Freshman 165-pounder J.P. Jacquet won his match decisively, 20-0.

Penn 27, Harvard 6

Harvard suffered several close defeats to Penn, ultimately dropping eight of ten matches in the 27-6 loss.

Only Jantzen and co-captain Kevin El Hayek (133 lbs.) were victorious for the Crimson.

Jantzen’s victroy was particularly significant, as he defeated No. 10 Joe Henson 1-0.

“I wrestled conservatively, tried not to make any mistakes,” Jantzen said. “In a match that close, anything can happen, but I always felt like I was in a good position.”

The only point came in the second period on a Jantzen escape. The victory puts Jantzen in a good position in the rankings.

“Things are looking bright for me in the conference,” Jantzen said. “If I can beat [Henson] again, I can win the conference and go to the NCAAs.”

El-Hayek, for his part, defeated Jeff Eveleth decisively, 6-0, taking Eveleth. down in the first and third periods.

Rechul lost a close match to freshman Matt Feast, ranked No.11 in the nation.

After a scoreless first period, a Rechul reversal and near fall gave the Harvard senior a 4-2 lead. A subsequent reversal and near fall by Feast turned the match around, giving the Penn rookie a 7-4 lead heading in to the third period.

A Rechul escape and a stalling call on Feast narrowed the gap to 7-6, but that was as close as Rechul would come.

At 165 lbs., Crimson junior Pat O’Donnell lost a double-overtime heartbreaker to No. 9 Josh Henson, Joe’s brother, 5-4.

After tying the score 4-4 near the end of the third period, O’Donnell held Henson scoreless through the first overtime period. In the second overtime, O’Donnell found himself on top of Henson, but an escape by the Penn senior decided the match.

“I wrestled as well as I have all year,” O’Donnell said. “Ealier this year [Josh Henson] beat me 11-3. I made some adjustments, made progress to attain the level I need to be at for the Easterns.”

“We wrestled hard, better than the scores showed,” Jantzen added. “Several matches could have gone either way, so it wasn’t as disappointing.”

Harvard also fell to Penn last year, but still went on to win a share of the Ivy title, as well as the EIWA championship.

“Last year we lost to Penn and wrestled worse than we did this year,” O’Donnell said. “This shows us what we need to do to win a championship.”