Hempstead, NY – Hofstra redshirt senior Zachary Knighton-Ward will represent the Pride at the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships from Detroit, Michigan. The three-day tournament kicks off from Little Caesars Arena on Thursday, March 17.

Session One on Thursday begins at noon, while Session Two begins at 7 p.m. Session One will air on ESPNU, and Session Two will air on ESPN, while every individual match will be streamed live on ESPN 3 and the WatchESPN App. Live results and updates to the official brackets will be available through TrackWrestling. All links can be found on this page and on the wrestling schedule page on GoHofstra.com.

A Uniondale, New York native, Knighton-Ward enters the NCAA Championships as the #31-seed in the 285-lb. bracket with an overall record of 18-7, after placing sixth at the 2022 EIWA Championships. This is Knighton-Ward's third trip to the NCAA Championships, after qualifying as an at-large selection to the 2020 NCAA Championships and earning an auto-bid to the 2021 NCAA Championships.

Knighton-Ward's first round opponent on Thursday will be Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State. Schultz went 18-0 on the year as a redshirt freshman and won his second consecutive Pac-12 title for the Sun Devils. A 2021 NCAA All-American, Schultz heads to Detroit as the second-ranked 285-lb. wrestler by InterMat and the NCAA Coaches' Panel, and he is the #4 wrestler at 285 lbs. by the NCAA RPI standings.

Knighton-Ward and Schultz previously met on the mat back in December at the Journeymen Collegiate Wrestling Duals, and Schultz won by 12-3 major decision over Knighton-Ward.