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Three Crimson wrestlers traveled to St. Louis, Mo. for the NCAA championships this past weekend and one proved more at home than the rest. Junior co-captain Louis Caputo took advantage of a supportive atmosphere in his native “Show Me State” to outwrestle his seed and claim All-American honors for the second time in his career...
...After spending his sophomore season sidelined with an injury, Caputo capped a healthy junior season with a stellar overall performance. The grappler entered the championships as the 11th seed, upsetting sixth-seeded Joshua Patterson of Binghamton before facing off against Purdue’s A.J. Kessel in the round of 12. This pivotal round distilled competitors into six All-Americans and six grapplers who return home without hardware. Fortunately for Caputo, he was up to the challenge, besting Kessel 2-1 to advance and extend the Crimson’s streak of honoring an All-American to four straight years...
...really proud of [Caputo] for coming back from injury and wrestling better than his seed,” O’Connor said. “It’s just awesome; he’s a great wrestler and a great competitor...
...Connor and Jantzen did not fare as well. Attempting to return as an All-American at 157 after placing sixth last year at 149, O’Connor entered the tournament hopeful as the fourth seed. Unfortunately for the junior star, NCAA’s proved full of surprises. Considering the first round bid goodbye to 19 seeded wrestlers, O’Connor’s path to the round of 12 already marked a successful weekend. But the Harvard co-captain endured a frustrating 1-0 loss to Edinboro’s Greg Gillespie—a grappler...
...conference caught up to the Red Storm, which struggled to a 4-12 league mark. Most recently, St. John’s beat Syracuse in its first-round game in the postseason Big East tournament, but fell in the next round to Notre Dame—now a seven-seed in the NCAA tournament...