BEREA, Ohio – Senior Chris Dahlheimer picked up right where he left the 2008-09 season off as he pinned two out of three of his opponents at the Baldwin Wallace Duals, helping Lycoming College sweep all three schools it faced.
The trio of wins starts the Warriors’ 2009-10 season off with a 3-0 record. Lycoming beat Thiel College 29-9, Baldwin-Wallace 29-15 and The College of Mount Saint Joseph 42-6.
Dahlheimer (Red Lion, Pa./Red Lion) won his first match 8-2 over Thiel’s Alex Miller. He pinned his next two opponents in the 165-pound weight class, in a time of 1:07 against Baldwin-Wallace’s Joe Georgian and in 2:19 against Timothy Pope of Mount Saint Joseph.
Several other Warriors went 3-0 on the day. At 125 pounds, Walker Faison (Virginia Beach, Va./Cox) earned a pin in the first minute of his match against Theil’s Wes Wertz. Russel Korbel (Asbury, N.J./North Hunterdon) added two pins to the Lycoming total while adding a decision in his second bout of the day.
Senior 185-pounder Troy Hayre (Falls Church, Va./McLean) had a big day, also going 3-0 with two pins and a 15-0 technical fall 3:17 into his match. In the 174 pound match against Mount Saint Joseph, Kyle Crouthamel (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Freedom) also chipped in a 16-1 tech fall less than three minutes into his match.
Lycoming returns to the mat on Wednesday, Nov. 18 when it hosts Gettysburg College. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m. in Lamade Gymnasium.
