Saturday, January 3
Columbus, OH
11:00 AM

Lehigh University

32
vs
6

Buffalo

Mountain Hawks dominate Buffalo in first dual at Buckeyes

1/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling

Columbus, OH – Lehigh started the Buckeye Duals off on the right foot, dominating the University of Buffalo to win their seventh straight dual by a final of 32-6.

 

The Mountain Hawks All-Americans got the day off to a great beginning, as the match started at 157.  Derek Zinck recorded his first pin of the season, taking just 2:16 to pin Casey Burchfield.  Top-ranked Troy Letters then attained the team’s second straight pin in 4:49 over Nick Rausenberger. At 174, No. 2 Brad Dillon got a stiff challenge from Ed Pawlak, but prevailed 6-2. 

 

At 184, Travis Frick dominated throughout to take a major decision 14-6 over Garrett Hicks. At 197, Kyle Cerminara upset No. Matt Cassidy, using a second period takedown to hold him off 4-3 for Buffalo’s first win of the day.  At heavyweight, Paul Weibel continued his recent surge with his first major decision on the year, besting Greg Thomas 15-3.

 

Things were much closer at 125, as No. 13 Mario Stuart needed riding time to defeat Mark McKnight 3-2.  In another exciting contest at 133, Matt Ciasulli allowed Cliff Smith to tie the match up late in the third period, before executing a reversal at the buzzer plus riding time gave Ciasulli the 8-5 decision. At 141, Mike Trotta gained Buffalo’s only other win, beating Taylor Graham 8-1.  Graham was substituting for Cory Cooperman, who was out for the day with the flu.

 

Finally, at 149, Matt Anderson used a first period takedown and three-point near fall to take the advantage, but a late escape by Patrick Lloyd kept Anderson from gaining the major decision, as Anderson closed out the match with the 8-1 victory.

 

Lehigh will wrestle No. 15 Ohio State in the next dual at 1:00.

 

 

 

 

Weight  matchup                        result                                                    score

157       Derek Zinck (LU)            over      Casey Burchfield (UB)                WBF, 2:16

165       Troy Letters (LU)            over      Nick Rausenberger (UB)             WBF, 4:49

174       Brad Dillon (LU)              over      Ed Pawlak (UB)                          6-2

184       Travis Frick (LU)             over      Garrett Hicks (UB)                     MD, 14-6

197       Kyle Cerminara (UB)       over      Matt Cassidy (LU)                       4-3

HWT     Paul Weibel (LU)            over      Greg Thomas (UB)                     MD, 15-3

125       Mario Stuart (LU)            over      Mark McKnight (U)                      3-2 (RT)

133       Matt Ciasulli (LU)            over      Cliff Smith (UB)                           8-5

141       Mike Trotta (UB)             over      Taylor Graham (LU)                     8-1

149       Matt Anderson (LU)        over      Patrick Lloyd (UB)                      8-1

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