ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday, February 10, 2007

Elizabethtown Rallies to Close out Dual Match Schedule with 21-16 Road Win over Wilkes

Brett Epps '10.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College rallied from a 13-6 deficit to defeat former Middle Atlantic Conference rival Wilkes University 21-16 on the road Saturday. The Blue Jays’ final dual match of 2006-07, the win gave Elizabethtown a 6-5 record in dual matches for the year, its best since the 1999-00 season. Wilkes wrapped up its dual match schedule with a 10-9 record.

Wilkes took a 4-0 lead with a major decision win at 125 pounds to open the match. The Blue Jays’ Terry Bartholomew (Point of Rocks, MD/Brunswick) struck back with a 10-7 win on a decision at 133 pounds to cut the gap to 4-3. Wilkes gained another win on a decision at 141 pounds to take a 7-3 lead. Etown 149 pounder Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford) pulled out a 7-5 overtime win to again pull the Blue Jays within one point of Wilkes, 7-6.

Josh Herbert '10.

Wilkes posted an overtime decision win of its own at 157 pounds and followed with a 6-1 decision win at 165 pounds to take a 13-6 lead. At 174 pounds, first-year student Brett Epps (Perth Amboy, NY/Rutgers Prep.) quickly brought Elizabethtown back into the match with a win by fall in 1:39, and the Blue Jays again trailed by one, 13-12.

Elizabethtown took the lead for the first time at 184 pounds when Josh Herbert (Middletown, OH/Madison) won on another pin in 4:40 to put the Blue Jays up 18-13. Wilkes narrowed the gap to 18-16 on a 3-2 decision at 197 pounds, and for Elizabethtown’s second dual match in a row, the outcome hinged on the final bout at heavyweight. Once again, Mike Daub (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) won on a decision for Elizabethtown in the final bout of the day, this time winning 4-2.

Elizabethtown will next travel to Manchester College in Indiana to take part in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championships Saturday, February 17. The tournament serves as a qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships March 2 and 3. Participating in the 2007 Midwest Regional include four former MAC teams, Delaware Valley, Elizabethtown, Lycoming and Messiah, along with 11 others: Case Western Reserve, MacMurray, Manchester, Millikin, Mount St. Joseph, Olivet, Rose-Hulman, Thiel, Wabash, Waynesburg and Washington & Jefferson.

At Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Elizabethtown 21 Wilkes 16
125 – Felipe Queiroz (W) maj. dec. Peter Achilles, 10-0 (0-4)
133 – Terry Bartholomew (E) dec. Josh Pauling, 10-7 (3-4)
141 – Peter George (W) dec. Drew Winegar, 2-0 (3-7)
149 – Bud Croswell (E) dec. Derek Brownmiller, 7-5 OT (6-7)
157 – Frank Heffernan (W) dec. Jereme Heisey, 6-4 OT (6-10)
165 – Andrew Rock (W) dec. Keith Staulters, 6-1 (6-13)
174 – Brett Epps (E) pinned Justin Barowski, 1:39 (12-13)
184 – Josh Herbert (E) pinned D.J. Giancola, 4:40 (18-13)
197 – Colin Nagy (W) dec. Deron Sharp, 3-2 (18-16)
285 – Mike Daub (E) dec. Keith Altiery, 4-2 (21-16)