Lehigh University
NCAA Championships
First session unkind to Lehigh in St. Louis
3/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
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The session began with Lehigh’s two bouts in the pigtail round. Junior Trevor Chinn met No. 5 seed Josh Churella of
Sophomore Manuel Schubert fought valiantly in his match with A.J. Kissel at 184, but couldn’t complete a third period comeback in a 6-4 loss. Kissel scored a takedown in the first period and added nearly two minutes of riding time. Schubert bounced back in the third period, scoring twice against the tired Boilermaker, but a shot in the final seconds did not result in a takedown that would have forced sudden victory. Schubert will face Jacob Devlin of Air Force in the consolation pigtail round.
At 133, sophomore Seth Ciasulli fell victim to a pair of first period takedowns and never recovered as he fell 11-5 to Kenny Jordan of
EIWA Champion Dave Nakasone also suffered a narrow loss, bowing out against No. 10 seed Michael Chandler of
In Lehigh’s final bout of the afternoon session, freshman Alex Caruso suffered a loss by major decision to Stanford’s Luke Feist at 174. Feist caught Caruso in a scramble for a takedown and three-point near-fall to build a 5-0 lead and cruised to a 9-0 major, avenging a 5-3 loss to Caruso in a dual meet on January 4. Caruso will meet Josh Patterson of
The 2008 NCAA Wrestling Championships continue Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. from
Pigtail Round
|
Weight |
Match-up |
Result |
|
Score/Time |
|
149 |
Josh Churella ( |
dec. |
Trevor Chinn (Lehigh) |
8-2 |
|
184 |
A.J. Kissel (Purdue) |
dec. |
Manuel Schubert (Lehigh) |
6-4 |
First Round
|
Weight |
Match-up |
Result |
|
Score/Time |
|
133 |
Kenny Jordan ( |
dec. |
Seth Ciasulli (Lehigh) |
11-5 |
|
157 |
Michael Chandler ( |
dec. |
Dave Nakasone (Lehigh) |
5-3 |
|
174 |
Luke Feist (Stanford) |
maj. dec. |
Alex Caruso (Lehigh) |
9-0 |
