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Saturday's first-day bouts at the Northwestern Duals yielded several marquee matchups, with the Notre Dame men edging Penn State (14-13, in a showdown between co-#1 teams); the 3rd-ranked Ohio State men also topping the Nittany Lions (16-11); and the #2 ND women posting a 19-8 win over the #1 PSU women (who claimed a 17-10 victory over #3 Ohio State).

(note that some of the men's scores from Saturday afternoon still were not available, as of late Saturday night ... we will pass on those scores on Sunday)

In other matches between top-10 men's teams, 10th-ranked North Carolina lost to each of the teams referenced above (9-18 vs. PSU; 6-21 vs. ND and 5-22 vs. OSU). Earlier in the day, the ND-PSU clash was one of six women's matches between top-10 teams. The ND women also beat #8 Temple (19-8), as did #3 Ohio State (17-10). Homestanding Northwestern (#6) won a total of 16 bouts, in losses to the Nittany Lions (7-20) and Buckeyes (9-18).

Northwestern Duals (men's bouts, partial results)

co-#1 Notre Dame 14 (F4, E6, S4), co-#1 Penn State 13 (F5, E3, S5)
#3 Ohio State 16, co-#1 Penn State 11 (weapon scores not presently available)
co-#1 Penn State 18, #10 North Carolina 9 (weapon scores not presently available)
co-#1 Penn State 19 (F4, E9, S6), Wayne State 8 (F5, E0, S3)
co-#1 Penn State 25, Cleveland State 2 (weapon scores not presently available)

co-#1 Notre Dame 21 (F6, E8, S7), #10 North Carolina 6 (F3, E1, S2) 
co-#1 Notre Dame 23 (F9, E7, S7), Johns Hopkins 4 (F0, E2, S2)
co-#1 Notre Dame 24 (F9, E7, S8), Cleveland State 3 (F0, E2, S1)
co-#1 Notre Dame 20 (F9, E4, S7), Northwestern (club) 7 (F0, E5, S2)

#3 Ohio State 22 (F8, E8, S6), #10 North Carolina 5 (F1, E1, S3)
#3 Ohio State 20 (F6, E8, S6), Johns Hopkins 7 (F3, E1, S3)
scores not presently available for OSU vs. Wayne State and Detroit

#10 North Carolina 20 (F8, E4, S8), Northwestern (club) 7 (F1, E5, S1)
scores not presently available for UNC vs. Lawrence