#20 Wrestling finishes 2-1 in pool play of Lycoming Duals with wins over Springfield (Mass.), Oswego State (N.Y.)
By Tim Glon
| Lycoming (Pa.) Duals Tournament Site |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern posted a 22-20 victory over Springfield (Mass.) and a 26-12 victory over Oswego State (N.Y.) and finished 2-1 in pool play of the Lycoming (Pa.) Invitational on Friday at Lamade Gymnasium.
The Polar Bears improve to 7-1 overall and finished 2-1 in Pool B action. They fell to No. 25 York (Pa.) 32-10 in the final match of the day.
Ohio Northern finishes second in the pool and will compete with the other second place finishers for places 5-8 in the 16-team tournament on Saturday.
Against Springfield, Northern won three consecutive matches by pin, major decision and tech fall to grab a 22-11 lead, then held on in the final two bouts to pick up the victory.
Leading 9-6, ONU again won threee straight to enxted its lead over Oswego to 20-6.
Against York, ONU got wins at 149 and 184, but gave up first period pins at 197 and 285 to end the match.
Five Polar Bears posted 2-1 records on the day.
Junior Seth Meyer (Defiance) picked up a quick pin in just 48 seconds and won once by decision to go 2-1 on the day at 165 pounds.
Senior Kyler Deeter (Covington) posted a tech fall and a major decision and went 2-1 at 174 pounds.
Freshman Aidan Pierobon (Rochester Hills, Mich./Stoney Creek) was 2-1 with a pin and a major decision at 141 pounds.
Junior Alex Bair (Covington) went 2-1 on the day, competing at multiple weight classes. He got a pin at 184 pounds against York and went 1-1 at 197 pounds in the first two matches of the day.
Freshman Seth Transue (Plain City/Dublin) was 2-1 at 125 pounds with a pair of decisions.
#20 Ohio Northern 22, Springfield (Mass.) 20
125 — Seth Transue (ONU) dec. Joel Zambrano, 4-1
133 — Ian Tolotti (SC) dec. Brad Taton, 1-0
141 — Aidan Pierobon (ONU) maj. dec. Patrick Ferzoco, 12-4
149 — Kearney Gutierrez (SC) dec. Evan Morgan, 2-1
157 — Zach Joseph (SC) tech. fall Gavin Nelson, 16-1
165 — Seth Meyer (ONU) pinned Elias Kokalis, :48
174 — Kyler Deeter (ONU) maj. dec. Geovanni Medina, 15-5
184 — Clayton Davidson (ONU) tech. fall Severianel Burgos, 18-3
197 — Hunter Ayen (SC) pinned Alex Bair, 5:43
285 — Joe Fusco (SC) dec. Austin Windle, 12-6
#20 Ohio Northern 26, Oswego State (N.Y.) 12
125 — Seth Transue (ONU) dec. Jack Del Duca, 6-1
133 — Evan Corso (OS) dec. Brad Taton, 8-3
141 — Aidan Pierobon (ONU) pinned Max Katsepau, 4:15
149 — Rocco Russo (OS) dec. Evan Morgan, 5-1
157 — Gavin Nelson (ONU) dec. Travor Hoffmier, 3-2
165 — Seth Meyer (ONU) dec. Jeff Lombardi, 4-2
174 — Kyler Deeter (ONU) tech fall Michael Southwick, 19-3
184 — Jordan Bushey (OS) dec. Clayton Davidson, 8-1
197 — Alex Bair (ONU) won by forfeit
285 — Kade Andrews (OS) dec. Kris Kristofferson, 7-1
#25 York (Pa.) 32, #20 Ohio Northern 10
125 — Dylan Nuttall (YC) dec. Seth Transue, 8-3
133 — Ryan Flynn (YC) dec. Brad Taton, 3-0
141 — Gregory Warner (YC) tech fall Aidan Pierobon, 15-0
149 — Evan Morgan (ONU) dec. Jeffery Walker, 12-3
157 — Chad Wickard (YC) dec. Gavin Nelson, 5-2
165 — Tyler Rhoads (YC) dec. Seth Meyer, 9-3
174 — Joseph Sindoni (YC) dec. Kyler Deeter, 6-5
184 — Alex Bair (ONU) pinned Jesse Huber, 4:24
197 — John Shorter (YC) pinned Austin Windle, 2:54
285 — Stefanos Karpontinis (YC) dec. Kris Kristofferson, :23