Warriors Blank Blue Jays in Home Opener

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming wrestling opened its home season in resounding fashion with a 46-0 trouncing of Elizabethtown College in Lamade Gymnasium on Saturday evening.  The Warriors improve to 5-2-1 on the year while E-town falls to 2-5.

The Warriors recorded a trio of fall victories in the match.  Junior Sean Cullen (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson), rated sixth in the nation, won by fall at 2:02 of the first round against Stephon Finley at 133 pounds.  In the 165 pound bout, senior Heath Oberlin (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) needed only 1:55 seconds to pin Wayne Hummer.  Senior heavyweight Tommy Snyder (New Columbia, Pa./New Milton), also ranked sixth in the country in his class, pinned Ezra Schatz with only 13 ticks off the clock in the first period.

At 125 pounds, freshman James Saxton (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) won 9-5, but not without some effort.  Etown’s Peter Achille’s kept the match level at 4-4 after one period, and trailed by only one at 6-5 after two.  Saxton picked up three points early in the third to give him the 9-5 winning result. 

In the 141-pound bout, junior Kyle Hopkins (Milton, Del./Cape Henlopen) earned a 16-0 technical fall over Justin Martin.  He picked up seven points with overpowering strength in the second round on his way to victory.

Sophomore Drew Barder (Millersburg, Pa./Upper Dauphin) had a tough battle with Jereme Heisey at 149 pounds.  The duo went scoreless in the first two rounds, but Barder controlled much of the movement throughout the second frame.  Barder started the third period in the down position and Heisey let him out surrendering one point in hopes of regaining control for a takedown.  The strategy back-fired as Barder came back with two of his own takedown points.  Heisey earned a reversal for two points, but Barder quickly escaped to increase his edge to 4-2.  Barder held off Heisey for the last 19 seconds to earn the victory

At 157 pounds, junior Eric Miller (Muncy, Pa./Montgomery), up 2-0 after the first period, seemed in trouble in the second frame after he was taken down by Rob Bozart.  But Miller escaped and immediately took Bozart to the mat for a 5-2 advantage.  Milled picked up one more point in the third to win 6-2.

Senior Derek Crane (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) picked up a 17-1 technical fall victory with 4:15 gone from the clock against Robert Rosario.  At 197 pounds, senior Justin Hoffacker (New Oxford, Pa./Bermudian Springs) held on for a 10-8 decision over James Campologno.

Lycoming doesn’t compete again until after the first of the year at the Pennsylvania/New York Duals held at the Rochester Institute of Technology.  That meet is scheduled for January 7 at 1:00 p.m.

Wrestling Results
December 10, 2005 – Elizabethtown at Lycoming

Bout	Lyco	Etown
125lbs – James Saxton (Lyco) win by dec. Peter Achilles (Etown) – 9-5	3	0
133lbs – Sean Cullen (Lyco) win by fall Stephon Finley (Etown) – 2:02	9	0
141lbs – Kyle Hopkins (Lyco) win by tech. fall Justin Martin (Etown) – 16-0	14	0
149lbs – Drew Barder (Lyco) win by dec. Jereme Heisey (Etown) – 4-2	17	0
157lbs – Eric Miller (Lyco) win by dec. Rob Bozart (Etown) – 6-2	20	0
165lbs – Heath Oberlin (Lyco) win by fall Wayne Hummer (Etown) – 1:55	26	0
174lbs – Derek Crane (Lyco) win by tech. fall Robert Rosario (Etown) – 17-1	31	0
184lbs – Tom Daub (Lyco) win by forfeit	37	0
197lbs – Justin Hoffacker (Lyco) win by dec. J. Campologno (Etown) – 11-8	40	0
285lbs – Tommy Snyder (Lyco) win by fall Ezra Schatz (Etown) – 0:13	46	0