ERIE, Pa. – In his first action of the season, senior 157-pounder Kobin Karper (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) recorded three pins to help the 20^th-ranked Lycoming College wrestling team finish 2-1 at the Behrend Duals, beating RIT, 25-18 and Washington & Jefferson, 35-14, but falling to Penn State-Behrend, 24-23, on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 15, at the Junker Center.
 
The Warriors won six of the 10 bouts against RIT (1-2), including three bonus-point wins to post the 25-18 win.
 
Karper debuted with a second-period pin on Max Watson to give Lycoming a 12-8 lead before ninth-ranked junior Kaiden Wagner (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewsiburg Area) pinned Mason Grodzki in less than a minute at 165 pounds. Second-ranked junior Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry) added a 12-3 major decision of Jack Lamson at 174. Senior 184-pounder Eli Crum (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) posted a 10-3 decision to finish the run.
 
Senior 125-pounder Lenny Cocca (Denville, N.J./Morris Knolls) and junior 141-pounder Major Lewis (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) also had decisions in the win.
 
Lycoming won another six bouts in the 35-14 win over Washington & Jefferson (1-4), with all six wins coming in bonus-point fashion.
 
First-year 133-pounder Luke Mangini (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) and Lewis had pins to give Lycoming a 12-3 lead before Karper added another pin to start a run of 17 points, with Wagner picking up a forfeit and Zeigler posting a 15-0 first-period tech fall of John Starusko. To cap the meet, first-year heavyweight Howar Brambley (Breezewood, Pa./Everett) pinned Fre'Jon Beasley in the first period.
 
The Lions (2-1) withstood four-bout run where the Warriors scored all 23 of its points to post the 24-23 win.
 
Karper started the run at 157 with a pin of Hunter Savitz before Wagner posted a tech fall of Mason Savitz and Zeigler added a pin in 1:08 of Matthew Melchoir at 174. Crum finished the run with a second-period pin of Anthony Salvini.
 
The Warriors are back in action with a 2:30 p.m. dual meet at McDaniel College on Sunday, Nov. 23.
 
Lycoming 25, RIT 18
125: Leonard Cocca (LYCO) over John Freebern (RIT) (Dec 11-4)
133: Jackson Rush (RIT) over Luke Magnani (LYCO) (Dec 7-3)
141: Major Lewis (LYCO) over Amari Payton (RIT) (Dec 9-3)
149: Marco Rivera (RIT) over Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (TF 23-5 5:42)
157: Kobin Karper (LYCO) over Max Watson (RIT) (Fall 4:49)
165: Kaiden Wagner (LYCO) over Mason Grodzki (RIT) (Fall 0:51)
174: Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over Jack Lamson (RIT) (MD 12-3)
184: Eli Crum (LYCO) over Nicholas Smith (RIT) (Dec 10-3)
197: Elon Martin (RIT) over Tyler Lobb (LYCO) (MD 14-5)
285: Josh Harkless (RIT) over Antwon Bell (LYCO) (Fall 1:19)
125 Extra: Matthew Velez (RIT) over Evan Newman (Lycoming) (TF 18-3 7:00)
133 Extra: Gabe Scalise (RIT) over Anthony Coukart (Lycoming) (MD 19-5)
149 Extra: Luke Pires (RIT) over Quinton Bartlett (Lycoming) (Fall 2:19)
157 Extra: Wyatt Kent (Lycoming) over Peter Graham (RIT) (MD 13-3)
157 Extra: Konrad Haugeto (RIT) over Nathan Sterner (Lycoming) (Dec 9-6)
165 Extra: Logan Williamson (RIT) over Nando Ott (Lycoming) (Dec 11-7)
174 Extra: Devon Green (Lycoming) vs. Evan de Jong (RIT)
285 Extra: Quincy Bonville (RIT) over Antwon Bell (Lycoming) (TF 19-1 5:39)
 
Penn State Behrend 24, Lycoming 23
125: Evan Whiteside (BEHR) over Leonard Cocca (LYCO) (Fall 0:40)
133: Amarfio Reynolds (BEHR) over Luke Magnani (LYCO) (Dec 5-2)
141: Cole Neil (BEHR) over Major Lewis (LYCO) (Dec 4-1)
149: Jake Brown (BEHR) over Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (Dec 13-9)
157: Kobin Karper (LYCO) over Hunter Savitz (BEHR) (Fall 2:03)
165: Kaiden Wagner (LYCO) over Mason Savitz (BEHR) (TF 16-0 2:48)
174: Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over Matthew Melchior (BEHR) (Fall 1:08)
184: Eli Crum (LYCO) over Anthony Salvini (BEHR) (Fall 4:20)
197: Abraham Keep (BEHR) over Tyler Lobb (LYCO) (MD 11-0)
285: Matthew Caldwell (BEHR) over James Ellis (LYCO) (TF 20-5 5:12)  
125 Extra: Angelo Lomonte (Penn State Behrend) over William Olson (Lycoming) (Fall 2:11)
157 Extra: Colby Seiler (Lycoming) over Hunter Savitz (Penn State Behrend) (TF 23-6 5:14)
174 Extra: Devon Green (Lycoming) over Matthew Melchior (Penn State Behrend) (Dec 10-3)
 
Lycoming 35, Washington & Jefferson 14
125: Brandon Dami (W&J) over Leonard Cocca (LYCO) (Dec 8-5)
133: Luke Magnani (LYCO) over Holden DuBois (W&J) (Fall 1:18)
141: Major Lewis (LYCO) over Alexander Tucker (W&J) (Fall 0:54)
149: Bryce Rodriguez-Uram (W&J) over Jayden Drummond (LYCO) (TF 19-4 3:36)
157: Kobin Karper (LYCO) over Vontez Tyus (W&J) (Fall 1:12)
165: Kaiden Wagner (LYCO) over (W&J) (For.)
174: Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) over John Starusko (W&J) (TF 15-0 2:16)
184: Vitali Daniels (W&J) over Eli Crum (LYCO) (Dec 8-5)
197: Jack Viti (W&J) over Tyler Lobb (LYCO) (SV-1 10-7)
285: Howard Brambley (LYCO) over Fre`Jon Beasley (W&J) (Fall 1:57)   
125 Extra: Evan Newman (Lycoming) over Vincent Coleman (Washington & Jefferson) (Dec 5-4)
133 Extra: Anthony Coukart (Lycoming) over Adis Karybekov (Washington & Jefferson) (Fall 4:55)
174 Extra: Devon Green (Lycoming) over Abrahem Asaad (Washington & Jefferson) (Fall 0:50)