Friday
NWCA National Duals Day 2
Budd Whitehill Duals Day 1
Central Tri (Albion, Waldorf)
Saturday
Budd Whitehill Duals Day 2
Waynesburg Invitational
Williams Open
Central Under Armour Invitational
Manganaro Duals at Ursinus
Itasca CC Quad (Lakeland)
Allegheny Mountain Conference Tri (Alfred State, Pitt-Bradford, Penn State-Behrend)
WPI at Plymouth State
NJCU at Brockport
Sunday
Huntingdon Duals
NWCA National Duals – 8th seeded RIT takes out top seed Coe in the biggest upset of the day. Semifinals are RIT vs. Wabash and North Central vs. UW-La Crosse.
The Budd Whitehill Duals kick off tomorrow at Lycoming with 11 teams in 4 pools of 3 (ONU is filling in with a second team). The event initially had 16 teams, but a few have dropped out. Wrestling begins at 10:00am tomorrow and continues Saturday. Video will be available on all mats.
Group A: Castleton, Ohio Northern, Wilkes
Group B: Ferrum, Ohio Northern, York
Group C: Messiah, Penn College, Washington & Lee
Group D: Ithaca, Lycoming, Southern Virginia
Live Results via Track Wrestling
Video Stream Central
Event Homepage
The original field of 24 has been pared down to 15 (as of 1:30pm Wednesday), as teams have dropped out for COVID-related reasons. The field is still tough with NWCA’s #1 (Coe), #3 (UW-La Crosse), #4 (North Central), #6 (Baldwin Wallace), #8 (Wabash), and #10 (Johnson & Wales) dual teams in the bracket (Dec. 29 Rankings). Wartburg and Augsburg were both set to compete before dropping out, and they had combined for all 19 of the previous National Duals titles. The 20th edition of the event will have a new champion outside of the two perennial powers.
First Round Matchups
Coe vs. Mount St. Joseph
Averett vs. RIT
Wabash vs. Concordia Moorhead
Dubuque vs. Baldwin Wallace
North Central (Bye)
Olivet vs. Johnson & Wales
Millikin vs. Springfield
UW-La Crosse vs. Adrian
Live Results via Trackwrestling
Live Video via Flowrestling ($)
Schedule – this is the original schedule for when there were more teams in the event. It will likely be adjusted. For example, the round of 32 listed for 9:00am tomorrow will not happen due to the reduced field.
Tuesday
Albion at Adrian
Mount St. Joseph at Ohio Northern
UW-Eau Claire at UW-Platteville
Wednesday
Stevens at TCNJ
Thursday
NWCA National Duals (Thursday & Friday)
NUWAY College Open
Trine at Alma
Carthage at Augustana
Aurora at Concordia Wisconsin
Friday
NWCA National Duals (Thursday & Friday)
Budd Whitehill Duals | Event Site (Friday & Saturday)
Central Tri (St. John’s, Schreiner)
Concordia Wisconsin at Elmhurst
DIII wrestling wrapped up 2021 yesterday at the Citrus Invitational and Matmen Open. Augsburg won five weights and the team title in Florida, while North Central’s Cody Baldridge finished in 4th place at the Matmen Open.
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Day 1 of the Citrus Invitational concluded yesterday with Augsburg in the lead. The rest of the event continues today.
Also,a small DIII contingent competed in the Matmen Invitational. Aurora, North Central, and Wheaton sent a few wrestlers. Cody Baldridge of North Central is in the top 12 at 197, while North Central assistant and former UW-La Crosse wrestler Grant Zamin is in the top 12 at 157. Both will determine their final placement today.
Ray DeRosa is the interim coach at New England College following the departure of Robert Watson-Powell for Muskingum earlier this month. DeRosa comes to New England after 15 years as the Wrestling Club and Strength & Conditioning Coach at Doughboy Wrestling Club in Lowell, Massachusetts. He is a 1993 graduate of Plymouth State where he played soccer and wrestled.
DeRosa Named Interim Head Wrestling Coach
HENNIKER, N.H. – New England College Director of Athletics Dave DeCew has announced today the hiring of Ray DeRosa as the interim head wrestling coach.
“We are thrilled to be able to announce Ray DeRosa as our Interim Head Wrestling Coach, especially since it is not an easy time to be making a transition in leadership,” said Dave DeCew. Ray’s experience, knowledge, and professionalism will serve our department well. His desire to develop and mentor the student-athletes is something we know will continue to push our program and the individual competitors forward.”
Reminder: 1-10 are in order; the Contender and H.M. sections are arranged alphabetically by last name.
The last DIII wrestling before Christmas is today at Wilkes. Usually, the Wilkes Open is taking place this week, but the event is pared down to an invitational this season with eight teams. Follow along at the link below.
The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Robbie Precin of North Central. Precin helped lead his team to a 3-0 record at the Desert Duals on Sunday in Las Vegas. In the highlight dual of the event, #1 North Central defeated #2 Wartburg 21-14, and the #1 ranked Precin contributed an 8-5 decision at 133 lbs. over #3 ranked Joe Pins, helping the Cardinals to their first win ever over the Knights. Precin added a pair of major decisions against Buena Vista and Alvernia to wrap up his day.
Precin, a junior from Orland Park, Illinois, is now 20-0 on the season with titles at Stevens Point, Concordia, and North Central. Last season, he finished in 2nd place at the NWCA DIII Championships. In 2020, he qualified for the canceled NCAA Championships. His career record is now 68-2. Next up for North Central is the Midlands on December 29th and the National Duals on January 6th.
Rennie Rodarmel All State Duals at Lycoming (Cortland, King’s, NJCU, Penn College)
Saturday
Gator Boots Duals (Concordia-Wisconsin, Huntingdon, Loras, Luther, University of the Ozarks, Waynesburg, Wilmington)
Kalahari Duals (Adrian, Baldwin Wallace, Defiance, Heidelberg, Mount St. Joseph, Otterbein, Trine, UW-Oshkosh)
Nebraska Wesleyan Duals (Cornell, Fontbonne, MSOE, Schreiner)
Hershey Duals (Delaware Valley, York, Messiah, Millikin, McDaniel, Millersville)
Sunday
Desert Duals (Alvernia, Buena Vista, Concordia-Moorhead, North Central, Wartburg)
Saturday
Gator Boots Duals (Concordia-Wisconsin, Huntingdon, Loras, Luther, University of the Ozarks, Waynesburg, Wilmington)
Kalahari Duals (Adrian, Baldwin Wallace, Defiance, Heidelberg, Mount St. Joseph, Otterbein, Trine, UW-Oshkosh)
Wheaton Tri (Aurora, Chicago)
Nebraska Wesleyan Duals (Cornell, MSOE, Schreiner)
Hershey Duals (Delaware Valley, York, Messiah, Millikin, McDaniel, Millersville)
Sunday
Desert Duals (Alvernia, Concordia-Moorhead, North Central, Wartburg)
Muskingum has a new head coach and is searching for a Graduate Assistant. See the link below for information and how to apply.
Wednesday
Muskingum at Waynesburg
Thursday
UW-Oshkosh at Chicago
