Zain Retherford
NCAA championship record, 2014–2018. Regular-season results are not included.
Zain Retherford wrestled for Penn State at four NCAA championships, 2014–2018, and went 19–2. Retherford won three titles at 149 lb in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and placed fifth at 141 lb in 2014.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penn State | 149 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2017 | Penn State | 149 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2016 | Penn State | 149 | 1 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2014 | Penn State | 141 | 3 | 5th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 21
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Kyle Springer · Eastern Michigan | 1 | No seed listed | TF 16–1 |
| Round of 16 | W | Alfred Bannister · Maryland | 1 | 16 | Fall 2:29 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Boo Lewallen · Oklahoma State | 1 | 8 | TF 20–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Troy Heilmann · North Carolina | 1 | 4 | Dec 10–4 |
| Final | W | Ronnie Perry · Lock Haven (PA) | 1 | 15 | Dec 6–2 |
| 2017 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Josh Maruca · Arizona State | 1 | No seed listed | TF 19–2 |
| Round of 16 | W | Jordan Laster · Princeton (NJ) | 1 | 16 | TF 16–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Alex Kocer · South Dakota State | 1 | No seed listed | TF 19–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Brandon Sorensen · Iowa | 1 | 5 | Fall 2:37 |
| Final | W | Lavion Mayes · Missouri | 1 | 3 | TF 18–2 |
| 2016 · 149 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Coleman Hammond · California-Bakersfield | 1 | No seed listed | TF 21–6 |
| Round of 16 | W | Pat Lugo · Edinboro (PA) | 1 | 16 | Fall 6:37 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Justin Oliver · Central Michigan | 1 | 9 | Fall 2:13 |
| Semifinal | W | Alec Pantaleo · Michigan | 1 | 5 | Fall 4:49 |
| Final | W | Brandon Sorensen · Iowa | 1 | 2 | MD 10–1 |
| 2014 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Undrakhbayar 'Ugi' Khishignyam · Citadel (SC) | 3 | No seed listed | Dec 5–0 |
| Round of 16 | W | Edgar Bright · Pittsburgh (PA) | 3 | 14 | Dec 3–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Joey Lazor · Northern Iowa | 3 | 11 | Dec 5–2 |
| Semifinal | L | Logan Stieber · Ohio State | 3 | 2 | Dec 3–7 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Mitchell Port · Edinboro (PA) | 3 | 1 | Dec 1–3 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Joey Lazor · Northern Iowa | 3 | 11 | Medical forfeit |
Scoring · 2014 to 2018
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 | ||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kyle Springer · Eastern Michigan | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 16–1 | 6:50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | Sheet |
| Alfred Bannister · Maryland | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 2:29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Sheet |
| Boo Lewallen · Oklahoma State | Quarterfinal | W Technical fall | 20–2 | 4:14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | Sheet |
| Troy Heilmann · North Carolina | Semifinal | W Decision | 10–4 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Sheet |
| Ronnie Perry · Lock Haven (PA) | Final | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Josh Maruca · Arizona State | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 19–2 | 4:55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | Sheet |
| Jordan Laster · Princeton (NJ) | Round of 16 | W Technical fall | 16–0 | 5:43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Sheet |
| Alex Kocer · South Dakota State | Quarterfinal | W Technical fall | 19–2 | 5:14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | Sheet |
| Brandon Sorensen · Iowa | Semifinal | W Fall | – | 2:37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Lavion Mayes · Missouri | Final | W Technical fall | 18–2 | 6:41 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | Sheet |
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coleman Hammond · California-Bakersfield | Round of 32 | W Technical fall | 21–6 | 5:47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | Sheet |
| Pat Lugo · Edinboro (PA) | Round of 16 | W Fall | – | 6:37 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | Sheet |
| Justin Oliver · Central Michigan | Quarterfinal | W Fall | – | 2:13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Alec Pantaleo · Michigan | Semifinal | W Fall | – | 4:49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Sheet |
| Brandon Sorensen · Iowa | Final | W Major decision | 10–1 | 7:00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Undrakhbayar 'Ugi' Khishignyam · Citadel (SC) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 5–0 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Sheet |
| Edgar Bright · Pittsburgh (PA) | Round of 16 | W Decision | 3–0 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Sheet |
| Joey Lazor · Northern Iowa | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Logan Stieber · Ohio State | Semifinal | L Decision | 3–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Sheet |
| Mitchell Port · Edinboro (PA) | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 1–3 | 9:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Sheet |
| Joey Lazor · Northern Iowa | 5th-place bout | W Medical forfeit | – | – | No wrestling | 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: “Zain Retherford”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_i7n7bgaz2lcvxrip/zain-retherford