PHILADELPHIA — App State Wrestling's Will Miller advanced to Day 2 of the NCAA Championships with a 1-1 opening day that began with his first pin of the season.
The second-period win by fall Thursday afternoon against Southern Scuffle champion Gunner Filipowicz, the No. 20 seed from Army, and an 11-1 loss to No. 4 seed Terrell Barraclough, who transferred to Utah Valley after spending four seasons at Penn State, mean that Miller is one of 24 wrestlers left in the 165-pound bracket.
He will face No. 30 seed Aiden Riggins from Iowa State on Friday, with the winner earning a spot in the final 16 of that weight class.