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Seton Hill Dual Recap
Sports
Information Department
Trevor James Hawes, Graduate Assistant
Phone: (814) 871-7418
Date: February 20, 2008
GANNON
WRESTLERS CLOSE REGULAR
SEASON WITH WIN OVER SETON HILL
ERIE, Pa. –
The Gannon University wrestling team ended the
regular season with a 36-6 victory over the Seton Hill Griffins
Wednesday evening at the Hammermill Center.
Gannon, ranked 12th nationally and third in the East Region, fell
behind 6-0 after losing the 125- and 133-pound weight classes by
decision.
Kevin McElhaney (Jamestown,
Pa./Jamestown) earned his 14th pin this year with a 2:35 fall
over Seton Hill’s Buck Watkins at 141.
Gannon’s Mike Sanders (Albion,
N.Y./Albion) earned a 17-6 major decision at 149 over Josh
Voelker.
Redshirt-junior Brandon Monin
(Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) produced the Golden Knights’ first
technical fall of the night by blanking Bill Landefeld 15-0 at 157.
Two takedowns and a three-point near fall in the first period gave Chris Daniels (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek)
all the points he needed to defeat Seton Hill’s Quade Miller by 7-3
decision at 165.
A late escape in the third period broke a 5-5 tie, giving Gannon’s Mike Cavalier (Newbury, Ohio/Newbury)
a 6-5 win by decision over Lewis Spadaro in the 174-pound bout.
Pino Scavella (Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek)
earned an easy six points courtesy of Seton Hill’s forfeiture of 184.
Gannon redshirt-junior Jacob Tazzi
(Chesterfield, Mich./Anchor Bay) won the 197-pound bout by 18-2
technical fall over Stephen Zubach.
Heavyweight Frank McGrath (Hammonton,
N.J./St. Augustine Prep) gave the Golden Knights their final
four points of the evening by defeating Matt Galadyk in a 14-4 major
decision.
Gannon concludes the regular season with an 8-3 overall dual record.
The Golden Knights went undefeated at home with four wins and zero
losses.
Seton Hill drops to 3-10. The 2007-08 season marks the Griffins’
wrestling program’s first year of competition.
Gannon hits the mats again on Friday, February 29 at the NCAA East
Regionals, hosted by Pitt-Johnstown.
Complete results from Saturday’s dual can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/men/wrestling/highlights/SetonHillResults.pdf.
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