CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Three Stanford wrestlers have reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 Defense Soap & Flips Wrestling Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tennessee, while six other Cardinal are still alive in the consolation brackets.
Fourth-ranked frershman Joey McKenna (141 pounds), redshirt freshman Paul Fox (149 pounds) and redshirt sophomore Nathan Butler (285 pounds) are the three Cardinal who have advanced to the quarterfinals.
As a team, Stanford sits in a tie with Penn for 12th-place with 23.5 points. Penn State leads the field with 47.5 points followed by Oklahoma State (44.5) and Cornell (40.0).
Action resumes at the Southern Scuffle on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 9 a.m. ET.
Friday's Results
| 125 pounds • Brian Rossi (1-1) |
| Dec. Kenny Yanovich (Penn State), 5-2 Lost to Steven Polakowski (Minnesota), 5-4 |
| 125 pounds • Connor Schram (3-1) |
| Fall John Martin (Cleveland State), 3:37 Lost to Ethan Lizak (Minnesota - unattached), 8-2 Dec. Alonzo Allen (Chattanooga), 8-5 Dec. Tanner Shoap (Drexel - unattached), 6-2 |
| 141 pounds • #4 Joey McKenna (2-0) |
| Maj. Dec. Matthew Kelly (Army), 12-0 Won by medical forfeit over Colt Schilling (Cal Poly) |
| 149 pounds • Paul Fox (2-0) |
| Maj. Dec. Timmy Box (Northern Colorado), 12-4 Dec. Troy Heilmann (North Carolina - unattached), 10-4 |
| 149 pounds • Tommy Pawelski (1-2) |
| Lost to #8 Matthew Cimato (Drexel), 5-2 Dec. Nick Montgomery (Cleveland State), 8-6 Lost to Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma State), 12-7 |
| 157 pounds • Walker Dempsey (1-2) |
| Lost to #3 Jason Nolf (Penn State), 25-10 Dec. John Vaughn (Cleveland State), 8-4 Lost to Spencer Nagy (Edinboro), 2-0 |
| 165 pounds • #9 Jim Wilson (1-1) |
| Dec. Garrett Peppelman (Virginia), 4-2 Lost to Tyler Marinelli (Gardner Webb - unattached), 7-3 |
| 174 pounds • Peter Galli (1-2) |
| Dec. Ryan Harman (Navy), 2-1 Lost to #11 Michael Ottinger (Central Michigan), 6-1 Lost to Andrew Morgan (Cal Poly), 7-1 |
| 184 pounds • Garet Krohn (1-1) |
| Dec. Nick Corba (Cleveland State - unattached), 8-3 Lost to Lorenzo Thomas (Penn), 5-2 |
| 184 pounds • Zach Nevills (2-1) |
| Lost to Hunter Gamble (Gardner Webb), 7-1 Fall Chris Laird (Edinboro), 4:52 Fall Mccoy Newbery (Chattanooga), 3:28 |
| 285 pounds • Nathan Butler (2-0) |
| Dec. Newton Smerchek (Central Michigan), 3-1 (SV) Dec. William Miller (Edinboro), 3-1 |
| 285 pounds • Josh Marchok (0-1) |
| Won by medical forfeit over #16 Tanner Harms (Wyoming) Lost to Jeramy Sweany (Cornell), 3-2 |