ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday, November 9, 2002

Etown Opens 2002-03 Season with Eighth Place Finish at Messiah Invitational

GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Elizabethtown opened its 2002-03 season with an eighth-place showing at the Messiah Invitational. The Blue Jays, suffering from a small roster this season, did not compete in two weight classes and recorded 11 points in the tournament.

In individual performances, 125-pound Etown junior Eric Boyle (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks East) got a win on a pin in 2:29 over sixth-seeded J.R. Fiddler of Waynesburg. Boyle was seeded fifth in his weight class. Etown's only other pin of the day came at 133 pounds, as sophomore Tom Elicker (Berwyn, PA/Conestoga) win in 5:29 in one of his bouts.

Also registering victories for the Blue Jays was 165-pounder Matt Eder (Eldersburg, MD/McDonogh), who won a pair of bouts, one in a 4-1 decision, and another in a 13-3 major decision. Sophomore Joe Sahd (Lititz, PA/Lancaster Catholic) won a 10-1 major decision in his first bout of the day at 141 pounds. Also, 184-pound sophomore Eric Guise (Bendersville, PA/Biglerville) scored an 11-6 upset decision over fourth-seeded Lee Vodofsky of King's.

Etown will return to action on the road Saturday, November 16 at the King's College Invitational in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

At Grantham, Pa.
2002 Messiah Invitational
Team Scores: 1. King's 103.5; 2. Messiah 101.5; 3. Ursinus 87; 4. Stevens Tech 73.5; 5. Waynesburg 42.5; 6. Case Western 38.5; 7. Baptist Bible 33.5; 8. Elizabethtown 11
Etown bout results:
125: Mike Olem (W), default win vs. #5 Eric Boyle (E)
125: #5 Eric Boyle (E) pinned #6 J.R. Fiddler (W), 2:29
125: Bradley Beal (S) dec. Eric Boyle (E), 11-7
133: Jamie Chambers (S) maj. dec. Tom Elicker (E), 11-3
133: Tom Elicker (E) pinned James Weishaar (W), 5:29
133: Ryan Stewart (M) dec. Tom Elicker (E), 7-0
133: Justin Frassoni (U) pinned Paul Sahd (E), 5:07
133: #4 Mike Cox (U) pinned Paul Sahd (E), 2:54
141: Joe Sahd (E) maj. dec. Dwayne Mullen (W), 10-1
141: Joel Shue (M) dec. Joe Sahd (E), 8-6
141: #2 Matt Miller (C) pinned Joe Sahd (E), 2:22
149: #3 Scott Roesch (U) pinned Brian Issac (E), 0:55
149: Zach Stewart (U) pinned Brian Issac (E), 3:33
157: #1 Dave Shafer (K) pinned Vinny Camacho (E), 3:40
157: Steve Tomczuk (U) dec. Vinny Camacho (E), 9-6
157: John Comido (K) pinned Jeremy Gatens (E), 2:56
157: Seth Thomas (S) pinned Jeremy Gatens (E), 1:07
165: Zach Snyder (M) dec. Matt Eder (E), 6-5
165: Matt Eder (E) dec. Brent Starr (M), 4-1
165: Matt Eder (E) maj. dec. Mike Morgan (C), 13-3
165: Zach Snyder (M) dec. Matt Eder (E), 2-1
174: no Etown entries
184: #1 Tim Pentz (M) pinned Eric Guise (E), 2:08
184: Eric Guise (E) dec. #4 Lee Vodofsky (K), 11-6
184: #3 Mike Gergott (U) dec. Eric Guise (E), 5-0
197: #1 Josh Schmidt (C) pinned Mike Mayberry (E), 1:21
197: Jamie Pradera (W) pinned Mike Mayberry (E), 1:42
Hwt: no Etown entries