OREM, Utah— Utah Valley wrestling returns to the mat this weekend for the 42nd annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7). The tournament is considered one of the premier wrestling tournaments in the country and once again features some of the country's top talent. All the action will be streamed on FloWrestling with live results and brackets on FloArena.
 
The Wolverines are coming off a 2-1 weekend in North Carolina, where they dominated Presbyterian 54-0 and Duke 38-6 before falling in the nightcap to No. 6 NC State 23-16. Utah Valley had a lead against the Wolfpack following wins by 133-pounder Kase Mauger and No. 15 Haiden Drury, upsetting No. 5 Kai Orine by a 5-0 decision at 141. Following Barraclough's win over No. 21 Derek Fields, the night swung to the Wolfpack as they won three of the final four bouts, including a pair of bonus point victories.
 
UVU IN THE RANKINGS
141-     Haiden Drury              FloWrestling: 21, InterMat: 15
165 -    Terrell Barraclough     FloWrestling: 5, InterMat: 4
285 -    Jack Forbes                 FloWrestling: 33
 
CKLV PRE-SEEDS
Utah Valley has two who were given pre-seeds for this weekend's tournament. Terrell Barraclough was given the No. 3 seed at 165. The two ahead of UVU's 165 are the top-seeded Peyton Hall (West Virginia) and Sammy Sasso (Ohio State), who is the second seed. At 141, Haiden Drury came in at No. 9.
 
CLIFF KEEN SCHEDULE
Session I         Friday, Dec 6. 10 am MT       Pigtails, Championship Rounds (Consolation)
Session II        Friday, Dec 6. 6 pm MT         Quarterfinals, Consolation Rounds
Session III       Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 am MT   Semifinals, Consolation Rounds
Session IV       Saturday, Dec. 7 4 pm MT     Championship Finals
 
OTHER TEAMS IN THE FIELD
Appalachian State, Arizona State, Binghamton, California Baptist, Cal Poly, CSU Bakersfield, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Hofstra, Iowa State, Michigan, Nebraska, NC State, Navy, Northwestern, Ohio State, Ohio, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Purdue, Rider, Sacred Heart, South Dakota State, Stanford, Northern Iowa, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
 
UVU LINEUP
125 – Bridger Ricks, Jr. (7-4)
133- Kase Mauger, R-Jr. (8-3)
141 – No. 15 Haiden Drury, R-Jr. (10-1)
149 – Tanner Frothinger, R-Fr. (4-4)
157 – Ryker Fullmer, Fr. (7-4)
165 – No. 4 Terrell Barraclough, R-Sr. (9-0)
174 – Mark Takara, R-So. (4-5)
184 – Caleb Uhlenhopp, R-So. (6-4)
197 – Kael Bennie, R-Fr. (6-4)
285 – No. 33 Jack Forbes, R-Jr. (5-4)
 
UP NEXT
The Wolverines will host their final non-conference dual of the regular season against No. 23 Oregon State on Friday, Dec. 20, at 7:00 p.m. MT. UVU will continue with its Big 12 schedule, starting with California Baptist on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 6:00 p.m. MT.