Army Sits Fourth After Day One at 115th EIWAs

Friday, March 8

Binghamton, N.Y.

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Army West Point

EIWA Championships

Army Sits Fourth After Day One at 115th EIWAs

March 08, 2019 | Wrestling

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The 23rd-ranked Army West Point wrestling team displayed a strong performance, sitting in fourth place after the first day of the 115th Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships at Binghamton's Events Center on Friday.

The Black Knights' 78 points puts them behind only Lehigh (85 points), Cornell (82 points) and Princeton (82 points) after the first day of wresting. Army was the only team with 10 quarterfinalists and remains the only team with all 10 wrestlers remaining in the tournament.

Army is tied with Lehigh, Cornell and Princeton for the most semifinalists with six, led by junior Lucas Weiland at 157 pounds who qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year. Joining Weiland in the semifinals are: junior Trey Chalifoux (125 lbs.), sophomore Lane Peters (133 lbs.), freshman Corey Shie (141 lbs.), junior Cael McCormick (165 lbs.) and freshman Ben Sullivan (285 lbs.).

The Cadets combined to go 20-4 on the day with eight bonus point wins on one fall, two technical falls and five major decisions. They added three wins over ranked opponents.

HOW IT HAPPENED
125 Lbs.: 4-seed #27 Trey Chalifoux: 2-0
Round of 16: W, 6-4 vs. Luke Resnick (Lehigh)
Quarterfinals: W, 8-4 vs. 5-seed Audey Ashkar (Binghamton)
133 Lbs.: 5-seed Lane Peters: 2-0, Fall
Round of 16: W, Fall at 0:40 vs. Alex Salas (Drexel)
Quarterfinals: W, 3-2 vs. 4-seed #29 Casey Cobb (Navy)
141 Lbs.: 6-seed #26 Corey Shie: 2-0, MD
Round of 16: W, Major Decision, 13-1 vs. Garrett Lambert (Hofstra)
Quarterfinals: W, TB-2 RT, 3-3 vs. 3-seed #33 Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh)
149 Lbs.: P.J. Ogunsanya: 2-1
Round of 16: W, 6-2 vs. 5-seed Michael Sprague (American)
Quarterfinals: L, 1-0 vs. 4-seed #23 Jared Prince (Navy)
Cons. Round of 8 #2: W, 9-2 vs. Matthew Kolonia (Bucknell)
157 Lbs.: 5-seed #28 Lucas Weiland: 2-0, MD
Round of 16: W, Major Decision, 13-0 vs. Emmett LiCastri (Franklin & Marshall)
Quarterfinals: W, SV-1, 10-8 vs. Christian LaBrie (Brown)
165 Lbs.: 4-seed #27 Cael McCormick: 2-0
Round of 16: W, 11-5 vs. Anthony Wokasch (American)
Quarterfinals: W, 16-13 vs. 5-seed #22 Gordon Wolf (Lehigh)
174 Lbs.: 3-seed #18 Ben Harvey: 2-1
Round of 16: W, 6-0 vs. Jake Hendricks (Penn)
Quarterfinals: L, 11-7 vs. 6-seed #27 Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
Cons. Round of 8 #2: W, Med. Forfeit vs. A.J. Pedro (Brown)
184 Lbs.: 5-seed #23 Noah Stewart: 2-1, TF, MD
Round of 16: W, Technical Fall, 16-0 vs. Reid Robilotto (Franklin & Marshall)
Quarterfinals: L, TB-2, 2-1 vs. 4-seed #24 Christian LaFragola (Brown)
Cons. Round of 8 #2: W, Major Decision, 10-0 vs. Trey Rogers (Hofstra)
197 Lbs.: 3-seed #7 Rocco Caywood: 2-1, 2 MDs
Round of 16: W, Major Decision, 9-0 vs. Abraham Correa-Medina (American)
Quarterfinals: L, 3-1 vs. 6-seed #28 Drew Phipps (Bucknell)
Cons. Round of 8 #2: W, Major Decision, 17-6 vs. Sam Wustefeld (Columbia)
285 Lbs.: 4-seed #30 Ben Sullivan: 2-0, TF
Round of 16: W, Technical Fall, 15-0 vs. Obina Ajah (Princeton)
Quarterfinals: W, 5-1 vs. 5-seed Niko Camacho (American)

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Shie, Ogunsanya, McCormick and Sullivan all made their debut at the EIWA Championships.
Chalifoux advanced to the semifinals for the third consecutive year.
Peters earned his 15th win of the season in the opening round.
The Uhrichsville, Ohio, native pinned Drexel's Alex Salas 40 seconds into the match, tying for the seventh-fastest pin at the conference tournament in program history.
It was the quickest pin since the 2013-14 season when Ryan Thompkins pinned Sacred Heart's Conan Schuster in 36 seconds.
He upset 4th-seeded and 29th-ranked Casey Cobb of Navy to move on to the semifinals for the first time in his career.
It was Peters' third win over a ranked opponent this season, including the second victory over Cobb in the last two weeks.
Shie posted his 25th win of the season over 33rd-ranked Ryan Pomrinca of Lehigh.
The Fairfield, Ohio, native documented his second win over a ranked opponent this year.
Ogunsanya earned his first-career win at the EIWA Championships and first at 149 pounds.
Weiland moved on to the semifinals for the first time in his career.
The Barnhart, Mo., native tied his single-season high with six major decisions.
McCormick notched his third win over a ranked opponent this season.
Harvey collected his team-leading 26th win of the year.
Stewart and Caywood posted a team-high two bonus point wins on the day.
Stewart contributed his 10th bonus point win of the year and seventh technical fall.
Caywood earned his 75th career win.
The Toledo, Ohio, native set a new personal best with his fifth major decision.
Sullivan became the sixth Cadet to cross the 20-win threshold.
The New Paris, Ohio, native worked his first technical fall of the year.

WARD'S WORDS

Head coach Kevin Ward – "It was a good day. I'm very proud of how hard we fought. There are a couple of matches we would like to have back, but overall it was just a great effort today. We need to embrace the fact that tomorrow will be even tougher, and we need to be tougher. If we continue to fight hard we can push all 10 guys to the NCAA Championships."

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