Friday duals and tournaments kick off the traditional college wrestling season
Friday duals and tournaments kick off the traditional college wrestling season
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Legendary coach and Hall of Famer Grady Peninger passes away at 97.
The first full Friday of major college wrestling kicked off with 11 duals involving Division I teams. Here’s a full list of D1 Dual Results and College Tournament links from all divisions.
The News
Hall of Famer Grady Peninger passes
Legendary Michigan State head wrestling coach Grady Peninger passed away on Thursday, October 31 at 97 years old (1927-2024).
College Results
Division I Men
Wrestling Sweeps Utah Valley, CSU Bakersfield - Stanford Cardinal
No. 21 Stanford wrestling opened its season on a strong note, downing Utah Valley and CSU Bakersfield by identical scorelines, 29-12. The Cardinal stands at 2-0.
Utah Valley wrestling started the Adam Hall era with a 25-15 victory over No. 23 CSU Bakersfield, but fell later to No. 12 Stanford, 29-19. UVU (1-1) ranked wrestlers No. 7 Terrell Barraclough and No. 32 Haiden Drury both picked up two wins on the night in their season debuts. First-year head coach Adam Hall earned his first dual victory at UVU.
Wrestling Scores Pair of Wins at Boro Duals - Edinboro University Athletics
The Edinboro wrestling team kicked off the 2024-25 season with victories over Pitt-Bradford and Seton Hill Friday afternoon at the Boro Duals inside McComb Fieldhouse.
Indiana Dominates at Cal Baptist - Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Wrestling opened the 2024-25 campaign in strong fashion, defeating Cal Baptist on the road Friday night, 34-4.
Ohio Wrestling Dominates Wisconsin in Season Opener, 25-14 - Ohio University
The Ohio wrestling team (1-0) opened the 2024-25 season Friday evening (Nov. 1) at the Wisconsin Wrestling Showcase hosted by UW La Crosse. The Bobcats defeated Big Ten opponent Wisconsin (0-1), 25-14.
Purdue Opens Season Strong With Win at Gardner-Webb - Purdue Boilermakers
Purdue Wrestling took a decisive 34-10 victory in its season-opening dual at Gardner-Webb on Friday night.
Division II Men
No. 4 Parkside Rolls Past No. 8 Maryville 30-6 to Open 2024-25 Season - Parkside Athletics
The No. 4 ranked Parkside Wrestling team opened the 2024-25 season on Friday night, taking on No. 8 ranked Maryville at the Wisconsin Showcase hosted on the campus of the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.
Menlo Men's Wrestling Shows Dominance in First NCAA Division II Win - Menlo College
Menlo Men's Wrestling hosted their first home dual meet of the 2024-25 season against newly appointed Cal Poly Humboldt. The Oaks showed dominance the entire dual and closed out the dual with an impressive 38-7 final team score.
Division III Men
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team, ranked third in the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Division III Preseason, opened its 2024-25 season with a 30-9 victory over Cornell College (Iowa) Friday night in Mitchell Hall.
Alvernia Opens 2024-25 Season with 40-10 Win over Camden County - Alvernia University Athletics
Alvernia Men's Wrestling started the 2024-25 season with a 40-10 win over Camden County College on Friday night at the Plex.
Big Blue Wrestlers Dominate MSOE in Season Opener - Millikin University Athletics
The Millikin wrestling team opened the 2024-25 season with a dominating 39-3 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) on November 1 at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois.
Huskies Open Season with Dominant 41-12 Win Over Bridgewater State - University of Southern Maine
Seniors AJ Robinson (Branford, Conn.) and Owen Bufagna (Newton, NH/Central Catholic) and sophomores Kyle Moore (Kennebunk, Maine/Division Avenue (NY)) and Derek Cote (Lebanon, Maine/Noble) each earned a win by fall as the University of Southern Maine Huskies rumbled to a dominant 41-12 season-open win against the Bridgewater State University Bears Friday night at Hill Gymnasium.
NAIA Men
The No. 13-ranked Corban University Men's Wrestling team kicked off the 2024-25 regular season in style with a 43-12 neutral site dual victory over Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) foe Westcliff University
Eagles Start Season with Big Dual Win - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (AZ)
Embry-Riddle won nine of the ten weight classes on their way to a 50-6 dual win over Avila on Friday in Kansas City, Missouri to kick off the 2024-2025 season.
Fast start gets Bees season-opening win over Statesmen - St. Ambrose Athletics
St. Ambrose won four of the first five matches and picked up two huge wins late to defeat William Penn 25-20 in a dual in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Thursday night.
College Women
Freshmen Lead Mavericks to Opening Night Sweep - Colorado Mesa University Athletics
The No. 7 Colorado Mesa women's wrestling team opened the season on the right foot with a pair of dual meet victories in the annual Fall Brawl event in Brownson Arena on Friday (Nov. 1) evening.
Video Highlights via CMU
Tiger Women Win First-Ever Dual, Split First Night of Action in Grand Junction - FHSU Athletics
Fort Hays State Women's Wrestling competed in the first two duals of its program's history on Friday evening (Nov. 1) at Brownson Arena on the campus of Colorado Mesa University.
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More College News
Division I Men
Weekend Storylines to Follow (11/1/24) - InterMat ($$)
The college wrestling season is already underway! Last night, after doling out some Halloween candy, we got a treat of our own as Campbell traveled west once again to meet Wyoming in a showcase dual.
Pitt is Getting More Disciplined in Their Wrestling - InterMat
Pittsburgh head coach Keith Gavin sits down with Robbie to talk about his 2024-25 squad. The Panthers had a veteran team last year and generally have a younger group this season.
Ben Kueter Making Big Gains In Full-Time Iowa Wrestling Role - FloWrestling
Ben Kueter's decision to go all in on wrestling this season could pay big dividends for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
NCWA
Utah Tech awarded 2025 NCWA Women's National Duals and Men's West Regional - NCWA
Utah Tech University has been awarded the 2025 NCWA Women's National Duals and the Men's Western Regional Duals.
Rankings
The Open Mat NJCAA Men’s Wrestling Rankings – The Guillotine
The Open Mat has released NJCAA men’s wrestling rankings for Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.
The Open Mat NJCAA Women’s Wrestling Rankings – The Guillotine
The Open Mat has released NJCAA women’s wrestling rankings for Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.
From USA Wrestling
The field is beginning to take shape for the respected Bill Farrell Memorial International, which will be held at the world-famous New York Athletic Club, in Manhattan, New York City, November 8-9.
At age 15, Harlow Skenandore of Seymour, Wisconsin, loves wrestling and has set high goals for herself in the sport.
High School and Recruiting News
College Recruiting: state champion Eller to North Dakota State University – The Guillotine
Lawson Eller of New Prague has committed to wrestling for North Dakota State University following his upcoming senior season.
Jason Brown is eager to spread the word about the sport of wrestling and the fun student-athletes can have competing in the sport, along with the life lessons they can learn.
The controversy came at the end of a weekend that typically inspires joy and community across the Bering Strait region.
Podcasts and Video
Episode 118 - 2024-25 Season Preview by D3 Nation
Episode 118 - 2024-25 Season Preview ABOUT THE EPISODE Fun episode with another DIII Wrestling enthusiast and media source, Stephen Stonebraker.
College Scoreboards
Division I Duals | Division I Dual Standings | College Tournaments
Weekly Schedules by Wrestling By Pirate (Oct. 28-Nov. 3)
College Men
Division I | Division II | Division III | NAIA