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Huskers Set for NCAA Championships in Tulsa



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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