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Philadelphia – Lucas Byrd is a victory away from the elite firm.
The Illinois combating stand continued his seek for a nationwide championship on Friday night time, defeating Zeth Romney from Cal Poly by a 2-Zero choice within the 133 kilograms of the NCAA championships at Wells Fargo Heart.
Illinois has 23 nationwide champions in his 1929 historical past, however none since Isaiah Martinez has accomplished nationwide titles again with a victory in 2016.
Byrd (22-1) with prime seeds (22-1) will meet his enemy within the Nationwide Championship match on Saturday night time. It’s the second seed Drake Ayala (20-2) in Iowa, which Byrd set to win a Huge Ten title on March ninth.
Saturday night time will mark the third assembly this season between Byrd and Ayala, with Ayala profitable when the 2 met within the common season on January 17 in Iowa Metropolis, Iowa.
After a first-time first interval between Byrd and Romney, Byrd took out an escape to take a 1-Zero advance and maintain that margin getting into the third and final interval.
Byrd began on Friday with a 12-1 main choice in opposition to Brageden Davis in Penn State. Byrd drove Three-1 after the primary interval and expanded his result in 11-1 getting into the third interval earlier than forcing a stand name
Davis recently to win victory and get all-American honors with victory.
Byrd was the one Illini of the three of the quarterfinals that appeared with a victory earlier on Friday. Kannon Webster misplaced a significant choice of 12-Zero in opposition to Ridge Lovett from Nebraska in 149, whereas Edmond Ruth misplaced a 13-5 main choice in opposition to Parker Keckeisen in northern Iowa to 184.