Four Hofstra University wrestlers medaled after the second day of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships on Nov. 8. Gauge Shipp (133), Chase Liardi (141) and Will Conlon (197) all took sixth place in their classes with Alex Turley (149) placing seventh. In the team score, Hofstra ended the competition in 10th place.
After falling in the semi-finals the day before, Shipp medically forfeited his two remaining matches for his sixth-place finish.
Five to 1 was an unlucky score for Liardi as he fell by that score in both of his matches: first against Dylan Chappell of Bucknell University then to Bryce Kresho of Franklin & Marshall College.
Conlon’s final match of the night was uneven against No. 27 Wolfgang Frable of the United States Military Academy, who beat him by technical fall 17-2. His consolation semifinals match before that was slightly closer with the U.S. Naval Academy’s No. 31 Zyan Hall beating Conlon 8-3.
In a rematch from the first round of the tournament, Turley battled F&M’s Pat Phillips in his lone match of the day for seventh place. The day before, Phillips won 4-1 with a takedown in sudden victory overtime. In the rematch, Turley scored a takedown in the first period and Phillips responded with an escape in the first, four near-fall points from a tilt in the second and an escape in the third period. Turley scored another takedown at the end of the third period to tie it up once again after regulation at 6-6. Turley scored the winning takedown in sudden victory, making 9-6 the final.
It was the first time all four wrestlers placed at the EIWA Championships. Hofstra earned no automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships, though at large bids have yet to be announced. The 2026 Championships start on Thursday, March 19, and end Saturday, March 21.
