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No. 15 Ohio St

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.  Ohio State falls to 4-1.

 

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.

 

Ohio State would rally though, taking three straight to take a 14-13 lead.  A thriller at 184 featured a match-up of top-ten wrestlers, No. 6 Travis Frick and No. 8 Blake Kaplan. After being tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, Kaplan needed a takedown in double overtime to upset Frick 3-1. Then the Buckeyes really turned it on, as J.D. Bergman pinned Matt Cassidy at 197 in 1:56.  Then at heavyweight, top-ranked Tommy Rowlands of Ohio State beat Paul Weibel with a tech fall, 20-5.

 

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 4:15.  At 141, Taylor Graham recorded his first dual victory of his Lehigh career, holding off Theo Dotson 11-8 to clinch the dual victory. At 149, Jeff Ratliff finished the match with a 9-6 decision over Matt Anderson.

 

The Mountain Hawks are now 2-0 on the day at the Duals, with a 32-6 pasting of Buffalo earlier in the day.  In the last dual of the afternoon, Lehigh will take on Eastern Illinois at 3:00.

 

 

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, 1:56

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

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