Gannon Wrestling Edges Behrend

ERIE, Pa. – The Division II Gannon B wrestling team tallied a 34-14 non-conference win over Penn State Behrend on Thursday night in the Junker Center. 

Key Moments:

* The Golden Knights opened with four straight wins, starting at 125
* At 149, the fourth bout of the night, Steffan Lynch (North East, PA/North East) had a 6-5 lead heading into the final period
* Manuel Gonzales used a takedown to post an 8-7 come-back decision win
* Rudy Brown (Burgettstown, PA/Burgettstown) collected his second technical fall of the season at 157
* Brown managed to get to 22 points in 4:54 over Chance Kimmy, improving to 15-0 in dual-meet action
* In the next bout at 165, Konnor Tubin (Pewaukee, WI/Pewaukee) won in sudden victory over Christian Scheller
* Tubin used a reversal in the third period to get to 11-all and forcing overtime
* Tubin got a takedown with less than 30 seconds left in the match for his 17^th win of the season
* Matt Caldwell (North Tonawanda, NY/Starpoint) registered his second straight pin at heavyweight
* Caldwell used 1:22 off the clock to pin Daeshawn Larry for his eighth fall of the season

Gannon 34, Behrend 14

125: Kenneth Schmitz (GU) over Zach Dellinger (BEHR), (TF, 18-2 6:16)
133: Amarfio Reynolds (GU) over Isaac Meyers (BEHR), (TF, 19-2 6:57)
141: Chase McLaughlin (GU) over Cole Neil (BEHR), (Fall, 2:03)
149: Manuel Gonzales (GU) over Steffan Lynch (BEHR), (Dec, 8-7)
157: Rudy Brown (BEHR) over Chance Kimmy (GU), (TF, 22-7 4:54)
165: Konnor Tubin (BEHR) over Christian Scheller (GU), (SV-1 14-11)
174: John Watson (GU) over Trent Turner (BEHR), (Fall, 3:38)
184: Gaetano Savelli (GU) over Matthew Melchior (BEHR), (Fall 5:23)
197: Shane Davidson (GU) over Ryan Gildersleeve (BEHR), (Dec, 10-8)
285: Matt Caldwell (BEHR) over Daeshawn Larry (GU), (Fall, 1:22)

Next Up:

* The Lions host the AMCC Championships in the Junker Center on Saturday, February 15. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m.