WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Senior Greg Wetzel (Arlington, N.Y./Pleasant Valley) posted two major decisions to lead a group of four Lycoming College wrestlers that swept their two matches at the Pa./N.Y. Duals on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 4, leading the team to a 23-12 win over SUNY Oswego and 29-9 win over RIT at Scandlon Gymnasium on the campus of King's College.
 
Both the 184-pound Wetzel and junior 141-pounder Caleb Willey (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area), with the pair of wins Saturday, won their 50^th career matches, as Wetzel improved to 17-6 on the season and 51-58 in his career. Willey improved to 15-8 on the season and 50-41 in his career.
 
In addition, sophomore 125-pounder Jake Witmer (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) and junior 157/165 pounder Brian Watkins (Bear Gap, Pa./Southern Columbia) each picked up a pair of wins.
 
Against Oswego, the Warriors (4-4 overall) jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never looked back, picking up bonus points at three weight classes while Oswego was able to take four matches, but no bonus points.
 
Witmer led the Warriors off with a 2-0 win over Kevin Ramkishun in the first dual meet of his career and senior Zack Finn (East Rochester, N.Y./East Rochester) added a 6-1 win over Quamaine Thomas at 133 pounds and Willey earned a major decision with a 15-7 win over Tomas Garcia. After an overtime loss at 149, Watkins picked up a win by forfeit to make it 16-3.
 
The Lakers (1-3 overall) won three of the last five bouts, but it was too little, too late, as sophomore Matt Neff (Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) picked up an 11-5 decision over Christopher Farrell at 174 and Wetzel notched an 8-0 major decision  over Joseph Gorsuch while wrestling up a weight class at 197 pounds.
 
Wins in the final five of six bouts, including bonus point victories at the last three weights helped the Warriors rout RIT (2-3 overall), 29-9, the largest victory for the Warriors over the Rochester school since a 55-0 win in 2010.
 
With the score 13-9 after the 174-pound bout, Wetzel kicked off the Warriors furious finish with a 9-0 win over RIT's Chris Ferri at 184 pounds. Freshman Skylar Ebner (Muncy, Pa./Muncy Area) won his first career dual meet by pinning Wyat Albanese in 2:10 at 197 and junior Nikolas Christine (Lewistown, Pa./Indian Valley) wrapped up the win by taking a 15-2 lead before pinning Eddie McBride at the 6:31 mark at heavyweight.
 
Witmer gave the Warriors a 4-0 lead after a 9-1 lead over Andrew Flanagan at 125 pounds and the Warriors never lost the lead. Willey posted a 9-7 win over Jake Sepor at 141 pounds. With the score 7-6 after the 149-pound match, freshman Nolan Barger (Clearfield, Pa./Clearfield Area) posted a 5-1 win over Wonsik Kim and Watkins added a 5-0 win over Nick Fisk to make it 13-6 after the 165-pound match.
 
The Warriors get back on the mat on Friday, Jan. 10 when they kick off the 26^th annual Budd Whitehill National Duals at Lamade Gym. The first round of the 20-team, two-day affair is set for 9 a.m.
 
Lycoming (LYCO) 23.0 SUNY-Oswego (SUOS) 12.0
125 Jake Witmer, LYCO, dec. Kevin Ramkishun, SUOS, 2-0
133 Zachary Finn, LYCO, dec. Quamaine Thomas, SUOS, 6-1
141 Caleb Willey, LYCO, maj. dec. Tomas Garcia, SUOS, 15-7
149 Abubakarr Sow, SUOS, dec. OT Seth Lansberry, LYCO, 5-4
157 Brian Watkins, LYCO, forf.
165 David Hall, SUOS, dec. Nolan Barger, LYCO, 6-5
174 Matthew Neff, LYCO, dec. Christopher Farrell, SUOS, 11-5
184 Scott Bova, SUOS, dec. Johnathan Secor, LYCO, 4-0
197 Greg Wetzel, LYCO, maj. dec. Joseph Gorsuch, SUOS, 8-0
285 Branden Jones, SUOS, dec. Matt Bloom, LYCO, 2-0
Exhibitions
125- Johnny Marquez (OS) injury default Jacob Hoats
133- Jonathan Ptacek (OS) dec. Tanner Fasold, 4-3
141- Zachary Britton (LC) dec. Kyle Vershey, 8-1
 
Lycoming (LYCO) 29.0 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIOT) 9.0
125 Jake Witmer, LYCO, maj. dec. Andrew Flanagan, RIOT, 9-1
133 Rory Bruce, RIOT, dec. Zachary Finn, LYCO, 6-1
141 Caleb Willey, LYCO, dec. Jake Sepor, RIOT, 9-7
149 Brad Mayville, RIOT, dec. Seth Lansberry, LYCO, 8-2
157 Nolan Barger, LYCO, dec. Wonsik Kim, RIOT, 5-1
165 Brian Watkins, LYCO, dec. Nick Fisk, RIOT, 5-0
174 Nicholas Greenquist, RIOT, dec. Johnathan Secor, LYCO, 8-3
184 Greg Wetzel, LYCO, maj. dec. Chris Ferri, RIOT, 9-0
197 Skylar Ebner, LYCO, pinned Wyatt Albanese, RIOT, 2:10
285 Nikolas Christine, LYCO, pinned Eddie McBride, RIOT, 6:31
Exhibition
165: Matt Neff (LC) dec. Conner Brown, 4-1