NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2001 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Donny Pritzlaff, Wisconsin.

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Donny PritzlaffWIS
  2. 2Joe HeskettISU
  3. 3Matt LackeyILL
  4. 4Brad PikeMINN
  5. 5Steve BlackfordASU
  6. 6Kevin StanleyIND
  7. 7Chris VitaleLEH
  8. 8Ben ShirkIOWA

Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa over Ryan Bonfiglio, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Nick Catone, Rider (NJ) over Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Pat O'Donnell, Harvard (MA) over Jed Pennell, Oregon State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Ben Boozer (11), Edinboro (PA) over Josh Weidman, Maryland — MD 15–1 · View bout
  2. Ben Shirk, Iowa over Burt Pierson, California-Davis — MD 9–1 · View bout
  3. Brad Pike (6), Minnesota over Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa — MD 20–7 · View bout
  4. Charles Martelli (10), Michigan over Tim Ortman, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Chris Martin (7), Virginia Tech over John Clark, Ohio State — Fall 6:43 · View bout
  6. Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) over Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  7. Dave Guarino, Buffalo (NY) over Nick Catone, Rider (NJ) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  8. Denis Alampiev, American (DC) over Greg Francesca, Virginia — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  9. Donny Pritzlaff (1), Wisconsin over Luke Larwin, Oregon — TF 25–8 · View bout
  10. Doug Cieleski, Slippery Rock (PA) over Pat O'Donnell, Harvard (MA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  11. Joe Heskett, Iowa State over Noel Thompson (2), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  12. Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) over Chris Pendleton, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  13. Matt Lackey (5), Illinois over Mark Fee, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 19–12 · View bout
  14. Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) over Tony Howard, George Mason (VA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  15. Robbie Waller (4), Oklahoma over Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  16. Tony Denke, Nebraska over Ian Nelms (12), California-Bakersfield — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Shirk, Iowa over Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Brad Pike (6), Minnesota over Ben Boozer (11), Edinboro (PA) — MD 10–1 · View bout
  3. Chris Martin (7), Virginia Tech over Charles Martelli (10), Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Donny Pritzlaff (1), Wisconsin over Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) — MD 17–6 · View bout
  5. Joe Heskett (2), Iowa State over Denis Alampiev, American (DC) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  6. Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) over Dave Guarino, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  7. Matt Lackey (5), Illinois over Tony Denke, Nebraska — MD 13–4 · View bout
  8. Robbie Waller (4), Oklahoma over Doug Cieleski, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 9–7 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Brad Pike (6), Minnesota over Ben Shirk, Iowa — MD 10–2 · View bout
  2. Donny Pritzlaff (1), Wisconsin over Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) — TF 17–2 · View bout
  3. Joe Heskett (2), Iowa State over Chris Martin (7), Virginia Tech — MD 13–3 · View bout
  4. Matt Lackey (5), Illinois over Robbie Waller (4), Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Donny Pritzlaff (1), Wisconsin over Matt Lackey (5), Illinois — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Joe Heskett (2), Iowa State over Brad Pike (6), Minnesota — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Donny Pritzlaff (1), Wisconsin over Joe Heskett (2), Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 3 bouts

  1. Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh (PA) over John Clark, Ohio State — MD 13–3 · View bout
  2. Jed Pennell, Oregon State over Burt Pierson, California-Davis — Fall 6:41 · View bout
  3. Ryan Bonfiglio, Princeton (NJ) over Mark Fee, Appalachian State (NC) — MD 21–13 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Chris Pendleton, Oklahoma State over Nick Catone, Rider (NJ) — Fall 3:45 · View bout
  2. Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) over Pat O'Donnell, Harvard (MA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Ian Nelms (12), California-Bakersfield over Ryan Bonfiglio, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Luke Larwin, Oregon over Tony Howard, George Mason (VA) — Dec 16–14 · View bout
  5. Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa over Josh Weidman, Maryland — MD 12–4 · View bout
  6. Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) over Greg Francesca, Virginia — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  7. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Jed Pennell, Oregon State — MD 12–2 · View bout
  8. Tim Ortman, Pennsylvania over Carl Fronhofer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Boozer (11), Edinboro (PA) over Luke Larwin, Oregon — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Charles Martelli (10), Michigan over Hunter Guenot, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) over Chris Pendleton, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  4. Ian Nelms (12), California-Bakersfield over Denis Alampiev, American (DC) — MD 11–2 · View bout
  5. Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) over Nate Lawrenz, Northern Iowa — Fall 0:50 · View bout
  6. Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) over Tony Denke, Nebraska — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  7. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Dave Guarino, Buffalo (NY) — MD 12–0 · View bout
  8. Tim Ortman, Pennsylvania over Doug Cieleski, Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Charles Martelli (10), Michigan over Ian Nelms (12), California-Bakersfield — Fall 6:24 · View bout
  2. Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) over Ben Boozer (11), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 14–10 · View bout
  3. Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) over Tim Ortman, Pennsylvania — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Nick Nemeth, Kent State (OH) — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Shirk, Iowa over Noel Thompson, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) over Robbie Waller (4), Oklahoma — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) over Charles Martelli (10), Michigan — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Chris Martin (7), Virginia Tech — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) over Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Ben Shirk, Iowa — MD 11–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brad Pike (6), Minnesota over Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Matt Lackey (5), Illinois over Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Matt Lackey (5), Illinois over Brad Pike (6), Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Steve Blackford (3), Arizona State over Kevin Stanley (9), Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chris Vitale, Lehigh (PA) over Ben Shirk, Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout