Week 2 Upsets: 17 Upsets Over Top-10 Guys
Week 2 Upsets: 17 Upsets Over Top-10 Guys
Week 2 was wild and included a whole bunch of upsets. Check out some of the top surprises here.
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We saw 17 upsets of top-10 guys this week including #2 Darmstadt and #4 Bonaccorsi at 184, #3 Wood and #4 Hall at 285, and #8 Lewan at 157! Check out the complete list of madness, weight-by-weight here:
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Old Dominion's Killian Cardinale is presumably their second-stringer behind #7 Michael McGee, but his win over #8 Brock Hudkins might make for a tougher decision for the ODU coaching staff. Here are all the 125 upsets:
Killian Cardinale (Old Dominion) over #8 Brock Hudkins (Indiana)
Nicholas Raimo (ASU Unattached) over #17 Jace Koelzer (Northern Colorado)
#13 Alex Mackall (Iowa State) over #10 Jacob Schwarm (UNI)
133
This weight had the most upsets of all the weight classes this week thanks to Josh Kramer, Sammy Alvarez, and Devan Turner all notching multiple big wins over ranked foes.
Josh Kramer (Arizona State) over #19 Louie Hayes (Virginia)
Josh Kramer (Arizona State) over #15 Nick Farro (Lehigh)
Josh Kramer (Arizona State) over #12 Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma)
Josh Kramer (Arizona State) over #10 DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven)
Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) over #12 Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma)
Sammy Alvarez (Rutgers) over #10 DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven)
#15 Nick Farro (Lehigh) over #10 DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven)
#12 Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma) over #10 DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven)
#21 Mario Guillen (Ohio) over #8 Noah Gonser (Campbell)
Devan Turner (Oregon State) over #16 Codi Russell (Appalachian State)
Devan Turner (Oregon State) over ##25 Tim Rooney (Kent State)
Drew Bennett (UNI) over ##22 Jevon Parrish (Nebraska)
Check out true freshman Sammy Alvarez's win over #10 DJ Fehlman:
141
141-pounders remained largely unscathed, but we did have a handful of upsets:
#21 Cole Matthews (Pitt) over #17 Josh Heil (Campbell)
Lenny Petersen (Air Force) over #22 Dresden Simon (Central Michigan)
Ryan Pomrinkca (Lehigh) over #25 Paul Konrath (Indiana)
Peter Lipari (Rutgers) over #25 Paul Konrath (Indiana)
149
The upset at the top of the rankings was a numerical upset only as Max Thomsen now has a four-match winning streak against Jarrett Degen. Here's the complete list of upsets:
#8 Max Thomsen (UNI) over #3 Jarrett Degen (Iowa State)
Denton Spencer (Virginia) over #14 Josh Maruca (Arizona State)
Colston DiBlasi (George Mason) over #14 Josh Maruca (Arizona State)
Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) over #14 Josh Maruca (Arizona State)
Jakob Bergeland (Minnesota) over #16 Henry Pohmeyer (South Dakota State)
157
North Carolina's AC Headlee and Virginia's Justin McCoy had the two biggest upsets at this weight knocking off #8 Will Lewan and #11 Jacori Teemer, respectively.
AC Headlee (North Carolina) over #8 Will Lewan (Michigan)
Luke Weiland (Army West Point) over #10 Eric Barone (Illinois)
Justin McCoy (Virginia) over #11 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State)
Alex Klucker (Lock Haven) over #17 Justin Thomas (Oklahoma)
Markus Hartman (Army West Point) over #18 Zach Hartman (Bucknell)
Colton Yapoujian (Cornell) over #18 Zach Hartman (Bucknell)
Jared Franek (North Dakota State) over #23 Carson Brolsma (Minnesota)
Watch AC Headlee knock off Will Lewan from Friday night's dual:
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We had a ton of great action this weekend at this weight without a lot of upsets. Wentzel over Perez was the biggest numerically.
#18 Jake Wentzel (Pitt) over #13 Quentin Perez (Campbell)
William Formato (Appalachian State) over #23 Ben Anderson (Duke)
Tracy Hubbard (Central Michigan) over #23 Ben Anderson (Duke)
#21 Troy Keller (Buffalo) over #19 Emil Soehnlen (Purdue)
174
Dyan Lydy headlined the weekend with a pair of slight upsets at the Journeymen Northeast Duals over #10 Anthony Valencia of Arizona State and another over #11 Kimball Bastian of Utah Valley. The Lydy over Valencia match came down to a buzzer-beater that happened off-camera, but there was some great action in that one.
#12 Dylan Lydy (Purdue) over #10 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State)
#12 Dylan Lydy (Purdue) over #11 Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley)
Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) over #11 Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley)
Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) over #11 Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley)
Here's that Lydy v Valencia Thriller:
184
At 184, we saw madness as #2 Darmstadt and #4 Bonaccorsi took losses. In terms of top guys going down, this was the craziest weight of the weekend.
#10 Louie DePrez (Binghamton) over #2 Ben Darmstadt (Cornell)
#22 Andrew Morgan (Campbell) over #4 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pitt)
Chris Weiler (Lehigh) over #12 Corey Hazel (Lock Haven)
Chris Weiler (Lehigh) over #25 Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley)
Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) over #16 Zach Braunagel (Illinois)
197
While this weight, like a few others, was light on upsets, Rutgers' Jordan Pagano was especially tough on ranked foes named Jake.
Thomas Penola (Purdue) over #10 Sam Schuyler (Buffalo)
Jordan Pagano (Rutgers) over #16 Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh)
Jordan Pagano (Rutgers) over #17 Jake Woodley (Oklahoma)
Landon Pelham (Central Michigan) over #24 Colin McCracken (Kent State)
285
Tate Orndorff put himself squarely in the All-American conversation by knocking off #4 Tanner Hall and #3 Jordan Wood. He's been a solid heavyweight for some time, but wins like this put Orndorff on another level. We had a third top-10 upset as #13 Demetrius Thomas beat #8 Jere Heino.
#11 Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley) over #3 Jordan Wood (Lehigh)
#11 Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley) over #4 Tanner Hall (Arizona State)
#13 Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh) over #8 Jere Heino (Campbell)
Christian Lance (Nebraska) over #12 David Jensen (Nebraska)
Kayne Hutchison (Air Force) over #24 Brandon Ngati (West Virginia)
Ben Sullivan (Army West Point) over #25 Brendan Furman (Cornell)
Here's Orndorff's finals win over Hall: