LHU Pummels Sacred Heart on Senior Night, 45-3
LOCK HAVEN – Friday night saw seniors Adam Mackie (Bechtelsville, Pa./Brandywine Heights) and Brad Emerick (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin) both pick up victories and the Bald Eagles won nine of 10 bouts, which included three pins and eight total wins by way of bonus points, as the Lock Haven University wrestling team powered its way past Sacred Heart (2-10), 45-3.
Lock Haven (8-8) won the first seven bouts of the night and finished with three pins, two tech falls and two major decisions as bonus points were a huge difference maker for the second straight night.
The match marked the final dual of the 2016-17 season for Lock Haven and prior to the match, LHU head coach Scott Moore and the Bald Eagles honored their four graduating seniors: Tyler Wood (West Chester, Pa./West Chester-Rustin), Tanner Sutton (Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston), as well as Mackie and Emerick, who both won.
Mackie (174) picked up one of three Lock Haven pins and Emerick closed the match in thrilling fashion, grabbing a 16-0 tech fall (5:50) at 285.
DJ Fehlman (Warren, Pa./Warren) and No. 30 Tristan Sponseller (East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs) recorded pins at 133 and 197, respectively, and Jonathan Ross (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York) looked strong at 157 with a tech fall of his own.
No. 21 Ronnie Perry (Christiana, Pa./Solanco) and Jared Siegrist (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) picked up major decisions at 141 and 165, respectively.
Kyle Shoop (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) won by decision at 149 and Jake Field (South Elgin, Ill./Marmion Academy) won by forfeit at 125.
On a night where Lock Haven honored its seniors, it showed the future is still quite bright for the Bald Eagles as four different freshmen picked up wins.
The win helped LHU get back to .500 and finish the dual season at 8-8 overall.
Lock Haven will return to action on Sunday, February 5 as the Bald Eagles host the Mat-Town Open II Tournament at 9:30 a.m.
Lock Haven 45 – Sacred Heart 3
125: Jake Field (LHU) won by forfeit; LHU leads 6-0
133: DJ Fehlman (LHU) pinned Gerard Daley (SH) 5:51; LHU leads 12-0
141: #21 Ronnie Perry (LHU) major dec. Paul Klee (SH) 13-1; LHU leads 16-0
149: Kyle Shoop (LHU) dec. Alex Harnsberger (SH) 6-1; LHU leads 19-0
157: Jonathan Ross (LHU) tech fall Paul Curtin (SH) 16-0 (4:52); LHU leads 24-0
165: Jared Siegrist (LHU) major dec. Matt Fisher (SH) 16-2; LHU leads 28-0
174: Adam Mackie (LHU) pinned Dom Celli (SH) 5:45; LHU leads 34-0
184: Elliot Antler (SH) dec. #28 Corey Hazel (LHU) 4-3; LHU leads 34-3
197: #30 Tristan Sponseller (LHU) pinned Mark Boyle (SH) 5:44; LHU leads 40-3
285: Brad Emerick (LHU) tech fall John Hartnett (SH) 16-0 (5:50); LHU wins 45-3
*rankings = NCAA Coaches’ Panel Rankings (1/20/17)
