No. 4 Lehigh routs No. 24 Penn in regular season finale
Bethlehem, PA “In its final tune-up before the EIWA Championships, No. 4 Lehigh posted a convincing 37-6 victory over No. 24 Penn on Senior Day at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The Mountain Hawks swept all nine bouts as Penn could only muster a win by forfeit at 125 pounds. Lehigh won its 22nd consecutive EIWA dual and goes undefeated in the conference for the fifth time in six years as the Mountain Hawks wrap up the regular season at 21-4, 7-0 in the EIWA. Penn falls to 9-4, 5-2 in the conference.
The match started at 149 pounds as that suited the Mountain Hawks just fine as Matt Anderson opened things with a 3-0 decision over Kyle Bernholz. Lehigh followed that up with a pair of tech. falls by Derek Zinck and Troy Letters. Travis Frick and Dave Helfrich followed up by each taking decisions and Lehigh was up 19-0 at the halfway point.
On senior day, Jon Trenge took the mat for the last time in front of a home crowd and did not disappoint. Trenge suffered a minor injury early on, but scored three takedowns and took an 8-5 decision over Marcus Schontube for career win number 125. Paul Weibel followed that up with an impressive 16-1 tech. fall over Matt Smith, who subbed for the Quakers No. 6 ranked Matt Feast.
Penn would score its only points at 125 where Mason Lenhard won by forfeit as Andrew Rizzi missed weight. From there Lehigh took the final two bouts in impressive fashion as Matt Ciasulli scored a first period pin on Jeff Eveleth and Cory Cooperman avenged a loss in last year’s EIWA finals with a 14-5 major decision over Doug McGraw.
Before the match, Lehigh honored its four graduating seniors. Jon Trenge, Andrew Rizzi, Dave Brundage and manager Christelle Berger were honored for their dedication to the Lehigh wrestling program.
Next up for the Mountain Hawks is the 2005 EIWA Championships, March 4-5 from Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Md. The finals will be broadcast in the Lehigh Valley on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 as well as online at lehighsports.com.
Lehigh 37 Penn 6
Weight
Match-up
Result
Score
149
Matt Anderson (LU)
dec.
Kyle Bernholz (UP)
3-0
157
Derek Zinck (LU)
tech. fall
Brock Wittmeyer (UP)
19-4, 5:18
165
Troy Letters (LU)
tech. fall
Rich Ferguson (UP)
21-4, 7:00
174
Travis Frick (LU)
dec.
Dustin Wiles (UP)
7-3
184
Dave Helfrich (LU)
dec.
Dan Gallagher (UP)
5-4
197
Jon Trenge (LU)
dec.
Marcus Schontube (UP)
8-5
285
Paul Weibel (LU)
Tech. fall
Matt Smith (UP)
16-1, 3:49
125
Mason Lenhard (UP)
W
Forfeit
133
Matt Ciasulli (LU)
WBF
Jeff Eveleth (UP)
0:57
141
Cory Cooperman (LU)
Maj. dec.
Doug McGraw (UP)
14-5
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