Lehigh University
Pittsburgh
Mountain Hawks soar over Panthers
9/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Imperial, PA – No. 8 Lehigh (5-3) defeated Pittsburgh (1-2) by a final of 26-15 on Monday evening at West Allegheny High School. The Mountain Hawks won the final five bouts to gain a split on the western Pennsylvania road trip.
Lehigh quickly jumped out to a 6-0 lead as junior heavyweight Joe Sahl pinned Travis Shirley at heavyweight. The Panthers came back to take a 15-9 lead, winning each of the next four bouts. At 157, freshman Derek Zinck got the Mountain Hawks back into the win column with a 5-2 decision. Classmate Troy Letters closed the gap to 15-14 when he scored a technical fall at 165 over Matt Catullo. Junior co-captain Brad Dillon grabbed the lead back for Lehigh with a 5-3 decision at 174. Frosh Travis Frick made it four in a row for the Mountain Hawks and junior All-American Jon Trenge finished the evening off with a decision at 197.
"Our guys did a nice job recovering from yesterday’s performance," head coach Greg Strobel said. "It’s not easy to go on back-to-back days, and our guys fought hard and tried some things."
Lehigh returns to action this weekend when it travels to the Virginia Duals in Hampton, Virginia.
Weight | Match-up | Result | Score |
Hwt. | Joe Sahl, Lehigh fall Travis Shirley, Pitt | Fall, 5:40 | 6-0 |
125 | Jordan Sianni, Pitt dec. Terrance Clendenin, Lehigh | 3-1 | 6-3 |
133 | Mike May, Pitt dec. Mario Stuart, Lehigh | 4-1 | 6-6 |
141 | Ronald Tarquinio, Pitt dec. Tristan Boyd, Lehigh | SV, 5-3 | 9-6 |
149 | Justin Giovinco, Pitt fall Tommy Rohn, Lehigh | Fall, 6:24 | 15-6 |
157 | Derek Zinck, Lehigh dec. Justin Nestor, Pitt | 5-2 | 15-9 |
165 | Troy Letters, Lehigh tech. fall Matt Catullo, Pitt | TF, 17-3 | 15-14 |
174 | Brad Dillon, Lehigh dec. Carl Fronhofer, Pitt | 5-3 | 17-15 |
184 | Travis Frick, Lehigh dec. Mike Croyle, Pitt | 4-2 | 20-15 |
197 | Jon Trenge, Lehigh dec. Joshua Birt, Pitt | 5-2 | 23-15 |
Final Score – 23-15 |
For more information, please contact Geoff Goyne, Lehigh Sports Media Relations.
Posted Monday, January 06, 2003
