NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2005 NCAA Championships

149 lb

Champion Zack Esposito, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Zack EspositoOKST
  2. 2Phillip SimpsonARMY
  3. 3Jon MasaHOF
  4. 4Eric TannenbaumMICH
  5. 5Ty EusticeIOWA
  6. 6Dustin ManottiCOR
  7. 7Matt StornioloOU
  8. 8Mark DiSalvoCMU

Championship

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Anthony Baza, California-Bakersfield over Josh Medina, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Ben Cherrington (8), Boise State (ID) over John Cox, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  3. Craig Henning (11), Wisconsin over Rayes Gonzales, Boston (MA) — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  4. Darren McKnight (12), Michigan State over Ron Doppelheuer, Edinboro (PA) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  5. Doug Withstandley, Purdue (IN) over Ryan Hurley, Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Dustin Manotti (3), Cornell (NY) over Quincy Osborn, Minnesota — TF 18–3 · View bout
  7. Eric Tannenbaum (5), Michigan over Travis Shufelt, Nebraska — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  8. Jeff Harrison (7), Northern Iowa over Tyde Prater, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  9. Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) over Eddie Dahlen, Portland State (OR) — MD 12–0 · View bout
  10. Mark Cartella, Drexel (PA) over Levi Duyn, Citadel (SC) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  11. Mark DiSalvo (10), Central Michigan over Cody Greene, Missouri — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  12. Matt Storniolo (4), Oklahoma over Daniel Elliott, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Fall 6:40 · View bout
  13. Patrick Williams, Arizona State over Issac Knable, Indiana (IN) — Fall 6:39 · View bout
  14. Phillip Simpson (2), Army (NY) over Alex Hernandez, North Carolina State — MD 12–0 · View bout
  15. Ty Eustice (6), Iowa over Mike Grimes, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  16. Zack Esposito (1), Oklahoma State over Matt Anderson, Lehigh (PA) — MD 13–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dustin Manotti (3), Cornell (NY) over Patrick Williams, Arizona State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Eric Tannenbaum (5), Michigan over Darren McKnight (12), Michigan State — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) over Ben Cherrington (8), Boise State (ID) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  4. Mark DiSalvo (10), Central Michigan over Jeff Harrison (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Matt Storniolo (4), Oklahoma over Mark Cartella, Drexel (PA) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  6. Phillip Simpson (2), Army (NY) over Anthony Baza, California-Bakersfield — MD 11–2 · View bout
  7. Ty Eustice (6), Iowa over Craig Henning (11), Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Zack Esposito (1), Oklahoma State over Doug Withstandley, Purdue (IN) — MD 11–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dustin Manotti (3), Cornell (NY) over Ty Eustice (6), Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Eric Tannenbaum (5), Michigan over Matt Storniolo (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Phillip Simpson (2), Army (NY) over Mark DiSalvo (10), Central Michigan — Fall 2:32 · View bout
  4. Zack Esposito (1), Oklahoma State over Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Phillip Simpson (2), Army (NY) over Dustin Manotti (3), Cornell (NY) — MD 8–0 · View bout
  2. Zack Esposito (1), Oklahoma State over Eric Tannenbaum (5), Michigan — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Zack Esposito (1), Oklahoma State over Phillip Simpson (2), Army (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Daniel Elliott, Gardner-Webb (NC) over Levi Duyn, Citadel (SC) — Fall 5:27 · View bout
  2. John Cox, Navy (MD) over Eddie Dahlen, Portland State (OR) — MD 14–2 · View bout
  3. Josh Medina, Lock Haven (PA) over Alex Hernandez, North Carolina State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  4. Mike Grimes, Northern Illinois over Rayes Gonzales, Boston (MA) — Dec 14–8 · View bout
  5. Quincy Osborn, Minnesota over Issac Knable, Indiana (IN) — Fall 2:24 · View bout
  6. Ryan Hurley, Cleveland State (OH) over Matt Anderson, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 0:46 · View bout
  7. Travis Shufelt, Nebraska over Ron Doppelheuer, Edinboro (PA) — MD 16–3 · View bout
  8. Tyde Prater, Virginia Tech over Cody Greene, Missouri — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Cherrington (8), Boise State (ID) over Quincy Osborn, Minnesota — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Jeff Harrison (7), Northern Iowa over Daniel Elliott, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  3. Josh Medina, Lock Haven (PA) over Darren McKnight (12), Michigan State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Mike Grimes, Northern Illinois over Doug Withstandley, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  5. Patrick Williams, Arizona State over John Cox, Navy (MD) — MD 15–7 · View bout
  6. Ryan Hurley, Cleveland State (OH) over Craig Henning (11), Wisconsin — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Travis Shufelt, Nebraska over Anthony Baza, California-Bakersfield — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  8. Tyde Prater, Virginia Tech over Mark Cartella, Drexel (PA) — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Cherrington (8), Boise State (ID) over Mike Grimes, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Patrick Williams, Arizona State over Ryan Hurley, Cleveland State (OH) — Fall 5:58 · View bout
  3. Travis Shufelt, Nebraska over Jeff Harrison (7), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Tyde Prater, Virginia Tech over Josh Medina, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) over Travis Shufelt, Nebraska — MD 13–4 · View bout
  2. Mark DiSalvo (10), Central Michigan over Ben Cherrington (8), Boise State (ID) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  3. Matt Storniolo (4), Oklahoma over Patrick Williams, Arizona State — MD 12–2 · View bout
  4. Ty Eustice (6), Iowa over Tyde Prater, Virginia Tech — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) over Matt Storniolo (4), Oklahoma — MD 11–3 · View bout
  2. Ty Eustice (6), Iowa over Mark DiSalvo (10), Central Michigan — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Eric Tannenbaum (5), Michigan over Ty Eustice (6), Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) over Dustin Manotti (3), Cornell (NY) — MD 11–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jon Masa (9), Hofstra (NY) over Eric Tannenbaum (5), Michigan — Dec 8–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ty Eustice (6), Iowa over Dustin Manotti (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Matt Storniolo (4), Oklahoma over Mark DiSalvo (10), Central Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.