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(from left) Real Woods, Andrew Alirez, and Cole Matthews (Photos/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The 2023 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships are less than a week away! In a few short days, 330 wrestlers will make the trek to Tulsa, Oklahoma, with hopes of a national title on their minds. Now it's in a state that hasn't hosted nationals since 2014 and a city that has never hosted the DI Tournament. Our Big 12 friends are plenty-familiar with the venue, the BOK Center, as it has become the home of their conference tournament. Before the action on the mat starts, InterMat will go through each individual bracket and highlight the favorites, top matches to watch, and much more. Here are the previously released previews Here's the 125 lb Preview Here's the 133 lb Preview The Top Seed: #1 Real Woods (Iowa) This weight class is much different than the first two we previewed. 125 and 133 had a multiple-time national champions returning and in control of their respective weights. 141 lbs has #3 Cole Matthews as the bracket’s highest returner from last season after taking fifth in Detroit. Therefore, the weight class appears to be more wide open than its predecessors. Of course, the top seed Real Woods, would probably disagree with that notion. And for good reason. Woods was a sixth-place finisher last year while at Stanford. In the offseason, Woods transferred to Iowa and has taken off. He is 16-0 on the season and recently claimed his first Big Ten championship. Woods likely got the top seed over Andrew Alirez based on his schedule. He has a pair of wins over fourth-seeded Brock Hardy and another over #6 Beau Bartlett. Overall, 10 of Woods’ 16 victories came at the expense of eventual national qualifiers. This is a contrast from many other transfers to end up smothered by the constant strain of Big Ten competition. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

(from left) Vito Arujau, Roman Bravo-Young, Daton Fix (Photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The 2023 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships are less than a week away! In a few short days, 330 wrestlers will make the trek to Tulsa, Oklahoma, with hopes of a national title on their minds. Now it's in a state that hasn't hosted nationals since 2014 and a city that has never hosted the DI Tournament. Our Big 12 friends are plenty-familiar with the venue, the BOK Center, as it has become the home of their conference tournament. Before the action on the mat starts, InterMat will go through each individual bracket and highlight the favorites, top matches to watch, and much more. Here’s the 125 lb Preview The Top Seed: #1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) For the second consecutive year, Roman Bravo-Young comes into the national tournament as the top seed at 133 lbs. He’s in search of his third national championship and heads into Tulsa a winner of his last 52 matches. Quietly, this may have been Bravo-Young’s best collegiate campaign to date. He has amassed bonus points in 75% of his bouts with four falls and three techs. The four falls tie a career-high established during the 2021-22 season. During the last three seasons, RBY has walked a tightrope, facing a talented top-tier of contenders and deftly escaping defeat. This year, the top talent is dispersed throughout the country, at multiple conferences and the schedule has broken so that Bravo-Young has not faced any of the top title threats. The highest-seeded wrestler he’s faced in the 2022-23 campaign has been his Big Ten finals opponent #8 Aaron Nagao (Minnesota). RBY prevailed with a 5-2 win. Nagao, along with Dylan Ragusin and Jesse Mendez, are the opponents that have held Bravo-Young to a regular decision this season. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

The 2023 Women's NAIA National Champions from Southern Oregon (Photo/Southern Oregon athletics) 2023 NAIA Women's National Championships Final Results Team Score 1) Southern Oregon 160 2) Life 139.5 3) Grand View 123.5 4) Menlo 123 5) Providence 102 6) The Cumberlands 98 7) Central Methodist 92.5 7) Iowa Wesleyan 92.5 9) Texas Wesleyan 78.5 10) Campbellsville 66 Championship Finals 101 - Ira Navarro (Providence) over Erin Hikiji (Providence) 2-1 109 - Peyton Prussin (Life) over Mia Palumbo (Iowa Wesleyan) Fall 1:51 116 - Caitlyn Thorne (Central Methodist) over Camille Fournier (Texas Wesleyan) 10-0 123 - Carolina Moreno (Southern Oregon) over Alana Vivas (Menlo) 6-2 130 - Lexie Bashman (Texas Wesleyan) over Sarah Savidge (Life) 6-3 136 - Adaugo Nwachukwu (Iowa Wesleyan) over Mea Mohler (Texas Wesleyan) 15-2 143 - Emily Se (Southern Oregon) over Alexis Gomez (Grand View) 3-2 155 - Kaylynn Albrecht (Baker) over Latifah McBryde (Life) 11-8 170 - Dymond Guilford (The Cumberlands) over Joey Levendusky (Southern Oregon) Fall 3:59 191 - Grace Kristoff (Southern Oregon) over Jaycee Foeller (Central Methodist) Fall 5:59 Third Place Bouts 101 - Esthela Trevino (Southern Oregon) over Elizabeth Dosado (The Cumberlands) 9-4 109 - Jasmine Howard (Texas Wesleyan) over Natalie Reyna-Rodriguez (Southern Oregon) 11-1 116 - Ashley Gooman (Providence) over Juliana Diaz (Missouri Baptist) 12-2 123 - Maya Davis (Grand View) over Haley Narahara (Menlo) 14-13 130 - Cristelle Rodriguez (Doane) over Waipauilani Estrella-Beauchamp (Providence) 6-2 136 - Leidaly Rivera (Brewton Parker) over Bella Amaro (Southern Oregon) Fall 4:04 143 - Jamilah McBryde (Life) over Emma Walker (Campbellsville) 11-1 155 - India Page (Brewton Parker) over Caitlyn Davis (Central Methodist) 10-0 170 - Abby McIntyre (Grand View) over Liliana Vergara (Campbellsville) Fall :29 191 - Kelani Corbett (Missouri Valley) over Tavia Heidelberg (Menlo) 4-1 Fifth Place Bouts 101 - Kayla McKinley-Johnson (Menlo) over Karina Vang (Doane) 10-0 109 - Tehani Soares (Indiana Tech) over Faith Cole (Iowa Wesleyan) 16-4 116 - Avery Ashley (Oklahoma City) over Josie Bartishofski (Jamestown) 11-1 123 - Sophie Smith (Oklahoma City) over Catharine Campbell (Grand View) 3-1 130 - Skye Realin (Central Methodist) over Andrea Schlabach (Grand View) 7-3 136 - Aliyah Yates (The Cumberlands) over Erin Redford (Eastern Oregon) 5-0 143 - Liv Wieber (Eastern Oregon) over Isabelle Hawley (Iowa Wesleyan) Fall 2:41 155 - Shannon Workinger (Menlo) over Gabrielle Holloway (St. Andrews) 11-2 170 - Shenita Lawson (Grand View) over America Lopez (Iowa Wesleyan) Fall 1:23 191 - Olivia Brown (Grand View) over Jesse Kirby (The Cumberlands) 2-2 Seventh Place Bouts 101 - Tianna Fernandez (Menlo) over Devyn Gomez (Life) 2:10 109 - Stefana Jelacic (Lourdes) over Kory Phillips (Life) 6-0 116 - Hannah Hall (Central Methodist) over Jamesa Robinson (Brewton Parker) Fall 1:54 123 - Ashley Whetzal (Missouri Valley) MedFFT Larissa Kaz (Hastings) 130 - Louisa Schwab (Menlo) over Kaylee Moore (Eastern Oregon) Fall 1:05 136 - Paige Respicio (Providence) over Riley Dalrymple (Life) 10-0 143 - Josette Partney (Missouri Baptist) over Desiree Jones (Menlo) 11-0 155 - Kendra Thompson (Campbellsville) over Madison Diaz (Grand View) 11-0 170 - Jesaphine Lee (Life) over Olivia Robinson (Eastern Oregon) Fall 2:24 191 - Maquoia Bernabe (The Cumberlands) over Alexis Tupuola (Providence) Fall 3:59

The 2023 NCAA DIII National Champions Augsburg (Photo courtesy of Augsburg athletics 2023 NCAA DIII National Championships Final Results Team Score 1) Augsburg 101 2) Wartburg 66.5 3) Baldwin Wallace 66 4) North Central 63.5 5) Wisconsin-LaCrosse 61 6) Johnson & Wales 52 7) Stevens Institute of Technology 49.5 8) Dubuque 41.5 9) Coast Guard Academy 40.5 10) Wabash 35.5 Championship Finals 125 - Josiah Fry (Rhode Island) dec Jacob Decatur (Baldwin Wallace) 4-2 133 - Robbie Precin (North Central) dec Dalton Rohrbaugh (York) 3-1 141 - Sam Stuhl (Augsburg) dec Ethan Harsted (Wheaton) 5-1 149 - Michael Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) dec Javen Estrada (North Central) 10-4 157 - Nolan Hertel (Wisconsin-La Crosse) dec Tyler Shilson (Augsburg) 6-5TB 165 - Nathan Lackman (Rhode Island) dec Matt Lackman (Alvernia) 3-1SV 174 - Zane Mulder (Wartburg) dec Jared Stricker (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) 7-5 184 - Jaritt Shinhoster (Wisconsin-Whitewater) dec Shane Liegel (Loras) 9-2 197 - Massoma Endene (Wartburg) dec Coy Spooner (Coast Guard Academy) 10-6 285 - Jack Heldt (Wabash) dec Kaleb Reeves (Coe) 6-1 Third Place Bouts 125 - Christian Guzman (North Central) maj Jake Craig (Southern Maine) 10-1 133 - Tyler Fleetwood (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) dec Jaden Hinton (Baldwin Wallace) 4-2 141 - Jacob Reed (Ohio Northern) fall Domenic Difrancescantonio (College of New Jersey) 3:40 149 - Hayden Brown (Johnson & Wales) dec Hunter Gutierrez (Stevens Institute) 6-1 157 - Jake Deguire (Springfield) fall Zeke Smith (Loras) 5:16 165 - Noah Leisgang (Wisconsin-La Crosse) dec Nicholas Sacco (College of New Jersey) 3-2 174 - Seth Brossard (Wisconsin-La Crosse) dec Charlie Grygas (Oswego State) 7-3 184 - Donovan Corn (Luther) dec Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann (Augsburg) 7-1 197 - Eze Chukweuzi (Ithaca) dec Dylan Harr (Johnson & Wales) 5-1 285 - Tyler Kim (Augsburg) fall Darryl Aiello (Dubuque) 1:50 Fifth Place Bouts 125 - Zac Blasioli (Millikin) maj Mason Barrett (Averett) 9-0 133 - Dylan Koontz (Dubuque) fall Ty Bisek (Concordia-Moorhead) 1:24 141 - Kyle Slendorn (Stevens Institute) fall Zayren Terukina (Wartburg) 5:56 149 - Chase Sumner (Ohio Northern) fall Thomas Monn (McDaniel) :57 157 - Ryan Luth (Washington and Lee) dec David Hollingsworth (Wartburg) 4-3 165 - Cooper Willis (Augsburg) dec Cooper Pontelandolfo (New York) 3-0 174 - Stefan Major (Stevens Institute) dec LJ Richardson (Coe) 8-5 184 - David McCullough (Coast Guard Academy) dec Colby Giroux (RIT) 9-4 197 - Doug Byrne (Baldwin Wallace) dec Tyler Hannah (Wisconsin-Platteville) 4-2 285 - Donovan King (Olivet) dec Jake Peavey (Southern Maine) 9-2 Seventh Place Bouts 125 - Brady Koontz (Dubuque) dec Joey Lamparelli (Muhlenberg) 7-2 133 - Luke Kowolski (Gettysburg) tech Chase Randall (Coast Guard Academy) 18-0 141 - James Rodriguez (Castleton) dec Josh Wilson (Greensboro) 5-2 149 - Chase Parrott (Springfield) dec Charlie Stuhl (Augsburg) 5-3 157 - Peter Kane (Williams) fall Ryan Smith (Stevens Institute) 2:39 165 - Nathan Fuller (Wartburg) dec Jordan Hardrick (Ohio Northern) 3-1 174 - Seth Goetzinger (Augsburg) MedFFT Anson Dewar (Muhlenberg) 184 - Charles Baczek (Wabash) maj Mahlic Sallah (Roanoke) 8-0 197 - Beau Yineman (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) dec Josh Harkless (RIT) 5-4 285 - Carl DiGiorgio (Coast Guard Academy) dec Michael Douglas (Wisconsin-LaCrosse) 7-3

The 2023 NCAA DII national champions (Photo/Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) 2023 NCAA DII National Championships Final Results Team Score 1) Central Oklahoma 121 2) Lander 78 3) St. Cloud State 64.5 4) Western Colorado 61 5) Adams State 58.5 6) West Liberty 55 7) Indianapolis 46 8) Nebraska-Kearney 43 9) Glenville State 42 10) Gannon 35 Championship Finals 125 - Brendon Garcia (Adams State) dec Jaxson Rohman (Augustana) 4-2 133 - Gavin Quiocho (Glenville State) dec Quentrevion Campbell (Chadron State) 4-3 141 - Zack Donathan (Tiffin) dec Christian Small (Lake Erie) 2-1 149 - Josiah Adams (Adams State) fall Jason Hanenberg (Western Colorado) 3:46 157 - Nick Novak (St. Cloud State) dec Logan Bailey (Indianapolis) 3-1 165 - Chase Luensman (Upper Iowa) dec Hunter Mullin (Western Colorado) 9-7 174 - Austin Eldredge (Nebraska-Kearney) maj Abner Romero (St. Cloud State) 12-4 184 - Ty McGeary (West Liberty) dec Logan Hall (Lander) 3-1SV 197 - Dalton Abney (Central Oklahoma) dec Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis) 1-0 285 - Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma) dec Jared Campbell (Glenville State) 8-3 Third Place Bouts 125 - Patrick Allis (Western Colorado) maj James Joplin (Lander) 10-1 133 - Dylan Lucas (Central Oklahoma) dec Eric Bartos (Mercyhurst) 10-3 141 - Nate Keim (Central Oklahoma) fall Peter Kuster (Drury) 4:18 149 - Wyatt Turnquist (Northern State) dec Jalen Spuhler (UW-Parkside) 10-5 157 - Noah Hermosillo (Adams State) dec Dom Means (Gannon) 6-2 165 - Ty Lucas (Central Oklahoma) dec David Hunsberger (Lander) 3-2 174 - Cade Lindsey (Fort Hays State) dec James Penford (Lake Erie) 3-1 184 - Daniel Beemer (Ashland) dec Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) 3-1 197 - Tereus Henry (Fort Hays State) dec Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud State) 7-5 285 - Darrell Mason (Minnesota State) dec Cale Gray (Indianapolis) 9-5 Fifth Place Bouts 125 - Christian Mejia (McKendree) MedFFT Cole Laya (West Liberty) 133 - Devin Flannery (Millersville) dec Vincent Scollo (West Liberty) 4-1 141 - Zeth Brower (Lander) dec John Carayiannis (Belmont Abbey) 6-1 149 - Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Brik Filippo (Central Oklahoma) 9-6 157 - Nathan Smith (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Trent Mahoney (King) 5-2 165 - Alex Farenchak (Gannon) dec Alec Cook (West Liberty) 8-3 174 - Max Bruss (Mary) dec Cole Hernandez (Western Colorado) 11-5 184 - Alex Kauffman (Central Oklahoma) MedFFT Billy Higgins (Nebraska-Kearney) 197 - Matt Kaylor (Mary) dec Logan Kvien (McKendree) 3-2 285 - Johnny Green (Ouachita Baptist) dec Juan Edmond-Holmes (Lander) 2-1 Seventh Place Bouts 125 - Shane Corrigan (UW-Parkside) dec Brandon Mendoza (Tiffin) 5-0 133 - Reece Barnhardt (Mary) dec Elijah Lusk (Lander) 10-3 141 - Jake Niffenegger (Mercyhurst) dec Tate Murty (Upper Iowa) 10-6 149 - Nick Young (Gannon) fall Devan Moore (Newberry) 2:34 157 - Gabe Johnson (Central Oklahoma) fall Avery Shay (Shippensburg) 2:19 165 - Anthony Herrera (St. Cloud State) InjDef Mike Vernagallo (Mount Olive) 174 - Anthony DesVigne (Central Oklahoma) dec Nate Burnett (Ashland) 5-3 184 - Reece Worachek (UW-Parkside) dec Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) 6-2 197 - Kash Anderson (Colorado Mesa) MedFFT Cole Huss (Northern State) 285 - Lee Herrington (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Jake Swirple (Minot State) 3-2

(from left) Patrick Glory, Spencer Lee, Liam Cronin (Photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) The 2023 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships are less than a week away! In a few short days, 330 wrestlers will make the trek to Tulsa, Oklahoma, with hopes of a national title on their minds. Now it's in a state that hasn't hosted nationals since 2014 and a city that has never hosted the DI Tournament. Our Big 12 friends are plenty-familiar with the venue, the BOK Center, as it has become the home of their conference tournament. Before the action on the mat starts, InterMat will go through each individual bracket and highlight the favorites, top matches to watch, and much more. The Top Seed: Spencer Lee (Iowa) What more can we say about Spencer Lee? The two-time Hodge Trophy winner is seeking to become only the fifth wrestler to ever win four DI national titles and the first to do so in Iowa's black and gold singlet. Lee comes into the national tournament with a perfect 17-0 record and bonus points in 15 of those contests. He's also racked up eight falls, four of which have come against wrestlers currently seeded in the top-12. For most normal wrestlers, the higher level of competition and the bright lights of the NCAA Championships tend to lead to closer matches. That isn't the case for Lee. In 15 career NCAA bouts, he has posted bonus points 11 times. I wouldn't expect that to change as Iowa will need every bonus point and as Lee looks to put the finishing touches on his remarkable career. Even with his accomplishments, Lee's collegiate career has been marred by injuries. He came into college after suffering a knee injury and has dealt with others. After winning his third title at the 2021 national tournament, Lee revealed that he did so with "no ACL's." He only saw action in three matches last season, before deciding to get surgery and prep for a final run in 2022-23. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

2022 National Champion Jaritt Shinhoster of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) 2023 NCAA DIII National Championships Day One Results Team Scores 1) Augsburg 62.5 2) Baldwin Wallace 40 2) Wartburg 40 4) St. Cloud State 38 5) Wisconsin-La Crosse 35.5 6) Stevens Institute of Technology 34 7) US Coast Guard Academy 27 8) Johnson & Wales 26 9) Coe 23 10) Dubuque 21.5 Quarterfinal Results 125 lbs Josiah Fry (Johnson & Wales) dec Brady Koontz (Dubuque) 3-2 Christian Guzman (North Central) dec Zac Blasioli (Millikin) 3-2 Jake Craig (Southern Maine) dec Luca Paladino (UW-Stevens Point) 10-4 Jacob Decatur (Baldwin Wallace) dec Mason Barrett (Averett) 3-2 133 lbs Robbie Precin (North Central) fall Jayden Cardenas (SUNY-Cortland) 1:07 Tyler Fleetwood (UW-Eau Claire) dec Dylan Koontz (Dubuque) 5-3 141 lbs Ethan Harsted (Wheaton) dec James Rodriguez (Castleton) 3-1 Domenic Difranscecenton (College of New Jersey) dec Kyle Slendorn (Stevens Institute) 9-6 Sam Stuhl (Augsburg) dec Josh Wilson (Greensboro) 4-1 Jacob Reed (Ohio Northern) dec Cameron Johnson (Aurora) 5-4 149 lbs Michael Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) tech Chase Sumner (Ohio Northern) 19-3 Hunter Gutierrez (Stevens Institute) fall Kristian Rumph (Wartburg) 2:33 Javen Estrada (North Central) maj Thomas Monn (McDaniel) 16-5 Hayden Brown (Johnson & Wales) dec Charlie Stuhl (Johnson & Wales) 6-1 157 lbs David Hollingsworth (Wartburg) dec Thomas West (Baldwin Wallace) 8-6 Tyler Shilson (Augsburg) maj Ryan Luth (Washington and Lee) 8-0 Zeke Smith (Loras) dec Jason Rezac (Alvernia) 9-7 Nolan Hertel (UW-La Crosse) dec Peter Kane (Williams) 3-2 165 lbs Nathan Lackman (Rhode Island) dec Luke Reicosky (John Carroll) 5-2 Nicholas Sacco (College of New Jersey) dec Cooper Pontelandolfo (New York) 2-0 Noah Leisgang (UW-La Crosse) dec Austin Lamb (RIT) 2-1 Matt Lackman (Alvernia) dec Cooper Willis (Augsburg) 5-0 174 lbs LJ Richardson (Coe) dec Anson Dewar (Muhlenberg) 6-0 Jared Stricker (UW-Eau Claire) fall Stefan Major (Stevens Institute) 5:19 Charlie Grygas (Oswego State) dec Seth Brossard (UW-La Crosse) 5-3 Zane Mulder (Wartburg) dec Seth Goetzinger (Augsburg) 8-2 184 lbs Jaritt Shinhoster (UW-Whitewater) maj Mahlic Sallah (Roanoke) 12-0 Donovan Corn (Luther) dec Sampson Wilkins (Castleton) 5-0 Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann (Augsburg) dec Tristan Westphal (Coe) 5-2 Shane Liegel (Loras) dec Colby Giroux (RIT) 9-7 197 lbs Coy Spooner (US Coast Guard Academy) dec Demitrius Henry (SUNY Cortland) 6-4SV Eze Chukwuezi (Ithaca) dec Beau Yineman (UW-OshKosh) 7-3 Tyler Hannah (UW-Platteville) fall Doug Byrne (Baldwin Wallace) 6:12 Massoma Endene (Wartburg) dec Camden Farrow (York) 9-7 285 lbs Jack Heldt (Wabash) maj Carl DiGiorgio (US Coast Guard Academy) 11-0 Tyler Kim (Augsburg) maj Daniel Skold (Augustana) 9-1 Kaleb Reeves (Coe) fall RayShawn Dixon (Ferrum) :23 Donovan King (Olivet) fall Evan Anderson (New York) 1:38

Central Oklahoma 285 lber Shawn Streck (Photo/Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) 2023 NCAA DII National Championships Day One Results Team Scores 1) Central Oklahoma 62.5 2) Lander 56 3) West Liberty 38.5 4) St. Cloud State 38 5) Western Colorado 31.5 6) Nebraska-Kearney 29 7) Indianapolis 27.5 8) Adams State 24.5 9) Gannon 24 10) Glenville State 23 10) Pitt-Johnstown 23 Quarterfinal Results 125 lbs Cole Laya (West Liberty) dec Dawson Collins (Colorado Mesa) 4-0 Jaxson Rohman (Augustana) dec Shane Corrigan (UW-Parkside) 6-4 James Joplin (Lander) maj Brandon Mendoza (Tiffin) 16-7 Brendon Garcia (Adams State) dec Patrick Allis (Western Colorado) 8-2 133 lbs Quentrevion Campbell (Chadron State) dec Dylan Lucas (Central Michigan) 5-3 Devin Flannery (Millersville) dec Elijah Lusk (Lander) 9-6 Gavin Quiocho (Glenville State) dec Reece Barnhardt (Mary) 7-4 Vincent Scollo (West Liberty) dec Eric Bartos (Mercyhurst) 7-3 141 lbs Zeth Brower (Lander) maj Tate Murty (Upper Iowa) 11-0 Christian Small (Lake Erie) dec Peter Kuster (Drury) 3-0 Zackary Donathan (Tiffin) fall Nate Keim (Central Oklahoma) :30 John Carayiannis (Belmont Abbey) dec Jake Niffenegger (Mercyhurst) 12-8 149 lbs Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown) fall Brik Filippo (Central Oklahoma) :47 Jason Hanenberg (Western Colorado) fall Joey Bianchini (St. Cloud State) 6:06 Jalen Spuhler (UW-Parkside) dec Nick Young (Gannon) 8-4 Josiah Rider (Adams State) dec Wyatt Turnquist (Northern State) 8-3 157 lbs Dominic Means (Gannon) dec Noah Hermosillo (Adams State) 7-6 Logan Bailey (Indianapolis) dec Casey Barnett (Tiffin) 6-4 Nathan Smith (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Trent Mahoney (King) 5-2 Nick Novak (St. Cloud State) dec Avery Shay (Shippensburg) 8-1 165 lbs Hunter Mullin (Western Colorado) dec Shane Gantz (UW-Parkside) 7-6 David Hunsberger (Lander) fall Alec Cook (West Liberty) :57 Chase Luensman (Upper Iowa) dec Aaden Valdez (Adams State) 10-5 Ty Lucas (Central Oklahoma) dec Alex Farenchak (Gannon) 5-2 174 lbs Abner Romero (St. Cloud State) fall Kolby Kost (Augustana) 4:23 Cade Lindsey (Fort Hays State) fall Anthony DesVigne (Central Oklahoma) 1:41 Austin Eldredge (Nebraska-Kearney) tech Cole Hernandez (Western Colorado) 16-0 James Penfold (Lake Erie) maj Chase Morgan (West Liberty) 10-2 184 lbs Billy Higgins (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Alex Kauffman (Central Oklahoma) 3-2 Logan Hall (Lander) dec Reece Worachek (UW-Parkside) 3-2 Ty McGeary (West Liberty) dec Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron State) 8-6 Daniel Beemer (Ashland) fall Josh Jones (McKendree) 1:32 197 lbs Dalton Abney (Central Oklahoma) maj Luke McGonigal (Mercyhurst) 9-1 Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud State) dec Cole Huss (Northern State) 3-1SV Tereus Henry (Fort Hays State) maj Dakoda Rodger (Pitt-Johnstown) 15-1 Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis) dec Kash Anderson (Colorado Mesa) 8-3 285 lbs Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma) dec Juan Edmond-Holmes (Lander) 8-3 Johnny Green (Ouachita Baptist) dec Francesco Borsellino (West Liberty) 3-1SV Jared Campbell (Glenville State) dec Darrell Mason (Minnesota State) 6-2 Cale Gray (Indianapolis) dec Lee Herrington (Nebraska-Kearney) 9-8

2023 Big Ten champion Silas Allred (Photo/Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) With the at-large's announced on Tuesday and brackets released Wednesday, the NCAA Championships are officially looming. And now, less than a week away. Before we get into the meat and potatoes of our previews, here's a fun look at the NCAA Tournament, its competitors (individuals/teams). It's some of the facts, trends, numbers, and overall randomness that you never thought to look up about the participants of the 2023 NCAA Championships. School-Related Notes Four teams will send all ten of their wrestlers to Tulsa: Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma State, and Virginia Tech. Air Force had three automatic qualifiers (Tucker Owens/Sam Wolf/Wyatt Hendrickson) and added two more in the at-large phase (Cody Phippen/Dylan Martinez). Those five qualifiers are the most for Air Force since 1991. Of course, they were Thad Allen/126, Jon Erickson/134, Matt Ciccarello/142, Brian McGill/158, and Mark Lindlow/190. Wyatt Hendrickson got the second seed at 285 lbs. He's the highest-seeded wrestler from Air Force since Cole Von Ohlen got the number three in 2012. He's the first Air Force wrestler to get the second seed since fellow heavyweight Kevin Hoy in 2003. Jack Maida finished fifth in the EIWA for American University. He's the first NCAA qualifier during the Jason Borrelli-era at American. Jon Jon Miller became a four-time SoCon champion for Appalachian State. He's only the 16th wrestler to achieve the feat in the SoCon, the first since Nick Soto (Chattanooga) in 2012-15. Millner is the first Appalachian State wrestler to win four SoCon titles. Josh Mason made the MAC finals for the second time and is now a two-time national qualifier. He is Bloomsburg's first multi-time national qualifier since 2014. Cal Poly big man Trevor Tinker will head to his first national tournament after getting an at-large berth. He's the first 285 lber to wrestle at nationals for the Mustangs since Cody Parker did so in 2007. Clarion had a pair of MAC champions in Seth Koleno (141) and Will Feldkamp (184). It was the first time multiple Clarion wrestlers were victorious since moving to the MAC. The last time the school had two conference champions in the same season was in 2016 with Brock Zacherl and Michael Pavasko. An at-large addition of Cesar Alvan gives Columbia six wrestlers headed to Tulsa. That is the most in school history. Yianni Diakomihalis won his fourth EIWA title and became the 14th four-time conference champion. Cornell had six individual EIWA champions (Vito Arujau - 133; Diakomihalis - 149; Julian Ramirez - 165; Chris Foca - 174; Jacob Cardenas - 197). That is the most in school history in a single season. Of Cornell's seven national qualifiers, only Brett Ungar did not win the EIWA. Despite their long run of excellence and tradition, Cornell has never had an All-American at heavyweight/285 lbs. That streak will continue as the Big Red did not qualify at 285 lbs. George Mason's Nathan Higley became the team's first finalist since moving to the MAC in 2019-20. A match later, Peter Pappas joined him in the conference finals. Pappas defeated Ashton Eyler (Lock Haven) to win the school's first individual MAC championship. Harvard will send four wrestlers to Tulsa. The last time they had four NCAA qualifiers was in 2012 with Steven Keith (133), Corey Jantzen (149), Walter Peppleman (157), and James Fox (197). Yaraslau Slavikouski is the sixth seed at 285 lbs. The last time Harvard had a top-six seed at the tournament was in 2012 when Peppelman was the four. Iowa State's David Carr received the number one seed for a second consecutive year. The last time a Cyclone wrestler earned the #1 on multiple occasions was in 2009-10 with Jake Varner and David Zabriskie. Josh Humphreys became the first Lehigh wrestler to enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten since Darian Cruz did so in the 2017-18 season. Carrying on the tradition of Jordan Wood at 285 lbs for Lehigh, redshirt freshman Nathan Taylor made the EIWA finals at the weight. That gives Lehigh an EIWA finalist at 285 lbs every year since 2018. Maryland has five NCAA qualifiers headed to Tulsa. The last time five Terps wrestled in the national tournament was in 2014, their last season in the ACC. Also leading the way for freshman national qualifiers is Maryland. They are the only school with four. Braxton Brown, Kal Miller, Ethen Miller, and Jaxon Smith. Penn State, Rutgers, and Virginia Tech all have three. Aside from Penn State, the only team that has had a number-one-seeded wrestler in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments is Michigan. They have Mason Parris this season, Nick Suriano and Myles Amine (125/184) in 2022, and Amine (197) in 2021. NC State had four ACC champions (Jarrett Trombley - 125; Kai Orine - 133; Trent Hidlay - 184; Owen Trephan - 285). The Wolfpack have had at least four conference champs for each of the last three seasons. NC State produced the ACC champion at 125 lbs in Jarrett Trombley. Two other former NC State wrestlers made the tournament at that same weight. Both #6 Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) and #8 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) won their respective conferences. Silas Allred became the first Nebraska wrestler to win a Big Ten title since Robert Kokesh in 2015. Between that win and the time Allred's final match rolled around, the Cornhuskers had lost 13 straight Big Ten finals (four in 2023). That marked only the fourth Big Ten title since Nebraska joined the conference in 2011-12 (Kokesh 14/15, James Green 2014). Allred will also get the eighth seed at 197 lbs. The last Big Ten champion to receive such a low seed was Dom Abounader (Michigan), the eighth seed at 184 lbs in 2015. North Carolina's Austin O'Connor won his third ACC championship. He became the first Tar Heel wrestler since Evan Sola (2003-07) to win three. O'Connor became the first Tar Heel wrestler to earn the #1 seed since TJ Jaworsky did so in 1995. More O'Connor. He is the first Illinois native to receive the #1 seed since Chris Dardanes was the #1 at 133 lbs in 2015. Jared Franek is the first North Dakota State wrestler to earn a top-four seed at nationals since Steven Monk was #4 in 2014. In 2022, Andrew Alirez became Northern Colorado's first-ever Big 12 champion. A year later, he's the school's first two-time champion. Additionally, the Bears had two champions with a title from Stevo Poulin at 125 lbs. An untimely, late-season injury to three-time national qualifier Malik Heinselman left Ohio State without a national qualifier at 125 lbs for the first time since 2011. All of Oklahoma State's ten NCAA qualifiers hail from a home state that starts with an "O." Eight of them are from Oklahoma, while the other two are from Ohio and Oregon. Daton Fix captured his fourth Big 12 championship and became only the tenth four-time Big 12 champion in Oklahoma State's illustrious wrestling history. Oregon State won the Pac-12 title on the strength of five individual champions. The last time Oregon State had five champs was in 2015 with Ronnie Bresser (125), Jack Hathaway (133), Alex Elder (157), Joe Latham (174), and Cody Crawford (197). Penn and West Virginia were the big winners after the addition of at-large berths. Both schools added three wrestlers. Over the last two seasons, Penn has combined to send 17 wrestlers to nationals (8 in 2023; 9 in 2022). From 2016-20, they had 18. Three of Penn's eight NCAA qualifiers are from prep power Blair Academy (NJ). Ryan Miller (125), Michael Colaiocco (133) and Nick Incontrera (174). Penn State extended its active streak with at least one Big Ten champion. They've had at least one every year since 2010. Penn State has had at least one number-one seed every year since the 2016 tournament. With Carter Starocci receiving the top seed at 174 lbs, Penn State has had a top-five seed at the weight every year since 2011. Starocci (2023/1, 2022/1, 2021/3), Mark Hall (2020/1, 2019/1, 2018/2, 2017/5), Bo Nickal (2016/1), Matt Brown (2015/2, 2014/5, 2013/2), Ed Ruth (2012/1, 2011/2) Pittsburgh's Nino Bonaccorsi is the first Panther wrestler to grab a number one seed since his head coach Keith Gavin in 2008. Colton McKiernan won the first MAC title for SIU Edwardsville. The last time they had a conference champion was in 2018 when John Muldoon (133), Tyshawn Williams (149), and Nate Higgins (165) won the SoCon. After Tanner Jordan and Cade King received at-large berths, it boosted South Dakota State's 2023 total to eight wrestlers. That's the best mark in program history. Previously, SDSU had seven wrestlers at the 2018 tournament. Utah Valley's Demetrius Romero is finishing up his eighth year of collegiate wrestling. To put things into perspective, as a true freshman, Romero suited up for Boise State and wrestled Isaiah Martinez at the Reno Tournament of Champions. Wisconsin had years with back-to-back Big Ten champions (Austin Gomez/22, Dean Hamiti/23) for the first time since Isaac Jordan won in 2015 and 2016. This tournament will feature five (Killian Cardinale, Michael McGee, Shannon Hanna, Alex Cramer, Jacob Bullock) ex-Old Dominion wrestlers. There are four from Fresno State in Kyle Parco, Jacob Wright, Matthew Olguin and AJ Nevills. State-Related Notes The Joe Carpino Special: The Big Ten had a pair of conference champions from Indiana (Silas Allred - 197; Mason Parris - 285). The last time two Indiana natives won the Big Ten in the same year was 2010 (Angel Escobedo/Andrew Howe). They did it in 2009 also. Massachusetts is responsible for five NCAA qualifiers. That is the largest number during the time period that my state-data entails (1999-2023). They are Jake Ferri, Cesar Alvan, Brevin Cassella, Phil Conigliaro, and Austin Cooley. Speaking of, Alabama has two wrestlers at the NCAA Tournament (Sam Latona/Virginia Tech; Will Miller/Appalachian State) for the first time during that time period (1999-2023). There are three wrestlers from Alaska that will compete in Tulsa (Caleb Hopkins, Evan Bockman, Levi Hopkins). This is the first time three Alaskan natives made it to the national tournament since 2002 with (Jesse Brock/Boise State, Tony D'Amico/Boise State, and Jason Cooley/Oregon State). I'm not sure if we'll be able to totally validate this claim; however, I am very certain that Real Woods is the first Big Ten champion from New Mexico. It's a strong year for NCAA qualifiers from New York. The Empire State has 19 this season. The last time they had that many was in 2014 with 20. There are 13 NCAA qualifiers from the state of Oklahoma. The last time there were that many was in 2003, which also saw 13 wrestlers go to nationals. Florida has nine wrestlers at the 2023 NCAA Championships. Four of them, Tom Crook, Frankie Tal-Shahar, Malyke Hines, and Shannon Hanna are all 141 lbers. Georgia has seven wrestlers at the 2023 NCAA Championships. Four of them, Gavin Kane, David Key, Jha'Quan Anderson, and Matthew Waddell are 184 lbers. Iowa's 15 NCAA qualifiers are the state's most since they had 16 at the NCAA Championships in 2015. Obligatory, "Pennsylvania wrestling is incredible" note. Pennsylvania has eight wrestlers at both the 149 and 197 lb weight class. At 149, PA has the #2 Sasso, #5 Johnson, #8 Murin, and #12 Zapf seeds. At 197, PA has #1 Bonaccorsi, #4 Laird, and #5 Beard. And one more…Pennsylvania is responsible for three of the ten #1 seeds (Lee, Starocci, Bonaccorsi) and four #2 seeds (Sasso, Haines, Labriola, Hidlay). Texas is back in the game in 2023. They did not have any national qualifiers in 2022, but had two this season with Braxton Brown (Maryland) and Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley). Wrestlers in this tournament with hometowns listed outside of the United States are Lachlan McNeil (Canada), Yaraslau Slavikouski (Belarus), and Yonger Bastida (Cuba). McNeil is the first national qualifier from Canada since Amar Dhesi (Oregon State) 2014-19. Bracketing The EIWA's top-three 125 lbers are all located in the same quadrant. #15 Brett Ungar (Cornell) and #18 Ryan Miller (Penn) clash in the first round. The winner likely gets #2 Patrick Glory (Princeton). At 133 lbs, should Brody Teske (Iowa) and Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) lose in the first round, you'll have a match between a wrestler that transferred out of Iowa this offseason and another that transferred in. The 149 lb first-round matchup between #5 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) and #28 Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) who verbally committed to Iowa State, before attending Penn State. In the second round at 149 lbs, we could see a huge matchup between #2 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) and Austin Gomez (Wisconsin). Both have accounted for the last three Big Ten titles at 149 lbs. Gomez holds a 3-0 edge on Sasso. Penn State's Levi Haines is the highest-seeded freshman true or redshirt at #2. He's a true freshman. The last true freshman to get a top-two seed at nationals was J'den Cox in 2014. All year we've talked about how star-studded and amazing the 165 lb weight class is. The top half of the bracket features three past NCAA finalists #1 David Carr, #5 Quincy Monday, and #9 Shane Griffith. The 165 lb bracket features a pair of high school teammates squaring off in round one. Olentangy Liberty's #10 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) and #23 Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) will meet for the second time this season. Kharchla won round one, 3-1. The 174 lb bracket has another meeting between #6 Ethan Smith (Ohio State) and #27 Tyler Eischens (Stanford). The two met in the first round last season and Eischens pulled a 13-12 upset. 7 of the 17 wrestlers on the top half of the 184 lb bracket have transferred at one point or another in their collegiate careers. Two matches feature battling transferee's #16 Reece Heller/#17 Tate Samuelson and #8 Matt Finesilver/#25 Brian Bonino. Two weight classes loaded with future stars and budding rivalries are 125 and 149 lbs. Both feature nine freshmen. The top-six seeds at 285 lbs have combined to compete in 19 World Championship events. #1 Mason Parris (19/Junior), #2 Wyatt Hendrickson (21/Junior), #3 Greg Kerkvliet (19/U23, 18/Cadet, 17/Cadet), #4 Tony Cassioppi (22/U23, 21/U23), #5 Cohlton Schultz (22/U23, 22/Senior, 21/Senior, 19/Junior, 18/U23, 18/Junior, 17/Junior, 17/Cadet, 16/Cadet), #6 Yara Slavikouski (21/U23, 19/Junior, 15/Cadet for Belarus) There will be two first-round matches that feature past NCAA All-Americans clashing. At 165 lbs with #2 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) and #31 Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) and at 174 lbs with #3 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) and #30 Jackson Turley (Rutgers). Sheets was involved in the only first-round matchup between past All-Americans in 2022, when he squared off with Ryan Deakin. In the 133 lb bracket, if seeds hold up in the first round #23 Cody Phippen (Air Force) will face Kurtis Phipps (Bucknell) in the first set of consolation matches. Once again, if seeds hold in the Round of 16, Micky Phillipi (Pittsburgh) will drop to the winner. Phipps, Phippen, and Phillipi. Try to say those names five times quickly. Four brackets contain multiple unbeaten wrestlers: 125 (#1 Spencer Lee/#2 Patrick Glory), 133 (#1 Roman Bravo-Young/#2 Daton Fix), 141 (#1 Real Woods/#2 Andrew Alirez), and 157 (#1 Austin O'Connor/#5 Josh Humphreys). From the, "I'm pretty sure it's never happened before" department. Austin O'Connor and Nino Bonaccorsi are both #1 seeds from the ACC. Going through brackets back to the 1970's, it doesn't appear that a pair of ACC wrestlers have been seeded number one at nationals in the same year.

Columbia head coach Zach Tanelli and assistant coach Joe Nord (Photo/Tony DiMarco) The 119th edition of the EIWA Championships was completed last weekend. They produced 45 automatic qualifiers and claimed 10 of the remaining 43 at-large bids. Below is a quick weight-by-weight breakdown. Stay tuned for an NCAA preview once brackets are released. 125 - 6 Automatic Qualifiers 1st - Pat Glory 2nd- Brett Ungar 3rd - Ryan Miller 4th - Ethan Berginc 5th - Nick Babin 6th - Diego Sotelo 7th - Carter Bailey 8th - Mason Leiphart Pat Glory earned his 3rd EIWA title with a tight 2-0 win over Ungar. Considering this previous matchup was a decision for Glory, Ungar's improvement is noticeable. The top 6 seeds allocated automatic bids, and all 6 seeds qualified. This weight class ended up pretty much chalk from the seeds. Glory is ready to make a run at the NCAA title. I can watch a round-robin of placers 3-6, as they seem to be relatively even across the board. This is the first trip to NCAAs for Ungar, Berginc, Babin, and Sotelo. Bailey was the 10th seed and showed promising skills to eventually earn the trip to NCAAs in the future. F&M's freshman, Leiphart, earned another tech fall over the weekend. As of now, he leads all D1 wrestlers with 13 technical falls. Not too shabby for a true freshman… 133 - 5 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Vito Arujau 2nd - Michael Colaiocco 3rd - Angelo Rini 4th - Brendan Ferretti 5th - Jack Maida 6th - Kyle Waterman 7th - Kurtis Phipps** 8th - Hunter Adrian DNP - Connor McGonagle** This was Vito's weight, as he dominated all with two majors and two tech falls. He looks to have separated himself from Colaiocco, which means a lot because Colaiocco is sixth in the nation at the moment. Columbia's Rini had himself a day, knocking off Phipps of Bucknell and majoring Ferretti of Navy. Maida of American won all of the close ones en route to fifth place. After making a similar run last season, but falling just short, he is Coach Borrelli's first NCAA Qualifier as the head coach at American University. I was told Maida had a sudden family tragedy right before the season started, making this season an emotional one for him. It was a special moment for Jack, the coaches, and the American fanbase. Kurt Phipps had a great regular season, which helped him earn an at-large bid. Speaking of, McGonagle of Lehigh went down in the quarters after a (what seemed to be a pretty serious) knee injury. He was forced to MFF the next match. I am hoping he comes back healthy, as he came into the weekend ranked in the top 8. A healthy McGonagle gives the EIWA three legit opportunities for (3) All-American at this weight. 141 - 5 Automatic Qualifiers 1st - Vince Cornella 2nd - Carmen Ferrante 3rd - Josh Koderhandt 4th - Malyke Hines 5th - Matt Kazimir 6th - Darren Miller 7th - Justin Hoyle 8th - Julian Sanchez Vince Cornella dominated this bracket, with three pins and a major. He earned the pinner award thanks to his performance. He shot up the rankings from 17th last week, to now filling in at the 9th spot. He has a golden opportunity to end up on the podium. Ferrante was one of my darkhorses that made me look smart, outplacing his sixth seed. Koderhandt, Hines, and Kazimir are returning to NCAAs - hoping to outperform last year's appearance. Ferrante qualified at 125 lbs years ago. This is his first time back to NCAAs since moving up two weights. Unfortunately, this is the second year in a row Miller of Bukcnell missed qualifying for the NCAA tournament. He needed one win Saturday to start the semifinal round. He lost in tiebreakers to Ferrante, then in overtime to Hines, and 3-0 to last year's champ, Kazimir. What a heartbreaking way to end the season, twice in a row. 149 - 2 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Yianni Diakomihalis 2nd - Dylan Chappell 3rd - Doug Zapf** 4th - Trae McDaniel 5th - Luke Nichter 6th - Danny Fongaro 7th - Max Brignola 8th - Marshall Keller Yianni won his 4th EIWA title. He was the 14th wrestler in history to do so. He barely broke a sweat on the mat. One of the biggest stories of the tournament was the emergence of Dylan Chappell. He lost wrestle-offs at 133lbs, and 141lbs before bumping up to 149lbs. He began as the 5 seed, knocking off McDaniel in overtime in the quarters. Sunday morning's semifinal match with Zapf was won by a scramble in the final minute. What an incredible run to witness! Marshall "Made for March" Keller came into Saturday as the 14th seed, nearly repeating his crazy run from last season. To my knowledge, with the exception of Keller, Zapf and Yianni, all returning placers return. With the COVID year, my assessment could be incorrect. Expect to see a lot of talent next season. I think Chappell will surprise some people at NCAAs, and Zapf will be in the mix as a potential All-American threat. Let's not forget, Yianni will attempt to be the 5th person in NCAA history to win four D1 National Championships. Regardless of the outcome, it has been a pleasure to see Yianni compete in this conference the past 5 years. 157 - 3 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Josh Humphreys 2nd - Anthony Artalona 3rd - Nathan Lukez 4th - Trevor Tarsi 5th - Nick Delp 6th - Jack Nies 7th - Ty Whalen 8th - Tyler Williams DNP - Cesar Alvan ** Lehigh's Josh Humphreys proved why he's ranked #5 in the country. The only decision of his tournament came in the finals. Artalona used a last-second takedown to defeat Lukez in the semis. Lukez is a fascinating story - as he was a 1X PIAA qualifier in high school. In his first year as a starter, he is an NCAA qualifier. I'm a sucker for storylines, and that's a heck of a story! Cesar Alvan did not place this weekend, losing to Tarsi of Harvard in the quarters, and Williams of Drexel in the consi's. His season was scattered with quality wins - helping him earn an at-large bid. Humphreys is one of those "outside shots to be the champ" type of guys. He has yet to make the podium, finishing round of 12 at NCAAs twice. Artalona is in the exact same boat. Both are looking to win that dreaded, all-important, match to become All-Americans. 165 - 5 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Julian Ramirez 2nd - Quincy Monday 3rd - Joshua Ogunsanya 4th - Brevin Cassella 5th - Josh Kim 6th - Dalton Harkins 7th - Lucas Revano 8th - Evan Barczak** Ramirez proved his first win was no fluke, knocking off the returning NCAA runner-up in the finals in an exciting match. Cassella avenged a loss to Barczak in the quarters, then lost to Ramirez in overtime. Keep an eye on him to make some noise at NCAAs. Kim is a first-time qualifier, winning three overtime bouts to earn a bid. He was the ninth seed entering the weekend. Barczak was the fourth seed, but finished in eighth. His season was strong enough to earn a wild card bid. Ramirez and Quincy are good chances to All-American, at an entertaining weight class. I would not exclude any of the qualifiers from finding the podium. This bracket will be busted in Tulsa - the question is by who? 174 - 4 Automatic Qualifiers, 2 At-Large Selections ** 1st - Chris Foca 2nd - Benjamin Pasiuk 3rd - Lennox Wolak 4th - Philip Conigliaro 5th - Sammy Starr 6th - Nick Incontrera** 7th - Ross McFarland 8th - Jake Logan DNP - Mickey O'Malley** This bracket was thrown out of whack from round one when McFarland beat Conigliaro. Pasiuk defeated Incontrera in the semis, who eventually dropped to sixth due to an injured shoulder. He did earn an at-large bid with O'Malley of Drexel, who went 1-2 on the weekend. Last season O'Malley was round of 12 at this weight. Conigliaro was round of 12 at 165 lbs. Expect Foca to be on the podium, as his lone loss is 3-2 to Lewis (former NCAA champ) of Virginia Tech. Wolak makes his first trip to NCAAs. He had three major decisions, after a win over O'Malley. Pasiuk has been to NCAAs twice already, and has had some great losses on the year to help him compete. This weight is well represented in Tulsa. 184 - 4 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Tate Samuelson 2nd - Jacob Nolan 3rd - David Key 4th - Brian Bonino 5th - Nate Dugan 6th - Jacob Ferreira** 7th - James Conway 8th - Aaron Ayzerov Samuelson was the champ in his first EIWA championships. He is making a rare fifth trip to NCAAs, after qualifying 4X for Wyoming. He was steady with three decisions and one major. Making the most of his fifth year too, was Brian Bonino - he's a first-time qualifier at Drexel after spending 4 years at Columbia. Nolan and Key are both returning to NCAAs after previous trips. It was great to see Ferreira get an at-large bid after a great season, hanging around in the rankings near the mid-20s. It will take some upsets at the weight to bring an All-American back to the EIWA conference. Samuleson's experience may give him the best opportunity to do so. 197 - 5 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Jacob Cardenas 2nd - Michael Beard 3rd -Luke Stout 4th - Jacob Koser 5th - Trey Rogers 6th - Jack Wehmeyer 7th - Sean O`Malley 8th - Daniel Lawrence DNP - Cole Urbas** Cardenas may have had the upset of the finals, as not many gave him much of a chance to win this one over Beard. Rightfully so, as Beard won the season match-up 6-2. Cardenas looked great in the semis, dominating Stout 8-1. Minus #1 and #2 being flipped, the top 5 wrestled to their seeds. We did see Wehmeyer of Columbia finish in sixth, with an 11th seed. Lawrence of Army came in as 13th seed - ending the tournament in 8th. Cole Urbas had a rough EIWA tournament, but found himself in the NCAA bracket with an at-large bid. He is dangerous, so he may win a match or more. We all assumed Beard was an All-American, and a potential National Champion, threat. We may need to add Cardenas to this list as well. He looked great this weekend. A finish on the podium would enhance Cornell's odds to bring home a team trophy. 285 - 6 Automatic Qualifiers, 1 At-Large Selection ** 1st - Grady Griess 2nd - Nathan Taylor 3rd - Yaraslau Slavikouski 4th - Ben Goldin 5th - Cory Day 6th - Dorian Crosby 7th - Brendan Furman 8th - Austin Kohlhofer DNP - Travis Stefanik** Similar to 197 lbs, many assumed the top seed, Slavikouski, would finish on top. Lehigh's Nathan Taylor beat him in the semifinals to earn a spot in the finals, where he lost to Griess in overtime. For those that like stats, Lehigh has now had an EIWA finalist at heavyweight since 2018. The at-large bid given at this weight class was Princeton's Stefanik, who was the EIWA runner-up at 184lbs last season. It will be fun to see Goldin, Day, and Crosby at NCAAs. After the top-tier guys, this weight class can get pretty wide open for anyone to go on a run. Team Race: Cornell 165.5 points Lehigh 120.5 points Penn 106 points Columbia 95 points Navy 95 points Army West Point 82.5 points Princeton 81.5 points The Big Red ran away with this one after the first day. Having 6 champs will do that. This was the most points by the team champ at EIWAs since Cornell's 170.5 in 2016. The margin from first to second was also the largest since that 2016 season. Many expected this outcome - the biggest discussion was the race for second. Penn was the runner-up last year, falling just short of that this season. The team that many were talking about was Columbia, who finished tied for fourth. Coach Tanelli has done a great job there, having his guys peak at the right time. They are taking 6 to NCAAs, which is the third most in the conference. Penn is bringing 8 to the show, while Cornell is bringing 7. Personally, I love seeing teams like Navy and Army in the top 5 or 6. Tradition of the conference is usually Cornell and Lehigh at the top, which remains the same this year. It is always fascinating to see who filters in behind them. Maybe one day there will be a change in guard at the top, but that day is not today. Brackets and Team Results can be found here:

3x NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis (Photo/Tony DiMarco) I didn't really start watching college wrestling until 2017 and didn't fully dive in until the next year. The same year a couple kids named Spencer Lee and Yianni Diakomihalis made their debut. Now, in what seems like a decade later, the books are about to close on these legendary careers. I almost think it was better that both careers were spaced out and staggered over six seasons. It's like we were able to really sit back and fully enjoy the greatness over a prolonged period of time. Will they both cap it off with number four? There's no guarantees in this sport. Yianni, in particular, has a slew of hammers that would love nothing more than to be the one to stop it from happening. Spencer has a guy in Pat Glory waiting for years for another shot at him and to play spoiler. No matter what the outcome is next Saturday, I'm grateful to have gotten in at the right time and to watch these two do what they do on a regular basis. Let's hope for many more years of success at the world level. Congratulations to both of you on spectacular careers and for doing it the right way and with class. Only about ten more years until every other high school wrestler is named Spencer and Yianni and their coach is named Cael Something. I just hope there's some jerk kid named Jagger in the background making fun of it all. Will this be the year Purdue ends my suffering? Nathan Wynn Yes! Matt Ramos will be on the podium! Currently the fourth seed, Ramos will be looking for another shot at tossing the aforementioned Spencer Lee and making the finals. Not sure that will happen but a spot on the podium looks highly likely. Does Iowa getting bad seeds put them in position to place lower than second? Matsquatch It can't help much, but I don't believe it's much to worry about. Spencer is basically worth two guys. Teske has an outside shot at making the quarters as a 24-seed and should at least get some backside points. Woods is fine where he is. Murin is primed for an AA run and a massive ice pack for his face when he's done. Siebrecht has the ability to make some noise. Patrick Kennedy doesn't have the worst path to the semis, if he can get past a red-hot Julian Ramirez. Brands and Assad I have no idea, but Warner has a meat grinder of a weight regardless of seed and Cass is Cass. It'll be fine. Can we get Jagger Night at the NJSIAA finals and if so, what would be the itinerary? Old Dirty Baffert It's just so tough for me to make it there. Falling on conference weekend also doesn't help. But if I did, the real Jagger Night would take place later at the cheapest Blackjack table complete with endless Screwdrivers and failed double-downs. If Rocky Jordan makes the podium, Should Dan Ransick hand out the awards at 174? Rhino Unbeknownst to most of the free world, former St. Paris Graham star Rocky Jordan has run out to a 19-2 record while manning the 174 spot for Chattanooga. You have to feel for our good buddy Dan, first he lost "he who shall not be named to the NLWC." Then Echemendia never happened and now the last Jordan has left Columbus. A run to the quarters seems feasible and then he's just one more away from getting on the podium. I expect Dan to be planning a parade immediately. Most ideal location for hosting NCAA's? Baby Grajales That's a tough one. You want a place that is at least equal distance for everyone in the country. Good weather is also a plus. I can only think of one place. Jerry World in Dallas where the Cowboys let their fans down every year. To get the tournament there would be an epic experience. (Editor's Note) Organizers in Texas would like for Globe Life Stadium, site of "Bout at the Ballpark," to host NCAA's at some point. Globe Life Stadium is the next door neighbor of Jerry World. How did Clay magically get the brackets before the end of the selection show? Richard Mann Bro Bible has sources that we at InterMat can only dream of. The truth is that he fast-forwarded through the show and spoiled it for everyone, for clout. Clay Lautt, not the Clay Clout, Bubba. Szuba snub of the century? Pelikan Head Sir, this is a Wendy's.

The 2023 Big Ten Champion Penn State Nittany Lions (Photo/Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) This has been great. I find myself sitting here in the early afternoon on Sunday, March 5th watching Max Murin and Yahya Thomas wrestle each other to see who is going to wrestle for third or fifth. Bummer of a finish to that match as Thomas hit his head on the floor as they went out of bounds, but the point remains that some of the country's best on the first session of day two were still jostling for position in Tulsa. I've had the great pleasure this weekend of hanging out with colleagues, coaches, athletes, and friends. This is an unforgiving tournament with minimal room for error, some of which I'll get into here shortly. Also, super unpredictable. I thought 197 was going to be crazy, and it was anything but. I thought 141 was going to be fairly predictable, and yet we had a 14-seed rattle off a bunch of wins on the back side, ultimately getting the ninth and final automatic qualifier allocation. As the great American philosopher Gwen Stefani once said, this "stuff" is bananas. Here are the main things that stood out to me from this weekend. Iowa looks good. I said this a week or two ago when they blew the doors off of Oklahoma State, but they have continued with this general narrative through this weekend as well. Sure there are some areas that leave you with some questions, Abe Assad being pinned twice being one of those things, but in the end, they qualify all 10 wrestlers for the NCAA tournament. Cody Goodwin confirmed this to Tom Brands, which made him happy. Spencer Lee largely looked better in this tournament than he did during the regular season, as he calmly won by tech fall on his way to the finals. His win over Cronin to cap it off was a nice way to finish off his B1G tournament career. Lee also won the light weights Outstanding Wrestler award, which is only the second time that a Hawkeye has won this award three times (Mark Ironside was the other guy to have done this). Additionally, you've got Patrick Kennedy who is going to be a delight in the lineup for the Hawkeyes for the foreseeable future. His gritty win over Amine in the semifinals was a strong point of affirmation that he is as good as advertised. He lost to Hamiti in the finals 9-6, but he'll make adjustments and continue to improve from here. I say this because that's what he's done all year long, so I expect it to continue. Tony Cassioppi is what we thought he was, it seems. He's very clearly better than all but two Heavyweights in the country, but he'll still have the chance to change that narrative in Tulsa. At the end of the day, if there is going to be any team champ other than Penn State, it'll require a team with all 10 wrestlers, and some super studs, and Iowa has both of those things. Purdue is growing up. We all know Kendall Coleman and Matt Ramos. Everyone expected them to perform at a high level, and they certainly did. I knew they were young, but there are sobering reminders of that from time to time as well. For example, when I learned that Hayden Copass just recently turned 19 years old, that surprised me. I mean, the guy is 8 feet tall, so it's a little strange to think of someone that big as a teenager, but that's the reality. At the end of the day, Purdue, who had a tough conference season, showed some growth at this tournament. Parker Filius, the elder statesman of the team, outwrestled his seed (8) by placing fifth and getting some solid wins over Tal Shahar of Northwestern, and D'Emilio of Ohio State who ended up placing 4th, Bergeland of Minnesota, and over Olivieri of Rutgers. Point of information, he is gigantic for 141. It's different standing near him versus just watching on BTN. I spoke with Charles Small about Dustin Norris, the Boilermakers 133 pounder, and his potential. He had a good tournament and even had a pin over Rayvon Foley of Michigan State. In the end, he dropped the last match to Taylor Lamont (Wisconsin) to automatically qualify for NCAAs, but I was impressed by what he did. Getting back to Heavyweight, you got Copass who avenged his loss to Bullock of Indiana in order to make the NCAA tournament. More evidence of growth though is shown that whether they made the tournament or not, Purdue won matches at this tournament at eight of the ten weight classes. Growing pains exist, and that's to be expected, but I feel good about this program and the direction they are headed in. We'll see if Purdue can do in Tulsa what they haven't done in previous seasons with this staff, which is to have an All-American. They have a couple legitimate chances to get that done, and if I had to put money on it, I'd say this is the year! Matt Finesilver has a great mustache, and other fun Michigan moments. His mustache is just the beginning though. He matches the excellence of his mustache with equally excellent wrestling. We've seen wrestlers transfer into the B1G before, and there are varying degrees of success with this. This is one of the better success stories though. Finesilver was a one-time ACC finalist before coming to Ann Arbor, and was a three-time NCAA qualifier, but what he did this weekend was super impressive. You don't take third in the B1G by accident. Sure, Aaron Brooks did put on a show against him in the semis, but he tends to do that against most people. Finesilver has shown that he has all the tools necessary to separate himself at the NCAA tournament and to get on that podium. Check out this interview I got with him after it was all said and done. Even shouted out his biggest fan. Matt Finesilver Interview I was happy for Jack Medley who will finally get to compete in the NCAA tournament. Last year, he took a backseat to Suriano and, in 2020, he had qualified for the NCAA tournament, but it didn't happen due to COVID. He's remained patient and confident though, and that patience is paying off. It even was close at the beginning of the year for him to get the starting job, but here we are in March, he's qualified for the tournament, and is ready to get his chance. Here he talks about what he continues to work on, and the road to this point. Jack Medley Interview Also, Cam Amine is the strongest man on the planet. I can say that with confidence now. At least 10 different times during his matches the media section looked at each other and asked the same question "how did he do that?" He looked to have tried to hit a bear hug from hopping on one leg at one point. At another point, he just muscled his opponent out of what was a deep shot back into a full stance. It sounds pedestrian as I look through again, but trust me, it was anything but. He has been battling knee injuries consistently throughout this year, and he injury defaulted out of the rematch with Kharchla for third place, but it was still a hard-fought weekend for him. I feel like when he's feeling closer to 100% is when his offense will pick up a bit more. We recently learned that Cole Mattin will also be traveling to Tulsa for the NCAA Championships. He's been battling injuries at points this season, but he has some strong wins also, and started the B1G Tournament with a solid win over Joe Olivieri of Rutgers before dropping matches to Beau Bartlett of Penn State, followed by a loss to D'Emilio of Ohio State. Earlier in the season though, he looked like one of the more exciting wrestlers in the country, and was never afraid to fire off 1,000 attacks per minute. So much so that he won the MSU Open on a stalling call in overtime. Happy that Cole is getting this chance to get over the hump and produce at the NCAA Tournament. We can't talk about Michigan without talking about the heavyweight finals match between Mason Parris and Greg Kerkvliet of Penn State. Michigan hosting the tournament only had one finalist in Parris, but fittingly so, it closed out the entire event. I think it's safe to say that this was the most anticipated finals match of the night, and included two absolute behemoths in Parris and Kerkvliet of Penn State. Let me set the stage for you. I was on the floor near one of the corners of the mat, over by the crane they used for the BTN coverage and on the side of the mat where the athletes were running out of the tunnel. For most of the night, it was fairly open. I'd have an SID or trainer come watch a match from that area, but then they'd continue on. Not for this match, before I realized what was happening, most of the Michigan team, as well as Coach Bormet and Coach Bolyard were down there with me. The energy was off the charts and the emotional roller coaster we all went on together was not for the faint of heart. The floor at the 2023 Big Ten Championships When Mason got the final takedown in overtime the entire place went nuts. The Michigan section was deep, and right up front near the mat. Mason Parris has won some big matches for the Wolverines throughout his career. From winning a match to beat Ohio State on the road, to beating Cassioppi in their highly anticipated first match, he just keeps getting it done for Michigan. This one felt different though, he was so excited, and so was the rest of the staff and team that was next to me. There are some matches and experiences that I'll always remember in my life, and this was undoubtedly one of them. Maryland I don't think it's much of a secret that I've grown very fond of what they are doing in College Park, Maryland. This is far from a finished product, but I think if you told the fans that this season they would have wins over Oklahoma and Pittsburgh, get a B1G dual win, and have five NCAA qualifiers, that it would be a successful season. In fact, this is the most qualifiers that Maryland has had since 2014, when they were still an ACC school. I hope that Ethen Miller is going to be healthy in Tulsa, but for the moment let's lean into the positives and how he and his brother (seeded 14th out of 14 to start the tournament) both have qualified for NCAAs, along with another freshman Jaxon Smith (197). Speaking of Jaxon Smith, he drops his quarterfinal match against Braunagel in overtime, then has to take the road less traveled to third place. I see why this road is less traveled, because it looks like it must have sucked to make it through. The road included beating Andrew Davison of Northwestern, Braxton Amos of Wisconsin, Jacob Warner of Iowa, and then finally avenging that quarterfinal loss with an OT takedown of his own to place third in the B1G. I was able to catch up with Jaxon after his win over Warner to talk about that match and coming back from his injury to get to this point. Jaxon Smith Interview Maryland got two more NCAA qualifiers in Braxton Brown at 125, as well as Jaron Smith at Heavyweight, and rightfully so, as it was announced Tuesday afternoon that the NCAA delivered on those expectations. Brown finished ninth by beating Jacob Moran of Indiana and Tristan Lujan of Michigan State on the back side, which certainly contributed to his bid for at-large consideration. Mostly though, it was his strong season as a whole that helped him earn this opportunity in his first season of D1 full-time competition. Jaron had a tough tournament, but his season as a whole was strong and he has been consistently ranked most of this season. As it turns out, the B1G at heavyweight remains very tough. Jaron has been a staple in the Maryland lineup for the last several years, and I'm happy to see him have one final chance to compete for the Terrapins in Tulsa. Spartans qualify 4 for Tulsa. There were a lot of ups and downs for the Spartans in Ann Arbor. Unfortunately, I think more downs than ups, but you had a solid sprinkling of both. Upside, Chase Saldate wrestled very well, and was very close to making the finals at 157. On his way to the finals, he got an impressive win over Cobe Siebrecht, putting the Hawkeye to his back a couple of times, and nearly getting the fall. Cobe has proven to be a very dangerous wrestler this year, and I think that would lead many wrestlers to approach him more cautiously, but Saldate seems comfortable baiting him into these scramble situations and then capitalizing on them from there. Saldate dropped his next two, the first being a two-point loss to Peyton Robb of Nebraska followed by the Will Lewan special of a 3-1 win in overtime. Chase had gotten the better of Lewan in this same situation last time, but not here in Ann Arbor. He finished the tournament with an impressive win over Kendall Coleman, who had also made the semifinals before dropping some matches on the back side of the bracket. Layne Malczewski at 184 and Cam Caffey also qualified for the tournament with 8th and 6th place finishes respectively, but both injury defaulted out of the tournament. Layne was wearing a massive knee brace, as he has done for most of this season, and I saw Cam walking around with his arm in a sling at the end of the event. Not encouraging, but I'm remaining positive and hope that both guys can recover and have strong showings in Tulsa. Speaking of Tulsa, Caleb Fish was awarded an at-large bid for NCAAs as well. He wrestled some very close matches at B1Gs, and almost made the semifinals, dropping a closely contested OT match to Cam Amine of Michigan. He showed at times this season that he can battle with the best, so happy for him to get that NCAA experience as well. Minnesota puts 2 in the finals and qualifies 9. First things first, I was bummed about Brayton Lee. That guy started the season ranked first in the country, and clearly couldn't get back to the version of himself that was beating people to a pulp, while occasionally scoring takedowns. The mat return from his match with Lewan in ride-outs clearly is what ended his run. He made no attempt to get back up, and after letting Lewan up during his turn to ride, he clearly couldn't move his right arm. It was hard to watch, but I have so much respect for the guy. He even came back out for his next match, but just wasn't able to do anything. You can only control what you can control, that's the general sentiment that I hear all the time from wrestlers, and you can't control how quickly your body recovers, or if your collarbone just stops working. I truly hope for the best and a more full recovery. Sometimes these things take two full years, and hoping that next season he'll be back to the Brayton Lee we know and love. Aaron Nagao (133) and Michael Blockhus (149) both made the finals as 6 seeds, and both dropped close losses to stud opponents. Nagao did his best against RBY, and in the end, had one of the closer matches with him that we've seen, but wasn't able to get it done. Blockhus looked as good as I've ever seen him, and was close to the OT win against Sasso, but in the end, getting stuck under Sasso on a shot for more than a moment usually leads to him cutting the corner and/or locking up a cradle. The same could be said for OT with Blockhus. In the end, Minnesota made the semifinals at half of the weights (125, 133, 149, 174, 184), and had a total of nine qualifiers for the NCAA tournament. Seven qualified using the traditional means, while Garret Joles (HWY) and Andrew Sparks (165, and no relation to Shane), received at-large bids. Minnesota's depth is great, and I'm happy to see how they ride some of this momentum into Tulsa. Final point, I always love the gold Minnesota singlets, and I'm glad that Nagao and Blockhus wore them in the B1G finals. Hamiti jumps around. Dean Hamiti had such a great year. His only three losses are to David Carr, Cam Amine, and Quincy Monday. He spent this weekend going through Andrew Sparks (8-0) and Carson Kharchla (14-2) to make the finals, and won in a convincing 9-6 regular decision. It was a more dominant three-point win though than many three-point wins traditionally are. Dean Hamiti has continued to look more dangerous and more impressive with every time we see him, and he's as dangerous as anyone going into Tulsa. I don't know what we do with the seeding in Tulsa at 165, other than Carr at 1, but then it'll get really weird. Probably O'Toole at 2, but also maybe not. Outside of Hamiti though, it was a bit of a tough weekend for Wisconsin. I was super-excited watching an interview with Austin Gomez from before the tournament talking about how he was 100%, which is exactly what I would do also because there's no downside to throwing that out there. He even sent out the "Scared money don't make money" tweet, like he had the morning that he beat Yianni. However, in watching him compete, it became pretty clear that he was a little shy of 100%. He drops his first match to Rooks of Indiana, followed by the unfortunate ending to his match with Ethen Miller of Maryland. He picks up Miller in a double leg, and in an attempt to finish the shot, he leaves his feet and lands on top of Miller. From where I was I couldn't figure out if it was a head injury, or ribs, but regardless it was called a slam immediately, and Miller looked clearly hurt. It was called a slam by the referee, and with Miller not being able to continue the match, Gomez lost the match on an illegal slam. I have it on good authority that Gomez did apologize to the staff and Miller, and that he didn't intend to hurt him or anyone, which I believe. For someone so capable of mass destruction, he's been largely responsible with what he does and the positions he's put people in. With great power comes with great responsibility, and he absolutely has carried that power with integrity. Whether it is Karma or his proven ability to wrestle with the best when healthy, Austin Gomez did receive an at-large bid to the NCAAs and will be able to compete in Tulsa one last time for the Badgers. I trust that he'll have the right people around him to help him remain positive and driven to be his best in Tulsa. In fact, as I sit here at my computer, I just noticed his tweet the "Now you're all in big, big trouble" GIF from Billy Madison. Yeah, I think he'll be fine. The Badgers qualified 8 total (125, 133, 141, 149, 157, 165, 197, HWY), and did have some resilient performances from Joey Zargo at 141 and at 197, Braxton Amos on the backside to earn their automatic qualifier spots, each placing seventh. Garret Model placed 10th at 157, but that'll do it since 157 had 10 total allocations offered. Eric Barnett was pinned by Patrick McKee on the top side of the bracket, but he capitalized on the chance to avenge that loss in the 5th place match, which he did. Especially with these extra years that everyone has, I wonder which guys really hate other guys. I can't imagine Barnett and McKee look forward to these battles. They're crazy every time. Amos also avenged a loss, with his win over Foy in the 7th and 8th place match. In the end, the Badgers probably didn't get everyone they expected through, but they will have a respectable contingent in Tulsa, with the opportunity to make some real noise. Lauren's observations ANN ARBOR - There's nothing like being on the floor at the conference or NCAA championship finals to remind you about how real and how raw the emotions in this sport can be. At the same time, one athlete is experiencing the highest high of his career, and the other has potentially just been dealt his lowest. And because of the unique individual and team aspects of wrestling, you see coaches and athletes trying to balance their personal emotions of excitement or disappointment with celebrating their team and teammates' accomplishments and supporting those who fell short. Despite his team winning the 2023 Big Ten championship and picking up the conference's Coach of the Year award, Penn State's Cael Sanderson wasn't in much of a celebratory mood Sunday evening. His wrestlers went 4-for-6 in the finals, suffering losses at 197 pounds and heavyweight. "We were super happy to win the Big Ten team championship," Sanderson said. "But as a coach or as a team, your heart is always with the guys who didn't reach their goals. Unfortunately, that happens at pretty much every event, somebody doesn't quite achieve what they want. But you still just celebrate and be happy and move on to the next one." Nebraska's Mark Manning was dealing with similar emotions. He embraced his 197-pound champ, Silas Allred, when he came out for the final award ceremony after upsetting Penn State's defending Big Ten and NCAA champ Max Dean. But despite his smiles and excitement at that moment, his first comments when asked about his emotions went to his four wrestlers who didn't get their hands raised. "I feel for all the four guys who took a loss in the finals," he said. "A couple were so close to joining Silas in the winner's circle, but in two weeks from now - that's when it really counts." While the Big Ten Championships were exciting, they are ultimately - as the coaches are always quick to remind reporters - just a step toward the ultimate goal of winning NCAA titles. Three-time Big Ten champ Roman Bravo-Young may have summed it up best: "You win and move on." Here are some observations from the weekend: Penn State still looks like the favorite for the NCAA title In the words of Cael Sanderson: "Our guys just won some big matches - and lost some big matches." While there were, of course, both highlights and lowlights for the Nittany Lions this past weekend, they didn't leave much doubt that they should still be the favorite heading into Tulsa. The biggest surprises for Penn State were true freshman Levi Haines knocking off previously undefeated, top-ranked Peyton Robb, of Nebraska, for the 157-pound title, and Dean falling to Allred at 197. Dean's loss was the biggest blow to Penn State's firepower heading into Tulsa, as it will likely have a detrimental impact on his seed. But in reality, the seeds probably don't matter that much at 197. Outside of the undisputed No. 1 Nino Bonaccorsi, any of those guys could beat any of the others, and have proven as much throughout the season. Still, the loss will likely put Dean in a position where he'll have some work to do to defend his national title. On the bright side for Penn State, defending NCAA champs Carter Starocci and Aaron Brooks had arguably their best matches of the season in the conference finals. Both widened the gap against two familiar opponents. Mikey Labriola still has yet to score a takedown on Starocci in their three matchups - while Starocci had two in his 6-1 win. Brooks earned the lone bonus-point win of the finals, a 12-2 major decision over Ohio State's Kaleb Romero - a match that ended 3-2 in February. Both look like they'll be hard to beat in two weeks. "He stepped things up just a little bit, put a little more pressure forward and just wrestled really well," Sanderson said of Starocci. "He's obviously really good." Haines' win also erased any questions about whether he should be considered an NCAA finalist threat, while the top four in this class remain very dangerous. Lost in the debate over whether or not Robb should have had a takedown in the first period was proper recognition of how much power and strength Haines used to counter Robb's counter-shot and pick him up and throw him to the mat for the winning takedown. "I just stayed persistent, pulled on his head, felt his open and let it rip," Haines said. "It just goes back to what we're doing in the practice room. I have guys who do similar stuff on me, so it helps me be tough in those positions." Bravo-Young was visibly frustrated after his 5-2 finals win over Minnesota freshman Aaron Nagao and getting ridden for nearly the full third period. He'll still be favored for his third consecutive trip to the NCAA finals. Despite falling 5-3 in sudden victory to Michigan's Mason Parris, heavyweight Greg Kervliet wrestled a solid match, and shut out Tony Cassioppi, 5-0, in the semifinals - this third straight (second official) win over the Hawkeye. The rest of Penn State's nine qualifiers fell more or less where they were expected to: Beau Bartlett third at 141, Shayne Van Ness fourth at 149 and Alex Facundo seventh at 165. If Penn State has another vulnerability heading into Tulsa, it's that it didn't exactly rack up bonus points. The Nittany Lions were one of only three teams not to record a pin over the weekend, but they did lead all other teams in major decisions with seven. They finished the weekend with 10 bonus-point wins (that counted for team points), while Iowa had 14. Nebraska is solidly positioned as a trophy contender Silas Allred not only beat defending Big Ten and NCAA champ Max Dean in the finals, he kind of dominated him, taking him down three times for the 6-2 victory. The Nebraska junior secured a takedown late in the first period, and then again in each of the other two. "I knew one wasn't going to be enough. I knew I was going to have to keep pushing the pace, so I kept working from my ties and waiting for him to make a mistake," Allred said. "He did, and my shot was there and I took it." With the win, Allred becomes the third Big Ten champ in program history, and the first since his assistant coach Robert Kokesh in 2015. Allred was one of the most unexpected winners on Sunday, coming into the tournament with a 23-5 record. But for Allred, those early-season losses were nothing but learning opportunities. "I took some lumps earlier this year," he said. "But all those losses are actually lessons for me. I don't look at an L as a loss, I look at it as a learning opportunity. So, every time I lose, I learn and I get better, and I think I showed that tonight." Hopefully, Allred was able to share some of his wisdom with his teammates who fell just short of the podium Sunday evening. Both Peyton Robb and Brock Hardy lost tight matches - Robb 3-1 in sudden victory and Hardy 2-1 against Iowa's Real Woods. Nebraska's coaching staff - along with many other spectators - thought Robb had the takedown on Penn State's Haines, but the no-takedown call stood after an official review. Liam Cronin made Spencer Lee wrestle a full seven minutes - a feat within itself - falling 8-2, and Labriola saw his undefeated streak end with the loss to Starocci. With two weeks to go until Tulsa, coach Mark Manning is hoping his team can stay healthy and be aggressive to try to flip some of those results. "Get a little rest, make sure we're healthy - I think we are - and then just getting fired on all cylinders," he said. "I think we've got a lot of firepower, and just being aggressive. You know, in two weeks, (it's just about) being aggressive buying into that aggressiveness and really working for pins and tech falls." One Husker who doesn't need to be told that advice twice literally has "pin" in his name - 184-pounder Lenny Pinto. The freshman spent just 3:12 on the mat the whole weekend, earning two pins, along with an injury default and a forfeit. He pinned Rutgers' Brian Soldano in 1:09 to take fifth. Bubba Wilson also qualified for nationals, placing sixth at 165. Despite the losses, putting five wrestlers in the Big Ten finals is still very impressive. Nebraska maintains its third spot in InterMat's tournament rankings, and should have a great shot at finishing the season with a trophy. Sasso reclaims Big Ten title and the Buckeyes are bringing 9 to Tulsa Sammy Sasso is no stranger to the Big Ten finals, finding himself there for the fourth time on Sunday. Having that familiarity must have paid off, as he came back from an early deficit to beat Minnesota's Michael Blockhus, 7-5, in sudden victory to reclaim his 2021 crown. One of the biggest storylines at 149 pounds, however, was that Sasso didn't get the chance to reclaim that crown from the wrestler who took it from his last year - Wisconsin's Austin Gomez, who was clearly still dealing with injury woes. But that doesn't take anything away from Sasso's achievement. He cruised to the finals with a major decision and an 8-2 win over Max Murin. As with all other teams, it was an up-and-down tournament for the Buckeyes. In addition to Sasso and runnerup Kaleb Romero, another highlight was the performance of Dylan D'Emilio, who placed fourth as the No. 9 seed at 141 - taking out Cole Mattin, Joseph Zargo and Frankie Tal Shahar on the back side before falling 6-2 to Penn State's Beau Bartlett. D'Emilio has shown good progression throughout the year, taking Hardy to the wire near the end of the season and now avenging his earlier Tal Shahar loss. One of the most exciting wins for the Buckeyes over the weekend was heavyweight Tate Orndorff with a seconds-left reversal to beat Trent Hillger, 7-4, and make it to the third-place bout as the No. 7 seed, where he fell to Tony Cassioppi. Ohio State fans certainly made themselves heard in Crisler Arena at that moment. Carson Kharchla earned a big win over Penn State's Alex Facundo at 165 to take back a loss from earlier in the season, as he and Ethan Smith finished third. Jesse Mendez, Paddy Gallagher and Gavin Hoffman didn't have the greatest tournaments. The latter two both needed at-large bids to make the trip to Tulsa. Mendez finished sixth as the No. 2 seed, as Chris Cannon and Dylan Ragusin both got revenge for earlier losses. But at the end of the day, the Buckeyes are taking nine to Tulsa and have two weeks time to make some adjustments. Northwestern to bring well-rounded lineup to Tulsa Northwestern didn't quite replicate its feat from last year - qualifying all 10 wrestlers - but got eight through after Sunday afternoon and nine when Troy Fisher received an at-large bid on Tuesday. The Wildcats were backside warriors - none more than Andrew Davison, who battled his way through the ninth-place bracket to earn the final automatic allocation at 197 pounds with a late takedown over Indiana's Nick Willham. Northwestern is missing the star power it had last year without national champion Ryan Deakin, but will still be bringing a well-rounded lineup to Tulsa. Michael DeAugustino, who appears to be battling injury and medically forfeited out of the third-place bout at 125, still picked up some nice wins, including a major decision over Matt Ramos and another top-10 win over Wisconsin's Eric Barnett. Maxx Mayfield also had himself an impressive tournament, finishing one above his seed at sixth. The 165-pound weight class is one of the toughest in the country and Mayfield showed he's right there in the mix with the best of them. Chris Cannon, Yahya Thomas and Lucas Davison each came out on the wrong side of some sudden victory matches - twice in Davison's case. Thomas also sustained a pretty scary injury against Max Murin when his head hit the floor and medically forfeited out of his last match. The impact of the injury is not fully known, but he was walking around on the floor during the finals. In a recurring theme, Northwestern had a mixed bag of success in Ann Arbor. There are surely a few matches their wrestlers will be hoping to take back in a few weeks with potential rematches. Byrd leading Illinois into NCAAs If there was any doubt about Lucas Byrd after dropping an early-season bout to freshman Jesse Mendez, he put it to rest this past weekend. Byrd had a strong tournament, falling in sudden victory to runner-up Aaron Nagao, then putting away a bevy of top-20-ranked wrestlers in Joe Heilmann, Dylan Ragusin and Chris Cannon. The Nagao loss seemed like a surprising upset at the time. But as we all know now - the freshman is pretty good. Byrd's sudden-victory win over Cannon to secure third place was especially impressive. He has never had much issue with Cannon, owning a 5-0 record over him going into that match, but found himself tied 1-1 at the end of regulation after fending off a late takedown attempt and stalking his opponent like prey until the whistle blew. The winning takedown came early as Byrd was able to get in on Cannon's left leg and finish. The third-place finish ties Byrd's finish from 2021, and sends him back to the NCAA Championships for the third time. Joining him in Tulsa will be teammates Danny Braunagel, Edmond Ruth, Dylan Connell and Zac Braunagel. Zac Braunagel traded matches with Maryland's Jaxon Smith - but lost the one that mattered most, for third place. Beating Smith once was still a feather in the cap after getting pinned earlier in the season. It's really just more proof that anyone can beat anyone at 197. Rutgers bounces back from slow start The Scarlet Knights did not start off their weekend too hot, winning just three of their 10 first-round bouts. But they were able to battle back to send seven to Tulsa. Most notably not earning a seed was 141-pounder Joey Olivieri. The sophomore went 0-2 in the championship bracket at Big Tens, but has a 13-6 overall record with previous wins over qualifiers Kal Miller, Cole Mattin and Dylan D'Emilio. Punching their tickets to Tulsa were Dean Peterson, Joe Heilmann, Tony White, Andrew Clark, Jackson Turley, Brian Soldano and Boone McDermott. It was pin-or-be-pinned in Ann Arbor for Soldano, who had one of the more memorable weekends for the Scarlet Knights. He handed Iowa's Abe Assad his second pin of the tournament, then was quickly put on his back by Nebraska's Lenny Pinto in the fifth-place bout. He also gifted wrestling fans with one of the more wild matches of the event in his 12-9 win in tiebreakers over Tyler Dow in consolations on Saturday. Both wrestlers kept looking for the throw. Soldano got the first 6-point move, then Dow countered with 6 of his own. Whenever Soldano takes the mat, fireworks can always be expected. Turley's performance also stood out. As the No. 10 seed, the junior took both No. 7 Nelson Brands and No. 5 Edmond Ruth to the wire, falling by just one point in each match. Then he beat Indiana's No. 6-seed D.J. Washington for the coveted final automatic allocation at 174. No. 8 Peterson joined Soldano and Turley in finishing above his seed. After losing to Michigan's Jack Medley by a 9-0 major decision in the first round, he battled through the consolation bracket and beat Medley, 7-1, for seventh. Indiana takes another step in the right direction D.J. Washington picked up an automatic bid Tuesday to join teammates Graham Rooks, Derek Gilcher and Jacob Bullock in Tulsa. The four NCAA qualifiers is the most for Indiana since 2018 - and the most since coach Angel Escobedo took over the program. The Hoosier fans showed up and made themselves heard throughout the weekend in Ann Arbor. Gilcher, in particular, got them on their feet when he came back from an early deficit and pinned Wisconsin's Garrett Model with just six seconds remaining. Oh, and this was after cruising to a comfortable 10-2 major decision over former Big Ten finalist Mikey Carr. Rooks also used some late heroics to beat Rutgers' Tony White in the first round. The pair were tied 1-1 with 45 seconds remaining when Rooks earned a takedown and rideout to seal it. He went on to upset a banged-up Austin Gomez and make his first semifinal. Gomez was clearly hurting and noticeably limped off the mat, but Rooks had several solid takedowns and battled throughout to earn the 6-5 victory. Bullock fought through the ninth-place bracket to earn an automatic qualification after falling to Purdue's Hayden Copass in the consolation bracket. A couple of his teammates, however, weren't so lucky. Washington had to wait for an at-large bid and Nick Willham and Henry Porter just missed the cut and didn't earn at-large bids. Ultimately, Indiana was hoping for a better performance than last year's 14th-place finish with 4 points. And with 30 points for 12th, the Hoosiers did just that.

2x Big 12 champion Wyatt Hendrickson (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) Brackets were released last night and, for a bit, social media and message boards went quiet as fans thumbed through them looking for the good draws, bad draws and questionable seeds. After that brief silence, there was plenty of hand-wringing and debate about seeds. Looking into the seeds and the process, some of them actually make sense, and some don't. Here are some of my initial reactions to the bracket release: Injury Defaults Paid the Price All year, and in previous years, fans have grumbled about coaches skirting the system and wrestling their guys less frequently than ever. The saying "All that Matters is March" comes into play, as coaches will do whatever it takes to get their wrestlers healthy into the tournament or put them in the best place to succeed. Nowhere was that more evident than with West Virginia's Killian Cardinale. It's no secret that Cardinale has battled shoulder injuries for the last couple of years of his career. Last year, Cardinale only had 12 bouts entering the postseason. This season, he made his debut a the Midlands and medically forfeited out after three wins. Cardinale would win all seven of his subsequent duals. At the Big 12 Championships, Cardinale purposely injury defaulted out after the whistle blew in his opening bout. For the full article, Subscribe to InterMat's Rokfin Page

The 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will take place Detroit (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com The brackets have been released for the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The event takes place March 16-18 in Tulsa. Link: Brackets

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Spencer Lee in the 2023 Big Ten quarterfinals (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) Several of the nation’s top title contenders took a big step forward at their conference tournaments. Several of those contenders will come out of the Big Ten conference, which features membership from some of the top programs in the country. As always, there were a few wrestlers who set themselves apart from the field. The following looks at some of those standout statistical performances from the tournament. Point Differential Spencer Lee +2.18 Over the last few seasons of college wrestling, nobody has dominated the point differential stat like Iowa’s No. 1 Spencer Lee. His ability to score points from the top position and finish opponents quickly allows him to rack up a lot of points in a short period of time, and his finishing ability usually prevents his opponents from adding to their score. That skill and style was certainly on display this past weekend in Michigan. On the way to his third Big Ten title, Lee averaged 2.39 points per minute and allowed only 0.21 points per minute. After a 17-0 technical fall shutout over Jack Medley (Michigan) in his first match, Lee picked up another technical fall over Patrick McKee (Minnesota) by a 20-2 score. In the finals, Liam Cronin (Nebraska) managed to avoid giving up bonus points but still fell via an 8-2 decision. The four points that Lee allowed were composed entirely of escapes. Lee will be the heavy favorite to become a four-time NCAA champion at the upcoming tournament. There will likely be other dominant wrestlers in the college ranks, but fans might not see another with a skillset perfect for dominating this metric. Points per Minute Aaron Brooks 2.41 Despite Lee’s impressive offensive display, he was not the highest-scoring wrestler of the weekend. That honor belongs to No. 1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State). The two-time NCAA champion picked up a Big Ten title at 184 pounds with victories over Brian Soldano (Rutgers), Matt Finesilver (Michigan) and Kaleb Romero (Ohio State). Along the way, Brooks scored 48 points in a little under 20 minutes for a 2.41 points-per-minute average. The scoring rate narrowly edged out Lee (2.39) and no other wrestler really came close to these two. The third-highest scorer of the weekend was Brook’s teammate Shayne Van Ness who averaged 1.57 points per minute on his way to a fourth-place finish at 149 pounds. Brooks awaits his seed for the NCAA tournament. He is the returning champion at the weight, but he took a surprising loss early in the season against No. 4 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State). A few of his regular rivals will be back, No. 2 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) and No. 3 Trent Hidlay (NC State), but Brooks showed at the Big Ten tournament that he is near his point-scoring peak already. Points against per Minute Real Woods 0.06 The story has been the same for pretty much the whole season for No. 2 Real Woods (Iowa). He has continually blitzed his opponents early and looked like the best first-minute wrestler in the country. At times against tougher opposition, he has then relied on his strong hand fighting and scrambling to hold on for close victories. That defense was certainly on display this past weekend at the Big Ten tournament. Woods, the champion at 141 pounds, allowed his three opponents to score only a combined one point. In his first match, he decked Parker Filius (Purdue) before he could score anything. Woods then took a 3-0 decision over Frankie Tal Shahar (Northwestern). In the finals, Brock Hardy (Nebraska) managed to score a single point via stall calls. However, Woods held on for the two-point victory after nearly missing out on two sets of back points. That one point equates to 0.06 points against per minute, which was by far the best defensive rate of the tournament. The closest wrestler was Penn State’s Levi Haines, who won the 157-pound bracket and gave up only three points on the way. Woods went undefeated this season and will likely slot into one of the top two seeds at the NCAA tournament. He does hold a victory from last season over No. 1 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado), but he also dropped a decision against No. 3 Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) at the last NCAA tournament. Total match time Will Lewan 46.53 Anyone who watched a few of the matches from Will Lewan (Michigan) over the weekend, probably thought, “this guy has to spend more time on the mat than anybody else.” At least for the Big Ten tournament, this statement rings true. Lewan spent over 46 minutes wrestling across his six matches. He ended up winning five of those matches and finishing third at 157 pounds. Of his six matches, Lewan went to overtime in half of them. His lone loss came against Kendall Coleman (Purdue) in regulation. The only wrestler to have nearly as much mat time as Lewan was Edmund Ruth (Illinois) who finished with exactly 45 minutes through his six matches. Lewan managed only 17 points across all the time he spent on the mat. This comes out to a 0.37 points-per-minute average, which was the 27th-lowest scoring rate across the entire tournament. However, he was also very stingy defensively as he allowed only 0.24 points per minute. Also, his strategy of slowing matches down does seem to work for him. After all, he did finish third in a rather deep weight. At the last NCAA tournament, Lewan famously finished fifth while employing quite similar tactics. It may not be the most fan-friendly style, but at the end of the day winning is what matters, and winning close matches can be essential in big tournaments. Also, this is the second year that NCAA wrestling has used the two-minute sudden victory round in overtime. Previously, it was only a one-minute period before tiebreakers. Now, the wrestlers must slog through an entire two minutes before they get their shot on bottom. This was clearly implemented to limit the number of matches that go to tiebreakers, and it appears to be working. At the Big Ten tournament, there were 285 matches excluding medical forfeits. Of those 285 matches, 31 went to overtime. Of the matches that went to overtime, 27 were decided in the first sudden victory period. Only three matches went to rideouts.

Austin Gomez at the 2022 All-Star Classic (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) This afternoon the NCAA announced the 47 at-large berths which will round out the field of 330 wrestlers who will compete in Tulsa at the 2023 NCAA Championships. Below are the wrestlers who were selected, sorted by weight. 125 lbs Braxton Brown (Maryland) Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) Tanner Jordan (South Dakota State) Nico Provo (Stanford) Jack Wagner (North Carolina) 133 lbs Connor McGonagle (Lehigh) Cody Phippen (Air Force) Kurtis Phipps (Bucknell) Chance Rich (CSU Bakersfield) 141 lbs McKenzie Bell (Rider) Saul Ervin (SIU Edwardsville) Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) Cole Mattin (Michigan) 149 lbs Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) Dylan Martinez (Air Force) Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) Doug Zapf (Penn) 157 lbs Cesar Alvan (Columbia) Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) Derek Holschlag (Northern Iowa) Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) 165 lbs Evan Barczak (Drexel) Caleb Fish (Michigan State) Will Formato (Appalachian State) Wyatt Sheets (Oklahoma State) Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) 174 lbs Tyler Eischens (Stanford) Troy Fisher (Northwestern) Nick Incontrera (Penn) Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) DJ Washington (Indiana) 184 lbs Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) Anthony Carman (West Virginia) Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra) Giuseppe Hoose (Buffalo) Cade King (South Dakota State) DJ Parker (North Dakota State) Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga) 197 lbs Austin Cooley (West Virginia) Gavin Hoffman (Ohio State) Max Shaw (North Carolina) Cole Urbas (Penn) 285 lbs Garrett Joles (Minnesota) Jaron Smith (Maryland) Travis Stefanik (Princeton) Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)

The 2023 Big 12 Championships (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) It was a fun Big 12 Tournament weekend in Tulsa as Missouri wins their second straight Big 12 Title and David Carr beat Keegan O'Toole to win the 165-pound crown and Outstanding Wrestler award. To wrap things up, I thought I'd take a look at five takeaways I had from the tournament. 1. They used it to prep for the NCAA Tournament From a planning perspective, it was interesting to see the setup they had for the tournament. Big 12 is obviously not the scale or size of an event like the NCAA Tournament, but they did some things I haven't seen previously. They had a small section blocked off with some food trucks and inflatables that to my understanding will be expanded for the NCAAs, they had OSU media people in attendance to review the setup and plan for media, and implemented a few other things that were clearly designed to plan for the tournament. I even personally had a few concerns with how things would run for the NCAAs, but it does look like they're making some efforts to plan for it. The biggest concern I have is parking. There's just not much there. Would highly recommend taking an Uber from your hotels or walking if you're within reasonable walking distance. 2. Other coaches could have been considered for Coach of the Year Brian Smith is incredible, and the program he's built at Missouri has stood the test of time and continues success and a run of 13 straight conference titles. It's truly unbelievable what he's done. But if you peel back the layers and look at Air Force's leap to their best performance in Big 12 history where they qualified three for the NCAA tournament, Northern Colorado's two champions, and North Dakota State topping all of the affiliate members… Smith has obviously done some amazing things with Missouri and is certainly deserving of the award, but when you look at some of the underlying things happening in other programs, there are some other guys that may have deserved it as well. 3. Good to have Missouri back in the Big 12 and I hope OU stays I asked Brian Smith what it's been like to be back in the Big 12 "I love it. I love this setting, with the stage and the crowd and the battles we have to go through here." It ended up being a bit of an old-school Big 12/Big 8 Team finish with Missouri, OSU, ISU, and OU rounding out the top 4. OU is of course on their way to the SEC, a conference that doesn't sponsor wrestling. They are going to apply to stay as an affiliate in the Big 12. I hope the powers that be have the sense to allow it. 4. O'Toole-Carr continues to live up to the hype. David Carr is now up 2-0 in this highly anticipated series this season. We're very likely going to see it again at the NCAA tournament on Saturday night, but O'Toole is right there. It was an exciting overtime finish here and could be similar in a few weeks. O'Toole closed the gap a bit from the first match. Can he pull the upset next week? 5. The byes in the first round stirred some controversy. I haven't looked at the math, but I don't think Oklahoma State or Iowa State could have beaten Missouri if the number of byes in the first round were more evenly pushed to Missouri. Mizzou had more matches in the preliminary round than Iowa State and Oklahoma State, and were able to score more bonus because of that. Again, I don't think it would have flipped this team race. It wasn't close enough, but it's bound to catch a tournament at some point with a tighter team race and upset a lot of fans on the losing end of it. I don't know what moves you make to correct that, but it's just like something that's eventually going to cause some controversy.

The 2023 Pac-12 champion Oregon State Beavers (photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com) The 2023 Pac-12 Championships was one of the closest tournaments in recent history. Four out of the six teams had a legit chance to win the title after the first session "I don't know the last time I've seen points this close across the board," Oregon State's coach Chris Pendleton said. "Back side guys are fighting tooth and nail. It's going to come down to each team controlling their own destiny." Despite trailing by a point in the second session, the Beavers won the Pac-12 title for the first time since 2016. "It's getting harder and harder to win this conference and that's great," Pendleton said. "We have four top-25 teams, which has not been like that in years prior." The Beavers shocked several teams in the tournament with some surprising wins in multiple rounds. Although Arizona State had six finalists and Oregon State had five, the Beavers swept the finals. The most surprising win was Brandon Kaylor finally defeating Brandon Courtney in overtime. Zeke Jones threw three challenges during the bout but all failed. "We are not used to losing at 125," Jones said. "There is a little bit of a jinx. Josh Shields didn't win his fourth, Zahid Valencia didn't win his fourth, Kordell was going for four and got beat, Courtney was going for four and got beat, and Anthony went for five and got beat." The next Beaver to become a Pac-12 champion was former Sun Devil Cleveland Belton. Although he pinned ASU's Emilio Ysaguirre, the match came down to the wire too. "I think he is in a good spot to get an at-large bid," Jones said. "He has quality wins and was one spot outside of allocation." Even though Ysaguirre lost, he showed signs of becoming the next biggest problem coming from the West. "It was a quick turnaround for myself pulling the redshirt," Ysaguirre said. "But, I turned the corner pretty late and I've been doing big things. If you beat me, then you beat me. If not, it will be one hell of a ride." The Beavers' other champions were Matthew Olguin defeating Shane Griffith for the second time this season, Aaron Olmos defeating Tyler Eischens and Trey Munoz defeating Anthony Montalvo. Oregon State will also send Jason Shaner and Tanner Harvey to the NCAAs. Arizona State sends Courtney, Michael McGee, Kyle Parco, Cael Valencia and Colhton Schultz. Stanford, who finished second in the tournament with 113.5 points, sends Jaden Abas, Daniel Cardenas, Griffith and Nick Stemmet. Cal Poly finished third with 112 points and sends Antonio Lorenzo, Ethan Rotondo and Bernie Truax.

165 lb EIWA champion Julian Ramirez (photo courtesy of Tony DiMarco) 2023 EIWA Championships Final Results Team Scores 1st) Cornell 165.5 2nd) Lehigh 120.5 3rd) Penn 106 4th) Columbia 95 4th) Navy 95 6th) Army West Point 82.5 7th) Princeton 81.5 8th) Harvard 63 9th) Bucknell 54 10th) Drexel 50.5 11th) Binghamton 45.5 12th) Hofstra 34 13th) American 28 14th) Franklin & Marshall 16.5 15th) Brown 7.5 15th) Sacred Heart 7.5 17th) Long Island 3 Championship Finals 125 - Patrick Glory (Princeton) dec Brett Ungar (Cornell) 2-0 133 - Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj Michael Colaiocco (Penn) 8-0 141 - Vince Cornella (Cornella) maj Carmen Ferrante (Penn) 13-3 149 - Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) maj Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) 15-3 157 - Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) dec Anthony Artalona (Penn) 6-4 165 - Julian Ramirez (Cornell) dec Quincy Monday (Princeton) 6-5 174 - Chris Foca (Cornell) dec Ben Pasiuk (Army West Point) 10-5 184 - Tate Samuelson (Lehigh) dec Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 6-1 197 - Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) dec Michael Beard (Lehigh) 10-9 285 - Grady Griess (Navy) dec Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) 6-1SV Third Place Bouts 125 - Ryan Miller (Penn) dec Ethan Berginc (Army West Point) 3-0 133 - Angelo Rini (Columbia) maj Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 11-2 141 - Josh Koderhandt (Navy) dec Malyke Hines (Lehigh) 7-6 149 - Doug Zapf (Penn) dec Trae McDaniel (Army West Point) 3-1 157 - Nathan Lukez (Army West Point) dec Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) 9-5 165 - Josh Ogunsanya (Columbia) dec Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) 2-1 174 - Lenox Wolak (Columbia) maj Phil Congiliaro (Harvard) 16-8 184 - David Key (Navy) dec Brian Boninio (Drexel) 8-3 197 - Luke Stout (Princeton) maj Jake Koser (Navy) 11-1 285 - Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) dec Ben Goldin (Penn) 7-1 Fifth Place Bouts 125 - Nick Babin (Columbia) dec Diego Sotelo (Harvard) 6-2 133 - Jack Maida (American) dec Kyle Waterman (Drexel) 6-3 141 - Matt Kazimir (Columbia) dec Darren Miller (Bucknell) 3-0 149 - Luke Nichter (Drexel) dec Danny Fongaro (Columbia) 3-1 157 - Nick Delp (Bucknell) dec Jack Nies (American) 4-0 165 - Josh Kim (Harvard) dec Dalton Harkins (Army West Point) 3-1SV 174 - Sammy Starr (Navy) MedFFT Nick Incontrera (Penn) 184 - Nate Dugan (Princeton) dec Jacob Ferreira (Hofstra) 3-2 197 - Trey Rogers (Hofstra) dec Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 6-3 285 - Cory Day (Binghamton) dec Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) 3-0 Seventh Place Bouts 125 - Carter Bailey (Lehigh) fall Mason Leiphart (F&M) 2:48 133 - Kurtis Phipps (Bucknell) fall Hunter Adrian (Brown) 2:25 141 - Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) dec Julian Sanchez (Army West Point) 6-5 149 - Max Brignola (Lehigh) dec Marshall Keller (Princeton) 8-3 157 - Ty Whalen (Princeton) dec Tyler Williams (Drexel) 6-0 165 - Lucas Revano (Penn) dec Evan Barczak (Drexel) 3-2 174 - Ross McFarland (Hofstra) dec Jake Logan (Lehigh) 3-2 184 - James Conway (F&M) maj Aaron Ayzerov (Columbia) 13-4 197 - Sean O’Malley (Drexel) dec Daniel Lawrence (Army West Point) 7-2 285 - Brendan Furman (Cornell) dec Austin Kohlhofer (Army West Point) 6-0 Automatic Qualifiers American: Jack Maida (125) Army West Point: Ethan Berginc (125), Nathan Lukez (157), Ben Pasiuk (174) Binghamton: Brevin Cassella (165), Jacob Nolan (184), Cory Day (285) Bucknell: Dylan Chappell (149), Dorian Crosby (285) Columbia: Nick Babin (125), Angelo Rini (133), Matt Kazimir (141), Josh Ogunsanya (165), Lenox Wolak (174) Cornell: Brett Ungar (125), Vito Arujau (133), Vince Cornella (141), Yianni Diakomihalis (149), Julian Ramirez (165), Chris Foca (174), Jacob Cardenas (197) Drexel: Brian Bonino (184) Harvard: Diego Sotelo (125), Josh Kim (165), Phil Conigliaro (174), Yaraslau Slavikouski (285) Hofstra: Trey Rogers (197) Lehigh: Malyke Hines (141), Josh Humphreys (157), Tate Samuelson (184), Michael Beard (197), Nathan Taylor (285) Navy: Brendan Ferretti (133), Josh Koderhandt (141), David Key (184), Jake Koser (197), Grady Griess (285) Penn: Ryan Miller (125), Michael Colaiocco (133), Carmen Ferrante (141), Anthony Artalona (157), Ben Goldin (285) Princeton: Patrick Glory (125), Quincy Monday (165), Luke Stout (197)

Roman Bravo-Young in the 2023 Big Ten finals (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) ANN ARBOR, MI – The 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships wrapped up Sunday with Penn State hoisting the team trophy for the first time since 2019. The Nittany Lions scored 147 points, followed by Iowa with 134.5 and Nebraska with 104.5. The Nittany Lions also led all other teams in number of champions, finalists and semifinalists, while Iowa was the only team with 10 placewinners and 10 NCAA qualifiers. Here’s a breakdown of which teams had the most finalists, placewinners, qualifiers, bonus-point wins and more: Final team scores Penn State: 147 Iowa: 134.5 Nebraska: 104.5 Ohio State: 99 Michigan: 84.5 Minnesota: 79 Northwestern: 78.5 Wisconsin: 55.5 Purdue: 47 Illinois: 46.5 Rutgers: 32 Indiana: 30 Michigan State: 28 Maryland: 24 Teams with the most: Number of champions Penn State: 4 (RBY, Haines, Starocci, Brooks) Iowa: 2 (Lee, Woods) Nebraska: 1 (Allred) Michigan: 1 (Parris) Ohio State: 1 (Sasso) Wisconsin: 1 (Hamiti) Number of finalists Penn State: 6 (RBY, Haines, Starocci, Brooks, Dean, Kerkvliet) Nebraska: 5 (Cronin, Hardy, Robb, Labriola, Allred) Iowa: 3 (Lee, Woods, Kennedy) Minnesota: 2 (Nagao, Blockhus) Ohio State: 2 (Sasso, Romero) Wisconsin: 1 (Hamiti) Michigan: 1 (Parris) Number of semifinalists Penn State: 7 (RBY, Bartlett, Haines, Starocci, Brooks, Dean, Kerkvliet) Iowa: 6 (Lee, Woods, Murin, Kennedy, Warner, Cassioppi) Nebraska: 5 (Cronin, Hardy, Robb, Labriola, Allred) Minnesota: 5 (McKee, Nagao, Blockhus, O’Reilly, Salazar) Ohio State: 5 (Mendez, Sasso, Kharchla, Smith, Romero) Michigan: 4 (Ragusin, Amine, Finesilver, Parris) Wisconsin: 2 (Hamiti, Hillger) Northwestern: 2 (DeAugustino, Tal Shahar) Indiana: 1 (G. Rooks) MSU: 1 (Saldate) Purdue: 1 (Coleman) Illinois: 1 (Z. Braunagel) Number of placewinners Iowa: 10 (Lee, Woods, Murin, Kennedy, Warner, Cassioppi, Teske, Siebrecht, Brands, Assad) Penn State: 9 (RBY, Bartlett, Haines, Starocci, Brooks, Dean, Kerkvliet, Van Ness, Facundo) Minnesota: 7 (McKee, Nagao, Blockhus, O’Reilly, Salazar, Bergeland, Foy) Ohio State: 7 (Mendez, Sasso, Kharchla, Smith, Romero, D’Emilio, Orndorff) Wisconsin: 7 (Hamiti, Hillger, Barnett, Zargo, Wilson, Amos, Hillger) Michigan: 7 (Ragusin, Amine, Finesilver, Parris, Medley, Lamer, Lewan) Northwestern: 7 (DeAugustino, Tal Shahar, Cannon, Thomas, Chumbley, Mayfield, L. Davison) Nebraska: 6 (Cronin, Hardy, Robb, Labriola, Allred, Pinto) Rutgers: 5 (Peterson, Heilmann, Turley, Soldano, McDermott) Purdue: 4 (Coleman, Ramos, Filius, Copass) Illinois: 4 (Z. Braunagel, Byrd, D. Braunagal, Ruth) Indiana: 3 (G. Rooks, Gilcher, Washington) MSU: 3 (Saldate, Malczewski, Caffey) Maryland: 2 (E. Miller, Smith) Number of automatic qualifiers Iowa: 10 (Lee, Teske, Murin, Woods, Siebrecht, Kennedy, Brands, Assad, Warner, Cassioppi) Penn State: 9 (RBY, Bartlett, Van Ness, Haines, Facundo, Starocci, Brooks, Dean, Kerkvliet) Nebraska: 7 (Cronin, Hardy, Robb, Wilson, Labriola, Pinto, Allred) Michigan: 7 (Medley, Ragusin, Lamer, Lewan, Amine, Finesilver, Parris) Minnesota: 7 (Nagao, Bergeland, McKee, Blockhus, Salazar, O’Reilly, Foy) Northwestern: 8 (DeAugustino, Cannon, Tal Shahar, Chumbley, Mayfield, Thomas, A. Davison, L. Davison) Rutgers: 7 (Peterson, Heilmann, White, Clark, Turley, Soldano, McDermott) Wisconsin: 7 (Barnett, Lamont, Model, Zargo, Hamiti, Amos, Hillger) Ohio State: 6 (Mendez, D’Emilio, Sasso, Kharchla, Smith, Orndorff) Illinois: 5 (Byrd, D. Braunagel, Z. Braunagel, Ruth, Connell) Purdue: 4 (Ramos, Filius, Coleman, Copass) Maryland: 3 (K. Miller, E. Miller, Jaxon Smith) Indiana: 3 (G. Rooks, Gilcher, Bullock) Michigan State: 3 (Malczewski, Saldate, Caffey) Most bonus-point wins (including medical forfeits and defaults) Iowa: 14 Penn State: 10 Michigan: 7 Purdue: 7 Nebraska: 6 Ohio State: 6 Minnesota: 6 Wisconsin: 6 Indiana: 6 Northwestern: 5 Illinois: 5 Maryland: 4 Rutgers: 2 MSU: 2 Most Pins (that counted for team points) Iowa: 3 Michigan: 2 Nebraska: 2 Minnesota: 2 Wisconsin: 2 Indiana: 2 Illinois: 2 MSU: 2 Northwestern: 1 Purdue: 1 Maryland: 1 Rutgers: 1 Most tech falls (that counted for team points) Iowa: 2 Minnesota: 2 Penn State: 1 Purdue: 1 Ohio State: 1 Most major decisions (that counted for team points) Penn State: 7 Iowa: 5 Michigan: 3 Purdue: 3 Ohio State: 3 Minnesota: 3 Wisconsin: 3 Indiana: 3 Nebraska: 2 Northwestern: 2 Illinois: 2 Maryland: 1

Big 12 197 lb champion Rocky Elam (photo courtesy of Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com) 2023 Big 12 Wrestling Championships Final Results Team Scores 1) Missouri 148 2) Oklahoma State 134 3) Iowa State 131 4) Oklahoma 97.5 5) North Dakota State 89 6) South Dakota State 86.5 7) Northern Iowa 73 8) Air Force 64.5 9) Northern Colorado 50 10) Wyoming 41 11) Utah Valley 37.5 12) West Virginia 34.5 13) California Baptist 1 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Stevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) dec Noah Surtin (Missouri) 11-4 133 lbs - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) maj Zach Redding (Iowa State) 10-2 141 lbs - Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) dec Allan Hart (Missouri) 8-4 149 lbs - Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) dec Brock Mauller (Missouri) 10-4 157 lbs - Jared Franek (North Dakota State) dec Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) 5-3 165 lbs - David Carr (Iowa State) fall Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) 7:38 174 lbs - Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec Peyton Mocco (Missouri) 5-3 184 lbs - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) 6-2 197 lbs - Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) 2-1TB 285 lbs - Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) dec Sam Schuyler (Iowa State) 8-2 Third Place Bouts 125 lbs - Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) dec Joey Prata (Oklahoma) 3-1SV 133 lbs - Wyatt Henson (Oklahoma) dec Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa) 9-3 141 lbs - Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) dec Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) 4-3TB 149 lbs - Mitch Moore (Oklahoma) dec Kellyn March (North Dakota State) 5-0 157 lbs - Jacob Wright (Wyoming) dec Jason Kraisser (Iowa State) 7-6 165 lbs - Michael Caliendo (North Dakota State) fall Cole Moody (Wyoming) 3:31 174 lbs - Cade DeVos (South Dakota State) MedFFT Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley) 184 lbs - Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) dec Colton Hawks (Missouri) 8-3 197 lbs - Luke Surber (Oklahoma State) dec Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) 8-2 285 lbs - Zach Elam (Missouri) dec Tyrell Gordon (Northern Iowa) 10-4 Fifth Place Bouts 125 lbs - Jore Volk (Wyoming) dec Tucker Owens (Air Force) 6-2 133 lbs - McGwire Midkiff (North Dakota State) MedFFT Connor Brown (Missouri) 141 lbs - Carter Young (Oklahoma State) MedFFT Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) 149 lbs - Colin Realbuto (Northern Iowa) dec Victor Voinovich (Oklahoma State) 3-2 157 lbs - Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) dec Jared Hill (Oklahoma) 5-2 165 lbs - Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) MedFFT Peyton Hall (West Virginia) 174 lbs - Tate Picklo (Oklahoma) MedFFT Sam Wolf (Air Force) 184 lbs - DJ Parker (North Dakota State) dec Noah Blake (Air Force) 5-3 197 lbs - Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) dec Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 3-2 285 lbs - Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) MedFFT AJ Nevills (South Dakota State) Seventh Place Bouts 125 lbs - Kase Mauger (Utah Valley) fall Corey Cabanban (Iowa State) 4:46 133 lbs - Cody Phippen (Air Force) fall Garrett Ricks (Wyoming) 3:47 141 lbs - Jordan Titus (West Virginia) dec Job Greenwood (Wyoming) 3-1 149 lbs - Isaiah Delgado (Utah Valley) MedFFT Chase Zollman (Wyoming) 157 lbs - Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) dec Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) 3-2 165 lbs - Gerrit Nijenhuis (Oklahoma) dec Tanner Cook (South Dakota State) 8-3 174 lbs - Scott Joll (West Virginia) dec Julien Broderson (Iowa State) 7-4 184 lbs - Cade King (South Dakota State) MedFFT Keegan Moore (Oklahoma) 197 lbs - Austin Cooley (West Virginia) dec Calvin Sund (Air Force) 8-2 285 lbs - Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma) dec Michael Wolfgram (West Virginia) 6-4 Automatic Qualifiers Air Force: Tucker Owens (125), Sam Wolf (174), Wyatt Hendrickson (285) Iowa State: Zach Redding (133), Casey Swiderski (141), Paniro Johnson (149), Jason Kraisser (157), David Carr (165), Marcus Coleman (184), Yonger Bastida (197), Sam Schuyler (285) Missouri: Noah Surtin (125), Connor Brown (133), Allan Hart (141), Brock Mauller (149), Keegan O’Toole (165), Peyton Mocco (174), Colton Hawks (184), Rocky Elam (197), Zach Elam (285) North Dakota State: McGwire Midkiff (133), Kellyn March (149), Jared Franek (157), Michael Caliendo (165), Owen Pentz (197) Northern Colorado: Stevo Poulin (125), Andrew Alirez (141) Northern Iowa: Kyle Biscoglia (133), Colin Realbuto (149), Austin Yant (165), Parker Keckeisen (184), Tyrell Gordon (285) Oklahoma: Joey Prata (125), Wyatt Henson (133), Mosha Schwartz (141), Mitch Moore (149), Jared Hill (157), Gerrit Nijenhuis (165), Tate Picklo (174), Josh Heindselman (285) Oklahoma State: Reece Witcraft (125), Daton Fix (133), Carter Young (141), Victor Voinovich (149), Kaden Gfelller (157), Dustin Plott (174), Travis Wittlake (184), Luke Surber (197), Konner Doucet (285) South Dakota State: Clay Carlson (141), Cael Swensen (157), Tanner Cook (165), Cade Devos (174), Tanner Sloan (197), AJ Nevills (285) Utah Valley: Isaiah Delgado (149), Demetrius Romero (174), Evan Bockman (197) West Virginia: Jordan Titus (141), Peyton Hall (165), Michael Wolfgram (285) Wyoming: Jore Volk (125), Jacob Wright (157), Cole Moody (165)

2022 Pac-12 Champion Brandon Kaylor at Oregon State (photo courtesy of Nick Zeller-Singh) 2023 Pac-12 Championships Final Results Team Scores 1st) Oregon State 123.5 2nd) Stanford 113.5 3rd) Cal Poly 112 4th) Arizona State 110.5 5th) Little Rock 82 6th) CSU Bakersfield 58 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) dec Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) 2-2RTTB 133 lbs - Michael McGee (Arizona State) dec Jason Shaner (Oregon State) 6-1 141 lbs - Cleveland Belton (Oregon State) fall Emilio Ysaguirre (Arizona State) 6:05 149 lbs - Kyle Parco (Arizona State) dec Jaden Abas (Stanford) 2-1 157 lbs - Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) maj Luka Wick (Cal Poly) 13-4 165 lbs - Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) dec Shane Griffith (Stanford) 2-2RTTB 174 lbs - Aaron Olmos (Oregon State) dec Tyler Eischens (Stanford) 3-1 184 lbs - Trent Munoz (Oregon State) dec Anthony Montalvo (Arizona State) 5-2 197 lbs - Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) dec Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 7-6 285 lbs - Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) fall Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) 2:47 Third Place Bouts 125 lbs - Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly) dec Nico Provo (Stanford) 7-4 133 lbs - Ethan Rotondo (Cal Poly) dec Jackson DiSaro (Stanford) 6-1 141 lbs - Lawrence Saenz (Cal Poly) dec Jason Miranda (Stanford) 3-2 149 lbs - Dom Demas (Cal Poly) dec Joey Bianchi (Little Rock) 7-3 157 lbs - Isaiah Crosby (Oregon State) maj Matt Bianchi (Little Rock) 16-7 165 lbs - Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) maj Tyler Brennan (Little Rock) 9-0 174 lbs - Cael Valencia (Arizona State) dec Brawley Lamer (Cal Poly) 6-4 184 lbs - Brook Byers (Stanford) dec Jarad Priest (Cal Poly) 6-5 197 lbs - Tanner Harvey (Oregon State) maj Matt Weinert (Little Rock) 15-4 285 lbs - Josiah Hill (Little Rock) dec JJ Dixon (Oregon State) True Second Place Bout 174 lbs - Cael Valencia (Arizona State) dec Tyler Eischens (Stanford) 6-5 Automatic Qualifiers Arizona State: Brandon Courtney (125), Michael McGee (133), Kyle Parco (149), Cael Valencia (174), Cohlton Schultz (285) Cal Poly: Antonio Lorenzo (125), Ethan Rotondo (133), Bernie Truax (197) Oregon State: Brandon Kaylor (125), Jason Shaner (133), Cleveland Belton (141), Matthew Olguin (165), Aaron Olmos (174), Trent Munoz (184), Tanner Harvey (197) Stanford: Jadon Abas (149), Daniel Cardenas (157), Shane Griffith (165), Nick Stemmet (197)

2023 Big Ten champion Aaron Brooks (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) 2023 Big Ten Championships Final Results Team Scores 1st) Penn State 147 2nd) Iowa 134.5 3rd) Nebraska 104.5 4th) Ohio State 99 5th) Michigan 84.5 6th) Minnesota 79 7th) Northwestern 78.5 8th) Wisconsin 55.5 9th) Purdue 47 10th) Illinois 46.5 11th) Rutgers 32 12th) Indiana 30 13th) Michigan State 28 14th) Maryland 24 Championship Finals 125 - Spencer Lee (Iowa) dec Liam Cronin (Nebraska) 8-2 133 - Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) dec Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) 5-2 141 - Real Woods (Iowa) dec Brock Hardy (Nebraska) 2-1 149 - Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) dec Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) 7-5SV 157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) dec Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 3-1SV 165 - Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) dec Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) 9-6 174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) dec Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) 6-1 184 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) maj Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) 12-2 197 - Silas Allred (Nebraska) dec Max Dean (Penn State) 5-3 285 - Mason Parris (Michigan) dec Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) 5-3SV Third Place Bouts 125 - Matt Ramos (Purdue) MedFFT Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) 133 - Lucas Byrd (Illinois) dec Chris Cannon (Northwestern) 3-1SV 141 - Beau Bartlett (Penn State) dec Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) 5-2 149 - Max Murin (Iowa) dec Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) 3-2 157 - Will Lewan (Michigan) dec Trevor Chumbley (Northwestern) 3-2 165 - Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) MedFFT Cam Amine (Michigan) 174 - Ethan Smith (Ohio State) dec Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) 5-3 184 - Matt Finesilver (Michigan) MedFFT Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 197 - Jaxon Smith (Maryland) dec Zac Braunagel (Illinois) 5-3SV 285 - Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) maj Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) 10-1 Fifth Place Bouts 125 - Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) dec Patrick McKee (Minnesota) 7-3 133 - Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) dec Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) 5-3 141 - Parker Filius (Purdue) dec Frankie Tal-Shahar (Northwestern) 5-3 149 - Graham Rooks (Indiana) MedFFT Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) 157 - Chase Saldate (Michigan State) dec Kendall Coleman (Purdue) 6-1 165 - Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern) dec Bubba Wilson (Nebraska) 3-1 174 - Nelson Brands (Iowa) dec Edmond Ruth (Illinois) 5-1 184 - Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) fall Brian Soldano (Rutgers) 1:09 197 - Jacob Warner (Iowa) MedFFT Cam Caffey (Michigan State) 285 - Lucas Davison (Northwestern) MedFFT Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) Seventh Place Bouts 125 - Dean Peterson (Rutgers) dec Jack Medley (Michigan) 7-1 133 - Brody Teske (Iowa) dec Joe Heilmann (North Carolina) 8-4 141 - Joe Zargo (Wisconsin) MedFFT Jake Bergeland (Minnesota) 149 - Chance Lamer (Michigan)/Ethen Miller (Maryland) 157 - Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) dec Derek Gilcher (Indiana) 2-1 165 - Alex Facundo (Penn State) dec Danny Braunagel (Illinois) 3-1 174 - Jackson Turley (Rutgers) dec DJ Washington (Indiana) 8-4 184 - Abe Assad (Iowa) MedFFT Layne Malczewski (Michigan State) 197 - Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) dec Michial Foy (Minnesota) 1-0 285 - Hayden Copass (Purdue) MedFFT Boone McDermott (Rutgers) Automatic Qualifiers Illinois: Lucas Byrd (133), Danny Braunagel (165), Edmond Ruth (174), Dylan Connell (184), Zac Braunagel (197) Indiana: Graham Rooks (149), Derek Gilcher (157), Jacob Bullock (285) Iowa: Spencer Lee (125), Brody Teske (133), Real Woods (141), Max Murin (149), Cobe Siebrecht (157), Patrick Kennedy (165), Nelson Brands (174), Abe Assad (184), Jacob Warner (197), Tony Cassioppi (285) Maryland: Kal Miller (141), Ethen Miller (149), Jaxon Smith (197) Michigan: Jack Medley (125), Dylan Ragusin (133), Chance Lamer (149), Will Lewan (157), Cam Amine (165), Matt Finesilver (184), Mason Parris (285) Michigan State: Chase Saldate (157), Layne Malczewski (184), Cam Caffey (197) Minnesota: Patrick McKee (125), Aaron Nagao (133), Jake Bergeland (141), Michael Blockhus (149), Bailee O'Reilly (174), Isaiah Salazar (184), Michial Foy (197) Nebraska: Liam Cronin (125), Brock Hardy (141), Peyton Robb (157), Bubba Wilson (165), Mikey Labriola (174), Lenny Pinto (184), Silas Allred (197) Northwestern: Michael DeAugustino (125), Chris Cannon (133), Frankie Tal-Shahar (141), Yahya Thomas (149), Trevor Chumbley (157), Maxx Mayfield (165), Andrew Davison (197), Lucas Davison (285) Ohio State: Jesse Mendez (133), Dylan D'Emilio (141), Sammy Sasso (149), Carson Kharchla (165), Ethan Smith (174), Kaleb Romero (184), Tate Orndorff (285) Penn State: Roman Bravo-Young (133), Beau Bartlett (141), Shayne Van Ness (149), Levi Haines (157), Alex Facundo (165), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (184), Max Dean (197), Greg Kerkvliet (285) Purdue: Matt Ramos (125), Parker Filius (141), Kendall Coleman (157), Hayden Copass (285) Rutgers: Dean Peterson (125), Joe Heilmann (133), Tony White (149), Andy Clark (157), Jackson Turley (174), Brian Soldano (184), Boone McDermott (285) Wisconsin: Eric Barnett (125), Taylor LaMont (133), Joe Zargo (141), Garrett Model (157), Dean Hamiti (165), Braxton Amos (197), Trent Hillger (285)

Top-seeded 149 lber Kyle Parco (photo courtesy of Sam Janicki; SJanickiPhoto.com) 2023 ACC Championship Final Results Team Scores 1) NC State 101.5 2) Virginia Tech 78.5 3) Pittsburgh 60 4) North Carolina 37 5) Virginia 35 6) Duke 14 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Jarrett Trombley (NC State) dec Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) 3-1SV 133 lbs - Kai Orine (NC State) fall Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 7:44 141 lbs - Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) dec Ryan Jack (NC State) 2-1 149 lbs - Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) dec Jackson Arrington (NC State) 4-2 157 lbs - Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) dec Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 6-5 165 lbs - Justin McCoy (Virginia) dec Connor Brady (Virginia Tech) 3-2 174 lbs - Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) dec Alex Faison (NC State) 2-1TB 184 lbs - Trent Hidlay (NC State) dec Gavin Kane (North Carolina) 7-2 197 lbs - Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec Isaac Trumble (NC State) 2-1 285 lbs - Owen Trephan (NC State) dec Jonah Niesenbaum (Duke) 7-2 Third Place Matches 125 lbs - Colton Camacho (Pittsburgh) dec Jack Wagner (North Carolina) 3-2 133 lbs - Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) maj Logan Agin (Duke) 13-2 141 lbs - Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) maj Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) 10-2 149 lbs - Jarod Verkleeren (Virginia) dec Zach Sherman (North Carolina) 8-7 157 lbs - Ed Scott (NC State) maj Jake Keating (Virginia) 15-6 165 lbs - Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) dec Matthew Singleton (NC State) 10-8 174 lbs - Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) dec Victor Marcelli (Virginia) 3-1 184 lbs - Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) dec Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) 7-5 197 lbs - Andy Smith (Virginia Tech) dec Michael Battista (Virginia) 3-1 285 lbs - Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech) dec Ethan Weatherspoon (Virginia) 3-0 Fifth Place Match 184 lbs - Neil Antrassian (Virginia) dec Jack Wimmer (Duke) 6-0 Automatic Qualifiers Duke: Jonah Niesenbaum (285) NC State: Jarrett Trombley (125), Kai Orine (133), Ryan Jack (141), Jackson Arrington (149), Ed Scott (157), Alex Faison (174), Trent Hidlay (184), Isaac Trumble (197), Owen Trephan (285) North Carolina: Lachlan McNeil (141), Austin O'Connor (157), Gavin Kane (184) Pittsburgh: Micky Phillippi (133), Cole Matthews (141), Holden Heller (165), Luca Augustine (174), Reece Heller (184), Nino Bonaccorsi (197) Virginia: Jarod Verkleeren (149), Justin McCoy (165), Neil Antrassian (184), MIchael Battista (197) Virginia Tech: Eddie Ventresca (125), Sam Latona (133), Tom Crook (141), Caleb Henson (149), Bryce Andonian (157), Connor Brady (165), Mekhi Lewis (174), Hunter Bolen (184), Andy Smith (197), Hunter Catka (285)