The Bald Eagle Wrestling squad (2-1, 0-0 EWL) begins the home portion of the 2005-06 schedule Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. when Lock Haven University plays host to No. 15/15 University of Wisconsin.
Saturday's action will be broadcast on the "Voice of Lock Haven Athletics" ESPN 1050 WLYC out of Williamsport, Pa., with a simulcast on WBPZ out of Lock Haven, Pa. John Lipez will supply the play-by-play.
Series History
The Bald Eagles have met the Badgers 10 times on the mat, picking up just a pair of victories. Wisconsin took the most recent meeting in 2004 by a 28-15 tally, the Bald Eagles last won in the 1997 season, a 23-12 battle.
Scouting Wisconsin
Wisconsin enters with a 1-0 record after a 51-0 drubbing of the Unviersity of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The Badgers have five ranked grapplers slotted in their potential starters, led by No. 9/17 Tyler Turner at 149 and No. 10/10 Kelly Flaherty at 174. At 157, sophomore Craig Henning enters with a No. 13/15 ranking, while No. 15/20 Jake Donar at 165 and No. NR/17 Collin Cudd at 125 round out the fivesome.
Badger Head Coach Barry Davis
Barry Davis begins his 12th season at the helm of the Wisconsin wrestling program this fall. Davis was installed as the 15th head coach in Wisconsin history on March 4, 1994, after serving as the program's interim head coach for the 1993–94 season.
In his ten seasons leading the Badgers, Davis has firmly instilled his values of commitment, intensity, loyalty and energy on the UW program. Davis brings a winning attitude as a graduate of the University of Iowa, the college wrestling powerhouse.
Last Time Out for Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Wrestling team traveled to Iowa on Sunday to participate in the Dubuque Spartan Open, hosted by the University of Dubuque. Five of six Badger wrestlers finished in the top-three of their weight classes, highlighting a strong showing at the Open.
"This gave us a great opportunity to come down and face some of the Big Ten opponenets we will see later on in the season," said assistant coach Tony Black. "Now we know where out guys stand and what things we can work on to improve this season."
Veteran Tony Turner, was one of four Badgers to notch a second place finish on the day. Turner, a senior from Spring Valley, Wis., finished the Open 4-1 at 141 lbs. Also Placing second was redshirt freshman Josh Crass who competed at 133 lbs.
Craig Henning, a sophomore out of Chippewa Falls, Wis., started out 3-0 before falling to Iowa's Joe Johnston, 12-5, in the championship match at 157 lbs. Matt Maciag, a redshirt sophomore, fell in the championship match as well. Maciag, from Sussex, N.J., lost in overtime to Iowa's Paul Bradley, 5-3 at 184 lbs.
Justin Peterson who fell to Bradley in the semifinals, placed third at 184 lbs., while Tyler Turner went 2-0 at 149 lbs., before withdrawing due to injury.
Last Time Out for LHU
The Lock Haven University wrestling squad (2-1) picked up a pair of victories in three bouts today (Nov. 13) to earn third place at the second annual Pennsylvania State Duals Tournament, hosted by Penn State University. Sophomore No. 18 Obe Blanc (Naples, Fla./Lely) earned three victories on the day's effort to lead the Bald Eagles.
In front of over 1,800 fans packing Rec Hall, LHU opened up with a 25-17 win over Division II No. 15 Mercyhurst College before falling to No. 8 Lehigh University 32-3. The Bald Eagles then rebounded with a 28-11 win over Division III No. 19 York College to nab third place.
"I was happy with most of our matches today," said LHU head coach Rocky Bonomo. "We still have a lot of work to do to get to where we need to be. That being said, I'm happy with the effort, and we're looking forward to Wisconsin on Saturday."
Blanc got the win over the Lakers started with a tech fall victory over John Fleming at 125. Casey Moore (Beech Creek, Pa./Central Mountain) was upended by Jason Weslager 9-2 before the Bald Eagles rattled off three wins. Freshman 141-pounder Clint Shirk (Julian, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) got a major win over J.J. Zanetta 9-1, while senior No. 13 Joshua A. Medina (Las Vegas/Pima C.C.) beat No. 7 Don Cummings 11-5. Junior Seth Martin (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) rounded out the trio with a pin of No. 8 Will Tedder.
Mercyhurst took three of the next four matches to climb back in it, getting a tech fall win by Zach Schafer over Brock Jardine (Strasburg, Va./Southern Virginia University) at 165, a fall victory by Frank Zatta over Josh Fisk (Wyalusing, Pa./Drexel University) at 184, and an 11-4 decision at 197 from Paul Bergman over freshman Troy Charles (Muncy, Pa./Hughesville). Derrick Morgan (Milan, Pa./Athens) picked up the lone Bald Eagle win of those four bouts with a 10-4 decision over Mike Morgan. With LHU holding a slight 19-17 lead , senior heavyweight Tim Meyers (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) sealed the victory with a major decision over Nick Marcellino.
In the semifinal round, LHU started off well with a 6-3 win by Blanc over Patrick Berger, but then the Mountain Hawks ran the table on the rest of the bouts for the 32-3 win.
LHU rebounded against York, as once again Blanc got things started with a 9-4 win over Kyle Flickinger. This time, the next six grapplers followed suit. Moore got a hard-fought 5-4 win over Dave Sterner, Shirk beat Tim Bohlman 9-1 and Medina scored a tech fall on 149-pounder Dean Roberts 25-9. Martin followed with a 13-5 win over Garrett Faulkner and Jardine also scored a major over Jase Stas 11-3 before junior Carlos Ponce (Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah Miami Lakes) nabbed a tech fall in his lone bout of the day over Steve Johnston.
The Panthers did get the final three victories, in a pair of majors and a regular decision, but it wasn't enough to change the outcome.
Blanc finished the day at 3-0, while Ponce was the only other Bald Eagle to finish the day unscathed. Shirk, Medina and Martin all managed a pair of victories on the day.
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