CHATTANOOGA, TN- The Maryland Wrestling team completed their final tournament of the 2025-26 regular season at the Southern Scuffle.
Leading the way for the Terps was redshirt-senior Braxton Brown at 133, who wrestled his way to the finals. Brown opened with a technical fall over Logan Heil of Campbell (17–1, 3:53) in the Round of 32, followed by a 6–2 decision over Virginia's Kyle Montaperto in the Round of 16. He then edged Brett Ungar of Cornell 3–1 in the quarterfinals and earned a win by MFFL in the semifinals before coming up just short in the final five seconds of the championship bout, falling by a 5–4 decision to No. 16 Dom Serrano of Northern Colorado.
Following was sophomore Branson John at 197, who placed third. John opened the tournament with a technical fall over Hunter Adams of App State (17–2, 1:42) in the Round of 32, followed by a 5–1 decision over Austin Johnson of Oklahoma State in the Round of 16. He continued his run with a 5–2 decision against No. 31 Andrew Reall of Brown in the quarterfinals before falling to No. 1 Josh Barr of Penn State by fall (12–4, 6:57) in the semifinals. John bounced back in the consolation semifinals with a 17–4 major decision over Kael Wisler of Michigan State and capped the tournament by winning the third-place match in sudden victory with a takedown over Brown's No. 31 Andrew Reall.
Midyear transfer and newest Terp Carter Young had a successful first outing, opening the tournament with a technical fall over Eli Murray of Duke (19–3, 3:23) in the Round of 64. He followed with a 17–4 major decision against Emilio Trujillo of Northern Colorado in the Round of 32 and another technical fall over Leo Maestas of American (17–2, 1:49) in the Round of 16. Young then earned a 7–5 decision over No. 8 Cross Wasilewski of Penn to advance before medically forfeiting and finishing sixth overall.
Nine other Terps competed at the Southern Scuffle, with full results listed below.
The Terps are back in action this Friday as they open Big Ten competition against Northwestern at 8 p.m. ET.
Full Results:
125:
Abram Cline:
Round of 32: Charlie Farmer (Army) DEC 7-0 Cline
Consi Round of 16: Cline DEC (7-3) Kade Orr (Northern Colorado)
Consi of 16 #2: Tyson Roach (Little Rock) MD (12-0) Cline
133:
Braxton Brown:
Round of 32: Brown TF (17-1, 3:53) Logan Heil (Campell)
Round of 16: Brown DEC (6-2) Kyle Montaperto (Virginia)
Quarterfinals: Brown DEC (3-1) Brett Ungar (Cornell)
Semi finals: Win by MFFL
Finals: Dom Serrano (Northern Colorado) DEC (5-4) Bown
141:
Dario Lemus:
Round of 64: Lemus DEC (8-7) Zander Phatoras (Campbell)
Round of 32: Lemus DEC (9-7) JJ McComas (Oklahoma State)
Round of 16: Lemus DEC (8-6) Gabe Porter (Virginia)
Quarterfinals: Vince Cornella (Cornell) TF (15-0, 6:26) Lemus
Consi of 8: Nick Vafiadis (Navy) DEC (10-3) Lemus
Ryan Kennedy:
Round of 32: Jesse Vasquez (Cal) F (3-2, 4:17) Kennedy
Consi of 16: Kennedy DEC (6-3) Aj Rallo (Bellarmine)
Consi of 16 #2: Jaden Crumpler (Michigan State) DEC (7-3) Kennedy
149:
Carter Young:
Round of 64: Young TF (19-3, 3:23) Eli Murray (Duke)
Round of 32: Young MD (17-4) Emilio Trujillo (Northern Colorado)
Round of 16: Young TF (17-2, 1:49) Leo Maestas (American)
Semi Finals: Young DEC (7-5) Cross Wasilewski (Penn State)
*medically forfeited
Michael Pizzuto:
Round of 64:Pizzuto DEC (8-4) Jason Worthley (Utah Valley)
Round of 32: Carson DeRozier (Citadel) DEC (5-0) Pizzuto
Consi of 32 #2: Pizzuto DEC (9-5) Matthew Smith (Clarion)
Consi of 16: Gage Owen (American) DEC (6-3) Pizzuto
157:
Mekhi Neal:
Round of 64: Colt Washleski (Virginia) DEC (3-1) Neal
Consi of 32: Alex Emmer (Utah Valley) DEC (5-1) Neal
Nate Perry:
Round of 32: Anwar Ali (Davidson) DEC (7-1) Perry
Consi of 32 #2: Cooper Rathburn (Navy) DEC (4-2) Perry
165:
Aj Rodrigues:
Round of 32: Rodrigues DEC (9-2) Dakota Morris (Army)
Round of 16: Nick Sanko (Virginia) DEC (5-0) Rodrigues
Consi of 16: Rodrigues DEC (2-0) Kaleb Williams
174:
Dom Solis:
Round of 32: Kamdyn Munro DEC SV (4-1) Solis
*Medically forfeited
197:
Branson John:
Round of 32: John TF (17-2, 1:42) Hunter Adams (App State)
Round of 16: John DEC (5-1) Austin Johnson (Oklahoma State)
Quarterfinals: Brown DEC (5-2) Andrew Reall (Brown)
Semifinals: Josh Barr (Penn State) F (12-4, 6:57) John
Consi-Semis: John MD (17-4) Kael Wisler (Michigan State)
Third Place: John DEC MD (4-1) Andrew Reall (Brown)
HWT:
Oscar Williams:
Round of 32: Andrew Blackburn (North Dakota) MD (14-2) Williams
Consi Round of 16: Williams DEC (12-8) Evan Grazzini (Bellarmine)
Consi of 16 #2: Williams DEC (4-3) Shilo Jones (NDSU)
Consi of 8: Jack Forbes (UTV) DEC (8-1) Williams
