Two Qualify for NCAA Tournament, Wrestling Finishes Eighth at EIWA Championship

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Two Qualify for NCAA Tournament, Wrestling Finishes Eighth at EIWA Championship

March 06, 2022 | Wrestling

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Army West Point wrestling team wrapped up action at the 118th EIWA Conference Championship with 57 total points, good for an eighth-place finish in the team standings.

The Black Knights additionally finished the conference tournament with two NCAA qualifiers that are set to head to Detroit, Mich. in two weeks for the national championship, as both Markus Hartman (157 lbs.) and Ben Pasiuk (174 lbs.) achieved the feat.

Pasiuk highlighted the final day of action for the Cadets, picking up a team-best third place finish. The sixth-seeded sophomore battled in the consolation bracket before defeating eight seed Nolan (Binghamton), 3-1, in the bronze medal bout.

In addition to Pasiuk, both Hartman and Richard Treanor (133 lbs.) posted top-five finishes in their respective weight classes. Hartman, a fifth seed, picked up back-to-back 4-2 decisions before falling to top seed Humphreys of Lehigh, 10-0, to finish fourth. In his EIWA Championship debut, eleventh-seeded Treanor picked up a thrilling, 9-8 decision over Princeton's 10 seed Kayal to place fifth.

Rounding out the Cadets' top finishes of the tournament were P.J. Ogunsanya (149 lbs.), who landed at sixth overall, and J.T. Brown (197 lbs.), who posted a seventh-place finish.

With today's result, the Black Knights have achieved their seventh-straight finish in the top eight at the EIWA Championship. Army's 57 points were well ahead of ninth-place Harvard (49), but fell behind seventh-place Navy (63.5) by a small margin.

Complete results for today, as well as final team standings, are listed below.

Coach's Corner
"This was a roller-coaster of a weekend. I think overall it's definitely not the outcomes that we wanted. I felt like we compete hard and looked confident but we let too many matches be decided by things outside our control, which maybe means we didn't do enough to make the things in our control go in our favor. At the same time we had some really strong performances that will set some individuals up to perform their best at the NCAA tournament. So our focus is going to remain on those guys who have the chance to chase their dreams of becoming NCAA champs." - Head Coach Kevin Ward

133 | Richard Treanor, 11 Seed - Fifth Place
Semifinal - #2 Colaiocco (Penn) MD #11 Treanor, 8-0
Cons. Semis - #7 Maida (American) dec. #11 Treanor, 5-3
5th Place Match - #11 Treanor dec. #10 Kayal (Princeton), 9-8

149 | P.J. Ogunsanya, 4 Seed - Sixth Place
Semifinal - #1 Diakomihals wins, MF 0:01
Cons. Semis - #16 Keller (Princeton) dec. #4 Ogunsanya, 7-5
5th Place Match - #5 Fongaro wins, MF

157 | Markus Hartman, 5 Seed * - Fourth Place
Cons. of 4 - #5 Hartman dec. #9 Tarsi (Harvard), 4-2
Cons. Semis - #5 Hartman dec. #3 Zapf (Penn), 4-2
3rd Place Match - #1 Humphreys (Lehigh) MD #5 Hartman, 10-0

174 | Ben Pasiuk, 6 Seed * - Third Place
Cons. of 4 - #6 Pasiuk fall #10 Dugan (Penn), 5-1 4:19
Cons. Semis - #6 Pasiuk dec. #5 Logan (Lehigh), 7-5 sv1
3rd Place Match - #6 Pasiuk dec. #8 Nolan (Binghamton), 3-1

197 | J.T. Brown, 5 Seed – Seventh Place
Cons. of 4 - #8 Urbas (Penn) dec. #5 Brown, 3-0
7th Place Match - #5 Brown dec. #12 Wustefeld (Columbia), 4-1

* Denotes NCAA Qualifier

Team Standings
1. Cornell (153 points)
2. Penn (143 points)
3. Princeton (120.5 points)
4. Lehigh (111 points)
5. Columbia (84.5 points)
6. Binghamton (79.5 points)
7. Navy (63.5 points)
8. Army (57 points)
9. Harvard (49 points)
10. Drexel (47 points)
11. Bucknell (39.5 points)
12. Hofstra (36 points)
13. Franklin & Marshall (29 points)
14. Brown (26.5 points)
15. American (25.5 points)
16. Sacred Heart (5 points)
17. LIU (3 points)

What's Next
While Pasiuk and Hartman prepare for the NCAA Championship, the rest of the Black Knights will await to hear their fate when brackets are announced during the selection show on Wednesday, March 9. The 2021-22 NCAA Championships are scheduled to run from Thursday, March 17 through Saturday, March 19 in Detroit.

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