Overview
The Southern Scuffle presented by Compound Sportswear ended Sunday afternoon in the Roundhouse. Penn State out-lasted another outstanding field to claim the team title, its ninth all-time and first since 2019.
 
The Nittany Lions scored 143.5 points topping Penn (123.5) and Little Rock (106.0) in second and third, respectively.
 
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Dom Serrano, Northern Colorado
Gorrarian Award (Most Pins in Shortest Time): 149-Kelly Dunnigan, Penn (4/11:26)
 
Resources: Brackets | Attendance: 1,604
 
Breakdown

• Most exciting finish? It came at 133. Northern Colorado's Dominic Serrano was down 4-1 after giving up a takedown to No. 10 Braxton Brown from Maryland. Time was dwindling as he escaped and then fought through Brown's defenses to get a buzzer-beating takedown for a 5-4 decision.
• Most finalists: Penn State (5). Most placers: Penn (8).
• The Nittany Lions averaged 11.04 points scored per wrestler with 13 entered in the event.
• Chattanooga had four placers: 125 (3rd-Cooper Flynn/8th-Ty Tice), 174 (7th-Kamdyn Munro) & 184 (6th-Landon Jones).
• True freshmen Ethan Uhorchuk and Kade Rule's runs ended in the blood round. Munro and Jones escaped the blood round with SV-1 decisions, while Tice advanced via medical forfeit.
• 12th time with multiple placers for the Mocs including three in a row and eight of the last nine Scuffles. Three straight with four or more. Also, fifth time with four or more: 2006 (6), 2012 (4), 2024 (4), 2025 (4) & 2026 (4).
• For the second consecutive year, Chattanooga had two placers in the same weight class in Flynn and Tice.
• Flynn last wrestled in the Scuffle as a true freshman at Virginia Tech (2022). He fell in the blood round that year while reaching the podium as a senior.
• Munro's pin in the seventh-place bout at 174 came after he was taken down in the first period. He worked his way on top while not being credited with a score and then the fall was called at the mat's edge. Stunning finish.
• Jones' battle at 184 for fifth could've gone either way in regulation or overtime before Aidan Brenot of North Dakota State turned the tables in the final seconds to get the win. Brenot reached the round of 12 last year at the NCAA Championships.

 
Quotable
"I'm proud of the way the guys competed this weekend overall. To have four guys place, well as a coach you always want more. But happy with how we competed overall as a group. We have to build on is the effort and find different ways of scoring and finding ways to get our hand raised to get more and more guys on the podium." – Chattanooga Head Coach Kyle Ruschell
 
"It's awesome I grew up coming up to watch the Scuffle when I was little. Obviously, watching all those medal matches, it's always been a goal of mine to do it. To get to do it in front of the home fans and so many friends and family in the stands just makes you feel like you're back home. It's really cool to see and definitely really special." – Senior Cooper Flynn on career coming full circle with third-place finish in the Scuffle
 
Team Top 10
1) Penn State: 143.5
2) Penn: 123.5
3) Little Rock: 106.0
4) Virginia Tech: 105.5
5) North Dakota State: 99.0
6) Army: 91.5
7) Cornell: 75.0
8) Navy: 72.0
9) Chattanooga: 67.0
10) American: 61.0
tie) Utah Valley: 61.0
 
Scuffle Finals
125: #3 Eddie Ventresca (Va Tech) 4-1 dec. (SV-1) over #20 Zeke Witt (N. Dakota St.)
133: #16 Dom Serrano (N. Colorado) 5-4 dec. over #10 Braxton Brown (Maryland)
141: #13 Vince Cornella (Cornell) 7-2 dec. over #5 CJ Composto (Penn)
149: Connor Pierce (Penn St.) 13-6 dec. over #30 Brock Herman (Little Rock)
157: Joe Seeley (Penn St.) 11-8 dec. over Daniel Zepeda (N.C. State)
165: #6 Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) 5-1 dec. over #22 Gunner Filipowicz (Army)
174: Will Henckel (Penn St.) 5-0 dec. over Caden Bellis (Penn)
184: Asher Cunningham (Penn St.) 12-9 dec. over #32 Caleb Campos (American)
197: #1 Josh Barr (Penn St.) 9-1 MD over #3 Stephen Little (Little Rock)
285: #12 Jimmy Mullen (Va Tech) 9-5 dec. over Michael Gasper (Little Rock)
 
Mocs Matches
125 – Cooper Flynn (3rd)
Bryson Valdez, Northern Colorado: W, MD, 8-0
JJ Peace, American: W, Dec., 8-1
#30 Keyveon Roller, Virginia: W, Med. For.
#3 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech: L, Dec., 3-8
#33 Andrew Binni, Navy: W, TF, 21-6 (7:00)
3rd-place: Greg Diakomihalis, Cornell: W, Dec., 1-0
 
125 – Ty Tice (8th)
Tyler Harper, Little Rock: W, Dec., 14-8
#20 Zeke Witt, North Dakota State: L, Dec., 0-4
Bryson Valdez, Northern Colorado: W, Dec., 3-2
Damion Ryan, Bellarmine: W, Dec., 8-5
Marcello Milani, Cornell, W, Med. For.
Charlie Farmer, Army: L, MD, 3-16
7th: JJ Peace, American: L, Dec., 3-7
 
174 – Kamdyn Munro (7th)
Liam Kilrain, Navy: W, MD, 11-0
Dom Solis, Maryland: W, Dec. (SV-1), 4-1
Trevor Frank, Utah Valley: W, Dec., 7-6
#24 Aidan Wallace, Duke: L, Dec. (SV-1), 4-1
Grant O'Dell, Bellarmine: W, Dec. (SV-1), 9-6
Liam Carlin, Penn: L, Dec., 5-7
7th: Andrew Christie, Army: W, Fall (1:45)
 
184 – Landon Jones (6th)
Deegan Ross, Clarion: W, TF, 19-4 (6:21)
Asher Cunningham, Penn State: L, MD, 0-11
Tre McTorry III, Chattanooga: W, Fall (1:27)
Gavin Ricketts, Bellarmine: W, Dec., 7-1
Dylan Newsome, Virginia: W, Dec. (SV-1), 8-1
#33 Caleb Uhlenhopp, Utah Valley: W, Dec., 3-2
Tomas Brooker, App State: L, MD, 2-11
5th: #19 Aidan Brenot, North Dakota State: L, Dec. (SV-1), 1-4
 
125 – Easton Cooper
Tyson Roach, Little Rock: L, TF, 6-22 (5:55)
Brady Pruett, Penn: L, MD, 4-17
 
133 – Elijah Lowe
Riley Rowan, Duke: W, Fall (4:54)
#15 Tyler Ferrara, Cornell: L, Dec., 1-3
Ethan Uhorchuk, Chattanooga: L, MD, 0-8
 
133 – Bryce Luna
Joey Fischer, Clarion: L, MD, 6-15
Teegan Vasquez, The Citadel: W, Dec., 6-3
Trayce Eckman, Bellarmine: W, Dec., 7-2
Brendan Ferretti, Navy: L, Fall (1:21)
 
133 – Ethan Uhorchuk
Brett Ungar, Cornell: L, Dec. (TB-2), 1-2
Dillon Cooper, Little Rock: W, MD, 17-4
Elijah Lowe, Chattanooga: W, MD, 8-0
#22 Troy Hohman, N.C. State: W, Dec., 2-1
#9 Dillon Campbell, Virginia Tech: L, Fall (4:43)
 
141 – Will Anderson
Jack Martinec, Clarion: W, TF, 16-0 (4:25)
Jack Maida, American: L, Dec., 1-7
Michael Olson, North Dakota State: L, Dec., 2-4
 
141 – Hunter Mason
Noah Kochman, Duke: W, TF, 15-0 (5:48)
Kayd Craig, Utah Valley: W, MD, 12-2
#13 Vince Cornella, Cornell: L, MD, 3-14
Raymond Adams, Duke: W, MD, 13-3
Gable Porter, Virginia: L, Fall (5:42)
 
149 – Hayden Hughes
Leo Maestas, American: L, Fall (1:10)
Jason Worthley, Utah Valley: L, MD, 1-11
 
141 – Cole Krutzfeldt
Jaden Crumpler, Michigan State: L, TF, 1-17 (3:00)
Jack Martinec, Clarion: W, Dec., 2-0
Adam Heckman, Navy: L, Dec., 5-8
 
149 – Yuta Otero
Austin McBurney, Brown: L, MD, 3-15
Zac Cowan, Bellarmine: W, Dec., 7-4
Cutter Sheets, Oklahoma State: L, Dec., 5-9
 
149 – Pierce Pennington
Kelly Dunnigan, Penn: L, TF, 0-16 (3:30)
Hunter May, Bellarmine: L, Fall (1:03)
 
157 – Alex Hutchcraft
#21 Gavin Drexler, North Dakota State: L, MD, 1-10
Braden Stauffenberg, Michigan State: L, Dec., 2-4
 
157 – Brayden Leach
Luke Robie, Virginia Tech: L, Dec. 3-6
Jeb Prechtel, Bellarmine: L, Med. For.
 
157 – Cavarius Liddie
Brogan Tucker, N.C. State: W, Dec., 6-3
Dominic Frontino, Brown, W, Dec., 11-5
Kyrel Leavell, The Citadel: L, MD, 2-10
Kellen Smith, Army: W, Fall (2:56)
Mark Takara, Utah Valley: L, Fall (4:23)
 
165 – Tavian Camper
Boeden Greenley, North Dakota State: L, Dec., 6-11
Porter Craig, North Dakota State: W, Dec., 7-5
DJ Shannon, Michigan State: L, Dec., 8-11
 
165 – Mason Reiniche
Josh Greenwood, Morgan State: W, MD, 9-1
Zyon Trujillo, Utah Valley: L, Dec., 4-8
Nick Grizales, App State: W, Dec., 7-4
Mason Steffanelli, Virginia: L, Dec. 2-5
 
174 – Brody Murray
Max Magayna, North Dakota State: L, MD, 0-13
Cortilius Vann, Morgan State: L, Dec., 4-10
 
184 – Tre McTorry III
Matt Furman, Cornell: L, Fall (6:48)
Brodie Porter, The Citadel: W, Dec., 8-5
Landon Jones, Chattanooga: L, Fall (1:27)
 
197 – Kendrick Curtis
Landon Jobbers-Spence, Little Rock: W, Dec., 12-11
Eric Washington, Morgan State: W, Dec., 11-6
#1 Josh Barr, Penn State: L, Fall (1:25)
Wolfgang Frable, Army: L, TF, 2-17 (4:30)
 
197 – Brock Rios
Tyler Perry, Northern Colorado: L, MD, 1-11
Landon Jobbers-Spence, Little Rock: L, Fall (4:04)
 
197 – Kade Rule
Reid Schroeder, Army: W, MD, 14-3
#31 Andrew Reall, Brown: L, MD, 1-11
Landon Jobbers-Spence, Little Rock: W, TF, 15-0 (4:18)
Austin Johnson, Oklahoma State: W, Dec., 13-10
Kael Bennie, Utah Valley: L, MD, 3-14
 
197 – Logan Webster
Teage Calvin, American: L, Dec., 6-9
Hunter Adams, App State: L, Fall (5:36)
 
285 – Ethan Vergara
Dom Iaquinto, Navy: W, MD, 9-0
Michael Gasper, Little Rock: L, MD, 2-14
Josh Terill, Michigan State: L, Dec., 0-4
 
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