Freshman Cody Lovejoy's victory leads No. 24 Wrestling past No. 7 Cortland State (N.Y.) 20-19 at Lycoming Duals

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Freshman Cody Lovejoy posted a 2-1 victory in the heavyweight bout to give No. 24 Ohio Northern a 20-19 victory over No. 7 SUNY Cortland (N.Y.) in the third-place match at the Bud Whitehill tournament Saturday afternoon.

Ohio Northern (8-4) was seeded No. 7 in the tournament, while Cortland (13-2) was the No. 1 seed overall.

Trailing 19-17 entering the final match of the meet, Lovejoy won 2-1 to earn the win and give the Polar Bears the victory and a third-place finish overall

Freshman Cole Cochran put the Polar Bears on the board winning a 5-0 decision in the 125-pound weight class.

Cortland proceeded to win the next three matches, giving the Red Dragons a 13-3 lead going into the 157-pound match.

A 3:49 pin by senior Mick Letcher (157), a decision by senior and No. 5-ranked Billy Painter (165), and a technical fall by junior All-Ameican and No. 3-ranked Kyle Kwiat (174) gave Ohio Northern a 17-13 lead with three matches to go.

Victories at 184 and 197 gave the Red Dragons a 19-17 lead going into the heavyweight match.

The No. 24 Polar Bears will return to action on Tuesday, at No. 14 Mount Union.

No. 24 Ohio Northern 20, No. 7 SUNY Cortland(N.Y.) 19

125 - Cole Cochran (ONU) dec. Jared Lemke, 5-0.
133 - Sean Kempf (CS) dec. Jeremy Jones, 9-3
141 - Brian Bistis (CS) maj. dec. Rudolph Pataro, 8-0
149 - Andre Berry (CS) pinned Kyle Brezovec, 1:00
157 - Michael Letcher (ONU) pinned Adam Willman, 3:49
165 - William Painter (ONU) dec. Jon Conroy, 4-3
174 - Kyle Kwiat (ONU) tech. fall James Ondris, 3:24 16-0
184 - Carl Korpi (CS) dec. Dennis Recknagel, 6-2
197 - Jared Myhrberg (CS) dec. Michael Pawlitz, 10-4
285 - Cody Lovejoy (ONU) dec. Corey James, 2-1