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EIWA Championships
Wrestling Produces Five Place Winners at EIWA Championships
March 07, 2015 | Wrestling
EIWA Final Brackets
| EIWA Final Team Scores
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Five members of the Army wrestling team finished in the top eight of their respective weight classes, including three who grabbed automatic bids to the NCAA Championships, during the final day of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships on Saturday at Stabler Arena.
Russell Parsons (157 pounds), Cole Gracey (165) and Bryce Barnes (197) each met the finishing requirements that were determined in the NCAA qualifier allocations that were unveiled last week.
Parsons began the day with a pair of setbacks before defeating Penn's Brooks Martino, 10-3, to finish fifth in his weight class. The top seven finishers at 157 pounds automatically qualified for the NCAAs.
Gracey went 2-1 on Saturday, dropping his third match before rebounding with a pair of 4-2 victories, including a win over Columbia's Tyrel White in the third-place bout.
Barnes finished fifth at 197 pounds and started competition on Saturday with an 8-2 win over Binghamton's Caleb Wallace. He defeated Columbia's Matt Idelson in the fifth-place match to earn automatic qualification to the NCAA Championships, as the top six finishers at 197 earned automatic bids.
Brian Harvey (174) and Logan Everett (141) also placed, with Harvey finishing fourth at 174 and Everett taking eighth at 141.
Harvey went 1-2 on the day, including a 13-1 major decision over Conan Schuster from Sacred Heart. He dropped a narrow 3-2 sudden-victory decision to Cornell's George Pickett in the third-place bout.
Everett began the day by topping American's Michael Sprague, but lost each of his final two matches.
As a team, the Black Knights placed 10th in the 16-team league with 55 points, while Cornell totaled 176 points to finish first.
Army wrestlers who didn't earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships will have a chance to be selected on March 11 when the NCAA announces 70 at-large qualifiers. The 2015 NCAA Championships will take place on March 19-21 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Logan Everett (141 pounds)
Defeated Michael Sprague (American), 3-2
Lost to Jeff Canfora (Penn), 11-5
Lost to Dylan Realbuto (Cornell), 12-5
Russell Parsons (157 pounds)
Lost to Brian Realbuto (Cornell), 12-3 (MD)
Lost to Mitchell Minotti (Lehigh), 3-1
Defeated Brooks Martino (Penn), 10-3
Cole Gracey (165 pounds)
Lost to Dylan Palacio (Cornell), 5-3
Defeated Raamiah Bethea (Penn), 4-2
Defeated Tyrel White (Columbia), 4-2
Brian Harvey (174 pounds)
Lost to Santiago Martinez (Lehigh), Default (0:33)
Defeated Conan Schuster (Sacred Heart), 13-1 (MD)
Lost to George Pickett (Cornell), 3-2 (sv)
Bryce Barnes (197 pounds)
Defeated Caleb Wallace (Binghamton), 8-2
Lost to Elliot Riddick (Lehigh), 3-2
Defeated Matt Idelson (Columbia), 11-4
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