In the 133 weight class, Nick Bridge started the day in the No. 3 seed. He opened with a match against Maryland's Jon Kohler winning, 15-2. Moving on to Drexel's Billy Martin, Bridge pinned his opponent in 1:58. In the semifinals, he was paired up against the No. 2 seed Army's Matt Kyler. Kyler pinned Bridge in 5:33. Bridge took fifth place once again beating Martin by 16-4.
Keith Dickey wrestled for the Big Red at 141. He took on Kent State's Clint Sponseller and picked up a 9-2 victory. In his next match he faced Sacred Heart's Cory Dunn winning, 6-0. In the semi-final round, Dickey fell to Maryland's Charlie Pinto at 4:52. Dickey took home third place after beating Old Dominion's Williams, 4-2.
Jordan Leen worked his way through the 149 bracket of the Body Bar. He picked up a win in the opening round and pinned Sacred Heart's Sean Eagan in 2:42. He won the title after defeating Michigan's No. 1 seed Josh Churella in the finals.
In the 165 weight class, the Big Red's Steve Anceravage pinned Old Dominion's Nick Pullano in 0:55. He made his way through to the finals but lost a one point decision to Michigan's Eric Tannenbaum, 3-2. Mike Mackie opened his day by pinning Army's Bob Heigtchew in 2:06. He lost to Sacred Heart's Sherwood Fendryk, but won his fifth place bout against Pittsburgh's Sean Richmond.
At 184, Luke Hogle lost his opening match 8-2, but then wrestled his way through the consolation rounds. He beat Pittsburgh's Matt Darnell, 11-0, and next pinned Drexel's Justin Terhune in 6:26. Hogle took fourth after Army's Scott Ferguson defeated him 13-2.
No. 1 seeded Jerry Rinaldi had a bye in the opening round, and pinned his first opponent in 2:42. In the semi-finals he beat Michigan's Nick Roy, 2-1. Rinaldi took the title defeating his second Wolverine of the day, Casey White, 8-2.
Zach Hammond, seeded No. 4, opened his day by pinning his first opponent in 1:02. He wrestled his way to an 8-2 win over Kent State's Willie Leonard. Hammond next took on No. 1 seed Payam Zarrinpour and pulled out a narrow 8-7 victory. In the finals, Zach Hammond took home the heavyweight title giving the Big Red its team victory by beating No. 2 seeded Jermail Porter 10-3.
The Big Red is at home again next weekend when it will wrestle against the Big Ten's Ohio State. The match begins at 2:00 in Newman Arena.
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