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Fan voting for the 2016 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy has begun. The Hodge Trophy, presented annually by ASICS, is the top award in college wrestling and has been presented annually since 1994 to the nation's most dominant collegiate wrestler. The award is named after Dan Hodge, the former three-time (1955-57) NCAA champion from the University of Oklahoma, who did not allow a takedown in his career and pinned 36 of 46 victims. For the fourth straight year, fans are being asked to help select the winner from the four finalists. Vote for Dan Hodge Trophy Winner! The winner will be announced at Monday, March 28, at 12 p.m. CST. The winner of the fan vote will earn two first-place votes among the total ballots from a group of formal voters, which includes each former Hodge Trophy winner, national media, representatives of national wrestling organizations and retired former college coaches from different regions. The deadline for your vote is this Friday, March 25, at noon CST. Criteria for the award include: 1. A wrestler's record; 2. number of pins; 3. dominance on the mat; 4. quality of competition; 5. past credentials; 6. sportsmanship/citizenship; and 7. heart. The first four criteria are the primary criteria. Number of pins is an extremely important criteria. Part of the reason the award was created was to elevate the importance of the pin, and to motivate top collegians to go for the fall. The Hodge Trophy is a single-season award. However, if you have two candidates who are virtually equal, consideration can be given to past credentials, which is criteria No. 5. The last two criteria should be used to help guide voters to select a winner who also is a good representative of the sport. The following is a statistical breakdown, in alphabetical order, of the four finalists. Alex Dieringer, 165 pounds, Oklahoma State, Senior, Port Washington, Wisc. The Cowboy recently wrapped up his college career by becoming the 16th all-time Oklahoma State wrestler to win three NCAA championships with a 6-2 victory over Wisconsin's Isaac Jordan. Dieringer ended his career on an 82-match winning streak. That included a 33-0 mark this year with 12 pins as well as titles at the Southern Scuffle and Big 12 Championships. Dieringer only gave up two offensive points the entire season; that coming in the quarterfinals of the NCAAs to Iowa State's Tanner Weatherman in an 11-5 win. Breakdown of Season Stats Record Pins TF MD Dec. Bonus-Pt Win % 33-0 12 7 8 6 82% Nahshon Garrett, 133 pounds, Cornell U., Senior, Chico, Calif. The four-time All-American Garrett captured his first national championship with a perfect 37-0 record, matching a school record for most wins without a loss in a season. He also ended his career with 149 wins, second on the school's list and became Cornell's 13th national champion. His 20 wins in NCAA tournament competition tied a record previously held by four-time national champion Kyle Dake. Breakdown of Season Stats Record Pins TF MD Forf. Dec. Bonus-Pt Win % 37-0 11 7 7 1 11 70% Zain Retherford, 149 pounds, Penn State, Sophomore, Benton, Pa. One year after redshirting, the two-time All-American captured his first NCAA championship with a 10-1 major decision against Iowa's Brandon Sorensen, the same opponent the Nittany Lion beat in the Big Ten Championships. Retherford also won the Southern Scuffle in January and at one point won 14 consecutive matches by scoring bonus points. Only two opponents scored offensive points on Retherford this season. Michigan's Alec Pantaleo scored a takedown in a late January dual and Edinboro's Pat Lugo got a takedown on the Nittany Lion in the second round of the NCAAs. Retherford went on to pin both opponents. Breakdown of Season Stats Record Pins TF MD Dec. Bonus-Pt Win % 34-0 15 7 7 5 85% Kyle Snyder, Heavyweight, Ohio State, Sophomore, Woodbine, Md. The Buckeye capped off an incredible year-long period that first saw Snyder become the youngest American to ever win a World freestyle championship last September. He then spent much of this winter wrestling overseas before returning to the Ohio State line-up in January. In wrestling just 11 college bouts this season, Snyder scored bonus points in eight of them and recently defeated NC State's two-time defending national champion Nick Gwiazdowski for his first NCAA championship. Breakdown of Season Stats Record Pins TF MD Dec. Bonus-Pt Win % 11-0 1 5 2 3 73%

To use a timeline familiar to wrestlers and fans, the action in completing the Perry Wrestling Monument Park is entering the third period, with significant milestones already achieved, all towards a successful completion in mid-May 2016. The official groundbreaking of the Perry Wrestling Monument Park took place on Feb. 24The park, to be located in downtown Perry in north-central Oklahoma, will honor the great athletes and coaches who have come from nearly a century of wrestling at Perry High School, including two Olympic medalists, Dan Hodge (silver medal, 1956) and Jack VanBebber (gold medal, 1932). Among the major accomplishments scored in recent weeks: the official groundbreaking on Feb. 24 ... raising $100,000 of the total goal of $150,000 ... receiving a fundraising challenge to match incoming gifts ... and the announcement of the date for the official public unveiling of the park in May. Late last month ground was broken on the Perry Wrestling Monument Park. Among those who participated in the event: Dan Hodge himself. "It's exciting to see this project progress and I assure you there is no other program in the country will have anything like the Perry Wrestling Monument Park," said Chance Leonard, chair of the fundraising effort for the park, and former Perry High wrestler. Earlier this month, the Perry Wrestling Monument Park reached the $100,000 milestone of its fundraising goal. Perhaps just as significant is how that dollar amount has been achieved. "On behalf of the Perry Wrestling Foundation, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who has sacrificially given to this great cause," said Leonard. "It is amazing to see the generosity of our community and the commitment to this program." "This is very much a grassroots effort of the Perry community," Leonard told InterMat. "Our individual donations have been much greater than anticipated. That's a testament to the people of Perry." Leonard also cited a gift from a local Perry couple designed to encouraging gifts from others within the community. "I am very excited to announce that Kay and Ben Passow have committed $7,500 for our project," Leonard continued. "But there is a catch. This is a matching donation which means we need to raise an additional $7,500 to receive it. No matter the amount of your gift, whether $1, $100, or $1000, now is the time to give." Finally, Leonard revealed that the completed Perry Wrestling Memorial Park will be unveiled to the public on Saturday, May 14. "People will see this thing go from an idea to a truly unique physical project that is, to our knowledge, unique within high school and college wrestling," according to Leonard. Perry High School can claim one of the most accomplished prep wrestling programs in the entire country. Although the town of Perry, Okla. has only about 5,000 residents, its wrestling program has produced greatness in its more than 90-year history. Among the achievements of the mat Maroons: Two Olympic medalists, forty state championships as well as 162 individual state champs, sixteen dual state titles, and eighteen individuals who have earned a total of 28 All-American honors at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Beyond the mat, Leonard cites former Perry High wrestlers who achieved great success after graduating, including a wrestler who served as an ambassador to three nations, two CEOs of major Oklahoma banks, a director of a major on-shore drilling contractor, and a former President of the University of Tulsa.

Meldonium, the drug that tennis star Maria Sherapova tested positive for at the Australian Open last month, has been found in the systems of four international wrestlers -- two from Russia, one from Georgia, the other from Germany -- according to separate news reports. The Russian news agency TASS reported Monday that two Russian Wrestling Federation Greco-Roman competitors -- Evgeny Saleyev and Sergey Semyonov -- tested positive for the banned substance. Davit Modzmanashvili, who won the men's 120-kilogram silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2012 Olympics for Georgia, tested positive last month ... while, late last week, an attorney for several members of a German wrestling club says one of them has tested positive for meldonium. Saleyev, who wrestles at 82 kilos, is a silver medal winner at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent and a winner of the European Games in Baku. Semyonov, a wrestler at 130 kg, claimed a silver medal at the 2015 World Cup. "The press office of the Russian Wrestling Federation has said that if the fact of violations is confirmed, the relevant information will be posted on the organization's website and sent out upon the completion of the official probe," according to TASS. Davit Modzmanashvili (Photo/Andrew Hipps)Davit Modzmanashvili has admitted to using meldonium, Associated Press reported. Another five members of the Georgian team tested positive for the drug but their names have not been released because they deny the charge. Georgian wrestling officials say that none of the six were confirmed to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August, but that qualification was still possible. In addition to the wrestler for the German team champion Nendingen club who admitted to using meldonium, another wrestler is suspected of exceeding infusion volumes allowed by the German anti-doping law, but has not failed a drug test, according to Associated Press. Prosecutors in Freiburg, Germany have broadened their investigation to include other members of the Nendingen club. Also known as mildronate, meldonium has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency since the beginning of this year. Late last week, WADA revealed that 99 athletes had tested positive for the drug which increases blood flow, thus, improves exercise capacity for athletes by carrying more oxygen to muscle tissue. While many who have tested positive have not yet been publicly identified, among those who have been named, include Olympic gold medalist in short-track speedskating Semion Elistratov of Russia, Olympic figure skating champion Ekaterina Bobrova, and world champion runner Abeba Aregawi of Sweden. Meldonium, which is manufactured in Latvia, is only distributed in Russia and Baltic countries. While it is used to treat ischaemia -- a lack of blood flow to parts of the body, particularly in cases of angina or heart failure -- it is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States and is not authorized in the rest of Europe. The decision to add meldonium to the banned list was approved by WADA in September 2015; it officially joined the banned list on January 1, 2016. According to The Guardian, WADA had spent the previous year monitoring the drug before adding it to the banned list. The British newspaper also reported that a 2015 study claimed 17% of Russian athletes (724 of 4,316) tested were found to have meldonium in their system. A global study found 2.2% of athletes had it in their system.

Nahshon Garrett runs out onto the mat for his NCAA finals match (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)One of the big keys for team success at the NCAA tournament is having a talented roster that can then perform at peak levels during the event. A tool available to assess the raw talent of the wrestlers is to see where they were ranked as high school prospects. Here is a look at where the 2016 NCAA Division I All-Americans were ranked during their senior year in the season-end graduating class rankings. Note: WC = weight class but not graduating class, NR = ranked in neither . It is also of interest to note that of the five NCAA finalists for Penn State, all were "can't miss" recruits out of high school. Nolf was the lowest ranked at No. 7 in his class. 125: 1. Nico Megaludis (Penn State) -- 5/2011 2. Thomas Gilman (Iowa) -- 10/2012 3. Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) -- 15/2013 4. David Terao (American) -- NR/2011 5. Conor Youtsey (Michigan) -- 60/2011 6. Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) -- 65/2012 7. Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) -- 38/2014 8. Connor Schram (Stanford) -- 24/2013 133: 1. Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) -- 49/2011 2. Corey Clark (Iowa) -- 15/2012 3. Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) -- 42/2011 4. Zane Richards (Illinois) -- 21/2012 5. Eric Montoya (Nebraska) -- NR/2012 6. Jordan Conaway (Penn State) -- WC/2011 7. Earl Hall (Iowa State) -- 84/2011 8. Jade Rauser (Utah Valley) -- 32/2011 141: 1. Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) -- 17/2013 2. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) -- NR/2014 3. Joey McKenna (Stanford) -- 8/2014 4. Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) -- 7/2013 5. Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) -- 75/2011 6. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) -- 11/2014 7. Joey Ward (North Carolina) -- 33/2012 8. Randy Cruz (Lehigh) -- 37/2012 149: 1. Zain Retherford (Penn State) -- 3/2013 2. Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) -- 62/2013 3. Lavion Mayes (Missouri) -- NR/2012 4. Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) -- 20/2013 5. Mike DePalma (Kent State) -- NR/2011 6. Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) -- NR/2014 7. Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) -- 99/2014 8. Geo Martinez (Boise State) -- NR/2013 157: 1. Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) -- 5/2013 2. Jason Nolf (Penn State) -- 7/2014 3. Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) -- 37/2011 4. Dylan Palacio (Cornell) -- 64/2012 5. Chad Walsh (Rider) -- 91/2014 6. Ian Miller (Kent State) -- 45/2011 7. Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) -- 16/2015 8. Tommy Gantt (North Carolina State) -- NR/2011 165: 1. Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) -- 15/2011 2. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) -- 19/2012 3. Bo Jordan (Ohio State) -- 1/2013 4. Daniel Lewis (Missouri) -- 34/2014 5. Steven Rodrigues (Illinois) -- 90/2011 6. David McFadden (Virginia Tech) -- 12/2015 7. Austin Wilson (Nebraska) -- WC/2011 8. Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers) -- WC/2011 174: 1. Myles Martin (Ohio State) -- 4/2015 2. Bo Nickal (Penn State) -- 5/2014 3. Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) -- 26/2013 4. Casey Kent (Penn) -- NR/2012 5. Nathan Jackson (Indiana) -- NR/2012 6. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) -- NR/2012 7. Cody Walters (Ohio) -- NR/2011 8. Alex Meyer (Iowa) -- 49/2012 184: 1. Gabe Dean (Cornell) -- WC/2012 2. T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) -- 17/2012 3. Pete Renda (North Carolina State) -- 54/2013 4. Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) -- 100/2012 5. Matthew Miller (Navy) -- NR/2011 6. Willie Miklus (Missouri) -- 27/2012 7. Nate Brown (Lehigh) -- 52/2011 8. Sammy Brooks (Iowa) -- 14/2012 197: 1. J'den Cox (Missouri) -- 6/2013 2. Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) -- 1/2011 3. Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) -- NR/2012 4. Nathan Burak (Iowa) -- NR/2011 5. Patrick Downey (Iowa State) -- NR/2011 (not considered due to lack of senior high school season) 6. Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) -- 68/2013 7. Conner Hartmann (Duke) -- NR/2011 8. Brett Harner (Princeton) -- 45/2013 285: 1. Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) -- 1/2014 2. Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina State) -- 12/2011 3. Adam Coon (Michigan) -- 2/2013 4. Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) -- WC/2012 5. Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) -- NR/2013 (not considered because from Canada) 6. Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State) -- 22/2011 7. Michael Kroells (Minnesota) -- 41/2012 8. Max Wessell (Lehigh) -- NR/2010 All-Americans by graduation year from high school: 2010 = 1 2011 = 26 (9 in semis) 2012 = 22 (11 in semis) 2013 = 18 (12 in semis) 2014 = 10 (7 in semis) 2015 = 3 (1 in semis) All-Americans by state (or country) of high school attendance: 12 = PA 10 = OH 6 = IL, MI 5 = IA, NJ 4 = CA, MD 3 = MO, CO, NY 2 = NE, MN, OK 1 = HI, WY, WI, TX, SC, Canada, GA, FL, NM, MT, WV, WA, VA

Three was the magic number for at least two of the ten wrestlers who won individual titles at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City Saturday night. After three finals appearances, seemingly perpetual bridesmaid Nico Megaludis of Penn State became the champ at 125 pounds, while Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer won his third consecutive title at 157 pounds. However, two-time heavyweight champ Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State lost out on his bid for title number three. Megaludis: Three finals, now a title Nico Megaludis started off the action on Saturday night -- and capped off his collegiate career -- with a 6-3 win over Iowa's Thomas Gilman in the 125 finals, nabbing what had been an elusive title. Prior to the 2016 NCAAs, the Murryville, Pa. native was already a three-time NCAA All-American, having made it to the finals twice before. In 2012, Megaludis lost to Iowa's Matt McDonough; the following year, he fell to Illinois' Jesse Delgado. (At the 2014 NCAAs, Megaludis placed third at 125.) Nico Megaludis celebrates after winning the NCAA title on Saturday night (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)After winning that elusive national title, Megaludis jumped into the arms of assistant coach Cody Sanderson ... then ran into the crowd to celebrate with his family. In the post-match interview, the Nittany Lion senior admitted he was more relieved than elated. "I don't know, it's not even celebration, it's just relief," said Megaludis. "I don't know, I'm just relieved. I knew I was going to be the champion. It was a done deal a year ago when I signed everywhere -- my room at Penn State, my room at home, my bathroom at home, my wrestling room at home, my car steering wheel: 'I am 2016 national champion.'" (Sunday afternoon, he posted a photo of that hand-lettered sign taped to his steering wheel on Twitter.) Had Megaludis lost in this year's finals, he would have joined a trio of three-time finalists who never won an NCAA title: Michigan's Bob Fehrs (1965-67), Iowa's Chad Zaputil (1991-93), and Fresno State's Gerry Abas (1993-95). Megaludis wasn't the only Penn State wrestler to leave Madison Square Garden with a title. At 149 pounds, top-seeded sophomore Zain Retherford earned a 10-1 major decision over No. 2 seed Brandon Sorensen of Iowa. What's more, the entire Nittany Lion program left New York with the team title, its fifth in six years. Dieringer gets third crown in three years Alex Dieringer completed his Oklahoma State wrestling career on the highest of high notes. In a battle of undefeated wrestlers, the Cowboy senior got a 6-2 win over Isaac Jordan of the University of Wisconsin in the 165-pound championship bout. Alex Dieringer talks with ESPN after winning his third straight NCAA title (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)For Dieringer, it was his second straight flawless season, concluding his Cowboy career with an 82-match winning streak. "It's a pretty amazing feat what I just did, so I'm just going to try to enjoy the moment," said Dieringer, a product of Port Washington, Wis. "There's a lot of emotions there," Dieringer added. "I was kind of a little conservative, but in the situation I was in it was hard to get overaggressive. But I know I was very pleased, 18 matches in a row with a third national title in the most historic arena in the world. So it's a pretty amazing feeling." Dieringer is definitely one 2016 NCAA champ who is accepting the invitation to all who won national collegiate titles in the Garden to wrestle at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials at the University of Iowa in April. "I'll be a wrestler for life," said Dieringer, who, with an overall record of 133-4, is second only to coach John Smith on Oklahoma State's all-time wins list. "I'm going to give back to the sport that gave me so much. I'll be wrestling until my body can't take it anymore. I'm going to get into coaching, help wrestlers out and help them reach their goals. "I'll be taking two or three days. Not much more than that. Two weeks, I'll still be in good shape. But two weeks to train freestyle, that's my favorite style. I have a little over two weeks to figure everything out, get ready for (Jordan) Burroughs and the rest of the guys in the field." Oklahoma State wrestlers were two-for-two in the 2016 NCAA finals. Before Dieringer took to the mat Saturday night, teammate Dean Heil -- a sophomore -- became the Stillwater school's 140th NCAA champ with a 3-2 victory over Bryce Meredith of the University of Wyoming in the 141-pound title match. The Oklahoma State Cowboys placed second in the team standings at the 2016 NCAAs. Third title denied for Gwiazdowski Nick Gwiazdowski had hoped to join the ultra-exclusive club of three-time NCAA heavyweight champs ... but Ohio State's Kyle Snyder had other plans. In the marquee match-up of the evening -- and arguably the most thrilling final -- the two-time defending champ at 285 fell to the Buckeye, 7-5 SV1. Gwiaz won back-to-back NCAA titles for the Wolfpack, defeating defending champ Tony Nelson of Minnesota in the 2014 NCAA finals ... then claiming his second crown by beating Michigan's Adam Coon in the finals last year. Had Gwiazdowski won his this third title, he would have been only the fifth heavyweight titlewinner to have three championship crowns, joining Earl McCready (1928-30), Dick Hutton (1947-48, 1950) and Jimmy Jackson (1976-78), all from Oklahoma State ... and Carlton Haselrig of University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, who won a trio of NCAA Division II titles, then added three Division I crowns in 1987-89. (Back then, Division II and III champs qualified to compete at the Division I championships that same year.) Instead, Gwiazdowski joins nineteen other two-time NCAA heavyweight champs ... six who lost in their third attempt, including Stephen Neal, Tommy Rowlands, Steve Mocco and, yes, Tony Nelson, of the modern era. Gwiazdowski had that third title in sight. The native of upstate New York had a 3-0 lead in the second period ... but Snyder scored escapes to bring it to 3-2. The Wolfpack champ seemed to put it away with a third-period takedown to push the lead out to 5-3 towards the end of regulation. With 11 seconds on the clock, Snyder grabbed a takedown to extend the action beyond regulation ... then wrapped things up with another takedown in the sudden victory period to take the title, snap Gwiazdowski's 88-match win streak, and claim the event's Outstanding Wrestler honors. It's been an incredible year for Snyder. Six months ago, the Maryland native won a World freestyle championship - at age 19, the youngest American to do so. Snyder had planned to take a redshirt for the entire 2015-16 season in his quest to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic team ... but reversed course and returned to Ohio State mid-season, where he moved up from 197 to the 285 weight class, with a perfect 11-0 record. In talking about the heavyweight title bout, Snyder told ESPN, "It was a fun match. I think it will go down as one of the most exciting heavyweight matches in NCAA history. And obviously, I'm happy that the end result was to get my hand raised.'' Snyder wasn't the only champ for the Buckeyes. True freshman Myles Martin (the No. 11 seed) upset top-seeded Bo Nickal of Penn State in the 174-pound finals to help propel Ohio State -- the defending NCAA team title winner -- into third place in this year's team standings.

There were nine athletes added this past weekend for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling, which will be held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, April 9-10. The NCAA Div. I Championships were held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, March 17-19. This was an Olympic Trials qualifier in freestyle and Greco-Roman . The champions in each weight class qualified for the Olympic Trials in both styles. If a NCAA Div. I champion had already qualified for the Olympic Trials, that spot would go unfilled. Only one of the 2016 NCAA champions had already qualified, Kyle Snyder of Ohio State at 285 pounds, so there were nine champions who did qualify for Iowa City. An athlete can choose to wrestle either style or both, and do not need to declare at this time. A majority are expected to compete in men's freestyle. The athletes added to the Olympic Trials field in both styles were Men's Freestyle 57 kg/125.5 lbs. - Nico Megaludis, Murraysville, Pa. (Penn State/Nittany Lion WC) Men's Freestyle 57 kg/125.5 lbs. - Nahshon Garrett, Chico, Calif. (Cornell/Titan Mercury WC) Men's Freestyle 65 kg/143 lbs. - Dean Heil, Brunswick, Ohio (Oklahoma State/Cowboy WC) Men's Freestyle 65 kg/143 lbs. - Zane Retherford, Benton, Pa. (Penn State/Nittany Lion WC) Men's Freestyle 74 kg/163 lbs. - Isaiah Martinez, Lemoore, Calif. (Illinois/Titan Mercury WC) Men's Freestyle 74 kg/163 lbs. - Alex Dieringer, Port Washington, Wis. (Oklahoma State/Cowboy WC) Men's Freestyle 86 kg/189 lbs. - Myles Martin, Penns Grove, N.J. (Ohio State/Titan Mercury WC) Men's Freestyle 86 kg/189 lbs. - Gabe Dean, Lowell, Mich. (Cornell/Titan Mercury WC) Men's Freestyle 97 kg/213 lbs. -J'Den Cox, Columbia, Mo. (Missouri/Missouri Wrestling Foundation) Note: These are freestyle weights, but they could also compete in Greco-Roman. At this time, the total number of qualifiers through the #Road2IowaCity qualifying process is 214 wrestlers. This includes 72 men's freestyle wrestlers, 65 Greco-Roman wrestlers and 77 women's freestyle wrestlers. Click here for U.S. Olympic Team Trials Qualifiers, through March 21, 2016 The next #Road2IowaCity Trials Qualifier is the University Women's Nationals, set for Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City, Okla. on March 26. The top two athletes in each weight class qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. There are as many as 16 qualification spots in the Olympic Trials available in Oklahoma City. Note: Women freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers who win a medal on an international tour event within the year also may qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. All-session tickets to the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials are available for purchase. All-session options include adult ($75), and youth (18 and younger, $50). VIP tickets are sold out. Fans can purchase tickets at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, over the phone at 1-800-IA-HAWKS, or online at iowacitytorio.com. Remaining #Road2IowaCity Trials Qualifiers March 26 - Women's University Nationals, Oklahoma City, Okla. (W)** April 2-3 - Last Chance Trials Qualifier, Cedar Falls, Iowa (FS/GR/W)** ** - #Road2IowaCity events currently scheduled for Flowrestling broadcasts For specific information on the Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2016 Olympic Games, visit the links below: Athlete Selection Procedures - Women's Freestyle http://content.themat.com/forms/2016-critieria-WFS.pdf Athlete Selection Procedures - Men's Freestyle http://content.themat.com/forms/2016-critieria-MFS.pdf Athlete Selection Procedures - Greco-Roman http://content.themat.com/forms/2016-critieria-GR.pdf

NEW YORK -- Finishing as American University's first top-four placewinner since 2011, senior captain David Terao captured fourth place at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships held at Madison Square Garden. American coach Teague Moore with All-American David Terao (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Terao, who entered the tournament seeded 15th at 125 pounds, is the ninth All-American in program history, as the Eagles have now garnered a total of 17 All-America honors. Terao began the day with a bout versus Northern Iowa's ninth-seeded Dylan Peters in the consolation semifinals. He got out to a strong start, scoring a takedown less than a minute into the match. Peters scored an escape, but not before Terao was able to rack up more than a minute of riding time. Terao, starting the second period on top, was able to extend his advantage time, but Peters recorded an escape to tie the bout at 2-2. Terao regained the lead with an escape early in the third period and increased the margin to 4-2 with an escape after an injury timeout by Peters. Peters tied the score with a takedown late in the match, but gave up a quick escape by Terao, who added another point for riding time in the 6-4 victory. "I think the first takedown was really big, because it put David in the driver's seat," said American head coach Teague Moore. "You could see him immediately relax. I felt like we were going to be able to do what we do. He managed the match very well." Terao's third-place match against top-seed Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State proved to be one of the most exciting bouts of the day. Despite plenty of action in the opening period, neither wrestler was able to score a point. Tomasello was first to get on the scoreboard, getting an escape 35 seconds into the second period before scoring a takedown. Returning to the center of the mat after going out of the bounds, Terao used a quick flip to earn an escape. While Moore issued a coach's challenge, looking for a reversal and back points, the original call was upheld. Trailing 3-1 heading into the final period, Terao scored another point with the optional start by Tomasello. Tomasello increased his lead to 5-2 with another takedown, while Terao came up with a quick escape. However, Terao was unable to score a takedown of his own, despite continuing to attack until the final whistle, warranting a standing ovation from the crowd at Madison Square Garden. "Even though I lost (the third-place match), I don't feel bad about my performance," said Terao. "I gave it everything I had. I put everything on the line against the returning national champ, and I was razor close to coming up with it." "I don't think there are words to describe (the crowd's reaction)," said Moore. "How does a fourth-place finisher get the arena to give him a standing ovation? David wrestles with passion. He was able to show his passion through his third-place match, and this arena saw it. This arena felt it." "I'm on cloud nine right now. If at the beginning of the tournament you had told me I would be on cloud nine with a fourth-place finisher, I wouldn't have believed you. But after what I witnessed today, I'm the happiest coach on the planet." Terao, who closes out the season with a 29-7 overall record, ends his career as the winningest wrestler in program history with 130 victories. "I couldn't have asked for a better place and venue and crowd to have this kind of performance in front of," said Terao. "It's definitely been the performance of my life. There's almost nothing that compares to this."

NEW YORK -- The Hokies finished in fourth place at the 2016 NCAA Championship, earning a spot on the team trophy platform for the first time in program history on Sunday. Additionally, the six All-Americans in this year's squad is the new program record for most in a single season. Redshirt senior Nick Brascetta became the second three-time All-American in Virginia Tech history and finished third in his final trip to Nationals. Of the eight Tech grapplers that made the trip to Madison Square Garden this week, seven will return with five of the All-Americans staying on next year's roster. The Hokies fourth place finish at this year's championship is the best finish of an ACC team in the conference's history, topping a fifth place finished by UNC in 1982. The Hokies wrap up a season that saw the team win back-to-back ACC dual meet titles, achieve an undefeated 5-0 mark in league compeittion, Ty Walz win the first Cliff Keen Las Vegas championship, a victory over Michigan in the newly revamped National Duals Championship series and a final mark of 16-2.

125: 1st: Nico Megaludis (Penn State) dec. Thomas Gilman (Iowa), 6-3 3rd: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. David Terao (American), 5-3 5th: Conor Youtsey (Michigan) by medical forfeit over Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) 7th: Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) dec. Connor Schram (Stanford), 1-0 133: 1st: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) dec. Cory Clark (Iowa), 7-6 3rd: Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 9-4 5th: Eric Montoya (Nebraska) dec. Jordan Conaway (Penn State), 7-4 7th: Earl Hall (Iowa State) tech. fall Jade Rauser (Utah Valley), 17-1 141: 1st: Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 3-2 3rd: Joey McKenna (Stanford) dec. Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), 7-6 5th: Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) dec. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 5-3 7th: Joey Ward (North Carolina) dec. Randy Cruz (Lehigh), 3-1 SV 149: 1st: Zain Retherford (Penn State) maj. dec. Brandon Sorensen (Iowa), 10-1 3rd: Lavion Mayes (Missouri) dec. Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State), 3-2 5th: Mike DePalma (Kent State) pinned Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), 3:30 7th: Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. Geo Martinez (Boise State), 5-1 157: 1st: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) dec. Jason Nolf (Penn State), 6-5 3rd: Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) dec. Dylan Palacio (Cornell), 4-1 5th: Chad Walsh (Rider) by medical forfeit over Ian Miller (Kent State) 7th: Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) dec. Tommy Gantt (NC State), 6-3 165: 1st: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) dec. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin), 6-2 3rd: Bo Jordan (Ohio State) dec. Daniel Lewis (Missouri), 9-7 5th: Steven Rodrigues (Illinois) dec. David McFadden (Virginia Tech), 8-5 7th: Austin Wilson (Nebraska) dec. Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers), 4-2 174: 1st: No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. Bo Nickal (Penn State), 11-9 3rd: Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) dec. Casey Kent (Pennsylvania), 8-4 5th: Nathan Jackson (Indiana) dec. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 5-2 7th: Cody Walters (Ohio) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 4-3 184: 1st: Gabe Dean (Cornell) dec. T.J. Dudley (Nebraska), 5-3 3rd: Pete Renda (NC State) tech. fall Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), 18-3 5th: Mathew Miller (Navy) dec. Willie Miklus (Missouri), 4-2 7th: Nate Brown (Lehigh) dec. Sammy Brooks (Iowa), 9-3 197: 1st: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Morgan McIntosh (Penn State), 4-2 3rd: Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) dec. Nathan Burak (Iowa), 2-1 5th: Pat Downey (Iowa State) pinned Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 3:48 7th: Conner Hartmann (Duke) maj. dec. Brett Harner (Princeton), 11-2 285: 1st: Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) dec. Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State), 7-5 SV 3rd: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Ty Walz (Virginia Tech), 7:57 5th: Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) pinned Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State), 1:29 7th: Michael Kroells (Minnesota) dec. Max Wessell (Lehigh), 5-2

Ohio State's Kyle Snyder counters NC State's Nick Gwiazdowski (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)NEW YORK -- On Saturday night, one of the world's best wrestlers delivered a spectacular grand finale at the world's most famous arena. In front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden, 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State snapped the 88-match winning streak of two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State to win the NCAA title at heavyweight in the final match of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. "I've got pretty big goals," said the 20-year-old Snyder, who was named Outstanding Wrestler of the event. "If you want to achieve them you have to do it right now. You can't wait. You've got to improve as fast as you can, try to learn more about the sport and hopefully while you're doing that pick up a couple wins." Snyder had to rally to win. Gwiazdowski jumped out to a 3-0 lead with a takedown in the first period and an early escape in the second period. Snyder cut the deficit to 3-2 with escapes in the second and third period. But Gwiazdowski answered with another takedown and led 5-3 late. With 11 seconds on the clock, Snyder fired off a shot and converted a takedown to send the match to sudden victory. Snyder then won the match early in sudden victory with another takedown. "I kind of know where guys are going to float out when I do that setup," Snyder said of the takedown in sudden victory. "I knew where his foot was going to be. I kind of hit it as his foot was hitting the mat, so it was really no funky business, I could go on and knew I would be scoring the points." Snyder, an NCAA runner-up last season as a true freshman at 197 pounds, started the season taking an Olympic redshirt season. However, midway through the season, on January 1, Snyder announced that he would be competing for the Buckeyes at heavyweight. "You always learn more when you compete," said Snyder. "You can go into practice and you can wrestle, but it's just a little bit different than when you're going out there and actually competing. You can challenge yourself more to open up and actually wrestle the way you want to wrestle, and not be all tight when you're out there competing, especially in these big matches." Snyder was one of two NCAA champions for the Buckeyes on Saturday night. True freshman Myles Martin was Ohio State's other NCAA champion, coming through to win a title at 174 pounds as the No. 11 seed. He becomes Ohio State's first-ever true freshman NCAA champion. Martin's title came over No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State, a wrestler who had beaten him in three previous meetings this season, including by pin two weeks ago at the Big Ten Championships. Martin trailed 4-3 in the second period before getting a takedown and four nearfall points to go up 9-4. Nickal was able to mount a rally, but Martin held on for the 11-9 victory. "Those other three [losses to Nickal] were a learning experience," said Martin. "If I didn't wrestle those other three I wouldn't have been able to compete like I did today." The two NCAA titles -- along with two third-place finishes -- helped Ohio State finish third in the team standings. Martin's finals win pushed Iowa out of the top four. It's the first time since 2007 that Iowa did not claim a team trophy at the NCAAs. "I didn't really think much of it," said Martin. "I was more focused on my match and just doing what I need to do to do my part in the whole team race. So was Kyle. So we just competed hard and I won and the points came and we beat Iowa." The Penn State Nittany Lions won their fifth NCAA title in six seasons (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)On Saturday night, Penn State put the finishing touches on their national championship -- a fifth title in six seasons -- which was clinched in Saturday's first session. Five Penn State wrestlers competed in the NCAA finals, with two winning NCAA titles, Nico Megaludis (125) and Zain Retherford (149). The Nittany Lions finished with 123 points, which was 25.5 more points than runner-up Oklahoma State scored. "We're happy, but we leave here ready to improve and build and get some freshmen to the next level," said Penn State coach Cael Sanderson. "We're happy we won, but we're excited for the future also." Megaludis, a three-time NCAA finalist, claimed his first NCAA title in his senior season. He came out and scored the first takedown in the first 40 seconds and led 2-1 after the opening period. He added another takedown with a minute remaining in the second period and took a 4-2 lead to the third period. In the third period Megaludis picked up an escape before giving up a stalling point. He then fended off Gilman's attacks and held on for the victory. He became Penn State's ninth four-time All-American and 31st NCAA champion. "It's not even celebration, it's just relief," said Megaludis. "I don't know … I'm just relieved. I knew I was going to be the champion. It was a done deal a year ago when I had signs everywhere, my room at Penn State, my room at home, my bathroom at home, my wrestling room at home, my car steering wheel … I am the 2016 national champion." Retherford capped a dominant tournament -- and undefeated sophomore season -- with a 10-1 major decision victory over Iowa's Brandon Sorensen in a rematch from the Big Ten finals. He scored two takedowns in the first period, and added takedowns in each of the final two periods while accumulating over three minutes of riding time. "Zain is just Zain," said Cael Sanderson. "He's only a sophomore but the pressure he puts on his opponents and his ability to score points ... We're glad he's only a sophomore. We wish he was a freshman or just coming into school, I guess. Great leader for us. We hope everyone can follow his lead. He made a huge jump from his freshman year." Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer concluded his college career as a three-time NCAA champion by topping Wisconsin's Isaac Jordan 6-2 at 165 pounds in a battle of undefeated wrestlers. Dieringer secured takedowns in each of the first two periods. It's the second straight undefeated season for the Cowboy, and he finishes on an 82-match winning streak. "It's a pretty amazing feat what I just did, so I'm just going to try to enjoy the moment," said Dieringer. Dieringer will now focus on freestyle and compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Iowa City on April 9-10. "I'll still be in good shape," said Dieringer of competing in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. "So two weeks to train freestyle. That's my favorite style. That's my best style. It's all on your feet pretty much, and that's what I'm good at. That's my best thing." Also winning a title for Oklahoma State was top-seeded Dean Heil, who lived up to his No. 1 seed, winning the NCAA title with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over surprise finalist Bryce Meredith of Wyoming in an action-packed match filled with scrambling. Heil scored the only takedown in the match -- in the final 10 seconds of the first period -- which proved to be the difference in the match. Heil edged Meredith earlier in the season and had a feeling he would see him again in the NCAA championship match. "I had a feeling he was going to make it through," said Heil. "Next thing you know he does. Tough match. One takedown was enough to seal the deal." Three wrestlers claimed their second NCAA titles, with two of those wrestlers being repeat champions from 2015. Isaiah Martinez repeated as NCAA champion at 157 pounds (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Isaiah Martinez of Illinois repeated as NCAA champion at 157 pounds with a thrilling 6-5 victory over Big Ten rival Jason Nolf of Penn State. It was the rubber match between the two, with Martinez winning in the Big Ten finals and NCAA finals after losing the first meeting in a January dual meet. The two traded first-period takedowns and the first period ended 3-3. Nolf cut Martinez loose to start the second period, giving the Illini wrestler the lead. Nolf escaped in the third period to knot the score at 4-4. Then with 12 Martinez secured a takedown and held on for the 6-5 victory. "I'm extremely pleased just with the win," said Martinez. "Wrestling a competitor like that, he's definitely special. He gave me a hell of a fight. I just knew if it came down to the end that I was going to get it done." Martinez, though pleased with winning a title, knows there is a lot of room for improvement. "I don't want to win by one or two points," said Martinez. "I'm happy I won. It's just now we've got to think of ways to widen the gap. I know he's going to be great at whatever weight he goes, but I'm always trying to look to get better." Gabe Dean of Cornell became a repeat champion at 184 pounds, and was one of two NCAA champions for Cornell. Top-seeded Nahshon Garrett at 133 pounds was Cornell's other NCAA champion. Dean's second NCAA title came over seventh-seeded T.J. Dudley of Nebraska, who entered as the No. 7 seed. Dean was the aggressor from the start, but was unable to score in the first period, which ended scoreless. Dudley escaped in the second period to go up 1-0 before Dean scored a takedown to take a 2-1 lead. Dudley would even the score with an escape. In the third period Dean was able to get an escape and another takedown to win 5-3. Dean leaped into the arms of his assistant coach Damion Hahn after the victory. "I can't say enough about the man," Dean said of Hahn. "I don't even have words to describe our relationship. I just love him to death. I would give my own life for that guy." Garrett capped off an undefeated (37-0) season with an NCAA title at 133 pounds. His victory in the finals came over Iowa's Cory Clark, who finished as an NCAA runner-up for the second straight season. Garrett struck first, picking up a takedown in the first minute. Garrett would add another takedown in the second period and take a 4-3 lead to the third period. In the third period Garrett escaped to make it 5-3. Clark inched closer to 5-4 after Garrett was called for a second stalling call. Garrett then scored a takedown off a double leg to go up 7-4. Clark would make it interesting late, picking up another stalling point and escape before running out of time. "Those [Iowa] guys are always really good at grinding people out, and that's how they win most of their matches," said Garrett. "I think I needed to do what I needed to do in order to be where I am now." Missouri's J'den Cox captured his second NCAA title in three years at 197 pounds. His first title came when he was a true freshman in 2014. His finals victory on Saturday night came over No. 1 and previously unbeaten Morgan McIntosh of Penn State 4-2. After a scoreless first period, the two wrestlers traded escapes in the second and third periods. Then with 10 seconds left Cox took a shot and scored a takedown. McIntosh quickly escaped, but Cox held on for the victory, gaining an additional point for riding time. "I believe I had a great outing here at the NCAAs this year, definitely improved from the last two years," said Cox. Virginia Tech coach Kevin Dresser was named NWCA Coach of the Year after guiding the Hokies to a fourth-place finish and team trophy at the NCAAs. Virginia Tech had six All-Americans but no NCAA finalists. The Hokies' fourth-place finish is the highest NCAA finish ever for an ACC wrestling program. The total attendance of this year's event over six sessions at Madison Square Garden was 110,194. Results: 125: No. 3. Nico Megaludis (Penn State) dec. No. 4 Thomas Gillman (Iowa), 6-3 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) dec. No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa), 7-6 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 3-2 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa), 10-1 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) dec. No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State), 6-5 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin), 6-2 174: No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State), 11-9 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) dec. No. 7 Timothy Dudley (Nebraska), 5-3 197: No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State), 4-2 285: No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) dec. No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State), 7-5 SV1 All-Americans 125: 1st: Nico Megaludis (Penn State) dec. Thomas Gilman (Iowa), 6-3 3rd: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. David Terao (American), 5-3 5th: Conor Youtsey (Michigan) by medical forfeit over Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) 7th: Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) dec. Connor Schram (Stanford), 1-0 133: 1st: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) dec. Cory Clark (Iowa), 7-6 3rd: Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 9-4 5th: Eric Montoya (Nebraska) dec. Jordan Conaway (Penn State), 7-4 7th: Earl Hall (Iowa State) tech. fall Jade Rauser (Utah Valley), 17-1 141: 1st: Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 3-2 3rd: Joey McKenna (Stanford) dec. Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), 7-6 5th: Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) dec. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 5-3 Joey Ward (North Carolina) dec. Randy Cruz (Lehigh), 3-1 SV 149: 1st: Zain Retherford (Penn State) maj. dec. Brandon Sorensen (Iowa), 10-1 3rd: Lavion Mayes (Missouri) dec. Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State), 3-2 5th: Mike DePalma (Kent State) pinned Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), 3:30 7th: Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. Geo Martinez (Boise State), 5-1 157: 1st: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) dec. Jason Nolf (Penn State), 6-5 3rd: Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) dec. Dylan Palacio (Cornell), 4-1 5th: Chad Walsh (Rider) by medical forfeit over Ian Miller (Kent State) 7th: Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) dec. Tommy Gantt (NC State), 6-3 165: 1st: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) dec. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin), 6-2 3rd: Bo Jordan (Ohio State) dec. Daniel Lewis (Missouri), 9-7 5th: Steven Rodrigues (Illinois) dec. David McFadden (Virginia Tech), 8-5 7th: Austin Wilson (Nebraska) dec. Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers), 4-2 174: 1st: No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. Bo Nickal (Penn State), 11-9 3rd: Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) dec. Casey Kent (Pennsylvania), 8-4 5th: Nathan Jackson (Indiana) dec. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 5-2 7th: Cody Walters (Ohio) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 4-3 184: 1st: Gabe Dean (Cornell) dec. T.J. Dudley (Nebraska), 5-3 3rd: Pete Renda (NC State) tech. fall Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), 18-3 5th: Mathew Miller (Navy) dec. Willie Miklus (Missouri), 4-2 7th: Nate Brown (Lehigh) dec. Sammy Brooks (Iowa), 9-3 197: 1st: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Morgan McIntosh (Penn State), 4-2 3rd: Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) dec. Nathan Burak (Iowa), 2-1 5th: Pat Downey (Iowa State) pinned Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 3:48 7th: Conner Hartmann (Duke) maj. dec. Brett Harner (Princeton), 11-2 285: 1st: Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) dec. Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State), 7-5 SV 3rd: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Ty Walz (Virginia Tech), 7:57 5th: Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) pinned Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State), 1:29 7th: Michael Kroells (Minnesota) dec. Max Wessell (Lehigh), 5-2 Team Standings 1. Penn State 123 2. Oklahoma St. 97.5 3. Ohio St. 86 4. Virginia Tech 82 5. Iowa 81 6. Missouri 74.5 7. Cornell 67 8. Nebraska 58 9. Illinois 50.5 9. Michigan 50.5 11. NC State 49 12. Iowa St. 35 13. Oklahoma 33.5 14. Lehigh 31 15. Rutgers 30 16. Kent St. 28.5 17. Minnesota 26 18. Wyoming 24.5 19. Stanford 24 20. Pennsylvania 23.5 21. Oregon St. 22 22. Navy 21 23. Wisconsin 20 24. Rider 19 25. Northern Iowa 17.5 25. Old Dominion 17.5

NEW YORK -- World champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State snapped the 88-match winning streak of two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State in the final match of the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Madison Square Garden. Snyder was named Outstanding Wrestler of the event. Isaiah Martinez of Illinois claimed his second straight NCAA title, beating Penn State's Jason Nolf for the championship at 157 pounds, becoming one of three wrestlers to repeat as NCAA champion from last season. Penn State ran away with the team title, but went 2-3 in the finals. A full recap to come. Please check back … All-Americans 125: 1st: Nico Megaludis (Penn State) dec. Thomas Gilman (Iowa), 6-3 3rd: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. David Terao (American), 5-3 5th: Conor Youtsey (Michigan) by medical forfeit over Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) 7th: Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) dec. Connor Schram (Stanford), 1-0 133: 1st: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) dec. Cory Clark (Iowa), 7-6 3rd: Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 9-4 5th: Eric Montoya (Nebraska) dec. Jordan Conaway (Penn State), 7-4 7th: Earl Hall (Iowa State) tech. fall Jade Rauser (Utah Valley), 17-1 141: 1st: Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming), 3-2 3rd: Joey McKenna (Stanford) dec. Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), 7-6 5th: Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) dec. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 5-3 Joey Ward (North Carolina) dec. Randy Cruz (Lehigh), 3-1 SV 149: 1st: Zain Retherford (Penn State) maj. dec. Brandon Sorensen (Iowa), 10-1 3rd: Lavion Mayes (Missouri) dec. Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State), 3-2 5th: Mike DePalma (Kent State) pinned Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), 3:30 7th: Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. Geo Martinez (Boise State), 5-1 157: 1st: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) dec. Jason Nolf (Penn State), 6-5 3rd: Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) dec. Dylan Palacio (Cornell), 4-1 5th: Chad Walsh (Rider) by medical forfeit over Ian Miller (Kent State) 7th: Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) dec. Tommy Gantt (NC State), 6-3 165: 1st: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) dec. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin), 6-2 3rd: Bo Jordan (Ohio State) dec. Daniel Lewis (Missouri), 9-7 5th: Steven Rodrigues (Illinois) dec. David McFadden (Virginia Tech), 8-5 7th: Austin Wilson (Nebraska) dec. Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers), 4-2 174: 1st: No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. Bo Nickal (Penn State), 11-9 3rd: Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) dec. Casey Kent (Pennsylvania), 8-4 5th: Nathan Jackson (Indiana) dec. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 5-2 7th: Cody Walters (Ohio) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 4-3 184: 1st: Gabe Dean (Cornell) dec. T.J. Dudley (Nebraska), 5-3 3rd: Pete Renda (NC State) tech. fall Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), 18-3 5th: Mathew Miller (Navy) dec. Willie Miklus (Missouri), 4-2 7th: Nate Brown (Lehigh) dec. Sammy Brooks (Iowa), 9-3 197: 1st: J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. Morgan McIntosh (Penn State), 4-2 3rd: Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) dec. Nathan Burak (Iowa), 2-1 5th: Pat Downey (Iowa State) pinned Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 3:48 7th: Conner Hartmann (Duke) maj. dec. Brett Harner (Princeton), 11-2 285: 1st: Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) dec. Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State), 7-5 SV 3rd: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Ty Walz (Virginia Tech), 7:57 5th: Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) pinned Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State), 1:29 7th: Michael Kroells (Minnesota) dec. Max Wessell (Lehigh), 5-2 Team Standings 1. Penn State 123 2. Oklahoma St. 97.5 3. Ohio St. 86 4. Virginia Tech 82 5. Iowa 81 6. Missouri 74.5 7. Cornell 67 8. Nebraska 58 9. Illinois 50.5 9. Michigan 50.5 11. NC State 49 12. Iowa St. 35 13. Oklahoma 33.5 14. Lehigh 31 15. Rutgers 30 16. Kent St. 28.5 17. Minnesota 26 18. Wyoming 24.5 19. Stanford 24 20. Pennsylvania 23.5 21. Oregon St. 22 22. Navy 21 23. Wisconsin 20 24. Rider 19 25. Northern Iowa 17.5 25. Old Dominion 17.5

NEW YORK -- Penn State has clinched its fifth NCAA team title in six seasons. The Nittany Lions, despite having only one wrestler competing in Session V on Saturday, mathematically locked up the title with 114 points heading into the final session. Oklahoma State sits in second place with 89.5 points, but cannot catch Penn State. The Nittany Lions have five wrestlers competing for NCAA titles tonight, while Oklahoma has two. "We're happy," said Penn State coach Cael Sanderson. "I'm proud of them. We've still got some work to do." Jordan Conaway was the only Penn State wrestler competing in Session V. He finished sixth. Oklahoma State posted a 3-4 record in the session. Anthony Collica (149) and Nolan Boyd (184) both finished in fourth place. Austin Marsden (285) claimed sixth, while Joe Smith (157) claimed seventh place. Two returning NCAA champions who were pinned last night in the semifinals, Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State (125) and Cody Brewer of Oklahoma (133), came back to finish in third place. Tomasello -- the lone No. 1 seed to fall before the finals -- edged American's David Terao of 5-3 in the third-place match. The Buckeye sophomore won the takedown battle 2-0, which proved to be the difference. "I knew he was having a great tournament, so I just had to stay solid with my finishes, solid with my defense," said Tomasello. "He's just really good. He's an All-American for a reason. He's one of the best guys in the weight." Terao, a Hawaii native, became a fan favorite in New York because of his wide open style and the fact that he was a long shot as a No. 15 seed entering the tournament. He was given a standing ovation after his match. "I definitely imagined being here and wrestling the match and preparing myself mentally for it, but it's almost impossible to prepare for this sort of reception," said Terao Oklahoma's Cody Brewer, an NCAA champion in 2015, battled back to take third after getting pinned in the semifinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Brewer claimed a 9-4 victory over No. 3 seed Zane Richards in the third-place match. "It's one of those things you go through ups and downs throughout the tournament. I just happened to get caught yesterday and pinned by a good wrestler. More than anything I just wanted to keep it moving forward. Things happen." He finishes his career as a four-time All-American. "I'm in an elite club of our Oklahoma wrestlers that did it ... Sam Hazewinkel, Andrew Howe, Mike Lightner," said Brewer. "All those guys are four-time All-Americans for OU. Just to be in that category is pretty awesome. There's not much to say. I'm lucky … blessed." Tonight's final session begins at 8 p.m. ET. Team Standings 1. Penn State 114 2. Oklahoma State 89.5 3. Virginia Tech 82 4. Iowa 81 5. Ohio State 78 6. Missouri 70.5 7. Cornell 59 8. Nebraska 58 9. Michigan 50.5 10. NC State 49 11. Illinois 46.5 12. Iowa State 35 13. Oklahoma 33.5 14. Lehigh 31 15. Rutgers 30 16. Kent State 28.5 17. Minnesota 26 18. Wyoming 24.5 19. Stanford 24 20. Pennsylvania 23.5 21. Oregon State 22 22. Navy 21 23. Wisconsin 20 24. Rider 19 25. Northern Iowa 17.5 25. Old Dominion 17.5 All-Americans 125: 1st: NIco Megaludis (Penn State) vs. Thomas Gilman (Iowa) 3rd: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. David Terao (American), 5-3 5th: Conor Youtsey (Michigan) by medical forfeit over Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) 7th: Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) dec. Connor Schram (Stanford), 1-0 133: 1st: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs. Cory Clark (Iowa) 3rd: Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) dec. Zane Richards (Illinois), 9-4 5th: Eric Montoya (Nebraska) dec. Jordan Conaway (Penn State), 7-4 7th: Earl Hall (Iowa State) tech. fall Jade Rauser (Utah Valley), 17-1 141: 1st: Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) 3rd: Joey McKenna (Stanford) dec. Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), 7-6 5th: Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) dec. Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 5-3 7th: Joey Ward (North Carolina) dec. Randy Cruz (Lehigh), 3-1 SV 149: 1st: Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs. Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) 3rd: Lavion Mayes (Missouri) dec. Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State), 3-2 5th: Mike DePalma (Kent State) pinned Alec Pantaleo (Michigan), 3:30 7th: Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) dec. Geo Martinez (Boise State), 5-1 157: 1st: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. Jason Nolf (Penn State) 3rd: Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) dec. Dylan Palacio (Cornell), 4-1 5th: Chad Walsh (Rider) by medical forfeit over Ian Miller (Kent State) 7th: Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) dec. Tommy Gantt (NC State), 6-3 165: 1st: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) 3rd: Bo Jordan (Ohio State) dec. Daniel Lewis (Missouri), 9-7 5th: Steven Rodrigues (Illinois) dec. David McFadden (Virginia Tech), 8-5 7th: Austin Wilson (Nebraska) dec. Anthony Perrotti (Rutgers), 4-2 174: 1st: Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) 3rd: Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) dec. Casey Kent (Pennsylvania), 8-4 5th: Nathan Jackson (Indiana) dec. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 5-2 7th: Cody Walters (Ohio) dec. Alex Meyer (Iowa), 4-3 184: 1st: Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) 3rd: Pete Renda (NC State) tech. fall Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), 18-3 5th: Mathew Miller (Navy) dec. Willie Miklus (Missouri), 4-2 7th: Nate Brown (Lehigh) dec. Sammy Brooks (Iowa), 9-3 197: 1st: Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs. J'den Cox (Missouri) 3rd: Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) dec. Nathan Burak (Iowa), 2-1 5th: Pat Downey (Iowa State) pinned Jared Haught (Virginia Tech), 3:48 7th: Conner Hartmann (Duke) maj. dec. Brett Harner (Princeton), 11-2 285: 1st: Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) vs. Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) 3rd: Adam Coon (Michigan) pinned Ty Walz (Virginia Tech), 7:57 5th: Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) pinned Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State), 1:29 7th: Michael Kroells (Minnesota) dec. Max Wessell (Lehigh), 5-2

NEW YORK -- Five-for-five. That's what top-ranked Penn State accomplished in the semifinal round of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Friday night Madison Square Garden in New York. Exactly half of the Nittany Lions' starting lineup this season won in the NCAA semifinals and will wrestle for an NCAA championship on Saturday night. Penn State racked up 114 points and takes a commanding 34.5-point lead into the final day of competition. Oklahoma State sits in second, followed by Iowa. "We're happy," said Penn State coach Cael Sanderson. "We wrestled pretty well. A lot of tough matches, obviously." Jason Nolf gets his hand raised after winning in the NCAA semifinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Penn State's run of semifinal winners started immediately at 125 pounds with Nico Megaldudis. Zain Retherford was next at 149 pounds, followed by Jason Nolf at 157 pounds, Bo Nickal at 174 pounds and finishing with Morgan McIntosh at 197 pounds. One other Nittany Lion wrestler, Jordan Conaway, secured All-American honors in the consolation bracket at 133 pounds. "Five guys have a chance to win a national title," said Sanderson. "Conaway has a chance to come back and take third. This is a pretty good team." Penn State is doing with a mix of youth and experience. Nolf and Nickal are freshmen, Retherford is a sophomore, while Megaludis, McIntosh and Conaway are seniors. Sanderson says the wrestlers feed off each other. "They love to compete," said Sanderson. "You see them … They're smiling and joking around. They're light before they go out and compete. They go out and get right after it." The top four teams in the standings, Penn State, Oklahoma State, Iowa and Virginia Tech all have six All-Americans. Iowa has the second most finalists with three. Oklahoma State has two finalists. "It was a day of mostly good, a few bad," said Oklahoma State coach John Smith of his team's performance on Friday. "I think this morning's round and this afternoon's round put us in a little better position." Alex Dieringer defeated Missouri's Daniel Lewis to advance to the finals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Four past NCAA champions -- three of them returning from 2015 -- will be wrestling for titles on Saturday night. Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer (165) and North Carolina State's Nick Gwiazdowski (285) will be looking to become three-time NCAA champions. Dieringer has an 81-match winning streak, while Gwiazdowski's winning streak sits at 88. Dieringer will face Wisconsin's Isaac Jordan in a battle of undefeated wrestlers. "He's a good wrestler," Dieringer said of Jordan. "I'm just going to go out there and do what I do." Gwiazdowski, a New York native, will meet World champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State in the final match of the NCAAs. "I want to wrestle the best guy," said Gwiazdowski. "So if you want to be the NCAA champ you've got to be the best … We're the two best guys at this point. Tomorrow night we'll find out. Either way I think it's good for the media attention and also both of us." Kyle Snyder hits an ankle pick on Ty Walz of Virginia Tech in the NCAA semifinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)Snyder, an NCAA runner-up last season at 197 pounds, has trained with Gwiazdowski but never competed against him. He's looking forward to the opportunity. "I know that he's going to have a game plan for me," said Snyder. "I just want to make it a wrestling match. I want to get into wrestling positions. I feel like if I can get to lots of wrestling positions I'll come out on top in the majority of them." Isaiah Martinez of Illinois (165) and Gabe Dean of Cornell (184) will be looking to repeat as NCAA champions. Martinez, an undefeated freshman NCAA champion last season, won a tough match in sudden victory over Kent State's Ian Miller to advance to the finals. He will now battle Penn State's Nolf for the third time this season. Nolf pinned Martinez in their first meeting in January, but Martinez evened the score by beating Nolf in the Big Ten finals. "I had a feeling it was going to come down to me and him," said Martinez. "I just don't think anyone knows the right way to wrestle him, and I've kind of figured it out. If it's the way I want it to be tomorrow, it will be entertaining and it will be a brawl." Also wrestling for a second NCAA title is Missouri's J'den Cox, an NCAA champion in 2014. His finals opponent is top-seeded and undefeated McIntosh. Two returning NCAA champions were pinned in the semifinals, Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State (125) and Cody Brewer of Oklahoma (133). Tomasello -- the only No. 1 seed to lose prior to the finals -- was pinned in sudden victory by Iowa's Thomas Gilman. Brewer was pinned in 21 seconds by No. 1 Nahshon Garrett of Cornell. Wyoming Bryce Meredith was the lowest-seeded wrestler to reach the finals, coming through as the No. 14 seed at 141 pounds. He will face No. 1 Dean Heil of Oklahoma State for the championship. He becomes the first Wyoming wrestler to reach the NCAA finals since Reese Andy at 177 pounds in 1996. "I knew I could beat anybody at any given moment," said Meredith. "Now I'm in the finals, and it feels good. It feels everything that you'd ever expect. It gives you goose bumps. I would advise all the little kids to work real hard so they can feel this feeling." Tomorrow's medals rounds are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday. Team Standings 1. Penn State 114 2. Oklahoma St. 79.5 3. Iowa 77.5 4. Virginia Tech 69.5 5. Ohio St. 68 6. Missouri 58.5 7. Nebraska 56 8. Cornell 53.5 9. NC State 43 10. Illinois 42 11. Michigan 39 12. Lehigh 30 13. Iowa St. 29.5 14. Oklahoma 28 15. Kent St. 25.5 15. Rutgers 25.5 17. Wyoming 24.5 18. Navy 20 18. Pennsylvania 20 18. Wisconsin 20 21. Minnesota 19.5 21. Stanford 19.5 23. Oregon St. 19 24. Northern Iowa 17.5 25. Old Dominion 16.5 Finals Matchups 125: No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) vs. No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs. No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs. No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. No. 7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs. No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) 285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) vs. No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) Below is a weight-by-weight look at the semifinal match results. 125: No. 4 Thomas Gilman of Iowa advanced to the finals by pinning No. 1 Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State in sudden victory. The two Big Ten wrestlers traded escapes in the second and third periods, sending the match to sudden victory tied at 1-1. Gilman was able to score a takedown off an attack and put the Buckeye sophomore to his back and secure the pin. Penn State's Nico Megaludis will be making his third NCAA finals appearance after topping American's David Terao 8-2. Megaludis picked up takedowns in each of the three periods and added an escape and riding time point for the six-point victory. 133: Top-seeded Nahshon Garrett of Cornell made quick work of returning NCAA champion Cody Brewer, pinning him in just 21 seconds. Iowa's Cory Clark became Iowa's second NCAA finalist by edging Zane Richards of Illinois 4-3 in a rubber match between the two. Richards jumped out to an early lead after a first-period takedown. The two traded escapes and Richards held a 3-2 lead in the third period. Clark stayed aggressive and in the closing seconds was able to secure a takedown for the lead and the one-point victory. 141: No. 1 Dean Heil Oklahoma State had little trouble with No. 4 Anthony Ashnault of Rugers, winning 8-3 on the strength of takedowns in each of the three periods. No. 14 Bryce Meredith of Wyoming continued his Cinderella run to the finals, stunning No. 2 Joey McKenna of Stanford 5-3. McKenna was able to get on the scoreboard, picking up a first-period takedown and led 2-1 after the opening period. Meredith started the second period in the top position and rode out McKenna the entire period. In the third period Meredith earned an escape to knot the score at 2-2 on the scoreboard. Then in the final 30 seconds Meredith picked up a takedown to lead 4-2. McKenna was able to escape, but Meredith was able to fend off the Stanford freshman's attacks and add a riding time point for a two-point victory. 149: Top-seeded Zain Retherford of Penn State was unchallenged in his semifinal match, pinning Michigan's Alec Pantaleo in the second period. Retherford raced out to a 12-0 lead before putting Pantaleo to his back and sticking him. Brandon Sorensen made it 3-for-3 for Iowa in the semifinals by topping No. 11 Anthony Collica of Oklahoma State 4-2. After a slow start, Sorensen picked up a second-period takedown to go up 2-1 in the second period. Collica picked up a late second-period escape to knot the score at 2-2. In the third period Sorenen escaped to go up 3-2 and was able to fend of Pantaleo's attacks and hold on for a 4-2 victory after an additional point for riding time. 157: The much-anticipated third meeting between Isaiah Martinez of Illinois and Jason Nolf will happen on Saturday night. Both punched their tickets to the finals with impressive victories on Friday night. Martinez advanced to the finals with a thrilling 7-5 victory over Kent State's Ian Miller in a match that saw a lot of action and explosive moves. Miller scored the match's first takedown, but Martinez responded with a takedown of his own in the final minute of the first period to take a 3-2 lead after one period. In the second period Martinez escaped to take a 4-2 lead, which is all the scoring that would take place in the period. Miller turned it up in the third period, escaping and then picking up a takedown to take a 5-4 lead. Martinez escaped to knot the score at 5-5 and ultimately send the match to sudden victory. Martinez then scored a quick takedown in sudden victory to claim the victory. The freshman Nolf scored early and often and rolled to a 19-4 technical fall victory in the third period over No. 15 Chad Walsh of Rider. 165: The top two seeds, Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State and Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin, both undefeated, advanced to the finals. Dieringer cruised to a 14-4 major decision victory over Missouri's Daniel Lewis. Isaac beat cousin Bo of Ohio State for the fourth time in four meetings. Isaac scored a first-period takedown and took a 2-1 lead into the third period. Isaac escaped in the third period to go up 3-1. Bo responded with a takedown to knot the score at 3-3 ... but Isaac earned a reversal to go up 5-3. Bo would add an escape, but Isaac held on for the victory. 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State won a thriller over No. 12 Nate Jackson of Indiana, avenging a loss from earlier this season. Jackson jumped out early with a takedown in the first period. Nickal battled back with a takedown of his own in the second period to tie the match at 3-3. In the third period Nickal escaped to grab a 4-3 lead and held on for the victory. On the bottom side of the bracket, true freshman Myles Martin of Ohio State came through to the finals from the No. 11 seed, beating unseeded Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State 8-2 in the semifinals. Martin scored three takedowns -- one in each period -- and added an escape and riding time point for the six-point win. 184: Defending NCAA champion Gabe Dean of Cornell is back in the NCAA finals after a convincing 9-4 decision over North Carolina State's Pete Renda, who entered the tournament as the No. 13 seed. Dean's finals opponent: No. 7 T.J. Dudley of Nebraska. Dudley rolled to a 12-4 major decision over Missouri's Willie Miklus in the semifinals. Miklus had beaten Dudley in the previous meeting at the NWCA National Duals. 197: As expected, the top two seeds, Morgan McIntosh of Penn State and J'den Cox of Missouri advanced to the finals at 197 pounds. McIntosh grinded out a 3-2 victory over Iowa's Nathan Burak, picking up the match's only takedown in the first period. Cox pinned Minnesota's Brett Pfarr in the third period after building a 6-2 lead. 285: The top two seeds, North Carolina State's Nick Gwiazdowski and Ohio State's Kyle Snyder, earned semifinal victories to reach the finals. Gwiazdowski edged Michigan's Adam Coon 3-2. Gwiazdowski scored the match's only takedown in the first period. Snyder was pushed in the semifinals by Virginia Tech's Ty Walz, but came out on top 10-6.

125: No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) pinned No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State), 7:37 No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) dec. No. 15 David Terao (American), 8-2 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) pinned No. 4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma), 0:21 No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) dec. No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois), 4-3 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers), 8-3 No. 14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) dec. No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford), 5-3 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) pinned No. 5 Alex Pantaleo (Michigan), 4:49 No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) dec. No. 11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State), 4-2 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) dec. No. 4 Ian Miller (Kent State), 7-5 SV No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) tech. fall No. 15 Chad Walsh (Rider), 19-4 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) maj. dec. No. 4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri), 14-4 No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) dec. No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State), 5-4 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) dec. No. 12 Nate Jackson (Indiana), 4-3 No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State), 8-2 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) dec. No. 13 Pete Renda (NC State), 9-4 No. 7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) maj. dec. No. 14 Willie Miklus (Missouri), 12-4 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) dec. No. 4 Nathan Burak (Iowa), 4-2 No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) pinned No. 3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota), 6:29 285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) dec. No. 5 Adam Coon (Michigan), 3-2 No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) dec. No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech), 10-6

NEW YORK -- The top-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions went five-for-six in Friday's quarterfinal round -- with four of the wins coming with bonus points -- to extend their lead at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York. No. 1 seed Morgan McIntosh advanced to the semifinals by pinning Nebraska's Aaron Studebaker in the quarterfinals at 197 pounds (Photo/Juan Garcia)Penn State has 68.5 points and sits 14.5 points ahead of defending NCAA champion Ohio State in the team standings after Session III. Iowa (48.5), Oklahoma State (46) and Missouri (42.5) round out the top five teams. Nico Megaludis (125), Zain Retherford (149), Jason Nolf (157), Bo Nickal (174) and Morgan McIntosh (197) punched their tickets to the semifinals for the Nittany Lions. "We're doing great," said McIntosh, who entered the tournament undefeated and seeded No. 1. "It's fun to see all those guys doing well and achieving their goals. We're all excited. Guys are wrestling well. We have some good momentum going into the semis. Tonight is going to be exciting. Our team is just having a lot of fun." Ohio State and Iowa both posted 4-1 records in the quarterfinals. Oklahoma State had the most quarterfinalists with seven, but went 3-4 in the round. The Cowboys did pick up a key upset at 149 pounds with No. 11 Anthony Collica knocking off No. 3 Lavion Mayes of Missouri. "That dude is pretty solid, strong," said Collica. "I just had to keep wrestling hard, stay in good position and I came out on top." Nebraska had a tough quarterfinal round, going 1-4. The Cornhuskers currently sit in sixth place with 35.5 points. Top-ranked heavyweight Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State dominated Lehigh's Max Wessel in the quarterfinals (Photo/Juan Garcia)Two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State and World champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State appear to be on a collision course to meet on Saturday night. Both were dominant in quarterfinal victories on Friday. "I feel confident that I have the best coaches, best training partners in the world at Ohio State. I feel like I'm constantly improving with Tervel Dlagnev and the whole coaching staff. I feel good about tonight. I'm excited to wrestle and excited to challenge myself and see if I can score more points." Nine wrestlers seeded outside the top 10 advanced to tonight's semifinals, including unseeded Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State at 174 pounds. He becomes ISU's first unseeded All-American since John Thorn in 1983. In addition, two No. 15 seeds and two No. 14 seeds advanced to the semifinals. Tonight's session is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET. Below is a weight-by-weight synopsis of what transpired in the quarterfinals. 125: Defending NCAA champion Nathan Tomasello of Ohio State cruised to the semifinals with a 10-4 decision over No. 9 Dylan Peters of Northern Iowa. He'll meet Iowa's Thomas Gilman in the semifinals. Gilman of Iowa handled Oklahoma's Ryan Millhof 16-5 in the semifinals. On the bottom side of the bracket, Nico Megaludis blanked Michigan's Conor Youtsey 4-0. Tonight he will face surprise semifinalist, No. 15 seed David Terao, who advanced to the semifinals by pinning Stanford's Connor Schram. With the match tied at 2-2 in the third period, Terao used a headlock to throw Schram and secure the pin. 133: The top two seeds, Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) and Cory Clark (Iowa), both earned shutout victories to advance to the semifinals. Garrett blanked No. 8 Earl Hall of Iowa State 5-0, while Clark topped Nebraska's Eric Montoyo 4-0. Tonight Garrett will meet defending NCAA champion Cody Brewer of Oklahoma, who earned an 8-4 victory over Penn State's Jordan Conaway. Clark will face Zane Richards of Illinois in a rematch of the Big Ten finals. 141: No. 1 Dean Heil avenged his only loss of the season, beating North Carolina's Joey Ward 8-3. Heil broke open a 1-1 match in the third period with a takedown and four nearfall points to go up 7-1. Ward would add a late reversal, but it was too little too late. Heil will battle local favorite Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers, a four-time undefeated New Jersey state champion, who advanced with a 5-4 victory over Old Dominion's Chris Mecate. Second-seeded Joey McKenna controlled Solomon Chishko of Virginia Tech from start to finish, winning 6-1. His semifinal opponent will be No. 14 seed Bryce Meredith of Wyoming, who won 5-2 over No. 6 Micah Jordan of Ohio State. 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford of Penn State continued his domination, pinning No. 9 Justin Oliver in the first period to advance to the semifinals. He will now face Michigan's Alex Pantaleo, who also advanced to the semifinals with a pin. Pantaleo's pin came in the second period over fourth-seeded Matt Cimato of Drexel. Retherford has pinned Pantaleo twice this season in two meetings. On the bottom side of the bracket, No. 2 Brandon Sorensen of Iowa needed a second sudden victory period to defeat Nebraska's Jake Sueflohn 4-2. He will now meet Oklahoma State's Anthony Collica, who edged Missouri's Lavion Mayes 3-2. 157: Two of the nation's top wrestlers, Isaiah Martinez of Illinois and Jason Nolf of Penn State, moved one step closer to a potential third meeting on Saturday night with victories on Friday. Martinez picked up a 6-3 victory over two-time All-American Nick Brascetta of Virginia Tech. Nolf pulled away late against Oklahoma State's Joe Smith to win 11-3. The match was tied 2-2 late in the second period before Nolf scored a takedown to go up 4-2 after two periods. The PSU freshman poured it on in the third period to pick up a major decision. The surprise of the bracket was No. 15 Chad Walsh reaching the semifinals with an 11-10 victory over No. 7 Cody Pack of South Dakota State. Kent State's Ian Miller punched his ticket to the semifinals with a 6-3 win over All-American Brian Murphy of Michigan State. 165: The top four seeds at 165 pounds advanced to the semifinals. Two-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer rolled to an 11-5 victory over Iowa State's Tanner Weatherman in a rematch of the Big 12 finals. With the victory, Dieringer becomes Oklahoma State's 14th four-time All-American. He will now face Missouri's Daniel Lewis, who blanked Rider's Connor Brennan 4-0 in the quarterfinals. Isaac Jordan of Wisconsin and Bo Jordan of Ohio State were winners on the bottom side of the bracket. Isaac used a first-period takedown to pace him to a 3-1 victory over Nebraska's Austin Wilson. Bo was much more dominant in the quarterfinals, earning a 10-2 major decision over Rider's Connor Brennan. The Jordan cousins will meet for the fourth time in their college careers tonight, with Isaac holding a 3-0 advantage in the series. 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal of Penn State broke open his quarterfinal match early against Oklahoma State's Jordan Rogers, picking up a takedown and four-point nearfall points to go up 6-0. Rogers earned an escape in the second period to make it 6-1. Nickal then pulled away in the third period to earn a 12-4 major decision. Nickal's semifinal opponent will be Indiana's Nate Jackson, the only wrestler to defeat him this season. Jackson won 6-4 in the quarterfinals over unseeded Jadaen Bernstein of Navy. Winners on the bottom half of the bracket, which was turned upside down early, were true freshman Myles Martin of Ohio State, seeded No. 11, and unseeded Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State. Martin's quarterfinal victory came over Oklahoma's Matt Reed, 2-0. Weatherspoon knocked off No. 7 Cody Walters of Ohio 5-3. 184: Returning NCAA champion Gabe Dean of Cornell avenged his only loss of the season, beating Oklahoma State's Nolan Boyd 10-4. Dean had two first-period takedowns and added a takedown in each of the final two periods. He will face NC State's Pete Renda, who advanced by edging No. 5 Zack Zavatsky of Virginia Tech 4-3. Nebraska's T.J. Dudley won the rubber match against Big Ten champion Sammy Brooks of Iowa 9-6. Dudley's semifinal opponent will be surprise semifinalist Willie Miklus of Missouri, who came through as the No. 14 seed. 197: The top four seeds advanced to tonight's semifinals. The top two seeds, Morgan McIntosh of Penn State and J'den Cox of Missouri, were especially dominant in the quarterfinals, winning by scores of 16-4 and 6-0 respectively. Iowa's Nathan Burak used a takedown in each of the final two periods to beat Duke's Connor Hartmann 5-2. Minnesota's Brett Pfarr dominated Iowa State's Pat Downey 12-3 to reach the semifinals. 285: Two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State continues to roll as he picked up a 9-1 major decision over Lehigh's Max Wessel. He will now meet Michigan's Adam Coon in the semifinals in a rematch of last year's NCAA finals match at heavyweight. Coon won narrowly, 3-2, over Oklahoma State's Austin Marsden. On the bottom side of the bracket, No. 2 Kyle Snyder dominated No. 7 Amarveer Dhesi of Oregon State 16-5 in a battle of past Junior World champions. Tonight Snyder will meet third-seeded Ty Walz of Virginia Tech. Walz advanced by beating Brooks Black of Illinois 4-1. Team Standings 1. Penn State 68.5 2. Ohio St. 54 3. Iowa 48.5 4. Oklahoma St. 46 5. Missouri 42.5 6. Nebraska 35.5 7. NC State 32.5 8. Michigan 32 9. Virginia Tech 30.5 10. Cornell 28.5 11. Illinois 28 12. Oklahoma 24.5 13. Rutgers 22 14. Lehigh 19.5 15. Iowa St. 19 16. Kent St. 18.5 17. Wyoming 17.5 18. Minnesota 16 18. Rider 16 18. Stanford 16 21. Wisconsin 13 22. American 12.5 23. Indiana 12 23. Oregon St. 12 25. Bucknell 10 25. Edinboro 10 Semifinal Matchups 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) vs. No. 15 David Terao (American) 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs. No. 4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) vs. No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois) 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) vs. No. 14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs. No. 5 Alex Pantaleo (Michigan) No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) vs. No. 11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. No. 4 Ian Miller (Kent State) No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs. No. 15 Chad Walsh (Rider) 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri) No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) vs. No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. No. 12 Nate Jackson (Indiana) No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. No. 13 Pete Renda (NC State) No. 7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) vs. No. 14 Willie Miklus (Missouri) 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs. No. 4 Nathan Burak (Iowa) No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) vs. No. 3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) 285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) vs. No. 5 Adam Coon (Michigan) No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) vs. No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech)

Here is a look at the results from the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships … 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) dec. No. 9 Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa), 10-4 No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) maj. dec. No. 5 Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma), 16-5 No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) dec. Conor Youtsey (Michigan), 4-0 No. 15 David Terao (American) pinned No. 10 Connor Schram (Stanford), 5:41 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) dec. No. 8 Earl Hall (Iowa State), 5-0 No. 4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) dec. No. 5 Jordan Conaway (Penn State), 8-4 No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois) dec. No. 6 George DiCamillo (Virginia), 12-4 No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) dec. No. 7 Eric Montoya (Nebraska), 4-0 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 8 Joey Ward (North Carolina), 8-3 No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) dec. No. 12 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion), 5-4 No. 14 Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) dec. No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State), 5-2 No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) dec. No. 7 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech), 6-1 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) pinned No. 9 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan), 2:13 No. 5 Alex Pantaleo (Michigan pinned No. 4 Matt Cimato (Drexel), 3:49 No. 11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 3 Lavion Mayes (Missouri), 3-2 No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) dec. No. 7 Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska), 4-2 SV2 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) dec. No. 8 Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech), 6-3 No. 4 Ian Miller (Kent State) dec. No. 12 Brian Murphy (Michigan), 6-3 No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 6 Joe Smith (Oklahoma State), 11-3 No. 15 Chad Walsh (Rider) dec. No. 7 Cody Pack (South Dakota State), 11-10 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 9 Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State), 11-5 No. 4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri) dec. No. 12 Connor Brennan (Rider), 3-0 No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) maj. dec. No. 6 Steven Rodrigues (Illinois), 10-2 No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) dec. No. 10 Austin Wilson (Nebraska), 3-1 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 9 Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State), 15-4 No. 12 Nate Jackson (Indiana) dec. Jadaen Bernstein (Navy), 2-0 No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) dec. Matt Reed (Oklahoma), 2-0 Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) dec. No. 7 Cody Walters (Ohio), 5-3 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) dec. No. 8 Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), 10-4 No. 13 Pete Renda (NC State) dec. No. 5 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech), 4-3 No. 14 Willie Miklus (Missouri) maj. dec. No. 11 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn), 16-6 No. 7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) dec. No. 2 Sammy Brooks (Iowa), 9-6 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 8 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska), 16-4 No. 4 Nathan Burak (Iowa) dec. No. 5 Conner Hartmann (Duke), 5-2 No. 3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) maj. dec. Pat Downey (Iowa State), 12-3 No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) dec. No. 7 Brett Harner (Princeton), 6-0 285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) maj. dec. No. 8 Max Wessell (Lehigh), 9-1 No. 5 Adam Coon (Michigan) dec. No. 4 Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State), 3-2 No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) dec. Brooks Black (Illinois), 4-1 No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) maj. dec. No. 7 Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State), 16-5

NEW YORK -- For the second straight year David Terao of American shined in the second session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. David Terao advanced with a victory over Joey Dance of Virginia Tech (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)A year ago Terao topped two-time NCAA champion Jesse Delgado of Illinois in the second session. This year Terao, who qualified for the tournament by getting an at-large selection, stunned No. 2 Joey Dance of Virginia Tech to advance to the quarterfinals. With the match tied 2-2 in the third period, Terao reversed Dance to take a 4-2 lead. Dance cut the lead to one point with an escape, but Terao held on and added an additional point for riding time to claim a 5-3 win. "Coming in I haven't had the best season for sure, but none of that matters here as long as I get in and I get the chance. I'm pulling out all the stops and giving it everything I have," said Terao, a senior from Honolulu, Hawaii. Another second-round surprise came at 157 pounds where Rider's Chad Walsh beat second-seeded Tommy Gantt of North Carolina State 11-8. Gantt entered the tournament undefeated. "I lost to him earlier in the year," said Walsh. "It was a battle just like that one. This time I just wanted to come into it with a clean slate, wrestle my own match and stay in it the whole time." TZain Retherford pinned Patricio Lugo of Edinboro to advance to the quarterfinals (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)op-ranked Penn State leads the team race with 27.5 points after Day 1. The Nittany Lions advanced six wrestlers to the quarterfinals on Friday morning. Two other Penn State wrestlers remain alive in the consolation bracket. PSU 184-pounder Matt McCutcheon, seeded No. 16, was eliminated after going 0-2. Ohio State and Oklahoma State are tied for second in the team standings, 3.5 points behind Penn State. Oklahoma State has seven wrestlers in the quarterfinals, while Ohio State has five.Nebraska is in fourth place with 20 points and five quaterfinalists, followed by a three-way tie for fifth place with Iowa, Missouri and Virginia Tech. The quarterfinals and consolation rounds begin on Friday at 11 a.m. (ET). Below is a weight by-weight summary of notable results from Session II: 125: The biggest surprise in this weight class -- and round -- came when American's David Terao stunned No. 2 Joey Dance of Virginia Tech 5-3 to advance to the quarterfinals. No. 5 Ryan Millhof of Oklahoma edged Collins Hill (Ga.) teammate Sean Russell of Edinoro 1-0. Unseeded Conor Youtsey advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win in sudden victory over Dalton Macri of Cornell. No. 9 Dylan Peters of Northern Iowa topped No. 8 Barlow McGee of Missouri 3-1 in sudden victory, avenging a loss from the MAC finals. Stanford's Connor Shram, seeded No. 10, earned a hard-fought 3-1 victory over No. 7 Darian Cruz of Lehigh. 133: Penn State's Jordan Conaway was finally able to turn the tables on Wisconsin's Ryan Taylor, who had defeated the Penn State wrestler twice late in the season. With the match tied 4-4 in the third, Conaway picked up the go-ahead takedown in the final minute and held on for the victory. 141: No. 14 Bryce Meredith of Wyoming upset No. 3 Kevin Jack of North Carolina State, a returning All-American, 5-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. The two were teammates and training partners a year ago at North Carolina State before Meredith transferred to Wyoming. 149: Oklahoma State's Anthony Collica, seeded No. 11, claimed a 3-2 victory over Northwestern's Jason Tsirtsis, a 2014 NCAA champion and two-time All-American. It was the only match in the weight class in which the lower seeded wrestler won. 157: Rider's Chad Walsh, seeded No. 15, stunned second-seeded Tommy Gantt of North Carolina State 11-8 to advance to the quarterfinals. It was Gantt's first loss of the season. 165: North Carolina State's Max Rohskopft, seeded No. 5, was the highest seed in the weight class to lose in the second round. He fell 4-2 in sudden victory to Rider's Conor Brennan. No. 9 Tanner Weatherman of Iowa State punched his ticket to the quarterfinals with a 7-4 victory over No. 8 Chad Welch of Purdue. Two-time NCAA champion Alex Dieringer continues to cruise, picking up his second pin of the day to advance to the quarterfinals. In a Big Ten battle, No. 10 Austin Wilson of Nebraska defeated No. 7 Anthony Perrotti of Rutgers 4-1. 174: Three unseeded wrestlers advanced to the quarterfinals in this weight class: Jadaen Bernstein of Navy, Matt Reed of Oklahoma and Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State. No. 12 Nathan Jackson of Indiana hammered No. 5 Zac Brunson of Illinois 10-1. 184: Two top six seeds, No. 4 Dom Abounader of Michigan and No. 6 Blake Stauffer of Arizona State, failed to advance to the quarterfinals. Abounader dropped a match in sudden victory to North Carolina State's Pete Renda 4-2. Stauffer was dominated by No. 11 Lorenzo Thomas 10-1. No. 2 Sam Brooks of Iowa was pushed by MAC champion Jordan Ellingwood, but held on for the 10-8 victory. Virginia Tech's Zack Zavatsky avenged a loss from earlier this season, beating No. 12 Hayden Zillmer of North Dakota State 3-2. 197: Top-seeded and undefeated Morgan McIntosh of Penn State continued his dominance, picking up a third-period pin over Kyle Conel of Kent State. Unseeded Pat Downey, a past Junior World silver medalist and NJCAA champion, won in dramatic fashion, pinning No. 6 Jared Haught of Virginia Tech in tiebreaker. Fifth-seeded Connor Hartmann, a two-time All-American, was pushed in his second-round match against North Carolina State's Michael Boykin but prevailed 3-2 in tiebreaker. 285: The top two seeds, two-time NCAA champion Nick Gwiazdowski of North Carolina State and World champion Kyle Snyder of Ohio State, continued to cruise and appear to be on a collision course to meet on Saturday night. Gwiazdowski dominated Nathan Butler of Stanford 16-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. Snyder, after picking up the first pin of his college career in the opening session, won by technical fall in his second match over Wyoming's Tanner Harms. Brooks Black of Illinois is the lone unseeded heavyweight to reach the quarterfinals. After beating No. 6 Denzel Dejourmette of Appalachian State in the first round, he edged Boyce Cornwell of Gardner-Webb in tiebreaker in his second-round match. Team Standings 1. Penn State 27.5 2. Ohio State 24 2. Oklahoma State 24 4. Nebraska 20 5. Iowa 17.5 5. Missouri 17.5 5. Virginia Tech 17.5 8. Michigan 15 9. NC State 13 9. Oklahoma 13 11. Illinois 12 11. Iowa State 12 13. Cornell 11 14. Lehigh 10.5 15. Rutgers 10 16. Bucknell 9 17. Kent State 8.5 18. Ohio 8 19. Arizona State 7.5 19. Bakersfield 7.5 19. Oregon State 7.5 19. Stanford 7.5 23. Appalachian State 6.5 23. Old Dominion 6.5 23. Princeton 6.5 23. Rider 6.5 23. South Dakota State 6.5 Quarterfinal Matchups 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. No. 9 Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa) No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) vs. No. 5 Ryan Millhof (Oklahoma) No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) vs. Conor Youtsey (Michigan) No. 10 Connor Schram (Stanford) vs. No. 15 David Terao (American) 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) vs. No. 8 Earl Hall (Iowa State) No. 4 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) vs. No. 5 Jordan Conaway (Penn State) No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois) vs. No. 6 George DiCamillo (Virginia) No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) vs. No. 7 Eric Montoya (Nebraska) 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 8 Joey Ward (North Carolina) No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) vs. No. 12 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) No. 6 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) vs. Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) vs. No. 7 Solomon Chishko (Virginia Tech) 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) vs. No. 9 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) No. 4 Matt Cimato (Drexel) vs. No. 5 Alex Pantaleo (Michigan) No. 3 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) vs. No. 11 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State) No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) vs. No. 7 Jake Sueflohn (Nebraska) 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. No. 8 Nick Brascetta (Virginia Tech) No. 4 Ian Miller (Kent State) vs. No. 12 Brian Murphy (Michigan) No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) vs. No. 6 Joe Smith (Oklahoma State) No. 7 Cody Pack (South Dakota State) vs. No. 15 Chad Walsh (Rider) 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 9 Tanner Weatherman (Iowa State) No. 4 Daniel Lewis (Missouri) vs. No. 12 Connor Brennan (Rider) No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) vs. No. 6 Steven Rodrigues (Illinois) No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) vs. No. 10 Austin Wilson (Nebraska) 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) vs. No. 9 Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State) No. 12 Nate Jackson (Indiana) vs. Jadaen Bernstein (Navy) No. 11 Myles Martin (Ohio State) vs. Matt Reed (Oklahoma) No. 7 Cody Walters (Ohio) vs. Lelund Weatherspoon (Iowa State) 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. No. 8 Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State) No. 5 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 13 Pete Renda (NC State) No. 11 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) vs. No. 14 Willie Miklus (Missouri) No. 2 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) vs. No. 7 T.J. Dudley (Nebraska) 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) No. 4 Nathan Burak (Iowa) vs. No. 5 Conner Hartmann (Duke) No. 3 Brett Pfarr (Minnesota) vs. Pat Downey (Iowa State) No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) vs. No. 7 Brett Harner (Princeton) 285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) vs. No. 8 Max Wessell (Lehigh) No. 4 Austin Marsden (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 5 Adam Coon (Michigan) No. 3 Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) vs. Brooks Black (Illinois) No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) vs. No. 7 Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State)

NEW YORK -- The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships kicked off for the first time ever at historic Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday. The field consists of 329 wrestlers representing 72 different schools. Oklahoma's Matt Reed upset Missouri's Blaise Butler at 174 (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)The opening session saw 29 seeded wrestlers drop their first-round matches. The 174-pound weight class had the most surprising results at the top with three of the top four seeds losing in the first round: No. 2 Brian Realbuto of Cornell, No. 3 Blaise Butler of Missouri and No. 4 Ethan Ramos of North Carolina. The heavyweight class saw the most seeded wrestlers lose with six. Other highly seeded wrestlers to lose in the opening session included No. 3 Vic Avery of Edinboro, No. 5 Matt Manley of Missouri at 141 pounds, No. 6 Eddie Klimara of Oklahoma State at 125 pounds and No. 8 Evan Henderson of North Carolina at 149 pounds. Ohio State leads the team race by a half point over top-ranked Penn State. Nebraska sits in third place, followed by Iowa in fourth. Michigan, Missouri and Oklahoma State are tied for fifth place. Session I attendance was 17,761. Tonight's second session is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET. Here's a look at some of the notable results from Session I: 125: Oklahoma State took a hit with No. 6 Eddie Klimara falling to unseeded Conor Youtsey of Michigan 7-6 in a battle of returning All-Americans. It marks the second straight year that Youtsey defeated Klimara at the NCAAs. Other seeded wrestlers to lose in the first round were No. 11 Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State and No. 12 Paul Petrov of Bucknell. Bresser was edged 6-5 by Cornell's Dalton Macri, while Petrov lost 9-8 to EWL champion Sean Russell of Edinboro. 133: This weight class played out according to the seeds, with the exception of the No. 16 seed Anthony Giraldo of Rutgers getting pinned by unseeded Nathan Kraisser of Campbell. (Note: Kraisser is ranked No. 16 by InterMat, while Giraldo is No. 20.) 141: Penn State's Jimmy Gulibon, who entered unseeded, dominated No. 5 Matt Manley of Missouri, earning a 17-2 technical fall. Two other seeded wrestlers dropped first-round matches in this weight class, No. 10 Todd Preston of Harvard and No. 13 Steve Bleise of Northern Illinois. Preston was edged 4-2 by Army West Point's Logan Everett. Bleise dropped a 6-3 match to South Dakota State's Seth Gross. No. 2 Joey McKenna of Stanford survived a scare in the opening round, beating Central Michigan's Zac Horan 2-1 in sudden victory. Horan was originally awarded the go-ahead takedown in the closing seconds of regulation, but it was reviewed and overturned. 149: The highest seed to lose in the opening round at 149 pounds was No. 8 Evan Henderson of North Carolina, a two-time All-American, who was defeated by returning All-American B.J. Clagon of Rider 3-1. Also losing was No. 15 Dan Neff of Lock Haven, a returning All-American and EWL champion, who was pinned by Bucknell's Victor Lopez. It marked Neff's first loss this season at 149 pounds. 157: Two Division I head coaches' sons met in the first round as Oklahoma State's Joe Smith, son of Cowboy coach John Smith, battled unseeded Jake Ryan of Ohio State, son of Buckeye coach Tom Ryan. Ryan led for much of the match before Smith mounted a rally and eventually sent the match to sudden victory. Smith then took the match in sudden victory 11-9 with a takedown. The seeded wrestlers to lose in this weight class were No. 11 Lucas Smith of Central Michigan and No. 14 Austin Matthews of Edinboro. Smith lost to Northern Iowa's Bryce Steiert 4-1, while Matthews fell to Penn's May Bethea 8-7. 165: Geno Morelli became Penn State's second unseeded wrestler to knock off a seeded wrestler by defeating No. 11 John Staudenmayer of North Carolina 5-3. Staudenmayer was the lone seeded wrestler to lose at 165 pounds in the opening round. 174: This weight class was turned upside down early as five seeds fell in the opening round, including three of the top four. Cornell's Brian Realbuto, an NCAA runner-up last season, lost 7-4 to Big 12 champion Lelund Weatherspoon of Iowa State 7-4. Missouri's Blaise Butler, seeded No. 3, was handled 16-9 by Oklahoma's Matt Reed. Fourth-seeded Ethan Ramos of North Carolina was upended 13-8 by Navy's Jadaen Bernstein. Other seeded wrestlers to lose first-round matches in this weight class were returning All-American Zach Epperly, seeded No. 8, and Iowa's Alex Meyer, seeded No. 13. 184: The surprise in this weight class was returning All-American Vic Avery of Edinboro, seeded third, dropping his first match to Buffalo's Joe Ariola, who entered the tournament with a losing record (13-15). The only other seeds to lose in this weight class were Nicholas Gravina (Rutgers) and No. 16 Matt McCutcheon (Penn State). Gravina lost to MAC champion Jordan Ellingwood of Central Michigan 9-3, while McCutcheon was edged 4-3 by Bucknell's Tom Sleigh. 197: None of the top eight seeds fell in the opening round, but the No. 9, No. 11 and No. 15 seeds lost. No. 9 Reuben Franklin of CSU Bakersfield lost 8-5 to Shawn Scott of Northern Illinois. No. 11 Phil Wellington fell to Iowa State's Pat Downey 5-3 in sudden victory. Chattanooga's Scott Boykin topped No. 15 Nate Rotert of South Dakota State 5-3. 285:The highest seeded heavyweight to lose in the first round was No. 6 Denzel Dejournette of Appalachian State, who was defeated 7-2 by Brooks Black of Illinois. Other seeded heavyweights to lose in the first round included No. 10 Joe Stolfi (Bucknell), No. 11 Sam Stoll (Iowa), No. 12 Billy Smith (Rutgers), No. 13 Jared Johnson (Chattanooga) and No. 14 Blaize Cabell (Northern Iowa).

In its nearly century-and-a-half history, Madison Square Garden has welcomed boxing and basketball, presidents and a pope, religious revivals, rock concerts and circuses ... and plenty of professional wrestling events. However, for the first time, the iconic midtown Manhattan facility known as "the world's most famous arena" will be hosting an NCAA wrestling championship. The 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will take place at The Garden Thursday, March 17 through Saturday, March 19 ... welcoming 330 top collegiate wrestlers and their coaches, along with thousands of fans, and (hopefully) plenty of press coverage in what has been declared the media capital of the world, New York City. It is the first time that an NCAA championship in any sport will be held at Madison Square Garden in more than sixty years. The last: the 1950 NCAA Basketball Final Four. InterMat thought it would be fun to take a look at Madison Square Garden and its storied history. 142 years, four facilities, one name The Madison Square Garden that will host the 2016 NCAAs is the fourth facility to bear that name in New York City. The first was built in 1874 by none other than P.T. Barnum of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Located appropriately enough on Madison Avenue and 26th Street, the first Garden was a roofless structure with 28-foot high walls that hosted various outdoor events. The facility was originally called "Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome"; it acquired the name Madison Square Garden in 1879 when multimillionaire George Vanderbilt purchased the facility. It was torn down in 1889. The second-generation Madison Square Garden was constructed on the site of the original structure in 1890 at a cost of $1.5 million. It included an 8,000-seat arena, 1,500-seat concert hall, 1,200-seat theater, and the world's largest indoor swimming pool. It hosted countless sports events -- including tons of boxing and wrestling -- along with the 1924 Democratic National Convention. It closed in May 1925. The third Madison Square Garden was located at 49th Street and Eighth Avenue. Built at a cost of $5.6 million in 1925, its arena could seat 18,000 fans for just about every sporting event imaginable, along with an annual visit from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. MSG Three closed with the Westminster Dog Show in February 1968. The Worldwide Plaza office tower now occupies this spot. Today's Madison Square Garden -- Generation Four -- is located in the block between 31st and 33rd Streets, and Seventh and Eighth Avenues. It was built atop the Pennsylvania Station, a major commuter and intercity rail facility. The arena opened February 1968 with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby headlining "The Night of the Century" tribute to the USO; the New York Rangers held their first hockey game in the facility a few days later. At the heart of the facility: an arean with a seating capacity of 19,000-20,000, depending on type of event. In 2013, a massive three-year renovation of Madison Square Garden was completed. New features include a larger entrance with interactive kiosks, retail, climate controlled space, and broadcast studio ... larger concourses ... new lighting and LED video systems with HDTV ... new seating ... two new pedestrian walkways suspended from the ceiling to allow fans to look directly down onto the games being played below ... new dining options ... and improved dressing rooms, locker rooms, green rooms, upgraded roof, and production offices. It was in 2013 that the NCAA announced that the newly-upgraded Madison Square Garden would host its 2016 Division I Wrestling Championships. In a 2013 audio interview conducted by Takedown Wrestling's Scott Casber, wrestling journalist Jason Bryant cited MSG's ability to accommodate eight mats, excellent video and sound systems, and accessibility via public transit as positives for the venue hosting the event. (Sponsoring school for the 2016 NCAAs at Madison Square Garden will be Hofstra University.) Pro rasslin' to amateur wrestling Say "Madison Square Garden" and "wrestling" in the same sentence, and most folks will immediately think of guys in trunks (or flamboyant costumes) body-slamming each other in a roped-off ring. That's only natural, as the Garden has hosted professional wrestling events in all four facilities of that name, starting with late 1800s strongman/wrestler William "the Solid Man" Muldoon at the first Madison Square Garden, and including all-time pro wrestling greats such as Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Jim Londos, Gorgeous George, Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales and Hulk Hogan ... as well as collegiate champs-turned-pro stars Bob Backlund (North Dakota State), Tim Woods (Tim Woodin, Michigan State), Jack Brisco (Oklahoma State), and Verne Gagne and Brock Lesnar (University of Minnesota), among others. Wrestling fans curious to see what pro wrestling was like at Madison Square Garden nearly a century ago can watch old newsreel footage online of a January 1920 World Heavyweight Championship at the second-generation Garden between two Midwestern farm boys and World War I heroes -- Earl Caddock of Iowa, a protégé of the legendary Frank Gotch, and Nebraska native Joe Stecher. The film is highly edited -- about 25 minutes in length, for a match that took over two hours -- and not in the best condition. While pro wrestling historians argue as to whether Caddock-Stecher what they would call a "work" (with a predetermined outcome, as with today's WWE matches) or an honest wrestling match, a number of amateur wrestlers and historians who have viewed the film have noted that it more resembles a typical amateur wrestling match, completely lacking the theatrics and showbiz elements that most of us think of with pro wrestling today. (The Caddock-Stecher film had long believed to have been the oldest surviving footage of a wrestling match; more recently, a 1913 film featuring European wrestlers Gustav Fristensky vs. Josef Smejkal has surfaced and posted online.) By contrast to the more than a century of pro wrestling at Madison Square Garden, amateur wrestling does not have the same long, colorful history at the arena ... but that has changed in the new millennium. The Garden was slated to host the 2001 World Wrestling Championships in late September that year ... but the terror attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 forced that event to be relocated to other countries. However, two years later, Madison Square Garden played host to the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, welcoming participants and fans from all over the world. In December 2012, Madison Square Garden welcomed college wrestlers and their fans by hosting its first Grapple at the Garden event. Just over 9,000 fans witnessed this inaugural event that brought together fourteen college programs in a two-session, dual-meet format, including (then) top-ten ranked Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Iowa, Missouri and Cornell University. The following year, Grapple at the Garden 2 expanded its format to incorporate a 16-team dual meet event ... and added two individual matches, one featuring former Penn State teammates, Bubba Jenkins taking on Frank Molinaro which had a tense weigh-in ceremony and pre- and post-match trash-talk that seemed like something out of a prizefight or big-time MMA event. Grapple at the Garden 3 built on the college dual-meet tournament format of past Grapple events, with more elements which grabbed media and fan attention, including a wrestling dual meet featuring wrestlers and mixed martial arts fighters organized into Team Joe Warren vs. Team Renzo Gracie (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend and MMA champ). If that weren't enough, Grapple 3 showcased two bouts for the newly formed Global Wrestling Championships' professional wrestling venture, one a freestyle match where Tervel Dlagnev (two-time NCAA Division II heavyweight champ for Nebraska-Kearney) defeated Olympic champion and five-time World champion Khadjimurad Gatsalov of Russia ... the other, a Greco-Roman bout where Kyle Dake, a four-time NCAA champ for Cornell who is now competing in freestyle, stepped out of his comfort zone to wrestle 2014 Greco World champion Arsen Julfalakyan of Armenia. Last November, Madison Square Garden hosted its fourth Grapple at the Garden event, which has now become an early-season staple on a number of college wrestling programs' schedules. The 2015 edition welcomed 22 colleges and universities representing all levels of competition, including NCAA Division I, II and III programs as well as a trio of school-affiliated wrestling clubs. All these amateur wrestling events could be considered something of a dress rehearsal for hosting the 2016 NCAAs. Beyond wrestling Wrestling -- on the mat, or in a ring -- isn't the only game in town for Madison Square Garden over its long and illustrious history. The Garden is the home of the New York Knicks of the NBA (National Basketball Association), and the New York Liberty of the (WNBA) Women's National Basketball Association, as well as home ice for the NHL (National Hockey League) New York Rangers. In addition, Madison Square Garden is also host to selected home games for the St. John men's college basketball, as well as the Big East Men's Basketball Conference Tournament and the finals of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Madison Square Garden is also the venue for the Millrose Games track and field event, major tennis events, and the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough Series event. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show has been held at the Garden for decades. As for musical entertainment ... the current Madison Square Garden has been the site for some truly memorable concerts, including George Harrison's Concern for Bangladesh, the Concert for New York City following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, John Lennon's final concert appearance (at an Elton John concert on Thanksgiving Night, 1974) before his murder in 1980, and Elvis Presley, who gave four sold-out performances in 1972, his first and last ever in New York City. In addition, the Garden hosted the Grammy Awards in 1972, 1997 and 2003, as well as the Latin Grammy Awards in 2006. The 2005 Country Music Association Awards -- normally held in Nashville -- were held at Madison Square Garden. It's not all entertainment at Madison Square Garden. The New York Police Academy, Baruch College/CUNY, and Yeshiva University all hold their annual graduation ceremonies at the midtown arena. In addition, the iconic facility has welcomed a number of Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The third-generation Garden was the venue where Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. On a more spiritual note, Madison Square Garden hosted a Pope John Paul II youth event in 1979, and a nearly two-week Billy Graham revival in 1957. Now Madison Square Garden can add "2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships" to its impressive resume of hosted events. Thanks to Dylan Wanagiel and Larry Torres of Madison Square Garden for providing much of the information in this article. For more info about the facility and upcoming events -- including a WWE event less than a week after the NCAA championships -- visit TheGarden.com.

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Two months after Eastern Oregon University announced it was bringing back its long-dormant men's wrestling program and establishing a women's program for the first time, Dustyn Azure has been hired as head coach of both wrestling programs, the school revealed Tuesday . It's the first head coaching job for Azure, who has served as assistant wrestling coach as well as head strength and conditioning coach at Montana State University-Northern for the past four years. The MSU-Northern Lights recently placed second in the team standings at the 2016 NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Wrestling National Championships in Topeka, Kan. Prior to coming to MSU-Northern, Azure was the head wrestling coach for Ronan School District No. 30 in Ronan, Mont. At the prep level, Azure produced five state champions and one academic All-American. Four of the state champions Azure coached went on to become All-Americans at the collegiate level. "I am excited to announce that Dustyn Azure will be talking the helm of the EOU men's and women's wrestling programs," said Director of Athletics Anji Weissenfluh. "Dustyn is a proven winner who comes from a long history of success both as a student-athlete and a coach. I am anxious for him to bring that level of success to Eastern. Dustyn's background in strength and conditioning will be an asset to not only his program, but to the entire department." "I am excited to start bringing wrestlers onto campus in order to give them a chance to receive a great education, do what they love, and start the hunt for individual and team championships," said Azure. "I feel EOU is in a prime location with amazing wrestling talent surrounding it. I am ready to put top-level student-athletes into place who are willing to become champions in the classroom, on the mat, and in the community." With men's and women's wrestling, Eastern Oregon will now have 12 full-fledged athletic programs competing in the NAIA. Founded in 1929, Eastern Oregon University opened as Eastern Oregon Normal School, a teachers college. The four-year school has approximately 1,650 students at its La Grande campus, located between Portland, Ore. and Boise, Idaho off I-84.

Blaize Cabell, senior heavyweight at the University of Northern Iowa, will not be competing at the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships because of an undisclosed illness, the school announced Wednesday afternoon. Blaize CabellCabell, the No. 14 ranked wrestler at 285 pounds, did not make the trip to New York City with his coaches and teammates. It would have been his third appearance at the NCAAs, having qualified for this year's championships at Madison Square Garden by winning the heavyweight title at the Mid-American Conference championships two weeks ago. "It's painful," Panthers head coach Doug Schwab said. "If you deal with it and have a fighting chance at nationals, it makes you feel a little better. You work you whole life for this opportunity." "There will be more opportunities for him, but those are hard to see right now," Schwab said. "There's nothing you can do, and you don't have control." "What's also really hard is that you wish you could be with him," Schwab continued. "You hurt right along with him, but the decision is made. You have to keep perspective. There are things that are worse. It's hard to see that right now though." "I want people to remember how he competed and what he did for this program. He made it fun at heavyweight. I am so proud of him and how he has grown, not just as a wrestler, but as a man. We want to keep him competing and around the program." A product of Independence, Iowa, Cabell had compiled an overall record of 20-3 this season, and was undefeated in dual meets in the MAC. Cabell completes his career in a UNI singlet with a 82-39 record. Although Cabell was unable to make the trip, four other Panthers will be competing at the 2016 NCAAs: Dylan Peters at 125 pounds, Josh Alber at 133, Bryce Steiert at 157, and Cooper Moore at 165.

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The InterMat staff writers have broken down the brackets for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in New York, and made their predictions. T.R. Foley 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) over No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) Nato found his way past Nico in a hard-fought match this February. Not much has seemed to change since then. More importantly Nato seems to know the way to reduce the success rate of Nico's scramble-to-scoring ratio. 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) over No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois) Undefeated and largely unchallenged, Garrett is about as sure a bet as you get in 2016. On his feet he is better than 99 percent of college wrestling, but his real skill comes in maintaining an active ride and accruing quick and dirty back points. 141: No. 3 Kevin Jack (NC State) over No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) While Dean Heil earned the top seed, Kevin Jack has the right skill set to make it comfortably through the bottom side of the 141 bracket. His ability to stay active on top and the frustration of his unique style should be enough to get him past Heil in the rematch. 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) over No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) Retherford hasn't been stopped this season and though he faces a tough matchup in Sorensen, there is no reason to think Retherford's intensity will be outdone -- even by the Hawkeye. 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) over No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) Martinez took a bad loss to Nolf during the dual meet season, but was able to hold on and find the slimmest of victories at Big Tens. With that confidence and the bump in energy from a (much) early weigh-in, I think Martinez has the edge. 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) over No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) Dieringer has dominated for two years in a row and he's won everything he's laid eyes on this season. There is nothing to imply anything has changed. The Cowboy wrestler will go down as one of the best, and likely least-heralded three-time NCAA champion in history. 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) over No. 2 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) Nickal is wrestling as well as any of the top seeds in the country. The Texas native not only is winning, but wrestling a more aggressive style each week. Save the over-aggressive mistake against Indiana earlier in the season, Nickal has been nails. Realbuto is my emotional choice, having decided to not cut weight this season. 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) over No. 2 Sammy Brooks (Iowa) I want to see ZZ earn the title in his first season, and if he were facing someone less experienced I'd take the odds, but Dean is just too strong this season. Their semifinal match should be a showstopper, though! 197: No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) over No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) Cox looks to repeat after earning his first title as a freshman in 2014. That'll be difficult against a game McIntosh, but the Mizzou wrestler's creative defense and high-and-hard finishes will be the difference. 285: No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) over No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) Not only will Nick win the title, but in beating Snyder he'll be besting a possible 2016 Olympic teammate. Top Five Teams: 1. Penn State 2. NC State 3. Iowa 4. Virginia Tech 5. Oklahoma State Andrew Hipps 125: No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) over No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) If Nico doesn't finish on top in NYC he will go down as one of the best to never win a title. He has two NCAA runner-up finishes and an NCAA third-place finish. I think he gets it done this season. I look for him to avenge his loss to Dance in the semifinals on Friday night, and then beat Tomasello on Saturday night. The top four seeds (Tomasello, Dance, Megaludis, Gilman) are very evenly matched and all are capable of finishing on top. I just think it's Nico's time. 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) over No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) Garrett, like Megaludis, is looking to becoming a four-time All-American and cap his collegiate wrestling career with an NCAA title. The Cornell wrestler has jumped levels this season and enters the tournament undefeated and the clear favorite. Garrett hasn't had too many competitive matches this season, and already owns a 14-9 victory over returning NCAA champ Cody Brewer of Oklahoma, who he will likely see in the semifinals. I like Clark coming out of the bottom side, beating fellow Big Ten wrestlers in the quarterfinals and semifinals. 141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) over No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) Don't expect the freshman McKenna to be intimidated by the big stage and big crowd at Madison Square Garden. He has wrestled in major events and tough environments throughout his young career. McKenna's only blemishes this season have come against No. 1 Dean Heil of Oklahoma State. I like Ashnault to come out of the top side and give Rutgers coach Scott Goodale his first NCAA finalist. McKenna beats Ashnault on Saturday night in a battle of New Jersey natives. 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) over No. 6 Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) Retherford has been the most dominant wrestler in the NCAA this season. He is 29-0 with 12 pins, seven technical falls and six pins. He has put the only blemish on Brandon Sorensen's record this season, beating him in the Big Ten finals 4-0 in match that wasn't as competitive as the score indicates. Tsirtsis has had a disappointing season, losing seven times. Call it a hunch, but I see Tsirtsis putting it together at the right time, beating Sorensen in the semifinals to reach the finals against. Retherford then handles Tsrirtsis in the finals to claim his first NCAA title. 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) over No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) Martinez and Nolf will be on a collision course to meet in the finals in a rubber match on Saturday night. Both should cruse through their competition on Friday and Saturday. Imar made adjustments after the first loss, wrestling a more tactical match the second time around. It will be interesting to see what adjustments the wrestlers make in their third meeting. Martinez has been on the big stage before, which should give him a slight advantage in the finals. I like Imar to make it two titles in two seasons. 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) over No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) Dieringer is the arguably the nation's top pound-for-pound wrestler and will be looking for his third straight NCAA title. He takes a 77-match streak and perfect 28-0 season record to the Big Apple. His finals opponent will likely be either Isaac Jordan or Bo Jordan. It seems as though it's a big brother syndrome (cousins, I know) with Isaac and Bo, with the Badger junior winning all three of their meetings over the past two seasons. I'll take Dieringer to claim his third straight title and finish his career on an 82-match win streak. 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) over No. 6 Bryce Hammond (CSU Bakersfield) The freshman Nickal has been a breath of fresh air in college wrestling … A wrestler who is not afraid to take risks, can score with big moves and scramble. He started the season ranked No. 14, beat returning All-American Zach Epperly of Virginia Tech in his second match and has never looked back. At the Big Tens he scored bonus points in all three of his matches, and put up nearly 20 points in his finals match against Zac Brunson of Illinois. There are several wrestlers on the bottom side of the bracket who could reach the finals. I'm taking Bryce Hammond to come through as the No. 6 seed and face Nickal for the second time this season. Nickal pinned him early in the season. This time I see Nickal not pinning, but winning comfortably. 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) over No. 3 Vic Avery (Edinboro) The top half of the bracket has the nation's No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 wrestlers in the latest InterMat rankings. Dean is the most accomplished wrestler in the weight class, and I like him to repeat as champion, although his potential quarterfinal matchup against Oklahoma State's Nolan Boyd scares me. Boyd is the only wrestler to beat Dean this season, and did so just over a month ago. I'm picking Avery to come out of the bottom side. He missed over half the season with an injury, but since returning he has been impressive, going 13-1, which includes a victory over Arizona State's Blake Stauffer. 197: No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) over No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) Cox and McIntosh have separated themselves from the competition in this weight class. Cox leads the all-time series between the two wrestlers, but McIntosh won the most recent meeting. This is a tossup match. I'm taking Cox to win his second title, while McIntosh finishes his career as a four-time All-American. 285: No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) over No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) Two-time NCAA champion Gwiazdowski vs. World champion Snyder is the most-anticipated match of the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Snyder is coming off a Big Ten title over Michigan's Adam Coon, but enters the tournament with just six matches under his belt at heavyweight. Gwiazdowski brings an NCAA-best 84-match winning streak to Madison Square Garden. Flip a coin … I'm picking Snyder over Gwiazdowski (maybe against my better judgment). Top Five Teams: 1. Penn State 2. Oklahoma State 3. Iowa 4. Virginia Tech 5. Cornell Josh Lowe 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) over No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) Tomasello is the defending champion in this weight class, having won the title last year as a redshirt freshman. He is on a 41 match winning streak entering the NCAA tournament, and is likely to face the last opponent to beat him in the national semifinal; Thomas Gilman (Iowa) beat him in an early January dual meet, but Tomasello avenged that loss in the Big Ten tournament. In the other half-bracket, look for Megaludis to avenge his early season loss to Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) in the semifinal, and advance to his third national final. Tomasello has two wins over Megaludis this season, and should make it three on Saturday night. 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) over No. 2 Cory Clark (Iowa) In what is basically a four-person weight class, the two most talented wrestlers happen to be in the top half of the bracket. Three-time All-American Garrett is the favorite, and has beaten defending champion Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) already this season; Garrett did so 14-9 in December, and should replicate that in the semifinal. From the lower half-bracket, look for returning runner-up Clark to replicate his Big Ten finals victory over Zane Richards (Illinois) in the semifinal, for what is a rubber match of this season. Garrett then gets his elusive title on Saturday night. 141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) over No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) This is an extremely wide open weight class with no returning top three finisher in the bracket. Heil is the highest returning placer, fourth, and has had the best overall season. However, the road to the final will not be easy; it most likely involves a quarterfinal against Joey Ward (North Carolina), the one opponent to beat him this season, and then a semifinal against Big Ten champion Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers). From the lower half-bracket, the pick is McKenna, who arguably is the most talented wrestler in the weight class, but has lost twice to Heil this season (his only two losses). 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) over No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) Retherford has been absolutely dominant this season, 25 wins by bonus point margins, just four by decision. He was fifth as a true freshman in 2013-14 losing to four-time national champion Logan Steiber in the semifinal and then in the consolation semifinal to three-time All-American Mitchell Port. Look for the absolute dominance to continue, and yield a first national title for the Nittany Lion star. From the lower half-bracket, returning All-American Sorensen is the best bet, as he won all matches this season up to the Big Ten final against Retherford; he lost that one by a very one-sided 4-0 decision. 157: Jason Nolf (Penn State) over Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) The most anticipated match of the Big Ten finals certainly did not disappoint, as Nolf took it to the returning national champion Martinez at every turn; however, Martinez was able to fend off each and every attack to muster a victory based on greater riding time in the tiebreaker periods. Remember that Nolf was dominant against Martinez one month ago in earning a pin during the dual meet, which is the only loss for Martinez in his two-year to-date career. The fact that Nolf has been the dominant wrestler in both bouts is enough for me to conclude he wins on Saturday night in the rubber match of the season. Respective semifinals should be but nominal challenges for each: Nolf against undefeated Thomas Gantt (North Carolina State), the second seed; and Martinez against two-time All-American Ian Miller (Kent State). 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) over No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) The superlative ability of Dieringer has been lost in the midst of the Kyle Dake, David Taylor, and Logan Stieber types in college wrestling the last few years. He is a two-time national champion and three-time All-American. Should Dieringer win on Saturday night, he would end his career with a 133-4 record. On the season, Dieringer has 28 wins so far, only four not via bonus points. A possible challenge would be a semifinal against Daniel Lewis (Missouri), whom he only beat 4-3 mid-season. From the lower bracket, look for the undefeated Isaac Jordan to clear, beating cousin Bo Jordan (Ohio State) in the semifinal; Isaac has beaten Bo three times against no defeats the last two seasons. 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) over No. 6 Blaise Butler (Missouri) Outside of one bizarre match in early January, the redshirt freshman Nickal has dominated all comers. Look for that pattern to continue, as he grows into being a lynchpin of the absolutely dominant Penn State squad. The path won't be easy, as both the quarterfinal and semifinal matches could be against returning All-Americans; Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech) in the quarter and Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) in the semi, though Big Ten runner-up Zach Brunson (Illinois) could knock off Ramos in the quarterfinal round. Last year's national runner-up at 157 pounds Brian Realbuto (Cornell) is the highest seed in the bottom half-bracket; in what is a total crap shoot, my pick to face Nickal in the final is the senior Butler. 184: No. 4 Domenic Abounader (Michigan) over No. 3 Vic Avery (Edinboro) Though Gabe Dean (Cornell) is the defending champion and the odds on favorite in this weight class, there is something about his path that makes me uneasy. It starts with a potential opening match against 2014 All-American Jack Dechow (Old Dominion), and continues with a quarterfinal against Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), who has a victory over Dean this season. Though Abounader has not earned All-American honors yet in his career, he has shown the potential to be in the title hunt. Going by the InterMat rankings, the top four kids are in the top half, with the next four in the lower half; returning All-American Avery is my pick to clear that group. 197: No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) over No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) Outside of an illegal slam disqualification, the top two wrestlers in this weight have extremely separated from this field in not losing a match this season. Though McIntosh beat Cox 3-1 last year in the consolation semifinals, my pick is for Cox to win a second national title in three seasons in this weight class. The potential for McIntosh to face Conner Hartmann (Duke), who beat him in last year's quarterfinal, in the national semifinal is something interesting to note; however, McIntosh's form and talent should prevail. In terms of Cox, if he's not a finalist, I'm shocked. 285: No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) over No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina State) In transitioning to heavyweight from 197, the primary concern for Snyder was how he would deal with bigger body mass opposition that was also athletic. The match against Adam Coon (Michigan) in the Big Ten final demonstrated that it was a non-issue. From a path standpoint, the potential quarter with Amarveer Dhesi (Oregon State) is interesting because both have strong Olympic styles resumes; while Snyder's likely semifinal with Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) should be a very similar match to his against Coon. Looking at Gwiazdowski, picking against a two-time national champion that is on an 84 match win streak could lead me to being put into an asylum. His record these last three seasons is 106-2. A Gwiazdowski vs. Coon semifinal would be a rematch of last year's national final. Top Five Teams: 1. Penn State 2. Oklahoma State 3. Iowa 4. Ohio State 5. Cornell Penn State wins its fifth title in six seasons and continues their assault on college wrestling. One that is going away no time soon with three projected national champions all returning to State College next year plus the injection of a No. 1 recruiting class this spring/fall. Tom Franck 125: No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) over No. 2 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) Tomasello really turned the corner in the post season last year and avenged losses on his way to his NCAA title as a freshman. This year, he has been more consistent and shown remarkable maturity in going undefeated and winning a second Big Ten title against a talented field. 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) over No. 3 Zane Richards (Illinois) Garrett took over the No. 1 ranking in December when he dominated standing NCAA champ Cody Brewer of Oklahoma 14-9 at the Cliff Keen tournament in Las Vegas … and has carried that momentum into March. 141: No. 3 Kevin Jack (NC State) over No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) Heil might be the best strategist of any wrestler competing this weekend, being supremely prepared for all of his opponents and being able to execute smart game plans. However, the competition has gotten their matches in against Heil and could make victory-deciding adjustments of their own. Kevin Jack had a Cinderella run last year to All-American status and might go all the way this year. 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) over No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) Somebody's 0 had to go in the Big Ten finals as undefeated Retherford and undefeated Sorensen squared off in the final. Retherford looked sharp in a 4-0 win and should do the same this weekend. 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) over No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) Martinez and Nolf have ruined each other's chances to go undefeated throughout college and have only lost to each other. Nolf dominated and then pinned Martinez in the dual meet when Martinez did not look like himself. After struggling in the opening rounds of the Big Ten tournament, Martinez turned the result around winning in the final tiebreaker against Nolf. The potential rubber match will certainly have a lot riding on it as only the winner will have a shot at joining becoming only the fifth wrestler to win four NCAA titles. 165 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) over No. 3 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) Dieringer has been stellar throughout his college career. The Cowboy will be a heavy favorite to win his third NCAA title. 174: No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) over No. 3 Blaise Butler (Missouri) One would think that the wide-open style of Nickal would lead him to get into trouble in his first season of Division 1 college wrestling, but Nickal has been composed even when giving up early points and has dominated his opponents throughout the season. Look for Nickal to be very prepared for the event and put up a lot of bonus points throughout the three days of wrestling. 184: Gabe Dean (Cornell) over No. 3 Vic Avery (Edinboro) Standing NCAA champ Dean won a tight 4-3 match on the second tiebreaker against Avery in the semifinals last year. Avery came back to take third, but with the two on opposite sides of the bracket this year, should meet in the final. 197: No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) over No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) The two haven't met this year, but McIntosh defeated the 2014 NCAA champ 3-1 in the consolation semifinals last year. Both have been stellar throughout the 2015-16 season. Will McIntosh finally get his NCAA title as a senior? Or will Cox get back to the top of the podium? 285: No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) over Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) It is surprising that Martinez-Nolf III isn't the most anticipated potential finals match in the tournament, but this is the bout everyone has been talking about. Initially, it was announced that World champion Kyle Snyder would be taking an Olympic redshirt year, but that changed mid-season and he came back to wrestle a limited season for the Ohio State Buckeyes to try and help them defend their title from last year. Competing in both collegiate and international events over the past few months, Snyder has looked amazing. In the way of the talented sophomore stands two-time NCAA champ Gwiazdowski, an equally athletic heavyweight who is 29-0. Snyder has shown amazing leg attacks since his return, the question is will he be able to finish on the likes of Gwiazdowski. At the beginning of the 2015-16 NCAA Division I wrestling season it appeared that there would be an interesting battle in the team race at the national tournament. As the event finally approaches this weekend, that continues to be true … but for second place. Cael Sanderson's Nittany Lions have distanced themselves from the field in a surprising fashion. While it was known that two key members, 125-pounder Nico Megaludis and 149-pounder Zain Retherford would be coming off of redshirt seasons and rejoin the lineup, it was impossible to foresee that Retherford would be as dominant all season long after moving up eight pounds to a very deep weight class. More difficult to predict would be that freshmen Jason Nolf at 157 pounds and Bo Nickal at 174 pounds would each rise up to each take over the No. 1 ranking. With three No. 1 seeds and two No. 3 seeds, Penn State will be very tough to beat at the Big Show. Steve Elwood 125: No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) over No. 1 Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) After two epic overtime defeats to Tomasello, I think Nico Megaludis gets the job done and finishes his career out with the national title. 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garrett (Cornell) over No. 3 Zane Ricahards (Illinois) This move up in weight has proven to be the right call for Garrett. He will have to get past the returning champion in the semifinals, but I like his chances. 141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) over No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) This is a wide open weight class and there are several good picks here. This is just a hunch. It's time for Blair Academy to produce another national champion. 149: No. 1 Zane Retherford (Penn State) over No. 3 Lavion Mayes (Missouri) The PSU star is my lock of the weekend. He should cruise to the top of the podium 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) over No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) There's a lot of talent in this weight class. These two young guys lead the pack but both can be beaten. I like Martinez in another overtime thriller full of scrambles and probably some crazy antics thrown in. 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) over Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) Nothing shows me these two guys shouldn't make the finals. How do you not pick the Oklahoma State stud to get his third title? AD all the way. 174: No. 2 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) over No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) Nickal and his teammate Nolf are the biggest surprises of the year. Although Nickal probably has the most talent, I'm going with the experience of Realbuto. 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) over No. 6 Blake Stauffer (Arizona State) I must be drinking the Red Kool-Aid. This makes three champions for this Ivy school. 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) over No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) It feels like MM is on a mission this year. I think it carries him all the way to Saturday night. 285 No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) over No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) After watching Snyder roll through the Big Tens, I think he's just too talented to not win. He's a gem to watch. He will have a tall order here. Top Five Teams: 1. Penn State 2. Oklahoma State 3. Cornell 4. Iowa 5. Virginia Tech Jim Beezer Herewith are the premier predictions for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. You're welcome. 125: No. 4 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) over No. 3 Nico Megaludis (Penn State) Gilman is fresh off his first loss of the season at the Big Ten tournament and you can bet he has a bad taste in his mouth. That fury will take him through the tournament, where I expect to see him knock off No. 1 seed Tamasello in the semifinals, and avenge his loss to Megaludis in the finals. 133: No. 1 Nahshon Garret (Cornell) over No. 2 Corey Clark (Iowa) With apologies to a few matches in November in which he was asleep, Garret hasn't had a close match all season. I expect to see that dominance to continue throughout the tournament, culminating in a win over Cory Clark in the finals. 141: No. 2 Joey McKenna (Stanford) over No. 4 Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) This weight class is wide open and could play out like any given poker hand. However, I like the relentless style of Ashnault and the balance of power and technique of McKenna. I see McKenna emerging as the champion in a match-up of former teammates at Eclipse Wrestling club in New Jersey. 149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) over No. 2 Brandon Sorensen (Iowa) Retherford beat Logan Stieber two years ago as a true freshman, and (following a redshirt season and up a weight class) has shown that victory was no joke. Sorensen has the moxie to beat serviceable opponents in Sueflohn and Mayes, but won't touch Retherford in the finals. 157: No. 1 Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) over No. 3 Jason Nolf (Penn State) Undeniable willpower led Martinez through an undefeated freshman season to an NCAA championship last March. A loss in January to Jason Nolf won't erode his confidence; if anything it will relieve some of the pressure that comes with chasing an undefeated career (see Dan Gable, Cael Sanderson, Marcus LeVesseur and Joey Davis for details). Martinez is locked-in once again and should bring home another title after winning another tight one against Nolf in the finals. 165: No. 1 Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) over No. 2 Isaac Jordan (Wisconsin) The winner of the "I get to wrestle Alex Dieringer in the finals" sweepstakes will come down to the better of the two Jordan cousins in Friday's semifinals. I like the Badger to make finals, but fall short against a dominating Dieringer in the finals. The Cowboy wins his third NCAA championship by at least six points. 174: No. 2 Brian Realbuto (Cornell) over No. 1 Bo Nickal (Penn State) Realbuto had one bad day at the Southern Scuffle. It happens. Blame it on an awesome New Year's Eve party. I can relate. He has found his old form and avenged one of those losses since. I've said it before: Kyle Dake and Jason Tsirtsis are the exception. Max Askren is the norm. Freshman nerves are hard to overcome. I'd be surprised if Nickal makes the finals, let alone wins it. Realbuto takes the title up two weight classes from last year. 184: No. 1 Gabe Dean (Cornell) over No. 3 Vic Avery (Edinboro) Dean will have his hands full in the quarters against Boyd of Oklahoma State, who represents his only loss of the season. Assuming he can survive that match, I see him taking out the winner of the weaker lower half of the bracket. 197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) over No. 2 J'den Cox (Missouri) This bracket could play out a number of ways, but any way you cut it, McIntosh and Cox seem to be the cream of the crop. I think it's McIntosh's turn to win as he has been battle tested all season. 285: No. 2 Kyle Snyder (Ohio State) over No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) I have a hard time believing that someone who beat Abusalam Gadisov of Russia could lose to someone in a college tournament. But then again, some would argue that freestyle and folkstyle are a different as football and soccer. Other factors include size and conditioning. In any case, this poses an interesting match-up: two very technical and athletic big men. I'll take the World champ Snyder to cover 1.5 points. Top Five Teams: 1. Penn State 2. Oklahoma State 3. Iowa 4. Cornell 5. Ohio State 5. Oklahoma State

Two-and-a-half years after the Hollywood movie "Foxcatcher" based on Mark Schultz's book about the murder of his brother Dave Schultz at the hands of multimillionaire wrestling supporter John du Pont, and six months after "The Prince of Pennsylvania" documentary was shown on ESPN, Dave's widow Nancy Schultz will finally have her opportunity to tell her story in the documentary "Team Foxcatcher" which will premiere next month. "Team Foxcatcher" will have its official debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 18 ... then will be available for viewing on Netflix starting April 29. Entertainment Weekly, in announcing the release of "Team Foxcatcher" on Tuesday, reported, "Told predominantly through the lens of David's wife, Nancy, director Jon Greenhalgh's film combines archival home videos and firsthand interviews to relive the events that led to murder. Du Pont had supported and developed a friendship with the Olympic medalist, but the relationship crumbled when the increasingly paranoid millionaire began to perceive David as 'his demon that was after him.'" A two-minute trailer for "Team Foxcatcher" is available for viewing. Hollywood entertainment website IndieWire.com wrote , "If you've only seen Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher,' you haven't seen it all. A new look at the world of John du Pont, his Team Foxcatcher wrestling outfit and wrestler Dave Schultz, the man that du Pont tragically murdered after attempting to mentor him for years, is getting a new look thanks to Jon Greenhalgh's massively unsettling and deeply researched documentary 'Team Foxcatcher.'" IndieWire.com went on to say, "'Team Foxcatcher' promises to demystify the story, complete with new interviews and never-before-seen footage." "I'm proud to be a part of this film that was six years in the making to honor the incredible legacy of David," said Nancy Schultz in a statement. "With his ties to the wrestling community, we felt Jon Greenhalgh was the perfect filmmaker to tell this story and pay homage to the kind of man and athlete David was." Jon Greenhalgh crafted the 2002 documentary "The Smashing Machine" on former wrestler-turned-MMA star Mark Kerr. What's more, he is also the son of Sonny Greenhalgh, who, for decades, was in charge of the wrestling program at the New York Athletic Club. Check out InterMat's September 2013 feature on Nancy Schultz's then-unnamed documentary project, based on interviews with Nancy as well as the film's executive producer Jeremy Bailer.