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Wartburg rolls to NCAA DIII men’s team title; Blume, Ross win individual crowns

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Updated: March 11, 2026

Photo: Hunter Mays (left) of TCNJ won his second national title. Photo by Darryl Henry.

Editor’s Note: WIN will provide further coverage from the NCAA DIII Men’s Championships in the upcoming Volume 32 Issue 7 Nationals Commemorative Issue!

Final Team Scores

  1. Wartburg 110.0
  2. UW-La Crosse 68.0
  3. Augsburg 67.5
  4. NYU 65.5
  5. TCNJ 58.5
  6. Roanoke 57.0
  7. Baldwin Wallace 55.5
  8. Loras 54.5
  9. Williams 45.5
  10. Central 37.5

 

Medal Rounds

125:

1st-Place Match

  • Christian Guzman (North Central (IL)) over Brayden Parke (Coe) (TF-1.5 5:18 (19-3))
3rd-Place Match

  • Alex Diaz (NYU) over Mason Jones (Manchester) (Dec 9-3)
5th-Place Match

  • Malik Asfour (Eastern) over Nico Rivera (JWU (Providence)) (MD 13-1)
7th-Place Match

  • Brett Birchman (Wartburg) over Izzy Balsiger (Wis.-Eau Claire) (Dec 8-1)

 

133:

1st-Place Match

  • Garrett Totten (TCNJ) over James Day (Wabash) (Dec 8-1)
3rd-Place Match

  • Jude Robson (Roanoke) over Jake Craig (Southern Me) (Dec 5-2)
5th-Place Match

  • Patrick Mullen (Wartburg) over Art Martinez (CWRU) (Fall 4:32)
7th-Place Match

  • Wyatt Unser (Wis.-Eau Claire) over Chance Suddeth (Augsburg) (Dec 9-2)

 

141:

1st-Place Match

  • Kade Blume (Wartburg) over Mark Samuel (Roanoke) (Dec 4-3)
3rd-Place Match

  • Pierre Baldwin (Central (IA)) over Nico Diaz (Stevens) (Dec 8-6)
5th-Place Match

  • Hayden Myers (Wesleyan (CT)) over Vincent Santaniello (TCNJ) (Dec 3-2)
7th-Place Match

  • Isaias Torres (Ithaca) over Cole Becker (Augsburg) (MD 13-3)

 

149:

1st-Place Match

  • Cade Siebrecht (Central (IA)) over Dominik Mallinder (Wis.-Whitewater) (Dec 4-1)
3rd-Place Match

  • Thomas Monn (McDaniel) over Maksim Mukhamedaliyev (UChicago) (Fall 0:48)
5th-Place Match

  • Matt Randolph (Augsburg) over Nate Fitt (Coast Guard) (Dec 6-4)
7th-Place Match

  • Angelo Centrone (Cortland) over Caleb Seyfried (Williams) (MD 13-4)

 

157:

1st-Place Match

  • Peter Kane (Williams) over Rhenzo Augusto (Elmhurst) (Dec 4-1)
3rd-Place Match

  • Charlie Dojan (Wartburg) over Ryan Smith (Stevens) (Dec 11-4)
5th-Place Match

  • Eric Kinkaid (Loras) over Liam Flanagan (Wash. & Lee) (Dec 3-2)
7th-Place Match

  • Joe Penchi (Wis.-La Crosse) over Trent Mahoney (Albright) (Dec 15-12)

 

165:

1st-Place Match

  • Tanner Gerber (Wis.-La Crosse) over Andrew Supers (Baldwin Wallace) (Dec 4-0)
3rd-Place Match

  • Keegan Demarest (Messiah) over Brayden Peet (Wis.-Whitewater) (Dec 3-2)
5th-Place Match

  • Jack Richardson (JWU (Providence)) over Clayton McDonough (Luther) (Dec 16-9)
7th-Place Match

  • Bo Koedam (Coe) over Aiden Smith (Adrian) (MD 12-2)

 

174: 

1st-Place Match

  • Hunter Mays (TCNJ) over Bryce McDonough (Luther) (Dec 8-6)
3rd-Place Match

  • Dustin Bohren (Loras) over Jake Deguire (Springfield) (MD 12-1)
5th-Place Match

  • Ty Finn (NYU) over Noah Leisgang (Wis.-La Crosse) (MFFL)
7th-Place Match

  • Thomas West (Baldwin Wallace) over Xavier Preston (Roanoke) (TF-1.5 3:57 (15-0))

 

184:

1st-Place Match

  • Kasey Ross (Wartburg) over Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) (Dec 5-0)
3rd-Place Match

  • Jamie Evarts (Williams) over Brandt Bombard (Augsburg) (SV-1 8-5)
5th-Place Match

  • Robert Flege (Wis.-La Crosse) over Hunter Moore (Roanoke) (Dec 5-1)
7th-Place Match

  • Easton Hull (Wis.-Stevens Point) over Justin Mayes (NYU) (Dec 6-3)

 

197:

1st-Place Match

  • Mohammad Talebi (NYU) over Josh Stahl (York (PA)) (Dec 10-5)
3rd-Place Match

  • Ethan Winkelman (Augsburg) over Gunnar Garriques (UChicago) (MD 15-3)
5th-Place Match

  • Joseph Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) over Myles Johnson (Ohio Northern) (Fall 2:27)
7th-Place Match

  • Cal Dorota (Wartburg) over Gabe Monroe (Coast Guard) (Dec 13-6)

 

285:

1st-Place Match

  • Josh Harkless (RIT) over Mitch Williamson (Wartburg) (Dec 4-1)
3rd-Place Match

  • Jonah Clark (Loras) over Andrew Vanscoy (Baldwin Wallace) (MD 15-4)
5th-Place Match

  • Carl DiGiorgio (Coast Guard) over Markos Mihalopoulos (Wis.-La Crosse) (MD 12-3)
7th-Place Match

  • Titus Waters (Wabash) over Mohamed Abdelatty (Ursinus) (Dec 7-4)