Key Highlights
- In the end, Humphries and fifth-seeded Rome Alvarez (124), who stormed back from an opening-round loss, came away with fifth-place finishes, and Hoppe placed sixth for the Mountain Cats. Paclib will represent Pitt-Johnstown at the 2026 NCAA tournament in Coralville, Iowa, from March 4-7. Lehigh pulled away from the field to claim the team regional title with 151.5 points, 35.5 points better than second-place West Liberty.
- Eastern (114), East Stroudsburg (109.5) and Ursinus (103) rounded out the top-five teams. Paclib cruised into the semis with a 10-0 technical fall at 1:12 over 13th-seeded Kaleia Timko (Arcadia) and an 11-0 tech fall at 3:25 over fifth-seeded Gianna Amendola (East Stroudsburg).
- Paclib took on Lehigh’s top-seeded Aubre Krazer in Saturday’s semifinals and suffered a 9-0 decision loss to drop to the consolation semifinals, but rebounded by pinning Bethany sixth-seeded Rosemary Dodd at 5:47 to advance to the third-place match and a shot at earning a spot in the national tournament.
- In the third-place match, Paclib, cut an early 4-0 deficit to one in the second period, then took an 11-8 lead before holding off Bloomfield. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAfter a first-round bye at 117, Humphries defeated Cedar Crest’s Andi Bibeau 8-4 to reach the semifinals.
- Humphries built a 4-1 first-period lead, but Eastern's Josey Wehr battled back to earn a 12-6 decision, sending Humphries to the consolation semifinals.