UNI Wresting Opens 2019 Duals at Pitt, West Virginia

UNI wrestling (0-0 / 0-0 Big 12) at Pittsburgh (1-0 / 0-0 ACC)

2 p.m. CT Nov. 17, 2018
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Fitzgerald Field House
ACCN Extra (ESPN)

UNI wrestling (0-0 / 0-0 Big 12) at West Virginia (1-0 / 1-0 Big 12)

Noon CT Nov. 18, 2018
Morgantown, West Virginia | WVU Wrestling Pavilion
Trackwrestling
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling will open its 2019 dual season on the road in the same place the Panthers plan to finish the season.
UNI opens with Pittsburgh Saturday and wraps up the weekend with West Virginia on Sunday.
Pitt returns six starters and lost four. Taleb Rahmani is the only NCAA qualifier returning from last year's set of four. He's ranked as high as No. 10 in some national polls.

Micky Phllippi (133 pounds), Jake Wentzel (165 pounds), Nino Bonaccorsi (184 pounds) and Demetrius Thomas (197 pounds) have all earned national rankings in the top 20 as well this year.

Second-year head coach Keith Gavin and UP took down CSU Bakersfield 32-4 in its first dual of the season. UP has 13 newcomers on the roster. The team finished in a tie for 31^st place at last year's national championships.

UNI's series with Pittsburgh is tied at 1-1. The last meeting was in UNI's favor, 25-12, in 2000.

First-year head coach Tim Flynn and West Virginia opened the season at home Nov. 1 with a 22-14 win over Northern Colorado.

There are 25 newcomers on the roster.West Virginia returns 10 starters and lost five.

The Mountaineers took three to the NCAA tournament last year: Zeke Moisey, Jacob Smith and Matthew Schmitt. Moisey transferred to Nebraska and Smith graduated. West Virginia finished 30^th at last year's NCAA Championships.

Matthew Schmitt is the only Mountaineer to earn a national ranking. At 133 pounds, he was No. 20 this week in FloWrestling's and Intermat's poll. He was ranked 11^th by Trackwrestling.

UNI has never lost to Big 12 foe West Virginia and leads the series, 3-0. The last dual was in 1991. UNI won 23-16.

THE PANTHERS

UNI returns 2018 All-American Jacob Holschlag, who finished fifth at 197 pounds. UNI returns all six Panthers who earned spots at the 2018 NCAA championships, including 2017 All-Americans Max Thomsen (149 pounds) and Drew Foster (184 pounds).

In addition to the six NCAA qualifiers from 2018, Bryce Steiert (165 pounds) is coming off a redshirt year after qualifying for the national tournament two times. UNI also added Oklahoma State transfer Keegan Moore, who qualified for the 2018 NCAAs at 184 pounds.

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