Adding depth to the 149-pound class was the strong wrestling of Ackerman, who finished third. Advancing to the quarters with three solid wins of 6-1, 3-2 and 3-1, Ackerman got to the semifinals with a 3-1 defeat of Princeton's Jeff Bernd. After losing a tight 10-9 battle to Anderson, Ackerman edged out Barchetto 3-2 to secure third.

In the 157-pound weight class, Kiler also had a spectacular day. His domination began with an 11-1 major decision win over Chris Meister of Lockhaven. Kiler blanked East Stroudsburg's Tony Vitale 4-0 before taking Penn State's Jeremy Reitz 9-4 in the quarters. Kiler then wrapped up his championship by defeating Brad Dillon of Lehigh 6-3 and Bill Deniz of Middlesex 5-2.

"I am so happy for him," Weiss said. "Tom wrestled very well. He was very physical and did the right things at the right times."

Killar, in his first tournament of the season, had no trouble getting back into the groove as he just continued his winning ways of last year. He pinned two of his five opponents and did not allow the final score to have a margin smaller than five. Wasting little time, Killar took down his first round and quarterfinals opponents, Ben Brenneman of East Stroudsburg and Greg Francesca of University of Virginia, in just 1:59. He also had two major decision victories, a 13-1 defeat of Lehigh's Warren Stout and a 12-0 win over Penn State's Doc Vecchio, before grappling to a first place finish with an 8-3 bout against Carolina's Jamie Groudle.

"Joey had a nice match in the finals," Weiss said. "He just keeps getting better and better."

Winning two consecutive titles, Ed Mosely has been the highlight of this Crimson force for the past two weeks. After getting a bye in the first round, his decisive 9-3 victory over Andrew Butville of Penn State and his pin of Columbia's Ryan Fair in just 36 seconds advanced him to the semis, where he defeated East Stroudsburg's Dan Roy, 8-3. His subsequent 13-4 trouncing of Sal Aquia then sealed yet another tournament championship.

"I thought I wrestled pretty well," said Mosely. "There is still stuff I need to work on but I think I'm moving in the right direction."