OREM, Utah – The newly minted No. 25 Utah Valley wrestling program hosts Big 12 foe California Baptist in their lone January home dual on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 6:00 p.m. The dual will be held inside Lockhart Arena. The Wolverines moved into the Top 25 for the first time in the Adam Hall era, coming in at No. 25 in the Open Mat Dual and Tournament rankings and in the FloWrestling Tournament poll.
 
BROADCAST INFO
The dual with CBU will be streamed on both FloWrestling and the GoUVU YouTube page. Sam Allen and Chasen Tolbert will have the call. Live stats will be available on UVUstats.com.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Wolverines topped No. 23 Oregon State in their final dual before the holiday break. They won six of the ten bouts during the evening, including three in a row, to go up 9-3 early. Mark Takara had the upset of the night with a 6-3 decision over No. 32 Sean Harman. UVU broke a 9-9 tie with three more in a row with Kase Mauger, No. 16 Haiden Drury, and Smokey McClure all winning their matches.
 
ABOUT THE LANCERS
California Baptist is 5-2 and 2-0 in the Big 12 this season. They are led by 184-pounder Nathan Haas, who enters this week ranked No. 30 at 7-4 overall and 6-1 in dual action. The Nebraska transfer picked up a win over UVU's Caleb Uhlenhopp at Cliff Keen. The young Lancers have five underclassmen in their projected lineup, but they have some experienced transfers in projected starters Eli Shreeren (Buffalo) and Carter Schmidt (Iowa State), having spent time in other rooms.
 
ALL-TIME AGAINST CBU
This will be the fifth meeting on the mat between UVU and CBU. The Wolverines hold a 3-1 edge in the overall series with a 1-1 record in Orem. The Lancers' last season got the better of the Wolverines with a 20-17 win in a dual that came down to the day's final match.
 
WOLVERINES IN THE RANKS
No. 4 Terrell Barraclough did not wrestle against the Beavers but remained in his fourth spot in both major polls. At 141, Drury moved up to 16 in the InterMat and 19 in FloWrestling after earning his second victory over Oregon State's Nash Singleton. Mauger moved to 10-5 on the year with a 5-1 decision over Chase DeBlaere and moved into the national rankings for the first time this season. He was ranked at No. 32 by InterMat.
 
                                                FloWrestling              InterMat
Terrell Barraclough                 4                                  4
Haiden Drury                          19                                16
Kase Mauger                           NR                              32
Team Tournament                   25                                T-25

UP NEXT
Utah Valley will travel for the remainder of January, starting with a trip to Columbia to wrestle No. 12 Missouri at 5:30 p.m. MT in the Hearnes Center. The busy month of duals will continue with trips to Wyoming and then off to the Dakotas with competitions with No. 14 South Dakota State (Jan. 31) and North Dakota State (Feb. 1).