NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

2018 NCAA Championships

149 lb

Champion Zain Retherford, Penn State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Zain RetherfordPSU
  2. 2Ronnie PerryLH
  3. 3Matthew KolodzikPRIN
  4. 4Troy HeilmannUNC
  5. 5Brandon SorensenIOWA
  6. 6Grant LeethMIZZ
  7. 7Jason TsirtsisASU
  8. 8Boo LewallenOKST

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Steve Bleise, Minnesota over Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alfred Bannister (16), Maryland over Sam Turner, Wyoming — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Beau Donahue (14), North Carolina State over Cole Martin, Wisconsin — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State over Davion Jeffries, Oklahoma — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Jared Prince, Navy (MD) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  5. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Steve Bleise, Minnesota — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  6. Jarrett Degen, Iowa State over Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  7. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Dane Robbins, Air Force (CO) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan over Sam Krivus, Virginia — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  9. Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State over Malik Amine, Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  10. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Taylor Ortz, Clarion (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  11. Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa over Khristian Olivas, Fresno State (CA) — MD 13–5 · View bout
  12. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) — MD 11–3 · View bout
  13. Ryan Blees (12), Virginia Tech over Michael Sprague, American (DC) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  14. Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) over Frank Garcia, Binghamton (NY) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  15. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Tyshawn Williams, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — MD 9–0 · View bout
  16. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Kyle Springer, Eastern Michigan — TF 16–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State over Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  2. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Beau Donahue (14), North Carolina State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State over Ryan Blees (12), Virginia Tech — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  5. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  6. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Jarrett Degen, Iowa State — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  8. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Alfred Bannister (16), Maryland — Fall 2:29 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Grant Leeth (3), Missouri — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State — TF 20–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) over Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Zain Retherford (1), Penn State over Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) over Kyle Springer, Eastern Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska over Tyshawn Williams, Southern Illinois Edwardsville — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) over Jared Prince, Navy (MD) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) over Sam Turner, Wyoming — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Frank Garcia, Binghamton (NY) over Dane Robbins, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Khristian Olivas, Fresno State (CA) over Davion Jeffries, Oklahoma — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  6. Malik Amine, Michigan over Michael Sprague, American (DC) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  7. Sam Krivus, Virginia over Taylor Ortz, Clarion (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Steve Bleise, Minnesota over Cole Martin, Wisconsin — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Eleazar Deluca, Rutgers (NJ) — MD 13–0 · View bout
  2. Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska over Beau Donahue (14), North Carolina State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) over Alfred Bannister (16), Maryland — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. Jarrett Degen, Iowa State over Steve Bleise, Minnesota — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  5. Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan over Malik Amine, Michigan — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  6. Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa over Frank Garcia, Binghamton (NY) — MD 14–4 · View bout
  7. Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) over Khristian Olivas, Fresno State (CA) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  8. Sam Krivus, Virginia over Ryan Blees (12), Virginia Tech — TF 15–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Ryan Deakin (7), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Jarrett Degen, Iowa State over Sam Krivus, Virginia — MD 8–0 · View bout
  3. Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan over Colton McCrystal (13), Nebraska — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa over Cortlandt Schuyler, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State over Justin Oliver (6), Central Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Ke-Shawn Hayes (5), Ohio State — MD 9–0 · View bout
  3. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Max Thomsen (9), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Jarrett Degen, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State — MD 13–3 · View bout
  2. Grant Leeth (3), Missouri over Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina over Grant Leeth (3), Missouri — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Matthew Kolodzik (11), Princeton (NJ) over Troy Heilmann (4), North Carolina — Dec 3–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa over Grant Leeth (3), Missouri — Dec 4–0 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jason Tsirtsis (10), Arizona State over Boo Lewallen (8), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout