Lehigh University
No. 8 Minnesota
No. 5 Lehigh settles for fourth place at National Duals
1/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Cleveland, OH – Lehigh placed fourth in the 2005 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals after suffering a controversial 24-13 loss to No. 8 Minnesota. With the fifth-ranked Mountain Hawks up a point Jon Trenge was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct in his bout with Matt Koz as the Golden Gophers took the lead and went on to take third place. The loss drops Lehigh’s record to 15-3; the Mountain Hawks finish the tournament with a 3-2 record.
The Golden Gophers jumped out to an early lead taking decisions in the first two bouts, including Mack Reiter’s 1-0 victory over Lehigh’s Matt Ciasulli at 133 with riding time the difference in that bout. Cory Cooperman got the Mountain Hawks on the scoreboard with a 4-1 decision over Tommy Owen at 141. C.P. Schlatter extended the
Lehigh’s Derek Zinck picked up the first bonus points of the match, scoring a major decision over Jeremy Anderson. Troy Letters then gave Lehigh the lead with an 8-2 decision over Matt Nagel. Travis Frick made it three straight for the Brown and White with a major decision over Jeremy Larson.
Earlier Sunday, Lehigh handled No. 10 Oklahoma 29-14 in the consolation semifinals. The Mountain Hawks were aided by a pair of Sooner forfeits and also got a win by fall from Troy Letters and a tech fall from Matt Ciasulli. On the tournament’s opening day, Lehigh topped Cal Poly and
Lehigh will return to action next Saturday when the Mountain Hawks welcome a pair of EIWA foes to the Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Lehigh will host Brown at 1:00 and then will face off against Harvard at 3:00. The Harvard match will be broadcast in the
Weight | Match-up | Result | Score | |
125 | Bobbe Lowe (MIN) | Dec. | Andrew Rizzi (LU) | 15-11 |
133 | Mack Reiter (MIN) | Dec. | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | 1-0 |
141 | Cory Cooperman (LU) | Dec. | Tommy Owen (MIN) | 4-1 |
149 | C.P. Schlatter (MIN) | Dec. | Dave Nakasone (LU) | 8-3 |
157 | Derek Zinck (LU) | Maj. dec. | Jeremy Anderson (MIN) | 12-3 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | Dec. | Matt Nagel (MIN) | 8-2 |
174 | Travis Frick (LU) | Maj. dec. | Jeremy Larson (MIN) | 16-5 |
184 | Roger Kish (MIN) | Maj. dec. | Matt Cassidy (LU) | 12-4 |
197 | Matt Koz (MIN) | WBDQ | ||
285 | Cole Konrad (MIN) | W | Forfeit |
Lehigh 29
Weight | Match-up | Result | Score | |
125 | Sam Hazewinkle (OU) | WTF | Andrew Rizzi (LU) | 16-0, 3:48 |
133 | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | WTF | Trey Blakely (OU) | 16-0, 4:33 |
141 | Teyon Ware (OU) | Dec. | Cory Cooperman (LU) | 2-1 |
149 | Dave Nakasone (LU) | W | Forfeit | |
157 | Derek Zinck (LU) | Dec. | Charles Jones (OU) | 7-4 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | WBF | Randy Sulaver | 0:31 |
174 | Travis Frick (LU) | Dec. | E.K. Waldhaus | 8-2 |
184 | Justin Dyer (OU) | Dec. | David Helfrich (LU) | 5-0 |
197 | Jon Trenge (LU) | W | Forfeit | |
285 | Jake Hager (OU) | Dec. | Tom Curl (LU) | 7-3
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