2025 NCAA DII Wrestling Championships

2025 NCAA D2 Championships: Nebraska-Kearney Takes Home Title

2025 NCAA D2 Championships: Nebraska-Kearney Takes Home Title

Top-ranked Nebraska-Kearney secured podium spots at eight weights and built a big lead on the first day of the NCAA D2 Championships.

Mar 15, 2025 by Andy Hamilton
2025 NCAA D2 Championships: Nebraska-Kearney Takes Home Title

Nebraska-Kearney locked up its fifth NCAA D2 title Saturday in Indianapolis, where three Lopers reached the finals and five others earned All-America status. 

Nebraska-Kearney took control of the team race Friday and finished the tournament’s first day with 64 points, which is still more than second-place Augustana (59). The Lopers ran their point total to 115 after Saturday's medal matches. 

Team Standings

1. Nebraska-Kearney 115

2. Augustana 63

3. St. Cloud State 57.5 

4. Lander 56

5. Central Oklahoma 55.5

6. UMary 51

7. Central Missouri 43

8. Kutztown 42.5

9. Maryville 39

10. West Liberty 38.5

Championship Finals 

125 — Jakason Burks (Central Mo.) 31-4 won by decision over Zachary Ourada (Neb.-Kearney) 18-5 (Dec 5-2)

133 — Reece Barnhardt (UMary) 30-3 won by decision over Peter Rolle (Central Okla.) 21-4 (Dec 10-4)

141 — Johnny Lopez (San Fran. St.) 27-2 won by decision over Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) 15-7 (Dec 8-7)

149 — Cael Larson (Augustana (SD)) 23-5 won by decision over Nick James (Neb.-Kearney) 7-1 (Dec 8-1)

157 — Gabe Johnson (Central Okla.) 26-1 won in SV1 over Joel Jesuroga (St. Cloud St.) 26-1 (SV-1 4-1)

165 — David Hunsberger (Lander) 30-2 won by major decision over Jack Haskin (Lake Erie) 26-4 (MD 10-2)

174 — Cole Ritter (Maryville (MO)) 32-7 won by decision over Jacobi Deal (Neb.-Kearney) 22-5 (Dec 5-1)

184 — Ty McGeary (West Liberty) 33-1 won by tech fall over Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron St.) 22-3 (TF-1.5 6:40 (20-4))

197 — Derek Blubaugh (UIndy) 21-3 won by decision over Tereus Henry (Fort Hays St.) 16-7 (Dec 5-1)

285 — Ryan Herman (Maryville (MO)) 28-2 won in TB1 over Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown) 26-5 (TB-1 3-2)

Placement Matches

125  

Third — Jaxson Rohman (Augustana (SD)) 23-5 won by fall over Trevon Gray (Pitt-Johnstown) 27-8 (Fall 2:20)

Fifth — Shane Corrigan (Wis.-Parkside) 25-12 won by decision over Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) 23-7 (Dec 10-8)

Seventh — Dayson Torgerson (Colorado Mesa) 23-8 won by major decision over Colton Drousias (Glenville St.) 31-16 (MD 8-0)

133

Third — Christian Davis (Lander) 34-7 won by major decision over James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist) 23-9 (MD 19-6)

Fifth — Hector Serratos (Neb.-Kearney) 24-7 won by major decision over Sam Spencer (St. Cloud St.) 27-7 (MD 12-1)

Seventh — Jeremiah Echevarria (Gannon) 27-6 won by decision over Max Shore (Tiffin) 27-9 (Dec 4-2)

141

Third — Sean Solis (UMary) 28-7 won by decision over Joseph Airola (Neb.-Kearney) 21-9 (Dec 12-7)

Fifth — Colton Stoneking (Fairmont St.) 32-6 won by major decision over Isham Peace (Lander) 30-7 (MD 12-3)

Seventh — Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) 27-7 won by major decision over Luke Kunath (Belmont Abbey) 14-9 (MD 12-0)

149

Third — Brennan Watkins (King (TN)) 27-10 won by decision over Dean Noble (Western Colo.) 22-5 (Dec 9-8)

Fifth — Jackson Hoover (UIndy) 19-5 won by medical forfeit over Chris Donathan (Grand Valley St.) 14-1 (M. For.)

Seventh — Joey Semerad (McKendree) 31-9 won by decision over Gabriel Onorato (Glenville St.) 26-12 (Dec 5-4)

157

Third — Aaden Valdez (Adams St.) 21-2 won by medical forfeit over Owen Cline (Colorado Mesa) 16-5 (M. For.)

Fifth — Caleb Meunier (Minnesota St.) 32-9 won by major decision over John Ridle (Central Mo.) 27-9 (MD 8-0)

Seventh — Kaden Renner (UMary) 18-10 won by fall over Casey Barnett (Tiffin) 19-6 (Fall 2:27)

165

Third — Dajun Johnson (Wis.-Parkside) 33-7 won by decision over Nick Novak (St. Cloud St.) 25-5 (Dec 12-10)

Fifth — Cory Peterson (McKendree) 26-8 won by decision over Jace Fisher (Newman) 30-9 (Dec 7-2)

Seventh — Nolan Gessler (Tiffin) 21-7 won by decision over Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) 26-5 (Dec 7-5)

174

Third — Drake Hayward (Minnesota St.) 32-7 won by decision over Bryce Dagel (St. Cloud St.) 26-5 (Dec 4-3)

Fifth — Matt Ortiz (McKendree) 27-11 won by decision over Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) 27-13 (Dec 7-3)

Seventh — Joshua Kenny (Grand Valley St.) 20-7 won by decision over Dalton Gimbor (Kutztown) 21-9 (Dec 7-3)

184

Third — Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) 32-1 won by fall over Damon Ashworth (Central Mo.) 27-9 (Fall 1:44)

Fifth — Cade Mueller (Augustana (SD)) 22-7 won by decision over Garrett Wells (Central Okla.) 22-7 (Dec 5-2)

Seventh — Kyle Homet (Glenville St.) 38-10 won by tech fall over Jacari Deal (Neb.-Kearney) 13-6 (TF-1.5 6:26 (17-2))

197

Third — Jackson Kinsella (Neb.-Kearney) 23-8 won by decision over Max Ramberg (Augustana (SD)) 34-7 (Dec 7-2)

Fifth — Nicholas Johnson (Glenville St.) 31-7 won by decision over Wyatt Miller (Grand Valley St.) 11-10 (Dec 10-3)

Seventh — Marvelous Rutledge (Lander) 28-13 won in SV1 over Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud St.) 26-3 (SV-1 4-1)

285

Third — Dorian Crosby (Gannon) 27-4 won by decision over Crew Howard (Neb.-Kearney) 28-2 (Dec 4-2)

Fifth — Freddie Retter (Kutztown) 13-3 won by major decision over Jake Swirple (Minot St.) 26-9 (MD 12-1)

Seventh — Tyler Doyle (Colorado Mesa) 26-7 won in SV1 over Carter Blough (Grand Valley St.) 28-7 (SV-1 4-1)

Semifinal Results

125

Jakason Burks (Central Mo.) 30-4 won by decision over Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) 23-7 (Dec 7-4)

Zachary Ourada (Neb.-Kearney) 18-4 won by decision over Shane Corrigan (Wis.-Parkside) 25-12 (Dec 13-9)

133

Peter Rolle (Central Okla.) 21-3 won by decision over James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist) 23-9 (Dec 4-3)

Reece Barnhardt (UMary) 29-3 won in SV1 over Christian Davis (Lander) 34-7 (SV-1 8-5)

141

Johnny Lopez (San Fran. St.) 26-2 won by decision over Colton Stoneking (Fairmont St.) 32-6 (Dec 7-5)

Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) 15-6 won in TB1 over Isham Peace (Lander) 30-7 (TB-1 2-1)

149

Nick James (Neb.-Kearney) 7-0 won by decision over Chris Donathan (Grand Valley St.) 14-1 (Dec 10-7)

Cael Larson (Augustana (SD)) 22-5 won by decision over Dean Noble (Western Colo.) 22-5 (Dec 4-3)

157

Joel Jesuroga (St. Cloud St.) 26-0 won by decision over Aaden Valdez (Adams St.) 21-2 (Dec 4-3)

Gabe Johnson (Central Okla.) 25-1 won by fall over Owen Cline (Colorado Mesa) 16-5 (Fall 0:47)

165

David Hunsberger (Lander) 29-2 won by decision over Nick Novak (St. Cloud St.) 25-5 (Dec 4-2)

Jack Haskin (Lake Erie) 26-3 won by decision over Dajun Johnson (Wis.-Parkside) 33-7 (Dec 4-3)

174

Cole Ritter (Maryville (MO)) 31-7 won by decision over Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) 27-13 (Dec 10-6)

Jacobi Deal (Neb.-Kearney) 22-4 won by decision over Matt Ortiz (McKendree) 27-11 (Dec 4-3)

184

Ty McGeary (West Liberty) 32-1 won by decision over Cade Mueller (Augustana (SD)) 22-7 (Dec 2-0)

Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron St.) 22-2 won by decision over Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) 32-1 (Dec 4-1)

197

Tereus Henry (Fort Hays St.) 16-6 won by decision over Jackson Kinsella (Neb.-Kearney) 23-8 (Dec 4-2)

Derek Blubaugh (UIndy) 20-3 won by decision over Nicholas Johnson (Glenville St.) 31-7 (Dec 2-0)

285

Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown) 26-4 won by major decision over Freddie Retter (Kutztown) 12-3 (MD 11-2)

Ryan Herman (Maryville (MO)) 27-2 won by decision over Jake Swirple (Minot St.) 26-8 (Dec 6-0)

Quarterfinal Results

125

Jakason Burks (Central Mo.) 29-4 won by major decision over Trevon Gray (Pitt-Johnstown) 25-7 (MD 9-0)

Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) 23-4 won by decision over Dayson Torgerson (Colorado Mesa) 22-7 (Dec 10-5)

Zachary Ourada (Neb.-Kearney) 17-4 won by decision over Jaxson Rohman (Augustana (SD)) 20-5 (Dec 5-3)

Shane Corrigan (Wis.-Parkside) 24-10 won by decision over Studd Morris (Central Okla.) 26-4 (Dec 8-1)

133

Peter Rolle (Central Okla.) 20-3 won by fall over Max Shore (Tiffin) 27-7 (Fall 2:45)

James Anderson (Ouachita Baptist) 22-7 won by decision over Hector Serratos (Neb.-Kearney) 22-6 (Dec 6-5)

Reece Barnhardt (UMary) 28-3 won by decision over Sam Spencer (St. Cloud St.) 26-5 (Dec 8-3)

Christian Davis (Lander) 32-6 won by decision over Ryan Henningson (MSU Moorhead) 11-5 (Dec 12-10)

141

Johnny Lopez (San Fran. St.) 25-2 won by injury default over Christian Small (Lake Erie) 21-6 (Inj. 6:03)

Colton Stoneking (Fairmont St.) 31-4 won by decision over Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) 26-6 (Dec 4-3)

Khyvon Grace (West Liberty) 14-6 won in tie breaker - 2 over Joseph Airola (Neb.-Kearney) 19-8 (TB-2 2-1)

Isham Peace (Lander) 30-4 won by major decision over Braden Tatum (Newberry) 13-10 (MD 15-3)

149

Chris Donathan (Grand Valley St.) 14-0 won by tech fall over Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) 30-11 (TF-1.5 6:28 (20-4))

Nick James (Neb.-Kearney) 6-0 won in sudden victory - 1 over Joey Semerad (McKendree) 30-8 (SV-1 6-1)

Dean Noble (Western Colo.) 21-3 won by decision over Kenny Kiser (Gannon) 16-5 (Dec 6-0)

Cael Larson (Augustana (SD)) 21-5 won by fall over Chad Ozias (Pitt-Johnstown) 15-11 (Fall 6:31)

157

Joel Jesuroga (St. Cloud St.) 25-0 won by major decision over Kaden Renner (UMary) 17-9 (MD 11-2)

Aaden Valdez (Adams St.) 19-1 won by decision over Caleb Meunier (Minnesota St.) 30-8 (Dec 13-6)

Owen Cline (Colorado Mesa) 15-4 won by decision over Guy Deleonardis (Glenville St.) 33-9 (Dec 10-7)

Gabe Johnson (Central Okla.) 24-1 won by decision over Trent Mahoney (King (TN)) 37-11 (Dec 10-6)

165

David Hunsberger (Lander) 28-2 won by major decision over Nate Barrett (Ashland) 30-12 (MD 17-4)

Nick Novak (St. Cloud St.) 24-3 won by decision over Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) 26-3 (Dec 6-1)

Dajun Johnson (Wis.-Parkside) 31-6 won in sudden victory - 1 over Nolan Gessler (Tiffin) 20-6 (SV-1 5-2)

Jack Haskin (Lake Erie) 25-3 won by tech fall over Brent Nicolosi (Mount Olive) 30-7 (TF-1.5 5:57 (19-1))

174

Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) 27-10 won by decision over Augustus Dalton (Colorado Mesa) 12-13 (Dec 11-7)

Cole Ritter (Maryville (MO)) 30-7 won in sudden victory - 1 over Sevi Garza (Ashland) 29-5 (SV-1 4-1)

Jacobi Deal (Neb.-Kearney) 21-4 won in overtime over Bryce Dagel (St. Cloud St.) 24-4 (OT 2-2)

Matt Ortiz (McKendree) 26-9 won by decision over Joshua Kenny (Grand Valley St.) 19-6 (Dec 4-2)

184

Ty McGeary (West Liberty) 31-1 won by major decision over Kyle Homet (Glenville St.) 37-9 (MD 11-3)

Cade Mueller (Augustana (SD)) 21-5 won in sudden victory - 1 over Reece Worachek (Wis.-Parkside) 31-6 (SV-1 4-1)

Keegan Gehlhausen (Chadron St.) 21-2 won by major decision over Austin Gibson (Fairmont St.) 24-9 (MD 15-1)

Matt Weinberg (Kutztown) 30-0 won by major decision over Brayden Mirjavadi (Grand Valley St.) 21-13 (MD 9-0)

197

Tereus Henry (Fort Hays St.) 15-6 won by decision over Dominic Murphy (St. Cloud St.) 26-1 (Dec 5-4)

Jackson Kinsella (Neb.-Kearney) 21-7 won by decision over Max Ramberg (Augustana (SD)) 32-6 (Dec 7-3)

Derek Blubaugh (UIndy) 19-3 won in sudden victory - 1 over Dakoda Rodgers (Pitt-Johnstown) 25-3 (SV-1 6-3)

Nicholas Johnson (Glenville St.) 30-5 won by fall over Logan Kvien (McKendree) 22-3 (Fall 5:52)

285

Freddie Retter (Kutztown) 12-1 won by decision over Tyler Doyle (Colorado Mesa) 25-6 (Dec 5-2)

Isaiah Vance (Pitt-Johnstown) 25-4 won by decision over Dorian Crosby (Gannon) 24-4 (Dec 8-2)

Jake Swirple (Minot St.) 26-6 won in tie breaker - 1 over Carter Blough (Grand Valley St.) 28-5 (TB-1 2-1)

Ryan Herman (Maryville (MO)) 26-2 won by decision over Lloyd Reynolds (Wis.-Parkside) 28-11 (Dec 4-0)