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This update is coming to you from somewhere in Tennessee. Your Mountaineers are on the bus back to Morgantown after beating UTC last night for our second straight road win and fourth dual win in a row. It wasn't pretty, but it's a W.

Tomorrow we will have 20 wrestlers in action at the Purple Raider Open on the campus of the University of Mount Union in Ohio. Below is everyone who will be competing. Of note, they are all competing unattached.

125: Colton Drousias
133: Colton Smitley, Ryan Yriart
141: Blake Boyers
149: Jeff Boyd, Brayden Ivy, Michael Pescatore
157: Caleb Dowling, Walker Heard, Brayden Roberts, Nick Cicciarelli, Joseph Chiappazzi
165: Patrick Daum, Jack Blumer
174: Brody Conley, Dylan Kohn, Andrew Sharer
184: Dennis Robin, Kyle Myers
285: Leo Muzika

Brackets will be on TrackWrestling. As always, I'll be back on Monday with complete results.

Let's Go Mountaineers!

Below are complete results from yesterday's Purple Raider Open. Jeff Boyd and Caleb Dowling led the way for us as they brought home titles at 149 and 157 pounds respectively. Jack Blumer also made the finals at 165, Walker Heard (157) and Dennis Robin (184) finished 3rd, and true freshman Brayden Ivy was 5th place at 149.

125
Colton Drousias maj dec Declan Neville (Buffalo), 9-1
Andrew Hampton (Michigan State) dec Drousias, 6-2
Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) dec Drousias, 8-3
Drousias finishes 1-2

133
Colton Smitley dec Clayton Bashor (Clarion), 7-5
Smitley FALL Nate Levie (Seton Hill), 2:05
Sean Logue (Lock Haven) maj dec Smitley, 16-2
Mason Prinkey (Clarion) dec Smitley, 10-4
Smitley finishes 2-2

Hunter Ross (Glenville State) tech fall Ryan Yriart, 19-4
Clayton Bashor (Clarion) FALL Yriart, 2:50
Yriart finishes 0-2

141
Blake Boyers dec Nolan Daerr (Seton Hill), 6-2
Leo Maguigad (North Carolina) dec Boyers, 8-5
Andrew Lucinski (Buffalo) maj dec Boyers, 10-0
Boyers finishes 1-2

149
Jeff Boyd dec Eli Ashcroft (Kent State), 8-3
Boyd maj dec Josh Howey (Lake Erie), 11-1
Boyd dec Kolton Parsons (Fairmont State), 7-3
Boyd maj dec Isaac Ruble (Purdue), 18-8
Boyd dec Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State), 8-3
Boyd finishes in 1st place

Brayden Ivy dec Christian Navida (Purdue), 7-1
Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State) dec Ivy, 3-2
Ivy maj dec Carter Gill (Buffalo), 12-1
Ivy dec Christian Navida (Purdue), 5-2
Isaac Ruble (Purdue) FALL Ivy, 1:57
Ivy medical forfeit over Darese Sparkman (Mount Union)
Ivy finishes in 5th place

Darese Sparkman (Mount Union) FALL Michael Pescatore, 6:17
Jack Gorman (Cleveland State) dec Pescatore, 5-2
Pescatore finishes 0-2

157
Caleb Dowling tech fall JT Hogan (Lock Haven), 16-0
Dowling maj dec Brennan Doyle (Purdue), 14-1
Dowling dec Jackson Spires (Virginia Tech), 8-2
Dowling medical forfeit over Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech)
Dowling finishes in 1st place

Walker Heard dec Nick Nettleton (Mount Union), 5-0
Heard dec Kade Law (Purdue), 5-2
Heard FALL Jackson Lusk (Spire Academy), 0:59
Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) dec Heard, 7-5 SV-1
Heard dec JT Hogan (Lock Haven), 7-2
Heard dec Jackson Spires (Virginia Tech), 7-5
Heard finishes in 3rd place

Nick Cicciarelli dec Aiden Gaugler (Lock Haven), 10-4
Cicciarelli maj dec Sam Partain (Unattached), 8-0
Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) FALL Cicciarelli, 0:42
Nick Coreno (Gannon) dec Cicciarelli, 9-2
Cicciarelli finishes 2-2

Joseph Chiappazzi maj dec Emilio Arellano (Tiffin), 9-1
Jackson Spires (Virginia Tech) dec Chiappazzi, 7-1
JT Hogan (Lock Haven) FALL Chiappazzi, 2:29
Chiappazzi finishes 1-2

165
Jack Blumer tech fall Benjamin Phillips (Indiana), 18-0
Blumer FALL Tate Geiser (Cleveland State), 0:58
Blumer FALL Jack Lledo (Ohio), 1:14
Robert Major (Indiana) dec Blumer, 3-1
Blumer finishes in 2nd place

Brayden Roberts maj dec Jakob Hurley (Tiffin), 8-0
Roberts FALL Kane Kettering (Seton Hill), 2:11
Robert Major (Indiana) FALL Roberts, 1:13
Roberts dec Andrew Pokalsky (Edinboro), 7-4
Max Kirby (Edinboro) FALL Roberts, 1:15
Roberts finishes 3-2

Patrick Daum dec Andrew Pokalsky (Edinboro), 5-2
Magnus Kuokkanen (Indiana) maj dec Daum, 11-3
Max Kirby (Edinboro) dec Daum, 7-6
Daum finishes 1-2

174
Dylan Kohn maj dec Hayden Flynn (Ashland), 13-0
Kohn dec Ethan Wiant (Clarion), 3-1
Kohn dec Brandon Matthew (Seton Hill), 7-1
Kohn dec Macartney Parkinson (Purdue), 4-2 SV-1
Brody Baumann (Purdue) dec Kohn, 14-7
Kohn finishes in 2nd place

Carson Tenold (North Carolina) dec Andrew Sharer, 6-0
Sharer forfeit over Jackson Glasgow (Unattached)
Sharer FALL Austin Dempsey (Virginia Tech), 3:48
Sharer FALL Zach Holstion (Glenville State), 4:30
Joey Arnold (Edinboro) dec Sharer, 5-3
Sharer finishes 3-2

Chase Kranitz (Buffalo) dec Brody Conley, 3-2
Conley was pulled from the tournament due to injury

184
Dennis Robin tech fall Jacob Munger (Michigan State), 16-1
Rylan Rogers (Michigan) dec Robin, 8-4
Robin maj dec Kyle Myers (West Virginia), 16-3
Robin maj dec Mitch Hutmacher (Purdue), 13-1
Robin maj dec Matthew McKenna (Michigan), 11-1
Robin maj dec Johnny Miller (Lock Haven), 13-1
Robin finishes in 3rd place

Cael Black (Lock Haven) dec Kyle Myers, 5-4
Myers tech fall Mikey Ewing (Seton Hill), 16-1
Myers FALL Gilbert Marquez (Buffalo), 4:44
Dennis Robin maj dec Myers, 16-3
Myers finishes 2-2

285
Josh Terrill (Michigan State) dec Leo Muzika, 4-0
Carter Blough (Michigan State) dec Muzika, 4-0
Muzika finishes 0-2

Let's Go Mountaineers!