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Mercyhurst North East Dual Preview
Sports
Information Department
Trevor James Hawes, Graduate Assistant
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: December 4, 2007
GANNON
WRESTLERS TO FACE
MERCYHURST NORTH EAST AT HOME
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon
University men’s wrestling team hosts its first home dual on Wednesday,
December 5. The Golden Knights will take on Mercyhurst North East at
the Hammermill Center at 7 p.m. Gannon defeated Mercyhurst North East
15-14 last year.
The contest marks Gannon’s first dual for the 2007-08 season. The
Golden Knights enter the event off a third-place finish the Ashland
University Invitational, which hosted eight schools. Freshman Corey Bowers (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake)
placed first at 133 with a 4-0 run in the bracket. Bowers is 9-3
overall this season. Redshirt-sophomore Kevin McElhaney (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown
Area) earned top honors among 141-pounders with a 3-0 record and
two pins. McElhaney has tallied five pins this year and a 13-5 overall
record.
Erie-native Pino Scavella (Erie,
Pa./Harbor Creek) has placed in all four events this season,
taking first at the Catholic Invitational, hosted by Mercyhurst
College, and third at the Ashland Invitational. Scavella is 14-5
overall and has 10 pins.
Redshirt-senior A.J. Sayles (Belle
Vernon, Pa./Belle Vernon) has participated in three events,
placing third or greater in each. Sayles is 11-2 overall.
Heavyweight Frank McGrath (Hammonton,
N.J./St. Augustine) has also placed in all three events he has
participated. The redshirt-sophomore is 8-2 overall.
Mercyhurst North East has competed in two duals this year. The Saints
defeated Alfred State College 30-12 and handily overtook Jamestown
Community College 41-6.
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12/4/07 by: tjh
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