“I think that he’s going to rebound from this,” said Knapp, looking ahead to next week’s NCAA Championships.

Knapp, the eighth seed at 285 lbs., was the last wrestler to have a chance to place as high as third going into Sunday’s matches.

Knapp was pinned 3:10 into his quarterfinal match against No. 1 Zachery Rey from Lehigh. Knapp rebounded with a 14-0 major decision win over Army’s Christian Botero, his largest victory of the year.

Knapp followed up this victory with a 2-0 sudden victory over Pennsylvania’s fifth-seeded Kyle Cowan, which set up his consolation semifinal matchup with Rutgers’ Dominick Russo III. Knapp lost this match 5-1, and then lost his fifth-place match to Cornell’s seventh-seeded Stryker Lane 2-0, giving him a sixth-place finish for the weekend.

Freshman Cameron Croy, the sixth seed, won his first match at 184 pounds, but then lost his next match against Navy’s third-seeded Luke Rebertus. Croy rebounded to finish seventh in his weight class. Sophomore Shay Warren also finished in seventh place at 133 pounds.

For the Crimson, senior Fermin Mendez, freshmen Joseph Marino, Erik Gobbo and Ian Roy, and junior Bryan Panzano all lost their only two matches of the weekend at 141, 149, 165, 174 and 197 lbs., respectively.

Despite mixed reactions from some of the wrestlers, Weiss said having so many young wrestlers compete in such a big tournament would be a good experience. Harvard only had two seniors compete at this year’s EIWA Championship, while the majority of its wrestlers this weekend were underclassmen.

The Crimson now looks ahead to the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia, Pa., where Keith and Peppelman will represent Harvard.