InterMat Staff

Fremont

Hartland

Tampa Jesuit

DII Super Regional VI Final Results Team Scores 1. Nebraska-Kearney 143.5 2. Chadron State 109.5 3. Colorado Mesa 103.5 4. Western Colorado 90 5. Colorado School of Mines 87 6. San Francisco State 82 7. Adams State 76 8. CSU-Pueblo 30.5 9. Fort Hays State 23.5 10. Simon Fraser 16 11. New Mexico Highlands 10 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Zachary Ourada (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Isaiah Gamez (Adams State) 3-2TB 133 lbs - Quentrevion Campbell (Chadron State) maj Oran Huff (Colorado Mesa) 13-2 141 lbs - Nick James (Nebraska-Kearney) InjDef Ethan Leake (Chadron State) 149 lbs - Cody Thompson (Colorado School of Mines) tech Dean Noble (Western Colorado) 19-4 157 lbs - Ryan Wilson (Western Colorado) dec Cyruss Meeks (CSU-Pueblo) 5-4 165 lbs - Aaden Valdez (Adams State) dec Kyle Botelho (San Francisco State) 2-1 174 lbs - Cole Hernandez (Western Colorado) dec Trenton Munoz (Nebraska-Kearney) 7-5 184 lbs - Billy Higgins (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Cole Gray (Western Colorado) 7-4 197 lbs - Tereus Henry (Fort Hays State) dec Jackson Kinsella (Nebraska-Kearney) 4-1SV 285 lbs - Crew Howard (Nebraska-Kearney) dec Tyler Doyle (Colorado Mesa) 4-1 Third Place Results 125 lbs - Dayson Torgerson (Colorado Mesa) dec Quade Smith (Chadron State) 8-4 133 lbs - Patrick Allis (Western Colorado) dec Tony Margiotta (San Francisco State) 1-0 141 lbs - Angel Flores (Adams State) dec Johnny Lopez (San Francisco State) 6-5 149 lbs - John Burger (Nebraska-Kearney) InjDef Torry Early (Chadron State) 157 lbs - Basil Othman (San Francisco State) maj Jakob Smith (Colorado School of Mines) 8-0 165 lbs - Kaden Hart (Nebraska-Kearney) tech Logan Berger (Chadron State) 17-2 174 lbs - Gus Dalton (Colorado Mesa) dec Gage Mettler (San Francisco State) 9-2 184 lbs - Jason Bynarowicz (Colorado Mesa) fall Donn Greer (CSU-Pueblo) 2:51 197 lbs - Gabe Carranza (Colorado Mesa) dec Reese Jacobs (Chadron State) 11-4 285 lbs - Taniela Feliciano-Takafua (Simon Fraser) dec Laith Ibrahim (Colorado School of Mines) 11-9 NCAA Qualifiers Adams State: Isaiah Gamez (125), Angel Flores (141), Aaden Valdez (165) Chadron State: Quentrevion Campbell (133), Ethan Leake (141) Colorado Mesa: Dayson Torgerson (125), Oran Huff (133), Gus Dalton (174), Jason Bynarowicz (184), Gabe Carranza (197), Tyler Doyle (285) Colorado School of Mines: Cody Thompson (149) CSU-Pueblo: Cyruss Meeks (157) Fort Hays State: Tereus Henry (197) Nebraska-Kearney: Zachary Ourada (125), Nick James (141), John Burger (149), Kaden Hart (165), Trenton Munoz (174), Billy Higgins (184), Jackson Kinsella (197), Crew Howard (285) San Francisco State: Basil Othman (157), Kyle Botelho (165) Simon Fraser: Taniela Feliciano-Takafua (285) Western Colorado: Patrick Allis (133), Dean Noble (149), Ryan Wilson (157), Cole Hernandez (174), Cole Gray (184)

DII Super Regional V Final Results Team Scores 1. St. Cloud State 142 2. Wisconsin-Parkside 123 3. Augustana 117.5 4. Mary 101.5 5. Northern State 93 6. Upper Iowa 74 7. SW Minnesota State 39.5 8. Minnesota State 31.5 9. Minot State 31 10. Sioux Falls 14 11. Minnesota State Moorhead 3 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Shane Corrigan (Wisconsin-Parkside) dec Jaxson Rohman (Augustana) 9-6SV 133 lbs - Reece Barnhardt (Mary) MedFFT Beau Klingensmith (Sioux Falls) 141 lbs - Hunter Burnett (Augustana) fall Cayden Henschel (Wisconsin-Parkside) 3:15 149 lbs - Colby Njos (St. Cloud State) dec Cael Larson (Augustana) 5-0 157 lbs - Nick Novak (St. Cloud State) MedFFT Devin Bahr (Northern State) 165 lbs - Chase Luensman (Upper Iowa) dec Anthony Herrera (St. Cloud State) 4-2 174 lbs - Seth Brossard (Northern State) dec Brody Hemauer (Wisconsin-Parkside) 8-3 184 lbs - Reece Worachek (Wisconsin-Parkside) dec Cade Mueller (Augustana) 4-2 197 lbs - Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud State) dec Caden Steffen (SW Minnesota State) 8-2 285 lbs - Luke Tweeton (Mary) maj Lloyd Reynolds (Wisconsin-Parkside) 11-1 Third Place Results 125 lbs - Conor Knopick (St. Cloud State) dec Jaden Verhagen (Mary) 10-3 133 lbs - Caleb Meekins (St. Cloud State) dec Matthew Chi (Wisconsin-Parkside) 10-4 141 lbs - Tate Murty (Upper Iowa) dec Alyeus Craig (St. Cloud State) 10-7SV 149 lbs - Jalen Spuhler (Wisconsin-Parkside) maj Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) 8-0 157 lbs - Ben Durocher (Wisconsin-Parkside) dec Eric Faught (Upper Iowa) 4-1SV 165 lbs - Chase Bloomquist (Northern State) dec Brady Schuh (Wisconsin-Parkside) 4-1SV 174 lbs - Cole Glazier (St. Cloud State) dec Max Bruss (Mary) 9-5 184 lbs - Bryce Fitzpatrick (St. Cloud State) dec Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) 6-0 197 lbs - Max Ramberg (Augustana) fall Cannon Potts (Minot State) 6:19 285 lbs - Zach Peterson (Augustana) dec Jake Swirple (Minot State) 4-1SV NCAA Qualifiers Augustana: Jaxson Rohman (125), Hunter Burnett (141), Cael Larson (149), Cade Mueller (184), Max Ramberg (197), Zach Peterson (285) Mary: Reece Barnhardt (133), Luke Tweeton (285) Northern State: Devin Bahr (157), Chase Bloomquist (165), Seth Brossard (174) Sioux Falls: Beau Klingensmith (133) St. Cloud State: Conor Knopick (125), Caleb Meekins (133), Colby Njos (149), Nick Novak (157), Anthony Herrera (165), Cole Glazier (174), Bryce Fitzpatrick (184), Dominic Murphy (197) SW Minnesota State: Caden Steffen (197) Upper Iowa: Tate Murty (141), Chase Luensman (165) Wisconsin-Parkside: Shane Corrigan (125), Cayden Henschel (141), Jalen Spuhler (149), Ben Durocher (157), Brody Hemauer (174), Reece Worachek (184), Lloyd Reynolds (285)

DII Super Regional IV Final Results Team Scores 1. Central Oklahoma 160 2. McKendree 151 3. Maryville 93.5 4. Central Missouri 92.5 5. Indianapolis 85 6. Ouachita Baptist 47 7. Drury 45 8. Quincy 40 9. Newman 34 10. Kentucky Wesleyan 32.5 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Christian Mejia (McKendree) maj Dylan Sheler (Newman) 8-0 133 lbs - Ryan Ripplinger (McKendree) dec Evan Binder (Maryville) 6-2 141 lbs - Dylan Lucas (Central Oklahoma) dec Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) 4-2 149 lbs - Dylan Brown (Central Oklahoma) dec Joey Semerad (McKendree) 8-2 157 lbs - Gabe Johnson (Central Oklahoma) maj Anthony Erickson (Central Missouri) 15-3 165 lbs - Hunter Jump (Central Oklahoma) dec Cole Ritter (Maryville) 5-1 174 lbs - Anthony DesVigne (Central Oklahoma) dec Matt Ortiz (McKendree) 7-2 184 lbs - Garrett Wells (Central Oklahoma) dec Damon Ashworth (Central Missouri) 4-1 197 lbs - Dalton Abney (Central Oklahoma) dec Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis) 5-0 285 lbs - Ryan Herman (Maryville) dec Shawn Streck (Central Oklahoma) 11-10 Third Place Results 125 lbs - Jacob Tangpricha (Central Missouri) dec Garrett Steidley (Central Oklahoma) 6-4 133 lbs - James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist) dec Peter Rolle (Central Oklahoma) 7-4 141 lbs - Kody Ketchum (Maryville) tech Sabian Russell (Quincy) 18-2 149 lbs - Jackson Hoover (Indianapolis) dec Garrett Lyons (Central Missouri) 7-6 157 lbs - Owen Zablocki (Indianapolis) dec Jaylon Otero (Ouachita Baptist) 4-1SV 165 lbs - Cory Peterson (McKendree) dec Jace Fisher (Newman) 2-1 174 lbs - Trey Sizemore (Indianapolis) fall Ethan Smith (Drury) 5:33 184 lbs - Owen Butler (Indianapolis) dec Zeke Waltz (McKendree) 11-6 197 lbs - Logan Kvien (McKendree) dec Jeremiah Larson (Maryville) 12-5 285 lbs - Tyler Haynes (McKendree) fall Don Paul (Ouachita Baptist) 3:45 NCAA Qualifiers Central Missouri: Jacob Tangpricha (125), Anthony Erickson (157), Damon Ashworth (184) Central Oklahoma: Dylan Lucas (141), Dylan Brown (149), Gabe Johnson (157), Hunter Jump (165), Anthony DesVigne (174), Garrett Wells (184), Dalton Abney (197), Shawn Streck (285) Indianapolis: Jackson Hoover (149), Owen Zablocki (157), Trey Sizemore (174), Owen Butler (184), Derek Blubaugh (197) Maryville: Evan Binder (133), Kody Ketchum (141), Cole Ritter (165), Ryan Herman (285) McKendree: Christian Mejia (125), Ryan Ripplinger (133), Ronan Schuelke (141), Joey Semerad (149), Cory Peterson (165), Matt Ortiz (174), Logan Kvien (197), Tyler Haynes (285) Newman: Dylan Sheler (125) Ouachita Baptist: James Anderson (133)

DII Super Regional III Final Results Team Scores 1. Ashland 128.5 2. West Liberty 125 3. Glenville State 122.5 4. Grand Valley State 97.5 5. Tiffin 95.5 6. Lake Erie 83 7. Findlay 51.5 8. Notre Dame 48 9. Davenport 33.5 10. Davis & Elkins 1 11. Bluefield State 0 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Luke Acuna (Ashland) dec Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) 8-5 133 lbs - Gavin Quiocho (Glenville State) maj Ryan Wehner (Lake Erie) 18-4 141 lbs - Zack Donathan (Tiffin) dec Corey Gamet (Lake Erie) 4-2 149 lbs - Christian Small (Lake Erie) dec Chris Donathan (Grand Valley State) 4-3 157 lbs - Jack Haskin (Lake Erie) dec Guy DeLeonardis (Glenville State) 7-2 165 lbs - Sevriano Garza (Ashland) dec Brady Ross (Glenville State) 5-3 174 lbs - Josh Kenny (Grand Valley State) maj Nate Barrett (Ashland) 15-5 184 lbs - Ty McGeary (West Liberty) dec Daniel Beemer (Ashland) 7-3 197 lbs - Nicholas Johnson (Glenville State) maj Mason Christian (West Liberty) 15-4 285 lbs - Francesco Borsellino (West Liberty) dec Gavin Shamblin (Glenville State) 9-2 Third Place Results 125 lbs - Manuel Leija (Davenport) dec Hunter Ross (Glenville State) 4-3 133 lbs - Maximus Shore (Tiffin) tech Collin Twigg (Grand Valley State) 17-2 141 lbs - Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) maj Ashton Anderson (Findlay) 11-2 149 lbs - Nico Taddy (West Liberty) tech Ethan Hardy (Glenville State) 16-1 157 lbs - Drew Wiechers (Ashland) fall Matthew Kaufmann (Notre Dame) 3:16 165 lbs - Alec Cook (West Liberty) dec Trammel Robinson (Grand Valley State) 6-1 174 lbs - David Davis (Tiffin) dec Kenny Snyder (Findlay) 7-3 184 lbs - Seth Konynenbelt (Grand Valley State) dec Isaiha Castro (Glenville State) 4-1 197 lbs - Wyatt Miller (Grand Valley State) dec Walker Uhl (Ashland) 4-1 285 lbs - La’Ron Parks (Notre Dame) fall Clayton Ours (Tiffin) 4:50 NCAA Qualifiers Ashland: Luke Acuna (125), Drew Wiechers (157), Sevriano Garza (165), Nate Barrett (174), Daniel Beemer (184) Davenport: Manuel Lejia (125) Glenville State: Gavin Quiocho (133), Guy DeLeonardis (157), Brady Ross (165), Nicholas Johnson (197), Gavin Shamblin (285) Grand Valley State: Chris Donathan (149), Josh Kenny (174), Seth Konynenbelt (184), Wyatt Miller (197) Lake Erie: Ryan Wehner (133), Corey Gamet (141), Christian Small (149), Jack Haskin (157) Notre Dame: La’Ron Parks (285) Tiffin: Anthony Aniciete (125), Maximus Shore (133), Zack Donathan (141), David Davis (174) West Liberty: Khyvon Grace (141), Nico Taddy (149), Alec Cook (165), Ty McGeary (184), Mason Christian (197), Francesco Borsellino (285)

DII Super Regional II Final Results Team Scores 1. Lander 160.5 2. UNC Pembroke 127.5 3. Newberry 118 4. King 82.5 5. Mount Olive 77 6. Belmont Abbey 64 7. Limestone 61 8. Emmanuel 59 9. Coker 41.5 10. Montevallo 32.5 11. Lincoln Memorial 1.5 Championship Finals 125 lbs - James Joplin (Lander) dec Logan Seliga (UNC Pembroke) 7-2 133 lbs - Gabe Hixenbaugh (Montevallo) dec Elijah Lusk (Lander) 10-4 141 lbs - Isham Pearce (Lander) InjDef John Carayiannis (Belmont Abbey) 149 lbs - Zeth Brower (Lander) tech Devan Moore (Newberry) 20-4 157 lbs - Maxwell Kiel (Belmont Abbey) dec Jack Tangen (Lander) 7-3 165 lbs - David Hunsberger (Lander) fall Caleb Grau (UNC Pembroke) 3:42 174 lbs - Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) MedFFT Brandon Matthews (Lander) 184 lbs - Anthony Yacovetti (Lander) fall Markis Hill (Emmanuel) 3:27 197 lbs - John Parker-Wilson (Newberry) dec Jack Trautman (Limestone) 6-0 285 lbs - Juan Edmond-Holmes (Lander) dec Devon Rice (Newberry) 4-1SV Third Place Results 125 lbs - Zach Shupp (Newberry) maj William Finnearty (Limestone) 16-4 133 lbs - Franky Medina (King) dec Elijah Boyd (Belmont Abbey) 4-3 141 lbs - Omar Armengol (Coker) maj Avery Buenocore (UNC Pembroke) 10-1 149 lbs - Jake Piccirilli (UNC Pembroke) dec Dallas Wilson (Mount Olive) 6-5TB 157 lbs - Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) dec Keagan Judd (Newberry) 4-2 165 lbs - Christian Trimble (Emmanuel) fall Patrick Wunderlich (Newberry) 1:55 174 lbs - Andrew Reed (Newberry) dec Calan Staub (Mount Olive) 11-7 184 lbs - Jaquez Bostic (Limestone) dec Kyle Pickard (Belmont Abbey) 4-2 197 lbs - Ethan Lopez (King) dec Garrett Steele (UNC Pembroke) 4-2 285 lbs - Massimo Sullivan (UNC Pembroke) fall Hamilton Cooper (Coker) 4:42 NCAA Qualifiers Belmont Abbey: John Carayiannis (141), Maxwell Kiel (157) Coker: Omar Armengol (141) Emmanuel: Christian Trimble (165), Markis Hill (184) King: Franky Medina (133), Ethan Lopez (197) Lander: James Joplin (125), Elijah Lusk (133), Isham Pearce (141), Zeth Brower (149), Jack Tangen (157), David Hunsberger (165), Brandon Matthews (174), Anthony Yacovetti (184), Juan Edmond-Holmes (285) Limestone: Jaquez Bostic (184), Jack Trautman (197) Montevallo: Gabe Hixenbaugh (133) Newberry: Zach Shupp (125), Devan Moore (149), Andrew Reed (174), John Parker-Wilson (197), Devon Rice (285) UNC Pembroke: Logan Seliga (125), Jake Piccirilli (149), Keegan Roberson (157), Caleb Grau (165), Scott Joll (174), Massimo Sullivan (285)

DII Super Regional I Final Results Team Scores 1. Gannon 145 2. Pitt-Johnstown 144.5 3. Kutztown 113.5 4. Mercyhurst 107.5 5. Millersville 100 6. Frostburg State 56.5 7. Seton Hill 46 8. East Stroudsburg 36.5 9. Fairmont State 33.5 10. American International 17.5 11. Shippensburg 8.5 Championship Finals 125 lbs - Trevon Gray (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Jose Diaz (Gannon) 10-4 133 lbs - Devin Flannery (Millersville) dec Thierno Diallo (Frostburg State) 6-1 141 lbs - Jake Niffenegger (Mercyhurst) dec Mason Myers (Pitt-Johnstown) 8-6 149 lbs - Jacob Ealy (Pitt-Johnstown) tech Craig Cook (Millersville) 18-1 157 lbs - Cooper Warshel (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Ethan Richner (Gannon) 5-0 165 lbs - Nicholas Coreno (Gannon) dec Dalton Gimbor (Kutztown) 8-2 174 lbs - Kane Kettering (Seton Hill) MedFFT Cole Hivnor (Gannon) 184 lbs - Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) dec Cole Casillo (Gannon) 4-2 197 lbs - Dakoda Rodgers (Pitt-Johnstown) dec Trever Bergin (Mercyhurst) 2-0 285 lbs - Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown) maj Matt Long (Gannon) 24-12 Third Place Results 125 lbs - William Burgess (Seton Hill) maj Bryce Beatty (Millersville) 13-3 133 lbs - Jeremiah Echevarria (Gannon) dec Bryan Daubert (Pitt-Johnstown) 7-2 141 lbs - Colton Stoneking (Fairmont State) dec Caleb Chaves (Gannon) 8-1 149 lbs - James Ryan (Gannon) dec Bret Minnick (Mercyhurst) 7-0 157 lbs - Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) maj Max Stedeford (Mercyhurst) 19-5 165 lbs - Brandon Connor (Millersville) dec Dillon Keane (Pitt-Johnstown) 4-2 174 lbs - Jonathan Parrilla (Millersville) dec Jack MacKiernan (American International) 9-6SV 184 lbs - Anthony Giampietro (Millersville) dec Noah Gnibus (Pitt-Johnstown) 8-2 197 lbs - Wayne McIntyre (Kutztown) fall Bruce Vaughan (Millersville) 4:06 285 lbs - Layton Schmick (East Stroudsburg) dec Gavin Bage (Frostburg State) 2-0 NCAA Qualifiers East Stroudsburg: Layton Schmick (285) Fairmont State: Colton Stoneking (141) Frostburg State: Thierno Diallo (133) Gannon: Jose Diaz (125), Jeremiah Echevarria (133), James Ryan (149), Ethan Richner (157), Nicholas Coreno (165), Cole Hivnor (174), Cole Casillo (184), Matt Long (285) Kutztown: Bailey Gimbor (157), Dalton Gimbor (165), Matt Weinberg (184), Wayne McIntyre (197) Mercyhurst: Jake Niffenegger (141), Trever Bergin (197) Millersville: Devin Flannery (133), Craig Cook (149), Brandon Connor (165), Jonathan Parrilla (174), Anthony Giampietro (184) Pitt-Johnstown: Trevor Gray (125), Mason Myers (141), Jacob Ealy (149), Cooper Warshel (157), Dakoda Rodgers (197), Isaiah Vance (285) Seton Hill: William Burgess (125), Kane Kettering (174)

Final Team Scores 1. Grand View 209.5 2. Life 154 3. Menlo 95.5 4. Southeastern 91 5. Doane 63 6. Campbellsville 58 7. Missouri Valley 57 8. Cumberland 53 8. Providence 53 10. Indiana Tech 49.5 Championship Finals 125 - Hunter Sparks (Eastern Oregon) dec Nic Aguilar (Menlo) 6-5 133 - Jovan Garcia (Menlo) dec Thaddeus Long (Life) 11-9 141 - Hartwell Taylor (Saint Mary) dec Evan Potter (Southern Oregon) 4-2 149 - Chase Zollman (Missouri Valley) dec Jack Latimer (Cumberland) 7-2 157 - Brevin Balmeceda (Life) dec David Rubio (Corban) 2-0 165 - Jonathan Kervin (Indiana Tech) dec Keller Rock (Embry-Riddle) 11-5 174 - Alex Reynolds (Grand View) dec Graham Calhoun (Southeastern) 5-4 184 - Isaiah Luellen (Grand View) dec Kyle Homet (Life) 4-1 197 - Garavous Kouekabakilaho (Grand View) dec Owen Braungardt (Grand View) 4-2 285 - Zane Lanham (Life) InjDef Greg Hagan (Grand View) Third Place Bouts 125 - Aden Reeves (Grand View) dec Brandon Orum (Life) 7-2 133 - Carson Taylor (Grand View) tech Dominic Chavez (Texas Wesleyan) 16-1 141 - Nicholas Yancey (Campbellsville) dec Kael Brisker (Southeastern) 4-1 149 - Parker Dobrocky (Southeastern) dec Blake Gonzalez (Grand View) 5-2 157 - Kanaipono Tapia (Menlo) dec Trevor Burdick (Reinhardt) 7-1 165 - Rysan Leong (Menlo) dec Steven Villalobos (Life) 7-1 174 - Abel Nava (Providence) fall Cole Smith (Cumberland) 3:00 184 - JD Perez (Ottawa) dec William Speight (Lourdes) 6-0 197 - Malachi Karibo (Baker) dec Kasten Grape (Doane) 10-3 285 - KC Buday (Providence) dec Hunter DeJong (Morningside) 4-1SV Fifth Place Bouts 125 - Trevor Marsman (Cornerstone) dec Allen Calderon (Indiana Tech) 9-6SV 133 - CaRon Watson (Briar Cliff) dec Jackson Cockrell (Grand View) 9-4 141 - Cade Manion (Oklahoma City) fall Gage Hudson (Cumberlands) 2:04 149 - Blake Haney (Grand View) fall Nathan Lendt (Doane) 7:00 157 - Antwuan Burns (Campbellsville) dec Nate Wheeler (Indiana Tech) 4-1SV 165 - Roman Garcia (Central Methodist) fall Shadrick Slone (Campbellsville) :54 174 - Riley Smucker (Life) maj Michael Scarponi (Doane) 10-1 184 - Rylin Burns (Montana State-Northern) maj Daryus Webb (Avila) 9-1 197 - Elijah Hynes (Missouri Valley) dec Andrew Herrera (Southern Oregon) 4-2 285 - Joshua Isaac (Missouri Valley) maj Gabe Jacobs (Southeastern) 18-7 Seventh Place Bouts 125 - Brody Gee (Saint Mary) fall Izaeah Beavers (Campbellsville) 1:20 133 - Andrew Voiles (Southeastern) InjDef Sammy Shires (Cumberland) 141 - Edrich Nortje (Dickinson State) fall Aric Williams (Dakota Wesleyan) 2:56 149 - Drake Vannoy (Oklahoma City) dec Bryce Nickel (Cumberlands) 9-3 157 - Francis Morrissey (Ottawa) dec Dylan Whitt (Grand View) 8-3 165 - Trace Braun (Southeastern) maj Zander Ernst (Morningside) 14-2 174 - Maximus Zamora (Menlo) dec Alex Hernandez (Southern Oregon) 11-10 184 - Jameel Coles (Grand View) dec Kyle Knudtson (Eastern Oregon) 8-6 197 - Bradley Antesberge (Doane) maj Cameron Cornman (Central Methodist) 11-2 285 - Antonio Dacosta (Menlo) dec Kenneth Copley (Embry-Riddle) 4-1SV

Hasbrouck Heights

Caldwell

Delbarton

The NCAA allocations came out Thursday afternoon and my initial reaction was disbelief at how few spots were allotted to the ACC. After thinking more on it and looking at the big picture of the season, the numbers made more sense - even if I didn’t agree with them. There were several wrestlers who have looked great in the second half of the season that either didn’t compete in the beginning of the year, or had a weight change. There were also a large number of injuries that had a major impact on the number of matches that some wrestlers were able to compete in--this was especially true for UVA who has had the worst luck with injuries this year that I may have ever seen. After digging into the Coaches’ Rankings, RPI and winning percentages across the conference, I’ve tried to make sense of the numbers. Let’s take a look at where the spots were earned, by whom, and how many wrestlers were just off the bubble of earning another allotment for the conference. If there is any silver lining to the way all of this shook out, it is that there are several ACC wrestlers who will be in prime position to earn an at-large bid with them being so close to meeting criteria to earn an allotment. 125 Expected: 3 Earned: 2 This one was one of the bigger surprises to me. I expected Flynn and Camacho to earn their bids, which they did. I also thought Spencer Moore would add a 3rd, but his RPI dropped between the 1st and 2nd run to put him 1 off the threshold of 28. 133: Expected: 4 Earned: 3 Orine and Latona were guarantees, covering all three criteria. Vinnie Santaniello has a ton of matches this year with some good wins, and some good losses--he was able to earn an allocation through his CR and RPI. I was hopeful with the year that Yarbrough has had that he would be able to earn a slot. He was negatively impacted by injury default losses at Midlands that dropped his winning percentage below the threshold. 141 Expected: 4-5 Earned: 3 This was the weight that really stood out and made a lot of people scratch their heads. The ACC has four ranked in the top 15 but only 3 allotments were earned; it makes it even more intriguing that only two of the three slots were earned by those top-15 wrestlers. Lachlan McNeil earned one allotment by meeting all three criteria, as did Ryan Jack. The third bid was earned by Jack Gioffre from Virginia by way of his winning percentage and RPI. Cole Matthews has looked incredible in the back half of the season, including victories over three top-5 ranked wrestlers, and going undefeated in the ACC. However, he had a very rocky early season, including a point in which he lost four straight matches to lower ranked wrestlers. His winning percentage of 62.5% shows this very clearly. This also severely impacted his RPI, to the point that even three top-5 victories didn’t bring it above the cutoff. His coaches ranking was well within the criteria, but he was below the cutoff for winning percentage and one over the cutoff for RPI. Tom Crook not earning an allotment is the result of a mid-season weight change. If you look at his overall record and winning percentage, it is good enough to meet the percentage criteria and enough matches to earn an RPI. However, only 14 of his matches are at 141. This means he didn’t meet the 15 match minimum at the weight to earn an RPI (which likely would have been within the criteria) and dropped his winning percentage from 78% to just below the cutoff at 71%. So, at one of the deepest and most competitive weights in the conference, we are going to have some ferocious competition in Chapel Hill to earn one of the three AQ spots. 149 Expected: 2-3 Earned: 2 Henson and Arrington are solid top-5 wrestlers, so they were expected to earn allocations. I was hopeful that between Finn Solomon and Jayden Scott one additional slot would be earned. Solomon had the RPI but not the winning percentage after going through a bit of a slump in the second half of the season. Jayden Scott has a few good wins but didn’t have enough matches for an RPI. 157 Expected: 2-3 Earned: 2 I expected 157 to be a bit of a mess. Ed Scott, while he has had a couple uncharacteristic losses, has had a great season with some big wins; he covered all three criteria to earn a bid. Bryce Andonian was able to hit the RPI and winning percentages. It is fortunate that he hit his 15 match mark prior to his injury against Shapiro; since he has been out more than 30 days since his last competition he was no longer eligible for the Coaches’ Ranking. The final two that had a chance were Dylan Cedeno and Sonny Santiago who had nearly polar opposite seasons. Cedeno has looked fantastic in competition; he is 11-3 on the year but has been derailed by injuries; he didn’t hit 15 matches in order to earn RPI and since he has been out of competition, he dropped just below the cutoff of the CR. Sonny Santiago started his season slowly and has had a great second half of his season, especially in ACC competition. He wasn’t able to overcome early losses to get his winning percentage above the threshold and was just past the RPI cutoff. 165 Expected: 3 Earned: 2 This one was a painful miss. Connor Brady and Derek Fields both covered two of the three criteria and earned bids. Holden Heller met the criteria for the CR but was just past the RPI cutoff and his winning percentage of 70.5% was just under the 71% cutoff. 174 Expected: 4-5 Earned: 4 This weight was pretty chalk for allocations. Mekhi Lewis covered two of three; he is 13-0 so he didn’t have enough matches for RPI. Justin McCoy and Luca Augustine both covered all three criteria and Tyler Eischens hit two of three, missing the winning percentage threshold. Alex Faison was just on the outside of the CR and RPI. 184 Expected: 4 Earned: 4 This was also pretty chalk, with some late drama thrown in from the Hokies. Dylan Fishback and Reece Heller covered all three criteria and Gavin Kane was just under the winning percentage threshold but covered CR and RPI. TJ Stewart was able to get enough matches in the final weekend to meet the 10 match minimum for winning percentage; at 8-2 his 80% winning percentage and 14 in the Coaches’ Ranking was enough to earn a slot. 197 Expected: 4 Earned: 4 Another pretty chalk weight to make three in a row. Trent Hidlay, Mac Stout and Max Shaw each covered all three criteria to earn bids. Andy Smith was under the threshold on winning percentage but met criteria for CR and RPI. 285 Expected: 2-3 Earned: 2 I was hopeful we would see both Catka’s earn a bid, but Ryan just missed the cutoff for CR and RPI. Owen Trephan and Hunter Catka both met all three criteria. The wildcard here is Dayton Pitzer who has been out after injuring his shoulder against Colton Schultz. He was ranked in the top 15 when injured and would have been on track to earn a top 20 RPI. Will he wrestle in Chapel Hill? Will he be anywhere near full strength? It’s going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

Poway

Middletown North

Foran

St. Thomas Aquinas

Pingry

St. Benedict's Prep

On the final day of the Pan-American Olympic Games Qualifying, there were plenty of familiar faces who locked up spots at the 2024 Olympic Games. Unfortunately, none were wrestling for the United States. Two representatives from the US Men’s Freestyle team traveled to Acapulco, Mexico in hopes of qualifying their weights for the Olympics. Neither was successful; however, there were plenty of familiar faces who punched their tickets to the Paris Games. Five former DI All-Americans, Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico), Roman Bravo-Young (Mexico), Austin Gomez (Mexico), Ethan Ramos (Puerto Rico), and Amar Dhesi (Canada) all made it to the semifinals of their respective weights and will wrestle at the Olympics. While the US has the Olympic Team Trials to determine our representative, these wrestlers will go to Paris after their performance today. Both of the wrestlers representing the United States lost to an opponent who was(is) a prominent DI wrestler. At 65 kg, Nick Lee had an early lead on Austin Gomez; however, the Michigan star turned it up in the second stanza. Gomez once trailed 10-4, but used a four-point throw to turn the tide and spur him to a 22-12 tech. Gomez locked up his Olympic berth after a 6-3 win over North Carolina All-American Lachlan McNeil, who was representing Canada. Zane Richards was able to advance to the 57 kg semifinals after a quick 14-1 tech over Peter Hammer Cude (Costa Rica) in less than two minutes. For the Olympic berth, Richards needed to get past former Lehigh national champion Darion Cruz. A few months ago, Richards defeated Cruz at the Pan-American Games, 8-2. This time, Richards wasn’t able to get to his offense and settled for a pair of points on shot clock violations. In the final seconds of the bout, Cruz was able to get a step-out point to push him ahead on criteria, 2-2. The winners of our Olympic Trials at 57 and 65 kg’s will travel to Istanbul in early May for the Last Chance Qualifier, along with three members of the Greco-Roman team. US Results 57 kg Semifinals Darian Cruz (Puerto Rico) over Zane Richards (USA) 2-2 Quarterfinals Zane Richards (USA) over Peter Hammer Cude (Costa Rica) 14-1 65 kg Quarterfinals Austin Gomez (Mexico) over Nick Lee (USA) 22-12 Quotas Earned 57 kg - Mexico, Puerto Rico 65 kg - Cuba, Mexico 74 kg - Cuba, Venezuela 86 kg - Canada, Puerto Rico 97 kg - Cuba, Dominican Republic 125 kg - Canada, Puerto Rico

Yesterday, NCAA DI Conference Allocations were released. Initially, we responded with an article regarding ranked wrestlers who missed the allocation cut. Now, we’re getting into some general takeaways regarding the allocations. Some weights/conferences stood out immediately as ones where conferences appeared to get shorted and there are plenty of interesting situations that could arise depending on conference results. 1. 141 in the ACC only gets three bids Probably the first thing that caught my eye and some of my co-worker’s eyes were 141 lbs in the ACC. There are four wrestlers currently ranked in InterMat’s top-16 from the ACC. They only received three automatic bids to Kansas City. More interesting is that the ACC wrestlers at this weight that earned those bids were #4 Ryan Jack, #5 Lachlan McNeil, and NR Jack Gioffre. #14 Cole Matthews and #16 Tom Crook did not earn bids. There’s a world where all of these wrestlers likely compete in Kansas City, through three automatic bids and two at-large berths. I wouldn’t want to rely on that; however. 141 lbs already has seven ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids and only six at-large’s available. That’s before any upsets at the conference tournament. So, how did this happen? Because Crook only had 14 DI matches at 141 lbs, he didn’t qualify for an RPI. In November, Crook competed in two open tournaments at 149 lbs. Cole Matthews finished one slot under the needed RPI and was significantly under the benchmark in winning percentage. (.720 - .625). What I don’t like about Matthews missing it, in particular, is that it legitimizes the fact that wrestlers are oftentimes better off not wrestling tough matches. Matthews suffered four losses to wrestlers who finished the year ranked in the top-13 nationally. If you take those four off his record, he still comes up just shy of the needed winning percentage; but it’s close. Or substitute those losses for a couple of wins at a “Last Chance Qualifier” and he’s in good position. All year, I’ve been upset about good individual matchups not materializing. Injury and illness are difficult to avoid in wrestling and sometimes they rear their ugly heads. But other times, games are played. I don’t like the idea of punishing a wrestler who constantly answered the bell, as Matthews did. Your answer to my plight for Matthews may be “win more matches,” and I’m sure that’s his mindset. I’d imagine Matthews thinks he let a few get away to opponents he should’ve beaten. But, let’s not act as if he didn’t have a handful of quality wins. One of only two people to beat #2 Jesse Mendez, defeated #4 Ryan Jack a CKLV champion, and #5 Lachlan McNeil. Plus, he pinned Tom Crook, though that win suddenly doesn’t look good from a qualification standpoint, since Crook didn’t earn a bid. My opinion is that Matthews places top-three at ACC’s and takes matters into his own hands. At the end of the day, we’ll probably have the best guys in Kansas City, but I don’t like the precedent we’re working with when it comes to rewarding wrestlers for showing up as little as possible. 2. Changes in Initial Allocations Per Conference ACC = - 5 (33 to 28) Big 12 = -7 (64 to 57) Big Ten = +3 (85 to 88) EIWA = +8 (45 to 53) MAC = -1 (23 to 22) Pac-12 = +5 (19 to 24) SoCon = +2 (12 to 14) These are the changes from 2023 to 2024 for wrestlers who earned allocations for their conferences. Those 2023 numbers are strictly the initial allocations, not bids that had to be thrown back or anything like that. The biggest impact on a single conference was the improvement of Little Rock and subsequently, the allocations for the Pac-12. The Trojans were responsible for five allocations in 2024, which is exactly the overall number the league improved by from last year to this one. The ACC had a significant drop-off for a conference that typically is growing. We mentioned a few 141’s that were expected to earn bids. There was also another top-15 wrestler from the league who missed out on earning a bid (Holden Heller - 165). Then you consider that North Carolina and Virginia are both a bit younger than usual. With those points in mind, there shouldn’t be any long-term worries about the conference. 3. 174 lbs better be careful One of the most significant takeaways from the final weekend of the regular season was the injury to three-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci. At this time, we’re still not completely aware of just how serious his knee injury is. What can’t be disputed is that it looked bad and so didn’t Starocci’s reaction. Many people are anticipating Starocci not being able to complete the tournament. If Starocci gets the first seed, he’d have to win his first match in the quarterfinals to lock up a spot in the semis, and therefore, the top-six. With the Big Ten getting eight wrestlers in automatically, that would put him in Kansas City. If Starocci is unable to compete, at all, and injury defaults in back-to-back matches, that would leave him a match shy of the top-eight and needing an at-large berth. As things stand right now, there are five ranked wrestlers at 174 lbs and only four at-large berths. That doesn’t account for Starocci needing one and any other upsets that occur during conference weekend. For the rest of the weight class, get within qualification status! You really don’t want to be relying on an at-large at 74. 4. Teams with multiple wrestlers on the wrong side of the allocation bubble As I was putting together the list of ranked wrestlers who did not earn allocations for their conference, I noticed teams with multiple wrestlers listed. That makes me wonder whether these teams have someone familiar with the numerical portion of the process. If their wrestlers were close to hitting the benchmarks in one of the categories used, why didn’t they go to a Last Chance Qualifier event and try to pad the stats? I don’t love the idea of doing that, but it’s within the rules in this qualification process and only helps your wrestlers and your conference. 5. Watch what Iowa does All eyes are typically on anything that Iowa does, so why should conference entries be any different? Iowa has a couple of options at multiple weights (133, 149, 184, and 285 lbs). First and foremost, Caleb Rathjen (149) and Bradley Hill (285) both earned allocations for the Big Ten. If either of them do not enter the Big Ten Championships, their allocation is thrown into the at-large pool. The word out of Iowa City is that Rathjen should go, so that isn’t a concern. What happens at heavyweight remains to be seen. True freshman Ben Kueter has shown that he can probably go deep at nationals this year with wins over #11 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) during his last outing. All year, the Iowa staff has gone back and forth between Brody Teske and Cullan Schriever at 133 lbs. Neither earned an at-large, so nothing changes for the conference with either entrant. Of course, we also have 184 lbs. Iowa did not earn an allocation at the weight. Gabe Arnold has bumped up for key duals and fared very well at the weight. I don’t see Tom Brands throwing Arnold out there under these circumstances, but should he do so, Arnold would have to qualify by placement rather than getting an at-large. 6. The Ivy League earned 23 bids There will be plenty of changes to the allocation process next year with conference realignment and one wrestling-specific wrinkle is that the Ivy League teams will be qualifying directly through their conference - rather than through the EIWA. If the EIWA and Ivy split this year, you’d have the Ivy League with 23 automatic bids and the EIWA with 30. Those are pretty solid numbers for an EIWA that has been dominated by the Ivy schools, of late. When the announcement was made regarding this split, you hoped that this wouldn’t negatively impact either potential conference. With this year’s numbers, that looks like it’s not the case.

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