Panther wrestling heads west for Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite

No. 22 UNI wrestling at Cliff Keen Invite

Las Vegas Convention Center, Hall N4 | Las Vegas, Nevada
Dec. 2-3, 2022

FRIDAY

11 a.m. CT | Pigtails / Round 2 (32) / Round 3 consolations / Round 4 championship (16), Consolation 1st of (16) / Round 5 Consolation 2nd of (16)
4 p.m. CT | Round 6: Championship quarterfinals & consolation round 1st of (8)

SATURDAY

11 a.m. CT | Round 7: Consolation 2nd of (8)
Noon CT | Round 8: Championship semifinals / Round 9: Consolations semifinals, Consolation finals 5th, 6th,7th & 8th places
5 p.m. CT | Championship finals: 1st - 4th places

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- UNI's Parker Keckeisen is expected to earn the top seed at the Cliff Keen Invitational in a weight class that could see seven of the nation's top-10 grapplers at 184 pounds.

UNI wrestling will return to the Las Vegas invite for the first time since 2019. Seniors Austin Yant and Noah Glaser are the only current Panthers who have competed at the event.

The prestigious tournament includes 12 teams ranked in the top 25. The full lineup includes 32 teams who have 144 wrestlers with a top-25 ranking from FloWrestling.

Head coach Doug Schwab has taken the Panthers to the tournament seven times dating back to 2012. The Panthers have placed fourth the last three trips to Las Vegas.

POTENTIAL REMATCHES

133 | KYLE BISCOGLIA

No. 5 Michael McGee (Arizona State)

L - 2022 NCAA championships 10-4
W - 2018 Midlands 7-5 SV1

No. 23 Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield)

L - 2022 NCAA championships 3-1

HM Haiden Drury (Utah Valley)

W - 2022 Big 12 Championships 7-5 SV1

HM Ethan Rotondo (Cal Poly)

W - 2022 Wisconsin dual 7-1
W - 2019 Grand View Open 7-6
L - 2019 Loras College Open 5-2
L - 2018 Harold Nichols Open 3-0
W - Jim Koch Open 16-1 TF

141 | CAEL HAPPEL

No. 11 Dylan Droegemueller (North Dakota State)

W - 2022 dual 15-5 MD

No. 16 Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)

W - 2022 Daktronics Open 8-6
L - 2022 dual 11-4

149 | COLIN REALBUTO

No. 3 Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State)

L - 2022 NCAA championships 4-0

No. 7 Yahya Thomas (Northwestern)

L - 2018 Midlands 7-4

157 | DEREK HOLSCHLAG

No. 3 Peyton Robb (Nebraska)

L - 2021 Daktronics Open 10-3

No. 6 Jared Franek (North Dakota State)

L - 2022 dual 12-4 MD
L - 2022 Big 12 Championships 8-4

No. 9 Jacob Wright (Wyoming)

L - 2022 Big 12 Championships 5-4

HM Colton Yapoujian (Cornell)

L - 2022 dual 2-1

165 | AUSTIN YANT

No. 10 Julian Ramirez (Cornell)

L - 2022 dual 4-3

No. 19 Michael Caliendo (North Dakota State)

L - 2021 Daktronics Open 5-2

No. 21 Tanner Cook (South Dakota State)

W - 2022 Daktronics Open MFF
L - 2020 dual 6:11 F

No. 22 William Formato (Appalachian State)

W - 2019 NCAA championships 11-2 MD

184 | PARKER KECKEISEN

No. 3 Trent Hidlay (NC State)

W - 2022 NCAA championships 7-5 TB1

No. 7 Jonathan Loew (Cornell)

W - 2022 dual 6-2
W - 2022 NCAA championships 7-6

No. 8 Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech)

W - 2021 NCAA championships 4-2 SV1

HM David Key (Navy)

W - 2021 NCAA championships 16-5 MD

HM Jacob Armstrong (Utah Valley)

W - 2021 Big 12 Championships 5-3
HM Cade King (South Dakota State)
W - 2021 UNI Open 6-0

197 | NOAH GLASER

No. 21 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State)

L - 2022 dual Inj. 3:33 (last match of Glaser's season)

HM Jacob Cardenas (Cornell)

L - 2022 dual 5:12 F

HM Trey Rogers (Hofstra)

L - 2022 dual 5-3

HWT | TYRELL GORDON

No. 9 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)

L - 2022 dual 9-4
L - 2022 dual 10-5

* Hendrickson earned the NCAA's Most Dominant Wrestler of the Year award, earning bonus points in 23 of his 26 wins. Gordon was one of just two wrestlers who didn't give up bonus points to Hendrickson last season.

Lewis Fernandes (Cornell)

L - 2022 dual 4-0

No. 14 AJ Nevills (South Dakota State)

L - 2022 dual 4-3

HM Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra)

W - 2022 dual 4-2

2022 TEAMS:

Air Force
RV Appalachian State
#4 Arizona State University
Bucknell
California Baptist University
#23 Cal Poly
CSU Bakersfield
Clarion University
Citadel
Columbia
#12 Cornell
Edinboro University
Harvard
Hofstra University
Kent State
Long Island University
#5 Michigan
Navy
Nebraska Kearney
#16 Nebraska
#8 North Carolina State
#14 Northwestern
#15 North Dakota State
#3 Ohio State
Ohio University
RV Oregon State
RV Purdue
Sacred Heart
#25 South Dakota State
#22 UNI
Utah Valley
#10 Virginia Tech
Western Wyoming
Wyoming

UNDER SCHWAB AT CLIFF KEEN

2012: 8th team 62.5 points / 3rd Ryan Loder (184); 4th Levi Wolfensperger (141); 5th David Bonin (157); 7th Cody Caldwell (174)
2013: 6th team 75.5 points / 3rd Joe Colon (133); 4th Cooper Moore (165); 5th Dylan Peters (125); 8th Joey Lazor (141)
2014: 14th team / 4th Cooper Moore (165); 6th Dylan Peters (125); 8th Blaize Cabell (HWT)
2015: 12th team 54.5 points / 5th Josh Alber (133); 6th Bryce Steiert (157); 8th Cooper Moore (165)
2017: 4th team 104 points / 2nd Josh Alber (141); 4th Max Thomsen (149); 4th Taylor Lujan (174); 4th Jacob Holschlag (197); 5th Jay Schwarm (125); 7th Drew Foster (184)
2018: 4th team 84.5 points / 3rd Taylor Lujan (174); 3rd Drew Foster (184); 5th Josh Alber (141); 6th Bryce Steiert (165); 7th Max Thomsen (149)
2019: 4th team 94 points / 2nd Bryce Steiert (174); 4th Taylor Lujan (184); 5th Max Thomsen (149); 5th Carter Isley (HWT); 6th Michael Blockhus (141); 7th Jay Schwarm (125)

Last time there: 2019-20 season / team placed fourth overall

1 Nebraska 118

2 Ohio State 109.5

3 Arizona State 103

4 Northern Iowa 94

5 Purdue 92.5

6 Iowa State 82.5

7 Minnesota 79.5

8 NC State 77.5

9 Northwestern 77

10 Oklahoma 66.5

11 Cornell 58

12 Virginia Tech 54

13 Wyoming 49.5

14 Virginia 46.5

15 Northern Colorado 40

16 Michigan 37.5

17 Clarion 27.5

18 Utah Valley 27

19 Cal Poly 26

20 Fresno State 24.5

21 North Dakota State 22

22 Kent State 17.5

23 Binghamton 15.5

24 Edinboro 14.5

25 Cal State Bakersfield 12.5

26 South Dakota State 10

27 Harvard 9.5

28 Hofstra 9

29 Nebraska-Kearney 6

29 Sacred Heart 6

31 The Citadel

32 Grand Canyon

Panther medalists:

125 | Jay Schwarm 7th
141 | Michael Blockhus 6th
149 | Max Thomsen 5th
174 | Bryce Steiert 2nd
184 | Taylor Lujan 4th
285 | Carter Isley

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