NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2018 NCAA Championships

149 lb

Champion Zain Retherford, Penn State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Zain RetherfordPSU
  2. 2Ronnie PerryLH
  3. 3Matthew KolodzikPRIN
  4. 4Troy HeilmannUNC
  5. 5Brandon SorensenIOWA
  6. 6Grant LeethMIZZ
  7. 7Jason TsirtsisASU
  8. 8Boo LewallenOKST

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Steve Bleise, Minnesota over Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alfred Bannister (16), Maryland over Sam Turner, Wyoming — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Beau Donahue (14), North Carolina State over Cole Martin, Wisconsin — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State over Davion Jeffries, Oklahoma — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Jared Prince, Navy (MD) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  5. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Steve Bleise, Minnesota — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  6. Jarrett Degen, Iowa State over Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  7. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Dane Robbins, Air Force (CO) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan over Sam Krivus, Virginia — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  9. Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State over Malik Amine, Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  10. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Taylor Ortz, Clarion (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  11. Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa over Khristian Olivas, Fresno State (CA) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  12. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  13. Ryan Blees (12), Virginia Tech over Michael Sprague, American (DC) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  14. Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) over Frank Garcia, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  15. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Tyshawn Williams, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — MD 9–0 · View bout
  16. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Kyle Springer, Eastern Michigan — TF 16–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State over Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  2. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Beau Donahue (14), North Carolina State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State over Ryan Blees (12), Virginia Tech — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  5. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  6. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Jarrett Degen, Iowa State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  8. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Alfred Bannister (16), Maryland — Fall 2:29 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Grant Leeth (3), Missouri — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State — TF 20–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) over Kyle Springer, Eastern Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska over Tyshawn Williams, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) over Jared Prince, Navy (MD) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) over Sam Turner, Wyoming — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Frank Garcia, Binghamton (NY) over Dane Robbins, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Khristian Olivas, Fresno State (CA) over Davion Jeffries, Oklahoma — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  6. Malik Amine, Michigan over Michael Sprague, American (DC) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  7. Sam Krivus, Virginia over Taylor Ortz, Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Steve Bleise, Minnesota over Cole Martin, Wisconsin — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) — MD 13–0 · View bout
  2. Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska over Beau Donahue (14), North Carolina State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) over Alfred Bannister (16), Maryland — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Jarrett Degen, Iowa State over Steve Bleise, Minnesota — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  5. Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan over Malik Amine, Michigan — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  6. Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa over Frank Garcia, Binghamton (NY) — MD 14–4 · View bout
  7. Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) over Khristian Olivas, Fresno State (CA) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  8. Sam Krivus, Virginia over Ryan Blees (12), Virginia Tech — TF 15–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Jarrett Degen, Iowa State over Sam Krivus, Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan over Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa over Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State over Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State — MD 9–0 · View bout
  3. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Jarrett Degen, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State — MD 13–3 · View bout
  2. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Grant Leeth (3), Missouri — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Grant Leeth (3), Missouri — Dec 4–0 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

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