WRESTLING at Southern Scuffle
WHEN:  January 1-2, 2020 | 10:00 a.m.
WHERE:  Chattanooga, Tenn. | McKenzie Arena
LIVE VIDEO:  Flowrestling
LIVE SCORING:  FloArena
TOURNAMENT WEBSITE: TheSouthernScuffle.com
 
 
FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason wrestling team begins the 2020 portion of the season with six wrestlers competing at the Southern Scuffle, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Jan. 1-2 at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn.
 
Three Patriots competed in the 2019 Southern Scuffle, Colston DeBlasi (149) competed at 165 pounds, Kolby Ho (157) and Justin Yorkdale (149).  Redshirt senior Alex Madrigal (141), Ryan Yorkdale (157) and graduate-student Anthony Lombardo (174) are competing for first time.
 
The Patriots have two wrestlers pre-seeded for the 2020 Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear. Colston DiBlasi (15-7, 6-2) is seeded seventh at 149 and Kolby Ho (15-6, 7-1) is sixth at 157.

Every match of the 2020 Southern Scuffle can be followed live via Flowrestling. Live scoring and interactive brackets are also available through FloArena.  Links to both are on the TheSouthernScuffle.com and the wrestling schedule page on GoMocs.com.
 
MAT FACTS
 
At the 2019 Southern Scuffle, DiBlasi nearly placed at 165 pounds, but dropped a 6-1 decision to Zach Finesilver (Duke) in the consolation round of 8.
 
This is the 17th year of the Southern Scuffle.  It was held in Greensboro, N.C. from 2003-10 and moved to Chattanooga in 2012.  It is the ninth year of the tournament under its current format at McKenzie Arena. Appalachian State, Navy, North Carolina and The Citadel the only teams that have participated every y

Only five different teams have won the Southern Scuffle in the 16-year history of the event. 

Cornell (2008, 2009, 2010), Minnesota (2004, 2005, 2007), Missouri (2003, 2006), Oklahoma State (2017) and Penn State (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019) are the only teams to have claimed Southern Scuffle titles.
 
PRE-SEEDS
125
1. Nick Piccininni - Oklahoma State
2. Nic Aguilar - Rutgers
3. Sidney Flores - Air Force
4. Gabriel Townsell - Stanford
5. Jakob Camacho - North Carolina St
6. Luke Werner - Lock Haven
7. Michael McGee - Old Dominion - Un
8. Zurich Storm - Campbell - Un

133
1. Micky Phillippi - Pittsburgh
2. Cam Sykora - North Dakota State
3. Mosha Schwartz - Northern Colorado
4. Chance Rich - Cal State Bakersfield
5. Sammy Alvarez - Rutgers
6. D.J. Fehlman - Lock Haven
7. Devan Turner - Oregon State
8. Chandler Olson - Drexel

141
1. Kaden Gfeller- Oklahoma State
2. Tariq Wilson- North Carolina State
3. Real Woods- Stanford
4. Kyle Shoop- Lock Haven
5. Cole Matthews- Pittsburgh
6. Evan Cheek- Cleveland St
7. Cody Trybus- Navy
8. Lenny Petersen- Air Force

149
1. Boo Lewallen- Oklahoma State
2. Requir Van der Merwe- Stanford
3. Gerard Angelo- Rutgers
4. Russell Rohlfing- Cal State Bakersfield
5. Andrew Alirez- Northern Colorado
6. Tanner Smith - Chattanooga
7. Colston DiBlasi- George Mason
8. Josh FInesilver- Duke - Un

157
1. Hayden Hidlay - North Carolina State
2. Jesse Dellavecchia - Rider
3. Matt Zovistoski - Appalachian State
4. Taleb Rahmani - Pittsburgh
5. Alex Klucker - Lock Haven 
6. Kolby Ho - George Mason
7. Hunter Willits - Oregon State - Un
8. Michael Vanbrill - Rutgers

165
1. Shane Griffith - Stanford
2. Tanner Skidgel - Navy
3. Thomas Bullard - North Carolina St
4. Jake Wentzel - Pittsburgh
5. Andrew Fogarty - North Dakota St
6. Travis Wittlake - Oklahoma St
7. Connor Flynn - Missouri
8. Ebed Jarrell - Drexel

174
1. Joe Smith - Oklahoma State
2. Joe Grello - Rutgers
3. Spencer Carey - Navy
4. Dean Sherry - Rider
5. Daniel Bullard - North Carolina State
6. Carter Starocci - Penn State Unattached
7. Neal Richards - VMI
8. Gregg Harvey - Pittsburgh

184
1. Trent Hidlay - North Carolina State
2. Lou Deprez - Binghamton
3. Nino Bonaccorsi - Pittsburgh
4. Matthew Waddell - Chattanooga
5. George Walton - Rider
6. Corey Hazel - Lock Haven
7. Alan Clothier - Northern Colorado
8. Anthony Montalvo - Oklahoma State

197
1. Dakota Geer - Oklahoma State
2. Nathan Traxler - Stanford
3. Nick Reenan - North Carolina State
4. Noah Adams - West Virginia
5. Jacob Seely - Northern Colorado
6. Jordan Pagano - Rutgers
7. Jacob Cardenas - Finger Lakes
8. Ethan Laird - Rider

285
1. Demetrius Thomas - Pittsburgh
2. Gannon Gremmel - Iowa State
3. Cary Miller - Appalachian St
4. Brandon Metz - North Dakota St
5. Dalton Robertson - Northern Colorado
6. Sean O'Malley - Drexel
7. Chris Beck - VMI
8. Kayne Hutchison - Air Force
 
 
COMPETING TEAMS
Air Force
Appalachian State
Binghamton
Cal State Bakersfield
Chattanooga
Cleveland State
Davidson
Drexel
Gardner-Webb
George Mason
Iowa State
Little Rock
Lock Haven
Navy
North Carolina*
North Carolina State
North Dakota State
Northern Colorado
Oklahoma State
Oregon State
Pittsburgh
Rider
Rutgers
Stanford
The Citadel
Virginia Tech*
VMI
West Virginia

*Denotes partial team representation only.