EAST STROUDSBURG  - Cornell University  finished the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships in first place winning its first team title since 1993. Four wrestlers took second place and Jordan Leen (149) and Steve Anceravage (165) won individual titles. Cornell qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA tournament.

The EIWA held its 103rd annual wrestling tournament this Friday and Saturday (March 2nd and 3rd) in Koehler Field House at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.

The Big Red edged out the US Naval Academy by 19 points to earn the victory.  Lehigh, who has won the last five titles, finished in fourth place, 17.5 points behind University of Pennsylvania.

Penn held the advantage in number of individual champions with three total.  Matthew Eveleth (125), Mathew Valenti (133), and Matt Dragon (157) all had first place finishes for the Quakers.

Eveleth, who stunned second-ranked and defending national runner-up Troy Nickerson with a 5-3 win in the final, earned the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler honor.  Valenti was given the Fletcher Award for the most team points in a career in the EIWA tournament after winning his third title.

Matthew Stoplinski (174) and Ed Prendergast (285) tallied first places for Navy.  Lehigh's Matt Ciasulli topped the 141 lb. weight class.  Louis Caputo got the lone win for Harvard at 184 lbs. while American's Joshua Glenn finished first at 197.

Final Team Standings

1  Cornell    125.5
2  Navy       106.0
3  U Penn    99.5
4  Lehigh     82.0
5  Columbia 74.5
6  American 71.0
6  Harvard    71.0
8  Army        58.0
9  Bucknell  40.0
10  Brown    34.5
11  Rutgers 19.5
12  ESU       16.0
13  F & M     4.0
14 Princeton

For full results click here.

The EIWA is the oldest intercollegiate wrestling tournament in the country, and is second only to the Big Ten Conference in the number of qualifiers it sends to the NCAA Championships. East Stroudsburg has been a member since 1977, but this will be the first time that ESU has hosted the event.