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2025 DII Super Regional VI Final Results 1. Nebraska-Kearney 159 2. Colorado Mesa 115.5 3. Western Colorado 103 4. Chadron State 92.5 5. Adams State 87 6. Colorado School of Mines 68.5 7. CSU-Pueblo 62 8. San Francisco State 50.5 9. Fort Hays State 42.5 10. New Mexico Highlands 20.5 11. Cal Poly Humboldt 18 12. Simon Fraser 17 Championship Finals 125 - Dayson Torgerson (Colorado Mesa) dec Isaiah Gamez (Adams State) 4-1 133 - Hector Serratos (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Eddie Bowman (CSU-Pueblo) 4-2 141 - Joseph Airola (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Angel Flores (Adams State) 4-1SV 149 - Nick James (Nebraska-Kearney) fall Torry Early (Chadron State) 5:32 157 - Aaden Valdez (Adams State) dec Cael Robb (Nebraska-Kearney) 4-0 165 - Ivan Smith Jr. (New Mexico Highlands) dec Kyle Botelho (San Francisco State) 9-2 174 - Jacobi Deal (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Augustus Dalton (Colorado Mesa) 4-1SV 184 - Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron State) dec Jacori Deal (Nebraska-Kearney) 7-1 197 - Jackson Kinsella (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Tereus Henry (Fort Hays State) 4-1 285 - Crew Howard (Nebraska-Kearney) fall Cody Pinkerton (Chadron State) 3:34 Third Place Bouts 125 - Zachary Ourada (Nebraska-Kearney) maj Roberto Estrada (Western Colorado) 17-5 133 - Jakob Romero (Adams State) dec James Davis (Chadron State) 8-4 141 - Johnny Lopez (San Francisco State) dec Grayston DiBlasi (Colorado School of Mines) 11-9 149 - Dean Noble (Western Colorado) dec Alex Castaneda (Colorado Mesa) 17-16 157 - Owen Cline (Colorado Mesa) dec Vincent Cabral (Western Colorado) 4-3 165 - Trenton Munoz (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Jakob Smith (Colorado School of Mines) 4-2 174 - Wyatt Reisz (Colorado School of Mines) dec Cole Hernandez (Western Colorado) 8-2 184 - Matthew Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) dec Cole Gray (Western Colorado) 7-5 197 - Gabriel Carranza (Colorado Mesa) dec Sage Harrison (Western Colorado) 5-0 285 - Tyler Doyle (Colorado Mesa) fall Riley Dean-Butt (Western Colorado) 2:00 NCAA Qualifiers Adams State: Gamez (125), Romero (133), Flores (141), Valdez (157) Chadron State: Early (149), Gehlhausen (184), Pinkerton (285) Colorado Mesa: Torgerson (125), Cline (157), Dalton (174), Carranza (197), Doyle (285) Colorado School of Mines: Reisz (174) CSU-Pueblo: Bowman (133) Fort Hays State: Rodriguez (184), Henry (197) Nebraska-Kearney: Ourada (125), Serratos (133), Airola (141), James (149), Robb (157), Munoz (165), Deal (174), Deal (184), Kinsella (197), Howard (285) New Mexico Highlands: Smith Jr. (165) San Francisco State: Lopez (141), Botelho (165) Western Colorado: Noble (149)

2025 DII Super Regional V Final Results 1. St. Cloud State 133.5 2. Wisconsin-Parkside 112 3. Augustana 110.5 4. Mary 101 5. Minnesota State 77 6. Upper Iowa 58.5 7. Minnesota State Moorhead 56.5 8. Minot State 41.5 8. Northern State 41.5 10. Sioux Falls 16 11. SW Minnesota State 15.5 Championship Finals 125 - Jaxson Rohman (Augustana) fall Shane Corrigan (Wisconsin-Parkside) 5:48 133 - Sam Spencer (St. Cloud State) dec Ryan Henningson (Minnesota State Moorhead) 5-4 141 - Sean Solis (Mary) dec Pedro Velazquez (Minnesota State Moorhead) 4-1 149 - Cael Larson (Augustana) dec Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) 11-6 157 - Joel Jesuroga (St. Cloud State) dec Caleb Meunier (Minnesota State) 7-3 165 - Nick Novak (St. Cloud State) dec Dajun Johnson (Wisconsin-Parkside) 4-1SV 174 - Bryce Dagel (St. Cloud State) dec Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) 5-0 184 - Cade Mueller (Augustana) dec Reece Worachek (Wisconsin-Parkside) 5-2TB 197 - Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud State) dec Max Ramberg (Augustana) 7-4 285 - Jake Swirple (Minot State) dec Luke Tweeton (Mary) 9-3 Third Place Bouts 125 - Conor Knopick (St. Cloud State) dec Sloan Johannsen (Northern State) 9-4 133 - Reece Barnhardt (Mary) fall Chase Beckett (Minnesota State) 4:22 141 - Colton Hush (Minnesota State) dec Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) 4-1 149 - Colby Njos (St. Cloud State) fall Wyatt Turnquist (Northern State) 5:41 157 - Kaden Renner (Mary) dec Ben Durocher (Wisconsin-Parkside) 11-5 165 - Leo Mushinsky (Mary) dec Kole Marko (Minnesota State) 5-2 174 - Drake Hayward (Minnesota State) dec Mason Gode (Minnesota State Moorhead) 5-1 184 - Bryce Fitzpatrick (St. Cloud State) dec Damen Page (Northern State) 9-8 197 - Chase Stegall (Wisconsin-Parkside) dec Matt Kaylor (Mary) 5-4 285 - Lloyd Reynolds (Wisconsin-Parkside) dec Max Balow (Augustana) 4-2 NCAA Qualifiers Augustana: Rohman (125), Larson (149), Mueller (184), Ramberg (197) Mary: Barnhardt (133), Solis (141), Renner (157), Mushinsky (165), Tweeton (285) Minnesota State: Hush (141), Hayward (174) Minnesota State Moorhead: Henningson (133), Velazquez (141), Meunier (157) Minot State: Swirple (285) St. Cloud State: Knopick (125), Spencer (133), Njos (149), Jesuroga (157), Novak (165), Dagel (174), Fitzpatrick (184), Murphy (197) Upper Iowa: Doty (149), Losee (174) Wisconsin-Parkside: Corrigan (125), Johnson (165), Worachek (184), Stegall (197), Reynolds (285)

2025 DII Super Regional IV Final Results 1. Central Oklahoma 147.5 2. McKendree 136 3. Central Missouri 112.5 4. Indianapolis 109.5 5. Maryville 99.5 6. Drury 58 7. Ouachita Baptist 49 8. Newman 35.5 9. Quincy 24 10. Kentucky Wesleyan 2 Championship Finals 125 - Jakason Burks (Central Missouri) dec Studd Morris (Central Oklahoma) 5-3 133 - Peter Rolle (Central Oklahoma) dec James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist) 4-1 141 - Brayden Lowery (Indianapolis) fall Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) 6:28 149 - Jackson Hoover (Indianapolis) dec Dylan Brown (Central Oklahoma) 8-4 157 - Gabe Johnson (Central Oklahoma) dec John Ridle (Central Missouri) 4-1 165 - Hunter Jump (Central Oklahoma) maj Cory Peterson (McKendree) 8-0 174 - Cole Ritter (Maryville) dec Matt Ortiz (McKendree) 4-3 184 - Garrett Wells (Central Oklahoma) dec Damon Ashworth (Central Missouri) 6-3 197 - Logan Kvien (McKendree) dec Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis) 6-3 285 - Ryan Herman (Maryville) dec Tyler Haynes (McKendree) 2-0 Third Place Bouts 125 - Nathan Smith (Indianapolis) fall Sam Shafer (Maryville) 1:55 133 - James Wright (Central Missouri) dec Evan Binder (Maryville) 4-1SV 141 - Sabian Russell (Quincy) dec Josh Taylor (Central Oklahoma) 4-1SV 149 - Joey Semerad (McKendree) dec Garrett Lyons (Central Missouri) 1-0 157 - Nathan Conley (Indianapolis) fall Jaylon Otero (Ouachita Baptist) 6:27 165 - Jace Fisher (Newman) dec Will Kuster (Drury) 4-1 174 - Jeremiah Halter (Drury) dec Zane Coleman (Central Oklahoma) 8-3 184 - Zeke Waltz (McKendree) dec Dalton Litzsinger (Maryville) 10-6 197 - Jeramiah Larson (Maryville) maj Brayden Dillow (Central Missouri) 15-3 285 - Cale Gray (Indianapolis) dec Judson Rowland (Central Oklahoma) 9-5 NCAA Qualifiers Central Missouri: Burks (125), Wright (133), Ridle (157), Ashworth (184) Central Oklahoma: Morris (125), Rolle (133), Brown (149), Johnson (157), Jump (165), Wells (184) Drury: Halter (174) Indianapolis: Smith (125), Lowery (141), Hoover (149), Conley (157), Blubaugh (197), Gray (285) Maryville: Ritter (174), Larson (197), Herman (285) McKendree: Schuelke (141), Semerad (149), Peterson (165), Ortiz (174), Waltz (184), Kvien (197), Haynes (285) Newman: Fisher (165) Ouachita Baptist: Anderson (133) Quincy: Russell (141)

2025 DII Super Regional III Final Results 1. Glenville State 129 2. Ashland 126.5 2. Grand Valley State 126.5 4. West Liberty 116 5. Tiffin 102.5 6. Lake Erie 86 7. Findlay 41 8. Davenport 27.5 9. Salem 26 10. Bluefield State 15.5 11. Davis & Elkins 7.5 12. Emory & Henry 2.5 Championship Finals 125 - Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) dec Luke Acuna (Ashland) 4-2 133 - James Armstrong Jr. (West Liberty) tech Anthony Sagaris (Lake Erie) 17-0 141 - Christian Small (Lake Erie) dec Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) 4-0 149 - Chris Donathan (Grand Valley State) dec Gabriel Onorato (Glenville State) 4-2 157 - Casey Barnett (Tiffin) dec Guy DeLeonardis (Glenville State) 8-2 165 - Jack Haskin (Lake Erie) dec Nolan Gessler (Tiffin) 6-2 174 - Hayden Pummel (Glenville State) fall Josh Kenny (Grand Valley State) 3:19 184 - Ty McGeary (West Liberty) dec Brayden Mirjavadi (Grand Valley State) 5-3 197 - Nicholas Johnson (Glenville State) fall Kaine Morris (Ashland) 1:36 285 - Carter Blough (Grand Valley State) maj Isaiha Casto (Glenville State) 15-3 Third Place Bouts 125 - Colton Drousias (Glenville State) dec Logan Davis (West Liberty) 3-1TB 133 - Maximus Shore (Tiffin) maj Jak Keller (Grand Valley State) 13-5 141 - Brock Durbin (Ashland) tech CJ Poole (Grand Valley State) 19-3 149 - Hayden Kuhn (Ashland) maj Anthony Wood (West Liberty) 12-2 157 - Lance Overmyer (Ashland) dec Matthew Kaufmann (Lake Erie) 7-1 165 - Nate Barrett (Ashland) maj Alec Cook (West Liberty) 11-2 174 - Sevriano Garza (Ashland) dec Carter Winegardner (West Liberty) 8-5 184 - Kyle Homet (Glenville State) dec Peyton Lemon (Ashland) 8-5 197 - Wyatt Miller (Grand Valley State) dec Devon Bell (West Liberty) 7-3 285 - Wyatt Bailey (Ashland) fall Giulian Bodiu (Findlay) 2:39 NCAA Qualifiers Ashland: Acuna (125), Durbin (141), Kuhn (149), Overmyer (157), Barrett (165), Garza (174), Morris (197), Bailey (285) Glenville State: Drousias (125), Onorato (149), DeLeonardis (157), Pummel (174), Homet (184), Johnson (197), Casto (285) Grand Valley State: Donathan (149), Kenny (174), Mirjavadi (184), Miller (197), Blough (285) Lake Erie: Sagaris (133), Small (141), Haskin (165) Tiffin: Aniciete (125), Shore (133), Barnett (157), Gessler (165) West Liberty: Armstrong Jr. (133), Grace (141), McGeary (184)

2025 DII Super Regional II Final Results 1. Lander 157 2. UNC Pembroke 117 3. Newberry 109.5 4. Belmont Abbey 107.5 4. King 107.5 6. Mount Olive 92 7. Montevallo 64.5 8. Coker 35.5 9. Allen 17 10. Shorter 12 11. Emmanuel 10 12. Limestone 6.5 13. Lincoln Memorial 0.5 Championship Finals 125 - Kaden Kuenzi (Lander) tech Colt Brown (Montevallo) 15-0 133 - Christian Davis (Lander) maj Elijah Boyd (Belmont Abbey) 14-4 141 - Isham Peace (Lander) dec Luke Kunath (Belmont Abbey) 6-3 149 - John Carayiannis (Belmont Abbey) tech Jake Piccirilli (UNC Pembroke) 17-2 157 - Jake Nicolosi (Mount Olive) dec Trent Mahoney (King) 11-7 165 - David Hunsberger (Lander) dec Brent Nicolosi (Mount Olive) 7-6 174 - Clinton Morrisette (King) dec Maxwell Kiel (Belmont Abbey) 12-9 184 - Andrew Reed (Newberry) dec Kyler Pickard (Belmont Abbey) 4-2 197 - John Parker-Wilson (Newberry) dec Marvelous Rutledge (Lander) 5-4 285 - Ogden Atwood (UNC Pembroke) dec Isaac Sheeran (Lander) 15-11 Third Place Bouts 125 - Corey Gallivan (Coker) fall Christian Luker (Mount Olive) 6:26 133 - Logan Robinson (UNC Pembroke) dec Eli Pendergrass (Mount Olive) 18-12 141 - Braden Tatum (Newberry) fall Ashtan Hendricks (King) 1:34 149 - Brennan Watkins (King) dec Reid Noble (Lander) 5-4 157 - Noah Roulo (Lander) dec Carson Freeman (Montevallo) 8-5 165 - Jakob Chisolm (Montevallo) dec William Lowery (UNC Pembroke) 14-13 174 - Nathan Buckovich (Lander) dec Dayton Fields (Newberry) 4-2 184 - Calan Staub (Mount Olive) FFT Anthony Giampietro (Lander) 197 - David Bertrand (King) dec Caleb Moore (Belmont Abbey) 8-2 285 - Kale Schrader (Newberry) fall Mason Kump (Belmont Abbey) 3:48 NCAA Qualifiers Belmont Abbey: Boyd (133), Kunath (141), Carayiannis (149), Pickard (184) Coker: Gallivan (125) King: Watkins (149), Mahoney (157), Morrisette (174), Bertrand (197) Lander: Kuenzi (125), Davis (133), Peace (141), Roulo (157), Hunsberger (165), Buckovich (174), Rutledge (197), Sheeran (285) Montevallo: Brown (125), Chisolm (165) Mount Olive: J. Nicolosi (157), B. Nicolosi (165), Staub (184) Newberry: Tatum (141), Fields (174), Reed (184), Parker-Wilson (197), Schrader (285) UNC Pembroke: Robinson (133), Piccirilli (149), Atwood (285)

2025 DII Super Regional I Final Results 1. Pitt-Johnstown 148 2. Gannon 141.5 3. Kutztown 122 4. Millersville 79 5. Frostburg State 77 6. Fairmont State 48.5 7. Felician 43 8. Shippensburg 36 9. American International 33.5 9. East Stroudsburg 33.5 11. Wheeling 32 12. Seton Hill 31 125 lbs Championship - Trevon Gray (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Logan Sallot (Gannon) 4-1SV Third Place - Bryce Beatty (Millersville) dec Brent Bosley (Wheeling) 8-4 Fifth Place - Joshua Jasionowicz (East Stroudsburg) fall Nate Wilhelm (Frostburg State) 3:49 133 lbs Championship -Brian Melamud (Felician) maj Thierno Diallo (Frostburg State) 14-0 Third Place - Jeremiah Echevarria (Gannon) dec Tyson Cook (Pitt-Johnstown) 8-6 Fifth Place - Nathan Pelesky (Fairmont State) FFT Javien DeLeon (Kutztown) 141 lbs Championship - Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State) maj Nicholas Cottone (Millersville) 15-2 Third Place - Caleb Chaves (Gannon) fall Joey Ortega (Kutztown) 1:26 Fifth Place - Mason Myers (Pitt-Johnstown) fall Gage Heilbrun (Frostburg State) 6:04 149 lbs Championship - Chad Ozias (Pitt-Johnstown) FFT Kenny Kiser (Gannon) Third Place - James Ryan (Kutztown) tech Michael Trainor (Shippensburg) 15-0 Fifth Place - Daniel Sinclair (Millersville) maj Brian Lombardi (East Stroudsburg) 9-1 157 lbs Championship - Mike Zacur (Seton Hill) dec Thomas Nichols (American International) 4-2 Third Place - Ethan Richner (Gannon) dec Cooper Warshel (Pitt-Johnstown) 5-3 Fifth Place - John D’Amico (Frostburg State) maj Isaac Valdez (Wheeling) 9-1 165 Championship - Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) InjDef Edward Terreri (Felician) Third Place - Nicholas Coreno (Gannon) dec Nick Delp (Shippensburg) 9-2 Fifth Place - Macon Myers (Pitt-Johnstown) FFT Mason Buckler (Frostburg State) 174 Championship - Patrick Jackson (Gannon) dec Dalton Gimbor (Kutztown) 5-1 Third Place - Owen Butler (Frostburg State) maj Andrew Vogelbacher (Millersville) 9-0 Fifth Place - Anthony Salopek (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Kane Kettering (Seton Hill) 3-1 184 Championship - Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) tech Noah Gnibus (Pitt-Johnstown) 19-4 Third Place - Austin Gibson (Fairmont State) dec Jackson MacKiernan (American International) 6-5 Fifth Place - Cole Dubois (Millersville) FFT Jared Tracey (Felician) 197 Championship - Dakoda Rodgers (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Wayne McIntyre (Kutztown) 9-2 Third Place - Eli Reese (Gannon) fall Austin Lewis (Frostburg State) 1:50 Fifth Place - Bruce Vaughan (Millersville) dec Diesel Koser (Shippensburg) 6-2 285 Championship - Dorian Crosby (Gannon) fall Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown) 5:55 Third Place - Freddie Retter (Kutztown) fall Bishop McCoy (Millersville) :58 Fifth Place - Gavin Harper (Wheeling) dec Layton Schmick (East Stroudsburg) 6-2 NCAA Qualifiers American International: Nichols (157) Fairmont State: Stoneking (141), Gibson (184) Felician: Melamud (133), Terreri (157) Frostburg State: Diallo (133), Butler (174) Gannon: Sallot (125), Echevarria (133), Chaves (141), Kiser (149), Richner (157), Coreno (165), Jackson (174), Reese (197), Crosby (285) Kutztown: Ryan (149), B. Gimbor (165), D. Gimbor (174), Weinberg (184), McIntyre (197), Retter (285) Millersville: Beatty (125), Cottone (133) Pitt-Johnstown: Gray (125), Ozias (149), Gnibus (184), Rodgers (197), Vance (285) Seton Hill: Zacur (157)

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We’ve had a day to look at and consume the NCAA DI allocations that were released on Thursday afternoon. Allocations are the first piece of the puzzle that is the collegiate postseason. Now we know what wrestlers will need to place in a specific weight class to qualify for a trip to Philly. As we looked at the allocations, the wrestlers who earned them, and the wrestlers who didn’t, we came away with four takeaways. 1. 157 lbs is going to be bonkers 157 lbs is the only weight that has six at-large berths and it also is the weight with the most ranked wrestler seeking allocations (nine). Right there, that makes three ranked wrestlers who will miss out on a trip to Philly, at a minimum. 2024 NCAA finalist Jacori Teemer did not earn an allocation and, provided he’s healthy and he looked good last Sunday, you assume he cruises into the top eight in the Big Ten and earns a bid. Should he do that he would bump either Ethen Miller, Chase Saldate, Tommy Askey, Antrell Taylor, Trevor Chumbley, Brandon Cannon, Tyler Kasak, or Joey Blaze out of the top eight. One of them would need an at-large berth. Saldate is the lowest ranked of the bunch (#16) so anyone missing out on automatic qualifying would probably be at the front of the line for at-large berths. Also in the Big Ten are Conner Harer and Jason Kraisser. They are ranked and capable of winning a match and cracking the top eight. With a couple of upsets, the Big Ten could end up hogging a bunch of at-large’s. One conference that could get dicey is the Pac-12. Only Matt Bianchi earned an allocation; however, #26 CJ Hamblin and #33 Legend Lamer are both ranked. Hamblin has been very solid, but has a bunch of matches against non-DI competition and a head-to-head loss to Lamer. With the state of the Big Ten and elsewhere, two at-larges from the Pac-12 are probably too much to ask. Complicating things more is the Big 12 which had two wrestlers earn automatic qualifiers despite not being ranked by InterMat (Maxwell Petersen and J Conway). From the Big 12, #18 Cobe Siebrecht also did not earn an automatic bid. That means it’s likely that at least one unranked wrestler from the conference gets a bid - maybe more depending on upsets. The ACC also has two ranked wrestlers who didn’t claim a spot for their league (#27 Sonny Santiago and #28 Grigor Cholakyan). Santiago is a 2024 ACC finalist, who had a regular season win over Ed Scott last year. He’s capable of shaking things up, as is Cholakyan. Should one of them bump out one of the top-three, it would mean a top-20 (ish) wrestler is looking for an at-large. The EIWA also only had one berth. #24 Logan Rozynski is responsible for earning that one; he’s been good for Lehigh as a true freshman, but anything can happen in a large conference with only one spot on the line. Needless to say, there are going to be some really good names out there looking for at-large’s after the smoke clears the conference tournaments. Even with six at-large berths. 2. Uncertainty of an Iowa entry (again) One of the main storylines this time last year was Iowa’s potential entries at a few different weights. That continued after the entry deadline and Brody Teske’s name was submitted late, relegating him to the #14 seed. It actually didn’t matter and he ended up in fifth place. This time there are some questions about the Hawkeyes entry at 174 lbs. Patrick Kennedy was the starter for the majority of the season and earned an automatic qualifying berth for the conference after going 10-3 and finishing the year ranked #10 in the country. Also in the mix is former All-American Nelson Brands. Brands got the call for the Hawkeyes in four matches early in the season, but then missed about two months of action. He returned and got a tech fall win against Northwestern and fell to Dean Hamiti in Sunday’s dual with Oklahoma State. Should Brands get the call, the Big Ten would have to return one of its eight allocations at 174 lbs. As of Friday afternoon, I’ve been told that there is no public decision on the entry at 174 lbs. 3. EIWA vs. Ivy This is the first year that the Ivy League will qualify for the NCAA Championships through its own conference tournament. Before this season, for over a hundred years, the Ivy League had qualified through the EIWA. Since the announcement was made during last season, I was wondering whether this would be a positive or negative change for both leagues. The EIWA would have fewer bids, but a smaller conference. The Ivy League would have a small conference tournament, but less room for error. Last year, the EIWA teams had 30 bids by themselves and the Ivy League had 23. This season, the EIWA had 22 and the Ivy League had 26. Going into the season, I expected the Ivy to drop slightly and the EIWA to stay the same or increase slightly. Obviously, that wasn’t the case. It’ll be interesting to monitor in the future as Brown, Columbia, and Princeton all have young teams that should be better in the next year or two. 4. 133 in the EIWA! 133 lbs in the EIWA only has one bid on the line. That was earned by Army’s Ethan Berginc. You also have 2024 Round of 12 finisher Kurt Phipps, who will be in contention for the EIWA crown. Throughout the year, he’s had a few losses that may have been unforeseen, but he’s definitely one of the best 33 wrestlers in the country and is a threat. The elephant in the room is the status of Lehigh 133 lber Ryan Crookham. The Mountain Hawks also have a really solid true freshman in Matty Lopes, who has a win over Phipps this year. We recently heard that Crookham is leaning towards wrestling in the postseason, but that might be a decision that is subject to change on a daily basis. Should Crookham wrestle, and is close to his normal self, that could put a couple of EIWA wrestlers into the mix for an at-large berth. If he doesn’t, Lopes still has the ability to win it all. One of his three losses on the year was 2-1 to Berginc. The entire 133 lb weight class will only have four at-large berths available, so they’ll be in high demand.

NCAA DI Conference allocations have been released! As soon as they were posted by the NCAA wrestling coaches, fans, media members and everyone else in between frantically scrolled through them to see which weight classes had earned “how many” allocations for the 2025 NCAA Championships. The way that these were generated, there will always be room left over for at-large bids. All ten weight classes had between four and six berths reserved for at-larges. Some basic math skills will show that there will always be a few ranked wrestlers who do not earn automatic qualifying bids for their respective conference. So who are they? We’ve gone through and noted the wrestlers who are currently in InterMat’s top-33, yet did not earn bids for their conference. This doesn’t mean they can’t wrestle in Philadelphia; they just need to place within the number of berths given to their weight class - or rely on an at-large. For each weight class, we’ve noted the at-large’s available, as well. For some weights, the at-large number matches the number of ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. Other weights are where it gets dicey. For example, 157 lbs has six at-large berths available, but nine ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. That means, in a best case scenario, three ranked wrestlers will miss out on the trip to Philadelphia. That is only if everything goes as expected. What’s more likely is there will be some unranked wrestlers that steal slots at the national tournament and push even more ranked wrestlers out. 125, 141, 149, 157, 174, 184, and 285 all have negative deficits between the at-larges and ranked wrestlers. If you’re looking for the wrestlers who actually did earn allocations, the Seton Hall Pirate has made an Allocation List , which is extremely helpful for these exercises. 125 lbs At-Large: 4 125: ACC (4) - #31 Keyveon Roller (Virginia) 125: Big 12 (7) - #14 Kysen Terukina (Iowa State) 125: Big Ten (9) - #33 Dedrick Navarro (Northwestern) 125: EIWA (2) - #32 Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) 125: Ivy (3) 125: MAC (1) 125: Pac-12 (2) 125: SoCon (1) - #24 Anthony Molton (Campbell) 133 lbs At-Large: 4 133: ACC (3) - #14 Kai Orine (NC State), #32 Gable Porter (Virginia) 133: Big 12 (6) 133: Big Ten (10) 133: EIWA (1) - #1 Ryan Crookham or Matty Lopes (Lehigh), #27 Kurt Phipps (Bucknell) 133: Ivy (2) 133: MAC (3) 133: Pac-12 (2) 133: SoCon (2) 141 lbs At-Large: 4 141: ACC (4) 141: Big 12 (7) - #18 Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) 141: Big Ten (7) - #26 Henry Porter (Indiana), #28 Greyson Clark (Purdue) 141: EIWA (3) - #31 Carter Bailey (Lehigh), #32 Richard Treanor (Army West Point) 141: Ivy (4) 141: MAC (1) - #33 Danny Martinez (SIU Edwardsville) 141: Pac-12 (1) 141: SoCon (2) 149 lbs At-Large: 4 149: ACC (4) - #23 Jack Gioffre (Virginia), #24 Finn Solomon (Pittsburgh) 149: Big 12 (6) 149: Big Ten (8) - #31 Kal Miller (Maryland), #32 Drew Roberts (Minnesota) 149: EIWA (1) - #29 Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 149: Ivy (3) 149: MAC (3) 149: Pac-12 (3) 149: SoCon (1) 157 lbs At-Large: 6 157: ACC (3) - #27 Sonny Santiago (North Carolina), #28 Grigor Cholakyan (Stanford) 157:: Big 12 (7) - #18 Cobe Siebrecht (South Dakota State) 157: Big Ten (8) - #3 Jacori Teemer (Iowa), #29 Conner Harer (Rutgers), #30 Jason Kraisser (Illinois) 157: EIWA (1) - #31 Luke Nichter (Drexel) 157: Ivy (3) 157: MAC (3) 157: Pac-12 (1) - #26 CJ Hamblin (Oregon State), #33 Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 157: SoCon (1) 165 lbs At-Large: 4 165: ACC (5) - #32 Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh) 165:: Big 12 (7) - #30 Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) 165: Big Ten (9) - #9 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) 165: EIWA (2) 165: Ivy (2) 165: MAC (2) 165: Pac-12 (1) - #31 Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 165: SoCon (1) 174 lbs At-Large: 4 174: ACC (4) - #21 Lennox Wolak (Virginia Tech) 174: Big 12 (6) - #19 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) 174: Big Ten (8) - #30 Joseph Walker (Michigan), #31 Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 174: EIWA (4) - #33 Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 174: Ivy (2) 174: MAC (3) 174: Pac-12 (1) 174: SoCon (1) - #28 Lucas Uliano (Appalachian State) 184 lbs At-Large: 5 184: ACC (3) - #21 TJ Stewart (Virginia Tech) 184:: Big 12 (7) - #10 Colton Hawks (Missouri), #30 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming) 184: Big Ten (8) - #18 Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State), #26 Jaden Bullock (Michigan) 184: EIWA (1) - #32 Giuseppe Hoose (Drexel), #33 Ross McFarland (Hofstra) 184: Ivy (4) 184: MAC (3) 184: Pac-12 (1) - #20 Brock DelSignore (Little Rock) 184: SoCon (1) 197 lbs At-Large: 4 197: ACC (3) - #31 Christian Knop (NC State) 197:: Big 12 (4) - 197: Big Ten (10) - #27 Ben Vanadia (Purdue) 197: EIWA (4) - #33 Payton Thomas (Navy) 197: Ivy (2) 197: MAC (1) 197: Pac-12 (3) - 197: SoCon (2) - #30 Carson Floyd (Appalachian State) 285 lbs At-Large: 4 285: ACC (5) - #30 Nolan Neves (North Carolina) 285: Big 12 (4) - #22 Jarrett Stoner (Missouri), #32 Daniel Herrera (Iowa State), #33 Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) 285: Big Ten (10) 285: EIWA (3) - #29 Will Jarrell (American) 285: Ivy (1) 285: MAC (3) 285: Pac-12 (2) - #31 Brett Mower (Oregon State) 285: SoCon (1)

Iowa wins in Carver - The Hawkeyes came out on top Sunday night in the highly anticipated grudge match between Iowa and Oklahoma State. In addition to the traditional rivalry, we had the added excitement of subplots like Brands v Gilman, David Taylor as the new coach, the Cowboys recently supplanting Iowa as the second-ranked team in the country, and a slew of great matchups. We also had the added intrigue of true freshman Angelo Ferrari having the opportunity to battle against NCAA Finalist Dustin Plott. That’s exciting on its own, but pair that with the fact that he’s in a battle in his own room for the starting spot in the lineup, and now it has additional implications. Or certainly could at least. If you’re a Hawkeye fan, you’ve got to be excited about the future of this squad, paired with how good Teemer looked, for potential NCAA implications. On their best days, this Iowa team could have five finalists (133, 149, 157, 165, 197), which is a lot to be excited about and certainly enough for a trophy at the end of March. Michigan > CMU > MSU - In the battle for the mitten, the University of Michigan reigns supreme in the 2024/2025 season. Last weekend the Wolverines dispatched the Spartans, and this Friday CMU beat MSU in Mount Pleasant to start their weekend. Next up was their trip to Ann Arbor on Sunday evening. The Chippewas began hot and had the lead 11-8 headed into 165, but that’s where their momentum stopped and the Wolverines took over. Beau Mantanona got a first-period pin at 165, followed by his brother Brock bumping up to 174 and upsetting Alex Cramer, who was ranked seventh in the country at the time. That’s a huge win for a true freshman bumping up a weight class, and helped continue the momentum for the Wolverines. 31-11 was the final score in what was a hard-fought and fun dual to see in person. Ethen Miller is undefeated headed into B1Gs - Maryland finished off their season with a win over Drexel to the score of 23-13. Maryland had a solid season, with a dual win over the Wolverines a couple of weeks back, paired with some strong individual performances. Braxton Brown at 133 only has two losses on the season, and has shown the ability to compete with the best in the country. Additionally, Ethen Miller has ended his regular season at 20-0 and 7-0 in the B1G. With the injury default of Kasak to Miller in the dual, that should be enough for Miller to obtain the number 1 seed at B1Gs when you pair it with the rest of his record and results. He did not compete against Joey Blaze in the dual, but has a win over him from earlier in the season at the Tiger Style Invite. Additionally, Teemer didn’t compete in the dual against Maryland, but that’s not Miller’s fault. You wrestle who they put in front of you, and to this point, he’s beaten whoever stood in front of him. Eight of the top 10 guys ranked at 157 are B1G guys, so regardless of seed, nobody is going to have an easy path through that tournament. It’s going to be a wild time in Evanston!

On Thursday afternoon, the NCAA released its first set of RPI rankings. RPI will play a part in the number of automatic allocations each conference gets at each weight, along with at-large berths, and NCAA seeding. The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent’s opponent winning percentage (opponent’s strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked. They are as follows: 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285

On Thursday morning, the NCAA released its second set of DI coaches rankings. The final rankings will play a part in the number of automatic allocations each conference gets at each weight, along with at-large berths, and NCAA seeding. To be noted in the rankings, a wrestler must have been designated as a starter by their head coach. They also must compete in at least 8 DI matches at their rankable weight and must have competed once in the last 30 days. The rankings are as follows: 125 lbs 133 lbs 141 lbs 149 lbs 157 lbs 165 lbs 174 lbs 184 lbs 197 lbs 285 lbs

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee has announced the pre- allocation spots for the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as listed in the chart below. Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 23. The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches’ rank, and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches’ ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class. For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place- finish. After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 12. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. The coaches’ rankings are determined by a vote of 16 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the eight conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weightclass to be considered with at least one match within the last 30 days. The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent’s opponent winning percentage (opponent’s strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked. No forfeit of any kind counts toward the match minimum. The coaches’ ranking and RPI are two of several criteria that will be evaluated during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage. A full description of the entire selection process for the 2025 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at ncaa.org. The 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships take place March 20-22 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia as the event returns for the first time since 2011.

USA Wrestling and Beat the Streets Wrestling (New York) will present Final X on Saturday, June 14 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Final X will determine the 2025 U.S. Senior World Championships Teams in two Olympic disciplines: men’s and women’s freestyle. There will be 20 weight classes contested, 10 in each men’s and women’s freestyle. The U.S. Greco-Roman World Championship Team members will be determined April 23-27 at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nev., which means there will be no Greco-Roman matches at Final X this year. The top two U.S. athletes in each weight class will compete in a best-of-three series at Final X to determine who will wrestle at the 2025 Senior World Championships on Sept. 13-21 in Zagreb, Croatia. This year’s event will be the 15th BTSNY Annual Benefit. These unique and electrifying annual events help BTSNY raise critical funds to support local youth wrestling programs which empower young boys and girls in New York City. BTSNY provides a safe, positive environment for student-athletes to learn essential life lessons of discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic through the sport of wrestling. The BTSNY Annual Benefit after party will follow the conclusion of Final X. Session times for Final X will be 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern time. A variety of options for Final X wrestling-only event tickets are available to the public on Ticketmaster, starting at 11 a.m. Friday. Fans can also make a generous donation to BTSNY while purchasing wrestling-only tickets on Ticketmaster. BTSNY Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages, which include access premier seating to Final X and access to the exclusive after-party, are available at btsny.org. For more information on ticket packages, email BTS Executive Director Brendan Buckley at bbuckley@btsny.org. Donations and BTSNY Benefit tickets and sponsorship packages directly help BTSNY make a lifelong impact on New York City youth in need. There are seven U.S. wrestlers who won a medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and four athletes who won a medal at the 2024 World Championships that are eligible to advance directly to the Final X best-of-three series, if they accept their position and compete in the same weight class in Final X. They must declare they will compete at that weight class and accept their direct Final X qualification by Monday, April 15, 2025, USA Wrestling will announce when athletes accept their Final X position. Once 2024 Olympic and World medalists have either accepted or refused their Final X position, the rest of the field will be determined at the U.S. Open on April 23-27 at The Expo at World Market Center in Las Vegas and the World Team Trials Challenge Tournament on May 17-18 at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky. In weight classes where an athlete has advanced directly to Final X, the U.S. Open champion will earn the opposing Final X spot. In weight classes in which no athlete earned an automatic Final X berth, the champions of the U.S. Open and World Team Trials Challenge Tournament will wrestle at Final X. World Team Trials Challenge Tournament qualifiers are determined based on the approved World Team Trials procedures for each of the Olympic disciplines, which are posted in the Team Selection section of USA Wrestling’s website. “USA Wrestling is pleased to partner again with Beat the Streets New York and the Prudential Center to bring Final X back to New Jersey. Our nation’s best men and women freestyle wrestlers will be showcased, with a berth on the 2025 U.S. Senior World Team up for grabs. Final X is one of the most exciting wrestling events in our nation, with many current or future World and Olympic medalists expected to compete. Wrestling fans are encouraged to come out and enjoy the action, while supporting youth wrestling in New York City. It will be a great showcase of world-class wrestling,” said Rich Bender, USA Wrestling Executive Director. “Beat the Streets is thrilled to host Final X once again for our Annual Benefit, in partnership with USA Wrestling. This event is our largest fundraiser, covering 75% of our annual expenses and enabling us to empower 2,500-plus New York City boys and girls through the sport of wrestling. We are excited to hold Final X at Prudential Center and look forward to witnessing world-class athletes vie for spots on Team USA at the 2025 World Championships,” said Brendan Buckley, Beat the Streets Executive Director. “Prudential Center is grateful for this opportunity to welcome back to Newark our partners at Beat the Streets Wrestling and USA Wrestling for another high stakes Final X competition,” said Dylan Wanagiel, Vice President, Sports Properties and Special Events, HBSE/Prudential Center. “We are honored to host the best wrestlers in the United States in their quest to represent our country and achieve wrestling immortality, while also supporting the mission of Beat the Streets. As we cement Prudential Center as a premier destination for all combat sports, we look forward to welcoming grappling fans from across the country to the wrestling hotbed of New Jersey for this marquee event.” The United States is a world power in international wrestling, coming off a seven-medal performance at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The athletes showcased in Final X in Newark are expected to be contenders for the U.S. team at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. * If Prudential Center’s tenant, New Jersey Devils, host an NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs game on June 14 the contingency date for Final X would be Sunday, June 15. ### About Beat the Streets Wrestling (New York) Beat the Streets Wrestling has pioneered a movement that includes 150 individual wrestling programs, a youth league and the first girls high school league in New York City. BTS works to develop the full human and athletic potential of NYC boys and girls and strengthen the city’s wrestling culture. BTS aims to make a lifelong impact on student-athletes through the lessons learned on the wrestling mat – discipline, perseverance, self-reliance, humility and a strong work ethic. For more information about BTS, visit btsny.org and follow BTS on Facebook, Instagram and X. About Prudential Center Prudential Center is the world-class sports and entertainment venue located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Opened in October 2007, the state-of-the-art arena is the home of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) three-time Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils, Seton Hall University’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball program, Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) New York Sirens, and more than 210 concerts, family shows and special events each year. Ranked in the Top 5 worldwide by Pollstar, Billboard and Venues Today, Prudential Center is recognized as one of the premier venues in the United States, and hosts over 2 million guests annually. For more information about Prudential Center, visit https://www.prucenter.com/ and follow the arena on Facebook, X and Instagram @PruCenter. Prudential Center is a HBSE property. About USA Wrestling USA Wrestling is the National Governing Body (NGB) for wrestling in the United States and the representative to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and United World Wrestling (UWW), the sport’s international federation. It serves a membership of over 344,000 athletes, coaches, and officials, charters over 5,500 wrestling clubs, and sanctions over 2,400 wrestling tournaments annually. As the NGB for wrestling, USA Wrestling is also responsible for the selection of U.S. World and Olympic teams at multiple age levels in the Olympic disciplines of men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling, as well as Beach wrestling. USA Wrestling also provides extensive quality opportunities in folkstyle, the traditional style of wrestling in the United States. For more information, visit TheMat.com.

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