March 9, 2008
Lancaster, Pa. - American University senior wrestler Josh Glenn won the 197 lbs. Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Tournament Championship Sunday evening with a 10-1 major decision over Rutgers' Lamar Brown. The victory is Glenn's third career EIWA Championship and helped earn the team a program best sixth-place finish.
Glenn began the second period with a 2-0 advantage and more than one minute of riding time. In the second Glenn extended that lead to 4-0 with a single-leg takedown and rode out the remainder of the period. He began the third frame down and quickly escaped to move his advantage to 5-0 and shortly after that took Brown down again for a 7-0 lead. Glenn cut Brown with under one minute remaining and off a restart with nine seconds on the clock scored his fourth takedown of the match. With riding time advantage Glenn took the bout by major decision, 10-1.
Glenn advanced to the tournament finals with a first period fall over Penn's Thomas Shovlin in the semifinals Sunday morning. On Saturday, Glenn defeated Navy's Matthew Parsons by major decision, 15-2, after receiving a first-round bye.
This championship is the third of Glenn's career after winning the 197 lbs. title in 2007 and the 184 lbs. crown in 2006. As a freshman in 2005, Glenn took second at 184. For his illustrious career at the EIWA Tournament, Glenn was presented the Fletcher Award which is given each year for the senior who has scored the most team points at the tournament in his career.
Glenn's season, along with three other Eagles, will continue at the NCAA Championships which are being held this year in St. Louis, Mo., March 20-22. 165-pounder Mike Cannon and 125-pounder Jasen Borshoff will join Glenn at the national tournament as automatic qualifiers while 157-pounder Christopher Stout earned a berth as a wildcard.
The EIWA is awarded 47 bids to the NCAA Tournament each year. The top four finishers in each weight class automatically qualify while the remaining seven available slots are voted on by the conference coaches. Cannon automatically qualified by placing third and Borshoff qualified by placing fourth. Stout placed fifth and was voted into the NCAA's by the coaches.
American finished sixth in the team standings with 62.5 team points. Cornell won the team competition with 128 points while Penn finished a very close second with 127.5 points.
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