Pitt Wrestling
Panthers Have Limited Movement in National Polls After Having Weekend Off
After having the week free from competition, the Panthers see very little movement in the national polls from last week when the team saw seven wrestlers in the national polls, including the team’s four NCAA qualifiers and three Panthers whose hopes of continuing their seasons rest on potential at-large bids.
The Blue and Gold ended 2021 regular season at (3-4, 1-4 ACC) on the year. The squad took fifth at the 2021 ACC Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina on Feb. 28. In the process, the Panthers qualified four wrestlers for the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Here are your ranked Pitt Panthers’ wrestlers:
133: Micky Phillippi: No. 5 (No. 5 on March 1)
141: Cole Matthews: No.13 (No. 14 on March 1)
165: Jake Wentzel: No. 5 (No. 6 on March 1)
184: Gregg Harvey: No. 21 (No. 21 on March 1)
197: Nino Bonaccorsi: No. 5 (No. 5 on March 1)
Team Tournament Rank: No. 13 (No. 13 on March 1)
133: Micky Phillippi: No. 5 (No. 5 on March 2)
141: Cole Matthews: No. 17 (No. 17 on March 2)
165: Jake Wentzel: No. 5 (No. 5 on March 2)
197: Nino Bonaccorsi: No. 6 (No. 8 on March 2)
Team Tournament Rank: No. 13 (No. 15 on March 2)
Team Dual Meet Rank: 17 (No. 17 on March 2)
133: Micky Phillippi: No. 5 (No. 6 on March 2)
141: Cole Matthews: No. 16 (No. 17 on March 2)
165: Jake Wentzel: No. 5 (No. 7 on March 2)
184: Gregg Harvey: No. 28 (No. 29 on March 2)
197: Nino Bonaccorsi: No. 5 (No. 9 on March 2)
Team Tournament: No. Released March, 10.(No. T19 on March 3)
133: Micky Phillippi: No. 5 (No. 5 on March 1)
141: Cole Matthews: No. 15 (No. 16 on March 1)
149: Luke Kemerer: No. 30 (No. 29 on March 1)
165: Jake Wentzel: No. 3 (No. 3 on March 1)
174: Jared McGill: No. 22 (No. 22 on March 1)
184: Gregg Harvey: No. 22 (No. 21 on March 1)
197: Nino Bonaccorsi: No. 9 (No. 9 on March 1)
Team Tournament Rank: T14 (No. T14 on March 1)
Looking ahead, Pitt has more than two weeks off before traveling to St. Louis, Missouri for the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship, March 18-20.
The Division I Wrestling Committee will meet to select the remaining at-large qualifiers to fill out the 33-man bracket in each weight class, which will be announced March 10, via NCAA livestream while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 4 p.m. March 11. You can watch FloWrestling NCAA Bracket Release Show Wednesday, March 10 at 6 p.m.
