Recap: Penn State wrestling has five third place finishers out of seven in medal round of the NCAA Championships
PHILADELPHIA — Penn State was nearly perfect in the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Seven Penn State wrestlers were alive to finish as high as third. Five of them did. One finished fifth. And one medically defaulted to seventh.
The Lions’ five third place finishers are Luke Lilledahl, who pinned Purdue’s Matt Ramos at 125 pounds, Beau Bartlett, who recorded his 100th and final career victory with a major decision over Penn’s CJ Composto at 141, Shayne Van Ness, who beat Ohio State’s Dylan D’Emilio by major decision, 15-4, art 149 pounds, Tyler Kasak, who beat Northwestern’s Trevor Chumbley by major decision at 157 pounds, and Levi Haines, who beat Iowa’s Patrick Kennedy 11-3 at 174 pounds.
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Braeden Davis finished fifth at 133 after pinning Connor McGonagle of Virginia Tech. And, heavyweight Greg Kerkvliet had to medically forfeit both his matches to ultimately finish sixth.
Penn State clinched its fourth consecutive team title in this session, too. Click here to read how the Lions can set a new team points record tonight. And, read a recap of the medal round below.
Luke Lilledahl pins Matt Ramos
03/22/2025 11:58:48 AMPenn State freshman Luke Lilledahl pins Matt Ramos of Purdue to finish third at 125 pounds.
Beau Bartlett ends his career with a win
03/22/2025 11:57:22 AMPenn State senior Beau Bartlett ends his college career with a 12-2 victory over No. 10 CJ Composoto of Penn. He finishes third at his final NCAA Championship.
Braeden Davis finishes fifth
03/22/2025 11:31:51 AMBraeden Davis pins Virginia Tech’s Connor McGonagle to finish fifth at 133 pounds. He is one of 10 Penn State All-Americans.
Medal round order of events
03/22/2025 11:01:59 AMSession V of the NCAA Wrestling Championships will close out as follows:
-The 10 seventh place bouts are first
-The 10 fifth place bouts follow those.
-The 10 third place bouts follow those.
Penn State has one going for fifth and five going for third. So it’ll be a bit until a Lion wrestles.
Medal round final matches
* indicates fifth place match. All others are third place matches.
125 pounds: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl, PSU vs. No. 2 Matt Ramos, Purdue
133 pounds: No. 8 Braeden Davis, Penn State vs. No. 6 Connor McGonagle, Virginia Tech*
141 pounds: No. 2 Beau Bartlett, PSU vs. No. 10 CJ Composto, Penn
149 pounds: No. 3 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs. No. 13 Dylan D’Emilio, Ohio State
157 pounds: No. 1 Tyler Kasak, PSU vs. No. 20 Trevor Chumbley, Northwestern
174 pounds: No. 2 Levi Haines, PSU vs. No. 11 Patrick Kennedy, Iowa
285 pounds: Greg Kerkvliet medically defaulted out of the tournament in the consolation semifinals to finish sixth.
Latest medal round updates
03/22/2025 10:36:52 AMPenn State has clinched the NCAA team championship. It’s the Lions’ fourth consecutive title and 12th in the last 14 tournaments. Six Nittany Lions continue to wrestle for placement in this fifth session. The seventh, heavyweight Greg Kerkvliet, has medically defaulted to sixth place.
Five Nittany Lions will wrestle for third.
Freshman Luke Lilledahl beat Virginia Tech’s Eddie Ventresca by decision, 4-1, in sudden victory to clinch a spot in the third place match at 125 pounds. He will face Matt Ramos of Purdue.
Sophomore Braeden Davis will wrestle for fifth at 133 pounds. He dropped his consolation semifinal to Wisconsin’s Zan Fuggit, 8-5. The Nittany Lion will face Connor McGonagle of Virginia Tech.
Senior Beau Bartlett is going for third at 141 pounds after beating Navy’s Josh Koderhandt 11-6 in sudden victory. He will face CJ Composoto of Penn, who he beat in the quarterfinals.
At 149 pounds, Shayne Van Ness, who clinched the team title with a first period pin of Oregon State’s Ethan Stiles, will now go for third opposite Dylan D’Emilio of Ohio State.
Sophomore Tyler Kasak is in the third place match at 157 pounds. He got there by beating Cornell’s Meyer Shapiro by fall in 4:19. He’ll face Northwerstern’s Trevor Chumbley.
Junior Levi Haines is in the third place match at 174 pounds. He beat Cornell’s Simon Ruiz, 4-1.
Tyler Kasak will wrestle for third
03/22/2025 10:35:12 AMPenn State sophomore Tyler Kasak will go for third at 157 pounds later today. He beat Cornell’s Meyer Shapiro 4-2 in a consolation semifinal.
Beau Bartlett will wrestle for third
03/22/2025 10:25:38 AMPenn State senior Beau Bartlett will wrestle for third place at 141 pounds later today. He beat Navy’s Josh Koderhandt 11-6 on the strength of a five point move in sudden victory.
Shayne Van Ness wins by fall to clinch the team title
03/22/2025 10:16:13 AMPenn State 149-pound wrestler Shayne Van Ness clinches the team title for Penn State with a pin of No. 12 Ethan Stiles Oregon State in the consolation semifinals. He’ll go for third later.
Lilledahl to go for third, Davis for fifth
03/22/2025 10:14:58 AMPenn State starts session five 1-1. Luke Lilledahl beat Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech 4-1 with a takedown 26 seconds into sudden victory. He’ll wrestle for third at 125. Braeden Davis will go for fifth at 133 pounds after losing 8-5 to Zan Fugitt of Wisconsin.
Greg Kerkvliet’s tournament is over
03/22/2025 09:53:32 AMPenn State 285-pound wrestler Greg Kerkvliet will medically default out of the NCAA Championships. He has a knee injury. “The knee is not in good shape,” Jeff Byers says on the PSU Sports Network.
The official brackets already reflect the Nittany Lions’ decision. He’ll finish sixth.
Luke Lilledahl, Braeden Davis lead off for Penn State
03/22/2025 09:50:13 AMHere’s the initial mat assignments:
Up first mat one: Eddie Ventresca, 21-4 (Virginia Tech) vs Luke Lilledahl, 23-3 (Penn State)
On deck mat one: Beau Bartlett, 24-2 (Penn State) vs Josh Koderhandt, 27-4 (Navy)
Up first mat three: Zan Fugitt, 23-8 (Wisconsin) vs Braeden Davis, 16-6 (Penn State)
On deck mat three: Shayne Van Ness, 23-3 (Penn State) vs Ethan Stiles, 19-6 (Oregon State)
First consolation bracket match for each Nittany Lion
03/22/2025 09:48:26 AMHere’s the list. Again, a win sends the Penn State wrestler to the third place match and a loss to the fifth place match.
125 pounds: No. 1 Luke Lilledahl, PSU vs. No. 3 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech*
133 pounds: No. 8 Braeden Davis, Penn State vs. No. 14 Zan Fuggit, Wisconsin*
141 pounds: No. 2 Beau Bartlett, PSU vs. No. 4 Josh Koderhandt, Navy*
149 pounds: No. 3 Shayne Van Ness, Penn State vs No. 12 Ethan Stiles, Oregon State*
157 pounds: No. 1 Tyler Kasak, PSU vs. No. 2 Meyer Shapiro, Cornell*
174 pounds: No. 2 Levi Haines, PSU vs. No. 5 Simon Ruiz, Cornell*
285 pounds: No. 3 Greg Kerkvliet, Penn State vs. No. 9 Cohlton Schultz, Arizona State*
