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Midwest Classic Day 2 Recap
Sports Information Department
Trevor James Hawes, Graduate Assistant

Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: January 5, 2008
 
GANNON WRESTLERS FINISH
FIFTH AT MIDWEST CLASSIC
 
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Gannon University wrestling team concluded the final day’s action at the Midwest Classic, hosted by the University of Indianapolis, Saturday afternoon. The Golden Knights finished fifth out of 21 teams and placed five wrestlers. Adams State (Colo.) earned first at the event with 142.0 points. Newberry College (107.5), Ashland University (103.5), Indianapolis (91.0), and Gannon (80.0) rounded out the top five.
   
Sixth-seed Zack McKendree (Vandergrift, Pa./Kiski Area) took third place at 149 with an 8-0 major decision over the University of Central Missouri’s Kinzie McClain. McKendree pinned two opponents at the event and finished with a 4-2 record.
   
Fourth-seed Corey Bowers (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) pinned Carson-Newman’s Kent Pierson to earn fifth-place honors at 133. The junior’s pin was his second at the Midwest Classic. Bowers finished 4-2 overall.
   
Erie-native and 184-pounder Pino Scavella (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek) closed the event at 3-2 overall with one pin. Scavella took sixth place in his weight class.
   
Kevin McElhaney (Jamestown, Pa./Jamestown Area) and Brandon Monin (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) took seventh place in their respective weight classes. McElhaney, who wrestled at 141, finished with a 4-2 overall record, pinning all four opponents. Monin ended the event at 4-2 overall among 157-pounders.
   
The Golden Knights return to action on Friday, January 11 at the two-day-long Virginia Duals.
   
Final results are available at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/men/wrestling/highlights/2007MidwestClassicResults.pdf.

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