McGowan, Whalen Seeded Second as Ivy League Announces Conference Tournament Brackets

PRINCETON, N.J. – With the tournament less than one week away, the Ivy League released the seedings and brackets for the 2026 Ivy League Tournament on Monday.

Seeded second at 125 and 165, respectively, Marc-Anthony McGowan and Ty Whalen earned the highest seeds among the Tigers.

The Tigers' lineup and seeding for the tournament is as follows:
125 | Marc-Anthony McGowan - No. 2
133 | Ethan Rivera - No. 5
141 | Matthew Martino - No. 5
149 | Eligh Rivera - No. 3
157 | Rocco Camillaci - No. 6
165 | Ty Whalen - No. 2
174 | Xavier Giles - No. 5
197 | Conor McCloskey - No. 6
285 | Sebastian Garibaldi - No. 5

Competing for conference championship titles and NCAA qualifications, the Tigers will begin the postseason on Sunday in New York City.

As the no. 2 seeds in their weight classes, McGowan and Whalen will have bye into the quarterfinal of the brackets.

No. 3 seeds Eligh Rivera and Garcia will face the sixth-seeded wrestlers in the first round, with Rivera taking on Brown's Austin McBurney and Garcia facing Brown's Drew Clearie first.

No. 5 seeds Ethan Rivera, Martino, Giles and Garibaldi will face their weight's no. 4 seed in the first round. Rivera will take on Harvard's Coleman Nogle, and Martino will face a rematch with Columbia's Lorenzo Frezza. Giles will go up against Harvard's Matthew Walsh, and Garibaldi will take on Cornell's Ashton Davis.

Seeded sixth, Camillaci will first face no.3-seeded Jimmy Harrington of Harvard. McCloskey's first round opponent will be Penn's Martin Cosgrove.

Looking beyond Sunday and to Cleveland for the NCAA Championships, the Tigers will fight for ticket punches this weekend.

The Ivy League received 23 total NCAA allocations with the following breakdown:

125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	285
2	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	2

Places one through four will qualify at 157, while a podium finish will mean a spot at nationals for 141 and 149. Finalists at 125, 133, 174 and 285 will qualify for NCAAs. For 184 and 197, only the Ivy Champion will automatically punch a ticket to Cleveland.

With the mission laid out before them, the Tigers will make final preparations before heading to the Big Apple this weekend for a high-stakes tournament. The action will kick off at 10 a.m. on Sunday in Columbia's Levien Gymnasium.

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