The Nebraska wrestling team travels to Tulsa for the 2023 NCAA Championships in the quest for a national title. The three-day event will consist of six sessions beginning Thursday morning at the BOK Center.
Seven grapplers represent Nebraska in this year’s national championship field, all earning automatic bids as a result of their finishes at the Big Ten Championships. The group includes Liam Cronin (125), Brock Hardy (149), Peyton Robb (157), Bubba Wilson (165), Mikey Labriola (174), Lenny Pinto (184) and Silas Allred (197).
The championship schedule with streaming information is as follows:
Thursday, March 16
Session I – First Round
11 a.m. – ESPNU
Session II – Second Round
6 p.m. – ESPN
Friday, March 17
Session III – Quarterfinals
11 a.m. – ESPNU
Session IV – Semifinals
7 p.m. – ESPN
Saturday, March 18
Session V – Medal Rounds
10 a.m. – ESPNU
Session VI – Championships
6 p.m. – ESPN
Live stats and brackets will be available on Trackwrestling.com and updates will be posted on Twitter (@HuskerWrestling) throughout the weekend. The entire national championship tournament will be broadcast on ESPN networks and additional mat camera streams will be available on ESPN+.
Nebraska’s NCAA Championship Lineup*
125: #3 Liam Cronin • Gr. • Orange, Calif.
141: #4 Brock Hardy • RSo. • Brigham City, Utah
157: #3 Peyton Robb • Jr. • Owatonna, Minn.
165: #25 Bubba Wilson • So. • Manhattan, Kan.
174: #2 Mikey Labriola • Sr. • Easton, Pa.
184: #13 Lenny Pinto • RFr. • Stroudsburg, Penn.
197: #8 Silas Allred • RSo. • Anderson, Ind.
*Number indicates seeding
Quick points
• Nebraska won its fifth Cliff Keen Invite team title in program history on December 3.
• With this season’s win over Wisconsin on Jan. 29, Coach Manning picked up its 300th career victory.
• Both Robb and Labriola finished the regular season undefeated, marking just the first time two
wrestlers have done this since 1961.
• Team leaders by category among starters:
o Team Points: Robb (54)
o Pins: Allred (7)
o Major Decisions: Pinto (8)
NCAA Championships
• The 2023 NCAA DI Wrestling Championships are set for March 16-18 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
• The Big Ten boasts five of the 10 top-seeded wrestlers, including Iowa’s Spencer Lee (125), Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young (133), Iowa’s Real Woods (141), Penn State’s Carter Starocci (174) and Michigan’s Mason Parris (285).
• The Huskers are led by two-seed Labriola at 174 pounds.
• The Huskers have had 11 NCAA Champions, 25 NCAA finalists, 127 All-Americans and 24 top-10 team finishes. NU has finished in the top 10 in six of the last seven NCAA Championships. Take a look at Nebraska’s NCAA finishes over the last 12 years:
2010-11: 12th (43.5 pts.); seven qualifiers, one All-American
2011-12: T-21st (28 pts.); eight qualifiers, two All-Americans
2012-13: 13th (38 pts.); seven qualifiers, two All-Americans
2013-14: 11th (43.5 pts.); seven qualifiers, two All-Americans
2014-15: 9th (59 pts.); nine qualifiers, three All-Americans
2015-16: 8th (58 pts.); ten qualifiers, three All-Americans
2016-17: 9th (59.5 pts.); seven qualifiers, four All-Americans
2017-18: 9th (47 pts.); seven qualifiers, three All-Americans
2018-19: 10th (51 pts.); eight qualifiers, four All-Americans
2019-20: NCAA Championships canceled; ten qualifiers, eight All-Americans
2020-21: 12th (38 pts.); nine qualifiers, two All-Americans
2021-22: 5th (59.5 pts.); eight qualifiers, five All-Americans
First Round Matchups
125 pounds
No. 3 Cronin (Nebraska, 20-4) vs. No. 30 Antonio Lorenzo (Cal Poly, 8-8)
141 pounds
No. 4 Hardy (Nebraska, 27-5) vs. No. 29 Jordan Titus (West Virginia, 21-12)
157 pounds
No. 3 Robb (Nebraska, 25-1) vs. No. 30 Jared Hill (Oklahoma, 16-10)
165 pounds
No. 25 Wilson (Nebraska, 15-13) vs. No. 8 Matthew Olguin (Oregon State, 23-6)
174 pounds
No. 2 Labriola (Nebraska, 25-1) vs. No. 31 Tyler Stoltzfus (Lehigh, 32-12)
184 pounds
No. 13 Pinto (Nebraska, 23-9) vs. No. 20 Neil Antrassian (Utah Valley, 21-9)
197 pounds
No. 8 Allred (Nebraska, 26-5) vs. No. 25 Michael Battista (Utah Valley, 26-11)
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