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Army Heads to Bucknell for EIWA Championships
March 02, 2017 | Wrestling
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point wrestling team kicks off its postseason at the 113th edition of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships, hosted by Bucknell, on Friday and Saturday.
HOW TO FOLLOW
VIDEO • FloWrestling
TWITTER • ArmyWP_Wres
TOURNAMENT NOTES • Army Notes
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY
Session 1 | 11 a.m. – Championship First Round
2:15 p.m. – First Round Wrestlebacks
Session 2 | 6 p.m. – Championship Quarterfinals
7:30 p.m. – Wrestleback Quarterfinals
SATURDAY
Session 3 | 10 a.m. – Championship Semifinals
11:45 a.m. – Wrestleback Semifinals
Session 4 | 4 p.m. – 1st, 3rd, and 5th Place Matches
TICKET INFORMATION
Advance All-Session Ticket: (Purchase Now)
Adult: $75
Student/Children (18 and under): $30
At the Door All-Session Ticket:
Adult: $90
Student/Children: $40
Single-Session Tickets:
Session 1: Adult ($30)/Student or Child ($15)
Session 2: Adult ($30)/Student or Child ($15)
Session 3: Adult ($25)/Student or Child ($12)
Session 4: Adult ($25)/Student or Child ($12)
ARMY (7-5, 5-3 EIWA)
• Last time out, the Black Knights took the Gold Star from service-academy rival Navy, 19-14, at Chrisl Arena on Feb. 19.
• The win allowed head coach Kevin Ward to become the first coach in program history to defeat Navy in two out of his first three attempts and the second with multiple wins over the Midshipmen.
• Army completed its first winning season under Ward's direction with seven victories, five of which came against EIWA opponents.
• Senior co-captain Russ Parsons is second on the team with 23 wins in his farewell campaign, with 12 bonus-point victories (one fall, six technical falls and five major decisions).
• Rookie 174-pounder Ben Harvey was the only Cadet to wrestle in every dual this season, posting a record of 5-7.
ARMY AT THE EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Thirty-one Cadets have been crowned as an EIWA Champion, with the latest being Matt Kyler at 149 pounds in the 2010 tournament.
• Army has four current grapplers who have placed at the tournament: Parsons, who was fifth at 157 lbs. in 2015 and fourth in 2016; Matt Kelly, who was eighth at 149 lbs. last season; Mendel, who placed fifth at 165 lbs. in 2016; and Imonode, who was fifth at 184 lbs.
• The Black Knights are pursuing their second team crown in program history, with the first coming in 1987. The '87 squad placed all 10 wrestlers with Todd Messitt, who acts as Army's current head officer representative, earning the 126-pound title.
• In 2016, Army sent six wrestlers to podium finishes, the most since 2013.
PROBABLE ARMY LINEUP
125 lbs.: Trey Chalifoux
133 lbs.: Austin Harry
141 lbs.: #19 Logan Everett
149 lbs.: Lincoln Mallinger
157 lbs.: #12 Russ Parsons
165 lbs.: Andrew Mendel
174 lbs.: Ben Harvey
184 lbs.: #25 Samson Imonode
197 lbs.: Rocco Caywood
285 lbs.: Trevor Smith
THE FIELD
• Seventh-ranked Cornell and No. 11 Lehigh are the only two ranked teams in the tournament.
• The field is comprised of 51 ranked wrestlers, highlighted by top-ranked Gabe Dean of Cornell at 184 pounds.
• The deepest weight class is 184 pounds, which has 10 ranked wrestlers competing for seven automatic bids to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis.
• The Mountain Hawks have the most ranked wrestlers in the tournament with one at every weight class.
• Six All-Americans from 2016 return to the EIWA Championships: Josh Terao, American (3rd, 125 lbs.); Randy Cruz, Lehigh (8th, 141 lbs.); Dylan Palacio, Cornell (4th, 157 lbs.); Casey Kent, Penn (4th, 174 lbs.); Gabe Dean, Cornell (1st, 184 lbs.); and Brett Harner, Princeton (8th, 197 lbs.).
SEEDINGS/UNSEEDED RANKED WRESTLERS BY WEIGHT CLASS
*Rankings from latest NWCA Coaches' Panel (Feb. 23)
125 lbs.:
1-seed #4 Darian Cruz (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #10 Josh Terao (American)
3-seed Tanner Shoap (Drexel)
4-seed #32 Noah Baughman (#7 Cornell)
5-seed Steven Bulzomi (Binghamton)
6-seed Trey Chalifoux (Army West Point)
7-seed Johnson Mai (Columbia)
8-seed Jordan Gessner (Bucknell)
9-seed Trey Keeley (Brown)
133 lbs.:
1-seed #9 Scott Parker (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #22 Esteban Gomez-Rivera (American)
3-seed #11 Kevin Devoy Jr. (Drexel)
4-seed #20 Mark Grey (#7 Cornell)
5-seed Pat D'Arcy (Princeton)
6-seed Austin Harry (Army West Point)
7-seed Jeffrey Ott (Harvard)
8-seed Joey Gould (Bucknell)
9-seeds James Pawelski (Brown) and Dan Martoccio (Franklin & Marshall)
141 lbs.:
1-seed #4 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton)
2-seed #14 Randy Cruz (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed #16 Tyler Smith (Bucknell)
4-seed #15 Jared Prince (Navy)
5-seed #19 Logan Everett (Army West Point)
6-seed #33 A.J. Jaffe (Harvard)
7-seed Will Koll (#7 Cornell)
8-seed Jacob Macalolooy (Columbia)
9-seed Dylan Caruana (Binghamton)
10-seed David Pearce (Drexel)
149 lbs.:
1-seed #12 Lauke Gardner (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #21 Jordan Laster (Princeton)
3-seed #15 Matthew Cimato (Drexel)
4-seed Jonathan Furnas (#7 Cornell)
5-seed Hunter Ladnier (Harvard)
6-seed Joe Oliva (Penn)
7-seed Parker Kropman (Binghamton)
8-seed Michael Sprague (American)
9-seed Corey Wilding (Navy)
157 lbs.:
1-seed #4 Jordan Kutler (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #12 Russ Parsons (Army West Point)
3-seed #14 Victor Lopez (Bucknell)
4-seed Dylan Palacio (#7 Cornell)
5-seed #22 May Bethea (Penn)
6-seed Mike D'Angelo (Princeton)
7-seed Tom Page (American)
8-seed Steven Galiardo (Brown)
9-seed Laurence Kosoy (Columbia)
10-seed Tristan Rifanburg (Binghamton)
165 lbs.:
1-seed #19 Brandon Womack (#7 Cornell)
2-seed #22 Cole Walter (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed Tyrel White (Columbia)
4-seed Jonathan Viruet (Brown)
5-seed #33 Austin Rose (Drexel)
6-seed Andrew Mendel (Army West Point)
7-seed Brooks Martino (Penn)
8-seed #33 Drew Daniels (Navy)
9-seed Rob King (Franklin & Marshall)
174 lbs.:
1-seed #2 Brian Realbuto (#7 Cornell)
2-seed #6 Ryan Preisch (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed #12 Casey Kent (Penn)
4-seed #16 Jadaen Bernstein (Navy);
5-seed #27 Josef Johnson (Harvard)
6-seed #22 Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton)
7-seed Ben Harvey (Army West Point)
8-seed Sage Heller (Hofstra)
9-seed Ebed Jarrell (Drexel)
10-seed D.J. Hollingshead (Bucknell)
184 lbs.:
1-seed #1 Gabe Dean (#7 Cornell)
2-seed #15 Steven Schneider (Binghamton)
3-seed #27 Michael Coleman (Navy)
4-seed #25 Samson Imonode (Army West Point)
5-seed #22 Alexander DeCiantis (Drexel)
6-seed #28 Christian LaFragola (Brown)
7-seed #32 Garrett Hoffman (Bucknell)
8-seed #26 Joe Heyob (Penn)
9-seed #30 Kyle Gentile (#11 Lehigh)
10-seed Anthony Mancini (Franklin & Marshall)
Unseeded #33 Ian Baker (Princeton)
197 lbs.:
1-seed #12 Tom Sleigh (Bucknell)
2-seed #14 Brett Harner (Princeton)
3-seed #16 Frank Mattiace (Penn)
4-seed #26 Steban Cervantes (Navy)
5-seed #31 Benjamin Honis (#7 Cornell)
6-seed #32 Ben Haas (#11 Lehigh)
7-seed #30 Jeric Kasunic (American)
8-seed Mark Tracy (Binghamton)
9-seed Joshua Murphy (Drexel)
10-seed Rocco Caywood (Army West Point)
285 lbs.:
1-seed #17 Joey Goodhart (Drexel)
2-seed #15 Doug Vollaro (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed #25 Garrett Ryan (Columbia)
4-seed #22 Ray O'Donnell (Princeton)
5-seed Tyler Greene (Bucknell)
6-seed Craig Scott (#7 Cornell)
7-seed Connor Calkins (Binghamton)
8-seed Ian Butterbrodt (Brown)
9-seed Trevor Smith (Army West Point)
10-seed Nick Gajdzik (Harvard)
AUTOMATIC NCAA QUALIFIERS BY WEIGHT CLASS
125 lbs. – 2
133 lbs. – 4
141 lbs. – 5
149 lbs. – 3
157 lbs. – 4
165 lbs. – 4
174 lbs. – 6
184 lbs. – 7
197 lbs. – 4
285 lbs. – 4
For more information on Army West Point wrestling, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Wres on Twitter.
VIDEO • FloWrestling
TWITTER • ArmyWP_Wres
TOURNAMENT NOTES • Army Notes
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY
Session 1 | 11 a.m. – Championship First Round
2:15 p.m. – First Round Wrestlebacks
Session 2 | 6 p.m. – Championship Quarterfinals
7:30 p.m. – Wrestleback Quarterfinals
SATURDAY
Session 3 | 10 a.m. – Championship Semifinals
11:45 a.m. – Wrestleback Semifinals
Session 4 | 4 p.m. – 1st, 3rd, and 5th Place Matches
TICKET INFORMATION
Advance All-Session Ticket: (Purchase Now)
Adult: $75
Student/Children (18 and under): $30
At the Door All-Session Ticket:
Adult: $90
Student/Children: $40
Single-Session Tickets:
Session 1: Adult ($30)/Student or Child ($15)
Session 2: Adult ($30)/Student or Child ($15)
Session 3: Adult ($25)/Student or Child ($12)
Session 4: Adult ($25)/Student or Child ($12)
ARMY (7-5, 5-3 EIWA)
• Last time out, the Black Knights took the Gold Star from service-academy rival Navy, 19-14, at Chrisl Arena on Feb. 19.
• The win allowed head coach Kevin Ward to become the first coach in program history to defeat Navy in two out of his first three attempts and the second with multiple wins over the Midshipmen.
• Army completed its first winning season under Ward's direction with seven victories, five of which came against EIWA opponents.
• Senior co-captain Russ Parsons is second on the team with 23 wins in his farewell campaign, with 12 bonus-point victories (one fall, six technical falls and five major decisions).
• Rookie 174-pounder Ben Harvey was the only Cadet to wrestle in every dual this season, posting a record of 5-7.
ARMY AT THE EIWA CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Thirty-one Cadets have been crowned as an EIWA Champion, with the latest being Matt Kyler at 149 pounds in the 2010 tournament.
• Army has four current grapplers who have placed at the tournament: Parsons, who was fifth at 157 lbs. in 2015 and fourth in 2016; Matt Kelly, who was eighth at 149 lbs. last season; Mendel, who placed fifth at 165 lbs. in 2016; and Imonode, who was fifth at 184 lbs.
• The Black Knights are pursuing their second team crown in program history, with the first coming in 1987. The '87 squad placed all 10 wrestlers with Todd Messitt, who acts as Army's current head officer representative, earning the 126-pound title.
• In 2016, Army sent six wrestlers to podium finishes, the most since 2013.
PROBABLE ARMY LINEUP
125 lbs.: Trey Chalifoux
133 lbs.: Austin Harry
141 lbs.: #19 Logan Everett
149 lbs.: Lincoln Mallinger
157 lbs.: #12 Russ Parsons
165 lbs.: Andrew Mendel
174 lbs.: Ben Harvey
184 lbs.: #25 Samson Imonode
197 lbs.: Rocco Caywood
285 lbs.: Trevor Smith
THE FIELD
• Seventh-ranked Cornell and No. 11 Lehigh are the only two ranked teams in the tournament.
• The field is comprised of 51 ranked wrestlers, highlighted by top-ranked Gabe Dean of Cornell at 184 pounds.
• The deepest weight class is 184 pounds, which has 10 ranked wrestlers competing for seven automatic bids to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis.
• The Mountain Hawks have the most ranked wrestlers in the tournament with one at every weight class.
• Six All-Americans from 2016 return to the EIWA Championships: Josh Terao, American (3rd, 125 lbs.); Randy Cruz, Lehigh (8th, 141 lbs.); Dylan Palacio, Cornell (4th, 157 lbs.); Casey Kent, Penn (4th, 174 lbs.); Gabe Dean, Cornell (1st, 184 lbs.); and Brett Harner, Princeton (8th, 197 lbs.).
SEEDINGS/UNSEEDED RANKED WRESTLERS BY WEIGHT CLASS
*Rankings from latest NWCA Coaches' Panel (Feb. 23)
125 lbs.:
1-seed #4 Darian Cruz (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #10 Josh Terao (American)
3-seed Tanner Shoap (Drexel)
4-seed #32 Noah Baughman (#7 Cornell)
5-seed Steven Bulzomi (Binghamton)
6-seed Trey Chalifoux (Army West Point)
7-seed Johnson Mai (Columbia)
8-seed Jordan Gessner (Bucknell)
9-seed Trey Keeley (Brown)
133 lbs.:
1-seed #9 Scott Parker (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #22 Esteban Gomez-Rivera (American)
3-seed #11 Kevin Devoy Jr. (Drexel)
4-seed #20 Mark Grey (#7 Cornell)
5-seed Pat D'Arcy (Princeton)
6-seed Austin Harry (Army West Point)
7-seed Jeffrey Ott (Harvard)
8-seed Joey Gould (Bucknell)
9-seeds James Pawelski (Brown) and Dan Martoccio (Franklin & Marshall)
141 lbs.:
1-seed #4 Matthew Kolodzik (Princeton)
2-seed #14 Randy Cruz (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed #16 Tyler Smith (Bucknell)
4-seed #15 Jared Prince (Navy)
5-seed #19 Logan Everett (Army West Point)
6-seed #33 A.J. Jaffe (Harvard)
7-seed Will Koll (#7 Cornell)
8-seed Jacob Macalolooy (Columbia)
9-seed Dylan Caruana (Binghamton)
10-seed David Pearce (Drexel)
149 lbs.:
1-seed #12 Lauke Gardner (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #21 Jordan Laster (Princeton)
3-seed #15 Matthew Cimato (Drexel)
4-seed Jonathan Furnas (#7 Cornell)
5-seed Hunter Ladnier (Harvard)
6-seed Joe Oliva (Penn)
7-seed Parker Kropman (Binghamton)
8-seed Michael Sprague (American)
9-seed Corey Wilding (Navy)
157 lbs.:
1-seed #4 Jordan Kutler (#11 Lehigh)
2-seed #12 Russ Parsons (Army West Point)
3-seed #14 Victor Lopez (Bucknell)
4-seed Dylan Palacio (#7 Cornell)
5-seed #22 May Bethea (Penn)
6-seed Mike D'Angelo (Princeton)
7-seed Tom Page (American)
8-seed Steven Galiardo (Brown)
9-seed Laurence Kosoy (Columbia)
10-seed Tristan Rifanburg (Binghamton)
165 lbs.:
1-seed #19 Brandon Womack (#7 Cornell)
2-seed #22 Cole Walter (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed Tyrel White (Columbia)
4-seed Jonathan Viruet (Brown)
5-seed #33 Austin Rose (Drexel)
6-seed Andrew Mendel (Army West Point)
7-seed Brooks Martino (Penn)
8-seed #33 Drew Daniels (Navy)
9-seed Rob King (Franklin & Marshall)
174 lbs.:
1-seed #2 Brian Realbuto (#7 Cornell)
2-seed #6 Ryan Preisch (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed #12 Casey Kent (Penn)
4-seed #16 Jadaen Bernstein (Navy);
5-seed #27 Josef Johnson (Harvard)
6-seed #22 Jonathan Schleifer (Princeton)
7-seed Ben Harvey (Army West Point)
8-seed Sage Heller (Hofstra)
9-seed Ebed Jarrell (Drexel)
10-seed D.J. Hollingshead (Bucknell)
184 lbs.:
1-seed #1 Gabe Dean (#7 Cornell)
2-seed #15 Steven Schneider (Binghamton)
3-seed #27 Michael Coleman (Navy)
4-seed #25 Samson Imonode (Army West Point)
5-seed #22 Alexander DeCiantis (Drexel)
6-seed #28 Christian LaFragola (Brown)
7-seed #32 Garrett Hoffman (Bucknell)
8-seed #26 Joe Heyob (Penn)
9-seed #30 Kyle Gentile (#11 Lehigh)
10-seed Anthony Mancini (Franklin & Marshall)
Unseeded #33 Ian Baker (Princeton)
197 lbs.:
1-seed #12 Tom Sleigh (Bucknell)
2-seed #14 Brett Harner (Princeton)
3-seed #16 Frank Mattiace (Penn)
4-seed #26 Steban Cervantes (Navy)
5-seed #31 Benjamin Honis (#7 Cornell)
6-seed #32 Ben Haas (#11 Lehigh)
7-seed #30 Jeric Kasunic (American)
8-seed Mark Tracy (Binghamton)
9-seed Joshua Murphy (Drexel)
10-seed Rocco Caywood (Army West Point)
285 lbs.:
1-seed #17 Joey Goodhart (Drexel)
2-seed #15 Doug Vollaro (#11 Lehigh)
3-seed #25 Garrett Ryan (Columbia)
4-seed #22 Ray O'Donnell (Princeton)
5-seed Tyler Greene (Bucknell)
6-seed Craig Scott (#7 Cornell)
7-seed Connor Calkins (Binghamton)
8-seed Ian Butterbrodt (Brown)
9-seed Trevor Smith (Army West Point)
10-seed Nick Gajdzik (Harvard)
AUTOMATIC NCAA QUALIFIERS BY WEIGHT CLASS
125 lbs. – 2
133 lbs. – 4
141 lbs. – 5
149 lbs. – 3
157 lbs. – 4
165 lbs. – 4
174 lbs. – 6
184 lbs. – 7
197 lbs. – 4
285 lbs. – 4
For more information on Army West Point wrestling, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_Wres on Twitter.
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