Arkansas Wrestle (All images via lrtrojans.com)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A highly competitive month of January continues this weekend with No. 14 Little Rock Wrestling facing both Edinboro and SIUE in duals on Saturday at Edwardsville, Ill.
Little Rock will face Edinboro at noon, followed by SIUE at approximately 2 p.m. The dual with SIUE will be available for streaming on ESPN+. Both duals can be followed on TrackWrestling.com and the Little Rock Wrestling account on X at @littlerockwres.
“We have two tough duals this weekend, and it’s going to take a team effort to get it done,” head coach Neil Erisman said. “We’ll have some new faces in the lineup, and I’m excited to see what they can do.”
Little Rock is fresh off a long weekend of competition at the Southern Scuffle, where the Trojans finished third among 28 teams, with five individuals reaching the podium, including Matty Bianchi, who won the 165-pound title. The senior from Wisconsin remains undefeated this season at 12-0.
Bianchi was named Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday, his second weekly award this season from the league.
The Trojans will travel to Corvallis, Oregon, later this month (Jan. 23) to take on Oregon State in their first Pac-12 dual, then close out the month on Jan. 31 at home against Missouri.
#14 Little Rock Probables vs Edinboro / SIUE
125 – Tyson Roach and Tyler Harper
133 – Dillon Cooper
141 – Brennan Van Hoecke
149 – #29 Brock Herman and Carter McCallister
157 – #20 Jaivon Jones and Marco Dalakishvili
165 – #6 Matty Bianchi and Jadyn Johnson
174 – Taye Wilson and Bronson Baxter
184 – Kodiak Cannedy
197 – Landon Jobber-Spence
285 – #30 Michael Gasper and Kaden Darwin
