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Wrestlers Fall to NCAA Division II Lake Erie, 38-12, in Berea

Wrestlers Fall to NCAA Division II Lake Erie, 38-12, in Berea
BEREA, OHIO --  The Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team lost, 38-12, today (Saturday, December 11, 2010) against NCAA Division II Lake Erie College in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center in Berea. 

With its loss, the Yellow Jackets move to 3-4 overall. Lake Erie, in its inaugural season of wrestling, improves to 2-3 on the season.

For BW, senior 174-pounder Andrew Scavuzzo (Cuyahoga Falls/Woodridge) remained unbeaten this season with a 3-2 victory over Lake Erie's Josh Linden.  Scavuzzo, ranked 10th in Division III at 174 pounds by the National Wrestling Coaches Association Brute-adidas national poll, improved his overall record to 15-0. 

Also scoring wins for BW were senior 197-pounder Tristan Stoll (Milan/Edison) who won by pin in 2:05 against LEC's Bobby Hager and sophomore 184-pounder Joe Georgian (Eastlake/Villa Angela-St. Joseph)who scored a 5-2 decision against Jared Merritt.  Stoll improved his record to 8-1 this season with the victory and Georgian improved to 4-1 at 184 and 7-3 overall.  The pin was Stoll's third of the season.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on December 20-22 when they travel to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete at the Annual Desert Duals Tournament at the Flamingo Resort & Casino.

FOR MORE BW Sports Information, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. or Assistant SID Jeff Miller by phone at 440-826-2780 and email at jefmille@bw.edu Fans can access the latest BW athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bwyellowjackets and Twitter athttp://twitter.com/bwathletics.


FINAL SCORE: Lake Erie 38, Baldwin Wallace 12

125 lbs: 
Justin Toth (LEC) pinned Tyler Erwin (BW), 4:58

133 lbs: Kevin Brunner (LEC) pinned Phillip Payne (BW), 3:54

141 lbs: Sam Delpra (LEC) major decision Grant Steward (BW), 9-1

149 lbs: Zach Vargo (LEC) technical fall Tim Hamm (BW), 16-0 (3:36)

157 lbs: Zev Green (LEC) by forefit

165 lbs: Andrew Gasber (LEC) maj. dec. Korey Leonhard (BW), 17-6

174 lbs: Andrew Scavuzzo (BW) decision Josh Linden (LEC), 3-2

184 lbs: Joe Georgian (BW) dec. Jared Merritt (LEC), 5-2

197 lbs: Tristan Stoll (BW) pinned Bobby Hager (LEC), 2:05

285 lbs: Chris Kelly (LEC) pinned Ryan Jones (BW), 6:37 (+1 unsportsmanlike point awarded to LEC)

Exhibition Match:

133 pounds: Thomas Butryn (LEC) pinned Andrew Taylor (BW), 4:41