JANUARY 26, 2010
26TH RANKED LYCOMING WRESTLERS EDGE 19TH RANKED KING'S, 21-15
WILKES-BARRE – On the day it learned it had been ranked 19th nationally in Division III, the King's College wrestling team dropped a 21-15 decision to 26th ranked Lycoming Tuesday night in Scandlon Gym. With the loss, King's slipped to 12-9 on the year and saw its six-match win streak come to an end. Lycoming, which avenged a 24-16 loss to the Monarchs two weeks ago, improved to 12-5.
Both teams won five matches on the night but Lycoming emerged on top thanks to bonus points accrued through a major decision, a technical fall, and one pin.
After the Warriors posted a 7-1 decision at 125, the Monarchs tied the score when Tony Miele (11-9) secured a 6-0 verdict at 133. At 141, the Monarchs took a 6-3 lead in the team score after Frankie Davis (13-9) tallied a 6-4 decision. Lycoming picked up a pair of bonus points at 149 when Isaiah Britton posted a 16-1 technical fall over Chris Puorro to take a 8-6 lead.
King's forged ahead when Taylor Green's 4-0 decision gave the Monarchs a 9-8 advantage after the 157-pound bout. Green improved to a team-best 18-4 with the victory. At 165. The Warriors again added a valuable bonus point when Chris Dahlheimer registered a 15-1 major decision over Jerry Robbins to put Lycoming on top 12-9.
The turning point of the match came at 174 when King's David Foley appeared to have a takedown of Lycoming's Kyle Crouthamel. Foley was unable to maintain position and was caught in a headlock as Crouthamel registered a critical pin in 1:01 to increase the Warrior lead to 18-9. At 184, Troy Hayre added to the Lycoming lead with a 9-3 decision over Frank Marinucci to push the score to 21-9.
With two bouts left the Monarchs need a pair of falls to knot the match at 21-21. However, King's Peter Dwyer (14-6) was forced to settle for a 2-0 decision over Russel Korbul at 197 as Lycoming clinched the match with the decision loss. At 285, King's Chris Rash (13-5) cut the score to 21-15 with an 8-1 decision over Zach Eckstrom.
King's will return to the mat February 3 with a road match at Elizabethtown College.
Lycoming 21 - King's 15
125- Stephen Hinton (L) dec. Michael Tabasco (K), 7-1
133- Anthony Miele (K) dec. Andrew Lewis (L),6-0
141- Frankie Davis (K) dec. Mike Maurer (L), 6-4
149- Isaiah Britton (L) tech. fall Chris Puorro (K), 16-1
157- Taylor Green (K) dec. Zach Frederick (L), 4-0
165- Chris Dahlheimer (L) maj. dec. Jerry Robbins (K), 15-1
174- Kyle Crouthamel (L) pinned David Foley (K),1:01
184- Troy Hayre (L) dec. Frank Marinucci (K), 9-3
197- Peter Dwyer (K) dec. Russel Korbul (L), 2-0
285- Chris Rash (K) Zach Eckstrom (L), 8-1
