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    Eastern Michigan splits matches at Cleveland State Duals

    The Eastern Michigan University Eagles split their two matches at the Cleveland State Duals Saturday . The Eagles lost to host Cleveland State (4-2) in the opening match 29-12 and then came back to defeat Slippery Rock( 19-15. Eastern (2-5) were again by #17 ranked true freshman Sean Clair (22-8) at 125 pounds. Clair defeated Daryl Hunt 5-4 to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead against Cleveland State but it was all Viking from that point. Eastern did not score again until freshman Josh Lewis pinned Anthony Mestek in their 174 pound match. Junior Tony Lyssiotis, who also won both of his matches Saturday, started out with a 7-2 win over Ishmal Williams at 197 pounds but that was the last scoring by EMU and Cleveland State (4-2) cruised to a 29-12 victory.

    The Eagles were much stronger against Slippery Rock (4-7), winning 6 of the 10 matches. Clair shut out Chris Clarke 5-0 and ran his season record to 24-8. Captain Phillip Plowman scored the second shutout in a row when he beat Sal Lascari 7-0 at 133. After Nick Conklin lost at 141 pounds, #20 ranked junior Jermaine Thompson had a 16-4 major decision win over Sal Baglio and Captain Chad Roush decision Gerald Christian 6-3 to extend the EMU lead in the meet to 13-4. Slippery Rock came back however and won the next three matches, including one technical fall and one major decision, to take a 15-13 lead into the last two matches. Lyssiotis then stepped up with his second win of the say, defeating Andrew Joseph 6-0 to give Eastern a 16-15 lead heading into the heavyweights. In the deciding match oif the meet, EMU's true freshman Jake Wood scored his second victory in as many week with an exciting 8-7 win over Matt Burkholder to clinch the Eagle victory 19-15. The other scheduled team, West Liberty State, cancelled due to health concerns.

    For complete results, go to the EMU web site at http://www.emich.edu/public/wrestling/windex.html
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