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Grapplers Sweep Cornell, Columbia

Crimson Holds on to Second in New England

Heavyweight Paul Wiesen lost 4-2, but avoided a pin and secured the crucial victory.

Relative to the hard fought Cornell match, Harvad breezed by Columbia on Saturday at the IAB, taking seven of the 10 matches.

After the Crimson lost its first two matches, Clark took his second close fought victory of the weekend, winning 3-1 and at the same time cutting Columbia's lead to 7-3.

Greenburg and Holmes each took their matches, and Freeman escaped with an exciting 4-3 win.

After falling behind, 3-0. Freeman managed an escape to bring it to 3-1 at the end of the second period. After another one point escape, he was trailing 3-2 with 45 seconds left. Freeman took his opponent down in the closing seconds to claim the victory and give Harvard a 9-7 advantage.

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All Downhill

From there, it was all downhill for Columbia, Bausano, Zilkosky and Wallace all breezed through their matches, outscoring their opponents, 35-6, to finsh off the match.

The Crimson faces off against Brown and Army next weekend.

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