2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships: Semifinal matchups set across all 10 weight classes
The 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championship semifinals are set after some banner quarterfinal matchups. All 20 remaining championship wrestlers are All-Americans and one win away from the big stage.
Going into Friday night, all of these wrestlers will have a shot at wrestling on the solo stage Saturday night in front of 19,000 in attendance. But first, the semifinals highlight one of the best days of wrestling period.
Below are the semifinal pairings across all 10 weight classes for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships.
125 lbs.
No. 8 Richie Figueroa (Arizona State) vs. 12 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)
No. 3 Drake Ayala (Iowa) vs. No. 10 Eric Barnett (Wisconsin)
No more top seeds in this bracket! Figueroa knocked off Penn State’s Braeden Davis and will get a former All-American in Noto. Ayala and Barnett is an all Big Ten affair.
133 lbs.
No. 1 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 5 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan)
No. 2 Ryan Crookham (Lehigh) vs. No. 6 Vito Arujau (Cornell)
Fix needed overtime but the got the win while Ragusin avenged his Big Ten finals loss against Rutgers’ Dylan Shawver. Crookham and Arujau will battle once again.
141 lbs.
No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) vs. No. 5 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State)
No. 2 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) vs. No. 6 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
Mendez is a freight train and hasn’t stopped since winning that Big Ten title. Echemendia will now face him in a matchup against his former school. Bartlett gets McNeil, who upset last year’s finalist Real Woods (Iowa).
149 lbs.
No. 1 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) vs. No. 4 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech)
No. 2 Kyle Parco (Arizona State) vs. No. 6 Austin Gomez (Michigan)
Lovett’s quest to return to the NCAA finals is almost complete. He gets a challenge in Henson Friday night. Parco became a five-time All-American with the win and gets the high flying Gomez.
157 lbs.
No. 1 Levi Haines (Penn State) vs. No. 12 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech)
No. 2 Jacori Teemer (Arizona State) vs. No. 6 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford)
Haines is back in the semifinals and it could be a wild one with the always unpredictable Andonian. Teemer and Cardenas meet in a Pac-12 showdown tonight.
165 lbs.
No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) vs. No. 4 David Carr (Iowa State)
No. 2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) vs. No. 6 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa)
O’Toole and Carr are set to meet for the fifth time in their careers. The series is tied 2-2 and the winner gets a spot in the finals. Mesenbrink and Caliendo go toe to toe again, this time for a spot on the big stage.
174 lbs.
No. 4 Shane Griffith (Michigan)vs. No. 9 Carter Starocci (Penn State)
No. 6 Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) vs. No. 7 Lenox Wollack (Columbia)
Griffith trailed 5-0 and battled back for the win 8-7. Both he and Starocci are dealing with knee injuries going into tonight, but this would-be NCAA final is now a semifinal based on the seedings. Welsh and Wollack survived a wide open end of the bracket.
184 lbs.
No. 1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI) vs. No. 4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State)
No. 2 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) vs. No. 3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State)
Keckeisen dominated once again and will take on Munoz, which should be fireworks. Salazar and Plott cruised to their wins and all the seeds held going into Friday night.
197 lbs.
No. 1 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) vs. No. 12 Rocky Elam (Missouri)
No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State) vs. No. 3 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State)
Brooks got a pin and eased his way into the semifinals as he searches for his fourth national title. Elam is the lowest seed remaining here. Hidlay and Sloan should be an absolute war.
285 lbs.
No. 1 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) vs. No. 4 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)
No. 3 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) vs. No. 10 Lucas Davison (Michigan)
Kerkvliet held on for a 1-0 win while Schultz won in overtime to get to this point. Davison pulled off the upset over No. 2 Yonger Bastida of Iowa State with a takedown at the buzzer. Hendrickson is going to be a handful.
How to watch 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Fans not in attendance for this year’s NCAA Wrestling Tournament have the option of streaming on Fubo TV. Below is how to watch across all sessions!
Dates: Friday-Saturday (March 22nd to 23rd)
Session 4 (Semifinals and Blood Round): 8:00 p.m ET (Friday)
Session 5 (Consolations and Medal Rounds): 12:00 p.m. ET (Saturday)
Session 6 (Finals): 7:00 p.m. ET (Saturday)
Location: T-Mobile Center (Kansas City, MO)
Channel: ESPN and ESPNU
Live Stream: Fubo TV (Try for free)