UNI has received their draw forThe Southern Scuffle, as brackets have been released by the University of Chattanooga. There will be a Panther wrestling in the first two matches of the day as both Dylan Peters, the top seed at 125, and unseeded Rudy Yates will both have pigtail matches.
The fifth seed at 157 pounds, Bryce Steiert, will also have a pigtail match. He’ll face early action against Lason Carr from The Citadel. His fellow fifth seed, Max Thomsen, will take on Cole Graves from Gardner Webb in the early round.
UNI’s Carter Isley, wrestling at heavyweight, will be the last Panther to have a pigtail match. He’ll take on Cornell’s Jeramy Sweany.
Also of note – Jacob Holschlag is not listed among the brackets at any weight. I’m not sure what happened, but he was listed on the pre-seeded list on Friday.
Edit – The brackets have been updated, and Holschlag is will take on Will Sumner from Utah Valley in the first round. 133 pounder Josh Alber has been bumped up to the 6th seed from the 7th, after the 4th seeded Kevin Devoy from Drexel dropped out.
The rest of UNI’s squad do not have pigtail matches, and wrestling will open up right away at 9 AM CST. All the action can be found on Flo, and we’ll be posting results all day so be sure to check back here and follow us on Twitter @IAwrestle.
Updated PDF – scuffle-brackets