PAINESVILLE, Ohio – The Mercyhurst wrestling team scored wins over No. 10 West Liberty, Rochester University and host Lake Erie to finish 3-0 at the Storm Duals Sunday afternoon.
The Lakers got off to a strong start knocking off the nation's No. 10 team in West Liberty 31-9. In the second bout of the day, Mercyhurst tallied a 41-12 victory over Rochester University. The Lakers closed out the duals with a 31-10 victory over host Lake Erie.
Against the Hilltoppers, Mercyhurst fell behind 3-0 after the opening bout at 125.
Eric Bartos gave the Lakers the lead with a 17-7 major decision over Jett Pattison. West Liberty scored a decision at 141 to take a 6-4 lead.
Back-to-back decisions to by
Alexander Samson and
Michael Clark put the Lakers up 10-6.
Logan Grass scored a fall at 165 and
Trevor Johnson picked up an 8-1 decision at 174 to extend the advantage to 19-6. West Liberty scored a decision at 184, but
Luke McGonigal and
Jacob Robb both scored first period falls to set the final.
Mercyhurst 31 West Liberty 9
125: Corey Secrist (WLU) over
Jacob Ruggeri (MERC) (Dec 9-4)
133:
Eric Bartos (MERC) over Jett Pattison (WLU) (MD 17-7)
141: Darius Bunch (WLU) over
Alexis Soriano (MERC) (Dec 8-3)
149: Alex Samson (MERC) over Jamie Ward (WLU) (Dec 6-4)
157: Mike Clark (MERC) over Blake Miller (WLU) (Dec 6-1)
165:
Logan Grass (MERC) over Stephen Carder (WLU) (Fall 3:32)
174:
Trevor Johnson (MERC) over Chase Morgan (WLU) (Dec 8-1)
184: Zane Lanham (WLU) over
Trever Begin (MERC) (Dec 3-1)
197:
Luke McGonigal (MERC) over Isiah Myers (WLU) (Fall 2:30)
285:
Jacob Robb (MERC) over Francesco Borsellino (WLU) (Fall 2:00)
Against Rochester, the Lakers jumped out fast scoring a forfeit at 125. Bartos,
Caiden Mooney and Samson each tallied falls to give Mercyhurst a 24-0 lead.
Clark scored a 15-0 tech fall to push the Laker lead to 29-0.
Jason Breeden scored a 7-4 decision to push the advantage to 32-0. Rochester picked up a forfeit at 174.
Zach Breeden picked up a 10-4 decision at 184 and McGonigal tallied a fall to make the score 41-6. Kyle Scott scored a fall for the Warriors at 285 to set the final.
Mercyhurst 41 Rochester 12
125:
Jacob Ruggeri (MERC) over (Roc) (For.)
133:
Eric Bartos (MERC) over Garrett Kopp (Roc) (Fall 6:29)
141:
Caiden Mooney (MERC) over Hunter Baker (Roc) (Fall 3:45)
149: Alex Samson (MERC) over Jacob Mohn (Roc) (Fall 1:43)
157: Mike Clark (MERC) over Colin Panoff (Roc) (TF 15-0 5:09)
165:
Jason Breeden (MERC) over David Thickstun (Roc) (Dec 7-4)
174: Jerrod Mullins (Roc) over (MERC) (M. For.)
184:
Zach Breeden (MERC) over Brandon Strickland (Roc) (Dec 10-4)
197:
Luke McGonigal (MERC) over Anthony Filkins (Roc) (Fall 0:49)
285: Kyle Scott (Roc) over
Alex Guidice (MERC) (Fall 1:08)
In the final match of the day, the Lakers fell behind 10-3 after four bouts with Bartos scoring a 2-1 decision for his third victory of the day.
Clark pulled the Lakers back within 10-9 when John Siemasz injury defaulted. Grass gave Mercyhurst the lead with a 6-0 decision over James Penfold. The Lakers would sweep the finals four weights as well including pins from McGonigal and Robb.
"Today was a total team effort and I'm really proud of our guys," said head coach Mike Wehler. "I know all the teams we wrestled today were a little banged up but we had a couple kids that weren't 100 percent as well. Today they wrestled for each other and that's a great recipe for success."
Mercyhurst 31 Lake Erie 10
125: Jacob Johnson (LEC) over
Tyler Mitchell (MERC) (Dec 9-5)
133:
Eric Bartos (MERC) over Jacob Donahue (LEC) (Dec 2-1)
141: Brandon Tenney (LEC) over
Alexis Soriano (MERC) (Dec 2-0)
149: Andrew Lieb (LEC) over Alex Samson (MERC) (MD 10-2)
157: Mike Clark (MERC) over John Siemasz (LEC) (Inj. 0:56)
165:
Logan Grass (MERC) over James Penfold (LEC) (Dec 6-0)
174:
Trevor Johnson (MERC) over John Penfold (LEC) (Dec 3-0)
184:
Trever Begin (MERC) over Honour Kline (LEC) (MD 13-1)
197:
Luke McGonigal (MERC) over Chris Droege (LEC) (Fall 1:03)
285:
Jacob Robb (MERC) over Devin Uzelac (LEC) (Fall 2:29)
