PITTSBURGH – Corey Hazel knew what happened ahead of him. D.J. Fehlman won. Kyle Shoop won. Chance Marsteller won.

The Lock Haven 184-pounder and 285-pounder Thomas Haines continued that successful trend Thursday afternoon at the NCAA Wrestling Championships. Lock Haven put five wrestlers into the night session’s championship second round and posted a 5-1 record in the first two rounds of the tournament.

Only Alex Klucker lost for the Bald Eagles. He was pinned by Duke’s Ben Anderson in a 157-pound pigtail match he led, 7-2, at one point.

Penn State leads the team race after one session with 21 points after all nine of its wrestlers won in the first round and Nick Lee, Jason Nolf, Vincenzo Joseph, Bo Nickal and Anthony Cassar all earned falls. Ohio State (15.5) is second with Oklahoma State (14.5) and Iowa (14) third and fourth. Lock Haven is tied for 13th with seven points.

Bucknell’s Zach Hartman (157 pounds) and Drew Phipps (197) both dropped their first-round bouts. Milton graduate Ryan Preisch won his first bout at 184 pounds, scoring a fall with a deep half-nelson in the second period to advance to tonight’s second round for Lehigh. The second round begins at 7 p.m.

Hazel said he carried the energy of the wins from his teammates into his bout with Kent State’s Andrew McNulty. Even after giving up the first takedown, the redshirt-junior was calm in his response. He escaped and got a takedown of his own to finish the first period on top. He picked up two near-fall points in the second period when McNulty chose bottom and added three more in the third to close out a 9-3 victory.

“Team momentum is definitely a thing,” Hazel said. “Watching them makes you want to go out and do it. I’m happy for all those guys, but I don’t think anybody is satisfied at this point in time. But going out and winning was the plan.”

D.J. Fehlman got Lock Haven started right with the first true upset of the tournament when he defeated ninth-seeded Charles Tucker of Cornell in the first round. Trailing 2-1 after the first period, Fehlman chose the top position in the second and baited Tucker into a tilt for four points.

He stayed in good position throughout the third period after Tucker chose neutral to avoid giving up any points. Fehlman improved to 11-1 since dropping from 141 to 133 pounds in January.

“He was trying to wing down his arm that I was pulling back and I was kind of baiting him a little bit. I’ve done it a bazillion times and it worked,” Fehlman said. “Guys are 41 were big and I was wrestling tough, but more things are working for me at 33. When I do my weight right like I did this weekend, I feel great.”

For all the work Shoop has done on his feet to become the nation’s leader in technical falls, he won his first-round match Thursday by scoring three takedowns. He even fell behind 7-3 after the first period after Utah Valley’s Matt Findlay recorded four near-fall points.

But Shoop methodically worked back into the match on his feet. He scored a takedown to cut the deficit to 7-5 and rode out the final 1 minute, 26 seconds of the second period on top. He needed just four seconds in the third period to tie the bout, 7-7, with a takedown and rode out the final 1:56 to earn the riding time bonus point for an 8-7 win.

It was Shoop’s first win in the championship bracket in his third trip to the national tournament.

“That’s a solid win. I’m proving to people that I got what I need on my feet and I’m with the top guys. It was an important win,” Shoop said. “I think the experience of the past two tournaments and knowing what it feels like here helps. Now it’s the time when it’s not about just getting here, it’s about winning matches and becoming an All-American. That showed in my wrestling today.”

Haines, like Marsteller, was dominant in his tournament opener. Marsteller had more than 5 minutes of riding time when he won, 16-3, at 165 pounds. Haines got on his offense in a hurry and never let up.

He scored four points in the first period, five more in the second, and four in the third in a 13-4 dismantling of Virginia Tech’s Billy Miller.

“It’s a big deal. I’ve been training harder than I ever have been and feeling better than I ever have been, and it showed out there,” Haines said. “For me, it’s the last time I’m here, so I say screw it all and just go all in. I knew I had to be strong and do everything right because it sets the tone for the rest of the weekend.”