LHU Men’s Wrestling drops road clash at Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. – The Lock Haven men’s wrestling team capped its weekend in the Midwest with a non-conference clash at Northwestern on Friday night (Dec. 19). Northwestern won the match 19-13.
After Northwestern jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead, No. 22 Wyatt Henson picked up a ranked victory at 141 pounds by downing No. 27 Billy Dekraker with a 13-4 major decision.
Nick Stampoulos brought the Bald Eagles within two points at 9-7 after he defeated Gunner Myers with a 4-2 decision at 157.
However, Northwestern won the next three bouts to put the match out of reach.
No. 32 Tucker Hogan and Kade Sottolano won the final two matches of the night at 197 and 285 by decision and tiebreaker to round out the winners for The Haven.
Bout-by-Bout Results / Team Score by Bout
Final: Northwestern 19, Lock Haven 13
125: No. 21 Dedrick Navarro (Northwestern) over Curtis Nelson (Lock Haven) (Dec 12-5) | Northwestern 3-0
133: No. 24 Sean Spidle (Northwestern) over Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) (Dec 4-2) | Northwestern 6-0
141: No. 22 Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) over No. 27 Billy Dekraker (Northwestern) (MD 13-4) | Northwestern 6-4
149: Sam Cartella (Northwestern) over Hunter Gould (Lock Haven) (Dec 8-3) | Northwestern 9-4
157: Nick Stampoulos (Lock Haven) over Gunnar Myers (Northwestern) (Dec 5-2) | Northwestern 9-7
165: Jacob Bostelman (Northwestern) over Ousamane Duncanson (Lock Haven) (Dec 4-1) | Northwestern 12-7
174: No. 27 Eddie Enright (Northwestern) over No. 32 Avery Bassett (Lock Haven) (Dec 8-3) | Northwestern 15-7
184: J.D. Perez (Northwestern) over Sam Gautreau (Lock Haven) (MD 17-3) | Northwestern 19-7
197: No. 32 Tucker Hogan (Lock Haven) over Alex Smith (Northwestern) (Dec 13-10) | Northwestern 19-10
285: Kade Sottolano (Lock Haven) over Gabe Christenson (Northwestern) (TB-1 3-2) | Northwestern 19-13
*Individual Ranking = InterMat (Dec. 16)
Records:
Lock Haven 2-3
Northwestern 2-1
Up Next:
Lock Haven is off until after the new year when it travels to Clifton Park, New York to compete in the Journeymen Armbar at the Armory against Binghamton and Princeton.
