LHU Thrashes Huskies 31-3
BLOOMSBURG – The Lock Haven University wrestling team returns home tonight for a Senior Night meet with Grand Canyon, coming of a Thursday night 31-3 thrashing of Bloomsburg at the Huskies’ Nelson Field House.
Lock Haven (6-12, 3-3 EWL) won the first six bouts of the night and picked up bonus points in a pair of matches on the way to the lopsided win that snapped a 10-match losing streak to the Huskies.
Jake Field (South Elgin, Ill./Marmion Academy), No. 33 Ronnie Perry (Christiana, Pa./Solanco), Bobby Rehm (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor), No. 24 Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco), Elias Biddle(Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), Aaron McKinney (McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny), Adam Mackie(Bechtelsville, Pa./Brandywine Heights), Phil Sprenkle (Seven Valleys, Pa./Dallastown) and Brad Emerick (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) all won for LHU.
With the win, Lock Haven picked up its sixth win of the season and moved to 3-3 in EWL action. The third league-win marks Lock Haven’s most EWL wins since the Bald Eagles were 3-3 during the 2004-05 season.
Highlighting the win was Neff’s major decision at 149 and a pin from Mackie, who was filling in at 184 pounds for Fred Garcia (Donora, Pa./Ringgold). Mackie needed just 52 seconds to drop Bloom’s Brad Miccio.
Garcia will enter tonight’s match – his final match at home with 99 career wins, as he looks to become the 16th LHU wrestler to win 100 or more matches for a career.
Bloomsburg’s (0-11, 0-6 EWL) only win of the night came at 174 pounds.
The Bald Eagles will turn right around and hit the mats at home tonight at 7 p.m. when LHU hosts Grand Canyon in The Haven’s 2014-15 regular season-finale. The evening marks Senior Night (Fred Garcia, Elias Biddle & Ty Albright), Military Appreciation Night and there will be a special LHU Wrestling National Champion Poster presentation. Festivities will begin at 6:45 p.m.
Lock Haven 31 – Bloomsburg 3
125: Jake Field (LHU) dec. Jon Haas (BU) 3-1 | Lock Haven leads 3-0
133: #33 Ronnie Perry (LHU) dec. Andy Schutz (BU) 6-2 | Lock Haven leads 6-0
141: Bobby Rehm (LHU) dec. Tanner Cahill (BU) 8-6 SV | Lock Haven leads 9-0
149: #24 Dan Neff (LHU) major dec. Kevin Laubach (BU) 13-4 | Lock Haven leads 13-0
157: Elias Biddle (LHU) dec. Matt Hammerstone (BU) 9-4 | Lock Haven leads 16-0
165: Aaron McKinney (LHU) dec. Kurt Meske (BU) 4-0 | Lock Haven leads 19-0
174: Auston Hummel (BU) dec. Tyler Wood (LHU) 7-1 | Lock Haven leads 19-3
184: Adam Mackie (LHU) pinned Brad Miccio (BU) 0:52 | Lock Haven leads 25-3
197: Phil Sprenkle (LHU) dec. Michael Mirra (BU) 4-0 | Lock Haven leads 28-3
285: Brad Emerick (LHU) dec. Dominic (BU) 7-2 | Lock Haven wins 31-3
Lock Haven (6-12, 3-3 EWL)
Bloomsburg (0-11, 0-6 EWL)
Match Notes:
The NCAA this week released its first RPI rankings of the 2014-15 season and five Bald Eagles were listed, including Ronnie Perry (#29, 133), Dan Neff (#26, 149), Aaron McKinney (#28, 165), Fred Garcia (#26, 184) and Phil Sprenkle (#33, 197) … Garcia was the only Bald Eagle ranked in last week’s (2nd edition) of the NCAA Coaches’ Panel Rankings … Three Bald Eagles were ranked this week by Wrestling Report, including Ronnie Perry (#33, 133), Dan Neff (#24, 149) and Fred Garcia(#26, 184).
