Lehigh University
No. 10 Arizona State
No. 8 Lehigh rolls past No. 10 Arizona State 29-7
11/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
The match started at 125, where
At 133, sophomore Jeff Santo made his season debut in a big way, racing to a 13-0 lead before bringing the Stabler crowd to its feet with a second period pin of Adam Hickey. From there, the Mountain Hawks would go on to win the next eight bouts, before Cain Velasquez scored a 14-4 major decision over Tom Curl in the evening’s final bout.
The night’s biggest upset came at 197; where Lehigh’s Matt Cassidy scored a late third period takedown and held on to beat No. 10 Ryan Bader 7-6.
“Cassidy’s win was probably the biggest of the night,” said Lehigh head coach Greg Strobel. “Bader is very good, and a big guy, but Cassidy wrestled a very Strong match.”
Overtime was kind to the Mountain Hawks as well, as Lehigh won a pair of bouts in sudden victory. First Trevor Chinn made his first dual appearance for the Mountain Hawks, and battled through a full seven minutes, plus two minutes of overtime, before taking down Pat Payne in the second sudden victory period for a 4-2 win at 149. David Helfrich also had to work overtime for Lehigh at 184. A second stalling call on ASU’s Jason Trulson knotted their bout at four and then Helfirch scored the winning takedown with just two seconds remaining in the sudden victory period.
Derek Zinck and Travis Frick also provided bonus wins for the Mountain Hawks with major decisions at 157 and 174 respectively.
The Mountain Hawks will return to action on Sunday, November 27 when they welcome
Weight | Match-up | Result | Score | |
125 | Jeremy Mendoza (ASU) | Dec. | Matt Fisk (LU) | 2-0 |
133 | Jeff Santo (LU) | WBF | Adam Hickey (ASU) | 4:35 |
141 | Cory Cooperman (LU) | Dec. | Jason Robbins (ASU) | 10-3 |
149 | Trevor Chinn (LU) | Dec. | Pat Payne (ASU) | 4-2 s.v. |
157 | Derek Zinck (LU) | Maj. dec. | Kevin Gaughan (ASU) | 19-8 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | Dec. | Patrick Pitsch (ASU) | 7-2 |
174 | Travis Frick (LU) | Maj. dec. | Alex Pavlenko (ASU) | 15-7 |
184 | David Helfrich (LU) | Dec. | Jason Trulson (ASU) | 6-4 s.v. |
197 | Matt Cassidy (LU) | Dec. | Ryan Bader (ASU) | 7-6 |
285 | Cain Velasquez (ASU) | Maj. dec. | Tom Curl (LU) | 14-4 |
Attendance – 2,412 Referee – Gary Kessel
Photos © 2005, Lehigh Athletics, Jeff Nolan
