ST. LOUIS, Mo. - It was a tough end to a short season for American University wrestlers Gage Curry and Tim Fitzpatrick, who both bowed out of the NCAA Championships after a pair of losses on day one at the Enterprise Center.

CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

• Curry had a promising start in his opening match against NC State's Jakob Camacho, jumping out to a 4-0 lead. 
• The match was knotted at 5-5 at the end of the first period, but Camacho took charge in the second with two takedowns and four nearfall points.
• Curry scored with a few escapes in the third period, but lost 21-9.
• The final match for Curry proceeded in similar fashion with a tight first period but a big surge ahead for his opponent, Danny Vega, in the second. 
• The end result was a 21-4 tech fall loss for Curry.
• Fitzpatrick also put up the first points in his opening match with a takedown of Michigan's Logan Massa, but the second period was a different story and Massa got the win by fall with just seconds left in the second frame.
• In the late-night consolation match against Edinboro's Jacob Oliver, Fitzpatrick kept things close the whole way. 
• He took a 2-1 lead into the second period, trailed 4-2 heading to the third, and had it within a point at 6-5 with three seconds remaining. 
• Ultimately there was no last-second takedown to be had, and an Oliver escape made the final score 7-5.

FULL RESULTS
Gage Curry (125) - Seeded 27th
R1 - 6th-seed Jakob Camacho (NC State) major dec. Curry (AU), 21-9
ConsR1 - 22nd-seed Danny Vega (SDSU) tech. fall Curry (AU), 21-4

Tim Fitzpatrick (174) - Seeded 28th
R1 - 5th-seed Logan Massa (Michigan) pinned Fitzpatrick (AU), 4:56
ConsR1 - 21st-seed Jacob Oliver (Edinboro) dec. Fitzpatrick (AU), 7-5

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