| #13 Lycoming Wrestling Defeats #23 Messiah |
1/18/08
Lycoming freshman Noel Faison (Virginia Beach, Va.) jumped to a quick 11-0 lead before pinning Bryce Stever at 2:18 in the 125-pound bout. With the overall score at 6-3, Warrior freshman Tom Barger (Clearfield, Pa.) won by fall at 4:40 to put Lycoming up 12-3. But the Falcons battled back, winning a major decision at 149 pounds and a decision at 157. Warrior sophomore Chris Dahlheimer (Felton, Pa.), who is
In the evening’s final bout, senior Troy Hansen (Westtown, N.Y.) preserved the Lycoming victory by pinning Dando Speers at 2:26 in the first period. The Warriors were previously ranked 29th by InterMat.com, but rose to 13th in the Jan. 15 rankings after placing 4th at the Budd Whitehill National Duals held in Williamsport last weekend. Lycoming wrestles at King’s College on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. Lycoming 26, Messiah 17 125: Noel Faison (L) WBF Bryce Stever (M) (2:18) 6-0 133: Josh Cragg (M) dec. Andrew Lewis (L) 4-2 6-3 141: Tom Barger (L) WBF Alex Dehart (M) (4:40) 12-3 149: Craig Gin maj dec. Mike Maurer (L) 10-1 12-7 157: Mike Bressler (M) dec. Zach Frederick (L) 16-11 12-10 165: Chris Dahlheimer (L) dec. Trent Zempel (M) 6-3 15-10 174: David Jones (M) maj dec. Nick Lansberry (L) 11-2 15-14 184: Nathan Deisem (M) dec. Bryan Kopesky (L) 6-0 15-17 197: Matt Miller (L) tech fall Matt McHugh (M) 15-0 (5:26) 20-17 HWT: Troy Hansen (L) WBF Dando Speers (M) (2:26) 26-17 |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Lycoming’s wrestling team defeated conference foe Messiah on Friday by a score of 26-17. The Warriors are #13 in the nation, while Messiah stands at #23 in the most recent InterMat.com national rankings.
After Messiah won a major decision at 174, Falcon junior Nathan Deisem put his team up 17-15 with a 6-0 decision at 184 pounds. But Lycoming’s Matt Miller (Muncy, Pa.), who is ranked 8th in the country at 197 pounds, won by technical fall at 5:26 to swing the balance to the Warriors, 20-17.