PRINCETON, N.J. -- A total of 28 Ivy League wrestling standouts are ready to step on the proving grounds at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI at the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 17-19.
TOURNAMENT TV SCHEDULE
| Date |
Time |
Duration |
Coverage |
| Thurs., Mar. 17 |
12 p.m. |
3:30 |
ESPNU |
| Thurs., Mar. 17 |
7 p.m. |
3:30 |
ESPN |
| Fri., Mar. 18 |
11 a.m. |
3:00 |
ESPNU |
| Fri., Mar. 18 |
8 p.m. |
3:00 |
ESPN |
| Sat., Mar. 19 |
11 a.m. |
3:00 |
ESPNU |
| Sat., Mar 19 |
7 p.m. |
3:00 |
ESPN |
23 of the Ivies punched their tickets at the EIWA Championships, one shy of tying the league record. They are joined by five wrestlers who received at-large bids —Columbia’s
Joe Manchio (125), Cornell’s
Dominic LaJoie (133),
Hunter Richard (157),
Chris Foca (174) and Princeton’s
Matthew Cover (285).
Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn and Princeton will represent the Ivy League at the NCAAs, led by nine for the Big Red.
QUICK HITTERS:
- Columbia’s Matt Kazimir becomes the first Lion to win an EIWA title since 2018 and brought home the 24th individual EIWA title in program history, becoming the 23rd to win at least one title.
- Cornell’s nine NCAA qualifiers ties a school record set eight time previously, most recently in 2016. The Big Red has sent nine qualifiers to nationals seven times since 2005.
- Philip Conigliaro won the 23rd EIWA title in program history and became Harvard’s first EIWA champion since 2016. He earned the No. 8 seed at 165 pounds.
- Penn saw nine wrestlers qualify for the 2022 NCAA Championship with place finishes at the 188th EIWA Championship. This is the most the Quakers have qualified to the NCAA championship in the history of the program.
- Princeton’s six qualifiers are tied for the second-most in program history. The Tigers’ had nine placewinners at the EIWA Championships, tying the 1975 team for the most in program history.
A 33-man tournament will be conducted in 10 weight classes (125 pounds, 133, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174, 184, 197 and heavyweight) to crown individual national champions and the top eight finishers in the double-elimination format will be honored as All-Americans. Wrestlers also accumulate points for their institution with every win as they advance through the bracket to decide the team national champion. Wrestlers will compete in seven-minute contests and have to go undefeated over five matches in three days to earn the title of NCAA national champion during the final session on Saturday evening.
Full NCAA Championship coverage can be found
here.
125:
Vito Arujau, Cornell
Patrick Glory, Princeton
Joe Manchio, Columbia (at-large)
Ryan Miller, Penn
133:
Michael Colaiocco, Penn
Dominic LaJoie, Cornell (at-large)
141:
CJ Composto, Penn
Matt Kazimir, Columbia
149:
Anthony Artalona, Penn
Yianni Diakomihalis, Cornell
Marshall Keller, Princeton
157:
Quincy Monday, Princeton
Hunter Richard, Cornell (at-large)
Doug Zapf, Penn
165:
Philip Conigliaro, Harvard
Joshua Ogunsanya, Columbia
Julian Ramirez, Cornell
Lucas Revano, Penn
174:
Chris Foca, Cornell (at-large)
Nick Incontrera, Penn
184:
Jonathan Loew, Cornell
Travis Stefanik, Princeton
197:
Jacob Cardenas, Cornell
Luke Stout, Princeton
Cole Urbas, Penn
285:
Matthew Cover, Princeton (at-large)
Lewis Fernandes, Cornell
Ben Goldin, Penn