Wrestling Posts Second Place Finish at Regional Championships Behind Chukwuezi Title https://t.co/i6vBnksdd1
— Ithaca Bombers (@BomberSports) February 27, 2022
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Ithaca College wrestling team entered Sunday morning neck-and-neck with TCNJ for the Mideast Regional team title in Elizabethtown, Pa. and ended up placing second at the tournament to close out the weekend. IC 184-pounder Eze Chukwuezi led the charge and added more hardware to his collection, as he earned his second-career Mideast Regional championship with an 8-4 victory in the finals.
The Bombers had an excellent semifinal showing, sending five out of seven wrestlers to the championship finals and barely trailing TCNJ in the team race heading into the medal rounds. Ultimately, the team had one individual champion, four finalists, and two fourth-place finishers.
The final team scores are as followed: 1. TCNJ (163.5 points), 2. Ithaca (135.5 points), 3. SUNY Cortland (123.0 points), 4. RIT (119.0 points), 5. Ursinus (95.0 points).