Carthage College takes on North Central in a Division III men’s and women’s matchup during FloWrestling Night in America on Wednesday, November 6 at 6 p.m. Central. Below is everything you need to know about the dual and how to watch live. 

When: Wednesday, November 6 at 6 p.m. CST
Where: Gregory Arena in Naperville, Illinois
How to watch: FloWrestling (click the above link)

Carthage College: NCAA, Division III, Kenosha, Wisconsin,
North Central: NCAA, Division III, Naperville, Illinois

Carthage head women’s coach: Jake Calhoun
Carthage head men’s coach: Alberto Quiros

North Central head women’s coach: Joe Norton
North Central head men’s coach: Grant Zamin

Preview

Men: Sixth-ranked North Central finished eighth at the 2024 NCAA Division III Championships. The Cardinals won last year’s dual, 41-3, and are the heavy favorite. 

North Central’s Christian Guzman (125) is a two-time All-American, finishing third and second at the past two NCAA Championships. Robbie Bates (285) finished sixth in 2023 and fourth in 2024. 

Women: North Central won the 2023 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships (NCAA Division I, II, III programs), finishing second to Iowa in 2024 by six points. The Cardinals won last year’s dual, 38-3, in 17 minutes. 

Returning national champion Amani Jones (124) recently won a bronze medal at the U23 World Championships and is top-ranked this season. Norton has a deep squad, so don’t be surprised if a few of his best wrestlers aren’t in the line-up against Carthage. 

The highlight match is 117 pounds if Natalie Majer (Carthage) and Sydney Petzinger (North Central) wrestle. This would be a good early-season test for both wrestlers and could have seeding implications.

NCAA teams can qualify up to 15 wrestlers for the national tournament so don’t expect North Central to roll out its best line-up, but the Cardinals are still the favorites. 

Ranked wrestlers

North Central Men
125: Christian Guzman, JR, 2nd
165: Alex Villar, SR, 5th
285: Robbie Bates, 3rd

North Central Women
103: Maddie Avila, JR, 3rd
110: Kaelani Shufeldt, JR, 4th
110: Kendra Ryan, SR, 6th
117: Sydney Petzinger, SR, 2nd
124: Amani Jones, SR, 1st
131: Sara Sterner, SR, 3rd
138: Yele Aycock, SR, 3rd
138: Taylor Graveman, SO, 8th
145: Bella Mir, SO, 5th
180: Brittyn Corbishley, SR, 3rd
207: Traeh Haynes, SR, 2nd

Carthage Men
No ranked wrestlers

Carthage Women
117: Natalie Majer, SR, 9th in NWCA poll

Last year’s results

Men: North Central defeated Carthage College 41-3
125: Ethan Spacht (NC) over Edwin Estrada- Jaimes (CAC) (TF 17-2 7:00)
133: Jad Alwawi (NC) over Loren Semler (CAC) (TF 19-4 4:55)
141: Kayle Bearson (NC) over Sebastian Rosales (CAC) (TF 15-0 5:54)
149: Kenny Siwicki (NC) over River Rogers (CAC) (MD 8-0)
157: Maguire Hoeksema (CAC) over Elijah Munoz (NC) (Dec 7-3)
165: Armando Murillo (NC) over Maxwell Schmitt (CAC) (TF 20-3 3:26)
174: Casey Aikman (NC) over Collin Ruiz (CAC) (TF 17-2 5:36)
184: Payton Geigner (NC) over Devin Rogers (CAC) (MD 10-0)
197: David Pirozhnik (NC) over Carter Vincent (CAC) (TF 19-4 2:49)
285: Robby Bates (NC) over Mason Kochersperger (CAC) (Dec 10-3)

Women: North Central defeated Carthage College, 38-3
101: Amber Turner (NCC) over (CAR) (For.)
109: Double Forfeit
116: Natalie Majer (CAR) over Angelina Graff (NCC) (Dec 8-5)
123: Janessa George (NCC) over Koressa Allgeyer (CAR) (Fall 1:00)
130: Amani Jones (NCC) over Karla Topete (CAR) (Fall 0:41)
136: Haley Vann (NCC) over Nadia Flores (CAR) (Fall 1:20)
143: Halle White (NCC) over Jennifer Villagomez (CAR) (TF 10-0 0:25)
155: Sarina Bertram (NCC) over Basil Kiracofe (CAR) (TF 10-0 1:16)
170: Caitlyn Flaherty (NCC) over (CAR) (For.)
191: Caroline Ward (NCC) over (CAR) (For.)