{"id":122,"date":"2005-01-28T06:01:16","date_gmt":"2005-01-28T12:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/?p=122"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"cleveland-state-falls-to-ewl-rival-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w122\/cleveland-state-falls-to-ewl-rival-pitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland State Falls To EWL Rival Pitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wrestlers Drop Tough-Fought Match To Pittsburgh<\/a><\/p>\n

Panthers triumph despite five CSU wins. <\/p>\n

PITTSBURGH – Cleveland State wrestlers tallied five wins against Eastern Wrestling League rival Pittsburgh, but the Panthers took advantage of a forfeit and a pair of pins to out-pace the Vikings, 24-17, Thursday night at Fitzgerald Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n

The Panthers improved to 2-0 in the EWL, while CSU falls to 0-1 in their opening league match.<\/p>\n

Freshman Joe Wornoff staked CSU to an early 4-0 advantage with a 12-3 major decision over Zach Bowman at 125. David Armstrong followed by opening up the 133 match with a strong effort, but a costly mistake allotted Panther Mike Ciotti a pin at 4:30.<\/p>\n

Despite the deficit, the Vikings would not go quietly. Sophomore Ryan Hurley posted a strong 10-9 decision at 149 over No. 5 Ronald Tarquinio, while Matt Klinger dropped a tough 9-7 overtime battle at 174. <\/p>\n

CSU then reeled off three straight wins to close the match, including a 15-3 major decision by Ron Howard at 184, a 9-3 decision by Joe Phillips at 197 and a 3-1 decision at 285 for Joe Dennis. The Panther lead, however, would be too much to overcome in the end.<\/p>\n

“We wrestled really well tonight, “head coach Jack Effner said. “It’s been a long year, but I’m starting to see the team developing. You can see the intensity in their eyes. It’s a good sign of things to come.”<\/p>\n

The Vikings return home next weekend as they continue the EWL slate against Bloomsburg on Feb. 5 at 3:00 p.m. before welcoming Lock Haven to Woodling Gymansium on Feb. 6 beginning at 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Final Results
125 – Joe Wornoff (CSU) maj. dec. Zach Bowman (Pitt.), 12-3
133 – Mike Ciotti (Pitt.) fall David Armstrong (CSU), 4:30
141 – Geoff Moy (Pitt.) forfeit
149 – Ryan Hurley (CSU) dec. Ronald Tarquinio (Pitt.), 10-9
157 – #12 Matt Kocher (Pitt.) dec. Marcus Effner (CSU), 9-2
165 – Justin Nestor (Pitt.) fall David Gilkey (CSU), 5:39
174 – Zachariah Doll (Pitt.) dec. Matt Klinger (CSU), 9-7 OT
184 – Ron Howard (CSU) maj. dec. Eric Cassidy (Pitt.), 15-3
197 – Joe Phillips (CSU) dec. Lou Thomas (Pitt.), 9-3
285 – Joe Dennis (CSU) dec. Zach Sheaffer (Pitt), 3-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wrestlers Drop Tough-Fought Match To Pittsburgh Panthers triumph despite five CSU wins. PITTSBURGH – Cleveland State wrestlers tallied five wins against Eastern Wrestling League rival Pittsburgh, but the Panthers took advantage of a forfeit and a pair of pins to out-pace the Vikings, 24-17, Thursday night at Fitzgerald Fieldhouse. The Panthers improved to 2-0 in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrestling"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B7Di-1Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}