Grapplers Fall To 5th Ranked Lehigh 27-10<\/p>\n
Freshman Jeff Schell is now 18-4 on the year.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem, PA – The Brown wrestling team took on fifth ranked Lehigh on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Mountain Hawks 27-10. Three Bears recorded victories, led by freshman Jeff Schell’s major decision over Andrew Rizzi at 125. Junior Mike Pedro picked up his fifth straight win with a 6-2 decision over Bryan Bernal at 174. Junior Doran Heist rounded out Brown’s winners with a 5-3 decision over Matt Cassidy.<\/p>\n
The Mountain Hawks took the first five bouts, earning bonus points in four of the five. The match started at 133, where Lehigh’s Matt Ciasulli scored an escape and a takedown in the third period to top junior Dan Appello. <\/p>\n
Cory Cooperman pinned freshman Ross Johnson at 141 to give Lehigh a 9-0 lead. Lehigh went on to get three straight major decision over the Bears, including one by Troy Letters, who is undefeated this season.<\/p>\n
Pedro and Heist earned Brown the next two victories but the Mountain Hawks bounced back to take two more victories at 197 and heavyweight. Schell ended the match on a good note for the Bears with his 12-3 major decision. Schell is now 18-4 on the year.<\/p>\n
Brown will open Ivy action next Friday at Princeton before traveling on to Penn on Saturday.<\/p>\n
133-Matt Ciasulli (LU) Dec. Dan Appello (BU)-3-0
141-Cory Cooperman (LU) WBF Ross Johnson (BU)-1:31
149-Matt Anderson (LU) Maj. dec. Tim Smith (BU)-8-0
157 Derek Zinck (LU) Maj. dec. David Saadeh (BU)-21-8
165-Troy Letters (LU) Maj. dec. Heath Lohrman (BU)-14-4
174-Mike Pedro (BU) Dec. Bryan Bernal (LU)-6-2
184-Doran Heist (BU) Dec. Matt Cassidy (LU)-5-3
197-Jon Bruno (LU) Dec. Leo Saniuk (BU)-11-6
285-Tom Curl (LU) Dec. Lee Beane (BU)-4-3
125-Jeff Schell (BU) Maj. Dec. Andrew Rizzi (LU)-12-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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