Hahn (10-4), whose pin last week against Pitt led CSU to a 21-15 victory, put Lock Haven's Jeremie Cook on his back in 6:29 to give CSU a 15-12 lead with two bouts remaining. Hahn and Cook were tied, 1-1, late in the match when Cook shot and bounced off Hahn. In the process, he turned to his back and Hahn drove him to the mat covered him to secure the fall.
"We were confident because Chris has experience in coming up big," head coach Jack Effner said. "But we actually expected him to get a takedown, not a pin."
Immediately following Hahn's pin, sophomore heavyweight Rashard Goff (22-11) scored a takedown in his bout against Ben Hepburn, eventually wearing down the Bald Eagles' heavyweight for a 6-3 decision that gave the Vikings an 18-12 lead.
Lock Haven's Obe Blanc won a 16-5 major decision over junior Ryan Riggs (8-11) in the night's final bout at 125 for the final score.
CSU got three decisions in the middle of the meet as both the Hurley brothers and sophomore Marcus Effner kept the Bald Eagles at bay.
Junior 141-pounder Mike Hurley would answer with a win for the Vikings in a close battle against Zach Kell. Kell led the bout, 3-2, in the third period when he was charged a point for an illegal start while on top. Hurley (17-7) would get an escape to take a 4-3 lead and hold on in the final seconds for the meet-tying decision.
Junior Ryan Hurley (22-8) followed his brother with a 3-1 decision over Donnie Ament at 149 pounds. Ament led, 1-0, heading into the final period when Hurley got an escape to tie. Both wrestlers grappled into the final minute when Hurley got a double-leg takedown with 0:14 remaining to win.
The wins by the two Hurleys gave the Vikings an early 6-3 lead.
Marcus Effner (19-13) controlled his bout at 165 pounds, taking a 7-2 lead in the final minute and hanging on for a 7-5 decision over Landis Wright.
At 157 pounds, sophomore Victer Crenshaw lost, 10-3, to nationally-ranked Seth Martin. Crenshaw (23-6) took a 2-0 lead early with a duck-under takedown, but the rest of the bout belonged to Martin, who improved to 30-3.
Lock's Danny Lopes gave the Bald Eagles the early lead with a 9-5 decision over junior David Armstrong (12-8) at 133 pounds. The bout was much closer than the final score indicated, as Armstrong was penalized a point in the first period on a disputable fleeing call and then lost two more points on a nearfall.
The Bald Eagles won decisions at both 174 and 184, with the 184-pound bout being perhaps the night's most entertaining. Lock Haven's Tom Kocher took a 6-4 lead over senior David Gilkey (15-14) when the two grappled to a stalemate on the edge of the mat near the scorer's table. As the referee's whistle blew, Gilkey and Kocher crashed into the table, shattering plastic all over the mat. Gilkey was charged with unsportsmanlike conduct and eventually fell, 12-7.
"We were happy to come away with the win," Effner said. "Tonight we had two solid programs going at it and Lock Haven came prepared. We're getting a lot out of our guys right now and everything is clicking."
The Vikings have little time to enjoy the victory as Bloomsburg visits Woodling Gym Saturday (Feb. 3) at 5:00 p.m.
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