DECEMBER 5, 2001
COURTESY: JOHN SEITZINGER
KING'S WINS FINAL TWO BOUTS TO TOP
WILKES
WILKES-BARRE -- King's College won the
final two bouts of the evening to break open a tied match and post a 23-13
win over Wilkes University in a Middle Atlantic Conference wrestling match
in the Marts Center on Wednesday night.
The win improves the Monarchs, ranked 11th in the latest Brute/Adidas
Division III poll, to 3-0 overall. Wilkes suffers their first loss in five
matches.
With the match tied at 13-13 with two bouts left, the Monarchs got a major
decision at 149 pounds when Jim Morgan topped Wilkes' Jed Starner, 20-7 to
give the Monarchs a 17-13 advantage. In the final match of the night, Dave
Shafer, ranked eighth in Division III at 157 pounds, pinned the Colonels'
Scott Henshaw in 4:06 to close out the contest.
King's took a 3-0 lead after Jesse Martinez earned a 4-1 win over Andrew
Helms at 165 pounds. Wilkes would tie the score at 3-3 as Rex Harris
scored an 8-6 decision over Joe Arnone at 174 pounds.
The Monarchs won back to back matches to take a 10-3 lead. At 184 pounds,
Jason Schlingman, ranked fifth in Division III, posted a 12-7 win over Jon
Neyerlin. Tegan McKee then scored a major decision for King's at 197
pounds with a 13-5 win over Cory Walker.
At 285 pounds, Cory Fleisher from Wilkes shutout his counterpart from
King's, Jared Potsko, 6-0, to cut the lead to 10-6. But, the Monarchs went
back on top 13-6, when Mitchell Marcks scored a 3-1 win by decision over
Kevin Shannon at 125-pounds.
Wilkes would rally to tie the score with a pair of wins. At 133 pounds
John Muscarella from Wilkes fashioned an 18-5 win by major decision over
Mike Griffith to close the gap to 13-10. Then, at 141 pounds, Wilkes'
Jason Hills notched a 5-1 win by decision over Tim Martinez to tie team
score 13-13 and set the stage for the Monarchs late heroics.
King's 23 -
Wilkes 13
165 Jesse Martinez (K) dec. Andrew Helms, 4-1
174 Rex Harris (W) dec. Joe Arnone, 8-6
184 Jason Schlingman (K) dec. Jon Neyerlin, 12-7
197 Tegan McKee (K) maj. dec. Cory Walker, 13-5
285 Cory Fleisher (W) dec. Jared Potsko, 6-0
125 Mitchell Marcks (K) dec. Kevin Shannon, 3-1
133 John Muscarella (W) maj. dec. Mike Griffith, 18-5
141 Jason Hills (W) dec. Tim Martinez, 5-1
149 Jim Morgan (K) maj. dec. Jed Starner, 20-7
157 Dave Shafer (K) pinned Scott Henshaw, 4:06
