2019 All-Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

John Boyle beat the top two seeds on his way to Western New England’s first National Champion. He placed 3rd in his region this year, and to repeat as champ, he will likely have to do it from a lower seed than last year. Dylan Roth was the top seed for Heidelberg last year and finished 6th. This year he is one of two returning All-Americans, along with Ben Sarasin of Chicago, whose only loss is to Lower Midwest champ Cody Baldridge of North Central. Tanner Vassar of Augsburg is up from 174 and is undefeated this season. Antonio McCloud of Mount St. Joseph placed at 197 and is down to 184 this year. His only losses at the weight are to Roth. Josh Glantzman of Merchant Marine is the second highest returning finisher after getting 4th in 2019 as an unseeded entry.

The winners in the Northeast and Mideast regions both qualified last year. Neither won a match, but Paul Detwiler is undefeated for Coast Guard and Chibueze Chukwuezi has a single DIII loss to a returning All-American who did not qualify this season. Rexx Hallyburton makes his second trip to the tournament and will be looking for his first NCAA win. Baldridge knocked Hallyburton out before falling in the round of 12.

Nathan Fritz of Central and Sawyer Massie of La Crosse both qualified at 174 in 2018, with Massie finishing in 6th place, but they each finished 4th in the region last year, also at 174, to just miss a return trip. Both are up a weight for 2020 and hoping for a podium spot.

2019 All-Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

Five All-Americans return from last year’s bracket including the champ Darden Schurg. He has lost twice this year, dropping matches against 2019 qualifier Jarrit Shinhoster and Notre Dame (OH) transfer Cornell Beachem, a 2019 DII qualifier. His only other match against a qualifier is a pin over Brian Shermeyer. The 3rd and 4th place finishers last year are back in Kyle Briggs of Wartburg and Dan Kilroy of TCNJ. Briggs started the year at 174, went up to 184 for awhile, and then dropped back down just in time for the regional. Kilroy is a four-time qualifier and two-time All-American with seven losses, though all but one came early in the season. Jacob Krakow transferred from Wartburg to Loras and become the only unseeded placewinner at 174 last season. A.J. Aeberli was 6th last year and has a win over Zuckerman and a split with Esposito to go along with two losses to Gaita.

Marco Gaita won the Northeast region out of the #2 seed and defeated both of the other qualifiers (including Aeberli) along the way. Demitreus Henry of Cortland beat Kilroy and the then-ranked Esposito of Merchant Marine to secure his trip to Iowa. In the Southeast, Hunter Neely qualified two weights up from last season. He started the year at 157 but moved up all the way to 174 after the new year and managed to win the region. The aforementioned Beachem led the Mount St. Joseph football team in rushing and receiving before winning all 20 of his bouts this year to earn the top ranking. Solomon Nielsen swapped weights with Tanner Vassar for Augsburg and won the Upper Midwest with a major decision over the once top-ranked Shinhoster.

Three wrestlers have held the top spot in the rankings this year. Defending champ Schurg started the year on top until Shinhoster beat him at the National Duals. Then Beachem took over the top spot by beating Shinhoster in the Wheaton finals. Beachem solidified his ranking with a 2-1 win over Schurg in the regional finals that was decided by a first period penalty point.

Most Wins: 43, Evan Fidelibus, New England College, 149
Most Losses: 15, Darius Joyce, Johnson & Wales, 157
Fewest Wins: 5, Lance Benick, Augsburg, 197
Fewest Losses: 0, Matt Berlin, Stevens Point, 133; Kyle Hatch, Wabash, 165; Cornell Beachem, Mount St. Joseph, 174; Tanner Vassar, Augsburg, 184; Paul Detwiler, Coast Guard, 184; Drew Kasper, Otterbein, 285

Seeded Wrestlers Per Region (please check my work)

Top Seeds: UM 3, C 3, LM 2, SE 1, ME 1, NE 0
#2 Seeds: UM 2, C 1, LM 4, SE 1, ME 0, NE 2
Top two seeds from the same region: 157 (Zamin & Epps), 197 (Patron & Mehmen)

Zach Cooper of Alma, 2nd in the Central at 149, has been replaced by Chase Sumner, the 4th place finisher from Ohio Northern.

Ten seeded wrestlers have preliminary matches

2019 All-Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

Seven 2019 All-Americans are in this field, and Lucas Jeske of Augsburg is the two-time defending champion at the weight. He is just 9-3 this year with losses to Max Forsyth of Wartburg and Ryder Sigler of Whitewater. His finals opponent from last year, Dempsey King, is 31-1 and won the Mideast Region. His only loss is to last year’s 4th place finisher Eddie Smith. Smith gave both King and Bradan Birt their only losses but lost to Jeske, Hatch, and Forsyth. 2019 157 lbs. runner-up Antwon Pugh made his 165 debut at the regional and finished in 2nd place behind the undefeated Kyle Hatch of Wabash. Austin Whitney was 8th here last year and returns after a runner-up finish to King in the Mideast.

Philip Rogers of Coast Guard won the Northeast region but has only wrestled one match against another qualifier, and that was the regional final. Dominick Reyes of Johns Hopkins won the Southeast over Thomas Poklikuha in a battle between 2018 NCAA qualifiers. Mitchell Hertel won the Lower Midwest at this weight. All three of his losses this season were at 174 before he dropped to 165 for the WIAC Championships in mid-February.

Tyler Marsh qualified for the third year in a row,

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2019 All-Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

All four returning All-Americans at this weight placed in the same weight last year. Ryan Epps leads the pack as a two-time champ, but he has lost to two of the other returning placewinners. Grant Zamin is undefeated in Division III and comes in as the top ranked wrestler. Brandon Murray was 4th last year and has a win over Epps (but losses to Lyons and Zamin). Kaidon Winters was 5th last year and his only loss at 157 is Murray.

Sean Lyons won the Northeast Region with two falls and two tech falls. His only losses are to Bleich (now at 149) and Epps in the Citrus finals. Ryan Luth won the Southeast Region and avenged his one DIII loss multiple times before pinning Maloney and winning 15-8 over Van Sickell. Whitten won the Central Region out of the #3 seed and was one of the beneficiaries of returning NCAA runner-up Antwon Pugh moving up to 165 late in the year.

Two wrestlers have taken the long way back to the NCAA Championships. Steve Bonsall was an All-American in 2017 and has not qualified for the tournament since. Sam Schneider of Ithaca is in a similar situation having placed in 2017 but not making back until this year. Now, both are at the same weight looking to climb the podium again. A third former All-American, Cole Erickson of Coe, is a 2x placewinner who did not qualify last year. He is just 9-6 but has a win over Schneider. Schneider actually defeated Erickson for 5th place in his one trip to the NCAA championships in 2017.

2019 All-Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

Brett Kaliner of Stevens has finished 2nd and 3rd in his two trips to the NCAA Championships and dominated his way to a regional title. He has a single DIII loss to Ryan Anderson of Centenary. Kaliner’s 2018 finals opponent Ben Brisman of Ithaca is up at 149 this year after starting the season at 141 where he finished 4th last season. Evan Drill is the third 2x All-American in this weight with 5th and 4th place finishes. Zach Cooper was the #2 seed last year and ended up finishing 5th. He is currently undefeated.

Da’mani Burns of JWU was the top seed last year but lost to Cooper in a rare 1 vs. 2 blood round matchup. He won the Northeast Region over Evan Fidelibus, a former Rider wrestler whose only losses are to Burns and the top-ranked Ryan Anderson of Centenary. Anderson was Flowrestling’s #13 overall ranked high school wrestler last season, and he is undefeated against DIII. His 3-2 win over Kaliner has boosted him to the top spot in the rankings. Stanley Bleich lost one match wrestling up at 165 and another at 149 that he avenged at the regional. Anthony Rink topped the Lower Midwest region, defeating both of the other qualifiers along the way. He does have five losses to wrestlers in the bracket, though he did split with McAuliffe. Aaron Wilson was 28-3 at 157 last year behind NCAA champ Ryan Epps, and he has gone 30-1 at 149 this season with Bleich dealing him his only loss.

Central’s Robert Areyano was undefeated against DIII until running into Rink in the regional semifinal. Eric Hutchinson, a 2018 qualifier at 157 who missed all of last season with an injury, only wrestled one match down at 149 before qualifying at this weight in the regional.

2019 All Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

There are two returning NCAA champions in this weight as Jordin James has moved up from 133 and David Flynn returns to defend his title. James has one DIII loss to a wrestler who did not qualify, while two of Flynn’s three losses are also to a non-qualified opponent. His other loss is to Robinson, and he gave Hazen Rice his only loss of the year in the Upper Midwest final. James has defeated Brezovec twice, but he has not faced any of the other 16 entries this season. Clint Lembeck was 3rd here last year, and Brendan Ladd was 7th, but both had to fight back through the consolation rounds to make it here.

Hazen Rice was the 3rd seed last year and had been undefeated until running into Flynn in the regional final. He has beaten Lembeck, Ladd, Robinson, and Brezovec this season. Eli Sims was a surprise winner for Brockport in the Mideast. His only match against a qualifier was his win over Merwin in the region finals. Riley Wright of Coe was another surprise region winner. He was just 9-8 coming into the region and left with a 1st place finish.

Troy Stanich of Stevens has reached the final year of a great career. He has never lost to a DIII opponent…except at the NCAA Championships. After beginning his career with a pair of 3rd place finishes, he lost to Flynn in the quarterfinals last season and dropped his next match to the 7th seed Fritz and was eliminated. This year has been typical for Stanich, as he is undefeated against DIII and only JWU’s Robinson has been able to hold him to a decision.

2019 All Americans in Bold

Four All-Americans return at 133 lbs. Victor Gliva was at 125 last year, but the other three are back at the same weight. Charles Nash and Jake Giordano were 4th and 5th last season, while unseeded Levi Englman surprised and finished 7th. None of the four won their regional, however. Giordano had a single loss to Hayden Brown before his regional final loss to Jones, and Gliva defeated both Nash and Englman this season.

Matt Berlin (Stevens Point) and Kristian Rumph (Wartburg) are both undefeated against DIII opponents this year, though Berlin’s 32 wins nearly double Rumphs 17. Noah Becker’s only loss besides Berlin is to Nash, but he also beat Gliva and Englman on consecutive weekends straddling the new year. Seth Transue of Ohio Northern has two losses. He twice avenged his loss to Mount Union’s Massey, and his other loss was to an opponent who did not place in the same region Transue won.

Hayden Brown of JWU has a few losses to wrestlers not in the bracket but has defeated Slendorn, Giordano, and Horton while losing to Jones. Kyle Slendorn of Stevens split with Jones, beat Massey, and pinned Englman in the region semi. Jones put together a dominant performance at the regional with a pin in the finals, two tech falls, and a major decision.

Bradley Beaulieu of Southern Maine is just 6-1 with over half his matches coming at the regional. He spent a year at Old Dominion and is the Maine state record holder for career wins.

2019 All-Americans in Bold, Qualifiers in Italics

Two All-Americans return at 125 in Mike Tortorice (2nd) and Peter Del Gallo (3rd). Tortorice came out of the #2 seed to make the finals where he fell to Jay Alibs of Johnson & Wales. Del Gallo lost in the quarterfinals and fought back to 3rd. Each has only lost to one opponent this season, though Carlos Champagne, who defeated Tortorice in a tiebreaker, did not qualify. Del Gallo has two losses to Nick Arborio of Western New England with one loss happening in the regional final.

Samuel Braswell, Matt Caccamise, and Sawyer Sarbacker were in this bracket last season. Caccamise eliminated both Sarbacker and Braswell before bowing out in the round of 12. This year, Braswell dealt Caccamise his only DIII loss in the York finals. Sarbacker has seen limited action this year, but managed to get through with a 3rd place finish in the Upper Midwest.

Robbie Precin of North Central and Dan Ortego of TCNJ each have a single loss on the year. Precin dropped a 3-2 match to Tortorice in November but has otherwise been unscathed. Ortega is coming off his only loss of the year in the regional final in a 7-5 loss to Caccamise that wasn’t decided until the second sudden victory period. Andrew Perelka won the Central region and has a win over Redington along with wins in his region.

Sean Redington of Messiah and Nathaneal Rankin qualified in 2018 but did not qualify last season.

1. 63 of 108 teams qualified at least one wrestler.
2. 24 different home states are represented: NJ 26, PA 24, OH 21, MN/NY 15, IL 14, IA 13, WI 9, CT/MI 7, CA 5, IN 4, MA/VA 3, FL/MD/ME/NC 2, GA/LA/NH/RI/TX/WA 1
3. Link to map of qualifier hometowns | List of hometowns
4. 18 wrestlers in the last Intermat rankings did not qualify.
5. Six returning 2019 All-Americans (who entered the regional) did not qualify.
6. Two wrestlers qualified after being unseeded in their regions: Vega, Stevens, 125 & Beaulieu, Southern Maine, 133

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Regional Results
Southeast | Messiah College
Central | Adrian College
Upper Midwest | Augsburg University
Northeast | Rhode Island College
Mideast | Ithaca College
Lower Midwest | Five Flags Center

List of Qualifiers by Region

List of Qualifiers with Hometowns and States

63 of 108 teams qualified at least one wrestler

Teams with four or more qualifiers:
8: Augsburg, Loras
7: Stevens
6: Baldwin Wallace, Coast Guard, Ithaca, JWU
5: La Crosse, Messiah, Mount Union, North Central, RIT, TCNJ, Wartburg
4: Coe, John Carroll, Millikin, NYU, Springfield, Wabash, Whitewater

Friday & Saturday
Southeast | Messiah College | Preview | Homepage | Live Results
Central | Adrian College | Preview | Homepage | Live Results
Upper Midwest | Augsburg University | Preview | Homepage | Live Results

Saturday & Sunday
Northeast | Rhode Island College | Preview | Homepage | Live Results
Mideast | Ithaca College | Preview | Homepage | Live Results
Lower Midwest | Five Flags Center | Preview | Live Results

NWCA rankings (Feb. 24)

d3wrestle.com rankings (Feb. 12)

2020 Northeast Regional
Saturday & Sunday
Rhode Island College
February 28-29, 2020
Tournament Homepage | Live Results

Teams (17): Bridgewater State, Castleton, Coast guard, Johnson & Wales, New England, NYU, Norwich, Plymouth State, Rhode Island, Roger Williams, Southern Maine, Springfield, Trinity, WPI, Wesleya, Western New England, Williams

Returning 2019 All-Americans: Peter Del Gallo (Southern Maine, 125, 3rd), Evan Drill (NYU, 141, 5th), Taylor Shay (Roger Williams, 165, 7th), A.J. Aeberli (Coast Guard, 174, 6th), John Boyle (Western New England, 184, 1st)

Returning 2019 Qualifiers (current weights listed): Del Gallo (Southern Maine, 125), Rossetti (Williams, 141), Tempel (Castleton, 141), Drill (NYU, 149), Gazaway (Roger Williams, 149), Burns (Johnson & Wales, 149), Marsh (WPI, 157), Monteiro (Western New England, 157), Shay (Roger Williams, 165), Aeberli (Coast Guard, 174), Settles (New England, 184), Boyle (Western New England, 184), Detwiler (Coast Guard, 184), Wagner (Coast Guard, 197), Irwin (Coast Guard, 285)

Johnson & Wales (8), Coast Guard (10), and NYU (11) will battle it out for the title in the Northeast. All three have strong teams with balanced lineups. JWU graduated a lot of top end strenth from last year but has managed to reload. Coast Guard brings back four NCAA qualifiers in the top four weights and will be tough to beat in a tournament format. NYU has 2x All-American Drill and some other heavy hitters. No other teams are ranked, but there are other returning All-Americans to watch for.

Boyle won the first ever title for Western New England last season after finishing 2nd in the region. He dropped a match in a dual to the undefeated Detwiler, and those two will enter one of the toughest weights in the event along with Settles of New England who qualified last year at 174. Peter Del Gallo was 3rd last year and will be looking to match his older brother Daniel’s NCAA championship for Southern Maine. He was pinned by Arborio in a dual with Western New England, but his record is otherwise unblemished.

2020 Upper Midwest Regional
Friday & Saturday
Augsburg University
February 28-29, 2020
Tournament Homepage | Live Results

Teams (17): Augsburg, Concordia-Moorhead, Concordia Wisconsin, Elmhurst, Lakeland, MSOE, Pacific, St. John’s, St. Olaf, University of Chicago, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Platteville, Stevens Point, Whitewater, Wheaton

Returning 2019 All-Americans: Mike Tortorice (Whitewater, 125, 2nd), Victor Gliva (Augsburg, 125, 5th), David Flynn (Augsburg, 141, 1st), Ryan Epps (Augsburg, 157, 1st), Grant Zamin (La Crosse, 157, 8th), Lucas Jeske (Augsburg, 165, 1st), Tanner Vassar (Augsburg, 174, 5th), Ben Sarasin (Chicago, 174, 7th), Kyle Peisker (Chicago, 184, 5th), Lance Benick (Augsburg, 197, 1st)

Returning 2019 Qualifiers (current weights listed): Tortorice (Whitewater, 125), Gliva (Augsburg, 133), Stenger (La Crosse, 133), Rice (Whitewater, 141), Flynn (Augsburg, 141), McAuliffe (Elmhurst, 149), Epps (Augsburg, 157), Zamin (La Crosse, 157), Jeske (Augsburg, 165), Shinhoster (Whitewater, 174), Peisker (Chicago, 174), Sarasin (Chicago, 184), Vassar (Augsburg, 184), Benick (Augsburg, 197), Rinehart (Platteville, 285), Miller (Wheaton, 285)

Augsburg has won all seven regional tournaments since the format changed in 2013, and they are the defending NCAA champions. All four of their 2019 individual NCAA champions return, though none of them are currently ranked first in their respective weights. The team is ranked 3rd and will compete with #13 La Crosse and #15 Whitewater for the team title. Augsburg returns five 2019 All-Americans, while Chicago is the only other team with more than one in Peisker and Sarasin.

Three 2018 All-Americans are back in the mix this year after not placing last season. McAuliffe (Elmhurst, 149) qualified at 141 last year after placing 7th the year before. He fell in the round of 12 last season. Massie (La Crosse, 184) finished 6th at 174 in 2018 but placed 4th in last year’s regional. Squires (Stevens Point, 184) finished 6th at 184 in 2018 but did not compete at all last season. Massie defeated Squires in the 184 lbs. WIAC final two weeks ago.

2020 Central Regional
Friday & Saturday
February 28-29, 2020
Adrian College
Tournament Homepage | Live Results

Teams (18): Adrian, Alma, Baldwin Wallace, Case Western Reserve, Defiance, Heidelberg, John Carroll, Manchester, Mount St. Joseph, Mount Union, Muskingum, Ohio Northern, Ohio Wesleyan, Olivet, Otterbein, Trine, Wabash, Wilmington

Returning 2019 All-Americans: Carlos Champagne (Wabash, 125, 7th), Jordin James (Mount Union, 133, 1st), Charles Nash (Baldwin Wallace, 133, 4th), Brendan Ladd (Alma, 141, 7th), Cooper (Alma, 149, 5th), Luke Hernandez (Mount Union, 149, 8th), Antwon Pugh (Mount Union, 157, 2nd), Kyle Hatch (Wabash, 165, 6th), Darden Schurg (Wabash, 174, 1st), Dylan Roth (Heidelberg, 184, 6th), Zeckary Lehman (Baldwin Wallace, 197, 7th), Antonio McCloud (Mount St. Joseph, 197, 8th), Drew Kasper (Otterbein, 285, 5th)

Returning 2019 Qualifiers (current weights listed): Champagne (Wabash, 125), Nash (Baldwin Wallace, 133), Doster (Wabash, 133), James (Mount Union, 141), Ladd (Alma, 141), Napier (Manchester, 141), Brezovec (John Carroll, 141), Cooper (Alma, 149), Hernandez (Mount Union, 149), Pugh (Mount Union, 157), Gross (John Carroll, 157), Hatch (Wabash, 165), Schurg (Wabash, 174), Kinjorski (Olivet, 174), Roth (Heidelberg, 184), McCloud (Mount St. Joseph, 184), Pingel (Adrian, 197), Lehman (Baldwin Wallace, 197), Trevor Piggott (Olivet, 197), Kasper (Otterbein, 285)

Wabash, Baldwin Wallace, and Mount Union finished in the top three spots here last season, and they appear in the current team rankings in the same order at #4, #6, and #12. All three have a shot coming away with a victory this weekend in Michigan. Wabash and Mount Union each return three 2019 All-Americans and a defending champ, while Baldwin Wallace has a pair. Olivet (#19) and John Carroll (#21) also bring strong teams to the event and feature multiple returning qualifiers.

The region features four wrestlers ranked first in the final NWCA Coaches rankings in Champagne (125), Hatch (165), Beachem (174), and Kasper (285). That list does not include returning NCAA champs James (141) and Schurg (174) along with returning runner-up Pugh (157). There is a lot of top end firepower in this region with at least one returning All-American at every weight.

2020 Mideast Regional
Saturday & Sunday
February 29 – March 1, 2020
Ithaca College
Tournament Homepage | Live Results

Teams (18): Alfred State, Brockport, Centenary, Cortland, Elizabethtown, Hunter, Ithaca, Keystone, Merchant Marine, Muhlenberg, Oneonta, Oswego, Penn College, Pitt-Bradford, RIT, Scranton, TCNJ, Ursinus

Returning 2019 All-Americans: Jake Giordano (TCNJ, 133, 5th), Ben Brisman (Ithaca, 141, 4th), Kaidon Winters (RIT, 157, 5th), Dempsey King (RIT, 165, 2nd), Austin Whitney (Ithaca, 165, 8th), Daniel Kilroy (TCNJ, 174, 4th), Josh Glantzman (Merchant Marine, 184, 4th)

Returning 2019 Qualifiers (current weights listed): Caccamise (Brockport, 125), Giordano (TCNJ, 133), Dinger (TCNJ, 141), Brisman (Ithaca, 141), Winters (RIT, 157), Whitney (Ithaca, 165), King (RIT, 165), Donovan (Centenary, 174), Kilroy (TCNJ, 174), Chukwuezi (Ithaca, 184), Glantzman (Merchant Marine, 184), Dubuque (Cortland, 197)

The College of New Jersey leads the pack at the Mideast Regional. The 9th ranked Lions will benefit from #7 Stevens moving to the Southeast Region which opens up some spots in the top three. Ithaca and RIT are 17th and 18th in the latest team rankings and will also be strong contenders here. Each of the three teams mentioned has a pair of returning 2019 All-Americans with RIT’s King the highest returning finisher after placing 2nd last season. Brisman of Ithaca was the champion at 141 in the 2018 NCAA tournment.

There are five 4th place finishers from last year’s region back in 2020, and four are looking for their first trip to the NCAA Championships. Ortega (TCNJ, 125), Sherman (Muhlenberg, 149), Garda (TCNJ, 165), and Fratantoni (Muhlenberg, 184) are hoping to make it at least one step higher on the regional podium to earn a spot in Cedar Rapids. Colom (Ithaca, 133) was a 2018 qualifier who just missed last season. All but Garda are seniors looking to make one last splash.

2020 Lower Midwest Regional
Saturday & Sunday
February 29 – March 1, 2020
Five Flags Center
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Teams (18): Augustana, Buena Vista, Central, Coe, Cornell, Dubuque, Fontbonne, Huntingdon, Loras, Luther, MacMurray, Millikin, Nebraska Wesleyan, North Central, Simpson, University of the Ozarks, Wartburg, Westminster

Returning 2019 All-Americans: Eron Haynes (Nebraska Wesleyan, 125, 8th), Clint Lembeck (Loras, 141, 3rd), Brady Fritz (Wartburg, 141, 6th), Brandon Murray (Loras, 157, 4th), Bradan Birt (Millikin, 157, 6th), Eddie Smith (Loras, 165, 4th), Kyle Briggs (Wartburg, 174, 3rd), Jacob Krakow (Loras, 174, 8th), Josh Edel (Coe, 184, 8th), Taylor Mehmen (Coe, 197, 5th), Guy Patron (Loras, 197, 6th)

Returning 2019 Qualifiers (current weights listed): Kyner (Wartburg, 125), Haynes (Nebraka Wesleyan, 133), Rumph (Warburg, 133), Lembeck (Loras, 141), Fritz (Wartburg, 141), Sax (Westminster, 149), Murray (Loras, 157), Birt (Millikin, 165), Smith (Loras, 165), Briggs (Wartburg, 174, Krakow (Loras, 174), Baldridge (North Central, 184), Edel (Coe, 184), Patron (Loras, 197), Mehmen (Coe, 197), Lee (Ozarks, 285)

Wartburg and Loras are two of the top three teams in Division III, and they will slug it out for the win with 5th ranked Coe looking to jump into the top two here as well. Loras ended Wartburg’s reign of 27 straight conference titles and 220 straight conference dual wins and also finished ahead of the Knights in the 2019 NCAA Championships. Loras returns five 2019 All-Americans while Wartburg brings back two. Coe also has a pair of All-Americans back from last season. North Central, Luther, and Dubuque round out the ranked teams in the region.

While there are 11 returning 2019 All-Americans, there are no defending champions back in this region, as the region did not have an individual champion in 2019. Erickson (Coe, 157) was an All-American in 2018 who did not place last year. Radcliffe (141) qualified for Central in 2017 but just missed the tournament with 4th place regional finishes in 2018 and 2019. He will look to bookend his career with a trip back to the tournament this weekend.

2020 Southeast Regional
Friday & Saturday
February 28-29, 2020
Messiah College
Tournament Homepage | Live Results

Teams (20): Alvernia, Averett, Delaware Valley, Ferrum, Gettysburg, Greensboro, Johns Hopkins, King’s, Lycoming, McDaniel, Messiah, Penn State-Behrend, Southern Virginia, Stevens, Thiel, Washington & Jefferson, Washington & Lee, Waynesburg, Wilkes, York

Returning 2019 All-Americans: Levi Englman (Ferrum, 133, 7th), Brett Kaliner (Stevens, 149, 3rd)

Returning 2019 Qualifiers (current weights listed): Braswell (Averett, 125), Englman (Ferrum, 133), Gehr (Messiah, 133), Stanich (Stevens, 141), Woody (Averett, 141), Kaliner (Stevens, 149), Heinl (W&J, 149), Corl (Lycoming, 157), Maloney (Messiah, 157), Walker (W&J, 165), Swartwood (Lycoming, 174), Neely (W&J, 174), Shermeyer (Messiah, 174), Hallyburton (W&L, 184), Dooley (Stevens, 197)

Newcomer Stevens and defending champion Messiah look to be the top two teams in the Southeast. Stevens returns 2019 All-American and 2018 finalist Brett Kaliner along with two-time All-American Troy Stanich. The Ducks have five wrestlers with prior NCAA experience with Poklikuha (165) and Van Sickell (157) joining their three 2019 qualifiers, and freshman Slendorn is ranked in the top ten at 133. Messiah also returns three 2019 qualifiers along with 2018 qualifier Redington (125).

Corl (Lycoming, 157) was a 2018 All-American at 149, while Rush (Delaware Valley, 133), Hutchinson (York, 149), Reyes (JHU, 165), and Ramirez (SVU, 285) all qualified out of this region in 2018 but missed out last season.