valley
285: #15 Dalton Robertson, Northern Colorado D;8-6 #11 Josh Hokit, Fresno State
285: #21 Brian Andrews, Wyoming D;3-2 #12 Gannon Gremmel, Iowa State
285: #21 Brian Andrews, Wyoming D;3-1 #13 Carter Isley, Northern Iowa
285: Cary Miller, Appalachian State D;5-3 #14 Jere Heino, Campbell
285: Brendan Furman, Cornell D;3-1 #19 Ben Sullivan, Army West Point
285: Andrew Gunning, North Carolina D;4-2 #20 Quinn Miller, Virginia
285: #24 Deonte Wilson, North Carolina State D;7-1 #20 Quinn Miller, Virginia
285: Luke Luffman, Illinois D;7-2 #23 Thomas Penola, Purdue