The Fighting Scots complete the regular season tomorrow night at Pittsburgh in a match that will decide the EWL dual meet crown. Edinboro is ranked 14th in the latest USA Today/NWCA/ InterMat Top 25 while the panthers are 23rd. Both are 5-0 in the EWL, with Pittsburgh owning a 13-3 record.
Edinboro got off to a fast start against the mountaineers, winning the first two matches and six of the first seven. Eric Morrill got the night underway with a 4-2 decision over Kyle Turnbull at 125 lbs. The sophomore used a takedown in the first period for a 2-1 lead after one period. The lone score in the second was a Morrill escape to make it 3-1. Turnbull closed to 3-2 with an escape with 45 seconds remaining in the third period, but Morrill had a 1:32 riding time advantage. Morrill is now 16-8.
Ricky Deubel picked up his second straight fall to give Edinboro a 9-0 lead. His win at 133 lbs. came by pin at 4:24 over Jared Garvin. Deubel led 7-1 after one period and was up 12-1 with back points coming when he ended the match to improve to 22-11.
In a matchup of true freshman, West Virginia's Steve Waite posted a 10-2 major decision over Torsten Gillespie at 141 lbs., dropping Gillespie to 17-14. Waite, from nearby Fort LeBoeuf High School, scored takedowns in the first and second periods for a 4-0 lead. Gillespie came back with a third period takedown and was pressing the issue when Waite reversed him and picked up three near-fall points in the final minute.
Daryl Cocozzo came back with an impressive win at 149 lbs., handing two-time national qualifier David Jauregui a 10-5 defeat. Jauregui has a win over Gregor Gillespie on his resume, one of just eight losses for the Edinboro All-American. On this night it was Cocozzo getting the better of the mountaineer, opening up a 4-0 lead after one period thanks to a quick takedown. He rode Jauregui out the rest of the period, picking up two near-fall points at the end of the period. The only scoring in the second period was a Cocozzo takedown to make it 5-0. Jauregui cut it to 5-2 with a takedown to start the third, followed by a wild sequence. Cocozzo escaped, Jauregui picked up his second takedown, then cut Cocozzo to make it 7-4. The telltale takedown came with 43 seconds remaining, giving Cocozzo the 9-4 lead. He is now 27-10.
Speaking of Gillespie, the top-ranked wrestler at 157 lbs. was pushed to the limit against WVU's Zac Fryling, who is ranked 18th. The only score came on a second period escape just five seconds into the session by Gillespie for the 1-0 win. He was unable to finish on several shots. Gillespie is nopw 28-2 and 102-8 for his career.
Jarrod King also picked up a one-point win as he decisioned Donnie Jones 6-5 at 165 lbs. King got off to a fast start with a takedown just eight seconds into the bout, but it would be tied at 4-4 after one period on a Jones' takedown at the buzzer. King escaped to start the second period, but a Jones escape in the third tied it up at 5-5. The difference was a 1:18 riding time advantage for the Edinboro junior. Ranked 15th, King improved to 26-7.
Phil Moricone needed overtime to defeat Chase Litton at 174 lbs., winning 6-4. A sluggish Moricone struggled early, falling behind 2-0 on a takedown with 30 seconds left. He would close to 2-1 with a second period escape, but found himself trailing late in the third period when Litton picked up an escape and gained a penalty point for locked hands. Moricone responded with a quick takedown with 12 seconds left, then kept Litton down to get the riding time advantage and send the match into overtime. A renewed Moricone finished it with 16 seconds remaining with the overtime takedown. Moricone is now 21-9 and ranked 18th.
That win gave Edinboro a 21-4 lead, but the Fighting Scots would lose the final three bouts. Freshman Chris Honeycutt lost an 8-5 decision to Kurt Brenner in a match that could have gone either way at 184 lbs. At one point Brenner led 5-1 in the second period, but Honeycutt used an escape and takedown to pull to within 5-4. However, Brenner escaped with two seconds left. Brenner cut Honeycutt to start the third, but with Honeycutt attacking for the winning takedown, it was Brenner doing the honors with just two seconds remaining. That left Honeycutt, ranked 18th, at 22-7, while Brenner is 13-3.
At 197 lbs., an entertaining match saw Pat Bradshaw looking for an upset of 14th-ranked Jared Villers. Villers opened with a takedown, Bradshaw answered with a reversal, and then Villers led 3-2 thanks to an escape. Bradshaw would gain a 5-3 lead after two period with an escape and takedown. The match turned after a Villers escape in the third. Villers took Bradshaw down with 1:30 left, and finally won by fall at 6:23. That left Bradshaw with a 25-10 record, while Villers is now 16-2. The heavyweight match saw Dustin Rogers, ranked 19th, edge 18th-ranked Joey Fendone by a 6-5 decision. Fendone is now 14-8 while Rogers is 9-4. Rogers led 2-1 after one period, but Fendone appeared to take control with three back points in the second. Rogers knotted it at 4-4 with a reversal, then moved it to 6-4 with a takedown in the first thirty seconds of the third period.
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