Lewnes became Cornell's leader in career wins after pinning Army's Collin Wittmeyer in 3:53 in the quarterfinals. Travis Lee '05 was the former record holder with 143 wins from 2002-2005. The Big Red senior followed with a 10-4 victory over Rutgers' Alex Caruso. Lewnes will wrestle Navy's Matt Demichiel in the finals on Sunday.
Perrelli opened the day by facing eighth seeded Mitch Berger of Lehigh in the quarterfinals. With a 12-3 major decision, he advanced to the semifinals. Perrelli won an exciting 4-3 decision over Navy's Aaron Kalil in the second tiebreaker. The two wrestlers were tied after sudden victory and the first tiebreaker. Perrelli was able to keep control of Kalil for the entire 30 seconds of the Navy wrestler's choice. Perrelli won the bout by escaping from his opening down position. The Big Red wrestler will face Penn's Mark Rappo in the finals.
At 133 pounds, Grey had a bye in the first round and faced American's Kevin Tao in the quarterfinals. Grey had a 9-1 lead over the Eagles' wrestler before he earned bonus points for the Big Red with a win by fall in 4:49. Grey followed with a 6-3 win over Jacob Bucha of Franklin & Marshall. The Cornell senior will face the second seed, Lehigh's Frank Cagnina, in the finals on Sunday.
Senior Corey Manson was the first wrestler to compete for the Big Red on Saturday morning and opened the day off on the right foot by pinning Bucknell's Adam Healy in 2:00. Manson lost a close 3-2 decision to American's Matt Mariacher in the quarterfinals to move to the consolation round. He quickly bounced back by pinning Franklin & Marshall's Aaron Velasquez in 4:07. Manson followed by edging out Princeton's Zachary Bintliff, 4-3. Manson will face Lehigh's Stephen Dutton on Sunday.
At 149 pounds, returning NCAA champion Dake pinned his first opponent, Andrew Lenzi of Penn in 2:08. Dake notched bonus points again in his second bout with an 11-1 major decision over fifth seeded Mario Mason of Rutgers. Dake will face No. 3 nationally ranked Kevin LeVally of Bucknell for the title.
DJ Meagher racked up almost six minutes in riding time against Penn's Bradley Wukie in his 10-1 major decision. Meagher moved to the consolation round with a 3-1 loss to Rutger's Daryl Cocozzo. The Big Red senior defeated Patrick LaBuz (Brown) by an 11-2 major decision. Meagher advanced to the consolation semifinals with a 10-4 decision over Lehigh's Sean Bilodeau. Meagher will wrestle Harvard's Walter Peppelman in his first match on Sunday.
After having a bye in the opening round, Justin Kerber won an 8-2 decision over Bucknell's Corey Lear in the quarterfinals. In the semis, Kerber lost, 7-4, to Rutgers' Scott Winston. Kerber will next wrestle Penn's Stephen Burak.
At 184 pounds, Bosak pinned his first two opponents of the day. He opened the day winning by fall in 2:38 against Ziad Kharbush of Brown. In the quarterfinals, Bosak pinned Bucknell's Rob Waltko in 4:04. Bosak advanced to the finals with a 4-0 decision over Navy's Luke Rebertus. In the finals, Bosak will wrestle Robert Hamlin of Lehigh.
In the opening round, Simaz pinned Harvard's Bryan Panzand in 1:04. Simaz held a 13 point lead over Franklin & Marshall's Collin Ely, and on his final takedown, he turned Ely to win by fall in 5:57. In the finals, Simaz will wrestle Micah Burak of Penn.
At heavyweight, Stryker Lane defeated Brown's Tyler Cowman, 6-0 to open the day. Lane injury defaulted out of the winner's bracket in the quarterfinals. In the consolation round, Lane pinned Franklin & Marshall's Daniel Canfield in 4:23. The Big Red sophomore won 5-4 in the first tiebreaker against Navy's Daniel Miller. He will wrestle Columbia's Kevin Lester on Sunday.
Wrestling will begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday with the consolation semifinals and place finals. The finals will begin at 3 p.m.
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