"I am very proud of our guys," Head Coach Jay Weiss said. "They went out there and wrestled with everything they had and it all started with Robbie [Preston]."
With the win the Crimson improves to 1-5 overall and 1-2 against EIWA foes. Army fell to 8-4 overall and 0-1 in the conference.
After freshman Ryan Fitzgerald lost by fall at 125 pounds, the Crimson won five straight matches to take a commanding 19-6 lead in the dual. Preston started the Crimson run with a pin in the first period over William Simpson. Fourteenth-ranked Preston took down Simpson and turned him twice before earning the fall in 2:38. Fellow captain Max Meltzer kept the momentum going with an overtime win against Matt Kyler at 141 pounds. Each wrestler escaped to earn the only points in regulation. In the over time session, Meltzer took him down and turned him for back-points to earn a 6-1 win.
Sixth-ranked J.P. O'Connor dominated in his match against Frank Baughan at 149, earning a 16-3 major decision. O'Connor had two takedowns, a two-point near fall and three-point near fall in the first period. He reversed him in the second before taking him down in the third and turning him for two more near fall points.
Junior Bobby Latessa kept the momentum going with a 6-3 win at 157. After a scoreless first period, Army's Christan Snook chose down to start the second and reversed Latessa to take a 2-0 lead. Lastessa was quick to escape. In the third, he escaped from bottom, took Snook down and turned him for the win. Snook escaped, but was unable to take his Crimson opponent down. It was Snook's first dual loss of the season.
Freshman Frankie Colletta turned in another solid performance for the Crimson, taking his 165 pound match, 8-3. Colletta took down Brian Rowan in the first and turned him for two points. In the second he escaped and in the third took Rowan down again after being reversed.
The Black Knights scored four points at 174 pounds when Brent Smith earned a 15-2 major decision over Harvard's Patrick Ziemnik. Sophomore Louis Caputo, who is ranked 11th in the nation, sealed the win for Harvard with a 5-0 decision over Scott Ferguson at 184. No takedowns were scored in the bout, Caputo used an escaped in the second, a three-point near fall in the third and riding time to earn the win.
Army took the last two matches. Junior Billy Colgan lost a heartbreaker to Richard Starks, 5-4, at 197. The heavyweight bout also went to the Black Knights, Nathan Thobaben defeated Andrew Knapp by technical fall. It was Knapp's first match of the season.
Harvard takes another trip south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey next weekend for Ivy League match ups against Penn and Princeton. The Crimson meets Princeton on Friday at 7 p.m. and travel to Penn for a 1 p.m. dual on Saturday.
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