2025 NCAA D3 championships: Johnson & Wales takes advantage of the lead after day 1

The NCAA Division III team race is set up for a fantastic finish.

Johnson & Wales – in the last game on Friday – got to the top of the team leader plate, but there are a variety of schools that are hot on the wildcats.

The two-time NCAA champion Joziah Fry (125) and Hayden Brown (149) collected bonus points in the quarter-finals, and two other wildcats secured all-America ceremonies when Johnson & Wales ended the day with 49.5 points. Wartburg is second with 48.5, followed by Augsburg (46), UW-La Crosse (43), North Central (42) and Baldwin Wallace (40.5).

Ithaca won the National Championship in 1994, but since then it has been two team tractors for the title, whereby Wartburg and Augsburg control the D3 landscape.

Wartburg kept himself in the title dispute on Friday by performing three wrestlers to the semi -finals – Kyler Romero (149), Massoma End (197) and Mitch Williamson (285) – and two more in the consolation.

Augsburg has four semi -finalists – Matt Randolph (149), Cooper Willis (165), Seth Goetzinger (174) and Brandt Bombard (184) – and another auggie on the back.

Team classification (admission on Saturday)

1. Johnson & Wales 49.5

2nd Wartburg 48.5

3. Augsburg 46

4. UW-La Cross 43

5. North Central 42

6. Baldwin Wallace 40.5

T-7. Alvernia 39

T-7. Coe 39

9. TCNJ 35

10. UW-Whitewater 24.5

Quarter -finals results

125

Joziah Fry (Johnson & Wales) 40: 0 won by important decision about Quintin Wolbert (Wis.-La Cross) 23-11 (Md 21-7)

Mason Barrett (Averett) 29-4 won by decision about Isaic Paulino (Roanoke) 21-8 (December 8-3)

Zach Beckner (Ferrum) 21: 0 won by important decision about Jake Craig (Southern Me.) 27-6 (Md 9-0)

Christian Guzman (North Central (IL)) 34: 0 obtained from tech case via Gavin Bradley (Castleton) 35-8 (TF-1.5 3:12 (15-0))

133

Chase Randall (coast guard) 25: 0 won by important decision about James Day (Wabash) 37-6 (Md 17-3)

Dominik Mallinder (Wis.Whitewater) 24-2 won by decision about Connor Kidd (Luther) 22-12 (December 10-5)

Garrett Totten (TCNJ) 21: 0 won by decision about Jonah Paulino (Roanoke) 25-4 (7-0-0.)

Bryce Park (Coe) 25-4 won 30-4 (autumn 4:11) by autumn against Peyton Ellis (Johnson & Wales)

141

Josh Wilson (Greensboro) 29: 1 suddenly won Sieg-1 about Luke Hoerle (Stevens) 17-4 (SV-1 8-5)

Mark Samuel (Roanoke) 26-4 won 28-1 (December 13-11) by decision over Ty Bisek (Concordia-M`Head)

Pierre Baldwin (central (IA)) 25-1 obtained by important decision about Hayden Myers (Wesleyan (CT)) 31-8 (Md 14-3)

Sean Conway (Uchicago) 39-10 won 30-9 (SV-1 4-1) in the sudden Sieg-1 over Dylan Phelps (Olivet)

149

Hayden Brown (Johnson & Wales) 38-1 won 31-6 (autumn 3:11) through autumn via Tyler Herrema (Olivet)

Matt Randolph (Augsburg) 30-2 in TB-3 obtained by traveling over board back (Univ. Dubuque) 29-11 (TB-3 (RT) 4-4)

Kyler Romero (Wartburg) 29: 1 won through autumn over Colby Frost (Southern Me.) 37-2 (autumn 1:50)

Angelo Centrone (Cortland) 28-0 won by decision about Elijah Cyr (Castleton) 27-14 (4-20.201.)

157

Michael Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) 38-0 won through autumn over Clayton McDonough (Luther) 33-7 (autumn 1:49)

Eric Kinkaid (Loras) 25-3 won 30-2 (autumn 6:01) by falling against Aiden Smith (Adrian)

Cooper Pontelandolfo (NYU) 33-0 won 24-5 (December 2, 2-0) by decision over Ryan Smith (Stevens)

Tyler Goebel (Wis.-La Crosse) won 27-2 by decision about Peter Kane (Williams) 40-1 (December 5-4))

165

Matt Lackman (Alvernia) 36-2 won by decision about Jake Deguire (Springfield) 30-9 (December 4-1)

Andrew Supers (Baldwin Wallace) won 39-4 through important decisions about Nicholas Sacco (TCNJ) 21-9 (Md 10-0)

Cooper Willis (Augsburg) 29-1 won by decision about Jack Richardson (Johnson & Wales) 30-7 (5-0-0.)

Brayden Peet (Wis.Whitewater) 24-4 obtained by deciding on Christopher Stthopoulos (Stevens) 25-8 (December 7-3)

174

Jared Stricker (WIS.-Eau Claire) 41: 0 won by fall over Javen Estrada (North Central (IL)) 21-4 (autumn 5:09)

Hunter Mays (TCNJ) 29-6 won 24-5 (December 9-6) by decision about LJ Richardson (Coe)

Nathan Lackman (Alvernia) 36-2 won 32-3 (December 6-5) by deciding on Dejon Glaster (Millikin)

Seth Goetzinger (Augsburg) 23-4 won by decision about Zeb Gnida (Loras) 22-1 (December 8-2)

184

Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) 35-3 won by decision about Jack Ryan (Suny Oneonta) 32-2 (December 7-2)

Marcus Orlandoni (Wis.-La Crosse) 19-3 won 37-7 (December 7-1) by deciding on Austen Wetzel (Mo))

Brandt Bombard (Augsburg) 27-5 won by decision about Jared Voss (Coe) 26-5 (5-2-.)

Tyler Withers (Merchant Marine) won 33-3 by decision over Kasey Ross (Wartburg) 29-2 (December 2-1)

197

Massoma ends (Wartburg) 18: 0 obtained from tech case via dj henry (tcnj) 27-8 (TF-1.5 1:38 (15-0))

Charles Baczek (Wabash) 28-2 obtained by decision about Pilo Perez (Univ. Dubuque) 9-4 (December 7-3))

Joseph Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) 26-2 won in the sudden Sieg-1 over Ben Kawczynski (Wis.-La Cross) 22-6 (SV-1 4-1)

Cameron Butka (Wilkes) won 37-2 by decision about Dylan Harr (Johnson & Wales) 10-4 (December 8-1)

285

Carl Digorgio (Coast Guard) won 26-2 by decision about Robby Bates (North Central (IL)) 27-5 (December 8-5)

Austin Cooley (Schreiner) 28-2 won by decision about Walter West (Luther) 21-3 (December 8-5))

Mitch Williamson (Wartburg) 21: 1 won in TB-3 by driving time over Josh Harkless (rit) 30-1 (TB-3 (RT) 2-2)

Rayshawn Dixon (Ferrum) 29: 0 obtained from tech case about Reid Garrison (Merchant Marine) 27-4 (TF-1.5 6:26 (19-3))