NCAA Wrestling Saturday Recap: Yianni Diakomihalis wins fourth title, Penn St. Louis Winning the team title

Tulsa, Okla. – Happy Saturday from the BOK Center, as the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships wrapped up.

Penn State has won the team title, its tenth under head coach Kyle Sanderson, all coming since 2011. In addition, Cornell’s Yanni Diakomihalis became the fifth wrestler in NCAA history to win four individual Division I titles after going 4-2 in the Finals. On Sammy Sasso of Ohio, £149.

Iowa finished second with 82.5 total points and six All-Americans. Real Woods (141) finished second after losing 6-4 in the finals to Andrew Alleriz of Northern Colorado. Tony Cassiopi (285) was fourth, Nelson Brands (174) and Jacob Warner (197) were fifth, and Spencer Lee (125) and Max Morin (149) were sixth.

Iowa finished 11th overall with two All-Americans. David Carr (165) finished second, losing 8-2 to Keegan O’Toole of Missouri in Saturday’s Finals. Marcus Coleman (184) finished fifth. Parker Kickeisen (184) finished second, leading Northern Iowa to a team-high 16th overall with 29 points.

In addition, South Dakota’s Tanner Sloane, an Alburnite native, is an NCAA Finalist at 197 pounds, and Michael Blokus of Minnesota, a three-time Iowa state champion, is eighth at 149 pounds.

Here are the team’s final scores and results from Saturday night’s finals – plus full results from Saturday’s early session as well.

“The sting is always there”:After the loss of Spencer Lee, Iowa moved up to #2 with 6 All-Americans

2023 NCAA Wrestling Finals Results

• 157 lbs: #1 Austin O’Connor (North Carolina) dec. #2 Levi Haines (Penn State), 6-2

• 165 lbs: #2 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) dec. #1 David Carr (Iowa State), 8-2

• 174 lbs: #1 Carter Starucci (Penn State) pinned #2 Mickey Labriola (Nebraska) in 2:46

• 184 lbs: #3 Aaron Brooks (Penn State) dec. #1 Parker Kickison (Northern Iowa), 7-2

• 197 lbs: #1 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) dec. #7 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State), 5-3

• 285 lbs: #1 Mason Paris (Michigan) dec. #3 Greg Kirkfleet (Penn State), 5-1

• 125 lbs: #2 Pat Glory (Princeton) dec. #4 Matt Ramos (Purdue), 4-1

• 133 lbs: #3 Vito Uruguay (Cornell) dec. #1 Roman Bravo Young (Penn State), 10-4

• 141 lbs: #2 Andrew Allers (North Colorado) dec. #1 Real Woods (Iowa), 6-4

• 149 lbs: #1 Yanni Diakomihalis (Cornell) dec. #2 Sami Sasso (Ohio State), 4-2

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Final results for the NCAA wrestling team

1. Penn State, 137.5

2. Iowa, 82.5

3. Cornell, 76.5

4. Ohio State, 70.5

5. Missouri, 64.5

6. Arizona State, 55

7. Michigan, 58.5

8. Nebraska, 54

9. Virginia Tech, 49

10. North Carolina State, 48

11. Iowa, 47

12. North Carolina, 42

13. Princeton, 37.5

14. South Dakota State, 37

15. Minnesota, 30.5

16. Northern Iowa, 29

NCAA Wrestling, day two recap:Iowa is in second place. Woods, Carr, Kikizen, Sloane reach the NCAA Finals

Session 5 matches for Iowa State, Iowa State, and UNI Gladiators

125 pounds

149 pounds

• Condolence semi-final rounds: #8 Max Morin (Iowa) lost 4-3 to #3 Kyle Barko (Arizona State).

• Fifth place match: #8 Max Morin (Iowa) lost 12-3 vs. #4 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech)

• Seventh place match: #10 Michael Blokus (Minnesota) lost 6-2 to #6 Brock Mueller (Missouri)

174 pounds

184 pounds

• Condolence semi-final rounds: #5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) lost 5-2 to #2 Trent Headley (NC State)

• Fifth place match: #5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) won by medical over #4 Trey Munoz (Oregon State)

197 pounds

285 pounds

Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for The Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @tweet.

This article originally appeared in the Des Moines Register: NCAA Wrestling Saturday Recap: PSU wins team title, Yianni wins No. 4