Sophomore Brandon Reasy (133 lbs.) (New Enterprise, Pa.), Benton (141 lbs.) and All-Americans Eli Garshnick (174 lbs.) (Armagh, Pa.) and Mike Corcetti (184 lbs.) (Export, Pa.) all won individual championships to lead the eight National Qualifiers. Reasy posted a 4-0 record and defeated Matt Moser (West Liberty State), 5-1 in the title bout, while Benton earned a 16-5 major decision over J.J. Zanetta (Mercyhurst) to claim the championship at 141 lbs. Corcetti and Garshnick both recorded 3-0 records on their way titles. Corcetti handed Shippensburg's Mark Murphy a 14-9 loss, and Garshnick defeated Tommy Clark (West Liberty State), 3-1, in their championship matches. Junior Mike Fowler (197 lbs.) (Carrolltown, Pa.) also placed third when he picked up a 14-5 major decision over Darryl Scott (Anderson).
Senior two-time National Qualifier Zach Majocha (HWT.) (Upper Burrell, Pa.) placed second after suffering a 1-0 loss to Jacob Lininger (Shippensburg), while Albert Miles (165 lbs.) (Canonsburg, Pa.) battled back from an opening round loss to finish third. Miles dealt Alonzo Azumendi (Newberry) a 7-6 loss to win the Third Place match. Junior Joe Strittmatter (157 lbs.) (Ebensburg, Pa.) also rebounded from a first round loss to wrestle back and win the True Fourth place match. After defeating Herb Porter (Anderson), 4-2, in the Fifth Place match, Strittmatter had the chance to wrestle for a True Fourth and took advantage of his opportunity by winning an 11-3 major decision over Justin Goneau (West Liberty State) to advance to Nationals.
Seniors Ryon Mazzocco (125 lbs.) (Cresson, Pa.) and Jay Matteo (149 lbs.) (New Castle, Pa.) both placed sixth. Mazzocco suffered a 5-0 loss to Daniel Clausing (Limestone) in the semifinals, before having to injury default in his next two matches. Matteo finished with a 1-3 record after falling 9-2 to Joey Hagedorn (West Liberty State) in the Fifth Place match.
Pitt Johnstown and Mercyhurst finished first and second in team points, followed by West Liberty State (WV) College (97.5 pts.), Gannon (86.5 pts.), Shippensburg University (80 pts.), Kutztown University (68.5 pts.), Anderson (S.C.) College (45.5 pts.), Newberry (S.C.) College (43 pts.), Limestone (S.C.) College (35 pts.), UNC-Pembroke (31.5 pts.), Belmont-Abbey (N.C.) College (10 pts.) and American International (MA) College (.5 pts.).
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