Waters, who went 39-7 with an NCAA appearance as a true freshman at 125 pounds for the Tigers, opened with a 7-0, 1-0 decision over Sean Boylan (Husky Wrestling Club). He followed that up with a 6-0, 6-0 technical fall over Robert Dyar (NYAC-Harlem) before knocking off Mike Rhone (Mat Town USA), by a 5-0, 7-3 decision.
Waters was bounced from the championship bracket in the quarterfinals, losing to Jesse Delgado (Meathead WC), the eventual champion of the 55 kg/121.25 pound class, by a 5-1, 1-0 decision. Waters bounced back in the consolations, winning his first match on that side of the bracket by a 6-0, 7-0 technical fall over Zack Nelson (Samurai) before toppling Caleb Richardson (Blair Academy) by decision, 1-0, 2-0, in the third place contest.
Wrestling at 70 kg/154.25 pound weight class, Houdashelt bounced back after a second round loss to win his next eight matches, securing third place. Winning his first match by a 6-0, 6-0 technical fall, Houdashelt fell by a 2-0, 0-3, 4-2 decision in the second round to Steve Santos (NYAC-Harlem) to fall to the consolation round.
He was the winner of his first wrestleback match by forfeit, and then rallied off two technical falls in a row, the first by a 6-0, 6-0 final and 7-1, 6-0 in the second. He rallied past Christopher Castillo (Bronco Wrestling Club) in the next match, as he overcame an 0-6 loss in the first period to win the next two, 4-0 and 7-0. He pinned his next opponent in 0:51 in the second round, and moved to the third place match after taking an 0-2, 4-1, 2-0 decision. In his final match, he knocked off Justin Koethe (Trojan Wrestling Club) by decision, winning 13-6, 4-3.
Houdashelt redshirted this season for the Tigers, and went 23-5 wrestling in opens over the course of the season. Of his 23 wins, 16 came by bonus points.
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