Wrestlers Bow Out of 2017 NCAA Championships

Friday, March 17

St. Louis, Mo.

All Day

Drexel University

NCAA Championships

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3/17/2017 5:19:00 PM | Wrestling

FINAL BRACKETS

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Drexel Wrestling bowed out of competition at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships on Friday. Matthew Cimato was the lone Dragon still alive as session three began Friday morning, but he was eliminated in the second consolation round of 16. Kevin Devoy Jr., Alex DeCiantis, and Joey Goodhart each bowed out of the national tournament on Thursday after suffering two losses on the first day of competition.

Cimato was forced into the consolation rounds at 149 after being edged by No. 7 Max Thomsen of Northern Iowa, 5-3 in his opening match on Thursday morning. In the Thursday night session, however, he received a medical forfeit from Michigan's Zac Hall and advanced to the second day of competition. As session three began, Cimato fell to No. 9 Justin Oliver of Central Michigan by a 9-0 major decision and concluded his third career appearance at the national tournament.

Devoy had a tough outing after trying to fight through injury and ultimately fell to Cam Sykora of North Dakota State by a major decision in his first match of the tournament at 133. He was unable continue and would be forced to medical forfeit to Edinboro's Korbin Myers and bow out of competition in the last NCAA Championships appearance of his career.

DeCiantis dropped his first match at 184 as competition opened on Thursday to No. 9 Nathan Jackson of Indiana by a 13-4 major decision. He tried to make a comeback in the wrestleback rounds, but ultimately was edged by Northern Colorado's Dylan Gabel, 5-3 to conclude his first career appearance at the national tournament.

Goodhart's first match of the NCAA Championships in the heavyweight bracket came down to the wire. He wrestled No. 10 Nathan Butler of Stanford to the second round of tiebreakers, in a bout that greatly mirrored their regular season match-up. When time expired in the overtime periods and the two wrestlers were still tied at 3-3, Butler was awarded the win for holding about four seconds of riding time. Moving to the consolation rounds, Goodhart took on Utah Valley's Dustin Dennison and despite keeping him close throughout the match, ultimately fell to Dennison by a 9-3 decision to wrap up competition at this year's tournament.

Cimato and Devoy finish their Drexel careers with three career appearances apiece at the national tournament.

2017 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
133: Cam Sykora (North Dakota State) MAJ No. 16 Kevin Devoy Jr. (DU), 11-3
          Korbin Myers (Edinboro) def. No. 16 Kevin Devoy Jr. (DU) by medical forfeit

149: No. 7 Max Thomsen (Northern Iowa) DEC Matthew Cimato (DU), 2-1
          Matthew Cimato (DU) def. Zac Hall (Michigan) by medical forfeit
          No. 9 Justin Oliver (Central Michigan) MAJ Matthew Cimato (DU), 9-0

184: No. 9 Nathan Jackson (Indiana) MAJ Alex DeCiantis (DU), 13-4
          Dylan Gabel (Northern Colorado) DEC Alex DeCiantis (DU), 5-3

285: No. 10 Nathan Butler (Stanford) DEC Joey Goodhart (DU), 4-3 (TB-2)
          Dustin Dennison (Utah Valley) DEC Joey Goodhart (DU), 9-3