2025 NCWA Men’s National Duals Day 1 Recap
The first day of the 2025 NCWA Men's National Duals is complete and there were some big upsets, both team-wise and individually!
Team Scores:
Pool A
#1 Apprentice - 47 #5 Central Florida - 10
#3 Thomas More - 59 #7 Colorado State - 0
#1 Apprentice - 53 #7 Colorado State - 9
#3 Thomas More - 37 #5 Central Florida - 20
#1 Apprentice - 39 #3 Thomas More - 14
#5 Central Florida - 50 #7 Colorado State - 10
Pool B
#2 Liberty - 32 #6 Washington State - 25
#4 Life (NCWA) - 56 #8 East Carolina - 0
#2 Liberty - 55 #8 East Carolina - 6
#4 Life (NCWA) - 48 #6 Washington State - 12
#4 Life (NCWA) - 39 #2 Liberty - 9
#6 Washington State - 53 #8 East Carolina - 9
Day 2 - Quarterfinal Bracket:
Top Half
#1 Apprentice vs. #8 East Carolina
#2 Liberty vs. #5 Central Florida
Bottom Half
#3 Thomas More vs. #6 Washington State
#4 Life (NCWA) vs. #8 Colorado State
Notable Matches (Ranking Upsets shown in Bold)
133 - #1 Bruno Alves (Apprentice) mdec #3 Kevin Kerns (Central Florida, 141) 11-1
125 - #15 Trevor Wilcox (Thomas More) dec #12 Charlie Smiarowski (Central Florida) 5-2
133 - #3 Kevin Kerns (Central Florida, 141) fall #17 Matthew Ellis (Thomas More) 3:35
125 - #15 Trevor Wilcox (Thomas More) tech fall #3 Lucas VanNostrand (Apprentice) 21-5
133 - #17 Matthew Ellis (Thomas More) dec #1 Bruno Alves (Apprentice) 12-9
149 - #5 David Norris (Apprentice) dec #7 Hunter Isaacs (Thomas More) 13-7
165 - #5 Landon Kissell (Apprentice) dec #2 Jahmon Spiller (Thomas More, 174) 5-4
149 - 3x-All-American Thomas McCane (Central Florida) tech fall #18 Fernando Luna (Colorado State)
133 - #6 Blaise Verdino (Liberty) dec #10 Kobe Bui (Washington State) 10-4
141 - #8 Ryan Wilson (Washington State, 149) dec #19 Garrett Good (Liberty, 149) 4-0
197 - #11 David Darroch (Washington State) mdec #6 Gabriel Hayes (Liberty, 184) 11-0
285 - #3 Wade Wheeler (Washington State) fall #5 Evann Tauscher (Washington State, 235) 2:48
184 - UR Bruce Dudley (East Carolina) fall #13 Paul Moore (Liberty, 197) 3:29
133 - #14 Ethan Sellers (Life) fall #10 Kobe Bui (Washington State) 2:36
149 - #6 Camron Crump (Life) dec #9 Josiah Johnson (Washington State) 12-8
157 - UR Avant Stepherson (Life) fall #3 Mitchell Helgert (Washington State) 6:49
197 - UR Ryan Krimpelbein (Life) fall #11 David Darroch (Washington State) 1:13
235 - #6 Devin Dudley (Life) tech fall #10 Keelan Mitcham (Washington State) 22-7
285 - UR Spencer Dacus (Life) fall #5 Evann Tauscher (Washington State, 235) 0:19
133 - #14 Ethan Sellers (Life) tech fall #6 Blaise Verdino (Liberty) 16-1
141 - UR Jayden Colon (Life) dec #19 Garrett Good (Liberty, 149) 14-10
157 - UR Avant Stepherson (Life) tech fall #5 Matox Allen (Liberty) 22-6
165 - #7 Drake Bowers (Liberty) dec UR Enrique Santana (Life) 12-9
174 - #11 Connor Edwards (Life) dec #15 Syler Weber (Liberty) 7-1
184 - #4 Connor Cooper (Life) tech fall AA Zachary Kaminski (Liberty) 21-5
197 - UR Ryan Krimpelbein (Life) dec #6 Gabriel Hayes (Liberty, 184) 4-0
285 - UR Spencer Dacus (Life) dec #3 Wade Wheeler (Liberty) 5-2