Senior All-American Cody Lovejoy leads Wrestling to victories over #28 Coast Guard, Wesleyan on Day 2 of Lycoming Duals

January 10, 2015

By Tim Glon

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Ohio Northern wrestling team finished ninth of 16 teams by posting a 2-0 record on the final day of the 2015 Lycoming (Pa.) Budd Whitehill Duals tournament on Saturday at Lamada Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears (9-2 overall) defeated No. 28-ranked Coast Guard (Conn.) 18-16 and Wesleyan (Conn.) 23-22 on Saturday to finish 3-2 for the two-day tournament.

Both matches came down to the final bout and senior All-American Cody Lovejoy came away with two huge victories to lift the Polar Bears to victories each time.

Against Coast Guard, ONU trailed 16-12 before Lovejoy posted a second period pin to give ONu the 18-16 victory.

Northern trailed Wesleyan 22-18 heading into the final match and Lovejoy got a 12-0 major decision to tie the match at 22-22.

ONU won the match 23-22 on th third tiebreaker, as the Polar Bears out-scored the Cardinals 35-24 in the six bouts that went the full seven minutes.

Lovejoy, who is ranked No. 1 nationally in the Heavyweight division, went a perfect 5-0 on the weekend and was named to the All-Tournament Team. He is now 24-0 with 16 pins on the season.

Sophomore Gennar Feucht also went 2-0 on the day at 157 pounds and finished 3-2 in the tournament. He is now 20-3 on the year.

Junior Colt Lovejoy was 1-0 on the day and 4-0 in the tournament to improve to 21-3 on the season at 165 pounds.

The Polar Bears will return to action next Saturday at the Wabash (Ind.) Duals.

Ohio Northern 18, #28 Coast Guard (Conn.) 16

125 — Brad Taton (ONU) dec. Dominick Summers, 6-1
133 — Nathaniel Giorgio (CG) dec. Cole Cochran, 4-2
141 — Matthew McAllister (CG) dec. Dylan Dolph, 4-0
149 — Evan Morgan (ONU) dec. Matthew Vieira, 5-3
157 — Gennar Feucht (ONU) dec. Christopher Sullivan, 4-0
165 — Colt Lovejoy (ONU) dec. Michael Palomba, 5-2
174 — Dan Fiorvanti (CG) dec. Alex Bair, 8-6
184 — Marc Wagner (CG) dec. Max Dole, 11-4
197 — Joel Wyman (CG) maj. dec. Dillon Brancheau, 10-1
285 — #1 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) pinned Mark Howard, 4:43

Ohio Northern 23, Wesleyan (Conn.) 22

125 — Brad Taton (ONU) won by forfeit
133 — Frank Crispin (WU) dec. Cole Cochran, 4-3
141 — Dylan Dolph (ONU) dec. Daniel Lemieux, 7-2
149 — Edward Pierce (WU) maj. dec. Evan Morgan, 10-2
157 — Gennar Feucht (ONU) dec. Christopher Siracusa, 5-0
165 — Kyler Deeter (ONU) pinned Keonmin Hwang, 2:06
174 — Ryan Sblendorio (WU) pinned Alex Bair, :49
184 — Simon Levin (WU) pinned Max Dole, 2:05
197 — Dominic Pirraglia (WU) dec. Dillon Brancheau, 8-6
285 — #1 Cody Lovejoy (ONU) maj. dec. John San Fillippo, 12-0