BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team compiled an overall record of 1-3 at the 2010 Desert Duals hosted by No. 1 nationally ranked Wartburg (Iowa) College today (Monday, December 20) at the Flamingo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Yellow Jackets, now 4-7 overall this season in dual matches, lost to host Wartburg in the first round, 39-3, beat Pacific (Ore.) University in the second round, 38-14, fell to No. 3 Coe (Iowa) College in the third round, 36-12 and lost to No. 27 Olivet (Mich.) College in the fourth and final round, 27-18.
In the match with Wartburg, Scavuzzo was the lone Yellow Jacket to secure with a 4-2 decision over Ben Scott. BW was led by senior and No. 10 nationally ranked 174-pounder Andrew Scavuzzo (Cuyahoga Falls/Woodridge) with a 3-1 record, including one pin and now has a seasonal record of 18-1. In addition, senior 197-pounder Tristan Stoll went 2-2 with a pin and now has a seasonal record of 10-3. Senior 165-pounderKorey Leonhard (Kinsman/Pymatuning Valley), junior 125-pounder Jeremy Dombrady (Copley), senior 133-pounder Phillip Payne (Woodmere/Orange) and junior 141-pounder Grant Steward (Columbus/Worthington Kilburn) all posted records of 2-2. Junior 285-pounder Ryan Jones (Uniontown/Lake) and sophomore 184-pounder Joe Georgian (Eastlake/Villa Angela St. Joseph) each picked up a win by pin and decision respectively.
Against Pacific, BW got pins from Stoll and Jones. The Yellow Jackets also picked up victories fromGeorgian by decision, Leonhard by technical fall and forfeit wins by Dombrady, Payne and Steward. Scavuzzo dropped his first match of the season as Pacific�s Caleb Malychewski pinned him at the 4:07 mark.
In the match with Coe, BW got victories fromScavuzzo and Stoll. Scavuzzo bounced back from his first loss of the season by pinning Scott King at the 6:09 mark and Stoll picked up his win by forfeit.
Against Olivet, the Yellow Jackets got a pin from Payne and decision victories by Dombrady, Steward, Leonhard and Scavuzzo.
The BW grapplers will return to action after the Holiday break when they travel to University Heights to take on cross-town rival John Carroll University in the first Ohio Athletic Conference match of the season on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
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.
#1 Wartburg (Iowa) 39, Baldwin Wallace 3
125 lbs: Mark Kist (WC) major decision Jeremy Denbrady (BW), 12-3
133 lbs: Mike Kremer (WC) major decision Phil Payne (BW), 15-1
141 lbs: Tommy Mirocha (WC) dec. Grant Steward (BW), 8-2
149 lbs: Jacob Groth (WC) technical fall Tim Hamm (BW), 5:30
157 lbs : Carrington Banks (WC) pinned Danny Huffman (BW), 3:18
165 lbs: Landon Williams (WC) major decision Korey Leonhard (BW), 19-7
174 lbs: Andrew Scavuzzo (BW) decision Ben Scott (WC), 4-2
184 lbs: Dylan Azinger (WC) decision Joe Georgian (BW), 11-4
197 lbs: Byron Tate (WC) major decision Tristan Stoll (BW), 16-4
285 lbs: John Helgerson (WC) pinned Ryan Jones (BW), :19
Baldwin Wallace 38, Pacific (Ore.) 14
125 lbs: Jeremy Dombrady (BW) won by forfeit
133 lbs: Phil Payne (BW) won by forfeit
141 lbs: Grant Steward (BW) won by forfeit
149 lbs: Devan Silva (P) decision Tim Hamm (BW), 10-3
157 lbs: Cody Kramer (P) technical fall Danny Huffman (BW), 5:07
165 lbs: Korey Leonard (BW) technical fall Nathan Shay (P), 5:58
174 lbs: Caleb Malychewski (P) pinned Andrew Scavuzzo (BW), 4:07
184 lbs: Joe Georgian (BW) decision Jordan Branson (P), 9-5
197 lbs: Tristan Stoll (BW) pinned Ron Neu (P), 2:30
285 lbs: Ryan Jones (BW) pinned Joe Bridgewater (P), 6:33
#3 Coe (Iowa) 36, Baldwin Wallace 12
125 lbs: Clayton Rush (Coe) technical fall Jeremy Dombrady (BW), 5:09
133 lbs: Drew Hinschberger (Coe) decision Phil Payne (BW), 5-0
141 lbs: Chris LeClere (Coe) technical fall Grant Stewart (BW), 5:35
149 lbs: James Locke (Coe) technical fall Tim Hamm (BW), 2:50
157 lbs: Dale Handley (Coe) pinned Danny Huffman (BW), 2:28
165 lbs: Nick LeClere (Coe) decision Korey Leonhard (BW), 7-2
174 lbs: Andrew Scavuzzo (BW) pinned Scott King (Coe), 6:09
184 lbs: Seth Rehn (Coe) major decision Joe Georgian (BW), 10-0
197 lbs: Tristan Stoll (BW) won by forfeit
285 lbs: Alex Burkle (Coe) pinned Ryan Jones (BW), :48
#27 Olivet (Mich.) 27, Baldwin Wallace 18
125 lbs: Jeremy Dombrady (BW) decision Justin Fleeson (OC), 6-0
133 lbs: Philip Payne (BW) pinned Corey Mykolatis (OC), 6:00
141 lbs: Grant Steward (BW) decision Vince Lahar (OC), 12-5
149 lbs: Steve Mena (OC) pinned Tim Hamm (BW), :59
157 lbs: James Myers (OC) pinned Danny Huffman (BW), :26
165 lbs: Korey Leonhard (BW) decision Justin Jaynes (OC), 4-0
174 lbs: Andrew Scavuzzo (BW) decision Trevor Tyler (OC), 11-5
184 lbs: Jim Neal (OC) decision Joe Georgian (BW), 5-4
197 lbs: Justin Leonard (OC) decision Tristan Stoll (BW), 9-3
285 lbs: Logan Renas (OC) major decision Ryan Jones (BW), 11-3
