Lehigh University
NCAA Championships
First session complete at NCAA Championships
3/15/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Craig scored Lehigh’s only two team points of the session and with his victory will face No. 4 seed Tyrel Todd of
The only other match that pitted a Mountain Hawk against an unseeded wrestler was at 125 where Matt Fisk lost by major decision to
At 133, freshman Seth Ciasulli lost a tough decision to
Senior Matt Ciasulli had his hands full with top seed Ryan Lang of Northwestern at 141. Ciasulli kept things within reach for nearly five minutes, before missing on a shrug attempt and eventually being taken down for five points as the second period expired. Lang added a riding time point in the third for a 6-0 victory.
Junior Dave Nakasone yielded a pair of early takedowns, and fell to
The final two Lehigh bouts pitted Mountain Hawk wrestlers against high seeds from Northwestern. At 197, Matt Cassidy gave up a first period takedown and a late third period score as he fell to No. 3 seed Mike Tamillow 6-0.
At heavyweight, Paul Weibel battled back from an early 4-1 deficit to take a 5-4 lead over No. 4 seed Dustin Fox. In the third period, Fox escaped and converted two takedowns of his own to win 10-6.
After the first session, Lehigh is tied with several schools for 42nd place.
Action at the 77th NCAA Championships continues Thursday night with the second championship round and the first consolation round beginning at 6:30 pm. All of Lehigh’s matches can be heard online at lehighsports.com with streaming powered by Yahoo! Sports.
Round of 32
|
Weight |
Match-up |
Result |
|
Score |
|
125 |
Mark McKnight (Penn St.) |
maj. dec. |
Matt Fisk (Lehigh) |
12-4 |
|
133 |
Jimmy Kennedy ( |
dec. |
Seth Ciasulli (Lehigh) |
7-4 |
|
141 |
Ryan Lang (N’Western) |
dec. |
Matt Ciasulli (Lehigh) |
6-0 |
|
157 |
Matt Kocher (Pitt) |
dec. |
Dave Nakasone (Lehigh) |
9-2 |
|
184 |
David Craig (Lehigh) |
maj. dec. |
Nate Shirk (Bloomsburg) |
13-4 |
|
197 |
Mike Tamillow (N’Western) |
dec. |
Matt Cassidy (Lehigh) |
6-0 |
|
285 |
Dustin Fox (N’Western) |
dec. |
Paul Weibel (Lehigh) |
10-6 |
Team Scores
|
1. |
22 |
|
2. |
20.5 |
|
3. |
20 |
|
4. |
18 |
|
5. |
13.5 |
|
6. Hofstra |
13 |
|
6. |
13 |
|
8. |
12 |
|
8. Navy |
12 |
|
10. Northwestern |
10 |
|
10. |
10 |
|
10. |
10 |
