Behind Four Individual Champs, Lehigh Wins 39th EIWA Team Title
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Powered by four individual champions, the Lehigh wrestling team captured its fist EIWA team championship in four years with a triumph in front of the home fans Saturday at Stabler Arena. Sheldon Seymour (125), Logan Rozynski (157), Michael Beard (197) and Owen Trephan (285) won individual EIWA titles for the Mountain Hawks, who totaled 143.5 points over the two-day tournament to win their league-leading 39th team championship and first since 2021.
Drexel was the runner-up with 122.5 points, while Army West Point and Navy tied for third place with 116.5 points.
Lehigh matched its 2024 total with four individual champions with Brown and White wrestlers now having won 235 individual EIWA titles all-time. All four of Lehigh’s individual champions have secured automatic qualification for the NCAA Championships, while Lehigh’s five other place winners will need to earn an at-large berth to nationals.
The Mountain Hawks had nine place winners and six finalists. … more at … https://lehighsports.com/news/2025/3/8/wrestling-behind-four-individual-champs-lehigh-wins-39th-eiwa-team-title
Lock Haven Crowned 2025 MAC Wrestling Champions
TRENTON, NJ – The Lock Haven Bald Eagles put up a tough fight to take home the 2025 MAC Wrestling Championship on Saturday evening at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ. This is the third tournament title for Head Coach Scott Moore and the Bald Eagles in four years.
No. 1 seeds Anthony Noto (133) and Wyatt Henson (141) and No. 2 seed Gavin Hoffman (285) soared to individual championships at their respective weight classes. Noto claimed his fourth title in as many years after defeating Sean Spidle from Central Michigan in a 5-2 decision. He is also a three-time 125 lbs. champion. Henson went 4-0 on the weekend to claim his title, while Henson upset No.1 seed Jordan Greer (Ohio) in an 8-3 decision in the title match.
Edinboro’s Matt Hill was named MAC Coach of the Year, after leading his team to a third-place finish with 97.5 team points and a runner-up finish by Jared McGill in the 184 lbs. title match.
Ohio’s Garrett Thompson was named MAC Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler … more at … https://getsomemaction.com/news/2025/3/8/lock-haven-crowned-2025-mac-wrestling-champions.aspx
Record-Breaking Performance Propels Grand View to 2025 NAIA Wrestling Title
WICHITA, KANSAS — The Grand View University wrestling team, led by program founder Nick Mitchell, clinched the 2025 NAIA Championship by day two, with seven of 10 wrestlers advancing to the national finals. This victory marked the Vikings’ 13th team title in just 17 years, solidifying their dominance in collegiate wrestling. The Vikings obliterated the competition, finishing with 209 team points, 60 points ahead of second place in a commanding team performance.
Grand View broke its own record with six individual national champions, including an all-Viking final at 125 pounds. The program also set a new NAIA milestone with 45 individual national champions in its history. Grand View University wrestling made a dominant statement at the 2025 NAIA Championships, with sevenwrestlers advancing to the finals across eight weight classes. This remarkable achievement highlights the depth and skill of the Vikings, as 60% of Vikings reached the pinnacle of the national tournament in the 2025 tournament.
Since its inception in the 2008-2009 season, Grand View University wrestling has achieved remarkable success. The team has won 13 national championships in the past 17 years, amassing an impressive 2,494.5 team points. … more at … https://gvvikings.com/news/2025/3/8/record-breaking-performance-propels-grand-view-to-2025-naia-wrestling-title.aspx
Cornell Wins First Ivy League Tournament and Qualifies All Ten Wrestlers for NCAAs
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Cornell wrestling team won the Inaugural Ivy League tournament with 135.5 team points while qualifying all ten wrestlers for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Cornell took the first ever Ivy League Tournament wrestling title followed by Penn (129.5), Columbia (144.5), Princeton (113), Brown (84.5) and Harvard (62).
Cornell earned 10 of the 26 allotted spots for the Ivy League into the NCAA Tournament. This is the second consecutive year 10 Big Red wrestlers will be at the national championships.
Meyer Shapiro was voted by the other Ivy League coaches as the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Tournament.
SEMI FINAL HIGHLIGHTS
Seven Big Red wrestlers qualified for the NCAA championships in the semi-final bouts.
Julian Ramirez pinned Andy Troczynski of Penn in 35 seconds, the 26th fastest pin in Cornell history. Mikey Dellagatta followed up behind him in the 197-weight class with a pin of his own over Joe Curtis of Columbia in 51 seconds.
THE CONSOLATION BRACKET
Marcello Milani battled his way through the consolation bracket after early loss in quarter finals to Sulayman Bah of Columbia only to face him again in the third-place bout and beat him 5-2.
Josh Saunders also battled back from an early upset to place third in the 141lb with consolation wins over Ian Oswalt of Brown and Lorenzo Frezza of Columbia.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Meyer Shapiro earned the first gold for the Big Red defeating Jude Swisher 19-2 by technical fall.
Julian Ramirez followed up right behind him defeating Cesar Alvan 8-6 with two takedowns. … more at … https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/3/9/cornell-wrestling-wins-the-first-ivy-league-tournament-and-qualifies-all-ten-wrestlers-for-ncaa-championships.aspx
Hokies claim 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship
DURHAM, N.C. — Virginia Tech won the 2025 ACC Wrestling Championship Sunday evening at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium, sending eight wrestlers to the podium. The Hokies had nine wrestlers atuomatically qualify for the NCAA Wrestling Championships at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, March 20-22. It’s the fourth year in a row Tech has sent at least nine wrestlers to the championship.
The Hokies finished with 91.5 points for the team title. Pitt finished in second place with 63.5 points and NC State finished in third with 62.5. The win marks Tech’s fifth ACC tournament title in wrestling and 38th ACC Championship across all sports. … more at … https://hokiesports.com/news/2025/03/10/hokies-claim-2025-acc-wrestling-championship
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Pitzer Wins Most Outstanding Wrestler, Pitt Crowns Three ACC Champions
Panthers Finish Second with a Total Score of 63.5 to Match Best ACC Championship Finish
DURHAM, N.C. – The Pitt wrestling team finished second overall in the team standings with 63.5 total points as the Panthers crowned three individual champions at the 2025 ACC Championships, hosted by Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium Sunday.
The Panthers sent four wrestlers to the finals with graduate student Reece Heller (184), redshirt-sophomore Mac Stout (197), and redshirt-sophomore Dayton Pitzer (285) each claiming ACC titles in their respective weight classes. Redshirt-junior Luca Augustine claimed his first ACC medal and finished as the runner-up in the 174-pound match.
Pitzer was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Championship after defeating both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to his first title. The Panthers matched their best team finish since joining the ACC, also finishing second at the 2015 and 2020 ACC Championships. The three individual champions also match a program best, with the Panthers having three wrestlers claim titles in 2022, 2017, and 2015.
In total, the Panthers had seven individuals automatically qualify for the 2025 NCAA Championships. Nick Babin (125) and Briar Priest (141) finished in fourth place in their weight classes and Jared Keslar (165) finished in fifth place to each earn automatic bids to Philadelphia. … more at … https://pittsburghpanthers.com/news/2025/3/10/wrestling-pitzer-wins-most-outstanding-wrestler-pitt-crowns-three-acc-champions.aspx
‘It Was a Big Risk’: Teague Travis Qualifies for NCAA Championships with Fourth-Place Finish at Big 12s
‘I had to go out here, and I had to go place top four and get a bid.’
TULSA — Coming into the weekend, Teague Travis hadn’t had a wrestling match since mid-November, but now he is headed to the NCAA Championships.
Travis on Sunday beat South Dakota State’s Avery Allen in the consolations of the 149-pound bracket at the Big 12 Championships. That win secured Travis a top-four finish in the tournament and an automatic bid into the NCAA Championships later this month. Travis finished fourth in Tulsa after dropping the third-place match to North Dakota State’s Gavin Drexler.
Travis suffered a knee injury during his second match of the year. The plan from there was, at least momentarily, for Travis to get a medical redshirt and try again next season. Only having two matches coming into the weekend, there was an abnormal amount of pressure for Travis to get an automatic bid because he didn’t have enough matches to get an at-large bid. So, had this weekend gone wrong, Travis would’ve lost an entire season.
“It feels really good to kind of get that pressure off because it was a big risk,” Travis said. “I could lose a whole year and be like, ‘Well, that was stupid.’ Now it’s just focusing on (the NCAA Championships) because that’s the end goal. This tournament, I didn’t have really a lot of room for error, a lot of room to kind of experiment because this is the first time getting down to weight, making weight, wrestling a two-day tournament.
“There’s a lot of excuses I could’ve had, but I didn’t really have time to focus on all the things that could go wrong. I had to go out here, and I had to go place top four and get a bid.” |
Another wrinkle in Travis’ story is that 149 pounds wasn’t where he wrestled to start the year. Travis was the Cowboys’ starter at 157 coming into the season, the same weight he manned last season. After his injury, Caleb Fish burned his redshirt to jump into the Cowboys’ lineup for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in early December and has performed well. … more at … https://pistolsfiringblog.com/it-was-a-big-risk-teague-travis-qualifies-for-ncaa-championships-with-fourth-place-finish-at-big-12s/
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