LAS VEGAS — Chad Bellis led the way for App State Wrestling at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday, reaching the final 12 in a 133-pound bracket with 11 ranked wrestlers thanks to an overtime win against 17th-ranked Brett Ungar from Cornell.
Bellis,
Kaden Keiser (149 pounds),
Luke Uliano (174 pounds) and
Carson Floyd (197 pounds) reached the night session of the prestigious double-elimination event.
Bellis' 2-2 record included a second-period pin of Northwestern's Massey Odiotti, the 4-1 victory against Ungar via a takedown with 1:12 left in the Sudden Victory period and two competitive losses against top-10 opponents. Bellis opened the tournament with a 6-3 loss to 10th-ranked Tyler Knox from Stanford, and he recorded a third-period takedown to pull within 8-6 before dropping a 10-6 decision against fourth-ranked returning All-American Dylan Ragusin from Michigan with a spot in the final eight at stake.
Bellis, Keiser and Floyd all posted pins in their second matches, after opening-round losses to top-11 opponents, and Uliano won two of his first three matches after beginning the event with a Round of 32 match.
Floyd lost 6-2 against No. 11 Zach Glazier from South Dakota State, pinned Cal Poly's Jared Priest in the first period and lost 7-2 against Purdue's Ben Vanadia.
Keiser lost 11-4 against No. 6 Anthony Echemendia from Iowa State, pinned Utah Valley's Tanner Frothinger in the first period and lost 4-1 against 29th-ranked Koy Buesgens from NC State, with a first-period takedown being the difference.
Uliano, like Bellis, finished 2-2 with a pair of losses to top-15 opponents: 7-1 against No. 3 Cade Devos from South Dakota State and 12-5 against No. 14 Jared Simma from Northern Iowa. Uliano opened the tournament with an 8-2 decision over Riley Davis from Wyoming and followed his loss to Devos with a 9-0 major decision over Maxwell Wilner from Arizona State.
An average of 13 ranked wrestlers were in each bracket, as the Mountaineers' eight competitors Friday also included
Noah Luna (125),
Riley Edwards (141),
Anthony Conetta (157) and
Logan Eller (184). Four of their losses occurred against ranked opponents.
The 2024-25 season is presented by Hungry Howie's and Penn Station. App State has more wrestlers competing Sunday in Fairfax, Va., at the A Better Way Athletics Open hosted by George Mason. That group includes
Bryson Terrell,
Colby McBride,
Aldo Hernandez,
Kai O'Dell,
Jeremiah Price,
Nick Grizales,
Jayden Dobeck,
Oren Bost,
Joe Zovistoski,
Alex Hopper,
Hunter Adams,
Gunnar Pool,
Stephan Monchery and
Levi Andrews.
App State Results in Las Vegas
| 125: Noah Luna |
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| #3 Matt Ramos, Purdue |
L, TF |
17-2 |
| Carson Wagner, Binghamton |
L, Dec |
8-3 |
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| 133: Chad Bellis |
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| #10 Tyler Knox, Stanford |
L, Dec |
6-3 |
| Massey Odiotti, Northwestern |
W, Fall |
4:35 |
| #17 Brett Ungar, Cornell |
W, Dec |
4-1 (SV) |
| #4 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan |
L, Dec |
10-6 |
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| 141: Riley Edwards |
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| Emilio Ysaguirre, Arizona State |
L, MD |
17-5 |
| Jacob Frost, Iowa State |
L, MD |
16-3 |
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| 149: Kaden Keiser |
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| #6 Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State |
L, Dec |
11-4 |
| Tanner Frothinger, Utah Valley |
W, Fall |
2:14 |
| #29 Koy Buesgens, NC State |
L, Dec |
4-1 |
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| 157: Anthony Conetta |
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| Caleb Fish, Oklahoma State |
L, TF |
18-1 |
| #21 Rafael Hipolito, Virginia Tech |
L, MD |
17-3 |
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| 174: Luke Uliano |
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| Riley Davis, Wyoming |
W, Dec |
8-2 |
| #3 Cade Devos, South Dakota State |
L, Dec |
7-1 |
| Maxwell Wilner, Arizona State |
W, MD |
9-0 |
| #14 Jared Simma, Northern Iowa |
L, Dec |
12-5 |
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| 184: Logan Eller |
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| #29 Ross McFarland, Hofstra |
L, MD |
18-7 |
| #24 William Ebert, Binghamton |
L, Fall |
1:32 |
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| 197: Carson Floyd |
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| #11 Zach Glazier, South Dakota State |
L, Dec |
6-2 |
| Jared Priest, Cal Poly |
W, Fall |
2:20 |
| Ben Vanadia, Purdue |
L, Dec |
7-2 |
