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Wrestling Runs 2-1 on Weekend

Lee, a freshman phenomenon who has really started coming into his own, had one of the most thrilling matches of the night as he wrestled at his real weight class of 184-pounds. Lee has wrestled at 197-pounds for much of the season to replace injured junior Brad Soltis. Bringing the match into overtime with his last second takedown in the third to tie it 6-6, Lee refused to relinquish the match and succeeded in overtaking Gadsby, 8-6.

"I was pretty pumped. I haven't wrestled at my weight class for most of the year so I was very excited," Lee said. "I just tried to stay focused and stay on him."

"Reggie did well against Lehigh last week and then came in and did another great job this week," Weiss said. "He just keeps getting better and better."

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Two more exciting matches also came at the hands of freshmen as Odom and O'Donnell both lost one-point bouts that certainly could have gone the other way.

At 149-pounds, Odom's battle with Jonathon Gough featured a lot of back-and-forth scoring that kept the match close all the way through. With 10 seconds remaining in the third, Odom scored a takedown to gain the lead, but with a second left Gough got a reversal to capture the 10-9 win.

O'Donnell turned in a terrific performance at 197-pounds facing No. 19 Mike Fickell. O'Donnell not only came close to beating this nationally-ranked wrestler, but he did so weighing in at 178 pounds.

Coming back to tie Fickell's 4-1 lead, O'Donnell almost came away with the upset but lost in the end as Fickell scored and managed an escape to take the match 5-4.

Rechul also wrestled a great match but was unable to garner the win at heavyweight as he faced off against No. 6 Bandele Adeniyi-Bada.

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