BROOKINGS — After finishing third as a team at the Big 12 Championships, nine Jacks are back in action at the NCAA Championships. After bringing home a program record of four All-Americans in 2024, the Jacks will look to show out again at this year’s big dance.

Amongst the returning All-Americans are Cade DeVos, Bennett Berge, and Tanner Jordan. Zach Glazier and Cobe Siebrecht qualified for their second NCAA’s, and Julian Tagg, Drake Rhodes and Luke Rasmussen qualified for their first.

The Jacks are coming off a year where they had a program record, four All-Americans. They have had 15 D1 All-Americans and 57 NCAA Qualifiers throughout program history. The Jacks have had one national champion, Seth Gross, in 2018 at 133 pounds. Amongst the returning All-Americans are DeVos, Berge and Jordan.

The lineup

These are the nine qualifiers for the NCAA Tournament for SDSU:

• 125: No. 23 Tanner Jordan (23-8)
• 133: No. 30 Derrick Cardinal (18-14)
• 141: No.18 Julian Tagg (15-11)
• 157: No.19 Cobe Siebrecht (13-8)
• 165: No.14 Drake Rhodes (21-5)
• 174: No.13 Cade DeVos (19-7)
• 184: No. 5 Bennett Berge (26-5)
• 197: No.14 Zach Glazier (16-6)
• 285: No.25 Luke Rasmussen (22-9)

NCAA seedings and first-round matchups

• 125: No. 23 Tanner Jordan (SDSU) vs. No. 10 Stevo Poulin (UNCO)
• 133: No. 30 Derrick Cardinal (SDSU) vs. No. 3 Nasir Bailey (LR)
• 141: No. 18 Julian Tagg (SDSU) vs. No. 15 Joseph Olivieri (Rutgers)
• 157: No. 19 Cobe Siebrecht (SDSU) vs. No. 14 Jude Swisher (Penn)
• 165: No. 14 Drake Rhodes (SDSU) vs. No. 19 Jack Thomsen (UNI)
• 174: No. 13 Cade DeVos (SDSU) vs. No. 20 Dan Braunagel (ILL)
• 184: No. 5 Bennett Berge (SDSU) vs. No. 28 Dennis Robin (WVU)
• 197: No. 14 Zach Glazier (SDSU) vs. No. 19 Andy Smith (VT)
• 285: No. 25 Luke Rasmussen (SDSU) vs. No. 8 Luke Luffman (ILL)

NCAA championship schedule (all times Central)

March 20

• Session 1: Pigtails & First Round — 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
• Session 2: Second Round & Consolation First Round — 6:00 p.m. (ESPN)

March 21

• Session 3: Quarterfinals & Consolation Second & Third Rounds — 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
• Session 4: Semifinals & Consolation Fourth & Fifth Rounds — 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

March 22

• Session 5: Consolation Semifinals & Placing Matches — 10 a.m. (ESPNU)
• Session 6: Finals — 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Last time out

Big 12 recap

Nine Jacks finished on the podium at the Big 12 Championships on Sunday, with six out placing their seeds as the Jacks finished third out of 14 teams.

Cobe Siebrecht was the Jackrabbit who finished the highest, making it all the way to the championship match after wins over Ryker Fullmer, No. 5 Jared Hill and No. 1 Cody Chittum. In the finals, Siebrecht went up against No. 6 Vinny Zerban. Zerban scored an early takedown followed by a near-fall to get out to a quick 5-0 lead over Siebrecht. Siebrecht battled back, scoring two escapes in the first two periods and forcing three stall calls against Zerban, but there wasn’t enough time to even the score as Siebrecht dropped the title match 7-4. He finished as the runner-up at 157 pounds.

The Jacks had three wrestlers place third at their respective weights. Bennett Berge led the way, scoring a decision win over No. 5 DJ Parker of Oklahoma and another major decision over No. 6 Eddie Neitenbach of Wyoming to secure third place at 184 pounds. Berge one-ups his finish from last year’s Big 12 Tournament, where he took fourth.

No. 4 Zach Glazier needed a win in his consolation semi-final match to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, and he scored his win in style, posting an 8-0 shutout over Air Force’s Brian Burburija. This win will send Glazier to his second National Championships. In the third-place match, he squared off against No. 5 Ian Bush of West Virginia in a quarterfinal rematch. Glazier scored an early takedown and never looked back, posting a 4-3 decision and a third-place finish.

No. 7 Luke Rasmussen also needed a win to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. In his way stood No. 5 Juan Mora of Oklahoma, who held a 10-3 decision over Rasmussen this year. Rasmussen shot out to an early lead, scoring a takedown and a near fall to go up 7-0. But Mora stormed back with several reversals to tie the match 10-10. After Rasmussen scored an escape, the score was functional, 11-11 with Mora’s ride time, but Rasmussen defended a single leg takedown and scored on the go behind to secure his first NCAA Qualification. In his third-place match, he faced off with No. 8 Sam Mitchell. Mitchell scored the opening takedown, but Rasmussen took him out of the match with two reversals and a takedown to secure an 8-3 decision and third place at the Big 12 Tournament.

In total, nine Jackrabbits made the podium in their respective weight classes. Cade DeVos placed fifth after scoring his third win over No. 4 Jared Simma this year by decision. Derrick Cardinal and Julian Tagg placed fifth at 133 and 141 pounds after accepting medical forfeits in their fifth-place matches.

Finally, Tanner Jordan dropped a tightly contested dual, giving up a last-second pin to Trever Anderson of UNI to take eighth place at 125 pounds. Jordan will be up for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Avery Allen wrestled two tightly contested duals on Sunday, first against Teague Travis of Oklahoma State. Travis scored a reversal in the third period, which Allen couldn’t recover from, dropping a 3-0 decision. In the fifth-place match, Allen took on No. 3 Willie McDougald of Oklahoma. After trading escapes, McDouglad was able to score a takedown in the third period, securing a 5-2 decision over Allen. Allen ends his run at the Big 12 Tournament, going 2-3, finishing sixth at 149 pounds after entering unseeded.