VESTAL, N.Y. – The Binghamton wrestling team is set to compete at the 2025 EIWA Championships, which take place from Friday through Saturday at Lehigh's Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.
 
The Bearcats finished the regular season with an overall record of 10-9 in dual competition, including a 5-3 mark against EIWA opponents. This season is the first where Binghamton won 10 duals since 2018-19. The Bearcats also enter the EIWAs having won at least nine duals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2017-18 and 2018-19. Those seasons, Binghamton went 12-5 and 10-3 respectively.
 
Four Binghamton are ranked in the latest NCAA coaches and RPI rankings. Both rankings are part of the criteria that is used to determine at-large selections and seeding for the NCAA Wrestling Championships. Other factors considered are head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
 
The rankings are as follows for Binghamton:

• Brevin Cassella – No. 8 Coaches, No. 3 RPI at 174 lbs.
• Cory Day – No. 15 Coaches, Not Ranked for RPI at 285 lbs.
• Will Ebert – No. 33 Coaches, No. 27 RPI at 184 lbs.
• Ivan Garcia – Not Ranked for Coaches, No. 27 RPI at 149 lbs.

 
Binghamton looks to build off having seven wrestlers make the podium at the 2024 EIWA Championships. It was the second time in three seasons the Bearcats had that many placewinners at the event, as the team previously achieved that feat back in 2022.  Binghamton also put seven wrestlers on the podium in 2018, which is tied for the third-most placewinners the Bearcats have had in the tournament since joining the EIWA in 2013-14. Their most placewinners came in 2021, when nine wrestlers made the podium.
 
The Bearcats also aim to finish in the top five of this competition for the first time in program history. Their previous best finish is sixth, which happened three times (2019, 2020 and 2022). The program has crowned four individual EIWA champions in its history. Assistant Coach Lou DePrez won three consecutive titles from 2020-22. His first two championships came at 184 lbs., while his third came at 197 lbs. Tyler Deuel won the program's first individual EIWA championship in 2015 at 285 lbs.
 
All 10 Binghamton wrestlers competing are trying to punch their ticket to the NCAA Wrestling Championships, which take place from March 20-22 in Philadelphia, Pa. The EIWA was awarded 22 pre-allocation spots for the tournament. Each tournament is awarded pre-allocations based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through Feb. 23. The pre-allocations were determined using a sliding scale of three standards. They are win percentage, coaches' rank and RPI ranking. This also comes while never going below the base of a .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class. Each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of those three categories earned a qualifying spot for their conference tournament in that weight class.
 
If a wrestler finishes within the number of pre-allocation spots at their conference tournament (e.g. finishing in the top four of a weight class that has four pre-allocation spots), they receive an automatic bid for the NCAA Wrestling Championships.
 
The number of spots in each weight class for the EIWA is as follows:

• 125: Two
• 133: One
• 141: Three
• 149: One
• 157: One
• 165: Two
• 174: Four
• 184: One
• 197: Four
• 285: Three

 
There are also a total of 43 at-large bids for nationals available for wrestlers who did not earn an automatic bid at their conference tournament. The at-large qualifiers will be announced on Tuesday, March 11. The brackets and seeding for the NCAA Wrestling Championships will be announced on Wednesday, March 12 at 8 p.m.

121st EIWA Championships
Date | Time: Friday, March 7

• Session One (Round of 12 and Quarterfinals) – 10 a.m.
• Session Two (Consolation Round One, Semifinals and Quarterfinal Consolations) – 4 p.m.

 Saturday, March 8

• Session Three (Semifinal Consolations, Third, Fifth and, Seventh Place matches and Finals) – 10 a.m.

Location: Stabler Arena – Bethlehem, Pa.
Live Results: X - @BearcatsWrestle, FloArena
Watch: FloWrestling
 
Binghamton Starting Lineup (Overall Record, Projected Record)
125 | No. 4 Carson Wagner (20-11, 13-6) – The sophomore makes his second appearance at the EIWA Championships this weekend. Wagner enters the tournament ranking second on the team in both overall wins (20) and dual wins (13).
133 | No. 5 Micah Roes (12-10, 8-7) – Roes aims to qualify for nationals for the second time in his career in 2025. The Lowville, N.Y., native previously qualified for nationals as a true freshman in 2021, becoming only the third wrestler in program history to accomplish that feat.
141 | No. 9 Nate Lucier (9-14, 6-10) – Lucier reached the podium at the EIWAs for the first time in his career in 2024 when he finished eighth.
149 | No. 3 Ivan Garcia (15-9, 10-6) – Garcia, who posted 15 overall wins and 10 in duals, earned ranked wins against No. 17 Ethan Fernandez of Cornell, No. 28 Kal Miller of Maryland and No. 31 Richard Fedalen of Columbia.
157 | No. 7 Fin Nadeau (10-12, 7-9) – Nadeau, who won a career-high seven dual bouts this season, will make his first start at the EIWAs.
165 | No. 5 Carter Baer (15-8, 10-6) – Baer won 15 matches this season, including a career-high 10 in dual competition.
174 | No. 2 Brevin Cassella (22-4, 14-1) – Cassella is three wins away from reaching 100 career victories at Binghamton. Cassella is also attempting to reach the podium at the EIWAs for the sixth time in his career.
184 | No. 1 Will Ebert (16-13, 7-11) – Ebert enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed at 184 lbs., thanks in part to victories he had over No. 5 Edmond Ruth of Illinois and No. 9 Jaxon Smith of Maryland earlier this season.
197 | No. 6 Cayden Bevis (10-11, 8-7) – Bevis won a career-high eight duals this season, earning 27 team points for the Bearcats.
285 | No. 3 Cory Day (18-5, 12-3) – Day, who has reached the podium at the EIWAs each of the last three seasons, is ranked third in the country for pins against Division I wrestlers 13, a career-high for the heavyweight.
 
*Rankings EIWA Championship seeds