Wrestling | 1/10/2015 11:09:00 PM
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Thiel College wrestling team finished fourth Saturday at the 2015 Budd Whitehill National Duals, which were held at Lycoming College.
The Tomcats lost a pair of matches Saturday. They opened the day with a 36-9 loss against seventh-ranked Messiah College before losing a tough 22-18 match to Lycoming College.
Brandon Collins (Hadley, Pa./Commodore Perry) and
Jake Trillow (Aliquippa, Pa./Hopewell) accounted for Thiel's wins against Messiah. Collins (165) defeated Derek Beitz 3-1 while Trillow (197) pinned Kyle Koser in 24 seconds.
Collins went 4-0 during the two-day Budd Whitehill National Duals. He was named to the all-tournament team for his efforts Saturday.
Thiel and Lycoming each won five bouts in the match for third place. However, Lycoming picked up extra points in three competitions, which was the difference in the match.
Thiel's
Lance Waters (Abingdon, Md./John Carroll) (133),
Marco Crivelli (Clinton, Pa./Hopewell) (174),
Jerrold Roosa (Randolph, N.Y./Randolph Central) (184) and
Blake Heim (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds) (285) each won decisions against Lycoming while
Sean Byham (Saegertown, Pa./Saegertown) (157) pinned Ross Orler in 4:28.
Thiel's results from Saturday are included below.
Championship Semifinals
#7 Messiah 36, Thiel 9
125 – Myers (M) won by forfeit
133 – Malmberg (M) dec. Wood (T), 8-3
141 – Loht (M) pinned Hart (T), 4:07
149 – Williamson (M) pinned Sutton (T), 1:50
157 – Cannon (M) dec. Byham (T), 7-3
165 – Collins (T) dec. Beitz (M), 3-1
174 – Thomson (M) dec. Powell (T), 7-1
184 – Swarr (M) dec. Roosa (T), 8-1
197 – Trillow (T) pinned Koser (M), 0:24
285 – Shipman (M) pinned Schweitzer (T), 0:12
Match for 3rd Place
Lycoming 22, Thiel 18
125 – Drick (L) won by forfeit
133 – Waters (T) dec. Barbiche (L), 8-5
141 – Wiley (L) pinned Wood (T), 4:07
149 – Lansberry (L) dec. Sutton (T), 7-1
157 – Byham (T) pinned Orler (L), 4:28
165 – Barger (L) dec. Nuss (T), 4-2
174 – Crivelli (T) dec. Conrad (L), 6-5
184 – Roosa (T) dec. Christine (L), 3-0
197 – Secor (L) maj. dec. Kenski (T), 10-0
285 – Heim (T) dec. Batchelor (L), 1-0
