Freshman Samuel Ekanem registered the final win for the Crimson through a Lehigh forfeit at the 184 lbs. position.

In the 157 lbs. weight class, Grimaldi was defeated by Mike Stepien, 10-7, in a chase from behind for the entirety of the match.

The remaining Harvard wrestlers—sophomore Nicholas Stager, sophomore Brennan Smith, senior Ian Roy and junior David Ng—all suffered defeats at the hands of their Mountain Hawk opponents.

“Each person had their own downfalls today,” Grimaldi said. “I gave up too many points early on, but other people were going too hard at the very beginning and running out of energy too fast. Each of us knows what we have to work on, and it’s just a matter of applying that for the future.”

For the Crimson, the home loss was a less than ideal end to the dual meet season.

“It was tough,” Preston said. “This was our last home match and we really wanted to get the win, especially after beating Lehigh last year. Being at Lavietes was fun and exciting and good for our program, but I think that up and down the lineup, we all could have done better.”

—Staff writer Jillian Dukes can be reached at jdukes01@college.harvard.edu.