College Wrestling
SLIPPERY ROCK 30 CLARION 12
(CLARION, PA): Slippery Rock won six of ten bouts and defeated Clarion 30-12 on Thursday night at Waldo. S. Tippin Gymnasium.
Slippery Rock raised its dual record to 5-5 overall, while Clarion dropped to 0-9 on the season.
Clarion jumped out to a 9-4 lead in the first four weight classes. At 125 Clarion’s Toby Seger decisioned Chris Clarke 5-2, but SR’s Sal Lascari’s posted an 11-3 major decision win over Rob LaBrake and SR had a 4-3 lead.
Clarion’s Greg Lewis notched a 10-3 decision over David Pienaar and the Golden Eagles Derrick Smith edged Shawn Baglio 5-4 to put Clarion ahead 9-4.
Slippery Rock won the next five matches, including a pin by Charlie Pienaar at 184 and major decisions by Gerald Christian at 157 and Jason Cardillo at 165.
Clarion lost Dave Gardner in his match at 174 with a lower back injury early in the third period with Gardner leading 2-0. Jerimiah Frederick had Gardner’s leg in the air looking for a takedown. Gardner decided to try to go under Frederick and got caught underneath and suffered the injury at 5:33, giving the Rock six points and sealing the win.
Clarion heavyweight A.J. Brooks scored a takedown with 1 second remaining in his match to defeat Matt Burkholder 3-1 to end the scoring.
Clarion was again without captains T.J. McCance (149) and Charlie Cilinski (184), along with Matt Wilcox at 197 due to injuries.
Clarion is off until January 20th when it will host Edinboro at 7:30pm.
125 – Toby Seger (CL) dec. Chris Clarke (SR) 5-2
133- Sal Lascari (SR) maj. dec. Rob LaBrake (CL) 11-3
141- Grez Lewis (Cl) dec. David Peinar (SR) 10-3
149- Derrick Smith (Cl) dec. Shawn Baglio (SR) 5-4
157- Gerald Christian (SR) maj. dec. Nick Billups (Cl) 14-6
165- Jason Cardillo (SR) maj. dec. Logan Downes (Cl) 18-6
174- Jerimiah Frederick (SR) inj. def. Dave Gardner (Cl) 5:33
184- Charlie Pienaar (SR) pinned Dominic Ross (Cl) 1:27
197- Andrew Joseph (SR) forfeit
HWT- A.J. Brooks (Cl) dec. Matt Burkholder (SR) 3-1