No. 2 Ohio State vs. Kent State
Time: 7 p.m.
Date: Thursday, Nov. 20
Venue: Covelli Center (4,185)
Tickets: Ohio State Wrestling Tickets
Live Stream: B1G+
Results: X/@wrestlingbucks
COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 2Ohio State (5-0) opens the home portion of the 2025-26 dual season Thursday (7 p.m.) at the Covelli Center against intrastate foe Kent State (1-1) The match will be streamed on B1G+.
- Ohio State is 19-6 overall against Kent State with the last meeting taking place Dec. 11, 2022, a 32-9 win for the Buckeyes at the Covelli Center.
- Ohio State cruised through the 2025 National Duals Invitational Nov. 15-16 with four team-dual victories on its way to the event title and a check for $200,000. The Buckeyes defeated Wyoming, No. 10 Minnesota, No. 2 Nebraska and No. 3 Iowa for the title. Ohio State went 20-0 at 125, 133, 141, 149 and 157 while losing just five total matches over the two-days.
- Highlight wins at the National Duals, 125-Nic Bouzakis defeated (8) Jore Volk (MINN) and (10) Dean Peterson (Iowa/F, 1:34); 133-Ben Davino defeated (2) Drake Ayala (Iowa, D, 10-4); 141-Jesse Mendez defeated (8) Vance VomBaur (MINN), (2) Brock Hardy (NEB) and (9) Nasir Bailey (Iowa); 157-Brandon Cannon defeated defending NCAA Champion and top ranked Antrell Taylor (NEB/MD, 16-4); 174-Carson Kharchla defeated No. 4 Christopher Minto (NEB); 184-Dylan Fishback defeated (6) Silas Allred (NEB); HWT: Nick Feldman defeated (2) AJ Ferrari (NEB/D, 5-4).
- At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to start the dual season, Ohio State earned nine total wins with seven coming with bonus points. The Buckeyes won 42-4 with six wins by technical fall with one pin by redshirt freshman Landon Desselle at 157.
- Mendez, Ohio State’s three-time All-American and two-time defending national champion at 141, opened his season at the 2025 NWCA All-Star Championships against No. 6 Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State. Mendez prevailed in the highly-anticipated match, 7-3.
- The Buckeyes entered the 2025-26 campaign with 12 NCAA qualifiers on the roster. That group has made 22 combined NCAA championship appearances.
Probable Lineups
Wt.
No. 2 Ohio State vs. Kent State
OSU
KSU
125
Brendan McCrone (OSU) vs. Nico Calello (KSU)/Ruben Lorenzana (KSU)
133
(2) Ben Davino (OSU) vs. Nick Molchak (KSU)/Ismael Ayoub (KSU)
141
(1) Jesse Mendez (OSU) vs. Landon Duncan (KSU)
149
Maddox Shaw (OSU)/ Daxton Chase (OSU) vs. Nate Roth (KSU)
157
(5) Brandon Cannon (OSU) vs. Keegan Knapp (KSU)
165
(10) Paddy Gallagher (OSU) vs. Carson Miller (KSU)/Reese Stephens (KSU)
174
(5) Carson Kharchla (OSU) vs. Ethan Barr (KSU)Aaron Ferguson (KSU)
184
(6) Dylan Fishback (OSU) vs. Trent Thomas (KSU)/Ronnie Dimmerling (KSU)
197
Seth Shumate (OSU) vs. Blake Schaffer (KSU)/Mason Higley (KSU)
HWT
(3) Nick Feldman (OSU) vs. Brentan Simmerman (KSU)/Abel Ngoh (KSU)
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