Edinboro 26 Hofstra 13
13th-RANKED
EDINBORO HANDS 23rd-RANKED HOFSTRA 26-13 DEFEAT
EDINBORO, Pa. – Edinboro used falls from Gregor Gillespie and Joey
Fendone and a technical fall from Torsten Gillespie to pick up its first-ever
win over Hofstra on Saturday night at McComb Fieldhouse.
The Fighting Scots had lost their previous two meetings with the Pride,
but this time they came away with a 26-13 victory.
Edinboro, ranked 13th in the latest USA Today/NWCA/InterMat
Coaches Poll, is now 13-4, while 23rd-ranked Hofstra falls to 8-6.
The victory is the 135th for head coach Tim Flynn, tying the
school record held by Fred Caro, who coached at Edinboro from 1963-84.
Flynn is wrapping up his 12th season at the helm and has a
135-39-3 record.
Gregor Gillespie is also close to a landmark, as the senior won his 144th
career match, moving within a win of Jason Robison’s career record of 145
wins. Gillespie is now 33-0 for the season and 144-10 for his
career after pinning Fran O’Brien at 3:59.
In fact, it looked the top-ranked wrestler in the country at 157 lbs. was
going to put the finishing touches on his 14th technical fall when he
flattened O’Brien for his third fall in his last five matches.
The match started at 125 lbs., with top-ranked Paul Donahoe winning an
8-3 decision over 20th-ranked Steve Bonanno.
Donahoe led 5-1 after two periods thanks to a pair of takedowns.
He picked up a third takedown in the third period and had 1:55 in riding
time. He is now 27-0 and 113-18 for
his career.
Ricky Deubel had upset Hofstra’s Lou Ruggirello earlier in the year to
win the Southern Scuffle, but he wasn’t able to make it back-to-back wins
against the eighth-ranked wrestler at 133 lbs.
Following a scoreless first period, Ruggirello chose the top and picked
up two near-fall points with just under a minute remaining in the second period.
He would add a takedown with 17 seconds left and with a point for riding
time, was a 5-0 winner over Deubel. Deubel,
ranked 19th, falls to 23-10 and suffers just his second loss in his
last 14 matches.
Hofstra’s Justin Accordino gave the Pride a 6-3 lead as he won a 9-4
decision over Steve Waite at 141 lbs. The
bout was scoreless after one period, but Accordino had a big second period.
He would record and escape and takedown in the first thirty seconds, then
turned Waite twice for a total of five points and an 8-0 lead.
Waite came up with a pair of takedowns in the third period but could not
make up the large deficit. The
sophomore is now 8-3 and sees his five-match winning streak come to an end.
Torsten Gillespie gave the lead back to the Scots as he won be technical
fall over Jeff Rotella, 18-2 at 5:12 at 149 lbs.
Gillespie seized control midway through the first period.
Rotella actually went ahead with a takedown at 2:07, but Gillespie
reversed Rotella and would then tilt him twice for six points in the final
minute. Rotella chose down to start
the second period, and Gillespie made him pay for it.
He turned Rotella three more times for a 15-2 lead after two periods.
Gillespie is now 24-14.
Hofstra picked up wins at 165 and 174 lbs. to close the match to 14-13.
Ryan Patrovich upset ninth-ranked Jarrod King at 165 lbs., using a third
period escape for a 3-2 win. Patrovich
registered a takedown with just over a minute remaining, with King escaping to
trail 2-1 after one period. King
would even the match at 2-2 with a quick escape to start the second period.
The senior just returned to the mat last night after missing a
13th-RANKED
EDINBORO HANDS 23rd-RANKED HOFSTRA 26-13 DEFEAT – add 111
month
due to injury. He falls to 23-4.
He had pinned Patrovich earlier in the year in the Oklahoma Gold Classic.
Alton Lucas, ranked tenth at 174 lbs., followed with a 16-4 major
decision over a game but outclassed John Foley, who is now 0-2.
Foley is filling in for Paul Paddock, who suffered a knee injury earlier
in the week.
Edinboro put the match away with wins in the final three bouts.
Chris Honeycutt was a 6-0 winner over Ben Clymer.
The sophomore, ranked 17th at 184 lbs., is now 24-6.
He scored the only points of the first period with a takedown midway
through the period. That was followed by an escape and takedown in the second
period for a 5-0 lead. He rode out
Clymer in the third period and finished with 3:20 in riding time.
Pat Bradshaw rebounded from a loss last night at buffalo with a solid 6-2
decision over Joe Fagiano at 197 lbs. The
match was tied at 2-2 after two periods, although Bradshaw owned riding time. He rolled out for a quick escape to start the third period,
then added an insurance takedown with 34 seconds left. The junior is now 22-6.
Fendone faced a scary opponent in Hofstra’s Jordan Enck, who had
defeated Cornell’s Zach Hammond in his last match.
Hammond earlier pinned Fendone. The
Boro senior never gave the Hofstra freshman a chance.
After a scoreless first period, Fendone chose the top to start the
second. He broke Enck down and
finished the fall at 3:44. It is
Fendone’s 16th fall of the season, good for sole possession of
fifth in a season. In addition, it
is his 41st career fall. That
moves himj into sole possession of fourth place, just one fall behind Jason
Robison and Tom Herr for second place. Fendone
is now 24-5 and has a 99-37 career record.
Edinboro completes its regular season next week, hosting Pittsburgh on
Friday, February 20, then traveling to Morgantown, WV to face West Virginia on
Sunday, February 22.
#13
EDINBORO 26, #23 HOFSTRA 13
Saturday,
February 14, 2009
McComb
Fieldhouse, Edinboro, PA
EU-HU
Hofstra
8-6