Big Ten Wrestling Championships Pre-Seeds Announced

Rosemont, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference released its preliminary seeding for the 2019 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, scheduled for March 9-10 in Minneapolis, Minn. NU is one of six Big Ten teams to have at least nine wrestlers seeded in their weight class. These seeds will be confirmed and finalized in bracket form by league coaches on March 8 prior to the start of the tournament.

The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference's coaches, rank the top eight wrestlers in three weight classes, along with all 14 starters in seven weight classes due to the Big Ten receiving nine or more NCAA Championships qualifier allocations in those classes.

Nine different Huskers earned pre-seeds for the tournament. Senior Tyler Berger earned the highest seed of the NU participants, as he will be the #2 seed at 157 pounds entering the weekend. Berger finished 4th at last year’s Big Ten Championships. This season, he holds a 22-2 overall record and is 16-1 in dual action. Berger is 8-1 against ranked opponents this season and has won ten bouts by bonus points.
 
Four other Huskers earned top five seeds in their weight class. Taylor Venz (184) comes in at No. 3 for the 184-pound bracket. Isaiah White (165) and Mikey Labriola (174) are each ranked No. 4 at 165 and 174 pounds, respectively. Eric Schultz (197) rounds out the group as the No. 5 seed in his class.
 
Others seeded for NU include redshirt senior Zeke Moisey (#7) at 125 pounds, 133-pounder Jevon Parrish (#13) and 141-pounder Chad Red Jr. (#8). Heavyweight David Jensen ranks as the #7 wrestler in his class according to the pre-seeds.

 

Jordan Shearer (149) is the only unseeded Husker who will participate in the Big Ten Championships. The redshirt junior from Fargo, N.D. is 6-6 in dual action this season and will be making his first appearance at Big Ten’s.
 
To qualify automatically for the NCAA Championships from March 21-23 in Pittsburgh, each Husker will have to finish within the threshold listed at his weight. The Big Ten leads the country with 78 of the total 286 automatic bids on the table, with a total conference breakdown below.
 
Session I of the Big Ten Championships is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CT on Saturday, March 9.

125 lbs.
1. Sebastian Rivera, NU
2. Spencer Lee, IOWA
3. Sean Russell, MINN
4. RayVon Foley, MSU
5. Travis Piotrowski, ILL
6. Drew Mattin, MICH
7. Zeke Moisey, NEB
8. Malik Heinselman, OSU
9. Devin Schroder, PUR
10. Elijah Oliver, IND
11. Brandon Cray, MD
12. Devin Schnupp, PSU
13. Shane Metzler, RU
14. Ethan Rotondo, WIS
 
133 lbs.
1. Stevan Micic, MICH
2. Austin DeSanto, IOWA
3. Nick Suriano, RU
4. Roman Bravo-Young, PSU
5. Luke Pletcher, OSU
6. Ethan Lizak, MINN
7. Ben Thornton, PUR
8. Dylan Duncan, ILL
9. Anthony Tutolo, MSU
10. Colin Valdiviez, NU
11. Jens Lantz, WIS
12. Paul Konrath, IND
13. Jevon Parrish, NEB
14. Orion Anderson, MD
 
141 lbs.
1. Michael Carr, ILL
2. Nick Lee, PSU
3. Joey McKenna, OSU
4. Tristan Moran, WIS
5. Kanen Storr, MICH
6. Mitch McKee, MINN
7. Max Murin, IOWA
8. Chad Red Jr., NEB
9. Peter Lipari, RU
10. Nate Limmex, PUR
11. Kyle Luigs, IND
12. Austin Eicher, MSU
13. Danny Bertoni, MD
14. Alec McKenna, NU
 
149 lbs.
1. Anthony Ashnault, RU
2. Micah Jordan, OSU
3. Pat Lugo, IOWA
4. Thomas Thorn, MINN
5. Cole Martin, WIS
6. Brady Berge, PSU
7. Shayne Oster, NU
8. Malik Amine, MICH
 
157 lbs.
1. Jason Nolf, PSU
2. Tyler Berger, NEB
3. Ryan Deakin, NU
4. Alec Pantaleo, MICH
5. Kaleb Young, IOWA
6. Steve Bleis, MINN
7. Ke-Shawn Hayes, OSU
8. Eric Barone, ILL
9. Griffin Parriott, PUR
10. John Van Brill, RU
11. Jake Danishek, IND
12. Jake Tucker, MSU
13. Garret Model, WIS
14. Alex Whitesell, MD
 
165 lbs.
1. Vincenzo Joseph, PSU
2. Alex Marinelli, IOWA
3. Evan Wick, WIS
4. Isaiah White, NEB
5. Logan Massa, MICH
6. Te'Shawn Campbell, OSU
7. Bryce Martin, IND
8. Carson Brolsma, MINN
9. Joseph Gunter, ILL
10. Tyler Morland, NU
11. Phillip Spadafora, MD
12. Stephan Glasgow, RU
13. Austin Hiles, MSU
14. Cole Wysocki, PUR
 
174 lbs.
1. Mark Hall, PSU
2. Myles Amine, MICH
3. Dylan Lydy, PUR
4. Mikey Labriola, NEB
5. Devin Skatzka, MINN
6. Ethan Smith, OSU
7. Ryan Christensen, WIS
8. Drew Hughes, MSU
9. Jospeh Grello, RU
10. Mitch Bowman, IOWA
11. Carver James, ILL
13. Jake Covaciu, IND
14. Josh Ugalde, MD
15. Braxton Cody, NU
 
184 lbs.
1. Myles Martin, OSU
2. Shakur Rasheed, PSU
3. Taylor Venz, NEB
4. Emery Parker, ILL
5. Cash Wilcke, IOWA
6. Mason Reinhardt, WIS
7 .Jelani Embree, MICH
8. Max Lyon, PUR
9. Nicholas Gravina, RU
10. Cameron Caffey, MSU
11. Norman Conley, IND
12. Brandon Krone, MINN
13. Kyle Jasenski, MD
14. Brendan Devine, NU
 
197 lbs.
1. Bo Nickal, PSU
2. Kollin Moore, OSU
3. Jacob Warner, IOWA
4. Christian Brunner, PUR
5. Eric Schultz, NEB
6. Jackson Striggow, MICH
7. Dylan Anderson, MINN
8. Brad Wilton, MSU
 
285 lbs.
1. Gable Steveson, MINN
2. Anthony Cassar, PSU
3. Mason Parris, MICH
4. Trent Hilger, WIS
5. Chase Singletary, OSU
6. Conan Jennings, NU
7. David Jensen, NEB
8. Sam Stoll, IOWA