Behrend Wrestling Takes Tiebreaker Over Thiel

GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team finishes their regular-season dual meet schedule with a 24-23 win over non-conference Thiel on Tuesday night.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 24, Thiel 23
Location: Greenville, Pa. | Maenpa Court at Beeghly Gymnasium  

Key Moments:

* The Lions won in dramatic fashion after the match was tied 23-all at the completion of the 285 bout
* Behrend earned the tiebreaker point for having the most six-point wins in the match (two pins)
* The Lions fell behind 9-0 after the first two bouts
* Jake Brown (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) collected the first six points for Behrend at 141
* Brown pinned Dreyvin Livingston in 3:40 to cut the lead to 9-6
* The Lions won the next three bouts to take a 20-9 advantage
* Peyton Hearn (Conneaut, PA/Conneaut) tallied a technical fall over Austin Parker (18-2) in 5:59
* At 157, Martin Ohlsson (Westfield, NY/Westfield) tallied the second pin of the night
* Ohlsson took down Jacob Potts in 5:59 to make it 17-9
* Lane Dellaquila (Saint Marys, PA/Elk County Catholic) posted the first three points thanks to a 2-0 decision at 165
* Matthew Caldwell (Wheatfield, NY/Starpoint) broke a 20-all tie with a 12-9 decision at 197
* The Tomcats posted a 4-1 decision at heavyweight to even the scored at 23

Penn State Behrend 24, Thiel 23

125: EJ McCarthy (T) maj. dec. Ja'Shad Bumpers (PSB), 11-2 [T 4-0]
133: Evan Whiteside (T) tech. fall Cole Neil (PSB), 20-4 (7:00) [T 9-0]
141: Jake Brown (PSB) pinned Dreyvin Livingston (T), 3:40 [T 9-6]
149: Peyton Hearn (PSB) tech. fall Austin Parker, 18-2 (2:00) [PB 11-9]
157: Martin Ohlsson (PSB) pinned Jacob Potts, 5:59 [PB 17-9]
165: Lane Dellaquila (PSB) dec. Dominic Hartman, 2-0 [PB 20-9]
174: Frank Gill (T) tech. fall Ryan Gildersleeve (PSB), 19-4 (7:00) [PB 20-14]
184: Jared Curcio (T) pinned Matthew Melchior (PSB), 1:06 [20-20]
197: Matthew Caldwell (PSB) dec. Howie Congdon (T), 12-9 [PB 23-20]
285: Seth Phillips (T) dec. Eric Morales (PSB), 4-1 [PB 24-23]

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday at the AMCC Championships. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m.