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In the coming days, all varieties of screens across the nation will be blazing with the news of the National Duals Invitational. The event will be dissected and debated on FRL and other sundry wrestling podcasts. NDI content on YouTube and social media will be stamped out in conveyor belt-like fashion throughout the season. 

I am confident in this prediction because I just spent the last three days in Tulsa, most of that inside the BOK Center, and can personally attest that the articles and videos you've so far consumed regarding that event are but a ladle's worth from a deep well of content. Indeed, consider the National Duals Invitational content that we have on tap to be drawn from a continent-spanning reservoir. It will take a year -- many years -- nay decades -- to bleed this aquifer of college wrestling material dry. 

All of which is to say that you'll be getting plenty of NDI content elsewhere, so we can use this week's Roundup to focus on all the other noteworthy happenings in the D1 NCAA wrestling world. 

But here is a link to our National Duals Invitational content repository, just in case that's all you're looking for right now, plus two tweets which sum things up nicely in my humble opinion. Now back to the Week 3 Roundup.

The Dual of the Century... of the Week

Pitzer's Princeton Pin Produces Partytime for Pittsburgh Panthers

The first seven weights from this dual featured seven ranked wrestlers and mostly close bouts. Things started getting spicy, however, at 184, when Princeton's Kole Mulhauser won by fall to give the Tigers a 19-9 lead with just two bouts remaining. 

But Pitt's #5 Mac Stout came up big with a tech-fall at 197, and then #13 Dayton Pitzer secured a pin to put the Panthers over the top, sending the crowd into a frenzy. 

Congrats to Pittsburgh and Princeton for participating in such an entertaining and fan-friendly evening of entertainment!

Yeah, I'd pin this tweet to the top of my page too.

🗣️🗣️PITZER WITH THE PIN

Dayton secures the match with a pin over Sebastian Garibaldi 📌

Pitt 20, Princeton 19 pic.twitter.com/h5CDvM7qXN

— Pitt Wrestling (@Pitt_WRES) November 15, 2025

Elsewhere in Dual Meets

Throwdown on the Yorktown II

The Citadel hosted one of the coolest wrestling events you'll ever see with the second Throwdown on the Yorktown. This is a dual-fest on the deck of a WWII aircraft carrier off the coast of South Carolina near Charleston, and yes, it is as gnarly as it sounds. 

Throwdown on the Yorktown vol. 2.

Picture perfect backdrop for some collegiate wrestling in the Holy City.@CitadelWrestle opening the event by taking on Air Force.@WCBD @TdownOnYorktown pic.twitter.com/qtErEt7IP6

— Dan Fanning (@DanNews2Sports) November 15, 2025

The Air Force defeated the Citadel in the marquee bout of the event.

I gotta get to this event at some point. You should too, imo!

Penn State Shut Out Oklahoma

I know what you're thinking: when will Penn State wrestling finally get some media coverage? Well, have no fear; when all eyes were on Tulsa, this Roundup is turning over stones in efforts to remedy the media deficiencies for the schools not at the National Duals Invitational this weekend. 

More interesting than the final score to many fans was the lineup Coach Sanderson chose to utilize. True freshman Marcus Blaze was in at 133, and redshirt junior Aaron Nagao was the starter at 141. While Blaze retains the ability to redshirt, this is still strong supporting evidence that those two will be the postseason starters at those weights for the Nittany Lions. 

PSU also started redshirt freshmen Joe Sealey at 157 and Connor Mirasola at 197, but assuming they will continue to start may be premature. True freshman PJ Duke is still getting his folkstyle legs back after a long freestyle season and there is a high probability he earns the 157lb job sometime soon. Likewise, Josh Barr is returning from an injury he suffered at U23 Worlds, and the odds are that if he's healthy to return to competition, he'll also reclaim the 197lb spot. 

Additionally, the Nittany Lions started their 2025-26 season in the Bryce Jordan Center and produced this nifty short vid to commemorate the occasion. 

The #PSUwr season has begun...
🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/zqwJX3NSnY

— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) November 15, 2025

Here's Some Other Duals You May Have Missed

• Indiana defeated Columbia 22-19. These are both programs to watch, as Angel Escobedo has been quietly building a very competitive Big Ten program. Similarly, year two of the Donny Pritzlaff era in Columbia is looking as strong as ever. There were 11 ranked wrestlers in this high-caliber dual, with the pivotal bout coming at 184, where Hoosier #22 Sam Goin upset Columbia's #12 Aaron Ayzerov.
• Sacred Heart squeaked by Davidson 20-18. Here is a worthy contender for Dual of the Century of the Week. The Pioneers of Sacred Heart were trailing the Wildcats of Davidson 14-18 going into the final two bouts. SHU then got a 3-2 win by Chris DeLena at 197 and an overtime victory by their heavyweight, Brendan Gilchrist, for the two-point team win. Outstanding job by Coach Clark's Pioneers!
• Oklahoma bounced back from their PSU drubbing to beat Bucknell, 18-12. Two highlights from this dual include a razor-close bout at 157 where #24 Myles Takats of Bucknell defeated Oklahoma's #25 Carter Schubert, 2-1, and #13 DJ Parker of Oklahoma getting a pivotal win over Bucknell's #12 Dillon Bechtold, 6-5 at 197.
• Rider picked up a solid 24-16 win over Michigan State. It's not often a MAC program gets the better of a Big Ten team. Kudos to Coach Hangey and the Broncs of Rider!
• The Beavers of Oregon State held off the upstart Wolverines of Utah Valley, 25-9. Western wrestling is still going strong at Oregon State and Utah Valley, as Coach Pendleton and Coach Hall, at OSU and UVU, respectively, have both squads wrestling well early in the season. 
• Finally, Purdue hosted the Boilermaker Duals, West Virginia hosted the Mountaineer Quad, and Morgan State hosted a tri-meet. By the way, the Mountaineers won the dual between West Virginia and Appalachian State. Ha ha, just kidding, both teams are called the Mountaineers lol. Yes, good one. Anyway, I meant West Virginia defeated App State. Sorry, it's getting late, and I need to wrap this up and go to bed so I can catch a flight tomorrow morning, which may explain why I'm doing more stream-of-consciousness writing than is probably advisable. Oh, also, I have to pack. 

Wait, Weren't There Other Tournaments This Weekend, Too?

Yes, of course. And don't let the silly title of this Roundup deceive you. We still love tournaments. The Roundup's official editorial position on both duals and tournaments is that we are 'pro' both of them. 

The venerable Daktronics Open was this weekend. You can learn more about that tourney here. The Black Knight Open (not to be confused with the Black Knight Invitational) also happened (more info here). 

Hey, Here's a Cool Video

The Dual: Prime Cut

Jim Gibbons was one of the commentators at the National Duals Invitational. Jim is an awesome person and was both a participant in 'The Dual' and one of the key producers of the documentary, 'The Dual', about an incredible dual meet between Iowa and Iowa State that happened in 1986. 

Watch this and learn some history, why don't you? 

Heavy Metal Luncheon

In which I help you pick songs to play during a tasteful luncheon you might be planning. 

I would like to recommend the Sword, a sludge rock/stoner metal band from Austin, Texas, which has also been my home for the last 8 years (dang, time flies). 

You might remember them from such hits as 'Freya', which was featured in this hit mid-2000s video game Guitar Hero II, the second installation of the storied toy-plastic-guitar video game franchise. 

The Sword are excellent and I finally got to see them live this year. Check them out when you get a chance!

That's it for this week. Thank you for reading, wise and learned wrestling fans! Sorry for the typos, see you next week!