WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- The Lycoming Warriors picked up a 24-12 win over the visiting Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology Wednesday, Feb. 4. The Warriors started out strong, winning the first four bouts of the match, including a major decision, a technical fall and a pin.
With the win, Lycoming is now 13-6 on the year, while Stevens slips to 8-8.
At 125, James Coutruiaux of Lycoming got a takedown with just 15 seconds in the first period to go up 2-0 over Frank Maselli. Couturiaux chose to start on the bottom to begin the second round and picked up an early reversal to move to 4-0. With thirty seconds left in the period, Couturiaux earned three near-fall points to go 7-0. Looking for takedown points, Maselli chose to go neutral, but Couturiaux took him down. Shortly thereafter, Maselli earned an escape, and the score was 9-1. Couturiaux was able to finish out the bout in neutral, earning a major decision 9-1 and picking up 4 team points for Lycoming.
Eric Greeco started out the 133 pound class quickly, taking down Brad Warren in the first 15 seconds and grabbed three back points 30 seconds later. Grecco was able to roll Warren back over to earn another three near-fall points three more times in less than a minute. Grecco ended the match in the first period, earning a technical fall three minutes in, giving Lycoming a 9-0 lead.
Thomas Barger took Robert Bolomey in the first minute of the 141 pound bout, and then got the pin at 1:14, picking up six more team points for the Warriors, moving Lycoming up 15-0.
149 pounder Michael Maurer nearly grabbed a single leg take down, but the Ducks’ Tony Mancini scooted out of bounds. At the restart, Mancini was nailed for stalling before Maurer was able to take him down and ride him out for the rest of the period. Maurer chose down to start the second period and grabbed an early reversal. Mancini then dropped through Maurer’s hands, picking up an escape point. But Maurer was able to grab another quick two points on a takedown. Mancini started in neutral as Maurer quickly started the third period 8-1 after picking up a takedown. Maurer ended the period in exciting fashion, nearly getting a last-second takedown, but wining 8-2.
At 157, Lycoming’s Zach Frederick got early control on a takedown, going up 2-0. But Leo Dormann quickly reversed him to knot the match at two. Starting the second period, Dormann started on bottom and worked his way to both an escape and then a takedown to go up 5-2. Thirty seconds later, Frederick grabbed another point for an escape, finding himself down 5-3. A turn of events to end the second found Frederick picking up a takedown, putting Dormann straight to his back and picking up three near-fall points, going up 8-5. Both wrestlers exchanged escapes and takedowns to end the third 10-9 in favor of Frederick, but Dormann had amassed enough riding time to go to an extra period. Dormann got a quick takedown and won the bout 11-10, giving the Ducks three points, but still down 18-3.
Ranked 10th in the country at 165, Lycoming’s Chris Dalheimer wrestled Joe Favia to a 0-0 first round. Dalheimer chose to start the second period on bottom and earned an escape just eight second in to go up 1-0, a score that would stand for the rest of the period. The bout would end with 1-0 decision in favor of Dalheimer.
In the 174 pound class, Steven’s Ryan Dormann earned a two-point takedown on Troy Hayre midway through the first period. To start the second, Dormann chose bottom, earning an escape point, ending the period up 3-0. Needing points, Hayre took neutral, but was unable to overcome the three point deficit.
In the first period of the 184 pound class, the Warriors’ Kyle Crouthamel and Vincent Termini wrestled a 0-0 first period, but Crouthamel picked up an escape point on an optional start in the second period. Crouthamel took the top position to start the third, earning enough riding time to assure a 2-1 victory.
At 197, Bryan Kopesky of Lycoming found himself down 5-0 early in the first period, and wrestled to stay off his back. Stevens’ Valentin Riaznov started the second on bottom, earning an escape to go up 6-0. Kopesky was able to pick up a takedown to come to 6-2, but an escape 20 seconds later gave Riaznov a 7-2 advantage. Early in the third, Kopesky picked up a takedown, but again Riaznov was able to escape, finishing the bout up 9-4.
In the final bout of the night, Stevens’ James Roarty grabbed a late takedown in the first period to go up 2-0. Rick Ausem started the second period on bottom, coming close to an escape late in the period, but was unable to slip through. Ausem again started the third on the bottom, and was hit with a stalling point, allowing Roarty to win 4-0.
Stevens Institute of Technology at #30 Lycoming College
125 James Couturiaux (L) 9-1 dec. Frank Maselli (S)
4-0
133 Eric Grecco (L) 17-0 tech. fall Brad Warren (S) (3:00)
9-0
141 Thomas Barger (L) pinned Robert W. Bolomey III (S) (1:46)
15-0
149 Michael Maurer (L) 8-2 dec. vs.Tony Mancini (S)
18-0
157 Leo Dormann (S) 12-10 dec. Zachary Frederick (L) (OT)
18-3
165 Chris Dalheimer (L) 1-0 dec. Joe Favia (S)
21-3
174 Ryan Dormann (S) 3-0 dec. Troy Hayre (L)
21-6
184 Kyle Crouthamel (L) 2-1 dec. Vincent Termini (S)
24-6
197 Valetin Riazanov (S) dec. 9-4 Bryan Kopesky (L)
24-9
285 James Roarty (S) 4-0 dec. Rick Ausem (L)
24-12
