FEBRUARY 15, 2002
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S ADVANCES NINE TO SATURDAYıS MAC
SEMI-FINALS
GRANTHAM -- The King's College wrestling team made a
strong push in the opening day of the Middle Atlantic Conference
Championships as the Monarchs
advanced
nine of their 10 wrestlers to the semi-finals at Messiah College.
Wilkes holds an early first day lead with 19 points
after the first round
while
Delaware Valley and Lycoming each have 17 while the Monarchs stand
fourth with 11. But Kingıs
And
Lycoming both have nine semi-finalists while Wilkes has eight and
Delaware Valley has seven.
The semi-finals will begin Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
with the finals expected
to
held at 2:30 p.m.
At 125, King's top-seeded Mitch Marcks advanced to
the semi-finals with a pin in 1:07 over Dustin Simcoe of Albright. Marcks
will face Mike Boyle of Elizabethtown.
At 133, King's fifth-seeded Mike Griffith,
the defending MAC champion, upset fourth-seeded
Ben Ewig of Messiah 13-8 in a rematch of the 2001 MAC finals
won by Griffith. The Monarch sophomore
advanced to the semi-finals where he will
meet top-seeded Mike Waldron (28-1) of Lycoming.
King's fourth-seeded Tim Martinez would
then face Scrantonıs Tim Simansly in the
141-pound quarterfinals where the Monarch rookie would drop an 8-0 major
decision. Martinez
will enter the consolations where he will attempt to wrestle back
for third place.
At 149, second-seeded Jim Morgan received a
first-round bye and advanced to the
semi-finals where he is slated to meet third-seeded Corey Mowrey of
Lycoming.
At 157, top seeded Monarch Dave Shafer also received
a bye and will face fifth
seeded Nick Myles of Elizabethtown in the semi-finals.
At 165, top-seeded Jesse Martinez pinned Alex Miner
of Messiah in 2:05 and will
next face fourth seeded Derek Crane of Lycoming. Crane earned a
decision over
Martinez in the regular season. Monarch
second-seeded freshman Joe Arnone advanced to the semi-finals when
he pinned
Todd Alsher of Albright in 2:12. Arnone will next face third-seeded
Josh Housekeeper of Delaware Valley.
At 184, King's second-seeded Jason Schlingman
received a bye and will face third-seeded
Jeff Tierney of Lycoming.
At 197, Monarch fifth-seeded rookie Tegan McKee
advanced to the semi-finals with
a 8-3 decision over fourth-seeded Mike Miller, avenging a loss to
Miller last
week. McKee will face top-seeded Andrew Helm of Wilkes in the
semi-finals. Helm pinned Elizabethtown's
Wade Clevenger in 1:03.
At heavyweight, King's Jared Potsko received a bye
and moved into the semi-finals
where he will meet Wilkes Corey Fleisher, himself a 16-2 winner
over Lycomingıs Al Fluman.
The 10 individual champions and two wild cards will
gain berths to the NCAA Division
III National Championships to be hosted by Kingıs and Scranton
March 1-2
at First Union Arena at Casey Plaza.
