DIVISION I WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2018 Championships 2 History 14 Team Finishes 28 All-Time Team Results 34 2018 CHAMPIONSHIPS Penn State edges Ohio State for seventh team title in eight years: It might have been the most exciting 15 seconds in NCAA Wrestling Championship his- tory. Ohio State’s Myles Martin, a champion in 2016 with a win over Penn State’s Bo Nickal, a freshman at the time, fired a powerful double-leg shot late in the first period of the 184-pound national championship match. Nickal (31-0), a national champion in 2017, flipped Martin to his back with a high-flyer and, with 31 seconds left, scored a monumental pin. The pin put the Nittany Lions up by 12½ points and wrapped up a seventh NCAA team title in eight years. Penn State totaled 141½ points to Ohio State’s 134½ points. Three of Nickal’s teammates – Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, and Vincenzo Joseph — also won individual honors and three others finished among the top eight. Retherford finished his career with 94-straight wins and a third national title, beating Lock Haven’s Ronnie Perry, 6-2, in the 149-pound final. The first of five Penn State finalists, Retherford’s win cut the Buckeye deficit to two points. A match later, junior Nolf (26-1) cruised by North Carolina State’s Hayden Hidlay and the Nittany Lions regained the lead over their Big Ten brethren 132½ to 130½. Iowa finished a distant third with 97 points. Michigan (80) and North Carolina State (80) rounded out the top five. The Penn State train kept rolling when Joseph, just a sophomore, beat Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez in the 165-pound final for the second consecutive season. Martinez, with just three career losses, was a four-time finalist with titles as a freshman and sophomore. Arizona State sophomore Zahid Valencia (32-0) out-wrestled Penn State’s Mark Hall for the 174-pound title and gave Ohio State a fighting chance heading into the 184-pound clash between Nickal and Martin. The three days in Cleveland ended with the highly-anticipated Kyle Snyder-Adam Coon match at 285 pounds. Snyder, an Olympic and world champion, scored a third period takedown that provided the difference in a 3-2 victory. For the first time since 1947 there were two true freshman champions. Iowa’s Spencer Lee (22-2) dominated the field at 125 pounds, beating Rutgers’ Nick Suriano in the final. The Pennsylvania native already owned a Junior World Championship in freestyle before heading to Iowa. Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis capped a 34-1 rookie campaign with a highlight-reel counter-to-cradle finish in the third period to beat Wyoming senior Bryce Meredith at 141 pounds. Seth Gross became South Dakota State’s first NCAA champion in Division I, beating Michigan’s Stevan Micic, 13-8, in the 133-pound final. Gross (29-1) lost in the 2017 final. North Carolina State’s Michael Macchiavello (22-3) scored a takedown in the final 16 seconds to beat Virginia Tech’s Jared Haught for top honors at 197 pounds. When the final session started Ohio State led Penn State 130½ to 124½. The Buckeyes made a run during Saturday’s first session, scoring 21 points behind six All-Americans, but Penn State’s four champions thwarted the Buckeye’s efforts to take the trophy back to Columbus. Ohio State totaled eight All- Americans. 2018 Championships 2 35. Drexel 8 2018 TEAM STANDINGS 36. Edinboro 7 Navy 1. Penn St. 141½ 38. Central Mich. 6½ 2. Ohio St. 133½ Northern Colo. 3. Iowa 97 40. Eastern Mich. 5 4. Michigan 80 Penn NC State 42. Army West Point 4½ 6. Missouri 61½ 43. Columbia 4 7. Cornell 48 Utah Valley 8. Virginia Tech 47½ 45. Iowa St. 3 9. Nebraska 47 North Dakota St. 10. Arizona St. 43 Rider 11. Rutgers 42½ 48. Chattanooga 2½ 12. South Dakota St. 42 Northern Ill. 13. Illinois 37½ 50. Appalachian St. 2 Oklahoma St. Brown 15. Lehigh 36½ Bucknell 16. Lock Haven 35 Clarion 17. Minnesota 27½ Old Dominion Wisconsin 55. Indiana 1½ Wyoming 56. American 1 20. North Carolina 27 Campbell 21. Oregon St. 26 Frank. & Marsh. 22. Duke 21 George Mason Kent St. Harvard 24. Norhwestern 20 Oklahoma UNI 62. Binghamton ½ 26. Princeton 17 Cal Poly 27. Maryland 12½ Fresno St. 28. Hofstra 12 Purdue 30. West Virginia 11½ 31. Pittsburgh 10½ Virginia 33. CSU Bakersfield 9½ 34. Stanford 8½ 2018 Championships 3 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships 125 CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday Morning Thursday Night Friday Morning Friday Night Saturday Night (1) Darian Cruz (LEH) 30-2 (1) Cruz (LEH) 11 Dec 7-4 RayVon Foley (MSU) 28-11 (1) Cruz (LEH) 181 Drew Mattin (MICH) 21-14 Dec 1-0 12 Mattin (MICH) Fall 3:50 (1) Cruz (LEH) (16) Jacob Schwarm (UNI) 25-12 341 (9) Ronnie Bresser (ORST) 23-6 (9) Bresser (ORST) Dec 2-0 13 Dec 5-4 Elijah Oliver (IND) 18-14 182 (9) Bresser (ORST) Barlow McGhee (MIZZ) 15-13 SV-1 4-2 14 (8) Lizak (MINN) MD 11-0 (8) Ethan Lizak (MINN) 32-7 (4) Suriano (RUT) (5) Sean Fausz (NCST) 15-4 (5) Fausz (NCST) 501 Dec 2-0 15 TB-1 8-5 (12) Hayes (UVA) Michael McGee (ODU) 29-10 183 Paul Bianchi (NDSU) 24-15 SV-1 10-4 16 (12) Hayes (UVA) (12) Louie Hayes (UVA) 31-8 MD 14-1 (4) Suriano (RUT) (13) Zeke Moisey (WVU) 26-12 (13) Moisey (WVU) 342 MD 8-0 17 Dec 10-7 Kyle Norstrem (VT) 12-16 184 (4) Suriano (RUT) Gerald (JR) Wert (RID) 17-9 Fall 2:58 (3) Lee (IOWA) 18 (4) Suriano (RUT) Dec 5-1 (4) Nick Suriano (RUT) 25-1 TF-1.5 4:45 (17-0) CHAMPION (3) Spencer Lee (IOWA) 22-2 (3) Lee (IOWA) 19 TF-1.5 1:41 (18-0) 631 Sergio Mendez (CSUB) 24-14 Alonzo Allen (CHAT) 22-10 Dec 10-9 (3) Lee (IOWA) 1 185 TF-1.5 3:59 (18-0) Alonzo Allen (CHAT) 22-10 Connor Brown (SDSU) 26-16 20 (14) Welch (PUR) (14) Luke Welch (PUR) 32-11 Dec 10-5 (3) Lee (IOWA) 343 (11) Sean Russell (EDIN) 32-7 (11) Russell (EDIN) Fall 3:58 21 MD 16-3 Gage Curry (AMER) 22-16 186 (6) Piccininni (OKST) Travis Piotrowski (ILL) 19-10 Dec 6-3 (6) Piccininni (OKST) 22 (3) Lee (IOWA) (6) Nicholas Piccininni (OKST) 24-5 Fall 1:47 502 Fall 6:05 (7) Taylor LaMont (UVU) 27-5 (7) LaMont (UVU) 23 Dec 3-2 Brock Hudkins (NIU) 18-12 (7) LaMont (UVU) 187 Ibrahim Bunduka (GMU) 23-14 Dec 6-5 24 (10) Rivera (NW) (10) Sebastian Rivera (NW) 31-8 MD 14-3 344 (2) Tomasello (OHST) (15) Ryan Millhof (ASU) 17-7 (15) Millhof (ASU) MD 12-4 25 Dec 4-3 Christian Moody (OU) 23-15 188 (2) Tomasello (OHST) Gabe Townsell (STAN) 20-15 Inj. 5:00 26 (2) Tomasello (OHST) (2) Nathan Tomasello (OHST) 16-2 Fall 2:19 Loser of 1 (1) Cruz (LEH) (10) Rivera (NW) Dec 7-4 Sergio Mendez (CSUB) WRESTLEBACKS 602 (1) Cruz (LEH) 171 Sergio Mendez (CSUB) Mendez (CSUB) Fifth Place Mendez (CSUB) Dec 12-9 (9) Bresser (ORST) RayVon Foley (MSU) 261 Fall 6:23 381 (15) Millhof (ASU) Jacob Schwarm (UNI) (9) Bresser (ORST) M. For. Loser of 11 (15) Millhof (ASU) TF-1.5 7:00 (17-2) 603 (10) Rivera (NW) (13) Moisey (WVU) Seventh Place Elijah Oliver (IND) Oliver (IND) 461 Dec 5-2 262 (10) Rivera (NW) Dec 8-1 382 (10) Rivera (NW) Barlow McGhee (MIZZ) 521 MD 8-0 (10) Rivera (NW) Fall 4:49 (12) Hayes (UVA) Michael McGee (ODU) McGee (ODU) 263 Dec 7-4 (11) Russell (EDIN) (10) Rivera (NW) Paul Bianchi (NDSU) 383 561 MD 12-2 (11) Russell (EDIN) Dec 8-1 (14) Welch (PUR) (2) Tomasello (OHST) Kyle Norstrem (VT) Norstrem (VT) 462 Dec 4-3 264 (9) Bresser (ORST) 581 Dec 9-7 384 (14) Welch (PUR) Fall 1:14 Gerald (JR) Wert (RID) 522 SV-1 8-6 (14) Welch (PUR) Fall 1:06 (9) Bresser (ORST) (2) Tomasello (OHST) Alonzo Allen (CHAT) Brown (SDSU) 265 Dec 16-11 (13) Moisey (WVU) Connor Brown (SDSU) 385 (2) Tomasello (OHST) (13) Moisey (WVU) Dec 10-4 (13) Moisey (WVU) SV-1 8-6 Gage Curry (AMER) Piotrowski (ILL) 463 Dec 5-0 Third Place 266 MD 9-1 (13) Moisey (WVU) Travis Piotrowski (ILL) 386 Piotrowski (ILL) 523 601 Dec 8-5 (5) Fausz (NCST) Dec 8-1 (7) LaMont (UVU) Brock Hudkins (NIU) Hudkins (NIU) (8) Lizak (MINN) 267 Fall 2:21 (8) Lizak (MINN) Ibrahim Bunduka (GMU) 387 562 Dec 7-2 Fall 1:43 (8) Lizak (MINN) (8) Lizak (MINN) (8) Lizak (MINN) Christian Moody (OU) Townsell (STAN) 464 MD 17-6 582 Dec 5-2 268 Dec 9-7 (8) Lizak (MINN) Gabe Townsell (STAN) 388 Mattin (MICH) 524 TF-1.5 4:19 (16-0) Mattin (MICH) Dec 4-1 (6) Piccininni (OKST) (1) Cruz (LEH) Thursday Evening Friday Morning Friday Evening Saturday Morning 2018 Championships 4 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships 133 CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday Morning Thursday Night Friday Morning Friday Night Saturday Night (1) Seth Gross (SDSU) 29-1 (1) Gross (SDSU) 27 MD 15-2 Matthew Schmitt (WVU) 23-14 (1) Gross (SDSU) 189 Josh Finesilver (DUKE) 20-20 MD 13-5 28 (16) McKee (MINN) Dec 11-6 (1) Gross (SDSU) (16) Mitch McKee (MINN) 21-8 345 (9) Dennis Gustafson (VT) 24-9 (9) Gustafson (VT) Dec 7-3 29 Dec 4-1 Charles Tucker (COR) 22-11 190 (8) Bridges (WYO) Ben Thornton (PUR) 27-13 Dec 4-1 30 (8) Bridges (WYO) MD 16-3 (8) Montorie Bridges (WYO) 35-7 (1) Gross (SDSU) (5) John Erneste (MIZZ) 27-4 Wilson (NCST) 503 Fall 7:18 31 Dec 8-3 Wilson (NCST) Tariq Wilson (NCST) 27-10 191 Rico Montoya (UNCO) 25-14 Dec 7-1 32 Montoya (UNCO) (12) Josh Terao (AMER) 29-10 Dec 10-5 Wilson (NCST) (13) Bryan Lantry (BUFF) 17-7 (13) Lantry (BUFF) 346 MD 13-5 33 Dec 4-1 Colin Valdiviez (NW) 20-13 192 (4) Brock (OKST) Dylan Duncan (ILL) 20-9 Dec 10-3 (1) Gross (SDSU) 34 (4) Brock (OKST) Dec 13-8 (4) Kaid Brock (OKST) 30-5 Dec 7-4 CHAMPION (3) Luke Pletcher (OHST) 30-4 (3) Pletcher (OHST) 35 Dec 2-1 632 Mason Pengilly (STAN) 4-3 (3) Pletcher (OHST) 193 Scott Delvecchio (RUT) 26-10 Dec 4-3 36 (14) Myers (EDIN) (14) Korbin Myers (EDIN) 28-11 Dec 4-0 (3) Pletcher (OHST) 347 (11) Dom Forys (PITT) 22-6 (11) Forys (PITT) Dec 3-1 37 Fall 4:57 Cameron Kelly (OHIO) 25-8 Corey Keener (PSU) 17-10 (6) Parker (LEH) 2 194 Cam Sykora (NDSU) 23-12 MD 11-3 Dec 7-5 Cam Sykora (NDSU) 23-12 (6) Parker (LEH) 38 (2) Micic (MICH) (6) Scott Parker (LEH) 22-5 TB-1 2-1 504 Dec 8-4 (7) Austin DeSanto (DREX) 30-7 (7) DeSanto (DREX) 39 M.