Indiana Wrestling Leaves NCAAs with Top 25 Finish

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - March 22, 2025 - Donnell Washington of the Indiana Hoosiers during NCAA Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. Photo By Spencer Meyer/Indiana Athletics

Indiana Wrestling Leaves NCAAs with Top 25 Finish

3/23/2025 1:29:00 PM | Wrestling

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. –––– Indiana Wrestling concluded its time at the 2025 NCAA Championships last night with its first top 25 finish since 2015.

The Hoosiers finished tied for 24^th place with 18.5 points. Oregon State and Maryland also finished with the same total.

Indiana's 18.5 points since scoring 23.5 in the 2011 Championships.

Donnell Washington took 8^th place at 184 lbs. to finish as Indiana's first All-American since 2017 when Nate Jackson also took 8^that the same weight class.

He dropped a 4-2 decision to No. 12 Silas Allred (Nebraska) in the seventh-place match on Saturday afternoon.

Washington lost his opening match on Thursday to No. 11 Gabe Arnold (Iowa) in a 4-1 decision and won four straight matches on the backside of the bracket, including a Blood Round win over No. 10 Edmond Ruth (Illinois) to claim All-American status.

Angelo Rini (133) and Gabe Sollars (197) also reached the Blood Round before being eliminate from the tournament.

Each of Indiana's six qualifiers won at least one match with the other five winning at least two.

FULL RESULTS

125 – No. 18 Jacob Moran:
-Round 1: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 15 Maximo Renteria (Oregon State): Dec. 7-6
-Round of 16: No. 2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) def. No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU): MD, 8-0
-Cons. R2: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 17 Max Gallagher (Penn): Dec. 10-4
-Cons. R3: No. 10 Stevo Poulin (N. Colorado) def. No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU): Dec. 1-0

133 – No. 21 Angelo Rini:
-Round 1: No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 12 Ethan Oakley (North Carolina): Dec. 7-1
-Round of 16: No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 5 Dominick Serrano (N. Colorado): MD, 15-7
-Quarterfinal: No. 4 Zeth Romney (Cal Poly) def. No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU): Dec. 8-2
-Round of 12: No. 17 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) def. No. 21 Angelo Rini (IU): MD, 8-0

165 – No. 27 Tyler Lillard:
-Round 1: No. 6 Beau Mantanona (Michigan) def. No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU): Dec. 7-3
-Cons. R1: No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU) def. No. 22 Enrique Mungia (Rider): Fall (3:45)
-Cons. R2: No. 5 Julian Ramirez (Cornell) def. No. 27 Tyler Lillard (IU): Dec. 6-1

184 – No. 22 DJ Washington:
-Round 1: No. 11 Gabe Arnold (Iowa) def. No. 22 DJ Washington (IU): Dec. 4-1
-Cons. R1: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 27 Ross McFarland (Hofstra): Dec. 10-8
-Cons. R2: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 5 Bennett Berge (South Dakota St.): MD, 12-0
-Cons. R3: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 19 Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming): TF, 19-4 (2:41)
-Round of 12: No. 22 DJ Washington (IU) def. No. 10 Edmond Ruth (Illinois): Dec. 8-4
-Cons. R5: No. 6 Chris Foca (Cornell) def. No. 22 DJ Washington (IU): TF, 20-4 (4:32)
-7^th Place: No. 12 Silas Allred (Nebraska) def. No. 22 DJ Washington (IU): Dec. 4-2

DJ Washington took 8^th Place at 184 lbs.

197 – No. 24 Gabe Sollars:
-Round 1: No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 9 Zac Braunagel (Illinois): Dec. 6-5
-Round of 16: No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 25 Patrick Brophy (Citadel): MD, 14-4
-Quarterfinal: No. 1 Jacob Cardenas (Michigan) def. No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU): Dec. 10-5
-Round of 12: No. 20 Camden McDanel (Nebraska) def. No. 24 Gabe Sollars (IU): Dec. 7-3

285 – No. 21 Jacob Bullock:
-Round 1: No. 12 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) def. No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU): Dec. 4-2
-Cons. R1: No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. No. 28 Daniel Herrera (Iowa State): Dec. 7-1
-Cons. R2: No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU) def. No. 22 Brady Colbert (Army): Dec. 8-1
-Cons. R3: No. 14 Gavin Hoffman (Lock Haven) def. No. 21 Jacob Bullock (IU): Dec. 4-1

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS