LAS VEGAS - Members of the Virginia Tech wrestling squad wrapped up competition Saturday at the 26^th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Eric Decker and Nick Murray were the only two Tech grapplers to advance to the second day with Decker winning enough matches to take seventh place.

For the tournament, Decker (ranked 18^th and seeded 11^th) went 4-2 at 174 pounds, placing seventh. The sophomore from Wells Bridge, N.Y., got a default victory over Tyler Berhacchi of Cal-Davis in his final match. He is now 9-3 on the year.

Murray, a freshman from Bound Brook, N.J., went on quite a tear in the wrestlebacks after losing his first match in the 133-pound bracket. After dropping a 6-2 decision in the first round, he won his next four matches to make it to Saturday's action before losing his first match of the day.

Below are all of the results from Tech wrestlers:

125: Steve Armor (1-2)
Round of 32: lost to Curtis Schukamp (San Francisco State) 9-2
Wrestleback 1: def. #17 Brad Gentzle (Pittsburgh), forfeit
Wrestleback 2: lost to Tony Mustari (Northern Colorado), 11-0, MD

133: Nick Murray (4-2)
Pigtails: lost to Mark Anderson (West Virginia), 6-2
Wrestleback 1: def. Garrett Brinkman (Western Wyoming), 8-4
Wrestleback 2: def. Jeremy Shaw (North Carolina), 5-2
Wrestleback 3: def. Jeff Schell (Brown), 3-2
Wrestleback 4: def. Ben Lockett (San Francisco State), 14-10
Wrestleback 5: lost to #13 Zach Tanelli (Wisconsin), 13-1, MD

141: Chris Diaz (0-2)
Round of 32: lost to Troy Tirapelle (Illinois), 9-0, MD
Wrestleback 1: lost to #4 (D-II) Jeff Rutledge (Nebraska-Kearney), 6-3

149: Andre Johnson (0-2)
Pigtails: lost to Daniel Prater (Northern Colorado), 6-1
Wrestleback 1: lost to Brian Graham (Missouri Valley), 10-0, MD

165: Matt Epperly (3-2)
Pigtails: def. Donnie Jones (West Virginia), fall, 1:53
Round of 32: def. Robel Campbell (Ohio State), fall, 0:23
Round of 16: lost to Kurt Swartz (Boise State), 10-5
Wrestleback 3: def. Christopher Riding (New Mexico Highlands), fall, 5:48
Wrestleback 4: lost to Chris Jones (Missouri Valley), 7-6

174: #18 Eric Decker (5-2; SEVENTH PLACE)
Pigtails: def. Jesse Feinsad (New Mexico Highlands), 6-3
Round of 32: def. Justin Peterson (Wisconsin), 8-6
Round of 16: def. Nick Pullano (Old Dominion), 5-2
Round of 8: lost to #2 Matt Stolpinski (Navy), 3-1
Wrestleback 5: def. Nick Corpe (5-3)
Wrestleback 6: lost to #14 Phil Moricone (Edinboro), 8-6
Seventh-place Match: def. Tyler Berhacchi (Cal-Davis), default

184: Tommy Spellman (2-2)
Pigtails: lost to Vince Jones (Nebraska), fall, 0:52
Wrestleback 1: def. Abe Otrambo (Cal-Davis), 6-4
Wrestleback 2: def. David Gleissner (Illinois), 5-4
Wrestleback 3: lost to A.J. Kissel (Purdue), fall, 2:46

197: Kevin O'Connor (0-2)
Round of 32: lost to John Drake (Cal State Fullerton), fall, 4:26
Wrestleback 1: lost to Garth Wara (Cal State Bakersfield), 10-0, MD

285: David Marone (2-2)
Round of 32: lost to #1 (D-II) Tervel Dlagnev (Nebraska-Kearney), TF, 22-7
Wrestleback 2: def. Billy Green (Utah Valley State), 4-2
Wrestleback 3: def. T.J. Morrison (Rider), default
lost to #13 Zach Schaeffer (Pittsburgh), fall, 3:27

Eight members of the team will participate in the Nittany Lion Open at Penn State all day on Sunday.