ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday, February 22, 2003

Eric Guise Finishes Fourth in Conference at 184 Pounds As Etown Places Eighth at MAC Championships

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Etown sophomore Eric Guise (Bendersville, PA/Biglerville), in just his first season of wrestling at the collegiate level, finished fourth in the 184-pound weight class at the 2003 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, which were held at King's College Friday and Saturday. Elizabethtown as a whole finished eighth with 34 points.

Guise opened the MAC Championships with an injury default win over second-seeded Tim Pentz of Messiah just 1:06 into the bout. Following a loss in the second round to the third seed, Guise needed just 2:58 to pick up a pin against King's Lee Vodofsky and advance to the third place match, where he was pinned by Luke Morris of Delaware Valley, which won the MAC Championships with a score of 148.5.

Also winning a bout for Etown was sophomore Joe Sahd (Lititz, PA/Lancaster Catholic) in the 141-pound weight class. He defeated Bryan Wech of Wilkes 7-3.

Etown, which is going through a rebuilding season with a small roster, has also been hit hard by injuries and was able to send just five healthy wrestlers to the MAC Championships.

At King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Middle Atlantic Conference Wrestling Championship Team Scores:
1. Delaware Valley 148.5; 2. Lycoming 127.0; 3. Wilkes 119.0; 4. King's 118.5; 5. Messiah 115.5; 6. Scranton 79.5; 7. Albright 48.0; 8. Elizabethtown 34.0

Etown Individual Results:
125: no Etown competitor

133: (3) Tyler Alexander (Messiah) pinned Tom Elicker (E), 5:43
133: (4) John Muscarella (King's) maj. dec. Tom Elicker (E), 14-4
133: Jeremy Ackerman (King's) dec. Tom Elicker (E), 17-10

141: (4) Geoff Harner (Messiah) maj. dec. Joe Sahd (E), 24-12
141: Joe Sahd (E) dec. Bryan Wech (Wilkes), 7-3
141: Scott Hutton (DelVal) maj. dec. Joe Sahd (E), 17-4
141: (4) Geoff Harner (Messiah) maj. dec. Joe Sahd (E), 22-10

149: (3) Jeremy Messinger (DelVal) pinned Brian Issac (E), 2:03
149: Jed Starner (Wilkes) medical forfeit over Brian Issac (E)

157: no Etown competitor

165: (3) Clint Swartz (Wilkes) dec. Matt Eder (E), 7-4
165: Tim Grover (Scranton) pinned Matt Eder (E), 4:01

174: no Etown competitor

184: Eric Guise (E) injury default over (2) Tim Pentz (Messiah), 1:06
184: (3) Jon Neyerlin (Wilkes) pinned Eric Guise (E), 1:57
184: Eric Guise (E) pinned Lee Vodofsky (King's), 2:58
184: Luke Morris (DelVal) pinned Eric Guise (E), 1:04
~Eric Guise finishes fourth~

197: no Etown competitor

Hwt: no Etown competitor