Wrestling Places Seven, Finishes Fourth Sunday at EIWA Championships

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Wrestling Places Seven, Finishes Fourth Sunday at EIWA Championships

3/4/2018 9:10:00 PM | Wrestling

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Drexel wrestling team placed seven wrestlers Sunday and finished fourth as a team at the EIWA Championships hosted at Hofstra's David S. Mark Sports & Exhibition Complex in Hempstead, N.Y. Zack Fuentes (third), Austin DeSanto (third), Garett Hammond (third), Stephen Loiseau (third), Alex DeCiantis (sixth), Ebed Jarrell (seventh) and Austin Rose (seventh) all placed for the Dragons. DeSanto, Hammond, DeCiantis and Loiseau also punched automatic bids to the NCAA Championships on March 15-17 in Cleveland, Ohio.

DeSanto and Hammond entered Day 2 with semifinals matchups, still alive for conference titles. DeSanto, the top seed in the 133-pound weight class, found himself with a difficult matchup against No. 4 Chaz Tucker of Cornell. Tucker used a late takedown to upset DeSanto, 4-2. DeSanto then moved past No. 8 Jacob Nicholson of Binghamton by injury default to move into the third-place bout. There he met No. 3 Josh Terao, whom he beat earlier in the season in a close match. He again got the best of Terao, 10-8, to take third at 133 pounds and punch his ticket to NCAAs.

Hammond found himself up against the top-seeded 157-pounder Mike D'Angelo of Princeton. D'Angelo came away with an 11-3 major decision. Hammond, however, moved into the consolation and grinded his way to a 3-0 decision over No. 10 Joe Velliquette of Penn for a spot in the third-place match. There, Hammond outlasted No. 8 Lucas Weiland of Army West Point, 5-3, for third place at 157 pounds and a spot in NCAAs.

Fuentes and Loiseau also took home third-place finishes for the Dragons. Fuentes continued to work his way through the consolation bracket, beginning Sunday with a 2-0 decision over No. 2 Nolan Hellickson of Harvard. Fuentes then took an 8-0 major decision from second-seeded Try Chlifoux of Army West Point before outlasting No. 3 Gage Curry of America, 3-1, to take third place on the podium. Loiseau also continued working his way through consolations all the way to a third-place finish at 125 pounds. He opened Day 2 cruising to a 14-2 major decision over Brown's No. 10 Tucker Ziegler before outlasting No. 4 Chris Weiler of Lehigh, 5-3, to make it into the third-place match. There, he found himself up against American's No. 5 Jeric Kasunic, who did not wrestle when the two teams met in the regular season, and Loiseau came away with a 3-2 decision for third at 197 pounds and a ticket to NCAAs.

DeCiantis punched his ticket to NCAAs with a sixth-place finish at 184 pounds. He started the day in consolations with a 10-6 decision over Bucknell's Drew Phipps before dropping a fall to Navy's No. 6 Michael Coleman. That sent him to the fifth-place match, which he medically defaulted to take sixth at 184 pounds and punch his ticket to NCAAs.

Jarrell and Rose each finished seventh at EIWAs to round out the Dragons' placewinners. Jarrell opened Day 2 dropping a technical fall to No. 4 Gordon Wolf of Lehigh. However, Jarrell would redeem himself with an 8-5 decision over Army West Point's No. 7 Andrew Mendel to take seventh at 165 pounds. Rose opened Sunday dropping a 5-2 decision to Columbia's No. 5 Tyrel White. However, Rose, too, redeemed himself in the seventh-place match with his second win of the tournament over No. 8 Sage Heller of Hofstra, taking a 7-2 decision for seventh place at 174 pounds.

The Dragons earned 86.5 points to finish fourth overall for the program's best finish ever. Lehigh took the team title over Cornell 164.5 points.

Drexel's four NCAA qualifiers and the possible at-large bids learn their NCAA fate Wednesday. NCAA Championships will take place on March 15-17 in Cleveland, Ohio at Quicken Loans Arena.

No. 4 Zack Fuentes – 125 pounds – Third Place
No. 4 Zack Fuentes (DU) MAJ Ryan Burns (SH), 14-4
No. 5 Joe Nelson (BING) DEC No. 4 Zack Fuentes (DU), 3-1
No. 4 Zack Fuentes (DU) MAJ Geo Barzona (BUCK), 9-1
No. 4 Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC No. 7 Nolan Hellickson (HARV), 2-0
No. 4 Zack Fuentes (DU) MAJ No. 2 Trey Chlifoux (ARMY), 8-0
Third-Place Bout: No. 4 Zack Fuentes (DU) DEC No. 3 Gage Curry (AU), 3-1

No. 1 Austin DeSanto – 133 pounds – Third Place
No. 1 Austin DeSanto (DU) WBF Dan Martoccio (F&M), 1:37
No. 1 Austin DeSanto (DU) TF Hunter Kosco (BROWN), 22-7 (4:51)
No. 4 Chaz Tucker (CORN) DEC No. 1 Austin DeSanto (DU), 4-2
No. 1 Austin DeSanto (DU) by injury default No. 8 Jacob Nicholson (BING), 1:59
Third-Place Bout: No. 1 Austin DeSanto (DU) DEC No. 3 Josh Terao (AU), 10-8

Julian Flores – 141 pounds
No. 5 AJ Jaffe (HARV) MAJ Julian Flores (DU), 10-0
JP Ascolese (COL) DEC Julian Flores (DU), 7-3

No. 7 Trevor Elfvin – 149 pounds
No. 10 Frank Garcia (BING) DEC No. 7 Trevor Elfvin (DU), 21-14
No. 7 Trevor Elfvin (DU) WBF Will Lucie (ARMY), 1:26
No. 8 Jacob Macalolooy (COL) DEC No. 7 Trevor Elfvin (DU), 7-3

No. 5 Garett Hammond – 157 pounds – Third Place
No. 5 Garett Hammond (DU) MAJ Christian Bessolion (BUCK), 11-3
No. 5 Garett Hammond (DU) DEC No. 4 Fredy Stroker (CORN), 9-3
No. 1 Mike D'Angelo (PRIN) MAJ No. 5 Garett Hammond (DU), 11-3
No. 5 Garett Hammond (DU) DEC No. 10 Joe Velliquette (PENN), 3-0
Third-Place Bout: No. 5 Garett Hammond (DU) DEC No. 8 Lucas Weiland (ARMY), 5-3

No. 8 Ebed Jarrell – 165 pounds – Seventh Place
No. 8 Ebed Jarrell (DU) MAJ No. 9 DJ Hollingshead (BUCK), 11-1
No. 1 Jon Jay Chavez (CORN) DEC No. 8 Ebed Jarrell (DU), 10-5
No. 8 Ebed Jarrell (DU) MAJ Anthony Wokasch (AU), 9-0
No. 4 Gordon Wolf (LEH) TF No. 8 Ebed Jarrell (DU), 17-1 (3:35)
Seventh-Place Bout: No. 8 Ebed Jarrell (DU) DEC No. 7 Andrew Mendel (ARMY), 8-5

No. 9 Austin Rose – 174 pounds – Seventh Place
No. 9 Austin Rose (DU) MAJ No. 8 Sage Heller (HOF), 16-3
No. 1 Jordan Kutler (LEH) DEC No. 9 Austin Rose (DU), 2-0
No. 9 Austin Rose (DU) DEC Michael Eckhart (AU), 6-0
No. 5 Tyrel White (COL) DEC No. 9 Austin Rose (DU), 5-2
Seventh-Place Bout: No. 9 Austin Rose (DU) DEC No. 8 Sage Heller (HOF), 7-2

No. 4 Alex DeCiantis – 184 pounds – Sixth Place
No. 4 Alex DeCiantis (DU) TF Steven Mercadante (F&M), 19-4 (3:55)
No. 5 CJ LaFragola (BROWN) DEC No. 4 Alex DeCiantis (DU), 4-3 (TB-2)
No. 4 Alex DeCiantis (DU) MAJ Connor Allshouse (AU), 15-4
No. 4 Alex DeCiantis (DU) DEC Drew Phipps (BUCK), 10-6
No. 6 Michael Coleman (NAVY) WBF No. 4 Alex DeCiantis (DU), 3:45
Fifth-Place Bout: No. 5 CJ LaFragola (BROWN) by medical forfeit over No. 4 Alex DeCiantis (DU)

No. 6 Stephen Loiseau – 197 pounds – Third Place
No. 6 Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Chad Reese (BUCK), 8-1
No. 3 Frank Mattiace (PENN) MAJ No. 6 Stephen Loiseau (DU), 11-3
No. 6 Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC Michael Bulkin (COL), 10-4
No. 6 Stephen Loiseau (DU) MAJ No. 10 Tucker Ziegler (BROWN), 14-2
No. 6 Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC No. 4 Chris Weiler (LEH), 5-3
Third-Place Bout: No. 6 Stephen Loiseau (DU) DEC No. 5 Jeric Kasunic (AU), 3-2

Sean O'Malley – 285 pounds
No. 1 Michael Hughes (HOF) WBF Sean O'Malley (DU), 5:46
No. 9 Andrew Piehl (NAVY) DEC Sean O'Malley (DU), 4-2

Team Standings
Lehigh – 164.5
Cornell – 146
Princeton – 93
Drexel – 86.5
Navy – 83
American – 66.5
Binghamton – 65.5
Army – 56.5
Columbia – 55.5
Brown – 50
Harvard – 49.5
Penn – 48.5
Hofstra – 37
Bucknell – 32
Franklin & Marshall – 17.5
Sacred Heart – 2.5