Friday, March 17
Tulsa, Okla.
12:00 PM
Lehigh University
at
NCAA Championships
Photo by: Matt Hawley
Humphreys Advances to Semis; Hines, Beard to Wrestle For AA Honors Friday Night
3/17/2023 4:32:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
TULSA, Okla. – Senior Josh Humphreys punched his ticket to Friday night's semifinals with a 5-2 decision over North Dakota State's Jared Franek, highlighting session three of the NCAA Championships for the Mountain Hawks at BOK Center. In the process, Humphreys earned his second career All-America honor and earns Lehigh's 160th all-time medal.
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Sophomores Malyke Hines (141) and Michael Beard (197) both won two matches Friday afternoon and will wrestle for All-America honors in the fourth round of consolations Friday night.
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Lehigh finishes session three in 11th place with 22.5 team points.
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In his quarterfinal bout at 157, Humphreys opened the scoring with a second period takedown and added a reversal to open the third, plus riding time advantage. Humphreys, the No. 5 seed, will next face top seed Austin O'Connor of North Carolina in the semifinals. He will be looking to avenge a one-point loss to O'Connor in last year's blood round.
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Hines earned the opportunity to wrestle for a spot on the podium with a pair of bonus point wins Friday afternoon. He began the day with an impressive 18-6 major decision over Ryan Jack of NC State, where piled up the points both early and late. In his next match, he trailed Columbia's Matt Kazimir 2-1 in the second period when he caught the Lion on his back for a defensive fall at 3:56. The pin marked Hines' first win over Kazimir in three tries this season. He will wrestle North Carolina's Lachlan McNeil for All-America honors Friday night.
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Beard began his day with a 17-7 major decision over Nick Stemmet of Stanford, and then held off Yonger Bastida of Iowa State 2-1. Bastida had a second period takedown nullified following a Lehigh challenge and gained 1:03 of riding time in the third period which proved to be the difference in the match. Beard's blood round opponent is No. 2 seed Bernie Truax of Cal Poly, who edged Beard 3-2 in December at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals.
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Graduate student Tate Samuelson finished one win shy of wrestling in the round of 12 Friday night. Samuelson beat Michigan State's Layne Malczewski 5-1 in the second round of consolations at 184, but dropped a 3-1, sudden-victory heartbreaker to Drexel's Brian Bonino. The EIWA Champion in his lone year with the Mountain Hawks, Samuelson went 22-9 in his graduate season.
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First-year heavyweight Nathan Taylor was eliminated Friday afternoon by Harvard's Yaraslau Slavikouski, who avenged an EIWA tournament loss with a 4-2 decision, reversing Taylor in the third period when the Mountain Hawk was working to ride out. Taylor's deferred first season ends at 17-12.
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The NCAA Championships continue Friday night with session four beginning at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. The session will feature the championship semifinals, All-America round of 12 and consolation quarterfinals. It will be televised on ESPN with streaming video of every mat available on ESPN+.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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141 – No. 22 Malyke Hines
Round of 32: L by dec. No. 11 Clay Carlson (SDSU) 6-1
First round consolation: dec. No. 27 Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 5-4
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 5 Ryan Jack (NC State) 18-6
Third round consolation: Fall No. 19 Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 3:56
Fourth round consolation: No. 10 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
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157 – No. 5 Josh Humphreys
Round of 32: dec. No. 28 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) 3-0
Round of 16: dec. No. 12 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) 3-0
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 4 Jared Franek (NDSU) 5-2
Semifinal: No. 1 Austin O'Connor (North Carolina)
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184 – No. 17 Tate Samuelson - eliminated
Round of 32: Fall No. 16 Reece Heller (Pitt) 5:45
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI) 4-2
Second round consolation: dec. No. 15 Layne Malczewski (Michigan St.) 5-1
Third round consolation: L by dec. No. 25 Brian Bonino (Drexel) 3-1, sv
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197 – No. 5 Michael Beard
Round of 32: major dec. No. 28 Jacob Koser (Navy) 11-1
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 12 Zac Braunagel (Illinois) 7-6
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 27 Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 17-7
Third round consolation: dec. No. 13 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 2-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 2 Bernie Truax (Cal Poly)
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285 – No. 21 Nathan Taylor - eliminated
Round of 32: L by dec. No.12 Colton McKiernan (SIUE) 4-0
First round consolation: major dec. No. 28 Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) 11-1
Second round consolation: L by dec. No. 6 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) 4-2
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Sophomores Malyke Hines (141) and Michael Beard (197) both won two matches Friday afternoon and will wrestle for All-America honors in the fourth round of consolations Friday night.
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Lehigh finishes session three in 11th place with 22.5 team points.
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In his quarterfinal bout at 157, Humphreys opened the scoring with a second period takedown and added a reversal to open the third, plus riding time advantage. Humphreys, the No. 5 seed, will next face top seed Austin O'Connor of North Carolina in the semifinals. He will be looking to avenge a one-point loss to O'Connor in last year's blood round.
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Hines earned the opportunity to wrestle for a spot on the podium with a pair of bonus point wins Friday afternoon. He began the day with an impressive 18-6 major decision over Ryan Jack of NC State, where piled up the points both early and late. In his next match, he trailed Columbia's Matt Kazimir 2-1 in the second period when he caught the Lion on his back for a defensive fall at 3:56. The pin marked Hines' first win over Kazimir in three tries this season. He will wrestle North Carolina's Lachlan McNeil for All-America honors Friday night.
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Beard began his day with a 17-7 major decision over Nick Stemmet of Stanford, and then held off Yonger Bastida of Iowa State 2-1. Bastida had a second period takedown nullified following a Lehigh challenge and gained 1:03 of riding time in the third period which proved to be the difference in the match. Beard's blood round opponent is No. 2 seed Bernie Truax of Cal Poly, who edged Beard 3-2 in December at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals.
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Graduate student Tate Samuelson finished one win shy of wrestling in the round of 12 Friday night. Samuelson beat Michigan State's Layne Malczewski 5-1 in the second round of consolations at 184, but dropped a 3-1, sudden-victory heartbreaker to Drexel's Brian Bonino. The EIWA Champion in his lone year with the Mountain Hawks, Samuelson went 22-9 in his graduate season.
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First-year heavyweight Nathan Taylor was eliminated Friday afternoon by Harvard's Yaraslau Slavikouski, who avenged an EIWA tournament loss with a 4-2 decision, reversing Taylor in the third period when the Mountain Hawk was working to ride out. Taylor's deferred first season ends at 17-12.
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The NCAA Championships continue Friday night with session four beginning at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. The session will feature the championship semifinals, All-America round of 12 and consolation quarterfinals. It will be televised on ESPN with streaming video of every mat available on ESPN+.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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141 – No. 22 Malyke Hines
Round of 32: L by dec. No. 11 Clay Carlson (SDSU) 6-1
First round consolation: dec. No. 27 Shannon Hanna (Campbell) 5-4
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 5 Ryan Jack (NC State) 18-6
Third round consolation: Fall No. 19 Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 3:56
Fourth round consolation: No. 10 Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina)
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157 – No. 5 Josh Humphreys
Round of 32: dec. No. 28 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) 3-0
Round of 16: dec. No. 12 Kendall Coleman (Purdue) 3-0
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 4 Jared Franek (NDSU) 5-2
Semifinal: No. 1 Austin O'Connor (North Carolina)
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184 – No. 17 Tate Samuelson - eliminated
Round of 32: Fall No. 16 Reece Heller (Pitt) 5:45
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI) 4-2
Second round consolation: dec. No. 15 Layne Malczewski (Michigan St.) 5-1
Third round consolation: L by dec. No. 25 Brian Bonino (Drexel) 3-1, sv
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197 – No. 5 Michael Beard
Round of 32: major dec. No. 28 Jacob Koser (Navy) 11-1
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 12 Zac Braunagel (Illinois) 7-6
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 27 Nick Stemmet (Stanford) 17-7
Third round consolation: dec. No. 13 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) 2-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 2 Bernie Truax (Cal Poly)
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285 – No. 21 Nathan Taylor - eliminated
Round of 32: L by dec. No.12 Colton McKiernan (SIUE) 4-0
First round consolation: major dec. No. 28 Dorian Crosby (Bucknell) 11-1
Second round consolation: L by dec. No. 6 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) 4-2
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