@ASUWrestling Announces 2019-20 Schedule

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Sun Devil wrestling team announced its official 2019-20 schedule on Tuesday. Arizona State gets ready to hit nearly every region of the country in the '19-20 campaign, with several stops in the Midwest, six dual meets in Wells Fargo Arena, visits to both coasts and concluding the season in Minneapolis for the NCAA Championships.
 
The Sun Devils '19-20 slate pits ASU against some of the best college wrestling programs in the country. It features seven teams that finished in the top-20 at the 2019 NCAA Championships, including reigning national champions, Penn State and national runner-up, Ohio State.
 
After the annual Maroon and Gold Intersquad match on Nov. 1, ASU will hit the road to begin the season at the Journeymen Duals in Troy, New York. The Devils will compete in a triangular meet, featuring No. 23 Virginia and Purdue on Nov. 9. The Journeymen Collegiate Classic will follow on Nov. 10 with a round robin format, guaranteeing two matches for the all day affair.
 
The Sun Devils will host their first home dual meet of the season with Division ll opponent, Augustana on Nov. 15. This will be the first matchup between the two programs since 1978, with ASU holding a 1-0 all-time series lead. Rounding out the weekend, ASU the hosts third-place finishers from the 2019 NCAA Dll National Championships the McKendree Bearcats on Nov. 16.
 
One week later, ASU will get set for a highly anticipated matchup against nine-time National Champion and preseason No. 1 Penn State on Nov. 22. ASU holds 3-4-1 record against the Nittany Lions and welcomes the defending champs to Tempe for the first time in the series.
 
The beginning of December will take the Sun Devils to Las Vegas, as the team will compete in the annual Cliff Keen Invitational on Dec. 6-7.
 
Zeke Jones' squad will look to open the new year with a bang, taking on national runner-up Ohio State on Jan. 6 before returning to Tempe to begin a three-dual homestand.
 
The homestand will get underway with the Sun Devil Duals on Jan. 11. A second place Big 12 Championship finisher from last year, No. 13 Iowa State, along with Harvard and Campbell will compete in the quadrangular meet at the Rawhide Event Center.
 
Back-to-back Pac-12 conference matchups follow, as Oregon State comes to town on Jan. 17 and Stanford closes ASU's home schedule on senior night, Jan. 31.
 
The Sun Devils have won the past three duals over the Beavers and own a 23-18 all-time series lead.
 
ASU will finish up the remainder of the regular season schedule on the road, starting with Arkansas-Little Rock in its inaugural season (Feb. 7). Two days later, ASU will take on the Missouri Tigers in Columbia, Missouri, and a trip to the west coast will follow, as the Maroon and Gold will face Pac-12 foes, Cal Poly (Feb. 15) and Cal State Bakersfield (Feb. 16).
 
The final weekend of regular season play will take the Sun Devil wrestling team back to the east coast to face No. 12 Lehigh (Feb. 21) and No. 19 North Carolina (Feb. 23), two top-20 finishers from a season ago.
 
The Pac-12 Championships will get underway in Palo Alto, California, March 7 at Stanford's Maples Pavilion. Two weeks later the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships will take place in Minneapolis at US Bank Stadium, March 19-21.
 
The Sun Devils return a veteran lineup back to the fold, as Jones' first recruiting class from 2015 will compete in their final season together. A part of that class, includes two-time National Champion Zahid Valencia, All-Americans Josh Shields and Tanner Hall, and former Pac-12 Champions Anthony Valencia and Josh Maruca.
 
Season tickets are on sale for the 2019-20 season now. For more information, click on the link to order yours today.


2019-20 Schedule (All times AZ time, MST) 

November
Nov. 1 -- Maroon and Gold Intersquad (Tempe, AZ) - TBD
Nov. 9 -- at Journeymen Duals (Troy, NY - Virginia, Purdue) - TBD
Nov. 10 -- at Journeymen Collegiate Classic - All Day
Nov. 15 -- Augustana - TBD
Nov. 16 -- McKendree - TBD
Nov. 22 -- Penn State (Tempe, AZ) - 7 pm

December
Dec. 6-7 -- at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Las Vegas, NV) - All Day

January
Jan. 6 -- at Ohio State (Columbus, OH) - 5 pm
Jan. 11 -- Sun Devil Duals (Tempe, AZ - Iowa State, Campbell, Harvard) - TBD
Jan. 17 -- Oregon State (Tempe, AZ) - TBD
Jan. 31 -- Stanford (Tempe, AZ) - 6 pm

February
Feb. 7 -- at University of Arkansas – Little Rock (Little Rock, AR) -  TBD
Feb. 9 -- at Missouri (Columbia, MO) - TBD
Feb. 15 -- at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, CA) - 8 pm
Feb. 16 -- at Cal State Bakersfield (Bakersfield, CA) -  2 pm
Feb. 21 -- at Lehigh (Bethlehem, PA) - 5 pm
Feb. 23 -- at North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) - 12 pm

March
Mar. 7 -- Pac-12 Championships (Stanford, CA) - All Day
Mar. 19-21 -- NCAA Championships (Minneapolis, MN) - All Day
All Dates and Times Subject to Change