LARAMIE, Wyo. (Jan. 28, 2021) – After three straight weeks of being on the road the Wyoming Wrestling squad will return home to host Big 12 rival Air Force on Saturday night. The Air Force and Wyoming dual meet will be held in the Arena-Auditorium on Saturday and is set to start at 5 p.m. The event will include four individual matches after the dual has concluded. 
 
"There has been a different level of excitement this week leading up to the dual on Saturday." Head Coach Mark Branch Said" We know our opportunities are limited this season and our opportunities to compete in front of our amazing fans has been even more rare, so to be able to suit up in the AA and have a Big 12 showdowns is something we have been looking forward to.  I want to see a heightened energy level on that mat come Saturday."
 
Last weekend the Cowboys had a successful outing at the UVU Round Robin Tournament, winning six weight classes and having five individual champions and two co-champions.  Amongst those champions were Jake Svihel and Job Greenwood who both went 3-0 at 133 pounds. Cole moody and Chase Zollmann both went 2-0 on the day with both wrestlers improving their current win streaks to five. 
 
The Cowboys started their season with three straight in duals in which they 1-2 picking up an impressive win over at No.17 Central Michigan, 24-11. Saturday will now serve as UW's first dual competition since Jan.8.
 
On the other hand, Air Force has started their season 0-2 after facing South Dakota State and No.5 Oklahoma State to start their season. The Pokes and Falcons have already competed against each other once this season at the Air Force Individual match event, no team scores were kept for the event but many Wyoming and Air Force wrestlers squared off against each other.
 
Last time the two teams competed in dual action Wyoming came away with a 21-12 victory over Air Force in Colorado Springs last season. Hayden Hastings, Stephen Buchanan and Brian Andrews all had bonus point wins in that victory. 
 
There will also be individual matches held on Saturday in the UniWyo Sports Complex. There will be a total of nine individual matches in the UniWyo starting at 3 p.m. A limited number of tickets to the event in the UniWyo Sports Complex will be available for sale at the UniWyo entrance based on availability. 
 
Probable Lineups 
 
Wyoming vs. Air Force
125- Brendon Garcia (3-7) vs. No.28 Cody Phippen (2-1)
133- No.22 Job Greenwood (6-2) vs. No.15 Jared Van Vleet (3-0)
141- Chase Zollmann (5-1) vs. No.25 Lenny Peterson (2-1)
149- Jaron Jensen (0-4) OR Warren Carr (2-3) vs. Dylan Martinez (1-2)
157- No.16 Jacob Wright (5-2) vs. Parker Simington (1-2)
165- No.24 Cole Moody (8-1) vs. Vincent Dolce (0-1)
174-  No.11 Hayden Hastings (5-1) vs. No.31 Cody Surratt (1-1)
184- No.18 Tate Samuelson (4-2) vs. Sam Wolf (1-2)
197- No.15 Stephen Buchanan (3-1) vs. Kayne Hutchison (1-2)
HWT- No.12 Brian Andrews (3-3) vs. No.26 Wyatt Hendrickson (3-1
 
Additional Round Robin- 3 PM
197- Tomlinson v. Forrester
125- Stacey v. Shore
133- Svihel v. Kuchan
141- Green v. Bowers
165- Lieb  v. Ward
174- Moore v. Steffensmeier
184- Gomez v. Sund
184- Escobedo v. Jennings
197- Tomlinson v. Henigin
 
Extra Matches after Dual
125- Garcia v. Vombauer
157- Wright v. Brisker
165- Moody v. Blake
197- Buchanan v. Jumps