Ithaca, NY - Hofstra saw all three of its remaining wrestlers score podium finishes on the second and final day of the 2022 EIWA Championships from Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York. Charles Small would finish fourth at 184, Zachary Knighton-Ward would place sixth at 285, and Justin Hoyle finished eighth at 141.

Small began the second day with a semifinal match against Travis Stefanik of Princeton. Wrestling as the three-seed in the bracket, Small was taken down three times in the first period and would suffer an 8-5 decision loss to the Princeton wrestler, dropping him into the semifinal match of the consolation bracket against Bryan McLaughlin, the 10-seed from Drexel. After taking down McLaughlin in the first period, Small fell behind 3-2 in the second period after McLaughlin escaped and Small was hit with a stalling call. Small tied the score at 3-3 with an escape 18 seconds into the third period, and he took the lead for good by reversing a single-leg takedown attempt into a takedown of his own with just six seconds left in the match. Small progressed to the Third-Place Match against Lehigh's AJ Burkhart, and he would suffer a 3-2 decision defeat to the seventh-seeded wrestler.

The three-seed in the 285-pound bracket, Knighton-Ward started his day in the semifinals against Lewis Fernandes, the two-seed out of Cornell, and he would suffer a 5-0 decision defeat to drop into the consolation semifinals against Binghamton's five-seed Joe Doyle. Trailing 10-6 in the second period, Knighton-Ward attempted to throw Doyle, but got caught and suffered only his second loss by pin this season at 4:14. The loss put Knighton-Ward in the fifth-place match, here he would suffer a 3-1 decision loss to eight-seed Matt Cover of Princeton and end his EIWA Championships with a sixth-place finish.

The 14-seed in the 141 bracket, Hoyle placed eighth in his second EIWA Championships. Competing from the consolation quarterfinals, Hoyle suffered a 14-0 major decision loss to five-seed Connor McGonagle of Lehigh, dropping him into the Seventh-Place Match against Princeton's Danny Coles. Hoyle put in a gutsy performance in an 11-4 decision loss to the eight-seed, giving Hofstra its third placewinner of the tournament.

Hofstra scored 36 team points to finish 12th in the 17-team tournament. Cornell ended the tournament with 153 points, holding off second-place Penn with 143 points, to win the EIWA team title for the 27th time in program history and for the first time since 2017. Princeton finished third with 120.5 points, and four-time defending champion Lehigh scored 111 team points to place fourth. The Big Red had three individual champions and a total of nine placewinners.

With the EIWA Championships now concluded, Hofstra will now wait for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee announces at-large selections for the 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Detroit, Michigan. The 43 at-large wrestlers will be announced on Tuesday, March 8, on the NCAA wrestling page at NCAA.com.

TEAM SCORE
1. Cornell – 153
2. Penn – 143
3. Princeton – 120.5
4. Lehigh – 111
5. Columbia – 84.5
6. Binghamton – 79.5
7. Navy – 63.5
8. Army West Point – 57
9. Harvard – 49
10. Drexel – 47
11. Bucknell – 39.5
12. Hofstra – 36
13. Franklin & Marshall – 29
14. Brown – 26.5
15. American – 25.5
16. Sacred Heart – 5
17. LIU - 3

#14 Justin Hoyle – 141
Consolation Quarterfinals: L by 14-0 maj. dec. vs. #5 Connor McGonagle (Lehigh)
Seventh-Place Match: L by 11-4 dec. vs. #8 Danny Coles (Princeton)
 
#3 Charles Small – 184
Semifinal: L by 8-5 dec. vs. #2 Travis Stefanik (Princeton)
Consolation Semifinal: W by 5-3 dec. vs. #10 Bryan McLaughlin (Drexel)
Third-Place Match: L by 3-2 dec. vs. #7 AJ Burkhardt (Lehigh)
 
#3 Zachary Knighton-Ward – 285
Semifinal: L by 5-0 decision vs. #2 Lewis Fernandes (Cornell)
Consolation Semifinals: L by fall (4:14) vs. #5 Joe Doyle (Binghamton)
Fifth-Place Match: L by 3-1 dec. vs. #8 Matt Cover (Princeton)