Friday, March 22
Kansas City, Mo.
12:00 PM
Lehigh University
at
NCAA Championships
Photo by: Matt Hawley
Crookham Advances To Semifinals, Three Mountain Hawks To Wrestle For AA Honors Friday Night
3/22/2024 4:21:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
KANSAS CITY – First-year Ryan Crookham will wrestle Friday night in the national semifinals and earned All-America honors in the process, highlighting Lehigh's Friday afternoon session at the NCAA Championships at T-Mobile Center.
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Crookham won a 4-2 decision over Nasir Bailey of Little Rock in the quarterfinals and will now face Cornell's Vito Arujau, the defending NCAA and World Champion for the third time this season.
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All of Crookham's scoring versus Bailey came in the second period, as Crookham escaped early and then scrambled his way into a late takedown. Bailey picked up a pair of penalty points for stalling to account for the final margin.
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Crookham wins Lehigh's 161st All-America honor. He is the 10th Lehigh first-year wrestler to earn a spot on the podium and the first since Darian Cruz (true) and Mitch Minotti (deferred) accomplished the feat in 2014.
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Three other Mountain Hawks will wrestle for a spot on the podium Friday night.
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First-year Luke Stanich won two matches Friday afternoon at 125, using a third period takedown and four point near fall to beat Dean Peterson of Rutgers 8-1 and then another third period takedown to break a 1-1 tie in a 4-1 decision over Jakob Camacho of NC State. Stanich will face Matt Ramos of Purdue in the round of 12 with the winner earning a podium place.
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Junior Michael Beard (197) and sophomore Nathan Taylor (285) dropped their quarterfinal bouts and will need a win Friday night to make the podium.
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Beard dropped an 8-2 decision to Rocky Elam of Missouri, with Elam scoring takedowns in the first and third period. In the round of 12 Beard will face Andy Smith of Virginia Tech.
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Taylor lost a 4-1, sudden-victory decision to Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State with the Sun Devil getting behind for the winning score early in overtime. Taylor will face Taye Ghadiali of Campbell in the round of 12.
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Lehigh finished the session with 18.5 team points, leaving the Mountain Hawks in 17th place.
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Penn State continues to lead with 86.5 points, followed by Michigan (50.5) and Arizona State (44.5).
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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 2023-24 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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125 – No. 2 Luke Stanich
Rd. of 32: major dec. No. 31 Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 11-2
Rd. of 16: L by dec. No. 15 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) 4-1, sv
Second round consolation: dec. No. 16 Dean Peterson (Rutgers) 8-1
Third round consolation: dec. No. 7 Jakob Camacho (NC State) 4-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 4 Matt Ramos (Purdue)
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133 – No. 2 Ryan Crookham
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 31 Maximillian Leete (American) 4-3
Rd. of 16: dec. No. 15 Brody Teske (Iowa) 8-3
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 7 Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) 4-2
Semifinal: No. 6 Vito Arujau (Cornell)
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197 – No. 4 Michael Beard
Rd. of 32: tech fall No. 29 Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) 26-10, 4:02
Rd. of 16: major dec. No. 20 Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) 12-3
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 12 Rocky Elam (Missouri) 8-2
Fourth round consolation: No. 26 Andy Smith (Virginia Tech)
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285 – No. 5 Nathan Taylor
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 28 Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) 11-4
Rd. of 16: dec. No. 12 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 6-1
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 4 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 4-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 7 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)
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Crookham won a 4-2 decision over Nasir Bailey of Little Rock in the quarterfinals and will now face Cornell's Vito Arujau, the defending NCAA and World Champion for the third time this season.
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All of Crookham's scoring versus Bailey came in the second period, as Crookham escaped early and then scrambled his way into a late takedown. Bailey picked up a pair of penalty points for stalling to account for the final margin.
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Crookham wins Lehigh's 161st All-America honor. He is the 10th Lehigh first-year wrestler to earn a spot on the podium and the first since Darian Cruz (true) and Mitch Minotti (deferred) accomplished the feat in 2014.
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Three other Mountain Hawks will wrestle for a spot on the podium Friday night.
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First-year Luke Stanich won two matches Friday afternoon at 125, using a third period takedown and four point near fall to beat Dean Peterson of Rutgers 8-1 and then another third period takedown to break a 1-1 tie in a 4-1 decision over Jakob Camacho of NC State. Stanich will face Matt Ramos of Purdue in the round of 12 with the winner earning a podium place.
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Junior Michael Beard (197) and sophomore Nathan Taylor (285) dropped their quarterfinal bouts and will need a win Friday night to make the podium.
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Beard dropped an 8-2 decision to Rocky Elam of Missouri, with Elam scoring takedowns in the first and third period. In the round of 12 Beard will face Andy Smith of Virginia Tech.
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Taylor lost a 4-1, sudden-victory decision to Cohlton Schultz of Arizona State with the Sun Devil getting behind for the winning score early in overtime. Taylor will face Taye Ghadiali of Campbell in the round of 12.
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Lehigh finished the session with 18.5 team points, leaving the Mountain Hawks in 17th place.
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Penn State continues to lead with 86.5 points, followed by Michigan (50.5) and Arizona State (44.5).
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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 2023-24 Lehigh wrestling season is presented by the Historic Hotel Bethlehem.
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125 – No. 2 Luke Stanich
Rd. of 32: major dec. No. 31 Tyler Klinsky (Rider) 11-2
Rd. of 16: L by dec. No. 15 Caleb Smith (Nebraska) 4-1, sv
Second round consolation: dec. No. 16 Dean Peterson (Rutgers) 8-1
Third round consolation: dec. No. 7 Jakob Camacho (NC State) 4-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 4 Matt Ramos (Purdue)
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133 – No. 2 Ryan Crookham
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 31 Maximillian Leete (American) 4-3
Rd. of 16: dec. No. 15 Brody Teske (Iowa) 8-3
Quarterfinal: dec. No. 7 Nasir Bailey (Little Rock) 4-2
Semifinal: No. 6 Vito Arujau (Cornell)
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197 – No. 4 Michael Beard
Rd. of 32: tech fall No. 29 Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) 26-10, 4:02
Rd. of 16: major dec. No. 20 Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) 12-3
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 12 Rocky Elam (Missouri) 8-2
Fourth round consolation: No. 26 Andy Smith (Virginia Tech)
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285 – No. 5 Nathan Taylor
Rd. of 32: dec. No. 28 Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) 11-4
Rd. of 16: dec. No. 12 Konner Doucet (Oklahoma State) 6-1
Quarterfinal: L by dec. No. 4 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) 4-1
Fourth round consolation: No. 7 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell)
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