Robert Watson-Powell has resigned his position as head wrestling coach at New England College. He took the head coach position in April of 2020 after one season as the inaugural head coach at Iowa Wesleyan. He had also previously been a graduate assistant at New England College. The Henniker, New Hampshire, school is seeking his replacement, and the job posting is listed below.
Wednesday
Roanoke at Greensboro
UW-Whitewater at UW-Eau Claire
Southern Virginia at Washington & Lee
University of the Ozarks at Ouachita Baptist
Buena Vista at Coe
Iowa Wesleyan at Fontbonne
Thursday
Central at Nebraska Wesleyan
Gannon at Penn State-Behrend
Trine at Ancilla
Friday
Cornell at Loras
Ursinus at Franklin & Marshall
UW-Oshkosh at UW-Whitewater
Alvernia at Wilkes
Coast Guard at Johnson & Wales
Millikin at Wheaton
UW-Stevens Point Tri (Luther, Bryant & Stratton)
Western New England Quad (Hunter, New England, AIC)
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Ben Sarasin of the University of Chicago. Sarasin won the MSOE Invitational this past weekend where he won five matches in a at 174 row to secure the title. In the semifinals, he defeated 2020 NCAA qualifier and #8 ranked Evan Lawrence of UW-Eau Claire 11-4. In the finals, Sarasin matched up with #2 ranked Solomon Nielsen of Augsburg. Nielsen was second at the NWCA Championships last season and qualified for the 2019 and 2020 NCAA Championships. Sarasin came out on top of a 6-5 decision, scoring the winning escape with about a minute left in the match.
Sarasin, a senior from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is 16-0 on the year with tournament titles at UW-Platteville, Trine, Coe, and MSOE. He currently has a 74-9 career record and has qualified twice for the NCAA Championships. In 2019, he finished seventh at 174, and in 2020, he was seeded 5th at 184 at the canceled championships. Heading into last weekend, he was ranked 3rd at 174 lbs. Chicago is off until next weekend when they take on UW-Oshkosh on Thursday and have a tri with Wheaton and Aurora on Saturday.
Friday
Western New England 27, Rhode Island College 18
Rochester CTC at Augsburg
Ridgewater College 30, St. John’s 23
Wartburg 43, Luther 3
Saturday
Messiah Petrofes Invitational
New Standard Invitational at York
Ohio Northern Invitational
RIT Invitational
Elizabethtown Blue Jay Invitational
Jim Koch Wisconsin Open
Indiana Little State
Thunderwolves Open at Niagara CCC
Ted Reese Invitational at USM
MSOE Invitational
Roger Williams Duals (NYU, JWU, New England)
Coe 27, North Central 19
Coe 30, UW-La Crosse 13
UW-La Crosse 22, North Central 15
Sunday
Bob Quade Cyclone Open
MSU-Moorhead Dragon Open
Eagle Quad at University of the Ozarks (Fontbonne, Schreiner, Emory & Henry)
Millikin 32, Augustana 8
Friday
Messiah Petrofes Invitational
New Standard Invitational at York
Rhode Island College at Western New England
Rochester CTC at Augsburg
Ridgewater College at St. John’s
Luther at Wartburg
Saturday
Messiah Petrofes Invitational
New Standard Invitational at York
Ohio Northern Invitational
RIT Invitational
Elizabethtown Blue Jay Invitational
Jim Koch Wisconsin Open
Indiana Little State
Thunderwolves Open at Niagara CCC
MSOE Invitational
Ted Reese Invitational at USM
Roger Williams Duals Tournament
UW-La Crosse Tri (Coe, North Central)
Sunday
Bob Quade Cyclone Open
Dragon Open at MSU-Moorhead
Eagle Quad at University of the Ozarks
Augustana at Millikin
Note: a previous version of the rankings went up that missed an important result. Those results have now been considered, and the rankings have been updated.
The season has gone on long enough that only wrestlers who have competed will appear in the rankings from now on. Athletes will continue to only appear at the weights where they have actually competed.
Also, note that for this season, the wrestlers in the Contender and Honorable Mention tiers are listed in alphabetical order by name, and their relative position is reflective of nothing else.
Tuesday
Baldwin Wallace at Otterbein
Ohio Northern at Mount Union
John Carroll at Wilmington
Muskingum at Heidelberg
Defiance at Adrian
Wednesday
Rio Grande at Ohio Wesleyan
Drury at University of the Ozarks
Thursday
North Central at Carthage
Simpson at Augustana
Central at Augustana
Loras at Augsburg
UW-Platteville at UW-Stevens Point
Mary at Concordia-Moorhead
Aurora at Millikin
Friday
Rhode Island College at Western New England
Rochester CTC at Augsburg
Ridgewater College at St. John’s
Luther at Wartburg
Happy Thanksgiving!
Augsburg 18, UW-Eau Claire 15
Augsburg 23, Stevens 19
UW-Eau Claire 27, Stevens 19
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Brett Kaliner of Stevens Institute of Technology. Kaliner won the 149 lbs. bracket at the Concordia Wisconsin Open on Saturday. The top seed in the bracket, Kaliner defeated a pair of Wartburg All-Americans in the semifinals and finals. After a pair of tech falls, he defeated Brady Fritz of Wartburg 4-2 in the semifinals. This earned the #1 ranked Kaliner a matchup with #2 ranked Kristian Rumph in the finals. The two traded takedowns early, but Kaliner was able to secure a second takedown and work for the fall near the end of the first period. He was named Outstanding Wrestler for his performance.
Kaliner, a fifth year senior, has finished 2nd and 3rd in the NCAA Championships and was 3rd in last year’s NWCA DIII Championships. He is now 9-0 on the year and retains his #1 ranking. Stevens next competes tomorrow in duals against UW-Eau Claire and Augsburg.
Friday
Concordia Wisconsin 39, Bryant & Stratton 6
Messiah 25, Western New England 19
TCNJ 32, York 6
Saturday
Baldwin Wallace Invitational
Doug Parker Invitational at Springfield
Albion Invitational
Penn College Wildcat Invitational
Coe Invitational
Auggie Invitational at Augsburg
Concordia Wisconsin Open
8 Man Battle at UW-Eau Claire
New York State Intercollegiate
Olivet Comet Duals
Star City Classic Duals at Roanoke
Scotty Wood Duals at Muhlenberg
Waynesburg Duals (Alvernia, Pitt-Bradford, Washington & Jefferson)
Keystone Duals
Greensboro Duals (Averett, Huntingdon)
David Butler Duals at UNH (Roger Williams)
Sunday
Star City Classic at Roanoke
John Carroll Duals (Mount St. Joseph)
Friday
Bryant & Stratton at Concordia Wisconsin
Messiah at Western New England
York at TCNJ
Saturday
Baldwin Wallace Invitational
Doug Parker Invitational at Springfield
Albion Invitational
Penn College Wildcat Invitational
Coe Invitational
Auggie Invitational at Augsburg
Concordia Wisconsin Open
8 Man Battle at UW-Eau Claire
New York State Intercollegiate
Olivet Comet Duals
Star City Classic Duals at Roanoke
Scotty Wood Duals at Muhlenberg
Waynesburg Duals (Alvernia, Pitt-Bradford, Washington & Jefferson)
Keystone Duals
Greensboro Duals (Averett, Huntingdon)
David Butler Duals at UNH (Roger Williams)
Ursinus at NJCU
Sunday
Star City Classic at Roanoke
John Carroll Duals (Mount St. Joseph)
Thiel 38, Hiram 6 (first dual since 1987 for Hiram)
Wartburg 52, Nebraska Wesleyan 0 (200th win for Wartburg coach Eric Keller)
Aurora 31, Carthage 16 (first dual in 30+ years for Aurora)
Now that teams have begun to compete, freshmen and non-DIII transfers will start to appear in the rankings. Wrestlers can still appear in this set of rankings if they have not wrestled yet, but that will not continue indefinitely. Finally, this set of rankings does not include the OAC duals that happened last night.
