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2012 NCAA Championships

149 lb

Champion Frank Molinaro, Penn State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd, 5th, and 7th place bouts

  1. 1Frank MolinaroPSU
  2. 2Dylan NessMINN
  3. 3Donnie VinsonBING
  4. 4Cam TessariOHST
  5. 5Tyler NaumanPITT
  6. 6Justin AccordinoHOF
  7. 7Scott SakaguchiORST
  8. 8Nick LesterOU

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Josh Wilson, Utah Valley over Kyle Bradley, Missouri — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bryce Busler, Bloomsburg (PA) over Taylor Walsh (11), Indiana (IN) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  2. Cole VonOhlen (3), Air Force (CO) over Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 4:34 · View bout
  3. Corey Jantzen, Harvard (MA) over Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Dylan Ness (7), Minnesota over Shane Welsh, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  5. Eric Grajales (8), Michigan over Stephen Robertson, Pennsylvania — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  6. Frank Molinaro (1), Penn State over Chris Villalonga, Cornell (NY) — MD 9–0 · View bout
  7. Ian Miller (5), Kent State (OH) over Eric Terrazas, Illinois — Fall 0:57 · View bout
  8. Jamal Parks (2), Oklahoma State over Gus Sako, Virginia — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  9. Josh Wilson, Utah Valley over Mario Mason, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  10. Justin Accordino, Hofstra (NY) over Ivan Lopouchanski (12), Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  11. Kevin Tao, American (DC) over Dan Osterman, Michigan State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  12. Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech over David Habat (9), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  13. Nick Lester, Oklahoma over Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  14. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State over Matthew Nereim, North Carolina State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  15. Steve Santos, Columbia (NY) over Owen Wilkinson, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  16. Tyler Nauman (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dean Pavlou, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Cole VonOhlen (3), Air Force (CO) over Steve Santos, Columbia (NY) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Dylan Ness (7), Minnesota over Corey Jantzen, Harvard (MA) — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  3. Eric Grajales (8), Michigan over Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Frank Molinaro (1), Penn State over Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  5. Jamal Parks (2), Oklahoma State over Josh Wilson, Utah Valley — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  6. Justin Accordino, Hofstra (NY) over Ian Miller (5), Kent State (OH) — Fall 3:33 · View bout
  7. Nick Lester, Oklahoma over Kevin Tao, American (DC) — TF 16–0 · View bout
  8. Tyler Nauman (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Bryce Busler, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dylan Ness (7), Minnesota over Jamal Parks (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Frank Molinaro (1), Penn State over Eric Grajales (8), Michigan — MD 10–2 · View bout
  3. Justin Accordino, Hofstra (NY) over Nick Lester, Oklahoma — MD 11–3 · View bout
  4. Tyler Nauman (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Cole VonOhlen (3), Air Force (CO) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dylan Ness (7), Minnesota over Tyler Nauman (6), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Frank Molinaro (1), Penn State over Justin Accordino, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Frank Molinaro (1), Penn State over Dylan Ness (7), Minnesota — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation opening round · 1 bout

  1. Kyle Bradley, Missouri over Matthew Nereim, North Carolina State — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State over Shane Welsh, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. David Habat (9), Edinboro (PA) over Stephen Robertson, Pennsylvania — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Dan Osterman, Michigan State — Fall 2:55 · View bout
  4. Eric Terrazas, Illinois over Ivan Lopouchanski (12), Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Gus Sako, Virginia over Mario Mason, Rutgers (NJ) — MFF · View bout
  6. Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern (IL) over Owen Wilkinson, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 2:30 · View bout
  7. Kyle Bradley, Missouri over Chris Villalonga, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  8. Taylor Walsh (11), Indiana (IN) over Dean Pavlou, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 1:02 · View bout

Consolation round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State over Kevin Tao, American (DC) — Fall 5:51 · View bout
  2. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Corey Jantzen, Harvard (MA) — TF 16–1 · View bout
  3. Eric Terrazas, Illinois over Josh Wilson, Utah Valley — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Gus Sako, Virginia over Ian Miller (5), Kent State (OH) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  5. Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern (IL) over Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  6. Kyle Bradley, Missouri over Bryce Busler, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  7. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State over Taylor Walsh (11), Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  8. Steve Santos, Columbia (NY) over David Habat (9), Edinboro (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State over Gus Sako, Virginia — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Eric Terrazas, Illinois — Fall 2:32 · View bout
  3. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State over Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Steve Santos, Columbia (NY) over Kyle Bradley, Missouri — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State over Cole VonOhlen (3), Air Force (CO) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Eric Grajales (8), Michigan — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  3. Nick Lester, Oklahoma over Steve Santos, Columbia (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State over Jamal Parks (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State over Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Nick Lester, Oklahoma — MD 16–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State over Justin Accordino, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Tyler Nauman (6), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Donnie Vinson (4), Binghamton (NY) over Cam Tessari (10), Ohio State — Dec 12–10 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tyler Nauman (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Justin Accordino, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

7th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Scott Sakaguchi, Oregon State over Nick Lester, Oklahoma — Dec 1–0 · View bout