No. 2 Ohio State Takes on Little Rock, No. 3 Iowa State Sunday

No. 2 Ohio State vs. Little Rock, No. 3 Iowa State
Times: 1/3 p.m.
Date: Sunday, Dec. 21
Venue: Montgomery Bell Academy
Tickets: Ohio State Wrestling Tickets
Live Stream: FloWrestling.org
Results: X/@wrestlingbucks/TrackWrestling

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 2 Ohio State (8-0) travels to Nashville for a pair of Sunday duals against Little Rock (2-4) and No. 3 Iowa State (2-0) at the 2025 Journeymen Collegiate Duals.

The last time out, the Buckeyes defeated No. 9 NC State, 26-10 in Columbus. Six matches featured Top 20 opponents with Ohio State winning four of those bouts.
Graduate Carson Kharchla, ranked No. 5 at 174, defeated No. 3 Matthew Singleton, 8-4, for the biggest upset of the match against the Wolfpack. That effort earned Kharchla the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week.
Ohio State cruised through the 2025 National Duals Invitational Nov. 15-16 with four team-dual victories on its way to the event title and a check for $200,000. The Buckeyes defeated Wyoming, No. 10 Minnesota, No. 2 Nebraska and No. 3 Iowa for the title. Ohio State went 20-0 at 125, 133, 141, 149 and 157 while losing just five total matches over the two-days.
Highlight wins at the National Duals, 125-Nic Bouzakis defeated (8) Jore Volk (MINN) and (10) Dean Peterson (Iowa/F, 1:34); 133-Ben Davino defeated (2) Drake Ayala (Iowa, D, 10-4); 141-Jesse Mendez defeated (8) Vance VomBaur (MINN), (2) Brock Hardy (NEB) and (9) Nasir Bailey (Iowa); 157-Brandon Cannon defeated defending NCAA Champion and top ranked Antrell Taylor (NEB/MD, 16-4); 174-Carson Kharchla defeated No. 4 Christopher Minto (NEB); 184-Dylan Fishback defeated (6) Silas Allred (NEB); HWT: Nick Feldman defeated (2) AJ Ferrari (NEB/D, 5-4).
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to start the dual season, Ohio State earned nine total wins with seven coming with bonus points. The Buckeyes won 42-4 with six wins by technical fall with one pin by redshirt freshman Landon Desselle at 157.
No. 1 Mendez, Ohio State's three-time All-American and two-time defending national champion at 141, opened his season at the 2025 NWCA All-Star Championships against then No. 6 Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State. Mendez prevailed in the highly-anticipated match, 7-3.
The Buckeyes entered the 2025-26 campaign with 12 NCAA qualifiers on the roster. That group has made 22 combined NCAA championship appearances.

Probable Lineups

No. 2 Ohio State vs. Little Rock
125 – (3) Nic Bouzakis (OSU)/Vinny Kilkeary (OSU) vs. Jeremiah Reno (UALR)
133 – (2) Ben Davino (OSU) vs. Dillon Cooper (UALR)
141 – (1) Jesse Mendez (OSU) vs. Brennan Van Hoecke (UALR)
149 – (6) Ethan Stiles (OSU)/Dax Chase (OSU) vs. Brock Herman (UALR)/Carter Mcallster (UALR)/Kyle Lew (UALR)
157 – (4) Brandon Cannon (OSU)/Landon Desselle (OSU) vs. Jaivon Jones (UALR)
165 – (16) Paddy Gallagher (OSU)/e'Than Birden (OSU) vs. (5) Matty Bianchi (UALR)/Cody Wagner (UALR)
174 – (4) Carson Kharchla (OSU)/Carter Chase (OSU) vs. Gunner Holland (UALR)/Bronson Baxter (UALR)
184 – (6) Dylan Fishback (OSU)/Cayaen Smith (OSU) vs. Kodiak Canndey (UALR)
197 – (14) Luke Geog (OSU)/Seth Shumate (OSU) vs. Stephen Little (UALR)
285 – (3) Nick Feldman (OSU) vs. Michael Gasper (UALR)/Kaden Darwin (UALR)

No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Iowa State
125 - (3) Nic Bouzakis (OSU)/Vinny Kilkeary (OSU) vs. (13) Stevo Poulin (ISU)/Christian Castillo (ISU)
133 - (2) Ben Davino (OSU) vs. (3) Evan Frost (ISU)
141 – (1) Jesse Mendez (OSU) vs. (4) Anthony Echemendia (ISU)/Osmany Diversent (ISU)
149 – (6) Ethan Stiles (OSU)/Dax Chase (OSU) vs. (10) Jacob Frost (ISU)
157 – (4) Brandon Cannon (OSU)/Landon Desselle (OSU) vs. (3) Vinny Zerban (ISU)/Kane Naaktgeboren (ISU)
165 – (16) Paddy Gallagher (OSU)/e'Than Birden (OSU) vs. (20) Connor Euton (ISU)/Aiden Riggins (ISU)
174 – (4) Carson Kharchla (OSU)/Carter Chase (OSU) vs. (13) MJ Gaitan (ISU)
184 – (6) Dylan Fishback (OSU)/Cayaen Smith (OSU) vs. (13) Isaac Dean (ISU)
197 – (14) Luke Geog (OSU)/Seth Shumate (OSU) vs. (1) Rocky Elam (ISU)/CJ Carter (ISU)
285 – (3) Nick Feldman (OSU) vs. (1) Yonger Bastida (ISU)

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