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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Kyle Mosher
Jay LaPrete

Mosher Advances To Day Two Of CKLVI; Assured A Top 8 Finish

| By: Len Skoros
Kyle Mosher
Las Vegas, NV - Kyle Mosher advanced though the consolation bracket at 165 pounds, including picking up a ranked win, and guaranteed himself a top-8 finish as Hofstra wrapped up day one competition at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Friday night. Mosher is the lone Pride wrestler left standing after two sessions and will compete again Saturday in the consolation round of 4 against Drake Rhodes of South Dakota State. The action gets underway at 1 p.m. (EST). 

Mosher dropped his championship bracket round of 16 match to the two-seed, No. 7 Sammy Sasso of Ohio State, 8-3, and followed that with a 11-7 win over Wyoming's Cooper Vorhees in the consolation round of 16 #2. The graduate transfer from Columbia then picked up his best win in a Hofstra singlet with a 6-3 sudden victory decision over 17th-ranked and the seventh seed Maxx Mayfield of Northwestern. Trailing 3-2 late in the third, Mosher earned a stall point to send the match into the extra period before scoring the take down a little more than midway through. He then earned a spot in the round of four due to a medical forfeit. 
 
The Pride saw Jurius Clark (157) and Ross McFarland (184) advance through the first round of the championship bracket before getting eliminated later in the day. Clark won by fall over Sasha Gavronsky of West Virginia in a round of 32 match before dropping his round of 16 match against sixth-ranked and third-seeded Ryder Downey of Northern Iowa, 12-0. Clark then lost his consolation round match to Cal Poly's Legend Lemar, 5-0, to conclude his tournament. 

McFarland, the No. 29 ranked wrestler in the nation and the No. 9 seed, opened his day with an 18-7 major decision over Logan Eller of Appalachian State. He then took on Ohio State's Seth Shumate in the round of 16, losing a tough 5-4 decision against the No. 8 seed. McFarland was awarded a takedown as the clock ran down in the third period which would have given him the win. However, after review, it was deemed to have come after time expired. The Hofstra graduate student then bowed out with a 4-2 loss to Northwestern's Jon Halverston in the consolation bracket.

Chase Liardi (133) also advanced to the consolation round of 8 #1 in session one. 
Liardi dropped a 9-6 decision in his first match against Stockton O'Brien of Wyoming and then earned a 7-3 win over Santino Sanchez of CSU Bakersfield in the consolation bracket. He closed his tournament run with a 10-2 major decision loss to 10th-seeded Reece Witcraft of Oklahoma State. 

Noah Tapia (149), who lost to top-ranked Caleb Henson of Virginia Tech in his opening match, did pick up a win in the consolation bracket, while 

As a team, Hofstra has 11 points and is currently tied for 24th-place in the 30-team field. 

Full results are as follows (seed in parentheses):

125 Pounds
Round of 32
#10 (#6) Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) wbf. Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra), 2:25

Consolation Round of 16 #2
(#12) Marcello Milani (Cornell) dec. Dylan Acevedo-Switzer (Hofstra), 5-4

133 Pounds
Round of 32
Stockton O'Brien (Wyoming) dec. Chase Liardi (Hofstra), 9-6

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Chase Liardi (Hofstra) dec. Santino Sanchez (Cal State Bakersfield), 7-3

Consolation Round of 8 #1
(#10) Reece Witcraft (Oklahoma State) major dec. Chase Liardi (Hofstra), 10-2

141 Pounds
Round of 32
(#12) Greyson Clark (Purdue) dec. Justin Hoyle (Hofstra), 5-2 SV

Consolation Round of 16 #2
#28 (#11) Cole Brooks (Wyoming) major dec. Justin Hoyle (Hofstra), 12-4

149 Pounds
Round of 32
#1 (#1) Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) tech fall Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 17-2 (3:33)

Consolation Round of 16 #1
Noah Tapia (Hofstra) dec. Nick Vafiadis (Navy), 8-1

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Richard Fedalen (Columbia) wbf. Noah Tapia (Hofstra), 2:55

157 Pounds
Round of 32
Jurius Clark (Hofstra) wbf. Sasha Gavronsky (West Virginia), 4:04

Round of 16
#6 (#3) Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) major dec. Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 12-0

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) dec. Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 5-0

165 Pounds
Round of 16
#7 (#2) Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) dec. Kyle Mosher (Hofstra), 8-3

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Kyle Mosher (Hofstra) dec. Cooper Voorhees (Wyoming), 11-7

Consolation Round of 8 #1
Kyle Mosher (Hofstra) dec. #17 (#7) Maxx Mayfield (Northwestern), 6-3 (sv)

Consolation Round of 8 #2
Kyle Mosher (Hofstra) over #8 (#5) MJ Gaitan (Iowa State), medical forfeit

184 Pounds
Round of 32
#29 (#9) Ross McFarland (Hofstra) major dec. Logan Eller (Appalachian State), 18-7

Round of 16
(#8) Seth Shumate (Ohio State) dec. #29 (#9) Ross McFarland (Hofstra), 5-4

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Jon Halverson (Northwestern) dec. #29 (#9) Ross McFarland (Hofstra), 4-2

197 Pounds
Round of 32
Austin Starr (Ohio) wbf. Nikolas Miller (Hofstra), 1:28

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Joseph Curtis (Columbia) wbf. Nikolas Miller (Hofstra), 1:17

285 Pounds
Round of 32
Aiden Compton (Cornell) dec. Danny Church (Hofstra), 4-3

Consolation Round of 16 #2
Daniel Herrera (Iowa State) wbf. Danny Church (Hofstra), 3:18
 
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