Penn State 39 Bloomsburg 3
Bloomsburg University Falls to Penn State in Wrestling
STATE COLLEGE—The Bloomsburg University wrestling team
lost to the defending NCAA Division I champion Penn State Nittany Lions on
Sunday by a score of 39-3.
In the opening match of the day 18th-ranked Nico Megaludis won by
fall over
Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) to put the host team
up 6-0. Bloomsburg's
Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) then posted a 2-0
win over Derek Reber to make it a 6-3 match. Wilcox and Reber were scoreless
through the first two periods when Wilcox took down to start the third.
Wilcox then worked a reversal for the only scoring of the match.
At 141 pounds Penn State's Samuel Sherlock won by decision over
Matt Rappo (Holland/Council Rock South), 10-5 before number
one-ranked Frank Molinaro, a runner-up at last year's NCAA championships,
won by tech fall over
Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley), 16-0.
In a battle of ranked wrestlers, 12th-ranked Dylan Alton bested
14th-ranked
Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) from
Bloomsburg, 10-8. In the match Alton went up 10-5 in the third when Hickman
scored an escape then got a takedown to close to within two. But Hickman
could not turn Alton for back points and ended up falling by two points.
Then at 165 pounds Penn State's David Taylor, ranked number one this season,
pinned
Kevin Hartnett (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell) in
2:21 before Ed Ruth, ranked second at 174, beat 20th-ranked
Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) of the Huskies by
decision 10-4. At 184 pounds Quentin Wright, defending national champion and
top-ranked this season at 184, won by fall over Bloomsburg's freshman
Mike Mirra (Mountaintop/Crestwood) in 1:55.
At 197 pounds PSU's Morgan McIntosh, ranked 10th, beat BU's
Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown), 6-0, before
fifth-ranked Cameron Wade scored an 8-0 win over
Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls).
Bloomsburg, 2-2, with both losses to nationally ranked teams, will wrestle
at the Body Bar Invitational on Saturday.
Results
125: Nicholas Megaludis (Penn State) won by pin over
Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) (Bloomsburg) 2:15
133:
Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) (Bloomsburg) won by
decision over Derek Reber (Penn State) 2-0
141: Samuel Sherlock (Penn State) won by decision over Matthew Rappo
(Bloomsburg) 10-5
149: Frank Molinaro (Penn State) won by tech fall over Bryce Buscler
(Bloomsburg) 5:00 16-0
157: Dylan Alton (Penn State) won by decision over
Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) (Bloomsburg)
10-8
165: David Taylor (Penn State) won by pin over
Kevin Hartnett (Staten Island, NY/Monsignor Farrell)
(Bloomsburg) 2:21
174: Edward Ruth (Penn State) won by decision over
Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) (Bloomsburg) 10-4
184: Quentin Wright (Penn State) won by pin over Michael Mirra (Bloomsburg)
1:55
197: Morgan McIntosh (Penn State) won by decision over
Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) (Bloomsburg) 6-0
285: Cameron Wade (Penn State) won by major decision over Zachary Walsh
(Bloomsburg) 8-0