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EDINBORO, PA – Make it three straight
years with a fourth place finish at the Southern Scuffle for the
Edinboro University wrestling team. With seven wrestlers placing,
including a first place showing by Deonte Penn, the Fighting Scots
finished fourth while competing against some of the top teams and
individuals in the country. North Carolina-Greensboro University
hosted the event at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center.
Missouri, ranked number in the USA
Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Top 25, finishing first, unseating
two-time defending champion Minnesota, who is ranked second. The
Tigers finished with 179.5 points, with the Golden Gophers
totaling 176 points. Cornell, ranked 13th, came in third with
134.5 points, while Edinboro finished with 129.5 points. Navy
(92.5 points) rounded out the top five.
Penn came in as the number one seed at 165
lbs., and he won all six of his matches, two by fall. After edging
fourth-seeded Chris Vondruska of Ohio State, 4-3, in the
semifinals, the senior won by fall over second-seeded Steve
Anceravage of Cornell in the finals. The pin was the 41st of his
career, leaving him one shy of the school record held by Jason
Robison and Tom Herr. Penn, who is ranked eighth by InterMat, also
boosted his season record to 18-2, and his career mark to 95-41.
Anceravage is ranked 11th and Vondruska 18th.
Matt Hill was the other Edinboro grappler to
reach the finals, but the senior was unable to come up with his
second win in the month of December over EWL rival Seth Martin of
Lock Haven. Martin, the second seed at 157 lbs. and ranked 15th
nationally, avenged a 6-1 loss to Hill in the dual meet earlier
this month with a 4-1 decision in the finals.
Hill, ranked seventh, tasted defeat for the
first time this season, and is now 18-1 and 91-36 for his career.
He reached the championship with a 15-6 major decision against
Stanford’s Josh Zupancic, the fourth seed who was ranked
17th. Hill was 4-1 in the tourney.
Gregor Gillespie and Alex Clemsen garnered
third place finishes at 149 and 184 lbs., respectively. Gillespie,
ranked third, had hoped to meet top-ranked Dustin Schlatter of
Minnesota in the final. However, he suffered his first lost of the
season in the semifinals, a 9-4 decision to Jordan Leen of
Cornell, the third seed and ranked sixth by InterMat. Gillespie
had reached the semifinals with a 12-0 major decision against
14th-ranked Scott Ervin of Appalachian State. He would reach the
consolation finals with a win over another ranked grappler,
13th-ranked Aaron Martin of Chattanooga, 8-3. In the third place
match, Gillespie finished a 5-1 tournament with a 17-11 decision
over Missouri’s Josh Wagner. The sophomore is now 19-1.
One day after picking up his 100th career
victory, Clemsen won three more matches to capture third place at
184 lbs. and bring his career ledger to 103-33. The senior, who is
ranked 11th, is now tied for 16th in career wins with Nate Yetzer.
Clemsen, the third seed, reached the semifinals with an 8-3 win
over Stanford’s Zack Giesen, but then suffered a 5-3 loss to
Missouri’s Raymond Jordan, the second seed who is ranked
sixth. In the consolation semifinals, he posted a 9-1 major
decision over 15th-ranked Rocco Caponi of Virginia, the fourth
seed. He won by default over Jesse Strawn of Old Dominion in the
third place match. Clemsen is 19-2 on the season.
Ricky Deubel captured sixth place at 133 lbs.,
going 4-3. However, all three losses came to nationally-ranked
wrestlers, a common theme for the sophomore, who is 13-8 this
year, with seven losses to ranked wrestlers. Deubel, who is ranked
14th, lost to 12thth-ranked Joe Baker of Navy, 10-6, in the
quarterfinals. After picking up a win in his first wrestelback
match, he faced second-ranked Matt Keller of Chattanooga. In the
biggest win of his young career, Deubel came away with an 8-6
decision. He suffered a 6-1 loss to 13th-ranked Eric Albright of
Virginia in the consolation semifinals, then lost by fall at 2:32
to Drew Headlee of Pittsburgh, who is ranked eighth.
Joel Webster and Pat Bradshaw, a pair of
backups for the Fighting Scots, completed the list of medal
winners with eighth place finishes at 141 and 197 lbs.,
respectively. Webster, a redshirt freshman who came in with a 4-5
record, won five straight matches after losing his first match to
14th-ranked Charlie Pinto of Maryland. He ended at 5-3 in the
tourney after a 6-1 loss to 20th-ranked Seth Ciasulli of Lehigh in
the seventh place bout.
Bradshaw, also a redshirt freshman, went 3-3,
losing to Virginia’s Brent Jones, 10-5, in the seventh place
match.
Two other Edinboro wrestlers reached the
quarterfinals after the first day of action, but failed to place.
Phil Moricone finished 2-2 at 174 lbs., winning his first two
matches before losing twice, including an 11-4 loss to 16th-ranked
Mike Letts of Maryland in the quarterfinals. Moricone is now 14-5.
Joe Fendone came in ranked 11th at heavyweight
and was the number four seed. Heopened with three straight wins,
but the sophomore then suffered a narrow 6-5 decision to
12th-ranked Paul Weibel of Lehigh, in the quarterfinals. He had
defeated Weibel, 13-8, earlier in the year. He was then eliminated
via a 4-0 loss to Pittsburgh’s Zach Schaeffer. Fendone is now
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