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Wrestling is proud to announce that a record SEVEN wrestlers were named Scholar All-Americans by the National Wrestling Coaches Association and the NCWA for the 2025-26 season! This is the largest group recognized for this honor in RPI Wrestling history since the award expanded to include the NCWA.

Congratulations to senior captain Andrew Brevot, Benjamin Harders, Arcangelo Losee, Djan Carbonell, Mathias Schweitzer, junior captain Matthew Klein and Ethan Han for the recognition of their hard work in the classroom as well as the wrestling mat!

Update on Friday Morning before Session III starts:

184lbs - Matthew Klein into the championship quarters after a 3-0 performance on day 1 which included all bonus point wins.

149lbs - Andrew Brevot into the wrestlebacks, still in the hunt for his 2nd all-american finish after dropping a close 9-7 match to to fellow returning all-american from Washington State University.

157lbs - Arcangelo Losee into the wrestlebacks and still in the hunt for a podium finish after dropping his round of 16 match to the returning national champion from Liberty.

Action kicks off here at 9am CST, 10am EST!

Follow along this week as the Engineers chase after national titles! RPI has wrestlers at the following weights:

141 - Anthony Denier, Bronson Branch
149 - Andrew Brevot, Benjamin Harders
157 - Arcangelo Losee, Djan Carbonell
165 - Xavier Paul-Smith
174 - Luke LaMagna, Mathias Schweitzer
184 - Matthew Klein, Yaseen Nguyen
197 - Ethan Han
235 - Thomas Ryan

NCWA Releases Brackets for 2026 National Championships
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RPI placed 2nd to match its best finish since 2010 at this years 2026 NCWA Northeast Conference Championships. The Engineers pushed five through into the championship finals, coming away with three champions and two runner ups.

Anthony Denier @ 141 lbs lost a close match in sudden victory in the championship bout, while fellow teammate #17 ranked Arcangelo Losee came up just short in his finals match. Junior #9 ranked Luke LaMagna @ 174 lbs dominated his finals bout, going up 13-0 before pinning his opponent. Junior captain #10 ranked Matthew Klein @ 184 lbs needed just 2:30 on the clock to pin his previously unbeaten opponent. Klein received the Most Outstand Wrestler award for the heavyweight division for his domination on the day.

Senior captain #6 ranked Andrew Brevot @ 149lbs was all gas and no brakes in his finals match by a 16-1 technical fall over his #16 ranked opponent, achieving his 2nd NEC championship title in as many years. Brevot becomes RPI's first men's multi time conference champion.

Ethan Han @ 197 lbs. and Thomas Ryan @ 235 lbs. both raked in solid 3rd place performances on the day. Other placers for the Engineers grabbing an automatic qualifying spot or at-large berth to the upcoming national championships were Bronson Branch @ 141 lbs., Benjamin Harder @ 149 lbs, Djan Carbonell @ 157 lbs., Xavier Paul-Smith @ 165 lbs., Mathis Schweitzer @ 174 lbs and Yaseen Nguyen @ 184 lbs.

In all, RPI advances 13 to the NCWA National Championships in Shreveport, LA on March 26th - 28th.

The Engineers finished their dual meet season undefeated for the first time since the 2009-10 season! Coach Brad Nelson runs his career wins mark to 107 with the help of a quad of nationally ranked wrestlers in Senior captain Andrew Brevot ( #6 @ 149), Arcangelo Losee ( #17 @ 157), Luke LaMagna ( #9 @ 174) and Junior captain Matthew Klein ( #10 @ 184). Their final stint of their dual meet season took them from Ohio back to Troy. During the season, they defeated teams from across three conferences, including the Northeast, Great Lakes and Mid East.

Wrestling hosts the 2026 NCWA Northeast Conference Wrestling Championships Saturday 3/14 at the RPI AS&RC Armory. Wrestling starts at 10am. Stop by to show your support as RPI will be looking to qualify individuals to the NCWA National Championships March 26th - 28th in Shreveport, LA!

Wrestling hosts the 2026 NCWA Northeast Conference Championships this weekend, Saturday 3/14! Stop by and show your support as the Engineers look to punch tickets to the NCWA National Championships! Wrestling starts at 10am!

Top qualifiers in each weight class will advance to the NCWA National Championships in Shreveport, LA on March 26th - 28th.

Arcangelo Losee led the showing for RPI at the NYS Intercollegiate Championships this past weekend.

Losse placed 4th @ 157lbs. for the Engineers, going 4-2 on the day. Joining him on the podium were captains Andrew Brevot and Matthew Klein who placed 5th @ 149lbs and 6th @ 184lbs respectively.

The Engineers will be on holiday break this weekend before returning to action on 12/6 for the Ted Reese Invitational hosted by the University of Southern Maine. See you there!

Congratulations to Head Coach Brad Nelson who recently eclipsed the 100 win plateau with his teams title at the Jersey Shore Invitational this past weekend!

Coach Nelson now holds a 102-61 career mark with his time at the helm here in Troy, NY. He has helped produce hundreds of successful student athletes who have gone on to have great careers and families, some of whom have continued on coaching at the high school and college levels. He was a 2013 National Wrestling Coaches Association Leadership Academy graduate under Augsburg University's Jeff Swenson.

While here at RPI, his teams have seen much success. Some of those highlights include:

36 - National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-Americans
7 - Team Top 4 Finishes at the Northeast Conference Championships
10 - National All-Americans
1 - National Champion
4 - New York State Team Titles

From Coach Nelson: "I'm very appreciate for the opportunity to help lead the hard working men and women we have here in our wrestling programs at RPI. It's been a long ride and this milestone wasn't something that was on my radar until I was made aware of it at the beginning of this season. I'd like to thank my parents, family, friends, assistant coaches and athletes' parents for all the support over the years, the NCWA for providing a thriving wrestling platform and community, RPI for supporting our programs and lastly, all my wrestlers that bought into our program, helped lay the foundation and made these years fly by! They are responsible for this milestone!"

Thank you Coach Nelson, here's to another 100!

Wrestling rolled to three straight victories this weekend to win the Jersey Shore Invitational hosted by Monmouth University.

Anthony Denier @ 141lbs., Andrew Brevot @ 149lbs., Arcangelo Losee @ 157lbs., Luke LaMagna @ 174lbs., Sean Haas @ 184lbs. and Matt Klein @ 197lbs. all finished undefeated on the day for the Engineers.

A special thank you to .wrestling_, and James Haas for supplying a second mat for the event and giving alumni a chance to wrestle on his alma maters' mat one last time while in college!

Wrestling heads to the multi-divisional NYS Intercollegiate Championships this weekend 11/22, hosted by Onondaga C.C. before heading into the Thanksgiving break.

Wrestling notched wins over defending Northeast Conference champion Springfield Technical C.C. and University of Rhode Island this weekend at home in the '87 Gymnasium. Several wrestlers went undefeated on the day, including Anthony Denier @ 141, Andrew Brevot @ 149, Benjamin Harders @ 149, Arcangelo Losee @ 157, Luke LaMagna @ 174, Mathias Schweitzer, Sean Haas @ 184, Andrew Hanson @ 184, Yaseen Nguyen @ 184 and Matt Klein @ 197.

Wrestling heads to NJ this weekend for the Monmouth Quad meet on 11/15. See you there!

Congratulations to Seniors Sean Haas, Andrew Brevot and Junior Matthew Klein on recently being named captains for the 2025-26 wrestling season!

Sean Haas is majoring in Computer Science. He is a 3x National Qualifier, 3x Conference Championships finalist and National Championships blood rounder.

Andrew Brevot is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He is a 3x National Qualifier, Conference Championships finalist and champion, National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American and a National Championships All-American.

Matthew Klein is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He is a 2x National Qualifier, National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American and a National Championships blood rounder.

Some shots from our recent 2025 media day! Men's & Women's Wrestling open their seasons this weekend on 11/2 at the East Stroudsburg University Open. We'll see you there!