Three Lycoming College wrestlers – senior 125-pounder Kaden Majcher (a Warrior Run graduate), sophomore 174-pounder Nolen Zeigler and sophomore 165-pounder Kaiden Wagner (a Lewisburg graduate) – claimed a spot in the top three of their weight class to earn a spot in the NCAA Division III Championships to highlight the second day of the NCAA Region 2 Qualifier at the Keiper Recreation Center on Sunday.

Majcher won the 125-pound title to become Lycoming’s first regional champion since Connor Fulmer took the heavyweight title in the Southeast Region in 2022. Zeigler placed second in his weight class, and Wagner, with six straight wins in wrestlebacks, took third.

Stevens took the team title with 153 points, while Lycoming took fifth, finishing with 101.5 in the 19-team field.

The trio of Warriors will be Lycoming’s largest contingent to reach the NCAA Championship since four reached the dance in 2019, as the team went on to finish 13th in the nation. The championship will begin on Friday, March 14, at the in Providence, R.I.

Majcher, the top seed in his bracket, improved to 32-4 on the season as he notched an 8-0 major decision of St. John Fisher’s Daniel Parkulo, the No. 5 seed, in the semifinals before posting a 2-0 win over RIT’s Lee Rubin, the No. 7 seed, in the final.

Zeigler, the No. 3 seed, punched his ticket to nationals with a 9-1 major decision in the semifinal against second-seeded Harrison Hinojosa of Stevens before he dropped a 10-6 decision to Ithaca’s ninth-ranked Jackson Gray in the final. Zeigler enters the NCAA Championship with a 31-4 record.

Wagner, after losing his opening pigtail match, came all the way through the wrestleback bracket with six wins in two days to place third and punch his ticket to nationals. The No. 5 seed started Sunday with a 16-0 tech fall of Alfred State’s Benjamin Rivera in the consolation quarterfinals before posting a 17-4 major decision of No. 6 seed, Jack Lamson of RIT, to reach the third-place match, where he posted a 17-4 major decision of No. 4 seed Carter Davis of Penn College. Wagner is now 11-2 on the season.

Junior 184-pounder Eli Crum and senior heavyweight Robbie West each took fourth in their respective weight classes to round out the day’s competition for Lycoming.

Crum, the No. 2 seed, was pinned in the semifinal before rebounding with an 11-5 win over No. 4 seed Isaac Cory in the consolation semifinal to reach the third-place match.

West, the No. 4 seed at heavyweight, was pinned by third-ranked Josh Harkless of RIT in the semifinal before he notched a 12-0 major decision win over No. 6 seed Jackson Burns of St. John Fisher to reach the third place match, where No. 3 seed Nick Franco posted a win by decision.