Lehigh takes the comeback trail to victory over Mizzou
New York, NY “No. 6 Lehigh continued its winning ways on Tuesday evening as the Mountain Hawks defeated No. 13 Missouri 22-17 at the historic New York Athletic Club and improved to 10-1 on the season, while sending the Tigers (8-1) to their first loss of the season. The Mountain Hawks trailed 17-15 heading into the final two bouts, before Jon Trenge and Paul Weibel pulled out victories at 197 and heavyweight respectively to give the Brown and White yet another victory.
Andrew Rizzi, Matt Ciasulli and Cory Cooperman began the match with three consecutive wins for the Mountain Hawks, but then the Tigers came back winning five straight bouts, and looking as though they would come away with the win, however Trenge and Weibel had something to say about that. Trenge scored a 4-0 decision over Jeff Foust giving the Mountain Hawks a slim 18-17 lead, while Weibel followed that up with a solid 12-2 major decision win against freshman Chase Wetenkamp in the heavyweight class to give Lehigh the 22-17 victory.
“This is a great event for all of the fans,” explained an excited head coach Greg Strobel on the post-match show. “We had tremendous support out there and Weibel really came up big for us down the stretch. It was an exciting match and I think we came out and wrestled well today.”
Lehigh returns to action on Friday evening in its first appearance at Grace Hall in more than a month, when the Mountain Hawks welcome the eleventh ranked Big Red of Cornell. That match is scheduled to get underway at 7:00 and will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio 1230 AM and 1320 AM, as well as on Lehigh’s website at lehighsports.com with streaming provided by Yahoo! Sports.
Weight
Match-up
Result
Score
125
Andrew Rizzi (LU)
Default
Austin DeVoe (UM)
1:14
133
Matt Ciasulli (LU)
Dec.
Tyler McCormick (UM)
4-0
141
Cory Cooperman (LU)
WBF
Chris McCormick (UM)
6:32
149
Cody Greene (UM)
Dec.
David Nakasone
10-8
157
Brad Cieleski (UM)
Dec.
Derek Zinck (LU)
6-5
165
Tyron Woodley (UM)
Maj. Dec.
Ben Bishop (LU)
11-1
174
Ben Askren (UM)
Dec.
Travis Frick (LU)
11-4
184
Matt Pell (UM)
Maj. Dec.
Matt Cassidy (LU)
16-4
197
Jon Trenge (LU)
Dec.
Jeff Foust (UM)
4-0
285
Paul Weibek (LU)
Maj. Dec.
Chase Wetenkamp (UM)
12-2
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