Alliance, Ohio - West Liberty had two individual placewinners Saturday at the Mount Union Invitational, led by Zander Samargia's sixth-place finish at 141 pounds and Ben Bryan's seventh-place showing at 197 pounds.

Samargia opened the tournament with a 10-3 decision over Youssef Abdelsalam of Seton Hill before advancing with an 18-0 technical fall against Mount Union's Stephen Patterson. He suffered a quarterfinal loss by fall to Gannon's Jake Niffenegger but battled back through the consolation bracket. Samargia pinned Wheeling's Chase Milton in 1:50 and earned a 13-6 decision over Patterson before falling in the consolation semifinal and the fifth-place match to finish sixth.

Bryan earned seventh place at 197 pounds after putting together a strong run through the consolation bracket. Following a major-decision loss to Ohio Northern's Myles Johnson, Bryan responded with four victories. He pinned St. Vincent's Kameron Dietrick in 52 seconds, earned a 14-5 major decision over Gannon's Gaetano Savelli and defeated Chatham's Mason Koberna 13-7. After an 14-8 loss to Wheeling's Jaxon Burcher, Bryan closed the tournament with a 19-3 technical fall over Seton Hill's
Luke Boylan in 5:14 to win the seventh-place match.

The Hilltoppers finished 13th in the team standings with 26.5 points. Gannon won the team title with 242 points.

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