Bald Eagles fall to Virginia at Va. duals

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Lock Haven University wrestling team (6-3) fell to the University of Virginia today (Jan. 12) on day two at the Virginia Duals wrestling tournament.

After going 1-1 yesterday the Bald Eagles fell to UVA 33-6 with LHU only posting two individual victories.

Redshirt-junior Matt Fittery (Denver, Pa./Cocalico) and rookie John Mangini (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) both picked up wins for the Bald Eagles.

At 149 Fittery downed UVA’s Shawn Harris 12-8 in overtime putting the Haven on the board after Virginia won the first three bouts of the match.

Mangini made it two Haven wins in a row downing Don Gonsor 5-2.

Individual results:

Match #3 Cons. Round 2: Virginia defeated Lock Haven 33-6

125 - Ross Gilomer (Virginia) over John Trumbetti (Lock Haven) Pin 6:51

133 - Eric Albright (Virginia) over Billy Ashnault (Lock Haven) Maj 10-1

141 - Kellon Balum (Virginia) over Clint Shrik (Lock Haven) Dec 1-0

149 - Matt Fittery (Lock Haven) over Shawn Harris (Virginia) OT 12-8

157 - John Mangini (Lock Haven) over Dan Gonsor (Virginia) Dec 5-2

165 - Michael Chaires (Virginia) over Landis Wright (Lock Haven) Dec 4-2

174 - Chris Henrich (Virginia) over Tom Kocher (Lock Haven) Maj 9-1

184 - Rocco Caponi (Virginia) over Jeremie Cook (Lock Haven) Maj 15-5

197 - Brent Jones (Virginia) over Ben Hepburn (Lock Haven) Inj.

HWT - Jack Danikowicz (Virginia) over Daniel Craig (Lock Haven) Dec 8-5

Below is the release from day one (yesterday, Jan. 11, 2008) at the Va. Duals.

*Please note: In yesterday’s release/match-by-match results LHU’s George Ester was listed as having a loss at 125 against Oregon State. Taking the loss for the Haven was John Trumbetti.

The Lock Haven University wrestling team (6-2) went 1-1 today (Jan. 11) at the Virginia Duals tournament.

The Bald Eagles opened the day with a 31-3 loss at the hands of Old Dominion.

Rookie Dan Craig (Paw Paw, Mich./Allegan) prevented the shutout, picking up a win at heavyweight for the Haven. He defeated Old Dominion’s Andy Totusek 5-3.

In their second match of the day the Bald Eagle grapplers edged Oregon State University 18-16 rebounding from their tournament opening loss.

Five individual wins powered LHU past OSU.

Freshman Billy Ashnault (South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield), sophomore Landis Wright (Wingate, Pa./Bald Eagle), junior Tom Kocher (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township), sophomore Jeremie Cook (Venice, Fla./Venice) and redshirt-junior Ben Hepburn (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock) all earned win for Lock Haven.

Cook’s win was a big one for LHU as he pinned Oregon State’s Kyle Bressler at the 4:24 mark of their 197-pound bout.

Action at the Virginia Duals continues tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 12).

LHU match-by-match results:

Match #1 Champ. Round 1: Old Dominion defeated Lock Haven 31-3

125 - James Nicholson (Old Dominion) over John Trumbetti (Lock Haven) Maj 11-1

133 - Kyle Hutter (Old Dominion) over Billy Ashnault (Lock Haven) Dec 10-3

141 - Ryan Williams (Old Dominion) over Owen Wilkinson (Lock Haven) Maj 16-3

149 - Kaylen Baxter (Old Dominion) over Matt Fittery (Lock Haven) Maj 19-6

157 - Dan Rivera (Old Dominion) over John Mangini (Lock Haven) Dec 3-2

165 - Chris Brown (Old Dominion) over Landis Wright (Lock Haven) Dec 14-8

174 - Nick Pullano (Old Dominion) over Tom Kocher (Lock Haven) Maj 12-2

184 - Jesse Strawn (Old Dominion) over Jeremie Cook (Lock Haven) Dec 7-1

197 - David Mendoza (Old Dominion) over Ben Hepburn (Lock Haven) Dec 5-4

HWT - Daniel Craig (Lock Haven) over Andy Totusek (Old Dominion) Dec 5-3

 

Match #2 Cons. Round 1: Lock Haven defeated Oregon State 18-16

125 - Jake Gonzales (Oregon State) over John Trumbetti (Lock Haven) Dec 11-6

133 - Billy Ashnault (Lock Haven) over Clifton Ivanoff (Oregon State) Dec 8-4

141 - Heinrich Barnes (Oregon State) over Clint Shrik (Lock Haven) Maj 15-4

149 - Kyle Larson (Oregon State) over Matt Fittery (Lock Haven) Maj 13-4

157 - Dan Brascetta (Oregon State) over John Mangini (Lock Haven) Dec 6-5

165 - Landis Wright (Lock Haven) over Keegan Davis (Oregon State) Dec 11-10

174 - Tom Kocher (Lock Haven) over Neal Beaudry (Oregon State) Dec 4-0

184 - Jeremie Cook (Lock Haven) over Kyle Bressler (Oregon State) Pin 4:24

197 - Ben Hepburn (Lock Haven) over Brice Arand (Oregon State) Dec 3-1

HWT - Travis Gardner (Oregon State) over Daniel Craig (Lock Haven) Dec 7-2

Oregon State's team score was adjusted by -1.000 for Unsportsmanlike Conduct