Edinboro finished with 97.5 points. Cornell came away with the title with 164 points, with defending champion Minnesota second (151.5 points) and Indiana (131.5) third. Virginia rounded out the top five with 96.5 points.
Honeycutt is redshirting this season, and the two-time national qualifier at 184 lbs. has enjoyed an outstanding campaign while competing in open events. Coming in as the third seed, he won all five of his matches, culminated by a 7-5 decision over Kent State’s Dustin Kilgore, the top seed, in the finals. He trailed 5-3 late in the match, but used a takedown and two near-fall points for the upset. In the semifinals the junior handed Cornell’s Steve Bosak, the second seed, a 5-2 defeat. He improved to 26-1.
King, the number one seed at 165 lbs., reached the semifinals in the morning with a 3-0 decision over Pennsylvania’s Steve Burak in the quarterfinals, his 21st straight win to start the season. The defending national champion was surprised in the semifinals by a familiar foe, however, as Rick Schmelyun of Bloomsburg defeated King 15-2. King had earlier defeated Schmelyun in the PSAC finals. King would rebound to pick up a fall over Cornell’s Justin Kerber, then winning a 4-0 decision over Paul Young of Indiana to take home third place. He is now 23-1.
Gillespie enjoyed a strong run, winning six of his seven matches at 149 lbs. He actually faced a pair of EWL opponents today, handing Bloomsburg’s Josh Roosa a 4-3 defeat in the quarterfinals, then after losing 14-7 to number one seed Matt Kyler of Army, claiming a 5-1 decision over Frank Hickman of Bloomsburg to reach the consolation finals. He had lost to Hickman in the PSAC’s. Gillespie won by medical forfeit over Liberty’s Frank Gayeski in the third place match. He is now 20-10.
Bircher turned in a strong showing at heavyweight, going 5-1. The lone loss was a 3-2 decision to top-seeded Nathan Everhart of Indiana in the semifinals. He won by the same score over Dustin Porter of Gardner-Webb in the third place match. That leaves the senior with a 21-7 record.
Morrill was unable to duplicate his recent performance at the Reno Tournament where he upset the top two seeds. Facing a loaded field at 125 lbs., the junior suffered two tight losses. In the quarterfinals he was a 3-2 loser to Virginia’s Ross Gitomer. He came back with two more wins but then suffered another 3-2 setback, this time to third-seeded Zachary Sanders of Minnesota, ranked fourth nationally. Morrill avenged the loss to Gitomer in the fifth place match with a takedown in overtime for a 3-1 decision in sudden victory. That leaves Morrill with a 22-4 ledger.
Moricone had a strong early run after just recently returning to competition at 174 lbs. He lost by fall to top-ranked Mack Lewnes of Cornell in the quarterfinals, but came back with a 10-7 decision over Cody Yohn of Minnesota. An injury would derail his efforts for a higher finish, as he was unable to continue in the first period against Scott Glasser of Minnesota, who he had defeated 2-0 in his first match of the tourney. He injury defaulted in the seventh place match with Jacob Ison of Ohio. Moricone is now 10-3.
Osterberg turned in a strong showing while filling in for starter Kyle Fluke at 133 lbs. The senior would win five of eight matches to come in eighth. After losing in the round of 16 he picked up three wins in the consolation bracket to reach the stand. Osterberg improved to 13-13.
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