LHU Wrestling Falls at Penn
Gavlock Gets Win for Bald Eagles
PHILADELPHIA – The Lock Haven University wrestling team fell 22-9 on the road Saturday at Penn.
Dillon Gavlock (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain), Jake Field (South Elgin, Ill./Marmion Academy) and Elias Biddle(Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run) all won for Lock Haven. Penn was ranked No. 28 nationally this week by WrestlingReport.com.
The match began at 165 pounds and Gavlock quickly put the Bald Eagles up 3-0 with a 9-3 decision over Quinton Hiles. Following Gavlock’s win at 165, Penn won the next four bouts (174-285) and jumped out to a 12-3 lead. The four-match win streak for Penn was key, as three of the wins came in one-point bouts.
Field (125) snapped the Penn winning streak with his third straight dual-match victory. He edged Jeremy Schwartz, 2-1 and the cut the Penn lead to 12-6. Penn bounced back to win three straight, before Biddle (157) picked up the Bald Eagles third win (4-0) in the afternoon’s final bout.
No. 24 Fred Garcia (Donora, Pa./Ringgold) nearly scored a major upset, as his takedown at the buzzer left him just a point short (3-2) of upsetting No. 5 Lorenzo Thomas. Friday night Lock Haven jumped on host-Drexel early and outlasted the Dragons rally for an 18-15 win.
LHU won six of ten bouts on the way to the win. Lock Haven, now 3-8 overall, returns home to host George Mason next Friday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Bald Eagles 2014-15 Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) opener.
Penn 22 – Lock Haven 9
165: Dillon Gavlock (LHU) dec. Quinton Hiles (Penn) 9-3
174: Brad Wukie (Penn) dec. Tyler Wood (LHU) 9-4
184: #5 Lorenzo Thomas (Penn) dec. #24 Fred Garcia (LHU) 3-2
197: Canaan Bethea (Penn) dec. Phil Sprenkle (LHU) 4-3
285: Patrik Garren (Penn) dec. Brad Emerick (LHU) 3-2
125: Jake Field (LHU) dec. Jeremy Schwarz (Penn) 2-1
133: #22 Caleb Richardson (Penn) dec. Coddy Wheeler (LHU 4-3
141: Jeff Canfora (Penn) dec. Bobby Rehm (LHU) 10-6
149: #17 C.J. Cobb (Penn) major dec. Joe Ghione (LHU) 16-5
157: Elias Biddle (LHU) dec. May Bethea (Penn) 4-0
