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March 7, 2009 (LOCK HAVEN, PA.): Clarion's Jay Ivanco (So. Monroeville/Gateway) finished second at 125-pounds at the 34th EWL championships on Saturday, qualifying him for the NCAA D-I Nationals starting March 19th in St. Louis, Missouri. Edinboro won the team title at EWL's with 126.5 points, West Virginia was second with 95.5 points, Bloomsburg third with 88.5, Pittsburgh fourth with 84.5, Lock Haven fifth with 80, Cleveland State sixth with 62 and Clarion seventh with 60.5. Ivanco lost by technical fall (24-9; 7:00) in the finals to Edinboro's Paul Donahoe, a 2007 NCAA Champion at 125 at Nebraska (3-time Nebraska All-American) and ranked #1 in the nation this year (He transferred to Edinboro). Ivanco looked great getting to the finals with an opening 10-5 win over Jordan Keller of Cleveland State, then a 5-2 semifinal win over Bloomsburg's Ian Moser. Ivanco raised his season record to 19-12 and will be making his first trip to nationals. Other Golden Eagles earning places at EWL's include Sal Lascari (Sr. Gray/North Star) third at 141 Jamie Luckett third at 197, Hadley Harrison fourth at 157, Greg Lewis fifth at 141, Clint Podish fifth at 184 and Scott Joseph sixth at 174. Lascari placed third at 141 in exciting fashion. In his third place match he went to tie breaker and defeated Ricky Donald (Bloomsburg) 8-5. Tied 4-4 in regulation, Lascari scored a reversal in the first tie breaker to lead 6-4. After Donald escaped, Lascari scored a takedown to win 8-5. Sal opened with a 3-1 loss to Donald, but scored a 16-5 major over Zach Kell of LH and then won 12-9 over Steve Waite of WVU before defeating Donald for third. He finished the year with a 17-14 record. Luckett went 3-1 on the day in placing third at 197-pounds. He defeated Bloom's Jesse Hasseman 4-2, lost 2-1 to LH's Ben Hepburn, then in the wrestle backs he defeated Pitt's Matt Wilps 3-2 tie breaker, and came back to defeat Hasseman for third place 2-1 tie breaker. In the third place match, Luckett escaped first in tie breaker, then rode Hasseman out. Luckett finishes the season with a 22-11 record. Harrison opened the EWL's with a bye, then lost in the semi's to Bloomsburg's Matt Moley 3-1. In the wrestle backs Harrison defeated Corey Carlo (Cleveland State) 10-3 and for third place he lost to Ryan Goodman (WV) 6-4. Harrison injured his right knee against Carlo and limped noticeably in the third place bout. Hadley has a season record of 20-13. Lewis won his fifth place match against Edinboro's Torsten Gillespie 8-3. He took Gillespie to his back in the second for a 5-point move and an 8-3 lead the stood through the third. Earlier, in his opening bout, Lewis defeated Gillespie 6-4, lost to Bloom's George Hickman 6-1, and lost to Antonio Nicholson 8-3 before finishing fifth. He finished the year 11-13. Podish was fifth at 184 with a 2-2 record. He lost his opening bout to WVU's Lance Bryson 2-1 in overtime, then defeated Brian Shaw (Bloom) 7-1, lost to Tom Kocher 3-1 and scored a 13-0 major decision over JT Miller (Cleve. St.) for fifth. Joseph was sixth at 174 with a 1-3 record. He defeated LH's Travis Stem 9-5, lost 9-3 to WVU's Kurt Brenner, lost to Edinboro's John Foley 8-5 and was pinned by Stem at 6:33. Freshman Cameron Moran was injured in his opening match, lost to Edinboro's Ricky Deubel by technical fall, and medical foreited his next bout. He finished his season 7-6. Dominic Ross was also 0-2 at 165 losing his opening bout to Ricky Schmelyun (Bloom) 6-2 and his wrestle back match to LH's Aaron Ernest 6-4. Ross finished with a season record of 10-18. Heavyweight Roman Husam was also 0-2. He lost 10-2 to CSU's Rashard Goff and in the wrestle backs lost 9-4 to Gabe Murtorff (LH). He finished his season with a record of 6-14. CLARION NOTES: Harrison could get a wild card selection to the nationals ... 4 qualifying spots left at 157, (33 qualifiers in each bracket), 29 automatic qualifiers have already been given out at 157 ... the next 4 spots at 157 will take the next 4 best non-qualifiers by the overall NCAA formula... The EWL "OW" this year was Bloomsburg's Matt Moley, who defeated Edinboro's Gregor Gillespie 8-5 in the 157-pound final... Gillespie was ranked #1 in the country.
FINAL TEAM SCORES
1. Edinboro 126.5
2. West Virginia 95.5
3. Bloomsburg 88.5
4. Pittsburgh 84.5
5. Lock Haven 80.0
6. Cleveland St. 62.0
7. Clarion 60.5
“OW” - Matt Moley - Bloomsburg
FIRST PLACE
125 Paul Donahoe, Edinboro Tf Jay Ivanco, Clarion, 24-9; 7:00
133 Jimmy Conroy, Pittsburgh Dec Ricky Deubel, Edinboro, 5-2
141 Tyler Nauman, Pittsburgh Dec Colin Johnston, West Virginia, 4-3
149 Matt Fittery, Lock Haven Dec George Hickman, Bloomsburg, 4-2
157 Matt Moley, Bloomsburg Dec Gregor Gillespie, Edinboro, 8-5
165 Jarrod King, Edinboro Fall Donnie Jones, West Virginia, :23
174 Kurt Brenner, West Virginia T-Fall Karl DeCiantis, Pittsburgh, 21-6
184 Chris Honeycutt, Edinboro Dec Zac Thomusseit, Pittsburgh, 5-4
197 Pat Bradshaw, Edinboro Dec Ben Hepburn, Lock Haven, 3-1 SV
285 Rashard Goff, Cleveland State Dec Joey Fendone, Edinboro, 5-4
THIRD PLACE
125 Ian Moser, Bloomsburg M-Dec Nick Hyatt, Lock Haven, 18-8
133 Billy Ashnault, Lock Haven Fall Jason Guffey, Bloomsburg, 3:50
141 Sal Lascari, Clarion Dec Rick Donald, Bloomsburg, 8-5 tb
149 David Jauregui, West Virginia Dec Antonio Nicholson, Cleveland State, 7-4
157 Ryan Goodman, West Virginia Dec Hadley Harrison, Clarion, 6-4
165 Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh Dec Rob Michaels, Cleveland State, 4-2
174 Nate Graham, Bloomsburg Dec John Foley, Edinboro, 3-2
184 Tom Kocher, Lock Haven Dec Lance Bryson, West Virginia, 6-2
197 Jamie Luckett, Clarion Dec Jesse Hasseman, Bloomsburg, 2-1 tb
285 Dustin Rogers, West Virginia Fall Zach Sheaffer, Pittsburgh, 1:26
FIFTH PLACE
125 Jordan Keller, Cleveland State Dec Chris Albright, Pittsburgh, 4-3
133 Josh Palivoda, Cleveland State Forf Grant Lowther, West Virginia, MED WITHDRAW
141 Steve Waite, Edinboro Dec Lawrence Cavello, Cleveland State, 5-1
149 Greg Lewis, Clarion Dec Torsten Gillespie, Edinboro, 8-3
157 Corey Carlo, Cleveland State Dec Ollie Cooperwood, Lock Haven, 12-7
165 Rick Schmelyun, Bloomsburg Def Aaron Ernest, Lock Haven, INJ :45
174 Travis Stem, Lock Haven Fall Scott Joseph, Clarion, 6:32
184 Clint Podish, Clarion M-Dec JT Miller, Cleveland State, 13-0
197 Matt Wilps, Pittsburgh Dec Matt Ryan, West Virginia, 8-4
285 Zac Walsh, Bloomsburg Dec Gabe Murtorff, Lock Haven, 5-4
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