GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College wrestling team lost a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match Friday to the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets at Beeghly Gymnasium, 23-17.
Waynesburg jumped out to an early 11-0 lead with decision wins at 125-pounds and 141-pounds, as well as a technical fall at 133-pounds.
Thiel came back with three straight decision wins at 149, 157 and 165 to cut Waynesburg's lead to 11-9. Freshman
Lukas McClain (Ridgeway, Pa./Ridgeway Area) defeated Jaeden Gordon 11-6 at 149 to get the Tomcats on the scoreboard before senior
Jason Miller (Clarksville, Pa./Jefferson Morgan) decisioned Zach Mackall 15-11 at 157. Tomcat sophomore
Austin Bonacci (West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin) went on to defeat Dan Verhovsek 3-2 at 165.
Waynesburg's Anthony Welsh won by pin at 174 before Thiel senior
Dominic Farabaugh (Loretto, Pa./Penn Cambria) scored an 8-2 decision over Adam Rigney at 184.
Thiel junior
Gage Gladysz (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) tied up the contest 17-17 when he won by technical fall (15-0, 7:00) at 197 over Nick Kusich. In the heavyweight bout, Jake Evans, ranked No. 1 according to D3wrestle.com, sealed the win for the Yellow Jackets with a pin in 2:30.
Six Tomcats were honored during Senior Night prior to Friday's match, including:
Michel Duncan (Harrisburg, Pa./Harrisburg),
Caleb Garvey (Johnsonburg, Pa./Johnsonburg),
Vincent Mion (Mount Oliver, Pa./Carrick),
Alexander Streich (Warren, Pa./Warren), Farabaugh and Miller.
The Tomcats will be back in action Sunday when they compete in the Jamestown (N.Y.) Community College Open.
Waynesburg 23, Thiel 17
125 – Williams (WAY) dec. Giovengo, 9-6 [W 3-0]
133 – Kuslock (WAY) tech. fall Duncan, 15-0 (5:00) [W 8-0]
141 – Lascola (WAY) dec. Mion, 8-6 (3 OT) [W 11-0]
149 – McClain (THI) dec. Gordon, 11-6 [W 11-3]
157 – Miller (THI) dec. Mackall, 15-11 [W 11-6]
165 – Bonacci (THI) dec. Verhovsek, 3-2 [W 11-9]
174 – Welsh (WAY) pinned Proper, 1:41 [W 17-9]
184 – Farabaugh (THI) dec. Rigney, 8-2 [W 17-12]
197 – Gladysz (THI) tech. fall Kusich, 15-0 (7:00) [17-17]
285 – Evans (WAY) pinned Colligan, 2:30 [W 23-17]
*The match started at 125 pounds
