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Humphreys, Samuelson Win Titles As Lehigh Finishes Second At EIWAs
3/5/2023 8:25:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
PHILADELPHIA – Senior Josh Humphreys and graduate student Tate Samuelson won individual EIWA titles to lead the Lehigh wrestling team to a second place finish at the 119th EIWA Championships, which wrapped-up Sunday at the Palestra. Lehigh advanced four wrestlers to championship finals and the Mountain Hawks had five wrestlers automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships.
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Lehigh scored 120.5 points to finish second. Cornell captured its second straight title with six individual champions and 165.5 points. Host Penn finished third (106) with Columbia and Navy tying for fourth place with 95 points.
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Humphreys won his third EIWA crown at 157 defeating Penn's Anthony Artalona 6-4 in the finals. He scored a first period takedown, added a second period reversal and a third period escape, plus riding time, to improve to 16-0 on the season.
Earlier Sunday, Humphreys punched his finals ticket and secured NCAA qualification with a 16-1 technical fall over Harvard's Trevor Tarsi.
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Samuelson became a five-time NCAA qualifier and a five-time conference place winner after defeating Princeton's Nate Dugan 6-1 in the semifinals. In the finals, Samuelson met Jacob Nolan of Binghamton and won a 6-1 decision to win Lehigh's 227th individual EIWA title. Samuelson scored takedowns in the first and third periods and added a third-period escape plus riding time. The finals victory was the 97th of Samuelson's career.
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Sophomore Michael Beard reached the finals at 197 and secured his spot at nationals with a technical fall victory over Navy's Jacob Koser in the semifinals. Beard raced out to a 4-1 lead in his finals bout with Cornell's Jacob Cardenas only to see the Big Red wrestler rally with two takedowns in the second and two more in the third to knock off Beard 10-9. The loss snapped Beard's 14-match winning streak.
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Having secured NCAA qualification on Saturday, first-year heavyweight Nathan Taylor knocked off top seed Yaraslau Slavikouski of Harvard 5-1 on the semifinals on the strength of a third-period takedown. Taylor and Navy's Grady Griess were locked in a 1-1 finals match when Griess came out of a lengthy scramble with a takedown and two point near fall in the final seconds of the bout to claim a 5-1 victory as Taylor settled for second place in his first EIWA appearance.
Sophomore Malyke Hines was the fifth Mountain Hawk to automatically qualify for the NCAA championships. Hines pinned Hofstra's Justin Hoyle in the consolation quarterfinals and then punched his ticket to Tulsa with a takedown in sudden victory to defeat Bucknell's Darren Miller 3-1. In the third place match, Hines gave up a pair of third period takedowns to Navy's Josh Koderhandt and fell 7-6 to finish in fourth place.
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First-year Carter Bailey (125) and sophomores Max Brignola (149) and Jake Logan (174) all dropped consolation quarterfinals Sunday morning and wrestled for seventh place. Bailey and Brignola were victorious, with Bailey pinning Mason Leiphart of F&M in the first period and Brignola defeating Princeton's Marshall Keller 8-3. Logan fell to Hofstra's Ross McFarland to finish in eighth place.
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Lehigh's qualifiers will move on to the NCAA Championships, Mar. 16-18 in Tulsa, Okla. At-large selections will be announced Tuesday, with the seeds and brackets unveiled Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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125 – No. 10 Carter Bailey – 7th place
Round of 16: Tech fall No. 7 Mason Leiphart (F&M) 18-0, 2:05
Quarterfinal: L by major dec. No. 2 Pat Glory (Princeton) 8-0
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 8 Maximillian Leete (American) 12-1
Consolation quarterfinal: L by major dec. No. 6 Ethan Berginc (Army) 11-2
Seventh place match: Fall No. 7 Mason Leiphart (F&M) 2:48
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133 – No. 4 Connor McGonagle - DNP
Round of 16: Fall No. 13 Chase Liardi (Hofstra) 4:32
Quarterfinal: L by injury default No. 5 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 0:57
Second round consolation: medical forfeit out of tournament
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141 – No. 5 Malyke Hines – 4th place
Round of 16: dec. No. 12 Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 6-3
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 4 Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 8-4
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 10 Joseph Cangro (Hofstra) 11-1
Consolation quarterfinal: Fall No. 9 Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 3:36
Consolation semifinal: dec. No. 3 Darren Miller (Bucknell) 3-1, sv
Third place match: L by dec. No. 3 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) 7-6
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149 – No. 3 Max Brignola – 7th place
Round of 16: Â dec. No. 14 Marshall Keller (Princeton) 7-2
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 6 Danny Fongaro (Columbia) 4-3
Second round consolation: dec. No. 16 Patrick Ryan (American) 4-1
Consolation quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 7 Luke Nichter (Drexel) 5-3
Seventh place match: dec. No. 14 Marshall Keller (Princeton) 8-3
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157 – No. 2 Josh Humphreys – 1st place
Round of 16: Fall No. 15 Nick Alvarez (F&M) 1:13
Quarterfinal: major dec. No. 7 Nick Palumbo (SHU) 11-2
Semifinal: Tech fall No. 6 Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) 16-1, 3:46
Final: dec. No. 1 Anthony Artalona (Penn) 6-4
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165 – No. 11 Connor Herceg - DNP
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 6 Lucas Revano (Penn) 3-2
First round consolation: major dec. No. 14 Aidan Zarrella (SHU) 16-5
Second round consolation: L by dec. No. 9 Josh Kim (Harvard) 7-4
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174 – No. 14 Jake Logan – 8th place
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 3 Ben Pasiuk (Army) 8-2
First round consolation: major dec. No. 11 Lucas White (American) 12-3
Second round consolation: dec. No. 8 Kole Mulhauser (Princeton) 3-2
Consolation quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 7 Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) 6-3
Seventh place match: L by dec. No. 10 Ross McFarland (Hofstra) 3-2
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184 – No. 1 Tate Samuelson – 1st place
Round of 16: major dec. No. 17 Christian Hansen (Cornell) 15-4
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 9 Maximus Hale (Penn) 4-2
Semifinal: dec. No. 5 Nate Dugan (Princeton) 6-1
Final: dec. No. 2 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 6-1
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197 – No. 1 Michael Beard – 2nd place
Round of 16: Fall No. 16 Michael Doggett (Harvard) 2:12
Quarterfinal: Win by injury default No. 9 Sean O'Malley (Drexel) 0:00
Semifinal: Tech fall No. 4 Jacob Koser (Navy) 22-7, 6:09
Final: L by dec. No. 2 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) 10-9
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285 – No. 4 Nathan Taylor – 2nd place
Round of 16: Fall No. 13 Billy McChesney (Columbia) 1:06
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 5 Ben Goldin (Penn) 3-1, sv
Semifinal: dec. No. 1 Yaraslau Slavikouski 5-1
Final: L by dec. No. 2 Grady Griess (Navy) 5-1
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Lehigh scored 120.5 points to finish second. Cornell captured its second straight title with six individual champions and 165.5 points. Host Penn finished third (106) with Columbia and Navy tying for fourth place with 95 points.
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Humphreys won his third EIWA crown at 157 defeating Penn's Anthony Artalona 6-4 in the finals. He scored a first period takedown, added a second period reversal and a third period escape, plus riding time, to improve to 16-0 on the season.
Â🔀Humphreys reverses to go up 4-0 in the second!
— Lehigh Wrestling (@LehighWrestling) March 5, 2023
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Earlier Sunday, Humphreys punched his finals ticket and secured NCAA qualification with a 16-1 technical fall over Harvard's Trevor Tarsi.
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Samuelson became a five-time NCAA qualifier and a five-time conference place winner after defeating Princeton's Nate Dugan 6-1 in the semifinals. In the finals, Samuelson met Jacob Nolan of Binghamton and won a 6-1 decision to win Lehigh's 227th individual EIWA title. Samuelson scored takedowns in the first and third periods and added a third-period escape plus riding time. The finals victory was the 97th of Samuelson's career.
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Sophomore Michael Beard reached the finals at 197 and secured his spot at nationals with a technical fall victory over Navy's Jacob Koser in the semifinals. Beard raced out to a 4-1 lead in his finals bout with Cornell's Jacob Cardenas only to see the Big Red wrestler rally with two takedowns in the second and two more in the third to knock off Beard 10-9. The loss snapped Beard's 14-match winning streak.
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Having secured NCAA qualification on Saturday, first-year heavyweight Nathan Taylor knocked off top seed Yaraslau Slavikouski of Harvard 5-1 on the semifinals on the strength of a third-period takedown. Taylor and Navy's Grady Griess were locked in a 1-1 finals match when Griess came out of a lengthy scramble with a takedown and two point near fall in the final seconds of the bout to claim a 5-1 victory as Taylor settled for second place in his first EIWA appearance.
ÂTaylor did the work in the third to take the lead!
— Lehigh Wrestling (@LehighWrestling) March 5, 2023
Watch on @FloWrestling: https://t.co/xY15vR7Qwr pic.twitter.com/U7Jkm9IYjA
Sophomore Malyke Hines was the fifth Mountain Hawk to automatically qualify for the NCAA championships. Hines pinned Hofstra's Justin Hoyle in the consolation quarterfinals and then punched his ticket to Tulsa with a takedown in sudden victory to defeat Bucknell's Darren Miller 3-1. In the third place match, Hines gave up a pair of third period takedowns to Navy's Josh Koderhandt and fell 7-6 to finish in fourth place.
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First-year Carter Bailey (125) and sophomores Max Brignola (149) and Jake Logan (174) all dropped consolation quarterfinals Sunday morning and wrestled for seventh place. Bailey and Brignola were victorious, with Bailey pinning Mason Leiphart of F&M in the first period and Brignola defeating Princeton's Marshall Keller 8-3. Logan fell to Hofstra's Ross McFarland to finish in eighth place.
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Lehigh's qualifiers will move on to the NCAA Championships, Mar. 16-18 in Tulsa, Okla. At-large selections will be announced Tuesday, with the seeds and brackets unveiled Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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The 2022-23 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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125 – No. 10 Carter Bailey – 7th place
Round of 16: Tech fall No. 7 Mason Leiphart (F&M) 18-0, 2:05
Quarterfinal: L by major dec. No. 2 Pat Glory (Princeton) 8-0
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 8 Maximillian Leete (American) 12-1
Consolation quarterfinal: L by major dec. No. 6 Ethan Berginc (Army) 11-2
Seventh place match: Fall No. 7 Mason Leiphart (F&M) 2:48
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133 – No. 4 Connor McGonagle - DNP
Round of 16: Fall No. 13 Chase Liardi (Hofstra) 4:32
Quarterfinal: L by injury default No. 5 Brendan Ferretti (Navy) 0:57
Second round consolation: medical forfeit out of tournament
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141 – No. 5 Malyke Hines – 4th place
Round of 16: dec. No. 12 Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 6-3
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 4 Matt Kazimir (Columbia) 8-4
Second round consolation: major dec. No. 10 Joseph Cangro (Hofstra) 11-1
Consolation quarterfinal: Fall No. 9 Justin Hoyle (Hofstra) 3:36
Consolation semifinal: dec. No. 3 Darren Miller (Bucknell) 3-1, sv
Third place match: L by dec. No. 3 Josh Koderhandt (Navy) 7-6
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149 – No. 3 Max Brignola – 7th place
Round of 16: Â dec. No. 14 Marshall Keller (Princeton) 7-2
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 6 Danny Fongaro (Columbia) 4-3
Second round consolation: dec. No. 16 Patrick Ryan (American) 4-1
Consolation quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 7 Luke Nichter (Drexel) 5-3
Seventh place match: dec. No. 14 Marshall Keller (Princeton) 8-3
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157 – No. 2 Josh Humphreys – 1st place
Round of 16: Fall No. 15 Nick Alvarez (F&M) 1:13
Quarterfinal: major dec. No. 7 Nick Palumbo (SHU) 11-2
Semifinal: Tech fall No. 6 Trevor Tarsi (Harvard) 16-1, 3:46
Final: dec. No. 1 Anthony Artalona (Penn) 6-4
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165 – No. 11 Connor Herceg - DNP
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 6 Lucas Revano (Penn) 3-2
First round consolation: major dec. No. 14 Aidan Zarrella (SHU) 16-5
Second round consolation: L by dec. No. 9 Josh Kim (Harvard) 7-4
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174 – No. 14 Jake Logan – 8th place
Round of 16: L by dec. No. 3 Ben Pasiuk (Army) 8-2
First round consolation: major dec. No. 11 Lucas White (American) 12-3
Second round consolation: dec. No. 8 Kole Mulhauser (Princeton) 3-2
Consolation quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 7 Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) 6-3
Seventh place match: L by dec. No. 10 Ross McFarland (Hofstra) 3-2
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184 – No. 1 Tate Samuelson – 1st place
Round of 16: major dec. No. 17 Christian Hansen (Cornell) 15-4
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 9 Maximus Hale (Penn) 4-2
Semifinal: dec. No. 5 Nate Dugan (Princeton) 6-1
Final: dec. No. 2 Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) 6-1
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197 – No. 1 Michael Beard – 2nd place
Round of 16: Fall No. 16 Michael Doggett (Harvard) 2:12
Quarterfinal: Win by injury default No. 9 Sean O'Malley (Drexel) 0:00
Semifinal: Tech fall No. 4 Jacob Koser (Navy) 22-7, 6:09
Final: L by dec. No. 2 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) 10-9
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285 – No. 4 Nathan Taylor – 2nd place
Round of 16: Fall No. 13 Billy McChesney (Columbia) 1:06
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 5 Ben Goldin (Penn) 3-1, sv
Semifinal: dec. No. 1 Yaraslau Slavikouski 5-1
Final: L by dec. No. 2 Grady Griess (Navy) 5-1
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