NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1988 NCAA Championships

142 lb

Champion Pat Santoro, Pittsburgh (PA).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Pat SantoroPITT
  2. 2Sean O'DayEDIN
  3. 3Karl MonacoMONC
  4. 4Thom OrtizASU
  5. 5Larry GotcherMICH
  6. 6Laurence JacksonOKST
  7. 7Kirk AzingerILL
  8. 8Dave ZahoranskyCSU

In 1988, a wrestler wrestled back only if the man who beat him reached the quarterfinal, so the consolation bracket is shorter than a modern one. Every bout the tournament recorded is drawn here.

Connected 1988 142-pound bracket

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  • "Cons →" is where the loser continues in the consolation bracket; tap it to go there.
  • "↩" is where a wrestler arrived from the championship bracket.
  • The score opens the bout.
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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Burke Stone, Weber State (UT) over Duane Maue, Colorado Mines — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Danny Hayes, Missouri over Pat Waters, Cornell (NY) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  3. Joe Ghezzi, Iowa State over Trevor Lewis, Princeton (NJ) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Stacy Richmond, Michigan State — Fall 0:56 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) over Jim Sconce, Oklahoma — MD 15–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State over Danny Hayes, Missouri — Fall 2:01 · View bout
  3. Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) over Jay Smaaladen, Virginia Military — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Burke Stone, Weber State (UT) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  5. Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State over Joe Ghezzi, Iowa State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  6. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Mark Boston, Ohio — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  7. Kurt Shedenhelm (2), Northern Iowa over Albert Woody, Morgan State (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  8. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Jon Evans, Brigham Young (UT) — MD 16–3 · View bout
  9. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Chad Taylor, Wyoming — Fall 4:11 · View bout
  10. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Ron Wisniewski, Notre Dame (IN) — MD 18–7 · View bout
  11. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — TF 19–3 · View bout
  12. Rob Meloy, Penn State over Jeff Scotton, Bucknell (PA) — MD 15–3 · View bout
  13. Ron Thatcher, California-Bakersfield over Lenny Bernstein (9), North Carolina — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  14. Scott Collins (12), West Virginia over Mark Billups, Old Dominion (VA) — Fall 4:57 · View bout
  15. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Terry Barry, East Stroudsburg (PA) — TF 19–4 · View bout
  16. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Ryan Johnson, Central Connecticut — TF 23–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) over Ron Thatcher, California-Bakersfield — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  4. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Kurt Shedenhelm (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  5. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State — Fall 2:10 · View bout
  7. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Rob Meloy, Penn State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  8. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Scott Collins (12), West Virginia — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  4. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois — MD 18–10 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) over Larry Gotcher, Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Pat Santoro (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Sean O'Day (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 16–11 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Jim Sconce, Oklahoma over Ron Thatcher, California-Bakersfield — Fall 0:44 · View bout
  2. Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State over Chad Taylor, Wyoming — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  3. Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) over Burke Stone, Weber State (UT) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Jon Evans, Brigham Young (UT) over Kurt Shedenhelm (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 18–17 · View bout
  5. Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State over Randy Schimmel, Boise State (ID) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  6. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Mark Boston, Ohio — Dec 15–10 · View bout
  7. Scott Collins (12), West Virginia over Ryan Johnson, Central Connecticut — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  8. Terry Barry, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Rob Meloy, Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State over Jon Evans, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State over Jim Sconce, Oklahoma — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) over Terry Barry, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Scott Collins (12), West Virginia over Joe Lilovich, Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) over Joe Cesari Jr. (10), North Carolina State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Scott Collins (12), West Virginia — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Kenny Ramsey Jr., Ohio State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Mark McLaughlin (11), William & Mary (VA) — MD 9–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State over Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois — MD 17–6 · View bout
  2. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State over Larry Gotcher, Michigan — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Karl Monaco (4), Montclair State (NJ) over Thom Ortiz (5), Arizona State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Larry Gotcher, Michigan over Laurence Jackson (7), Oklahoma State — MD 15–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Kirk Azinger (6), Illinois over Dave Zahoransky (8), Cleveland State (OH) — Dec 11–4 · View bout