Eastern wrestler Pat Dowty exercised revenge in his first round match in the 133-pound bracket of the NCAA Tournament but couldn’t repeat it in round two.

The junior two-time NCAA qualifier earned one of the three upsets of the first round by defeating 11th seeded Cleveland State senior Phil Mansueto 7-6. Mansueto defeated Dowty last season in the first round and had just won the Eastern Wrestling

League Tournament, which qualified him for the NCAA Tournament and finished the regular season (25-6) with eight major decisions.

Dowty (16-15) got a wild-card selection after finishing second at the NCAA Regional but ended the Vikings senior career Thursday morning.

The Panther junior faced the wrestler that defeated him at the NCAA Regional final in the next round as Dowty was narrowly defeated by Northern Iowa’s Pat Garcia. Garcia received a bye in the first round and struggled to defeat Dowty 5-4 Thursday evening.

Dowty still has an opportunity to win third place by winning six matches in the next two days.

The other four high seeds to fall in the opening round were 5th-seeded Zach Robertson of Iowa State who got pinned by West Virginia’s Brandon Lauer. In the second round, Lauer defeated Sacred Heart’s Jason Cucolo to advance to Friday. Cucolo defeated 12-seeded Mike Simpson of Arizona State 8-5.

Another wrestler in the Land of Lincoln pulled off a miracle victory as Northern Illinois Sam Hiatt defeated 10-seed Richard LaForge of Hofstra.

Durden was forced to compete in a play-in game Thursday morning, which he won 13-2 but faced a fresh wrestler in the next round.

The 133-pound defending National Champion Johnny Thompson advanced easily rolled over his first two opponents as he won 8-0 and received a 2:01 pin.