Lewisburg, PA - Keaton Kluever placed eighth at 285 pounds and earned an automatic qualification to the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, while Jurius Clark placed seventh at 157 pounds as the EIWA Championships wrapped up at Bucknell University Saturday evening. 

The 285 pound weight class received eight automatic qualifiers from the NCAA, while only the top three at 157 earned an automatic bid. 

Kluever had to medically default his match against Princeton's Matthew Cover during the consolation round of 4 and then medically-forfeited the seventh-place match against Grady Greiss of Navy.

Clark lost a tough 2-0 decision to Blake Saito of Brown in the consolation round of 4, allowing just one escape and the riding time point. He then came back in thrilling fashion to defeat Rhise Royster of LIU, 4-3, in TB2 in the seventh-place match. Clark broke a 3-3 tie with an escape in TB1 and then kept Royster down in the final 30 seconds.

As a team, Hofstra placed 16th in the tournament with 15 points. Cornell won the team championship with Lehigh placing second. 

Notes:
-Kluever, the fourth seed, and Clark, the sixth seed, were each making their first EIWA Championships appearance.

-Kluever, a graduate student in his first season at Hofstra, will be making his first trip to nationals.