Bucknell wrestlers picked up one pin, two major decisions and six decisions and it is now 3-0 against the Diplomats since the program was reinstated prior to the 2006-07 campaign. The average score of those three matches is 35-5.
The victory was the 23rd of Bison head coach Dan Wirnsberger's tenure, moving him into second place on Bucknell's career wins list.
Derek Reber (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) got things started for the Bison with an 11-0 major decision over Stephen Sabreen at 125. Reber improved to 5-1 in duals this season with four of the victories by shutout. He is tied with Andy Rendos (Brockway, Pa./Brockway), who posted an 11-4 win at 165 pounds, for the most duals wins on the team.
Wrestling at 133 pounds in place of David Marble (Harpursville, Pa./Harpursville) was Jose Matos (Williamstown, N.J./St. Augustine Prep). In his first career action at that weight, Matos recorded the only pin of the night, dropping Matt Murray in 4:40. It was the fourth pin of the year for Matos, who did not record one as a freshman in 2007-08.
Adam Healey (Wilkes Barre, Pa./Wyoming Seminary), Kevin LeValley (Hugo, Colo./Limon), Scott Sechler (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh), No. 14-ranked Rendos and Shane Riccio (Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills) posted successive wins by decision for the Bison to stretch the lead to 24-0. The closest of those bouts was Riccio's 6-3 win at 174 pounds.
David Thompson (West Liberty, Ohio/Graham Local), who has alternated wins and losses over his last seven matches, picked up his eighth win of the year at 184 pounds with a 14-4 major decision over James Schulz. It was the first major decision of the year for Thompson, who evened his record at 3-3 in duals with the win.
Wrestling at 197, Jay Hahn (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) kept the shutout possibility alive with a 9-4 decision against Colin Ely as Bucknell went up 32-0. However, Nicolas Somers earned Franklin & Marshall's (0-3, 0-2 EIWA) lone victory with an 8-1 decision opposite Nathan Jones (Sidney, Ohio/Troy Christian) at heavyweight. Jones, a freshman who typically wrestles at 197, was moved up a weight class.
Bucknell will return to tournament competition this weekend at the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev. The two-day event runs Dec. 5-6.
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