WASHINGTON, Pa. – Junior heavyweight
Robbie West (Washington, Pa./Fort Cherry) clinched the 450
th dual meet win in the 31-year career of head coach
Roger Crebs '87 with a first-period pin in his hometown to lift the 21
st-ranked Lycoming College wrestling team to a 24-18 win over Division II Seton Hill before Lycoming beat Washington & Jefferson, 27-17, to wrap up the Jim White Duals on Saturday, Jan. 20.
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Lycoming (9-2 overall) won six of the 10 bouts against the Griffins (4-6 overall), helping Crebs become the seventh Division III coach and the 17
th collegiate wrestling coach to reach 450 dual meet wins.
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Junior
Kaden Majcher (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), ranked 11
th in Division III by the Open Mat, forced overtime with Division II's 19
th-ranked William Burgess, getting a third-period reversal before earning a riding-time point to comeback from a 4-1 deficit. In the first ride-out part of overtime, Majcher got another reversal and locked in a pinning combination for a key six points.
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The Warriors increaded the lead to 15-4 after junior 157-pounder
Logan Bartlett (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) won a scramble for a takedown in sudden victory against Christian Hirak for a 4-1 win after decisions from junior 141-pounder
Cooper Gilham (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) and senior 149-pounder
Wiley Kahler (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM).
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Seton Hill took an 18-15 lead with wins in the next three bouts, but first-year 197-pounder
Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) tied the bout with a 7-2 decision over Brendan Finnerty before West pinned Lucas Allen to end the match in 1:41.
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Lycoming won six bouts again in the 27-17 win over Washington & Jefferson (3-8 overall), posting four bonus-point wins in the victory.
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Majcher pinned Michael Cruz at 125 pounds to kick off the meet with the Presidents and junior 133-pounder
Thomas Conselyea (Landing, N.J./Roxbury) followed with a 9-3 decision over Max Jackman. The Presidents won three straight bouts to take an 11-9 lead, but junior
Chase Chapman (Philipsburg, Pa./Philipsburg-Osceola) responded with a second-period pin of Kevin Corseault to take the lead back at 165. Sophomore
Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) added a major decision of Adam Zerbee, 12-3, at 174 and senior
Gable Crebs (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) clinched the match with a 16-0 tech fall of Christian McChesney at 197. West added a 4-3 win over regionally-ranked Trevor Manley to finish off the meet.
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The Warriors are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 27, when they host King's (Pa.) at 11 a.m. in the Keiper Recreation Center.
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#21 Lycoming 24, Seton Hill 18
125:
Kaden Majcher (LYCO) over William Burgess (SHU) (SV-1 (Fall) 8:23)
133: Kyle Burkholder (SHU) over
Jaciah Whitcomb (LYCO) (MD 13-2)
141:
Cooper Gilham (LYCO) over Jacob Gardner (SHU) (Dec 13-7)
149:
Wiley Kahler (LYCO) over Niko Ferra (SHU) (Dec 6-1)
157:
Logan Bartlett (LYCO) over Christian Hirak (SHU) (SV-1 4-1)
165: Collin Hearn (SHU) over
Chase Chapman (LYCO) (TF 19-4 5:51)
174: Kane Kettering (SHU) over
Eli Crum (LYCO) (Dec 5-2)
184: Riley O`Mara (SHU) over
Devon Green (LYCO) (Fall 1:37)
197:
Ivan Neal (LYCO) over Brendan Finnerty (SHU) (Dec 7-2)
285:
Robbie West (LYCO) over Lucas Allen (SHU) (Fall 1:41)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
141 Extra: Nate Levie (Seton Hill) over
Kyle Haverstick (Lycoming) (Fall 2:43)
141 Extra:
Shane Perry (Lycoming) over Colm Ellis (Seton Hill) (Fall 3:31)
157 Extra: Trevor Swartz (Seton Hill) over
Cael Owen (Lycoming) (MD 13-4)
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#21 Lycoming 27, Washington & Jefferson 17
125:
Kaden Majcher (LYCO) over Michael Cruz (W&J) (Fall 2:05)
133:
Thomas Conselyea (LYCO) over Max Jackman (W&J) (Dec 9-3)
141: Hunter Swedish (W&J) over
Cooper Gilham (LYCO) (MD 10-2)
149: Taylor Smith (W&J) over
Wiley Kahler (LYCO) (Dec 12-11)
157: Bryce Rodriguez-Uram (W&J) over
Logan Bartlett (LYCO) (MD 13-3)
165:
Chase Chapman (LYCO) over Kevin Courseault Jr (W&J) (Fall 3:32)
174:
Eli Crum (LYCO) over Adam Zerbee (W&J) (MD 12-3)
184: Noah Byrum (W&J) over
Devon Green (LYCO) (Inj. 0:32)
197:
Gable Crebs (LYCO) over Christian McChesney (W&J) (TF 16-0 4:10)
285:
Robbie West (LYCO) over Trevor Manley (W&J) (Dec 4-3)
133 Extra:
Anthony Coukart (Lycoming) over Daniel Verscharen (Washington & Jefferson) (Fall 1:59)
149 Extra:
Clayton Royer (Lycoming) over Matthew Gariano (Washington & Jefferson) (TF 15-0 2:27)
157 Extra:
Ethan Kolb (Lycoming) over Elijah Guzman (Washington & Jefferson) (TF 17-1 4:17)
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