"We wrestled with a lot more intensity today," said Lehigh head coach Greg Strobel on the lehighsports.com audio broadcast. "We worked on a lot of little things in practice, fixing up some of the mistakes we were making. Today we weren't making those little mistakes. The other nice thing was that we went out and scored pins and major decisions."
Of Lehigh's 16 bout wins on the day, the Mountain Hawks scored five falls and four major decisions.
In the opener versus UC Davis, Lehigh won eight of ten bouts, scoring bonus points in five. The Mountain Hawks' lightweights powered Lehigh's fast start with three straight bonus wins. Sophomore Matt Fisk opened the dual with a major decision over Marcos Orozco at 125. In the next bout, freshman Seth Ciasulli picked up his first fall of the season, pinning Omar Gaitan in the second period. Senior Matt Ciasulli closed the run with a 12-2 win over Nexi Delgado, who was subbing for the injured Derek Moore who was ranked second in the country.
Lehigh won the next two matches, as Trevor Chinn picked up a win by decision and Dave Nakasone erased a third period deficit to win 11-9 in sudden victory over Jon Clark.
UC Davis picked up its two wins at 165 and 174, as Dustin Noack blanked freshman Manuel Schubert and fourth ranked Ken Cook racked up a technical fall over David Helfrich. The Mountain Hawks took the last three bouts versus the Aggies, with freshman David Craig winning by major at 184, senior Matt Cassidy winning by decision at 197 and Paul Weibel ending the dual with a second period win by fall over Broc Maffia.
In the day's second dual, the host Cardinal struck first, with fourth ranked Tanner Gardner defeating Fisk 9-2. Fisk kept things close, but a third period take down and three point near fall by Gardner broke up a close bout. From there Lehigh won four in a row, featuring a major decision from Seth Ciasulli, falls by Matt Ciasulli and Nakasone and a decision by Chinn.
Stanford picked up a win by fall at 165, with Scott Loescher pinning Manuel Schubert in 3:54. Kerry McCoy juggled his line-up with four wrestlers bumping up in weight, but the Mountain Hawks took advantage, winning all four bouts against Cardinal wrestlers who bumped up. At 174, Helfrich held off 165-pounder Brian Perry 7-5, while Craig bested normal 174 pound grappler Luke Feist 7-3.
At 197, Cassidy scored an early five point move in the first period, and on his second attempt at a turn, stuck normal 184 pounder Zack Giesen in 1:03. Weibel just missed a major, earning an 11-4 decision over Phil Doerner at heavyweight.
The Mountain Hawks will return to the mats on Sunday when they wrap up their five dual western swing at the Sun Devil Duals in Tempe, Arizona. Lehigh will open up against Cal State Fullerton at 6:30 pm EST, then will face EIWA foe American at 8:00 pm and then host Arizona State at 9:30. The Arizona State match will be broadcast on ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 as well as lehighsports.com with streaming audio powered by Yahoo! Sports.
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