NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2017 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Darian Cruz, Lehigh (PA).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Darian CruzLEH
  2. 2Ethan LizakMINN
  3. 3Thomas GilmanIOWA
  4. 4Nicholas PiccininniOKST
  5. 5Joey DanceVT
  6. 6Jack MuellerUVA
  7. 7Sean RussellEDIN
  8. 8Nathan KraisserCAMP

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa — Fall 0:52 · View bout
  2. Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming over Conor Youtsey, Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Vito Pasone, Appalachian State (NC) — TF 19–4 · View bout
  5. Jack Mueller (10), Virginia over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — TF 16–1 · View bout
  6. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — TF 17–2 · View bout
  7. Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State over Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  8. Josh Terao (11), American (DC) over Jose Rodriguez, Ohio State — MD 13–4 · View bout
  9. Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) over Nick Suriano (3), Penn State — MFF · View bout
  10. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Jake Gromacki, Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Fall 1:45 · View bout
  12. Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State over Noah Gonser, Eastern Michigan — Fall 3:19 · View bout
  13. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — TF 21–3 · View bout
  14. Shakur Laney (13), Ohio over Sean Nickell, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  15. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan — MD 19–6 · View bout
  16. Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Shakur Laney (13), Ohio — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Josh Terao (11), American (DC) — MD 15–6 · View bout
  3. Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville over Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Jack Mueller (10), Virginia over Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  5. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming — MD 12–2 · View bout
  6. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State over Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) — MD 22–8 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — TF 15–0 · View bout
  3. Jack Mueller (10), Virginia over Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State — Fall 6:04 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota over Jack Mueller (10), Virginia — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Darian Cruz (4), Lehigh (PA) over Ethan Lizak (6), Minnesota — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Noah Gonser, Eastern Michigan — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa over Sean Nickell, California-Bakersfield — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  3. Jake Gromacki, Clarion (PA) over Brent Fleetwood, Central Michigan — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  4. Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  5. Jose Rodriguez, Ohio State over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Fall 2:51 · View bout
  6. Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) over Conor Youtsey, Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  7. Travis Piotrowski, Illinois over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  8. Vito Pasone, Appalachian State (NC) over Nick Suriano (3), Penn State — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Josh Terao (11), American (DC) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming over Jake Gromacki, Clarion (PA) — MD 10–2 · View bout
  3. Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) over Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
  6. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Johnny Jimenez, Wisconsin — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Shakur Laney (13), Ohio over Vito Pasone, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  8. Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska over Jose Rodriguez, Ohio State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Kyle Akins, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Josh Rodriguez (9), North Dakota State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Drew Templeman (15), Wyoming — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska over Shakur Laney (13), Ohio — Fall 5:57 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Tim Lambert (5), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) over Freddie Rodriguez (14), Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Sean Fausz (12), North Carolina State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State over Jack Mueller (10), Virginia — MFF · View bout
  2. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Thomas Gilman (1), Iowa over Nicholas Piccininni (8), Oklahoma State — Dec 13–6 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joey Dance (2), Virginia Tech over Jack Mueller (10), Virginia — MFF · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Sean Russell (7), Edinboro (PA) over Nathan Kraisser (16), Campbell (NC) — Dec 10–3 · View bout