CLARION WRESTLERS LOSE TO RIDER & RUTGERS

(Lawrenceville, N.J.): Clarion traveled to Rider on Saturday afternoon and dropped a double dual against Rider (24-16) and Rutgers (23-9) at Alumni Arena.

            Clarion opened with a tough 24-16 loss to host Rider, although winning 4 of the 10 matches and leading 16-9 after 174. The Golden Eagles got wins from Jay Ivanco (Fr. Monreoville) at 125, Travis Uncapher (Fr. Grapeville) at 157, Dom Ross (Jr. Sharon) at 165 and Mario Morelli (So. DuBois) at 174, but it wasn’t enough.

            Ivanco gave Clarion a 4-0 lead with a 10-2 major decision over Ilyass Elmasouri at 125. He used a takedown and a three point near fall in the first to take a 5-0 lead and never looked back.

            The pivotal bouts came at 133 and 141, where Rob LaBrake lost 3-1 in overtime to tom Lorenzo and Lascari lost a 9-8 decision to Fred Rogers in the final seconds.

            LaBrake appeared to have a late, third period takedown, but the official ruled LaBrake out of bounds. Lorenzo scored 10-seconds into overtime.

            Lascari fell behind 4-1 at the end of the first, but rallied with a reversal and a takedown to tie the match 5-5 at the end of the second. After a Rogers escape, Lascari took a brief 7-6 lead with a takedown. Tied at 7-7 with about 30-seconds left, Rogers scored a takedown, but Lascari escaped quickly to make it 9-8. Lascari then scored what looked like a winning takedown at the buzzer, but the takedown was waived off and Rogers held on to win 9-8.

            Hadley Harrison lost to #18 ranked Don Fisch at 149, but the Eagles rallied when Travis Uncapher won a major decision over Rob Morrison 10-2 and Dom Ross decisioned Jason Lapham 6-4 at 165.

            Mario Morelli gave the Eagles a 16-9 lead when he notched a technical fall, 16-0 win over Dan Silberman at 6:42. Morelli had three takedowns and three near falls to post his big win.

            Down the stretch Rider won the match when #19 Doug Umbehauer decisioned Scott Joseph (So. Export) 9-2, #17 ranked T.J. Morrison won by disqualification over Jamie Luckett at 6:44 (Stalled out), and Ed Bordas pinned Roman Husam at 3:00.

            In the nightcap Clarion got wins from Jay Ivanco at 125, Rob LaBrake at 133 and Travis Uncapher at 157, but Rugters won 23-9.

            Ivanco won 2-0 over Ryan Fikslin, LaBrake was a 5-0 winner over Mike DeMarco and Uncapher won 6-4 over Chris Norrell.

            CLARION NOTES: Clarion is now 8-12 overall and will next be in action at Eastern Michigan next Saturday to go against EMU, Gardner Webb and Northern Illinois starting at noon…

RIDER 24 CLARION 16

125- Jay Ivanco (CL) maj. dec. Ilyass Elmasouri (R)10-2

133- Thomas Lorenzo (R) dec. Rob LaBrake (CL) 3-1 ot

141- Fred Rogers (R) dec. Sal Lascari (CL) 9-8

149- Don Fisch (R) dec. Hadley Harrison (CL) 8-2

157- Travis Uncapher (CL) maj. dec. Rob Morrison (R) 10-2

165- Dom Ross (CL) dec. Jason Lapham (R) 6-4

174- Mario Morelli (CL) tech. fall Dan Silberman (R) 16-0; 6:42

184- Scott Joseph (CL) Doug Umbehauer (R) dec. Scott Joseph (CL) 9-2

197- T. J. Morrison (R) wb disq. Jamie Luckett (CL) 6:44

285- Ed Bordas (R) pinned Roman Husam (CL) 3:00

Clarion: 8-11

Rider: 4-12

RUTGERS 23 CLARION 9

125- Jay Ivanco (CL) dec. Ryan Fikslin (RT) 2-0

133- Rob LaBrake (CL) dec. Mike DeMarco (RT) 5-0

141- Steve Adamcsik (RT) maj. dec. Sal Lascari (CL) 16-3

149- Jack Barrett (RT) dec. Hadley Harrison (CL) 6-4

157- Travis Uncapher (CL) dec. Chris Norrell (RT) 6-4

165- Matt Pletcher (RT) maj. dec. Dom Ross (CL) 11-3

174- Michael Whalen (RT) dec. Mario Morelli (CL) 3-1

184- Keith Dobish (RT) dec. Scott Joseph (CL) 5-4

197- Lamar Brown (RT) dec. Jamie Luckett (CL) 3-2

285- Karim Mahmoud (RT) dec Roman Husam (CL) 8-2

Clarion: 8-12

Rutgers: 5-5