Wrestling: Five in EWL Finals
March 07, 2004 01:47 PM | General
March 7, 2004
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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Five West Virginia University wrestlers advanced to the championship finals of the 2004 Eastern Wrestling League Championships in Bloomsburg, Pa.
All five have clinched automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis. Three of WVU’s automatic qualifiers will make their first appearance at nationals: Casey Brewster (125), Joe Clarke (141) and Matt Daddino (197). Matt Lebe (157) and Greg Jones (184) will make their second and third appearances.
Four other grapplers placed in this morning’s session with Seth Lisa (133) and Mike Torriero (149) posting fourth-place finishes.
Zac Fryling (165) and Eric Mullen (174) finished sixth for WVU.
A wild card meeting will be held following the finals to determine the seven bids to NCAAs.
The championship finals will begin at 2 p.m. and can be heard free on a Yahoo! Sports with Bloomsburg’s John Hohman calling the action. CLICK HERE to access the EWL championship finals broadcast.
Results will be posted on the Huskie’s athletic website by CLICKING HERE.
Individual Match Results Through Session III
125: Casey Brewster (WVU) Fall DeAngelo Penn (CSU) 5:45
125: Casey Brewster (WVU) Dec Drew Headlee (PITT) 9-4
133: Seth Lisa (WVU) Dec Dave Predko (LH) 6-3
133: David Hoffman (VT) Dec Seth Lisa (WVU) 5-1
133: Seth Lisa (WVU) Dec Mike Ciotti (PITT) 7-3
133: Bryan Hart (BU) Fall Seth Lisa (WVU) 7:42 SV
141: Joe Clarke (WVU) Major Scott Heckman (BU) 17-3
141: Joe Clarke (WVU) Dec Frank Edgar (CU) 6-3
149: Matt Kocher (PITT) Dec Mike Torriero (WVU) 6-5
149: Mike Torriero (WVU) Dec T.J. McCance (CU) 13-9
149: Mike Torrierio (WVU) Tech Reed Carpenter (VT) 22-5 (6:04)
149: Mike Maney (LH) Dec Mike Torriero (WVU) 8-5
157: Matt Lebe (WVU) Major Tyler Pradter (VT) 12-2
157: Matt Lebe (WVU) Major Justin Nestor (PITT) 12-4
165: Zach Doll (PITT) Fall Zac Fryling (WVU) 4:02
165: Zac Fryling (WVU) Fall Matt Klinger (CSU) 4:45
165: Jason Gilligan (LH) Dec Zac Fryling (WVU) 3-2
165: Jeremy Reitz (CU) Dec Zac Fryling (WVU) 4-1
174: Aaron Wright (CU) Dec Eric Mullen (WVU) 4-0
174: Eric Mullen (WVU) Dec Ryan Summers (LH) 10-3
174: Matt Kallai (CSU) Fall Eric Mullen (WVU) 7:47
174: Jim Bertulis (BU) Dec Eric Mullen (WVU) 4-1
184: Greg Jones (WVU) Tech Ron Howard (CSU) 21-6 (7:00)
184: Greg Jones (WVU) Major Nate Shirk (BU) 14-4
197: Matt Daddino (WVU) Major Charlie Cilinski (CU) 24-10
197: Matt Daddino (WVU) Dec Joe Phillips (CSU) 5-1
285: Ryan Chulada (BU) Fall Lanfer Simpson (WVU) 2:28
285: Steve Itterly (LH) Dec Lanfer Simpson (WVU) 7-1
