Lehigh University
NCAA Finals
Stuart's big day leads Lehigh at NCAAs
3/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Mario Stuart, looking to repeat his All-American performance from 2001, won his second straight match at 125 over Christian Bowerman from
Lehigh’s murderers row at 165, 174, and 184 all came through as well, with a bushel of big victories on the day. Troy Letters picked up two major decisions, 16-5 over Cole Pape of
At 184, Travis Frick recorded his first pin of the season with a buzzer-beating fall at
Derek Zinck showed no ill-effects from his injury at the EIWAs, beating The Citadel’s Dan Thompson 9-4, but was knocked from the championship bracket in the second round, dropping a very close 2-1 decision to OSU’s Johny Hendricks, to move to the consolation rounds.
Lehigh’s hopes for a title sustained a tough blow at the very beginning, as Cory Cooperman got locked in a cradle and lost by a fall to Michael Martin of
At 133, Matt Ciasulli won his first match in the pigtail round, 10-3 over David Hoffman of Virginia Tech, but was moved to the wrestlebacks after dropping an 8-1 final to No. 5 Zach Roberson of
At 149, Matt Anderson suffered two very close losses, losing 3-1 to
After the first day of wrestling, the Mountain Hawks were able to advance seven of their eight into the second day of wrestling, and have a chance to put four All-Americans on the board with victories in Friday morning’s quarterfinals matches.
The third session of wrestling is set to begin at
Consolation Pigtail Matches
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
141 | Cory Cooperman (LU) | over | Frank Edgar (Clarion) | MD, 12-3 |
149 | Matt Kocher (Pitt) | over | Matt Anderson (LU) | 4-2 |
Second Round Matches
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
125 | Mario Stuart (LU) | over | Christian Bowerman (FSU) | 6-2 |
157 | Johny Hendricks (OSU) | over | Derek Zinck (LU) | 2-1 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | over | Cole Pape ( | MD, 16-5 |
174 | Brad Dillon (LU) | over | Matt Kallai (CSU) | MD, 11-2 |
184 | Travis Frick (LU) | over | Matt Pell ( | 5-3 |
First Round Consolations
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
133 | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | over | Jordan Webster (CMU) | 4-2, S.V. |
141 | Cory Cooperman (LU) | over | John Manarte (Hofstra) | W |
Pigtail Matches
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
141 | Michael Martin ( | over | Cory Cooperman (LU) | W |
133 | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | over | David Hoffman (Va Tech) | 10-3 |
First Round Matches
Weight | Matchup | Result | Score | |
125 | Mario Stuart (LU) | over | Tom Clum ( | 8-2 |
133 | Zach Roberson (ISU) | over | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | 8-1 |
149 | Jeff Ecklof (OU) | over | Matt Anderson (LU) | 3-1 |
157 | Derek Zinck (LU) | over | Dan Thompson (Citadel) | 9-4 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | over | Jeremy Reitz (Clarion) | MD, 13-5 |
174 | Brad Dillon (LU) | over | Frances Iorfido (Pitt) | 12-8 |
184 | Travis Frick (LU) | over | Ed Magrys (EMU) | W |
