Lehigh leads team race after first session of 2019 EIWA Championships

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – After the first session of action, defending team champion Lehigh leads early in the team race at the 2019 EIWA Championships in Binghamton, N.Y.

With nine quarterfinalists, Lehigh holds a one-point lead over second-place Princeton, thanks to six falls on the championship side of the bracket.

Going into tonight’s session, Lehigh has 24.5 points, while Princeton has 23.5 points and Cornell sits in third with 23 points.

Of those heading to the quarters for Lehigh are defending EIWA champions Jordan Kutler at 174 pounds and Ryan Presich at 184 pounds.

Kulter, a 2018 All-American, picked up a first-round win over Anthony Falbo of Sacred Heart, who was disqualified in the second period after receiving five stall calls.

Presich, the No. 3 seed, spent only 2:19 on the mat, winning by pin against Robert Ng from Penn.

The lone weight where a Mountain Hawk won’t be present in the quarterfinals is 125 pounds.

Princeton put seven in the quarters, including two-time EIWA champion and two-time All-American Matthew Kolodzik, who is the only wrestler in the field looking for his third conference title.

In the round of 16, Kolodzik registered a 17-2 technical fall over Patrick Quinlan from Franklin & Marshall at 149 pounds.

2018 Junior Pan American champion Lenny Merkin (165) and third-ranked Patrick Brucki (197) are among the other six Tigers to advance.

For Cornell, 2018 NCAA champion and two-time Cadet World champion Yianni Diakomihalis advanced to the quarterfinals at 141 pounds, sticking Ryan Friedman of Harvard in 1:52.

Joining him in the quarters is 2018 Junior Greco-Roman World silver medalist Andrew Berreyesa at 165 pounds, 2016 Cadet Freestyle World silver medalist Vitali Arujau at 125 pounds and 2018 NCAA All-American Max Dean at 184 pounds.

Also wrestling in the quarters is 2017 EIWA champion Brandon Womack at 174 pounds. The weight is the only bracket in the tournament with two past EIWA champions as Kutler is also in the field.

With nine wrestlers making it to the quarters, the Big Red will not be represented at 157 pounds on the championship side of the bracket.

Army West Point is the only school to send all 10 wrestlers to the quarterfinals. The Black Knights hold onto fourth place with 18 points, going into tonight’s session.

2018 Junior World Team member Lou DePrez leads host school Binghamton’s six quarterfinalists. DePrez put together a 6-0 win over Kyle Davis of Sacred Heart in the first round at 184 pounds.

The quarterfinals are set for Friday at 6 p.m. ET live on Flowrestling.org.

2019 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Binghamton, N.Y., March 8-9

Team standings (top 10)
1. Lehigh – 24.5
2. Princeton – 23.5
3. Cornell – 23
4. Army – 18
5. American – 14.5
6. Binghamton – 13
7. Columbia – 12.5
8. Navy – 12.5
T9. Brown – 9
T9. Drexel – 9
T9. Penn - 9

Quarterfinal matchups
125 pounds
Vitali Arujau (Cornell) vs. Jakob Campbell (Bucknell)
Audey Ashkar (Binghamton) vs. Trey Chalifoux (Army)
Carmen Ferrante (Penn) vs. Antonio Mininno (Drexel)
Gage Curry (American) vs. Patrick Glory (Princeton)

133 pounds
Chas Tucker (Cornell) vs. Doug Zapf (Penn)
Lane Peters (Army) vs. Casey Cobb (Navy)
Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) vs. Matt Kazimir (Columbia)
Zack Trampe (Binghamton) vs. Josh Terao (American)

141 pounds
Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) vs. Wil Gil (Franklin & Marshall)
Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton) vs. Jack Mutchnik (American)
Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) vs. Corey Shie (Army)
Marshall Keller (Princeton) vs. Nicholas Gil (Navy)

149 pounds
Matt Kolodzik (Princeton) vs. Holden Heller (Hofstra)
Pj Ogunsanya (Army) vs. Jared Prince (Navy)
Cortlandt Schuyler (Lehigh) vs. Parker Kropman (Drexel)
Jonathan Furnas (Cornell) vs. Anthony Artalona (Penn)

157 pounds
Zach Hartman (Bucknell) vs. Kizhan Clarke (American)
Lucas Weiland (Army) vs. Christian Labrie (Brown)
Quincy Monday (Princeton) vs. Hunter Ladnier (Harvard)
Joe Oliva (Penn) vs. Josh Humphreys (Lehigh)

165 pounds
Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell) vs. Ebed Jarrell (Bucknell)
Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) vs. Cael Mccormick (Army)
Tanner Skidgel (Navy) vs. Laurence Kosoy (Columbia)
Leonard Merkin (Princeton) vs. Jon Viruet (Brown)

174 pounds
Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) vs. Ricky Stamm (Hofstra)
Vincent Deprez (Binghamton) vs. Spencer Carey (Navy)
Ben Harvey (Army) vs. Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) vs. Brandon Womack (Cornell)

184 pounds
Max Dean (Cornell) vs. Kyle Inlander (Bucknell)
Noah Stewart (Army) vs. Cj Lafragola (Brown)
Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) vs. Tanner Harvey (American)
Brian Bonino (Columbia) vs. Lou DePrez (Binghamton)

197 pounds
Patrick Brucki (Princeton) vs. Nezar Haddad (Hofstra)
Josh Roetman (Navy) vs. Stephen Loiseau (Drexel)
Rocco Caywood (Army) vs. Drew Phipps (Bucknell)
John Jakobsen (Lehigh) vs. Ben Honis (Cornell)

285 pounds
Jordan Wood (Lehigh) vs. Joe Doyle (Binghamton)
Niko Camacho (American) vs. Ben Sullivan (Army)
Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) vs. Ian Butterbrodt (Brown)
Joey Goodhart (Drexel) vs. Antonio Pelusi (Franklin & Marshall)

Round of 16 results
125 pounds
Vitali Arujau (Cornell) dec. Jacob Allen (Navy), 7-4
Jakob Campbell (Bucknell) dec. Trey Keeley (Brown), 8-7 TB2
Audey Ashkar (Binghamton) dec. Nolan Hellickson (Harvard), 7-3
Trey Chalifoux (Army) dec. Luke Resnick (Lehigh), 6-4
Carmen Ferrante (Penn) MD Ryan Burns (SHU), 10-0
Antonio Mininno (Drexel) dec. Dylan Ryder (Hofstra), 2-1 TB1
Gage Curry (American) dec. Joe Manchio (Columbia), 8-2
Patrick Glory (Princeton) fall Jose Diaz (Franklin & Marshall), 1:58

133 pounds
Chas Tucker (Cornell) fall Anthony Petrillo (Sacred Heart), 6:49
Doug Zapf (Penn) dec. Lukus Stricker (Harvard), 2-1
Lane Peters (Army) fall Alex Salas (Drexel), 0:40
Casey Cobb (Navy) dec. Hunter Kosco (Brown), 4-3
Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh) MD Geo Barzona (Bucknell), 14-2
Matt Kazimir (Columbia) TF Mike Simonetti (Franklin & Marshall), 16-1
Zack Trampe (Binghamton) MD Jacob Martin (Hofstra), 11-1
Josh Terao (American) TF Jonathan Gomez (Princeton), 19-4

141 pounds
Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) fall Ryan Friedman (Harvard), 1:52
Wil Gil (Franklin & Marshall) MD Theo Powers (Brown), 15-3
Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton) MD Nick Widmann (Drexel), 16-7
Jack Mutchnik (American) dec. Noah Levett (Bucknell), 3-1
Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) dec. Danny Fongaro (Columbia), 3-2
Corey Shie (Army) MD Garrett Lambert (Hofstra), 13-1
Marshall Keller (Princeton) MD Aj Vindici (Penn), 13-3
Nicholas Gil (Navy) TF Gerard Daly (Sacred Heart), 19-2

149 pounds
Matt Kolodzik (Princeton) TF Patrick Quinlan (Franklin & Marshall), 17-2
Holden Heller (Hofstra) dec. Cole Corrigan (Columbia), 4-2
Pj Ogunsanya (Army) dec. Michael Sprague (American), 6-2
Jared Prince (Navy) dec. Zach Krause (Brown), 5-0
Cortlandt Schuyler (Lehigh) fall Matthew Kolonia (Bucknell), 0:54
Parker Kropman (Drexel) dec. Frank Garcia (Binghamton), 10-4
Jonathan Furnas (Cornell) MD Brock Wilson (Harvard), 10-2
Anthony Artalona (Penn) fall Seth Brown (Sacred Heart), 2:26

157 pounds
Zach Hartman (Bucknell) dec. Quentin Hovis (Navy), 1-0
Kizhan Clarke (American) dec. Evan Barczak (Drexel), 3-1
Lucas Weiland (Army) MD Emmett Licastri (Franklin & Marshall), 13-0
Christian Labrie (Brown) dec. Dan Reed (Columbia), 11-6
Quincy Monday (Princeton) MD Tj Calas (Sacred Heart), 12-2
Hunter Ladnier (Harvard) dec. Christopher Barker (Binghamton), 7-1
Joe Oliva (Penn) dec. Adam Santoro (Cornell), 7-6
Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) fall Chris Mauriello (Hofstra), 0:59

165 pounds
Andrew Berreyesa (Cornell) dec. Dj Hollingshead (Bucknell), 10-6
Gordon Wolf (Lehigh) fall Matt Swanson (Binghamton), 3:36
Cael Mccormick (Army) dec. Anthony Wokasch (American), 11-5
Tanner Skidgel (Navy) dec. Evan Deluise (Penn), 2-0
Laurence Kosoy (Columbia) TF Crew Fullerton (Franklin & Marshall), 18-0
Leonard Merkin (Princeton) dec. Brandon Levesque (Sacred Heart), 13-8
Jon Viruet (Brown) dec. Tyler Tarsi (Harvard), 6-0

174 pounds
Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) DQ Anthony Falbo (Sacred Heart), 4:47
Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) dec. Max Elling (Columbia), 6-1
Vincent Deprez (Binghamton) MD Aj Pedro (Brown), 11-3
Spencer Carey (Navy) fall Connor Allshouse (American), 2:40
Ben Harvey (Army) dec. Jake Hendricks (Penn), 6-0
Travis Stefanik (Princeton) fall Jacob Conners (Franklin & Marshall), 0:47
Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel) dec. Frankie Guida (Bucknell), 10-9
Brandon Womack (Cornell) fall Joshua Kim (Harvard), 1:27

184 pounds
Max Dean (Cornell) fall Leo Tarantino (Harvard), 4:17
Kyle Inlander (Bucknell) dec. Anthony Cable (Navy), 5-3 SV
Noah Stewart (Army) TF Reid Robilotto (Franklin & Marshall), 16-0
Cj Lafragola (Brown) dec. Anthony Walters (Drexel), 7-2
Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) fall Robert Ng (Penn), 2:19
Tanner Harvey (American) fall Trey Rogers (Hofstra), 2:26
Brian Bonino (Columbia) dec. Kevin Parker (Princeton), 11-9
Lou DePrez (Binghamton) dec. Kyle Davis (Sacred Heart), 6-0

197 pounds
Patrick Brucki (Princeton) TF Greg Bensley (Penn), 16-1 3:41
Nezar Haddad (Hofstra) dec. Phil Robilotto (Franklin & Marshall), 4-3
Josh Roetman (Navy) fall Sam Wustefeld (Columbia), 1:55
Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) TF Connor Fredericks (Sacred Heart), 18-0
Rocco Caywood (Army) MD A. Correa-Medina (American), 9-0
Drew Phipps (Bucknell) dec. Anthony Deprez (Binghamton), 6-2
John Jakobsen (Lehigh) fall Tucker Ziegler (Brown), 7:00
Ben Honis (Cornell) fall Pierce Bausano (Harvard), 2:12

285 pounds
Jordan Wood (Lehigh) fall Brandon Stokes (Bucknell), 1:44
Joe Doyle (Binghamton) MD Omar Haddad (Hofstra), 10-2
Niko Camacho (American) fall Evan Callahan (Harvard), 1:44
Ben Sullivan (Army) TF Obina Ajah (Princeton), 15-0
Jeramy Sweany (Cornell) TF Dante Delbonis (Sacred Heart), 17-2 0
Ian Butterbrodt (Brown) dec. Daniel Herman (Columbia), 3-0
Antonio Pelusi (Franklin & Marshall) dec. Thomas Ott (Navy), 4-3
Joey Goodhart (Drexel) dec. Ben Goldin (Penn), 4-0