Army West Point Athletics
Friday, February 26
Manheim, PA
10 AM
Army West Point
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EIWA Championships
Wrestling Set to Compete at 117th EIWA Championships
February 25, 2021 | Wrestling
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point wrestling team will travel to Manheim, PA for the 117th Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) conference tournament on Friday, Feb. 26. This is the first time in EIWA history that the event will be held off campus and only the sixth time that the tournament will take place in a single day, the last being in 1909.
The event will be hosted at the Spooky Nook Sports Complex and will kick off at 10 a.m. The 10 institutions scheduled to participate will be American, Army West Point, Binghamton, Bucknell, Drexel, Hofstra, Lehigh, Long Island U., Navy, and Sacred Heart. This group includes five of the top seven teams from the 2020 tournament. The Ivy League and Centennial Conference teams will be absent due to their conferences' canceling of all winter sports.Â
The conference will be split up onto four different mats and into three different session including the kickoff at 10 a.m., the second session at 2 p.m. and the championship place matches beginning at 5:30 p.m. One major change from past tournaments -- no spectators or outside media will be permitted at the championship facility. Fans can watch the tournament on Flowrestling (account required) at the following link. The live bout results will be shown on Flosports Arena and information about seeding, results, and awards will be posted on the EIWA website.
Army finished 3rd at the 2020 EIWA Conference tournament for their second highest team score in program history and only their third 100-point mark as a team in program history with a team score of 112. The Black Knights capped off a successful day with nine top eight finishes and six NCAA qualifiers and seven after the selection show.
P.J. Ogunsanya, Markus Hartman and J.T. Brown look to make their return to the mat for the second consecutive year. Ogunsanya finished fifth overall at 149lbs with a 3-2 decision over Lehigh's Jimmy Hoffman. The junior is currently projected in the pre-seeding to finish first overall at 149lbs and is ranked 18th in the composite rankings. Â
At 157lbs, Hartman is coming off one of only two third place finishes at the 2020 Championships and clinching a spot in the NCAA tournament. The junior enters this weekend currently projected to finish second at 157lbs and is ranked 16th overall. Brown also enters the tournament pre-seeded second overall after finishing fourth at the 2020 tournament and grabbing an NCAA slot. The junior is currently ranked 19th in the composite rankings.
The Black Knights will also look to several other wrestlers to help drive them to a top finish including freshman Mark Montgomery and Ben Pasiuk (33), seniors Lane Peters (26), Taylor Brown (32) and Bobby Heald (30).
"We're just excited to compete and excited about the opportunity to punch tickets to the NCAA Championships," said Head Coach Kevin Ward. "Our training has been the best we've had all year, our team is energized, and we're looking forward to the challenge. It is going to take our very best performances to win the tournament but that's what this time of the season is all about. It's the time of year we live for and I'm looking forward to watching our guys compete to make their dreams come true."
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The event will be hosted at the Spooky Nook Sports Complex and will kick off at 10 a.m. The 10 institutions scheduled to participate will be American, Army West Point, Binghamton, Bucknell, Drexel, Hofstra, Lehigh, Long Island U., Navy, and Sacred Heart. This group includes five of the top seven teams from the 2020 tournament. The Ivy League and Centennial Conference teams will be absent due to their conferences' canceling of all winter sports.Â
The conference will be split up onto four different mats and into three different session including the kickoff at 10 a.m., the second session at 2 p.m. and the championship place matches beginning at 5:30 p.m. One major change from past tournaments -- no spectators or outside media will be permitted at the championship facility. Fans can watch the tournament on Flowrestling (account required) at the following link. The live bout results will be shown on Flosports Arena and information about seeding, results, and awards will be posted on the EIWA website.
Army finished 3rd at the 2020 EIWA Conference tournament for their second highest team score in program history and only their third 100-point mark as a team in program history with a team score of 112. The Black Knights capped off a successful day with nine top eight finishes and six NCAA qualifiers and seven after the selection show.
P.J. Ogunsanya, Markus Hartman and J.T. Brown look to make their return to the mat for the second consecutive year. Ogunsanya finished fifth overall at 149lbs with a 3-2 decision over Lehigh's Jimmy Hoffman. The junior is currently projected in the pre-seeding to finish first overall at 149lbs and is ranked 18th in the composite rankings. Â
At 157lbs, Hartman is coming off one of only two third place finishes at the 2020 Championships and clinching a spot in the NCAA tournament. The junior enters this weekend currently projected to finish second at 157lbs and is ranked 16th overall. Brown also enters the tournament pre-seeded second overall after finishing fourth at the 2020 tournament and grabbing an NCAA slot. The junior is currently ranked 19th in the composite rankings.
The Black Knights will also look to several other wrestlers to help drive them to a top finish including freshman Mark Montgomery and Ben Pasiuk (33), seniors Lane Peters (26), Taylor Brown (32) and Bobby Heald (30).
"We're just excited to compete and excited about the opportunity to punch tickets to the NCAA Championships," said Head Coach Kevin Ward. "Our training has been the best we've had all year, our team is energized, and we're looking forward to the challenge. It is going to take our very best performances to win the tournament but that's what this time of the season is all about. It's the time of year we live for and I'm looking forward to watching our guys compete to make their dreams come true."
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