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Mendez Wins 2025 NCAA Title

Junior has won consecutive national titles at 141
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Junior Jesse Mendez won his second-consecutive NCAA Championship at 141 pounds with a 12-9 win over Brock Hardy of Nebraska Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Mendez defended his 2024 National Title after reaching the 2025 title match with a win over No. 2-seed Beau Bartlett in the semifinals Friday. Mendez, the No. 3 seed in 2025, defeated Bartlett for the 2024 title.
Ohio State has 25 individual national champions in the history of the program.
In the medal round earlier in the day, graduate Dylan D’Emilio finished fourth overall in the 149-pound bracket after beating Lachlan McNeil of North Carolina in the consolation semifinals and falling in the third-place match to Shayne Van Ness of Penn State. It was the highest finish at the national tournament for D’Emilio, who took eighth at the 2023 event.
Tom Ryan, head coach of the Buckeyes, has coached 75 All-Americans over his 19 seasons in Columbus. He has coached 14 All-Americans at the 141-pound weight class.  
Mendez is the 14th individual national champion coached by Ryan at Ohio State.
The last Buckeye to win consecutive national championships was Kyle Snyder at heavyweight in 2016-17-18. Four wrestlers have won multiple national championships during Ryan’s tenure (Stieber-4, Snyder -3, Jaggers-2, Mendez-2).
Ohio State finished tied for the No. 5 spot in the team standings with 51.5 points. … more at … https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/3/22/wrestling-mendez-wins-2025-ncaa-title

March 26, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Robinson Crowned National Champion, Singleton and Trumble on Podium

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – After three days of competition at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, NC State added a national champion and three All-Americans to its name. The team finished in eighth place, Vince Robinson was the 125 lb national champion, Isaac Trumble placed fourth at 285 lbs and Matty Singleton placed seventh at 174 lbs.
In his first full season competing, redshirt freshman Vince Robinson was crowned the 2025 NCAA Division I National Champion at 125 lbs in Philadelphia. The Chicago native never won a state title in his high school career. In his first-ever trip to the unforgiving tournament, he tore through his bracket, taking out… Finals – No. 7 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)
Semifinals – No. 8 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 
Quarterfinals – No. 12 Dean Peterson (Rutgers)
Second Round – No. 13 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton)
First Round – No. 29 Joey Cruz (Iowa)
Robinson’s title tallies as the fourth individual national championship under Pat Popolizio, and he is the first-ever lightweight wrestler to claim the honor for the Pack. The last time a freshman won the 125 pound crown was in 2018 by Spencer Lee of Iowa, that was the same year that NC State boasted its last national champion, Michael Macchiavello at 197 lbs.
In true dramatic fashion, Robinson sealed it in overtime with tiebreaker ride-outs over Troy Spratley. Tied at 1-1 after sudden victory concluded, they went to ride outs where Robinson was able to get out in less than 10 seconds. Spratley then chose to go neutral where he was unable to get a takedown.
The team finished in eighth place, marking the 11th season in a row that the team has finished in the top-20. This is the fifth top-10 finish for the program with Popolizio at the helm and the second highest placement since 2021.
In the morning session, Matty Singleton and Isaac Trumble fought through their placement brackets to determine their spots on the podium. Singleton defeated Navy’s No. 7 seed Danny Wask by a 3-1 score to land at 7th in is first trip to NCAAs. … more at … https://gopack.com/news/2025/3/22/wrestling-robinson-crowned-national-champion-singleton-and-trumble-on-podium

March 26, 2025 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment