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Dillon ties mark, Lehigh defeats Brown
1/31/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Providence, RI – Brad Dillon tied a long standing Lehigh record as the Mountain Hawks won their fourth straight dual Saturday afternoon, defeating the Brown Bears 25-9. Lehigh, now 16-3 and 5-0 in the EIWA, has won thirteen straight against league opponents. The Mountain Hawks spotted Brown the first two weight classes, but then won the next seven bouts to put the dual out of reach.
The match started at 149, and Brown got off to a very good start, as David Dies defeated Matt Anderson 6-5 and Michael Savino bested Ben Bishop 8-5 at 157 to give stake Brown to a 6-0 lead. However, top-ranked Troy Letters erased that in a hurry, pinning his opponent Sean Jenkins in just
Dillon was next, and he dominated from the start, taking a major decision 18-7 over Adam Santee. Dillon has now won 35 straight dual matches, which ties Kirk Pendleton, ’63, for the all-time record at Lehigh. Letters, with 34 straight, is also on the verge of passing the mark.
At 184, Travis Frick, never at a loss for dramatic finishes, defeated Nick Ciarcia by a margin of less than a second of riding time, after neither wrestler could score a victory through two overtime periods. At 197, Matt Cassidy then picked up a close fought win, getting two takedowns in the third period to win 6-3 over Peter Mosely. In another down-to-the-wire finish, Paul Weibel used over two minutes of riding time to take an extra point and defeat Lee Beane at heavyweight 9-8.
Returning to the lightweights, Mario Stuart picked up the win over Greg Pace 4-1 at 125, and then Matt Ciasulli overcame a late rally by Dan Appello to win 9-4 at 133.
Brown got its only other victory on the afternoon when Mike Ashton defeated Matt Ennis 5-2. Ennis was making his Mountain Hawk dual debut subbing for Cory Cooperman at 141.
Lehigh will return to the mat later Saturday night as they finish up their trip to
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
125 | Mario Stuart (LU) | over | Gregory Pace (BU) | 4-1 |
133 | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | over | Dan Appello (BU) | 9-4 |
141 | Mike Ashton (BU) | over | Matt Ennis (LU) | |
149 | David Dies (BU) | over | Matt Anderson (LU) | 6-5 |
157 | Michael Savino (BU) | over | Ben Bishop (LU) | 8-5 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | over | Sean Jenkins (BU) | WBF, 1:13 |
174 | Brad Dillon (LU) | over | Adam Santee (BU) | MD, 18-7 |
184 | Travis Frick (LU) | over | Nick Ciarcia (BU) | 3-3 (RT) |
197 | Matt Cassidy (LU) | over | Peter Mosely (BU) | 6-3 |
HWT | Paul Weibel (LU) | over | Lee Beane (BU) | 9-8 (RT) |
