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STANFORD, Calif. – The Stanford wrestling team hosts No. 22 Utah Valley and Harvard for a pair of duals on Saturday at Burnham Pavilion beginning 10:30 a.m. Admission is free. 

Utah Valley and Harvard will square off first, followed by Stanford and Utah Valley at noon and then the Cardinal and Crimson at 1:30 p.m.

Stanford is coming off a program-best fourth-place finish at the Southern Scuffle. The Cardinal finished with nine placewinners - also a school record. Redshirt sophomore Nathan Traxler was named the Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week after going 4-1 in the tournament and finishing as the runner-up at 197 pounds.


Stanford has three wrestlers ranked in the top 20 in the InterMat individual polls. Traxler, a 2018 NCAA qualifier, is the highest-ranked Cardinal at No. 8 at 197 pounds. Redshirt sophomore Requir van der Merwe is No. 15 at 149 pounds, while returning All-American and redshirt senior Paul Fox comes in at No. 20 at 157 pounds.

Jason Borrelli, now in his 11th season as the Cardinal head coach, is coming off his 100th career win as Stanford defeated No. 11 Northwestern on Dec. 17. Chris Horpel is Stanford's all-time winningest coach with 105 dual victories.

Ranked 22nd nationally in InterMat's dual team rankings, Utah Valley is 6-5 to start the season, including victories over Big Ten foes Rutgers and Purdue. The Wolverines boast five ranked wrestlers, led by redshirt freshman Tate Orndorff, who is No. 10 at 285 pounds.

Harvard will wrestle its first duals of the season this weekend. The Crimson has won three of the last four meetings with Stanford and owns a 4-3 all-time record against the Cardinal. The trip to Stanford is Harvard's first since 1999. Head coach Jay Weiss is in his 25th season at the helm of the Crimson program.
 


Probable Matchups 

WeightStanford HarvardUtah Valley
125Brian RossiNolan HellicksonJosh Jensen
133Mason Pengilly OR Dalton YoungLukus StrickerIsaiah Delgado OR Dylan Gregerson
141Jack Ramalia OR Brandon KierRyan Friedman OR Tucker Ribman#11 Matt Findlay
149#15 Requir van der Merwe OR Steven AbbateBrock Wilson OR Robert GrovesLandon Knutzen OR Cameron Haddock
157#20 Paul Fox OR Dominick MandarinoHunter LadnierMatthew Ontiveros
165Brandon Dallavia OR Jared HillJosh Kim OR Tyler Tarsi#11 Demetrius Romero
174Rico Stormer OR Foster KarmonLeo Tarantino#13 Kimball Bastian OR Kyle Snelling
184Colbey Harlan OR Austin FloresCliffton Wang OR Pierce BausanoWill Sumner
197#8 Nathan Traxler (STAN)Cole Bateman#13 Tanner Orndorff OR Ashton Seely
285Haydn Maley OR David ShowunmiEvan Callahan#10 Tate Orndorff OR Benjamin Andrew