Holiday Tournaments today and tomorrow
Midlands (Rhode Island, Chicago, and UW-Whitewater with entries)
d3wrestle.com 2022-2023 Rankings #4
2022-2023 d3wrestle.com Rankings #4 – December 26, 2022
Catch up on the last 2022 rankings before the holiday tournaments. Remember that wrestlers in the Contender and Honorable Mention sections are in alphabetical order by last name.
Wilkes Open Results
Ohio Northern’s Jacob Reed was the lone DIII champ, winning 3-2 in the finals at 141 over 2022 NCAA DI qualifier Josh Mason of Bloomsburg.
Former Brockport Coach Don Murray Sues NCAA
Five-time NCAA Championships winning coach Don Murray has sued the NCAA, seeking to reverse a three year show-cause order and receive monetary damages. A show-cause order requires that any NCAA member school employing him must restrict him from any athletically related duties unless it shows cause why the restrictions should not apply. The order and Murray’s subsequent resignation from his coaching position at Brockport stem from an investigation regarding both COVID restrictions and institutional physical education wrestling classes that the NCAA alleges were used to circumvent restrictions on out-of-season athletic activities.
For more details, see below:
NCAA violations occurred in SUNY Brockport men’s wrestling program (NCAA Media Center)
Former SUNY Brockport wrestling coach Don Murray sues NCAA seeking to lift 3-year suspension (WXXI)
Full text of Murray’s lawsuit (42 pages)
Murray disputes that he did anything wrong and alleges that the Athletic Director and Vice President “initiated an investigation into Murray and the SUNY Brockport Wrestling program in an attempt to remove Murray as a Head Wrestling Coach and Associate Professor, with the additional intentions of dissolving the Wrestling program.” The lawsuit describes actions taken by Murray, the administration of SUNY Brockport, and the NCAA, though the NCAA is the only named party in the suit, as Murray is not suing Brockport. He remains on staff as an associate professor in the kinesiology department. He resigned as wrestling coach in late August of 2021.
Monday Results 12/19
The 89th Wilkes Open is also today in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Rennie Rodarmel All State Duals (Lycoming, Centenary, Cortland)
King’s Quad (Penn College, Pitt-Bradford)
Weekend Results 12/16-18
Friday
Muskingum 31, Hiram 18
Saturday
Prairie Wolf Duals at Nebraska Wesleyan (Buena Vista, MSOE, Cornell, Simpson, Westminster)
Wheaton Tri (Chicago, Aurora)
Gator Boots Duals
Chocolate Duals (Messiah, JWU, Ithaca, Delaware Valley, McDaniel, Millikin)
Kalahari Duals
Shenandoah 57, PSU-Mont Alto 0
Sunday
Desert Duals
Weekend Wrestling 12/16-18 and more
Friday
Muskingum at Hiram
Saturday
Prairie Wolf Duals at Nebraska Wesleyan (Buena Vista, MSOE, Cornell, Simpson, Westminster)
Wheaton Tri (Chicago, Aurora)
Gator Boots Duals
Chocolate Duals (Messiah, JWU, Ithaca, Delaware Valley, McDaniel, Millikin)
Kalahari Duals
Sunday
Desert Duals
Monday 12/19
Rennie Rodarmel All State Duals (Lycoming, Centenary, Cortland)
King’s Quad (NJCU, Penn College, Pitt-Bradford)
Thursday 12/22
89th Wilkes Open
DIII Women’s Update
As the midpoint of the 2022-2023 season approaches, here is a quick update on the state of women’s wrestling at the Division III level. There are 43 schools that either have a women’s wrestling team or have announced plans to start one. Two schools have announced the start of women’s wrestling, but enough time has passed since then without a team that it does not seem to be happening.
Has wrestling in 2022 (29): Adrian, Albion, Alvernia, Augsburg, Augustana, Aurora, Carthage, Cedar Crest, Cornell, Delaware Valley, Elmira, Eureka, Ferrum, Fontbonne, Greensboro, Hiram, Lakeland, Linfield, NJCU, North Central, Pacific, Schreiner, Simpson, UW-Stevens Point, Trine, University of the Ozarks, Ursinus, Western New England, Westminster
Has announced plans to begin women’s wrestling (14): Alfred State, Alma, Buena Vista, Buffalo State, Central, Dubuque, Huntingdon, John Carroll, Loras, Marymount, Southern Virginia, Utica, Wartburg, York
New England College and Concordia-Wisconsin both announced women’s wrestling but those efforts have either stalled or been shelved. Women’s wrestling no longer appears on the NEC website, and the last article on the Concordia website is from February of 2020 and announces plans to begin women’s wrestling that fall.
DIII teams appearing in the latest NCAA team rankings include North Central (2), Augsburg (5), Adrian (T13), NJCU (T16), Albion (T18), UW-Stevens Point (T19), and Schreiner (T19). The December 8th individual rankings include top ranked DIII wrestlers Sydney Petzinger (North Central, 109), Jaslyn Gallegos (North Central, 116), Nina Makem (Augsburg, 136), Marlynne Deede (Augsburg, 155), and Yelena Makoyed (North Central, 170). Since those rankings came out, Petzinger and Gallegos each lost to the #2 ranked wrestler at their respective weights, and Alexis Janiak of Aurora avenged an earlier loss to the #1 ranked wrestler at 130.
Women’s wrestling is an Emerging Sport in the NCAA. Once enough teams sponsor the sport and meet roster size and participation requirements, the sport can then move from Emerging to Championship status. A sport can gain championship status once 40 schools meet the minimum sponsorship requirement across all divisions. Also, a Division III championship can be created once 28 DIII schools sponsor the sport. Both milestones are within reach in the coming seasons. Not all of the 29 DIII teams competing this season will reach the minimum participation requirement of having at least six athletes in seven or more competitions, but that should change in the coming years as the number of teams and athletes increases.
Upcoming Wrestling 12/14-22
Wednesday
UW-La Crosse at UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stevens Point at UW-Platteville
Thursday
North Central at Augustana
Friday
Muskingum at Hiram
Saturday
Prairie Wolf Duals at Nebraska Wesleyan
Wheaton Tri (Chicago, Aurora)
Gator Boots Duals
Chocolate Duals
Kalahari Duals
Sunday
Desert Duals
Monday 12/19
Rennie Rodarmel All State Duals (Lycoming, Centenary, Cortland)
King’s Quad (NJCU, Penn College, Pitt-Bradford)
Thursday 12/22
89th Wilkes Open
Wrestler of the Week: Robbie Precin
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Robbie Precin of North Central. The top-ranked Precin won the 133 lbs. weight class in his home invitational this past weekend. Four of the top ten wrestlers in the November 28 d3wrestle.com Rankings were in the bracket. Precin defeated #9 Cade Willis of Augsburg 3-0 in the semifinals before winning 18-2 over #7 Jaden Hinton of Baldwin Wallace in the finals. Hinton had defeated #2 Andrew Perelka of John Carroll in the previous round. Precin was also named CCIW Wrestler of the Week for his efforts.
Precin, a senior from Orland Park, Illinois, is the defending NCAA 133 lbs. champion and has been ranked 1st at 133 all season long. He is undefeated this season and has won the Pointer and Concordia Opens. His current season record is 18-0. He was the runner-up at the 2021 NWCA DIII tournament and qualified for the canceled 2020 NCAA Championships. His career record stands at 104-2. North Central competes again this Thursday in a CCIW dual at Augustana.
Weekend Results 12/9-11
Friday
Delaware Valley 23, Wilkes 15
Alvernia 35, Messiah 3
Muhlenberg 37, Scranton 9
Williams 30, Trinity 13
Johnson & Wales 19, TCNJ 17
Johns Hopkins 23, York 19 (first ever win for JHU over York)
Schreiner 57, Jarvis Christian 0
Schreiner 32, Texas Wesleyan 18
Saturday
Scott Viera Open
North Central Invitational
Art Kraft Memorial at Triton
NJCU Quad (JWU, NYU, WPI) – Johnson & Wales coach Lonnie Morris records 400th career dual meet win
Luther Tri (UW-Stevens Point, Wabash)
Muskingum Tri (Waynesburg, Mount St. Joseph) – The stories written about the MSJ vs. Muskingum dual misapplied the tiebreaker rule. Muskingum wins the dual based on most match victories. Most falls is the second criteria behind match wins.
Jamestown Tri (Hiram, Penn State Behrend)
Castleton Quad (Plymouth State, Rhode Island, Southern Maine)
Lycoming Quad (Keystone, Oswego, Pitt-Bradford)
Stevens Tri (Messiah, Delaware Valley)
Shenandoah vs VMI and Fairmont State
Brockport 32, Alfred State 10
Huntingdon Tri (Central Baptist, Cumberlands)
Sunday
Cleveland State Open
Nassau Open
Averett Cougar Duals
Greensboro vs. Mount Olive and Emmanuel
Ursinus 48, Elmira 0
Ohio Wesleyan 56, Wilmington 0
Southern Oregon 37, Linfield 12
Adrian 36, Siena Heights 13
UW-La Crosse 38, Cornell 6
Wrestling This Weekend 12/9-11
Friday
Hunter at American International
Delaware Valley at Wilkes
Alvernia at Messiah
Muhlenberg at Scranton
Trinity at Williams
New England College at Castleton
Johnson & Wales at TCNJ
York at Johns Hopkins
Schreiner vs. Texas Wesleyan and Jarvis Christian
Saturday
Scott Viera Open
North Central Invitational
Art Kraft Memorial at Triton
NJCU Quad (JWU, NYU, WPI)
Luther Quad (UW-Stevens Point, Wabash, Rochester CTC)
Muskingum Tri (Waynesburg, Mount St. Joseph)
Jamestown Tri (Hiram, Penn State Behrend)
Castleton Quad (Plymouth State, Rhode Island, Southern Maine)
Lycoming Quad (Keystone, Oswego, Pitt-Bradford)
Stevens Tri (Messiah, Delaware Valley)
Shenandoah vs VMI and Fairmont State
St. John’s at Buena Vista
Brockport at Alfred State
Central Baptist at Huntingdon
New England College at Western New England
Sunday
Cleveland State Open
Nassau Open
Averett Cougar Duals
Greensboro at Mount Olive
Elmira at Ursinus
Wilmington at Ohio Wesleyan
Southern Oregon at Linfield
Adrian at Siena Heights
Cornell vs. UW-La Crosse at Madison, WI
Thursday Results 12/8
Olivet vs. Cleary & Henry Ford
Millikin 36, Wheaton 7
Corban 56, Pacific 0
Pitt-Bradford 44, Penn State Behrend 6
UW-La Crosse 49, Rochester CTC 0
UW-La Crosse 47, Iowa Lakes CC 0
Coe 47, Buena Vista 3
Concordia-Wisconsin 22, Elmhurst 16
Defiance 40, Wilmington 12
Greensboro vs. SW VA CC at Bluefield State
UW-Eau Claire 20, UW-Whitewater 19 (UWEC fall at 285 sends it to the tiebreak won on match points 56-50 by UWEC)
Wednesday Results 12/7
Franklin & Marshall 33, Ursinus 13
Washington & Lee 27, Ferrum 7
Coast Guard 47, Merchant Marine 3
MSOE 23, Carthage 21
Central 48, Nebraska Wesleyan 3
Wrestling This Week 12/7-11
Wednesday
Franklin & Marshall at Ursinus
Ferrum at Washington & Lee
Merchant Marine at Coast Guard
Carthage at MSOE
Nebraska Wesleyan at Central
Southern Virginia at Averett
Thursday
Olivet Tri (Cleary & Henry Ford)
Wheaton at Millikin
Pacific at Corban
Pitt-Bradford at Penn State Behrend
UW-La Crosse vs. Rochester CTC and Iowa Lakes CC
Coe at Buena Vista
Manchester at Ancilla
Elmhurst at Concordia-Wisconsin
Wilmington at Defiance
Greensboro at Bluefield State
Friday
Hunter at American International
Delaware Valley at Wilkes
Alvernia at Messiah
Muhlenberg at Scranton
Trinity at Williams
New England College at Castleton
Johnson & Wales at TCNJ
York at Johns Hopkins
Saturday
Scott Viera Open
North Central Invitational
Art Kraft Memorial at Triton
NJCU Quad (JWU, NYU, WPI)
Luther Quad (UW-Stevens Point, Wabash, Rochester CTC)
Muskingum Tri (Waynesburg, Mount St. Joseph)
Jamestown Tri (Hiram, Penn State Behrend)
Castleton Quad (Plymouth State, Rhode Island, Southern Maine)
Lycoming Quad (Keystone, Oswego, Pitt-Bradford)
Stevens Tri (Messiah, Delaware Valley)
Shenandoah vs VMI and Fairmont State
St. Johns at Buena Vista
Brockport at Alfred State
Central Baptist at Huntingdon
New England College at Western New England
Sunday
Cleveland State Open
Nassau Open
Averett Cougar Duals
Greensboro at Mount Olive
Elmira at Ursinus
Wilmington at Ohio Wesleyan
Southern Oregon at Linfield
Adrian at Siena Heights
Cornell vs. UW-La Crosse at Madison, WI
Wrestler of the Week: Donovan King
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Donovan King of Olivet. King had four falls and a tech fall at 285 on his way to the tournament title at the Ohio Northern Invitational on Saturday. His last win came via fall over 20222 NCAA 8th place finisher and #4 ranked John Fulmer of Lycoming. His win helped Olivet to a third place finish in the event.
King is currently the top-ranked 285 wrestler in Division III and has a 10-2 record on the season. Last year, he finished in 2nd place in the NCAA Championships and in the Central Regional. The Detroit native now has a 41-7 career record with 30 career falls. Olivet is next set to host Cleary and Henry Ford on Thursday followed by a trip to the Gator Boots Duals on the 17th.
Adam Greene to be first coach at Utica
Utica University has named Adam Greene to be the first men’s wrestling coach in school history. Greene most recently was an assistant coach at Oneonta and also spent one season as head coach at Siena Heights. Utica announced the start of men’s and women’s wrestling for the 2023-2024 season earlier this fall.
Utica Names Adam Greene its First-Ever Head Men’s Wrestling Coach
UTICA, NY – Utica University Athletic Director Dave Fontaine recently announced the hiring of Adam Greene as the first-ever Head Coach of the Utica University men’s wrestling program. Greene will be in charge of all facets of the program including scouting, recruiting, meets and practice preparation, as well as day-to-day operations.
“We are delighted to welcome Adam to the Pioneer family and are looking forward to working with him to build our men’s wrestling program,” Fontaine said. “We are confident that his experience and networking within the wrestling community will quickly help launch our program. This period of athletic growth is a very exciting time for Utica University athletics, and wrestling is a key piece of that progress.”
Greene previously wrestled at SUNY Oneonta from 2013-2016 while also serving two stints as an assistant coach at his alma mater. From 2016-2018 at Oneonta, Greene helped guide the team to three straight 12-win seasons including appearances in three consecutive NCAA Division III Championship Meets.
Weekend Results 12/2-4
Friday
York New Standard Invitational (Day 1)
Messiah Petrofes Invitational (Day 1)
Baldwin Wallace Tri (Tiffin, UNC-Pembroke)
Blithe Memorial Duals at Cornerstone (Day 1: Albion, Defiance, Wheaton, UW-Eau Claire)
Elizabethtown 32, Johns Hopkins 11
Wartburg 34, Luther 6
Millikin 30, Augustana 15
Western New England 23, Rhode Island College 17
Saturday
York New Standard Invitational (Day 2)
Messiah Petrofes Invitational (Day 2)
Buena Vista Open
Indiana Little State
Ohio Northern Invitational
MSOE Invitational
MSU-Moorhead Dragon Open
Elizabethtown Blue Jay Classic
RIT Invitational
Southern Maine Ted Reese Invitational
Jim Koch Wisconsin Open at UW-Parkside
Drury Open
Blithe Memorial Duals at Cornerstone (Day 2: Albion, Defiance, Wheaton, UW-Eau Claire)
Roger Williams Duals (Hunter, JWU, NJCU, NYU, Rhode Island, WNE)
La Crosse Duals (North Central, Coe)
Sunday
Bob Quade Cyclone Open
