Thursday, March 19
Cleveland, Ohio
Oregon State
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NCAA Championships
Photo by: Allie Grant/OSU Athletics
Four Wrestlers Take Wins In Day One Of NCAA Championships
March 19, 2026 | Wrestling
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Four of the six Oregon State wrestlers competing at the NCAA Championships won their first round bouts on Thursday.
Maximo Renteria (125 pounds), Nash Singleton (141), Daschle Lamer (174) and Justin Rademacher (197) all opened the day with victories. Each of the four, however, will open Friday's action in the consolation portions of their brackets after taking losses in the second half of Thursday's action.
Singleton and Lamer both recorded upsets in their victories. Singleton, ranked 24th, defeated Nebraska's Joey Olivieri, 2-1, who was seeded ninth. He picked up the win thanks to an escape at 1:57 in period three.
Lamer, meanwhile, defeated 13th ranked Carter Baer of Binghamton, 2-0.
Singleton opens Friday's action against No. 23 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell while Lamer opens versus No. 14 Moses Espinoza-Owens from South Dakota State.
No. 6 Justin Rademacher opened his day with a 3-2 win over No. 27 Gabe Arnold from Iowa. The bout, which went to a third overtime, saw Rademacher get an escape at the 25-second mark and advance thanks to one second of riding time. He opens Friday against No. 12 Luke Geog from Ohio State.
Maximo Rentera, ranked ninth at 125, also picked up a close victory, defeating No. 24 Ayden Smith of Rutgers, 8-7. His third bout of the NCAA Championships will be against No. 26 Cooper Flynn from Chattanooga.
Gabe Whisenhunt, No. 30 at 133, and Matthew Olguin, seeded 22nd at 165, also made the trip to Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Both, however, lost their two bouts and saw their seasons come to a close.
Session III of the championships will air primarily on ESPN+ - coverage of every mat – along with ESPNU and it gets underway at 9 a.m. PT Friday.
Oregon State Results
125 – #9 Maximo Renteria
W – Decision, 8-7, vs. #24 Ayden Smith (Rutgers)
L – Decision, 4-1, vs. #8 Dean Peterson (Iowa)
133 – #30 Gabe Whisenhunt
L – Technical Fall, 17-2, vs. #3 Marcus Blaze (Penn State)
L – Decision, 6-5, vs. #32 Andrew Austin (Central Michigan)
141 – #24 Nash Singleton
W – Decision, 2-1, vs. #9 Joey Oliveri (Nebraska)
L – Decision, 8-3, vs. #8 Vance Vombauer (Minnesota)
165 – #22 Matthew Olguin
L – Decision, 10-4, vs. #11 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)
L – Technical Fall, 16-0, vs. #6 LJ Araujo (Nebraska)
174 – #20 Daschle Lamer
W – Decision, 2-0, vs. #13 Carter Baer (Binghamton)
L – Major Decision, 13-3, vs. #4 Carson Kharchala (Ohio State)
133 – #6 Justin Rademacher
W – Decision, 3-2, vs. #27 Gabe Arnold (Iowa)
L – Decision, 13-5, vs. #11 Camden McDaniel (Nebraska)
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Maximo Renteria (125 pounds), Nash Singleton (141), Daschle Lamer (174) and Justin Rademacher (197) all opened the day with victories. Each of the four, however, will open Friday's action in the consolation portions of their brackets after taking losses in the second half of Thursday's action.
Singleton and Lamer both recorded upsets in their victories. Singleton, ranked 24th, defeated Nebraska's Joey Olivieri, 2-1, who was seeded ninth. He picked up the win thanks to an escape at 1:57 in period three.
Lamer, meanwhile, defeated 13th ranked Carter Baer of Binghamton, 2-0.
Singleton opens Friday's action against No. 23 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell while Lamer opens versus No. 14 Moses Espinoza-Owens from South Dakota State.
No. 6 Justin Rademacher opened his day with a 3-2 win over No. 27 Gabe Arnold from Iowa. The bout, which went to a third overtime, saw Rademacher get an escape at the 25-second mark and advance thanks to one second of riding time. He opens Friday against No. 12 Luke Geog from Ohio State.
Maximo Rentera, ranked ninth at 125, also picked up a close victory, defeating No. 24 Ayden Smith of Rutgers, 8-7. His third bout of the NCAA Championships will be against No. 26 Cooper Flynn from Chattanooga.
Gabe Whisenhunt, No. 30 at 133, and Matthew Olguin, seeded 22nd at 165, also made the trip to Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Both, however, lost their two bouts and saw their seasons come to a close.
Session III of the championships will air primarily on ESPN+ - coverage of every mat – along with ESPNU and it gets underway at 9 a.m. PT Friday.
Oregon State Results
125 – #9 Maximo Renteria
W – Decision, 8-7, vs. #24 Ayden Smith (Rutgers)
L – Decision, 4-1, vs. #8 Dean Peterson (Iowa)
133 – #30 Gabe Whisenhunt
L – Technical Fall, 17-2, vs. #3 Marcus Blaze (Penn State)
L – Decision, 6-5, vs. #32 Andrew Austin (Central Michigan)
141 – #24 Nash Singleton
W – Decision, 2-1, vs. #9 Joey Oliveri (Nebraska)
L – Decision, 8-3, vs. #8 Vance Vombauer (Minnesota)
165 – #22 Matthew Olguin
L – Decision, 10-4, vs. #11 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)
L – Technical Fall, 16-0, vs. #6 LJ Araujo (Nebraska)
174 – #20 Daschle Lamer
W – Decision, 2-0, vs. #13 Carter Baer (Binghamton)
L – Major Decision, 13-3, vs. #4 Carson Kharchala (Ohio State)
133 – #6 Justin Rademacher
W – Decision, 3-2, vs. #27 Gabe Arnold (Iowa)
L – Decision, 13-5, vs. #11 Camden McDaniel (Nebraska)
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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