All Results will be posted after each of the four sessions at www.upj.pitt.edu/Athletics
This year's East Regional Tournament will feature several of the nation's top-ranked teams, including #7 Newberry (S.C.) College, #8 Pitt Johnstown, #12 Gannon University, #14 Mercyhurst College and #19 Limestone (S.C.) College.
Also competing are American International (MA) College, Anderson (S.C.) University, Belmont Abbey (N.C.) College, Kutztown University, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Shippensburg University, St. Andrews Presbyterian (N.C.) College and West Liberty State (WV) College.
In addition, 15 of the nation's top-ranked individuals will be battling for a spot in the national tournament, including Brandon Reasy (Pitt Johnstown), the nation's #1-ranked wrestler at 133 lbs. and Steve Fittery (Shippensburg) is ranked #2 at 141 lbs. Brian Pogel (Mercyhurst) (149 lbs.), Dan Scanlan (Limestone) (184 lbs.) and Cy Wainwright (Newberry) (HWT.) are all ranked #3, while Keeno Griffin (Newberry) (184 lbs.), Andy Lamancuso (Mercyhurst) (157 lbs.) and Mike Corcetti (Pitt Johnstown) (184 lbs.) are fifth in their respective weight classes. Joe Mavins (UNC-Pembroke) (125 lbs.), Tony Washington (Newberry (141 lbs.) Hudson Harrison (Mercyhurst) (165 lbs.) and Patrick Walsh (Pitt Johnstown) (197 lbs.) are all ranked #6, and Lucas Huffman (West Liberty State) (125 lbs.), Doug Surra (West Liberty State) (141 lbs.) and Zach Majocha (Pitt Johnstown) (HWT.) all hold the #7 ranking in their weight classes.
Overall, Pitt Johnstown, winners of the last five East Regional Tournaments, boasts four wrestlers nationally-ranked, while Mercyhurst and Newberry each have three wrestlers ranked. West Liberty State brings a pair of ranked wrestlers to the tournament. Limestone, UNC-Pembroke and Shippensburg each has one wrestler ranked.
Sessions one and two of wrestling will begin on Friday at 4:00 p.m. and will consist of the Preliminaries, Quarterfinals and the first and second rounds of the Consolations. (Tournament Outline)
On Saturday, Session III will begin at 10:00 a.m. with the Semifinals and the Consolation Quarterfinals, followed by the Consolation Semifinals at approximately 12:30 p.m. The final session will start at 2:30 p.m., featuring the Finals, Consolation Finals, 5th-6th Place Matches and True-Fourth Matches.
Tickets are $5.00 for adults per session and $2.00 for children under 12 years of age per session. Tickets will only be sold by the session. All-Tournament passes and complimentary tickets will not be available.
Brackets for this year's tournament will be released following a coaches' meeting on February 29. Results will be updated on this site following each session.
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