EDINBORO, Pa. (January 25, 2014) – Edinboro clinched the Eastern Wrestling League regular season crown on Saturday night with a 29-10 victory over Bloomsburg at McComb Fieldhouse. The Fighting Scots wrapped up EWL competition with a perfect 5-0 record while winning for the second straight night, and improved to 7-3 overall. Bloomsburg is now 5-6 overall and 1-2 in EWL action.
The Fighting Scots followed their usual pattern of jumping out to a big lead, as they won the first five matches, four by bonus points. That gave them a 23-0 lead. Bloomsburg would follow with a pair of decisions at 165 and 174 lbs. to close the gap to 23-6, but Edinboro would win two of the final three matches.
followed with a 16-0 technical fall over Nick Wilcox (18-9) at 133 lbs. as the two continued their long rivalry. Ranked second, Schopp led just 2-0 after one period, but he built the margin to 7-0 after two periods with two tilts. He registered his second takedown of the bout just over thirty seconds into the third period, and would tilt Wilcox two more times for a total of six points. Schopp is now 24-1 and boosted his career ledger to 96-12.
Top-ranked
put up a game fight against 15th-ranked Josh Veltre (15-3) at 165 lbs., but ultimately fell to 10-6 after a 7-3 decision for Veltre.
The same held true for
Patrick Jennings at 174 lbs. Mike Dessino (22-6) used a reversal thirty seconds into the third period for a 2-0 decision over Jennings, who fell to 8-9.
Vic Avery assured Edinboro the win with a 7-4 decision over Sam Shirey at 184 lbs. Shirey led 2-1 after one period, but Avery answered with an escape and takedown in the second period for a 4-2 lead. Shirey closed to 4-3 with an escape to start the third, but Avery's second takedown with 1:13 left gave him a 6-3 cushion. Shirey's escape was balanced by a 1:01 riding time advantage for Avery. Ranked 14th by Amateur Wrestling News and 15th by InterMat, Avery is now 14-2.
Bloomsburg's Richard Perry, ranked fourth by Amateur Wrestling News and fifth by InterMat, picked up his 100th career victory at 197 lbs. with a 12-4 major decision over Vince Pickett (12-9).
#14 EDINBORO 29, BLOOMSBURG 10
Saturday, January 25, 2014
McComb Fieldhouse
Edinboro, PA125 lbs. – #19
Kory Mines (EU) dec. Sean Boylan (BU) 4-0
133 lbs. -- #2
A.J. Schopp (EU) tech. fall Nick Wilcox (BU) 16-0 (7:00)
141 lbs. -- #1
Mitchell Port (EU) fall over Elliot Zackoski (BU) 3:54
149 lbs. -- #16
Dave Habat (EU) tech. fall Derek Goodwin (BU) 18-2 (4:26)
157 lbs. – #17
Johnny Greisheimer (EU) maj. dec. Kevin Hartnett (BU) 17-6
165 lbs. – #15 Josh Veltre (BU) dec.
Kasey Burnett-Davis (EU) 7-3
174 lbs. – Mike Dessino (BU) dec.
Patrick Jennings (EU) 2-0
184 lbs. – #15
Vic Avery (EU) dec. Sam Shirey (BU) 7-4
197 lbs. – #5 Richard Perry (BU) maj. dec. Vince Pickett (EU) 12-4
Hwt. – #19
Ernest James (EU) dec. Justin Grant (BU) 2-1
RECORDS: Edinboro 7-3, 5-0 EWL
Bloomsburg 5-6, 1-2 EWL
Edinboro clinches EWL regular season crown.
