"Matt made a big adjustment to the way he wrestled him and then it wasn't even close." Weiss said. "He did a great job."

The finals match was the culmination of a run that included a pin of Quaker Brett Vanderveer in forty-three seconds and an 11-10 victory in the semi-finals over Cornell's Dean Doyle.

"It was a good mental exercise to get from the semis to the finals," said Picarsic, who made it to the semis in last years Classic. "It is time to step it up."

Senior Kevin Kurtz, another of team's leaders--ranked No. 4 in the EIWA--continued Harvard's string of success in the 157-pound weight class. After a 9-3 win over Joe Natasi of Penn and a 13-0 major decision victory over Princeton's Jeffrey Bernd in the semis Kurtz finished second, losing a close bout 6-5 to Cornell's John Fogarty.

At 125-pounds, sophomore Brandon Rhoades turned in a excellent second place performance. Though he fell in the finals to Cornell's Aaron Taylor, Rhoades made it to the championship round with a pin over Marc Steyer of Princeton at 5:40 in the quarterfinals and defeated Penn's Kevin Rucci, ranked no. 6 in the EIWA, 5-3 in the semis.

Freshman David Germakian made a strong collegiate debut wrestling at 125-pounds and finishing in sixth place.

In the 141-pound weight class sophomore Eric Swick, who was kept out last season by injury, returned to the mats with a strong fourth place finish guaranteed by a 8-3 defeat of Clint Frease in the consolation semis. Right on his heels was freshman Nick Picarsic, Matt's brother, whose tough wrestling captured him a fifth place spot.