ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday, November 7, 1998

THREE WIN INDIVIDUAL TITLES AS ETOWN OPENS SEASON WITH SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT MESSIAH INVITATIONAL

GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Bill Van Winkle (125), Art Mattes (197) and Ryan Sellars (HWT) each captured individual titles to lead Elizabethtown to a second-place finish at the Messiah Invitational on Saturday.  The Blue Jays scored 93.5 points in the seven-team event and finished behind only Messiah (120 points).

Jason Aurand (149) and Dan Bechtold (174) grappled to second-place finishes in Etown's first competition of the 1998-99 season.  Also placing for the Blue Jays were Mike King, who finished third at 141, and Sam Lannigan, who placed fourth at 125.

Etown, which went 18-7 last season and sent four wrestlers to the NCAA meet, returns to action on Wednesday, November 18 at Gettysburg College.  Match time is 8 p.m.

Messiah Invitational
Team Standings: 1. Messiah (M) 120, 2. Elizabethtown (E) 93.5, 3. King's (K) 71.5, 4. Lycoming (LY) 69.5, 5. Gettysburg (G) 53, 6. Longwood (LO) 33.5, 7. Johns Hopkins (JH) 12.

Finals
125 Bill Van Winkle (E) pinned Joe Little (LY), 1:33
133 Martin Scarpato (G) dec. Randall Sell (M), 4-2
141 Kirby Martin (M) pinned Bill Stom (K), 4:28
149 Tom Chapman (M) maj. dec. Jason Aurand (E), 13-4
157 Mike Helm (M) dec. Jesse Martinez (n/a), 10-3
165 Chris Roggie (M) dec. Joe Parson (K), 10-7
174 Randy Pickett (M) by medical default over Dan Bechtold (E)
184 David Rohrbach (K) pinned Adam Musser (M), 3:56
197 Art Mattes (E) dec. Tim Easter (M), 4-3
HWT Ryan Sellars (E) dec. Shawn Greene (G), 4-3

Consolations
125 Nate Niman (LY) dec. Sam Lannigan (E), 9-6
133 Ryan Falk (M) dec. Matt Decembrino (LY), 4-2
141 Mike King (E) maj. dec. Josh Schmalzer (LY), 12-1
149 Mike Strano (LY) dec. Jason Nauta (M), 8-7
157 David Kaplan (LO) dec. Eddie Garcia (LO), 9-7
165 Beau Dickerson (LO) dec. Eric Kundson (LY), 4-2
174 Paige Woodbury (G) dec. Jim Bolanc (LY), 3-2
184 Jason Schlingman (K) maj. dec. Andy Atkinson (LY), 15-7
197 Mario Labrutte (K) dec. Josh Graeber (M), 7-4
HWT Kris Lucas (LO) dec. Dan Heaney (K), 4-2