The Binghamton University wrestling team will compete at the Southern Scuffle beginning on New Year's Day. The tournament will stretch from Wednesday to Thursday, and features some of the top wrestlers in the country.
Ten wrestlers will join a field of 28 teams, six of which are nationally ranked by the NWCA. Those currently listed are No. 6 N.C. State, No. 9 Oklahoma State, No. 10 Pittsburgh, No. 11 Iowa State, No. 25 Stanford and No. 25 Rider. No. 5 Virginia Tech and No. 17 North Carolina are also sending partial representation to the Scuffle.
Air Force, Appalachian State, Binghamton, Cal State Bakersfield, hosts Chattanooga, Cleveland State, Davidson, Drexel, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, Little Rock, Lock Haven, Navy, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Oregon State, Rutgers, The Citadel, VMI and West Virginia are also competing.
Probable Lineup
125 |
Carson Sauriol (3-2)
Tomasso Frezza (1-3)
141 |
Anthony Sparacio (10-6)
149 |
Michael Zarif (2-7)
Matt Swanson (2-6)
157 |
Christopher Barker (4-7)
165 |
Aidan Monteverdi (2-1)
184 |
Lou DePrez (9-4)
197 |
Sam DePrez (0-0)
285 |
Joe Doyle (9-5)
Southern Scuffle Bits
• This is the 17th year of the Southern Scuffle. It was held in Greensboro, N.C. from 2003-10 and moved to Chattanooga in 2012.
• Appalachian State, Navy, North Carolina and The Citadel are the only teams that have been represented at the Southern Scuffle every year since it began in 2003.
• Only five different teams have won the Southern Scuffle, including Cornell, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma State and Penn State.
Tournament Pre-Seeds
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1. Nick Piccininni - Oklahoma State
2. Nic Aguilar - Rutgers
3. Sidney Flores - Air Force
4. Gabriel Townsell - Stanford
5. Jakob Camacho - North Carolina St
6. Luke Werner - Lock Haven
7. Michael McGee - Old Dominion - Un
8. Zurich Storm - Campbell - Un
133
1. Micky Phillippi - Pittsburgh
2. Cam Sykora - North Dakota State
3. Mosha Schwartz - Northern Colorado
4. Chance Rich - Cal State Bakersfield
5. Sammy Alvarez - Rutgers
6. D.J. Fehlman - Lock Haven
7. Devan Turner - Oregon State
8. Chandler Olson - Drexel
141
1. Kaden Gfeller- Oklahoma State
2. Tariq Wilson- North Carolina State
3. Real Woods- Stanford
4. Kyle Shoop- Lock Haven
5. Cole Matthews- Pittsburgh
6. Evan Cheek- Cleveland St
7. Cody Trybus- Navy
8. Lenny Petersen- Air Force
149
1. Boo Lewallen- Oklahoma State
2. Requir Van der Merwe- Stanford
3. Gerard Angelo- Rutgers
4. Russell Rohlfing- Cal State Bakersfield
5. Andrew Alirez- Northern Colorado
6. Tanner Smith- Chattanooga
7. Colston DiBlasi- George Mason
8. Josh FInesilver- Duke - Un
157
1. Hayden Hidlay - North Carolina State
2. Jesse Dellavecchia - Rider
3. Matt Zovistoski - Appalachian State
4. Taleb Rahmani - Pittsburgh
5. Alex Klucker - Lock Haven
6. Kolby Ho - George Mason
7. Hunter Willits - Oregon State - Un
8. Michael Vanbrill - Rutgers
165
1. Shane Griffith - Stanford
2. Tanner Skidgel - Navy
3. Thomas Bullard - North Carolina St
4. Jake Wentzel - Pittsburgh
5. Andrew Fogarty - North Dakota St
6. Travis Wittlake - Oklahoma St
7. Connor Flynn - Missouri
8. Ebed Jarrell - Drexel
174
1. Joe Smith - Oklahoma State
2. Joe Grello - Rutgers
3. Spencer Carey - Navy
4. Dean Sherry - Rider
5. Daniel Bullard - North Carolina State
6. Carter Starocci - Penn State Unattached
7. Neal Richards - VMI
8. Gregg Harvey - Pittsburgh
184
1. Trent Hidlay - North Carolina State
2. Lou Deprez - Binghamton
3. Nino Bonaccorsi - Pittsburgh
4. Matthew Waddell - Chattanooga
5. George Walton - Rider
6. Corey Hazel - Lock Haven
7. Alan Clothier - Northern Colorado
8. Anthony Montalvo - Oklahoma State
197
1. Dakota Geer - Oklahoma State
2. Nathan Traxler - Stanford
3. Nick Reenan - North Carolina State
4. Noah Adams - West Virginia
5. Jacob Seely - Northern Colorado
6. Jordan Pagano - Rutgers
7. Jacob Cardenas - Finger Lakes
8. Ethan Laird - Rider
285
1. Demetrius Thomas - Pittsburgh
2. Gannon Gremmel - Iowa State
3. Cary Miller - Appalachian St
4. Brandon Metz - North Dakota St
5. Dalton Robertson - Northern Colorado
6. Sean O'Malley - Drexel
7. Chris Beck - VMI
8. Kayne Hutchison - Air Force
Follow Live
Every match of this year's Southern Scuffle can be followed live via Flowrestling. Live scoring and up to date brackets are also available through FloArena. Links to both are on the TheSouthernScuffle.com and above.
Tournament Website and Social Media
All information regarding the Southern Scuffle can be found
here. Full tournament schedule can be found
here.
