NCAA Wrestling Championships, 2026: First-round and pig tail results

The first round is in the books at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Check out all the results from the early session in Cleveland. 125 pounds Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) won by major decision over Mack Mauger (Missouri), 11-2 Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) won by major decision over Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State), 13-5 Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) won by decision over Ayden Smith (Rutgers), 8-7 Dean Peterson (Iowa) won by major decision over Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska), 9-1 roy Spratley (Oklahoma State) won by major decision over Andrew Binni (Navy), 11-2 Vincent Robinson (NC State) won by decision over Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma), 5-1 Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) won by decision over Diego Sotelo (Michigan), 10-6 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) won by fall over Tyler Chappell (Pittsburgh), 5:38 Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) won by decision over Sulayman Bah (Columbia), 9-5 Jacob Moran (Indiana) won by decision over Kysen Terukina (North Carolina), 4-2 Tyler Klinsky (Rider) won by tech fall over Davis Motyka (Penn), 19-3 (5:45) Jore Volk (Minnesota) won by decision over Brady Roark (South Dakota State), 8-2 Nico Provo (Stanford) won by decision over Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga), 8-2 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) won by fall over Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin), 5:35 Spencer Moore (Illinois) won in SV-1 over Koda Holeman (Cal Poly), 4-1 Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) won by decision over Desmond Pleasant (Drexel), 8-6 133 pounds Jax Forrest (Oklahoma State) won by fall over Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma), 2:00 T.

K. Davis (Gardner-Webb) won by decision over Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin), 4-1 Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) won by decision over Blake Boarman (Purdue), 16-14 Markel Baker (Northern Illinois) won by decision over Will Betancourt (Rider), 8-1 Kyler Larkin (Arizona State) won by major decision over Garrett Grice (Iowa State), 13-0 Evan Mougalian (Penn) won by decision over Sean Spidle (Northwestern), 8-1 Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska), 5-4 Aaron Seidel (Virginia Tech) won by tech fall over Luke Willochell (Wyoming), 17-2 (3:00) Marcus Blaze (Penn State) won by tech fall over Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State), 17-2 (5:31) Gage Walker (Missouri) on by decision over Ethan Berginc (Army West Point), 5-0 Tyler Ferrara (Cornell) won by decision over Zach Redding (NC State), 6-2 Drake Ayala (Iowa) won by major decision over Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville), 11-1 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) won by decision over Dylan Shawver (Rutgers), 11-7 Braxton Brown (Maryland) won by decision over Maximilian Leete (American), 4-2 Tyler Knox (Stanford) won by decision over Gunner Andrick (West Virginia), 10-3 Ben Davino (Ohio State) won by tech fall over Gable Strickland (Lock Haven), 17-2 (5:07) 141 pounds Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) won by fall over Aldo Hernandez (Appalachian State), 2:14 Caedyn Ricciardi (Navy) won in SV-1 over Ryan Jack (NC State), 4-1 Nash Singleton (Oregon State) won by decision over Joey Olivieri (Rutgers), 2-1 Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) won by major decision over Tom Crook (Virginia Tech), 14-2 Luke Stanich (Lehigh) won by tech fall over Pierson Manville (Arizona State), 21-6 (7:00) Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) won by decision over Luke Simcox (North Carolina), 3-2 Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) won by major decision over Julian Tagg (South Dakota State), 11-2 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) won by decision over Jordan Titus (West Virginia), 5-1 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) won by tech fall over Dario Lemus (Maryland), 18-1 (5:47) Braeden Davis (Penn State) won by decision over Haiden Drury (Utah Valley), 2-0 CJ Composto (Penn) won by decision over Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia), 2-0 Vince Cornella (Cornell) won by major decision over Gable Porter (Virginia), 8-0 Nasir Bailey (Iowa) won by major decision over Braden Basile (Army West Point), 14-3 Jack Consiglio (Stanford) won by decision over Dylan Chappell (Bucknell), 9-5 Elijah Griffin (Rider) won by decision over Carter Nogle (Air Force), 7-4 Sergio Vega (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Billy DeKraker (Northwestern), 6-0 149 pounds Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) won by tech fall over Austin McBurney (Brown), 19-4 (5:35) Jacob Frost (Iowa State) won by fall over Lucas Kapusta (Lock Haven), 3:48 David Evans (Utah Valley) won by decision over Andrew Clark (Rutgers), 11-5 Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State) won by decision over Michael Gioffre...