Five state wrestlers earn All-American honors in Providence at D3 nationals

From left, Williams’ Peter Kane, Oneonta State’s Jack Ryan, Wesleyan’s C.J. Shea and Jack Conroy of Greens Farms Academy and South Side Wrestling Club in Bridgeport. Kane, Ryan and Shea all earned All-American honors at Saturday’s NCAA Division III national championship meet and all three have trained with South Side WC in the offseason. (Photo courtesy Jack Conroy)

Five wrestlers with ties to Connecticut earned All-American honors at Saturday’s NCAA Division III national championships at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, formerly known as the Dunkin Donuts Center and the Providence Civic Center.

Coast Guard’s Chase Randall (133 pounds) earned his second consecutive NCAA Division III national title with a 16-8 win over Bryce Parke of Coe College while teammate Carl DiGiorgio earned All-American honors for the second straight year by finishing second at 285 pounds.

Trumbull’s Jack Ryan of Oneonta State finished third at 184 pounds with Fairfield’s Peter Kane of Williams finishing fifth at 157 pounds and Milford’s C.J. Shea earning All-American honors by finishing seventh at 165 pounds.

The 4-1 victory by Wartburg College’s Mitch Williamson over DiGiorgio in the second-to-last match of the evening enabled Wartburg to take the lead over host Johnson and Wales for the national championship. But Johnson & Wales’ Joziah Fry (125) earned a victory in the final bout of the evening to tie the tournament. Both teams finished with 83½ points.

It’s the first time that two teams have battled to a tie in a NCAA Division III championship tournament and the first since 1994 that a team other than Wartburg or Augsburg finished first. In 1933, Oklahoma State and Iowa State shared the NCAA Division I title.

Randall, who is from Spokane, Washington, was the first Coast Guard wrestler to win a national championship a year ago. He is the first to win multiple national titles.

Randall (27-0) led 9-2 after one period over Parke and 12-3 entering the third period.

“It feels more real,” Randall said. “It’s insane to be the favorite and have respect for my name. It was cool to be the one to beat instead of the one pulling off the upset. And to do it in front of people from the Academy, my family, friends and my sponsor parents. My roommate had my name on his shirt. It was really cool to have fans so close bye and to see people cheering for me.”

Coast Guard’s Chase Randall is the first wrestler in program history with multiple national titles.

DiGiorgio (27-3) outlasted Schreinder’s Austin Cooley, 4-2 in the semifinals. In the final, DiGiorgio took the lead in period two after escaping a hold, but Williamson tied it up in the third the same way. The bout seemed to be heading for overtime, but Knights’ heavyweight was able to produce a takedown of DiGiorgio with two seconds left to steal a 4-1 victory and the national title.

Ryan (35-2) earned All-American honors for the second consecutive year with his third place finish at 184 pounds. Ryan was the No. 1 seed and dropped a 7-2 decision to Ganon Smith of Elizabethtown College (Pennsylvania) in the quarterfinals. Smith got a takedown and near fall in the first period to take a commanding 7-0 lead.

Ryan battled back with four consecutive wins in the consolation bracket including a 4-1 win over Smith in overtime in the consolation final to finish third – his best finish in a NCAA tournament event.

With his fifth place finish, Kane (42-2) earned All-American honors for the third time in his Williams career with an 11-2 win over Wisconsin-LaCrosse’s Tyler Goebel.

“Peter Kane is a historically good Williams wrestler,” said Ephs head coach Scott Honecker. “Although the national championship eluded him this weekend, he competed valiantly over seven matches to get his third All American honor.  His consistency is remarkable and he is a joy to coach.

“I know he is already thinking about the next steps to be become the second four-time All American in Williams history and the first national champion,” Hoenecker said.

Goebel got a takedown with 17 seconds left in regulation to earn a 5-4 win over Kane in th quarterfinals, pushing Kane into the consolation bracket. Kane, who grew up in Fairfield and wrestled at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, won three of four matches to finish fifth.

Shea, who grew up in Milford and wrestled at Greens Farms Academy, went 4-2 in the tournament to finish seven and earn All-American honors for the first time. An 8-4 win over Chris Stathopaul of Stevens secured All-American honors for Shea.

Shea led 3-2 but got an escape and a takedown early in the third period to take command of the match.

Other Connecticut wrestlers competed in the tournament. New Milford’s Evan Linder (149) of Washington and Lee went 2-2 in the tournament along with Danielson’s Jack Richardson (165), who helped host Johnson and Wales win their first national championship.

With Johnson and Wales tying Wartburg for the championship, every point mattered. Thanks to a 10-point first period, Richardson had a 15-6 win over Lycoming’s Kaiden Wagner in the first round.

Western New England’s Cam Hines (174, Killingworth), Oneonta State’s Carson LiCastri (197, Joel Barlow) and Vermont State-Castleton’s Elijah Cyr (149, Middletown) each went 1-2 in the tournament.

2025 NCAA Division III national championships
At Providence, R.I.
Team results (top 20): 1. Johnson and Wales and Wartburg College (Iowa) 83½, 3. Augsburg (Minnesota) 74, 4. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) 69, 5. Wisconsin-Lacrosse 65, 6. Coe (Iowa) and North Central (Illinois) 60, 8. Alvernia (Pa.) 58, 9. Coast Guard and Wisconsin-Eau Claire 40½, 11. College of New Jersey 38, 12. Wabash (Indiana) 32½, 13. Wisconsin-Whitewater 31, 14. Roanoke (Virginia) 28½, 15. Ferrum (Virginia) 27½, 16. Loras (Iowa) 27, 17. Luther (Iowa) 22½, 18. Stevens Tech (NJ) 22, 19. Concordia-Moorehead (Minnesota) and RIT 21.
Other teams: 21. Southern Maine 19, Oneonta State 19, 29. NYU 17, 31. Cortland State 16, 33. Springfield College 15, 35. Vermont State-Castleton 12, 38. Williams 11, 39. Wesleyan 10½, 49. Washington and Jefferson (Pa) 3, 55. Western New England University 1
Individual results
125
Final: Joziah Fry (Johnson & Wales) dec. Christian Guzman (North Central (IL)) 10-5
3. Mason Barrett (Averett) dec. Zach Beckner (Ferrum) 3-2, OT
5. Brayden Parke (Coe) dec. Jake Craig (Southern Me.) 4-0
7. Benyamin Kamali (Olivet) dec. Keito Shaw (Alvernia) 10-4
133
Final: Chase Randall (Coast Guard) dec. Bryce Parke (Coe) 16-8
3. Jaden Hinton (Baldwin Wallace) tech fall James Day (Wabash) 17-1, 4:18
5.  Dominik Mallinder (Wis.-Whitewater) pin Garrett Totten (TCNJ) 1:54
7. Chance Suddeth (Augsburg) pin Connor Kidd (Luther) 1:50
141
Final: Mark Samuel (Roanoke) dec. Sean Conway (UChicago) 9-3
3. Bradley Rosen (North Central (IL)) dec. Ty Bisek (Concordia-M`head) 22-12
5.  Josh Wilson (Greensboro) dec. Pierre Baldwin (Central (IA)) 4-2
7. Tommy Thongseng (Wartburg) dec. Luke Hoerle (Stevens) 12-3
149
Final: Hayden Brown (Johnson & Wales) dec. Angelo Centrone (Cortland) 5-0
3. Kyler Romero (Wartburg) dec. Matt Randolph (Augsburg) 3-1
5.  Thomas Monn (McDaniel) pin Colby Frost (Southern Me.) 4:09
7. Michael Conklin (TCNJ) dec. Mike Glynn (RIT) 9-0
157
Final: Michael Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) dec. Cooper Pontelandolfo (NYU) 4-2
3. Eric Kinkaid (Loras) dec. Aiden Smith (Adrian) 4-3
5. Peter Kane (Williams) dec. Tyler Goebel (Wis.-La Crosse) 11-2
7. Ryan Smith (Stevens) dec. Clayton McDonough (Luther) 7-3
165
Final: Matt Lackman (Alvernia) dec. Cooper Willis (Augsburg) 6-0
3. Tanner Gerber (Wis.-La Crosse) dec. Brayden Peet (Wis.-Whitewater) 15-6
5.  Andrew Supers (Baldwin Wallace) dec. Jake Deguire (Springfield) 22-21
7. CJ Christopher Shea (Wesleyan) over Nicholas Sacco (TCNJ) medical forfeit
174
Final: Jared Stricker (Wis.-Eau Claire) dec. Nathan Lackman (Alvernia) 7-1
3. Seth Goetzinger (Augsburg) dec. Dejon Glaster (Millikin) 20-9
5. Hunter Mays (TCNJ) dec. LJ Richardson (Coe) 3-2
7. Zeb Gnida (Loras) dec. Javen Estrada (North Central (IL)) 17-1 in 3:30
184
Final: Marcus Orlandoni (Wis.-La Crosse) dec. Brandt Bombard (Augsburg) 2-1, OT
3. Jack Ryan (SUNY Oneonta) dec. Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown) 4-1 OT
5.  Kasey Ross (Wartburg) dec. Tyler Withers (Merchant Marine) 6-5
7. Jared Voss (Coe) pin Xavier Pommells (Ithaca) 2:24)
197
Final: Massoma Endene (Wartburg) dec.Cameron Butka (Wilkes) 11-3
3. Charles Baczek (Wabash) dec. Joseph Petrella (Baldwin Wallace) 5-0
5.  Dylan Harr (Johnson & Wales) dec. Ian Pepple (Wis.-Eau Claire) 13-3
7. Ben Kawczynski (Wis.-La Crosse) dec. Jackson Punzel (Wheaton (IL)) 10-0
285
Final: Mitch Williamson (Wartburg) dec. Carl DiGiorgio (Coast Guard) 4-1
3. Josh Harkless (RIT) dec. Rayshawn Dixon (Ferrum) 4-2
5. Austin Cooley (Schreiner) pin Adolfo Betancur (Johnson & Wales) 2:05
7. Mauro Pellot (Alvernia) dec. Robby Bates (North Central (IL)) 7-5
Outstanding wrestler:
2025 NCAA Division III national championships brackets and results (TrackWrestling.com)