At 125-pounds, sophomore Brandon Rhoades had the first and only pin of the weekend, taking down opponent Marc Steyer at 2:44 into the match. Junior Matt Picarsic, who just returned last weekend from injury, earned a major defeat at 133-pounds over John Knorring with an 8-1. At 141-pounds, Nick, the younger Picarsic, faced a tough competitor in Joe Clark, falling 11-6. Odom, despite being ill, secured his pair of victories for the day with his 12-4 win over Jeff Bernd (149-pounds) while senior Tom Kiler followed suit at 157-pounds against Albert Pendleton with a commanding 12-2 victory.

Co-captains Joey Killar (165-pounds) and Mosley (174-pounds) posted matching 16-2 major victories against Greg Parker and Scott Pasquini, respectively. The freshman tandem of Lee and O'Donnell at 184- and 197-pounds showed similar domination with 8-1 and 13-4 wins. Finding an easier opponent in Princeton, Rechul grappled for the largest point spread of the night with his 21-6 victory.

Yet things didn't go quite the same way for the Crimson the following day.

"We wrestled well on Friday but not on Saturday," Killar said. "Though the competition was better, our guys weren't as aggressive."

And aggressiveness is definitely needed against this top Penn program. The reigning EIWA champs, the Penn squad came to Cambridge after handing Brown a 23-16 loss the previous night. They boast four nationally-ranked wrestlers and are ranked No. 14 in the nation and second in the EIWA behind Lehigh. While overall the meet did not go as the Crimson had hoped, there were several impressive individual performances that highlighted the day for Harvard.

At 165-pounds, Killar flexed his might as he had little trouble with opponent Tim Ortman. Grappling to an 8-0 major decision win, Killar controlled the entire match and showed why he is the EIWA's top-ranked wrestler and ranked no. 5 in the NCAA.

"Joey is wrestling very well right now," Weiss said. "He just handled him [Ortman]. He is looking really good."