Updated; Liberty leads Apprentice after day one of NCWA Nationals, with quarterfinal pairings set
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by USA Wrestling
ALLEN, Texas – After the first day of the NCWA National Championships, No. 1 ranked Liberty leads over No. 4 ranked Apprentice School, as the round of 16 was completed on the championship side of the bracket.
Liberty has seven athletes in the quarterfinals, with nine still alive in the consolation rounds. Apprentice also has seven quarterfinalists, and six on the back side.
Pushing 10 into the quarterfinals is No. 2 ranked Central Florida, which stands in third place, and also has three in the consolation rounds.
Rounding out the top five are No. 4 ranked and defending champion Emmanuel in fourth, followed by Brigham Young in fifth place.
All of the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the tournament advanced to the quarterfinals, which are set for Friday morning. The highest seed knocked off on the first day was No. 3 Brenden Hazelton of Grand Valley, who was pinned by No. No. 14 Kolin Johnson of Apprentice in 6:19 in the round of 16 at 133 pounds.
Returning men’s champions Justice Griffith of Central Florida (133) and Stevan Webb of UConn (235) have both advanced to the quarterfinals as well.
DAY ONE RECAP, by Scott Farrell NCWA
125 lbs.
Seven of the top eights seeds are still alive into the quarterfinals, paced by top-seeded Byron Smith of Middle Tennessee. Smith won three matches Thursday by tech fall, with combined scores of 48-2. The senior from Memphis is a two-time All-American who placed third last year. He will face eight-seed Brandn Felan of Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. Felan is perhaps the Southwest Conference’s top wrestler this season, and edged Florida’s Raymon Troncoso 12-10 in sudden victory to reach the quarters.
UCF has two keys to its championship run in the 125 bracket. Two of the Knights’ 10 wrestlers still alive heading into Friday are at 125, with four-seed Timothy Sakow one win away from a fourth consecutive All-American season and third-seeded Jacob Toledo in opposite sides of the quarterfinal brackets. Sakow got a key win over Liberty’s Jason Smith in the round of 16 to close Thursday’s action, while Toledo won both his matches by tech fall.
Colton Messick, the second seed from Apprentice, scored a pin and a decision to reach the quarters at the bottom of the bracket. He’ll face Emmanuel’s Albert Perez, who as the 10-seed beat West Chester’s 7-seed Manuel Canfin in the bracket’s only upset of the day. Queen’s University of Charlotte has 6-seed Melvin Rubio in the quarters following three pins in Thursday’s action, two of them in under a minute and the other in 1:28. Rubio faces Toledo in the quarters. Deonte Carter, the 5-seed, is the other quarterfinalist and won his only match Thursday by fall following a first-round forfeit.
133 lbs.
Two of the tournament’s biggest upsets on the first day came in the 133 weight class. BYU’s Colton Tracy helped the Cougars’ charge into the top five of the standings with a 6-1 decision over fourth-seeded Emery Cline of Emmanuel. He’ll face fifth-seeded and returning All-American Justus Griffith of UCF in the quarters in another key match for the Knights. The bracket’s other notable upset based on seeding came in the bottom of the bracket as Kolin Johnson of Apprentice pinned two-time All-American and 3-seed Brendan Hazleton of Grand Valley State in the round of 16. Johnson faces returning All-American Deonte Evans of Toledo in the quarters. Evans topped Liberty’s 11-seed Blake Justus in the round of 16, 4-3.
Top-seed Arthur Payne of Mott Community College won two tech falls by a 33-2 count to reach the quarters at the top of the bracket, where he’ll face 8-seed Demetri Koures of Montana Tech. Koures won three matches Thursday by pin, a tech fall, and a 5-2 decision over Tyler Petrochko of Yale in the round of 16. At the bottom of the bracket are second-seeded Noah Gilbert of Queens, and returning All-American Michael Perdomo of Penn State-Fayette. Perdomo beat Junior Francois of UCF in the round of 16 13-11 by sudden victory.
141 lbs.
One of the featured quarterfinal matches will come at 141, where at the bottom of the bracket Liberty’s 2-seed Reid Stewart will face Apprentice’s 10-seed Shalek Colon. Stewart is the front end of the bulk of Liberty’s middleweight prowess, and continued his fine season with two major decisions and a first-period pin in the round of 16 for key bonus points for Liberty, while Colon edged 7-seed and returning All-American Nick Reddy of Grand Valley State 10-7 in the round of 16. The winner there could play a big part of the championship picture.
The 141-pound bracket provided the day’s first upset when Liberty’s Ashton Robinson, unseeded outside the top 24 in the bracket, beat 4-seed Michael Harris of Emmanuel in sudden victory, 9-7. Robinson reached the round of 16 before losing to 13-seed Danny Buteau of Husson University. Buteau faces East Carolina’s 5-seeded Wesley Hollingsworth in the quarters. Hollingsworth had an efficient Thursday winning 7-2 and 12-4.
Deviniare Hayes of Queens blasted into the quarterfinals with a 12-0 major decision over two-time All-American and 14-seed Carlos Garcia of Middle Tennessee to close Thursday’s action. Hayes will face Nick Pipes of another first-year NCWA program at Macomb Community College. Pipes, the 6-seed, beat BYU’s Tanner Williams 7-6 to reach the quarters, a big loss for BYU.
Top-seeded Tyler Sage of Florida reached the quarters with an 8-4 win over Middle Tennessee’s Daniel Clark in the round of 16, plus a first-period pin earlier in the day. Sage can help the Gators stay in the top 20 in the standings with a win over Grays Harbor’s 8-seed Damon Thomas in the quarters. Thompson gritted out three decisions Thursday.
149 lbs.
Top-seeded Jay Sheppard of Emmanuel dominated the upper part of the bracket, scoring two pins to reach the quarters to set up a key match between returning All-Americans facing 8-seed Ty Boyd of Apprentice. Emmanuel is a two-time All-American who placed third at 157 pounds last year, while Boyd is a two-time All-American who took fifth at 133 last year.
The only unseeded wrestler to reach the quarterfinals came at 149 when Ty’Rae Carter of Texas A&M beat Utah State’s Mitchel Egbert 15-3 by major decision in the round of 16. Carter started the day with a 21-7 major decision, then upset Liberty’s 4-seeded Chad Cantrell 12-9. Carter takes on Temple’s Nick Puliti in the quarters. Puliti, the 5-seed, won by fall and then had two decisions on the first day.
Carter is one of two Southwest Conference upstarts in the bracket along with North Texas’ Scott Akers, the 6-seed who posted an 11-0 major decision over 11-seed Tyshane Young of Grays Harbor to reach the quarters. Akers will face third-seeded Martin Mitchell of Maryland-Baltimore County on Friday morning. Mitchell posted three pins in his first-day action.
Zach Blevins of Toledo is the 2-seed who scored two pins to reach the quarters, and he’ll face 10-seed Tyler Weiss of BYU in a key match for the Cougars. Weiss won by fall to open his tournament, then won in sudden victory over UNLV’s 7-seed Jared Brathor, 7-5.
157 lbs.
The top seeds help for the most part in this class, setting up one key match toward the team title race. Chad Simmons, Apprentice’s top-seed who cruised to two wins Thursday, faces UCF’s Matthew Seymour in the quarters. Both Simmons and Seymour, the 8 seed, are returning All-Americans who look to place in the top four for the first time. Simmons was fifth at 165 last year, while Seymour took fifth at 141 in 2016. Seymour advanced by injury default over another returning All-American, Penn State-Fayette’s Ethan Kenney, in the round of 16.
At the bottom of the bracket, Hunter Quinn of Emmanuel had a dominating day as the 2 seed, winning by major decision 16-3 followed by a 17-0 tech fall and then a first-period pin in the round of 16. He’ll face 10-seed Josh Pine of Grays Harbor, who scored two first-period pins sandwiched around a 6-4 decision to reach the quarters. Pine won in the round of 16 with a 27-second pin.
Liberty’s 3-seed, Andrew Burgette, faces a tough quarterfinal against 6-seed and returning All-American Dan Ritz of the Penn State Wrestling Club. Ritz won his three Thursday matches by fall while Burgette edged out a 6-5 win over Josh Feuerbacher to reach the quarters. The other quarterfinal pairs 5-seed Azamat Akhmedov of UMBC against 4-seed Dan Vossbein of West Chester. Vossbein scored a tech fall in the round of 32, and Akhmedov had a major decision to open the tournament.
165 lbs.
The top eight seeds all won in this class to set up a quarterfinal series of matches where all four returning All-Americans in the bracket are still in the championship hunt, plus another match that will have an impact on the team title chase. In the middle of the bracket is a matchup of returning All-Americans as Javiair White of the Rutgers Wrestling Club, the 4-seed, taking on returning All-American JA Jones of Emmanuel. Jones took third in this class last year, while White was third at 174 in 2017.
The White-Jones result will have team title implications, as will the pairing at the bottom of the bracket between Liberty’s Joseph Scott, the 2 seed, and Mason Brestle of the Maryland Wrestling Club. Scott reached the quarters with a tech fall and a pin in the round of 16, while Brestle reached with two major decisions. The winner there could face Toledo’s Taylor Workman, the 6-seed and a returning All-American who placed fourth at this weight a year ago. Workman takes on the 3-seed, Richard Viruet of Springfield Technical CC, who charged through his first-day matches with two tech falls by a 34-0 combined score plus a second-period pin in his opener.
The other quarterfinal matches the top seed, Bailey Carlson of BYU, who will be the favorite over 8-seed Peter Becher of East Carolina. Carlson had a tech fall in his opener, then won a big match 6-4 over Liberty’s David Cox in the round of 16. Becher won his matches by 9-1 and 12-6 counts.
174 lbs.
There are two returning All-Americans at 174 and both of them have reached the quarterfinals. But the talk in this class quickly turns to the team race where Liberty, Apprentice, UCF and BYU each have a representative still alive for the title but none of them facing each other in the quarters.
Of keen interest is the pairing of Dan Henson of Apprentice, who as the 21-seed is the lowest-seeded wrestler still alive in any championship bracket. Henson advanced by injury default against fifth-seeded and local rival Brandon Buckingham of UMBC, and now faces 4-seed John Prentice of Penn State-DuBois. Prentice is a returning All-American who took fifth at 165 in 2016. Prentice won by 10-3 and 4-1 counts to reach the quarters.
Opposite that pairing in the top half of the bracket is Noah Curreri of Queens, who had three first-period pins Thursday to cruise into the quarterfinals. He’ll face Edward Maisey of BYU, the 9-seed whose second of two major decisions on the day came as a 17-3 win over eighth-seeded Thomas Hatzipavlides of the Penn State Wrestling Club.
At the bottom of the bracket is another feature match between two-time All-American Shane Brown of Akron, the 2 seed, taking on 7 seed Ethan Ahrens of UCF. Brown scored a handful of bonus points Thursday with two pins and a major decision, while Ahrens scored a pin to go with a major decision among his three first-day wins. The other quarterfinal pairs Liberty’s 3 seed, Sam Karel, against Springfield Tech’s Jacob Berry. Karel had a pin and a tech fall on the first day, while Karel scored a pin and a major decision to reach the quarters.
184 lbs.
The team title will take an interesting turn following the results of the quarterfinals here. Three returning All-Americans are still alive in the championship side of the bracket, with two of the eight quarterfinalists from UCF and one from Liberty. And they're all on the same side of the bracket.
The highlight match here comes at the top of the bracket where George VanValen of Alfred State is one win away from a third All-American finish. He's the top seed and cruised into the quarters with a tech fall and a major decision. VanValen, 39-1 on the season, takes on UCF's Brad Kata, the 8-seed. Kate had a first-period pin and a major decision on the first day. It's a key match for UCF, but it comes against one of the tournament's heavy title favorites.
Opposite them is UCF's returning All-American Jarrod Smiley, the 5-seed. Smiley cruised through the first day, but now has one of the tournament's key matches taking on Liberty's Joshua McIlhenny, the 4-seed, in the quarters. At this point in the tournament it's a key match for UCF where it could have both its wrestlers facing off in the semi's.
George Andrews of Connecticut is the other returning All-American in the bracket. Seeded sixth, he's advanced with a pin and a tech fall and will face 3-seed Jerron Thomas of Mott Community College. The bottom of the bracket has second-seeded Vincent Levin of Florida Gulf Coast taking on Brenden DeVries, the 7-seed of Grand Valley State. Levin scored a first-period pin and a major decision on the first day.
197 lbs.
This bracket now has UCF and Apprentice wrestlers in the same half of the bracket awaiting a potential semifinal matchup. Second-seeded Ross Graham of Apprentice blew through two tech falls on Thursday to advance to the quarters, and he'll face Grays Harbor's 7-seed Jack Dahlgren, who had two pins on the first day. UCF's 3-seed Randolph Prud'homme takes on an underdog by seeding but an experienced wrestler in 11-seed Costas Hatzipavlides, a returning All-American from the Iowa State Wrestling Club. Hatzipavlides shocked two-time All-American and 6-seed Jesse Slocum of Akron in the round of 16 with a 10-1 major decision.
Top-seeded Robert LaPeter could become Florida State's first NCWA All-American with a quarterfinal win, but it will come in a tough matchup against 8-seed River Robertson of Maine. Robertson is a three-time All-American with top-five finishes at 184 the past three seasons. LaPeter reached the quarters with two first-period pins and a 4-1 decision. Robertson had a pin and a major decision on Thursday.
The other quarterfinal pairs upstart 12-seed Broc Dokos of Springfield Tech against returning All-American Sean Kennedy of Middle Tennessee. Dokos rocked the bracket with an 11-1 major decision over Liberty's Taylor Westlake, the 5-seed who took fourth at 184 last year. Kennedy was third at this weight last season, and reached the quarters with a first-period pin in the round of 16 following a tech fall to open his tournament.
235 lbs.
The 235-pound bracket has been loaded from the start with eight returning All-Americans seeded in the bracket. Seven of them reached the quarterfinals representing a total of 10 All-American honors for what should be a great set of matches toward the close of the Friday morning session. The only reason all eight aren't the quarters is one of them lost to another when Luttere Eglaus of UCF edged Clemson's Danny Falconer 6-4 in the round of 16. Eglaus is the lowest-seeded of the quarterfinalists at 11 but still took Falconer's sixth-seeded spot. Falconer was Clemson's first All-American under the NCWA banner after a fourth-place finish at 197 last year. Eglaus takes on third-seeded Harun Bogdanic, an experienced wrestler from Grand Valley State and a two-time All-American.
Just beneath them on the lower half of the bracket are Stevan Webb of Connecticut, a three-time All-American looking for a fourth, and Richie McClendon of Middle Tennessee. Webb, the 2-seed, and McClendon, the 7 seed, each earned two pins on the first day to advance.
Austin Amos of Liberty is the top seed, a returning All-American with a pin and a tech fall already under his belt. Amos placed eight at 197 in 2017 and will face Giovanni Guarnero of Winona State, the 9-seed who took sixth at this weight last year. The Ohio State Wrestling Club earned its first All-American last year when Seth Brennock placed fourth in this weight class. He's back as the 4-seed and has already racked up 41 points in two matches winning by tech fall and a 22-10 major decision. He'll face 5-seed Drew Barrett of Queens, who won a narrow 3-1 opener before winning by tech fall in the round of 16.
285 lb.
The top two seeds in this class could make for a great championship bout between two two-time All-Americans. But there's another prospective matchup that could be even more appealing with two heavyweights battling each other in the tournament's final match with the team title on the line. Jesse Gaudin of UCF is 27-3 on the season with back-to-back national runner-up finishes the past two seasons. He's the top seed this time around and favored to reach the finals match again. On the other side of the bracket sits 2-seed Dylan Stadel of Utah State, still undefeated at 7-0 on the season with two consecutive third-place finishes in this bracket. Their finals match would be one to see. Gaudin takes on 8-seed Ryan Mattison of Alfred State in the quarters. Mattison already has a pin and a major decision in the tournament.
But there's also that possibility that Liberty's 6-seed, Dominic Johnson, could slip into the final as well, perhaps pitting the two heavyweights in position to decide the overall champion between their teams that current sit in first and second place. Johnson has his hands full in the quarterfinals though facing another returning All-American in Donavan Lozada of Springfield Tech. Johnson already toppled another returning All-American in Austin Wells of Middle Tennessee, pinning him following a first-period pin in his opening match. Lozada has two first-period pins, including a 34-second finish in the round of 16.
Stadel scored two first-period pins to start the tournament, and now faces UMBC's Chukwudi Kalu, the 7-seed, in the quarters. The other quarterfinal is between the 4- and 5-seeds, Penn State-Fayette's Nathan Spinetti and Grand Valley State's Miguel Correa. Correa got a pin in the opener and edged out 6-0 and 4-2 decisions in the other rounds Spinetti scored a pin in his opening round followed by an 8-0 major decision over the 13-seed.
The event is being broadcast live on FloWrestling, with brackets available on FloArena.
NCWA NATIONALS
At Allen, Texas, March 8
Quarterfinal pairings
125 pounds
No. 1 Byron Smith (Middle Tennessee) vs. No. 8 Brandon Felan (Texas A&M)
No. 5 Deonte Carter (UMBC) vs. No. 4 Timothy Sakow (Central Florida)
No. 3 Jacob Toledo (Central Florida) vs. No. 6 Melvin Rubio (Queens)
No. 10 Alberto Perez (Emmanuel) vs. No. 2 Colton Messick (Apprentice)
133 pounds
No. 1 Arthur Payne (Mott CC) vs. No. 8 Demetri Koures (Montana Tech)
No. 5 Justus Griffith (Central Florida) vs. No. 20 Colton Tracy (Brigham Young)
No. 14 Kolin Johnson (Apprentice) vs. No. 6 De'ante Evans (Toledo)
No. 7 Michael Perdomo (Penn State - Fayette) vs. No. 2 Noah Gilbert (Queens)
141 pounds
No. 1 Tyler Sage (Florida) vs. No. 8 Damon Thomas (Grays Harbor)
No. 5 Wesley Hollingsworth (East Carolina) vs. No. 13 Danny Buteau (Husson)
No. 3 Deviniare Hayes (Queens) vs. No. 6 Nick Pipes (Macomb CC)
No. 10 Shalek Colon (Apprentice) vs. No. 2 Reid Stewart (Liberty)
149 pounds
No. 1 Jay Sheppard (Emmanuel) vs. No. 8 Ty Boyd (Apprentice)
No. 5 Nick Puliti (Temple) vs. Ty'rae Carter (Texas A&M)
No. 3 Martin Mitchell (UMBC) vs. No. 6 Scott Akers (North Texas)
No. 10 Tyler Weiss (Brigham Young) vs. No. 2 Zach Blevins (Toledo)
157 pounds
No. 1 Chad Simmons (Apprentice) vs. No. 8 Matthew Seymour (Central Florida)
No. 5 Azamat Akhmedov (UMBC) vs. No. 4 Dan Vossbein (West Chester)
No. 3 Andrew Burgette (Liberty) vs. No. 6 Dan Ritz (Penn State WC)
No. 10 Josh Pine (Grays Harbor) vs. No. 2 Hunter Quinn (Emmanuel)
165 pounds
No. 1 Bailey Carlson (Brigham Young) vs. No. 8 Peter Becher (East Carolina)
No. 5 Ja Jones (Emmanuel) vs. No. 4 Javiair White (Rutgers WC)
No. 3 Richard Viruet (Springfield Tech) vs. No. 6 Taylor Workman (Toledo)
No. 7 Mason Brestle (Maryland WC) vs. No. 2 Joseph Scott (Liberty)
174 pounds
No. 1 Noah Curreri (Queens) vs. No. 9 Edward Maisey (Brigham Young)
No. 21 Dan Henson (Apprentice) vs. No. 4 John Prentice (Penn State – DuBois)
No. 3 Sam Karel (Liberty) vs. No. 6 Jacob Berry (Springfield Tech)
No. 7 Ethan Ahrens (Central Florida) vs. No. 2 Shane Brown (Akron)
184 pounds
No. 1 George Vanvalen (Alfred State) vs. No. 8 Brad Kata (Central Florida)
No. 5 Jarrod Smiley (Central Florida) vs. No. 4 Joshua Mcilhenny (Liberty)
No. 3 Jerron Thomas (Mott CC) vs. No. 6 George Andrews (UConn)
No. 7 Brenden Devries (Grand Valley State) vs. No. 2 Vincent Levin (Florida Gulf Coast)
197 pounds
No. 1 Robert Lapeter (Florida State) vs. No. 8 River Robertson (Maine)
No. 12 Broc Dokos (Springfield Tech) vs. No. 4 Sean Kennedy (Middle Tennessee)
No. 3 Randolph Prud'homme (Central Florida) vs. No. 11 Costas Hatzipavlides (Iowa State WC)
No. 7 Jack Dahlgren (Grays Harbor) vs. No. 2 Ross Graham (Apprentice)
235 pounds
No. 1 Austin Amos (Liberty) vs. No. 9 Giovanni Guarnero (Winona State)
No. 5 Drew Barrett (Queens) vs. No. 4 Seth Brennock (Ohio State WC)
No. 3 Harun Bogdanic (Grand Valley State) vs. No. 11 Luttere Eglaus (Central Florida)
No. 7 Richie Mcclendon (Middle Tennessee) vs. No. 2 Stevan Webb (UConn)
285 pounds
No. 1 Jesse Gaudin (Central Florida) vs. No. 8 Ryan Mattison (Alfred State)
No. 5 Miguel Correa (Grand Valley State) vs. No. 4 Nathan Spinetti (Penn State - Fayette)
No. 3 Donavan Lozada (Springfield Tech) vs. No. 6 Dominick Johnson (Liberty)
No. 7 Chukwudi Kalu (UMBC) vs. No. 2 Dylan Stadel (Utah State)
Top 20 after day one
1 Liberty 74
2 Apprentice 66.5
3 Central Florida 60
4 Emmanuel 56
5 Brigham Young 55.5
6 Grays Harbor 50
6 Washington State 50
8 Middle Tennessee 49
8 Springfield Tech 49
10 Grand Valley State 46
11 UMBC 45.5
12 Queens 42
13 Colorado State 33
14 Toledo 32
15 Alfred State 31
16 Akron 29
17 Maine 28
18 Florida 27
19 Penn State WC 25.5
20 Iowa State WC 25
Round of 16 results
125 Byron Smith (Middle Tennessee) TF Pleatheal Roberts (UNLV), 16-0 3:03
125 Brandon Felan (Texas A&M) DEC Raymon Troncoso (Florida), 12-10 SV
125 Deonte Carter (UMBC) F Colton Davis (Pitt - Bradford), 1:46
125 Timothy Sakow (Central Florida) DEC Jason Smith (Liberty), 9-4
125 Jacob Toledo (Central Florida) TF Chris Vega (Springfield Tech), 17-2 6:32
125 Melvin Rubio (Queens) F Alejandro Martinez (Wayne State), 1:28
125 Alberto Perez (Emmanuel) F Manuel Canfijn (West Chester), 3:58
125 Colton Messick (Apprentice) DEC Jesse Torres (Grays Harbor), 6-4
133 Arthur Payne (Mott CC) TF Taylor Swanson (North Texas), 17-2 6:14
133 Demetri Koures (Montana Tech) DEC Tyler Petrochko (Yale), 5-2
133 Justus Griffith (Central Florida) DEC Anthony Monahan (Apprentice), 10-5
133 Colton Tracy (Brigham Young) DEC Emery Cline (Emmanuel), 6-1
133 Kolin Johnson (Apprentice) F Brendan Hazelton (Grand Valley State), 6:19
133 De'ante Evans (Toledo) DEC Blake Justis (Liberty), 4-3
133 Michael Perdomo (Penn State - Fayette) F Junior Francois (Central Florida), 6:54
133 Noah Gilbert (Queens) DEC Nathan Swanson-dinsmore (Western Washington), 3-1
141 Tyler Sage (Florida) DEC Daniel Clark (Middle Tennessee), 8-4
141 Damon Thomas (Grays Harbor) DEC Colton Economy (Dixie State), 5-3
141 Wesley Hollingsworth (East Carolina) MD Timithy Ellinger (Montana Tech), 12-4
141 Danny Buteau (Husson) DEC Ashton Robinson (Liberty), 6-1
141 Deviniare Hayes (Queens) MD Carlos Garcia (Middle Tennessee), 12-0
141 Nick Pipes (Macomb CC) DEC Tanner Williams (Brigham Young), 7-6
141 Shalek Colon (Apprentice) DEC Nick Reddy (Grand Valley State), 10-7
141 Reid Stewart (Liberty) F Sam Reyant (Iowa State WC), 2:54
149 Jay Sheppard (Emmanuel) F Lane Householder (Kent State - Tuscarawas), 4:14
149 Ty Boyd (Apprentice) F Karson Ayres (Queens), 4:58
149 Nick Puliti (Temple) DEC Tyler Everett (Maine), 8-7
149 Ty'rae Carter (Texas A&M) MD Mitchel Egbert (Utah State), 15-3
149 Martin Mitchell (UMBC) F Rey Dishmey (Springfield Tech), 4:06
149 Scott Akers (North Texas) MD Tyshane Young (Grays Harbor), 11-0
149 Tyler Weiss (Brigham Young) DEC Jared Brathor (UNLV), 7-5 SV
149 Zach Blevins (Toledo) F Taylor Dawal (Colorado State), 1:05
157 Chad Simmons (Apprentice) DEC Mike Galton (Alfred State), 7-2
157 Matthew Seymour (Central Florida) DEF Ethan Kenney (Penn State - Fayette)
157 Azamat Akhmedov (UMBC) DEC Colin Saiz (Colorado State), 4-1
157 Dan Vossbein (West Chester) DEC Braxton Freeman (Akron), 4-1
157 Andrew Burgette (Liberty) DEC Josh Feuerbacher (Middle Tennessee), 6-5
157 Dan Ritz (Penn State WC) F Coltan Williams (North Texas), 4:44
157 Josh Pine (Grays Harbor) F Cody Smith (East Carolina), 0:27
157 Hunter Quinn (Emmanuel) F Joshua Fontanez (Springfield Tech), 2:28
165 Bailey Carlson (Brigham Young) DEC David Cox (Liberty), 6-4
165 Peter Becher (East Carolina) DEC Jerrod Mullins (Mott CC), 12-6
165 Ja Jones (Emmanuel) F Stephon Halliburton (Queens), 0:50
165 Javiair White (Rutgers WC) F Braiden Klimp (Grays Harbor), 3:23
165 Richard Viruet (Springfield Tech) TF Tegan Durishin (Temple), 16-0 5:54
165 Taylor Workman (Toledo) DEC Jared Torch (Kent State - Tuscarawas), 7-3 TB2
165 Mason Brestle (Maryland WC) MD Ben Peterson (Colorado State), 12-1
165 Joseph Scott (Liberty) F Cody Houston (Penn State WC), 4:44
174 Noah Curreri (Queens) F Tyler Kutz (Iowa State WC), 1:59
174 Edward Maisey (Brigham Young) MD Thomas Hatzipavlides (Penn State WC), 17-3
174 Dan Henson (Apprentice) M FOR Brandon Buckingham (UMBC), 12-3 3:51
174 John Prentice (Penn State - DuBois) DEC Stetson Potrykus (Wisconsin WC), 4-1
174 Sam Karel (Liberty) TF Zachery Woods (UMass), 20-3 7:00
174 Jacob Berry (Springfield Tech) MD Brady Bischer (Grand Valley State), 11-2
174 Ethan Ahrens (Central Florida) MD Jeremy Mosley (Apprentice), 10-1
174 Shane Brown (Akron) MD Karson Christiansen (Brigham Young), 9-1
184 George Vanvalen (Alfred State) MD Tyler Roling (Iowa State WC), 11-0
184 Brad Kata (Central Florida) MD Rusty Wilson (Maine), 10-1
184 Jarrod Smiley (Central Florida) DEC Dominic Vasquez (Toledo), 9-2
184 Joshua Mcilhenny (Liberty) F Cameron Dewey (West Chester), 1:13
184 Jerron Thomas (Mott CC) TF Cody Richmond (Liberty), 18-2 2:58
184 George Andrews (UConn) TF Mauro Beteta (Maryland WC), 21-5 4:30
184 Brenden Devries (Grand Valley State) DEC Wes Sorey (Apprentice), 11-8
184 Vincent Levin (Florida Gulf Coast) MD Drake Dudley (North Texas), 21-10
197 Robert Lapeter (Florida State) DEC Ernest Tessein (Temple), 4-1
197 River Robertson (Maine) MD Deontay Wadley (Penn State WC), 10-2
197 Broc Dokos (Springfield Tech) MD Taylor Westlake (Liberty), 11-1
197 Sean Kennedy (Middle Tennessee) F Mason Mckenzie (Grays Harbor), 0:27
197 Randolph Prud'homme (Central Florida) DEC Jacob Martin (Brigham Young), 8-1
197 Costas Hatzipavlides (Iowa State WC) MD Jesse Slocum (Akron), 10-1
197 Jack Dahlgren (Grays Harbor) F Austin Jacque (Williamson Trade), 5:39
197 Ross Graham (Apprentice) F Benjie Hund (Queens), 4:14
235 Austin Amos (Liberty) TF Blaine Nye (Colorado State), 16-1 2:04
235 Giovanni Guarnero (Winona State) DEC Gunnar Lynch (Penn State - Fayette), 4-3
235 Drew Barrett (Queens) TF Oliver Feagin (Rensselaer Polytechnic), 17-1 5:48
235 Seth Brennock (Ohio State WC) MD Brandyn Whitacre (Alfred State), 22-10
235 Harun Bogdanic (Grand Valley State) DEC Edgars Plorinsh (Washington), 3-1
235 Luttere Eglaus (Central Florida) DEC Danny Falconer (Clemson), 6-4
235 Richie Mcclendon (Middle Tennessee) F Jacob Childs (Brigham Young), 1:48
235 Stevan Webb (UConn) F David Smith (Liberty), 4:48
285 Jesse Gaudin (Central Florida) DEC Jacob Marin (Queens), 12-7
285 Ryan Mattison (Alfred State) MD Daniel Eslick (Iowa State WC), 8-0
285 Miguel Correa (Grand Valley State) DEC Ikaika Neal (North Texas), 4-2
285 Nathan Spinetti (Penn State - Fayette) MD Octavio Alejandre (Grays Harbor), 8-0
285 Donavan Lozada (Springfield Tech) F Michael Scullin (Georgia), 0:34
285 Dominick Johnson (Liberty) F Austin Wells (Middle Tennessee), 6:23
285 Chukwudi Kalu (UMBC) DEC Shakeem Lassiter (Apprentice), 3-1
285 Dylan Stadel (Utah State) F Christopher Woods (Houston - Downtown), 1:10
Liberty has seven athletes in the quarterfinals, with nine still alive in the consolation rounds. Apprentice also has seven quarterfinalists, and six on the back side.
Pushing 10 into the quarterfinals is No. 2 ranked Central Florida, which stands in third place, and also has three in the consolation rounds.
Rounding out the top five are No. 4 ranked and defending champion Emmanuel in fourth, followed by Brigham Young in fifth place.
All of the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the tournament advanced to the quarterfinals, which are set for Friday morning. The highest seed knocked off on the first day was No. 3 Brenden Hazelton of Grand Valley, who was pinned by No. No. 14 Kolin Johnson of Apprentice in 6:19 in the round of 16 at 133 pounds.
Returning men’s champions Justice Griffith of Central Florida (133) and Stevan Webb of UConn (235) have both advanced to the quarterfinals as well.
DAY ONE RECAP, by Scott Farrell NCWA
125 lbs.
Seven of the top eights seeds are still alive into the quarterfinals, paced by top-seeded Byron Smith of Middle Tennessee. Smith won three matches Thursday by tech fall, with combined scores of 48-2. The senior from Memphis is a two-time All-American who placed third last year. He will face eight-seed Brandn Felan of Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. Felan is perhaps the Southwest Conference’s top wrestler this season, and edged Florida’s Raymon Troncoso 12-10 in sudden victory to reach the quarters.
UCF has two keys to its championship run in the 125 bracket. Two of the Knights’ 10 wrestlers still alive heading into Friday are at 125, with four-seed Timothy Sakow one win away from a fourth consecutive All-American season and third-seeded Jacob Toledo in opposite sides of the quarterfinal brackets. Sakow got a key win over Liberty’s Jason Smith in the round of 16 to close Thursday’s action, while Toledo won both his matches by tech fall.
Colton Messick, the second seed from Apprentice, scored a pin and a decision to reach the quarters at the bottom of the bracket. He’ll face Emmanuel’s Albert Perez, who as the 10-seed beat West Chester’s 7-seed Manuel Canfin in the bracket’s only upset of the day. Queen’s University of Charlotte has 6-seed Melvin Rubio in the quarters following three pins in Thursday’s action, two of them in under a minute and the other in 1:28. Rubio faces Toledo in the quarters. Deonte Carter, the 5-seed, is the other quarterfinalist and won his only match Thursday by fall following a first-round forfeit.
133 lbs.
Two of the tournament’s biggest upsets on the first day came in the 133 weight class. BYU’s Colton Tracy helped the Cougars’ charge into the top five of the standings with a 6-1 decision over fourth-seeded Emery Cline of Emmanuel. He’ll face fifth-seeded and returning All-American Justus Griffith of UCF in the quarters in another key match for the Knights. The bracket’s other notable upset based on seeding came in the bottom of the bracket as Kolin Johnson of Apprentice pinned two-time All-American and 3-seed Brendan Hazleton of Grand Valley State in the round of 16. Johnson faces returning All-American Deonte Evans of Toledo in the quarters. Evans topped Liberty’s 11-seed Blake Justus in the round of 16, 4-3.
Top-seed Arthur Payne of Mott Community College won two tech falls by a 33-2 count to reach the quarters at the top of the bracket, where he’ll face 8-seed Demetri Koures of Montana Tech. Koures won three matches Thursday by pin, a tech fall, and a 5-2 decision over Tyler Petrochko of Yale in the round of 16. At the bottom of the bracket are second-seeded Noah Gilbert of Queens, and returning All-American Michael Perdomo of Penn State-Fayette. Perdomo beat Junior Francois of UCF in the round of 16 13-11 by sudden victory.
141 lbs.
One of the featured quarterfinal matches will come at 141, where at the bottom of the bracket Liberty’s 2-seed Reid Stewart will face Apprentice’s 10-seed Shalek Colon. Stewart is the front end of the bulk of Liberty’s middleweight prowess, and continued his fine season with two major decisions and a first-period pin in the round of 16 for key bonus points for Liberty, while Colon edged 7-seed and returning All-American Nick Reddy of Grand Valley State 10-7 in the round of 16. The winner there could play a big part of the championship picture.
The 141-pound bracket provided the day’s first upset when Liberty’s Ashton Robinson, unseeded outside the top 24 in the bracket, beat 4-seed Michael Harris of Emmanuel in sudden victory, 9-7. Robinson reached the round of 16 before losing to 13-seed Danny Buteau of Husson University. Buteau faces East Carolina’s 5-seeded Wesley Hollingsworth in the quarters. Hollingsworth had an efficient Thursday winning 7-2 and 12-4.
Deviniare Hayes of Queens blasted into the quarterfinals with a 12-0 major decision over two-time All-American and 14-seed Carlos Garcia of Middle Tennessee to close Thursday’s action. Hayes will face Nick Pipes of another first-year NCWA program at Macomb Community College. Pipes, the 6-seed, beat BYU’s Tanner Williams 7-6 to reach the quarters, a big loss for BYU.
Top-seeded Tyler Sage of Florida reached the quarters with an 8-4 win over Middle Tennessee’s Daniel Clark in the round of 16, plus a first-period pin earlier in the day. Sage can help the Gators stay in the top 20 in the standings with a win over Grays Harbor’s 8-seed Damon Thomas in the quarters. Thompson gritted out three decisions Thursday.
149 lbs.
Top-seeded Jay Sheppard of Emmanuel dominated the upper part of the bracket, scoring two pins to reach the quarters to set up a key match between returning All-Americans facing 8-seed Ty Boyd of Apprentice. Emmanuel is a two-time All-American who placed third at 157 pounds last year, while Boyd is a two-time All-American who took fifth at 133 last year.
The only unseeded wrestler to reach the quarterfinals came at 149 when Ty’Rae Carter of Texas A&M beat Utah State’s Mitchel Egbert 15-3 by major decision in the round of 16. Carter started the day with a 21-7 major decision, then upset Liberty’s 4-seeded Chad Cantrell 12-9. Carter takes on Temple’s Nick Puliti in the quarters. Puliti, the 5-seed, won by fall and then had two decisions on the first day.
Carter is one of two Southwest Conference upstarts in the bracket along with North Texas’ Scott Akers, the 6-seed who posted an 11-0 major decision over 11-seed Tyshane Young of Grays Harbor to reach the quarters. Akers will face third-seeded Martin Mitchell of Maryland-Baltimore County on Friday morning. Mitchell posted three pins in his first-day action.
Zach Blevins of Toledo is the 2-seed who scored two pins to reach the quarters, and he’ll face 10-seed Tyler Weiss of BYU in a key match for the Cougars. Weiss won by fall to open his tournament, then won in sudden victory over UNLV’s 7-seed Jared Brathor, 7-5.
157 lbs.
The top seeds help for the most part in this class, setting up one key match toward the team title race. Chad Simmons, Apprentice’s top-seed who cruised to two wins Thursday, faces UCF’s Matthew Seymour in the quarters. Both Simmons and Seymour, the 8 seed, are returning All-Americans who look to place in the top four for the first time. Simmons was fifth at 165 last year, while Seymour took fifth at 141 in 2016. Seymour advanced by injury default over another returning All-American, Penn State-Fayette’s Ethan Kenney, in the round of 16.
At the bottom of the bracket, Hunter Quinn of Emmanuel had a dominating day as the 2 seed, winning by major decision 16-3 followed by a 17-0 tech fall and then a first-period pin in the round of 16. He’ll face 10-seed Josh Pine of Grays Harbor, who scored two first-period pins sandwiched around a 6-4 decision to reach the quarters. Pine won in the round of 16 with a 27-second pin.
Liberty’s 3-seed, Andrew Burgette, faces a tough quarterfinal against 6-seed and returning All-American Dan Ritz of the Penn State Wrestling Club. Ritz won his three Thursday matches by fall while Burgette edged out a 6-5 win over Josh Feuerbacher to reach the quarters. The other quarterfinal pairs 5-seed Azamat Akhmedov of UMBC against 4-seed Dan Vossbein of West Chester. Vossbein scored a tech fall in the round of 32, and Akhmedov had a major decision to open the tournament.
165 lbs.
The top eight seeds all won in this class to set up a quarterfinal series of matches where all four returning All-Americans in the bracket are still in the championship hunt, plus another match that will have an impact on the team title chase. In the middle of the bracket is a matchup of returning All-Americans as Javiair White of the Rutgers Wrestling Club, the 4-seed, taking on returning All-American JA Jones of Emmanuel. Jones took third in this class last year, while White was third at 174 in 2017.
The White-Jones result will have team title implications, as will the pairing at the bottom of the bracket between Liberty’s Joseph Scott, the 2 seed, and Mason Brestle of the Maryland Wrestling Club. Scott reached the quarters with a tech fall and a pin in the round of 16, while Brestle reached with two major decisions. The winner there could face Toledo’s Taylor Workman, the 6-seed and a returning All-American who placed fourth at this weight a year ago. Workman takes on the 3-seed, Richard Viruet of Springfield Technical CC, who charged through his first-day matches with two tech falls by a 34-0 combined score plus a second-period pin in his opener.
The other quarterfinal matches the top seed, Bailey Carlson of BYU, who will be the favorite over 8-seed Peter Becher of East Carolina. Carlson had a tech fall in his opener, then won a big match 6-4 over Liberty’s David Cox in the round of 16. Becher won his matches by 9-1 and 12-6 counts.
174 lbs.
There are two returning All-Americans at 174 and both of them have reached the quarterfinals. But the talk in this class quickly turns to the team race where Liberty, Apprentice, UCF and BYU each have a representative still alive for the title but none of them facing each other in the quarters.
Of keen interest is the pairing of Dan Henson of Apprentice, who as the 21-seed is the lowest-seeded wrestler still alive in any championship bracket. Henson advanced by injury default against fifth-seeded and local rival Brandon Buckingham of UMBC, and now faces 4-seed John Prentice of Penn State-DuBois. Prentice is a returning All-American who took fifth at 165 in 2016. Prentice won by 10-3 and 4-1 counts to reach the quarters.
Opposite that pairing in the top half of the bracket is Noah Curreri of Queens, who had three first-period pins Thursday to cruise into the quarterfinals. He’ll face Edward Maisey of BYU, the 9-seed whose second of two major decisions on the day came as a 17-3 win over eighth-seeded Thomas Hatzipavlides of the Penn State Wrestling Club.
At the bottom of the bracket is another feature match between two-time All-American Shane Brown of Akron, the 2 seed, taking on 7 seed Ethan Ahrens of UCF. Brown scored a handful of bonus points Thursday with two pins and a major decision, while Ahrens scored a pin to go with a major decision among his three first-day wins. The other quarterfinal pairs Liberty’s 3 seed, Sam Karel, against Springfield Tech’s Jacob Berry. Karel had a pin and a tech fall on the first day, while Karel scored a pin and a major decision to reach the quarters.
184 lbs.
The team title will take an interesting turn following the results of the quarterfinals here. Three returning All-Americans are still alive in the championship side of the bracket, with two of the eight quarterfinalists from UCF and one from Liberty. And they're all on the same side of the bracket.
The highlight match here comes at the top of the bracket where George VanValen of Alfred State is one win away from a third All-American finish. He's the top seed and cruised into the quarters with a tech fall and a major decision. VanValen, 39-1 on the season, takes on UCF's Brad Kata, the 8-seed. Kate had a first-period pin and a major decision on the first day. It's a key match for UCF, but it comes against one of the tournament's heavy title favorites.
Opposite them is UCF's returning All-American Jarrod Smiley, the 5-seed. Smiley cruised through the first day, but now has one of the tournament's key matches taking on Liberty's Joshua McIlhenny, the 4-seed, in the quarters. At this point in the tournament it's a key match for UCF where it could have both its wrestlers facing off in the semi's.
George Andrews of Connecticut is the other returning All-American in the bracket. Seeded sixth, he's advanced with a pin and a tech fall and will face 3-seed Jerron Thomas of Mott Community College. The bottom of the bracket has second-seeded Vincent Levin of Florida Gulf Coast taking on Brenden DeVries, the 7-seed of Grand Valley State. Levin scored a first-period pin and a major decision on the first day.
197 lbs.
This bracket now has UCF and Apprentice wrestlers in the same half of the bracket awaiting a potential semifinal matchup. Second-seeded Ross Graham of Apprentice blew through two tech falls on Thursday to advance to the quarters, and he'll face Grays Harbor's 7-seed Jack Dahlgren, who had two pins on the first day. UCF's 3-seed Randolph Prud'homme takes on an underdog by seeding but an experienced wrestler in 11-seed Costas Hatzipavlides, a returning All-American from the Iowa State Wrestling Club. Hatzipavlides shocked two-time All-American and 6-seed Jesse Slocum of Akron in the round of 16 with a 10-1 major decision.
Top-seeded Robert LaPeter could become Florida State's first NCWA All-American with a quarterfinal win, but it will come in a tough matchup against 8-seed River Robertson of Maine. Robertson is a three-time All-American with top-five finishes at 184 the past three seasons. LaPeter reached the quarters with two first-period pins and a 4-1 decision. Robertson had a pin and a major decision on Thursday.
The other quarterfinal pairs upstart 12-seed Broc Dokos of Springfield Tech against returning All-American Sean Kennedy of Middle Tennessee. Dokos rocked the bracket with an 11-1 major decision over Liberty's Taylor Westlake, the 5-seed who took fourth at 184 last year. Kennedy was third at this weight last season, and reached the quarters with a first-period pin in the round of 16 following a tech fall to open his tournament.
235 lbs.
The 235-pound bracket has been loaded from the start with eight returning All-Americans seeded in the bracket. Seven of them reached the quarterfinals representing a total of 10 All-American honors for what should be a great set of matches toward the close of the Friday morning session. The only reason all eight aren't the quarters is one of them lost to another when Luttere Eglaus of UCF edged Clemson's Danny Falconer 6-4 in the round of 16. Eglaus is the lowest-seeded of the quarterfinalists at 11 but still took Falconer's sixth-seeded spot. Falconer was Clemson's first All-American under the NCWA banner after a fourth-place finish at 197 last year. Eglaus takes on third-seeded Harun Bogdanic, an experienced wrestler from Grand Valley State and a two-time All-American.
Just beneath them on the lower half of the bracket are Stevan Webb of Connecticut, a three-time All-American looking for a fourth, and Richie McClendon of Middle Tennessee. Webb, the 2-seed, and McClendon, the 7 seed, each earned two pins on the first day to advance.
Austin Amos of Liberty is the top seed, a returning All-American with a pin and a tech fall already under his belt. Amos placed eight at 197 in 2017 and will face Giovanni Guarnero of Winona State, the 9-seed who took sixth at this weight last year. The Ohio State Wrestling Club earned its first All-American last year when Seth Brennock placed fourth in this weight class. He's back as the 4-seed and has already racked up 41 points in two matches winning by tech fall and a 22-10 major decision. He'll face 5-seed Drew Barrett of Queens, who won a narrow 3-1 opener before winning by tech fall in the round of 16.
285 lb.
The top two seeds in this class could make for a great championship bout between two two-time All-Americans. But there's another prospective matchup that could be even more appealing with two heavyweights battling each other in the tournament's final match with the team title on the line. Jesse Gaudin of UCF is 27-3 on the season with back-to-back national runner-up finishes the past two seasons. He's the top seed this time around and favored to reach the finals match again. On the other side of the bracket sits 2-seed Dylan Stadel of Utah State, still undefeated at 7-0 on the season with two consecutive third-place finishes in this bracket. Their finals match would be one to see. Gaudin takes on 8-seed Ryan Mattison of Alfred State in the quarters. Mattison already has a pin and a major decision in the tournament.
But there's also that possibility that Liberty's 6-seed, Dominic Johnson, could slip into the final as well, perhaps pitting the two heavyweights in position to decide the overall champion between their teams that current sit in first and second place. Johnson has his hands full in the quarterfinals though facing another returning All-American in Donavan Lozada of Springfield Tech. Johnson already toppled another returning All-American in Austin Wells of Middle Tennessee, pinning him following a first-period pin in his opening match. Lozada has two first-period pins, including a 34-second finish in the round of 16.
Stadel scored two first-period pins to start the tournament, and now faces UMBC's Chukwudi Kalu, the 7-seed, in the quarters. The other quarterfinal is between the 4- and 5-seeds, Penn State-Fayette's Nathan Spinetti and Grand Valley State's Miguel Correa. Correa got a pin in the opener and edged out 6-0 and 4-2 decisions in the other rounds Spinetti scored a pin in his opening round followed by an 8-0 major decision over the 13-seed.
The event is being broadcast live on FloWrestling, with brackets available on FloArena.
NCWA NATIONALS
At Allen, Texas, March 8
Quarterfinal pairings
125 pounds
No. 1 Byron Smith (Middle Tennessee) vs. No. 8 Brandon Felan (Texas A&M)
No. 5 Deonte Carter (UMBC) vs. No. 4 Timothy Sakow (Central Florida)
No. 3 Jacob Toledo (Central Florida) vs. No. 6 Melvin Rubio (Queens)
No. 10 Alberto Perez (Emmanuel) vs. No. 2 Colton Messick (Apprentice)
133 pounds
No. 1 Arthur Payne (Mott CC) vs. No. 8 Demetri Koures (Montana Tech)
No. 5 Justus Griffith (Central Florida) vs. No. 20 Colton Tracy (Brigham Young)
No. 14 Kolin Johnson (Apprentice) vs. No. 6 De'ante Evans (Toledo)
No. 7 Michael Perdomo (Penn State - Fayette) vs. No. 2 Noah Gilbert (Queens)
141 pounds
No. 1 Tyler Sage (Florida) vs. No. 8 Damon Thomas (Grays Harbor)
No. 5 Wesley Hollingsworth (East Carolina) vs. No. 13 Danny Buteau (Husson)
No. 3 Deviniare Hayes (Queens) vs. No. 6 Nick Pipes (Macomb CC)
No. 10 Shalek Colon (Apprentice) vs. No. 2 Reid Stewart (Liberty)
149 pounds
No. 1 Jay Sheppard (Emmanuel) vs. No. 8 Ty Boyd (Apprentice)
No. 5 Nick Puliti (Temple) vs. Ty'rae Carter (Texas A&M)
No. 3 Martin Mitchell (UMBC) vs. No. 6 Scott Akers (North Texas)
No. 10 Tyler Weiss (Brigham Young) vs. No. 2 Zach Blevins (Toledo)
157 pounds
No. 1 Chad Simmons (Apprentice) vs. No. 8 Matthew Seymour (Central Florida)
No. 5 Azamat Akhmedov (UMBC) vs. No. 4 Dan Vossbein (West Chester)
No. 3 Andrew Burgette (Liberty) vs. No. 6 Dan Ritz (Penn State WC)
No. 10 Josh Pine (Grays Harbor) vs. No. 2 Hunter Quinn (Emmanuel)
165 pounds
No. 1 Bailey Carlson (Brigham Young) vs. No. 8 Peter Becher (East Carolina)
No. 5 Ja Jones (Emmanuel) vs. No. 4 Javiair White (Rutgers WC)
No. 3 Richard Viruet (Springfield Tech) vs. No. 6 Taylor Workman (Toledo)
No. 7 Mason Brestle (Maryland WC) vs. No. 2 Joseph Scott (Liberty)
174 pounds
No. 1 Noah Curreri (Queens) vs. No. 9 Edward Maisey (Brigham Young)
No. 21 Dan Henson (Apprentice) vs. No. 4 John Prentice (Penn State – DuBois)
No. 3 Sam Karel (Liberty) vs. No. 6 Jacob Berry (Springfield Tech)
No. 7 Ethan Ahrens (Central Florida) vs. No. 2 Shane Brown (Akron)
184 pounds
No. 1 George Vanvalen (Alfred State) vs. No. 8 Brad Kata (Central Florida)
No. 5 Jarrod Smiley (Central Florida) vs. No. 4 Joshua Mcilhenny (Liberty)
No. 3 Jerron Thomas (Mott CC) vs. No. 6 George Andrews (UConn)
No. 7 Brenden Devries (Grand Valley State) vs. No. 2 Vincent Levin (Florida Gulf Coast)
197 pounds
No. 1 Robert Lapeter (Florida State) vs. No. 8 River Robertson (Maine)
No. 12 Broc Dokos (Springfield Tech) vs. No. 4 Sean Kennedy (Middle Tennessee)
No. 3 Randolph Prud'homme (Central Florida) vs. No. 11 Costas Hatzipavlides (Iowa State WC)
No. 7 Jack Dahlgren (Grays Harbor) vs. No. 2 Ross Graham (Apprentice)
235 pounds
No. 1 Austin Amos (Liberty) vs. No. 9 Giovanni Guarnero (Winona State)
No. 5 Drew Barrett (Queens) vs. No. 4 Seth Brennock (Ohio State WC)
No. 3 Harun Bogdanic (Grand Valley State) vs. No. 11 Luttere Eglaus (Central Florida)
No. 7 Richie Mcclendon (Middle Tennessee) vs. No. 2 Stevan Webb (UConn)
285 pounds
No. 1 Jesse Gaudin (Central Florida) vs. No. 8 Ryan Mattison (Alfred State)
No. 5 Miguel Correa (Grand Valley State) vs. No. 4 Nathan Spinetti (Penn State - Fayette)
No. 3 Donavan Lozada (Springfield Tech) vs. No. 6 Dominick Johnson (Liberty)
No. 7 Chukwudi Kalu (UMBC) vs. No. 2 Dylan Stadel (Utah State)
Top 20 after day one
1 Liberty 74
2 Apprentice 66.5
3 Central Florida 60
4 Emmanuel 56
5 Brigham Young 55.5
6 Grays Harbor 50
6 Washington State 50
8 Middle Tennessee 49
8 Springfield Tech 49
10 Grand Valley State 46
11 UMBC 45.5
12 Queens 42
13 Colorado State 33
14 Toledo 32
15 Alfred State 31
16 Akron 29
17 Maine 28
18 Florida 27
19 Penn State WC 25.5
20 Iowa State WC 25
Round of 16 results
125 Byron Smith (Middle Tennessee) TF Pleatheal Roberts (UNLV), 16-0 3:03
125 Brandon Felan (Texas A&M) DEC Raymon Troncoso (Florida), 12-10 SV
125 Deonte Carter (UMBC) F Colton Davis (Pitt - Bradford), 1:46
125 Timothy Sakow (Central Florida) DEC Jason Smith (Liberty), 9-4
125 Jacob Toledo (Central Florida) TF Chris Vega (Springfield Tech), 17-2 6:32
125 Melvin Rubio (Queens) F Alejandro Martinez (Wayne State), 1:28
125 Alberto Perez (Emmanuel) F Manuel Canfijn (West Chester), 3:58
125 Colton Messick (Apprentice) DEC Jesse Torres (Grays Harbor), 6-4
133 Arthur Payne (Mott CC) TF Taylor Swanson (North Texas), 17-2 6:14
133 Demetri Koures (Montana Tech) DEC Tyler Petrochko (Yale), 5-2
133 Justus Griffith (Central Florida) DEC Anthony Monahan (Apprentice), 10-5
133 Colton Tracy (Brigham Young) DEC Emery Cline (Emmanuel), 6-1
133 Kolin Johnson (Apprentice) F Brendan Hazelton (Grand Valley State), 6:19
133 De'ante Evans (Toledo) DEC Blake Justis (Liberty), 4-3
133 Michael Perdomo (Penn State - Fayette) F Junior Francois (Central Florida), 6:54
133 Noah Gilbert (Queens) DEC Nathan Swanson-dinsmore (Western Washington), 3-1
141 Tyler Sage (Florida) DEC Daniel Clark (Middle Tennessee), 8-4
141 Damon Thomas (Grays Harbor) DEC Colton Economy (Dixie State), 5-3
141 Wesley Hollingsworth (East Carolina) MD Timithy Ellinger (Montana Tech), 12-4
141 Danny Buteau (Husson) DEC Ashton Robinson (Liberty), 6-1
141 Deviniare Hayes (Queens) MD Carlos Garcia (Middle Tennessee), 12-0
141 Nick Pipes (Macomb CC) DEC Tanner Williams (Brigham Young), 7-6
141 Shalek Colon (Apprentice) DEC Nick Reddy (Grand Valley State), 10-7
141 Reid Stewart (Liberty) F Sam Reyant (Iowa State WC), 2:54
149 Jay Sheppard (Emmanuel) F Lane Householder (Kent State - Tuscarawas), 4:14
149 Ty Boyd (Apprentice) F Karson Ayres (Queens), 4:58
149 Nick Puliti (Temple) DEC Tyler Everett (Maine), 8-7
149 Ty'rae Carter (Texas A&M) MD Mitchel Egbert (Utah State), 15-3
149 Martin Mitchell (UMBC) F Rey Dishmey (Springfield Tech), 4:06
149 Scott Akers (North Texas) MD Tyshane Young (Grays Harbor), 11-0
149 Tyler Weiss (Brigham Young) DEC Jared Brathor (UNLV), 7-5 SV
149 Zach Blevins (Toledo) F Taylor Dawal (Colorado State), 1:05
157 Chad Simmons (Apprentice) DEC Mike Galton (Alfred State), 7-2
157 Matthew Seymour (Central Florida) DEF Ethan Kenney (Penn State - Fayette)
157 Azamat Akhmedov (UMBC) DEC Colin Saiz (Colorado State), 4-1
157 Dan Vossbein (West Chester) DEC Braxton Freeman (Akron), 4-1
157 Andrew Burgette (Liberty) DEC Josh Feuerbacher (Middle Tennessee), 6-5
157 Dan Ritz (Penn State WC) F Coltan Williams (North Texas), 4:44
157 Josh Pine (Grays Harbor) F Cody Smith (East Carolina), 0:27
157 Hunter Quinn (Emmanuel) F Joshua Fontanez (Springfield Tech), 2:28
165 Bailey Carlson (Brigham Young) DEC David Cox (Liberty), 6-4
165 Peter Becher (East Carolina) DEC Jerrod Mullins (Mott CC), 12-6
165 Ja Jones (Emmanuel) F Stephon Halliburton (Queens), 0:50
165 Javiair White (Rutgers WC) F Braiden Klimp (Grays Harbor), 3:23
165 Richard Viruet (Springfield Tech) TF Tegan Durishin (Temple), 16-0 5:54
165 Taylor Workman (Toledo) DEC Jared Torch (Kent State - Tuscarawas), 7-3 TB2
165 Mason Brestle (Maryland WC) MD Ben Peterson (Colorado State), 12-1
165 Joseph Scott (Liberty) F Cody Houston (Penn State WC), 4:44
174 Noah Curreri (Queens) F Tyler Kutz (Iowa State WC), 1:59
174 Edward Maisey (Brigham Young) MD Thomas Hatzipavlides (Penn State WC), 17-3
174 Dan Henson (Apprentice) M FOR Brandon Buckingham (UMBC), 12-3 3:51
174 John Prentice (Penn State - DuBois) DEC Stetson Potrykus (Wisconsin WC), 4-1
174 Sam Karel (Liberty) TF Zachery Woods (UMass), 20-3 7:00
174 Jacob Berry (Springfield Tech) MD Brady Bischer (Grand Valley State), 11-2
174 Ethan Ahrens (Central Florida) MD Jeremy Mosley (Apprentice), 10-1
174 Shane Brown (Akron) MD Karson Christiansen (Brigham Young), 9-1
184 George Vanvalen (Alfred State) MD Tyler Roling (Iowa State WC), 11-0
184 Brad Kata (Central Florida) MD Rusty Wilson (Maine), 10-1
184 Jarrod Smiley (Central Florida) DEC Dominic Vasquez (Toledo), 9-2
184 Joshua Mcilhenny (Liberty) F Cameron Dewey (West Chester), 1:13
184 Jerron Thomas (Mott CC) TF Cody Richmond (Liberty), 18-2 2:58
184 George Andrews (UConn) TF Mauro Beteta (Maryland WC), 21-5 4:30
184 Brenden Devries (Grand Valley State) DEC Wes Sorey (Apprentice), 11-8
184 Vincent Levin (Florida Gulf Coast) MD Drake Dudley (North Texas), 21-10
197 Robert Lapeter (Florida State) DEC Ernest Tessein (Temple), 4-1
197 River Robertson (Maine) MD Deontay Wadley (Penn State WC), 10-2
197 Broc Dokos (Springfield Tech) MD Taylor Westlake (Liberty), 11-1
197 Sean Kennedy (Middle Tennessee) F Mason Mckenzie (Grays Harbor), 0:27
197 Randolph Prud'homme (Central Florida) DEC Jacob Martin (Brigham Young), 8-1
197 Costas Hatzipavlides (Iowa State WC) MD Jesse Slocum (Akron), 10-1
197 Jack Dahlgren (Grays Harbor) F Austin Jacque (Williamson Trade), 5:39
197 Ross Graham (Apprentice) F Benjie Hund (Queens), 4:14
235 Austin Amos (Liberty) TF Blaine Nye (Colorado State), 16-1 2:04
235 Giovanni Guarnero (Winona State) DEC Gunnar Lynch (Penn State - Fayette), 4-3
235 Drew Barrett (Queens) TF Oliver Feagin (Rensselaer Polytechnic), 17-1 5:48
235 Seth Brennock (Ohio State WC) MD Brandyn Whitacre (Alfred State), 22-10
235 Harun Bogdanic (Grand Valley State) DEC Edgars Plorinsh (Washington), 3-1
235 Luttere Eglaus (Central Florida) DEC Danny Falconer (Clemson), 6-4
235 Richie Mcclendon (Middle Tennessee) F Jacob Childs (Brigham Young), 1:48
235 Stevan Webb (UConn) F David Smith (Liberty), 4:48
285 Jesse Gaudin (Central Florida) DEC Jacob Marin (Queens), 12-7
285 Ryan Mattison (Alfred State) MD Daniel Eslick (Iowa State WC), 8-0
285 Miguel Correa (Grand Valley State) DEC Ikaika Neal (North Texas), 4-2
285 Nathan Spinetti (Penn State - Fayette) MD Octavio Alejandre (Grays Harbor), 8-0
285 Donavan Lozada (Springfield Tech) F Michael Scullin (Georgia), 0:34
285 Dominick Johnson (Liberty) F Austin Wells (Middle Tennessee), 6:23
285 Chukwudi Kalu (UMBC) DEC Shakeem Lassiter (Apprentice), 3-1
285 Dylan Stadel (Utah State) F Christopher Woods (Houston - Downtown), 1:10
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