Michigan
Columbia
11/10/2026 3:20:00 PM | Wrestling
Promotions
Nov. 13
• International Wrestling Night -- The first 250 fans and 250 students in attendance will receive free International Wrestling Night T-shirts, while the first 300 students will receive free concession vouchers.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The No. 12-ranked University of Michigan wrestling team (1-0) will kick off the home portion of its 2026-27 season when it hosts Columbia (0-0) at 7 p.m. this Friday (Nov. 13) at Cliff Keen Arena. It is the Wolverines' only first-semester home dual and their lone competition at Keen Arena this season.
Notes
• Michigan boasted six champions and 17 total placewinners at the MSU Open last Saturday (Nov. 7). Against outside competition, the Wolverines boasted a 70-23 record with 13 pins, nine tech falls and nine major decisions. Michigan also earned 11 wins against ranked opposition, including three top-10 victories.
• Cameron Catrabone earned two highly-touted wins en route to the 165-pound title at the MSU Open. He knocked off Arizona State's No. 2-ranked Nicco Ruiz 9-5 in the final after breaking open a 1-1 match with a seven-point move early in the third period. He also earned an overtime fall against Oklahoma State's Dee Lockett at the 8:39 mark; Lockett had been ranked No. 5 nationally before losing his wrestle-off match last week. Catrabone surged to No. 2 in the updated InterMat rankings and is No. 2 in the FloWrestling poll.
• Catrabone posted three pins at the MSU Open to up his season total to four in five matches. He shared the team lead last year with six pins and now boasts 15 in his collegiate career. His father, three-time All-American Jeff Catrabone, boasted 55 career pins to graduate with Michigan's record; he now ranks second in program history.
• Moses Mendoza and Brock Mantanona also earned top-10 wins at the MSU Open. Mendoza captured the 133-pound title with a 4-0 record. He defeated Northern Illinois' No. 8-ranked Markel Baker 8-7 in the semifinals with a takedown and a four-point tilt before pinning Central Michigan's Cameron Chinavare at the 2:37 mark of the championship final. Mantanona used an overtime single leg to beat Oklahoma State's No. 10-ranked Bennett Berge, 8-5, in the 184-pound final.
• Freshmen Henry Aslikyan, Haakon Peterson and Niko Sahakian captured individual MSU Open titles at 125 and 165 pounds and heavyweight, respectively. Aslikyan defeated back-to-back Ohio State wrestlers in his final two bouts, including a 6-3 overtime decision against Antonio Mills in the semifinals. Peterson, like Aslikyan, went 5-0 in his collegiate debut, highlighted by a third-period fall over Michigan State's Clayton Jones in the quarterfinals. Sahakian earned three bonus wins, including an 11-2 major decision over Wisconsin's Connor Diemel in the heavyweight final.
• Four Wolverine freshmen made their debuts in the national rankings after strong starts to the season. Mendoza made the biggest jump, surging to No. 13 at 133 pounds in the InterMat poll after earning a top-10 win at the MSU Open. Aslikyan is No. 32 at 125 pounds, Kellen Wolbert is No. 27 at 141 pounds, and Sahakian debuted at No. 33 at heavyweight.
• Michigan is now ranked nationally at nine weight classes, including four wrestlers ranked top 10 at their respective weight classes: No. 10 Sergio Lemley (149), No. 5 Catrabone (165), No. 7 Beau Mantanona (174) and No. 5 Brock Mantanona (184).
• Michigan kicked off its dual slate with a 50-0 win at VMI (Nov. 1), earning bonus points in all 10 bouts to tie its program records for most points in a dual and largest margin of victory. The Wolverines previously defeated Marquette 50-0 at the 2001 Wendy's Classic dual tournament.
• Through the first two weekends of the season, Michigan has earned bonus points in 51.7 percent of its total wins (45 of 87).
• Columbia will kick off its dual slate against Michigan this Sunday. The Lions sent their full squad to the Journeymen Collegiate Classic last Sunday (Nov. 8), where Vincent Mueller headlined Columbia with a perfect 3-0 mark at heavyweight. Mueller is one of two ranked Lion wrestlers with the No. 18 spot at heavyweight, while Sulayman Bah lists No. 26 at 125 pounds. Columbia is led by third-year head coach Donny Pritzlaff, the 2026 NWCA Coach of the Year and a former Michigan assistant (2012-14). Michigan is 6-0 all-time against the Lions and earned a 25-9 win in last season's matchup in New York.
