STANFORD, Calif. - No. 15 Stanford (4-1, 0-0 ACC) resumes dual competition this weekend, traveling to No. 18 Pittsburgh (5-2, 0-0 ACC) on Friday at 4 p.m. PT on ACCNX and No. 21 Missouri (2-6, 1-1 Big 12) on Sunday at Noon PT on ESPN+.
Stanford is ranked No. 15 in this week's NWCA Coaches Poll. The Cardinal boasts six wrestlers ranked in the InterMat individual polls.
InterMat Individual Rankings
133: Tyler Knox - #10
149: Jaden Abas - #8
157: Grigor Cholakyan - #28
165: Hunter Garvin - #14
174: Lorenzo Norman - #4
197: Nick Stemmet - #24
Stanford is coming off a first-place finish at the 60th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships - the first team title in program history. The Cardinal crowned three individual champions at the tournament for the first time - Tyler Knox (133 pounds), Jaden Abas (149 pounds) and Lorenzo Norman (174 pounds). Also placing for Stanford were Hunter Garvin (3rd - 165 pounds), Jason Miranda (4th - 141 pounds), Nick Stemmet (4th - 197 pounds), Peter Ming (5th - 285 pounds), Grigor Cholakyan (7th - 157 pounds), Brook Byers (7th - 197 pounds) and Collin Guffey (8th - 174 pounds).
Following the tournament, Knox was voted the Dan Gable Men's Outstanding Wrestler, while Norman was named the Jack Leese Champion of Champions.
The Cardinal finished eighth as a team at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 6-7) and had four placewinners - Lorenzo Norman (2nd - 174 pounds), Jaden Abas (3rd - 149 pounds), Tyler Knox (5th - 133 pounds) and Hunter Garvin (6th - 165 pounds).
Last season, Stanford ushered in the Chris Ayres' era, producing a pair of All-Americans and tying for its third-highest finish at the NCAA Championships (16th).
The Cardinal qualified five wrestlers for the 2024 NCAA Championships in Kansas City - Nico Provo (125), Jaden Abas (149), Daniel Cardenas (157), Hunter Garvin (165) and Nick Stemmet (197). Cardenas was the top-finisher for Stanford, placing fourth at 157 pounds to garner his first career All-America honors.
Garvin took sixth at 165 pounds after entering the tournament at the No. 20 seed. He became just the third Cardinal freshman to achieve NCAA All-America status. Stanford now has 26 individual All-Americans who have earned 37 honors overall.
Stanford is under the guidance of Chris Ayres, The Matt Gentry Head Wrestling Coach. He is in his second season on The Farm and 19th season as a collegiate head coach. A four-time Ivy League Coach of the Year, Ayres spent 17 seasons at the helm of the Princeton program.
No. 15 Stanford at No. 18 Pitt Probable Matchups
125: Nico Provo (STAN) vs. #17 Nick Babin (PITT)
133: #10 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. Tyler Chappell OR Matt Marlow (PITT)
141: Jason Miranda OR Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. #31 Anthony Santaniello OR Briar Priest (PITT)
149: EJ Parco (STAN) vs. #26 Finn Solomon OR Kade Brown (PITT)
157: #28 Grigor Cholakyan (STAN) vs. #22 Dylan Evans (PITT)
165: #14 Hunter Garvin OR Zach Hanson (STAN) vs. Jared Keslar (PITT)
174: #4 Lorenzo Norman OR Collin Guffey (STAN) vs. #18 Luca Augustine (PITT)
184: Abraham Wojcikiewicz OR Cole Han-Lindemyer (STAN) vs. #18 Reece Heller (PITT)
197: #24 Nick Stemmet OR Brook Byers (STAN) vs. #12 Mac Stout (PITT)
285: Peter Ming (STAN) vs. #14 Dayton Pitzer (PITT)
No. 15 Stanford at No. 21 Missouri Probable Matchups
125: Nico Provo (STAN) vs. #31 Gage Walker OR Mack Mauger (MIZZ)
133: #10 Tyler Knox (STAN) vs. Kade Moore OR Jake Crapps (MIZZ)
141: Jason Miranda OR Jack Consiglio (STAN) vs. #17 Josh Edmond OR Owen Uhls (MIZZ)
149: EJ Parco (STAN) vs. Zeke Seltzer (MIZZ)
157: #28 Grigor Cholakyan (STAN) vs. James Conway (MIZZ)
165: #14 Hunter Garvin OR Zach Hanson (STAN) vs. Joel Mylin (MIZZ)
174: #4 Lorenzo Norman OR Collin Guffey (STAN) vs. Jake Stoffel (MIZZ)
184: Abraham Wojcikiewicz OR Cole Han-Lindemyer (STAN) vs. #9 Colton Hawks (MIZZ)
197: #24 Nick Stemmet OR Brook Byers (STAN) vs. Jesse Cassatt OR Aeoden Sinclair (MIZZ)
285: Peter Ming (STAN) vs. Jarrett Stoner (MIZZ)