2025 MAC Wrestling Championship
March 7-8, 2025 | Trenton, NJ
Hosted by Rider University
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Friday, March 7 | Live Stream (Mat 2)
11:00 AM | Doors to CURE Insurance Arens Open to the public
11:57 AM | National Anthem
12:00 PM | Opening Round (50 Matches, 4 Mats)
2:00 PM | Championship Quarterfinals (40 Matches, 3 Mats)
| Consolation Round 1 (10 Matches, 1 Mat)
5:00 PM | Championship Semifinals (20 Matches, 2 Mats
Consolation Round 2 (40 Matches, 2 Mats)
(Consolation Round 2 moves to all four mats once the Semifinals are concluded)
Saturday, March 8 | Live Stream Morning (Mat 2) | Live Stream Championship (Mat 2)
8:00 AM | Doors to CURE Insurance Arens Open to the public
11:30 AM | Consolation Quarterfinals (20 Matches, 4 Mats)
1:00 PM | Consolation Semifinals (20 Matches, 4 Mats)
2:50 PM | Championship Finals Parade & Face-off Introductions
2:57 PM | National Anthem
3:00 PM | Championship Finals
| 3
rd Place and 5
th Place Matches where applicable (4 Mats)
NCAA Qualifying Spot Matches to follow if necessary
BRACKETS
George Mason Wrestling will travel to New Jersey for the 2025 MAC Wrestling Championships on Friday and Saturday, March 7-8 inside the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ, on Friday and Saturday.
Ten Patriots will look to punch their ticket to the 2025 NCAA Championships at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA, on Mar. 20-22.
In its sixth season in the MAC, Mason finished the season with an 12-6 record, and its best finish in the MAC (6-2). For the third consecutive season the Green and Gold have double-digit wins. After back-to-back 11-win seasons, GMU won 12 this season, which is the most wins in a season since the 2007-08 season when the Patriots finished with a 13-5 record.
Two wrestlers,
Evan Maag (165) and
Malachi DuVall (184) are aiming to defend their 2024 MAC Championships. Maag is seeded second, while DuVall earned a three seed. George Mason has nine wrestlers included in the pre-seedings. In addition to Maag and DuVall, 2024 NCAA Qualifier
DJ McGee in the 157-weight class earned a three seed.
Kaden Cassidy (149), ranked #26 in NWCA Coach's Poll, is also a three-seed.
Three Patriots additional wrestlers are in the top 5;
Tyler Kocak (197) is a four seed, while senior
Logan Messer (174) and freshman
James Blackman (285) garnered five seeds.
MAC QUALIFIER ALLOCATIONS FOR 2025 NCAA D1 WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) earned 23 NCAA allocations, including four from George Mason wrestlers. The Patriots were one of only four teams with four or more allocations with Lock Haven leading the way with six, followed by Central Michigan, Rider, and George Mason with four each.
After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 12. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers.
RPI Rankings/NWCA Rankings
George Mason has four wrestlers ranked in the most recent RPI/NWCA ranking; #26/#26
Kaden Cassidy at 149, #27/#22
DJ McGee at 157, #21/#23
Evan Maag at 165, and #31/#23
Malachi DuVall at 184.
Weight Wrestler RPI Coaches
149
Kaden Cassidy 26 26
157
DJ McGee 27 22
165
Evan Maag 21 23
184
Malachi DuVall 31 23
MASON LINEUP
125 | R-Sr. Ben Monn (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley)
Season: 14-11, 6-4 MAC
Opening match v. B. Wentzel (Lock Haven)
Earned 5-1 decision against Wentzel (Jan. 26)
133 | Fr.
Geoffrey Whelan (Stafford, Va./Mountain View)
Season: 4-17, 1-4 MAC
Opening match v. No. 1 seed #16 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven)
141 | R-Jr.
Dominic Hargrove (Colorado Springs, Colo./Discovery Canyon)
Season: 8-13, 4-7 MAC
Opening match v. the winner of Wyatt Henson (LH) vs. A. Lucinsky (Buffalo)
5th at 2024 MAC Championships
149 | R-Jr.
Kaden Cassidy (Bedford, Pa./Bedford)
Season: 14-3, 7-1
Career: 47-20
Opening round v. C. Arch (NIU)
5th at 2024 MAC Championships
157 | R-So.
DJ McGee (Stafford, Va./Bullis Prep)
Season: 17-5, 7-2 MAC
Career: 48-15
Opening match vs. D. Terry (Cleveland St)
2024 NCAA Qualifier
Second-place at 2024 MAC Championships
165 | R-So.
Evan Maag (Bethlehem, Pa./Notre Dame)
Season: 20-5, 8-1 MAC
Career: 60-28
Evan Maag ranks in the top 10 of all of NCAA Division I Wrestling in bonus points. The redshirt sophomore is in ninth for most pins with eight.
Opening match is a Bye Maag v. winner of C. Dobbins (LH) v. B. Smith (NIU)
2024 MAC Champion (165)
174 | Sr. Logan Messer (Norton, Ohio./Wadsworth)
Season: 20-9, 7-4 MAC
Career: 72-30
Opening round bye
Messer v. winner of H. Andel (Kent) v. J. Worthing (Clarion)
184 | R-Jr.
Malachi DuVall (Centre Hall, Pa./Penn Valley)
Season: 14-4
Career: 62-32
Opening round bye
DuVall v. winner of A. Gacek (Clarion) v. A. Cramer (CMU)
2024 MAC Champion (165)
197 | GS Tyler Kocak (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton)
Season: 10-8, 6-4 MAC
Career: 48-48
Opening round bye
Kocak vs. winner of B. Schaffer (Kent) vs. E. Wiant (Clarion)
6th at 2024 MAC Championships
Third MAC Championship
285 | Fr. James Blackman (Falls Church, Va/St. Stephen St. Agnes)
Season: 15-9, 7-2 MAC
Opening match vs. J. Christense, NIU
