Topsy-turvy match with Buckeyes sees Lehigh come out on top
1/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Columbus, OH – In a back and forth affair, the Mountain Hawks used a pair of three-match winning streaks to defeat the home team Ohio State Buckeyes 22-17 in the team’s second match of the Buckeye Duals. Lehigh sandwiched a pair of three-match winning streaks around three straight Buckeye wins to improve to 8-1 on the dual season.
Derek Zinck continued to impress at 157 with his second straight pin on the day, taking down James King in an amazing 22 seconds. The pin was the quickest by a Lehigh wrestler this season by nearly 50 seconds. At 165, Troy Letters took home another big win, defeating James King by major decision 21-7. At 174, Brad Dillon took the third straight match for Lehigh, nearly gaining the major but falling short 11-4 to give the Mountain Hawks a 13-0 lead out of the gate.
Undaunted, the Mountain Hawks would then take the next three weight classes to put the dual out of reach. At 125, Mario Stuart defeated Jermaine Jones 8-2, and Matt Ciasulli followed that with a 9-2 victory over Jesse Leng at 133, riding for an impressive
The Mountain Hawks are now 2-0 on the day at the Duals, with a 32-6 pasting of
Weight matchup result score
157 Derek Zinck (LU) over James King (OS) WBF, 0:22
165 Troy Letters (LU) over John Clark (OS) MD, 21-7
174 Brad Dillon (LU) over Anthony Magistrelli (OS) 11-4
184 Blake Kaplan (OS) over Travis Frick (LU) 3-1 (2OT)
197 J.D. Bergman (OS) over Matt Cassidy (LU) WBF,
HWT Tommy Rowlands (OS) over Paul Weibel (LU) WTF, 20-5
125 Mario Stuart (LU) over Jermaine Jones (OS) 8-2
133 Matt Ciasulli (LU) over Jesse Leng (OS) 9-2
141 Taylor Graham (LU) over Theo Dotson (OS) 11-8
149 Jeff Ratliff (OS) over Matt Anderson (LU) 9-6