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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Campbell wrestling sent 13 wrestlers to the 38th Annual Navy Classic where the Camels had four grapplers place and a team finish of ninth overall. No. 20 Nathan Kraisser (133 lbs), Luke Stewart (141 lbs), and Paul Duggan (165 lbs) all finished fourth, while Ville Heino finished fifth at 184 lbs. Princeton finished first with 139.0 team points to claim the team victory while Campbell finished ninth with 58.5 team points.
No. 20 Nathan Kraisser finished the day 3-2 wrestling in the 133-pound weight class and placed fourth overall. Kraisser got off to a rocky start dropping his opening match to Rodriguez (George Mason) in a 4-2 decision. Moving to the consolation bracket, he received a bye before earning three consecutive decisions. Kraisser defeated Kelly (Ohio) 11-8, Davis (U.S. Naval Academy) 5-4, and Salvo (Brown) 8-1.
Kraisser reached the third place match where he faced Tutolo of Kent State. Tutolo won the third place title after pinning Kraisser in a quick 26 seconds and knocked the Camel out of podium contention for a fourth place finish.
Luke Stewart started off strong as he cruised to a 16-0 tech fall over Renkey from GMU. Stewart lost in the quarterfinal bout to Driscoll of Kent State in a decision (6-3). He moved to the consolation round and pinned his first opponent, Kenyon from the USNA, in 4:43. Stewart followed with a 13-2 major decision over Reich (Princeton).
Stewart downed Rowh from Wisconsin in the consolation semifinal bout in a 6-3 decision and moved to the third place match where he fell to Anthony (GMU) by one point in a 5-4 decision. He finished fourth in the 141-pound weight class and earned 14 team points for the Camels.
Paul Duggan also claimed a fourth-place finish at the Navy Classic as well as 12.50 team points going 3-2 on the day. After a first round bye, Duggan recorded his second fall of the season by pinning Schiltt from Bucknell in 6:35. He won the quarterfinal match against Ashughyan (Ohio) in an 8-5 decision to advance to the semifinals.
Duggan faced Jordan from Wisconsin in the 165-pound semifinal bout who defeated the Camel in a 6-2 decision. Continuing to the consolation bouts, Duggan won in the consolation semis taking down Liegel (Wisconsin) in a 6-2 decision before falling to NCAA qualifier Buckwalter (Kent St.) in a sudden victory decision 7-5 and earning a fourth place title.
Wrestling at 184 pounds, Ville Heino was the fourth Camel to earn a top-five finish. Heino went 4-2 on the day earning his first win in a 16-0 tech fall over Princeton's Shepperd. He followed that with a 5-3 decision over Romanchik (Ohio) and a 10-7 decision over the UNSA's Bannister. Heino moved to the semifinal bout but fell to Sleigh of Bucknell in a 7-2 decision. Baxter of Kent State took down the Camel in the consolation semifinal in a 15-0 tech fall.
Heino finished on a high note as he won the fifth place title by recorded an 18-1 tech fall over Stilling from Wisconsin. Heino finished with 12.00 team points as the last placer for the Camels.
The Camels return to the mat on Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Wolfpack Open at NC State in Raleigh, N.C.
