2020 Big Ten Wrestling Championship

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.

Mar 9, 2020
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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