Valencia Secures Spot in NCAA Finals – Stanford Cardinal
CLEVELAND – Redshirt freshman Aden Valencia superior to the finals of the NCAA Championships, whereas 4 Cardinal earned All-America honors, Friday, at Rocket Arena.
Joining Valencia as All-Americans are Nico Provo (125), Tyler Knox (133) and Angelo Posada (197). Stanford’s 4 All-Americans on the NCAA Championships is a brand new program file. The Cardinal sits in sixth place as a crew with 58 factors with in the future remaining.
Valencia is the fourth particular person Cardinal to wrestle for a nationwide title and the primary since Shane Griffith in 2021 and 2022.
The No. 10 seed at 149 kilos, Valencia will face high-seeded Shayne Van Ness of Penn State in the finals on Saturday. The Morgan Hill native is the primary Cardinal freshman to achieve the finals.
Valencia, who redshirted his first season on The Farm, defeated No. 11 seed Lachlian McNeil of Michigan, 9-5, in the semifinals.
Knox, who completed eighth final season in Philadelphia, took out No. 5 seed Kyler Larkin of Arizona State, 5-4, in the Round of 12 to turn into simply the eighth a number of-time All-American in college historical past. He will face No. 3 seed Marcus Blaze of Penn State in the comfort semifinals.
Provo, the No. 7 seed at 125 kilos, secured his first All-America honors with an 11-4 determination over No. 4 seed Sheldon Seymour of Lehigh in the Round of 12. He meets No. 14 seed Jacob Moran of Indiana in the comfort semifinals on Saturday.
Posada is the second true freshman All-American in program historical past, becoming a member of Joey McKenna (2016). The No. 9 seed at 197 kilos, he posted a 9-0 main determination towards No. 12 seed Luke Geog of Ohio State in the Round of 12. He will wrestle third-seeded Stephen Little of Little Rock in the comfort semifinals.
The medal spherical is about for 8 am PT on Saturday on ESPNU. The finals will begin at 3:30 pm PT on ESPN.
Stanford’s Tournament Results:
125 – (7) Nico Provo5-1
dec. (26) Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga), 8-2
misplaced 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
133 – (15) Tyler Knox5-1
dec. (18) Gunner Andrick (West Virginia), 10-3
misplaced 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
141 – (10) Jack Consiglio2-2
dec. (23) Dylan Chappell (Bucknell), 9-5
misplaced to (7) Nasir Bailey (Iowa), 11-5
dec. (9) Joey Olivieri (Rutgers), 10-8
misplaced to (15) Elijah Griffin (Rider), 5-3
149 – (10) Aden Valencia4-0
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 Cardenas3-2
dec. (24) Jaivon Jones (Little Rock), 7-2
misplaced 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)
misplaced to (3) Meyer Shapiro (Cornell), 4-1
165 – (27) EJ Parco2-2
dec. (6) LJ Araujo (Nebraska), 8-7
dec. (11) Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa), 4-3
misplaced to (3) Mikey Caliendo (Iowa), 14-3
misplaced to (16) Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State), 5-2 (SV)
184 – (28) Abraham Wojcikiewicz1-2
misplaced to (5) Brock Mantanona (Michigan), 14-9
tech. fall (21) Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State), 17-1 (5:11)
misplaced to (22) Zack Ryder (Oklahoma State), 10-2
197 – (9) Angelo Posada4-1
fall (24) Brock Zurawski (Rider), F2:56
dec. (25) Evan Bates (Missouri), 9-4
misplaced 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)
