Preston came out roaring in his first match back after the finals period, overwhelming Travis Featherstone 17-2. Preston’s 17 points is equivalent to the total points posted by the seven Crimson wrestlers who lost.
Ogunwole won by a sizable nine-point margin as well, topping Thobaben 14-5.
Although Weiss was happy with the fire he saw from the other wrestlers that competed, they were unable to clinch victories for Harvard.
Baria came the closest, but dropped the intense match 3-2 in overtime to Patrick Simpson.
Kakesako, DeNunzio, Button, Colgan, Dane, and senior Jon Mankovich were defeated by Army’s wrestlers, indicating the middle ranks of Harvard’s wrestling team still need much improvement before their next matches against Ivy rivals Princeton and Penn the first weekend in February.
“We’re just going to keep wrestling and get ready for the tournament,” Coach Weiss said.
—Staff writer Megha Parekh can be reached at parekh@fas.harvard.edu.