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2023 NCAA Championship EIWA Recap

The 2023 NCAA Wrestling season ended last weekend. History was made, crazy upsets happened, and many fell short of their goals. Fortunately, and unfortunately, many EIWA wrestlers fell into all three categories. It was incredible to see the highest of highs and lowest of lows all under one roof, within seconds of each other – sometimes by the same person! In honor of the seven EIWA All-Americans, below is a list of 7 things to recap from the wild weekend in the Midwest!

#1 – First, congrats to the 3 NCAA Champions from the EIWA. Patrick Glory, of Princeton, returned to the NCAA finals coming away with gold this time around. The entire country assumed we’d see Glory take on Spencer Lee in the finals. But, due to the “Pin Heard ‘Round the World,” this was not the matchup we saw. Glory beat Ramos of Purdue – giving Princeton their first NCAA champ in 72 years. Talk about history! Remember when he almost moved up a weight class during the year? I’m assuming the right decision was made to stay down at 125 lbs…. Glory’s eligibility is done with but expect to see him on the freestyle circuit and try to make the U.S. team for the next Olympic cycle.

Vito Arujau, of Cornell, won the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award after winning the 133lbs title, knocking off 2X defending champ Roman Bravo-Young of Penn State. Vito’s road to the final included avenging a loss to Virginia Tech’s Latona (who was the only wrestler this year to beat Vito). Vito’s dominant semifinal win over 3X runner-up, Daton Fix, probably shocked many. He won via major decision, … rest of story at Intermatwrestle.com/articles/Wrestling+News

March 26, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized