Bo Nickal
NCAA championship record, 2016–2019. Regular-season results are not included.
Bo Nickal wrestled for Penn State at four NCAA championships, 2016–2019, and went 19–1. Nickal won three titles, at 184 lb in 2017 and 2018, and at 197 lb in 2019, and placed second at 174 lb in 2016.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penn State | 197 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2018 | Penn State | 184 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2017 | Penn State | 184 | 2 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2016 | Penn State | 174 | 1 | 2nd | 4–1 | 5 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 20
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Ethan Laird · Rider (NJ) | 1 | 32 | Fall 2:35 |
| Round of 16 | W | Josh Hokit · Fresno State (CA) | 1 | 16 | Fall 2:28 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Nathan Traxler · Stanford (CA) | 1 | 8 | MD 14–4 |
| Semifinal | W | Patrick Brucki · Princeton (NJ) | 1 | 4 | Fall 4:41 |
| Final | W | Kollin Moore · Ohio State | 1 | 2 | Dec 5–1 |
| 2018 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Martin Mueller · South Dakota State | 1 | No seed listed | MD 16–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Jordan Ellingwood · Central Michigan | 1 | 16 | Dec 10–4 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Max Dean · Cornell (NY) | 1 | 9 | Dec 13–7 |
| Semifinal | W | Domenic Abounader · Michigan | 1 | 5 | Dec 6–3 |
| Final | W | Myles Martin · Ohio State | 1 | 2 | Fall 2:30 |
| 2017 · 184 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Mitch Sliga · Northwestern (IL) | 2 | No seed listed | TF 15–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Steven Schneider · Binghamton (NY) | 2 | 15 | Fall 5:34 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Timothy 'TJ' Dudley · Nebraska | 2 | 7 | Fall 4:33 |
| Semifinal | W | Sammy Brooks · Iowa | 2 | 3 | Fall 1:02 |
| Final | W | Gabe Dean · Cornell (NY) | 2 | 1 | Dec 4–3 |
| 2016 · 174 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Josef Johnson · Harvard (MA) | 1 | No seed listed | MD 10–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Micah Barnes · Nebraska | 1 | 16 | Dec 7–2 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Chandler Rogers · Oklahoma State | 1 | 9 | MD 15–4 |
| Semifinal | W | Nathan Jackson · Indiana (IN) | 1 | 12 | Dec 4–3 |
| Final | L | Myles Martin · Ohio State | 1 | 11 | Dec 9–11 |
Scoring · 2016 to 2019
The sums over the bouts in scope.
| Opponent | Round | Result | Score | Mat time | TD | E | R | NF | Stall | RT | Pts | Sheet | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | A | F | A | F | A | F | A | D | C | F | A | F | A | ||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ethan Laird · Rider (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 2:35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | Sheet |
| Josh Hokit · Fresno State (CA) | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 2:28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Sheet |
| Nathan Traxler · Stanford (CA) | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 14–4 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | Sheet |
| Patrick Brucki · Princeton (NJ) | Semifinal | W Fall | – | 4:41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Kollin Moore · Ohio State | Final | W Decision | 5–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Mueller · South Dakota State | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 16–4 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | Sheet |
| Jordan Ellingwood · Central Michigan | Round of 16 | W Decision | 10–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Sheet |
| Max Dean · Cornell (NY) | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 13–7 | 7:00 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | Sheet |
| Domenic Abounader · Michigan | Semifinal | W Decision | 6–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Sheet |
| Myles Martin · Ohio State | Final | W Fall | – | 2:30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mitch Sliga · Northwestern (IL) | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 15–0 | 3:21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | Sheet |
| Steven Schneider · Binghamton (NY) | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 5:34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | Sheet |
| Timothy 'TJ' Dudley · Nebraska | Quarterfinal | W Fall | – | 4:33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | Sheet |
| Sammy Brooks · Iowa | Semifinal | W Fall | – | 1:02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Gabe Dean · Cornell (NY) | Final | W Decision | 4–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Sheet |
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Josef Johnson · Harvard (MA) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 10–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Sheet |
| Micah Barnes · Nebraska | Round of 16 | W Decision | 7–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Sheet |
| Chandler Rogers · Oklahoma State | Quarterfinal | W Major decision | 15–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | Sheet |
| Nathan Jackson · Indiana (IN) | Semifinal | W Decision | 4–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Sheet |
| Myles Martin · Ohio State | Final | L Decision | 9–11 | 7:00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | Sheet |
TD takedowns · E escapes · R reversals · NF near-fall points · Stall stalling drawn / called · RT riding-time points · Pts points; F for, A against.
How these are counted
Every figure here is counted from the scoring record, bout by bout, from the counts on each scoring sheet.
A bout counts once for each side: a wrestler's for columns are their own counts and the against columns are the opponent's; a team's are the sums over its qualifiers' bouts that year.
- Takedowns
- For: takedowns scored. Against: takedowns allowed.
- Escapes
- For: escapes. Against: escapes allowed.
- Reversals
- For: reversals. Against: reversals allowed.
- Near-fall points
- For: near-fall points. Against: near-fall points allowed.
- Stalling calls
- For: drawn, the stalling calls against the opponent. Against: called, the stalling calls against this side.
- Riding-time points
- For: riding-time points. Against: riding-time points allowed.
- Points
- For: points scored. Against: points allowed.
Points is the sum of every scoring row credited to that side, penalties and riding time included; points allowed is the opponent's sum. Cautions, penalty points and the tiebreak riding-time rows are carried in the data and shown on the bout page, not in these tables.
Statistics include only bouts whose scoring sheet is reconciled: the sheet's rows add up to every printed period total and to the scoreboard. A sheet that does not reconcile, and a bout with no wrestling, are left out, and the scoring record's hub says how many and why.
The scoring record begins in 2012, the first championship with full bout-level data: every bout's scoring sheet, not only its result. Earlier championships have their brackets and results in the record, but not their scoring sheets.
Totals are the sums over the bouts in scope. Per qualifier divides the totals by the record's qualifier count for that program and year, the same count the program page prints (team rows only). Per bout divides the totals by the bouts in scope. Per 7 min is the totals times 420 divided by the sum of the mat time, in seconds, over the bouts in scope: one pooled rate, never a mean of per-bout rates. A bout with no mat time is left out of both the numerator and the denominator of that unit, and the page says how many are left out.
Rates list wrestlers with three or more bouts; a wrestler with fewer is left out of the per-bout and per-7-minute lists.
Cite this page: “Bo Nickal”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_4hw24wqrkbq6mm77/bo-nickal