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Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational
Day One of Cliff Keen Invitational Closes Out
12/2/2011 9:42:00 PM | Wrestling
Las Vegas, Nev. – Day one in the books at the 30th Annual Cliff Keen Invitational and Drexel's Joseph Booth remains unbeaten at 165 pounds and will wrestle in the semi-finals tomorrow morning starting at 10:00 a.m. PST. Senior Kyle Frey, heavy weight, and sophomore Brandon Palik, 197 pounds, are also still alive as they will battle for a chance at third tomorrow.
Booth, seeded fifth, started things off with his fourth major decision of the season over Standford's Brent Baumbach, 10-2. Booth's next match was a 9-3 win over West Virginia's Kyle Eason followed by a sudden victory take down of fourth-seed and No. 16 Ben Jordan of Wisconsin. Palik, seeded eight, picked up a 10-4 win over Bryan Chamberlain of Utah Valley University followed by a 13-2 major decision over Simus Norkus of Western Wyoming College. Palik's only loss was at the hands of first-seed and No. 4 Chris Honeycutt of Edinboro, 15-4. Frey continued in his winning ways with a 5-0 blanking of Henry Chirino of Northern Colorado before edging Brandon Williamson of West Virginia 4-3. Frey narrowly missed out on the semi-finals when he dropped a 3-2 match to Levi Cooper of Arizona State, tournament one-seed and ranked sixth nationally.
Junior Frank Cimato and sophomore Austin Sommer both went 1-2 on the day but were eventually knocked out during consolations. Sommer picked up his win in the first match when he pinned Ryan Konz of Indiana in 6:09. Cimato won a 9-5 decision over Connor Hanafee of Army in the consolation bracket.
Follow @DrexelWrestling for live match-updates and make sure to check back to www.drexeldragons.com for final tournament results.
Booth, seeded fifth, started things off with his fourth major decision of the season over Standford's Brent Baumbach, 10-2. Booth's next match was a 9-3 win over West Virginia's Kyle Eason followed by a sudden victory take down of fourth-seed and No. 16 Ben Jordan of Wisconsin. Palik, seeded eight, picked up a 10-4 win over Bryan Chamberlain of Utah Valley University followed by a 13-2 major decision over Simus Norkus of Western Wyoming College. Palik's only loss was at the hands of first-seed and No. 4 Chris Honeycutt of Edinboro, 15-4. Frey continued in his winning ways with a 5-0 blanking of Henry Chirino of Northern Colorado before edging Brandon Williamson of West Virginia 4-3. Frey narrowly missed out on the semi-finals when he dropped a 3-2 match to Levi Cooper of Arizona State, tournament one-seed and ranked sixth nationally.
Junior Frank Cimato and sophomore Austin Sommer both went 1-2 on the day but were eventually knocked out during consolations. Sommer picked up his win in the first match when he pinned Ryan Konz of Indiana in 6:09. Cimato won a 9-5 decision over Connor Hanafee of Army in the consolation bracket.
Follow @DrexelWrestling for live match-updates and make sure to check back to www.drexeldragons.com for final tournament results.
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