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    Bloomsburg downs Cleveland State

    BLOOMSBURG -- The Bloomsburg University wrestling team recorded their second win of the weekend in a 27-9 victory over Cleveland State University. With the win, the Huskies improve to 9-7 on the season, 3-1 in the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL).

    125-Fourteenth-ranked Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy) won by forfeit.

    133-Ricky Donald (Millville/Bloomsburg) put three points on the board for the Huskies with a 9-2 decision win over the Vikings' David Armstrong. Wasting no time, Donald took a 6-1 lead after the first period. In the second, he scored on an escape, owning a 7-1 lead after the first five minutes. Following an Armstrong escape form the defensive position, Donald earned his final point on 2:16 of riding time.

    141-With 44 seconds remaining in the 141-pound bout, Brad Forbes (Downingtown/Downingtown) scored on a reversal to break a 2-2 tie en route to a 7-2 win over Cleveland State's Mike Hurley. In the second, Forbes recorded a reversal from the defensive position to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Following a Hurley reversal with 1:49 remaining in the match, Forbes scored the reversal and turned Hurley to earn three backpoints in the closing seconds of the match. With the win, the Huskies took a 12-0 lead.

    149-Ryan Hurley put the Vikings on the board with a 5-2 decision win over George Hickman (Wilmington, NC/Riverside). After a scoreless first period, Hickman scored from the defensive position, but Hurley took a 2-1 lead with a takedown with 44 seconds left in the period. After earning a penalty point after Hickman was called twice for stalling, Hurley owned a 3-2 lead heading into the final period. Hurley closed out the match with an escape and earned another penalty point for a third stalling call against Hickman.

    157-Cleveland State's Victer Crenshaw cut the Bloomsburg lead to 12-6 with a 7-3 decision win over Aric Fuhrman (Spring Grove/Delone Catholic). Going into the second period tied at two, Crenshaw scored on two backpoints at the 1:18 mark in the second period. With 27 seconds left, Fuhrman scored on an escape to cut the lead to one. In the third, Fuhrman allowed Crenshaw to escape in attempt to tie the match with a takedown, but Crenshaw took a shot and scored another takedown with three seconds left in the match to take the bout for the Vikings.

    165-Trailing 1-0 heading into the third period., Frank Beasley (Oden, IL/Centralia) scored an escape and a takedown en route to a 4-1 decision win over Tim Scarl. Beasley escaped just 10 seconds into the third period from the defensive position to tie the match. After Scarl was called for his second stalling violation, Beasley took a 2-1 lead with 1:26 remaining. With 36 seconds left, Beasley sealed the win with a takedown and rode out the remainder of the period to take the bout for Bloomsburg.

    174-Jim Bertulis (Aston/Garnett Valley) got his third pin of the season at the 1:37 mark against the Vikings' David Gilkey. Gilkey took an early 2-0 lead with a takedown 22 seconds into the match, but Bertulis got an escape 19 seconds later, trailing 2-1. With 1:47 remaining, Bertulis scored again on a takedown and turned Gilkey to put six points on the board for the Huskies giving them a 21-6 lead in the match.

    184-Cleveland State's Ron Howard got a takedown with 21 seconds left to win a 3-1 decision over the Huskies' Nate Shirk (Middleburg/Middleburg). Shirk took a 1-0 lead in the second period, escaping from the defensive position. Howard then tied the match from the defensive position with an escape just three seconds into the final period. Howard then won the match finishing a shot in the closing seconds of the bout.

    197-Jesse Hasseman (Franklin, IN/Franklin) sealed the win for the Huskies with a 10-4 decision over Ishmal Williams. Hasseman took a 2-0 lead after a takedown in the first period and scored two more points on a reversal from the defensive position at the 1:48 mark in the second period. In the third, Hasseman scored another takedown, leading 6-1 with 1:08 remaining. After a Williams escape at the 1:08 mark, the Viking scored again on a takedown, but immediately allowed Hasseman to escape, with the score 7-4 in favor the Huskies with 54 seconds remaining. With 46 seconds left in the match, Hasseman sealed the win with another takedown and earned a point for 3:16 of riding time to give the Huskies a 24-9 lead going into the final bout.

    HWT-Mike Spaid (Perkiomenville/Boyertown) closed out the Huskies' win with a 3-0 decision over Cleveland State's Rashard Goff. In the second period, Spaid scored on a reversal at the 1:35 mark from the defensive position. Goff elected to take down in the third period, but Spaid was able to ride out in the third to tally 3:07 in riding time to get the 3-0 decision.

    The Huskies will travel to 17th-ranked Edinboro on Friday, Feb. 10 in EWL action. Match time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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