2024 NCAA WRESTLING TOURNAMENT ​​

​UPDATES AND QUARTERFINALS

In a battle of NCAA champions Penn State's Carter Starocci blanked Virginia Tech's Mekhi Lewis 4-0 to advance into the semifinals of the NCAA Championships in Kansas City.

MAT NOTES:

There are seven returning NCAA champions in the elite field of 330 wrestlers at the 94th annual Division I Wrestling Championships and clear favorite Penn State has a pair of three-time winners.

The Nittany Lions have Carter Starocci (14-2) at 174 and unbeaten Aaron Brooks (19-0) at 197. Starocci was a two-time state champ from Erie, PA and went 96-0 in his last two years of high school. Brooks is from Hagerstown, Maryland and was both a four-time state champion and a four-time    NHSCA national champion in high school, he compiled an impressive 163-2 career mark. Two-time titlist Keegan O'Toole (21-0), junior from Missouri, is the top seed in the loaded 165-pound bracket, along with David Carr (24-2), the 4th seed from Iowa State. O'Toole was a four-time Wisconsin state champion with a 160-5 ledger, while Carr won a Kentucky state title as an eighth-grader and then reeled off four Ohio state crowns, he finished with a remarkable 235-7 high school record.

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Cornell's Vito Arujau (15-2, 92-9 career) from Syosset, LI, is a defending champ and MOW Award winner, he will be tested in the tough133-pound class. Arujau won four NY state titles and had a stellar 216-1 record. Two other NCAA titlists are at 174, #1 ranked Mekhi Lewis (17-0) of Virginia Tech and Michigan's Shane Griffith (16-3), both are lodged in the top tier of the bracket, along with aforementioned Starocci. Both Lewis and Griffith are former New Jersey state champions.

 

                                             QUARTERFINAL RESULTS



125 - Richard Figueroa (Arizona State) dec. Braeden Davis (Penn St) 3-2

          Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) dec. Matt Ramos (Purdue) 4-1 OT

          Drake Ayala (Iowa) dec. Troy Sprately (Okla State) 4-1 OT

          Eric Barnett (Wisconsin) dec. Caleb Smith (Nebraska) 4-3 OT


133 - Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) dec. Evan Frost (Iowa State) 2-1 OT

          Dylan Ragusin (Michigan) dec. Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) 9-3

          Vito Arujau (Cornell) maj.dec. Kai Orine (NC State) 13-3

          Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) dec. Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) 4-2


141 - Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) dec. Brock Hardy (Nebraska) 6-2

         Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) dec. Ryan Jack (NC State) 5-3

         Real Woods (Iowa) vs Lachlan McNeil (N Carolina) dec. Real Woods (Iowa) 7-1

         Beau Bartlett (Penn State) pinned Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) 6:48


149 - Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) maj.dec. Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) 14-4

         Caleb Henson (Virg Tech) dec. Ty Watters (West Virginia) 8-3

         Austin Gomez (Michigan) dec. Jackson Harrington (NC State) 12-9

        Kyle Parco (Arizona State) maj.dec. Chance Lamer (Cal Poly) 14-4


157 - Levi Haines (Penn State) maj. dec.Peyton Robb (Nebraska) 8-0

          Bryce Andonian (Virg Tech) dec. Ed Scott (NC State) 13-7

          Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) dec. Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) 5-4

          Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) dec. Jared Franek (Iowa) 5-2


165 - Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) pinned Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) 4:06

          David Carr (Iowa State) dec.Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) 5-0

          Mike Caliendo (Iowa) dec. Julian Ramirez (Cornell) 9-4

         Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) dec. Cameron Amine (Michigan) 6-1


174 - Carter Starocci (Penn State) dec. Mekhi Lewis (Virg Tech) 4-0

          Shane Griffith (Michigan) dec. Jared Simma (N Iowa) 8-7

          Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) dec. Edmond Ruth (Illinois) 4-1 OT

          Lennox Wolak (Columbia) dec. Cade DeVos (S Dakota St) 4-2


184 - Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) tech fall David Key (Navy) 22-6

          Trey Munoz (Oregon State) dec. Lenny Pinto (Nebraska) 5-3

          Dustin Plott (Okla St) maj.dec. Bernie Truax (Penn St) 16-6

          Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) dec. Thomas Stewart (Virg Tech) 6-4

          

197 - Aaron Brooks (Penn State) pinned Stephen Buchanan (Oklahoma) 2:45

         Rocky Elam (Missouri) dec.Michael Beard (Lehigh) 8-2

         Tanner Sloan (S Dakota State) tech fall Lou DePrez (Binghamton) 16-1

         Trent Hidlay (NC State) maj.dec. Silas Allred (Nebraska) 11-3


285 - Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) dec. vs Nick Feldman (Ohio State) 1-0

          Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) dec. Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) 4-1 OT

          Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) dec. Zach Elam (Missouri) 8-1

          Lucas Davison (Michigan) dec. Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 6-4

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Team Scores:

1. Penn State (34.5)

2. Iowa (24.5)

3. Iowa State (24.5)

4. Michigan (22)

5. NC State (22)

6. Nebraska (21)

7. Ohio State (20.5)

8. Cornell (18.5)

9.Virginia Tech (17.5)

10. Missouri (14)

​10. Oklahoma State (14)


Binghamton's Lou DePrez won twice, his first match he defeated Oklahoma State's Luke Surber 6-0 and then later advanced to tomorrow's quarterfinals at 197 pounds.

Anthony Noto of Lock Haven takes down Matt Ramos of Purdue en route to a 4-1 decision in OT and advance into the 125 semifinal.

Jordan Titus from West Virginia University  at 141 pounds.

 Jacori Teemer of Arizona State works for a takedown on Jared Franek of Iowa. Teemer won this 157 pound quarterfinal 5-2.

Cornell's defending NCAA champion Vito Arujau controls Kai Orine of NC State en route to a 13-3 decision and advance into tonight's 133 pound semifinal.