Warriors Fifth at Scranton Invitational

SCRANTON, Pa. – Lycoming wrestling competed at the University of Scranton Invitational on Sunday afternoon, finishing fifth in the nine team open event.  Lycoming only wrestled in eight of the 10 weight classes, not entering a Warrior in the 141 and 174-pound weight classes.

Sophomore Matt Miller (Muncy, Pa./Montgomery) led the Warriors with a second place finish at 184 pounds.  He pinned Buck Raymond of King’s College in his first bout and then moved on with a default victory in his next match before bowing out in the championship bout.

Freshman Al Wonesh (Columbus, N.J./North Burlington) took third place at 157 pounds.  He earned a 1-0 decision over the College of New Jersey’s Ryan McCabe, but then fell 5-3 to Rob Bozart from Elizabethtown College.  He regrouped in prime fashion with an 11-1 major decision over Chris Steffa from Steven’s Tech.  He finished his run his with a 3-1 decision for a second victory over McCabe.

Junior Nick Mascellino (Hopatcong, N.J./Hopatcong) also performed well for the Warriors with a fourth position showing at 125 pounds.  He earned a 10-0 major decision over Washington & Lee’s Tom Hosford.  Steve Colasuonno from McDaniel College got the best of Mascellino in his next bout 8-4, but he righted the ship with a 5-1 decision over Pete Achilles from Etown.  Mascellino lost the third place bout 3-1 to Scranton’s Rick Russell to finish out his afternoon.

Also wrestling for the Warriors were freshmen James Saxton (Cinnaminson, Pa./Cinnaminson) and Travis Fenstermacher (Muncy, Pa./Hughesville) at 125 and 133 pounds, respectively.  Freshman Eddie Brown (Rutherford, N.J./Rutherford) and junior Kent Hayden (Wyomissing, Pa./Wilson) both competed at 149 pounds while freshman Chris Merwine (Saylorsburg, Pa./Pen Argyl) and junior Tom Daub (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) toed the line at 165 and 184 pounds, sequentially.  At 197 pounds, freshmen Brian Gable (Philadelphia, Pa./Northeast Catholic) and Bryan Kopesky (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) and senior Justin Hoffacker (New Oxford, Pa./Bermudian Springs) took the mats, and junior Joe Ostrowski (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./E.L. Myers) competed at 285 pounds.

Lycoming is next in action on Monday, December 5, as the nationally 12^th ranked Warriors travel to #18 Ithaca College for a dual match against the Bombers.  The meet is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. in Ben Light Gymnasium.