SOURCE: bubearcats.com

November 19, 2023

Cory Day finishes second at the Black Knight Invite at 285 lbs!

He is one of five Bearcats who finished in the top 6 in their respective weight class!#ClawsOut | #ONEBinghamton pic.twitter.com/sHUMfKxhxU

— Binghamton Wrestling (@BearcatsWrestle) November 19, 2023

Redshirt Senior among five Bearcats to place at Black Knight Invite

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Cory Day finished in second place at 285 lbs., at Sunday's Black Knight Invite, one of five members of the Binghamton wrestling team to place in the event.

In the Bearcats' first tournament of the season, Day, Jacob Nolan, Cayde Bevis, Brevin Cassella, and Micah Roes each finished in the top six in their respective weight class. Nolan took third at 184 lbs., Bevis and Cassella finished fifth at 197 and 165 lbs., respectively, and Roes finished sixth at 133 lbs. Binghamton finished sixth out of 10 teams with 67.5 points.

"We wrestled a lot of matches today," said Binghamton Head Coach Kyle Borshoff. "I'm proud of the guys that were able to place in this event. There were a lot of great wrestlers."

After getting a pin in both of his dual matches at Friday's Armbar at the Armory, Day picked up right where he left off by pinning his first two opponents on Sunday. He defeated Buffalo's Magnus Bibla and Rutgers' Kyle Epperly to advance to the semifinals. There, he defeated Army's Lucas Stoddard in a 6-0 decision to reach the finals. Day was ultimately defeated by No. 6 Yaraslau Slavikouski of Rutgers in the last match of the day via a 5-2 decision.

Among the other notable performances for the Bearcats was Bevis'. The sophomore went 4-1 in his first collegiate tournament. The Tallahassee, Fla., native started the day with a 5-2 decision over Gardner-Webb's Edison Flores. After losing to Michigan State's Lucas Daly in the quarterfinals via a 5-3 decision, Bevis won his last three matches of the day. He beat Buffalo's Lonnell Owens-Pabon in a 12-4 major decision, Rutgers' Hadyn Packer in a 10-4 decision, and Northern Colorado's Franklin Cruz in a 12-2 major decision to finish fifth.

"We are leaving here with a lot of areas that we need to improve on as a team," said Borshoff. "I love competing against such great competition because it really highlights the areas that we need to focus most critically on."