Lehigh University
Harvard
Mountain Hawks hold off Harvard, 23-15
1/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
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The dual began at 125, where Harvard’s Dan Kelly put the Crimson in front with a first period pin of Mitch Berger. Ciasulli then put Lehigh on the scoreboard, totaling four takedowns, plus a reversal and two point near fall in the second period in a 13-3 major over Shay Warren. Harvard forfeited to senior Jeff Santo at 141, putting the Mountain Hawks up 10-6 after three bouts.
The featured bout of the morning was at 149 where No. 3 J.P. O’Connor met Lehigh’s junior Trevor Chinn, who leads the Mountain Hawks in wins. Despite some good shots from Chinn, O’Connor sandwiched first and third period takedowns around a second period reversal, and with riding time won by decision 7-2.
The Mountain Hawks took control of the dual by winning the next three bouts. Senior Dave Nakasone knocked off Bobby Latessa 6-2 at 157, and sophomore Mike Galante overcame an early takedown against to defeat Matt Button 6-4. Caruso then delivered much needed bonus points, racking up eight takedowns in a convincing 18-7 major of Patrick Ziemnik at 174.
Harvard was able to prevent Lehigh from clinching the dual by winning close bouts at 184 and 197. Fred Rowsey secured a late third period takedown to hold off freshman Kadeem Samuels 9-8. Jon Butler then followed with an 8-4 win over sophomore Alex Iacocca.
The Crimson needed a pin at heavyweight to win the dual, but sophomore Justin Allen built a riding time advantage in the second period which proved to be the difference in a 2-1 win over Andrew Knapp, which secured Lehigh’s tenth straight victory over Harvard.
The Mountain Hawks will wrap up their trek through New England with a match at Brown, Saturday at 6 p.m. in
|
Weight |
Matchup |
Result |
|
Score/Time |
|
125 |
Dan Kelly (Harvard) |
Fall |
Mitch Berger (Lehigh) |
2:10 |
|
133 |
Seth Ciasulli (Lehigh) |
maj. dec. |
Shay Warren (Harvard) |
13-3 |
|
141 |
Jeff Santo (Lehigh) |
W |
Forfeit |
|
|
149 |
J.P. O’Connor (Harvard) |
dec. |
Trevor Chinn (Lehigh) |
7-2 |
|
157 |
Dave Nakasone (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Bobby Latessa (Harvard) |
6-2 |
|
165 |
Mike Galante (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Matt Button (Harvard) |
6-4 |
|
174 |
Alex Caruso (Lehigh) |
maj. dec. |
Patrick Ziemnik (Harvard) |
18-7 |
|
184 |
Fred Rowsey (Harvard) |
dec. |
Kadeem Samuels (Lehigh) |
9-8 |
|
197 |
Jon Butler (Harvard) |
dec. |
Alex Iacocca (Lehigh) |
8-4 |
|
285 |
Justin Allen (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Andrew Knapp (Harvard) |
2-1 |
