Brackets Through Saturday
PHILADELPHIA – Two Franklin & Marshall wrestlers will
compete on Sunday, the final day of the 105th Eastern
Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships.
174-pound senior, Justin Herbert, and 197-pound freshman, Colin
Ely, will both wrestle in the consolation quarterfinals when action
resumes at The Palestra tomorrow.
Herbert went 1-1 in the championship bracket, pinning East
Stroudburg's Jeff Jacobs at 1:04. He then ran into
Cornell's Steve Anceravage, the 174-pound bracket's two
seed. Anceravge bumped Herbert to the consolation bracket. He
remained alive with a 14-2 decision of Princeton's Travis
Erdman. He will face Bucknell's Shane Riccio in the
consolation quarterfinals.
Ely was pinned in 32 seconds by the fifth-seeded Andy Silber
(American) in his first bout. He earned a medical forfeit at Joe
Kennedy's (Lehigh) expense to move into Sunday's
competition.
149-pounder, Al Gianforti went 1-2 on the day. He fell 12-3 to
Lehigh's Trevor Chinn before earning a 5-1 decision over
Kellen Bradley from Rutgers. Gianforti's season ended with an
11-5 to decision to Penn's Cesar Grajales.
157-pounder, Anthony Bongarzone was pinned in third period of
his opening bout by Navy's Matt DeMichel. He remained alive
on the strength of a 4-0 decision over Harvard's Bryan
Parzano, but fell 8-2 to Columbia's Eren Civan.
The Diplomats are in 12th place amongst the 14 teams competing.
The 8.5-team points leaves F&M ahead of Brown and Princeton.
Cornell has a 15.5-point lead on Penn in the team championship
hunt.
