The wait is over. The weigh-ins are over. The brackets are set. We have found our assigned logging station and have nestled in for an incredible day of wrestling. 

Its blogging time baby. pic.twitter.com/LfGcHDm3XP

— The King of Chalk (@SpeyWrestle) March 21, 2019

Less than an hour to go before we start the party!

We're doing 10 pigtail matches to get us down to 32 on the championship side in each weight class. Then 16 championship matches. No consolation round matches until the evening session. 

Go time!

First whistle! pic.twitter.com/bcNaanwSGy

— Professional Blogger (@SpeyWrestle) March 21, 2019

The NCAAs haven't been to Pittsburgh since 1957. There are a lot of wrestling fans in the area that have been waiting for this one, and they are still coming in as wrestling gets underway. There/s no way this won't be a packed house by mid-session.

Pigtails

Joe Smith gets the first takedown against Tyler Morland. They just started seeding every wrestler in the bracket but we're going to assume that Smith will be the only two-time All-American to receive a #33 seed for a while. Smith wins comfortably 10-5. He will wrestle Alex Marinelli in an absolutley insane first round bout. 

Malik Amine has Tanner Smith in a cradle, but time will expire in the first before he can get the fall.

Devin Kane scores 2 points for UNC has he pins Jake Covaciu of Indiana. 

Ben Anderson of the Duke Finsilvers gets a pinfall while trailing in the match. He will join the four other Duke wrestlers (all Finesilver brothers) in the round of 32. 

Jacob Aven of Purdue, the lightest heavyweight in the field, was an alternate, and only made the tournament when Jake Gunning pulled out. He has Brandon Ngati of WVU. 

Results

125: Trey Chalifoux (Army West Point) 22-13 won by decision over Willy Girard (Bloomsburg) 23-12 (Dec 6-4)

133: Zack Trampe (Binghamton) 16-4 won by major decision over Devan Turner (Oregon State) 20-10 (MD 18-6)

141: Pete Lipari (Rutgers) 13-12 won by decision over Christopher Sandoval (Northern Colorado) 8-11 (Dec 7-5)

149: Malik Amine (Michigan) 12-9 won by decision over Tanner Smith (Chattanooga) 11-8 (Dec 9-2)

157: Ben Anderson (Duke) 9-14 won by fall over Alexander Klucker (Lock Haven) 21-10 (Fall 4:39)

165: Joseph Smith (Oklahoma State) 19-6 won by decision over Tyler Morland (Northwestern) 6-10 (Dec 10-5)

174: Devin Kane (North Carolina) 16-13 won by fall over Jake Covaciu (Indiana) 17-13 (Fall 4:32)

184: Bob Coleman (Oregon State) 17-14 won by major decision over Chris Kober (Campbell) 20-9 (MD 9-0)

197: Ethan Laird (Rider) 20-11 won in sudden victory - 1 over Rod Jones (Chattanooga) 20-19 (SV-1 4-2)

285: Brandon Ngati (West Virginia) 15-14 won by decision over Jacob Aven (Purdue) 11-22 (Dec 6-1)

First Round

125

Arujau and Heinselman in a very good first round bout. Heinselman is one of the Cozy Boys, Ohio State's famed freshman class. 

Princeton true freshman Pat Glory pouring it on Alonzo Allen. He takes a 14-0 lead into the second period. 

Rayvon Foley of Michigan State taking it to the very tough Rico Montoya of Northern Colorado. Montoya is also the only qualifier who hails from the state of New Mexico. 

All eyes on mat 2 as Spencer Lee gets his first match of the tournament. Lee cruises to a tech fall and will have Sean Fausz in a dynamite second round match. 

Zeke Moisey trying to get revenge on Elijah Oliver after getting pinned by the Hoosier at Big Tens. Both Moisey and Oliver are seniors. It's Oliver by points, sending former NCAA runnerup to the consolations.

A pin by Nick Piccininni gives the Cowboys two big bonus points. Their chances of catching Penn State are still exceedingly slim, but a second place trophy is very much in play.

All 125 1st rounds are in the books except for Rivera, who has Chalifoux, winner of the pigtails, which will wrestle later.

#1 seed Rivera finally gets on the mat

Results

Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) 26-1 won by tech fall over Trey Chalifoux (Army West Point) 22-14 (TF-1.5 5:00 (21-6))

Drew Mattin (Michigan) 19-7 won by decision over Devin Schroder (Purdue) 19-12 (Dec 5-3)

RayVon Foley (Michigan State) 32-4 won by tech fall over Rico Montoya (Northern Colorado) 16-10 (TF-1.5 6:24 (15-0))

Vitali Arujau (Cornell) 27-2 won by major decision over Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) 23-10 (MD 12-2)

Jack Mueller (Virginia) 18-0 won by fall over Gage Curry (American) 23-12 (Fall 1:27)

Michael McGee (Old Dominion) 29-4 won by tech fall over Jay Schwarm (Northern Iowa) 14-11 (TF-1.5 6:21 (18-3))

Drew Hildebrandt (Central Michigan) 20-8 won by decision over Gabe Townsell (Stanford) 18-11 (Dec 6-0)

Ronnie Bresser (Oregon State) 24-1 won by fall over Christian Moody (Oklahoma) 13-10 (Fall 2:59)

Spencer Lee (Iowa) 19-3 won by tech fall over Bryce West (Northern Illinois) 15-15 (TF-1.5 6:27 (18-0))

Sean Fausz (NC State) 12-2 won by decision over Alex Mackall (Iowa State) 25-11 (Dec 8-2)

Travis Piotrowski (Illinois) 21-10 won by decision over Cole Verner (Wyoming) 22-14 (Dec 4-3)

Sean Russell (Minnesota) 27-4 won by major decision over Dack Punke (Missouri) 11-11 (MD 16-6)

Pat Glory (Princeton) 27-4 won by tech fall over Alonzo Allen (Chattanooga) 22-10 (TF-1.5 3:16 (16-0))

Brent Fleetwood (North Dakota State) 25-4 won by decision over Carmen Ferrante (Pennsylvania) 24-9 (Dec 2-0)

Elijah Oliver (Indiana) 29-16 won by decision over Zeke Moisey (Nebraska) 13-11 (Dec 11-4)

Nicholas Piccininni (Oklahoma State) 31-0 won by fall over Korbin Meink (Campbell) 14-12 (Fall 1:43)

133

John Erneste of Missouri takes on Derek Spann of Buffalo in the first 133 match of the tournament. 

Nick Suriano has Dylan Duncan in the first round and scores a quick first takedown. Suriano races to an 11-2 lead.

Phillippi and Gomez wrestling their respective first round bouts. A win from both of them would set up one of the most anticipated second round matches. The hometown hero Phillippi advances, ad does 

Last year's third placer Tariq Wilson taking on Noah 'Gone Baby' Gonser. Tariq got the first takedown but now Gonser is on top in the second where he is most dangerous

DJ Fehlman gets a big turn on Chas Tucker for crucial nearfall points. Fehlman leads 6-2 going into the third with RT over a minute. Fehlman holds on for the 7-2 victory. 

RBY and DeSanto wrestling simultaneously as two of the biggest fan bases in the arena cheer on their guys. DeSanto wins by stalling out Codi Russell in the first period. That may be the most DeSanto match ever. RBY with a 4-2 lead over Mario Guillen. RBY wins 8-2, regular decision. There are a lot of Penn State fans in the PPG Paints Arena and they all applaud. 

Stevan Micic leading 7-3 over Mason Pengilly. Micic advances.

Gary Wayne Harding and Ben Thornton coming down to the wire in the last 133 match to go (except for the pigtail bout). Looks like this one will go to sudden victory. In a scramble, Thornton gets behind GWH and he will advance in dramatic fashion. 

And here comes Fix and Trampe, the pigtail winner. Fix nearly has Zack Trampe stuck in an assassin but instead its just four backs. Fix wins easily.

Results

Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) 31-1 won by major decision over Zack Trampe (Binghamton) 16-5 (MD 21-7)

Matthew Schmitt (West Virginia) 18-6 won by major decision over Sean Nickell (CSU Bakersfield) 25-9 (MD 9-1)

DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven) 35-6 won by decision over Charles Tucker (Cornell) 27-5 (Dec 7-2)

John Erneste (Missouri) 19-4 won by major decision over Derek Spann (Buffalo) 21-5 (MD 8-0)

Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) 24-5 won by major decision over Tim Rooney (Kent State) 24-14 (MD 12-3)

Montorie Bridges (Wyoming) 30-8 won by decision over Cam Sykora (North Dakota State) 20-9 (Dec 3-2)

Austin Gomez (Iowa State) 22-5 won by major decision over Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) 15-12 (MD 11-0)

Micky Phillippi (Pittsburgh) 20-2 won by decision over Gary Joint (Fresno State) 17-14 (Dec 4-2)

Nick Suriano (Rutgers) 25-3 won by major decision over Dylan Duncan (Illinois) 13-13 (MD 12-3)

Korbin Myers (Virginia Tech) 19-8 won by major decision over Josh Terao (American) 24-6 (MD 11-3)

Tariq Wilson (NC State) 15-3 won by decision over Noah Gonser (Campbell) 20-9 (Dec 5-0)

Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) 29-5 won by decision over Anthony Cefolo (Rider) 19-7 (Dec 3-1)

Austin DeSanto (Iowa) 19-4 won by disqualification over Codi Russell (Appalachian State) 20-11 (DQ)

Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) 22-4 won by decision over Mario Guillen (Ohio) 17-4 (Dec 8-2)

Ben Thornton (Purdue) 22-9 won in sudden victory - 1 over Gary Wayne Harding (North Carolina) 27-12 (SV-1 12-10)

Stevan Micic (Michigan) 15-0 won by major decision over Mason Pengilly (Stanford) 12-6 (MD 15-7)

141

Dom Demas and Mitch Moore kick off the 141 pounders with big upper body attempts, unsurprisingly. No Scores yet. Demas going feet to back with inside trips to jump out to a 10-3 lead. 

Chad Red with a huge pin over Ian Parker. Red is coming into this tournament with a lot of momentum after an excellent Big Ten tournament for the Husker. 

Kanen Storr with a 7-4 lead over Josh Finesilver. 

Nick Lee picks up a pin and the large PSU crowd goes wild. 

Mitch McKee with a pinfall as he continues here he left off after a solid Big Ten tournament in Minneapolis. 

Max Murin and Tristan Moran are locked in a 0-0 tie in the second. Murin with a one point lead in the third, RT not a factor. Murin prevails, 3-2. 

Returning champ Yianni Diakomihalis takes on Pete Lipari. Yianni in no real danger but Lipari did get a reversal in short time in the second period to make it 9-4. 

Results

Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) 25-0 won by decision over Pete Lipari (Rutgers) 13-13 (Dec 10-5)

Chad Red (Nebraska) 19-11 won by fall over Ian Parker (Iowa State) 23-8 (Fall 3:59)

Dom Demas (Oklahoma) 30-7 won by major decision over Mitch Moore (Virginia Tech) 17-8 (MD 11-3)

Kanen Storr (Michigan) 25-6 won by decision over Josh Finesilver (Duke) 22-12 (Dec 10-7)

Jaydin Eierman (Missouri) 24-3 won by fall over Chris Debien (Chattanooga) 24-12 (Fall 4:41)

Cameron Kelly (Ohio) 20-3 won by decision over Austin Headlee (North Carolina) 19-11 (Dec 6-4)

Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) 32-6 won by decision over Matt Findlay (Utah Valley) 14-3 (Dec 8-7)

Josh Alber (Northern Iowa) 32-5 won by decision over Corey Shie (Army West Point) 27-15 (Dec 10-3)

Nick Lee (Penn State) 28-2 won by fall over Nate Limmex (Purdue) 18-16 (Fall 3:38)

 Sa`Derian Perry (Old Dominion) 24-8 won by decision over Jamel Morris (NC State) 22-4 (Dec 5-1)

Max Murin (Iowa) 16-8 won by decision over Tristan Moran (Wisconsin) 23-10 (Dec 3-2)

 Michael Carr (Illinois) 13-5 won by decision over Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton) 28-11 (Dec 8-2)

Mitch McKee (Minnesota) 21-5 won by fall over Sam Krivus (Virginia) 16-11 (Fall 5:00)

Sam Turner (Wyoming) 31-12 won by decision over Nicholas Gil (Navy) 29-7 (Dec 4-2)

Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State) 20-7 won by major decision over Bryan Lantry (Buffalo) 12-3 (MD 12-3)

Joey McKenna (Ohio State) 21-2 won by tech fall over Grant Willits (Oregon State) 17-9 (TF-1.5 7:00 (20-5))

149

#1 seed Anthony Ashnault takes on pigtail winner Malik Amine. Ashnault leads 6-1 in the first. Ashnault leading 9-2 with almost 5 minutes of riding time in the third. Ashnault wins.

True freshman Anthony Artalona of Penn will try and solve All-American senior Tommy Thorn of Minnesota. Artalona appeared to get the go-ahead takedown with 10 seconds left but Thorn kept working and scored a reversal with just a few seconds to spare. Thorn advances and Artalona drops to the consolation round after a heartbreaker. 

Penn State's Brady Berge has a tough early test against Fresno State's Khristian Olivas. Berge begins to take charge in the second. It's 5-2 Berge as we go to the third. 

Jerrett Degen is got Russell Rohlfing frustrated, winning by ten in the third. 

True frosh phenom Brock Mauller opens up against Matt Zovistoski for a major decision and advances. 

Kaden Gefeller of Oklahoma State has Ryan Blees, formerly of Oklahoma State, now of Virginia Tech. This one goes to sudden victory, and it's Blees with the takedown and an upset over the #7 seed. Big blow to Oklahoma State's team point total, although G could still go ultimate roadwarrior and place third. 

#2 seed Micah Jordan gets the fall in close proximity to the Ohio State section, much to their collective delight.

Looking for an upset is SDSU's Henry Pohlmeyer, he's got Josh Heil on his back. But the Campbell Camel fights off his back, slaps on a front headlock and cement jobs Pohlmeyer to his back to collect the pinfall in a wild finish. 

The scrappy Jared Prince of Navy is in a crazy 7-7 nail biter with All-American Max Thomsen in the third. Make that a 9-8 victory by Thomsen in a very entertaining first round match. 

Requir van der Merwe of Stanford by way of South Africa in tiebreakers with Cole Martin of Wisconsin, the first match to go past sudden victory and the last match of the weight class. We go to sudden victory 2 and Cole Martin gets the match winning takedown to advance. 

Results

Anthony Ashnault (Rutgers) 28-0 won by major decision over Malik Amine (Michigan) 12-10 (MD 10-2)

Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) 24-10 won by decision over Christian Monserrat (West Virginia) 23-8 (Dec 2-1)

Justin Oliver (NC State) 19-5 won by decision over Cortlandt Schuyler (Lehigh) 14-10 (Dec 10-6)

 Jarrett Degen (Iowa State) 26-6 won by major decision over Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) 16-12 (MD 14-3)

Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) 22-3 won by decision over Michael Sprague (American) 23-10 (Dec 3-2)

Brady Berge (Penn State) 19-3 won by decision over Khristian Olivas (Fresno State) 21-12 (Dec 6-3)

Thomas Thorn (Minnesota) 19-10 won by decision over Anthony Artalona (Pennsylvania) 26-6 (Dec 5-4)

Brock Mauller (Missouri) 30-2 won by major decision over Matthew Zovistoski (Appalachian State) 26-14 (MD 10-2)

Mitch Finesilver (Duke) 29-3 won by tech fall over Parker Kropman (Drexel) 10-9 (TF-1.5 6:35 (17-1))

Cole Martin (Wisconsin) 20-11 won in sudden victory - 2 over Requir van der Merwe (Stanford) 23-7 (SV-2 8-6)

Joshua Heil (Campbell) 24-6 won by fall over Henry Pohlmeyer (South Dakota State) 21-14 (Fall 4:59)

Austin O`Connor (North Carolina) 30-5 won by decision over Tejon Anthony (George Mason) 30-10 (Dec 3-1)

Ryan Blees (Virginia Tech) 17-14 won in sudden victory - 1 over Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) 28-5 (SV-1 5-1)

Pat Lugo (Iowa) 21-7 won by decision over Joshua Maruca (Arizona State) 16-13 (Dec 5-2)

Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) 22-8 won by decision over Jared Prince (Navy) 19-10 (Dec 9-8)

Micah Jordan (Ohio State) 26-2 won by fall over Shayne Oster (Northwestern) 12-13 (Fall 3:37)

157

Jason Nolf ushers in the 157 pound weight class with a cradle and a pin. Nolf elicits the loudest cheer from the arena yet. 

In a battle of true frosh phenoms, Josh Humphrey of Lehigh by way of West Virginia beat Justin Ruffin of SIUE by way of Georgia. 

Sorry about the lack of updates on this weight, got consumed by the Joe Smith Alex Marinelli 165-pound bout. 

Results

Jason Nolf (Penn State) 27-0 won by fall over Ben Anderson (Duke) 9-15 (Fall 0:43)

John Van Brill (Rutgers) 20-14 won by major decision over BC LaPrade (Virginia Tech) 17-10 (MD 10-2)

Christian Pagdilao (Arizona State) 23-8 won by major decision over Joshua McClure (North Carolina) 20-12 (MD 12-2)

Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) 20-6 won by decision over Justin Ruffin (SIU Edwardsville) 17-11 (Dec 6-0)

Hayden Hidlay (NC State) 21-2 won by tech fall over Hunter Willits (Oregon State) 19-9 (TF-1.5 7:00 (16-1))

Justin Thomas (Oklahoma) 22-9 won by decision over Taleb Rahmani (Pittsburgh) 16-7 (Dec 7-1)

Luke Weiland (Army West Point) 25-10 won by decision over Jarrett Jacques (Missouri) 27-7 (Dec 4-0)

Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) 19-7 won by major decision over Alex Smythe (Buffalo) 15-8 (MD 16-3)

Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) 30-4 won by decision over Christian Labrie (Brown) 17-19 (Dec 7-4)

Griffin Parriott (Purdue) 16-11 won by decision over Zach Hartman (Bucknell) 26-8 (Dec 7-4)

Ke-Shawn Hayes (Ohio State) 21-9 won by decision over Zac Carson (Ohio) 19-10 (Dec 7-1)

Kaleb Young (Iowa) 21-5 won by tech fall over Dan Reed (Columbia) 27-9 (TF-1.5 3:47 (16-1))

Larry Early (Old Dominion) 23-5 won by major decision over Quincy Monday (Princeton) 24-12 (MD 10-0)

Steve Bleise (Minnesota) 19-7 won by major decision over Chase Straw (Iowa State) 21-11 (MD 9-1)

Eric Barone (Illinois) 17-14 won by decision over Logan Parks (Central Michigan) 22-13 (Dec 5-3)

Tyler Berger (Nebraska) 25-3 won by tech fall over Benjamin Barton (Campbell) 11-4 (TF-1.5 7:00 (16-1))

165

In perhaps the most star-powered first round match in NCAA history, Joe Smith and Alex Marinelli square off on mat 2. Smith gets the first takedown right in front of the Oklahoma State section, which I believe is 105. Marinelli escapes to cut the deficit in helf. The Bull is in on a leg, but Smith counters, he scores another takedown! It's 4-1, now 4-2 after the escape. We go to the second. Marinelli starts in the top position. Marinelli riding mostly parallel but Smith isn't doing much to get out. There's the first stall warning on Smith. Marinelli over a minute of RT. Now Marinelli gets his for stalling as he hasn't come out to the side yet. Time expires, it's still 4-2. We go to the third, Marinelli takes down. He has 1:22 of riding time. Marinelli escapes in about 5 seconds, its 4-3 Smith but Marinelli has RT at 1:18. Marinelli drops to a single, he picks it up and has Smith hopping. Alex runs the pike and drops Joesph to his butt. Marinelli covers for two and the 5-4 lead. Riding time now locked up with 30 seconds left in regulation. A stall point and a RT point makes it a 7-4 decision for Iowa's Alex Marinelli. Joe Smith won the takedown battle but he drops to the consolation round nonetheless. 

That match was worth the price of admission. 

Returning third-place finisher Evan Wick has begun his second NCAA tournament. WIck cruises to the next round with a major decision.

In the Bryce Bowl, Bryce Steiert of UNI pins Bryce Martin of Indiana in the first period. 

Also pinfalling his way to the second period is Mekhi Lewis of Virginia Tech. 

Vincenzo Joseph looking for the fall on mat 2 while his teammate Mark Hall does the same on mat 8. No fall immediately for either wrestler but I believe Cenzo just now pinned Evan DeLong in a tilt. 

UPDATE: Cenzo pinned with a tilt.

? Vincenzo Joseph of @pennstateWREST picks up a fall off a tilt in the first period!#NCAAWrestling pic.twitter.com/BqjWsTcRCO

— NCAA Wrestling (@ncaawrestling) March 21, 2019

Gordon Wolf falls to Connor Flynn 5-4. Because they do not score double digits like a bet they would in the 165-pound preview, I am now forced to eat a corner rug :(

Results

Alex Marinelli (Iowa) 24-0 won by decision over Joseph Smith (Oklahoma State) 19-7 (Dec 7-4)

Thomas Bullard (NC State) 21-8 won by decision over Jonathan Viruet (Brown) 31-9 (Dec 3-2)

Cael McCormick (Army West Point) 19-8 won by fall over Demetrius Romero (Utah Valley) 25-4 (Fall 2:28)

Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) 24-2 won by fall over Cam Coy (Virginia) 19-15 (Fall 6:49)

Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) 23-2 won by major decision over Carson Brolsma (Minnesota) 19-11 (MD 16-3)

Te`shan Campbell (Ohio State) 21-7 won by decision over Ebed Jarrell (Drexel) 22-5 (Dec 6-0)

Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State) 21-4 won by tech fall over Tyler Marinelli (Gardner-Webb) 26-3 (TF-1.5 7:00 (17-2))

Evan Wick (Wisconsin) 29-4 won by major decision over Nick Kiussis (West Virginia) 18-11 (MD 10-2)

Joshua Shields (Arizona State) 28-3 won by major decision over Colston DiBlasi (George Mason) 29-13 (MD 14-4)

Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) 25-5 won by decision over Tanner Skidgel (Navy) 20-9 (Dec 9-2)

Bryce Steiert (Northern Iowa) 24-7 won by fall over Bryce Martin (Indiana) 21-10 (Fall 2:35)

Logan Massa (Michigan) 21-5 won by major decision over Troy Keller (Buffalo) 18-7 (MD 15-3)

Isaiah White (Nebraska) 21-7 won by decision over Joseph Gunther (Illinois) 18-14 (Dec 5-1)

Branson Ashworth (Wyoming) 34-5 won by major decision over Zach Finesilver (Duke) 19-9 (MD 9-1)

Connor Flynn (Missouri) 21-7 won by decision over Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) 19-7 (Dec 5-4)

Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) 24-1 won by fall over Evan Delong (Clarion) 16-14 (Fall 2:58)

174

We've fully rounded the halfway mark. #5 seed Jordan Kutler of Lehigh is well on his way to advancing to the second round. He leads Jacob Oliver lead in the third. 

Defending champ Zahid Valencia begins his title defense against Dean Sherry of Rider. Valencia strolls to the next round after an 11-3 victory. 

Cornell's Brandon Womack will try to reclaim All-American status this season. He leads the Virginia Military Institute's Neal Richards 7-4 after two periods. Richards battled back to make it 10-10 and force sudden victory. Womack survives 11-10 in tiebreakers. 

Daniel Bullard of NCSU and Mikey Labriola of Nebraska are knotted up 3-3 after 3 minutes of wrestling. Labriola will prevail, winning 7-5.

Kimball Bastian gets a Utah Valley Wolverine into the second round after he beat Ethan Smith 6-4.

In an upset, Ben Harvey of Army takes out Dylan Lydy of Purdue 8-3 with a smothering top game. These two wrestled in an Indiana state high school final, that I believe I heard the PA announcer (either the excellent Bryan Hazard or the redoubtable Jasob Bryant, I can't remember which) say Lydy won in overtime. So a little revenge served cold for Harvey. 

184

The consensus #1 Myles Martin will begin his senior season title quest against Bob Coleman of Oregon State. MyMar gets the pinfall and advances to the next round. 

Lehigh's Ryan Preisch will have a difficult first test against Max Lyon of Purdue. Preisch gets it done 6-1. 

Emery Parker will likewise have a tough test against Will Schany. Should probably just assume all the 184 matches will be tough, as it is a very deep weight class.

Max Dean begins his march to what he hopes is his second trip to the podium against Noah Stewart of Army. The Cornellian is up big early and will likely make it at least to the second round easily.

Cash Wilcke of Iowa and Nick Gravina of Rutgers are in a thriller. It's 3-2 Wilcke with 24 seconds left in the third but the RU corner wants a review to see if Gravina had a takedown. Both of these Big Ten rivals have made it to the round of 12 before. Twice for Wicke (up at 197) and once for Gravina (also at 184). The no takedown is confirmed and Wilcke holds on to advance to the second round in a hard fought bout. 

Binghamton freshman Lou DePrez dominating Wisconsin's Mason Reinhardt 9-0 in the second. 

Hometown hero Nino Bonaccorsi, a freshman at the host Pittsburgh University, beat Will Sumner of Utah Valley. 

Nick Reenan Dakota Geer is a high quality first round matchup. It's 0-0 after 3 minutes. Geer has a 5-0 lead in the third over the Final X participant. Geer scores the 6-0 upset, although his seed was hurt by the fact that he spent much of the year up at 197 pounds filling in for an injured Preston Weigel. 

Results

Myles Martin (Ohio State) 21-0 won by fall over Bob Coleman (Oregon State) 17-15 (Fall 3:22)

Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) 16-3 won by decision over Andrew McNally (Kent State) 31-8 (Dec 9-3)

Taylor Venz (Nebraska) 22-7 won by decision over Tanner Harvey (American) 28-12 (Dec 7-4)

Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) 21-3 won by fall over Max Lyon (Purdue) 23-13 (Fall 4:04)

Maxwell Dean (Cornell) 22-5 won by major decision over Noah Stewart (Army West Point) 19-11 (MD 13-2)

Cash Wilcke (Iowa) 22-6 won by decision over Nick Gravina (Rutgers) 6-4 (Dec 3-2)

Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) 20-6 won by decision over Will Sumner (Utah Valley) 21-12 (Dec 11-4)

Emery Parker (Illinois) 18-3 won by decision over Will Schany (Virginia) 14-15 (Dec 5-2)

Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 25-3 won by decision over Dom Ducharme (CSU Bakersfield) 22-13 (Dec 8-2)

Cameron Caffey (Michigan State) 30-7 won by decision over Dylan Wisman (Missouri) 16-8 (Dec 7-5)

Lou Deprez (Binghamton) 31-5 won by major decision over Mason Reinhardt (Wisconsin) 21-14 (MD 11-2)

Drew Foster (Northern Iowa) 24-5 won by major decision over Christian LaFragola (Brown) 24-10 (MD 10-0)

 Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) 26-5 won by decision over Nick Reenan (NC State) 15-5 (Dec 6-0)

Samuel Colbray (Iowa State) 27-6 won by decision over Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State) 23-12 (Dec 8-2)

Chip Ness (North Carolina) 20-12 won by decision over Tate Samuelson (Wyoming) 23-8 (Dec 8-2)

Shakur Rasheed (Penn State) 19-0 won by major decision over Kevin Parker (Princeton) 22-12 (MD 11-2)

197

Bo Nickal starts his quest for four-straight finals appearances and his fourth championship against pigtail winner, Bo Nickal. Laird is in trouble early, and falls into a 8-1 hole in the first. The next pinning combo does the trick, and the Bo Nickal bonus train has officially left the station.

Jake Jakobsen trying to reverse a 5-1 defeat he suffered at the hands of Ben Honis in the quarterfinals of the EIWAs. Jackobsen 7-3 in the third thanks to some crucial back points in the second. Honis scores a takedown and then lets Jakobsen up to make it 8-5, but kills a lot of clock in a scramble in his next attack. Jakobsen has a 3 point lead with 17 seconds to go. Jakobsen with the upset in front of a very happy Brown and White section of the arena right next to the mat. 

Tom Lane of Cal Poly has an upset on his mind. He's leading Army's Rocco Caywood 4-3 late in the third with riding time locked up. Now Caywood take injury time. That'll make it tough to come back, as Lane will get choice of pisition on the restart. They go neutral, and Lane gets the takedown to ice it. Lane knocks off the #12 seed and the Mustangs have a wrestler in the 2nd round. 

Jake Woodley beat Randall Diabe via criteria. They both had the same number of points at the end of the match, but they awarded Woodley the win after 2 sudden victory and tiebreaker periods because Woodley had more riding time, which is how criteria is decided in college wrestling. 

Again, that was a win via criteria in an NCAA wrestling match. 

Results

Bo Nickal (Penn State) 26-0 won by fall over Ethan Laird (Rider) 20-12 (Fall 2:35)

Josh Hokit (Fresno State) 22-6 won by decision over Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) 22-9 (Dec 5-1)

Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) 11-7 won by decision over Benjamin Honis (Cornell) 19-5 (Dec 8-5)

Nathan Traxler (Stanford) 29-5 won by decision over Greg Bulsak (Clarion) 17-7 (Dec 7-3)

Jacob Warner (Iowa) 18-4 won by decision over Drew Phipps (Bucknell) 24-11 (Dec 9-8)

Thomas Lane (Cal Poly) 21-11 won by decision over Rocco Caywood (Army West Point) 25-7 (Dec 8-3)

Malik McDonald (NC State) 19-9 won by decision over Noah Adams (West Virginia) 18-14 (Dec 8-3)

Patrick Brucki (Princeton) 30-1 won by decision over Brandon Whitman (North Carolina) 17-14 (Dec 8-2)

Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State) 12-0 won by tech fall over Jacob Seely (Northern Colorado) 13-11 (TF-1.5 4:18 (16-0))

Eric Schultz (Nebraska) 22-11 won by decision over Tanner Orndorff (Utah Valley) 18-13 (Dec 11-5)

Christian Brunner (Purdue) 24-9 won by decision over Sawyer Root (The Citadel) 31-15 (Dec 1-0)

William Miklus (Iowa State) 23-3 won by decision over Joshua Roetman (Navy) 25-11 (Dec 6-1)

Jay Aiello (Virginia) 24-6 won by decision over Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force) 13-8 (Dec 7-2)

Tom Sleigh (Virginia Tech) 22-6 won by decision over Kellan Stout (Pittsburgh) 12-9 (Dec 2-1)

Jake Woodley (Oklahoma) 22-8 won in tie breaker - 2 over Randall Diabe (Appalachian State) 26-6 (TB-2 4-3)

Kollin Moore (Ohio State) 20-2 won by major decision over Brett Perry (Buffalo) 19-10 (MD 12-3)

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The Cowboy Bulk Job, Derek White, is leading pigtail winner Brandon Ngati of West Virginia 5-0 at the start of the third. 

Mason Parris is up 2-1 on Sam Stoll in the first period. Parris go the first takedown but Stoll is starting to overpower Parris. Stoll has been moving Parris around and Parris gets dinged for walking out of bounds. That was his second and that ties the score. Stoll controls the ties and shoves Parris out of bounds and again Parris is hit for stalling. It's 3-2 Stoll going into the second. Escape for Stoll makes it 4-2. Now it's a stall on Stoll for pushing the action out of bounds, that makes it 4-3. Another stall for fleeing on Parris makes it 5-3. That's Parris' fourth. One more and he's DQ'd. A takedown for Stoll makes it 7-3. We go to the third. Stoll holds one to win 8-5 and knocks off the #5 seed, true freshman Mason Parris. 

Singeltary and Jensen in a tight 0-0 Big Ten matchup but Singletary about to get a second period ride out. He gets it, and now Jensen is trying to return the favor in the third. Singletary reverses Jensen and holds on to win in a big match for the Buckeyes. 

Gable Steveson avoiding the true frosh cruse (look for an article by Nomad on the topic shortly) and is demolishing Zack Parker 14-2 after one period. Steveson wins 18-3. 

Also avoiding an early trip to the consolation round is true freshman Zack Elam, who had a tougher time than Steveson did in his match. Elam beat Matt Voss of George Mason 3-1 in sudden victory. 

Anthony Cassar pins Antonio Pelusi of the Diplomats of Franklin & Marshall, which gets a roar from the Penn State fans here in the PPG.

And the Doug Vollaro Last Match of the Session Award goes to Thomas Haines and Billy Miller. But they had less than a minute in that bout and it's Haines in a romp. The Lock Haven Bald Eagle beats his old EWL, now ACC foe, 14-3.

Results

Derek White (Oklahoma State) 29-1 won by major decision over Brandon Ngati (West Virginia) 15-15 (MD 10-2)

Chase Singletary (Ohio State) 20-7 won by decision over David Jensen (Nebraska) 15-8 (Dec 3-0)

Matt Stencel (Central Michigan) 28-4 won by decision over Haydn Maley (Stanford) 23-11 (Dec 5-2)

Demetrius Thomas (Pittsburgh) 27-4 won by decision over Gannon Gremmel (Iowa State) 25-14 (Dec 11-7)

Sam Stoll (Iowa) 10-5 won by decision over Mason Parris (Michigan) 29-8 (Dec 8-5)

Conan Jennings (Northwestern) 19-10 won by decision over Cory Gilliland-Daniel (North Carolina) 22-10 (Dec 7-2)

Zach Elam (Missouri) 23-9 won in sudden victory - 1 over Matt Voss (George Mason) 30-7 (SV-1 3-1)

Jordan Wood (Lehigh) 22-3 won by decision over Colton McKiernan (SIU Edwardsville) 21-13 (Dec 6-4)

Gable Steveson (Minnesota) 31-1 won by tech fall over Zack Parker (Ohio) 15-13 (TF-1.5 3:22 (18-3))

Brian Andrews (Wyoming) 35-10 won by decision over AJ Nevills (Fresno State) 24-8 (Dec 9-2)

Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) 24-4 won by major decision over Billy Miller (Virginia Tech) 16-8 (MD 13-4)

Amar Dhesi (Oregon State) 11-1 won by major decision over Cary Miller (Appalachian State) 23-12 (MD 18-6)

Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) 23-6 won by decision over Ian Butterbrodt (Brown) 18-7 (Dec 5-2)

Youssif Hemida (Maryland) 17-6 won by decision over Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) 15-9 (Dec 7-1)

Tate Orndorff (Utah Valley) 25-7 won by decision over Joseph Goodhart (Drexel) 33-8 (Dec 6-4)

Anthony Cassar (Penn State) 26-1 won by fall over Antonio Pelusi (Franklin and Marshall) 25-10 (Fall 4:20)

That will do it for the first session. Check the event page for articles, highlights and more. Apologies for the typos and see you this evening for session II my wise and wonderful wrestling friends!