UNI Wrestling Secures 1st NCAA Finalist Since 2005

No. 14 UNI wrestling at 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
March 21-23, 2019
PPG Arena | Pittsburgh, Pa.

SATURDAY

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. CT medal round (ESPNU / ESPN3) – Mat 1 | Mat 2 | Mat 3 | Scoreboard (a mix)
5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CT – "Off the Mat" premeet show (ESPN3)
6 to 10 p.m. CT – Championships (ESPN / ESPN3) – 1 mat

Attendance:

Session I: 17,949
Session II: 17,957
Session III: 18,013
Session IV: 18,100

BRACKETS

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — UNI wrestling secured its first finalist for the Division I National Wrestling Championships for the first time since 2005.

Drew Foster became UNI's 25^th two-time All-American and will be facing No. 6 Max Dean of Cornell in the 184-pound finals. Foster earned his first All-America honors when he took seventh in 2017.

Bryce Steiert added to the Panthers' hardware, earning his spot on the podium at 165 pounds. He will wrestle for seventh place tomorrow.

Complete list:

125 | Jay Schwarm – eliminated
141 | Josh Alber – eliminated
149 | Max Thomsen – eliminated
165 | Bryce Steiert – consolations
174 | Taylor Lujan – eliminated
184 | Drew Foster - semifinals

Foster opened the day with a decision over Virginia Tech's No. 3 Zack Zavatsky in the quarterfinals. It was the fourth time in Foster's career that he had beaten Zavatsky.

Foster knocked off No. 14 Chip Ness of North Carolina in the semifinals.

Steiert lost 6-0 to No. 3 Josh Shields of Arizona State to open the day, but he returned to notch his second set of bonus points in the tournament over No. 22 Gordon Wolf of Lehigh. His 10-2 major decision guaranteed him a spot on the podium. It is the first All-America honors for the junior from Waverly, Iowa.

Thomsen opened the day with his first set of bonus points in the championships with a 13-2 major decision over No. 24 Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield). It was the sixth set of bonus points for the Panthers. Thomsen pushed No. 5 Brock Mauller of Missouri into sudden victory, but lost by fall just as time was expiring in the overtime period at 149 pounds.

Lujan was bumped to the consolations at 174 pounds by No. 1 Mark Hall of Penn State. He fell to No. 6 David McFadden of Virginia Tech, a two-time All-American at 165 pounds.

Schwarm avenged two career losses at 125 pounds to No. 12 Travis Piotrowski of Illinois but wasn't able to knock off No. 11 Sean Fausz (North Carolina State) to stay alive in consolations.

Alber was eliminated at 141 pounds by No. 19 Jamel Morris of North Carolina State.

The team was sitting in 13th place with 36.5 points. The last time UNI had a wrestler in the semifinals was 2005 with Sean Stender at 197 pounds. He finished second. The last individual champion was in 2000 when Tony Davis won the 149-pound weight class.

UNI's two All-Americans is the most for the program since 2017 when Foster earned his honor.

125 | #22 (21) Jay Schwarm
THURSDAY:

L - #14 Michael McGee (Old Dominion) 18-3 TF
W - #28 Gage Curry (American) 4:48 F

FRIDAY:

W - #12 Travis Piotrowski (Illinois) 8-2
L – #11 Sean Fausz (North Carolina State) 7-2

141 | #8 (4) Josh Alber – DNP
THURSDAY:

W - #28 Corey Shie (Army), 10-3
L - #20 Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) 19-10 MD

FRIDAY:

L - #19 Jamel Morris (North Carolina State) 15-5 MD

149 | #15 (15) Max Thomsen - DNP
THURSDAY:

W - #22 Jared Prince (Navy), 9-8
L - #2 Micah Jordan (Ohio State) 17-4 MD

FRIDAY:

W - #18 Christian Monserrat (West Virginia) 9-3
W - #24 Russell Rohlfing (CSU Bakersfield) 13-2 MD
L - #5 Brock Mauller (Missouri) 7:57 SV1

165 | #11 (11) Bryce Steiert
THURSDAY:

W - #19 Bryce Martin (Indiana) 2:35 F
W - #6 Logan Massa (Michigan) 2-1

FRIDAY:

L - #3 Josh Shields (Arizona State) 6-0
W - #22 Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) 10-2 MD
L - #7 Isaiah White (Nebraska) 5-0
NEXT - #1 Alex Marinelli (Iowa)

174 | #7 (8) Taylor Lujan - DNP
THURSDAY

W - #25 Hayden Hastings (Wyoming) 15-7 MD
W - #8 Devin Skatzka (Minnesota) 3:22 F

FRIDAY:

L - #1 Mark Hall (Penn State) 5-3
L - #6 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) 20-9 MD

184 | #9 (6) Drew Foster
THURSDAY

W - #23 Christian LaFragola (Brown) 10-0 MD
W - #12 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) 7-1

FRIDAY:

W - #3 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 6-2
W - #14 Chip Ness (North Carolina) 7-4

TOP 15 TEAM SCORING:

Penn State 120.5
Ohio State 88.5
Oklahoma State 73.5
Iowa 68.0
Missouri 54
Michigan 52
Nebraksa 51
Michigan 48
Minnesota 48
Virginia Tech 45
Rutgers 43.5
Arizona State 37
UNI 36.5
Lehigh 32.5
Iowa State 31

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