WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Sophomore Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) reached the semifinals at 174 pounds with a three-win day to lead the Lycoming College wrestling team, which will have a record six grapplers place at the 2024 NCAA Southeast Regional, as all six claimed a spot in the top eight of their weight classes after the first day of the tournament at Keiper Recreation Center on Friday, March 1.
 
Crum, the No. 3 seed at 174, will face off with Stevens' second-seeded Stefan Major in the semifinals when the tournament restarts on Saturday, March 2, at 11 a.m. The winner will earn a berth at the NCAA Division III Championships, while the loser will need to win two matches in the consolation bracket to place third to earn the bid.
 
Lycoming finished the day sixth in the field of 22 teams with 64.5 points, behind Stevens (98), Roanoke (96), Delaware Valley (91), Averett (87.5) and Washington & Lee (73.5).
 
Junior 125-pounder Kaden Majcher (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), junior 133-pounder Thomas Conselyea (Landing, N.J./Roxbury), sophomore 149-pounder Kobin Karper (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs), junior 165-pounder Logan Bartlett (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) and senior 197-pounder Gable Crebs (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) will all have the chance to finish third, needing to win three bouts in the wrestlebacks to earn a bid to nationals.
 
Crum picked up a pair of tech falls to give him a school-record 14 on the season, surpassing the mark of 12 set by Seth Lansberry in 2016-17, to start his run at the tournament before he downed Shenandoah's Dylan Weaver, 9-5, in the quarterfinals, improving to 27-6 this year.
 
Majcher, the No. 3 seed at 125 pounds, posted a tech fall in his first round before Alvernia's Keito Shaw posted a 5-2 win in the quarterfinals. Majcher followed with a 15-0 tech fall of King's Patrick Horvath in the consolation bracket and will start his Saturday run against Delaware Valley's seventh-seeded Malik Asfour.
 
Unseeded Conselyea fell in his opening match before he posted three straight wins in the consolation bracket, including a 15-11 win over Messiah's Asa Brunk. He will face Penn State Behrend's Cole Neil to start his run on Saturday.
 
Unseeded Karper also fell in his opening match before coming back to post a tech fall and a major decision before notching a tech fall of Southern Virginia's Elijah Blackwell, 16-0, to place at the regional for the second year in a row. He starts his Saturday run against Roanoke's Jarrod Pominville.
 
Unseeded Bartlett notched a 2-1 tiebreaker win over sixth-seeded Justin Richey of Gettysburg to start his run at the tournament, riding Richey for all 1:00 minute of the tiebreaker. After a falling in the quarterfinal, Bartlett earned his second career placement at the regional with a pin of Thiel's Dominic Hartman in 6:39. He faces Messiah's Clay Gainer in his Saturday opener.
 
Crebs, seeded fourth at 197, placed at the regional for the fourth time in his career, opening the tournament with a pin and tech fall before a 16-6 setback to fifth-seeded Lorenzo Pellot of Roanoke in the quarterfinal. Crebs rebounded with a tech fall of Greensboro's Khalil Beck, 17-0, in the consolation bracket. He will face Alvernia's top-seeded Mauro Pellot to start his run on Saturday.
 
Sophomore 184-pounder Jimmy Ellis (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) and junior heavyweight Robbie West (Washington, Pa./Fort Cherry) each won a pair of matches as well before being eliminated from the tournament.
 
Team Scores
1              Stevens                98.0
2              Roanoke College               96.0
3              Delaware Valley                91.0
4              Averett                 87.5
5              Washington & Lee           73.5
6              Lycoming             64.5
7              Alvernia University          63.5
8              Messiah               62.0
9              Wilkes   59.0
10           Ferrum 45.5
11           Gettysburg         38.0
12           Washington & Jefferson               33.0
13           Shenandoah University 25.5
14           St. Vincent College           25.0
15           Marymount        23.5
16           Thiel      23.0
17           Waynesburg       22.0
18           Penn State Behrend        20.0
19           York (PA)             18.5
20           Southern Virginia             16.0
21           Greensboro        12.5
22           King`s (PA)          10.5
 
Lycoming Individual Results
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Kaden Majcher (30-4) placed 8th and scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kaden Majcher (Lycoming) 30-4 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Kaden Majcher (Lycoming) 30-4 won by tech fall over Quinn Richards (Southern Virginia) 5-17 (TF-1.5 5:09 (15-0))
Quarterfinal - Keito Shaw (Alvernia University) 3-0 won by decision over Kaden Majcher (Lycoming) 30-4 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Kaden Majcher (Lycoming) 30-4 won by tech fall over Patrick Horvath (King`s (PA)) 14-13 (TF-1.5 7:00 (15-0))
 
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Thomas Conselyea (17-11) placed 8th and scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) 17-11 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Evan Whiteside (Thiel) 17-6 won by fall over Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) 17-11 (Fall 3:27)
Cons. Round 2 - Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) 17-11 won by medical forfeit over Anthony Portillo (Alvernia University) 0-0 (M. For.)
Cons. Round 3 - Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) 17-11 won by decision over Asa Brunk (Messiah) 0-2 (Dec 15-11)
Cons. Round 4 - Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) 17-11 won by medical forfeit over Cole Anderson (King`s (PA)) 10-9 (M. For.)
 
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Cooper Gilham (21-12) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Cooper Gilham (Lycoming) 21-12 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Avery Leonard (Alvernia University) 3-0 won by tech fall over Cooper Gilham (Lycoming) 21-12 (TF-1.5 3:12 (18-2))
Cons. Round 2 - Ryan Kelly (Delaware Valley) 30-8 won by decision over Cooper Gilham (Lycoming) 21-12 (Dec 8-2)
 
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Kobin Karper (12-3) placed 8th and scored 8.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kobin Karper (Lycoming) 12-3 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Taylor Smith (Washington & Jefferson) 46-5 won by fall over Kobin Karper (Lycoming) 12-3 (Fall 2:40)
Cons. Round 2 - Kobin Karper (Lycoming) 12-3 won by tech fall over Jacob Potts (Thiel) 5-16 (TF-1.5 3:50 (18-3))
Cons. Round 3 - Kobin Karper (Lycoming) 12-3 won by major decision over Greg Croce (Delaware Valley) 10-14 (MD 13-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Kobin Karper (Lycoming) 12-3 won by tech fall over Elijah Blackwell (Southern Virginia) 20-7 (TF-1.5 4:16 (16-0))
 
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Wiley Kahler (14-10) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Nic Zamaloff (Washington & Lee) 3-1 won by tech fall over Wiley Kahler (Lycoming) 14-10 (TF-1.5 4:29 (16-1))
Cons. Round 1 - Wiley Kahler (Lycoming) 14-10 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Wiley Kahler (Lycoming) 14-10 won by fall over Gavin Pascoe (Gettysburg) 9-5 (Fall 3:55)
Cons. Round 3 - Jared Bair (York (PA)) 21-11 won by decision over Wiley Kahler (Lycoming) 14-10 (Dec 5-3)
 
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Logan Bartlett (19-17) placed 8th and scored 7.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Logan Bartlett (Lycoming) 19-17 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Logan Bartlett (Lycoming) 19-17 won by decision over Justin Richey (Gettysburg) 16-7 (Dec 2-1)
Quarterfinal - David Reid (Roanoke College) 10-2 won by tech fall over Logan Bartlett (Lycoming) 19-17 (TF-1.5 6:02 (19-2))
Cons. Round 4 - Logan Bartlett (Lycoming) 19-17 won by fall over Dominic Hartman (Thiel) 11-16 (Fall 6:39)
 
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Eli Crum (27-6) placed 6th and scored 12.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Eli Crum (Lycoming) 27-6 won by tech fall over Connor Hoefling (Gettysburg) 8-16 (TF-1.5 3:34 (17-0))
Champ. Round 2 - Eli Crum (Lycoming) 27-6 won by tech fall over Deven Ashley (Greensboro) 3-10 (TF-1.5 3:17 (15-0))
Quarterfinal - Eli Crum (Lycoming) 27-6 won by decision over Dylan Weaver (Shenandoah University) 26-7 (Dec 9-5)
 
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James Ellis (18-9) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - James Ellis (Lycoming) 18-9 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Joel Martsinovsky (Stevens) 32-6 won by tech fall over James Ellis (Lycoming) 18-9 (TF-1.5 5:09 (25-10))
Cons. Round 2 - James Ellis (Lycoming) 18-9 won by fall over Loyal Holm (Southern Virginia) 5-16 (Fall 1:18)
Cons. Round 3 - James Ellis (Lycoming) 18-9 won by major decision over Jared Curcio (Thiel) 7-2 (MD 13-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Christopher Nuss (Wilkes) 17-3 won by fall over James Ellis (Lycoming) 18-9 (Fall 5:33)
 
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Gable Crebs (20-5) placed 8th and scored 10.5 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gable Crebs (Lycoming) 20-5 won by fall over Howard Congdon (Thiel) 1-13 (Fall 0:23)
Champ. Round 2 - Gable Crebs (Lycoming) 20-5 won by tech fall over Ethan Fragoso (Ferrum) 9-16 (TF-1.5 3:07 (16-1))
Quarterfinal - Lorenzo Pellot (Roanoke College) 26-8 won by major decision over Gable Crebs (Lycoming) 20-5 (MD 16-6)
Cons. Round 4 - Gable Crebs (Lycoming) 20-5 won by tech fall over Khalil Belk (Greensboro) 9-11 (TF-1.5 1:04 (17-0))
 
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Robbie West (19-7) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Robbie West (Lycoming) 19-7 won by major decision over Maximo Ruiz (Stevens) 13-23 (MD 8-0)
Champ. Round 2 - Robbie West (Lycoming) 19-7 won by decision over Wiliiam Grace (King`s (PA)) 12-12 (Dec 7-0)
Quarterfinal - Logan Flynn (Delaware Valley) 24-7 won by major decision over Robbie West (Lycoming) 19-7 (MD 15-3)
Cons. Round 4 - Hayden Benner (Messiah) 3-1 won by major decision over Robbie West (Lycoming) 19-7 (MD 13-3)