University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Eight Panthers Place at U23 Nationals and UWW Junior Nationals
11/16/2020 1:00:00 PM | Wrestling
OMAHA, Neb. – Eight members of University of Pittsburgh wrestling team earned placement finishes this weekend at the USA Wrestling Under-23 Nationals and UWW Junior Nationals held at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb.
Pitt sophomore Cole Matthews was the highest-placing wrestler from the Panthers as he claimed second place after a narrow defeat in the final of the UWW 61-kilogram Junior Nationals final.
Also earning places at the UWW Junior Nationals were Tyler Badgett, Austin Cooley and Jake Slinger.
In the USA Wrestling U23 Nationals, Pitt's Nino Bonaccorsi led the way with a third-place finish, while Gregg Harvey, Luke Kemerer and Micky Phillippi all advanced in their brackets to earn placements.
In total, 17 Pitt wrestlers competed over the past weekend in Omaha. Here are the full results:
Tyler Badgett, UWW Junior Nationals, 70 Kilograms, 8th Place, Record: 4-3
Pitt sophomore Cole Matthews was the highest-placing wrestler from the Panthers as he claimed second place after a narrow defeat in the final of the UWW 61-kilogram Junior Nationals final.
Also earning places at the UWW Junior Nationals were Tyler Badgett, Austin Cooley and Jake Slinger.
In the USA Wrestling U23 Nationals, Pitt's Nino Bonaccorsi led the way with a third-place finish, while Gregg Harvey, Luke Kemerer and Micky Phillippi all advanced in their brackets to earn placements.
In total, 17 Pitt wrestlers competed over the past weekend in Omaha. Here are the full results:
Tyler Badgett, UWW Junior Nationals, 70 Kilograms, 8th Place, Record: 4-3
- 11-7 win vs. Kollin Myers (Lock Haven)
- 10-0 win vs. Aaden Valdez (Adams State)
- 10-0 win vs. Andrew Huddston (Central Methodist)
- 8-3 loss vs. Lucas Revano (Penn)
- 9-8 win vs. Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming)
- 10-0 loss vs. Kasper McIntosh (Minnesota)
- 11-4 loss vs. Connor Brady (Virginia Tech)
- 13-2 win vs. Bear Hughes (Oklahoma State)
- 10-0 win vs. Thomas Penola (Purdue)
- 9-3 loss vs. Jacob Warner (Iowa)
- 7-1 win vs. Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State)
- 8-2 win vs. Thomas Penola (Purdue)
- 8-1 win vs. Scott Robertson (MWC)
- 10-0 win vs. Noah Villarreal (Virginia)
- 11-0 loss vs. Jesse Vasques (Arizona State)
- 6-4 loss vs. Josh Saunders (Cornell)
- 13-1 win vs. Dawson Collins (Utah Valley)
- 8-5 loss vs. Matt Ramos (Minnesota)
- 6-2 win vs. Destin Summers (Fresno State)
- 5-4 loss vs. Anthony Noto (NC State)
- 7-0 loss vs. Nick Willham (Indiana)
- 10-0 win vs. Steven Karas (Sacramento City)
- 9-5 win vs. Isaac Trumble (NC State)
- 10-0 loss vs. Billy Janzer (Rutgers)
- 10-0 win vs. Gabe Christenson (Iowa)
- 10-2 win vs. Mason Fiscella (Appalachian State)
- 12-2 win vs. Tyree Overton (St. Cloud State)
- 6-0 win vs. Cody Baldridge (North Central)
- 5-0 loss vs. Taylor Lujan (Northern Iowa)
- 13-1 loss vs. Cade Belshay (Arizona State)
- Forfeit loss vs. Stan Smeltzer (Virginia Tech)
- 10-0 win vs. Joshua Fuentes Norikiyo (San Francisco State)
- 8-1 win vs. Sam Turner (Nebraska-Kearney)
- 10-1 loss vs. Max Murin (Iowa)
- 7-6 win vs. Chase Zollmann (Wyoming)
- 8-1 loss vs. Clay Carlson (South Dakota State)
- 4-2 win vs. Carter Happel (Iowa)
- 10-0 win vs. Zeth Dean (Harvard)
- 4-4 tiebreaker loss vs. Tyler Megonigal (Lock Haven)
- 10-0 loss vs. A.J. Jaffe (Harvard)
- 13-2 win vs. Jordan Hamdan (Michigan State)
- 11-1 win vs. Ben Bohr (Lindenwood)
- 6-4 win vs. Zach Redding (Iowa State)
- 12-1 win vs. Sam Hillegas (Virginia Tech)
- 10-0 win vs. Trey Crawford (Missouri)
- 5-4 loss vs. Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)
- 9-3 loss vs. Michael O'Malley (Drexel)
- 13-2 win vs. Jackson Boles (Appalachian State)
- 10-9 win vs. Caleb Orris (South Dakota State)
- Forfeit win vs. Nate Dugan (Princeton)
- 16-4 loss vs. Sean Harman (Missouri)
- 13-2 win vs. Tyler Kellison (Appalachian State)
- 10-0 loss vs. Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)
- 2-0 win vs. Owen Berry (Adams State)
- 7-0 loss vs. Dayne Morton (Northern State)
- 7-5 win vs. Anthony Noto (NC State)
- 6-3 win vs. Tristan Lujan (Michigan State)
- 14-4 loss vs. Brody Teske (Northern Iowa)
- 6-4 loss vs. Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)
- 5-3 loss vs. Kasper McIntosh (Minnesota)
- 10-0 win vs. Nolan Miller-Johnston (Iowa Central)
- 5-2 win vs. Carter Schmidt (Iowa State)
- 11-9 win vs. Andrew Huddleston (Central Methodist)
- 11-7 win vs. Weston Wichman (Chattanooga)
- 10-0 loss vs. Connor Brady (Virginia Tech)
- 3-1 win vs. Matt Santos (Michigan State)
- 12-7 win vs. Ty Smith (Utah Valley)
- 2-0 win vs. Collin Gerardi (Virginia Tech)
- 12-0 loss vs. Mitch McKee (Minnesota)
- 13-2 loss vs. Ian Parker (Iowa State)
- 8-7 loss vs. Josh Kramer (Arizona State)
- 7-0 loss vs. Isaac Reid (Lock Haven)
- 4-0 loss vs. Aaron Johnson (University of the Cumberlands)
- 4-1 win vs. Victor Sosa (Alma College)
- 10-0 loss vs. Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma)
- 11-0 win vs. Jessie Knight (Virginia)
- 10-0 win vs. Justin Ramos (San Francisco State)
- 10-0 win vs. Apollo Gothard (Izzy Style)
- 5-0 win vs. Blake Querio (Michigan)
- 15-4 loss vs. Spencer Trenary (South Dakota State)
- 11-0 win vs. Josiah Hill (Little Rock)
- 6-5 loss vs. Jacori Teemer (Arizona State)
- 6-3 win vs. Logan Jensen (Wyoming)
- 11-0 win vs. Laurence Kosoy (Columbia)
- 8-8 tiebreaker loss vs. Brett Donner (Rutgers)
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