*Due to a Stevens disqualification at 184 pounds, Lycoming wins this match 23-17.

2/7/08
HOBOKEN, N.J. - Lycoming's wrestling team (10-5) originally fell to Stevens Institute of Technology (7-3) by a team score of 20-17. Leading 17-10 after seven bouts, Ducks' freshman Justin Galati scored a 5-2 decision over Warrior Bryan Kopesky (Phillipsburg, N.J.) at 184 pounds to help Stevens hold off 25th-ranked Lycoming. However, Galati was disqualified after the match, giving the Warriors a 23-17 win.

To open the match, Lycoming freshman Walker Faison (Virginia Beach, Va.) pinned sophomore Kyle Brisson at 125 pounds, but the blue and gold dropped four straight bouts before 165-pound sophomore Chris Dahlheimer (Felton, Pa.) cut the Warriors' deficit to four points with a 12-1 major decision against Jordan Chacon.

At 174, fourth-ranked senior Brandon MacWhinnie got a vital five points for the Ducks with a 16-0 technical fall against sophomore Justin Waycaster (Watsontown, Pa.).

Galati then took down Kopesky twice in the third period to finish Stevens' scoring. Lycoming senior Troy Hansen (Westtown, N.Y.) scored a major decision at 197, leaving senior Matt Miller (Muncy, Pa.) to try to score a pin at heavyweight. Miller, who normally wrestles 197 moved up a weight class to try for a pin and the team tie, but Miller only scored a 7-0 decision against James Roarty.

The Warriors return to action on Valentine's Day at 7 p.m. against Elizabethtown in Lamade Gymnasium. The match will be the final contest of the season for Lycoming. The NCAA national qualifier is on Feb. 23 in Oneonta, N.Y.

Lycoming 23, Stevens 17

125: Walker Faison (LC) def. Kyle Brisson (SIT) by fall (0:53)

133: Mark Bistis (SIT) def. Andrew Lewis (LC), 6-5

141: Pat Conrad (SIT) def. Jonathan Estable (LC), 4-2

149: Leo Dormann (SIT) def. Michael Maurer (LC), 7-1

157: Charles Favia (SIT) def. Zach Ewbank (LC), 7-3

165: Chris Dahlheimer (LC) def. Jordan Chacon (SIT), 12-1

174: Brandon MacWhinnie (SIT) def. Justin Waycaster (LC), 16-0 TF4:48

184: Bryan Kopesky (LC) wins by disqualification

197: Troy Hansen (LC) def. James Ray (SIT), 10-0

285: Matt Miller (LC) def. James Roarty (SIT), 7-0