Wrestling Wins Twice at Behrend Duals

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team posted a 2-1 record, defeating No. 20 Lycoming 24-23 and earning a 39-17 decision over W&J, at the Behrend Duals held at the Junker Center on Saturday.

Match One: Behrend 39, W&J 17
Noteworthy:

* The Lions used either a technical fall or a pin in each match they won to defeat the Presidents
* Zach Dellinger picked up the first five points with an 18-3 technical fall at 133
* Steffan Lynch (165) and Abraham Keep (197) also earned wins by technical fall
* Lynch tallied a score of 16-1 at 165 and Keep shut out his opponent 15-0 at 197
* Cole Neil (141), Jake Brown (157), Mason Savitz (174) and Elishua Daugherty (285) recorded pins
* Neil took down Alexander Tucker in 1:15 in his first of three wins on the day

Match Two: Behrend 24, No. 20 Lycoming 23
Noteworthy:

* Down 23-19 with the heavyweight bout left, Matt Caldwell had a 20-5 technical fall over James Ellis to get Behrend past the ranked Warriors
* Evan Whiteside only needed 40 seconds to pin Leonard Cocca for the first six points at 125
* Amarfio Reynolds extended the lead to 9-0 with a 5-2 decision at 133
* Neil posted a 4-1 decision at 141 and J. Brown followed at 149 with a 13-9 decision for a commanding 15-0 advantage
* Lycoming won the next four matches, including three pins and a technical fall from 157-184 weight classes
* Keep shut out another opponent, this time 11-0 at 197 to cut the lead to five
* Caldwell needed to pin to tech. fall Ellis for the win and he did just that

Match Three: RIT 27, Behrend 17
Noteworthy:

* The Lions won four of the 10 bouts against the Tigers
* Neil and Keep maintained their unblemished records on the day to go 3-0
* At 141, Neil recorded a 13-5 major decision and Keep earned a 10-0 major decision at 197
* Whiteside registered his second win with a technical fall (17-1) at 125
* Steffan Lynch got a second victory, posting an 11-1 major decision at 165

Behrend 39, W&J 17

125: Brandon Dami (W&J) over Angelo Lomonte (BEHR) (Fall 6:00)
133: Zach Dellinger (BEHR) over Holden DuBois (W&J) (TF 18-3 5:56)
141: Cole Neil (BEHR) over Alexander Tucker (W&J) (Fall 1:15)
149: Bryce Rodriguez-Uram (W&J) over Colton Minerva (BEHR) (Fall 1:28)
157: Jake Brown (BEHR) over Vontez Tyus (W&J) (Fall 4:45)
165: Steffan Lynch (BEHR) over Jiovanni DeChicchis (W&J) (TF 16-1 3:44)
174: Mason Savitz (BEHR) over John Starusko (W&J) (Fall 1:56)
184: Vitali Daniels (W&J) over Louie DeJulia (BEHR) (TF 15-0 2:49)
197: Abraham Keep (BEHR) over Jaden Fields (W&J) (TF 15-0 4:55)
285: Elishua Daugherty (BEHR) over Fre`Jon Beasley (W&J) (Fall 4:18)

Behrend 24, No. 20 Lycoming 23

125: Evan Whiteside (BEHR) over Leonard Cocca (LYCO) (Fall 0:40)
133: Amarfio Reynolds (BEHR) over Luke Magnani (LYCO) (Dec 5-2)
141: Cole Neil (BEHR) over Major Lewis (LYCO) (Dec 4-1)
149: Jake Brown (BEHR) over Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (Dec 13-9)
157: Kobin Karper (LYCO) over Hunter Savitz (BEHR) (Fall 2:03)
165: Kaiden Wagner (LYCO) over Mason Savitz (BEHR) (TF 16-0 2:48)
174: Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over Matthew Melchior (BEHR) (Fall 1:08)
184: Eli Crum (LYCO) over Anthony Salvini (BEHR) (Fall 4:20)
197: Abraham Keep (BEHR) over Tyler Lobb (LYCO) (MD 11-0)
285: Matthew Caldwell (BEHR) over James Ellis (LYCO) (TF 20-5 5:12)

RIT 27, Behrend 17

125: Evan Whiteside (BEHR) over John Freebern (RIT) (TF 17-1 3:17)
133: Jackson Rush (RIT) over Amarfio Reynolds (BEHR) (Dec 10-3)
141: Cole Neil (BEHR) over Alex Brandt (RIT) (MD 13-5)
149: Marco Rivera (RIT) over Hunter Waneka (BEHR) (MD 24-12)
157: Zach Gerby (RIT) over Jake Brown (BEHR) (Fall 1:03)
165: Steffan Lynch (BEHR) over Mason Grodzki (RIT) (MD 11-1)
174: Jack Lamson (RIT) over Mason Savitz (BEHR) (Dec 8-4)
184: Nicholas Smith (RIT) over Anthony Salvini (BEHR) (TF 19-3 4:37)
197: Abraham Keep (BEHR) over Evan de Jong (RIT) (MD 10-0)
285: Josh Harkless (RIT) over Elishua Daugherty (BEHR) (Fall 1:19)