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#25 Wrestling Takes Down Clarion
2/10/2000 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
#25 Wrestling Takes Down Clarion
2/10/2000
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No. 13 Mike Ziska decisioned Clarion's Pete Kroshefskie, 7-4 on Thursday. |
PITTSBURGH - The 25th-ranked Pittsburgh wrestling team hosted Clarion in an Eastern Wrestling League dual match at Fitzgerald Field House tonight and defeated the Golden Eagles, 33-6.
The Panthers began the evening by claiming the first four bouts. Redshirt freshman Carl Fronhofer (Salem, N.Y./Salem) won a 5-3 decision over Clarion's Shane McChasney at 165 pounds to put Pittsburgh on the board first. Junior Nick Mengerink (Upper Sandusky, Ohio/Carey), ranked 14th in the country, earned a close 5-4 decision over Brad Harris in the 174- pound match, before Fabian Sciullo (West Mifflin, Pa./Central Catholic) added a 6-1 decision at 184 pounds to give the Panthers a 9-0 lead.
Sophomore Dan Stine (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) won the 197-pound match with an 8-3 decision over the Golden Eagles' Joe Rendos. Heavyweight Matt Mueller (North Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue Medford) then took 20th-ranked John Testa of Clarion into overtime with a last second escape that tied the match at 8-8, but was pinned at the 7:27 mark, making the team score 12-6.
Pittsburgh sophomore Zach Hasse (Washington, W.Va./Parkersburg South) claimed his third major decision and his first dual victory of the season, 13-4, over Clarion's Mike Snyder at 125 pounds. Junior Rob Loper (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) then earned a technical fall (21-6, 6:42) at 133 pounds with six near fall points and sophomore Blaise Mucci (Blairsville, Pa./Derry Area) won 141 pounds by forfeit to put the Panthers up 27-6 to help clinch the win for Pittsburgh. Loper remains the only Panther undefeated in dual matches with a perfect record of 13-0.
Freshman Justin Giovinco (Norristown, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh) and senior Mike Ziska (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) wrapped up the match for the Panthers with victories at 149 and 157 pounds, respectively, for the final score.
Pittsburgh improves to 8-5 overall and 3-2 in the EWL, while Clarion falls to 2-10, 0-5 in the league. The Panthers will travel to EWL rival and 17th-ranked West Virginia on Saturday, Feb. 12 for a dual matchup. The match time has been changed to 7 p.m.
#25 Pittsburgh vs. Clarion Fitzgerald Field House Feb. 10, 2000Final Score: #25 Pittsburgh 33 Clarion 6 P C 165 Carl Fronhofer (Pitt) dec. Shane McChesney (Clarion) 5-3 3 0 174 #14 Nick Mengerink (Pitt) dec. Brad Harris (Clarion) 5-4 6 0 184 Fabian Sciullo (Pitt) dec. Aaron Mitchell (Clarion) 6-1 9 0 197 Dan Stine (Pitt) dec. Joe Rendos (Clarion) 8-3 12 0 HWT #20 John Testa (Clarion) WBF Matt Mueller (Pitt) 7:27 12 6 125 Zach Hasse (Pitt) maj. dec. Mike Snyder (Clarion) 13-4 16 6 133 #8 Rob Loper (Pitt) WTF Mike Diaz (Clarion) 21-6 6:42 21 6 141 Blaise Mucci (Pitt) won by forfeit 27 6 149 Justin Giovinco (Pitt) dec. Stan Spoor (Clarion) 5-0 30 6 157 #13 Mike Ziska (Pitt) dec. Pete Kroshefskie (Clarion) 7-4 33 6
Pittsburgh: 8-5 (3-2 EWL) Clarion: 2-10 (0-5 EWL) Attendance: 1,187
WTF: Won by Technical Fall WBF: Won by Fall
