We're really doing it. It's finally here. We've all waited long enough. Get your screens ready or just follow along with all the words I type, it's time for the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships!

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Thursday-Saturday, March 18-20

Do you have your brackets ready? I hope you mocked at least one friend who bragged about how long they spent on their measly singular basketball bracket. Fools. 

You, filling out one single NCAA basketball bracket online: "Isn't this fun?"

Me, filling out 10 NCAA wrestling brackets, front and back side, by hand: "You are like a little baby to me."

— Andrew Spey (@SpeyWrestle) March 18, 2021

Okay now that I've had my yerba mate I'm ready to blog about wrestling. Let's do it!

Session I will be broken up into two halves, with the lighter weights wrestling through the round before the mats are cleared and the upperweights get their turn. 

Pigtails!

Bloomsburg's Rhone has a 10-4  lead on NIU's West still in the second period. West Has come storming back, he's trailing 12-10 late in the third. 

UVA's McCormick with a slim 2-1 lead over ISU's Terukina in one of the best pigtail matchups. And McCormick holds on to win, 5-2 over the lone Hawaiian in the tournament. 

Wyatt Sheets was the 34th wrestler to get drawn into the brackets after a late scratch but is cruising to victory over Lehigh's Firinzi. 

Garnder-Webb wins an NCAA match! Jhaquan Anderson beats Joe Accousti of Sacred heart. 

Billy Janzer wins the takedown battle over Logan Andrew. 

Pigtail final results (not pigtail for 285)

125 Patrick Mccormick (Virginia) DEC Kysen Terukina (Iowa State), 6-2

133 Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg) DEC Bryce West (Northern Illinois), 13-10

141 Cayden Rooks (Indiana) MD Vinny Vespa (Hofstra), 10-1

149 Cameron Hunsaker UT (Utah Valley) DEC Greg Gaxiola (Hofstra), 5-1

157 Wyatt Sheets Stilwell, OK (Oklahoma State) DEC Luca Frinzi (Lehigh), 8-2

165 Austin Yant (Northern Iowa) MD Ricky Stamm (Hofstra), 12-4

174 Drew Hughes (Michigan State) DEC Jacob Nolan (Binghamton), 7-0

184 Jha'quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) DEC Joe Accousti (Sacred Heart), 3-1 SV1

197 Billy Janzer (Rutgers) DEC Logan Andrew Winter Park, FL (Chattanooga), 8-6

125 Pounds

And Devin Schroder gets the first takedown of the NCAA since 2019!

Sparty's Rayvon Foley taking care of business versus Navy's Logan Treaster. Foley was an All-American in 2019. 

Russell and Cardinale in a barnburner of a 16/17 seed match. 

American's Gage Curry gets the first takedown over #6 seed Jakob Camacho of NC State. Now he gets 2 nearfall with an upset special brewing. Camacho returns fire and it's tied 5-5 going into the second period. Camacho not interested in being a headline this round, he now leads 16-7 late in the third. After bring down 4-0 early, Camacho wins by major, 21-9. 

Ragusin and Vegas knotted up at 4-4 in the first. It's now 10-6, Ragusin leading as they light up the scoreboard after two periods. 

DeAugustino gets the first takedown against Mastrogioanni. Late in the third, DeAugustino leads by 1 with Mastro on top but he's running out of time. 

Brody Teske gets the first pin of the tournament! He cradles up Brandon Kaylor of Oregon State. 

Mizzou's Surtin races out to a 6-0 lead over Minny's McKee. Patt battles back to make it 8-8 late in the third. McKee with a great comeback, wins 12-8. 

PSU's Robbie Howard gets a shot at Big Ten Tourney revenge against a much improved Malik Heinselman of Ohio State. Howard gets a takedown and four nearfall for a 6-0 lead. Heinselman battles back to make it 6-4 but that's how it ends. Successful revenge match for Howard!

Latona vs Tropea tied 5-5 after one period. Going into the third its tied 6-6. Escape and takedown makes it 9-6 Latona. 

Lucas Byrd of Illinois controlling his match against Darren Miller of Bucknell, He gets the 7-3 victory with 3:22 of RT. 

Spencer Lee finally takes the mat! He had to wait as McCormick won his pigtail for the pleasure of taking on the Hodge Trophy winner. First period takefall by Spencer Lee!

First Round Results

125 Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) DEC Codi Russell (Appalachian State), 7-6 SV2

125 Devin Schroder (Purdue) DEC Fabian Gutierrez (Chattanooga), 5-1

125 Rayvon Foley (Michigan State) MD Logan Treaster (Navy), 14-0

125 Brody Teske (Northern Iowa) F Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State), 2:40

125 Michael Deaugustino (Northwestern) DEC Trevor Mastrogiovanni (Oklahoma State), 4-3

125 Liam Cronin (Nebraska) F Jake Ferri (Kent State), 6:29

125 Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) DEC Zurich Storm (Campbell), 3-0

125 Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) MD Micah Roes (Binghamton), 18-7

125 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) DEC Jaret Lane (Lehigh), 6-3

125 Dylan Ragusin Elk Grove Village, IL (Michigan) DEC Danny Vega Tucson, AZ (South Dakota State), 13-10

125 Jakob Camacho (NC State) MD Gage Curry (American), 21-9

125 Taylor Lamont (Utah Valley) TF Jackson Disario (Stanford), 19-1 5:37

125 Robert Howard (Penn State) DEC Malik Heinselman (Ohio State), 6-4

125 Patrick Mckee (Minnesota) DEC Noah Surtin (Missouri), 15-8

125 Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) DEC Jonathan Tropea (Rider), 12-7

125 Spencer Lee (Iowa) TF Patrick Mccormick (Virginia), 17-1 1:33

133 Pounds

ASU's McGee leading Rider's Koehler early 4-1. 

#5 seed Phillippi wasting no time, leads 11-3 late in the second period. 

Lehigh's Hines with a takedown and a very long ride going on Oregon State's Turner deep in the first. Hines continues to dictate the match, leads 5-0 with 3+ minutes of RT at the end of the 2nd. 

Austin DeSanto faces off against Little Rock's first ever qualifier Paul Bianchi. He leads 4-2 after 2 minutes of wrestling. Second period techfall for DeSanto. Vintage DeSanto. 

3-3 Hamdan MSU vs Myers VT in a first round bout with lots of action. Make that 5-3, Myers, still with a minute to go in the first. Mayers pulling away in the second, 8-3 half way thru the period. Myers wins by major, 12-8.

#20 seed WVU's Sullivan vs #13 seed ISU's Redding in a 1-1 match deep in the third. Redding getting his head wrapped up in a Rambo bandage. We go to sudden victory, now tiedbreakds, still 1-1. 

RBY takes the mat to try and make it 2-2 for the Nittany Lions. It's 31-2 at the end of the second as RBY races towards a technical fall. 

Wisconsin's Kyle Burwick mounts a comeback against Mosha Schwartz and gets the fall to advance!

Daton Fix gets two finally take the mat after Rhone's break from his pigtail bout. It's 8-1 Fix after one. 

First Round Results

133 Malyke Hines (Lehigh) MD Devan Turner (Oregon State), 8-0

133 Michael Mcgee (Arizona State) MD Richie Koehler (Rider), 13-4

133 Chris Cannon (Northwestern) MD Jacob Allen (Navy), 10-1

133 Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) MD Ty Smith Bunkerville, NV (Utah Valley), 14-3

133 Jarrett Trombley (NC State) DEC Jared Van vleet (Air Force), 3-2

133 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) MD Cole Rhone (Bloomsburg), 16-3

133 Ryan Sullivan (West Virginia) DEC Zach Redding (Iowa State), 4-3 TB2

133 Austin Desanto (Iowa) TF Paul Bianchi (Arkansas), 19-4 4:34

133 Roman Bravo-young (Penn State) TF Sean Carter (Appalachian State), 20-5

133 Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) MD Jordan Hamdan Hudson, MI (Michigan State), 13-4

133 Zach Price (South Dakota State) DEC Chance Rich (Cal State Bakersfield), 4-2 SV1

133 Mario Guillen (Ohio) DEC Anthony Madrigal (Oklahoma), 4-2 SV2

133 Matthew Schmitt Morgantown, WV (Missouri) DEC Jacob Rundell (Purdue), 4-1

133 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) DEC Darren Miller (Bucknell), 8-3

133 Louie Hayes (Virginia) DEC Boo Dryden (Minnesota), 5-2

133 Kyle Burwick (Wisconsin) F Mosha Schwartz (Northern Colorado), 4:38

141 Pounds

Cole Matthews of Pitt and McKenzi Bell of Rider kick things off at 141 pounds. Matthews leads 4-1. Maathews romps, 17-3. 

Char Red leading intraconferenc rival Drew Mattin 4-1 in the first. 

Real Woods of Stanford on mat against Grant Willits of Oregon State, who pinned him in the Pac-12 finals. Woods leads 2-0 early. Woods now leads 5-2 in the third. 

The Dangerous Dom Demas leads 2-0 over Minnesota's Polanco in the first. 

One of the first coaches' challenge of the tournament by the Lehigh corner. It fails, and CMU's Dresden Simon leads Connor McGonagle 2-0. McGonagle battle back to make it 3-2 Siimon in the second, they're in neutral. Simon breaks it open makes it 9-2, now 9-3 in the third. 

Sebastian Rivera makes his NCAA debut in a Rutgers singlet vs Ohio State's Dylan D'Emilio. Seabass leads 5-1 deep in the second. Rivera dominates but is denied a major. He wins 8-1. 

Brian Courtney goes down early but now leads DJ Lloren 5-4 in the second. 

Dylan Duncan from a tight upper body ties goes lat drop and has Lane Peters on his back. It's a 6 point move as Peters avoids the pin. 

Tariq Wilson looking for a first period fall against Zollman of Wyoming. He'll settled for 4 nearfall. 

Missou's Hart and CSUB's Martinoni in a fierce one. It's 3-2 Hart in the second but they are reviewing nearfall points for Martinoni. 

Just as Spencer Lee gets a first period tech, Nick Lee gets a first period tech of his own. 

UPSET ALERT. #26 Colin Valdiviez of Northwestern takes out #7 seed Ian Parker of ISU 8-5. 

Eierman has a cradle locked up on Rooks, who is entirely out of bounds except for Eierman dragging a toe. Total Eierman move. The Hawkeye leads 10-2. 

First Round Results

141 Chad Red (Nebraska) DEC Drew Mattin (Michigan), 8-6

141 Allan Hart (Missouri) DEC Angelo Martinoni (Cal State Bakersfield), 9-2

141 Real Woods (Stanford) DEC Grant Willits (Oregon State), 6-3

141 Colin Valdiviez (Northwestern) DEC Ian Parker (Iowa State), 8-5

141 Dom Demas (Oklahoma) DEC Marcos Polanco West Covina, CA (Minnesota), 6-2

141 Zachary Sherman (North Carolina) DEC Saul Ervin (Southern Illinois), 2-0

141 Dresden Simon (Central Michigan) MD Connor Mcgonagle (Lehigh), 18-6

141 Cody Trybus (Navy) MD Anthony Brito (Appalachian State), 10-1

141 Jaydin Eierman (Iowa) TF Cayden Rooks (Indiana), 20-5 6:19

141 Brian Courtney (Virginia) DEC Dj Lloren (Fresno State), 10-5

141 Clay Carlson (South Dakota State) DEC Parker Filius (Purdue), 7-6

141 Tariq Wilson (NC State) TF Chase Zollmann (Wyoming), 17-0 4:28

141 Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) MD Mckenzie Bell Swedesboro, NJ (Rider), 17-3

141 Dylan Duncan (Illinois) MD Lane Peters (Army), 13-2

141 Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers) DEC Dylan D'emilio (Ohio State), 8-1

141 Nick Lee (Penn State) TF Julian Flores (Drexel), 18-0 2:33

149 Pounds

Murin losing early to Graham Rooks 4-1. Both ROoks brothers for Indiana are wrestling Hawkeyes on the mat simultaneously. Murin comes back and wins a nailbiter 7-6.

Omania vs Lovett heading into period 2, Omania leads 4-3. 

Yahya Thomas leading Jaden Abas 2-0 going into the third in what could be another upset (by seed anyway). Thomas wins 6-2 in dominant fashion. 

Lagend Lamer starts his AA run now. He leads Drexel's Nichter 8-0. Cal Poly hasn't has an AA since Boris Novachkov in 2012. 

Slammin Sammy Sasso goes cement job for a classic clammy classo pinfall over Hunsaker of utah Valley. 

Kyle Parco of Fresno State with a literal last second takedown to force OT with Army's PJ Ogunsanya. Then a takedown in OT for a the clutch victory by the Bulldog!

Parriot leads Degen in a 15/18 brawl. 

Mauller with a massive lead in the second. Michael Blockhus winning 6-0 over Casey Cobb. Storr and Hoffman knotted up 2-2. Mauller cruises to a major. Storr ekes it out 3-2 with RT. Parriot coasts to a 10-7 victory. 

Van Brill got the first takedown but Lara got a feat to back 6-pointer in the second. Its now 9-4 Lara in the third. Plenty of time for this wild match to deliver some more plot twists. Van Brill looks for the home run ball but Lara evades to complete the upset 12-7. Nice win for UNI. 

Andonian of VT nearly tore Duke Finesilver's head off. Andonian gripped and ripped a headlock right off the whistle. No pin though. It takes Andonian until the second to get effectuate the fall. 

First Round Results

149 Joshua Heil (Campbell) DEC Mitch Moore (Oklahoma), 2-1

149 Kyle Parco (Fresno State) DEC Pj Ogunsanya (Army), 7-5 SV1

149 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) F Josh Finesilver (Duke), 3:17

149 Legend Lamer (California Poly) MD Luke Nichter (Drexel), 16-2

149 Michael Blockhus Cresco, IA (Minnesota) MD Casey Cobb (Navy), 10-0

149 Brock Mauller (Missouri) MD Marcus Robinson Arkansas City, KS (Cleveland State), 12-1

149 Austin O'connor (North Carolina) MD Cory Crooks (Arizona State), 12-4

149 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) F Cameron Hunsaker UT (Utah Valley), 6:34

149 Kanen Storr (Michigan) DEC Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh), 3-2

149 Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) DEC Jaden Abas (Stanford), 6-2

149 Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) F Kody Komara (Kent State), 1:26

149 Griffin Parriott (Purdue) DEC Jarrett Degen (Iowa State), 10-7

149 Max Murin (Iowa) DEC Graham Rooks (Indiana), 8-7

149 Triston Lara (Northern Iowa) DEC Mike Van brill (Rutgers), 12-7

149 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) DEC Peyton Omania (Michigan State), 6-4 SV1

149 Jonathan Millner (Appalachian State) DEC Anthony Cheloni (Northern Illinois), 7-3

157 Pounds

Berge and Young take the mat for the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions. Different opponents, of course. They just take the mat at nearly the same time. Young and Berge both lead in the second. Austin O'Connor out to a commanding early lead in the third. Deakin also leads to continue our tour of the highly seeded and notable. Berge wins 12-4. Deakin crusing 9-3 late in the third. Young winning 7-1 in the third. 

Kendall Coleman pushing the pace against Sacred Heart's Nick Palumbo. Coleman lead 6-4 with over a minute of RT but Palumbo not backing down. KC Rampages to a major win. 

Rider's #4 seed Jesse Dellavecchia leads early vs UNC's McClure. 

Franek with a hard-earned 5-2 over Drexel's Kropman. 

David Carr leads 2-0 vs Army's Hartman. Brayton Lee, Jacori Teemer and Jarrett Jacques takes the mat as well. Carr gets reversed but than re-reverses to lead 4-0. Teemer leads 2-1 after one. Johnny Lovett (not Ridge) leads Jacques 2-1, also after one period. Teemer leads 4-3. Brayton with a 2-0 lead going into the 3rd. All Carr after the several, he wins 16-2. Brayton with the rideout and 2-0 win. Lovett with the upset! 3-2 over Jacques. 

UVA's McCoy appears to beat van der Merwe 4-3 but Stanford challenges. Denied, McCoy wins over a talented New Jersey native. OR WAS IT? The bracket I'm looking at now says RVDM over McCoy 3-2. Must have initially misread what happened. RVDM advances!

#18 DeVos of SDSU faces off with #15 Saldate of MSU in a battle of freshmen. DeVos with the mild upset over Saldate. 

Will Lewan with the takedown in sudden victory to beat Holden Heller of Hofstra. 

Hidlay pouring it on Petite of Buffalo. Wolfpacker looking for bonus. 9-3 going into the third. Hidlay majors 14-5.

Jacob Wright and Justin Thomas the only other bout still going besides Hidaly vs Petit. It's 202 late in the third. RT not a factor. We'll go to SV. Now to tiebreakers. Wright on bottom first, escapes quickly. Ditto for Thomas. SV-2 coming up. Now score after 10 minutes. Final ultimate tiebreaker periods. Thomas down first. Wright sits, stands and turns in with 13 seconds left on the clock. Wrights RT advantage is 19 seconds. He goes underneath. He's out in under five seconds. He'll have criteria advantage. Thomas charging in. Wright gets warned for stalling. His first stall call. He fends off a Thomas attack. 1 second, Wright wins! Upset win by criteria! 

And we conclude today's action with a criteria win. After over 10 and a half minutes of wrestling, someone was finally losing late in the match and that meant the last 20 seconds were action-packed. Criteria doing its job once again, as it always does, time after time. Good job criteria. 

First Round Results

157 Requir Van der merwe (Stanford) DEC Justin Mccoy (Virginia), 3-2

157 Jacob Wright (Wyoming) DEC Justin Thomas (Oklahoma), 5-4 TB2

157 Jared Franek (North Dakota State) DEC Parker Kropman (Drexel), 5-2

157 David Carr (Iowa State) MD Markus Hartman (Army), 16-2

157 Hunter Willits (Oregon State) DEC Cody Bond (Appalachian State), 11-5

157 Cade Devos (South Dakota State) DEC Chase Saldate Gilroy, CA (Michigan State), 3-1

157 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) DEC Joshua Mcclure (North Carolina), 5-0

157 Hayden Hidlay (NC State) MD Michael Petite (Buffalo), 14-5

157 Kaleb Young (Iowa) MD Caleb Licking (Nebraska), 10-2

157 Will Lewan (Michigan) DEC Holden Heller (Hofstra), 3-1 SV1

157 Brady Berge (Penn State) MD Andrew Cerniglia (Navy), 12-4

157 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) MD Benjamin Barton (Campbell), 12-4

157 Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) DEC Wyatt Sheets Stilwell, OK (Oklahoma State), 10-3

157 Johnny Lovett (Central Michigan) DEC Jarrett Jacques (Missouri), 3-2

157 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) MD Nick Palumbo Andover, NJ (Sacred Heart), 15-5

157 Brayton Lee (Minnesota) DEC Connor Brady (Virginia Tech), 2-0

165 Pounds

#8 Griffith takes a 4-2 lead over Tucker into the second. #5 Hartman has a similar lead over Mosely. 

True frosh #24 Sparks of Minnesota has a 4-3 lead over NDSU's Weber but that's gone now as Weber picks up nearfall in the third to lead 7-4. 

Formato and Bullard in a battle of North Carolinian college. Bullard leads 3-2 in a 16/17 seed matchup. Bullard holds on to win. 

Mekhi Lewis takes the mat, with a large brace on his left shoulder. It doesn't stop him from getting the first takedown vs Myer of Lehigh. 

#22 Kennedy Monday with a 2-1 lead over #11 Cam Amine in the first. It's tied up late in the third now, 3-3. Sudden victory. Amine on the edge. And It's two! Late stall call on Monday tied it up, clutch TD gives Amine the win. 

Keagan O'Toole slaps in a cradle and gets a pin in the first period. 

Moody of Wyoming thinking upset against Navy's Skidgel. 

Peyton Hall of WVU pouring it on UVA's Keating in what would be the #12 seed getting upset. It's an 11-3 lead by the #21 seed Hall. It's a major, 13-4 upset by Hall.

Joe Lee vs Travis Wittlake. Every point matters to keep PSU in the team race. Trailing 1-0 Lee goes double overs back arch but gives up the takedown and 4 nearfall. Wittlake leads 7-0. Wittlake wins 7-1. 

#2 seed Anthony Valencia up 12-4 in the third, looking for a the tech. 

Barczak of Drexel had what looked like the match-winning TD over Jake Wentzel of Pitt but it was waived off and Wentzel wins, 1-0. 

Alex Marinelli finally gets on the mat after having to give Yant of UNI a breatehr after his big tail victory. 

First Round Results

165 Peyton Hall (West Virginia) MD Jake Keating (Virginia), 14-4

165 Travis Wittlake (Oklahoma State) DEC Joe Lee (Penn State), 8-1

165 Tanner Skidgel (Navy) DEC Cole Moody (Wyoming), 3-2

165 Izzak Olejnik (Northern Illinois) DEC Dan Braunagel (Illinois), 6-1

165 Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) DEC Brian Meyer (Lehigh), 8-3

165 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) MD David Ferrante (Northwestern), 14-4

165 Jake Wentzel (Pittsburgh) DEC Evan Barczak (Drexel), 1-0

165 Thomas Bullard (NC State) DEC William Formato (Appalachian State), 3-2

165 Peyton Robb (Nebraska) DEC Gerrit Nijenhuis (Purdue), 4-1

165 Luke Weber (North Dakota State) DEC Andrew Sparks Costa Mesa, CA (Minnesota), 8-5

165 Cameron Amine (Michigan) DEC Kennedy Monday (North Carolina), 5-3 SV1

165 Shane Griffith (Stanford) DEC Jake Tucker (Michigan State), 5-2

165 Keegan O`toole Hartland, WI (Missouri) F Jake Silverstein Lincoln, NE (Rider), 4:10

165 Zach Hartman (Bucknell) DEC Rodrick Mosley (Gardner-Webb), 8-6

165 Ethan Smith (Ohio State) DEC Andrew Nicholson (Chattanooga), 12-5

165 Alex Marinelli (Iowa) MD Austin Yant (Northern Iowa), 19-6

174 Pounds

Bernie Truax looking to join his teammate Legend Lamer in the second around. He leads Jacob Oliver 14-0. 

Massa gives up a TD than comes back to win by major over American's Fitzpatrick. 

#9 DJ Washington and #24 Jake Allar in a Big Ten intraconference brawl. 3-3 late in the second. 

Army's Pasiuk leads UNC's Lautt 7-3 late in what would be the slightest of upsets by seed, 17 over 16. 

NIU's Olejnik takes out Dan Braunagel 6-1 in an 18 over 15 seed upset. 

Dustin Plott muscles his way out of danger and secures the go-ahead takedown over Flitz of App State. 18 over 15 upset by Plott. 

Demetrius Romero in a dogfight with the #1 seed Jake Logan of Lehigh. It's tied 4-4 in the second. 31 seed Logan of Lehigh pushed Utah Valley's 2nd seeded Demetrius Romero but ultimately fell 6-9.

Carter Starocci leading 3-0 over Marcelli of UVA, now 5-0. Bonus points would be useful for Penn State. He ends up pulling off the major 10-2.

Mantanona trailed most of the match and attempted big moves a lot. He couldn't pull any off and ended up losing by major.

Trey Munoz, the 20 seed, pulled off an upset over 13 seed Jackson Hemauer to advance for Arizona State.

Kemdawg already up 4-1 in the first minute against Drew Hughes of MSU. He racks up 22 points in the second period and gets the tech. 

First Round Results

174 Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) DEC Jackson Turley (Rutgers), 7-2

174 Michael Kemerer (Iowa) TF Drew Hughes (Michigan State), 23-7 4:08

174 Benjamin Pasiuk (Army) DEC Clay Lautt (North Carolina), 8-3

174 Carter Starocci (Penn State) MD Victor Marcelli (Virginia), 10-2

174 Donnell Washington Hazel Crest, IL (Indiana) DEC Jake Allar (Minnesota), 5-3

174 Daniel Bullard (NC State) DEC Cody Surratt (Air Force), 4-0

174 Peyton Mocco (Missouri) MD Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma), 12-2

174 Logan Massa (Michigan) F Timothy Fitzpatrick (American), 4:56

174 Bernie Truax (California Poly) TF Jacob Oliver (Edinboro), 19-3 3:19

174 Austin Murphy (Campbell) DEC Mason Kauffman (Northern Illinois), 3-2

174 Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) DEC Michael O'malley Hasbrouck Heights, NJ (Drexel), 4-2

174 Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) M FOR Lance Runyon (Northern Iowa)

174 Trenton Munoz (Arizona State) DEC Jackson Hemauer WI (Northern Colorado), 6-2

174 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) DEC Thomas Flitz (Appalachian State), 7-5

174 Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley) DEC Jacob Logan New Rochelle, NY (Lehigh), 9-6

174 Andrew Mcnally (Kent State) F Cody Howard (Virginia Tech), 5:36

184 Pounds

Nelson Brands shakes hands with Dom Ducharme of CSUB as the first 184-pound bout to take place in nearly two years. 

Jeremiah Kent went cradle city on Rocky Jordan to earn a first-period fall. Missouri is having a better session here than they did this morning so far.

Nelson Brands got past Dom Ducharme 8-6, and the Hawkeyes are 6-0 so far today. Marinelli and Kemerer have yet to take the mat as they're waiting for their opponents to complete their rest time.

Hunter Bolen is sometimes perceived as defensive, but he put 15 points on the board for a 15-3 major in his opening round match. He'll see Nelson Brands next.

David Key (perhaps Brad Key's brother, who's to say), had an upset pin over Chris Weiler of Wisconsin. Nice win for Navy.

Rutgers' Poznanski with a big lead over Army's Taylor Brown. He's looking for bonus. 

Campbell's Hopkins looking to hold on to a one point lead over Illinois Zac Braunagel. They're in neutral in the third. Stall warning on Hopkins. Hopkins holds off Braunagel for the win. 

Brooks gets the tech-fall and much-needed bonus for Penn State over Anderson. 

Charles Small of Hofstra gets the Pride into the second round with an OT win over #10 seed State Samuelson of Wyoming. Big win for Hofstra. 

First Round Results

184 Taylor Venz (Nebraska) TF Matthew Waddell (Chattanooga), 19-0

184 Brit Wilson (Northern Illinois) DEC Deandre Nassar (Cleveland State), 10-3

184 David Key (Navy) F Chris Weiler Biglerville, PA (Wisconsin), 5:48

184 Alan Clothier (Northern Colorado) DEC Layne Malczewski (Michigan State), 8-3

184 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) DEC Samuel Colbray (Iowa State), 2-1

184 Charles Small (Hofstra) DEC Tate Samuelson (Wyoming), 3-2 TB1

184 Nelson Brands (Iowa) DEC Dominic Ducharme (Cal State Bakersfield), 8-6

184 Caleb Hopkins (Campbell) DEC Zach Braunagel (Illinois), 7-6

184 Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) MD Dylan Ammerman (Lehigh), 15-3

184 John Poznanski (Rutgers) MD Taylor Brown (Army), 14-2

184 Jeremiah Kent (Missouri) F Rocky Jordan (Ohio State), 2:15

184 Trent Hidlay (NC State) TF Ryan Reyes (Oregon State), 17-2 7:00

184 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) DEC Gregg Harvey Pittsburgh, PA (Pittsburgh), 6-4

184 Owen Webster (Minnesota) DEC Max Lyon (Purdue), 5-3

184 Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) MD Devin Kane (North Carolina), 10-0

184 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) TF Jha'quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb), 17-1 5:26

197 Pounds

Nick Reenan huge headlock and Warner is in trouble! Warner somehow surviving. No fall, Warner recovers and gets a reversal! 6-2 Reenan leads still in the first. This one is going to give Hawkeye fans heartburn for sure. Warner down three late, gets a stall point and a takedown with three seconds to go. Going to sudden victory. Warner with the takedown! Somehow warner survived that headlock and comes back to win. Hawkeyes faithful can now exhale. 

Jake Jakobsen and JT Brown in a rematch of their EIWA final. Jakobsen won that round. Jakobsen needed OT but wins via cradle and pinfall.

AJ Ferrari takes the mat for his first NCAA match. Quick takedown over McCracken of Kent State. It's now 8-1 and looks like Ferrari is gonna put it in cruise control ;)

Purdue's Tommy Penola with a tied score against Greg Bulsak of Clarion early in the third, 2-2. Penola gets the TD but Bulsak the quick escape. Penola holds on for the slight upset 6-4. 

#9 seed Noah Adams leading Benjamin Adams by 5 in the third. 

#13 seed Tanner Sloan gives up the first takedown but moves on to win 4-2

Michael Beard now takes the mat to try and send the 7th Nittany Lion to the second round. He's got a takedown and four nearfall to build a 6 point cushion. Beard wins by major. 

The woefully underseeded #26 Jake Woodley leading 3-1 over #7 Rocky Elam in the third. Woodley holds on for the upset (at least according to seed). 

Caffey and Bonaccorsi take care of business and move on. 

OWEN PENTZ WITH THE BIGGEST UPSET OF THE TOURNAMENT. #31 Pentz of NDSU pins #2 Eric Schultz of Nebraska in the second period. Schultz was leading at the time. Incredible. A #1 would have to lose on the backside to a #32 or #33 to to be a bigger upset. Goodness.  

First Round Results

197 Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) F J.t. Brown (Army), 7:50

197 Kordell Norfleet (Arizona State) MD Trey Rogers (Hofstra), 12-3

197 AJ Ferrari (Oklahoma State) TF Colin Mccracken (Kent State), 18-2 4:52

197 Myles Amine (Michigan) MD Billy Janzer (Rutgers), 8-0

197 Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) DEC Rocky Elam Kansas City, MO (Missouri), 4-1

197 Noah Adams (West Virginia) DEC Benjamin Smith (Cleveland State), 6-0

197 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) MD Nick Stemmet Yorkville, IL (Stanford), 15-2

197 Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) F Jarrad Dixon (Oregon State), 3:34

197 Jacob Warner (Iowa) DEC Nick Reenan (NC State), 9-7 SV1

197 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) DEC Max Shaw (North Carolina), 4-2

197 Lucas Davison (Northwestern) DEC Marcus Coleman (Iowa State), 8-3

197 Thomas Penola (Purdue) DEC Greg Bulsak (Clarion), 6-4

197 Owen Pentz (North Dakota State) F Eric Schultz (Nebraska), 4:51

197 Jay Aiello (Virginia) MD Chris Kober (Campbell), 10-2

197 Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) MD Bryan Mclaughlin (Drexel), 14-6

197 Michael Beard (Penn State) MD Jacob Koser (Navy), 14-4

285 Pounds

Wyatt Hendrickson of Air Force must have been double parked because he pinned Luke Luffman in less time than I had to type this sentence. Falcon heavyweight is on to round two. 

Gable Steveson trying to match Hendrickson and win the Gorrian with a first period pin as well. 

Kerkvliet romping over Birchmeier of Navy.

Joe Doyle of Binghamton goes headlock city on #3 Matt Stencel. No fall is called though. Wow how did Stencel get out of that? 7-4 lead for Doyle in the first. There is a long review and it's actually 5-3, still in the first. Stencel fights back to win 8-5.

VT's Catke and UNI's Isley in a low scoring, tactical heavyweight bout, 1-1 in the third. Isley gets the clutch takedown with five seconds left to win 3-1. Big one (literally) for the Panther Train. 

Mason Parris and Tony Cassioppi both on the mat right now. Cass wins by major. As does Elam, who blanks Metz 11-0. All-American Trent Hillger gets a nice 5-1 win over Oklahoma's Heindselman. 

Laird edges Schuyler in a battle of former 197-pounders and we've reached the end of round 1.

First Round Results

285 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) F Taye Ghadiali (Campbell), 1:27

285 Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) DEC Zachary Knighton-ward (Hofstra), 5-2

285 Ethan Laird (Rider) DEC Sam Schuyler (Buffalo), 3-2

285 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) TF John Birchmeier (Navy), 18-0 2:18

285 Carter Isley (Northern Iowa) DEC Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech), 3-1

285 Jordan Wood (Lehigh) DEC Nathan Traxler (Stanford), 6-1

285 Tate Orndorff (Ohio State) DEC Christian Lance (Nebraska), 2-1

285 Mason Parris (Michigan) F Andrew Gunning (North Carolina), 4:43

285 Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) DEC Josh Heindselman (Oklahoma), 5-1

285 Brian Andrews (Wyoming) DEC Quinn Miller (Virginia), 6-4

285 Deonte Wilson (NC State) DEC Michael Mcaleavey (The Citadel), 4-1

285 Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) MD Jonathan Spaulding Middletown, OH (Edinboro), 9-1

285 Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) F Joe Doyle (Binghamton), 6:31

285 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) F Luke Luffman (Illinois), 2:12

285 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) MD Austin Harris (Oklahoma State), 9-0

285 Zach Elam (Missouri) MD Brandon Metz (North Dakota State), 11-0

It's been far too long. Thank you for reading and following the action. Round 2 starts at 6pm eastern. It will also be split into 2 halves, lower and upperweights.