Live Blog: Updates from the third day of the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships

By Jon Sauber

Updated March 19, 2022 9:46 PM

Penn State wrestling entered the final day of the 2022 NCAA Wrestling Championships with six wrestlers still competing in Detroit. Five of them — Roman Bravo-Young, Nick Lee, Carter Starocci, Aaron Brooks and Max Dean — wrestled for the national title at their respective weight classes Saturday night. The sixth, Greg Kerkvliet, competed in the consolation bracket after losing in the semifinals Friday night.

Scroll below to see how the action unfolded.

Greg Kerkvliet the full third period rideout! Kerkvliet with a 6-1 win with 3:05 in RT! Greg will wrestle for third place in a bit!!! #PSUwr
— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) March 19, 2022

Lewan tops Teemer, 4-2, but no fall, so PSU claims 10th NCAA title for program history pic.twitter.com/a2Ua5ItBLu
— Nate Cobler (@byncobler) March 19, 2022

Greg Kerkvliet will finish fourth at the 2022 NCAA Championships //
MF in the third place bout, so his big win over Parris closes out his tournament run! //
2X All-American! //
Kerkvliet goes 4-1 with a pin and a major and helps Penn State clinch the team title early! //#PSUwr pic.twitter.com/Nuj75bbUaE
— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) March 19, 2022

RBY an escape for the winning points, 3-2 over Fix. 2x Champ pic.twitter.com/zuSm0cUsEL
— Centre Daily Times (@centredaily) March 19, 2022

Nick Lee the 10-3 win!
Nick Lee is a 2X NCAA Champion!! #PSUwr pic.twitter.com/9LhKwxIflJ
— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) March 19, 2022

Starocci gives up an escape, but had enough riding time for the 6-5 win pic.twitter.com/bHuhRCjvcv
— Centre Daily Times (@centredaily) March 20, 2022

Brooks gets his revenge from the Big Ten finals with a 5-3 win over Amine pic.twitter.com/OMMhOLMzRj
— Centre Daily Times (@centredaily) March 20, 2022

Nittany Lions go 5-for-5 in the finals again! Dean wins 3-2 pic.twitter.com/1qVap3qlA6
— Centre Daily Times (@centredaily) March 20, 2022

This story was originally published March 19, 2022 at 12:11 PM.

Jon Sauber

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Jon Sauber covers Penn State football and men’s basketball for the Centre Daily Times. He earned his B.A. in digital and print journalism from Penn State and his M.A. in sports journalism from IUPUI. His previous stops include jobs at The Indianapolis Star, the NCAA, and Rivals.

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