Wrestling Gets First Conference Win, 25-20
CLEVELAND –
The Lock Haven University Wrestling team (4-5, 1-1 EWL) got
two pins and a forfeit en route to a 25-20 victory over Eastern Wrestling
League (EWL) foe Cleveland State University (2-14, 0-3 EWL) today. Today’s
dual marks the first EWL victory of the season for the Bald Eagles.
The afternoon started at 165 with a 13-0
major decision by freshman
Rory McCoy (Hughesville,
Pa./Hughesville), helping the Bald Eagles jump out
to a 4-0 lead. McCoy improves to 12-11 on the year with his second major
victory.
After a decision and a forfeit against
the Bald Eagles at 174 and 184, junior
Morgan Horner (Hasbrouck
Heights, N.J./Hasbrouck Heights) got things back
on the right track with a first-period fall over Joe Phillips. Horner has
only wrestled in the last three meets for his abbreviated season, but he now
has three wins, two by fall and one by major decision.
A tech fall defeat at heavyweight put
LHU behind 14-10, but freshman
Obe Blanc (Naples, Fla./Lely)
would answer with his second fall in consecutive
days to put Lock Haven in front 16-14. Blanc now has a team-best 23 wins
this season.
A loss by decision followed by a forfeit
win for LHU at 141 made the score 22-17 LHU with two matches left.
In the 149-pound bout, junior
Joshua A. Medina (Las
Vegas/Pima C.C.) scored an 8-4 victory over Ryan Hurley to seal the win
for the Haven. Medina has now won seven matches in a row.
CSU took the final bout at 157 to make
the final tally 25-20. LHU is now 12-2 in the last 14 meets against the
Vikings, dating back to 1992.
McCoy, Horner, Blanc, Medina and the
rest of the Bald Eagles are back in action Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at #15
Penn State University.
| Wt. |
LHU 25, Cleveland St. 20 |
|
|
| 165 |
Rory McCoy (LHU)
maj. dec. David Gilkey, 13-0 |
|
|
| 174 |
Matt Klinger (CSU)
dec. Carlos Ponce, 5-2 |
|
|
| 184 |
Ron Howard (CSU)
forfeit |
|
|
| 197 |
Morgan Horner (LHU)
fall Joe Phillips, 1:36 |
|
|
| Hwt. |
Joe Dennis (CSU)
tech fall Jamie Nagel, 6:20 |
|
|
| 125 |
Obe Blanc (LHU)
fall Joe Wornoff, 4:34 |
|
|
| 133 |
David Armstrong (CSU)
dec. Jim Collins, 6-1 |
|
|
| 141 |
Matt Fittery (LHU)
forfeit |
|
|
| 149 |
Joshua A. Medina
dec. Ryan Hurley, 8-4 |
|
|
| 157 |
Marcus Effner (CSU)
dec. Seth Martin, 4-2 |
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*all
rankings by NWCA |
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