Lehigh University
No. 8 Penn State
Lehigh falls to No. 8 Penn State Friday night
12/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
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After Dan Vallimont scored an edge of the mat takedown in the second period to knock off Lehigh sophomore Trevor Chinn, the Mountain Hawks bounced back with two consecutive wins to cut their deficit to 11-9 after six bouts. Senior Dave Nakasone scored a reversal in the final ten seconds of the second 30 second tiebreak period to knock off Nathan Galloway 6-5. Then at 165, freshman Mike Galante scored four takedowns and a reversal in an impressive 11-5 win over Mark Friend.
At 174, it was another near-miss for senior Dave Helfrich, who scored the bouts first takedown, but ended up falling to second ranked James Yonushonis 7-6. Freshman David Craig did his part to keep Lehigh in the dual, with an 8-2.
Needing wins in the final two weights, Lehigh sent out senior Matt Cassidy to face top ranked Phil Davis. The Nittany Lion grappler built a 10-2 lead in the second period, before Cassidy was forced to default late in the second period after exhausting his three injury timeouts. The final bout of the night went to Aaron Anspach, who knocked off Lehigh sophomore Paul Weibel 6-3.
The Mountain Hawks will return to the mat on Saturday afternoon when they travel to
|
Weight |
Match-up |
Result |
|
Score/Time |
|
125 |
Mark McKnight (PSU) |
tech. fall |
Patrick Berger (LU) |
21-6, 7:00 |
|
133 |
Jake Strayer (PSU) |
dec. |
Seth Ciasulli (LU) |
6-3 |
|
141 |
Matt Ciasulli (LU) |
dec. |
Bryan Heller (PSU) |
11-4 |
|
149 |
Dan Vallimont (PSU) |
dec. |
Trevor Chinn (LU) |
3-1 |
|
157 |
Dave Nakasone (LU) |
dec. |
Nathan Galloway (PSU) |
6-5 t.b. |
|
165 |
Mike Galante (LU) |
dec. |
Mark Friend (PSU) |
11-5 |
|
174 |
James Yonushonis (PSU) |
dec. |
Dave Helfrich (LU) |
7-6 |
|
184 |
David Craig (LU) |
dec. |
Phil Bomberger (PSU) |
8-2 |
|
197 |
Phil Davis (PSU) |
W default |
Matt Cassidy (LU) |
4:48 |
|
285 |
Aaron Anspach (PSU) |
dec. |
Paul Weibel (LU) |
6-3 |
Referee – Gary Kessel
