“I would have like to have done better and placed,” Meltzer said. “I’m a little disappointed with my last my match. I don’t think I wrestled as good as I could have.”

Meltzer’s one win of the weekend came in the opening round against Bloomsburg’s Scott Heckman, and ended in a 5-3 decision for Meltzer. In his second match against No. 4 Scott Mester of Central Michigan—who, appropriately enough, finished in fourth place—ended in a 5-4 decision for Mester.

Meltzer capped off his NCAA tournament in the consolation rounds, losing to Lehigh’s Cory Cooperman by a technical fall at the 6:46 mark of the match. Meltzer had lost to the Mountain Hawk 6-1 when they met earlier in the year.

“He’s a tough guy,” Lee said. “I hope he takes this for what its worth, learn from it, and get better.”

REGGIE LEE

In his first and last NCAA tournament appearance, Lee exited quickly, losing his first and only two matches in the first day of competition.

In his initial bout he lost to Ohio’s Joe Weimer 3-1 and then dropped a 3-2 decision to Missouri’s Jeff Foust. Neither of those two wrestlers placed at NCAAs, and would exit before the fourth round held Friday evening.

“It didn’t turn out like I wanted to, but I’m just happy to be here,” Lee said.

—Staff writer Evan R. Johnson can be reached at erjohns@fas.harvard.edu.