Edinboro 23 Bloomsburg 15

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Edinboro wrestling team win its thrd straight match on Friday night to improve to 7-8-1 ovaerll and 2-1 in the Eastern Wrestling League. The Fighting Scots won six of the ten matches to hand Bloomsburg a 23-15 defeat. The loss dropped the Huskies to 11-4 and 0-2, respectively.

Bloomsburg jumped out to a 6-0 lead as Sean Boylan pinned Bijan Banks at 4:36 at 125 lbs. Edinboro ran off wins in the next four bouts, however, to take a 16-6 lead. Eric Morrill won his seventh straight match at 133 lbs. to improve to 16-8, defeating PSAC champion Nick Wilcox 3-1. Following a scoreless first period Wilcox took a 1-0 lead with a second period escape, but Morrill answered with a late takedown, then added a third-period escape for the final margin. Morrill is ranked 20th by Amateur Wrestling News.

Kasey Davis improved to 16-12 as the freshman posted an 11-7 decision over Derek Shingara at 141 lbs. Shingara led 3-2 after one period, but Davis recorded his second takedown and two near-fall points for a 7-3 lead after two periods. Davis added two more takedowns in the third period.

Up-and-down Torsten Gillespie, ranked 16th by Amateur Wrestling News and 19th by InterMat, enjoyed an “up” night as he dominated his 149 lb. match with Matthew Hicks, winning by major decision 12-0. A takedown and three back points gave Gillespie a 5-0 lead after one period. The lead ballooned to 8-0 with a takedown and a stalling point in the second. He added an escape and a third takedown in the third period. That boosted Gillespie’s season record to 16-8 and gives him 94 career wins.

Johnny Greisheimer followed with a fall over Frank Hickman at 157 lbs., ending the match at 2:40. The sophomore is now 18-10, while Hickman fell to 18-7. The wild first period saw Greisheimer get off to a 4-0 lead with a takedown and two near-fall points. Hickman came back with an escape and takedown to close to 4-3, but a Greisheimer reversal would put him in the position for the fall.

Bloomsburg would close the match to 16-12 with decisions at 165 and 174 lbs. Josh Veltre, now 13-3, handed freshman Ethan Saylor a 4-1 defeat at 165 lbs. and Mike Dessino followed with a 6-2 decision against Chris Hrunka at 174 lbs. Veltre used a late third period takedown to snap a 1-1 tie. Hrunka led his match early 2-0, but Dessino (19-5) used three back points in the third to snap a 2-2 tie and send Hrunka to 13-14.

In a rematch of the PSAC championship bout at 184 lbs., Chris Honeycutt once again won by major decision over Nate Graham (19-6), this time prevailing 14-3. Honeycutt improved to 20-0 and is ranked second by both InterMat and Amateur Wrestling News, while Graham is ranked 20th by InterMat. Honeycutt led 2-0 after one period, but expanded that in the second to 9-2 with two takedowns and three near-fall points. He added two more takedowns in the third period.

Shawn Fendone, ranked 19th by Amateur Wrestling News, followed with his tenth straight win at 197 lbs. He shut out Jacob Dabashinsky 5-0. That left Fendone with a 20-8 ledger after he registered takedowns in each of the first two periods and added a point for riding time.

Bloomsburg’s Zac Walsh closed out the night with a 5-2 decision over Ernest James. Walsh took a 3-1 lead in the second period after a scoreless first period. James would close to 4-2 with a late escape in the third but Walsh owned riding time.

Edinboro is right back in action on Saturday night, hosting Cleveland State in another EWL match. The action gets underway at McComb Fieldhouse at 7 p.m.


Edinboro 23, Bloomsburg 15
125- Sean Boylan (BU) Won By Fall Bijan Banks (EU), 4:36
133- #25 Eric Morrill (EU) Dec. #33 Nick Wilcox (BU), 3-1
141- Kasey Davis (EU) Dec. Derek Shingara (BU), 11-7
149- #21 Torsten Gillespie (EU) Maj. Matt Hicks (BU), 12-0
157- #27 Johnny Greisheimer (EU) Won By Fall #22 Frank Hickman (BU), 2:40
165- Josh Veltre (BU) Dec. Ethan Saylor (EU), 4-1
174- #33 Mike Dessino (BU) Dec. Chris Hrunka (EU), 6-2
184- #1 Chris Honeycutt (EU) Maj. #21 Nate Graham (BU), 14-3
197- #21 Shawn Fendone (EU) Dec. Jacob Dabishinsky (BU), 5-0
HWT- Zac Walsh (BU) Dec. Ernest James (EU), 5-2

Rankings by The Wrestling Report.com
Records: Edinboro 7-8-1, 2-1 EWL