Penn State matches record six finalists, Oklahoma State puts four freshmen into NCAA finals

Semifinal Recap: #1 Shayne Van Ness of Penn State cruised to a 22-1 tech fall over #20 Chance Lamer of Nebraska. A pair of four-point near falls in the second and third opened up the scoring. He will meet R-Fr. #10 Aden Valencia of Stanford, the second double-digit seed to reach the finals. Valencia got a takedown in the second and again in the third to take out four-time All-American Lachlan McNeil of Michigan, 9-5.

#3 Cross Wasilewski (Penn)

#4 Collin Gaj (Virginia Tech)

#8 Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State)

#15 Ryder Block (Iowa)

#1 Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) vs.#10 Aden Valencia (Stanford)

Semifinal Recap: Both bouts were scoreless after the first, and both were tied 1-1 in the third period after escapes. Returning national champion #2 Antrell Taylor was the first to punch his ticket into the final, as his takedown in the third period got him past #11 Ty Waters of West Virginia, 4-2. He will meet freshman #5 Landon Robideau of Oklahoma State after he scored a reversal in ride outs and took out #1 PJ Duke of Penn State.

#3 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell)

#7 Kannon Webster (Illinois)

#8 Brandon Cannon (Ohio State)

#15 Cameron Catrabone (Michigan)

#5 Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska)

Semifinal Recap: #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink will also go for a second straight national championship, as he went tech fall in the semifinals, 15-0 over #12 Cesar Alvan of Columbia. It will be Penn State-Iowa in the final, after #3 Mikey Caliendo secured a takedown just seven seconds into extra time to get past #2 Joey Blaze of Purdue, 8-5. It marks the 36^th straight year Iowa has a finalist, a streak that started back in 1990.

#4 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State)

#9 Bryce Hepner (North Carolina)

#13 Andrew Sparks (Minnesota)

#16 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State)

#1 Mitchell Messenbrink (Penn State) vs. #3 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa)

Semifinal Recap: #1 Levi Haines will look for his second NCAA title, first at 174 pounds, as he went bonus for the fourth straight bout with an 18-3 tech over #5 Patrick Kennedy of Iowa. He will face #3 Christopher Minto of Nebraska for the championship, as Minto used a first-period takedown and beat #7 Cam Steed of Missouri, 5-1.

#4 Carson Kharchia (Ohio State)

#9 Beau Mantanona (Michigan)

#11 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State)

#15 Danny Wask (Navy)

#1 Levi Haines (Penn State) vs. #3 Christopher Minto (Nebraska)

Semifinal Recap: Both bouts went 1-1 into the third. #1 Rocco Welsh of Penn State will be going back to the final (previous trip was in 2024 at 174 pounds at Ohio State). He got the bout’s lone takedown 45 seconds into the third period to get past #5 Brock Mantanona of Michigan, 4-3. The battle in the bottom half between #3 Max McEnelly of Minnesota and #7 Angelo Ferrari of Iowa went into ride outs at 1-1. McEnelly started down first and was out in seven seconds. Ferrari started the second 30 seconds down, but McEnelly got the extra point after an 18-second ride time advantage.

#2 Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri)

#6 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming)

#10 Caleb Campos (American)

#22 Zach Ryder (Oklahoma State)

#1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) vs.#3 Max McEnelly (Minnesota)

Semifinal Recap: #1 Josh Barr will take his 100% bonus rate on the season into his second straight NCAA final as he earned a 14-3 major decision over #5 Joey Novak of Wyoming. It was much lower scoring on the bottom side, as it went 1-1 into tiebreakers between #3 Stephen Little of Little Rock and #7 Cody Merrill of Oklahoma State. Merrill started on top and got ride time up to 24 seconds, so Little chose neutral but could not get a final score as the R-Fr. Merrill advances to the championship match.

#9 Angelo Posada (Stanford)

#11 Camden McDanel (Nebraska)

#16 Branson John (Maryland)

#27 Gabe Arnold (Iowa)

#1 Josh Barr (Penn State) vs. #7 Cody Merrill (Oklahoma State)

Semifinal Recap: Two of the best battles came in the final two matches up at heavyweight. #1 Yonger Bastida of Iowa State started with a takedown 15 seconds in and put up 10 points in the opening period to get past former national champion #4 AJ Ferrari of Nebraska, 15-7. The battle between #2 Isaac Trumble of NC State and #3 Taye Ghadiali of Michigan came down to a late scramble with Trumble being awarded the takedown as time expired.

#7 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State)

#8 Ben Kueter (Iowa)

#10 David Szuba (Arizona State)

#18 Christian Carroll (Wyoming)

#1 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) vs. #2 Isaac Trumble (NC State)

Attendance for today’s Session 4 was 17,115 in Cleveland.

Medal Round action begins tomorrow at 11 a.m. (ET), with TV coverage on ESPNU. The 2026 NCAA Finals will be tomorrow evening, starting at 6:30 p.m. (ET) and televised on ESPN.

1. Penn State, 153 (8 All-Americans, 6 Finalists)

2. Oklahoma State, 111.5 (8 All-Americans, 4 Finalists)

3. Nebraska, 90.5 (7 All-Americans, 2 Finalists)

4. Iowa, 81 (7 All-Americans, 1 Finalist)

5. Ohio State, 77.5 (5 All-Americans, 2 Finalists)

6. Stanford, 58 (4 All-Americans, 1 Finalist)

7. Iowa State, 52 (3 All-Americans, 1 Finalist)

8. Michigan, 48 (5 All-Americans, 0 Finalists)

9. Minnesota, 39.5 (3 All-Americans, 1 Finalist)

10. NC State, 37 (2 All-Americans, 1 Finalist)

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