Meet Information | Link to Results  | Super Region I Rankings (1-19-17)
 
KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The 22nd-ranked Kutztown University wrestling team will host its first-ever dual meet tournament this weekend. The Kutztown University Duals are set for Jan. 20-21 at Keystone Arena, bringing 10 teams to one location for six rounds of competition.
 
Action on Friday, Jan. 20 gets underway at 6 p.m. with two rounds of matches. Saturday features four rounds of wrestling, beginning at 10 a.m. Four mats will be used throughout the duals.
 
Tournament information, including directions, ticket information and match schedule, can be found here: www.KUBears.com/KUDuals2017
 
Results will be posted online following each round of competition here: http://www.trackwrestling.com/teamtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=244336009
 
Participating teams include American International, Belmont Abbey, East Stroudsburg, No. 22 Kutztown, LIU Post, Millersville, Minot State, No. 15 Seton Hill, Shippensburg and No. 14 Tiffin.
 
KU will face Minot State on Friday at 6 p.m., followed by Tiffin at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, KU will wrestle against Belmont Abbey at 11:30 a.m. and American International at 1 p.m.
 
Earlier on Thursday, the latest Super Region I rankings were released. KU was ranked sixth as a team and had wrestlers ranked in 8-of-10 weight classes.
 
Austin Petril (Clifton Heights, Pa./Upper Darby (Ursinus)) has won a team-high 10 matches this year with a 10-4 record at 125. He is ranked No. 12 in Division II and third in Super Region I. He will be the only nationally-ranked 125-pounder at the tournament this weekend and looks to rebound after having his five-match winning streak snapped in Virginia.
 
Freshman Lucas Miller (Perkiomenville, Pa./Boyertown Area) is eighth in the region at 133. He is in the midst of a three-match winning streak in which he outscored his opponents, 37-4. Miller is 6-5 on the season. Christopher Crane (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional) has also seen time this year at 133 with a 3-2 record and could see action this weekend.
 
Ryne Morrison (Berkeley Heights, N.J./Governor Livingston (Ursinus)) has been on a hot streak since last month's conference championships. He has won seven of his last eight matches, including three in a row. He sports an 8-6 record (7-4 at 141) and could have an opportunity for a significant win if he goes up against Tiffin's sixth-ranked 141-pounder in Division II, Trey Grine. Mikey O'Brien (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) is 2-2 this year at 141 and could see a start or two this weekend.
 
Redshirt-freshman Chad Haegele (Warrington, Pa./Archbishop Wood) is 10-5 at 149 this year and is ranked fourth in Super Region I. He has won four-in-a-row, including a season-best 18-second pin at the Virginia Duals.
 
At 157, James Meyer (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown East) and Bill Manley (Monroe Township, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) both wrestled at last weekend's Virginia Duals. Meyer has led the duo in starts with a 3-8 record, followed by Manley at 2-2. Eighth-ranked Scott Bosak of Belmont Abbey could be on the horizon for one of these two Golden Bears on Saturday.
 
T.C. Warner (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley (Bloomsburg)) has opened his KU career 4-0 at 165 with four bonus-point victories. He's ranked third in the region and fifth in Division II and has been living up to his billing – being nationally-ranked before having wrestled a match this season. He has scored a 49-second pinfall this year, with his other three matches combining for a 49-2 scoring advantage. With four matches scheduled this weekend, Connor Rogovich (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) (2-4) could also see time.
 
Joe Balboni (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton (Old Dominion)) is ranked fourth in the region at 174 with a 7-3 record. He has won five matches in a row – a streak he has outscored his opponents 49-15 during.
 
Collin Schildt (Thurmont, Md./Catoctin) has been KU's sole 184-pounder this year with a 7-3 record. He is ranked eighth in the region and is riding a five-match winning streak.
 
Christian Jenco (Mahwah, N.J./Bergen Catholic) and Jeff Reimel (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) both wrestled in Virginia last weekend. Jenco, ranked eighth at 197 in Super Region I, is 2-5 on the year with Reimel following at 1-2.
 
Ryan Appleby (Belvidere, N.J./Belvidere) remains ranked 10th in Division II at 285. The returning national qualifier is 9-5 this year and ranked second in the region. He has won five matches in a row and seven of his last eight. When KU faces Tiffin, a potential matchup could feature 10th-ranked Appleby vs. second-ranked Garrett Grey.
 
After the KU Duals, KU will travel to Lake Erie College for matches against the Storm and Ashland University on Saturday, Jan. 28.