The win was the ninth consecutive victory for the Lakers, who have not lost since January 3 at San Francisco State - the team's only loss of the season.
Mercyhurst won eight of ten matches during the evening, pulling away late with a fall by redshirt sophomore August Mizia, a technical fall by redshirt sophomore Brian Beattie, and a fall by freshman Andrew Welton to give the Lakers the 27-point team victory.
Gannon started early with a victory by Matt Turek at 125 pounds, setting up the drama that ensued in the following bout.
The best match of the night was at 133 pounds where redshirt sophomore Kody Young was matched up against Gannon's Adam Weinell. Each wrestler earned an escape during the first three periods, sending the match to overtime tied at 1-1. Neither wrestler scored during sudden victory 1 and both Young and Weinell rode each other out during their 30-second segments. But, in sudden victory 2, Young scored on a takedown to end the match with a 3-1 victory.
Sophomore Dylan D'Urso put Mercyhurst ahead for good at 141 pounds with a major decision, 15-3 victory over Gannon's John Marotto. Redshirt sophomore Jeremy Landowski, redshirt freshman Francis Mizia, and redshirt senior Clint Schaefer followed with decisions to give the Lakers a 16-3 advantage.
August Mizia earned a pin with nine seconds left in the 174-pound match to put the night out of reach as the Lakers held a 22-3 advantage at that point. Redshirt sophomore Angelo Bortoluzzi gave fifth-ranked Zach Zelcs everything he could handle at 184, but dropped a 6-4 decision. Beattie and Welton followed with 11 team points at 197 and 285 to close out the night.
Mercyhurst will step out of PSAC action on Saturday, February 8 when it travels to former GLIAC-rival Findlay. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Results:
125 Matthew Turek (Gannon) won by decision over Ryan Bohince (Mercyhurst) 7-4
133 Kody Young (Mercyhurst) won in sudden victory 2 over Adam Weinell (Gannon) 3-1
141 Dylan D'Urso (Mercyhurst) won by major decision over John Marotto (Gannon) 15-3
149 Jeremy Landowski (Mercyhurst) won by decision over Eric Lewandowski (Gannon) 6-0
157 Francis Mizia (Mercyhurst) won by decision over Nathaniel Ross (Gannon) 5-2
165 Clint Schaefer (Mercyhurst) won by decision over Casey Pace (Gannon) 8-4
174 August Mizia (Mercyhurst) won by pin over Christopher Matthews (Gannon) 6:51
184 Zachary Zelcs (Gannon) won by decision over Angelo Bortoluzzi (Mercyhurst) 6-4
197 Brian Beattie (Mercyhurst) won by tech fall over Trevor Beiter (Gannon) 6:53 18-1
285 Andrew Welton (Mercyhurst) won by pin over Nick Budd (Gannon) 4:05
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