Lehigh University
Drexel
Mountain Hawks burn Dragons
9/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Bethlehem, PA – Lehigh (3-2) kept the wins coming in the second dual of the day, defeating Drexel in the second match of the Sheridan Duals, 33-7. The Mountain Hawks won eight of the ten bouts in the match to run away with the victory.
Senior Ted Dufresne (157) picked up Lehigh’s only fall in his first dual match of the season. Fellow senior Tristan Boyd was awarded a technical fall at 141, while freshmen Cory Cooperman (133) and Travis Frick (184) scored major decisions. Junior All-American Jon Trenge shutout Chris Jones to pick up a major decision at 197. Notching decisions for the Mountain Hawks were freshman Troy Letters (165), junior Brad Dillon (174), and sophomore Aaron Kling (149). Drexel could only manage victories in the first and last bouts of the day, as Lehigh sandwiched eight straight wins in between.
In the other matches at high noon, Lock Haven held on to take care of the Scarlet Knights 23-21, while Rider dispatched Slippery Rock 33-15. Earlier in the day, Lehigh breezed by Rutgers 41-6.
In the day’s final match, Lehigh takes on Rider at 2:00.
Weight | Match-up | Result | Match Score |
125 | Rob Rebman, Drexel dec. Mario Stuart, Lehigh | 5-2 | 3-0 |
133 | Cory Cooperman, Lehigh maj. dec. Dan Stuart, Drexel | 13-1 | 4-3 |
141 | Tristan Boyd, Lehigh tech. fall Bill Heverly, Drexel | 24-5, 7:00 | 9-3 |
149 | Aaron Kling, Lehigh dec. Mark Cartella, Drexel | 13-7 | 12-3 |
157 | Ted Dufresne, Lehigh fall Mike DeMayo, Drexel | Fall, 2:07 | 18-3 |
165 | Troy Letters, Lehigh dec. Matt Brienza, Drexel | 20-9 | 22-3 |
174 | Brad Dillon, Lehigh dec. Karl Schmidz, Drexel | 9-5 | 25-3 |
184 | Travis Frick, Lehigh maj dec. Pat Shufelt, Drexel | 14-4 | 29-3 |
197 | Jon Trenge, Lehigh, maj. dec. Chris Jones, Drexel | 8-0 | 33-3 |
Hwt. | Mike Carrol, Drexel, dec Anthony Livecchi, Lehigh | 9-1 | 33-7 |
Final Score - Lehigh: 33 - Drexel: 7 |
For more information, please contact Geoff Goyne, Lehigh Sports Media Relations.
Posted Saturday, December 07, 2002
