VESTAL, N.Y.  - Binghamton wrestling fell in a competitive dual to No. 20 Lehigh at the Events Center on Sunday afternoon. Cory Day brought the crowd to their feet with an entertaining decision win at heavyweight against Nathan Taylor to begin the dual. At 133 pounds, Ivan Garcia picked up a decision win against former EIWA champion Jaret Lane. Trailing 14-6 after five bouts, Conner Decker (157) and Brevin Cassella (165) picked up important wins to bring the Bearcats within two points. In the match of the day at 174 pounds, AJ Burkhart prevailed in sudden victory, 6-4, to put the Mountain Hawks on top 17-12. The Mountain Hawks won the only battle of ranked wrestlers at 184 pounds and received a forfeit at 197 pounds to end the dual.

Highlights 

• No. 21 Cory Day opened the dual with a 3-1 decision victory against Nathan Taylor, who had spent time  After a scoreless first period, Day scored a reversal to begin the second period and he accumulated 1:53 of riding time to finish the period. In the third period, Taylor was in deep on a double-leg, but Day stuffed the attempt and the crowd applauded him for his defense. After being called for stalling, Day fought off Taylor down the stretch to give the Bearcats their first win of the afternoon.
   
• Tied 1-1 late in the third period at 133 pounds, Ivan Garcia needed an escape because of the riding time advantage held by Jaret Lane. Instead, Garcia was able to reverse position to take a 3-1 lead. Lane was injured in the sequence, but continued after a brief injury timeout. Garcia cut the riding time down to 50 seconds to end the match preventing the slight possibility of overtime. 
   
• At 157 pounds, Conner Decker defeated Tyler Sung in sudden victory. Decker scored the winning double-leg takedown with 1:04 left in sudden victory to claim a 3-1 decision. It was the first career dual win for Decker. 
   
• Brevin Cassella outlasted Luca Frinzi at 165 pounds. Cassella scored a quick first period takedown and scored four near-fall points to take a 6-0 lead going into the second period. Frinzi scored a late takedown in the third. Cassella accumulated 2:24 of riding time and won a 7-2 decision. 

Up Next

Binghamton will travel to Harvard for an EIWA dual on January 21. The match begins at noon. 

Final Results vs No. 20 Lehigh

Lehigh 26, Binghamton 12

285 | No 21. Cory Day (BU) DEC Nathan Taylor (LEHIGH), 3-1. Binghamton leads 3-0.

125 | Carter Bailey (LEHIGH) DEC Micah Roes (BU), 4-1. Match is tied 3-3.

133 | Ivan Garcia (BU) DEC Jaret Lane (LEHIGH), 3-1. Binghamton leads 6-3.

141 | Malyke Hines (LEHIGH) TF Christian Gannone (BU), 7:00 - 17-2. Lehigh leads 8-6.

149 | No. 25 Max Brignola (LEHIGH) WBF Michael Zarif (BU), 6:34. Lehigh leads 14-6.

157 | Conner Decker (BU) DEC Tyler Sung (LEHIGH), SV-1, 3-1. Lehigh leads 14-9.

165 | Brevin Cassella (BU) DEC Luca Frinzi (LEHIGH), 7-2. Lehigh leads 14-12.

174 | AJ Burkhart (LEHIGH) DEC Will Ebert (BU), SV-1, 6-4. Lehigh leads 17-12.

184 | No. 20 Tate Samuelson (LEHIGH) DEC No. 23 Jacob Nolan (BU), 4-1. Lehigh leads 20-12.

197 | No. 3 Michael Beard (LEHIGH) wins by forfeit, Lehigh wins 26-12.

Attendance: 328