Edinboro 25 West Virginia 9

149	#18 Billy Smith (WVU) dec. Kevin Maier (EUP), 8-2	       0		3

(21-9)				(8-16)	

157	Shaun Shapert (EUP) maj. dec.  #14 Joe Carr (WVU), 10-0		4		3		

(15-5)				(23-8)

165	Yanni Diamond (EUP) dec. Richard Taylor (WVU), 3-1		7		3		

(22-13)			(16-8) 			

174	#2 Josh Koscheck fall Erik Warg (WVU), 4:54			13		3		

(30-3)				(5-15)				

184	#9 Kevin Welsh (EUP) dec. #2 Vertus Jones (WVU), 3-1; ot	16		3		 

(31-5)				(22-1)		

197	#19 A.J. Johnson (EUP) dec. Martius Harding (WVU), 3-1		19		3 

(24-7)				(3-5)				

HWT	#16 Josh Pearce (EUP) dec. Ryan Kehler (WVU), 5-0		22		3		

(24-8)				(10-4)

125	#19 Angelo Zegarelli (WVU) dec. Casey Brewster (EUP), 8-4	22		6		

(181-6)			(2-11)					

133	#12 Bob Patnesky (WVU) dec. Chad Caros (EUP), 6-2		22		9		

(18-3)				(20-9)		

141	#19 Cory Ace (EUP) dec. Micah Kahn (WVU), 3-1; ot		25		9

(25-13)			(13-13)			

Attendance: 600

Records: Edinboro is now 13-1, 6-0 in the Eastern Wrestling League.

	    West Virginia is 5-4-1, 4-2-1 in the Eastern Wrestling League.

NOTE: Individual records beneath wrestlers reflect today's results.

EDINBORO CLINCHES EWL DUAL MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 25-9 WIN OVER WVU
Kevin Welsh Upsets Undefeated Vertus Jones In Feature Match

EDINBORO, PA - The Edinboro University wrestling team made it back-to-back Eastern Wrestling League dual titles on Friday, turning in an impressive performance against West Virginia.  With upsets of two ranked wrestlers, the Fighting Scots coasted to a 25-9 triumph to improve to 13-1 overall and 6-0 in EWL action.  Edinboro has now won 14 straight EWL matches dating back to 1997-98, with West Virginia the last outfit to defeat the Scots.
Edinboro entered the match ranked 7th by InterMat and 11th by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).  The Mountaineers, now 5-4-1 and 4-2-1 in the EWL, were 17th in both polls.
The highlight of the evening came in the evening's fifth match, with WVU's Vertus Jones, carrying a perfect 22-0 record and ranked second nationally, going up against the Boro's Kevin Welsh (Solon, OH/Solon), ranked ninth with a 30-5 mark.  Following a scoreless first period, Jones took a 1-0 lead with a second period escape, but Welsh returned the favor with an escape to begin the third period.  Welsh scored the winning takedown with 46 seconds remaining in overtime for a 3-1 win, his first ever over Jones.  For Welsh it represented his 116th career win.
West Virginia captured the opening match as 18th-ranked Billy Smith prevailed over Kevin Maier (Reading, PA/ Reading) by a score of 8-2 at 149 lbs.  Edinboro ran off wins in the next six matches for a commanding 22-3 lead.  In the first upset of a ranked Mountaineer, the Boro's Shaun Shapert (Glenshaw, PA/Shaler), subbing for regular Ben Boozer (Cochranton, PA/Cochranton), dominated his match with 14th-ranked Joe Carr, winning by a 10-0 margin.  Shapert recorded three takedowns and had two-and-a-half minutes of riding time to improve to 15-5.  Carr, now 23-8, is the nephew of former Erie great and Olympian Nate Carr.
After losing several recent close matches, Yanni Diamond (Wellesley, MA/Wellesley) posted a 3-1 victory over WVU's Richard Taylor in the 165 lb. match.  Diamond entered the third period trailing 1-0, but the junior registered an escape, then picked up the match's lone takedown with 46 seconds remaining to improve to 22-13.
One night after suffering just his third loss of the year, second-ranked Josh Koscheck (Waynesburg, PA/ Waynesburg) registered his third fall of the season, pinning Erik Warg at the 4:54 mark.  Koscheck is now 30-3 at 174 lbs.
Following the Welsh victory over Jones, A.J. Johnson (Fort Myers, FL/Fort Myers) earned a hard-fought 3-1 win over Martius Harding at 197 lbs.  Johnson is now 24-7 and ranked 19th.  Like Diamond he trailed 1-0 early in the second period, but he followed up a second period takedown with an escape in the third session.
Heavyweight Josh Pearce (Greenville, PA/Commodore Perry) improved to 23-8 with a 6-0 triumph over Ryan Kehler.  Pearce, ranked 18th, had a pair of takedowns and 2:57 in riding time.
West Virginia's Angelo Zegarelli, the 19th-ranked wrestler at 125 lbs., ended Edinboro's streak with an 8-4 win over Casey Brewster (Nashville, TN/Overton).  Zegarelli, improving to 18-6, recorded four takedowns, while Brewster, now 2-11, could muster just four escapes.
Mountaineer Rob Patnesky, ranked 12th at 133 lbs., improved his ledger to 19-3 with a 6-2 win over Chad Caros (Franklinville, NY/Suffern).  Caros trailed just 3-2 before Patnesky recorded a takedown with 38 seconds remaining, and picked up an additional point in riding time.  Caros is now 20-8.
Appropriately, the final match of the evening went into overtime, with Cory Ace's (Franklin, PA/Franklin) takedown at the 1:34 mark of overtime giving him a 3-1 win over Micah Kahn.  Ace, ranked 19th, is now 24-13.      
The Fighting Scots return to action on Wednesday, February 23, concluding their EWL dual campaign at Cleveland State.