NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2015 NCAA Championships

149 lb

Champion Drake Houdashelt, Missouri.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Drake HoudasheltMIZZ
  2. 2David HabatEDIN
  3. 3Jason TsirtsisNW
  4. 4Brandon SorensenIOWA
  5. 5Bryant 'BJ' ClagonRID
  6. 6Chris VillalongaCOR
  7. 7Alexander RichardsonODU
  8. 8Dan NeffLH

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Christian Barber, North Carolina over Clay Ream, North Dakota State — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alexander Richardson (8), Old Dominion (VA) over Chris Perez, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Brandon Nelsen, Purdue (IN) over Mikey Racciato (16), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  3. Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa over Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois — MD 11–2 · View bout
  4. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) over Ryan Mosley, Gardner-Webb (NC) — MD 14–5 · View bout
  5. Charles 'CJ' Cobb (13), Pennsylvania over Mike DePalma, Kent State (OH) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  6. Chris Villalonga (5), Cornell (NY) over Marcus Cain, Duke (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Cody Ruggirello (14), Hofstra (NY) over Hunter Stieber, Ohio State — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  8. Colin Heffernan, Central Michigan over Gabe Moreno (9), Iowa State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  9. David Habat (3), Edinboro (PA) over Josh Kindig, Oklahoma State — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  10. Drake Houdashelt (1), Missouri over Christian Barber, North Carolina — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  11. Garrett Schaner, Stanford (CA) over Alec Pantaleo (6), Michigan — Dec 11–10 · View bout
  12. Jason Tsirtsis (2), Northwestern (IL) over Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  13. Kenny Theobold, Rutgers (NJ) over Christian Pagdilao (10), Arizona State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  14. Sal Mastriani (7), Virginia Tech over Matthew Cimato, Drexel (PA) — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  15. Tywan Claxton (11), Ohio over Matt Frisch, Citadel (SC) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  16. Zack Beitz (12), Penn State over Shawn Greevy, Tennessee-Chattanooga — MD 10–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Alexander Richardson (8), Old Dominion (VA) over Colin Heffernan, Central Michigan — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Charles 'CJ' Cobb (13), Pennsylvania over Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Chris Villalonga (5), Cornell (NY) over Zack Beitz (12), Penn State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. David Habat (3), Edinboro (PA) over Cody Ruggirello (14), Hofstra (NY) — MD 12–2 · View bout
  5. Drake Houdashelt (1), Missouri over Brandon Nelsen, Purdue (IN) — MD 8–0 · View bout
  6. Jason Tsirtsis (2), Northwestern (IL) over Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  7. Sal Mastriani (7), Virginia Tech over Kenny Theobold, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  8. Tywan Claxton (11), Ohio over Garrett Schaner, Stanford (CA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Villalonga (5), Cornell (NY) over Charles 'CJ' Cobb (13), Pennsylvania — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. David Habat (3), Edinboro (PA) over Tywan Claxton (11), Ohio — MD 10–0 · View bout
  3. Drake Houdashelt (1), Missouri over Alexander Richardson (8), Old Dominion (VA) — MD 10–0 · View bout
  4. Jason Tsirtsis (2), Northwestern (IL) over Sal Mastriani (7), Virginia Tech — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. David Habat (3), Edinboro (PA) over Jason Tsirtsis (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Drake Houdashelt (1), Missouri over Chris Villalonga (5), Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Drake Houdashelt (1), Missouri over David Habat (3), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Clay Ream, North Dakota State over Josh Kindig, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Alec Pantaleo (6), Michigan over Matt Frisch, Citadel (SC) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Chris Perez, Princeton (NJ) over Gabe Moreno (9), Iowa State — MFF · View bout
  3. Clay Ream, North Dakota State over Hunter Stieber, Ohio State — Dflt · View bout
  4. Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) over Ryan Mosley, Gardner-Webb (NC) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  5. Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois over Mike DePalma, Kent State (OH) — Fall 4:48 · View bout
  6. Marcus Cain, Duke (NC) over Shawn Greevy, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 0:36 · View bout
  7. Matthew Cimato, Drexel (PA) over Christian Pagdilao (10), Arizona State — MD 13–2 · View bout
  8. Mikey Racciato (16), Pittsburgh (PA) over Christian Barber, North Carolina — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Alec Pantaleo (6), Michigan over Zack Beitz (12), Penn State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa over Clay Ream, North Dakota State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  3. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) over Mikey Racciato (16), Pittsburgh (PA) — MD 16–3 · View bout
  4. Chris Perez, Princeton (NJ) over Kenny Theobold, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  5. Cody Ruggirello (14), Hofstra (NY) over Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois — Fall 2:04 · View bout
  6. Colin Heffernan, Central Michigan over Matthew Cimato, Drexel (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) over Brandon Nelsen, Purdue (IN) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  8. Garrett Schaner, Stanford (CA) over Marcus Cain, Duke (NC) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa over Alec Pantaleo (6), Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) over Chris Perez, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Cody Ruggirello (14), Hofstra (NY) over Garrett Schaner, Stanford (CA) — MD 8–0 · View bout
  4. Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) over Colin Heffernan, Central Michigan — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Alexander Richardson (8), Old Dominion (VA) over Cody Ruggirello (14), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa over Sal Mastriani (7), Virginia Tech — MD 9–1 · View bout
  3. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) over Charles 'CJ' Cobb (13), Pennsylvania — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) over Tywan Claxton (11), Ohio — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa over Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) over Alexander Richardson (8), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa over Chris Villalonga (5), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Jason Tsirtsis (2), Northwestern (IL) over Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jason Tsirtsis (2), Northwestern (IL) over Brandon Sorensen (4), Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bryant 'BJ' Clagon (15), Rider (NJ) over Chris Villalonga (5), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Alexander Richardson (8), Old Dominion (VA) over Dan Neff, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 2:39 · View bout