Behrend Wrestling Downs Waynesburg
The Penn State Behrend wrestling team improves to 3-0 for the first time since the program was reinstated in 2017 thanks to a 45-10 victory over Waynesburg on Friday night.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team improves to 3-0 for the first time since the program was reinstated in 2017 thanks to a 45-10 victory over Waynesburg on Friday night.
Final Score: Penn State Behrend 45, Waynesburg 10
Location: Erie, Pa. | Junker Center
Key Moments:
* The Lions won six straight bouts to start the match to take a commanding 34-0 lead
* Behrend tallied four pins and three technical falls in the win
* Sebastian Chiesa (West Springfield, PA/Northwestern) tallied his second dual-meet win and fourth pin of the season in 2:03 over Gavin Novak at 125
* Cole Neil (Saint Marys, PA/Saint Marys) made it 11-0 with a 17-1 technical fall over Christian Michaels at 133
* Neil registered all his points in the first period
* At 141, Jake Brown (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) recorded a forfeit win, before Peyton Hearn (Conneaut Lake, PA/Conneaut) pushed the lead to 22-0
* Hearn, wrestling at 149, earned his third technical fall of the season with an 18-3 win over Adrian Letta
* Martin Ohlsson (Westfield, NY/Westfield Academy) earned the second pin of the night at 157
* Ohlsson tallied his fourth pin of the season, taking down Rhyan Stewart in 2:41
* Lane Dellaquila (Saint Marys, PA/Elk County Catholic) made it 34-0 with a pin in 2:11 over Jamarion Lewis at 165
* The Yellow Jackets were victorious at 174 and 184 to get 10 points
* The final two wins of the night belonged to Matthew Caldwell (Wheatfield, NY/Starpoint) at 197 and Eric Morales (San Antonio, TX/Burbank) at heavyweight
* Caldwell moves to 3-0 in dual-meet action this season with his team-leading sixth pin
* Caldwell took down Ayden Bishoff in 6:07 for a 40-10 lead
* Morales collected the final technical fall with a score of 19-1 right as the buzzer was sounding to end the second period
Penn State Behrend 45, Waynesburg 10
125: Sebastian Chiesa (PSB) over Gavin Novak (WAYN) (Fall 2:03)
133: Cole Neil (PSB) over Christian Michaels (WAYN) (TF 17-1 1:55)
141: Jake Brown (PSB) over (WAYN) (For.)
149: Peyton Hearn (PSB) over Adrian Letta (WAYN) (TF 18-3 6:09)
157: Martin Ohlsson (PSB) over Rhyan Stewart (WAYN) (Fall 2:41)
165: Lane Dellaquila (PSB) over Jamarion Lewis (WAYN) (Fall 2:11)
174: Colby Morris (WAYN) over Matthew Melchior (PSB) (Fall 1:09)
184: Jessie Orbin (WAYN) over Ryan Gildersleeve (PSB) (MD 17-4)
197: Matthew Caldwell (PSB) over Ayden Bishoff (WAYN) (Fall 6:07)
285: Eric Morales (PSB) over Billy Sugden (WAYN) (TF 19-1 5:00)
Up Next:
* Behrend returns to action on Saturday, December 16 at Niagara Community College. Match begins at 2 p.m.