Harvard @ American

Harvard edged American in a bizarre finish at American University on January 17, 2025, with the visitors credited with the dual 19-19. The meet in Washington, D.C. came down to bonus points and tie-breaking procedures after the teams deadlocked at 19 apiece.

Harvard’s margin came from two emphatic bonus victories. Diego Sotelo’s fall at 125 pounds produced six team points and was one of the night’s biggest single-score swings, and Jimmy Harrington’s 11-2 major decision at 157 added four more. Those two results gave Harvard a crucial chunk of bonus scoring that kept the Crimson competitive throughout the dual.

American answered with its own run of bonus points later in the card. Caleb Campos pinned Haden Bottiglieri at 174 for six team points, and heavyweight Will Jarrell put up a 15-1 major decision over Hudson Skove for four points. Those two bonus wins brought American right back into contention and set up the tie at 19.

In the end, the dual was decided by the narrowest of margins after both teams collected two bonus victories apiece. Harvard’s fall and Harrington’s major proved the decisive pieces of the scoring puzzle when the aggregate reached 19-19, while American’s late fall and heavyweight major nearly completed a comeback. With bonus points trading hands, the meet became a test of tiebreaking details after an evenly contested dual.