STANFORD, Calif. - The 2015-16 Stanford wrestling season starts Monday, Nov. 2 as the Cardinal travels to Pac-12 foe Cal Poly for an outdoor dual. Wrestling begins at 3 p.m. in the University Union plaza on the Cal Poly campus.
Stanford, which is under the guidance of eighth-year head coach Jason Borrelli, went 11-4 in duals last season, including 4-1 in Pac-12 contests.
Redshirt junior Jim Wilson (165 pounds) is the highest-ranked Stanford wrestler to start the season, coming in at No. 4 in the InterMat rankings. He is a two-time Pac-12 champion and placed eighth at the 2015 NCAA Championships, earning his first All-Ammerica honors.
Also returning for the Cardinal is heavyweight Nathan Butler, who went 29-9 in his rookie campaign and tied for the fourth-most wins by a freshman is program history. Ranked 15th to start the season, he became just the fourth Cardinal freshman to win a conference title and qualified for his first national tournament. During the summer, Butler earned a bronze medal for the United States at the 2015 Freestyle Junior World Championships in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
Joining the Cardinal lineup this season is highly-touted freshman Joey McKenna (Towaco, N.J.) at 141 pounds. Ranked 13th nationally, McKenna is a two-time Junior World team member, capturing a silver medal in 2014.
Redshirt sophomore Connor Schram, who was a 2015 NCAA qualifier for the Cardinal, is dropping down to 125 pounds this season. He went 18-5 as a freshman and was the runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships at 133 pounds.
Cal Poly returns eight starters and is led by sophomore Colton Schilling, 21-11 with 12 falls at 141 pounds a year ago, and junior Travis Berridge, 18-15 with three falls at 165 pounds.
After facing the Mustangs, Stanford will head east for a dual at Chattanooga on Saturday, Nov. 7 before wrapping up the opening week at the Hokie Open in Blacksburg, Virginia on Sunday, Nov. 8.
Stanford at Cal Poly Probable Match-Ups
125: Connor Schram (S) vs. Yoshito Funakoshi (CP) OR David Gonzalez (CP)
133: Eric Cramer (S) vs. Jason DelaCruz (CP)
141: No. 13 Joey McKenna (S) vs. Colton Schilling (CP)
149: Paul Fox (S) vs. Joshy Cortez (CP)
157: Maxwell Hvolbek (S) vs. Colt Shorts (CP) OR Blake Kastl (CP)
165: No. 4 Jim Wilson (S) vs. Xavier Johnson (CP)
174: Keaton Subjeck (S) vs. Andrew Morgan (CP) OR Sohrab Movahedi (CP)
184: Peter Galli (S) vs. Mitch Woods (CP)
197: Michael Sojka (S) vs. J.T. Goodwin (CP)
285: No. 15 Nathan Butler (S) vs. Cortes Morales (CP)