No. 5 ranked Anceravage set the new Big Red career record with a pin in 2:52 over Sacred Heart's Brandon Lapp. He followed with another win by fall over Liberty's Nick Knowles in 6:13. In the semifinals he won by a 15-4 major decision over Army's Ryan Mergen to advance to the finals. Anceravage won by medical forfeit over freshman teammate Steve Bosak. The previous career pins record was held by Travis Lee ‘05 and Walter Grote '74 with 28 pins each.
Lewnes opened his day with a pin in 1:28 over Liberty's Brad Clark, and he followed with a 2:23 win by fall against Army's Mike Gorman. The Big Red sophomore recorded his seventh fall of the season in 4:41 over Buffalo's Ryan Black. In the semifinals, he advanced with a 16-6 major decision, and took the title defeating Bloomsburg's Rickey Schmelyun with a 12-4 major decision.
At 157 pounds, junior John Basting defeated Bloomsburg's Dennis Bermudez, 9-5, to advance to the quarterfinals where he won a 5-2 decision over Mallie Shuster of Kent State. Basting lost by tech fall to No. 11 ranked Matt Moley of Bloomsburg in the semifinals. In a match for third place, Basting won 12-5 over Buffalo's John-Martin Cannor.
No. 18 ranked sophomore Justin Kerber wrestled for Cornell at 184 pounds and won by tech fall 18-1 in 4:42 over Drexel's Justin Sachse. In the quaterfinals, Kerber blanked Sacred Heart's Ricky Eichenlaub by a 13-0 major decision. In the semis, Kerber faced No. 5 nationally ranked Kirk Smith of Boise State. Kerber held a 6-4 lead towards the end of the third period, but Smith came back to tie the match with a reversal nearing the end of regulation. Smith won the match 8-6 in sudden victory with a takedown. Kerber placed third after defeating No. 16 Chris Daggett of Liberty by tech fall, 20-5 in 7:00.
At 197 pounds, freshman Cam Simaz opened his day with a fall in 4:45 over Maryland's Thomas Sitar, and followed with a 9-8 decision over Michael Blackwell. Simaz narrowly lost 5-3 in the semifinals to No. 16 Army's Richard Starks. The Big Red rookie placed fourth with a 4-1 decision over Kent State's Eric Chine.
Also at 174 pounds, Bosak opened his day with an 11-1 major decision over Nate Graham of Bloomsburg and followed with another major over the No. 3 seed Chris Estep of Kent State. In the quarterfinals Bosak recorded his third major, blanking Drexel's Brian Stouffer, 10-0. The Big Red rookie defeated Maryland's Corey Peltier 5-1 to advance to the finals, but medical forfeited to Anceravage.
Junior Nate Holley notched two pins at 184 pounds before losing in the quarterfinals to Boise State's Smith. In the wrestlebacks, Holley defeated his teammate Travis Dale, before pinning yet another opponent. The junior finished in fifth place after Army's Derek Stanley injury defaulted after getting hurt towards the end of the match.
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