CLEVELAND - Nico Provo finished third, while Tyler Knox and Angelo Posada took sixth in the medal round of the NCAA Championships, Saturday, at Rocket Arena.
Provo, the No. 7 seed at 125 pounds, posted an 8-1 decision over No. 14 seed Jacob Moran of Indiana in the consolation semifinal to set up a third meeting of the season with defending national champion Vincent Robinson.
In the third-place bout, Provo dominated 12th-seeded Robinson, 10-2, to pick up his third win of the season over the defending national champion. A native of Stratford, Connecticut, Provo’s third-place finish is the highest by a Cardinal 125-pounder in school history.
Knox, the No. 15 seed at 133 pounds, placed sixth, climbing two spots higher on the podium than last season. He is the eighth wrestler in program history to earn multiple NCAA All-America honors, and his sixth-place showing is the best by a Stanford 133-pounder at the national tournament.
Posada also secured a sixth-place finish for the Cardinal. The No. 9 seed at 197 pounds, he is just the second true freshman All-American in program history.
Redshirt freshman Aden Valencia, the No. 10 seed at 149 pounds, will face top-seeded Shayne Van Ness of Penn State in the finals tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT on ESPN.
Stanford’s Tournament Results through Session V:
125 - (7) Nico Provo, 7-1 (3rd)
dec. (26) Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga), 8-2
lost to (10) Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton), 4-2
maj. dec. (25) Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska), 16-4
dec. (16) Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State), 8-2
dec. (4) Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh), 11-3
maj. dec. (11) Tyler Klinsky (Rider), 11-3
dec. (14) Jacob Moran (Indiana), 8-1
maj. dec. (12) Vincent Robinson (NCST), 10-2
133 - (15) Tyler Knox, 5-3 (6th)
dec. (18) Gunner Andrick (West Virginia), 10-3
lost to (2) Ben Davino (Ohio State), 21-5 (4:18)
dec. (16) Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin), 10-7
dec. (23) Braxton Brown (Maryland), 11-6
dec. (5) Kaleb Larkin (Arizona State), 5-4
dec. (13) Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska), 6-3
lost to (3) Marcus Blaze (Penn State), 20-4 (5:46)
lost to (6) Drake Ayala (Iowa), 16-5
141 - (10) Jack Consiglio, 2-2
dec. (23) Dylan Chappell (Bucknell), 9-5
lost to (7) Nasir Bailey (Iowa), 11-5
dec. (9) Joey Olivieri (Rutgers), 10-8
lost to (15) Elijah Griffin (Rider), 5-3
149 - (10) Aden Valencia, 4-0
maj. dec. (23) Max Petersen (North Dakota State), 18-6
dec. (7) Ethan Stiles (Ohio State), 7-5
dec. (2) Jaxson Joy (Cornell), 12-9
dec. (11) Lachlian McNeil (Michigan), 9-5
157 - (9) Daniel Cardenas, 3-2
dec. (24) Jaivon Jones (Little Rock), 7-2
lost to (8) Brandon Cannon (Ohio State), 8-7
maj. dec. (23) Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo), 15-6
tech. fall (18) DJ McGee (George Mason), 17-2 (7:00)
lost to (3) Meyer Shapiro (Cornell), 4-1
165 - (27) EJ Parco, 2-2
dec. (6) LJ Araujo (Nebraska), 8-7
dec. (11) Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa), 4-3
lost to (3) Mikey Caliendo (Iowa), 14-3
lost to (16) Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State), 5-2 (SV)
184 - (28) Abraham Wojcikiewicz, 1-2
lost to (5) Brock Mantanona (Michigan), 14-9
tech. fall (21) Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State), 17-1 (5:11)
lost to (22) Zack Ryder (Oklahoma State), 10-2
197 - (9) Angelo Posada, 4-3 (6th)
fall (24) Brock Zurawski (Rider), F2:56
dec. (25) Evan Bates (Missouri), 9-4
lost to (1) Josh Barr (Penn State), 19-3 (4:51)
maj. dec. (12) Luke Geog (Ohio State), 19-8
dec. (16) Branson John (Maryland), 5-2 (SV)
lost to (3) Stephen Little (Little Rock), 14-4
lost to (11) Camden McDanel (Nebraska), 13-6