HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – At the 56th annual Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern, No. 8 Arizona State has three advancing to Sunday morning's semifinals and seven additional advancing through the consolation bracket for a chance at placing.
In team scores, ASU is currently in seventh, just two points away from sixth. Iowa is currently in the team lead.
No. 5 Josh Shields (165), No. 2 Zahid Valencia (174), and heavyweight Tanner Hall, wrestling unattached, advanced to the semifinals and are guaranteed places while Josiah Kline (133), Cory Crooks (141), Jacori Teemer (149, unattached), No. 15 Christian Pagdilao (157), Jacen Petersen (165), Anthony Valencia (165, unattached), and Cade Belshay (184, unattached) continue to advance in consolation brackets.
Shields and Valencia will each take on a ranked opponent on Sunday morning as Shields faces Iowa's No. 4 Alex Marinelli while Valencia will take on Wisconsin's No. 10 Ryan Christensen.
Valencia picked up three bonus point wins while Shields earned two and Hall, one, in three matches for each en route to the semifinals. Valencia also looks to defend his 174-pound Midlands title for the third consecutive season. Valencia (15 pts) has scored the fourth-most total match points and fifth-most team points through the first day of competition.
Sunday's Session 3 begins at 12 pm CT/11 am MT (semis, consolation, 7th place matches) while session 4 starts at 7 pm CT/6 pm MT (1st, 3rd, 5th place matches).
Fans can watch the tournament on FloWrestling ($) with live scoring on both TrackWrestling and FloArena.
Results:
125 – #6 Ryan Millhof (0-0)
Round of 64 – Justin Cardani (Illinois-UN) INJ DEF Ryan Millhof, 3:56
125 – Brandon Courtney (1-2)
Round of 32 – Brandon Courtney DEC Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern-UN), 10-3
Round of 16 – Justin Cardani (Illinois-UN) DEC Brandon Courtney, 8-7
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Joseph Melendez (North Carolina-UN) DEC Brandon Courtney, 10-8
133 – Josiah Kline
Round of 32 – Josiah Kline TF Drew West (UNI), 17-1 (7:00)
Round of 16 – Paul Glynn (Iowa) DEC Josiah Kline, 3-1 SV-1
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Josiah Kline DEC Abdullah Assaf (Illinois), 15-9
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Josiah Kline FALL Malcolm Robinson (Rutgers-UN), 2:40
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Doug Zapf (Penn)
141 – Cory Crooks
Round of 32 – Corey Shie (Army) DEC Cory Crooks, 5-1
Cons. Round of 32-2 – Cory Crooks DEC Ryan Friedman (Harvard), 8-1
Cons. Round of 16-1 – Cory Crooks DEC James Pawelski (Brown), 8-2
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Cory Crooks DEC Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois), 6-1
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Cory Crooks DEC PJ Ogunsanya (Army), 3-0
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Joey Gould (Bucknell)
149 – Jacori Teemer (UN)
Round of 32 – Jacori Teemer DEC Sammy Sasso (Ohio State-UN), 8-6
Round of 16 – #1 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) DEC Jacori Teemer, 6-4 SV-1
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Jacori Teemer DEC Jake Benner (Rutgers), 8-5
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Jacori Teemer DEC #19 Alfred Bannister (Maryland), 9-5
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Brayton Lee (Minnesota-UN)
149 – Nikko Villarreal (0-2)
Round of 64 – #8 Pat Lugo (Iowa) FALL Nikko Villarreal, 4:22
Cons. Round of 32-2 – Jake Benner (Rutgers) DEC Nikko Villarreal, 4-2
149 – #11 Josh Maruca (1-2)
Round of 32 – Josh Maruca MD Jake Benner (Rutgers), 9-1
Round of 16 – Khristia Olivas (Fresno State) DEC Josh Maruca, 6-5
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Sammy Sasso (Ohio State-UN) DEC Josh Maruca, 8-5
157 – #15 Christian Pagdilao
Round of 32 – Christian Pagdilao FALL Davey Tunon (Indiana), 4:52
Round of 16 – #20 Zach Hartman (Bucknell) MD Christian Pagdilao, 10-2
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Christian Pagdilao DEC Keegan Shaw (Iowa), 10-8 SV-1
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Christian Pagdilao MD Hunter Ladnier (Harvard), 12-1
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Mike D'Angelo (Princeton-UN)
165 – Jacen Petersen
Round of 32 – Jacen Petersen FALL Kenny O'Neil (SDSU-UN), 4:11
Round of 16 – Jacen Petersen DEC Tyler Tarsi (Harvard), 4-3
Quarterfinal – #2 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) DEC Jacen Petersen, 7-2
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Jake Allar (Minnesota)
165 – Anthony Valencia (UN)
Round of 64 – Anthony Valencia DEC Troy Keller (Buffalo), 8-6 SV-1
Round of 32 – Anthony Valencia DEC Brad Laughlin (Army), 7-1
Round of 16 – Anthony Valencia FALL Tyler Dow (Wisconsin-UN), 2:21
Quarterfinal – #11 Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa) MD Anthony Valencia, 10-1
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Caden McWhirter (Northern Illinois)
165 – #5 Josh Shields
Round of 32 – Josh Shields TF Nate Jimenez (Michigan-UN), 19-4
Round of 16 – Josh Shields DEC Josh Kim (Harvard), 6-3
Quarterfinal – Josh Shields TF #16 Joseph Gunther (Illinois), 17-2
Next up: Semifinal vs. #4 Alex Marinelli (Iowa)
174 – #2 Zahid Valencia
Round of 32 – Zahid Valencia MD Grant Cuomo (Princeton), 19-6
Round of 16 – Zahid Valencia FALL Caleb Hopkins (Campbell-UN), 4:02
Quarterfinal – Zahid Valencia FALL Willie Scott (Rutgers), 2:48
Next up: Semifinal vs. #10 Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin)
184 – Cade Belshay (UN)
Round of 32 – Cade Belshay DEC Jordan Atienza (Central Michigan), 2-1
Round of 16 – Cade Belshay DEC Will Feldkamp (Northern Illinois), 7-5
Quarterfinal – Cash #16 Wilcke (Iowa) DEC Cade Belshay, 4-1
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Thomas Penola (Purdue-UN)
HWT – Tanner Hall (UN)
Round of 32 – Tanner Hall MD Tommy Helton (SIU Edwardsville), 10-1
Round of 16 – Tanner Hall DEC Brady Daniel (ASU), 1-0
Quarterfinal – Tanner Hall INJ DEF #18 Matt Stencel (Central Michigan), :49
Next up: Semifinal vs. Jere Heino (Campbell-UN)
HWT – Brady Daniel (3-2)
Round of 64 – Brady Daniel DEC Keaton Kluever (North Carolina-UN), 5-2
Round of 32 – Brady Daniel DEC Alex Aarsvold (South Dakota), 6-2
Round of 16 – Tanner Hall (ASU-UN) DEC Brady Daniel, 1-0
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Brady Daniel DEC Brian Burns (Illinois), 3-1
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Robert Heald (Army) MD Brady Daniel, 14-5
In team scores, ASU is currently in seventh, just two points away from sixth. Iowa is currently in the team lead.
No. 5 Josh Shields (165), No. 2 Zahid Valencia (174), and heavyweight Tanner Hall, wrestling unattached, advanced to the semifinals and are guaranteed places while Josiah Kline (133), Cory Crooks (141), Jacori Teemer (149, unattached), No. 15 Christian Pagdilao (157), Jacen Petersen (165), Anthony Valencia (165, unattached), and Cade Belshay (184, unattached) continue to advance in consolation brackets.
Shields and Valencia will each take on a ranked opponent on Sunday morning as Shields faces Iowa's No. 4 Alex Marinelli while Valencia will take on Wisconsin's No. 10 Ryan Christensen.
Valencia picked up three bonus point wins while Shields earned two and Hall, one, in three matches for each en route to the semifinals. Valencia also looks to defend his 174-pound Midlands title for the third consecutive season. Valencia (15 pts) has scored the fourth-most total match points and fifth-most team points through the first day of competition.
Sunday's Session 3 begins at 12 pm CT/11 am MT (semis, consolation, 7th place matches) while session 4 starts at 7 pm CT/6 pm MT (1st, 3rd, 5th place matches).
Fans can watch the tournament on FloWrestling ($) with live scoring on both TrackWrestling and FloArena.
Results:
125 – #6 Ryan Millhof (0-0)
Round of 64 – Justin Cardani (Illinois-UN) INJ DEF Ryan Millhof, 3:56
125 – Brandon Courtney (1-2)
Round of 32 – Brandon Courtney DEC Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern-UN), 10-3
Round of 16 – Justin Cardani (Illinois-UN) DEC Brandon Courtney, 8-7
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Joseph Melendez (North Carolina-UN) DEC Brandon Courtney, 10-8
133 – Josiah Kline
Round of 32 – Josiah Kline TF Drew West (UNI), 17-1 (7:00)
Round of 16 – Paul Glynn (Iowa) DEC Josiah Kline, 3-1 SV-1
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Josiah Kline DEC Abdullah Assaf (Illinois), 15-9
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Josiah Kline FALL Malcolm Robinson (Rutgers-UN), 2:40
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Doug Zapf (Penn)
141 – Cory Crooks
Round of 32 – Corey Shie (Army) DEC Cory Crooks, 5-1
Cons. Round of 32-2 – Cory Crooks DEC Ryan Friedman (Harvard), 8-1
Cons. Round of 16-1 – Cory Crooks DEC James Pawelski (Brown), 8-2
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Cory Crooks DEC Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois), 6-1
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Cory Crooks DEC PJ Ogunsanya (Army), 3-0
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Joey Gould (Bucknell)
149 – Jacori Teemer (UN)
Round of 32 – Jacori Teemer DEC Sammy Sasso (Ohio State-UN), 8-6
Round of 16 – #1 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) DEC Jacori Teemer, 6-4 SV-1
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Jacori Teemer DEC Jake Benner (Rutgers), 8-5
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Jacori Teemer DEC #19 Alfred Bannister (Maryland), 9-5
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Brayton Lee (Minnesota-UN)
149 – Nikko Villarreal (0-2)
Round of 64 – #8 Pat Lugo (Iowa) FALL Nikko Villarreal, 4:22
Cons. Round of 32-2 – Jake Benner (Rutgers) DEC Nikko Villarreal, 4-2
149 – #11 Josh Maruca (1-2)
Round of 32 – Josh Maruca MD Jake Benner (Rutgers), 9-1
Round of 16 – Khristia Olivas (Fresno State) DEC Josh Maruca, 6-5
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Sammy Sasso (Ohio State-UN) DEC Josh Maruca, 8-5
157 – #15 Christian Pagdilao
Round of 32 – Christian Pagdilao FALL Davey Tunon (Indiana), 4:52
Round of 16 – #20 Zach Hartman (Bucknell) MD Christian Pagdilao, 10-2
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Christian Pagdilao DEC Keegan Shaw (Iowa), 10-8 SV-1
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Christian Pagdilao MD Hunter Ladnier (Harvard), 12-1
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Mike D'Angelo (Princeton-UN)
165 – Jacen Petersen
Round of 32 – Jacen Petersen FALL Kenny O'Neil (SDSU-UN), 4:11
Round of 16 – Jacen Petersen DEC Tyler Tarsi (Harvard), 4-3
Quarterfinal – #2 Evan Wick (Wisconsin) DEC Jacen Petersen, 7-2
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Jake Allar (Minnesota)
165 – Anthony Valencia (UN)
Round of 64 – Anthony Valencia DEC Troy Keller (Buffalo), 8-6 SV-1
Round of 32 – Anthony Valencia DEC Brad Laughlin (Army), 7-1
Round of 16 – Anthony Valencia FALL Tyler Dow (Wisconsin-UN), 2:21
Quarterfinal – #11 Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa) MD Anthony Valencia, 10-1
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Caden McWhirter (Northern Illinois)
165 – #5 Josh Shields
Round of 32 – Josh Shields TF Nate Jimenez (Michigan-UN), 19-4
Round of 16 – Josh Shields DEC Josh Kim (Harvard), 6-3
Quarterfinal – Josh Shields TF #16 Joseph Gunther (Illinois), 17-2
Next up: Semifinal vs. #4 Alex Marinelli (Iowa)
174 – #2 Zahid Valencia
Round of 32 – Zahid Valencia MD Grant Cuomo (Princeton), 19-6
Round of 16 – Zahid Valencia FALL Caleb Hopkins (Campbell-UN), 4:02
Quarterfinal – Zahid Valencia FALL Willie Scott (Rutgers), 2:48
Next up: Semifinal vs. #10 Ryan Christensen (Wisconsin)
184 – Cade Belshay (UN)
Round of 32 – Cade Belshay DEC Jordan Atienza (Central Michigan), 2-1
Round of 16 – Cade Belshay DEC Will Feldkamp (Northern Illinois), 7-5
Quarterfinal – Cash #16 Wilcke (Iowa) DEC Cade Belshay, 4-1
Next up: Cons. Quarterfinal-2 vs. Thomas Penola (Purdue-UN)
HWT – Tanner Hall (UN)
Round of 32 – Tanner Hall MD Tommy Helton (SIU Edwardsville), 10-1
Round of 16 – Tanner Hall DEC Brady Daniel (ASU), 1-0
Quarterfinal – Tanner Hall INJ DEF #18 Matt Stencel (Central Michigan), :49
Next up: Semifinal vs. Jere Heino (Campbell-UN)
HWT – Brady Daniel (3-2)
Round of 64 – Brady Daniel DEC Keaton Kluever (North Carolina-UN), 5-2
Round of 32 – Brady Daniel DEC Alex Aarsvold (South Dakota), 6-2
Round of 16 – Tanner Hall (ASU-UN) DEC Brady Daniel, 1-0
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Brady Daniel DEC Brian Burns (Illinois), 3-1
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Robert Heald (Army) MD Brady Daniel, 14-5