UNI wrestling to face #2 Penn State and #11 Cornell at Collegiate Duals

#20 UNI wrestling (0-2 / 0-1 Big 12) vs. #11 Cornell (1-0 / 0-0 EIWA)

4 p.m. CT Dec. 20
Venue: Raider Arena (2.442) | Niceville, Florida
WATCH: Rofkin
STATS: Tournaflex.com

#20 UNI wrestling (0-2 / 0-1 Big 12) vs. #2 Penn State (5-0 / 0-0 BIG10)

6 p.m. CT Dec. 20
Venue: Raider Arena (2.442) | Niceville, Florida
WATCH: Rofkin
STATS: Tournaflex.com

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI wrestling will take on its third and fourth top-15 ranked teams at the Collegiate Duals Monday.

The two-day event features two pools of competition. A winner will be crowned in each pool that includes six teams. Five of the teams that finished in the top seven at 2021 NCAA's will compete. UNI will be competing in the Blue Pool.

UNI's Parker Keckeisen will get the opportunity to avenge his only career loss when he faces top-ranked Aaron Brooks of Penn State in the Panther's first dual of the season.

CORNELL

Cornell returns to the mat after missing the 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis (149 pounds) and All-American Vito Arujau (133 pounds) return to the lineup after taking Olympic redshirts. A third all-American, Ben Darmstadt is among Cornell's seven returning NCAA qualifiers.

Cornell's 17 consecutive Ivy League titles from 2003-19 is a record of consecutive Ivy titles by the same team in a sport. Every four-year member of the Cornell wrestling team who has enrolled since 1980 has won at least one Ivy League title during their career. Sophomore Vito Arujau is a perfect 17-0 in dual matches for the Big Red, while junior Yianni Diakomihalis is 28-1. Diakomihalis has won 53 consecutive matches, the second-longest streak in program history (Kyle Dake a 2013 graduate won 77).

PENN STATE

The Nittany Lions have eight ranked wrestlers. Penn State has four top-ranked grapplers and two more in the top five.

#20 UNI VS. #11 CORNELL / #2 PENN STATE

125 | #10 Brody Teske (5-1 / 2-0 duals): Teske pinned No. 18 Noah Surtin of Missouri in opening dual of this season and followed up with a decision over No. 12 Sam Latona of Virginia Tech. He is the reigning Big 12 champion at 125 pounds and went 2-2 at his first NCAA championships last season. He transferred from Penn State after his redshirt freshman season. Teske is an Iowa native and is among three Panthers from Fort Dodge, Iowa.

CORNELL: Greg Diakomihalis (3-4) – a five-time New York high school state champion
PENN STATE: Baylor Shunk (2-2) or Brandon Meredith (0-2): Shunk posted a 12-9 record in his redshirt season and didn't compete last season. Meredith wrestled his redshirt season at 125 pounds, posting a 13-16 record. He went 0-1 last season wrestling up a weight at 141 pounds.

133 | #31 Kyle Biscoglia (8-4 / 1-1 duals): Biscoglia competed in nearly every dual for UNI last year and knocked off two top-15 opponents. This year he has a win over No. 27 Trey Crawford of Missouri. The sophomore has racked up 13 career falls. He's earned bonus points in six matches this season already.
CORNELL: #5 Vito Arujau (1-0) or Dom LaJoie (4-3): Arujau was second at the 2020 Olympic Trials and an All-American in 2019. LaJoie is a 2020 NCAA qualifier.
PENN STATE: #1 Roman Bravo-Young (4-0): Bravo-Young is the reigning NCAA champion and two-time All-American.

141 | #27 Cael Happel (10-3 / 1-1 duals): Happel knocked off No. 12 Allan Hart of Missouri in his opening dual. He competed as a redshirt last season, finishing 4-1.

CORNELL: Cole Handlovic (5-3) or JJ Wilson (2-2): Handlovic was second at Bearcat Open, and Wilson has a 7-2 career record.
PENN STATE: #1 Nick Lee (4-0): Lee just earned his 100^th career victory with a 13-6 win over Lehigh's Connor McGonagle. He is the reigning NCAA champion and four-time all-American.

149: #28 Triston Lara (3-2 / 0-0 duals): Lara is a retuning NCAA qualifier and knocked off No. 10 Mike Brill at last year's NCAA championships. He also notched a win over No. 6 Jarrett Degen of Iowa State last season.

CORNELL: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (6-0): Diakomihalis is a two-time NCAA champion on a 53-match win streak. He holds a 72-1 career record.
PENN STATE: #22 Beau Bartlett (4-1): Bartlett recently notched a win over No. 20 P.J. Ogunsanya (Army West Point). Went 1-2 last season at the Big Ten Championships. Posted an 8-3 record last year.

157: Cayd Lara (9-7 / 0-2 duals) / Derek Holschlag (10-4 / 0-2 duals): The Panther duo has swapped places at 157 pounds and 165 pounds in the opening duals, with each taking a match at each weight. Both have placed at every open they competed in this season. Lara was eighth at last year's Big 12 Championships.

CORNELL: #25 Colton Yapoujian (5-1) or Hunter Richard (0-0). Yapoujian was second at the Bearcat Open and holds a 17-4 career record. Richard was an NCAA qualifier in 2020.
PENN STATE: Terrell Barraclough (1-2) or Joe Lee (0-0) or Tony Negron (0-1): Barraclough was 2-2 last year as a redshirt freshman. Lee qualified for the NCAA championships last season at 165 pounds as a freshman, posting two pins and a major-decision win. Negron is a transfer from North Carolina State. He went 6-8 as a true freshman in open tournaments.

165: #23 Austin Yant (5-1 / 0-0 duals): Yant is a 2021 NCAA qualifier. He took fifth at last year's Big 12 Championships and has placed at two open tournaments this season.

CORNELL: #9 Julian Ramirez (9-3) or Jake Brindley (3-2): Ramirez was third at the Bearcat Open and is 3-2 against ranked wrestlers. Brindley was third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite and has a 13-1 career record.
PENN STATE: #26 Creighton Edsell (5-0): Edsell was undefeated in extra matches last year, going 5-0.

174: Pat Schoenfelder (9-4 / 1-1 duals): Schoenfelder moved up from 165 pounds and already has a top-10 win with an 11-9 decision over No. 9 Peyton Mocco of Missouri.

CORNELL: #12 Chris Foca (13-1): Foca was third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite and has a 13-1 career record.
PENN STATE: #1 Carter Starocci (5-0): Starocci is the reigning champion and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2021. He was the Big Ten runner-up last season.

184: #4 Parker Keckeisen (9-0 / 0-0 duals): Keckeisen was third at last year's NCAA championships. He is the highest placing freshman UNI has had since 1952. He was the first redshirt freshman to place at nationals for the Panthers since 2017. He has notched bonus points in six of his nine matches this season. Keckeisen's only career loss is to top-ranked Aaron Brooks of Penn State. Brooks, the eventual NCAA champion, beat Keckeisen 6-4 at last year's championships.

CORNELL: #15 Jonathan Loew (9-1): Loew is a 2020 NCAA qualifier, placing fifth at 2020 EIWAs. He has a career record of 35-14.
PENN STATE: #1 Aaron Brooks (3-0): Brooks was a Hodge Trophy finalist last season and is the reigning NCAA champion. The sophomore is a two-time Big Ten champion, winning his first title as a true freshman.

197 | Noah Glaser (6-6 / 0-2 duals): Glaser has appeared in the UNI lineup at 174 pounds, 184 pounds and now at 197 pounds. He won the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open earlier this year.

CORNELL: #19 Jacob Cardenas (6-3):Cardenas was second at Bearcat Open. All three of his losses are to nationally ranked wrestlers.
PENN STATE: #3 Max Dean (5-0) or Michael Beard (3-0): Dean transferred from Cornell to Penn State. Dean is a two-time All-American. He was second at the 2019 NCAA championships and eighth as a true freshman in 2018. He redshirted in the 2020 season and didn't compete as a Cornell athlete in 2021. Beard, an all-American, was seventh at the 2021 NCAAs as a redshirt freshman.

HWT | Tyrell Gordon (7-5 / 0-2 duals): Gordon moved up from 197 pounds to wrestle in the heavyweight division this season. He competed as a true freshman for UNI before redshirting in 2020).

CORNELL: #18 Lewis Fernandes (3-1) or Brendan Furman (0-0): Fernandes is 3-0 at Bearcat Open. His only loss was by medical forfeit. Furman is a 2020 NCAA qualifier.
PENN STATE: #4 Greg Kerkvliet (3-0): Kerkvliet is an all-American. He took seventh as a freshman in 2021.

MONDAY, DEC. 20

Red Pool Matches

10 a.m.: Binghamton vs. #10 Missouri
12 p.m.: Binghamton vs. #5 N.C. State
2 p.m.: #10 Missouri vs. #5 N.C. State
4 p.m.: Lehigh vs. Central Michigan
6 p.m.: #1 Iowa vs. Central Michigan
8 p.m.: #1 Iowa vs. Lehigh

Blue Pool Matches

10 a.m.: Hofstra vs. #8 Virginia Tech
12 p.m.: Hofstra vs. #6 Arizona State
2 p.m.: #8 Virginia Tech vs. #6 Arizona State
4 p.m.: #20 UNI vs. #11 Cornell
6 p.m.: #20 UNI vs. #2 Penn State
8 p.m.: #11 Cornell vs. #2 Penn State

TUESDAY, DEC. 21

1 p.m.: 5th/6th place matches
3 p.m.: 3rd/4th place matches
5 p.m.: Red Pool Championship match
7 p.m.: Blue Pool Championship match

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