WASHINGTON, Pa. – First-year 149-pounder Kobin Karper (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs), junior 197-pounder Gable Crebs (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) and senior heavyweight Connor Fulmer (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia) won individual titles to lead a group of 14 Lycoming College wrestlers that placed to help Lycoming to the team title with 224 points at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 12.
 
The Warriors, who also had five runners-up, racked up 224 points, to finish ahead of Washington & Jefferson (130), Alderson-Broaddus (103), Thiel (98), Southern Virginia (94), Fairmount State (90.5), Gettysburg (86), Jamestown Community College (68), Muskingum (60), Hiram (32), Pitt-Bradford (28) and UMBC (26).
 
Sophomore 125-pounder Kaden Majcher (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), junior 141-pounder Wiley Kahler (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM), sophomore 149-pounder Logan Bartlett (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area), senior 157-pounder Hunter O'Connor (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area), senior 165-pounder Preston Rogers (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) finished second.
 
Karper, seeded fourth at 149 pounds, opened his tournament with a pin of Southern Virginia's Xavier Jukes (1:25) before notching a 20-2 technical fall of Gettysburg's Jake Stein. He then downed the top-seed, Southern Virginia's Eli Blackwell, 8-0 in a major decision to reach the finals, where he pinned Bartlett in the third period of the all-Lycoming final.
 
Crebs, ranked fourth by d3wrestle.com at 197 pounds, won his first collegiate invitational, cruising with a pin of Weshington & Jefferson's Nick Funovits (:30) before notching a 16-0 technical fall with Gettysburg's Brendan Loder to reach the finals, where he posted a 6-5 decision over Alderson Broaddus' Dwayne Johnson.
 
Fulmer, ranked fifth by d3wrestle.com, dominated en route to his title at heavyweight, pinning Thiel's Jacob Traupman (:44), Alderson Broaddus' Kourdell Todd (:29) and Hiram's Devan Welch (1:06) to rach the finals, where he posted an 11-1 major decision over Gettysburg's Phil Nave.
 
Majcher, seeded third at 125 pounds, posted a pin, a tech fall and an injury default to reach the finals, where he fell to Evan Whiteside of Thiel, 13-10.
 
Kahler, the top seed at 141, had two major decisions to reach the semifinals at 141 pounds, where he beat sophomore 141-pounder Cooper Gilham (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle Area), 7-5 to reach the finals, where he fell to Bryce Rodriguez-Uram of Washington & Jefferson, 10-6.
 
Bartlett, the No. 2 seed at 149, posted two pins to reach the semifinals before beating Gettysburg's Eric Mougalian, 10-8, to set up the all-Lycoming final with Karber.
 
O'Connor, seeded second at 157 pounds, rode three pins to move into the finals, where he fell to Thiel's Peyton Heam, 4-3.
Rogers, seeded second at 165 pounds, used a tech fall and forfeit win to reach the semifinals, where he defeated Washington & Jefferson's Logan Marko, 7-5, before falling to Southern Virginia's Morgan Peterson, 13-6, in the final.
 
Sophomore 165-pounder Chase Chapman (Phillipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola), first-year 174-pounder Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs), first-year 184-pounder James Ellis (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) and sophomore heavyweight Robbie West (Washington, Pa./Fort Cherry) each took third. Gilham took fourth and sophomore 133-pounder Thomas Conselyea (Roxbury) finished fifth for Lycoming.
 
The Warriors get back on the mat on Sunday, Nov. 20, when they head to Sam Case Duals at McDaniel College, where they will face Averett, McDaniel and Johns Hopkins.