Bloomsburg 39 Sacred Heart University 3

FAIRFIELD, CT—The Bloomsburg University wrestling team won its sixth straight match easily downing Sacred Heart University, 39-3, on Wednesday.

The Huskies won the first three bouts, including a win by fall from 133 pounder Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY, Greene Central) to take a 13-0 lead. After Sacred Heart got on the board with a win at 149 pounds, Bloomsburg won the final six matches with Chris Smith (Mineral, Va., Chancelor) at 165 pounds and Nate Graham (Selkirk, NY, Ravena) at 184 pounds both getting wins by fall. For Graham, ranked 25th by the Wrestling Report.com, it was his second straight victory by fall.

Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC, E.L. Laney), ranked 33rd by the Wrestling Report.com, won his second straight match by major decision when he posted a 13-3 victory at 157 pounds,while Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ, Middlesex) at 174 pounds also posted a win by major decision.

The six match winning streak is the longest for the Huskies since 2000-01 when the team won eight straight matches.

Bloomsburg, now 10-2, will wrestle at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Bloomsburg 39, Sacred Heart 3

BU-SHU
125 – Sean Boylan (BU) maj. Andrew Polidore (SHU), 19-5 4-0
133 – Nick Wilcox (BU) pinned Anthony Ricco (SHU), 4:44 10-0
141 – Derek Shingara (BU) dec. Justin Belanger (SHU), 4-1 13-0
149 – Joe Evangelista (SHU) dec. Matt Hicks (BU), 5-4 13-3
157 – Frank Hickman (BU) maj. dec. Anthony Priore (SHU), 13-3 17-3
165 – Chris Smith (BU) pinned Sam Sheppard (SHU), 2:05 23-3
174 – Mike Dessino (BU) maj dec. Jonathon Rizzitello (SHU), 8-0 27-3
184 – Nate Graham (BU) pinned Sam Morrison (SHU), 2:03 33-3
197 – Richard Perry (BU) dec. Brandon Lapp (SHU), 5-0 36-3
285 – Zac Walsh (BU) dec. Jordan Miron (SHU), 4-0