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Penn State wins Big Ten title with seven champs; Ohio State sweeps postseason awards

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State crowned seven champions and set a school record with 184 team points on its way to earning the Nittany Lions’ 10th Big Ten title in their own Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday evening.
Ohio State, after crowning two champions, finished second with 148.5 team points, while Nebraska earned third place with 116.5. Iowa and Michigan rounded out the top five with 87 and 86.5 team points, respectively. Penn State and Ohio State became two of just four programs nationwide to earn automatic bids for all 10 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships, joining Oklahoma State (Big 12) and Virginia Tech (ACC). Eight of the 10 No. 1 seeds claimed individual titles, while No. 2 seeds Ben Davino (Ohio State) and PJ Duke (Penn State) won titles as 133 and 157 pounds, respectively.
Duke, a true freshman from Slate Hill, N.Y. who was WIN’s Junior Dan Hodge Trophy recipient in 2025, was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler after he earned a major decision over returning NCAA champion Antrell Taylor (Nebraska), 12-4. Meanwhile, Ohio State swept all three season-long awards including Coach of the Year, Wrestler of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors, with Tom Ryan, Jesse Mendez and Ben Davino claiming each, respectively.
Penn State senior Levi Haines became PSU’s fourth four-time Big Ten champion after the 174-pounder outlasted Nebraska’s Christopher Minto, 2-1, in the title bout. Haines was awarded a point for an illegal figure-four to the head in the opening frame, which proved to be the difference in the match. When the smoke settled, a total of 87 wrestlers from the Big Ten conference earned automatic bids to the 2026 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships, set for March 19-21 in Cleveland’s Rocket Arena.
Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson briefly reflected on his team’s performance after claiming another conference title, saying, “Overall, this is a very tough conference tournament with a lot of great wrestlers. We’re excited to move into the Nationals and are happy with this weekend. … more at … https://www.win-magazine.com/2026/03/10/penn-state-wins-big-ten-title-with-seven-champs-ohio-state-sweeps-postseason-awards/

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Women’s College Notebook: As championship season continues, a look back on the historic NCAA’s, and a preview of NAIA’s to come

Amidst back-to-back championship weekends for women’s college wrestling, it could be easy to get lost in the whirlwind of it all – walking away at its conclusion with nothing but vivid, emotional remnants of the experience that was.
And who’s to say that’s a bad thing?
Perhaps the very purest form of consumption is to simply allow oneself to become swept up in the wave of sensations – never stopping to overanalyze one moment lest the next one pass you by.
I’m certainly not going to argue if that’s your approach.
But as I sit here at my desk during the brief hiatus between last weekend’s inaugural NCAA Championships and this weekend’s forthcoming NAIA national tournament, I find myself wanting to pause – at least briefly – and reflect upon this ongoing moment for the sport.
There’s never been a better, more competitive/appreciated time to be a women’s college wrestler – or women’s wrestler of any age, for that matter. This, after decades spent by trailblazers and advocates to open up the deserved opportunities now being seized by today’s athletes. And just as those pioneers before them offered hope and inspiration to the current generation, so too will this group of young women to those following in their footsteps.
With that in mind, allow me to begin this latest women’s wrestling notebook by highlighting just some of the names to remember from a historic NCAA Championships in Coralville, Iowa. After that, we’ll wrap with some names to look forward to at what will be an equally compelling NAIA Championships this weekend in Park City, Kansas.

Etched in history 

180.
That’s how many women – representing 54 different schools – will forever hold the distinction as the first participants at an NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships. Among them, Sloane Kruger (Presbyterian) registered the first-ever win (and pin) at NCAAs just 1:03 into her preliminary bout at 103 pounds.
80.
That’s how many All-Americans – representing 27 different schools – stood on the podium. … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2026/march/12/women-s-college-notebook-as-championship-season-continues-a-look-back-on-the-historic-ncaa-s-and-a-preview-of-naia-s-to-come

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All The Upsets From College Wrestling Conference Weekend!

All the upsets we could find from conference weekend of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!
Conference weekend was absolutely insane! Here are all the upsets we could find from the NCAA qualifying tournaments of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!
Week 17 Rankings | Upsets: Week 17 | Week 16 | Week 15 | Week 14 | Week 13 | Week 12 | Week 11 | Week 10 |Week 8 | Week 7 | Week 6 | Week 5 | Week 4| Week 3 | Week 2 | Week 1
Please note that there were no wrestling competitions in week 9 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season, hence there is no upset article for week 9 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season.
All the usual caveats apply. What looks like upsets strictly according to the rankings this weekend may not look like upsets by the end of the year!
Major Upsets
133: #31 Blake Boarman, Purdue over #1 Lucas Byrd, Illinois 7-3
165: Anthony Berg, Cal Poly over #5 Matt Bianchi, Little Rock 8-6
285: Shilo Jones, North Dakota State over #7 Christian Carroll, Wyoming 4-1 SV
149: #28 Lucas Kapusta, Lock Haven over #2 Caleb Tyus, SIU Edwardsville 2-1
184: #30 Caleb Campos, American over #5 James Conway, Franklin & Marshall 8-5
184: Mahonri Rushton, Northern Colorado over #10 Brian Soldano, Oklahoma 6-4
174: Collin Carrigan, North Carolina over #13 Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh 4-3
157: #33 Colton Washleski, Virginia over #12 Dylan Evans, Pittsburgh 5-2
165: #32 Peyten Kellar, Oklahoma over #12 Maxx Mayfield, Missouri 2-1
149: Andrew Clark, Rutgers over #14 Ryder Block, Iowa 4-0 … more at … https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/15608892-all-the-upsets-from-college-wrestling-conference-weekend

March 15, 2026 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment