No. 1 ranked Lewnes opened his day by pinning North Carolina's Kyle Kiss in 2:55 in the quarterfinals. The sophomore earned more bonus points for the Big Red with a 13-5 major decision over Virginia Tech's Matt Epperly to advance to the finals. Lewnes won his second Southern Scuffle title in as many years with a 3-2 decision over Edinboro's Jarrod King.
The Big Red was in first place heading into the finals, but the Fighting Scotts grabbed the lead after Edinboro wrestlers captured the titles at 125, 133 and 157 pounds. After Lewnes' win, the Big Red trailed by one point.
No. 5 Anceravage was deadlocked with No. 11 Chris Henrich of Virginia at four points a piece after regulation in the final at 174 pounds. In overtime, each wrestler had a leg before scrambling looking for the winning takedown. Anceravage moved Henrich on to his back and the referee called a quick pin at the 7:30 mark. With his first individual title, Anceravage helped the Big Red to move back into first place and win the team title.
At 133 pounds, Grey defeated Ohio's Quentin Keys by a 6-5 margin in the quarterfinals, but was edged out 6-4 SD by Ricky Deubel in the semifinals. Grey quickly bounced back to pin Will Livingston of Virginia Tech in 2:08. The Big Red sophomore captured third place with a 7-6 decision over Kent State's Danny Mitcher.
At 141 pounds, sophomore Corey Manson won his seventh place match, 5-3 SD over Navy's John Majka. Sophomore DJ Meagher dropped his 149 pound quarterfinal match to the eventual champion NC State's Darrion Caldwell, and was eliminated with a 7-4 loss to Binghamton's Donnie Vinson.
At 184 pounds, Kerber lost a 6-2 decision to Edinboro's Shawn Fendone in the quarterfinals to move the wrestlebacks. Kerber defeated Lock Haven's Tom Kocher by a 12-2 major decision before pinning UNC-Greensboro's Mikal McKee in 3:09. The sophomore won by injury default in 3:30 over Edinboro's Chris Honeycutt, and placed third after avenging his quarterfinal loss with a 7-2 win over Fendone.
Simaz won his first match of the day in the wrestlebacks by an 11-2 major decision and followed with a 5-4 win over Duke's Dan Tulley. The freshman won a 4-3 decision over Hofstra's Joe Fagiano to advance to the third place match. Simaz took fourth after being edged out by a 3-2 decision by North Carolina's Dennis Drury. Also at 197 pounds, Josh Arnone lost in the quarterfinals before medical forfeiting out of the tournament.
At heavyweight, Hammond defeated North Carolina's Ziad Haddad in 5-1 before pinning Edinboro's Joe Fendone in 0:40. The senior lost 4-1 to Garderner-Webb's Justin Porter, and finished in eighth after losing 3-1 SD to Kent State's Brendan Barlow.
Cornell will return to action Jan. 10-11 when it will wrestle at the National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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