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    Mercyhurst topples West Liberty for ninth straight win

    WEST LIBERTY, Pa. -- The Mercyhurst wrestling team defeated No. 16 West Liberty 30-7 in nonconference action on Wednesday. With this win the Lakers earn their third straight victory over top twenty teams. Mercyhurst remains undefeated collecting their ninth straight win.

    The Lakers claimed eight of ten bouts, earning bonus points in three of them. Mercyhurst was led by Jacob Robb who recorded his ninth fall of the season over Ronnie D'Amico at heavyweight. Gavin Wilkerson earned a 16-1 second period technical fall over Chase Morgan at 165 pounds. At a 149 pounds Logan Grass earned a 10-0 major decision over Tanner Sutton.

    Eric Bartos pushed the Lakers off to a 3-0 lead when he earned a 12-0 decision over No. 12 Corey Secrist at 125 pounds.

    West Liberty knotted the match at 133 pounds with a victory from No.1 Darius Bunch. Freshman Aidan Burke held the top ranked Bunch to a 2-0 decision. This would be the closest the Hill Toppers would come to taking the lead and winning the match.

    The Mercyhurst middleweights asserted control of the match by claiming victories in the next six bouts. Kevin Kinyua (141 pounds), Owen Watkins (157 pounds), Nick Koynk (174 pounds), and Dakota DesLauriers (184 pounds), all earned decisions for the Lakers. With the bonus points added by Grass (149 pounds) and Wilkerson (165 pounds) the Lakers led 24-3 going into the final two matches.

    No. 12 Logan Kemp earned a 10-2 major decision for West Liberty at 197 pounds over No.10 Wes Phipps, earning the Hill Toppers their final points of the match.

    The Lakers will return to action on Wednesday when they host Seton Hill on Wednesday at 7pm in the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.

    Results:
    125 Eric Bartos (Mercyhurst) over Corey Secrist (West Liberty University) (Dec 12-6) 0 3
    133 Darius Bunch (West Liberty University) over Aidan Burke (Mercyhurst) (Dec 2-0) 3 0
    141 Kevin Kinyua (Mercyhurst) over Josh Ridgeway (West Liberty University) (Dec 3-0) 0 3
    149 Logan Grass (Mercyhurst) over Tanner Sutton (West Liberty University) (MD 10-0) 0 4
    157 Owen Watkins (Mercyhurst) over Josh Cornell (West Liberty University) (Dec 3-0) 0 3
    165 Gavin Wilkerson (Mercyhurst) over Chase Morgan (West Liberty University) (TF 16-1 3:13) 0 5
    174 Nick Konyk (Mercyhurst) over Chance Morgan (West Liberty University) (Dec 6-3) 0 3
    184 Dakota DesLauriers (Mercyhurst) over Chris Cook (West Liberty University) (Dec 10-4) 0 3
    197 Logan Kemp (West Liberty University) over Wes Phipps (Mercyhurst) (Dec 10-2) 4 0
    285 Ronnie D`Amico (West Liberty University) vs. Jacob Robb (Mercyhurst) 0 6

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