NCAA Conference Week #1 Upsets
NCAA Conference Week #1 Upsets
More than 30 upsets in conference week #1 set the stage for a wild NCAA Championships.
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Five of the seven NCAA conferences are in the books, and we had plenty of upset action on tap. If you missed any of the upsets during conference season, check them out here. If you saw an upset we missed, send an email to david.bray@flosports.tv or dm @_davidbray on Twitter. Now, here's every upset we could find.
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Four unranked 125-pounders earned upsets this weekend at conference tournaments.
Logan Treaster, Navy D;4-0 #15 Gage Curry, American
Noah Surtin, Missouri F;1:01 #17 Luke Werner, Lock Haven
Jonathon Tropea, Rider D;7-3 #17 Luke Werner, Lock Haven
Zurich Storm, Campbell D;8-6 #24 Fabian Gutierrez, Chattanooga
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Both upsets at 133 were against top 10 opponents. Korbin Myers won an ACC title over Micky Phillippi, and unranked Chance Rich knocked off #7 Michael McGee at PAC-12s.
#6 Korbin Myers, Virginia Tech D;3-1 #4 Micky Phillippi, Pittsburgh
Chance Rich, CSU Bakersfield D;6-4 #7 Michael McGee, Arizona State
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The big one here was unranked McKenzie Bell over #4 Allan Hart at the MAC Championships. The Rider freshman did the home team proud and qualified for NCAAs.
McKenzie Bell, Rider D;8-6 #4 Allan Hart, Missouri
#15 Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh M;14-5 #14 Brian Courtney, Virginia
Gabe Willochell, Edinboro M;11-3 #22 Derek Spann, Buffalo
Gabe Willochell, Edinboro F;5:27 #22 Derek Spann, Buffalo
149
We had two upsets in ranked matches at 149 lbs.
#20 Jaden Abas, Stanford D;10-5 #11 Legend Lamer, Cal Poly
#21 Jonathan Millner, Appalachian State D;2-0 #18 Joshua Heil, Campbell
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Jacori Teemer is looking strong at the right time with two upsets at PAC-12s, and both Cerniglia and Palumbo had upsets that helped them qualify for NCAAs.
#16 Jacori Teemer, Arizona State D;9-4 #13 Hunter Willits, Oregon State
#16 Jacori Teemer, Arizona State D;7-5 #14 Requir Van der Merwe, Stanford
Andrew Cerniglia, Navy T;15-0 #23 Parker Kropman, Drexel
Nicholas Palumbo, Sacred Heart D;10-4 #23 Parker Kropman, Drexel
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Anthony Valencia looked outstanding over Shane Griffith en route to a conference crown. We also had three upsets outside of the top ten.
#4 Anthony Valencia, Arizona State D;7-1 #3 Shane Griffith, Stanford
#13 Thomas Bullard, NC State D;6-4 #11 Kennedy Monday, North Carolina
Dazjon Casto, The Citadel D;6-3 #12 William Formato, Appalachian State
Andrew Nicholson, Chattanooga D;3-2 #25 Rodrick Mosley, Gardner-Webb
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Three upsets at 174 lbs set the stage for NCAAs.
Benjamin Pasiuk, Army West Point D;2-1 #10 Michael O'Malley, Drexel
Jacob Oliver, Edinboro D;3-1 #16 Mason Kauffman, Northern Illinois
Jacob Oliver, Edinboro D;5-4 #16 Mason Kauffman, Northern Illinois
184
Trent Hidlay finally got over the hump against Hunter Bolen in the ACC finals. The rest of the upsets happened outside the top ten.
#2 Trent Hidlay, NC State D;3-1 #1 Hunter Bolen, Virginia Tech
#22 Gregg Harvey, Pittsburgh D;3-2 #19 Michael Battista, Virginia
#21 Devin Kane, North Carolina D;8-3 #19 Michael Battista, Virginia
Jeremiah Kent, Missouri D;6-5 #25 George Walton, Rider
Max Wohlabaugh, Clarion D;2-1 #25 George Walton, Rider
Ethan Ducca, Edinboro D;5-2 #25 George Walton, Rider
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The lone upset at 197 lbs was Smith over Bulsak.
Benjamin Smith, Cleveland State D;12-5 #11 Greg Bulsak, Clarion
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Ethan Laird had a top ten upset to crack the MAC finals, and Hunter Catka's upset over Miller also helped push him to a conference finals appearance at ACCs.
#10 Ethan Laird, Rider D;3-2 #8 Zach Elam, Missouri
Hunter Catka, Virginia Tech D;4-3 #23 Quinn Miller, Virginia