LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven men’s wrestling team (5-7) hosted George Mason (9-7) on Thursday, Jan. 25. The Bald Eagles won all but two matches to grab a 33-6 victory.
“Guys came out and performed in a packed field house,” Lock Haven head coach Scott Moore said. “Just a lot of effort, a lot of excitement and a sense of urgency in the first period. These guys put on one of the best performances we’ve had here in a long time.”
Lock Haven started off strong winning the first five matches of the event to go up 23-0 at halftime.
At 125, Anthony Noto started things off for the Bald Eagles with a pinfall victory over JB Dragovich (4:05).
“We need to wrestle our best guys. He’s able to step up and fight through some of the pain and find a way to help the team in the next step,” Moore mentioned.
Gable Strickland picked up a victory by decision (4-2) at 133 over Brandon Wittenberg.
At 141, Wyatt Henson won by tech fall (21-5, 4:23) over Nate Higley. Henson now has 12 tech fall victories on the season.
Another Tech Fall by Henson! 🦅🤼♂️ @LockHavenWrstl leads George Mason 14-0.
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“He wrestles hard,” Moore noted. “It’s fun to watch him compete. He beat a really good opponent tonight. And that’s just going to keep building his confidence.”
At 149, Nick Stonecheck picked up a win via fall (1:44) over Kaden Cassidy. Connor Eck won by decision (15-11) over JT Chance at 157. Eck had a 15-2 lead in the third period and held off a hard-charging Chance to earn the victory.
George Mason recorded victories at 165 and 184. At 165 Evan Maag won by decision (8-3) over Eric Alderfer. Malachi DuVall defeated Colin Fegley with an 8-2 decision victory at 184.
Tyler Stoltzfus won for Lock Haven, defeating Paul Pierce at 174. Down 3-2 late in the third-period, Stoltzfus used a last second takedown to give himself the 5-3 decision victory.
What a comeback! @LockHavenWrstl's Tyler Stoltzfus with the last second takedown to extend lead over George Mason 26-3 🔥🤼♂️
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At 197, Brad Morrison defeated Ruben Karapetyan via major decision (10-1).
Ethan Miller won by decision (8-2) at 285 over Donovan Sprouse.
UP NEXT:
Lock Haven will travel to Rider on Friday, Jan. 26. The match starts at 7 p.m.
