PITTSBURGH — Redshirt sophomore Ryan Deakin (157) earned his first-career All-America honor on Friday night.
 
The plaudit was the second for the Wildcats of the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships after redshirt sophomore Sebastian Rivera (125) won his semifinal bout earlier in the day.
 
Deakin commanded his Round of 12 matchup with Lehigh's Ryan Humphreys, winning via 9-2 decision.
 
The Colorado native picked up the first takedown of the bout 28 seconds into the affair and rode out his Lehigh foe for the remainder of the period, picking up 2:32 in riding time.
 
Deakin struck again and took down Humphreys 24 seconds into the second period before being reversed. The Lehigh wrestler got hit with his second stalling call and the score was 5-2 at the end of the second period.
 
The third period was all Deakin — an escape and a takedown — and, with the riding time advantage, he won, 9-2.
 
The win marked the sixth time in the last nine years that Northwestern has picked up multiple All-America honors.
 
Deakin wrestled a similarly-controlling bout against ODU's Larry Early later in the session, winning, 5-0.
 
NU's grappler logged a takedown forty-seven seconds into the affair and rode Early out, causing his opponent to incur two stalling calls. Deakin's 3-0 lead was extended to 4-0 after a second-period escape.
 
Despite both matmen neutral in the third period, no scoring was witnessed. With Deakin's riding time advantage point awarded, he finished with a victorious final score of 5-0.
 
He will wrestle the 5-seed Hayden Hidlay of North Carolina State tomorrow morning. The winner will wrestle for third place, also in the morning session.
 
Earlier in the session, Rivera fell, 8-2, to Virginia's Jack Mueller. Rivera will wrestle Princeton's Pat Glory, the seven seed tomorrow morning in the wrestlebacks. The winner will wrestle for third place.
 
SESSION IV
SEMIFINALS
125: (5) Jack Mueller (UVA) dec. (1) Sebastian Rivera (NU), 8-2
 
CONSOLATION ROUND 4
157: (3) Ryan Deakin (NU) dec. (8) Josh Humphreys (LEH), 9-2
 
CONSOLATION ROUND 5
157: (3) Ryan Deakin (NU) dec. (7) Larry Early (ODU), 5-0
 

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