Sam Latona
NCAA championship record, 2021–2025. Regular-season results are not included.
Sam Latona wrestled for Virginia Tech at five NCAA championships, 2021–2025, and went 12–11. Latona placed sixth at 125 lb in 2021 and seventh at 133 lb in 2023.
NCAA career
| Year | School | Weight | Seed | Finish | W–L | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 141 | 12 | Lost consolation round 1 | 0–2 | 2 bouts |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 133 | 12 | Lost consolation round 3 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 133 | 6 | 7th | 4–2 | 6 bouts |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 125 | 24 | Lost consolation round 4 | 2–2 | 4 bouts |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 125 | 2 | 6th | 4–3 | 7 bouts |
Every NCAA bout · 23
| Round | W/L | Opponent | Seed | Opp. seed | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 141 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Dylan Chappell · Bucknell (PA) | 12 | 21 | Dec 4–7 |
| Consolation round 1 | L | Danny Pucino · Illinois | 12 | 28 | Dec 8–12 |
| 2024 · 133 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | L | Ethan Oakley · Appalachian State (NC) | 12 | 21 | Dec 7–8 |
| Consolation round 1 | W | Michael Colaiocco · Pennsylvania | 12 | 28 | Dec 8–5 |
| Consolation round 2 | W | Domenic Zaccone · Campbell (NC) | 12 | 22 | Dec 4–1 |
| Consolation round 3 | L | Tyler Wells · Minnesota | 12 | 20 | Dec 1–4 |
| 2023 · 133 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Taylor LaMont · Wisconsin | 6 | 27 | Dec 3–1 |
| Round of 16 | W | Cody Phippen · Air Force (CO) | 6 | 22 | Dec 2–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Vitali 'Vito' Arujau · Cornell (NY) | 6 | 3 | Dec 5–8 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | George 'Micky' Phillippi · Pittsburgh (PA) | 6 | 9 | Dec 5–1 |
| Consolation round 5 | L | Jesse Mendez · Ohio State | 6 | 13 | Dec 1–1 (tiebreaker) |
| 7th-place bout | W | Kai Orine · North Carolina State | 6 | 5 | Dec 3–1 |
| 2022 · 125 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Devin Schroder · Purdue (IN) | 24 | 9 | Dec 4–1 |
| Round of 16 | W | Caleb Smith · Appalachian State (NC) | 24 | 25 | Dec 6–2 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Nick Suriano · Michigan | 24 | 1 | Fall 2:19 |
| Consolation round 4 | L | Eric Barnett · Wisconsin | 24 | 6 | Dec 3–7 |
| 2021 · 125 lb | |||||
| Round of 32 | W | Jonathan Tropea · Rider (NJ) | 2 | 31 | Dec 12–7 |
| Round of 16 | W | Patrick McKee · Minnesota | 2 | 15 | Dec 3–1 |
| Quarterfinal | L | Taylor LaMont · Utah Valley | 2 | 7 | Dec 4–7 |
| Consolation round 4 | W | Michael DeAugustino · Northwestern (IL) | 2 | 12 | Dec 9–7 |
| Consolation round 5 | W | Killian Cardinale · West Virginia | 2 | 17 | Dec 4–3 |
| Consolation semifinal | L | Drew Hildebrandt · Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | Dec 4–5 |
| 5th-place bout | L | Taylor LaMont · Utah Valley | 2 | 7 | Dec 1–4 |
Scoring · 2021 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dylan Chappell · Bucknell (PA) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 4–7 | 7:00 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | Sheet |
| Danny Pucino · Illinois | Consolation round 1 | L Decision | 8–12 | 7:00 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | Sheet |
| 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ethan Oakley · Appalachian State (NC) | Round of 32 | L Decision | 7–8 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | Sheet |
| Michael Colaiocco · Pennsylvania | Consolation round 1 | W Decision | 8–5 | 7:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | Sheet |
| Domenic Zaccone · Campbell (NC) | Consolation round 2 | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Tyler Wells · Minnesota | Consolation round 3 | L Decision | 1–4 | 8:09 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Sheet |
| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taylor LaMont · Wisconsin | Round of 32 | W Decision | 3–1 | 8:36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Cody Phippen · Air Force (CO) | Round of 16 | W Decision | 2–1 | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Sheet |
| Vitali 'Vito' Arujau · Cornell (NY) | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 5–8 | 7:00 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | Sheet |
| George 'Micky' Phillippi · Pittsburgh (PA) | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 5–1 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Sheet |
| Jesse Mendez · Ohio State | Consolation round 5 | L Decision | 1–1 | 9:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Sheet |
| Kai Orine · North Carolina State | 7th-place bout | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Devin Schroder · Purdue (IN) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 4–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Sheet |
| Caleb Smith · Appalachian State (NC) | Round of 16 | W Decision | 6–2 | 7:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Sheet |
| Nick Suriano · Michigan | Quarterfinal | L Fall | – | 2:19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Sheet |
| Eric Barnett · Wisconsin | Consolation round 4 | L Decision | 3–7 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Sheet |
| 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Tropea · Rider (NJ) | Round of 32 | W Decision | 12–7 | 7:00 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | Sheet |
| Patrick McKee · Minnesota | Round of 16 | W Decision | 3–1 | 7:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Sheet |
| Taylor LaMont · Utah Valley | Quarterfinal | L Decision | 4–7 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | Sheet |
| Michael DeAugustino · Northwestern (IL) | Consolation round 4 | W Decision | 9–7 | 7:43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | Sheet |
| Killian Cardinale · West Virginia | Consolation round 5 | W Decision | 4–3 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | Sheet |
| Drew Hildebrandt · Central Michigan | Consolation semifinal | L Decision | 4–5 | 7:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Sheet |
| Taylor LaMont · Utah Valley | 5th-place bout | L Decision | 1–4 | 7:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 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: “Sam Latona”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/wrestlers/wr_nl2vy4kmjs7n4542/sam-latona