Sophomore Max Meltzer (shown in earlier action) went a perfect 4-0 on the weekend for the Crimson.

In its most action-packed weekend this year, the Harvard wrestling team finally picked up its first win against Princeton, but lost all three other meets in what was a bittersweet weekend for the Crimson.

The most disappointing loss of the three came against East Stroudsburg (7-6, 3-3 EIWA), which was unranked within the conference while Harvard (1-10, 1-4) is No. 6.

And against No. 18 Penn (6-6, 3-1) and EIWA-ranked No. 4 Army (6-5, 2-1) the Crimson managed just three wins, when not counting those picked up by No. 1 co-captain Jesse Jantzen (149 lbs.) and No. 14 sophomore Max Meltzer (141 lbs.).

Army 23, Harvard 17

Meltzer and Jantzen provided two of the five victories for Harvard, as the duo remained a perfect 4-0 and combined for three pins and two technical falls.

Jantzen’s match against the Black Knights’ Anthony Dunkin ended with 1:51 left in the third period when Jantzen recorded his fifth takedown of the match to seal the deal for a 17-2 technical fall. The only points Dunkin was able to record came when Jantzen allowed him to pick up two one-point escapes. In both instances, Jantzen went on to record a takedown in the next 30 seconds.

Co-captain Reggie Lee (197 lbs.), heavyweight freshman Bode Ogunwole and junior Eddie Jones (184 lbs.) provided the other victories on the night, each recording a decision over his opponent. Jones’ match was especially dramatic, as he was down 3-2 with 30 seconds left in the match. But he escaped and scored a takedown with time expiring to win the match 5-4, after Army’s Ron Schroeder was awarded an extra point at the end of the match for having over a minute worth of advantage time.

“He needed that in the worst way,” coach Jay Weiss said. “He’s been doing all the right things and things just haven’t been falling for him. He’s just going to take off with that.”

Ogunwole took Bo Reynolds to the first overtime after regulation ended in a 1-1 tie, and scored the winning takedown 29 seconds into the first extra period.

The win ended a dramatic string of matches for Ogunwole, who recently came off of the bench to fill in for junior Jonas Corl, who may not return this season after injuring his right leg in last weekend’s match against Lehigh. The team will more definitively know Corl’s status once he gets reevaluated by a doctor today.

“It’s just a testament to how good Jonas is and how much that hurts us losing him,” Lee said. “But it’s nice to have more than capable backup.”

Penn 28, Harvard 8

In one of the toughest and most evenly contested matches of the weekend, Meltzer defeated the Quaker’s No. 15 Doug McGraw—just one spot below Meltzer in the national rankings—with a 3-1 decision.

“He gets caught up in the team a little bit, and he doesn’t wrestle smart all the time when he’s wrestling later on in the meet,” coach Jay Weiss said. “That match started first, so it was good [for him]…He wrestles solid like that, and he could beat anybody.”

Jantzen won big, too, this time recording the technical fall just a few seconds into the start of the third period.