CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Making his fourth appearance in the NCAA Division III National Championship, senior Jake Craig (Norridgewock, Maine/Skowhegan) of the University of Southern Maine Huskies turned in a clinical performance in back-to-back wins to secure the third All-America honor of his career in the opening day of the 2026 NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championship Friday at the Alliant Energy Power House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
 
With at least an eight-place finish secured and All-American status achieved for the third time in his career, Craig remains in contention for a national title and will compete in the national semifinals on Saturday.  Craig is the first three-time All-American in University of Southern Maine Huskies' Wrestling history. 
 
As previous All-American award winners, Craig (2023, 2025, 2026) is one of just three Husky wrestlers to earn the distinction of NCAA All-American more than once in their career joining current Southern Maine head coach Mike Morin '10, who earned the honor in 2009 and 2010 during his time as a Husky student-athlete, and recent graduate Colby Frost '25 (2024, 2025). Including Morin, Frost and Craig, the Huskies boast eight all-time individual All-Americans. Husky standout Pete Del Gallo earned NCAA All-American honors in 2019 (third place) and was awarded NWCA All-American honors in 2020 after the tourney was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Husky junior Kyle Moore (Kennebunk, Maine/Division Avenue (NY)) had a strong national championship debut. Qualifying for the championship for the first time in his career with a second place finish at the NCAA regional two weeks ago, Moore posted a 2-2 record, including a win in his first-ever NCAA national championship match.
 
Jake Craig (133) – Recap
Competing in his fourth consecutive national championship, Craig, a 2023 & 2025 NCAA Division III All-American at 125 lbs, entered the tourney seeded second and ranked fourth nationally at 133 lbs. After a first-round bye, Craig started his tourney with a crafty 4-2 win over Lucas Torre of New Jersey City College. After a scoreless first period, Craig trailed Torre 1-0 after the second.  Torre earned a point with an escape after starting on the bottom in the period. In the third, Craig evened up the match with an escape of his own before scoring a takedown for three points with 29 seconds remaining.  The match ended at 4-2 as Craig set Torre free with seven seconds for an escape.
 
Advancing to the quarterfinals, and needing a win to secure All-American honors for the third time in his career, Craig faced Arcadia's Jacob Blair. Meeting Blair in the regular season, Craig defeated Blair 8-1 back on January 10. With both grapplers playing defense through the first the score was 0-0 headed into the second.  In the second, Craig scored five points with two escapes and a take down to lead Blair comfortably 5-0.  In the third, Craig continued to put up points, scoring a pair of takedowns plus riding time for a seven-point third period and a 12-1 final.
 
 
Kyle Moore (141) – Recap
Unseeded entering the tourney, Moore made his NCAA National Championship debut earning a 12-7 win by decision over Baldwin Wallace's Antonio Shelley.  Moore led wire-to-wire in his first national tournament bout, scoring a take down early.  Advancing, Moore faced off against no. 4 Vincent Santaniello of TCNJ in his next match, narrowly dropping a 3-2 decision.  Moore trailed Santaniello 2-1 late in the third but scored the tying point with nine seconds remaining before falling 3-2 with riding time. In his first elimination match of the day, Moore was outstanding in his win over Calbe Noblin of Wisconsin Stevens Point. After falling behind 3-0 early in the first, Moore scored 12 unanswered points. Moore leapt ahead with an escape and a take down in the first to lead 4-2 before outscoring Nobling 2-0 in the second to lead 6-2.  Moore added five more points on a takedown and a near fall in the third for an 11-1 lead before staying alive with a 12-3 major decision with riding time. Battling in his fourth match of the day, Moore was eliminated 12-7 by Wisconsin La Crosse's Marcus McIntyre. Trailing 6-1 after the first two periods, Moore rallied to tie the match 7-7 in the third scoring a pair of takedowns.  However, McIntyre was able to get the escape and a take down for the final result in the last 43 seconds.
 
Up Next:
Craig will continue his tournament on Saturday in the semifinal round of the 2026 NCAA Division III National Championship.  He will face third seed James Day of Wabash.  Action resumes at 11 am tomorrow.
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2026 NCAA Division III National Championship – Southern Maine Wrestling Results
123 – Jake Craig
Champ. Round 1 – Craig dec. Lucas Torre (New Jersey City), 4-2
Quarterfinal – Craig major dec Jacob Blair (Arcadia), 12-1
 
141 – Kyle Moore
Preliminary Round – Moore dec. Antonio Shelly (Baldwin Wallace), 12-7
Champ. Round 1 – Vincent Santaniello (TCNJ) dec. Moore, 3-2
Consolation Preliminary  - Moore major dec. Caleb Noblin (Wisconsin-Steven Point), 12-3
Consolation First Round – Marcus McIntyre (Wisconsin La Crosse) dec. Moore, 12-7
 

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