125: In a rematch of last year's NCAA quarterfinals, Jesse Delgado (Illinois) will continue his unseeded journey against fellow unseeded wrestler David Terao (American), who upset No. 9 Dylan Peters (Northern Iowa), 12-10. The winner will go on to face No. 1 Alan Waters (Missouri) in Friday morning's quarterfinals. If that's Delgado then the seeding committee needs to be lectured by the nun from the Blues Brothers.
Also look for an interesting matchup between No. 6 Thomas Gilman (Iowa) and No. 11 Jordan Conaway (Penn State). This is where the team title starts being decided, and for the individual winner they will probably face No. 3 Joey Dance (Virginia Tech) in the quarterfinals, who found a fall in his opening round match
133: Arguably the biggest match of the round, No. 13 Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) takes on No. 4 Johnni DiJulius (Ohio State) for the right to move forward and challenge Chirs Dardanes (Minnesota) in the semifinals.
141: Kevin Jack (North Carolina State) upset No. 5 Josh Dziewa (Iowa), 6-3 in the first round, which means he will face common opponent Joey Ward (North Carolina). Also keep an eye out for No. 6 Nick Dardanes (Minnesota) to have his hands full with No.11 Chris Mecate (Old Dominion) who can, and will scrap for all seven minutes.
149: Freshman B.J. Clagon (Rider) has battled Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) tough twice this season, losing 10-8 and 2-1 (TB). Clagon beat David Habat in the EWL conference tournament. Also watch for No. 3 David Habat (Edinboro) to take on No. 14 Cody Ruggirello (Hofstra), who is coming off a win over Hunter Stieber (Ohio State).
157: Ohio State needs all the help it can get and No. 6 Josh Demas (Ohio State) will be tapped for action when he faces off against No. 11 Brian Murphy (Michigan). The two have split two matches this season. A win would mean a matchup with No. 3 Dylan Ness (Minnesota) in the quarterfinals.
165: Though he's seeded No. 12, Dylan Palacio (Cornell) looked brilliant in his opening round match and will face the one-loss No. 5 Bo Jordan (Ohio State) in a match that could hold team title implications. Winner goes on to face No. 4 Nick Sulzer (Virginia).
174: The most interesting matchup should be with streaky No. 5 Blaise Butler (Virginia) and the ever-improving No. 12 Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma State). With Mizzou’s John Eblen knocked from the championship round and Tanner Weatherman *Iowa State) also batted down, the advancement on the lower side of the bracket could be made easier for the winner here.
184: Zeke Jones' hope for an NCAA title in his first year in Tempe, No. 3 Blake Stauffer (Arizona State) will have his hands full with No. 14 Matthew McCutcheon (PSU), who looked sharp with a first-round technical fall.
197: Though not a highly ranked matchup, the meeting of No. 15 Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) and No. 2 Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) should give fans some late-night fireworks. Studebaker is an aggressive Manning prodigy with the ability to score points. If McIntosh wants to make the finals he'll need a performance here.
285: No. 8 Jimmy Lawson (Penn State) put up good points in his opening round matchup and will now face an ever-game No. 9 Michael Kroells (Minnesota). Lawson owns a tight 3-1 victory in their only matchup. The winner will have top-seeded Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina State) and the chance to score a major upset.
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