Tenth-ranked Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy) gave Bloomsburg a 4-0 team lead with a major decision over Edinboro's Greg Sill at 125 lbs. Sees opened with a first period takedown to lead 2-0 and then added six points in the second period and four more in the third to seal the 12-4 win.
At 133 pounds, a close match ended in sudden victory as Edinboro's Ricky Deubel eeked out a 4-3 win over Ricky Donald (Millville/Millville). After a scoreless first period, Deubel took a 2-0 lead on a takedown. Donald later escaped to cut the lead to 2-1, however, Donald tied it up with an escape with 1:20 in the third. After three scoreless overtime periods, Deubel used a takedown with :10 second left in the fourth extra period to record the 4-3 sudden victory and cut the team score to 4-3.
Another match was extended into overtime as Bloomsburg's Darren Kern (Pennsburg/Upper Perkioman) defeated Daryl Cocozzo at 141 lbs. Kern fell behind 0-2 in the first period, but battled back to take the lead at 4-3. However, riding time at the end of the third period tied the match at 4-4 before Kern's takedown earned the 6-4 sudden victory. The win extended the Bloomsburg lead to 7-3.
In the 149-lb bout, fifth-ranked Gregor Gillespie pulled out a narrow win over Bloomsburg's Matt Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford). Moley had a 2-1 lead after the first period, but Gillespie used a near fall to take a 4-2 lead in the second. Later in the period a takedown from Moley knotted it a 4-4. In the third, Gillespie's takedown with :15 seconds left gave him a 6-5 victory and closed the Bloomsburg lead to 7-6.
Edinboro took the team lead at 157-lbs when 10th ranked Matt Hill defeated Bloomsburg's Dennis Bermudez (Saugerties, NY/Saugerties). Hill dominated the first period taking a 2-0 lead. However, Bermudez battled back in the second, scoring an escape and a takedown to gain a 3-2 advantage. Hill then used an escape to tie the score at 3-3 at the end of the second period. In the third, Hill took a 6-3 before Bermudez once again tied, this time at 6-6. The pair traded escapes to move the match score to 7-7 but the period ended with Hill earning a point from riding time to give him the 8-7 win.
The Fightin' Scots extended their lead to 15-7 on a pin from eighth-ranked Deonte Penn at 165-pounds. Penn had a 9-2 advantage before pinning the Huskies' Ricky Schmelyum (New Oxford/Bermudian Springs) at 4:17 to earn the victory.
In the 174-lb. match, Edinboro's 20th-ranked Phil Moricone defeated Andrew Jordan (Newark, DE/St. Marks). Moricone took the lead 2-0 in the first period and after a scoreless second he earned seven third period points to win the 9-3 decision. With Moricone's win, Edinboro pushed the lead to 18-7.
With a tight 2-1 victory by seventh-ranked Alex Clemsen over Bloomsburg's Nate Shirk (Middleburg/Middleburg) at 184 lbs, Edinboro's lead was extended to 21-7. The match stayed scoreless until Clemsen earned a point off of an escape in the second period. In the third, Shirk tied it at 1-1 with an escape but Edinboro was awarded a point on a BU stall to give Clemsen the 2-1 win.
A 4-2 win from Edinboro's Jim Gibson at 197 pounds extended the team lead to 24-7. P.J. DiStefano (Whitehall/Whitehall-Coplay) held the advantage early, but in the second period, Gibson scored on a takedown to tie the match at 2-2. In the third period Gibson added a reversal to win the match 4-2.
In the heavyweight match, 11th-ranked Mike Spaid (Perkiomenville/Boyertown) earned a 4-0 win over Edinboro's Joe Fendone. After a scoreless first period, Spaid scored on a reversal with :27 seconds left in the second to take a 2-0 lead. In the third, Spaid scored on a takedown to give him a 4-0 lead but it wasn't enough as the match ended 24-10 in favor of Edinboro.
The win improves Edinboro to 14-1 and 3-0 in the EWL while the loss moves Bloomsburg's record to 10-8 on the season, 3-2 in the EWL. The Huskies are back in action at the Nelson Field House on Sunday when Bloomsburg takes on Drexel at 1:00 p.m.
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