Darian Cruz
NCAA championship record, 2014–2018. Regular-season results are not included.
Darian Cruz wrestled for Lehigh (PA) at four NCAA championships, 2014–2018, and went 17–6. Cruz won the title at 125 lb in 2017 and placed seventh at 125 lb in 2014 and fifth at 125 lb in 2018.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Lehigh (PA) | 125 | 1 | 5th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2017 | Lehigh (PA) | 125 | 4 | 1st | 5–0 | 5 bouts |
| 2016 | Lehigh (PA) | 125 | 7 | Lost consolation round 4 | 3–2 | 5 bouts |
| 2014 | Lehigh (PA) | 125 | No seed listed | 7th | 5–2 | 7 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 23
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 125 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | RayVon Foley · Michigan State | 1 | No seed listed | Dec 7–4 |
| Round of 16 | W | Drew Mattin · Michigan | 1 | No seed listed | Dec 1–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Ronnie Bresser · Oregon State | 1 | 9 | Dec 2–0 |
| Semifinal | L | Nick Suriano · Rutgers (NJ) | 1 | 4 | Dec 0–2 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Ethan Lizak · Minnesota | 1 | 8 | Dec 2–5 |
| 5th-place bout | W | Sebastian Rivera · Northwestern (IL) | 1 | 10 | Dec 7–4 |
| 2017 · 125 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Dylan Peters · Northern Iowa | 4 | No seed listed | Fall 0:52 |
| Round of 16 | W | Shakur Laney · Ohio | 4 | 13 | Dec 1–0 |
| Quarterfinal | W | Sean Fausz · North Carolina State | 4 | 12 | Dec 5–2 |
| Semifinal | W | Thomas Gilman · Iowa | 4 | 1 | Dec 4–2 |
| Final | W | Ethan Lizak · Minnesota | 4 | 6 | Dec 6–3 |
| 2016 · 125 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Johnny Jimenez · Wisconsin | 7 | No seed listed | MD 11–3 |
| Round of 16 | L | Connor Schram · Stanford (CA) | 7 | 10 | Dec 1–3 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Drew Templeman · Wyoming | 7 | No seed listed | MD 13–5 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Brandon Jeske · Old Dominion (VA) | 7 | No seed listed | Dec 2–1 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Ryan Millhof · Oklahoma | 7 | 5 | Dec 2–4 |
| 2014 · 125 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis · Penn State | No seed listed | 3 | TF 3–18 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Dominic Parisi · Appalachian State (NC) | No seed listed | No seed listed | MD 11–3 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Josh Martinez · Air Force (CO) | No seed listed | 4 | Dec 4–3 |
| Consolation round 3 | W | Tim Lambert · Nebraska | No seed listed | 12 | Dec 7–4 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | David Terao · American (DC) | No seed listed | 10 | Dec 3–2 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Joey Dance · Virginia Tech | No seed listed | 16 | Dec 1–4 |
| 7th-place bout | W | Earl Hall · Iowa State | No seed listed | No seed listed | Dec 2–1 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| RayVon Foley · Michigan State | Round of 32 | W Decision | 7–4 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sheet |
| Drew Mattin · Michigan | Round of 16 | W Decision | 1–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sheet |
| Ronnie Bresser · Oregon State | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 2–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Nick Suriano · Rutgers (NJ) | Semifinal | L Decision | 0–2 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Sheet |
| Ethan Lizak · Minnesota | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 2–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Sheet |
| Sebastian Rivera · Northwestern (IL) | 5th-place bout | W Decision | 7–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dylan Peters · Northern Iowa | Round of 32 | W Fall | – | 0:52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Sheet |
| Shakur Laney · Ohio | Round of 16 | W Decision | 1–0 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Sheet |
| Sean Fausz · North Carolina State | Quarterfinal | W Decision | 5–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Sheet |
| Thomas Gilman · Iowa | Semifinal | W Decision | 4–2 | 7:43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Sheet |
| Ethan Lizak · Minnesota | Final | W Decision | 6–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | Sheet |
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Jimenez · Wisconsin | Round of 32 | W Major decision | 11–3 | 7:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Sheet |
| Connor Schram · Stanford (CA) | Round of 16 | L Decision | 1–3 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Sheet |
| Drew Templeman · Wyoming | Consolation round 2 | W Major decision | 13–5 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | Sheet |
| Brandon Jeske · Old Dominion (VA) | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 2–1 | 9:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Ryan Millhof · Oklahoma | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 2–4 | 7:49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis · Penn State | Round of 32 | L Technical fall | 3–18 | 6:11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | Sheet |
| Dominic Parisi · Appalachian State (NC) | Consolation round 1 | W Major decision | 11–3 | 7:00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Sheet |
| Josh Martinez · Air Force (CO) | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 4–3 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Sheet |
| Tim Lambert · Nebraska | Consolation round 3 | W Decision | 7–4 | 7:00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | Sheet |
| David Terao · American (DC) | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 3–2 | 9:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Sheet |
| Joey Dance · Virginia Tech | Consolation round 5 | L Decision | 1–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Sheet |
| Earl Hall · Iowa State | 7th-place bout | W Decision | 2–1 | 9:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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: “Darian Cruz”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_keofqra4tzkqtzqm/darian-cruz