From the official Lehigh website
No. 5 Lehigh settles for fourth place at National Duals
Derek Zinck won by
major decision in
Lehigh’s loss to
No. 8 Minnesota
Cleveland, OH “Lehigh placed fourth in the 2005 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals after suffering a controversial 23-13 loss to No. 8 Minnesota. With the fifth-ranked Mountain Hawks up a point Jon Trenge was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct in his bout with Matt Koz as the Golden Gophers took the lead and went on to take third place. The loss drops Lehigh’s record to 15-3; the Mountain Hawks finish the tournament with a 3-2 record. Minnesota is 6-4 on the season.
The Golden Gophers jumped out to an early lead taking decisions in the first two bouts, including Mack Reiter’s 1-0 victory over Lehigh’s Matt Ciasulli at 133 with riding time the difference in that bout. Cory Cooperman got the Mountain Hawks on the scoreboard with a 4-1 decision over Tommy Owen at 141. C.P. Schlatter extended the Minnesota lead back to six with an 8-3 decision over Lehigh’s Dave Nakasone.
Lehigh’s Derek Zinck picked up the first bonus points of the match, scoring a major decision over Jeremy Anderson. Troy Letters then gave Lehigh the lead with an 8-2 decision over Matt Nagel. Travis Frick made it three straight for the Brown and White with a major decision over Jeremy Larson.
Minnesota stopped the bleeding at 184 as Roger Kish scored a major decision over Matt Cassidy, cutting the Mountain Hawks lead to one with two bouts remaining. Late in the first period of his bout with Koz, Trenge was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Mountain Hawks chose to forfeit the heavyweight division and had to settle for a fourth place finish.
Earlier Sunday, Lehigh handled No. 10 Oklahoma 29-14 in the consolation semifinals. The Mountain Hawks were aided by a pair of Sooner forfeits and also got a win by fall from Troy Letters and a tech fall from Matt Ciasulli. On the tournament’s opening day, Lehigh topped Cal Poly and Northern Iowa before losing to No. 1 Oklahoma State 20-16.
Lehigh will return to action next Saturday when the Mountain Hawks welcome a pair of EIWA foes to the Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. Lehigh will host Brown at 1:00 and then will face off against Harvard at 3:00. The Harvard match will be broadcast in the Lehigh Valley on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 beginning at 2:30, as well as on the web at lehighsports.com, with streaming audio provided by Yahoo! Sports.
Minnesota 23 Lehigh 13
Weight
Match-up
Result
Score
125
Bobbe Lowe (MIN)
Dec.
Andrew Rizzi (LU)
15-11
133
Mack Reiter (MIN)
Dec.
Matt Ciasulli (LU)
1-0
141
Cory Cooperman (LU)
Dec.
Tommy Owen (MIN)
4-1
149
C.P. Schlatter (MIN)
Dec.
Dave Nakasone (LU)
8-3
157
Derek Zinck (LU)
Maj. dec.
Jeremy Anderson (MIN)
12-3
165
Troy Letters (LU)
Dec.
Matt Nagel (MIN)
8-2
174
Travis Frick (LU)
Maj. dec.
Jeremy Larson (MIN)
16-5
184
Roger Kish (MIN)
Maj. dec.
Matt Cassidy (LU)
12-4
197
Matt Koz (MIN)
WBDQ
Jon Trenge
285
Cole Konrad (MIN)
W
Forfeit
Lehigh 29 Oklahoma 14
Weight
Match-up
Result
Score
125
Sam Hazewinkle (OU)
WTF
Andrew Rizzi (LU)
16-0, 3:48
133
Matt Ciasulli (LU)
WTF
Trey Blakely (OU)
16-0, 4:33
141
Teyon Ware (OU)
Dec.
Cory Cooperman (LU)
2-1
149
Dave Nakasone (LU)
W
Forfeit
157
Derek Zinck (LU)
Dec.
Charles Jones (OU)
7-4
165
Troy Letters (LU)
WBF
Randy Sulaver
0:31
174
Travis Frick (LU)
Dec.
E.K. Waldhaus
8-2
184
Justin Dyer (OU)
Dec.
David Helfrich (LU)
5-0
197
Jon Trenge (LU)
W
Forfeit
285
Jake Hager (OU)
Dec.
Tom Curl (LU)
7-3
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