PARK CITY, KANSAS – 174 pounder Scott Joll capped off his monumental season with a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships, while Keegan Roberson came home with a sixth-place finish at 157 pounds to wrap up the 2023-24 wrestling season. Both wrestlers also earned All-American status.

The top-seeded Joll rattled off three wins during Day 2 action, and finished his final season 35-1 overall to go along with 21 pins. Roberson started the day with a win, but would drop the next two to finish the year 36-10.

The Black & Gold racked up 33.5 team points to finish in a tie for tenth place overall, which marked the best team finish since the 2012 squad finished ninth. 

The program has now logged team points at 21-straight NCAA Championships events dating back to the 2002-03 campaign. The 2024 NCAA Championships marked the 42^nd year that UNCP has been represented on the sport's biggest stage, and the eighth-straight year that the Braves have qualified multiple wrestlers for the event.

 

125 Pounds
Prelim - #5 Logan Seliga (UNC Pembroke) over Jose Diaz (Gannon) (Fall 0:38) Champ. Round 1 - Dayson Torgerson (Colorado Mesa) over #5 Logan Seliga (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 6-3) Cons. Round 1 - #5 Logan Seliga (UNC Pembroke) over Jacob Tangpricha (Central Missouri) (Dec 11-6) Cons. Round 2 - #6 Zachary Ourada (Nebraska-Kearney) over #5 Logan Seliga (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 5-2)

149 Pounds
Prelim - Jake Piccirilli (UNC Pembroke) over John Burger (Nebraska-Kearney) (M. For.) Champ. Round 1 - #7 Colby Njos (St. Cloud State) over Jake Piccirilli (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 5-2) Cons. Round 1 - Joey Semerad (McKendree) over Jake Piccirilli (UNC Pembroke) (SV-2 3-2)

157 Pounds
Champ. Round 1 - Bailey Gimbor (Kutztown) over #8 Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 11-10) Cons. Round 1 - #8 Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) over Basil Othman (San Francisco State) (Dec 7-6) Cons. Round 2 - #8 Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) over #7 Maxwell Kiel (Belmont Abbey) (MD 14-4) Cons. Round 3 - #8 Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) over Owen Zablocki (Indianapolis) (Dec 12-9)  Cons. Semi - #5 Guy Deleonardis (Glenville State) over #8 Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 5-1) 5th Place Match: #4 Devin Bahr (Northern State) over #8 Keegan Roberson (UNC Pembroke) (Fall 2:25)
165 Pounds
Prelim - Brady Ross (Glenville State) over Caleb Grau (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 14-8) Prelim - Sevriano Garza (Ashland) over Caleb Grau (UNC Pembroke) (Fall 4:02)
174 Pounds
Champ. Round 1 - #1 Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) over Kane Kettering (Seton Hill) (Fall 1:39) Quarterfinal - #8 Brody Hemauer (Wisconsin-Parkside) over #1 Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) (Dec 12-10) Cons. Round 2 - #1 Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) over Gus Dalton (Colorado Mesa) (TF 18-3) Cons. Round 3 - #1 Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) over Cole Glazier (St. Cloud State) (Dec 8-3)  Cons. Semi - #1 Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) over #7 Trey Sizemore (Indianapolis) (Fall 1:51) 3rd Place Match: #1 Scott Joll (UNC Pembroke) over #2 Seth Brossard (Northern State) (MD 16-3)
285 Pounds
Prelim - Tyler Doyle (Colorado Mesa) over Massimo Sullivan (UNC Pembroke) (MD 10-0) Champ. Round 1 - #5 Crew Howard (Nebraska-Kearney) over Massimo Sullivan (UNC Pembroke) (Fall 4:03)