Lehigh University
Army
Army hands Lehigh first EIWA dual loss, 18-15
2/17/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
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“I was hoping for a 5-5 split,” said Lehigh head coach Greg Strobel. “I was hoping we could pick up bonus points and stop them from doing so but their 125 and 141 pound guys proved to be too much.”
The dual began at 174 with freshman Alex Caruso scoring a takedown off the opening whistle in a 3-2 win over Ryan Mergen. From there, the Black Knights captured four straight wins, including a technical fall from Fernando Martinez over freshman Mitch Berger at 125, to take a 14-3 lead at intermission.
Sophomore Seth Ciasulli opened the second half of the dual with a 5-0 win over Whitt Dunning as the Mountain Hawks won four of the final five bouts, but could not match the bonus points provided by
“Effort-wise, I thought we were very good,” added Strobel. “We really went after them out there today, but that’s really a tough team on the other side.”
The Mountain Hawks will wrap-up their regular season on Sunday February 24 with two duals in
|
Weight |
Matchup |
Result |
|
Score/Time |
|
174 |
Alex Caruso (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Ryan Mergen (Army) |
3-2 |
|
184 |
Scott Ferguson (Army) |
dec. |
Manuel Schubert (Lehigh) |
10-4 |
|
197 |
Richard Starks (Army) |
dec. |
Alex Iacocca (Lehigh) |
6-5 |
|
285 |
Nathan Thobaben (Army) |
dec. |
Justin Allen (Lehigh) |
8-1 |
|
125 |
Fernando Martinez (Army) |
tech. fall |
Mitch Berger (Lehigh) |
18-3, 7:00 |
|
133 |
Seth Ciasulli (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Whitt Dunning (Army) |
5-0 |
|
141 |
Matt Kyler (Army) |
maj. dec. |
Jeff Santo (Lehigh) |
20-7 |
|
149 |
Trevor Chinn (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Casey Thome (Army) |
4-2 |
|
157 |
Dave Nakasone (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Christian Snook (Army) |
5-3 |
|
165 |
Mike Galante (Lehigh) |
dec. |
Chris Grill (Army) |
13-8 |
Referee – Matt Sorochinsky
