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TULSA, Okla.— Graduate student
Alec Hagan, redshirt freshman
Peyten Kellar, sophomore
Zayne Lehman and sophomore
Sal Perrine are representing the Ohio wrestling team at the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships (March 16-18) at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
All three days and all mats will be shown on an ESPN platform. Session one is set to start at 11 a.m. CT with session two following at 6 p.m. CT tomorrow (March 16).
No. 29 Hagan (Eureka, Mo.) is set to take on No. 4 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) in the 149-pound bracket. At 157 pounds, No. 26 Kellar (Cutler, Ohio) will face off against No. 7 Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech).
No. 26 Perrine (Northfield, Ohio) is slated to wrestle No. 7 Peyton Mocco (Mizzou) in the 174-pound bracket. No. 31 Lehman (Akron, Ohio) will face off against No. 2 Trent Hidlay (NC State) at 184 pounds.
Lehman and Kellar earned bids to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships for the first time in their careers. Both Hagan and Perrine earned their second bid to the national championships—Hagan qualified in in 2020 while Perrine earned an at-large bid in 2022.
The Bobcats are coming off a fourth-place finish at the 2023 Mid-American Conference Championships in Fairfax, Va. at the EagleBank Arena on George Mason's campus. Kellar was dominant in the third-place match, punching his ticket to Tulsa with a 9-2 decision. After an early loss, Hagan wrestled through the consolation bracket, coming out on top in the fifth-place match with a 4-3 decision.
Perrine defended his fourth-place finish and bid to nationals in a true fourth match against Rider's Michael Wilson. After being tied most of the match, Perrine's 3-1 sudden victory solidified second consecutive trip to the Division I Championships.
Lehman was pinned in the 184-pound championship match but was dominant in his true second match against Cleveland State's DeAndre Nassar, securing second place and his nationals bid with a 9-0 major decision.
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