PHILADELPHIA – Let the postseason begin. The nationally ranked University of Pennsylvania wrestling team heads to the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships hosted by Bucknell on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9.
 
2024 EIWA Championships
March 8-9 | First mat at 10:30 a.m.
Lewisburg, Pa. | Sojka Pavilion 
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Last Time Out
Penn closed out the regular season back on February 23, topping Morgan State 43-4 on Senior Day. The Quakers won nine bouts against the Bears, with Max Gallagher (125), Michael Colaiocco (133), CJ Composto (141), Hunter Gandy (149), Lucas Revano (157), Nick Incontrera (174), Maximus Hale (184), Cole Urbas (197), and John Stout (285) claiming their battles.
 
Quakers in the Rankings
Seven Quakers sit in the Top 25 of the FloWrestling and Intermat rankings heading into the postseason. #6 Incontrera leads Penn in the polls and is followed by #9 Colaiocco, #19 Composto, #21 Hale, #23 Jude Swisher (149), #23 Revano, and #25 Urbas.
 
The Field
Many familiar faces will be in Lewisburg this weekend as #8 Cornell, #17 Lehigh, American, Army West Point, Binghamton, Brown, Columbia, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Princeton, and Scared Heart join the Quakers and host Bison. Penn has battled six of the teams in the field during the dual season, with the Red and Blue picking up wins against the Bears, the Crimson, the Lions, and the Tigers.  
 
Pre-Seeds for the Tournament
The seeding is set for the EIWA Championships, with seven Quakers landing top five seeds. Revano (157) and Incontrera (174) picked up the #2 seeds at their respective weights to highlight the Red and Blue's seeding. Colaiocco garnered the #3 seed at 133, while Composto (141), Swisher (149), and Hale (184) earned #4 seeds at their weights. Urbas rounds out the top five seeding with the fifth seed at 197. 
 
Freshman Gallagher and senior Stout sit right inside the top ten of 125 and 285, with Gallagher grabbing #7 at 125 and Stout landing the eighth seed at heavyweight. Adam Thomson earned #15 for his starting debut at 165 this season.
 
Probable Lineup at the EIWA Championships
125 – Max Gallagher (7)
133 – #9 Michael Colaiocco (3)
141 – #18 CJ Composto (4)
149 – #23 Jude Swisher (4)
157 – #23 Lucas Revano (2)
165 – Adam Thomson (15) (Replaced Kaya Sement due to injury)
174 – #6 Nick Incontrera (2)
184 – #21 Maximus Hale (4)
197 – #25 Cole Urbas (5)
285 – John Stout (9)