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    Cornell finishes fourth at Southern Scuffle

    Greensboro, N.C. -- The Big Red wrestling team finished in fourth place with 94 points at the 2007 Southern Scuffle this weekend. Freshman Mack Lewnes won an individual title at 165 pounds while his classmate, Mike Grey finished in second at 133. Juniors Steve Anceravage (174) and Zach Hammond (HWT) finished in third and fourth, respectively.
    At 125 pounds, senior Mike Rodriguez started the day in the wrestlebacks where he lost, 5-4 to Lockhaven's John Trumbetti. Freshman Frank Perrelli began Sunday in the wrestlebacks as well, winning his first bout, 6-2, over UNC-Greensboro's Mitchell Johnson. He then faced Trumbetti, dropping a 5-3 decision.

    At 133, Grey defeated the No. 4 seed, Dan Mitcheff (Kent State), 5-3, in the quarterfinals. In his semifinal match, he met the No. 1 seed, Lou Ruggirello (Hofstra), who is ranked second nationally. Grey advanced to the finals winning a 3-1 decision. In the championship bout, he lost a close, 5-4, decision to the No. 2 seed Minnesota's Mack Reiter.

    In the quarterfinals at 141 pounds, sophomore Adam Frey was pinned by Kent State's Drew Lashaway. In the wrestlebacks, he met Edinboro's Gregor Gillespie, where he lost a 10-2 major decision ending his tournament.

    Drake Hovis won his first wrestleback match of the day, against Conover of Bloomsburg, 17-3, at 157 pounds. He then faced Lock Haven's Lanno, where he lost an 8-2 decision.

    At 165 pounds, Lewnes defeated Minnesota's Tyler Safratowich by a 10-5 decision in the quarterfinals. He advanced to the finals after winning, 5-2, against Edinboro's Jarrod King. Lewnes won the title by getting past Virginia's Michael Chaires, 3-2.

    Anceravage lost his quarterfinal match, 5-1, to Maryland's Mike Letts at 174 pounds. In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Minnesota's Gabe Dretsch, 7-4, before defeating the No. 1 seed, Matthew Stolpinski (Navy), 5-3, to capture third.

    At heavyweight, Hammond won his quarterfinal match against Ryan Hsu (UNC-Greensboro), 2-1, before losing in the semis to Navy's Scott Steele. In the wrestlebacks, he defeated Jamail Porter (Kent State), 3-2, but lost his third place match to Bloomsburg's Spaid. Also at heavyweight, Maciej Jochym lost in the wrestlebacks to Porter, 9-4.

    Cornell will next wrestle at Penn State in a dual match on Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. The match begins at 7 p.m.

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