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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) will see eight schools represented in Philadelphia, Pa., to compete for a title at the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships this weekend at the Wells Fargo Center.
 
Northern Illinois
Blake West makes his second consecutive trip to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships while Landen Johnson makes his debut as the pair are set to represent the Northern Illinois University Huskies wrestling program in Philadelphia this week. The 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia from March 20-22.
 
West is the No. 16 seed at 125-pounds after winning the MAC Championship while Johnson earned the No. 32 seed at 157-pounds.
 
In his second appearance at the NCAA tournament, West will face No. 17 Max Gallagher of Penn in his opening round after defeating Gallagher at the 60th Midlands Championships in December.
 
West became NIU's first MAC Champion at 125 pounds since 2007 when he won the title on March 8 in New Jersey. West completed his fourth consecutive 20-plus win season and went undefeated in MAC action for the second straight year. West claimed wins over ranked opponents from Missouri, Princeton, Penn, and Cal Poly this season.
 
In his debut match, Johnson will face No. 33 Richard Fedalen of Columbia. Johnson took third at the MAC Championships. Johnson claimed a ranked win over then-No. 26 Kaleb Burgess of Buffalo and 17-11 in his debut season with the Huskies.
 
Markel Baker is an alternate at 133-pounds and will travel to the NCAA Championships after taking fourth at the MAC Championships. Baker posted a record of 17-7 and went undefeated in MAC duals.
 
With West and Johnson qualifying for the national tournament, NIU extends their streak of at least one NCAA qualifier to 54-straight years and the second straight year of two wrestlers qualifying. This dates to 1972 when Larry Johnson earned All-America honors by taking fifth.

NIU has two national champions in its history, with Roy Conrad winning the Division I title in 1960 at 177 and Neal McDonald earning the Division II championship in 1965.

 
Central Michigan
Five Central Michigan wrestlers will compete in the NCAA Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia beginning on Thursday, March 20. The tournament runs through Saturday, March 22.
 
Chippewas in the Field:
CMU’s Sean Spidle (133 pounds), Mason Shrader (149), Johnny Lovett (157), Chandler Amaker (165) and Alex Cramer (174) are among the 333 wrestlers who have qualified and will partake in the tournament.
 
CMU’s Luke Cochran (197) is an alternate.
 
It marks the fifth time that Lovett and fourth time that Cramer has qualified for the NCAA Championships. Both are graduate students.
 
It is the first time that Spidle, Shrader and Amaker have qualified for the tournament. All three are redshirt juniors. Cochran is a redshirt freshman.
 
The Seeds: Cramer, 10; Lovett, 15; Spidle, 23; Shrader, 24; Amaker, 33.
 
What it Takes: The top eight wrestlers in each weight class earns All-America honors.
 
Ultimate Honor:
A total of 30 Chippewa wrestlers have captured a combined 51 All-America honors at the NCAA Division I Championships since 1970. Sixteen Chippewas are multi-time All-Americans; the last was Drew Hildebrandt in 2020 and 2021.
 
Chippewa head coach Ben Bennett (2020-13) is the only four-time All-American in program history.
 
Ryan Cunningham (1998-2000), Wynn Michalak (2005-06, 2008) and Jarod Trice (2010-11, 2013) earned All-America honors three times in their respective careers.
 
CMU’s last All-American was Hildebrandt in 2021.
 
History:
CMU’s top team finish in the NCAA Championships was a fifth in 1998. They were seventh in 1999, tied for seventh in 2008 and finished eighth in 1981.
 
Last time out:
The Chippewas finished second in the Mid-American Conference Championships, scoring 113 points to finish behind Lock Haven (121.5).
 
The Chippewas had six wrestlers reach a title match – Spidle (133), Andrew Austin (141), Shrader (149), Lovett (157), Amaker (165) and Cramer (174) – and all lost to finish second.
 
Cochran placed third and Bryan Caves (285) placed fifth.


Edinboro
The Edinboro wrestling team has a pair of wrestlers set for NCAA Nationals that start on Thursday inside the Wells Fargo Center.

Edinboro Participants:
The Scots will have 133 pounder Colton Camacho seeded 28th and 184 pounder Jared McGill seeded 25th. For full brackets click here.
Colton Camacho Interview
Jared McGill Interview
Head Coach Matt Hill Interview
 

Lock Haven
The Lock Haven men's wrestling team is set to compete at the 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championship. The National Championship is scheduled for March 20-22 (Thurs. – Sat.) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
 
The Bald Eagles will be represented by Anthony Noto (133), Wyatt Henson (141), Avery Bassett (174), Colin Fegley (184), Tucker Hogan (197) and Gavin Hoffman (285).
 
Nick Stampoulos is listed as the first alternate at 157 pounds.
 
Lock Haven's six individual national qualifiers set to compete in Philadelphia - starting Thursday are the most since the Bald Eagles sent five to the national championships in Detroit in 2022. The six national qualifiers match the six that Lock Haven sent to the NCAA championships during back-to-back seasons in 2018 and 2019. The last time The Haven had more than six national qualifiers in a single season was 2002 (7). The school record for national qualifiers in a season is 9 (1963).
 
Setting the Stage:
As a team, the 2025 campaign has been another historic season for the Bald Eagles, which has been highlighted to this point with The Haven winning the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship Tournament for the third time in four years.
 
During the regular season, the Bald Eagles went a perfect 7-0 against MAC opponents to clinch the MAC East regular season title. Lock Haven racked up an impressive 14 victories on the year and went a perfect 6-0 at home.
 
As the team continued to soar, individual efforts also began to shine through and everything started to click at the right time.
 
Noto (133), Henson (141) and Hoffman (285) all brought home MAC individual titles at their respective weight classes and finished the tournament combined 11-0.
 
The three individual titles helped vault the Bald Eagles into prime contention for the MAC team championship, but it was the remainder of the group that helped secure the victory.
 
Bassett tied for the team-lead in victories with five and fought through the consolation with three wins on Championship Saturday to clinch third place at 174 pounds and punch his ticket to Nationals.
 
Hogan joined the Bald Eagle Champion trio by reaching the title match at 197 pounds, before taking home second place and earning an NCAA at-large selection.
 
Fegley racked up four victories at 184 pounds and earned a podium spot with a fourth-place bid, before also earning an NCAA at-large selection.
 
Stampoulos was Mr. Consistency all season at 157 pounds and led the Bald Eagles with 29 regular season victories and was selected by the NCAA committee as an alternate for the Championships.


George Mason
Informaiton coming soon...


Rider
Five Broncs will compete for the Rider wrestling team and look for National Titles this weekend with Sammy Alvarez, Enrique Munguia, Michael Wilson, Isaac Dean, and Brock Zurawski

NCAA History:
- In 2024, Quinn Kinner became Rider's 20th All-American in school history, finishing eighth at 149 lbs.
- Ethan Laird finished 6th at the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships, becoming Rider's 19th All-American in program history
- Kinner became the ninth Rider All-American in the last ten seasons, including seven NCAA All-Americans and two NWCA All-Americans.
- In 2021, Rider University wrestling graduate student Jesse Dellavecchia became Rider's first-ever wrestler to advance to the National finals.

NCAA Championships Outlook:
Sammy Alvarez (149 lbs)
- Alvarez enters the national tournament as the No. 11 seed, posting a season record of 20-5. 
- Placed 6th at the Cliff Keen Invitational
- Defeated No. 8 Ty Whalen (Princeton)
- Finished 1st at the MAC Championships at 149 lbs
- Second year of experience at the NCAA Championships.

Enrique Munguia (165 lbs)
- First time at the national tournament 
- Munguia enters the tournament as the No. 22 seed, posting a season record of 22-6.
- Finished 1st at the 2025 MAC Championships at 165 lbs.
- Defeated No. 30 Aidan Riggins (Iowa State)

Michael Wilson (174 lbs)
- Enters the national championships as the No. 33 seed with a season record of 16-13.
- This is the second year of the NCAA Championships experience.
- Fourth at the 2025 MAC Championships at 174 lbs.
- 2024 NCAA Qualifier in Kansas City. 

Isaac Dean (184 lbs)
- First time at the national tournament. 
- Dean enters the championships as the No. 7 seed, posting an overall record of 24-7.
- First 1st at the 2025 MAC Championships at 184 lbs.
- Finished 5th at the Cliff Keen Invitational
- Notable wins over No. 11 Reece Heller (Pittsburgh), No. 8 Jaxon Smith (Maryland), and No. 5 Bennet Berge (South Dakota State).

Brock Zurawski (197 lbs)
- First-time national qualifier 
- Zurawski enters the tournament as the No. 26 seed, posting an overall record of 16-9.
- 2025 MAC Champion at 197 lbs
- Defeated No. 28 Tucker Hogan (Lock Haven) earlier this season.

First Round Matchups:
Session I - Thursday, March 20th at 12:00 PM
149 lbs: No. 11 Sammy Alvarez vs No. 22 Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State)
165 lbs: No. 11 Braeden Scoles (Illinois) vs No. 22 Enrique Munguia
174 lbs: No. 32 Jared McGill (Columbia) vs No. 33 Michael Wilson
184 lbs: No. 7 Isaac Dean vs No. 26 Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State)
197 lbs: No. 7 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) vs No. 26 Brock Zurawski)


Cleveland State
Daniel Bucknavich is the lone Cleveland State wrestler competing at the NCAA Championships, from March 20-23 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Wells Fargo Center.

Ticket Punched Summary:
The senior from Midview, Ohio, qualified for his second straight championship after finishing third at the 2025 MAC Championships. Bucknavich went 4-1 over the two days with three falls and one decision.

Opening Round Opponent:
Dayton Pitzer of Pitt is the No. 10 seed and enters the championship with a 14-4 record. The redshirt sophomore was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the ACC after defeating the top two seeds en route to his first title.

This Season:
Bucknavich holds a 25-5 overall record and went 9-2 in dual matches. Of his wins this season, three were by major decision and 12 were by fall, which ranks eighth in the NCAA.

History at the NCAAs {2024}:
Champ Round 1: No. 13 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) DEC No. 20 Bucknavich (CSU), 4-2
Cons Round 1: No. 20 Bucknavich (CSU) DEC No. 29 Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska), 5-2 SV
Cons Round 2: No. 19 Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) DEC No. 20 Bucknavich (CSU), 3-1

Career Stats:
2024-25 | 25-5 | 3 MD | 12 FALL
2023-24 | 24-6 | 3 MD | 1 TF | 6 FALL
2022-23 | 21-10 | 1 MD | 3 FALL
2021-22 | 5-11 | 2 FALL
2020-21 | 3-2
Totals | 78-34 | 7 MD | 1 TF | 23 FALL


Ohio
Ohio wrestling concludes the 2024-25 season the week when redshirt junior Garrett Thompson and redshirt senior Jordan Greer head to Philadelphia, Pa. for the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships March 20-22 inside the Wells Fargo Center. The competition begins on Thursday, March 20 at 12 p.m. ET. The weekend continues on Friday, March 21 at 12 p.m., before concluding on Saturday, March 22 starting at 11 a.m. All three days will be shown on the ESPN family of networks. 

Thursday's session one will begin at noon ET with pigtails and first round competition, while session two will start at 7 p.m. ET with wrestle-back prelims (pigtail matches) as needed, wrestle-back first round, second championship round and consolation round. On Friday, session three will start at 12 p.m. ET with quarterfinals and wrestle-backs for second and third rounds, while session four is set for 8 p.m. ET with semifinals. blood round and fifth round wrestle-backs. On Saturday's final day of competition, session five will begin at 11 a.m. ET with wrestle-back semifinals, third, fifth and seventh-place matches, while session six's championship finals are set for 7 p.m. ET.  

Thompson (Murrysville, Pa.) enters the NCAA Championship as the highest-seeded Bobcat at No. 4 in the 174-pound bracket, set to face No. 29 seed Jackson Turley of Rutgers. Thompson finished the regular season with a dominant 24-5 record, going undefeated in MAC dual matchups before continuing his streak through the MAC Championship to secure his first individual conference title. Thompson was also named the MAC Most Outstanding Wrestler following the conclusion of the MAC Championships. 

Greer (Avon, Ohio) enters the NCAA Championship as the No. 20 seed in the heavyweight division, set to face No. 13 seed Seth Nevills from Maryland. Greer earned his tournament spot by reaching the MAC Championship finals, where he faced Lock Haven's Gavin Hoffman, the NCAA's No. 14 seed. Though he finished as the MAC runner-up, his performance secured an automatic bid. Greer also had an outstanding season, posting a 19-4 record while going undefeated in both regular and MAC duals.