Illinois 38 Lock Haven 6

Bald Eagles fall 38-6 at #7 Illinois

Bonson & Creasy pick up wins for The Haven; Bald Eagles head to Northern Illinois tomorrow

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Lock Haven University wrestling team (3-4) fell to No. 7 Illinois (9-1) 38-6 today on the road in non-conference action.

The Fighting Illini’s were coming off last night’s (Friday) 24-9 win over Purdue.

Lock Haven picked up a pair of wins today thanks to Matt Bonson (Lewistown, Pa./UVA) and Seth Creasy (Mercer, Pa./Mercer).

After the match started at 285, Bonson put LHU on the scoreboard with a 7-6 win over Tucker Armstrong. Bonson used a hard-fought riding time point to edge Armstrong.

Creasy edged out Adam Acheson 9-7 in a hard-fought match.

Lock Haven is right back at it tomorrow (Sunday, January 8) at 3 p.m. (EST) when they travel to Northern Illinois.

Individual bout-by-bout results:

*match started at 285

285- Patrick Walker (ILL) dec. Harry Turner (LHU), 10-5
125 - #5 Jesse Delgado (ILL) pinned Bobby Rehm (LHU), 2:18
133 - #5 B.J. Futrell (ILL) pinned John Trumbetti (LHU), 1:17
141 - Matt Bonson (LHU) dec. Tucker Armstrong (ILL), 7-6
149 - #14 Eric Terrazas (ILL) tech fall Owen Wilkinson (LHU), 16-1, 6:02
157 - Kyle Dooley (ILL) dec. Aaron Frye (LHU), 10-5
165 - Seth Creasy (LHU) dec. Adam Acheson (ILL), 9-7
174 - #10 Dan Stelter (ILL) tech fall Aaron McKinney (LHU), 21-6, 6:21
184 - Tony Dallago (ILL) pinned Fred Garcia (LHU), 2:14
197 - Mario Gonzalez (ILL) major dec. Matt Parlier (LHU), 20-8

Final: #7 Illinois 38 - Lock Haven 6

Illinois (9-1)
Lock Haven (3-4)