A Total of 14 Blue Devils Prepped for Southern Scuffle

Saturday, January 3

Chattanooga, TN

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A Total of 14 Blue Devils Prepped for Southern Scuffle

1/2/2026 1:36:00 PM | Wrestling

Southern Scuffle

DURHAM, N.C. — A total of 14 members of the Duke wrestling team are set to compete in the Southern Scuffle, which will be contested in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the campus of UT-Chattanooga Jan. 3-4 to open the new year.

Along with the Blue Devils seeing action will be American, Appalachian State, Army, Bellarmine, Brown, Campbell, Chattanooga, The Citadel, Clarion, Cornell, Davidson, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Little Rock, Maryland, Michigan State, Morgan State, Navy, N.C. State, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma State, Penn, Penn State, Presbyterian, Utah Valley, Virginia and Virginia Tech.

Representing Duke will be Spencer von Savoye (125), Riley Rowan (133), Raymond Adams (141), Noah Kochman (141), SP O'Donnell (149), Dylan Ross (149), Eli Murray (149), Logan Fite (157), Aurelius Dunbar (165), Logan Richey (174), Aidan Wallace (174), David Hussey (184), Owen McGrory (197) and Connor Barket (285).

Duke features two seeded wrestlers heading into the weekend as 24th-ranked Wallace is seeded No. 2, while 28th-ranked Barket is No. 5.

Opening day on Saturday will see the field work through the quarterfinals in all 10 weight classes as well as the first consolation round of eight. Sunday includes semifinal action and the paring down of the field to the medal matches which start at 3 p.m.

To stay up to date with Blue Devils wrestling, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWRES".

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