At 133 pounds, Mike Grey faced Kent State's Dan Mitcheff in the finals. Grey took second after being edged out in a 9-7 decision. Grey opened the invitational with two pins over Joe Wilson (Buffalo), and Billy Martin (Drexel). In the semifinals, Grey avenged his Friday night loss to Zach Tanelli by defeating the Wisconsin grappler by a 9-4 decision.
Freshman D.J. Meagher placed third at 149 pounds winning a 4-2 decision over Pitt's Joey Ecklof. Meagher opened the day by pinning Ithaca's Blaine Woszczak before losing a 5-2 decision to Maryland's Eric Medina. Meagher picked up four-straight wins in the consolation bracket to finish out the day.
Leen found success at 157 pounds winning four-straight matches to take the title. In the finals, Leen defeated the No. 1 seed Drexel's Ryan Hlushak, 6-4 in the first sudden victory. Leen opened the day pinning Sacred Heart's Michael Powers in 2:39, then went on to win his next two matches by 12-3 major decisions.
Freshman Mack Lewnes dominated the 165 pound weight class adding team bonus points in all of his matches. Lewnes pinned Dave Woodall (Drexel) in 2:40, before pinning Maryland's Mike McGill in 3:27 in the semi-finals. In his championship bout, the rookie defeated Wisconsin's Jake Donar, in a 17-5 major decision.
At 174 pounds, Steve Anceravage took the title after Binghamton's Josh Patterson did not wrestle and was a medical forfeit. Anceravage defeated Buffalo's Patrick Daddino 20-6 before pinning his teammate Colin McDonald in 4:25. He picked up another win by fall in the semifinals against Buffalo's Mike Ragusa in 2:00.
After falling to Anceravage, McDonald went on to take fourth place in his weight class. The freshman defeated Wisconsin's Matt Maciag, 8-6, before winning a major decision over Army's Dean Gaier, 18-6. Kent State's Chris Estep was leading his match over McDonald before the Big Red grappler caught hold and turning him to his back, won by fall in 6:21. McDonald lost 4-2 to Ragusa in the third place bout.
At 184 pounds, freshman Nate Holley advanced to the finals before falling to Josh Haines of Maryland in 2:41. As the No. 4 seed, he opened with an 8-2 win over Anthony Esposito (Binghamton) before pinning Jason Brown (Buffalo) in 3:31. Holley avenged his Friday night loss to Wisconsin's Trevor Brandvold, by pinning the Wisconsin grappler in 1:08 in the semi-finals.
Matt Panasevich wrestled at 197 pounds for Cornell. Panasevich lost 3-2 in his opening bout to Kent State's Michael Blackwell before finding success in the consolation bracket. The sophomore went 2-3 for the day to take sixth place.
At heavyweight, the Big Red's Zach Hammond defeated Pitt's Ryan Tomei in the quarterfinals to open his day. Hammond defeated the No. 2 seed Zach Sheaffer, 2-1 in the second tie breaker to advance to the finals where he faced the No. 1 seed Jermail Porter (Kent State). Hammond, the No. 3 seed, handed Porter a 2-0 loss to take the heavyweight title.
Cornell will wrestle at the Penn State Open on Sunday, Dec. 2.
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