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Wrestling Preview: Collegiate Duals Pod Play

Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen / USA TODAY NETWORK

The Journeymen Collegiate Duals are back!

Penn State went 3-0 in Lower Alabama last year, and they're back this year in New Orleans.

Tonight they take on Central Michigan and #17 North Carolina in Blue Pool pod play at the 2022 Collegiate Duals.

2022 Collegiate Duals Participants

How To Watch

What: #1 Penn State vs Central Michigan, #1 Penn State vs #14 North Carolina

Where: New Orleans Convention Center

When: Monday, December 19, 7 pm and 9 pm

Audio: Free (via GoPSUSports)

Video: Rokfin PPV ($$)

Lineups

#1 Penn State WT Central Michigan
Gary Steen (Fr., Hermitage, PA) 125 Sean Spidle (Jr., Lapeer, MI)
#1 Roman Bravo-Young (Sr., Tucson, AZ) 133 Vince Perez (Jr., Adrian, MI)
#5 Beau Bartlett (Jr., Tempe, AZ) 141 La'Kerion Merritt (Jr., Hopkinsville, KY)
#17 Shayne Van Ness (Fr., Somerville, NJ) 149 #20 Johnny Lovett (Jr., Miami, FL)
#28 Terrell Barraclough (So., Kaysville, UT) 157 #31 Corbyn Munson (Sr., Chelsea, MI)
#14 Alex Facundo (Fr., Essexville, MI) 165 Tracy Hubbard (Sr., Macomb, MI)
#1 Carter Starocci (Jr., Erie, PA) 174 Alex Cramer (Jr., Grayslake, IL)
#1 Aaron Brooks (Sr., Hagerstown, MD) 184 Ben Cushman (Sr., Flushing, MI)
#5 Max Dean (Sr., Lowell, MI) 197 Cameron Wood (So., Montoursville, PA)
#1 Greg Kerkvliet (So., Grove Heights, MN) 285 Bryan Caves (So., Port Byron, IL)
#1 Penn State WT #17 North Carolina
Gary Steen (Fr., Hermitage, PA) 125 #33 Jack Wagner (Gr., Bettendorf, IA)
#1 Roman Bravo-Young (Sr., Tucson, AZ) 133 #29 Joey Melendez (Sr., Norridge, IL)
#5 Beau Bartlett (Jr., Tempe, AZ) 141 #25 Lachlan McNeil (Fr., Toronto, ON)
#17 Shayne Van Ness (Fr., Somerville, NJ) 149 #14 Zach Sherman (Gr., Islamorada, FL)
#28 Terrell Barraclough (So., Kaysville, UT) 157 #6 Austin O'Connor (Gr., Lockport, IL)
#14 Alex Facundo (Fr., Essexville, MI) 165 Joey Mazzara (Sr., Las Vegas, NV)
#1 Carter Starocci (Jr., Erie, PA) 174 #8 Clay Lautt (Gr., Olathe, KS)
#1 Aaron Brooks (Sr., Hagerstown, MD) 184 #17 Gavin Kane (So., Milton, GA)
#5 Max Dean (Sr., Lowell, MI) 197 #31 Max Shaw (So., Pittsburgh, PA)
#1 Greg Kerkvliet (So., Grove Heights, MN) 285 Brandon Whitman (Sr., Dundee, MI)

I'm not plugged into wrestling news enough to know the starting lineups for either school or be able to write an analysis, so I'm going with what Intermat says are the starters and hoping for the best. Apologies if I've put any injured wrestlers in the lineup.

Winner of the pod will go on to face the winner of the other Blue Pool pod, #7 Iowa State at 8 pm tomorrow.

P.S. If you haven't read it, I recommend PSUinColo's FanPost on Cael Sanderson's Existential Challenge to Wrestling

*The Penn State athletic department, in its official capacity, uses Intermat Tournament Rankings in all its match literature; I’m using Intermat’s Dual Meet rankings because these happen to be a duals.

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