Loiseau and DeSanto Advance to Second Day of Competition at Cliff Keen Invite

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Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

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Loiseau and DeSanto Advance to Second Day of Competition at Cliff Keen Invite

12/1/2017 11:57:00 PM | Wrestling

LAS VEGAS – Stephen Loiseau and Austin DeSanto fared well on the first day of competition at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and advanced to represent Drexel Wrestling in Saturday's matches. Loiseau will wrestle in the championship semifinals, while DeSanto will compete in the second consolation round of eight.

Loiseau began competition at 197 pounds with a 3-2 win over Purdue's No. 15 Christian Brunner and then went on to defeat Eastern Michigan's Derek Hillman, 4-0. In the quarterfinals, Loiseau picked up a 9-2 victory over Cal Poly's Tom Lane to advance to day two. He will face No. 3 Jared Haught of Virginia Tech in the semifinals on Saturday.

DeSanto started the day off with a 22-7 technical fall over Columbia's Chris Scorese. He continued by taking down No. 12 Dennis Gustafson of Virginia Tech, 5-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. There, he was halted by Virginia's No. 7 Jack Mueller by a 4-0 decision. He will begin competition in the consolation round on Saturday morning.

Although not advancing to the second day of competition, many Dragons also had strong showing on Friday. Ebed Jarrell picked up a major decision in his first match of the day at 165 pounds over California Baptist's Christian Smith, but then fell to Virginia Tech's No. 5 David McFadden in his second outing. Jarrell picked up an 8-4 win over West Virginia's Nick Kiussis in the second consolation round of 16, but then was stopped by Andrew Fogarty of North Dakota State to conclude his competition at the tournament.

Austin Rose was edged by Oklahoma's No. 13 Yoanse Mejias in his first match of the day at 174, but then came back with two wins in the wrestleback rounds. He first defeated Kent State's Dylan Barreiro, 7-6 and then went on to take a 5-2 victory from Bucknell's Nick Stephani. He was halted, however, by Harvard's No. 19 Josef Johnson with an 11-3 major decision in the second consolation round of 16 to wrap up his efforts at the Invitational.

Four additional Dragons picked up at least one win on the day, including Zack Fuentes at 125, Trevor Elfvin at 149, Joshua Murphy at 184, and Sean O'Malley at heavyweight. They were each halted as well and do not advance to Saturday's competition.

Chandler Olson and Evan Barczak also competed for Drexel at 141 and 157 pounds, respectively, but were not able to secure a win.

Competition at the Cliff Keen Invitational is set to resume on Saturday morning at 9 a.m PST/12 p.m. EST.

DAY ONE RESULTS – CLIFF KEEN LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL
125: Thayer Atkins (Duke) DEC Zack Fuentes (DU), 6-5
          Zack Fuentes (DU) MAJ Tomas Gutiierrez (Eastern Michigan), 12-3
          Donald Keeley (Brown) DEC Zack Fuentes (DU), 7-6
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133: Austin DeSanto (DU) TF Chris Scorese (Columbia), 22-7
          Austin DeSanto (DU) DEC No. 12 Dennis Gustafson (Virginia Tech), 5-4
No. 7 Jack Mueller (Virginia) DEC Austin DeSanto (DU), 4-0
          Austin DeSanto (DU) vs. Montorie Bridges in Consolation Round of 8 #2

141: Colt Schilling (Cal Poly) MAJ Chandler Olson (DU), 14-6
          Kizhan Clarke (American) MAJ Chandler Olson (DU), 10-2

149: Kyle Gliva (North Dakota State) DEC Trevor Elfvin (DU), 8-3
          Trevor Elfvin (DU) WBF Knox Fuller (Army West Point) @ 1:18
          Robert Lee (Pitt) DEC Trevor Elfvin (DU), 13-8

157: Fred Green (Virginia) MAJ Evan Barczak (DU), 13-4
          Kennedy Monday (North Carolina) WBF Evan Barczak (DU) @ 0:30

165: Ebed Jarrell (DU) MAJ Christian Smith (California Baptist), 14-3
No. 5 David McFadden (Virginia Tech) MAJ Ebed Jarrell (DU), 13-4
          Ebed Jarrell (DU) DEC Nick Kiussis (West Virginia), 8-4
          Andrew Fogarty (North Dakota State) TF Ebed Jarrell (DU), 19-3

174: No. 13 Yoanse Mejias (Oklahoma) DEC Austin Rose (DU), 5-3
          Austin Rose (DU) DEC Dylan Barreiro (Kent State), 7-6
          Austin Rose (DU) DEC Nick Stephani (Bucknell), 5-2
No. 19 Josef Johnson (Harvard) MAJ Austin Rose (DU), 11-3

184: Taylor Venz (Nebraska) WBF Joshua Murphy (DU) @ 0:14
          Joshua Murphy (DU) DEC Kayne MacCallum (Eastern Michigan), 9-5
          Seth McLeod (Oregon State) DEC Joshua Murphy (DU), 5-3

197: Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC No. 15 Christian Brunner (Purdue), 3-2
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Derek Hillman (Eastern Michigan), 4-0
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Tom Lane (Cal Poly), 9-2
          Stephen Loiseau (DU) vs. No. 3 Jared Haught (Virginia Tech) in Semifinals

285: No. 2 Adam Coon (Michigan) MAJ Sean O'Malley (DU), 20-7
          Sean O'Malley (DU) DEC Evan Callahan (Harvard), 6-1
          Carter Isley (Northern Iowa) MAJ Sean O'Malley (DU), 8-0