MN is at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE) tomorrow for the Cougar Clash, a small 8 team tournament. Besides MN, the others are #3 Missouri, Northern Colorado, Army, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Northern Illinois and SIUE. This event will be live streamed on ESPN+.
There will also be 8 Gophers competing in the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open tomorrow, which will be streamed live on FloWrestling.com.
Tune in, it should be a fun weekend of very good D1 College Wrestling!!
Here's an article on this weekend's action from Gophersports.com:
Gophersports.com
12/1/2023
Wrestling
MINNEAPOLIS -- No. 12 Minnesota takes a break from dual competition to take part in the Cougar Clash this weekend, hosted by SIU-Edwardsville at First Community Arena. The event starts Saturday at 10 a.m. with finals scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Live results can be found on TrackWrestling.com and ESPN+ will stream Mat 1.
Minnesota is one of eight schools in action at the Cougar Clash along with No. 3 Missouri, Northern Colorado, Army, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Northern Illinois and SIUE.
The Golden Gophers are scheduled to send 15 wrestlers to the Clash, including six who appear in the latest Intermat rankings: No. 6 Isaiah Salazar (184 pounds), No. 16 Andrew Sparks (174), No. 17 Garrett Joles (197), No. 19 Drew Roberts (149), No. 20 Jake Gliva (133) and No. 27 Blaine Brenner (165).Here are all the MN competitors:
133
#20 Jake Gliva 6th 0-0
Tyler Wells Fr. 4-1
141 Ben Lunn R-Jr. 1-0
149 #19 Drew Roberts R-So. 7-1
157 Sebas Swiggum R-Sr. 3-2
165
#27 Blaine Brenner R-So. 6-1
Hunter Lyden R-Fr. 6-1
174
#16 Andrew Sparks Sr. 2-1
Sam Skillings R-Jr. 6-1
184
#6 Isaiah Salazar Sr. 4-0
Max McEnelly Fr. 7-0
197
#17 Garrett Joles 6th 6-1
Rowan Morgan R-Sr. 4-2
Gabe Nagel R-So. 0-0
285 Bennett Tabor R-So. 6-1
Depending on who is sent by the other schools, there could be as many as 28 ranked wrestlers competing this weekend, according to Intermat's rankings. Missouri leads the way with nine ranked wrestlers, followed by Minnesota's six and then Army (5), Little Rock (5), Northern Colorado (2) and SIUE (1).
In addition to the Cougar Clash, the Gophers are also sending a small contingent to the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open Saturday. Hosted by UW-Parkside, the event takes place at the Frank Petretti Fieldhouse in Kenosha with streaming on FloWrestling.org.
Expected to represent Minnesota at the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open are Brandon Morvari (125 pounds), Quincy Hulverson (125), Jager Eisch (133), Rhett Koenig (141), Theo Cha (149), Tim Stapleton (165), Devin Wasley (174) and Gavin Nelson (197).
Here's the latest Coach's Corner from HC Brandon Eggum:
There will also be 8 Gophers competing in the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open tomorrow, which will be streamed live on FloWrestling.com.
Tune in, it should be a fun weekend of very good D1 College Wrestling!!
Here's an article on this weekend's action from Gophersports.com:
Wrestling Heads to Cougar Clash
Gophersports.com
12/1/2023
Wrestling
MINNEAPOLIS -- No. 12 Minnesota takes a break from dual competition to take part in the Cougar Clash this weekend, hosted by SIU-Edwardsville at First Community Arena. The event starts Saturday at 10 a.m. with finals scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Live results can be found on TrackWrestling.com and ESPN+ will stream Mat 1.
Minnesota is one of eight schools in action at the Cougar Clash along with No. 3 Missouri, Northern Colorado, Army, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Northern Illinois and SIUE.
The Golden Gophers are scheduled to send 15 wrestlers to the Clash, including six who appear in the latest Intermat rankings: No. 6 Isaiah Salazar (184 pounds), No. 16 Andrew Sparks (174), No. 17 Garrett Joles (197), No. 19 Drew Roberts (149), No. 20 Jake Gliva (133) and No. 27 Blaine Brenner (165).Here are all the MN competitors:
133
#20 Jake Gliva 6th 0-0
Tyler Wells Fr. 4-1
141 Ben Lunn R-Jr. 1-0
149 #19 Drew Roberts R-So. 7-1
157 Sebas Swiggum R-Sr. 3-2
165
#27 Blaine Brenner R-So. 6-1
Hunter Lyden R-Fr. 6-1
174
#16 Andrew Sparks Sr. 2-1
Sam Skillings R-Jr. 6-1
184
#6 Isaiah Salazar Sr. 4-0
Max McEnelly Fr. 7-0
197
#17 Garrett Joles 6th 6-1
Rowan Morgan R-Sr. 4-2
Gabe Nagel R-So. 0-0
285 Bennett Tabor R-So. 6-1
Depending on who is sent by the other schools, there could be as many as 28 ranked wrestlers competing this weekend, according to Intermat's rankings. Missouri leads the way with nine ranked wrestlers, followed by Minnesota's six and then Army (5), Little Rock (5), Northern Colorado (2) and SIUE (1).
In addition to the Cougar Clash, the Gophers are also sending a small contingent to the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open Saturday. Hosted by UW-Parkside, the event takes place at the Frank Petretti Fieldhouse in Kenosha with streaming on FloWrestling.org.
Expected to represent Minnesota at the Jim Koch Wisconsin Open are Brandon Morvari (125 pounds), Quincy Hulverson (125), Jager Eisch (133), Rhett Koenig (141), Theo Cha (149), Tim Stapleton (165), Devin Wasley (174) and Gavin Nelson (197).
Here's the latest Coach's Corner from HC Brandon Eggum:
