Hosted by #19 UNC-Pembroke, Super Region II will also feature #12 Lander among many other teams will be looking to send their wrestlers to the NCAA DII tournament. Going to be some great wrestling in this tournament.
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| Colt Brown Montevallo 125 |
13-5 on the year, I believe our only NCAA DII team in Alabama crowns a Super Region II champion this tournament. He was 5th at the Region last year.
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| 133 |
*NOTE* - I'm not sure what is up with James Joplin. I'm almost positive that he's not redshirting, as he already took a redshirt when he was at North Carolina State. What I know is that we're talking about a guy that has been 1st-4th-1st in the Super Region II & has NCAA D2 All American finishes of 4th & 3rd. So if he's here, he's the obvious favorite to win the title. However, I don't think he will be. Christian Davis, I believe will be the Bearcats rep, a qualification candidate in his own right. The freshman owns a 7-4 s.v. over Stephen Spitko. Also in this bracket will be Elijah Boyd, who was one match shy of qualification last year with a 4th place finish at the Region. He owns a 6-5 decision over Spitko & a 4-2 decision over Davis.
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| 141 |
The name may be peace, but once he gets on the mat, Isham Peace is anything but. A Super Region II champ last year & one match shy of D2 All American honors, he looks very likely to repeat as champion this tournament. Owns a 19-4 tech over Avery Buonocore, who I believe will be his finals opponent. Buonocore was one match shy of qualification last year. Look for Braden Tatum, a transfer of the now defunct Lindenwood to contend for that bronze medal.
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| 149 |
Here at 149, I'm pretty confused. Neither John Carayiannis or Elijah Lusk are in the rankings, and frankly I can't make sense of it. Carayiannis is 13-1 on the year, 3rd & 2nd within the Super Region II and 8th in the D2 nation last season. Lusk is 6-1 on the year, 2nd-1st-2nd in the Region and 8th & 6th in the DII nation. Perhaps neither is wrestling this weekend. I don't know.
I'll tell you who IS wrestling this weekend though, Jake Piccirilli. The Brave has been 3rd-4th-3rd in the Region so far & what a way to end his final Region than to win a title on his home mats in front of his home fans. A DII All American candidate.
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| 157 |
Piccirilli isn't the only Brave looking to win gold in front of his fans on his mats. Keegan Roberson, 3rd in the Super Region II last year & 6th in the D2 nation, will be looking to win the title this tournament. He'll have a tough challenge though with both Jake Nicolosi & Trent Mahoney both in the bracket. Nicolosi 24-5 on the year has been 2nd-4th-6th thus far in the Regional, looking to qualify for nationals again after making it as a freshman. Trent Mahoney is 33-8 on the year, and owns a 7-3 decision over Nicolosi. Roberson also owns a victory over Nicolosi this season by a 7-4 decision.
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| 165 |
I honestly thought that after winning the NCAA DII title last season that two-time Super Region II champion David Hunsberger might not ever know defeat again. Yet he has lost twice thus far this season and leave it to a Nicolosi brother to be one of those to hand him an L. The score was 6-5. We're likely to see a rematch for the Super Region II title this Saturday.
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| 174 |
Lawd help me if I can't figure out why some are left out of the rankings. Could be a series of many reasons, but I don't know what they are. Max Kiel is a two-time Super Region II champion, yet he's not currently ranked. Redshirt? Don't know. What I do know is that he owns a 4-3 win over Nathan Buckovich.
Clint Morrisette, a qualifier in 2023 has thus far been 3rd & 5th in the Region. A 32-8 record, he owns a 7-3 & 4-2 decision over Buckovich. Buckovich owns a 7-2 decision over him.
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| 184 |
Got a war here at 184 as we look for NCAA DII qualification. Andrew Reid was 3rd at Super Region II last year & owns a 10-2 major over Kyler Pickard. Anthony Giampetro, a transfer from Millersville, is a two-time NCAA DII qualifier. He owns both a 3:22 fall & a 4-1 decision over Ethan Lopez.
Pickard was one match shy of qualification last year & owns a 6-1 decision over Giampetro. Shy Scriven was a qualifier in 2023, and owns a 7-6 decision over Pickard.
Lopez was 3rd at last year's Region & owns a 12-10 decision over Scriven.
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| 197 |
Gold, Silver, Bronze.
Gold? Feel confident in JPW, last year's Super Region II champ who was one match shy of All American last year. He owns a 4-0 decision over Marvelous Rutledge & a 10-0 major over Caleb Moore.
Silver & bronze?
Moore is 13-2 on the season, with an 8-0 major over Raife Smart.
Rutledge has 20 wins on the season and owns both a 5-2 decision & 10-1 major over Smart. He also owns a 8-5 & 4-1 s.v. over David Betrand.
Betrand owns a 10-5 victory over Smart.
Who owns the 5-2 decision over JPW? Why Smart of course.
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| Massimo Sullivan UNC-Pembroke |
Are the Braves going to crown Super Region II champs on their own mats in front of their own fans? Yes, I think they will. Named two already, and now I'm gonna name three. My pick for champ at HWT is Massimo Sullivan, who has thus far been 4th & 3rd in the Region.
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