NCAA Wrestling Saturday recap: Yianni Diakomihalis wins fourth title, Penn St. wins team crown

Tulsa, Okla. — Happy Saturday from the BOK Center, where the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships kick off.

Penn State won the team title, its 10th under head coach Klay Sanderson, all of which have come since 2011. Additionally, Cornell’s Yianni Diacomihalis became the fifth wrestler in NCAA history to win four individual Division I national titles after a 4–2 finals victory. More than Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso at 149 lbs.

Iowa finished second with six All-Americans averaging 82.5 points. Real Woods (141) finished second after a 6-4 final loss to Northern Colorado’s Andrew Alirez. Tony Cacioppi (285) was fourth, Nelson Brands (174) and Jacob Warner (197) were both fifth, and Spencer Lee (125) and Max Murin (149) were sixth.

Iowa State finished 11th overall with two All-Americans. David Carr (165) finished second after losing 8-2 to Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole in Saturday’s final. Marcus Coleman (184) finished fifth. Parker Keksen (184) finished second, tying Northern Iowa for 16th with 29 team points.

Additionally, South Dakota State’s Tanner Sloan, an Albernate native, reached the NCAA finals at 197 pounds, and Minnesota’s Michael Blockhus, a three-time Iowa state champion, finished eighth at 149 pounds.

Below are the final team scores and results of Saturday night’s final – as well as full results from Saturday’s opening session.

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2023 NCAA Wrestling Final Results

• 157 lbs: #1 Austin O’Connor (North Carolina) Dec. #2 Levi Haines (Penn State), 6-2

• 165 lbs: #2 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) Dec. #1 David Carr (Iowa State), 8-2

• 174 lbs: #1 Carter Starocki (Penn State) pinned #2 Mickey Labriola (Nebraska) in 2:46

• 184 lbs: #3 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) Dec. #1 Parker Kekesen (Northern Iowa), 7-2

• 197 lbs: #1 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) Dec. #7 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State), 5-3

• 285 lbs: #1 Mason Parris (Michigan) Dec. #3 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State), 5-1

• 125 lbs: #2 Pat Glory (Princeton) dec. #4 Matt Ramos (Purdue), 4-1

• 133 lbs: #3 Vito Araujo (Cornell) Dec. #1 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State), 10-4

• 141 lbs: #2 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) Dec. #1 Real Woods (Iowa), 6-4

• 149 lbs: #1 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec. #2 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State), 4-2

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Final NCAA Wrestling Team Scores

1. Penn State, 137.5

2. Iowa, 82.5

3. Cornell, 76.5

4. Ohio State, 70.5

5. Missouri, 64.5

6. Arizona State, 55

7. Michigan, 58.5

8. Nebraska, 54

9. Virginia Tech, 49

10. NC State, 48

11. Iowa State, 47

12. North Carolina, 42

13. Princeton, 37.5

14. South Dakota State, 37

15. Minnesota, 30.5

16. Northern Iowa, 29

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125 pounds

149 pounds

• consolation semi-finals: #8 Max Murrin (Iowa) lost to #3 Kyle Parco (Arizona State) 4-3

• 5th place match: #8 Max Murrin (Iowa) lost to #4 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech), 12-3

• 7th place match: #10 Michael Blockhus (Minnesota) lost 6-2 to #6 Brock Mauler (Missouri)

174 pounds

184 pounds

• consolation semi-finals: #5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) lost to #2 Trent Hidley (NC State) 5-2

• 5th place match: #5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) won by medical forfeit over #4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State)

197 pounds

285 pounds

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. follow him on twitter @codygoodwin,

This article was originally published on the Des Moines Register: NCAA Wrestling Saturday recap: PSU wins team title, Yianni wins No. 4