Wrestler of the Week: Michael Petrella
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Michael Petrella of Baldwin Wallace. Petrella won the 149 lbs. weight class and helped lead the home team to the title at the John Summa Invitational on Saturday. The top-seeded Petrella scored two falls and two tech falls on his way to the finals where he defeated the #6 ranked Division II wrestler Nico Taddy of West Liberty 5-1. His semifinal win was the 100th victory of his career. This is the second time Petrella has been named Wrestler of the Week.
Petrella, a senior from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is the top-ranked wrestler at 149 lbs. and is the defending NCAA champion. He was the national runner-up in 2022. This season, he is 29-0 and won titles at the Ithaca and North Central Invitationals. His career record is 101-4, and he has won a pair of Central Regional titles. His father Paul was Baldwin Wallace’s first ever NCAA wrestling champion in 1978. Baldwin Wallace secured the OAC team championship after winning last night against Wilmington and will next compete on Friday against Notre Dame College.
Wrestling This Week 2/6-11
Tuesday
UW-La Crosse at UW-Platteville
North Central at Aurora
Ohio Northern at Mount Union
Wilmington at Baldwin Wallace
Linfield at Pacific
Penn State-Behrend at Thiel
Wednesday
Texas State at Schreiner
Scranton at Keystone
Oneonta at Oswego
Elmira at Brockport
Coast Guard at Merchant Marine
Plymouth State at Norwich
Thursday
Mount St. Joseph at Manchester
Elmhurst at Wheaton
Concordia Wisconsin at North Central
Albion at Trine
Adrian at Olivet
Greensboro at Ferrum
Roanoke at Averett
King’s at Delaware Valley
Buena Vista at Luther
Central at Simpson
Dubuque at Nebraska Wesleyan
Augsburg at Augustana (South Dakota)
Friday
Central Last Chance Invitational
Ridgewater at St. John’s
UW-Stevens Point at UW-Eau Claire
WPI at Western New England
Johnson & Wales at Roger Williams
Southern Maine at New England College
Plymouth State at Castleton
Cornell at Coe
Wartburg at Loras
Lakeland at MSOE
York at Alvernia
Messiah at Elizabethtown
Otterbein at Muskingum
Baldwin Wallace at Notre Dame
Wilkes at Ithaca
Stevens at TCNJ
Concordia Moorhead at MSU-Moorhead
Saturday
Centennial Conference Championships at McDaniel
AMCC Championships at Alfred State
Messiah Open
Scranton Duals (Hunter, King’s, Utica)
Oneonta at RIT
Norwich at Southern Maine
Springfield at WPI
Stevens at NYU
Case at Ohio Wesleyan
Centenary at Wesleyan
Washington & Lee at Ferrum
Muskingum at Waynesburg
Sunday
John Carroll Open
Trinity Duals (Bridgewater State, Rhode Island College)
Huntingdon at Emmanuel
Weekend Results 2/2-4
Penn State-Behrend Tri (Case, Gannon “B”)
Buena Vista 35, Simpson 18
Loras 22, Dubuque 20
Wartburg 40, Coe 3
UW-La Crosse 36, UW-Stevens Point 6
Augsburg 55, UW-Oshkosh 0
Ferrum 42, Southern Virginia 9
Gettysburg 30, Johns Hopkins 13
Alvernia 36, Penn College 10
Corban 34, Linfield 13
AIC 31, Norwich 20
Messiah 37, York 9
Washington & Jefferson 43, Hiram 10
Castleton 52, Utica 6
Rhode Island College 27, Roger Williams 20
Saturday
Don Parker Open at UW-Eau Claire
Dubuque Invitational
John Summa at Baldwin Wallace
Southeast Futures
Centennial Duals (Gettysburg, McDaniel, Merchant Marine, Ursinus)
NY vs New England Duals (Bridgewater State, Coast Guard, NYU, Hunter)
Ithaca Quad (Oneonta, Wesleyan, Williams)
Springfield Tri (Castleton, Johnson & Wales)
Trinity Duals (Plymouth State, Southern Maine, Western New England)
Cortland Quad (Delaware Valley, Oswego, TCNJ)
York Tri (King’s, Johns Hopkins)
Roanoke 17, Stevens 16
New England College 25, Rhode Island College 19
New England College 26, Roger Williams 24
Millikin 41, Elmhurst 4
Alvernia 28, Elizabethtown 22
Shenandoah 46, Greensboro 10
Sunday
Greyhound Open at UIndy
Whizzer Open at Henry Ford
Rennie Rodarmel Allstate Invitational at Lycoming
Muskegon Jayhawk Open
St. Vincent 33, Fairmont State 20
Weekend Wrestling 2/2-4
Friday
Penn State-Behrend Tri (Case, Gannon “B”)
Buena Vista at Simpson
Loras at Dubuque
Coe at Wartburg
UW-La Crosse at UW-Stevens Point
UW-Oshkosh at Augsburg
Ferrum at Southern Virginia
Gettysburg at Johns Hopkins
Penn College at Alvernia
Linfield at Corban
AIC at Norwich
Messiah at York
Washington & Jefferson at Hiram
Utica at Castleton
Roger Williams at Rhode Island College
Saturday
Don Parker Open at UW-Eau Claire
Dubuque Invitational
John Summa at Baldwin Wallace
Southeast Futures
Centennial Duals (Gettysburg, McDaniel, Merchant Marine, Ursinus)
NY vs New England Duals (Bridgewater State, Coast Guard, NYU, Hunter)
Ithaca Quad (Oneonta, Wesleyan, Williams)
Springfield Quad (Castleton, Johnson & Wales, RIT)
Trinity Duals (Plymouth State, Southern Maine, Western New England)
Cortland Quad (Delaware Valley, Oswego, TCNJ)
York Tri (King’s, Johns Hopkins)
New England College at Roger Williams
New England College at Rhode Island College
Millikin at Elmhurst
Alvernia at Elizabethtown
Greensboro at Shenandoah
Sunday
Greyhound Open at UIndy
Whizzer Open at Henry Ford
Rennie Rodarmel Allstate Invitational at Lycoming
Muskegon Jayhawk Open
Fairmont Tri (St. Vincent, Garrett College)
Thursday Results 2/1
MSOE 28, Concordia Wisconsin 18
Carthage at Lakeland (individual results only)
Concordia Moorhead 33, Jamestown 13
Albion 29, Olivet 7
Trine 35, Alma 9
Roanoke 38, Ferrum 9
Averett 48, Greensboro 5
Luther 22, Central 17
Ursinus 23, Muhlenberg 13
Centenary 22, King’s 19
St. Vincent 38, Thiel 6
Thomas More 43, Wilmington 4
d3wrestle.com 2023-2024 Rankings #7
As we head toward the home stretch of the season and the calendar flips over to February, we are trying to clean up the rankings this week. One of the goals for this set was to remove anyone who has not wrestled since January 8th. As guys get back on the mat, they will go back in the rankings.
d3wrestle.com 2023-2024 Rankings #7 – February 1, 2024
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Wrestler of the Week: Rayshawn Dixon
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Rayshawn Dixon of Ferrum. Dixon won the the 82nd Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational at 285 lbs. this past weekend, defeating the previously #1 ranked Donovan King of Olivet in the finals with a fall in the first period. Dixon used two falls, a tech fall, a decision, and a medical forfeit to take the title at the prestigious event. For his efforts, he was named ODAC Heavyweight Wrestler of the Week for the second time this season and sixth time in his career.
See Dixon’s win in the Wheaton finals on Flowrestling ($)
Dixon, a senior from Fayetteville, North Carolina, is currently 23-0 with championships at the Mount Union Invitational, Cougar Open, and Citrus Invitational to go along with his win this past weekend. He was ranked 7th in the most recent d3wrestle.com Rankings that came out before this weekend’s success. Last season, Dixon finished 3rd in the Southeast Regional to earn his first trip to the NCAA Championships. He placed 4th in the region in 2022 and has a career record of 85-24. Ferrum next competes in a pair of ODAC duals this Thursday against Roanoke and Friday against Southern Virginia.
January 31st Awards Update
The NCAA has released the latest standings in the season-long falls and tech falls race. The NCAA list has Jake Jones of Ithaca moving into the lead with 17 falls, but that list does not appear to have accounted for the prior listed leader Mitchell Arch of Case Western Reserve scoring three falls at Wheaton to get to 19 for the season. This keeps him in the lead for now. Gavin Hollingsworth of Alvernia added a pair of tech falls to extend his lead in that race and give him a new total of 17. The list below has the corrected total for Arch but no other adjustments.
As always, this list only counts matches between Division III opponents.
NCAA wrestling award standings update for the 2024 season
| DIVISION III – FALLS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF FALLS | TIME |
| Mitchell Arch | Case Western Reserve | 165 | 19 | |
| Jake Jones | Ithaca | 184 | 17 | 43:46 |
| Timothy Glynn | Trinity (CT) | 285 | 16 | 34:24 |
| Mason Sprinkel | Norwich | 285 | 16 | 48:02 |
| Culley Bellino | Cortland State | 141 | 15 | 28:54 |
| Leonidas Zoganas | Muskingum | 149 | 15 | 50:30 |
| Nicholai Brotzman | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 285 | 14 | 25:15 |
| Shea Garand | Castleton | 285 | 14 | 27:52 |
| Doug Byrne | Baldwin Wallace | 285 | 14 | 33:06 |
| Evan Day | Castleton | 285 | 14 | 37:53 |
| DIVISION III – TECH FALLS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF TF | TIME |
| Gavin Hollingsworth | Alvernia University | 174 | 17 | 80:26 |
| Justice Hockenberry-Folk | York (PA) | 174 | 14 | 45:28 |
| Luke Hoerle | Stevens Tech | 133 | 14 | 60:21 |
| Joe Pins | Wartburg | 133 | 13 | 40:09 |
| Matt Lackman | Alvernia University | 165 | 13 | 63:22 |
| Christian Komitas | Aurora University | 174 | 13 | 63:53 |
| Angelo Centrone | Cortland State | 165 | 12 | 37:07 |
| Jaden Hinton | Baldwin Wallace | 133 | 12 | 52:29 |
| Avery Leonard | Alvernia University | 141 | 12 | 56:26 |
| Ryan Kelly | Delaware Valley | 133 | 12 | 60:22 |
Wrestling This Week 1/30-2/4
A light early week slate gives way to a lot of wrestling this weekend.
Tuesday
Central at William Penn
Huntingdon at Montevallo
Thursday
MSOE at Concordia Wisconsin
Carthage at Lakeland
Jamestown at Concordia Moorhead
Olivet at Albion
Trine at Alma
Ferrum at Roanoke
Averett at Greensboro
Luther at Central
Ursinus at Muhlenberg
Centenary at King’s
Thiel at St. Vincent
Thomas More at Wilmington
Friday
Penn State-Behrend Tri (Case, Gannon “B”)
Buena Vista at Simpson
Loras at Dubuque
Coe at Wartburg
UW-La Crosse at UW-Stevens Point
UW-Oshkosh at Augsburg
Ferrum at Southern Virginia
Gettysburg at Johns Hopkins
Penn College at Alvernia
Linfield at Corban
AIC at Norwich
Messiah at York
Washington & Jefferson at Hiram
Utica at Castleton
Roger Williams at Rhode Island College
Saturday
Don Parker Open at UW-Eau Claire
Dubuque Invitational
John Summa at Baldwin Wallace
Southeast Futures
Centennial Duals (Gettysburg, McDaniel, Merchant Marine, Ursinus)
NY vs New England Duals (Bridgewater State, Coast Guard, NYU, Hunter)
Ithaca Quad (Oneonta, Wesleyan, Williams)
Springfield Quad (Castleton, Johnson & Wales, RIT)
Trinity Duals (Plymouth State, Southern Maine, Western New England)
Cortland Quad (Delaware Valley, Oswego, TCNJ)
York Tri (King’s, Johns Hopkins)
New England College at Roger Williams
New England College at Rhode Island College
Millikin at elmhurst
Alvernia at Elizabethtown
Greensboro at Shenandoah
Sunday
Greyhound Open at UIndy
Whizzer Open at Henry Ford
Rennie Rodarmel Allstate Invitational at Lycoming
Muskegon Jayhawk Open
Fairmont Tri (St. Vincent, Garrett College)
Weekend Results 1/26-28
The top events this past weekend were the 32 team Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational and the annual Battle of the ‘Burgs between Augsburg and Wartburg, the top two ranked teams in Division III. UW-La Crosse won the team title at Wheaton, while Augustana’s Trevor Boryla was named Outstanding Wrestler.
Final Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational Results
Augsburg narrowly defeated Wartburg 20-19, avenging their loss from the finals of the NWCA National Duals. Tyler Kim won 2-1 in a tiebreaker at 285 to secure the victory for the Auggies. The last few seconds of the match were intense:
Other Friday Results
Dubuque 22, Luther 12
Thiel 26, Waynesburg 22
McDaniel 21, Gettysburg 20
Westminster 29, Fontbonne 24
Ursinus 39, Johns Hopkins 3
Indianapolis 34, Wabash 16
Wilkes 40, Scranton 8
Saturday
Loras Open
Elizabethtown Dr. Kenneth Ober Memorial Invitational
Alvernia Duals (Castleton, Delaware Valley, Trinity)
WPI Quad (Brockport, Southern Maine, New England College)
Roger Williams Quad (Bridgewater State, Plymouth State, Western New England)
Johns Hopkins Tri (Merchant Marine, Muhlenberg)
TCNJ 20, Ithaca 15
Penn State-Behrend 40, Ohio Wesleyan 7
Springfield 37, Wesleyan 7
SW Oregon CC 29, Pacific 18
Alfred State 34, Williams 15
Marymount 22, Gettysburg 21
St. John’s 44, Minnesota West CTC 6
Washington & Lee 19, Averett 18
Lycoming 36, King’s 6
Johnson & Wales 22, NYU 16
Sunday
Wild Cat Open
Jamestown Open
John Reese Duals at Wilkes (Ithaca, Keystone, NJCU, Oneonta, Penn College, Springfield, Stevens)
82nd Pete Willson Invitational and other Weekend Wrestling
32 teams head to Wheaton today for the 82nd edition of the Pete Willson Wheaton Invitational. Wrestling begins at 11am Central time on Friday and Saturday with over 280 wrestlers set to compete in one of the toughest Division III events of the season.
Tournament Website | TrackWrestling Live Results and Video ($)
Other wrestling this weekend includes the annual Battle of the ‘Burgs as Augsburg hosts Wartburg in a rematch of the finals at the National Duals. Wartburg prevailed 21-19 earlier this month, taking six bouts to upset the top seeded Auggies.
Friday
Wartburg at Augsburg
Dubuque at Luther
Waynesburg at Thiel
McDaniel at Gettysburg
Fontbonne at Westminster
Johns Hopkins at Ursinus
Wabash at Indianapolis
Scranton at Wilkes
Saturday
Loras Open
Elizabethtown Dr. Kenneth Ober Memorial Invitational
Alvernia Duals (Castleton, Delaware Valley, Trinity)
WPI Quad (Brockport, Southern Maine, New England College)
Roger Williams Quad (Bridgewater State, Plymouth State, Western New England)
Johns Hopkins Tri (Merchant Marine, Muhlenberg)
TCNJ at Ithaca
Ohio Wesleyan at Penn State-Behrend
Wesleyan at Springfield
Pacific at SW Oregon CC
Williams at Alfred State
Merchant Marine at Johns Hopkins
Gettysburg at Marymount
Minnesota West CTC at St. John’s
Averett at Washington & Lee
King’s at Lycoming
NYU at Johnson & Wales
Sunday
Wild Cat Open
Jamestown Open
John Reese Duals at Wilkes (Ithaca, Keystone, NJCU, Oneonta, Penn College, Springfield, Stevens)
Thursday Results 1/25
Shenandoah 32, Southern Virginia 17
UW-Oshkosh at Lakeland – Individual Matches Only
Wrestler of the Week: Will Esmoil
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Will Esmoil of Coe College. Esmoil won all three of his matches at 165 at the American Rivers Conference Duals to help the Kohawks to a 4-0 record at the event. He defeated #5 Dustin Bohren of Loras, Contender Bryce McDonough of Luther, and Trey Kellow of Simpson in his first action since the NWCA National Duals two weeks prior.
Esmoil, a senior from West Liberty, Iowa, is 17-3 this season, won the Coe Invitational, and was 3rd at the North Central Invitational. He was 7th in last year’s Lower Midwest Regional. In 2022, he was 3rd in the regional and 4th at the NCAA Championships. His career record stands at 62-18. Coe next competes at the Duhawk Open on Saturday followed by an ARC dual against Wartburg on February 2nd.
NCAA Awards Update – January 24th
The NCAA has updated the season-long falls and tech falls list for this week. The leader in falls remains Mitchell Arch of Case Western Reserve University. His 16 falls are tied with Timothy Glynn of RIT, but Arch is ahead on time. For tech falls, Alvernia’s Gavin Hollingsworth picked up three at the MAC Championships to pass Luke Hoerle of Stevens who was idle this weekend. Hollingsworth leads Hoerle 15-13. As a reminder, only matches against Division III opponents are used to calculate these standings.
NCAA wrestling award standings update for the 2024 season (January 24, 2024)
| DIVISION III FALLS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF FALLS | TIME |
| Mitchell Arch | Case Western Reserve | 165 | 16 | 32:04 |
| Timothy Glynn | Trinity (CT) | 285 | 16 | 34:24 |
| Jake Jones | Ithaca | 184 | 15 | 42:02 |
| Leonidas Zoganas | Muskingum | 149 | 15 | 50:30 |
| Nicholai Brotzman | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 285 | 14 | 25:15 |
| Culley Bellino | Cortland State | 141 | 14 | 26:56 |
| Doug Byrne | Baldwin Wallace | 285 | 14 | 33:06 |
| Evan Day | Castleton | 285 | 14 | 37:53 |
| Jack Ryan | Oneonta State | 184 | 13 | 21:09 |
| Sloan Welch | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 285 | 13 | 23:22 |
| DIVISION III TECH FALLS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | INSTITUTION | WEIGHT | # OF TF | TIME |
| Gavin Hollingsworth | Alvernia University | 174 | 15 | 74:09 |
| Luke Hoerle | Stevens Tech | 133 | 13 | 53:21 |
| Joe Pins | Wartburg | 133 | 12 | 35:24 |
| Angelo Centrone | Cortland State | 165 | 12 | 37:07 |
| Justice Hockenberry-Folk | York (PA) | 174 | 12 | 39:32 |
| Jaden Hinton | Baldwin Wallace | 133 | 12 | 52:29 |
| Ryan Kelly | Delaware Valley | 133 | 12 | 60:22 |
| Avery Leonard | Alvernia University | 141 | 11 | 51:53 |
| Christian Komitas | Aurora University | 174 | 11 | 53:37 |
| Anthony Taylor | Averett | 165 | 11 | 55:43 |
