NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

2018 NCAA Championships

184 lb

Champion Bo Nickal, Penn State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bo NickalPSU
  2. 2Myles MartinOHST
  3. 3Emery ParkerILL
  4. 4Taylor VenzNEB
  5. 5Domenic AbounaderMICH
  6. 6Zachary ZavatskyVT
  7. 7Chip NessUNC
  8. 8Max DeanCOR

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Brandon Krone, Minnesota over Alan Clothier, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bo Nickal (1), Penn State over Martin Mueller, South Dakota State — MD 16–4 · View bout
  2. Chip Ness, North Carolina over Emery Parker (10), Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Corey Hazel, Lock Haven (PA) over Bryce Carr (12), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Domenic Abounader (5), Michigan over Brandon Krone, Minnesota — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  5. Drew Foster (8), Northern Iowa over Kordell Norfleet, Arizona State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Jordan Ellingwood (16), Central Michigan over Kayne MacCallum, Eastern Michigan — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  7. Max Dean (9), Cornell (NY) over Dylan Gabel, Northern Colorado — MD 11–3 · View bout
  8. Mitch Bowman, Iowa over Canten Marriott (15), Missouri — MD 10–2 · View bout
  9. Myles Martin (2), Ohio State over Bryce Gorman, Northern Illinois — TF 24–9 · View bout
  10. Nick Gravina (14), Rutgers (NJ) over Christian 'CJ' LaFragola, Brown (RI) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  11. Pete Renda (4), North Carolina State over Keegan Moore, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  12. Ricky Robertson (11), Wisconsin over Alexander DeCiantis, Drexel (PA) — MD 13–2 · View bout
  13. Ryan Preisch (3), Lehigh (PA) over Greg Bulsak, Clarion (PA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  14. Steven Schneider (13), Binghamton (NY) over Joe Heyob, Pennsylvania — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  15. Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska over Chaz Polson, Wyoming — TF 17–1 · View bout
  16. Zachary Zavatsky (6), Virginia Tech over Michael Coleman, Navy (MD) — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bo Nickal (1), Penn State over Jordan Ellingwood (16), Central Michigan — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Chip Ness, North Carolina over Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  3. Domenic Abounader (5), Michigan over Corey Hazel, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  4. Max Dean (9), Cornell (NY) over Drew Foster (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Myles Martin (2), Ohio State over Mitch Bowman, Iowa — MD 17–5 · View bout
  6. Pete Renda (4), North Carolina State over Steven Schneider (13), Binghamton (NY) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  7. Ryan Preisch (3), Lehigh (PA) over Nick Gravina (14), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Zachary Zavatsky (6), Virginia Tech over Ricky Robertson (11), Wisconsin — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bo Nickal (1), Penn State over Max Dean (9), Cornell (NY) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  2. Domenic Abounader (5), Michigan over Pete Renda (4), North Carolina State — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  3. Myles Martin (2), Ohio State over Chip Ness, North Carolina — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  4. Zachary Zavatsky (6), Virginia Tech over Ryan Preisch (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bo Nickal (1), Penn State over Domenic Abounader (5), Michigan — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Myles Martin (2), Ohio State over Zachary Zavatsky (6), Virginia Tech — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bo Nickal (1), Penn State over Myles Martin (2), Ohio State — Fall 2:30 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Chaz Polson, Wyoming over Alan Clothier, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Bryce Carr (12), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Brandon Krone, Minnesota — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Canten Marriott (15), Missouri over Bryce Gorman, Northern Illinois — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Christian 'CJ' LaFragola, Brown (RI) over Greg Bulsak, Clarion (PA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Dylan Gabel, Northern Colorado over Kordell Norfleet, Arizona State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Chaz Polson, Wyoming — MD 17–3 · View bout
  6. Joe Heyob, Pennsylvania over Keegan Moore, Oklahoma State — Fall 3:32 · View bout
  7. Kayne MacCallum, Eastern Michigan over Martin Mueller, South Dakota State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Michael Coleman, Navy (MD) over Alexander DeCiantis, Drexel (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Bryce Carr (12), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Ricky Robertson (11), Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Christian 'CJ' LaFragola, Brown (RI) over Steven Schneider (13), Binghamton (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Drew Foster (8), Northern Iowa — Dec 13–10 · View bout
  4. Jordan Ellingwood (16), Central Michigan over Canten Marriott (15), Missouri — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  5. Michael Coleman, Navy (MD) over Corey Hazel, Lock Haven (PA) — MD 17–5 · View bout
  6. Mitch Bowman, Iowa over Kayne MacCallum, Eastern Michigan — TF 19–2 · View bout
  7. Nick Gravina (14), Rutgers (NJ) over Joe Heyob, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  8. Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska over Dylan Gabel, Northern Colorado — TF 19–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bryce Carr (12), Tennessee-Chattanooga over Nick Gravina (14), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Jordan Ellingwood (16), Central Michigan — MD 16–6 · View bout
  3. Michael Coleman, Navy (MD) over Christian 'CJ' LaFragola, Brown (RI) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska over Mitch Bowman, Iowa — MD 16–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Chip Ness, North Carolina over Michael Coleman, Navy (MD) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Ryan Preisch (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  3. Max Dean (9), Cornell (NY) over Bryce Carr (12), Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska over Pete Renda (4), North Carolina State — MD 11–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Chip Ness, North Carolina — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska over Max Dean (9), Cornell (NY) — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Domenic Abounader (5), Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska over Zachary Zavatsky (6), Virginia Tech — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Emery Parker (10), Illinois over Taylor Venz (7), Nebraska — Dec 8–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Domenic Abounader (5), Michigan over Zachary Zavatsky (6), Virginia Tech — Dec 8–2 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chip Ness, North Carolina over Max Dean (9), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

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