ALLENTOWN, Pa. – With a pair of pins in his last two matches Saturday, Nov. 23, senior
Robbie West (Washington, Pa./Fort Cherry) tied a 23-year old school record with his 51
st career pin to highlight a 2-1 day for the Lycoming College wrestling team, as it beat Shenandoah University, 35-15, and Johns Hopkins University, 38-15, after opening the day with a 34-12 setback to Washington & Lee at the Scotty Wood Duals at Deitrich Field House.
West, who has seven pins this year after posting 14 as a junior, 20 as a sophomore and 10 as a rookie, tied the record of 51 pins set by Royce Eyer (1997-01), who earned two All-American awards and capped his career with a national title at 157 pounds while going 127-28 in his career. West is 79-26 in his career.
The Warriors (5-1 overall) broke open the duals with Shenandoah (1-2 overall) and Johns Hopkins (1-2 overall) in the final four eight classes, as they scored a perfect 24 points against Shenandoah and added 21 against Hopkins.
Senior 125-pounder
Kaden Majcher (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), ranked 14
th in the nation, sophomore 174-pounder
Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry) and junior 184-pounder
Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) were each 3-0 on the day for the Warriors, with Crum posting two tech falls and a pin to lead the team.
Lycoming jumped out against Shenandoah with major decisions from Majcher, who beat regionally-ranked Anakin Burks, 11-2, and junior 133-pounder
Thomas Conselyea (Landing, N.J./Roxbury) and junior 149-pounder
Kobin Karper (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) added a decision to make it 11-6, but after the 165-pound match, the Warriors were behind 15-11. Zeigler gave the team the lead with a 39-second pin before Crum added a 34-second stick. Junior 197-pounder
Jimmy Ellis (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) clinched the win with a pin of Cotton Yelton in 1:01. West added his 50
th career pin, beating Daniel Basil-Barker, in 2:01 to finalize the match.
Conselyea gave Lycoming an 11-0 lead with a technical fall against the Blue Jays before Karper added a fall, but after six matches, Hopkins was within two at 17-15 before Zeigler, Crum and Ellis each notched technical falls to break open the duals. West capped the meet by decking Jake Pomykata in 2:20 for his record-tying pin.
In the opening dual, Majcher posted a decision, Zeigler posted a 13-3 major decision over regionally-ranked Zeigler and Crum added a tech fall to post the team's 12 points.
The Warriors are back on the mat at Messiah University's Petrofes Invitational, which kicks off on Friday, Dec. 6, at 12 p.m.
Washington & Lee 34, Lycoming 12
125:
Kaden Majcher (LYCO) over Tony Urso (W&L) (Dec 13-11)
133: Calvin Wiedemer (W&L) over
Thomas Conselyea (LYCO) (TF 18-1 5:27)
141: Skyler Hickman (W&L) over
Shane Perry (LYCO) (Fall 1:34)
149: Evan Lindner (W&L) over
Kobin Karper (LYCO) (Dec 10-5)
157: Harris Foad (W&L) over
Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (Fall 5:37)
165: Mark Troni (W&L) over
Wyatt Frawley (LYCO) (Fall 1:08)
174:
Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over Jacob Wright (W&L) (MD 13-3)
184:
Eli Crum (LYCO) over Evan Surmay (W&L) (TF 17-0 6:36)
197: John Santowski (W&L) over
Ivan Neal (LYCO) (TF 18-3 7:00)
285: Carter Stack (W&L) over
Robbie West (LYCO) (Dec 11-4)
Lycoming 35, Shenandoah 15
125:
Kaden Majcher (LYCO) over Anakin Burks (Shen) (MD 11-2)
133:
Thomas Conselyea (LYCO) over Heath Burks (Shen) (MD 11-2)
141: Sean Rinebolt (Shen) over
Shane Perry (LYCO) (Fall 3:53)
149:
Kobin Karper (LYCO) over Hunter Ballantine (Shen) (Dec 8-6)
157: Brendan Orr (Shen) over
Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (Dec 10-4)
165: Cannon Long (Shen) over
Wyatt Frawley (LYCO) (Fall 1:02)
174:
Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over Daiveon Barlow (Shen) (Fall 0:39)
184:
Eli Crum (LYCO) over Robert Keener (Shen) (Fall 0:34)
197: James Ellis (LYCO) over Cotton Yelton (Shen) (Fall 1:01)
285:
Robbie West (LYCO) over Daniel Basil-Barker (Shen) (Fall 2:01)
Lycoming 38, Johns Hopkins 15
125:
Kaden Majcher (LYCO) over (JHU) (For.)
133:
Thomas Conselyea (LYCO) over Andrew Mahony (JHU) (TF 18-3 4:00)
141: Giorgio Difalco (JHU) over
Shane Perry (LYCO) (TF 17-2 6:33)
149:
Kobin Karper (LYCO) over Brennan McGrann (JHU) (Fall 2:21)
157: Freddy Pimental (JHU) over
Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (TF 17-1 3:47)
165: Chris Roybal (JHU) over
Wyatt Frawley (LYCO) (TF 19-3 2:52)
174:
Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over Connor Powell (JHU) (TF 19-2 5:32)
184:
Eli Crum (LYCO) over Noah Graber (JHU) (TF 18-0 2:52)
197: James Ellis (LYCO) over Colin Finney (JHU) (TF 16-0 4:37)
285:
Robbie West (LYCO) over Jake Pomykata (JHU) (Fall 2:20)
Exhibition Matches
125 Extra: Leonard Cocca (Lycoming) over Austin Jeffrey (Messiah) (Fall 0:43)
125 Extra: Leonard Cocca (Lycoming) over Elliot Rivera (Shenandoah University) (Dec 17-10)
133 Extra: Xavier Ramsey (Shenandoah University) over
Jaciah Whitcomb (Lycoming) (Fall 6:53)
133 Extra:
Anthony Coukart (Lycoming) over Xavier Ramsey (Shenandoah University) (Fall 6:17)
133 Extra:
Anthony Coukart (Lycoming) over Matthew Casey (Messiah) (TF 17-2 5:37)
141 Extra: Daniel Pierce (Messiah) over
Quinton Bartlett (Lycoming) (TF 18-2 5:21)
141 Extra: Tharun Svetanant (Washington & Lee) over
Quinton Bartlett (Lycoming) (Fall 0:59)
141 Extra: Isaiah Wilson (Washington & Lee) over
Quinton Bartlett (Lycoming) (Fall 0:39)
149 Extra: Abel Brunk (Messiah) over
Wyatt Kent (Lycoming) (MD 14-3)
149 Extra: Charles Levine (Muhlenberg) over
Wyatt Kent (Lycoming) (TF 15-0 3:00)
149 Extra:
Wyatt Kent (Lycoming) over Max Apsel (Johns Hopkins) (SV-1 9-6)
174 Extra: Kadin Khalloufi (Johns Hopkins) over
Devon Green (Lycoming) (Fall 2:01)
174 Extra: Nick Montanye (Messiah) over
Devon Green (Lycoming) (Dec 8-7)
174 Extra: Sam Tignor (Washington & Lee) over
Devon Green (Lycoming) (Dec 11-6)
184 Extra:
Nick Parrella (Lycoming) over Zach Silnutzer (Washington & Lee) (Dec 7-5)
285 Extra:
Cayden Hooks (Lycoming) over Bryce Burkhart (Keystone) (Fall 2:00)
285 Extra:
Cayden Hooks (Lycoming) over Preston Nitschke-Love (Messiah) (MD 14-1)
285 Extra:
Cayden Hooks (Lycoming) over Daniel Basil-Barker (Shenandoah University) (Dec 6-5)