Lehigh University
Drexel
Lehigh downs Dragons
9/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Philadelphia, PA- Lehigh rebounded well from its loss at Penn. The Brown and White won six of ten bouts to record the 23-12 victory over Drexel Sunday evening. Lehigh improves to 14-6 overall as the Dragons fall to 16-6.
At 149 Mike Pirozzola, having a difficult time coming back, dropped his second bout of the day. In a close battle Drexel’s Matt Kennett recorded a 3-2 decision over Pirozzola to put the Dragon’s up 3-0.
Warren Stout also dropped a close bout at 157. Stout’s only point came from an escape as Jason Staso took the 3-1 decision and the Dragons went up 6-0.
Fourth ranked Chris Vitale rebounded well from his loss at Penn. Vitale recorded his 25th career major decision, defeating Carl Schmidt 16-4. This major decision places him fifth in Lehigh’s all-time list for major decision.
Nate Cote stepped in for Brad Dillon, who suffered a knee injury during the Penn match, at 174. This is the first dual Dillon has missed all season. Cote, giving up a few pounds, dropped an 8-3 decision to Ben Chunko.
At 184, fourth ranked Rob Rohn recorded his 14th consecutive win and his eighth major decision of the season. Rohn recorded five takedowns and a near fall en route to the 14-4 major decision over Matt Waller.
Second ranked Jon Trenge gave Lehigh its first lead of the match, recording a 6-5 decision over Chris Jones. Trenge has nine straight wins and 26 on the season.
In the heavyweight bout Shawn Laughlin recorded his second win of the day. Laughlin recorded a takedown, an escape and used riding time to tab the 4-1 decision over Mike Carroll. Laughlin now stands at 11-7 on the season.
After upsetting Mason Lenherd at Penn, Mario Stuart seemed to have run out of gas. At 125, Stuart dropped a 5-2 decision to Rob Rebmann. Stuart now stands at 14-9 on the season.
At 133, Dan Hyman recorded a takedown in the last 6 seconds of the bout to tab the 6-4 decision over Joe Cristaldi. The Dragon’s forfeited the bout at 141 giving Tristan Boyd the win.
Lehigh will return to action March 9th as it hosts Easterns in Stabler Arena.
Weight | Decision | Score | Team Score |
149 | Matt Kennett, DU dec Mike Pirozzola, LU | 3-2 | 0-3 |
157 | Jason Staso, DU dec Warren Stout, LU | 3-1 | 0-6 |
165 | Chris Vitale, LU major dec Carl Schmidt, DU | 16-4 | 4-6 |
174 | Ben Chunko, DU dec Nate Cote, LU | 8-3 | 9-4 |
184 | Rob Rohn, LU major dec. Matt Waller | 14-4 | 9-8 |
197 | Jon Trenge,LU dec Chris Jones, DU | 6-5 | 11-9 |
HWT | Shawn Laughlin, LU dec Mike Carroll, DU | 4-1 | 14-9 |
125 | Ron Rebmann, DU dec Mario Stuart, LU | 5-2 | 14-12 |
133 | Dan Hyman,LU dec Joe Cristaldi, DU | 6-4 | 17-12 |
141 | Tristan Boyd, LU Winner by Forfeit | - | 23-12 |
