Feature photo of Rider’s first NCAA finalist Jesse Dellavecchia courtesy of John Sachs.
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Semifinal Results
125 pounds
No. 1. Spencer Lee (Iowa) MD No. 4 Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan), 11-0
No. 3 Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) DEC No. 7 Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley), 2-1 (TB-1)
133 pounds
No. 1 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) DEC No. 4 Austin DeSanto (Iowa), 3-2
No. 2 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) DEC No. 3 Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech), 5-3
141 pounds
No. 1 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) FALL No. 4 Tariq Wilson (NC State), 2:59
No. 2 Nick Lee (Penn State) DEC No. 3 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers), 9-3
149 pounds
No. 1 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) FALL No. 4 Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State), 4:01
No. 2 Austin O’Connor (North Carolina) DEC No. 3 Brock Mauller (Missouri), 2-1 (TB-1)
157 pounds
No. 4 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) FALL No. 1 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern), 3:18
No. 3 David Carr (Iowa State) DEC No. 2 Hayden Hidlay (NC State), 6-4
165 pounds
No. 8 Shane Griffith (Stanford) DEC No. 5 Zach Hartman (Bucknell), 9-2
No. 3 Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) DEC No. 7 Ethan Smith (Ohio State), 4-2
174 pounds
No. 1 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) DEC No. 12 Bernie Truax (Cal Poly), 8-1
No. 3 Carter Starocci (Penn State) DEC No. 2 Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley), 2-0
184 pounds
No. 1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) DEC No. 4 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa), 6-4
No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State) DEC No. 6 John Poznanski (Rutgers), 2-1 (TB-1)
197 pounds
No. 4 AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) DEC No. 1 Myles Amine (Michigan), 5-1
No. 6 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) DEC No. 26 Jake Woodley (Oklahoma), 4-1
No. 1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) MD No. 5 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa), 16-6
No. 2 Mason Parris (Michigan) FALL No. 6 Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State), 4:02