With the results of day one, advancing to the semifinals guaranteed that freshman heavyweight Jeramy Sweany will make his first NCAA tournament appearance and junior 157-pounder Dylan Palacio will make his third straight. They will be joined in Sunday's semifinals by seniors Nahshon Garrett (133) and Duke Pickett (165), juniors Gabe Dean (184) and Brian Realbuto (174) and freshman Joey Galasso (149) in the quest for Eastern titles. Also still alive for third place are senior Owen Scott (197), sophomore Dylan Realbuto (141) and freshman Dalton Macri (125), each of whom won at least one wrestleback after losing a bout in the championship flight. Realbuto won a pair of matches by fall after dropping a nip-and-tuck 3-2 contest to third-seeded Randy Cruz of Lehigh in the first round, including pinning Bucknell's 20th-ranked Tyler Smith in the consolation second round.
Cornell's five top-seeded wrestlers all advanced through day one unscathed, winning eight of their 10 matches by bonus points. Defending national champion Dean pinned both of his foes, earning second period falls over Jason Grimes of American and Elliot Antler of Sacred Heart. Three-time All-American Garrett won by fall and major decision to reach the semis and Brian Realbuto, the older brother of Dylan, earned a major decision and tech fall to cruise through Saturday.In all, the Big Red won 14 bonus point matches, including nine by fall.
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