ROCHESTER, NY – Sophomore Kyle Trim (Bemus Point, NY/Maple Grove) placed sixth overall in the heavyweight class to lead the Penn State Behrend wrestling team at the Rochester Institute of Technology Invite on Saturday.
Key Moments:
* Trim recorded five wins on the day to place and Zach Dellinger (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville) tallied two victories
* Trim, wrestling at 285, registered four pinfalls to push his team lead to seven on the season
* Trim started out with a pinfall in 2:03 over M. Bolivar of Trinity, before falling into the consolation bracket
* Trim only needed 2:41 to defeat C. Mullenix of Case Western and then using only 1:33 to take down L. Berry of Trinity
* The sophomore continued his winning ways, jumping out to a 5-1 lead over Nick Barrett of Alfred State before pinning him in 6:24
* Trim made it four wins in a row with an 11-5 decision over Kolton Gagnon of Wesleyan, before bowing out due to not being able to wrestle more than six matches in a day
* At 125, Dellinger opened with a pin over H. Crouse of Thiel in 4:38
* Dellinger fell in his next match but recovered in the consolation round with a 3-2 win over J. Bumpers of Pitt-Bradford
* Dellinger used two escapes and a point from riding time to advance
* The freshman then fell in his final bout to Ryan Berstler of Penn. Tech. by pinfall (1:08) to finish 2-2 on the day
* As a team, the Lions accumulated 22 points on the day
Next Up:
* Behrend returns home on Thursday at 7 p.m. against Pitt-Bradford in the Junker Center.
