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Cliff Keen Invitational
Las Vegas to Welcome Princeton Wrestlers at Cliff Keen Invite This Weekend
November 29, 2021 | Wrestling
All six Princeton wrestlers ranked by national publications are among the team's probables to compete at the Cliff Keen Invitational held at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Friday and Saturday.
Once there, a tough field figures to await. According to FloWrestling, with the programs scheduled to compete at the event, anywhere between six and 11 wrestlers in each weight class that hold FloWrestling rankings could be in each draw. Once available, the brackets will be here. Competition will begin at 12 p.m. ET each day, 9 a.m. local time in Las Vegas.
Live streaming will be available via FloWrestling here.
Here's a look at Princeton's probables at each weight class. Rankings are from InterMat for the week of the event.
125: #2 Patrick Glory
The junior competed at the U23 World Championships in Serbia in early November and has yet to make his season debut with Princeton. Glory is a two-time All-America who qualified for the NCAA Championships in both of his previous seasons with Princeton, finishing sixth as a freshman in 2019 before the 2020 championships were lost to the pandemic.
133: Nick Masters
Masters, a freshman, finished third at the Southeast Open to start the season and stands 3-2 with both losses coming to top-five opponents in Virginia Tech's Korbin Myers, then ranked fifth by InterMat, and Iowa's Austin DeSanto, ranked third.
141: Jacob Mann
Mann, also a freshman, is 2-2 on the season and also finished third at the Southeast Open before battling second-ranked Jaydin Eierman at the Iowa dual.
149: Josh Breeding
Breeding, a senior, stands 1-3 on the season, going 1-2 at the Southeast Open before wrestling in the Iowa dual.
157: #5 Quincy Monday
An All-American in 2020, junior Monday is 5-0 on the season, winning the Southeast Open title and defeating then-No. 6 Kaleb Young in the dual against Iowa.
165: Grant Cuomo
Cuomo, a junior, was an NCAA qualifier in 2020. On the new season, he's 1-2, splitting two matches at the Southeast Open before wrestling second-ranked Alex Marinelli to a decision in the Iowa dual.
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165: Luca Pontone
Pontone, a sophomore, has not yet competed for Princeton this season and competed at the Princeton Open and Franklin & Marshall Open as a freshman in 2019-20.
174: Mikey Squires
Squires, a sophomore, saw his first collegiate competition at the Southeast Open, making the final and wrestling Virginia Tech's fourth-ranked Mekhi Lewis to a decision in the final to finish second before wrestling in the Iowa dual.
184: #24 Travis Stefanik
Stefanik, a junior, has yet to compete for Princeton this season, but he's a two-time NCAA qualifier, having made it in each of his first two seasons in 2019 and 2020.
197: #27 Luke Stout
Stout, a freshman, won the Southeast Open in his Tiger debut and went on to win his match in the Iowa dual, shutting out Zach Glazier 4-0.
HWT: Jack DelGarbinoU
DelGarbino stunned Iowa's third-ranked Tony Cassioppi with a pin to close the Iowa dual, defeating the two-time All-American and newly minted U23 world champion in 2:07.
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