Edinboro 26 Cleveland State 15
CLEVELAND, Oh. (February 9, 2008) - Edinboro made it 17 straight wins in
Eastern Wrestling League competition with a hard-fought 26-15 win at Cleveland
State. The match took place at Woodling Gymnasium. The victory
improved the 14th-ranked Fighting Scots to 8-2 overall and 4-0 in the EWL.
The Vikings fell to 4-9 and 0-3, respectively.
The match started with a big upset, as 15th ranked Phil Moricone lost by fall to
Cleveland State's J.T. Miller at 3:27 at 174 lbs. The loss dropped
Moricone to 18-9 on the season, but it was the first time he lost by more than
two points, and also his first defeat to an unranked grappler. Miller
improved to 21-14 with his seventh fall.
Chris Honeycutt closed the match to 6-4 as the true freshman, from St. Edward's
High School in Cleveland, returned home and handed Chris Hahn an 18-7
defeat. The victory boosted Honeycutt, who is ranked 17th, to 21-5.
Hahn was the Vikings' regular a year ago at 184 lbs., but was making his first
appearance this year.
Pat Bradshaw gave the Fighting Scots a 9-6 lead with a 17-2 technical fall at
5:08 over D.J. Cummins, giving the sophomore a 23-9 record at 197 lbs.
Cummins moved up from 184 lbs. to face Bradshaw.
In possibly the most anticipated match of the evening, Joey Fendone and
Cleveland State's Rashard Goff battled into sudden victory at heavyweight before
Goff came away with a 4-2 decision. Fendone, ranked 14th, had beaten Goff
in two out of three bouts a year ago, but the Viking has now won the last two
meetings between the two. Fendone fell to 13-6 with the loss, while Goff
is 17-7.
Edinboro picked up wins in the next two matches to go up 18-9. Eric
Morrill improved to 14-7 at 125 lbs. with a win by fall at 4:01 over Ryan
Riggs. Ricky Deubel, another Cleveland-area wrestler from Kenston High
School, followed with a 9-2 decision over Josh Palivoda at 133 lbs. The
victory gives Deubel a 20-10 record, the third straight year the junior has won
20 matches.
Cleveland State's Hurley brothers came back to narrow the score to 18-15
with a pair of decisions in the next two bouts. Mike Hurley edged
freshman Torsten Gillespie, who was returning missing almost six weeks with a
broken finger. The two traded first period takedowns, but Hurley used a
second period takedown for the 141 lb. win. Gillespie fell to 16-12 with
the loss.
Ryan Hurley followed with a 10-4 decision at 149 lbs. over Joe Bockmore, who was
filling in for starter Daryl Cocozzo. Bockmore was making his first
appearance in a dual, and now has an 11-8 record. Hurley is a three-time
NCAA qualifier and is now 13-9.
Gregor Gillespie secure the win with an impressive 20-0 technical fall (3:31) at
157 lbs. over Rob Michaels. It marked Gillespie's 12th win by technical
fall this year, and gave the Fighting Scots a 23-15 lead. The junior
improved to 25-2 and moved to within one win of 100 for his career as he
dominated the Viking redshirt freshman, who is 23-7. Gillespie came in
ranked third.
16th-ranked Jarrod King closed out the match with an impressive 7-2 decision
over Jason Effner at 165 lbs. King won his eighth straight and 16th in the
last 17 matches to improve to 24-6. Effner is now 23-8.
Edinboro returns to action with back-to-back matches this week, beginning with a
Valentine's Day match on February 14 at seventh-ranked Ohio State. The
Fighting Scots then return from Columbus, OH and host the University at Buffalo
the next evening, Friday, February 15.
#14 EDINBORO 26, CLEVELAND STATE 15
February 9, 2008
Woodling Gymnasium
Cleveland, OH
EU-CSU 174 lbs. J.T. Miller (CSU) fall over #15 Phil Moricone (EU), 3:27 0-6 184 lbs. #17 Chris Honeycutt (EU) maj. dec. Chris Hahn (CSU), 18-7 4-6 197 lbs. Pat Bradshaw (EU) tech. fall D.J. Cummins (CSU), 17-2 (5:08) 9-6 Hwt. Rashard Goff (CSU) dec. #14 Joey Fendone (EU), 4-2 sv 9-9 125 lbs. Eric Morrill (EU) fall over Ryan Riggs (CSU), 4:01 15-9 133 lbs. Ricky Deubel (EU) dec. Josh Palivoda (CSU), 9-2 18-9 141 lbs. Mike Hurley (CSU) dec. Torsten Gillespie (EU), 4-2 18-12 149 lbs. Ryan Hurley (CSU) dec. Joe Bockmore (EU), 10-4 18-15 157 lbs. #3 Gregor Gillespie (EU) tech. fall Rob Michaels (CSU), 20-0 (3:31) 23-15 165 lbs. #16 Jarrod King (EU) dec. Marcus Effner (CSU), 7-2 26-15
RECORDS: Edinboro 8-2, 4-0 EWL (ranked 14th by InterMat) Cleveland State 4-9, 0-4 EWL