NCAA Wrestling Championships, 2026: First-round and pig tail results

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The first round is in the books at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships.


Check out all the results from the early session in Cleveland.

125 pounds​

• Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) won by major decision over Mack Mauger (Missouri), 11-2
• Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) won by major decision over Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State), 13-5
• Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) won by decision over Ayden Smith (Rutgers), 8-7
• Dean Peterson (Iowa) won by major decision over Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska), 9-1
• roy Spratley (Oklahoma State) won by major decision over Andrew Binni (Navy), 11-2
• Vincent Robinson (NC State) won by decision over Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma), 5-1
• Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) won by decision over Diego Sotelo (Michigan), 10-6
• Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) won by fall over Tyler Chappell (Pittsburgh), 5:38
• Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) won by decision over Sulayman Bah (Columbia), 9-5
• Jacob Moran (Indiana) won by decision over Kysen Terukina (North Carolina), 4-2
• Tyler Klinsky (Rider) won by tech fall over Davis Motyka (Penn), 19-3 (5:45)
• Jore Volk (Minnesota) won by decision over Brady Roark (South Dakota State), 8-2
• Nico Provo (Stanford) won by decision over Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga), 8-2
• Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) won by fall over Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin), 5:35
• Spencer Moore (Illinois) won in SV-1 over Koda Holeman (Cal Poly), 4-1
• Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Desmond Pleasant (Drexel), 8-6

133 pounds​

• Jax Forrest (Oklahoma State) won by fall over Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma), 2:00
• T.K. Davis (Gardner-Webb) won by decision over Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin), 4-1
• Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) won by decision over Blake Boarman (Purdue), 16-14
• Markel Baker (Northern Illinois) won by decision over Will Betancourt (Rider), 8-1
• Kyler Larkin (Arizona State) won by major decision over Garrett Grice (Iowa State), 13-0
• Evan Mougalian (Penn) won by decision over Sean Spidle (Northwestern), 8-1
• Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska), 5-4
• Aaron Seidel (Virginia Tech) won by tech fall over Luke Willochell (Wyoming), 17-2 (3:00)
• Marcus Blaze (Penn State) won by tech fall over Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State), 17-2 (5:31)
• Gage Walker (Missouri) on by decision over Ethan Berginc (Army West Point), 5-0
• Tyler Ferrara (Cornell) won by decision over Zach Redding (NC State), 6-2
• Drake Ayala (Iowa) won by major decision over Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville), 11-1
• Lucas Byrd (Illinois) won by decision over Dylan Shawver (Rutgers), 11-7
• Braxton Brown (Maryland) won by decision over Maximilian Leete (American), 4-2
• Tyler Knox (Stanford) won by decision over Gunner Andrick (West Virginia), 10-3
• Ben Davino (Ohio State) won by tech fall over Gable Strickland (Lock Haven), 17-2 (5:07)

141 pounds​

• Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) won by fall over Aldo Hernandez (Appalachian State), 2:14
• Caedyn Ricciardi (Navy) won in SV-1 over Ryan Jack (NC State), 4-1
• Nash Singleton (Oregon State) won by decision over Joey Olivieri (Rutgers), 2-1
• Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) won by major decision over Tom Crook (Virginia Tech), 14-2
• Luke Stanich (Lehigh) won by tech fall over Pierson Manville (Arizona State), 21-6 (7:00)
• Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) won by decision over Luke Simcox (North Carolina), 3-2
• Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) won by major decision over Julian Tagg (South Dakota State), 11-2
• Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) won by decision over Jordan Titus (West Virginia), 5-1
• Brock Hardy (Nebraska) won by tech fall over Dario Lemus (Maryland), 18-1 (5:47)
• Braeden Davis (Penn State) won by decision over Haiden Drury (Utah Valley), 2-0
• CJ Composto (Penn) won by decision over Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia), 2-0
• Vince Cornella (Cornell) won by major decision over Gable Porter (Virginia), 8-0
• Nasir Bailey (Iowa) won by major decision over Braden Basile (Army West Point), 14-3
• Jack Consiglio (Stanford) won by decision over Dylan Chappell (Bucknell), 9-5
• Elijah Griffin (Rider) won by decision over Carter Nogle (Air Force), 7-4
• Sergio Vega (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Billy DeKraker (Northwestern), 6-0

149 pounds​

• Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) won by tech fall over Austin McBurney (Brown), 19-4 (5:35)
• Jacob Frost (Iowa State) won by fall over Lucas Kapusta (Lock Haven), 3:48
• David Evans (Utah Valley) won by decision over Andrew Clark (Rutgers), 11-5
• Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Michael Gioffre (Illinois), 7-2
• Koy Buesgens (NC State) won by decision over Kade Brown (Pittsburgh), 4-0
• Carter Young (Maryland) won by decision over Gabe Willochell (Wyoming), 16-12
• Chance Lamer (Nebraska) won by decision over Joseph Zargo (Wisconsin), 4-1
• Collin Gaj (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Kaden Cassidy (George Mason), 9-4
• Cross Wasilewski (Penn) won by major decision over Dylan Layton (Rider), 12-1
• Caleb Rathjen (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Brock Herman (Little Rock), 3-1
• Lachlan McNeil (Michigan) won by major decision over Eligh Rivera (Princeton), 13-3
• Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville) won by decision over Andre Gonzales (Cal Poly), 5-1
• Ethan Stiles (Ohio State) won by major decision over Anderson Heap (Davidson), 10-2
• Aden Valencia (Stanford) won by major decision over Max Petersen (North Dakota State), 18-6
• Ryder Block (Iowa) won by major decision over Eugene Harney (Morgan State), 11-2
• Jaxon Joy (Cornell) won by tech fall over Ryan Michaels (Edinboro), 16-1 (3:34)

157 pounds​

• PJ Duke (Penn State) won by fall over Yannis Charles (Morgan State), 1:56
• Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) won by decision over Cael Swensen (South Dakota State), 2-1
• Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) won by decision over Jaivon Jones (Little Rock), 7-2
• Brandon Cannon (Ohio State) won by decision over Mason Shrader (Central Michigan), 10-4
• Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State), 5-1
• Charlie Millard (Minnesota) won by decision over Vinny Zerban (Iowa State), 12-6
• Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) won in SV - 1 over Derek Raike (Ohio), 4-1
• Kaleb Larkin (Arizona State) won by major decision over Bryce Lowery (Indiana), 14-5
• Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) won by major decision over Laird Root (North Carolina), 14-0
• Ethen Miller (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Kai Owen (Columbia), 1-0
• Ty Watters (West Virginia) won by fall over Colton Washleski (Virginia), 2:30
• Jude Swisher (Penn) won by decision over Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh), 8-2
• Kannon Webster (Illinois) won by decision over Jonathan Ley (Navy), 6-2
• Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) won by decision over Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo), 6-1
• Cameron Catrabone (Michigan) won by decision over DJ McGee (George Mason), 5-0
• Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) won by tech fall over Garrett McChesney (Edinboro), 19-4 (5:31)

165 pounds​

• Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) won by tech fall over Cody Walsh (Drexel), 21-5 (3:45)
• Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) won by major decision over Braeden Scoles (Illinois), 13-4
• Bryce Hepner (North Carolina) won by decision over Sean Seefeldt (Penn), 11-4
• Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) won in TB - 1 over Mac Church (Virginia Tech), 5-2
• LaDarion Lockett (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Cody Goebel (Wisconsin), 9-2
• Cesar Alvan (Columbia) won by major decision over Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville), 12-2
• Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) won by major decision over Ty Whalen (Princeton), 10-1
• Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) won by major decision over Ryan Burgos (Edinboro), 17-5
• Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) won by fall over Thomas Snipes (The Citadel), 2:44
• Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) won by decision over Andrew Barbosa (Rutgers). 8-2
• Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Matthew Olguin (Oregon State), 10-4
• EJ Parco (Stanford) won by decision over LJ Araujo (Nebraska), 8-7
• Max Brignola (Lehigh) 18-4 won in TB - 1 over Tyler Lillard (Indiana), 3-2
• Will Denny (NC State) 17-4 won by major decision over Chris Earnest (Kent State), 13-1
• Connor Euton (Iowa State) won by tech fall over Gunner Filipowicz (Army West Point), 17-2 (6:09)
• Champ. Round 1 - Joey Blaze (Purdue) won by decision over Jared Keslar (Pittsburgh), 5-0

174 pounds​

• Levi Haines (Penn State) won by fall over Grant O`Dell (Bellarmine), 1:33
• Nick Fine (Columbia) won by decision over Jared Simma (Northern Iowa), 3-2
• Beau Mantanona (Michigan) won by decision over Garrett Thompson (Ohio), 7-3
• Alex Facundo (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Sergio Desiante, 12-6
• Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) won by decision over Holden Garcia (Princeton), 8-2
• Carter Schubert (Oklahoma) won by decision over Lenny Pinto (Rutgers), 5-4
• Daschle Lamer (Oregon State) won by decision over Carter Baer (Binghamton), 2-0
• Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) won by decision over Avery Bassett (Lock Haven), 8-3
• Christopher Minto (Nebraska) won by tech fall over Riley Davis (Wyoming), 20-4 (6:05)
• Logan Messer (George Mason) won in SV - 1 over Moses Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State), 6-3
• MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) won by fall over Brody Baumann (Purdue), 2:41
• Matty Singleton (NC State) won in TB - 1 over Collin Carrigan (North Carolina), 2-1
• Cam Steed (Missouri) won by tech fall over Derek Gilcher (Indiana), 16-1 (5:41)
• Myles Takats (Bucknell) won by decision over Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh), 6-4
• Danny Wask (Navy) won by decision over Colin Kelly (Illinois), 7-3
• Simon Ruiz (Cornell) won by tech fall over Cael Valencia (Arizona State), 17-2 (7:00)

184 pounds​

• Rocco Welsh (Penn State) won by tech fall over Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley), 19-4 (6:32)
• Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) won by decision over Ian Bush (West Virginia), 8-7
• Chris Moore (Illinois) won by major decision over Joe Curtis (Columbia), 11-2
• Silas Allred (Nebraska) won by decision over Malachi DuVall (George Mason), 3-1
• Brock Mantanona (Michigan) won by decision over Abraham Wojcikiewicz (Stanford), 14-9
• Dylan Fishback (Ohio State) won by decision over Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State), 8-6
• Brian Soldano (Oklahoma) won by decision over Isaac Dean (Iowa State), 4-1
• James Conway (Franklin and Marshall) won by decision over Nick Fox (Northern Iowa), 4-1
• Max McEnelly (Minnesota) won by tech fall over Tyler Bienus (Bucknell), 22-6 (4:00)
• Jaden Bullock (Virginia Tech) won in TB - 1 over Jared McGill (Edinboro), 6-5
• Zack Ryder (Oklahoma State) won in SV- 1 over Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers), 4-1
• Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming) won by major decision over Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State), 14-1
• Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) won by major decision over Chase Kranitz (Pittsburgh), 10-0
• Caleb Campos (American) 26-6 won in SV- 1 over Ceasar Garza (Cal Poly), 4-1
• Sal Perrine (Ohio) won by decision over Jake Dailey (North Carolina), 9-3
• Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri) won by tech fall over Mahonri Rushton (Northern Colorado) 22-6 (5:46)

197 pounds​

• Josh Barr (Penn State) won by tech fall over Blake Schaffer (Kent State), 20-4 (5:43)
• Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell) won in SV - 1 over Branson John (Maryland), 4-1
• Angelo Posada (Stanford) won by fall over Brock Zurawski (Rider), 2:56
• Evan Bates (Missouri) won by decision over DJ Parker (Oklahoma), 4-3
• Joey Novak (Wyoming) won by fall over Kael Wisler (Michigan State), 4:43
• Rune Lawrence (West Virginia) won in SV - 1 over Luke Geog (Ohio State), 9-6
• Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) won by decision over Wyatt Ingham (Wisconsin), 8-5
• Colton Hawks (Arizona State) won by decision over Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech), 12-8
• Stephen Little (Little Rock) won by decision over Kade Rule (Chattanooga), 10-3
• Zayne Lehman (Ohio) won by decision over Gabe Sollars (Indiana), 6-4
• Camden McDanel (Nebraska) won by decision over Devin Wasley (North Dakota State), 7-2
• Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) won by decision over Gabe Arnold (Iowa), 2-2
• Cody Merrill (Oklahoma State) won by tech fall over Ben Vanadia (Purdue), 18-3 (6:01)
• Mac Stout (Pittsburgh) won by decision over Mikey Squires (Binghamton), 5-2
• Remy Cotton (Rutgers) won by decision over Andrew Reall (Brown), 4-2
• Rocky Elam (Iowa State) won by decision over Kael Bennie (Utah Valley), 9-3

285 pounds​

• Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) won by tech fall over Emmanuel Ulrich (American), 22-5 (3:20)
• Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Vincent Mueller (Columbia), 13-10
• Cole Mirasola (Penn State) won by decision over Connor Barket (Duke), 13-7
• Ben Kueter (Iowa) won by decision over Alex Semenenko (Brown), 2-0
• Nick Feldman (Ohio State) won by decision over Jarrett Stoner (Missouri), 5-4
• Juan Mora (Oklahoma) won by decision over Braxton Amos (Wisconsin), 4-3
• Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) won in TB - 1 over Spencer Lanosga (Navy), 3-2
• AJ Ferrari (Nebraska) won by tech fall over Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State), 17-2 (6:01)
• Taye Ghadiali (Michigan) won by tech fall over Jack Forbes (Utah Valley), 17-2 (5:59)
• Koy Hopke (Minnesota) won by decision over Nate Schon (Drexel), 11-7
• Devon Dawson (Northern Illinois) won by decision over Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly).,7-4
• Hunter Catka (Rutgers) won in SV - 1 over Nathan Taylor (Lehigh), 6-3
• Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 18-3 won by decision over Luke Luffman (Illinois), 2-1
• David Szuba (Arizona State) won by major decision over Stephan Monchery (Appalachian State), 11-1
• Brady Colbert (Army West Point) won by decision over Christian Carroll (Wyoming), 5-1
• Isaac Trumble (NC State) won by fall over Brenan Morgan (Virginia), 6:01

Pig Tails​

125 pounds​

• Mack Mauger (Missouri) won by decision over Jace Schafer, 4-1

133 pounds​

• Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma) won by major decision over Andrew Austin (Central Michigan), 11-3

141 pounds​

• Aldo Hernandez (Appalachian State) won by decision over Matthew Martino (Princeton), 8-5

149 pounds​

• Austin McBurney (Brown) won by decision over Clayton Jones (Michigan State), 11-9

157 pounds​

• Yannis Charles (Morgan State) won by decision over Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine), 15-10

165 pounds​

• Cody Walsh (Drexel) won by major decision over Ryan Vigil (VMI), 12-2

174 pounds​

• Grant O`Dell (Bellarmine) won in TB - 1 over Luke Condon (Wisconsin), 4-1

184 pounds​

• Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) won by decision over Sam Goin (Indiana), 4-1

197 pounds​

• Blake Schaffer (Kent State) won by decision over Karson Tompkins (Air Force), 4-2

285 pounds​

• Emmanuel Ulrich (American) won by decision over Mason Rebuck (Bloomsburg), 8-6

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