Stanich Makes U20 World Team, Ziegler Wins U23 National Title In Ohio
6/1/2025 4:08:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
GENEVA, Ohio – Sophomore Luke Stanich won his best-of-three finals series to make the U.S. Junior World Team, while first-year Mason Ziegler won a national title to lead three Lehigh place winners at the U23 Nationals, with both events taking place at SPIRE Academy Saturday-Sunday.
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Stanich won his finals series versus Bo Bassett 2-1 to earn the right to represent the U.S. at 65 kg at the Junior World Championships, Aug. 18-24 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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On Saturday, Stanich and Bassett split their first two matches by identical 3-2 scores, with Stanich winning the first and Bassett taking the second. The deciding match was all Stanich who had five takedowns, leading 4-0 at the break and then adding three morein the second period to end the match 1-0 at 5:14.
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Ziegler went 7-0 over two days of competition at 57 kg. Sunday's action began with the quarterfinal round, where Ziegler won 4-2 over Binghamton's Carson Wagner and then defeated Army's Charlie Farmer 5-3. In the best-of-three finals, Ziegler matched up with Daniel Guanajuato of South Dakota State, and swept the series 2-0, winning matches 6-4 and 5-3.
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Senior Max Brignola (74 kg) and sophomore Rylan Rogers (86 kg) also made the championship quarterfinals and joined Ziegler in earning top eight finishes. Rogers made the semifinals before falling 8-3 to eventual champion Rocco Welsh. Following his semifinal loss, Rogers defaulted to sixth place. Brignola dropped his quarterfinal to runner-up Daniel Cardenas but bounced back with an 11-2 decision over Braeden Scoles (Illinois) to secure his top eight finish. After a loss in the consolation quarterfinals, Brignola won by medical forfeit in his seventh place match.
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Lehigh had 17 entrants at the U23 Nationals. Along with its three place winners, three others advanced to Sunday's second day of competition. First-year Jadon Skellenger (70 kg), sophomore Jared Schoppe (86 kg) and junior Jack Wilt (92 kg) advanced to day two but were eliminated prior to securing a podium place.
Stanich photo by Sam Janicki. Ziegler photo by Stephen Maloney.
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Stanich won his finals series versus Bo Bassett 2-1 to earn the right to represent the U.S. at 65 kg at the Junior World Championships, Aug. 18-24 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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On Saturday, Stanich and Bassett split their first two matches by identical 3-2 scores, with Stanich winning the first and Bassett taking the second. The deciding match was all Stanich who had five takedowns, leading 4-0 at the break and then adding three morein the second period to end the match 1-0 at 5:14.
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Ziegler went 7-0 over two days of competition at 57 kg. Sunday's action began with the quarterfinal round, where Ziegler won 4-2 over Binghamton's Carson Wagner and then defeated Army's Charlie Farmer 5-3. In the best-of-three finals, Ziegler matched up with Daniel Guanajuato of South Dakota State, and swept the series 2-0, winning matches 6-4 and 5-3.
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Senior Max Brignola (74 kg) and sophomore Rylan Rogers (86 kg) also made the championship quarterfinals and joined Ziegler in earning top eight finishes. Rogers made the semifinals before falling 8-3 to eventual champion Rocco Welsh. Following his semifinal loss, Rogers defaulted to sixth place. Brignola dropped his quarterfinal to runner-up Daniel Cardenas but bounced back with an 11-2 decision over Braeden Scoles (Illinois) to secure his top eight finish. After a loss in the consolation quarterfinals, Brignola won by medical forfeit in his seventh place match.
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Lehigh had 17 entrants at the U23 Nationals. Along with its three place winners, three others advanced to Sunday's second day of competition. First-year Jadon Skellenger (70 kg), sophomore Jared Schoppe (86 kg) and junior Jack Wilt (92 kg) advanced to day two but were eliminated prior to securing a podium place.
Stanich photo by Sam Janicki. Ziegler photo by Stephen Maloney.
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