Eastern Michigan falls to Lehigh, 25-10

EMU jumped out to a 7-0 lead after the first two matches but then dropped a home wrestling meet to Lehigh 25-10 Sunday. In the opening match at 125 pounds, Eagle freshman Sean Clair extended his team best record to 22-8 with a 2-1 overtime victory over Lehigh's Matt Fisk. The match was scoreless in regulation but Clair rode out Fisk for the entire 3rd period and was headed to a 1 point riding time victory. In the last minute however Clair was signaled for locked hands and Fisk was awarded what turned out to be the tying point. After a scoreless first overtime, Clair chose bottom and escaped in 5 seconds. He then rode out Fisk for the last 30 second overtime period to clinch the victory.

In the second match, junior Captain Phillip Plowman returned to the line-up after a lengthy injury and dominated Lehigh's John Stout in an 11-2 major decision. Plowman twice had Stout on his back close to a pin and scored three takedowns in the match. His victory put Eastern up in the meet 7-0 but the next seven matches all belonged to the 11th ranked Mountain Hawks. They scored 25 straight points and led 25-7 going into the final match at 285 pounds.

EMU true freshman Jake Wood then beat Lehigh junior Dan Murrer 5-2 to complete the scoring. In a close match, Wood scored an exciting takedown in the final period to clinch his foirst collegiate dual meet victory since he stepped into the lineup to replace the injured senior Charlie Walker. Lehigh was led by the 3rd ranked Cory Cooperman who posted an 18-6 major decision at 141, 13th ranked Derek Zinck who beat Chad Roush 21-9 at 157, and 20th ranked Travis Frick who won by a 19-3 tech fall at 174.

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