Huskies seek fourth straight, sixth overall National Title in Gateway City
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 3 St. Cloud State Wrestling is set to compete at the 2022 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships, slated to take place March 11-12 at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo. The Huskies are seeking their fourth consecutive team National Championship and sixth in the last seven years this weekend after winning national titles in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021 (no championships held in 2020 due to pandemic).
Each day of the tournament will have two sessions, cumulating with the championship finals matches on Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. CT. All sessions will be streamed through NCAA.com.
The Huskies enter the championships following their 11th consecutive NSIC Championship and sixth consecutive Super Region V Championship. The Huskies closed off a 14-1 dual season and a perfect 7-0 mark in NSIC duals with a 30-6 win over No. 10 Augustana and Feb. 17. The win increased the Huskies’ dual win streak to a remarkable 88 consecutive victories. At the Super Region V Championships in Moorhead on Feb. 26, the Huskies won their sixth consecutive team title with 136.5 points while five won individual titles.
NCAA QUALIFIERS
Paxton Creese, So. | 125 pounds
2021-22 record: 18-2 (3 MD, 4 TF, 3 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 3
NWCA Rank: No. 3
First Round Matchup: Cody Fatzinger, Western Colorado (15-8)
2022 Super Region V Champion
First-time NCAA Qualifier
Garrett Vos, R-Sr. | 133 pounds
2021-22 record: 20-2 (6 MD, 3 TF, 2 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 7
NWCA Rank: No. 7
First Round Matchup: Tanner Hitchcock, Lindenwood (8-3)
Four-time NCAA Qualifier
Three-time NCAA All-American (2019 133 6th, 2020 133, 2021 133 2nd)
Joseph Bianchini, R-Jr. | 141 pounds
2021-22 record: 26-0 (5 MD, 3 TF, 5 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 1
NWCA Rank: No. 1
First Round Matchup: Joel Cawoski, Seton Hill (19-7)
2022 Super Region V Champion
Three-time NCAA Qualifier
Two-time NCAA All-American (2020 141, 2021 141 2nd)
Nicholas Novak, Fr. | 149 pounds
2021-22 record: 20-4 (6 MD, 7 TF, 1 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 7
NWCA Rank: No. 7
First Round Matchup: Darick Lapaglia, Central Missouri (19-7)
2022 Super Region V Champion
First-time NCAA Qualifier
Anthony Herrera, R-So. | 157 pounds
2021-22 record: 18-1 (1 MD, 1 TF, 1 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 1
NWCA Rank: No. 1
First Round Matchup: Tyler Swiderski, Lake Erie (23-7)
2022 Super Region V Champion
First-time NCAA Qualifier
Two-time NJCAA All-American
Noah Ryan, R-Sr. | 197 pounds
2021-22 record: 23-0 (4 MD, 1 TF, 2 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 2
NWCA Rank: No. 2
First Round Matchup: Tereus Henry, Fort Hays State (27-10)
2022 Super Region V Champion
Three-time NCAA Qualifier
Two-time NCAA All-American (2020 197, 2021 197 7th)
Kameron Teacher, R-Sr. | 285 pounds
2021-22 record: 15-1 (4 MD, 1 TF, 4 Fall)
NCAA seed: No. 4
NWCA Rank: No. 4
First Round Matchup: Cameron Coffman, Lander (13-8)
Five-time NCAA Qualifier
2021 NCAA National Champion (285)
Four-time NCAA All-American (2017 285 2nd, 2018 285 2nd, 2019 285 3rd, 2021 285 1st)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
March 11
Session 1, 11:00 a.m. CT (six mats)
Preliminaries and first round
Session 2, 5:00 p.m. CT (six mats)
Second Round Championship
First and Second Round Consolation
March 12
Session 3, 10:00 a.m. CT (four mats)
Championship semifinals
Third round consolation, Consolation Semifinals
3rd, 5th, 7th Place Matches
Parade of All-Americans, 6:40 p.m. CT
Session 4, 7:00 p.m. CT (one mat)
Championships Finals
Team Awards Ceremony (immediately following)
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