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Wrestling Splits Weekend With Brown, Boston U.

He wasted little time though in setting the tone for the match, scoring a takedown over the Terriers' Jesse Moreng after only nine seconds and going up 6-2 in the first period. He would go on to cruise to a 16-5 win.

Despite a scoreless two periods, Friedman turned it up in the third and earned a sweep for the weekend, shutting out opponent Chris Simmons 2-0.

"Lately I am on my feet most of the time--I want to get back on top," Friedman said. "I'm annoyed I didn't get a takedown but that is something I need to fix before Easterns."

After a well-fought 3-4 loss the previous night in the 125-pound weight class, sophomore Kevin El-Hayek dominated his foe, Peter Aguado, wrestling aggressively for an 8-5 win.

At 133-pounds, sophomore Matt Picarsic absolutely demolished his opponent Keith Borgaro, winning with a technical fall at 6:33.

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At 165-pounds, junior Tom Kiler had one of the most exciting matches of the night, coming from behind in the second period to almost pin Jason Holder and going on to claim an 8-6 win.

At heavyweight, Rechul faced Nicholas Zeras, another massive opponent. But this time Rechul's skill outweighed Zeras's size, as he dominated the entire match for a final score 9-0.

Now the Crimson will begin training in preparation for EIWAs at Army on March 5. The team hopes to return to 100 percent, as their dual meet season was plagued by injuries, including the loss of junior Joey Killar at 165-pounds.

"We need to get guys healthy," Weiss said. "We will start to taper down and training will be more individualized."

"We looked pretty good this weekend, with Dawid, Matt, Kevin, and Dustin wrestling especially great matches," Friedman said. "In the grand scheme of things [the loss to Brown] doesn't mean much since all that matters is March. We've done all the hard work, now we just need to do some fine tuning."

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