2026 NCAA-II Wrestling Championships
March 13-14 | Sioux Falls, S.D. (Denny Sanford PREMIER Center)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – No. 4 Damon Ashworth, No. 6 James Wright, No. 7 Gage Bernall, No. 8 Torin Forsyth, Drew Stanfield and Anthony Erickson are set to compete for No. 12 Mules Wrestling at the 2026 NCAA-II Wrestling Championships, Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14 at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The six qualifiers mark the most wrestlers to qualify for UCM since 2009.

The Championships are available to watch for free by clicking here, with live stats available on Trackwrestling.

No. 6 Wright (24-7), a native of Algonquin, Ill., will represent the Mules at 141 pounds. The junior will face West Liberty's Khyvon Grace (25-6), the seventh seed. Wright qualified after winning the 141-pound bracket at the Central Regional Qualifiers, defeating Central Oklahoma's Josh Taylor.

At 165 pounds, Bernall is ranked seventh in the NWCA's latest poll. The redshirt senior is set to face the winner of the preliminary bout between Led Hess (7-3) of Glenville State and Trent Hoover (22-6) of Pitt-Johnstown. The Lakewood, Colo., native won two titles and was named All-MIAA Second Team after posting a 30-4 record.

Erickson (23-10) took third place at 174 pounds to qualify for nationals. The senior defeated McKendree's Zeke Waltz 3-1 in the third-place bout. He will face Seton Hill's Kane Kettering (25-8) in the preliminary round, with the winner advancing to face eighth-seeded Sevriano Garza (21-4) of Ashland.

No. 4 Ashworth (25-2) placed second to punch his ticket to the Championships. The 184-pounder recorded just two losses this season and tallied seven falls, including two under a minute at the Central Regional. The First Team All-MIAA wrestler will face Wyatt Reisz (13-4) of Colorado School of Mines.

Sophomore Forsyth (25-5) is ranked eighth at heavyweight. The native of Overland Park, Kan., defeated Indianapolis' Cale Gray in the finals match to secure his spot at nationals. He will compete against the winner of the preliminary between Cooper Caraway (22-10) of Wisconsin-Parkside and Tyler Doyle (7-3) of Colorado Mesa.

Anthony Erickson will start the Mules' championship run at 11 a.m. (CT) in the preliminary round.

Full Schedule: 
Friday, March 13, 2026
11 a.m. CT | Preliminaries and First Round
6 p.m. CT | Quarterfinals and first-and-second round consolations

Saturday, March 14, 2026
11 a.m. CT | Semifinals, wrestle backs (seventh-, fifth-, and third-place matches)
8 p.m. CT | Championship finals