CLEVELAND – Out of 53 Pennsylvania wrestlers who qualified for the 2018 NCAA National Tournament 15 will earn All-American honors in Cleveland. Seven of those fifteen of are from the WPIAL and five of those seven are from Westmoreland County.

The total All-American number could have been as high as 23, but Pennsylvania had a rough bloodround, with eight wrestlers falling one win shy of earning All-American status.

Overall six Keystone State wrestlers made the NCAA finals and we are guaranteed two champions as both 149 pounds and 157 pounds feature all-PA match-ups.

125 lbs.

Semifinal – Nick Suriano (Rutgers) won by decision over Darian Cruz (Lehigh) (Dec 2-0)

Semifinal – Spencer Lee (Iowa) won by fall over Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) (Fall 6:05)

Cons. Round 4 – Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) won by decision over Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) (Dec 8-5)

Cons. Round 4 – Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) won by tech fall over Nicholas Piccininni (Oklahoma State) (TF-1.5 4:19 (16-0))

Cons. Round 5 – Ethan Lizak (Minnesota) won by fall over Zeke Moisey (West Virginia) (Fall 1:43)

 

 

133 lbs.

Semifinal – Stevan Micic (Michigan) won by decision over Luke Pletcher (Ohio State) (Dec 8-4)

Cons. Round 4 – Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) won in sudden victory – 1 over Austin DeSanto (Drexel) (SV-1 8-6)

Cons. Round 4 – Scott Parker (Lehigh) won by decision over Mitch McKee (Minnesota) (Dec 3-1)

Cons. Round 5 – Scott Delvecchio (Rutgers) won by decision over Scott Parker (Lehigh) (Dec 5-2)

 

141 lbs.

Cons. Round 4 – Nick Lee (Penn State) won by decision over Tyler Smith (Bucknell) (Dec 13-6)

Cons. Round 4 – Sa`Derian Perry (Eastern Michigan) won by decision over Michael Carr (Illinois) (Dec 8-6)

Cons. Round 4 – Kevin Jack (NC State) won by tech fall over Brock Zacherl (Clarion) (TF-1.5 7:00 (17-2))

 

149 lbs.

Semifinal – Zain Retherford (Penn State) won by decision over Troy Heilmann (North Carolina) (Dec 10-4)

Semifinal – Ronald Perry (Lock Haven) won by decision over Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) (Dec 5-3)

 

 

157 lbs.

Semifinal – Hayden Hidlay (NC State) won by major decision over Alec Pantaleo (Michigan) (MD 10-2)

Semifinal – Jason Nolf (Penn State) won by tech fall over Micah Jordan (Ohio State) (TF-1.5 4:28 (16-0))

Cons. Round 4 – Joshua Shields (Arizona State) won in sudden victory – 1 over John Van Brill (Rutgers) (SV-1 11-9)

Cons. Round 4 – Michael Kemerer (Iowa) won by decision over Joey Lavallee (Missouri) (Dec 5-2)

Cons. Round 5 – Michael Kemerer (Iowa) won by decision over Joshua Shields (Arizona State) (Dec 6-2)

 

165 lbs.

Semifinal – Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) won by decision over David McFadden (Virginia Tech) (Dec 3-1)

Cons. Round 4 – Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) won by decision over Richie Lewis (Rutgers) (Dec 4-2)

Cons. Round 5 – Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) won by decision over Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State) (Dec 9-7)

 

184 lbs.

Semifinal – Myles Martin (Ohio State) won by decision over Zachary Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) (Dec 8-4)

Cons. Round 4 – Taylor Venz (Nebraska) won by major decision over Pete Renda (NC State) (MD 11-3)

Cons. Round 4 – Emory Parker (Illinois) won by decision over Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) (Dec 5-1)

 

197 lbs.

Cons. Round 4 – Jacob Holschlag (Northern Iowa) won by decision over Chris Weiler (Lehigh) (Dec 3-2)

 

285 lbs.

Cons. Round 4 – Youssif Hemida (Maryland) won by injury default over Jordan Wood (Lehigh) (Inj. 1:46)