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NCAA Championships: Weight-By-Weight First Round Breakdown
03.09.2023 | Wrestling
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State's eight qualifiers to the 2023 NCAA Championships received their seeds and brackets during Wednesday night's selection show, which means we have First-Round matchups to analyze.
David Carr is the No. 1 seed at 165 pounds after a 22-0 regular season which included wins against the rest of the top six seeds. Paniro Johnson and Marcus Coleman are both a No. 5 seed at 149 and 184 pounds, respectively. Sam Schuyler is Iowa State's fourth top 10 seed, coming in at No. 8 in the 285-pound bracket.
Below is a weight-by-weight breakdown for all of Iowa State's First-Round matches.
133: No. 14 Zach Redding (15-10) vs. No. 19 Domenic Zaccone (12-12)
Redding, making his second appearance at the NCAA Championships, gets the No. 19 Domenic Zaccone in the First Round. Zaccone is also wrestling in his second NCAA Championships.
The two met on the first weekend of the regular season with Redding owning a 3-2 decision over Zaccone.
To view common opponents between Redding and Zaccone, click here.
141: No. 24 Casey Swiderski (11-10) vs. No. 9 Mosha Schwartz (21-4)
Freshman Casey Swiderski did not earn an allocation but successfully stole a bid to this year's NCAA Championships with a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship. He gets Oklahoma's No. 9 seed Mosha Schwartz, a two-time NCAA Qualifier, in the First Round.
Swiderski and Schwartz met in the dual earlier this season with Schwartz winning a tight one, 3-2, on a takedown with 35 seconds remaining in the third period. Schwartz battled injury at the Big 12 Championship, medical forfeiting to a sixth-place finish in the tournament.
Swiderski could see a rematch against Missouri's Allan Hart in the Second Round.
To view common opponents between Swiderski and Schwartz, click here.
149: No. 5 Paniro Johnson (17-4) vs. No. 28 Alec Hagan (20-14)
Johnson, another freshman qualifier for Iowa State, captured his first Big 12 title last weekend and is rewarded with the No. 5 seed in the national tournament. He gets Ohio's Alec Hagan, a two-time NCAA Qualifier, in the First Round.
The two have never met before in their careers.
To view common opponents between Johnson and Hagan, click here.
Paniro Johnson: Big 12 Champion.@PaniroJohnson1 x @Big12Conference pic.twitter.com/PuCtuTiumV
— Iowa State Wrestling (@CycloneWR) March 7, 2023
157: No. 25 Jason Kraisser (17-13) vs. No. 8 Ed Scott (18-7)
Kraisser is another Cyclone who failed to earn an allocation but wrestled well at the Big 12 Championship to steal an NCAA bid with a fourth-place finish. Kraisser gets NC State's Ed Scott, who will wrestle in his second NCAA Championships after falling in the blood round last season.
The pair have never met in their careers.
To view common opponents between Kraisser and Scott, click here.
165: No. 1 David Carr (22-0) vs. No. 32 Josh Kim (15-14) or No. 33 Cole Moody (17-14)
All eyes will be on the 165-pound bracket next week in Tulsa. The weight class is loaded with three past NCAA champions, another returning NCAA finalist and five more returning All-Americans, including three as double-digit seeds. Seeded No. 1 after an undefeated regular season is Carr.
The Cyclone has wins this season against the other top six seeds and 12 wrestlers in the field. Carr will get the winner of the pigtail match between Josh Kim (Harvard) and Cole Moody (Wyoming) in the First Round. Carr has never wrestled Kim and pinned Moody in 5:15 earlier this season.
Buckle up, this weight class will be fun to watch.
David Carr: Big 12 Champion again.
— Iowa State Wrestling (@CycloneWR) March 8, 2023
More to come. @Carrchamp pic.twitter.com/2Z6xQHUH63
184: No. 5 Marcus Coleman (19-3) vs. No. 28 Jacob Ferreira (22-11)
Coleman, Iowa State's second five-time NCAA Qualifier, is the No. 5 seed at 184 pounds. He gets Hofstra's Jacob Ferreira, a transfer from NC State and a sixth-place finisher at this year's EIWA Championships, in the First Round. The two have never met.
Coleman could see Iowa's Abe Assad in a Cy-Hawk rematch in the Second Round.
To view common opponents between Coleman and Ferreira, click here.
197: No. 13 Yonger Bastida (16-7) vs. No. 20 Evan Bockman (20-7)
Bastida, wrestling in his second NCAA Championships, slots as the No. 13 seed after a sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship. He will see a familiar opponent, Utah Valley's Evan Bockman, in the First Round.
The pair have already met three times this season, including twice at last week's Big 12 Championship, with Bastida holding a 2-1 advantage in the series. Bockman won their most recent clash, however, 3-2 in the fifth-place match last week.
To view common opponents between Bastida and Bockman, click here.
285: No. 8 Sam Schuyler (17-3) vs. No. 25 Michael Wolfgram (20-12)
Schuyler will make his third trip to the NCAA Championships, and second as a Cyclone, next week. Schuyler hasn't taken a loss this season to anyone worse than the No. 5 seed. He will see West Virginia's Michael Wolfgram, now a two-time NCAA Qualifier, in the First Round.
It will be the second time this season, and third ever, the pair will square off. Schuyler has beaten Wolfgram both times they have wrestled, a 4-2 decision earlier this year and a 6-4 result in sudden victory last season.
To view common opponents between Schuyler and Wolfgram, click here.
NCAA Championships Schedule
March 16 - 11 a.m. – Session I, 1st Round (ESPNU)
March 16 - 6 p.m. – Session II, 2nd Round (ESPN)
March 17 - 11 a.m. – Session III, Quarterfinals (ESPNU)
March 17 - 7 p.m. – Session IV, Semifinals (ESPN)
March 18 - 10 a.m. – Session V, Medal Matches (ESPNU)
March 18 - 6 p.m. – Session VI, Finals (ESPN)
*All times listed are central
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