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Beazley Wins Southeast Open Title; Wright, Hilliard Finish 2nd

ROANOKE, Va. -- Kevin Beazley cruised to the 197-pound championship Sunday at the Southeast Open while six other Monarch wrestlers registered top-six finishes.

After taking an Olympic redshirt last season, 14th-ranked Beazley posted a perfect 5-0 record in his first collegiate tournament since the 2015 NCAAs, racking up three major decision wins and two decisions over ranked foes. The redshirt junior topped No. 18 Frank Mattiace of Penn, 6-3, in the quarterfinals and took down Army's 15th-ranked Rocco Caywood, 7-2, in the finals.

Sophomore Seldon Wright, who entered the tournament ranked No.