LAS VEGAS - Four Cardinal advanced to the semifinals on the opening day of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino.
No. 9 Tyler Knox (133), No. 12 Jaden Abas (149), No. 6 Hunter Garvin (165) and No. 9 Lorenzo Norman (174) all went undefeated on the first day of action to move into the semifinals.
Knox will face No. 7 Evan Frost of Iowa State in the semifinals, while Abas will meet No. 1 Caleb Henson of Virginia Tech on Saturday morning.
Garvin will take on No. 3 Peyton Hall of West Virginia in the semifinals, while Norman has No. 23 Garrett Thompson of Ohio.
The semifinals get underway on Saturday at 10 a.m. PT on FloWrestling.
133 - #9 Tyler Knox, 3-0
maj. dec. TJ England (Ohio)
dec. Chad Bellis (Appalachian State), 6-3
won by inj. def. over #27 Cory Land (Northern Iowa)
141 - Aden Valencia (0-2)
lost to #7 Sergio Lemley (Michigan), 2-0
lost to #6 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa), 4-1 (SV)
149 - #12 Jaden Abas, 3-0
dec. Colin Dupill (South Dakota State), 12-5
tech. fall Tanner Frothinger (Utah Valley), 18-1 (2:29)
dec. #17 Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa), 7-2
157 - #29 Grigor Cholakyan, 2-2
lost to #5 Peyten Kellar (Ohio), 6-3
fall Dominic Rossetti (Columbia) F2:30
fall #31 Jimmy Harrington (Harvard), F5:43
lost to #10 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State), 2-2 (TB1)
165 - #6 Hunter Garvin, 2-0
tech. fall Jack Lledo (Ohio), 20-3 (5:16)
fall #8 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State), F2:56
174 - #9 Lorenzo Norman, 3-0
maj. dec. Jack McGill (Columbia), 10-1
maj. dec. Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart), 17-8
dec. #18 Danny Wask (Navy), 12-7
184 - Tye Monteiro, 1-2
lost to #5 Bennett Berge (South Dakota State), 20-8
fall Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley), F2:15
lost to #18 Jaden Bullock (Michigan), 8-6
197 - #21 Nick Stemmet, 3-2
fall Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart), F3:44
lost to #17 Joey Novak (Wyoming), 5-1
dec. Andrew Macchiavello (NC State), 5-1
dec. Austin Starr (Ohio), 6-1
lost to #12 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State), 12-3
285 - Jackson Mankowski, 0-2
lost to Daniel Herrera (Iowa State), 20-4 (6:31)
lost to Hayden Filipovich (Purdue), 2-0