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...pounds, junior Kevin Kurtz brought the Crimson within four with his thrilling overtime victory over 11th-ranked Yoshi Nakamura, who leads his team in wins (26) and takedowns (69). Losing 1-3 going into the final minute, Nakamura forced the match into overtime but still met with defeat after a commanding takedown by Kurtz to end the match...
...trying to concentrate on having fun out there," said Kurtz. "I got up early in the match and decided not to worry about winning...
...final match of this grueling day that proved to be one of the highlights of the weekend for Harvard. Although it gave Penn three points on the scoreboard, Harvard got the real victory as Rechul forced Penn's 9th-ranked Bandele Adeniyi-Bada to fight down to the wire. Though he lost the match 5-6, Rechul's stellar performance against a top ranked wrestler--who has a 21-3 record and 59 takedowns--sent a strong message to his Ivy foes, giving them plenty to worry about this season and in seasons to come...
Closing out the weekend, his match provided a moral victory around which the team can now rally. The two schools meet again at EIWA's in several weeks and next time, Adeniyi-Bada and his Quaker team might not be so lucky...
Everything surrounding the trip, from the hostile environment, to the back-to-back match-ups against teams with very different weapons, to the simple fact that Penn and Princeton historically field excellent teams, lends itself to an overall feeling of David facing Goliath...