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The West Virginia University wrestling team opened our season for the second consecutive year at the Southeast Open and it was another successful trip to Roanoke. Below are match by match results from this weekend. We had 30 wrestlers in action, 23 attached and seven unattached. 16 of those guys finished in the top six. We were led on the day by Jett Strickenberger, Jordan Titus, and Ian Bush, who brought titles back to Morgantown!

Like most Open Tournaments, if you lost before the semifinals the best you could do in the consolation bracket is 5th place. However, a few of the Open Division brackets were smaller than usual so they did full consolation brackets at 125, 197, and 285. You can check out full brackets from the weekend here: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/a4 ... 53f150960d

Apologies for not getting our entries out ahead of time. I'll make sure to do that the rest of the year. We hope to see you in Morgantown on Sunday, November 12 as we take on Cleveland State, Duke, and Kent State. Admission is FREE!


Open Division Results

125
Jett Strickenberger FALL Kyle Montaperto (Virginia), 3:50
Strickenberger dec Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State), 4-1
Strickenberger finishes 2-0 and first place

141
Jordan Titus tech fall Kobe Nelms (Utah Valley), 19-2
Titus dec James Dalrymple (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 8-2
Titus dec Jack Gioffre (Virginia), 11-2
Titus dec Cleveland Belton (Oregon State), 6-5
Titus finishes 4-0 and first place

Sam Hillegas tech fall Josh Hillard (Franklin & Marshall), 16-0
Jack Gioffre (Virginia) maj dec Hillegas, 14-6
Tyree Johnson (Life) inj def. over Hillegas, 1:50
Hillegas finishes 1-2

Pat Phillips (Franklin & Marshall) maj dec Blake Boyers, 12-2
Kaleem Heard (Limestone) dec Boyers, 7-1
Boyers finishes 0-2

149
Ty Watters FALL Mikey Glynos (American), 1:53
Watters maj dec Brandon Seawright (Limestone), 11-1
Watters dec Tom Crook (Virginia Tech), 4-2
Watters dec Derek Raike (Ohio), 4-1 SV
Caleb Henson maj dec Watters, 11-2
Watters finishes 4-1 and second place

Michael Dolan tech fall Antonio Segura (American), 18-0
Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) tech fall Dolan, 19-3
Justin Rivera (Campbell) maj dec Dolan, 16-5
Dolan finishes 1-2

157
Caleb Dowling maj dec Daniel Segura (Ohio), 11-2
Clayton Ulrey (Virginia Tech) dec Dowling, 4-1 SV
Dowling maj dec Jackson Hurst (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 16-5
Dowling maj dec Noah Roulo (Unattached), 12-2
Dowling maj dec Alex Hornfeck (West Virginia), 13-2
Dowling finishes 4-1 and 5th place

Alex Hornfeck maj dec Kylan Montgomery (Virginia Tech), 14-3
Peyton Kellar (Ohio) dec Hornfeck, 3-0
Hornfeck tech fall Kyler Lake (Utah Valley), 18-2
Hornfeck maj dec Tanner Peake (Davidson), 11-3
Caleb Dowling (West Virginia) maj dec Hornfeck, 13-2
Hornfeck finishes 3-2 and 6th place

165
Peyton Hall tech fall Robert Avila (Virginia), 15-0
Hall FALL Liam Harris (Ohio), 1:16
Hall tech fall Jake Marsh (Morgan State), 19-4
Garrett Thompson (Ohio) dec Hall, 8-5
Hall maj dec Jack Blumer (West Virginia), 14-5
Hall finishes 4-1 and 3rd place

Jack Blumer dec Joshua Grant (Life), 7-2
Blumer maj dec Bobby Gaylord (Ohio), 12-2
Blumer dec Tanner Lofthouse (Utah Valley), 9-5
Kekana Fouret (Oregon State) dec Blumer, 9-2
Peyton Hall (West Virginia) maj dec Blumer, 14-5
Blumer finishes 3-2 and 4th place

Nick Hamilton (Virginia) maj dec Trey Johnson, 15-3
Johnson maj dec Liam Harris (Ohio), 12-0
Johnson dec Noah Bash (Franklin & Marshal), 6-3 SV
Tanner Lofthouse (Utah Valley) tech fall Johnson, 16-1
Johnson finishes 2-2

174
Brody Conley dec Noah Fox (Franklin & Marshall), 9-7
TJ McDonnell inj def. over Conley, 4:08
Conley finishes 1-1

Austin Murphy (Campbell) tech fall Andrew Sharer, 21-4
Kolton Clark (Virginia Tech) FALL Sharer, 4:48
Sharer finishes 0-2

184
Dylan Kohn dec Griffin Gammell (Virginia), 4-2
Kohn FALL Jaquez Bostic (Limestone), 1:16
Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) FALL Kohn, 5:00
Kohn dec Conor Maslanek (Campbell), 8-1
Kohn dec Kyle Homet (Life), 7-3
Kohn dec James Conway (Franklin & Marshall), 4-2
Kohn finishes 5-1 and 5th place

Dennis Robin FALL Christos Avgeros (Roanoke College), 0:36
Robin dec Zayne Lehman (Ohio), 7-4
Trey Munoz (Oregon State) dec Robin, 8-4
Robin maj dec Caleb Hopkins (Campbell), 16-2
Robin finishes 3-1 and 3rd place

197
Austin Cooley FALL Demarco Lee (Life), 4:38
Cooley tech fall Cameo Blankenship (Davidson), 19-4
Levi Hopkins (Campbell) dec Cooley, 8-1
Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) dec Cooley, 4-2
Cooley medical forfeit over Michael Gibson (Life)
Cooley finishes 3-2 and 5th place

285
Michael Wolfgram tech fall Kaleb Snodgrass (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 20-5
Wolfgram dec Tyler Mousaw (VMI), 7-3
Wolfgram FALL Jack Forbes (Utah Valley), 3:34
Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) FALL Wolfgram, 3:13
Wolfgram finishes 3-1 and 2nd place

Freshman/Sophomore Division Results

125
Mason Mills FALL Anthony Burke (VMI), 2:34
Mills FALL Zander Phaturos (Campbell), 2:35
Mills maj dec Bentley Ellison (Campbell), 10-1
Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) inj def over Mills
Mills finishes 3-1 and 2nd place

133
Dyson Dunham (VMI) dec Garhett Dickenson, 11-6
Dickenson maj dec Frank Depinet (Tiffin), 13-0
Dickenson maj dec Brandon Sauter (Franklin & Marshall), 11-2
Jude Robson (Roanoke College) dec Dickenson, 5-0
Dickenson finishes 2-2

Ethan Lipsey (Tennessee-Chattanooga) maj dec Ryan Yriart, 11-2
Jackson Sichelstiel (Davidson) maj dec Yriart, 15-2
Yriart finishes 0-2

157
Matthew Leehan (Unattached) tech fall Nick Cicciarelli, 19-2
Cicciarelli dec Joseph Chiappazzi (West Virginia), 8-2
Cicciarelli dec Taven Williams (Roanoke College), 11-4
Gunner Endicott (Campbell) FALL Cicciarelli, 2:00
Cicciarelli finishes 2-2

Rafael Hipolito (Virginia Tech) maj dec Dom Parker, 17-4
Parker dec Chris Arciuolo (Franklin & Marshall), 7-5
Parker tech fall Colin Nugent (North Carolina), 22-5
Tyler Berish (VMI) dec Parker, 9-4
Parker finishes 2-2

Chris Earnest (Campbell) maj dec Brayden Ivy, 11-2
Ivy tech fall Jackson Berry-Bissessar (Morgan State), 18-3
Emilio Arellano (Tiffin) dec Ivy, 4-3
Ivy finishes 1-2

Tyler Berish (VMI) dec Joseph Chiappazzi, 3-1
Nick Cicciarelli (West Virginia) dec Chiappazzi, 8-2
Chiappazzi finsihes 0-2

174
Brayden Benson (Tiffin) dec Luke Eschenheimer, 8-7
Eschenheim fall Kyle Lee (Roanoke College), 3:59
Xavier Preston (Roanoke College) maj dec Eschenheimer, 12-3
Eschenheimer finishes 1-2

184
Ian Bush FALL Cooper Skelton (Ohio), 2:03
Bush maj dec Eric Washington (Morgan State), 12-1
Bush dec Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson), 5-0
Bush dec Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State), 8-5
Bush finishes 4-0 and first place

Brian Finnerty maj dec Joe Burch (Unattached), 8-0
Finnerty tech fall Evan Straub (Tiffin), 18-2
Kingsley Menifee (Morgan State) dec Finnerty, 4-1 SV
Wyatt Ferguson (Davidson) dec Finnerty, 7-5
Finnerty finishes 2-2 and fourth place

197
Cole Tolley dec Kendrick Curtis (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 8-3
Anthony Bradley (Maryland) dec Tolley, 4-1
Tolley FALL Alexzander Newark (Morgan State), 1:18
Tolley dec Cameron Cavins (Roanoke College), 10-5
Tolley dec Logan Webster (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 9-6
Tolley finishes 4-1 and 5th place

285
Aiden Lacoma (Virginia Tech) maj dec Leo Muzika, 17-3
Muzika FALL Kyle Magyar (Tiffin), 2:16
Muzika dec DJ Spring (Davidson), 7-2
Muzika finishes 2-1 and 5th place

Cooper Rudolph (Virginia) dec Wilson Spires, 8-2
DJ Spring (Davidson) dec Spires, 3-2 UTB 2
Spires finishes 0-2

Solid start to the season.

armyscot0873 wrote:Solid start to the season.

I agree. Some guys took a few bumps, literally and figuratively, but for the most part I thought Jett, Jordan, Ty, and Caleb all had really impressive performances on the day. One other guy that really caught my eye was Mason Mills, this little dude was really good. It's a shame he had to forfeit out of his last match because I think that was a match he was going to win. Lets hope him and Brodey Conley get healed up and get back to it real soon.

Jon Perkins wrote:

armyscot0873 wrote:Solid start to the season.

I agree. Some guys took a few bumps, literally and figuratively, but for the most part I thought Jett, Jordan, Ty, and Caleb all had really impressive performances on the day. One other guy that really caught my eye was Mason Mills, this little dude was really good. It's a shame he had to forfeit out of his last match because I think that was a match he was going to win. Lets hope him and Brodey Conley get healed up and get back to it real soon.

Dennis Robin also had a great weekend taking out Hopkins and Lehman who were both ranked wrestlers before losing respectably to top 5 Munoz. Big step for him. Payton overcommitted on a roll through reversal thing and got caught twice for nearfall. Seems like that happened last year too so maybe the competition is exploiting a know vulnerability that hopefully he can make an adjustment for? He was up like 5-1 I think before that. I'm not an expert so probably wrong on that.

I was super impressed with Watters, the kid's the real deal right away it seems. Henson also showed why he is top 5 and I think he contends for a title this year. What a crazy pace he sets.

I think WVU will surprise some teams in duals this year as we are pretty solid top to bottom. Not so sure on tournaments, maybe some of our guys will crack top 10 by then end of the season and make some noise in tournaments but hard to see it right now.

Pretty descent start. Would of been nice to see Dowling win. Titus and Waters did well. Hall losing is obviously the biggest disappointment. Conley and Cooley pretty meh. Robin wrestled great. 133 is still a graveyard unfortunately.
If Hall wins and Conley/Cooley do a little better than I think they would be extremely happy with this performance.

Letsgooo wrote:Pretty descent start. Would of been nice to see Dowling win. Titus and Waters did well. Hall losing is obviously the biggest disappointment. Conley and Cooley pretty meh. Robin wrestled great. 133 is still a graveyard unfortunately.
If Hall wins and Conley/Cooley do a little better than I think they would be extremely happy with this performance.

Conely was wrestling good until he got conked in the head and had to forfeit out due to concussion protocol. It would have been nice to see him get more matches.

Dowling wrestled really good, he just took a bad shot against a really good wrestler and gave an easy takedown with about 30 seconds to go in OT. The first 8 1/2 minutes of the match was pretty good. I would have liked to have seen him wrestle Keller from Ohio, though.

I thought Robin wrestled good. He had a couple of good wins over quality guys, but he does not put his foot on the gas to create a large point separation. Seems like he gets a lead and kind of slows down just trying to maintain the lead and not expanding on it. Overall, he did wrestle well.

And you are right about Cooley, "pretty meh", I would throw Wolfgram in that category as well.