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Three Sun Devil Wrestlers Place at Edinboro Open

Three Sun Devil Wrestlers Place at Edinboro OpenThree Sun Devil Wrestlers Place at Edinboro Open
Larry Slater
EDINBORO, Pa – The No. 8 Sun Devils sent seven to the Edinboro Open and three earned places in the tournament, led by Josh Kramer in third, Nikko Villarreal in fifth, and Cade Belshay in sixth.
 
Kramer (125) advanced all the way to the semifinal before suffering a loss but rebounded for a 7-3 decision vs. Navy's Logan Treaster.
 
Villarreal (141) went 6-1 while Belshay (197) went 4-2 en route to their fifth and sixth place finishes, respectively.
 
The Sun Devils return home for Senior Day and their regular season home finale to host No. 7 Lehigh, the first top-10 vs. top-10 matchup in any sport at Wells Fargo Arena this season. The dual will take place Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 pm and tickets can be purchased here: https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/sundevils/EN/buy/details/17WRWR05.
 
Josh Kramer (125) – 3rd Place – 3-1
Round of 16 – Josh Kramer MD Caleb Kelly (Navy), 16-3
Quarterfinal – Josh Kramer FFT Audey Ashkar (Binghamton-Unatt)
Semifinal –Dominic LaJoie (Finger Lakes-Unatt) DEC Josh Kramer, 11-4
3rd Place – Josh Kramer DEC Logan Treaster (Navy), 7-3
Cory Crooks (141) – 3-2
Round of 32 – Jonathan Gabriel (Navy) DEC Cory Crooks, 5-2
Cons. Round of 16-1 – Cory Crooks FALL Isaac Elliott (Unattached), 1:01
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Cory Crooks MD Clay Ragon (Ohio State), 10-2
Cons. Quarterfinal-1 – Cory Crooks DEC Tim Kane (Wyoming Seminary), 9-5
Cons. Quarterfinal-2 – Taylor Brown (Army West Point) DEC Cory Crooks, 2-0
Nikko Villarreal (141) – 5th Place – 6-1
Round of 32 – Nikko Villarreal TF Mike Santillo (Cleveland State), 21-5
Round of 16 – Nikko Villarreal DEC Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh), 11-7
Quarterfinal – Reiley Brown (Central Michigan) DEC Nikko Villarreal, 12-5
Cons. Quarterfinal-2 – Nikko Villarreal DEC Jake Riegel (Clarion-Unatt), 3-1
Cons. Semifinal-1 – Nikko Villarreal RULE Alex Hrisopoulo (Michigan State)
Cons. Semifinal-2 – Nikko Villarreal RULE Jonathan Gabriel (Navy)
5th Place – Nikko Villarreal RULE Joe Lobeck (Lehigh)
Oliver Pierce (157) – 2-2
First Round – Oliver Pierce FALL Richard Jackson (Kent St-Unatt), 4:21
Round of 16 – Oliver Pierce DEC Adam Santoro (Cornell), 11-6
Quarterfinals – Luke Weiland (Army West Point) DEC Oliver Pierce, 3-0
Cons. Quarterfinals – Quentin Hovis (Navy) DEC Oliver Pierce, 9-6
Kordell Norfleet (184) – 1-0
First Round – Kordell Norfleet DEC Eli Grape (Lehigh-Unatt), 10-8 SV-1
Round of 16 – Nick Reenan (NC State-Unatt) MFF Kordell Norfleet
Consolation Round of 16-2 – Ethan Smith (Ohio State-Unatt) MFF Kordell Norfleet
Cade Belshay (197) – 6th Place – 4-2
First Round – Cade Belshay DEC Joseph Doyle (Binghamton-Unatt), 6-2
Round of 16 – Cade Belshay MD Aaron Bolo (Central Michigan-Unatt), 11-1
Quarterfinal – Jackson Striggow (Michigan) FALL Cade Belshay, 6:29
Cons. Quarterfinal-2 – Cade Belshay FALL Danny Salas (Fresno State-Unatt), 1:14
Cons. Semifinal – Cade Belshay DEC Joseph Correll (Wyoming Seminary-Unatt), 8-3
5th Place – John Borst (Virginia-Unatt) DEC Cade Belshay, 5-1
Austyn Harris (197)
First Round – Austyn Harris DEC Dylan Powers (E. Michigan-Unatt), 6-4
Round of 16 – Sam Schuyler (Buffalo-Unatt) DEC Austyn Harris, 5-2
Cons. Round of 16-2 – Joseph Doyle (Binghamton-Unatt) FALL Austyn Harris, 0:45