Senior Upperweights Help Lehigh Rally Past No. 25 Binghamton 19-16

Saturday, January 30

Bethlehem, Pa.

4:00 PM

Lehigh University

Binghamton

Match Notes

Photo by: Hannahally Photography

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Post Match with Malyke Hines, Jordan Wood and Darian Cruz

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh sent out first or second year wrestlers in seven of their first eight bouts Saturday against No. 25 Binghamton but fifth-year seniors Jake Jakobsen and Jordan Wood stepped up when it mattered most, closing the dual with a major decision and fall, respectively, to lead the Mountain Hawks to a 19-16 win over the Bearcats inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall.

Trailing by three heading into the final bout, Wood, back on the roster after initially planning an Olympic deferral, pinned Cory Day in the third period to lead Lehigh (1-2) to its first victory of the season. The Mountain Hawks trailed 16-9 after eight matches before Jakobsen won a 10-0 major decision over Sam DePrez at 197, to bring Lehigh within 16-13 prior to Wood's heroics.

The dual began as a back-and-forth affair with neither team leading by more than three points through the first seven bouts.

An 8-2 decision for Micah Roes over freshman Sheldon Seymour at 125 staked the Bearcats to a 3-0 lead but back to back wins by third-year sophomore Mitch Polito at 133 and deferred freshman Malyke Hines wrestling up a weight class at 141 put Lehigh in front 6-3. Polito scored a takedown in each period and added 1:49 of riding time advantage to win in his first career dual meet appearance 8-3 over Anthony Sobotker.

Hines bumped up to face 18th-ranked Zack Trampe and won 8-7 without the benefit of a takedown. Trampe scored the initial takedown before Hines worked into a Petersen roll position for a reversal and two-near fall and led 4-3 after one period. The bout was tied 5-5 after two periods with Hines reversing early in the third to take a 7-5 lead. Hines built up a solid riding time advantage and after a late reversal by Trampe, 1:07 of riding time advantage gave Hines the victory.

Binghamton (3-1) evened the score at 9-9 as Michael Zarif edged freshman Paul Watkins 3-1 in sudden victory.

The first official appearance for freshman Luca Frinzi featured two first period takedowns plus a takedown in the third plus a second period escape and 1:01 of riding time in an 8-3 decision over Chris Barker at 157, which put the Mountain Hawks up 9-6 halfway.

The Bearcats responded with three straight victories to take a 16-9 lead after 184. Keyed by six near fall points in the second period, Brevin Cassella topped Thayne Lawrence 10-6 in a battle of true freshmen at 165. Jacob Nolan put Binghamton up 12-9 with a 5-1 decision over freshman Connor Herceg at 174, and the top-ranked Binghamton wrestler, No. 5 Lou DePrez won a 13-1 major decision over freshman JT Davis at 184.

Jakobsen's win over Sam DePrez featured three takedowns, two penalty points for stalling, an escape and four minutes of riding time.

Wood had built an 11-2 lead following a reversal to open the third period before using an assassin side headlock maneuver to pin Day at 5:54.

The dual was followed by two extra bouts, with Binghamton's Ivan Garcia beating freshman Drew Munch by fall in the second period at 141 and Matt Kelly winning 9-2 over freshman Caden Wright at 184.

The Mountain Hawks are back in action on Sunday when they host LIU at 1:30 p.m. inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The match will be televised on Service Electric Network and streamed at Lehighsports.com/watch.

Lehigh 19, No. 25 Binghamton 16
125 – Micah Roes (Binghamton) dec. Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) 8-2
133 – Mitchell Polito (Lehigh) dec. Anthony Sobotker (Binghamton) 8-3
141 – Malyke Hines (Lehigh) dec. Zack Trampe (Binghamton) 8-7
149 – Michael Zarif (Binghamton) dec. Paul Watkins (Lehigh) 3-1
157 – Luca Frinzi (Lehigh) dec. Chris Barker (Binghamton) 8-3
165 – Brevin Cassella (Binghamton) dec. Thayne Lawrence (Lehigh) 10-6
174 – Jacob Nolan (Binghamton) dec. Connor Herceg (Lehigh) 5-1
184 – Lou DePrez (Binghamton) major dec. JT Davis (Lehigh) 13-1
197 – Jake Jakobsen (Lehigh) major dec. Sam DePrez (Binghamton) 10-0
285 – Jordan Wood (Lehigh) Fall Cory Day (Binghamton) 5:54
Extra matches
141 – Ivan Garcia (Binghamton) Fall Drew Munch (Lehigh) 4:44
184 – Matt Kelly (Binghamton) dec. Caden Wright (Lehigh) 9-2

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