WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Four bonus-point wins highlighted the Lycoming College wrestling team's 800^th dual meet victory in the 65-season history of the program as Lycoming opened the Budd Whitehill National Duals with a 41-3 win over Southern Virginia on Friday, Jan. 7, at Lamade Gym before falling to second-seeded Ithaca College, 38-12. Lycoming will move into the fifth- to eighth-place group on Saturday.
 
Lycoming (7-1 overall) is now the fifth Division III program in history to reach 800 dual meet wins, as it joined Springfield (1,049), Wilkes (898), Wartburg (851) and Olivet (814). Lycoming has an 800-318-9 record (.714) since the program's founding in 1956.
 
The Warriors (7-1 overall) face Messiah (3-6 overall) on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 9 a.m., to start the second day of the tournament, with the winner of that match facing the winner of the York (Pa.) (2-4 overall) and Wilkes (3-3 overall) match in the fifth-place bout at 10:30 a.m. The losers will face off in the seventh-place bout at the same time.
 
The Warriors picked up wins in eight of nine bouts against the Knights (2-6 overall), posting bonus-point wins in four of the six contested bouts.
 
Junior 125-pounder Garrett Lee (Hollywood, Md./Leonardtown) started with a technical fall before first-year 133-pounder Thomas Conselyea (Landing, N.J./Roxbury) notched a decision. A forfeit at 141 gave the Warriors a 14-0 lead.
 
Junior 157-pounder Hunter O'Connor (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) notched a technical fall to start a run of 27 points by the Warriors to close the match. A pair of forfeits at 165 and 174 led into a pin by sophomore 197-pounder Gable Crebs (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) in 1:02. Junior 285-pounder Connor Fulmer (Elysburg, Pa./Southern Columbia) notched a big 8-0 major decision over Nico Ramirez, listed as honorable mention in d3wrestle.com's individual rankings.
 
Against the Bombers (3-0 overall), the Warriors picked up 12 points in two bouts while Ithaca won the other eight bouts.
 
First-year Chase Chapman (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) pinned Travis Jones at 141 pounds in 5:32 and Fulmer won his 25^th straight match via forfeit.
 
Lycoming 41, Southern Virginia 3
125 - Garrett Lee (Lycoming) over Jaden Nelson (Southern Virginia) TF 17-0
133 - Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) over Harper Thompson (Southern Virginia) Dec 5-4
141 - Chase Chapman (Lycoming) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149 - Eli Blackwell (Southern Virginia) over Logan Bartlett (Lycoming) Dec 8-1
157 - Hunter O`Connor (Lycoming) over Weston Hirschi (Southern Virginia) TF 16-0
165 - Preston Rogers (Lycoming) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
174 - Wiley Kahler (Lycoming) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
184 - Double Forfeit
197 - Gable Crebs (Lycoming) over Cache Holmes (Southern Virginia) Fall 1:02
285 - ConnorFulmer (Lycoming) over Nico Ramirez (Southern Virginia) Maj 8-0
 
Ithaca 38, Lycoming 12
125 - Matthew Griffin (Ithaca) over Garrett Lee (Lycoming) Fall 0:47
133 - Luis Hernandez (Ithaca) over Thomas Conselyea (Lycoming) Dec 9-4
141 - Chase Chapman (Lycoming) over Travis Jones (Ithaca) Fall 5:32
149 - Matthew Beyer (Ithaca) over Wiley Kahler (Lycoming) Fall 2:49
157 - Adam Wagner (Ithaca) over Hunter O`Connor (Lycoming) Dec 4-1
165 - Jackson Gray (Ithaca) over Preston Rogers (Lycoming) Maj 9-1
174 - Colin Murphy (Ithaca) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
184 - Chibueze Chukwuezi (Ithaca) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
197 - Jordan Wallace (Ithaca) over Gable Crebs (Lycoming) Maj 11-3
285 - Connor Fulmer (Lycoming) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf