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Brackets on FloArena

Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Paul Detwiler, Coast Guard – 2020 NE Region Champion, 2019 qualifier
Shane Liegel, Loras – 3rd 2020 LM Region
David Stevens, Messiah – 2020 SE Region Runner-Up

Other Notable Entries
Griffin McBride, Central – 4th 2020 LM Region (174)
Ira Kuehn, Luther – 5th 2020 LM Region
Brock Montford, North Central – 6th 2020 LM Region (174)
Helton Vandenbush, MSOE – 6th 2020 UM Region
Nevin Brittain, Elmhurst – 7th 2020 UM Region (174)
Merrick O’Donnell, Concordia Wisconsin – 8th 2020 UM Region
Nick Rogge, Augsburg
Ryan Schott, Coe
Cael Krueger, Wartburg

184 is a deep weight with nine returning regional placewinners as well as some excellent newcomers. Detwiler was an undefeated #2 seed last year and a 2019 NCAA qualifier. Liegel is 9-1 with his only loss coming to start the year at Iowa State. Stevens was the Southeast runner-up and has only lost to Clarion so far.

Schott has wins over Krueger, Kuehn, and McBride and only lost to Liegel this season. Montford won the CCIW and has beaten Vandenbush, Brittain, and O’Donnell. The ARC shakes out pretty well in order with Schott, Krueger, Kuehn, and McBride. Rogge has not seen any of the other expected entries but is undefeated.

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Kyle Briggs, Wartburg – 2020 LM Region Champion, 2019 All-American
Jacob Krakow, Loras – 2020 LM Region Runner-Up, 2019 All-American
George Moseley, Averett – 3rd 2020 SE Region (184)
Solomon Nielsen, Augsburg – 2020 UM Region Champion, 2019 qualifier
Brian Shermeyer, Messiah – 3rd 2020 SE Region, 2019 qualifier

Other Notable Entries
Alexander Skaare, Concordia Moorhead – 7th 2020 UM Region (165)
Tristin Westphal, Coe – 5th 2020 LM Region
Drew Matticks, MSOE
John Marsh, Cornell

Briggs got the year off to a great start with a win over Iowa state and then proceeded to get bonus points in every match since, including an 8-0 victory over Krakow, the other 2019 All-American in this bracket. Moseley qualified at 184 last year and dropped to 174 for 2021. He met up with 2x qualifier Shermeyer in a recent dual, and Shermeyer came away with a win by fall. Nielsen is also a 2x qualifier who was the #3 seed at the 2020 championships.

Westphal was a regional placewinner in 2020. Matticks is undefeated so far and won the CCIW Championship. Skaare has only wrestled once, but he placed in the region a weight class down last year. Marsh is undefeated, though he has not seen any of the other contenders yet.

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Bradan Birt, Millikin – 2020 LM Region Champion, 2x All-American
Philip Rogers, Coast Guard – 2020 NE Region Champion

Other Notable Entries
Zarik Anderson, Dubuque – 4th 2020 LM Region
Rafael Roman, North Central – 4th 2020 LM Region (157)
Matt Pangle, Messiah – 5th 2020 SE Region
Casey Allen, Cornell – 7th 2020 LM Region (157)
Morgan Peterson, Southern Virginia – 7th 2020 SE Region
Zane Mulder, Wartburg
Alex Turley, Averett
Ryker Kurimski, Coe

Birt is one of the more decorated wrestlers in the tournament with 2018 and 2019 All-American awards. He was the #2 seed last season at this weight and is certainly one of the favorites to win in Iowa. Rogers won consecutive 1-0 matches in the quarters and semis at last year’s region before getting a fall in the finals.

Mulder transferred to Wartburg from Iowa State and has not been seriously challenged, save for a close win against Iowa State to start the season. He majored Anderson and Kurimski and pinned Roman this season. Anderson and Roman missed out on qualifying last year by one match each. Pangle was 5th in the region last year but has a loss to Turley, who avenged his only loss of the year already.

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Daniel Ruiz, Loras – 2020 LM Region Runner-Up (149)
Sean Sax, Westminster – 2019 NCAA qualifier (149)

Other Notable Entries
Tristan Birt, Millikin – 6th 2020 LM Region
David Hollingsworth, Wartburg
Brady Henderson, Coe
Tyler Shilson, Augsburg
Nick Boggiano, Stevens
Nick Barnhart, Messiah

Ruiz is the only 2020 qualifier in this weight after a runner-up finish in the Lower Midwest last season at 149. Sax qualified in 2019 at 149 and was 5th in the Lower Midwest last season. Sax has gone undefeated, mostly at 165, while Ruiz has had close losses to a couple of ARC opponents.

Hollingsworth and Henderson have wins over Ruiz, and Hollingsworth took the matchup with Henderson. The former Iowa Lakes and Alderson Broaddus wrestler has only lost to Iowa State’s Carr this season. Boggiano is a 2020 New Jersey state champ with a win over Barnhart this season. Birt is a CCIW champ who placed in the region last year. Shilson is a UT-Chattanooga transfer who is undefeated so far and is the brother of Augsburg’s Emily Shilson, one of the top college wrestlers on the women’s side.

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Brett Kaliner, Stevens – 2020 SE Region Champion, 2x All-American
Robert Areyano, Central – 3rd 2020 LM Region
Noah Caskey, Coast Guard – 3rd 2020 NE Region (141)
Garret Cornell, Messiah – 3rd 2020 SE Region (141)
Brady Fritz, Wartburg – 2019 All-American (141)
Hai Siu, Greensboro – 2020 SE Region Runner-Up (141)

Other Notable Entries
Josh Gerke, Coe – 4th 2020 LM Region
Danny Terronez, Augustana – 5th 2020 LM Region (157)
Noah Nieman, Alma – 7th 2020 C Region
Zeke Smith, Loras
Charlie Stuhl, Augsburg
Hunter Murphy, Olivet
Peter McCusker, Millikin

Kaliner is the headliner here. He was 2nd as a freshman, 3rd as a sophomore, and the #2 seed as a junior last year. Fritz is the only other All-American here. He was 6th at 141 in 2019 and also was 6th in the region last season. Siu, Cornell, and Caskey are all up from 141 where they qualified last year. Siu beat Cornell in the 2020 regional semis. Areyano qualified at 149 last year. This year, all of his matches are at 157, but he is listed on the entries at 149.

Gerke was one match from qualifying last year and has a win over Fritz this season. Smith beat Gerke in the last ARC dual event to give him his only loss, while Fritz beat Smith. McCusker is undefeated with a win over Terronez.

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Jimmy McAuliffe, Elmhurst – 2020 UM Region Runner-Up (149), 2018 All-American
Kristian Rumph, Wartburg – 2020 LM Region Champion (133)
Kyle Slendorn, Stevens – 2020 SE Region Champion (133)
Mario Vasquez, Ferrum – 2019 All-American
Brandon Woody, Averett – 2019 NCAA Qualifier
Riley Wright, Coe – 2020 LM Region Champion

Other Notable Entries
Cade Lundeen, Concordia Moorhead – 5th 2020 UM Region
Jalen Schropp, Loras
Brady Gross, Augsburg

With six entries with NCAA experience, 141 is a weight with talent at the top. Rumph was the top seed at 133 last year, while McAuliffe is a 3x qualifier who got on the podium in 2018. Slendorn was a regional champ in his first year at Stevens, while Wright won a tough weight at the Lower Midwest last season. Regional foes Vasquez and Woody both last qualified in 2019 with Vasquez placing 8th.

Lundeen is the only other 2020 regional placewinner (who is not an NCAA qualifier) in the weight. Schropp has a win over Wright in their ARC dual. Gross is undefeated so far.

2021 NWCA Division III Coaches Association National Championships Brackets

All brackets as a single PDF

The top 12 were seeded with the rest of the bracket drawn in randomly. There will be no team scores, and the top eight finishers will be named NWCA All-Americans.

List of top 12 seeds at each weight

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Levi Englman, Ferrum – 2020 SE Region 3rd, 2019 All-American
Josiah Gehr, Messiah – 2019 NCAA Qualifier (125)
Eron Haynes, Nebraska Wesleyan – 2019 All-American (125)
Brock Henderson, Coe – 2020 LM Region 3rd
Robbie Precin, North Central – 2020 LM Region Champion (125)

Other Notable Entries
Shandon Akeo, Central – 4th 2020 LM Region
Reese Wallis, Olivet – 4th 2020 LM Region
Nathaniel McClanahan, Mount St. Joseph – 6th 2020 C Region (141)
Joseph Jones, Averett – 7th 2020 SE Region
Justin Hames, Elmhurst – 8th 2020 UM Region
Cody Castelline, Fontbonne – 8th 2020 LM Region
Joshua Wilson, Greensboro
Joe Pins, Wartburg
Zach Thompson, Loras

A pair of 2019 All-Americans enter this weight in Englman (7th at 133) and Haynes (8th at 125). Also here is Precin, the #2 seed at 125 a year ago. Henderson qualified at 133 in 2020 and has gone undefeated so far this season. Gehr was in the same 125 bracket as Haynes in 2019 but did not qualify at 133 in 2020, matching Haynes with a 6th place regional finish.

Akeo and Wallis just missed out on qualifying last season. Both have taken a few losses this year. Thompson has one loss to Iowa State and a win over Akeo, while Pins also has defeated Akeo while dropping matches to Precin and Henderson. Wilson is undefeated and put himself in the conversation with a win over Englman early in February.

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Returning NCAA Qualifiers
Sam Braswell, Averett – 2020 SE Region Champion
Brady Kyner, Wartburg – 2019 NCAA Qualifier
Cole Kubesh, Concordia Moorhead – 2020 UM Region Runner-Up

Other Notable Entries
Alex Friddle, Coe – 4th 2020 LM Region
Chase Beecher, Alma – 5th 2020 C Region
Justin Stauffacher, Augsburg – 6th 2020 UM Region
Cameron Mahlich, Olivet – 7th 2020 C Region
JD McMillin, Ferrum – 7th 2020 SE Region
Bradley Rosen, North Central
Christian Chavez, Luther

Braswell is the only seeded wrestler from 2020 in this bracket and, along with Kubesh, is one of two returning 2020 qualifiers. He has gone undefeated so far. Kubesh qualified last year as the runner-up in the Upper Midwest region, finishing second to the eventual top seed at the 2020 championships. Kyner qualified at 125 in 2019 but fell to 8th in the region last season.

Friddle just missed out on qualifying last year, but he is undefeated so far in 2021 including a win over Kyner. Rosen and Chavez have been in the rankings this year with Rosen only dropping a close match to Kyner and Chavez unbeaten so far. A handful of other 2020 regional placewinners are entered here as well.

These are the wrestlers on the initial entry list that have qualified for a previous NCAA Championships. Leave a comment if anyone is missing.

125
Sam Braswell, Averett
Brady Kyner, Wartburg
Cole Kubesh, Concordia Moorhead

133
Levi Englman, Ferrum
Josiah Gehr, Messiah
Eron Haynes, Nebraska Wesleyan
Brock Henderson, Coe
Robbie Precin, North Central

141
Jimmy McAuliffe, Elmhurst
Kristian Rumph, Wartburg
Kyle Slendorn, Stevens
Mario Vasquez, Ferrum
Brandon Woody, Averett
Riley Wright, Coe

149
Robert Areyano, Central
Noah Caskey, Coast Guard
Garret Cornell, Messiah
Brady Fritz, Wartburg
Brett Kaliner, Stevens
Hai Siu, Greensboro

157
Daniel Ruiz, Loras
Sean Sax, Westminster

165
Bradan Birt, Millikin
Philip Rogers, Coast Guard

174
Kyle Briggs, Wartburg
Jacob Krakow, Loras
George Moseley, Averett
Solomon Nielsen, Augsburg
Brian Shermeyer, Messiah

184
Paul Detwiler, Coast Guard
Shane Liegel, Loras
David Stevens, Messiah

197
Cody Baldridge, North Central
Michael Dooley, Stevens
Logan Hagerbaumer, Millikin
Braden Homsey, Ferrum
Jonathan Wagner, Coast Guard
Gabriel Zierden, Concordia Moorhead

285
Jordon Brandon, Wartburg
Isaiah Espinoza, Adrian
Nico Ramirez, Southern Virginia
Wyatt Wriedt, Loras

The entry deadline for seeds was yesterday for the NWCA Division III Coaches Association National Wrestling Championships. Individual entries may change, but this is the list of the 34 teams expected to compete next weekend in Iowa.

Tickets went on sale today for the NWCW Division III Coaches Association Championships at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. Single day tickets are $28 (plus a $2 fee per order) with both days going for $48 (plus $2 per order). Click below to purchase.

NWCA Division III Wrestling National Championship Tickets

The NWCA Division III Coaches Association National Wrestling Championships presented by ARMS Software, FloWrestling, and Reese’s will take place Friday and Saturday, March 12th & 13th at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

Tickets go on sale Friday, February 26th at 10:00am and can be purchased online through the Xtream Arena Box Office. A one day ticket is $28 and an all-sessions pass is $48, plus $2 per order. Masks must be worn at all times in the arena. The event will also be streamed live on Flowrestling.

The top eight wrestlers at each weight will be named NWCA All-Americans. There will not be any team scoring or team awards. Wrestlers must appear on a team’s roster to participate. Currently, it looks like there are 35-40 teams planning to attend, though a few are awaiting final approval from their respective administrations.

The crowdfunding page to help fund the nearly $100,000 cost of the event is still live: Division III National Tournament Funding

EVENT DETAILS
Date: March 12-13
Starting Times: Friday – 12 pm | Saturday – 10 am
Location: Coralville, IA
Venue: Xtream Arena – 200 E 9th St, Coralville, IA 52241
Tickets: $41 All Sessions | $24 Single Day – Link
How to Watch: FloWrestling – Link
Presenting Sponsors:  ARMS Software, FloWrestling, and Reese’s
Event Sponsors: USA Wrestling, Defense Soap, AAU Wrestling, and Resilite

NWCA Division III Coaches Association Set to Host National Championships in Coralville, Iowa, March 12-13