VESTAL, N.Y. - The Binghamton wrestling program begins the 2022-23 season with this Saturday's dual meet against Northern Colorado. The Bearcats return three national qualifiers, and have eight returners in Saturday's lineup. Both programs feature a wrestler ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes. This will be the first dual meet between the two programs since Nov. 28, 2009, a dual which the Bearcats won, 28-14.
Binghamton Bearcats (0-0) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (1-0)
Date | Time: Saturday, Nov. 12 | 3 p.m.
Location: Vestal, N.Y. - Events Center
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Watch: ESPN+
"I'm excited. I think this is going to be great," said head coach
Kyle Borshoff. "I think they've got a good team. I think that we've got a good team. This should be an entertaining dual meet. Their head coach Troy Nickerson wrestled locally at Chenango Forks High School, and I'm looking forward to having him back in town. I know he still has a lot of connections in the area. I'm glad he reached out and I'm appreciative that they came here. I'm hoping we can wrestle in Colorado in the near future."
Projected Lineups (Rankings by InterMat)
Binghamton's Projected Lineup
125 |
Micah Roes
133 |
Anthony Sobotker
141 |
Nate Lucier
149 |
Michael Zarif
157 |
Conner Decker
165 |
Carter Baer
174 | No. 26
Brevin Cassella
184 | No. 23
Jacob Nolan
197 | No. 7
Lou DePrez
285 |
Cory Day
Northern Colorado's Projected Lineup
125 | No. 23 Stevo Poulin or Kenny Sailas
133 | No. 32 Jace Koelzer or Brady Hankin
141 | No. 4 Andrew Alirez
149 | Chris Sandoval or Benji Alanis
157 | Vinny Zerban
165 | Baylor Fernandes
174 | Andrew Berreyesa
184 | Branson Britten or Andrew Donahue
197 | Xavier Vasquez or Franklin Cruz
285 | Xavier Doolin
Scouting the Bears
- The Bears won their first dual meet of the season against Fort Hays State in dominating fashion, 43-3.
- Stevo Poulin secured a fall in 30 seconds at 125.
- Jace Koelzer, an NCAA qualifier from a season ago, cruised to a technical fall win at 133 pounds
- Returning Big 12 Champion Andrew Alirez won by fall early in the first period at 141 pounds.
