CLEVELAND, Ohio — Penn State continued its march toward another national title Friday afternoon, sending eight wrestlers into the semifinals and building a commanding lead after the quarterfinal round of the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
The Nittany Lions ended the session atop the team standings with 103.5 points, well ahead of Nebraska (64.5), Oklahoma State (64), Iowa (48.5) and Ohio State (40.5).
Here are the championship quarterfinal results:
125 Pounds
No. 5 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) over No. 4 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh), 8-2 decision.
No. 14 Jacob Moran (Indiana) over No. 6 Jore Volk (Minnesota), 5-4 decision.
No. 1 Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) over No. 8 Dean Peterson (Iowa), 2-1 tiebreak decision.
No. 10 Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) over No. 2 Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech), 3-2 tiebreak decision.
133 Pounds
No. 1 Jax Forrest (Oklahoma State) over No. 8 Markel Baker (Northern Illinois), 18-3 technical fall.
No. 4 Aaron Seidel (Virginia Tech) over No. 5 Kyler Larkin (Arizona State), 16-1 technical fall.
No. 2 Ben Davino (Ohio State) over No. 7 Lucas Byrd (Illinois), 14-5 major decision.
No. 3 Marcus Blaze (Penn State) over No. 6 Drake Ayala (Iowa), 5-3 decision.
141 Pounds
No. 3 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) over No. 6 Vince Cornella (Cornell), 5-3 decision.
No. 5 Luke Stanich (Lehigh) over No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State), 6-4 decision.
No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) over No. 8 Vance Vombaur (Minnesota), 16-4 major decision.
No. 2 Sergio Vega (Oklahoma State) over No. 7 Nasir Bailey (Iowa), 4-1 decision.
149 Pounds
No. 10 Aden Valencia (Stanford) over No. 2 Jaxon Joy (Cornell), 12-9 decision.
No. 20 Chance Lamer (Nebraska) over No. 12 Carter Young (Maryland), 12-0 major decision.
No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) over No. 8 Casey Swiderski (Oklahoma State), 5-2 sudden victory decision.
No. 11 Lachlan McNeil (Michigan) over No. 3 Cross Wasilewski (Penn), 4-4 fall.
157 Pounds
No. 1 PJ Duke (Penn State) over No. 8 Brandon Cannon (Ohio State), 21-5 technical fall.
No. 5 Landon Robideau (Oklahoma State) over No. 4 Kaleb Larkin (Arizona State), 9-6 decision.
No. 2 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) over No. 7 Kannon Webster (Illinois), 5-2 decision.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.No. 11 Ty Watters (West Virginia) over No. 3 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell), 6-5 decision.
165 Pounds
No. 3 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) over No. 27 EJ Parco (Stanford), 14-3 major decision.
No. 12 Cesar Alvan (Columbia) over No. 4 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State), 4-2 decision.
No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) over No. 9 Bryce Hepner (Nebraska), 6-0 decision.
No. 2 Joey Blaze (Purdue) over No. 10 Will Denny (NC State), 4-3 decision.
174 Pounds
No. 3 Chris Minto (Nebraska) over No. 11 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State), 11-3 major decision.
No. 5 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) over No. 4 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State), 2-1 decision.
No. 7 Cam Steed (Missouri) over No. 15 Danny Wask (Navy), 9-2 decision.
No. 1 Levi Haines (Penn State) over No. 9 Beau Mantanona (Michigan), 18-3 major decision.
184 Pounds
No. 3 Max McEnelly (Minnesota) over No. 6 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming), 8-6 decision.
No. 7 Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) over No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair (Illinois), 4-1 sudden victory decision.
No. 1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) over No. 8 Silas Allred (Nebraska), injury default.
No. 5 Brock Mantanona (Michigan) over No. 20 Brian Soldano (Oklahoma State), 3-0 fall.
197 Pounds
No. 1 Josh Barr (Penn State) over No. 9 Angelo Posada (Stanford), 19-3 technical fall.
No. 5 Joey Novak (Wyoming) over No. 29 Colton Hawks (Arizona State), 17-5 major decision.
No. 3 Stephen Little (Little Rock) over No. 11 Camden McDanel (Nebraska), 4-1 sudden victory decision.
No. 7 Cody Merrill (Oklahoma State) over No. 15 Remy Cotton (Michigan), 8-3 decision.
285 Pounds
No. 1 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) over No. 8 Ben Kueter (Iowa), 4-2 decision.
No. 4 AJ Ferrari (Nebraska) over No. 21 Juan Mora (Oklahoma), 4-3 decision.
No. 2 Isaac Trumble (NC State) over No. 7 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State), 4-0 decision.
No. 3 Taye Ghadiali (Michigan) over No. 27 Hunter Catka (Virginia Tech), 8-0 major decision.
