NEW LONDON, Conn.   -  Senior Jake Craig (Norridgewock, Maine/Skowhegan) and junior Kyle Moore (Kennebunk, Maine/Division Avenue (NY)) are headed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa after punching their tickets to the 2026 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament (March 13-14) at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse.

Craig became just the third Husky in program history to claim the title of NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Champion, winning the 133-pound bracket. Securing his fourth consecutive bid to the NCAA national tourney, Craig is now a four-time All-Region (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) wrestler and will seek to add his third NCAA All-America honor after achieving the distinction in 2023 and 2025.  Posting a perfect 4-0 record at the regional championship, Craig is 116-24 in his career and now sits in fifth place in the Huskies' all-time wins leader board.  Sitting at 32-2 headed into the national championship tourney, is one of eight Southern Maine wrestlers to earn 100 wins in their career: 1. Dan Del Gallo (137); T2. Mike Morin (133); T2. Peter Del Gallo (133); 4. CJ Luth (120); 5. Jake Craig (116); 6. Colby Frost (115); 7. Brendan Weir (110); 8. Mike Risti (103).

Earning all-region honors for the second time in his career (2025, 2026), Kyle Moore will head to nationals for the first time in his career.  The Huskies' junior finished second overall at 141 lbs, and is 21-3 overall. Narrowly missing out on the 2025 national tourney with a fourth place finish a season ago, Moore earned a dominant 9-0 win over Trinity College's Ty Trickle in the semifinal of his bracket to secure his spot in Iowa.  Moore and Trickle had met less than two weeks ago with Moore eking out a 13-10 (SV-1) decision.

Sophomore Shane Moore (Kennebunk, Maine/Division Avenue (NY)) finished eighth in the 149-pound bracket, earning a podium spot and NCAA All-Region honors for the first time in his career. Moore finished his first regional championship with a 3-3 record.
 
 
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Wrestlers placing in the top three of their respective weight classes will earn an automatic berth 2026 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament held March 13-14 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse.  Division III qualifiers are set to be released on Monday, March 2 followed by a bracket release on Monday, March 9. 
 

2026.  NCAA Northeast Regional Team Scores: Day One

1. Springfield, 170.5; 2. Williams, 155; 3. Coast Guard 152.5; 4. Castleton 144.5; 5. Johnson & Wales 144; 6. Wesleyan 86.5; 7. Trinity 72.5; 8. Western New England 61; 9. Southern Maine 57; 10. Roger Williams 50; 11. Bridgewater State 49.5; 12. Norwich 46; 13. WPI 37; 14. Emmanuel College 36.5 15. Rhode Island College 34; 16. New England College 32; 17. Plymouth State 16.5; 18. Maine Maritime 7; 19. Utica 3
 
NCAA DIII Regional Northeast Results for Southern Maine
 
125: Carter Noble - Eliminated
Alexander Schaeublin (Trinity) pinned Noble, 2:03
Noble won by forfeit. Dominic Gangi (NEC)
Christopher Colon (Williams) dec. Noble, 11-4
 
133: Jake Craig – First Place, Northeast Regional Champion, All-Region, NCAA Qualifier
Craig pinned Robert Stone (RIC), 2:10
Craig won by tech fall Zachary Brzoska (Emmanuel), 18-2 (6:09)
Craig major decision Matthew Carrozza (Trinity), 9-0
Craig won by forfeit – Northeast Regional Champion
 
141: Kyle Moore – Second Place, All-Region, NCAA Qualifier
Moore won by tech fall Hunter Lunberg (RIC), 17-2 (5:55)
Moore won by major dec Jared Hood (Emmanual), 8-0
Moore dec. Ty Trickle (Trinity), 5-0
Hayden Myers (Wesleyan) dec. Moore, 4-1
 
149: Shane Moore – Eighth Place, All-Regional
Dylan Vanegas (Castleton) dec. Moore, 9-7
Moore dec. Kamel Dib (Bridgewater), 8-2
Moore pinned Billy Burke (Norwich), 4:22
Moore dec. Mason Basara (WPI), 11-8
Ty Stewart (Springfield) pinned Moore, 6:24
Matt Castillo (RWU) major dec. Moore, 13-3
 
157: Cesar Calderin- Eliminated
Peter Kane (Williams) pinned Calderin, 0:28
Calderin won by tech fall Hunter Morton (Utica), 19-3 (5:35)
Will Hunt (RIC) pinned Calderim, 4:19
 
165: Nate Wolyniec - Eliminated
Henry Forte (William) won by tech fall Wolyniec, 21-4 (4:11)
Scott Lallas (RIC) dec. Wolyniec, 7-2
 
174: Troy Moscatelli - Eliminated
Max Bluhm (WNEU) pinned Moscatelli, 2:01
Akiva Lind (Wesleyan) won by tech fall Moscatelli, 19-4 (5:32)
 
 
184: Aaron Foley-Pratt - Eliminated
Juan Rodriguez (RIC) dec. Foley Pratt, 3-1
Kyle Stickel (MMA) won by forfeit
 
197: Michael Sanchez - Eliminated
Zach Borzio (Williams) pinned Sanchez, 0:47
Luke Hutton (Trinity) dec. Sanchez, 5-3
 
 
285: Jason Canavan Dwyer - Eliminated
Carl DiGiorgio (Coast Guard) won by tech fall Canavan-Dwyer, 19-4 (3:51)
Connor Reynolds (Williams) major dec. Canavan-Dwyer, 12-0