NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2018 NCAA Championships

125 lb

Champion Spencer Lee, Iowa.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Spencer LeeIOWA
  2. 2Nick SurianoRUT
  3. 3Nathan TomaselloOHST
  4. 4Ethan LizakMINN
  5. 5Darian CruzLEH
  6. 6Sebastian RiveraNW
  7. 7Ronnie BresserORST
  8. 8Zeke MoiseyWVU

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Alonzo Allen, Tennessee-Chattanooga over Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield — Dec 10–9 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over RayVon Foley, Michigan State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Drew Mattin, Michigan over Jay Schwarm (16), Northern Iowa — Fall 3:50 · View bout
  3. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — MD 11–0 · View bout
  4. Louie Hayes (12), Virginia over Paul Bianchi, North Dakota State — MD 14–1 · View bout
  5. Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) over Connor Brown, South Dakota State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  6. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — Fall 2:19 · View bout
  7. Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — Fall 1:47 · View bout
  8. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Gerald 'JR' Wert, Rider (NJ) — TF 17–0 · View bout
  9. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  10. Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  11. Sean Fausz (5), North Carolina State over Michael McGee, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  12. Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) over Gage Curry, American (DC) — MD 16–3 · View bout
  13. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — MD 14–3 · View bout
  14. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Alonzo Allen, Tennessee-Chattanooga — TF 18–0 · View bout
  15. Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  16. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over Drew Mattin, Michigan — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Louie Hayes (12), Virginia over Sean Fausz (5), North Carolina State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State — Dflt · View bout
  4. Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State over Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia — Fall 2:58 · View bout
  6. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) — TF 18–0 · View bout
  8. Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley over Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley — MD 12–4 · View bout
  3. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Louie Hayes (12), Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout
  4. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:58 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State — Fall 6:05 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Spencer Lee (3), Iowa over Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield over RayVon Foley, Michigan State — Dec 12–9 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois over Ibrahim Bunduka, George Mason (VA) — Fall 2:21 · View bout
  2. Connor Brown, South Dakota State over Alonzo Allen, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 16–11 · View bout
  3. Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) over Barlow 'BJ' McGhee, Missouri — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  4. Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech over Gerald 'JR' Wert, Rider (NJ) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  5. Michael McGee, Old Dominion (VA) over Paul Bianchi, North Dakota State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  6. Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) over Christian Moody, Oklahoma — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  7. Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield over Jay Schwarm (16), Northern Iowa — Fall 6:23 · View bout
  8. Travis Piotrowski, Illinois over Gage Curry, American (DC) — MD 9–1 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Drew Mattin, Michigan over Richard 'Gabe' Townsell, Stanford (CA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Brock Hudkins, Northern Illinois — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) over Kyle Norstrem, Virginia Tech — Fall 1:06 · View bout
  4. Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State over Sergio Mendez, California-Bakersfield — TF 17–2 · View bout
  5. Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) over Michael McGee, Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  6. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Elijah Oliver, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:49 · View bout
  7. Travis Piotrowski, Illinois over Sean Fausz (5), North Carolina State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  8. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Connor Brown, South Dakota State — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Drew Mattin, Michigan — MD 17–6 · View bout
  2. Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) over Sean Russell (11), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Ryan Millhof (15), Arizona State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Travis Piotrowski, Illinois — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Nicholas Piccininni (6), Oklahoma State — TF 16–0 · View bout
  2. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Luke Welch (14), Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Louie Hayes (12), Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout
  4. Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia over Taylor LaMont (7), Utah Valley — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia — Fall 1:43 · View bout
  2. Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) over Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State — MD 12–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota over Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) — Fall 1:14 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Nathan Tomasello (2), Ohio State over Ethan Lizak (8), Minnesota — Dec 8–6 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Darian Cruz (1), Lehigh (PA) over Sebastian Rivera (10), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ronnie Bresser (9), Oregon State over Zeke Moisey (13), West Virginia — MFF · View bout