ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior 174-pounder
Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry) won the 174-pound bracket at the Ithaca Invitational to highlight a group of three to place for the Lycoming College wrestling team, which finished fifth in the 12-team field, on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Glazer Arena.
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Senior 197-pounder
Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) placed fourth and first-year 125-pounder
Teli Bobotas (South Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area) finished fifth.
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The Warriors posted 87 points to finish fifth, ahead of Penn College (63), Emmanuel (58.5), 16
th-ranked Springfield (58), Oswego (54), Cortland (52.5), Norwich (49.5) and Elmira (15.5) and behind Niagara C.C. (108), 22nd-ranked Ithaca (154.5), 10
th-ranked Castleton State (156) and 14
th-ranked Johnson & Wales (184.5).
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Zeigler opened the day with a pair of second-period pins, getting past Norwich's Jordan Sonon-Hale in the quarterfinal and Johnson & Wales' Thomas Vecchio in the semifinal before pinning Ian Sutherland of Johnson & Wales in the first period in the final.
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Neal posted a 20-2 tech fall of Cortland's Chris Ayala in the quarterfinals before Avery Canzano notched a 12-4 major decision in the semifinal and Springfield's Oliver Parker earned a 2-1 win in the third place match.
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Bobotas was pinned in his quarterfinal match, but came back to post a 19-3Â tech fall of Penn College's Rowen Humphrey before he pinned Niagara C.C.'s Kadin Cole in 2:04 to reach the fifth-place match, where he tech-falled Emmanual's Brentan Ritchie.
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The Warriors are back in action on Sunday, Nov. 15, when they head to Arcadia University to face Rowan College of South Jersey at 11:30 a.m. and 20
th-ranked Arcadia at 1 p.m.
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