The Lakers won seven of 10 bouts, including back-to-back falls by Kevin Hardy and Bryan Wolff at 174 and 184 lbs, respectively, to even the series record in the War at the Shore.
At 125 lbs, Payne Lint got the scoring started for the Lakers with a 10-4 decision over Chris Santucci. After a scoreless opening period, Lint jumped out to a 3-0 lead with an escape and takedown. Santucci added an escape to make it 3-1 but Lint rebounded with two more takedowns to finish the second period with a 7-2 lead. Another fall by Lint and two escapes for Santucci rounded out the scoring as Lint earned a point for riding time.
With 1:25 remaining in the second period, 133-pounder Michael Baxter earned an escape for the first points of the bout before adding to his score with a takedown to end the second period leading 3-0. The third period was also scoreless and Baxter would add a point for riding time to finish with a 4-0 decision.
At 141 lbs, Gannon's Kevin McElhaney got the Golden Knights on the scoreboard with a 7-4 decision over Lance Pitcel. McElhaney took the lead on a takedown which Pitcel quickly countered with an escape one minute into the match. Another takedown with just over 30 seconds left in the second increased McElhaney's lead to 4-1 before Pitcel earned an escape to make it 4-2 to start the third period. Another escape by Pitcel made it 4-3 but a takedown with almost one minute remaining in the match gave McElhaney a 6-3 advantage, a lead he would not relinquish as Gannon won their first bout of the evening.
The Lakers then reeled off five victories, highlighted by the falls and a 14-1 major decision over Brett Terry by Josh Shields gave Mercyhurst a commanding 28-3 lead heading to the final two weights.
Lenny Calhoun won at 149 lbs and began with a takedown that was countered with Milanik's escape close to the end of the first period for a 2-1 lead heading into the second. After Milanik deferred and Calhoun started in the down position, an escape by Calhoun stretched his advantage to 3-1. Milanik's escape from the down position started the third and made it 3-2, but Calhoun held on for the victory.
At 157 lbs, Andy Lamancusa started the scoring with a takedown just over a minute into the match and Monin quickly added an escape to cut the lead to 2-1 heading into the second period. Another takedown to end the second period with a 4-2 lead that would end the same score.
At 165 lbs, Josh Shields took a commanding 5-0 lead just over halfway through the match before adding three near fall points to close out the second period. Another takedown increased Shield's lead to 10-0 before an additional three near fall points stretched the lead to 13-0 before finishing 14-1.
Gannon swept the last two matches of the night as Jacob Tazzi posted a 6-1 decision over Trevor Gallo before heavyweight Frank McGrath pinned Kenny Bluska at 2:06.
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