NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2017 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Darian Cruz, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Darian CruzLEH
  2. 2Ethan LizakMINN
  3. 3Thomas GilmanIOWA
  4. 4Nicholas PiccininniOKST
  5. 5Joey DanceVT
  6. 6Jack MuellerUVA
  7. 7Sean RussellEDIN
  8. 8Nathan KraisserCAMP

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa — Fall 0:52 · View bout
  2. Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming over Conor Youtsey, Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Vito Pasone, Appalachian State (NC) — TF 19–4 · View bout
  5. Jack Mueller (10), Virginia over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — TF 16–1 · View bout
  6. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — TF 17–2 · View bout
  7. Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State over Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  8. Josh Terao (11), American (DC) over Jose Rodriguez, Ohio State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  9. Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) over Nick Suriano (3), Penn State — MFF · View bout
  10. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Jake Gromacki, Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Fall 1:45 · View bout
  12. Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State over Noah Gonser, Eastern Michigan — Fall 3:19 · View bout
  13. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — TF 21–3 · View bout
  14. Shakur Laney (13), Ohio over Sean Nickell, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  15. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan — MD 19–6 · View bout
  16. Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Shakur Laney (13), Ohio — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Josh Terao (11), American (DC) — MD 15–6 · View bout
  3. Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Jack Mueller (10), Virginia over Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming — MD 12–2 · View bout
  6. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State over Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) — MD 22–8 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — TF 15–0 · View bout
  3. Jack Mueller (10), Virginia over Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State — Fall 6:04 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Jack Mueller (10), Virginia — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Noah Gonser, Eastern Michigan — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa over Sean Nickell, California-Bakersfield — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  3. Jake Gromacki, Clarion (PA) over Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  5. Jose Rodriguez, Ohio State over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Fall 2:51 · View bout
  6. Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) over Conor Youtsey, Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  7. Travis Piotrowski, Illinois over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  8. Vito Pasone, Appalachian State (NC) over Nick Suriano (3), Penn State — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Josh Terao (11), American (DC) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming over Jake Gromacki, Clarion (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  3. Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) over Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  6. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Shakur Laney (13), Ohio over Vito Pasone, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  8. Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska over Jose Rodriguez, Ohio State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska over Shakur Laney (13), Ohio — Fall 5:57 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Jack Mueller (10), Virginia — MFF · View bout
  2. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State — Dec 13–6 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Jack Mueller (10), Virginia — MFF · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

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