CASTLETON, Vt. – The brackets are set for the 2025 NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championships in Providence, Rhode Island, with eight members of the Vermont State University Castleton wrestling program set to compete on the season's biggest stage.
 
Wrestling begins at 10 a.m. on Friday for the first two preliminary rounds and the initial consolation round. Following a mid-day break, action resumes at 5 p.m. on Friday for the championship quarterfinals and the second and third rounds of the consolation bracket.
 
Of the eight Spartans in action, two earned seeds in the top eight of their weight class, protecting them from facing other seeded wrestlers until the quarterfinal round. Sampson Wilkins is the Spartans' top seed as the No. 4 wrestler at 184 pounds, while Gavin Bradley is the No. 7 seed at 125 pounds. James Rodriguez, Elijah Cyr, Nathaniel Camiscioli, Connor Gregory, Haven Tatarek, and Evan Day round out the Spartan's eight wrestlers, though they are not seeded in the top eight.
 
Wilkins, who enters his third NCAA Championships 28-2 on the season, after taking second place at the Northeast Regional Championships, is set to face off with Austen Wetzel of Westminster in the opening round at 184 pounds. Wetzel placed third at the Lower Midwest Regional.
 
At 125 pounds, Bradley draws a bye in round one and will face the winner of Wyatt Kaczrowski of Augsburg (21-7) and Tomah Gummow of Ithaca (33-13). Bradley placed third at the Northeast Regional and went 34-6 this season.
 
Rodriguez is now a four-time qualifier and two-time All-American at 141 pounds, posting a record of 31-5 this season, placing second two weeks ago at the Northeast Regionals. He is set to face the No. 3 seeded Pierre Baldwin of Central (23-1) in round two who placed first in the Lower Midwest Regional, with a bye in round one.
 
Cyr is making his debut at the NCAA Championships at 149 pounds, placing third at the Northeast Regionals two weeks ago. He posts a record of 26-12 and receives a bye in round one and awaits the winner of No. 7 seeded Daniel Uribe of Wabash (26-2) and Taylor Smith of Washington and Jefferson (15-1).
 
Camiscioli is set for his second NCAA Championship appearance at 157 pounds, with a record of 29-9, placing second at the Northeast Regionals earlier this month. He will match up with the No. 7 seeded Tyler Goebel of Wisconsin-La Crosse (25-2) in round two, who took third at the Upper Midwest Regional.
 
Gregory makes his first NCAA Championship appearance, taking third place two weeks ago at Regionals with a record of 30-12. He is set to see No. 8 seeded Javen Estrada of North Central (18-3) in the opening round Friday morning. Estrada finished second at the Central Regional.
 
At 197 pounds, Tatarek is also making his NCAA Championship debut, following a third-place finish at the Northeast Regionals with a record of 30-11. Tatarek matches up with Charles Baczek of Wabash (25-2), the No. 5 seeded wrestler who finished first at the Central Regional.
 
Day rounds out the Spartan's first-timers at 285 pounds. Day finished second at the Northeast Regionals and was 26-5 this season. He draws a bye in round one and awaits the winner of No. 7 Reid Garrison of Merchant Marine (25-2) and Titus Waters of Wabash (32-9).

Check out the full brackets here.