Kolodzik defeats Prince in sudden victory; EIWA Championship semifinals set

Photo courtesy of Chris Gluth.

Bethlehem, Pa. - The fourth meeting between Princeton’s Matt Kolodzik and Navy’s Jared Prince did not disappoint the fans inside the Stabler Arena at the EIWA Championships. Kolodzik, who held the 2-1 advantage in the series, was able to avenge a, 5-4, semifinal defeat he suffered to Prince in the 2019 EIWA semifinals with a sudden victory win, 6-4.

Going into the third period, Kolodzik led, 2-1, on the strength of a double leg takedown. He quickly scored a reversal to take a, 4-1, lead. Prince earned an escape to cut the lead to 4-2. Staying aggressive in neutral, Prince forced two stalling points to send the match into overtime. In the sudden victory period, Kolodzik only needed five seconds to convert on a double leg and earn the victory.

12 wrestlers who made the semifinals earned automatic berths to the NCAA tournament. Those wrestlers competed in the 125 pound bracket, where seven spots were up for grabs, the 165 pound bracket where six spots were available and the 197 pound bracket which also had six automatic qualifier spots. If these wrestler miss weight tomorrow or receive a flagrant misconduct, they will lose their bid.

The upsets kept coming in the 125 pound bracket. Joe Manchio, the No. 7 seed from Columbia, punched his ticket to the NCAA tournament in style when he stuck Lehigh’s No. 2 seed Brandon Paetzell with a spladle. Paetzell is ranked No. 5 in the country by Flowrestling.

In the semifinals, Manchio will face Cornell’s Dominic LaJoie, the No. 11 seed. In the opening round, LaJoie defeated No. 6 seed Logan Treaster of Navy, 4-2. He followed it up with a, 4-3, quarterfinal win in the second tiebreaker period over No. 14 seed Antonio Mininno of Drexel. Mininno pinned No. 3 seed Michael Colaiocco of Penn in the opening round.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 1 seed Pat Glory earned an NCAA berth with a 15-2 major decision over Hofstra’s No. 9 seed Dylan Ryder. Army’s Trey Chalifoux was the fourth wrestler in the 125 pound bracket to claim a bid, advancing to the semifinals with a, 3-2, decision over American’s No. 5 seed Gage Curry. Chalifoux was seeded fourth.

In the 141 pound bracket, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds went down. No. 8 seed Anthony Sparacio of Binghamton knocked off top seeded Sal Profaci of American, 8-6. On the other side of the bracket, No. 7 seed Ryan Pomrinca of Lehigh defeated No. 2 seed Doug Zapf of Penn, 4-3.

The top four seeds at 165 points advanced through the bracket and earned their NCAA berths. In the semifinals, No. 1 Tanner Skidgel of Navy will take on No. 4 Cael McCormick of Army and No. 2 Philip Conigliaro of Harvard will see No. 3 Zachary Hartman of Bucknell.

At 197 pounds, No, 6 seed J.T. Brown of Army defeated No. 3 seed Jake Jakobsen of Lehigh in sudden victory, 4-2, to earn his NCAA bid. In the other half of the bracket, No. 5 seed Drew Phipps of Bucknell took out No. 4 seed Jacob Koser of Navy, 9-3 to claim his bid. Brown will see No. 2 seed Ben Darmstadt of Cornell in the semifinals while Phipps will take on top seed Pat Brucki of Princeton. Darmstadt cruised through the quarterfinals with a fall over Penn’s Cole Urbas in 1:28. Brucki was also dominant, earning a, 16-3, major decision over Drexel’s Bryan McLaughlin.

The semifinals will begin tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. and can be streamed live on Flowrestling.

2020 EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS

at Bethlehem, Pa.

Team Standings
1. Lehigh 87.5
2. Army 73.5
3. Cornell 68.5
4. Navy 61.5
5. Princeton 56
6. Binghamton 45.5
7. Bucknell 40
8. American 39
8. Penn 39
10. Drexel 36
11. Hofstra 33
12. Columbia 32.5
13. Harvard 31.5 
14. Brown 10.5
15. Long Island 9.5
16 Franklin & Marshall 6
17 Sacred Heart 5.5

Semifinal Pairings

125
Pat Glory (Princeton) vs. Trey Chalifoux (Army)
Dominic LaJoie (Cornell) vs. Joe Manchio (Columbia)

133
Chas Tucker (Cornell) vs. Casey Cobb (Navy)
Nick Farro (Lehigh) vs. Zack Trampe (Binghamton)

141
Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton) vs. Cody Trybus (Navy)
Matt Kazimir (Columbia) vs. Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh)

149
Kizhan Clarke (American) vs. Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton)
Hunter Richard (Cornell) vs. Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh)

157
Quincy Monday (Princeton) vs. Parker Kropman (Drexel)
Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) vs. Markus Hartman (Army)

165
Tanner Skidgel (Navy) vs. Cael McCormick (Army)
Zachary Hartman (Bucknell) vs. Philip Conigliaro (Harvard)

174
Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) vs. Michael O’Malley (Drexel)
Ben Harvey (Army) vs. Spencery Carey (Navy)

184
Lou DePrez (Binghamton) vs. Tanner Harvey (American)
Noah Stewart (Army) vs. Chris Weiler (Lehigh)

197
Patrick Brucki (Princeton) vs. Drew Phipps (Bucknell)
J.T. Brown (Army) vs. Ben Darmstadt (Cornell)

285
Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) vs. Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra)
Jordan Wood (Lehigh) vs. Brendan Furman (Cornell)

Quarterfinal Results

125
Patrick Glory (Princeton) MD Dylan Ryder (Hofstra), 15-2
Trey Chalifoux (Army) DEC Gage Curry (American), 3-2
Dominic Lajoie (Cornell) DEC Antonio Mininno (Drexel), 4-3 TB2
Joe Manchio (Columbia) FALL Brandon Paetzell (Lehigh), 4:13

133
Chas Tucker (Cornell) DEC Angelo Rini (Columbia), 7-3
Casey Cobb (Navy) DEC Darren Miller (Bucknell), 2-1 TB2
Nick Farro (Lehigh) FALL Andrew Wert (Army), 6:59
Zack Trampe (Binghamton) MD Michael Jaffe (Harvard), 12-4

141
Anthony Sparacio (Binghamton) DEC Salvatore Profaci (American), 8-6
Cody Trybus (Navy) MD Noah Baughman (Cornell), 8-0
Matt Kazimir (Columbia) DEC Marshall Keller (Princeton), 4-0
Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) DEC Doug Zapf (Penn), 4-3

149
Kizhan Clarke (American) DEC Lucas Revano (Penn), 4-2
Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton) DEC Jared Prince (Navy), 6-4 SV
Hunter Richard (Cornell) MD Matthew Kolonia (Bucknell), 12-1
Jimmy Hoffman (Lehigh) DEC Pj Ogunsanya (Army), 2-1

157
Quincy Monday (Princeton) FALL Jack Bokina (Brown), 1:28
Parker Kropman (Drexel) FALL Adam Santoro (Cornell), 6:17
Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) MD Hunter Ladnier (Harvard), 9-0
Markus Hartman (Army) DEC Jaden Fisher (Bucknell), 6-3

165
Tanner Skidgel (Navy) DEC Milik Dawkins (Cornell), 2-0
Cael McCormick (Army) DEC Ebed Jarrell (Drexel), 2-1
Zachary Hartman (Bucknell) DEC Grant Cuomo (Princeton), 5-3
Philip Conigliaro (Harvard) DEC Brandon Levesque (Sacred Heart), 8-4

174
Jordan Kutler (Lehigh) TF Mitch Hartman (Bucknell), 16-0, 5:42
Michael O’Malley (Drexel) DEC Brandon Womack (Cornell), 5-3
Ben Harvey (Army) FALL Sage Heller (Hofstra), 3:42
Spencer Carey (Navy) MD Lennox Wolak (Columbia), 14-4

184
Lou DePrez (Binghamton) DEC Joseph Franzese (Columbia), 6-1
Tanner Harvey (American) MD Jonathan Loew (Cornell), 15-4
Noah Stewart (Army) DEC Travis Stefanik (Princeton), 9-5
Christopher Weiler (Lehigh) MD Charles Small (Hofstra), 9-0

197
Pat Brucki (Princeton) MD Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel), 16-3
Drew Phipps (Bucknell) DEC Jacob Koser (Navy), 9-3
J.T. Brown (Army) DEC Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh), 4-2 SV
Ben Darmstadt (Cornell) FALL Cole Urbas (Penn), 1:28

 285
Yaraslau Slavikouski (Harvard) DEC Sean O’Malley (Drexel), 4-2
Zachary Knighton-Ward (Hofstra) DEC Joe Doyle (Binghamton), 6-4
Jordan Wood (Lehigh) DEC Ben Goldin (Penn), 11-4
Brendan Furman (Cornell) DEC Ben Sullivan (Army), 3-1

NCAA automatic bids per weight class
125 – 7
133 – 2
141 – 5
149 – 4
157 – 3
165 – 6
174 – 4
184 – 4
197 – 6
285 – 3