MIXED RESULTS FOR LYCOMING AFTER FIRST DAY OF NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

WILKES-BARRE, PA – Lycoming College’s contingent of wrestlers suffered mixed results during the opening day of competition at the NCAA Division III National Championships, Friday.

Mike Waldron (So./Williamsport, PA; Loyalsock) entered the championships as the number three seed at 133 pounds. The high seeding earned him a first round bye and in the second round, Waldron needed just 25 seconds to pin Chuck Griffith of St. John’s College. In the quarterfinals, however, Waldron got caught by Tom Hall of Ithaca just seconds before the end of bout and was pinned, sending him to the consolation bracket. In his first wrestle-back bout Waldron pinned top seed John Marchette of Augsburg, who had also been upset in the championship bracket.

At 141 pounds, freshman Andy Squires (Clearfield, PA; Clearfield) drew a tough first bout in third seeded Wil Kelly of Wartburg. Squires hung in there but eventually fell by a 5-2 decision. Squires rebounded to defeat Jim Russial of York College in the first round of consolations, 4-2. However, Squires was eliminated from the tournament when he dropped his next bout to number five seed Keith Poloskey of Springfield.

Jon Neve (Jr./Norristown, PA; Germantown Academy) drew an even tougher first opponent at 197 pounds in the weight classes’ top seed, Kevin Rasmussen of defending champion Augsburg College. Rasmussen recorded a major decision over Neve by a score of 11-3. Neve, however, rebounded to top Justin Post of Loras College, 10-3, in the first round of consolations. He had another consolation match scheduled for Friday evening but results were not available at the time of this release.

Wrestling resumes tomorrow morning at 11 a.m.