West Virginia 19 Edinboro 19
FIGHTING SCOTS CAPTURE FOURTH STRAIGHT EWL DUAL TITLE WITH 19-19
TIE AT WVU
Gregor Gillespie Sets Career Wins Record
MORGANTOWN,
WV – Edinboro came away with its fourth straight Eastern Wrestling League dual
meet title on Sunday afternoon, although its 19-19 tie with West Virginia halted
the Fighting Scots’ 24-match EWL winning streak.
The Fighting Scots, ranked 13th in the latest USA
Today/InterMat/NWCA Top 25, concludes the season with a 14-4-1 record and 5-0-1
in the EWL, while West Virginia finished at 8-4-2 and 4-0-2.
The Mountaineers also tied Pittsburgh.
Edinboro
was seeking its fourth straight perfect 6-0 EWL campaign. The tie leaves the Scots 24-0-2 in their last 26 EWL bouts.
Both ties are to the Mountaineers.
After
trailing 16-3 midway through the match. a pair of upsets allowed the
Mountaineers to forge the tie. At
165 lbs., Donnie Jones improved to 9-2 with a 5-3 decision over 11th-ranked
Jarrod King. King is still
recovering from missing a month with a staph infection in his knee, and has only
been training for two weeks.
Jones
registered a first period takedown, with King’s escape making it 2-1 after one
period. Jones made it 3-1 with a
quick escape in the second period, then added a second takedown for a 5-1 lead.
King’s escape made it 5-2 at the end of the period.
The lone scoring in the third period was a King escape.
That leaves the Edinboro senior at 24-5.
The
Jones win pulled West Virginia to 16-6, and Kurt Brenner followed with a 15-5
major decision over John Foley at 174 lbs.
Brenner, ranked 11th, kept Foley winless at 0-4 and tightened
the match to 16-10.
Chris
Honeycutt boosted Edinboro’s advantage to 19-10 with a 4-1 decision over Lance
Bryson at 184 lbs. The sophomore,
ranked 17th, is now 27-6.
The
Mountaineers picked up upset number two at 197 lbs., as Pat Bradshaw suffered a
5-4 loss to Matt Ryan, who is 3-1. Ryan
would start the match with a takedown, but Bradshaw answered with a reversal for
a 2-2 tie. Ryan then countered with
a reversal, and after a Bradshaw escape, a wild first period ended at 4-3 for
Ryan. Bradshaw tied the match at
4-4 with an escape in the second period, but Ryan escaped early in the third for
the winning point. The loss dropped
Bradshaw to 23-7.
The
highly-awaited heavyweight match between 13th-ranked Joey Fendone of
WVU’s Dustin Rogers, who is ranked 11th, never took place.
Head coach Tim Flynn decided to forfeit the match with Fendone battling a
minor injury. Flynn noted that
Fendone could have wrestled if necessary.
Edinboro got its own forfeit at 125 lbs., as top-ranked Paul Donahoe
improved to 29-0. Ricky Deubel
followed with a 4-1 decision over Grant Lowther at 133 lbs., giving the Scots a
9-0 lead. All of the scoring took
place in the first period, with Deubel registering a pair of takedowns. Deuble, ranked 19th, is now 25-10 and picked up
his 99th career win.
Steve Waite, who transferred to Edinboro from West Virginia after the
first semester, was unable to come up with a win in his return. The 141-pounder dropped a 6-3 decision to Colin Johnston to
fall to 8-5. The sophomore wasn’t
able to rally after falling behind 4-0 after one period due to a Johnston
takedown and two near-fall points. A
Waite escape and takedown in the second period closed the match to 4-3, but
Johnston added an escape to make it 5-3. He
added another escape in the third period.
Torsten Gillespie came up with Edinboro’s biggest win of the match with
a 10-5 decision over 20th-ranked David Jauregui at 149 lbs.
Gillespie jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead then held off Jauregui.
He registered a first period takedown for the lone points of the period.
In the second he added an escape and takedown.
A Gillespie takedown in the third period made it 7-0, but Jauregui got on
the board with an escape. The WVU
senior added a takedown, with Gillespie’s escape made it 8-3.
Jauregui added another takedown, but Gillespie would escape again and
owned a 3:51 advantage in riding time.
Gregor Gillespie followed with a 14-0 major decision over Ryan Goodman at
157 lbs. The top-ranked wrestler at
157 lbs., the senior has now added the school record for career wins to his
resume. Gillespie improved to 35-0
for the season and 146-10 for his career. That
betters the record of 145 previously held by Jason Robison.
Gillespie had two takedowns and turned Goodman three times for a total of
nine near-fall points.
Edinboro will next compete in the EWL Tournament on Saturday, March 7 at
Lock Haven.
#13 EDINBORO 19, WEST VIRGINIA 19
February 22, 2009
WVU Coliseum
Morgantown, WV
EU-WVU
125 lbs. #1
Paul Donahoe (EU) won by forfeit
6-0
133 lbs.
#19 Ricky Deubel (EU) dec. Grant Lowther (WVU), 4-1
9-0
141 lbs.
Colin Johnsoton (WVU) dec. Steve Waite (EU), 6-3
9-3
149 lbs.
Torsten Gillespie (EU) dec. #20 David Jauregui (WV), 10-5
12-3
157 lbs.
#1 Gregor Gillespie (EU) maj. dec. Ryan Goodman (WVU), 14-0
16-3
165 lbs. Donnie
Jones (WVU) dec. #11 Jarrod King (EU), 5-3
16-6
174 lbs.
#11 Kurt Brenner (WVU) maj. dec. John Foley (EU), 15-5
16-10
184 lbs.
#17 Chris Honeycutt (EU) dec. Lance Bryson (WVU), 4-1
19-10
197 lbs.
Matt Ryan (WVU) dec. Pat Bradshaw (EU), 5-4
19-13
285 lbs.
#11 Dustin Rogers (WVU) won by forfeit
19-19
RECORDS: Edinboro
14-4-1, 5-0-1 EWL
West Virginia
8-4-2, 4-0-2 EWL