Stanich Advances to NCAA Semis, Three Mountain Hawks to Wrestle For All-America Honors Friday Night

Friday, March 20

Cleveland, Ohio

12:00 PM

Lehigh University

NCAA Championships

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Stanich Advances to NCAA Semis, Three Mountain Hawks to Wrestle For All-America Honors Friday Night

3/20/2026 4:43:00 PM | Men's Wrestling

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CLEVELAND – Sophomore Luke Stanich advanced to Friday night's semifinals and three other Mountain Hawks will wrestle for All-America honors Friday night following Session 3 of the NCAA Championships Friday afternoon at Rocket Arena.

Stanich defeated Iowa State's Anthony Echemendia 6-4 in the quarterfinals at 141 to secure his second career All-America medal. He gave up the first takedown in the opening period and trailed 3-1 after one. Trailing 4-2 early in the third period, Stanich took Echemendia down and rode out the final 1:28 to earn the victory. Stanich will face No. 1 seed and two-time defending NCAA Champion Jesse Mendez of Ohio State in the semifinals.

Wrestling in the fourth round consolations for a spot on the podium Friday evening will be graduate student Sheldon Seymour (125), senior Max Brignola (165) and junior Rylan Rogers (184).

Seymour dropped his quarterfinal bout to Oklahoma State's Troy Spratley 8-2, giving up a first period takedown and one late after a desperation attempt as he suffered his first loss of the season. He will now face Stanford's Nico Provo, looking for his second career All-America honor.

Brignola and Rogers both went 2-0 Friday afternoon to reach the blood round. In a third consecutive overtime bout, Brignola gave up a leg but scrambled back to score a neutral danger takedown to defeat Penn's Sean Seefeldt 8-5 in sudden victory. He then made a first period takedown and third period reversal stand in a 6-4 win over Drexel's Cody Walsh. Brignola will wrestle Arizona State's Nicco Ruiz for a spot on the podium. The two have split two previous meetings this season.

Rogers won both of his bouts Friday afternoon with some third period magic. He trailed North Carolina's Jake Dailey 4-2 in the third before securing a takedown and four point near fall to win 9-4. Then in his rubber match with Chris Moore from Illinois, Rogers broke a 1-1 tie with a late third period takedown and rode out two win 4-1. Rogers will face Eddie Neitenbach from Wyoming in the blood round.

Two Mountain Hawks had their seasons end Friday afternoon in the second round of consolations.

Sophomore Logan Rozynski (157) fell 4-1 to Little Rock's Javion Jones, who scored a late first period takedown. Rozynski's sophomore campaign ends at 14-5.

Leading 4-2 after two periods, senior heavyweight Nathan Taylor gave up two third period takedowns in an 8-6 loss to Nick Feldman of Ohio State. Taylor, who has another season of eligibility remaining, sees his season end at 17-5.

Lehigh finished Session 3 with 22 points, good for 12th place.

The NCAA Championships continue Friday at 8 p.m. with the championship semifinals and All-America round of 12 matches from Rocket Arena. The session will be televised on ESPN2 with streaming coverage of every mat available on ESPN+.

Gallery: (3-20-2026) NCAA Men's Wrestling, 3/20/26

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125 – No. 4 Sheldon Seymour
Rd. of 32: Fall No. 29 Tyler Chappell (Pitt) 5:38
Rd. of 16: dec. No. 13 Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) 5-4
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 5 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma St.) 8-2
Fourth round consolation: No. 7 Nico Provo (Stanford)

141 – No. 5 Luke Stanich
Rd. of 32: Tech fall No. 28 Pierson Manville (Arizona State) 21-6, 7:00
Rd. of 16: major dec. No. 21 Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) 11-2
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) 6-4
Semifinal: No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State)

157 – No. 10 Logan Rozynski
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 23 Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) 6-1
Rd. of 16: L by major dec. No. 7 Kannon Webster (Illinois) 10-1
Second round consolation: L by dec. No. 24 Jaivon Jones (Little Rock) 4-1

165 – No. 7 Max Brignola
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 26 Tyler Lillard (Indiana) 2-2, tb, rt
Rd. of 16: L by dec. No. 10 Will Denny (NC State) 12-9, sv
Second round consolation: dec. No. 24 Sean Seefeldt (Penn) 8-5, sv
Third round consolation: dec. No.32 Cody Walsh (Drexel) 6-4
Fourth round consolation: No. 4 Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State)

184 – No. 16 Rylan Rogers
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 17 Ian Bush (WVU) 8-7
Rd. of 16: L by major dec. No. 1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) 13-4
Second round consolation: dec. No. 18 Jake Dailey (North Carolina) 9-4
Third round consolation: dec. No. 9 Chris Moore (Illinois) 4-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 6 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming)

285 – No. 6 Nathan Taylor
Rd. of 32: L by dec. No. 27 Hunter Catka (Rutgers) 6-3, sv
First round consolation: major dec. No. 22 Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) 15-7
Second round consolation: L by dec. No. 5 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) 8-6

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