Lehigh University
Iowa St
Mountain Hawks storm past Cyclones
9/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Ames, IA – No. 7 Lehigh (1-1, 0-0 EIWA) stepped up to win the night’s last five bouts, lifting the Mountain Hawks to their first ever victory over No. 11 Iowa St. (1-2, 0-0 Big 12) in Ames, Iowa by a final of 21-12.
Junior Joe Sahl got the night started off right, defeating nationally ranked heavyweight foe Wade McLeod 10-3 in the first bout. The Mountain Hawks then lost the next four matches, before freshman Derek Zinck scored a technical fall at 157 to close the match score to 12-8. Fellow frosh Troy Letters needed riding time to defeat Nick Passolano at 165, and Brad Dillon grabbed a decision at 174 to give the Mountain Hawks a 14-12 advantage. Freshman Travis Frick gained another riding time win for the Mountain Hawks at 184. Junior Jon Trenge, No. 2 at 197, finished the evening with a major decision.
Lehigh will try to make it a clean sweep on its Midwest swing when the Mountain Hawks take on No. 2 Iowa on Sunday at 2:00 EST. The game will be broadcast by the Iowa website. A link to the broadcast can be found on the Lehigh website at www.lehigh.edu.
Weight | Match | Result |
Hwt. | Joe Sahl, Lehigh dec. No. 16 Wade McLoed, Iowa St. | 10-3 |
125 | Grant Nakamura, Iowa St. dec. Mario Stuart, Lehigh | 4-2 |
133 | No. 5 Zach Roberson, Iowa St. dec. No. 12 Cory Cooperman, Lehigh | 6-4 |
141 | No. 1 Aaron Holker, Iowa St. dec. No. 19 Tristan Boyd, Lehigh | 7-4 |
149 | Nate Gallick, Iowa St. dec. Tommy Rohn, Lehigh | 8-2 |
157 | No. 15 Derek Zinck, Lehigh tech. fall Nels Matson, Iowa St. | 22-6 |
165 | No. 7 Troy Letters riding time No. 11 Nick Passolano, Iowa St. | 3-3 (RT) |
174 | No. 15 Brad Dillon, Lehigh dec. Ken Cook, Iowa St. | 11-7 |
184 | Travis Frick, Lehigh riding time No. 16 Austen Palmer, Iowa St. | 1-1 (RT) |
197 | No. 2 Jon Trenge, Lehigh maj. dec. Woodley Milord, Iowa St. | 13-4 |
For more information, please contact Geoff Goyne, Lehigh Sports Media Relations.
Posted Saturday, November 30, 2002
