GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College wrestling team hosted its first Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match against Washington and Jefferson College on Wednesday night at Beeghly Gymnasium. The Tomcats prevailed victorious 34-19 over the Presidents.
The match started at 141 pounds as Michael Heinl collected a major decision over
Vincent Mion (Mount Oliver, Pa./Carrick) to give the Presidents a 4-0 lead. Thiel answered at 149 pounds as
Jason Miller (Clarksville, Pa./Jefferson Morgan) pinned Michael Nagy at 2:27 to give the Tomcats their first lead of the night, 6-4.
At 157 pounds, W&J's Lawrence Schrott pinned
Angelo Nunnari (Lockport, N.Y./Lockport) at 2:44 to regain the lead, 10-6. The Presidents went on to extend their lead as Sam Florentino earned a major decision at 165 over
Cam Cianci (Hermitage, Pa./Reynolds). After four matches, W&J led Thiel 14-6.
The Presidents would add one more match victory at 174 pounds as Jared Walker collected a tech. fall over
John Sims (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory). W&J had their largest lead of the night up 19-6 but it proved to not be enough to hold the lead as the Tomcats roared back to win the next five matches.
At 184 pounds,
Caleb Garvey (Johnsonburg, Pa./Johnsonburg) pinned William Oberschelp at 3:55 to pull Thiel within seven with two matches remaining.
Tyler Brooks (Venango, Pa./Saegertown) continued to close the gap as he earned a major decision (10-2) over Martin Shulik to make it 19-16 in favor of W&J.
With the match in the balance,
Gage Gladysz (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) made quick work of Derek Allen at 285 pounds as he scored a pin at 1:10. Thiel led 22-19.
Two forfeit victories for the Tomcats solidified the victory for Thiel as
Cory Bable (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) at 125 pounds and
Justin Walter (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory) at 133 pounds each earned forfeit wins.
With the win, the Tomcats improve to 4-2 on the year and will be back in action this Saturday at Beeghly Gymnasium for the 11
th Annual Mel Berry Duals.
The first match begins at 1:00 p.m. as the Tomcats will face Mercyhurst Northeast before facing Lourdes University and Muskingum University.
The complete schedule for 2018 Mel Berry Duals is available
here, with live stats and live video from both mats.
Thiel College 34, W&J 19
*The match started at 141 pounds
141 – Heinl (WJC) maj. dec. (11-0) over Mion [WJC 4-0]
149 – Miller (TC) pinned Nagy, 2:27 [TC 6-4]
157 – Schrott (WJC) pinned Nunnari, 2:44 [WJC 10-6]
165 – Florentino (WJC) maj. dec. (13-3) over Cianci, [WJC 14-6]
174 – Walker (WJC) tech. fall (21-5) over Sims, [WJC 19-6]
184 – Garvey (TC) pinned Oberschelp, 3:55 [WJC 19-12]
197 – Brooks (TC) maj. dec. (10-2) over Shulik, [WJC 19-16]
285 – Gladysz (TC) pinned Allen, 1:10 [TC 22-19]
125 – Bable (TC) won by forfeit. [TC 28-19]
133 – Walter (TC) won by forfeit [TC 34-19]
