NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2018 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Spencer Lee, Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Spencer LeeIOWA
  2. 2Nick SurianoRUT
  3. 3Nathan TomaselloOHST
  4. 4Ethan LizakMINN
  5. 5Darian CruzLEH
  6. 6Sebastian RiveraNW
  7. 7Ronnie BresserORST
  8. 8Zeke MoiseyWVU

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Alonzo Allen, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–9 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over RayVon Foley, Michigan State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Drew Mattin, Michigan over Jay Schwarm (16), Northern Iowa — Fall 3:50 · View bout
  3. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — MD 11–0 · View bout
  4. Louie Hayes (12), Virginia over Paul Bianchi, North Dakota State — MD 14–1 · View bout
  5. Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) over Connor Brown, South Dakota State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  6. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — Fall 2:19 · View bout
  7. Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — Fall 1:47 · View bout
  8. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Gerald 'JR' Wert, Rider (NJ) — TF 17–0 · View bout
  9. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  10. Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  11. Sean Fausz (5), North Carolina State over Michael McGee, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  12. Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) over Gage Curry, American (DC) — MD 16–3 · View bout
  13. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  14. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Alonzo Allen, Tennessee-Chattanooga — TF 18–0 · View bout
  15. Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  16. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over Drew Mattin, Michigan — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Louie Hayes (12), Virginia over Sean Fausz (5), North Carolina State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State — Dflt · View bout
  4. Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State over Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia — Fall 2:58 · View bout
  6. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) — TF 18–0 · View bout
  8. Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley over Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley — MD 12–4 · View bout
  3. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Louie Hayes (12), Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout
  4. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:58 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State — Fall 6:05 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield over RayVon Foley, Michigan State — Dec 12–9 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — Fall 2:21 · View bout
  2. Connor Brown, South Dakota State over Alonzo Allen, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 16–11 · View bout
  3. Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  4. Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech over Gerald 'JR' Wert, Rider (NJ) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  5. Michael McGee, Old Dominion (VA) over Paul Bianchi, North Dakota State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  6. Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  7. Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield over Jay Schwarm (16), Northern Iowa — Fall 6:23 · View bout
  8. Travis Piotrowski, Illinois over Gage Curry, American (DC) — MD 9–1 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Drew Mattin, Michigan over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) over Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech — Fall 1:06 · View bout
  4. Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State over Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield — TF 17–2 · View bout
  5. Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) over Michael McGee, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  6. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:49 · View bout
  7. Travis Piotrowski, Illinois over Sean Fausz (5), North Carolina State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  8. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Connor Brown, South Dakota State — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Drew Mattin, Michigan — MD 17–6 · View bout
  2. Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) over Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Louie Hayes (12), Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout
  4. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia — Fall 1:43 · View bout
  2. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State — MD 12–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) — Fall 1:14 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota — Dec 8–6 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia — MFF · View bout

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