Lehigh University
No. 12 Penn State
Mountain Hawks open new year with loss to Penn State
1/6/2006 8:41:00 PM | Men's Wrestling
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The match started at 149 and Lehigh freshman Trevor Chinn scored two early takedowns on Penn State’s James Woodall, but the sixth year senior used his experience to catch Chinn on his back and pinned him to give the Lions a 6-0 lead. Another tight bout followed at 157 between Derek Zinck and Nathan Galloway. Like their previous meeting the bout went to overtime and this time, Zinck was able to score a reversal in the second 30 second period to get the 3-1 victory.
At 184 David Helfrich gave top-ranked Eric Bradley a battle, but the Nittany Lion senior was able to muster a tough 5-2 decision in his season opener.
Junior Matt Cassidy was next at 197 and for the second time this year he upset a top ten grappler in front of the Stabler faithful. This time Cassidy scored a first period takedown and was able to hold on for a 3-2 decision over the Lions’ sixth ranked Phil Davis.
The loss was just the second for Lehigh at Stabler Arena since 2002. The Mountain Hawks had won 13 of their last 14 duals inside Stabler.
The Mountain Hawks will return to action on Saturday with a pair of duals in
|
Weight |
Match-up |
Result |
|
Score |
|
149 |
James Woodall (PSU) |
WBF |
Trevor Chinn (LU) |
2:48 |
|
157 |
Derek Zinck (LU) |
Dec. |
Nathan Galloway (PSU) |
3-1, o.t. |
|
165 |
David Erwin (PSU) |
Maj. dec. |
Dave Nakasone (LU) |
14-5 |
|
174 |
Travis Frick (LU) |
Dec. |
James Yonushonis (PSU) |
3-2 |
|
184 |
Eric Bradley (PSU) |
Dec. |
David Helfrich (LU) |
5-2 |
|
197 |
Matt Cassidy (LU) |
Dec. |
Phil Davis (PSU) |
3-2 |
|
285 |
Aaron Anspach (PSU) |
Maj. dec. |
Dan Murrer (LU) |
12-4 |
|
125 |
Tim Haas (PSU) |
Dec. |
Matt Fisk (LU) |
3-2 |
|
133 |
Jake Strayer (PSU) |
Maj. dec. |
John Stout (LU) |
17-5 |
|
141 |
Cory Cooperman (LU) |
Dec. |
DeWitt Driscoll (PSU) |
9-3 |
Attendance – 4,636
Referee – Jake Llewellyn
Photo © 2006 Lehigh Athletics/Jeff Nolan
