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Cassella, who won the first individual championship for Binghamton since 2022, was also one of two competitors named Most Outstanding Wrestler for the EIWA Championships
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Each year Brevin Cassella appeared at the EIWA Championships, he improved his placement on the podium.
In his first appearance in 2021, he finished in eighth place. 2022, fifth. 2023, fourth. 2024, third. On Saturday, he finally reached the top.
Cassella won his first EIWA championship, defeating Navy's Danny Wask in the finals at 174 lbs., at the EIWA Championships at Lehigh's Stabler Arena. It is Binghamton's fifth individual EIWA championship and the first since Assistant Coach Lou DePrez won the last of his three consecutive titles in 2022. Tyler Deuel won the team's first championship a decade ago in 2015 at 285 lbs.
Cassella's victory had additional significance. With the win, Cassella also reached 100 victories for his career at Binghamton. The championship wasn't the last honor he received.
After the tournament, Cassella was one of two wrestlers to receive the Coaches' Trophy as the Outstanding Wrestler of the EIWA Championships, sharing the honor with Lehigh's Michael Beard. Cassella is the first Bearcat to receive this honor from the conference. It is the second year in a row that Binghamton has been given a postseason award by the EIWA. In 2024, DePrez won the John Fletcher Memorial Award for scoring the most team points in the EIWA Championships during his career. DePrez collected 86 points for the Bearcats throughout his career at the EIWAs.
"It was incredible to see Brevin win his first EIWA championship and Most Outstanding Wrestler Award," said Binghamton Wrestling Head Coach Kyle Borshoff.
Overall, Binghamton finished the final day of the EIWA Championships by finishing sixth out of 12 teams with 105.5 points. Nine out of the 10 wrestlers competing for the Bearecats made it on the podium, the most placewinners the program has had since the nine it put on the podium in 2021. Cory Day, who qualified for the NCAA Wrestling Championships along with Cassella on Friday, finished a career-best second at 285 lbs.
"Cory fought hard in the finals and put together a great tournament and effort," said Borshoff.
Carson Wagner was one of five Bearcats to reach the podium at EIWAs for the first time in their career, as he finished third at 125 lbs. The other newcomers to the podium were Carter Baer (fourth at 165 lbs.), Ivan Garcia (sixth at 149 lbs.), Will Ebert (sixth at 184 lbs.) and Cayden Bevis (sixth at 197 lbs.)
"Carson did what he could do today to put himself in the pool for an at-large bid to the NCAA's," said Borshoff.
Micah Roes also finished fifth at 133 lbs., for his third appearance on the podium, while Nate Lucier finished eighth at 141 lbs., for the second season in a row.
"I'm proud of the way the team represented our university today, and am looking forward to finishing this season at nationals in Philadelphia," said Borshoff.
Lehigh won the team championship with 143.5 points.
Session Three Notes
• Cassella met Wask for the second time this season, having defeated the wrestler from Navy in the fifth place match at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational back in December. Following a scoreless first period, Cassella took a 1-0 lead following an escape in the second period. Wask tied the match in the third after Cassella was called for stalling. Both wrestlers went into overtime. Wask nearly got the match-winning takedown in sudden victory, but despite a challenge by Navy, he was not credited with the three points. The bout went into a tiebreaker, with Cassella starting on top. He successfully rode Wask for the entire 30 seconds of the period. In the second tiebreaker, both wrestlers began neutral. Cassella eventually was able to get a takedown on Wask just before the period ended, winning the championship.
• Day went against Lehigh's Owen Trephan in the heavyweight finals. While Day kept the match close, Trephan pulled away to win the bout 7-1.
• Both Baer and Wagner won their opening match of the session in the Consolation Semifinals to advance to the third place match. Wagner took down American's Coen Bainey in an 18-3 technical fall, while Baer won against American's Kaden Wilheim in a 9-1 major decision. Wagner then defeated LIU's Robbie Sagaris for the second day in a row, this time in an 8-5 decision, to finish third. Baer, meanwhile, fell in a rematch to Navy's Dylan Elmore 4-3 to finish fourth.
• Bevis went into Saturday's session needing a win in his opening match in order to clinch one of the four pre-allocation spots at 197 lbs. But he was defeated Navy's Payton Thomas 10-6, causing him to miss out on an automatic bid for nationals. Bevis went on to be defeated in the fifth place match by Army West Point's Wolfgang Frable 11-1.
• Roes bounced back from losing in the consolation semifinals to Lehigh's Matty Lopes 4-0 by defeating American's Raymond Lopez 14-9 in the fifth place match.
• Garcia and Hofstra's Noah Tapia went into overtime in their consolation semifinal tied at one, before Tapia got a takedown in the extra period to advance. Garcia went on to forfeit his fifth place match to Bucknell's Braden Bowen to finish sixth.
• Ebert took Drexel's Giuseppe Hoose to overtime, before being taken down and defeated in sudden victory 4-1. Ebert then lost to Navy's Daniel Williams 7-1 in the fifth place match.
• In Lucier's lone match of the day, he was defeated by Lehigh's Carter Bailey in the seventh place match at 141 lbs.
2025 EIWA Championships Day Two Results
Carson Wagner
125 Consi Semis | No. 4 Carson Wagner (Binghamton) def. No. 7 Coen Bainey (American) TF 18-3 7:00
125 3rd Place | No. 4 Carson Wagner (Binghamton) def. No. 5 Robbie Sagaris (LIU) DEC 8-5 SV
Micah Roes
133 Consi Semis | No. 3 Matty Lopes (Lehigh) def. No. 5 Micah Roes (Binghamton) DEC 4-0
133 5th Place | No. 5 Micah Roes (Binghamton) def. No. 7 Raymond Lopez (American) DEC 14-9
Nate Lucier
141 7th Place | No. 4 Carter Bailey (Lehigh) def. No. 9 Nate Lucier (Binghamton) MD 13-4
Ivan Garcia
149 Consi Semis | No. 6 Noah Tapia (Hofstra) def. No. 3 Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) DEC 4-1 SV
149 5th Place | No. 11 Braden Bower (Bucknell) wins by forfeit
Carter Baer
165 Consi Semis | No. 5 Carter Baer (Binghamton) def. No. 7 Kaden Milheim (American) MD 9-1
165 3rd Place | No. 5 Dylan Elmore (Navy) def. No. 4 Carter Baer (Binghamton) DEC 4-3D
Brevin Cassella
174 Finals | No. 2 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) def. No. 1 Danny Wask (Navy) DEC 4-1 TB2
Will Ebert
184 Consi Semis | No. 2 Giuseppe Hoose (Drexel) def. No. 1 Will Ebert (Binghamton) DEC 4-1 SV
184 5th Place | No. 7 Daniel Williams (Navy) def. No. 1 Will Ebert (Binghamton) DEC 7-1
Cayden Bevis
197 Consi Semis | No. 5 Payton Thomas (Navy) def. No. 6 Cayden Bevis (Binghamton) DEC 10-6
197 5th Place | No. 4 Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point) def. No. 6 Cayden Bevis (Binghamton) MD 11-1
Cory Day
285 Finals | No. 1 Owen Trephan (Lehigh) def. No. 3 Cory Day (Binghamton) DEC 7-1
Up Next
Binghamton will learn if any of its wrestlers join Cassella and Day at nationals when the at-large bids are announced by the NCAA on Tuesday, March 11. The brackets and seeding will be announced on Wednesday, March 12 at 8 p.m.