OREM, Utah – Utah Valley wrestling hits the road this week for the final two road duals of the season. UVU will wrestle No. 19 Air Force (3-6, 1-5) on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:00 p.m. MT and No. 18 Northern Colorado (8-5, 1-4) on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 6:00 p.m. MT. The duals will air on FloWrestling, and live results will be available via TrackWrestling.
The Wolverines split a pair of duals last weekend with a 24-14 win over North Dakota State as
Yusief Lillie,
Kase Mauger, and No. 27
Haiden Drury picked up wins to aid UVU out to a 12-0 lead. After the Bison regained the lead after winning the next four bouts, it was Utah Valley that answered with wins by No. 28
Jacob Armstrong and No. 16
Evan Bockman before
Chase Trussell capped the night with a sudden victory decision.
Utah Valley's Drury won the only match of the night against No. 11 South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits used victories by seven of their ranked wrestlers to earn the dual victory.
ABOUT AIR FORCE
The Falcons are 3-6 and 1-5 this season and are coming off a 21-15 loss to California Baptist last weekend. Air Force is led by Heavyweight Wyatt Hendrickson, who is currently No. 2 in the country and is a two-time NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler. They have two others in the rankings, with 184-pounder No. 9 Sam Wolf with a 14-3 record and Giano Petrucelli holding a 16-5 record and is currently No. 13.
ABOUT NORTHERN COLORADO
The Bears are currently 8-5 and 1-4 in Big 12 duals this season. They are without 2023 NCAA Champion Andrew Alirez at 141, who is taking an Olympic Redshirt season. Vincent Zerban has stepped up and is currently ranked No. 2 at 157 with an undefeated record of 19-0. At 125, defending Big 12 Champion Stevo Poulin is 15-2, and No. 15 Dominick Serrano is 22-3 this season at 133.
RANKINGS
Utah Valley had three in the national rankings this week as Bockman moved up to No. 16 in both FloWrestling and InterMat polls. Drury is back in the rankings this week after pushing his winning streak to three matches with InterMat listing him at 27 and Flo coming in at 31. Armstrong remains in the rankings coming in at 31 and 28.
UP NEXT
The Wolverines will send some wrestlers to the Cowboy Shootout on Feb. 18 at the University of Wyoming. They will return to dual action on Feb. 24 at 11:00 a.m. MT against California Baptist.
