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ITHACA, N.Y. - Five Lycoming College wrestlers - first-year 125-pounder Teli Bobotas (a Montoursville graduate), sophomore 141-pounder Luke Magnani, senior 174-pounder Nolen Zeigler, senior 197-pounder Ivan Neal and junior heavyweight Cole Yonkin (a Montoursville graduate) - reached the quarterfinals to highlight the team's first day at the Ithaca Invitational on Friday evening.
First-year 125-pounders Adam Froehlich and Michael Copello, senior 149-pounder Major Lewis, junior 184-pounder Isaiah Betz (a Warrior Run graduate), senior 184-pounder Devon Green, freshman heavyweight Noah Johnson (a Warrior Run graduate) and sophomore heavyweight Tyler Lobb are also still alive in their respective brackets when wrestling begins again on Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
Bobotas, seeded seventh at 125 pounds, posted tech falls of Matthew Frueh of Johnson & Wales (21-6) and Ithaca's Andrew Aparo (19-4) before pinning Penn College's Harris Keares in 2:45 to reach the quarterfinals, where he will face Castleton's Gavin Bradley.
Seeded eighth at 141 pounds, Magnani posted tech falls over Johnson & Wales' Nicholas Torres (18-1) and North Central's Jonathan Campbell (15-0) and will face the top-seed Kaden Ware of Penn College in the quarterfinals.
Zeigler, the top seed at 174, posted two major decisions to reach the quarterfinal, beating Johnson & Wales' Anthony Marino, 13-0, and Castleton's Braeden Gray, 12-0. He will face Norwich's Jordan Sonon-Hale in the quarterfinal.
The No. 2 seed at 197 pounds, Neal pinned Springfield's Logan O'Connell in 27 seconds and will face Cortland's Chris Ayala in the quarterfinal.
Yonkin, seeded seventh at heavyweight, posted a 17-1 tech fall of Cortland's Brady Callahan before posting a 4-1 decision against Penn College's Nicholai Brotzman. He will face Johnson & Wales' Michael Mauro in the quarterfinal.