At 125 pounds, No. 4 seed senior Mike Rodriguez opened the Big Red's day off to a great start pinning Brown's Nathan Myers in 2:57. The two were scoreless late in the first period when Rodriguez took down the Bears' grappler quickly turning him to his back to earn the fall with only three seconds left on the clock. Rodriguez followed with a win over the No. 5 seed Greg Hart of Bucknell. The senior will face the No. 1 seed, Rollie Peterkin of Penn, Sunday morning in the semifinals. Rodriguez won a 14-4 major decision over then No. 8 ranked Quaker in the teams' dual match earlier this season.
The No. 1 seed at 133 pounds, freshman Mike Grey had a bye in the opening round. In the quarterfinals Grey made quick work of American's Matthew Mariacher winning an 11-3 major decision. On Sunday, the rookie will take on the No. 4 seed Joseph Baker of Navy.
In his first match since January, sophomore Adam Frey took on the No. 4 seeded Corey Jantzen of Harvard. Frey opened the match aggressively, but Jantzen caught the Big Red grappler and earned valuable back points in the first period to jump out to a 7-2 lead. Frey controlled the entire second period never letting Jantzen escape from his starting down position. The sophomore earned two points with a reversal to start the third and came within two points after earning two back points of his own. Frey let Jantzen up looking to tie the match with a takedown, but with time running out, the Crimson wrestler countered an attack by Frey to grab a late takedown winning 11-7. In the consolation round, Frey won a high-scoring 22-14 major decision over Lehigh's Jeff Santo. On Sunday, Frey will take on Brown's Mark Savino.
After receiving a bye in the first round, No. 5 seeded DJ Meagher faced the No. 4 seed Bryce Saddoris of Navy in his opening bout. Meagher earned two points with a takedown with only 21 seconds off the clock and rode the Midshipman for the remainder of the period. The Big Red wrestler started the second down on the mat and earned another point with an escape. Saddoris chose to start the third period in neutral, but Meagher earned another takedown. With riding time, Meagher won a 6-2 decision. In the semifinals on Sunday, he will face the No. 1 seed, JP O'Connor of Harvard.
At 157 pounds, junior Jordan Leen is the No. 1 seed. He opened with an 8-0 major decision over Harvard's Bobby Latessa and followed with a 9-2 win over Princeton's Martin Everin. On Sunday, Leen will take on the No. 5 seed, Christopher Stout of American.
The No. 1 seed at 165 pounds, freshman Mack Lewnes made quick work of his opponents on Saturday. The rookie opened the tournament pinning Columbia's Joe Kushnerick in 2:37. In the quarterfinals, Lewnes was racking up the points against Harvard's Matthew Button when the Big Red grappler turned him quickly pinning him in 6:52. In the semifinals, Lewnes will face Bucknell's Andrew Rendos.
At 174 pounds, junior Steve Anceravage continued to dominate his opponents. The No. 1 seed picked up his 16th pin of the season over American's Johnathan Powell in 2:33. Anceravage racked up points against Navy's Ryan Mergen with numerous takedowns and backpoints working his way to a 16-3 major decision. Anceravage has earned bonus points on his last nine opponents. In the semifinals, he will face Penn's Scott Griffin.
At 184 pounds, sophomore Josh Arnone opened the day pinning Franklin & Marshall's Daniel Canfield in 2:56. In the quarterfinals, he followed with another win by fall over Columbia's Kenji Porter in 2:23. Arnone will take on Penn's Lior Zamir in the semifinals on Sunday.
Freshman Justin Kerber continued his success at 197 pounds on Saturday. Kerber defeated Princeton's Zackary Morse 4-2 in his first match, before winning by tech fall, 20-4, over the No. 7 seed East Stroudsburg's David Williams. In the semifinals, he will square off against the No. 6 seed, Lamar Brown of Rutgers.
Freshman Maciej Jochym, the No. 5 seed at heavyweight, defeated Harvard's Andrew Knapp in his opening match of the day. The rookie was edged out, 6-2, by the No. 4 seed Nathan Thobaben (Army) in the quarterfinals. In the consolation round, Jochym won an 11-3 major decision over Samuel Ritter of Princeton. On Sunday, he will face Rutgers' Kareem Mahmoud.
The semifinals will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 9.
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