EOU Men’s Wrestling Moves up to No. 8 Nationally

LA GRANDE – (Release from Eastern Oregon University) The NAIA released the results of the latest Men’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll Thursday morning. Eastern Oregon University came in at No. 8 in this week’s rankings.

The Mountaineers have wrestled twice since the last rankings were released. The Mounties took on the now no. 9 nationally ranked University of Providence in a Cascade Collegiate Conference match. The Argos ultimately hung out for the 18-15 victory over Eastern. The Mountaineers bounced back in a huge way, taking second at the Missouri Valley Invite that featured 18 of the top 20 teams.

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS:

WEIGHT	RANK	WRESTLER
125	4	Hunter Sparks
125	24	Luciano Fasulo
133	23	Braden Carson
141	24	Jaxon Morlan
174	10	Keegan Mulhill
184	9	Kyle Knudtson
197	6	Marco Retano
197	7	Jay Smith
285	8	Noel Orozco

Poll Methodology

• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the five conferences.
• Two days prior to the national poll, each qualifying group rater submits the top six individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot.
• The top 20 individuals in each weight class is based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 20 points for each first-place vote, 19 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”

Eastern will be back in action Friday, Jan. 27 as they take on Embry- Riddle at home in a Cascade Collegiate Conference matchup. Match time is set for 6:00 PM. 

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