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War at the Shore III Recap
Sports
Information Department
Trevor James Hawes, Graduate Assistant
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: December 14 2007
GANNON
WRESTLERS DEFEAT RIVAL
MERCYHURST AT WAR AT THE SHORE III
ERIE, Pa. - The Gannon
University wrestling team left the Erie Civic Center with the Oar
trophy Friday evening after defeating rival Mercyhurst College at the
third-annual War At The Shore competition. The Golden Knights, ranked
20th nationally and fifth in the Eastern region, came back to defeat
the No. 13 Lakers 24-23 in the final round with a late pin.
Mercyhurst jumped to an early 5-0 lead with a win by technical fall at
125; however, Gannon answered back with two consecutive pins. Lance
Pitchel fell 1:55 into the 133-pound matchup to Golden Knight freshman Corey Bowers (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake).
Kevin McElhaney (Jamestown,
Pa./Jamestown Area) pinned Braxdon Scaletta at 4:17, his second
pin of this opponent this season. The 141-pounders met previously at
the Ashland Invitational on December 1.
Mercyhurst narrowed the score to 12-8 with a decision at 149, but
Gannon earned six more points from the 157-pound contest with Brandon Monin’s (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster)
pin of sixth-ranked Andy Lamancusa (5:54).
The Lakers responded with a pin at 165 and straight decisions at 174,
184, 197.
Down 23-18 going into the final round, a Gannon win rested on
heavyweight Frank McGrath’s
(Hammonton, N.J./St. Augustine) shoulders. McGrath needed to pin
Mercyhurst’s Ken Bluska to earn the six points necessary to overtake
the lead and win the coveted Oar trophy. In front of a crowd of nearly
2000 people at the Erie Civic Center, the wrestlers fought all the way
through to the third period before McGrath pinned Bluska at 5:54,
sealing victory for the Golden Knights.
Gannon improves to 2-0 in dual events this season. Mercyhurst is 1-4.
The Golden Knights will compete at the two-day Midwest Invitational,
hosted by the University of Indianapolis, beginning Friday,
January 4.
Complete Results are available at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/men/wrestling/highlights/2007WarResults.pdf.
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