SCRANTON, Pa.—Lycoming College won eight of 10 matches en route to a 39-9 victory over The University of Scranton in non-conference action Wednesday evening at the Long Center. For the Warrior freshman, this was their first taste of collegiate wrestling.

Lycoming received pins from freshman Andrew Lewis (Wyalusing, Pa./Wyalusing Valley) at 133, freshman Troy Hayre (Falls Church, Va./McLean) at 174 and senior Matthew Miller (Muncy, Pa./Montgomery) at 197, along with technical falls by freshman Eric Grecco (Brockway, Pa./Brockway) at 125, freshman Michael Maurer (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) at 149, and junior Bryan Kopesky (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) at 184 to improve to 1-0. 

Scranton’s two wins were recorded by senior Steve Gray, who scored an 8-2 decision over junior Eddie Brown (Rutherford, N.J./Rutherford) at 165, and senior Neil Slocum, who pinned freshman Alex Bause (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) at the 3:09 mark of the second period at 285.

The most exciting bout of the evening turned out to be Warrior sophomore James Dolak’s (Oley Valley, Pa./Oley Valley) 5-3 victory in overtime against Scranton sophomore Mike Guenther at 157.  With time running out in the third period, Guenther came through with a takedown to tie the match, but Dolak regained his composure and pulled out the victory with a takedown in the overtime period.

The Warriors now travel to the Messiah Duals this Saturday, November 17, starting at 11:30 a.m. Lycoming will wrestle Kutztown State, Wheaton (Ill.) and Waynesburg, but not Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference foe Messiah. The conference match-up with the Falcons will have to wait until January 18 at Lamade Gymnasium.

The results of the Lycoming-Scranton match are as follows:

Lycoming 39, Scranton 9                                                                   Lyco       Scranton
125:  Eric Grecco (L) tech. fall over Scott Puglisi, 18-1                               5             0
133:  Andrew Lewis (L) pinned Jeff Kapica (4:01)                                       11            0
141:  Tom Barger (L) dec. Rich Russell, 9-7                                              14            0
149:  Mike Maurer (L) tech. fall over Mike Ebert, 20-1                                 19            0
157:  James Dolak (L) dec. Mike Guenther, 5-3 (OT)                                  22            0
165:  Steve Gray (S) dec. Eddie Brown, 8-2                                              22            3
174:  Troy Hayre (L) pinned Kevin DiGiulio (4:34)                                       28            3
184:  Brian Kopesky (L) tech. fall over Luke Genovese                               33            3
197:  Matthew Miller (L) pinned Michael Byrnes (2:32)                                39            3
285:  Neil Slocum (S) pinned Alexander Bause (3:09)                                 39            9

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