Edinboro 16 Pittsburgh 15
125 Zach Hasse (Pitt) dec. Casey Brewster (Edinboro), 6-2
3 0
133 #8 Rob Loper (Pitt) dec. Chad Caros (Edinboro), 6-4 6 0
141 Cory Ace (Edinboro) dec. Blaise Mucci (Pitt), 9-4 6 3
149 Justin Giovinco (Pitt) dec. Kevin Maier (Edinboro), 3-1 9 3
157 Ben Boozer (Edinboro) dec. #15 Mike Ziska (Pitt), 3-0 9 6
165 Carl Fronhofer (Pitt) dec. Yanni Diamond (Edinboro), 2-1 12 6
174 #16 Nick Mengerink (Pitt) dec. #2 Josh Koscheck (Edinboro), 3-2 15 6
184 #9 Kevin Welsh (Edinboro) maj. dec. Fabian Sciullo (Pitt), 17-6 15 10
197 #20 A.J. Johnson (Edinboro) dec. Dan Stine (Pitt), 10-5 15 13
HWT #18 Josh Pearce (Edinboro) dec. Matt Mueller (Pitt), 7-3 15 16
Pittsburgh: 9-6 (4-3 EWL)
Edinboro: 12-1 (5-0 EWL)
#23 Pittsburgh wrestling falls to #11 Edinboro, 16-15
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh wrestling, ranked 23rd in
the country, hosted 2nd-ranked Edinboro in its final
Eastern Wrestling League matchup of the season tonight at Fitzgerald Field
House. The Panthers fell to the
Fighting Scots, 16-15, with the result coming down to the final bout of the
night, a last second win for Josh
Pearce, Edinboro's 18th-ranked heavyweight.
Pittsburgh's heavyweight Matt Mueller (North Patchogue,
N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) was leading 3-2 with
just under 10 seconds remaining in the third period, when he was taken down by
Pearce, who then earned
three near fall points in the final seconds for the 7-3 victory.
Sophomore Zach Hasse (Washington, W.Va./Parkersburg
South) began the scoring at 125 pounds for
Pittsburgh with a 6-2 decision over Edinboro's Casey Brewster. Eighth-ranked Rob
Loper (Erie,
Pa./Cathedral Prep) followed with a 6-4 victory over Chard Caros at 133 pounds.
Loper completed the year
with his second undefeated dual season of his career, 15-0 (29-3 overall). A
redshirt last season who
competed only in open tournaments, Loper compiled a record of 18-0 during the
1997-98 season. He has an
outstanding career dual record of 47-3 and lost his last dual match to Ohio
State's Robbie Archer (5-4) on Jan.
12, 1997.
The Fighting Scots got on the board after claiming the
141-pound bout, a 9-4 decision by Edinboro's Cory
Ace over Pittsburgh's Blaise Mucci (Blairsville, Pa./Derry Area). The Panthers
responded with freshman
Justin Giovinco's (Norristown, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) 3-1 decision at 149
pounds, before senior Mike
Ziska (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) lost in the 157-pound bout, 3-0. Redshirt
freshman Carl Fronhofer
(Salem, N.Y./Salem) then earned a close 2-1 decision with riding time over Yanni
Diamond in the 165-pound
match to put the Panthers up 12-6 with four matches remaining.
The most exciting match of the night would come at 174
pounds between 16th-ranked Nick Mengerink
(Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Carey) of Pittsburgh and Edinboro's 2nd-ranked Josh
Koscheck. Both went
scoreless in the first period before exchanging reversals in the second.
Mengerink held Koscheck down for
the entire third period for a total of 1:26 riding time and the narrow 3-2 upset
win, handing Koscheck just his
third loss of the year.
Kevin Welsh, the Fighting Scots' 9th-ranked
184-pounder, earned a 17-6 major decision over Fabian
Sciullo (West Mifflin, Pa./Central Catholic) and 20th-ranked A.J. Johnson
defeated sophomore Dan Stine
(Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 10-5, at 197 pounds to pull Edinboro within two
points, setting up the final
match.
Pittsburgh wraps up the season with an overall record
of 9-6 and 4-3 in the EWL, while Edinboro is 12-1 and
a perfect 5-0 in dual matchups. Both teams will meet again in the 2000 EWL
Tournament hosted by
Pittsburgh, March 4-5.
1999-2000 Individual Results NAME OVERALL DUAL TOURNE Y FALLS TF MD Shawn Amistade 12-7 0-0 12-7 2 2 1 Anthony Andrews 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Rob Black 0-4 0-0 0-4 0 0 0 Matt Catullo 2-4 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 Sam Davis 0-4 0-0 0-4 0 0 0 Greg DeBolt 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Chris DiGuiseppe 11-5 0-0 11-5 0 0 4 Carl Fronhofer 27-7 12-2 15-5 3 0 4 Mike Germano 1-2 0-1 1-1 0 0 0 Justin Giovinco 30-11 11-4 19-7 7 1 5 Zachary Hasse 11-10 2-4 9-6 1 0 3 Matt Kaus 3-8 0-0 3-8 0 0 0 Jacob Lininger 4-3 0-0 4-3 1 0 0 Rob Loper 29-3 15-0 14-3 0 5 12 Josh McCullough 5-6 1-4 4-2 0 0 1 Nick Mengerink 21-7 9-3 12-4 3 1 3 Bill Mowbray 4-8 0-0 4-8 2 0 0 Blaise Mucci 20-8 5-3 15-5 5 0 6 Matt Mueller 17-11 7-6 10-5 4 0 2 Kristoffer NEdinboro 1-5 0-1 1-4 0 0 0 Brendan O'Connell 5-5 0-1 5-4 0 0 0 Gregg Osbeck 0-10 0-5 0-5 0 0 0 Fabian Sciullo 4-14 2-8 2-6 1 0 0 Joe Shick 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 Travis Shirley 3-4 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 Stephen Simok 2-2 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 Dan Stine 15-9 6-3 9-6 2 0 3 James Thornton 13-13 1-4 12-9 1 0 4 Andy Villecco 8-9 3-2 5-7 0 0 1 Brad Washburn 2-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 Brian Wilson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Brad Wood 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mike Ziska 23-10 11-4 12-6 2 2 8