Full NCAA Brackets / Season Statistics
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The seeds and brackets for the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships were announced Wednesday, unveiling the first-round matchups for the eight individual qualifiers for the Purdue wrestling team. The Boilermakers have four wrestlers seeded in the top eight at their respective weights, the highest number for the program since 1950.
Senior Dylan Lydy earned the top seed on the team, tagged as the No. 4 seed at 174 pounds. Lydy's seed is the best for a Boilermaker since Ben Wissel was the No. 3 seed at 184 pounds in 2006. Lydy draws Wyoming's Hayden Hastings in the first round, who finished 23-10 in his sophomore season and finished sixth at the Big 12 Championships. Lydy is 31-2 on the year, one of the best seasons in program history, recently finishing third at the Big Ten Championships.
Junior Devin Schroder earned the No. 5 seed at 125 pounds on the heels of his runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships. At 26-5 on the season, Schroder will face No. 28 seed Jackson DiSario of Stanford in the opening round in Minnesota. DiSario is 21-9 in his freshman season and finished second at the Pac-12 Championships.
Tabbed the No. 6 seed at 157 pounds, Kendall Coleman is the highest-seeded Boilermaker freshman at the national championships since Chris Fleeger was the No. 4 seed at 125 pounds in 2002, and the fifth freshman in program history to earn an NCAA seed. Coleman is 29-8 in his rookie season and finished second at the Big Ten Championships, leading the Boilermakers in takedowns. His first-round opponent is Virginia freshman Justin McCoy, who earned the No. 27 seed at 18-13 on the season and finished fourth at the ACC Championships. The first-round contest will be a rematch from the 2019 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational quarterfinals where Coleman topped McCoy 6-3.
Senior Christian Brunner is the fourth and final Boilermaker to earn a top-eight seed, nabbing the No. 6 spot at 197 pounds. Brunner is 25-6 on the season, defaulting to sixth place at the Big Ten Championships after clinching an automatic bid in the NCAA field, and with 98 career wins aims to become the 18th wrestler in program history to hit the century mark. A four-time NCAA qualifier for the Boilermakers, Brunner is just the 12th wrestler to earn a spot at the national championships in each of his four seasons at Purdue. Brunner draws a familiar opponent in Michigan's Jackson Striggow, as the two just met at the Big Ten Championships, where Brunner won a 5-2 decision to lock up an automatic bid in the field. A senior, Striggow is 20-10 on the season and finished seventh at the conference tournament.
Also learning their first-round opponents were juniors Griffin Parriott and Max Lyon, sophomore Parker Filius and freshman Thomas Penola. Parriott earned the No. 16 seed at 149 pounds on the heels of his sixth-place showing at Big Ten's and draws No. 17 seed Colston DiBlasi of George Mason. A senior, DiBlasi is 32-10 on the season and earned his bid to nationals with a fifth-place effort at the MAC Championships. Lyon was named the No. 30 seed at 184 pounds, where he'll face third-seeded Aaron Brooks of Penn State. Lyon was sixth at the conference championship, while Brooks took the Big Ten title and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year with his 15-1 record. Filius will wrestle the pigtail as the No. 32 seed at 141 pounds, facing No. 33 seed freshman Dylan Droegemueller of North Dakota State. At 15-10 on the season, Droegemueller placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships, but was not Filius' opponent when the Boilermakers wrestled the Bison in Fargo in November. Penola was named the No. 26 seed and draws seventh-seeded senior Demetrius Thomas of Pittsburgh. Thomas won the ACC Championship at heavyweight and is 21-3 on the season.
Purdue's eight NCAA entries matches its most in program history for the second straight season under head coach Tony Ersland. The Boilermakers open NCAA competition Thursday, March 19 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The seeds and brackets for the 2020 NCAA Wrestling Championships were announced Wednesday, unveiling the first-round matchups for the eight individual qualifiers for the Purdue wrestling team. The Boilermakers have four wrestlers seeded in the top eight at their respective weights, the highest number for the program since 1950.
Senior Dylan Lydy earned the top seed on the team, tagged as the No. 4 seed at 174 pounds. Lydy's seed is the best for a Boilermaker since Ben Wissel was the No. 3 seed at 184 pounds in 2006. Lydy draws Wyoming's Hayden Hastings in the first round, who finished 23-10 in his sophomore season and finished sixth at the Big 12 Championships. Lydy is 31-2 on the year, one of the best seasons in program history, recently finishing third at the Big Ten Championships.
Junior Devin Schroder earned the No. 5 seed at 125 pounds on the heels of his runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships. At 26-5 on the season, Schroder will face No. 28 seed Jackson DiSario of Stanford in the opening round in Minnesota. DiSario is 21-9 in his freshman season and finished second at the Pac-12 Championships.
Tabbed the No. 6 seed at 157 pounds, Kendall Coleman is the highest-seeded Boilermaker freshman at the national championships since Chris Fleeger was the No. 4 seed at 125 pounds in 2002, and the fifth freshman in program history to earn an NCAA seed. Coleman is 29-8 in his rookie season and finished second at the Big Ten Championships, leading the Boilermakers in takedowns. His first-round opponent is Virginia freshman Justin McCoy, who earned the No. 27 seed at 18-13 on the season and finished fourth at the ACC Championships. The first-round contest will be a rematch from the 2019 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational quarterfinals where Coleman topped McCoy 6-3.
Senior Christian Brunner is the fourth and final Boilermaker to earn a top-eight seed, nabbing the No. 6 spot at 197 pounds. Brunner is 25-6 on the season, defaulting to sixth place at the Big Ten Championships after clinching an automatic bid in the NCAA field, and with 98 career wins aims to become the 18th wrestler in program history to hit the century mark. A four-time NCAA qualifier for the Boilermakers, Brunner is just the 12th wrestler to earn a spot at the national championships in each of his four seasons at Purdue. Brunner draws a familiar opponent in Michigan's Jackson Striggow, as the two just met at the Big Ten Championships, where Brunner won a 5-2 decision to lock up an automatic bid in the field. A senior, Striggow is 20-10 on the season and finished seventh at the conference tournament.
Also learning their first-round opponents were juniors Griffin Parriott and Max Lyon, sophomore Parker Filius and freshman Thomas Penola. Parriott earned the No. 16 seed at 149 pounds on the heels of his sixth-place showing at Big Ten's and draws No. 17 seed Colston DiBlasi of George Mason. A senior, DiBlasi is 32-10 on the season and earned his bid to nationals with a fifth-place effort at the MAC Championships. Lyon was named the No. 30 seed at 184 pounds, where he'll face third-seeded Aaron Brooks of Penn State. Lyon was sixth at the conference championship, while Brooks took the Big Ten title and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year with his 15-1 record. Filius will wrestle the pigtail as the No. 32 seed at 141 pounds, facing No. 33 seed freshman Dylan Droegemueller of North Dakota State. At 15-10 on the season, Droegemueller placed fourth at the Big 12 Championships, but was not Filius' opponent when the Boilermakers wrestled the Bison in Fargo in November. Penola was named the No. 26 seed and draws seventh-seeded senior Demetrius Thomas of Pittsburgh. Thomas won the ACC Championship at heavyweight and is 21-3 on the season.
Purdue's eight NCAA entries matches its most in program history for the second straight season under head coach Tony Ersland. The Boilermakers open NCAA competition Thursday, March 19 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.