The No. 2 Golden Gophers will join the top contenders in the country at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn.
MINNEAPOLIS – The No. 2 University of Minnesota wrestling team will kick off 2014 by competing in the Southern Scuffle hosted by the University of Tennesee at Chattanooga. The Southern Scuffle, one of the largest in-season tournaments in college wrestling, will host 500 wrestlers from around the country at McKenzie Arena on Jan. 1-2.
The University of Tennesee at Chattanooga released the preseeds for the 2014 Southern Scuffle on Tuesday morning. Ten Golden Gophers are seeded in the tournament including David Thorn, Chris Dardanes, Nick Dardanes, Dylan Ness, Danny Zilverberg, Logan Storley, Kevin Steinhaus, Brett Pfarr, Scott Schiller and Tony Nelson. Out of the ten seeded wrestlers, eight of them are seeded in the top 3 of their respective weight classes.
The tournament will feature top contenders including No. 1 Penn State, No. 4 Oklahoma State and No. 7 Cornell. Penn State is the three-time defending Scuffle champion. The Golden Gophers have not been named Southern Scuffle champions since 2007.
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The Golden Gophers will hit the mat for the first since they defeated No. 4 Oklahoma State, 16-15, in Stillwater, Okla. on Sunday, Dec. 8.
For more information about the Southern Scuffle, please visit the tournament website. Brackets will be updated throughout the two-day event on TrackWrestling.com and live video can be found here.
Seeded Wrestlers:
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1. Nahshon Garrett – Cornell
2. Nico Megaludis – Penn State
3. Josh Martinez – Air Force
4. Corey Keener – Central Michigan
5. David Terao – American
6. Anthony Zanetta – Pittsburgh
7. Nathan Kraisser – North Carolina
8. Evan Silver – Stanford
9. Earl Hall – Iowa State
10. Eddie Klimara – Oklahoma State
11. Jerome Robinson – Old Dominion
12. Paul Petrov – Bucknell
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1. Jon Morrison – Oklahoma State
2. Ryan Mango – Stanford
3. David Thorn – Minnesota
4. Joe Roth – Central Michigan
5. Shelton Mack – Pittsburgh
6. Nick Soto – Chattanooga
7. James Gulibon – Penn State
8. Mackenzie McGuire – Kent State
9. Colton Rasche – Navy
10. Jamel Hudson – Hofstra
11. Joe Martinez – Virginia
12. Jordan Conaway – Penn State
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1. Chris Dardanes – Minnesota
2. Zain Retherford – Penn State
3. Evan Henderson – North Carolina
4. Mike Nevinger – Cornell
5. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam – Citadel
6. Chris Mecate – Old Dominion
7. Zach Horan – Central Michigan
8. Luke Vaith – Hofstra
9. Anthony Collica – Oklahoma State
10. Edgar Bright – Pittsburgh
11. Lavion Mayes – Missouri
12. Joe Spisak – Virginia
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1. Nick Dardanes – Minnesota
2. Drake Houdashelt – Missouri
3. Josh Kindig – Oklahoma State
4. Chris Villalonga – Cornell
5. Scott Sakaguchi – Oregon State
6. Augustus Sako – Virginia
7. Dyllan Cottrell – Appalachian St
8. Ray Borja – Navy
9. Matthew Frisch – Citadel
10. Luke Frey – Penn State
11. Alex Johnson – Navy
12. Cody Ruggierello – Hofstra
157
1. Alex Dieringer – Oklahoma State
2. Dylan Ness -Minnesota
3. Kyle Bradley – Missouri
4. Brian Realbuto – Cornell
5. R.J. Pena – Oregon State
6. Ian Miller – Kent State
7. Nestor Taffur – Boston
8. Tristan Warner – Old Dominion
9. James Vollrath – Penn State
10. Thomas Gantt – North Carolina St
11. Raamiah Bathea – Penn
12. Alex Hudson – Chattanooga
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1. David Taylor – Penn State
2. Tyler Caldwell – Oklahoma State
3. Nick Sulzer – Virginia
4. Michael Moreno – Iowa State
5. Corey Mock – Chattanooga
6. Zach Toal – Missouri
7. Turtogtokh Luvsandorj – Citadel
8. Daniel Zilverberg – Minnesota
9. Casey Kent – Penn
10. Dylan Palacio – Cornell
11. Joe Booth – Hofstra
12. Jim Wilson – Stanford
174
1. Chris Perry – Oklahoma State
2. Mathew Brown – Penn State
3. Logan Storley – Minnesota
4. Tyler Wilps – Pittsburgh
5. Stephen Doty – Virginia
6. Mike Ottinger – Central Michigan
7. Mathew Miller – Navy
8. Tanner Weatherman – Iowa State
9. Kevin Radford – Arizona State
10. Lelund Weatherspoon – Iowa State
11. Mike England – Missouri
12. Joe Latham – Oregon State
184
1. Ed Ruth – Penn State
2. Kevin Steinhaus – Minnesota
3. Gabriel Dean – Cornell
4. Max Thomusseit – Pittsburgh
5. John Eblen – Missouri
6. Lawrence Thomas – Penn
7. Boaz Beard – Iowa State
8. Jonathan Fausey – Virginia
9. Sam Wheeler – Kent State
10. Blake Stauffer – Arizona State
11. Nolan Boyd – Oklahoma State
12. Brett Pfarr – Minnesota
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1. Scott Schiller – Minnesota
2. Kyven Gadson – Iowa State
3. Morgan McIntosh – Penn State
4. Daniel Mitchell – American
5. Meeks – Oregon State
6. Phillip Wellington – Ohio
7. J’Den Cox – Missouri
8. Brandon Palik – Drexel
9. Blake Rosholt – Oklahoma State
10. Francis Mattiace – Penn
11. Conner Hartmann – Duke
12. Zach Nye – Virginia
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1. Anthony Nelson – Minnesota
2. Nick Gwiazdowski – North Carolina St
3. Jeremy Johnson – Ohio
4. James Lawson – Penn State
5. Austin Marsden – Oklahoma State
6. Joe Stolfi – Bucknell
7. Amar Dhesi – Oregon State
8. Blake Herrin – American
9. Josh Marchok – Stanford
10. Jonathan Gingrich – Penn State
11. Devon Mellon – Missouri
12. P.J. Tasser – Pittsburgh