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Virginia
Duals Results
EDINBORO, PA – The Edinboro wrestling team
opened action in the 27th Annual Virginia Duals with a convincing
43-0 win over Virginia Tech in its opening match. The Fighting
Scots move on in the 16-team field to the quarterfinals against
Drexel, a 28-9 winner over Wyoming in its opening match. The
Edinboro-Drexel match is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the Hampton
Coliseum in Hampton, VA.
The shutout was the second straight for the
Fighting Scots, who handed Lock Haven a 45-0 defeat in their last
dual match on December 10. Edinboro, ranked 12th in the latest USA
Today/ InterMat/NWCA Division I Top 25, improves to 9-1. The
Fighting Scots have now won 22 of their last 23 dual matches.
Edinboro is seeded second in the Virginia
Duals, with Penn State the number one seed. The Nittany Lions
advanced to a possible second meeting with Edinboro with a 33-9
win over North Dakota State. Penn State handed Edinboro its lone
defeat, 27-9, in the Pennsylvania Duals. Drexel, the Boro’s
next opponent, is seeded seventh.
The Fighting Scots received a forfeit win at
125 lbs. to open the match against former EWL rival Virginia Tech,
as freshman Eric Morrill (Sandown, NH/Timberlane Regional)
improved to 9-8. Ricky Deubel (Chagrin Falls, OH/Kenston),
ranked 16th by InterMat at 133 lbs., then posted a 13-3 major
decision over Sheridan Moran. After a Moran takedown, Deubel
scored the next 11 points while improving to 14-9.
Redshirt freshman Joel Webster (Norfolk,
CT/Northwestern Regional) won by fall over Andre Johnson at
141 lbs., ending the match at 2:42. Webster is now 10-8.
Gregor Gillespie (Webster, NY/ Webster Schroeder) followed
with a 12-5 decision over Jon Bonilla-Bowman at 149 lbs.
Gillespie, ranked fifth, improves to 20-1.
Tenth-ranked Matt Hill (Freedom, PA/Freedom)
boosted his record to 19-1 with a technical fall over Derek
Gallagher. Hill won 16-1 at 5:54 to bring his career record to
92-36. At 165 lbs., eighth-ranked Deonte Penn (Solon, OH/
Solon) came away with a 7-2 decision over Eric Decker. Penn
improves to 19-2 and 96-41 for his career.
Phil Moricone (Derry, NH/Pinkerton)
picked up a 12-1 major decision over Steve Ratley at 174 lbs. The
sophomore is now 15-5. In the tightest match of the day,
11th-ranked Alex Clemsen (Moberly, MO/Moberly) needed a
takedown with 20 seconds remaining to register a 4-2 win over
Steve Borja. With Clemsen leading 2-1 entering the final period,
Borja escaped to begin the third period and knot the score at 2-2.
Clemsen is now 20-2 on the season and 104-33 for his career.
At 197 lbs., Pat Bradshaw (Saegertown,
PA/Saegertown) filled in for starter Jim Gibson
(Hermitage, PA/Kennedy Christian), who is out with an illness,
and came away with a 4-3 decision. The match was decided thanks to
a riding time point for Bradshaw, giving the redshirt freshman a
12-6 record.
Joe Fendone (Salem, NH/Central
Catholic(Mass.)) picked up Edinboro’s second pin, winning
his heavyweight match against Jim Powers by fall at 2:11. The
sophomore is now 16-4 and ranked 19th by InterMat. |
