University of Northern Colorado Athletics
Saturday, February 11
Orem, UT
3:00 P.M.
University of Northern Colorado
at
Utah Valley University
@UNCBearsWrestle Look to Win Third Straight Dual Against Utah Valley
2/10/2017 5:48:00 PM | Wrestling
OREM, Utah – Northern Colorado is set for a quick road trip to Orem to wrestle against Big 12 foe Utah Valley University at 3 PM (MT) Saturday, Feb 11.
Following a tough 28-10 loss to No. 29 Wyoming Wednesday night, the Bears have their eyes set on knocking off Utah Valley in another Big 12 dual.
The dual against Utah Valley will feature no ranked matchups between the two teams, although both teams have ranked wrestlers.
The Bears have had success against Utah Valley, especially as of recently, currently riding a two-year winning streak over the Wolverines.
Northern Colorado also leads the overall series by a tally of 9-7.
Northern Colorado Preview: (1-9, 0-5)
Although Northern Colorado boasts a 1-9 overall record, it is not indicative of how close the Bears were to being 4-6 or 5-5. This season the Bears have lost four duals by five points or less, with two of those coming to top 25 teams.
In addition, Northern Colorado has lost duals to Arizona State, Iowa State, Oklahoma University, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State, all of whom are currently or were ranked in the top 25 at the time.
The newest NCAA Coaches' Panel came out this afternoon, which has the same four Bears ranked as the first one.
Here are the most recent individual rankings for the Bears:
FloWrestling.org:
[165] Keilan Torres No. 16, [184] Dylan Gabel No. 19
Trackwrestling.com:
Keilan Torres No. 20
NCCA Coaches' Panel:
Dylan Gabel No. 20, Keilan Torres No. 22, [141] Timmy Box No. 25, [125] Trey Andrews No. 28
Utah Valley Preview: (5-4, 2-2)
The Wolverines are coming off a huge upset over No. 23 North Dakota State University last week. Utah Valley will also wrestle against No. 22 Stanford Friday night, prior to Saturday's matchup against the Bears.
Utah Valley has multiple ranked wrestlers as well. The rankings are below:
Individual Rankings:
FloWrestling.org:
[174] Kimball Bastian No. 20
NCCA Coaches' Panel:
Kimball Bastian No. 28, Tanner Orndorff No. 23
The dual will be streamed live and can be accessed here:
WolverineGreen.com/Watch
Following a tough 28-10 loss to No. 29 Wyoming Wednesday night, the Bears have their eyes set on knocking off Utah Valley in another Big 12 dual.
The dual against Utah Valley will feature no ranked matchups between the two teams, although both teams have ranked wrestlers.
The Bears have had success against Utah Valley, especially as of recently, currently riding a two-year winning streak over the Wolverines.
Northern Colorado also leads the overall series by a tally of 9-7.
Northern Colorado Preview: (1-9, 0-5)
Although Northern Colorado boasts a 1-9 overall record, it is not indicative of how close the Bears were to being 4-6 or 5-5. This season the Bears have lost four duals by five points or less, with two of those coming to top 25 teams.
In addition, Northern Colorado has lost duals to Arizona State, Iowa State, Oklahoma University, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State, all of whom are currently or were ranked in the top 25 at the time.
The newest NCAA Coaches' Panel came out this afternoon, which has the same four Bears ranked as the first one.
Here are the most recent individual rankings for the Bears:
FloWrestling.org:
[165] Keilan Torres No. 16, [184] Dylan Gabel No. 19
Trackwrestling.com:
Keilan Torres No. 20
NCCA Coaches' Panel:
Dylan Gabel No. 20, Keilan Torres No. 22, [141] Timmy Box No. 25, [125] Trey Andrews No. 28
Utah Valley Preview: (5-4, 2-2)
The Wolverines are coming off a huge upset over No. 23 North Dakota State University last week. Utah Valley will also wrestle against No. 22 Stanford Friday night, prior to Saturday's matchup against the Bears.
Utah Valley has multiple ranked wrestlers as well. The rankings are below:
Individual Rankings:
FloWrestling.org:
[174] Kimball Bastian No. 20
NCCA Coaches' Panel:
Kimball Bastian No. 28, Tanner Orndorff No. 23
The dual will be streamed live and can be accessed here:
WolverineGreen.com/Watch
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