Penn State DuBois Wrestlers Claim NCWA Mid-East Title
Baltimore, Md. - The Penn State DuBois wrestlers continue their successful roll through the post-season claiming the NCWA Mid-East Qualifier team championship host by Univ. Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) on Saturday afternoon. Leading the way for Coach Dave Hoare's wrestlers were champions Brett Himes (125), Garrett Brown (133), Ty Haines (149), Bryce Hanley (285).
The Team Champions PSU DuBois outdistanced runner-up UMBC by a whopping 55 points 174 to 119, 3rd place was the PSU main campus wrestling club (108), fourth was Rowan College (105), and 5th was Temple University (104).
13 PSUD wrestlers qualified to advance to the NCWA National Championships in Orlando, FL March 10-12 at the Silver Spurs Arena. Also placing were Devin Joiner (6th @ 141), Jake Himes (2nd @ 157), Matt Humes (6th @ 157), John Prentice (2nd @ 165), Joe Knar (5th @ 165), Deontay Wadley (5th @ 174), Dennis Lumadue (2nd @ 184), Nate Rodgers (6th @ 197), Andrew Bigley (6th @ 235).
All the news was not good for PSUD wrestlers though as two wrestlers were injured and forced to injury default their last matches, hopefully the extra week between competitions will allow them to heel and get back on the mat for the championships on March 10th.
The PSUD wrestling team is coming off their best finish at the NCWA Championships in 2015, with the success that the team had at the NCWA National Duals in January, they will start the tournament in Orlando with 17 team points earned at the National Duals by placing 7th as a team.
A top 5 team finish is the team goal and to increase on the individual All-American honors (4)
earned in 2015.
The wrestling action can be followed at NCWA.net with live video feed and up to the minute
results posted through the NCWA website.
Championship final results:
125 Brett Himes (PSUD) dec 3-1 Matt Mooney (Temple U.)
133 Garrett Brown (PSUD) dec 6-5 Hunter Shelton (UMBC)
141 Johnny Walker (PSU WC) dec 10-9 Jeff Hayden (Towson U.)
149 Ty Haines (PSUD) WB Inj Def. Tyler Warner (PSU MA)
157 Stephen Beam (UMBC) WB Inj Def. Jake Himes (PSUD)
165 Clay Kocsis (PSU MA) Maj dec 14-3 John Prentice (PSUD)
174 Brandon Buckingham (UMBC) WB Fall Thomas Hatzipavides (PSU WC)
184 Phil Marra (PSU NK) dec 11-5 Dennis Lumadue (PSUD)
197 Marcus Newsom (Temple U.) dec 6-3 Anthony Rivera (Lehigh WC)
235 Charlie Wollerman (Rowan) dec 5-1 Isiah Toltoan (Williams Free Trade)
285 Bryce Hanley (PSUD) dec 1-0 Aldo Guisse (PSU Schuylkill)
-Results courtesy of Ken Nellis, DuBois