“[Ott] is definitely going to have a huge impact on the team,” Keith said. “He’s a great wrestler, [but] he’s got some stuff to work on. He has performed really well at tournaments thus far…. He will be a good force.”

The freshman entered the semifinal match against Northwestern’s Dominic Malone, who was seeded No. 6 in the 125-pound weight class. Ott fell to Malone, and failed to enter into the championship match.

“[Ott] wrestled well,” Weiss said. “I feel he’s just making a couple mistakes—basic freshmen mistakes—and the more he wrestles the better he’s going to get.”

The Crimson has now competed in two tournaments. In both, Harvard has struggled with injuries.

“We have a lot of our better guys at home a little banged up, so I can’t really be too frustrated,” Weiss said. “We’ve got some work to do, but we have a little break coming up which is good because we need it.”

The Crimson’s next tournament appearance will be in Las Vegas for the Cliff Keen Collegiate Wrestling Invitation on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.

“We’ll be off for Thanksgiving and be back on Saturday, so this little break will actually help us,” Weiss said. “We did a lot of our work this past week, so hopefully we’ll be fresh going into the next tournament. This will be a big tournament for us in Las Vegas because there are a lot of nationally ranked teams.”