The Fighting Scots were missing starters Mitchell Port (ranked second at 141 lbs.) and Vic Avery (ranked 14th by InterMat at 184 lbs.), but Edinboro still won eight of ten bouts.
6907Dave Habat won by technical fall.
Mines opened up the match with a fall at 4:56 over Seth Carr at 125 lbs., as the redshirt senior improved to 14-2 for the season. He grabbed a 7-1 lead after one period and led 9-1 following a second period takedown before flattening Carr for his second fall of the season.
Schopp followed with his sixth pin this year and 57th of his career as he continues to build on his school record. The redshirt senior pinned Joel Rosko at 2:11 of the first period to boost the Boro lead to 12-0. Ranked first at 133 lbs., Schopp improved to 9-0 this season and 116-14 for his career. He moved into a tie with Sean O'Day for 13th place in career wins.
Freshman Jensen Lorea, filling in for Port at 141 lbs., would drop a 7-1 decision to Clarion's Sam Sherlock, but Habat gave Edinboro a 17-3 advantage with a 19-3 technical fall over Brodie Zacherl. The end came 6:12 as Habat also remained undefeated at 13-0. He boosted his career record to 111-24 as he is now tied for 18th place in career victories with Kevin Welsh. The redshirt senior is ranked fourth by InterMat.
Kasey Burnett-Davis went into sudden victory before claiming a 4-2 decision over Evan DeLong at 157 lbs. KBD registered a first period takedown but a pair of DeLong escapes made it 2-2 after three periods. Burnett-Davis picked up the win with a takedown with 29 seconds left in overtime. The redshirt senior improved to 10-4.
Casey Fuller improved to 11-4 at 165 lbs. thanks to a 6-3 decision over Slade Horner (12-8). Fuller had a pair of first-period takedowns for a 4-2 lead. He added a second period escape and earned a point for riding time.
Edinboro's lead went to 26-3 as Zach Towers continued his impressive wrestling with a 10-3 decision over Mike Pavasko at 174 lbs. The redshirt sophomore is now 9-1 as he recorded three takedowns and also tilted Pavasko once for a pair of points. He had won by fall over Pavasko at the PSAC Championships.
Nick Mitchell posted a 10-5 decision over Danny Sutherland at 184 lbs. while filling in for starter Vic Avery. He led just 2-0 after one period, but two more takedowns in the second period and a fourth in the third. A redshirt sophomore, he has a 10-1 record.
In rematch of last Saturday's PSAC semifinal match, Vince Pickett's 6-2 decision over Ryan Darch (11-8) at 197 lbs. boosted Edinboro's lead to 32-3. Pickett won a week ago 6-1. Pickett held a 2-1 lead after one period and used another takedown for a 4-2 advantage after two periods. He added a quick escape and riding time for the final. Pickett, a junior, is now 12-4.
The heavyweight match featured Warren Bosch, who finished third at the PSAC Championship, against runner-up Evan Daley. Bosch, continuing to make his way up from 197 lbs., would drop a 6-5 decision as Daley had 1:29 in riding time.
The match was tied at 2-2 after one period, with Daley's takedown matched by a Bosch reversal. Bosch would grab a 3-2 lead with an escape a minute into the second period, but Daley regained the lead with a takedown. A Bosch escape with ten seconds left made it 4-4 heading into the final two minutes. Daley grabbed a 5-4 lead with an escape, but Bosch received a penalty point with 48 seconds to go to make it 5-5.
Bosch, a redshirt junior, is now 7-7 while Daley, a local product from nearby Fort LeBoeuf High School, improved to 10-6.
Edinboro will return to action on Sunday, December 21 in the Grapple at the Garden. The Fighting Scots will face third-ranked Cornell followed by 12th-ranked Lehigh at famed Madison Square Garden.
Results:
125 – Kory Mines (EU) fall over Seth Carr (CU) 4:56
133 – #1 A.J. Schopp (EU) fall over Joel Rosko (CU) 2:11
141 – Sam Sherlock (CU) dec. Jensen Lorea (EU) 7-1
149 – #4 Dave Habat (EU) tech. fall Brodie Zacherl (CU) 19-3 (6:12)
157 -- Kasey Burnett-Davis (EU) dec. Evan DeLong (CU) 4-2 sv
165 – Casey Fuller (EU) dec. Slade Horner (CU) 6-3
174 – Zach Towers (EU) dec. Mike Pavasko (CU) 10-3
184 – Nick Mitchell (EU) dec. Danny Sutherland (CU) 10-5
197 – Vince Pickett (EU) dec. Ryan Darch (CU) 6-2
Hwt. – Evan Daley (CU) dec. Warren Bosch (EU) 6-5
RECORDS: Edinboro -- 5-1, 2-0 EWL
Clarion -- 0-8, 0-2 EWL
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