Bloomsburg Posts Win over Lock Haven

LOCK HAVEN-- The Bloomsburg University wrestling team posted one fall, a technical fall and two major decisions among its five wins on the way to a 22-16 win over Lock Haven University Friday night in an Eastern Wrestling League matchup.

The Huskies got major decisions from seventh-ranked Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy) to take a 4-0 lead after the 125-pound match. After Lock Haven made it 4-3 with a win at 133, Darren Kern (Pennsburg/Upper Perkiomen) won by decision, 2-0, at 141 pounds extending the Huskies lead to 7-3.

The Bald Eagles picked up an 8-2 win at 149 pounds to pull back to within a point, 7-6. Bloomsburg's Matt Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford) then posted a 14-4 major decision over John Mangini to make it 11-6 in favor of the Huskies. Rickey Schmelyun (New Oxford/Bermudian Springs) then followed with a pin of Derek Caldwell in just 1:26 to make it a 17-6 for the visitors.

Lock Haven then won three straight matches, one by major decision, to pull back within one at 17-16, and setting up a showdown at 285 pounds.

Bloomsburg's All-America Mike Spaid (Perkiomenville/Boyertown), though, controlled the match from start to finish and won by technical fall, 16-0, and giving the Huskies a 22-16 victory.

The Huskies, now 6-7-1, 3-1 in the EWL, host East Stroudsburg and Delaware State on Feb. 24th at 1 p.m.

Bloomsburg 22 - Lock Haven 16
125: #7 Mike Sees (BU) major dec. John Trumbetti (LHU) 12-2
133: Billy Ashnault (LHU) dec. Jason Gauffey (BU) 3-1
141: Darren Kern (BU) dec. Owen Wilkinson (LHU) 2-0
149: Matt Fittery (LHU) dec. George Hickman (BU) 8-2
157: #18 Matt Moley (BU) major dec. John Mangini (LHU) 14-4
165: Rickey Schmelyun (BU) pinned Derek Caldwell (LHU) 1:26
174: Tom Kocher (LHU) major dec. Brain Shaw (BU) 12-4
184: Jeremie Cook (LHU) dec. Jesse Hasseman (BU) 3-0
197: Ben Hepburn (LHU) dec. Eric Shaw (BU) 3-1 OT
HWT: # Mike Spaid (BU) tech. fall Dan Craig (LHU) 16-0 4:52