Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez and Ben Davino Finish Runner-Up at the NCAA Championships
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Key Points:
- Mendez suffered his first loss of the season in an overtime 4-1 defeat to Oklahoma State’s No. 2-seeded Sergio Vega, missing the chance to become one of the few Buckeyes with three individual NCAA championships and an undefeated season.
- Ben Davino, a redshirt freshman and 133-pound Big Ten champion, lost 5-2 to Oklahoma State’s top-seeded Jax Forrest in the national title match but is expected to have a promising career ahead.
- Ohio State finished fifth in the team standings at the 2026 NCAA Championships with 84.5 points, trailing dominant Penn State, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, and Iowa.
- The Buckeyes had five All-Americans: Mendez, Davino,
