Augsburg wins the 2024 DIII wrestling championship
Augsburg captured the 2024 DIII wrestling championship after edging out Wartburg 95-87.5 in the team leaderboards. The championship win marks Augsburg's fifteenth in program history.
The 2024 DIII wrestling championship finals were March 15-16 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, at the La Crosse Center with the DIII qualifiers released on Monday, March 4.
🏆 CHAMPIONSHIP INFO: Brackets |
2024 NCAA DIII wrestling championship schedule
Saturday, March 16
- 11 a.m. | Session Three
Championships Semifinals (Two mats) and Consolation Quarterfinals (Two mats)
Consolation Semifinals (Four mats)
Consolation matches for 3rd, 5th and 7th places (Three mats) - 8 p.m. | Session Four
Championship finals (one mat)
Friday, March 15
- Noon | Session One
Preliminary Rounds One and Two (Six mats) Consolation First (Six mats) - 7 p.m. | Session Two
Championships Quarterfinals (Three mats) Consolation Second and Third Rounds (Three mats)
NCAA DIII wrestling championship history
The DIII wrestling national championship dates back to 1974, skipping 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, with the first-ever championship trophy going to Wilkes. Wartburg and Augsurg each hold 15 national titles which makes them the winningest team in championship history.
Below is a list of all DIII wrestling champs since 1974.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | COACH | POINTS | RUNNER-UP | POINTS | HOST OR SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Augsburg | Tony Valek | 95 | Wartburg | 87.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2023 | Augsburg | Tony Valek | 101 | Wartburg | 66.5 | Roanoke, Va |
| 2022 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 79 | Wabash | 78 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2021 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Augsburg | Jim Moulsoff | 130.0 | Loras (Iowa) | 66.0 | Roanoke, Va |
| 2018 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | Augsburg | 82 | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 2017 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 129.5 | Augsburg | 79 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2016 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 129.5 | Messiah College | 100.0 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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2015 |
Augsburg | Jim Moulsoff | 100 | Wartburg | 89.5 | Hershey, Penn. |
| 2014 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 103.5 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 67 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2013 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 103 | Elmhurst | 82 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2012 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 141.5 | Augsburg | 86.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2011 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 117 | Augsburg | 88.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2010 | Augsburg | Mark Matzek | 110.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 100.5 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2009 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 117.5 | Augsburg | 105 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2008 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 147 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 100 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2007 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 135.5 | Wartburg | 99.5 | Loras |
| 2006 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 145.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 106 | TCNJ |
| 2005 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 162 | Wartburg | 104.5 | St. Olaf |
| 2004 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 156.5 | Augsburg | 140.5 | Loras |
| 2003 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 166.5 | Augsburg | 84.5 | Ohio Northern |
| 2002 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 87 | Upper Iowa/Wartburg | 81 | Wilkes-Barre, Pa. |
| 2001 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 119.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 72 | Wartburg |
| 2000 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 136 | Wartburg | 88 | Ohio Northern |
| 1999 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 117.5 | Augsburg | 116 | TCNJ |
| 1998 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 132 | Wartburg | 90 | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| 1997 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 122 | Wartburg | 80 | Ohio Northern |
| 1996 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 95.5 | Augsburg | 89.5 | SUNY Cortlnd |
| 1995 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 84.5 | TCNJ | 76.5 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1994 | Ithaca | John Murray | 77.75 | Wartburg | 75 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1993 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 93 | Wartburg | 92 | Coast Guard |
| 1992 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 76.5 | Augsburg | 62.5 | TCNJ |
| 1991 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 92 | TCNJ | 59.5 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1990 | Ithaca | John Murray | 81 | Augsburg | 64 | Ithaca |
| 1989 | Ithaca | John Murray | 72.5 | Delware Valley | 64.5 | John Carroll |
| 1988 | St. Lawrence | John Clark | 71 | Montclair State | 66.75 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1987 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 107.5 | Brockport | 70.75 | Buffalo |
| 1986 | Montclair State | Steve Strellner | 87.25 | Brockport | 78 | TCNJ |
| 1985 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 67 | Central (Iowa) | 59.25 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1984 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 96.75 | Augsburg | 68.5 | Binghamton |
| 1983 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 85.75 | TCNJ | 80.75 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1982 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 111.5 | TCNJ | 93.5 | SUNY Cortlnd |
| 1981 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 111.75 | Brockport | 100 | John Carroll |
| 1980 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 111.25 | TCJN | 99.25 | Coast Guard |
| 1979 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 77.75 | Brockport | 77.5 | Humboldt State |
| 1978 | Buffalo | Edward Michael | 91.75 | Millersville | 90 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1977 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 99.25 | Humboldt State | 93 | Binghamton |
| 1976 | Montclair State | Larry Sciacchetano | 143 | John Carroll | 112.25 | Coe |
| 1975 | John Carroll | Tony DeCarlo | 111 | Montclair State | 96 | John Carroll |
| 1974 | Wilkes | John Reese | 135.5 | John Carroll | 86.5 | Wilkes |
