Byers, who captured his second consecutive Navy Classic championship earlier this season, defeated Navy's Charles Carafano, Ashland's Josh Ohl and the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown's Pat Walsh on his way to the final match. Taylor, the fourth-ranked wrestler in the country in the latest AWN poll and the fifth-ranked wrestler in the country according to InterMat, beat The Citadel's Odie Delaney, Penn State's Jack Decker and Boston University's John Hall on the road to the championship bout. Byers, currently ranked eighth by AWN and ninth by InterMat, got the upper hand in the championship match to take the title.
Freshman Denny Herndon advanced all the way to the semifinals at 133 pounds before being pinned by Penn State's Jake Strayer, the eventual champion at the weight class. After losing the semifinal bout to Strayer, Herndon recovered to take third place with a win over the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown's Shane Valko.
The Patriots wrestle again on Sunday, Dec. 21 against the University of Northern Iowa, the 22nd-ranked team in the nation in the latest InterMat poll. The dual meet is scheduled to begin at noon.
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