Lehigh University Athletics
Lehigh sends five on to finals at EIWA Championships
3/5/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Wrestling
Sophomore Matt Ciasulli was the first Mountain Hawk to push through to the finals. Ciasulli won a gritty 4-0 decision over Navy’s Sam Gray. He will take on Cornell’s defending national champion Travis Lee in a rematch of last year’s finals. Cory Cooperman then moved into the finals at 141using a late reversal and three point near-fall to score an 11-3 major decision over Army’s Patrick Simpson. Cooperman will face second seed Nate Gulosh of Navy in the finals.
The Mountain Hawks ran into some trouble at 149. Fifth seed Matt Anderson could not get past Cornell’s Dustin Manotti. The top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Manotti took the bout in a 10-2 major decision.
Lehigh would get back on track at 157 and 165 as Derek Zinck and Troy Letters advanced to the finals with victories, Letters winning his 32nd consecutive bout by major decision over Navy’s Craig Dziewiatowski. In the finals Zinck will take on top seed Muzaffar Abdurakhmanov of American while the top seeded Letters gets Matt Palmer of
In a bout that could go a long way in determining the team championship Lehigh’s second seeded Travis Frick lost a tough 3-1 sudden victory decision to Cornell’s No. 3 seed Joe Mazzurco. Each man only mustered an escape during regulation, but in the sudden victory period Mazzurco got a hold of Frick’s leg and was able to score the decisive takedown.
At 197 Jon Trenge picked up his second first period pin in as many bouts, advancing to the finals by beating Jake Butler of
Both Lehigh wrestlers who were not in the semifinals emerged victorious in the consolation quarters. Andrew Rizzi topped Alex Uzstics of Navy while Brian LaMay improved to 3-1 at the EIWA championships, with a decision over Dan Gallagher of
Rizzi was not as fortunate in the consolation semis, losing a 10-5 decision to 2001 EIWA champ Mason Lenhard of
At 174 Frick gave up an early takedown before rallying to top Dustin Wiles of Penn. LaMay will also advanced to the third place match with a win over Army’s Luke Calvert. At heavyweight, Weibel was not as fortunate. The sophomore from Quakertown was pinned by American’s Adam LoPiccolo.
In the placement matches Frick qualified for nationals, scoring two first period takedowns en route to an 8-3 win over American’s Daniel Waters and third place at 174 pounds. Brian LaMay got another shot at
Paul Weibel wrapped up action from the afternoon session losing a tough 3-1 sudden victory bout in Harvard’s Bode Ogunwole
The 2005 EIWA Championships conclude Saturday night with the championship finals. Lehigh will have five wrestlers in action. The finals get underway at 6:30 and will be broadcast in the
Semifinals
Weight | Match-up | Result | Score | |
133 | Matt Ciasulli (LU) | Dec. | Sam Gray (Navy) | 4-0 |
141 | Cory Cooperman (LU) | Maj. dec. | Patrick Simpson (Army) | 11-3 |
149 | Dustin Manotti (Cornell) | Maj. dec. | Matt Anderson (LU) | 10-2 |
157 | Derek Zinck (LU) | Dec. | Mike Parziale (F&M) | 9-5 |
165 | Troy Letters (LU) | Maj. dec. | Craig Dziewatkowkski (Navy) | 10-2 |
174 | Joe Mazzurco (Cornell) | Dec. | Travis Frick (LU) | 3-1 s.v. |
197 | Jon Trenge (LU) | WBF | Jake Butler ( | 1:44 |
285 | Matt Feast (Penn) | Dec. | Paul Weibel (LU) | 6-3 |
Consolations - Quarterfinals
125 | Andrew Rizzi (LU) | Dec. | Alex Uzstics (Navy) | 5-2 |
184 | Brian LaMay (LU) | Dec. | Dan Gallagher (Penn) | 6-1 |
Consolations – Semifinals
Weight | Match-up | Result | Score | |
125 | Mason Lenhard (Penn) | Dec. | Andrew Rizzi (LU) | 10-5 |
149 | Matt Anderson (LU) | Maj. dec. | Ricky Turk ( | 8-0 |
174 | Travis Frick (LU) | Dec. | Dustin Wiles (Penn) | 4-3 |
184 | Brian LaMay (LU) | Dec. | Luke Calvert (Army) | 7-3 |
285 | Adam LoPiccolo (AU) | WBF | Paul Weibel (LU) | 1:06 |
Weight Match-up Result Score 149 Matt Anderson (LU) Maj. dec. John Cox (Navy) 13-2 174 Travis Frick (LU) Dec. Dan Waters (AU) 8-3 184 Chris Ressa ( Dec. Brian Lamay (LU) 7-3
Weight Match-up Result Score 125 Jeff Schell (Brown) Dec. Andrew Rizzi (LU) 9-5 285 Bode Ogunwole (Harvard) Dec. Paul Weibel (LU) 3-1 s.v.
Team Scores
1. Lehigh 126.5
2. Cornell 123
3. Navy 96.5
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5. Penn 75.5
6. American 61.5
7. Army 59
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9. Harvard 28
10. Brown 22
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12. F&M 13
13. ESU 11
Photo © 2005, Lehigh Athletics, Jeff Nolan
