VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton wrestling team pushed No. 19 Lehigh to the final match of their dual before ultimately being defeated 23-16 Saturday at the Events Center.

The Bearcats won four bouts against the Mountain Hawks to take a 16-11 lead heading into the final three matches. Lehigh would come out victorious in those final three bouts, however, to take the dual.

"The guys that won did a nice job," said Binghamton Wrestling Head Coach Kyle Borshoff. "We've wrestled a lot over the past seven days. We got a lot of wrestling left to do this season, and it's disappointing to come out of this dual meet the way we did. After Brevin's match, we were in a really strong position to win this dual meet. And we didn't execute and close that dual meet out."

Highlights
•    Micah Roes got the Bearcats on the board with his first fall of the season after he pinned Logan Wadle in the first period to put Binghamton ahead 6-3. Roes has picked up bonus points in his last two matches after previously getting a 19-3 technical fall against Hofstra's Gauge Shipp on Thursday.
•    Fin Nadeau secured his third dual victory of the season by defeating Griffin Gonzalez 5-1. Tied at one in the third period, Nadeau got the lone takedown of the match to pick up three more points for Binghamton.
•    Carter Baer recorded his second major decision of the season thanks to a 9-1 win over Zeke Dubler.
•    Brevin Cassella used a reversal in the third period to ultimately shut out No. 31 Rylan Rogers 3-0. Cassella finishes the week with wins against three ranked opponents. He previously pinned No. 33 Branson John of Maryland and defeated No. 29 Avery Bassett of Lock Haven 5-3 Sunday at Journeymen Wrestling's Armbar.

No. 19 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 23 Binghamton Bearcats 16
125 | No. 18/15 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) def. Carson Wagner (Binghamton) DEC 7-5, Lehigh 3 Binghamton 0
133 | Micah Roes (Binghamton) def. Logan Wadle (Lehigh) FALL 3-0 2:39, Binghamton 6 Lehigh 3
141 | Carter Bailey (Lehigh) def. Ryan Hartung (Binghamton) TF 15-0 3:14, Lehigh 8 Binghamton 6
149 | Malyke Hines (Lehigh) def. Caleb Sweet (Binghamton) DEC 12-8, Lehigh 11 Binghamton 6
157 | Fin Nadeau (Binghamton) def. Griffin Gonzalez (Lehigh) DEC 5-1, Lehigh 11 Binghamton 9
165 | Carter Baer (Binghamton) def. Zeke Dubler (Lehigh) MD 9-1, Binghamton 13 Lehigh 11
174 | No. 10/14 Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) def. No. NR/31 Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) DEC 3-0, Binghamton 16 Lehigh 11
184 | Caden Rogers (Lehigh) def. No. 24/23 Will Ebert (Binghamton) DEC 2-1 SV-1, Binghamton 16 Lehigh 14
197 | No. 6/6 Michael Beard (Lehigh) def. Cayden Bevis (Binghamton) TF 21-4 5:50, Lehigh 19 Binghamton 16
285 | No. 6/6 Owen Trephan (Lehigh) def. No. 20/18 Cory Day (Binghamton) MD 9-1, Lehigh 23 Binghamton 16
*rankings based on FloWrestling/InterMat

Attendance: 309

Up Next
The Bearcats travel to Pennsylvania for a doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 18. Binghamton first faces Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pa., at noon, before heading to Philadelphia, Pa., to take on Drexel at 6 p.m.