Meeks Takes 2nd at Cliff Keen Tourney

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Senior 184-pounder Taylor Meeks placed second on Saturday at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.

Meeks lost 5-2 to Blake Stauffer in the championship match to go 4-1 in the two-day event. He edged top-seeded Gabriel Dean of Cornell 4-3 in the semifinals earlier Saturday.

The Beavers scored 56 team points and placed 10th at the 39-team event, one of the country's premier tournaments. Minnesota won the tournament.

Freshman Ronnie Bresser (125, 5-2) defeated Zeke Moisley of West Virginia in the seventh-place match. Redshirt freshman Abraham Rodriguez (149, 5-2) defeated Sol Mastriani of Virginia Tech in his seventh-place match.

Senior Alex Elder (157, 3-3) lost 17-8 to Joel Smith of Arizona State in the seventh-place match and finished eighth. Redshirt freshman Jack Hathaway (133, 2-2) and redshirt freshman Cody Crawford (197, 5-2) lost their only matches on Saturday did not place.

Devin Reynolds (141, 2-2); Seth Thomas (165, 2-2); Joe Latham (174, 1-2) and Nate Keeve (heavyweight, 1-2) were eliminated on Friday.

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The results:

RONNIE BRESSER (125): Lost 8-5 to Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa; won 5-2 over Kyle Larson, Iowa State; won 3-1 over Tim Lambert, Nebraska; won 10-3 over Joaquin Marquez, The Citadel; won 3-1 over Joshua Rodriguez, North Dakota State; lost 4-3 to Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State; won 12-6 over Zeke Moisey, West Virginia. Seventh place.

JACK HATHAWAY (133): Won 4-0 over Josh Terao, American; won 4-0 over Deondre Wilson, Northern Idaho; lost 5-2 to Rosario Bruno, Michigan; lost 5-2 to Ian Nickell, CSU Bakersfield. Did not place.

DEVIN REYNOLDS (141): Won 8-5 over Logan Everett, Army; pinned by Logan Streber, Ohio State, 1:18; won 6-3 over Anthony Finocchiaro, Brown; lost 8-5 to George Fisher, Michigan. Did not place.

ABRAHAM RODRIGUEZ (149): Lost 8-5 to Justin Archer, Nebraska; won 2-1 over Chris Castillo, Boise State; won 6-4 over Jake Short, Minnesota; pinned James Dekrone, West Virginia, 9:27; won 5-2 over Victor Lopez, Bucknell; lost 6-2 to Matthew Frisch, The Citadel; won 8-3 over Sol Mastriani, Virginia Tech. Seventh place.

ALEX ELDER (157): Won 7-4 over Rustin Barrick, Bucknell; won 9-8 over Markus Scheidel, Columbia; lost 13-5 to Anthony Perrotti, Rutgers; won 13-3 over Taylor Simaz, Cornell; lost 8-3 to Justin Staudenmayer, Brown; lost 17-9 to Joel Smith, Arizona State. Eighth place.

SETH THOMAS (165): Lost 11-2 to Adam Fierro, CSU Bakersfield; won 13-7 over Anthony Caputo, North Dakota State; won 15-4 over Devin Aguirre, Nebraska-Kearney; lost 11-2 to Chandler Smith, Army. Did not place.

JOE LATHAM (174): Pinned by Logan Storley, Minnesota, 3:45; won 12-3 over Trey Ronayne, Grand Canyon; pinned by Pete Renda, North Carolina State, 2:01. Did not place.

TAYLOR MEEKS (184): Won 9-3 over Cody Dixon, Boise State; won 9-1 over Michael Macchiavello, North Carolina State; won 4-3 over Domenic Abounader, Michigan; won 4-3 over Gabriel Dean, Cornell; .

CODY CRAWFORD (197): Lost 11-7 to Andrew Reggi, San Francisco State; pinned Chance McClure, Virginia, 1:01; won 7-3 over Matt Williams, CSU Bakersfield; won 13-1 over Stephen Snyder, Army; won 9-2 over Marshall Haas, The Citadel; lost 6-4 to James Haught, Virginia Tech. Did not place.

NATE KEEVE (HWT): Lost 3-1 to Colin Campbell, Virginia; won 4-2 over Mason Kumashiro, Army; lost 11-0 to Quean Smith, Iowa State. Did not place.