Jacob Cardenas
NCAA championship record, 2022–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Jacob Cardenas wrestled for Cornell (NY) and Michigan at four NCAA championships, 2022–2025, and went 15–9. Cardenas placed eighth at 197 lb in 2023, and fourth at 197 lb in 2024 and 2025.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Michigan | 197 | 1 | 4th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2024 | Cornell (NY) | 197 | 5 | 4th | 6–2 | 8 bouts |
| 2023 | Cornell (NY) | 197 | 10 | 8th | 4–3 | 7 bouts |
| 2022 | Cornell (NY) | 197 | 19 | Lost consolation round 2 | 1–2 | 3 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 24
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Wolfgang Frable · Army (NY) | 1 | 32 | MD 10–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Evan Bates · Northwestern (IL) | 1 | 16 | Dec 4–1 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Gabe Sollars · Indiana (IN) | 1 | 24 | Dec 10–5 |
| Semifinal | L | Josh Barr · Penn State | 1 | 4 | Dec 3–5 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 1 | 12 | Dec 5–2 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | AJ Ferrari Jr. · California-Bakersfield | 1 | 3 | Dec 0–2 |
| 2024 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jack Wehmeyer · Columbia (NY) | 5 | 28 | Dec 6–0 |
| Round of 16 | L | Rocky Elam · Missouri | 5 | 12 | Dec 0–4 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Jaxon Smith · Maryland | 5 | 11 | Dec 4–2 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Wyatt Voelker · Northern Iowa | 5 | 19 | MD 11–2 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Silas Allred · Nebraska | 5 | 10 | Dec 5–2 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | 5 | 9 | Fall 1:11 |
| Consolation semifinal | W | Rocky Elam · Missouri | 5 | 12 | Dec 7–3 |
| 3rd-place bout | L | Stephen Buchanan · Oklahoma | 5 | 8 | Dec 4–9 |
| 2023 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Luke Stout · Princeton (NJ) | 10 | 23 | Dec 3–1 |
| Round of 16 | L | Tanner Sloan · South Dakota State | 10 | 7 | Dec 0–4 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Levi Hopkins · Campbell (NC) | 10 | 24 | MD 13–4 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Luke Surber · Oklahoma State | 10 | 15 | Dec 12–5 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Zac Braunagel · Illinois | 10 | 12 | Dec 6–4 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Jacob Warner · Iowa | 10 | 14 | Dec 2–4 |
| 7th-place bout | L | Max Dean · Penn State | 10 | 9 | Dec 2–4 |
| 2022 · 197 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Greg Bulsak · Rutgers (NJ) | 19 | 14 | Dec 0–7 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Cole Urbas · Pennsylvania | 19 | 30 | MD 11–2 |
| Consolation round 2 | L | Patrick Brucki · Michigan | 19 | 4 | Dec 6–8 |
Scoring · 2022 to 2025
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 | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wolfgang Frable · Army (NY) | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 10–0 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Sheet |
| Evan Bates · Northwestern (IL) | Round of 16 | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Gabe Sollars · Indiana (IN) | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 10–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | Sheet |
| Josh Barr · Penn State | Semifinal | L Decision | 3–5 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| AJ Ferrari Jr. · California-Bakersfield | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 0–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Wehmeyer · Columbia (NY) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 6–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Sheet |
| Rocky Elam · Missouri | Round of 16 | L Decision | 0–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Sheet |
| Jaxon Smith · Maryland | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Wyatt Voelker · Northern Iowa | Consolation round 3 | W Major decision | 11–2 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | Sheet |
| Silas Allred · Nebraska | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Stephen Little · Arkansas-Little Rock | Consolation round 5 | W Fall | – | 1:11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Sheet |
| Rocky Elam · Missouri | Consolation semifinal | W Decision | 7–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | Sheet |
| Stephen Buchanan · Oklahoma | 3rd-place bout | L Decision | 4–9 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Stout · Princeton (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Tanner Sloan · South Dakota State | Round of 16 | L Decision | 0–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Sheet |
| Levi Hopkins · Campbell (NC) | Consolation round 2 | W Major decision | 13–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | Sheet |
| Luke Surber · Oklahoma State | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 12–5 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | Sheet |
| Zac Braunagel · Illinois | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 6–4 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | Sheet |
| Jacob Warner · Iowa | Consolation round 5 | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| Max Dean · Penn State | 7th-place bout | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Bulsak · Rutgers (NJ) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 0–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Sheet |
| Cole Urbas · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 1 | W Major decision | 11–2 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | Sheet |
| Patrick Brucki · Michigan | Consolation round 2 | L Decision | 6–8 | 7:15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 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: “Jacob Cardenas”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_722xdmfxtmy2lq4e/jacob-cardenas