LANCASTER, Pa. - Three placewinners emerged after a long day of competition for American University wrestling at the David H. Lehman F&M Open on Friday. Highlighting the best finishes for the Eagles was sophomore Maximilian Leete, who pinned his first three opponents of the day and finished sixth at 5-1. Leete was unable to advance further due to the NCAA daily match limit.

Notable

• American's 14 wrestlers competed in a total of 47 bouts and won nearly half of those. 
• Placewinners in addition to Leete were sophomores Jack Maida (133) and Carsten Rawls (184), who both finished eighth.
• The three pins by Leete put him at nine for the season and 15 in his career, which ranks 11th all-time in program history.
• Leete took down Drexel wrestler Gabe Giampietro in 37 seconds, Davidson's Devon Diaco in 3:24, and F&M's Jack Bruce in just 30 seconds.
• After a quarterfinal loss, Leete rebounded with a 14-5 major-decision victory over Penn's Brady Pruett.
• Maida came away with three straight decisions to start his day, beating opponents from Army, Air Force and Drexel.
• Rawls earned major-decision victories over opponents from Lock Haven and Campbell to advance to the quarterfinals. He had one more win on the day along with losses to wrestlers from Penn and Drexel, and finished 3-2 overall.
• Graduate student Brad Kata also had a strong day at 184 pounds, going 3-2 including a pin of Campbell's Patrick Adams.
• At 141 pounds, redshirt-sophomore Ethan Szerencsits went 2-2 for the day including a 12-4 major decision.
• Freshman Garrett Washington started his day with his second pin of the season, taking down North Carolina's Marcus Loving in 4:59.
• With a technical fall win over North Carolina's Charley Barry, redshirt senior Patrick Ryan moves into a tie for sixth all-time at AU with nine tech falls. That ties soon-to-be Hall of Famer Kyle Borshoff, and is just one fewer than 2007 national champion Josh Glenn.

125 (Maximilian Leete, 6th Place)

Rd. of 64 - Maximilian Leete (AU) pinned Gabe Giampietro (Drexel-unatt), 0:37
Rd. of 32 - Maximilian Leete (AU) pinned Devon Diaco (Davidson), 3:24
Rd. of 16 - Maximilian Leete (AU) pinned Jack Bruce (F&M), 0:30
QF - Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) major dec. Maximilian Leete (AU), 11-1
Cons. Rd. of 8 - Maximilian Leete (AU) major dec. Brady Pruett (Penn), 14-5
Cons. Rd. of 4 - Maximilian Leete (AU) dec. Tucker Owens (Air Force), 6-0

133 (Jack Maida, 8th Place)

Rd. of 64 - Jack Maida (AU) dec. Nain Vasquez (Army), 8-1
Rd. of 32 - Jack Maida (AU) dec. Branden Barnes (Air Force), 5-1
Rd. of 16 - Jack Maida (AU) dec. Jaxon Maroney (Drexel), 9-2
QF - Evan Mougalian (Penn) dec. Jack Maida (AU), 9-7
Cons. Rd. of 8 - Jack Maida (AU) dec. Joe Sparacio (Hofstra-unatt), 3-1
Cons. Rd. of 4 - Ryan Franco (Army) vs. Jack Maida (AU), MF

141

Rd. of 32 - Ethan Szerencsits (AU) dec. Zack Zeamer (Lock Haven), 6-2
Rd. of 16 - Devin Flannery (Millersville) dec. Ethan Szerencsits (AU), 5-3
Cons. Rd. of 16 - Ethan Szerencsits (AU) major dec. Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian), 12-4
Cons. Rd. of 8 - Zach Keal (Army) pinned Ethan Szerencsits (AU), 0:33

Rd. of 64 - Garrett Kuchan (Air Force) dec. Elijah White (AU), 8-6
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Kelly Dunigan (Princeton) tech. fall Elijah White (AU), 18-0

149 

Rd. of 64 - Garrett Washington (AU) pinned Marcus Loving (UNC), 4:59
Rd. of 32 - Ricky Cabanillas (Brown) major dec. Garrett Washington (AU), 10-0
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Bryce Kresho (F&M) pinned Garrett Washington (AU), 2:18

Rd. of 64 - Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) major dec. Patrick Ryan (AU), 18-6
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Patrick Ryan (AU) tech. fall Charley Barry (UNC), 20-2
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Drew Lang (Princeton) pinned Patrick Ryan (AU), 2:24

157

Rd. of 64 - Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) dec. Mikey Glynos (AU), 2-0
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Hunter Gandy (Penn) pinned Mikey Glynos (AU), 3:43

165

Rd. of 64 - Mason Stein (Maryland-unatt) major dec. Luc Maschino (AU), 12-0
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Mason Spears (Brown) tech. fall Luc Maschino (AU), 16-0

Rd. of 32 - Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) major dec. Breon Phifer (AU), 11-0
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Breon Phifer (AU) def. Brandon Teresa (SHU), MFOR
Cons. Rd. of 16 - Breon Phifer (AU) dec. Chim Tasie-Amadi (Columbia), 3-1
Cons. Rd. of 16 - Joey Mazzara (UNC) pinned Breon Phifer (AU), 0:59

174

Rd. of 32 - Brad Kata (AU) dec. Anthony Bradley (Maryland), 6-0
Rd. of 16 - Mickey O'Malley (Drexel) dec. Brad Kata (AU), 5-0
Cons. Rd. of 16 - Brad Kata (AU) pinned Patrick Adams (Campbell), 2:50
Cons. Rd. of 8 - Brad Kata (AU) dec. Reed Douglass (Presbyterian-unatt), 8-3
Cons. Rd. of 8 - Noah Fox (F&M) major dec. Brad Kata (AU), 10-2

Rd. of 64 - Reed Douglass (Presbyterian-unatt) major dec. Mervin Mancia (AU), 18-5
Cons. Rd. of 32 - Andrew Vogelbacher (Millersville) dec. Mervin Mancia (AU), 10-4

184 (Carsten Rawls, 8th Place)

Rd. of 32 - Carsten Rawls (AU) major dec. Cael Black (Lock Haven), 14-2
Rd. of 16 - Carsten Rawls (AU) major dec. Shane Quick (Campbell), 13-5
QF - Josh Stillings (Drexel) major dec. Carsten Rawls (AU), 8-0
Cons. Rd. of 8 - Carsten Rawls (AU) dec. Remy Brancato (Lehigh), 2-0
Cons. Rd. of 4 - Connor Strong (Penn) dec. Carsten Rawls (AU), 4-1

197

Rd. of 32 - Blake Schaffer (Kent St.) dec. Liam Volk-Klos (AU-unatt), 9-3
Cons. Rd. of 16 - Liam Volk-Klos (AU-unatt) dec. Will Hoeft (Harvard), 9-3
Cons. Rd. of 16 - Martin Cosgrove (PRTC) tech. fall Liam Volk-Klos (AU), 16-0

HWT

Rd. of 64 - Grady Greiss (Navy) def. Isaac Righter (AU), Inj. Def.

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