ERIE, Pa. – No. 11 Mercyhurst stretched undefeated streak to nine as the Lakers defeated No. 16 Kutztown, 21-17, and American International, 47-0, as part of a quad meet with Gannon University at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.

Against No. 16 Kutztown, the Lakers picked up a key victory at 184 lbs by Tim McAndrew and heavyweight Nathan Sharp posted a come-from-behind in the meet's deciding match as Mercyhurst defeated the Golden Bears, 21-17. 

The shutout against AIC marked the first since 2006-07 when the Lakers defeated Anderson, 51-0.

To start the Kutztown match up, Payne Lint cruised to victory over the Golden Bears Clayton Youtz, 20-7, before Michael Baxter improved to 24-12 on the year after posting a technical fall over Chad Emerick, 18-0. 

The Lakers then dropped the next two weight classes with Kutztown's John Paukovits posting an 11-3 major decision over James Henderson and Brett Martinez recording a fall over Lenny Calhoun at 2:18 to give the Golden Bears a 10-9 advantage. 

Another matchup of regionally-ranked wrestlers came at 157 lbs, with Mercyhurst's Andy Lamancusa and Kutztown's Chris Chambers, both ranked No. 5 in the East Region. Lamancusa held a 4-1 lead heading into the second period and stretched his lead to 8-3 to start the third period before finishing out the bout with an 11-4 victory. 

The Lakers reclaimed the scoring lead thanks to Lamancusa's victory, then stretched it to 15-10 after Josh Shields posted a 5-0 victory over David Zeek. Shields, the nation's top-ranked wrestler at 165 lbs, improved to 19-3 overall with his win over the East Region's second-ranked grappler. 

At 174 lbs, Sonny Flood recorded a 9-2 decision over Pat Carter to bring the Golden Bears within one point, 15-14, with three matches remaining. 

At 184 lbs, McAndrew turned in a tough performance to take away a 4-1 victory over Eric Sergent, increasing the team score to 18-14. 

Scott Snyder defeated the Lakers Matt Mix, 10-6, to send the Golden Bears into the final match just one point behind in the team scoring, 18-17. 

In the decisive heavyweight bout, the Golden Bears Kevin Bolinsky took a 3-1 lead before Sharp posted a takedown with 59 second remaining in the second. The East Region's sixth-ranked heavyweight, Bolinsky then countered with an escape to take the 4-3 lead heading into the third period. In that final period, Sharp executed for the Lakers, adding an escape to tie the match and a takedown with 20 seconds left for a lead he would not relinquish to give the Lakers the team victory. 

Against American International, the Lakers began with a major decision by Lint and then posted falls at three straight weight classes, beginning with Lance Pitcel at 149 lbs, to cruise easily to their seventh-straight victory. 

Mercyhurst is now 8-0-1 in their last nine meets and can tie the program record for the longest undefeated streak with a win or tie in their final dual meet against Findlay on Friday, February 13th at the MAC. The 2006-07 edition owns the program record for consecutive victories (9) and longest undefeated streak (10) when they closed out the season with nine wins and a tie in the final dual meet against UPJ. 

No. 11 Mercyhurst 21, No. 16 Kutztown 17
125 Payne Lint (MC) maj. dec. Clayton Youtz (KU), 20-7 (4-0)
133 Michael Baxter (MC) tech. fall Chad Emerick (KU), 18-0 (9-0)
141 John Paukovits (KU) maj. dec. James Henderson (MC), 11-3 (9-4)
149 Brett Martinez (KU) fall over Lenny Calhoun (MC), 2:18 (9-10)
157 Andy Lamancusa (MC) dec. Chris Chambers (KU), 11-4 (12-10)
165 Josh Shields (MC) dec. David Zeek (KU), 5-0 (15-10)
174 Sonny Flood (KU) maj. dec. Pat Carter (MC), 11-2 (15-14)
184 Tim McAndrew (MC) dec. Eric Sergent (KU), 4-1 (18-14)
197 Scott Snyder (KU) dec. Matt Mix (MC), 10-6 (18-17)
HWT Nathan Sharp (MC) dec. Kevin Bolinsky (KU), 6-5 (21-17) 

Mercyhurst 47, American International 0
125 Payne Lint (MC) maj. dec, Carlos Lara (AIC), 10-2(4-0)
131 Michael Baxter (MC) won by forfeit, 6-0 (10-0)
141 Lance Pitcel (MC) fall over Jeff Hadded (AIC), 3:40 (16-0)
149 Lenny Calhoun (MC) fall over Babajide Fagbuyi (AIC), 4:26 (22-0)
157 Andy Lamancusa (MC)fall over Vladimir Bereshchenko (AIC),0:39 (28-0)
165 Josh Shields (MC) win by forfeit, (6-0), (34-0)
174 Pat Leahy (MC) dec. Yaakov Bloch (AIC), 6-2 (37-0)
187 Tim McAndrew (MC) dec. Wausa Onigbanjo (AIC),10-3 (40-0)
197 Matt Mix (MC) dec. Morgan Wanzer (AIC), 4-1, (43-0)
HWT Mike Sullivan (MC) maj. dec. Kelvin Valencia (AIC), 10-2 (47-0)