Martin wins Southern Scuffle title

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. –- The Lock Haven University wrestling team picked up one individual championship as they finished 15th with 55 points at the Southern Scuffle hosted by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The University of Missouri took home the championship topping the University of Minnesota 179.5-175 in a battle of the No. 2 and No. 1 teams in the country, respectively. The story for the Bald Eagles was No. 12 Seth Martin (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) who took home the individual crown at 157 pounds beating No. 6 Matt Hill of Edinboro University. Martin topped Hill, who was the No. 1 seed in the tournament 4-1 in the championship match. Martin was also able to avenge an earlier loss to Hill. Hill beat Martin 6-1 in the Dec. 10 dual where Edinboro shutout the Haven 45-0. Martin's road to the finals was in easy one as he started things off with a 3-1 win, followed by a pin and two more solid wins topping his opponents 7-0 and 13-4. No. 6 Obenson Blanc (Naples, Fla./Lely) finished in sixth at 125 to help pace the Bald Eagles. Blanc won his first two matches before falling to Javier Maldonada of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 10-6. Blanc came back and picked up two more wins before Maldonada again defeated him. Freshman Danny Lopes (Oakhurst, N.J./Oxford Academy) won his first two matches of the tournament at 133 before falling to Evan Sola of the University of North Carolina who finished in second place. Lopes finished 2-2 in the tournament. Fellow classmate Tom Kocher (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) went 4-2 at 184 pounds. The Bald Eagles are back in action on Jan. 12, at 7:30 when they host Millersville University.

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