Another heavyweight title fight in the Garden: Snyder and Gwiazdowski
SOURCE: www.ncaa.com
March 19, 2016

 



NEW YORK, N.Y. - Madison Square Garden is synonymous with big sporting events. So it's fitting that one of the most anticipated wrestling matches in decades is set for Saturday night.

North Carolina State's Nick Gwiazdowski has won 88 straight collegiate matches. Friday night the Delanson, N.Y., native, won a repeat of the 2015 NCAA finals against Michigan's Adam Coon. On Saturday night, Gwiazdowski goes for this third consecutive national title.

After going 179-0 as a Maryland high schooler and winning a Junior World Championship in freestyle, Kyle Snyder spent one year at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. As a freshman at Ohio State in 2014-15, he advanced to the 197-pound NCAA finals where he was pinned by Iowa State's Kyven Gadson. During his "offseason" from folkstyle, Snyder won a World Championship in freestyle, becoming the youngest American to do so. A redshirt was in the cards for 2015-16, but Snyder decided to suit up late in the season. In four matches this week, the Buckeye machine has a pin, technical fall, and a major decision. He beat Virginia Tech's Ty Walz, 10-6, in the semifinals.

Saturday night. Big stage. National television audience. "The World's Most Famous Arena."





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