More than 450 wrestlers participated in the event which featured 11 hours of wrestling on 10 mats. The University of North Carolina's Spencer Nadalski finished third at heavyweight and won the pin award with six falls in 7:12. Matt Kocher, wrestling unattached out of the University of Pittsburgh, was the Outstanding Wrestler after winning at 157.
Nauroth, a 133-pounder, pinned Gabe Mastrangelo of Gloucester County Community College in 4:54 then scored a 16-1 technical fall over Jared Brown. He advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-2 victory over Bryan Heller and moved into the semifinals by beating Darren Murray 6-3. Nauroth edged Matthew Delorenzo of Columbia 3-2 in the semifinals but lost top Robbie Preston of Harvard in the finals, 9-7.
Dave Sullivan, an ESU freshman wrestling unattached, also placed, finishing 7th at 174. Sullivan beat John Heleniak 7-2 in the opening round then stopped Hake Beitz of Montclair 11-1. He moved into the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Harvard's Joe Bechold but lost to Mike Patrovich of Hofstra, 18-8 in the quarters. Patrovich won the weight class and Sullivan took seventh with a 7-2 win over Joe Bechtold of Harvard.
No team scores were kept but Hofstra crowned three champs, Chris Vondruska at 165, Patrovich at 174 and Joe Rovelli at 184. Penn State's Tom Haas won 125, Preston of Harvard won 133, Sean Markey of The Citadel won 141, Jordan Leen, unattached, won 149, Kocher won 157, Corey Jacoby of Shippensburg won at 197 and Arizona State's Cain Velasquez was the heavyweight winner.
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