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    Harvard picks up road win at Franklin & Marshall

    LANCASTER, Pa. -- Four Crimson grapplers pinned their opponents, as the Harvard wrestling team defeated Franklin & Marshall by a team score of 32-18 Friday afternoon.

    The Crimson improves to 3-2 and 1-1 in the EIWA with the victory, while the Diplomats fall to 3-10 and 0-6.

    With Harvard trailing, 6-0, Jeffrey Ott got the Crimson on the scoreboard by pinning Scott Stevens just 44 seconds into their match at 133 lbs. At 141, No. 7 Todd Preston dropped his first dual match of the year, as No. 15 Rick Durso held on a for a 2-0 decision, giving the Diplomats a 9-6 edge.

    Starting at 149, the Crimson took a commanding lead, as Thomas Dutton pinned Jason Bing at the 1:54 mark, and Colby Knight followed by downing Sharron Townsend at 2:39 at 157, as Harvard went up, 18-9. In the next bout, Devon Gobbo returned to the lineup and picked up a technical fall against Michael Marano, 17-1, at 165 lbs. Josef Johnson put the match out of reach as he toppled Joshua Young, 10-5, making it 26-9 in favor of the Crimson.

    The Crimson earned its final victory of the match at 197 lbs., as Josh Popple took down Charles Kerkesner with a pin at 1:17, pushing the score to 32-12.

    Harvard will visit Bucknell Saturday in a 2 p.m. match.

    Harvard 32, Franklin & Marshall 18
    125: Aaron Maldoff (FM) won by forfeit, 0-6
    133: Jeffrey Ott (H) pinned Scott Stevens, 0:44, 6-6
    141: No. 15 Rick Durso (FM) dec. No. 7 Todd Preston (H), 2-0, 6-9
    149: Thomas Dutton (H) pinned Jason Bing (FM), 1:54, 12-9
    157: Colby Knight (H) pinned Sharron Townsend (FM), 2:39, 18-9
    165: Devon Gobbo (H) tech. fall Michael Marano (FM), 17-1, 23-9
    174: Josef Johnson (H) dec. Joshua Young (FM), 10-5, 26-9
    184: Anthony Mancini (FM) dec. Logan Kirby, 7-4, 26-12
    197: Josh Popple (H) pinned Charles Kerkesner (FM), 1:17, 32-12
    285: Antonio Pelusi (FM) pinned Angus Cowell (H), 6:06, 32-18

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