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EWL
Championship Brackets (PDF)
CLEVELAND, OH – Edinboro advanced nine
wrestlers into the semifinals after the first session of the EWL
Tournament. The Fighting Scots are in third place after the first
round with 44 points. Edinboro is seeking its fifth straight EWL
crown.
West Virginia is in first place with 47 points,
followed by Cleveland State with 46 points. Lock Haven is fourth
(42), Clarion (26) fifth, Bloomsburg (25.5) is sixth, and
Pittsburgh (25) seventh.
Four Edinboro wrestlers received first-round
byes, and four others won their championship quarterfinal match.
The lone loser was Ricky Deubel, who dropped a 5-3 decision to
West Virginia’s Mark Anderson in his 133 lb. match. Deubel
came in as the number three seed.
Three Fighting Scots are seeded number one in
their respective weight classes. Gregor Gillespie (149 lbs.) and
Alex Clemsen (184 lbs.) received first round byes, while Deonte
Penn picked up his 50th career fall against Eric Connolly of West
Virginia at 3:46.
“I thought we wrestled pretty
well,” noted head coach Tim Flynn. “We took a hit at 133
lbs. Ricky (Deubel) didn’t wrestle as well as he could have.
But (Joe) Fendone wrestled better than he did the first time
against his guy, and so did Gibby (Jim Gibson) and (Daryl)
Cocozzo.”
The evening session gets underway at 6 p.m.
125 lbs. – Eric Morrill
Championship Quarterfinals – bye
133 lbs. – Ricky Deubel
Championship Quarterfinals – lost by decision to
Mark Anderson (WVU), 5-3
For the second straight year Deubel
lost in the first round of the EWL’s, dropping his season
record to 24-10. Anderson, who improved to 11-14, avenged an
earlier 8-4 loss to Deubel. He scored the first points with a
takedown with 1:15 left in the first period, with Deubel’s
escape making it 2-1 at the end of one period. Deubel tied the
score at 2-2 with an escape to start the second period, but
Anderson countered a Deubel takedown attempt for a takedown and a
4-2 lead. Deubel’s escape made it 4-3 after two periods. The
third period began in the neutral position, and Deubel was unable
to register a takedown, with Anderson owning 1:07 in riding time
for the final score.
141 lbs. – Daryl Cocozzo
Championship Quarterfinals – won by major
decision over Zack Kell (LHU), 15-2
Cocozzo jumped out to a 7-1 lead after
one period, posting an early takedown, then following with three
back points. Following a Kell escape, Cocozzo registered his
second takedown late in the period. Kell rode Cocozzo out in the
second period, but Cocozzo enjoyed a big third period. After a
Kell escape closed the match to 7-2, Cocozzo recorded his third
takedown, then a pair of near-fall moves for five back points. He
added a point for riding time to improve to 15-11.
149 lbs. – Gregor Gillespie
Championship Quarterfinals – bye
157 lbs. – Matt Hill
Championship Quarterfinals – won by decision
over Dennis Bermudez (BU), 8-5
In a hard-fought opening-round match,
Hill improved to 29-3 while dropping Bermudez to 21-16. Hill
opened the scoring a double-leg takedown at the 50-second mark,
with Bermudez escaping to make it 2-1 after one period. Hill
picked up two back points in the second for a 4-1 lead, but
Bermudez countered with a reversal and a 4-3 score after two
periods. In the third period, Hill started out with an escape and
boosted his advantage to 7-3 with a takedown. Hill was penalized a
point for stalling, and then escaped with 25 seconds left to cut
Hill’s lead to 7-5. Hill added a point with a riding time
advantage of 1:08.
165 lbs. – Deonte Penn
Championship Quarterfinals – won by fall over
Eric Connolly (WVU), 3:46
Penn continued his impressive
wrestling with his 17th fall of the season and 50th of his career.
It was Penn’s sixth straight win by fall, not counting a
forfeit win against Pittsburgh, and his 22nd consecutive triumph.
Penn posted a takedown just 12 seconds into the match, then rode
Connolly the rest of the period. He started the second period in
the down position, and used a reversal and two back points for a
6-0 advantage. Soon after came his 17th fall in 2006-07, tying for
the third-highest season total. Penn is now 31-2.
174 lbs. – Phil Moricone
Championship Quarterfinals – bye
184 lbs. – Alex Clemsen
Championship Quarterfinals -- bye
197 lbs. – Jim Gibson
Championship Quarterfinals – won by decision
over Mike Heist (UP), 5-0
Gibson improved to 20-8 with a
methodical win. After a scoreless first period, Gibson started out
the second period in the down position and came up with an escape
13 seconds into the period. Heist chose neutral to begin the
third, and Gibson’s single-leg takedown early in the period
gave him a 3-0 lead. He added a point for stalling against Heist
and a riding time point to reach the semifinals.
Hwt. – Joe Fendone
Championship Quarterfinals – won by decision
over Rashard Goff (CSU), 3-1
Fendone moved into the semifinals in
the loaded heavyweight field thanks to a takedown and riding
points. The first period was scoreless. In the second, Fendone
chose the neutral position and took advantage of a scramble at the
edge of the mat to take a 2-0 lead with a takedown. Fendone kept
Goff on the mat until 25 seconds remained in the final period, and
with a 2:10 advantage in riding time ended up with the 3-1
decision. He defeated Goff 5-3 during the season. Fendone is now
24-8, while Goff falls to 23-15.
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