WARRIOR WRESTLING PLACES THIRD AT ITHACA TOURNAMENT;
CLAIMS SEVEN PLACE WINNERS

ITHACA, NY – The Lycoming College wrestling team returned home from the Ithaca College Wrestling Invitational with a third place team finish and seven individual placewinners. The Warriors scored 122 points in the two-day event behind Division I Cornell University with 144 points and The College of New Jersey with 143.5 points.

Freshman Corey Mowrey (Montgomery, PA; Montgomery) was the surprise of the tournament for Lycoming going 6-0 to claim the 149-pound championship. Mowrey tallied two major decisions and four regular decisions en route to the weight class title in his first collegiate tournament.

Mike Waldron (So./Williamsport, PA; Williamsport) also provided a highlight, placing second at 133 pounds in his first outing for the Warriors. Waldron dominated his weight on his way to the finals recording three pins and a major decision before falling 13-10. Nate Niman (Sr./Newport, PA; Newport) picked up a third-place finish in the same weight class going 6-1 in the competition.

At 184 pounds junior Jeff Tierney (Blairstown, NJ; North Warren Regional) added a fourth place finish to Lycoming’s totals. Tierney went 3-2 with one pin in the tournament.

Sean Reese (Fr./Milton, PA; Milton) and Jeremy Betz (Jr./Muncy, Pa.; Muncy) placed fifth and sixth respectively at 141 pounds. Both wrestlers went 5-2 on the weekend.

Jeremy Adams (So./Clearfield, PA; Clearfield) rounded out the placewinners with a sixth-place finish at 149 pounds. Adams advanced to the semifinals of his weight class before finishing with three losses.

“Overall the weekend went very well,” said Lycoming Head Coach Roger Crebs. “Our initial goal was to finish in the top ten teams. We got up here and sent 17 wrestlers into Saturday, so our goal changed to a top-five finish and we achieved that.

“Corey Mowrey was a big, big surprise winning 149. We are thrilled about that. Mike Waldron really turned the corner and did a good job getting to the finals, now he just needs to work on his conditioning a little bit. Nate Niman also wrestled very well this weekend. All our guys worked very hard and I’m real happy with where we are at as a team right now.”