Elizabethtown College Wrestling News 
Back to top 2/24/2008 Elizabethtown ties for 7th at Metropolitan Championships ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Ties for Seventh at Metropolitan Wrestling Conference Championships WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team finished in a tie for seventh out of nine teams at the Metropolitan Conference championships at Wilkes University on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) was the Blue Jays' top finisher as he took third at 197 pounds, defeating Dennis Conklin of York 8-6 in the consolation final. At 149 pounds, sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School) finished fourth, as did sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) at 285 pounds. At 197 pounds, Sharp posted an 8-7 win over Conklin in quarterfinal competition, but lost 8-5 to top-seeded Zach Pizarro of Wilkes in a semifinal bout. He bounced back for a 1-0 win over Alex Chianurashvili of New York University in the consolation semifinals and downed Conklin 8-6 in the consolation final. At 149 pounds, Croswell was the top seed and opened action with a 16-1 technical fall in 4:46 over Franklin Davis of King's. However, he was upset by Matt Magill of Hunter 5-2 in semifinal action. In the consolation semifinals, he rebounded for a 14-9 win over Erik George of York, but lost a 16-3 major decision to Erik Smith of Wilkes in the consolation final. At 285 pounds, Katzaman came up with a 3-2 win over Justin Bender of King's in a quarterfinal bout, but saw eventual champion Luke Panizzi of York earn a 6-1 win in the semifinals. In the consolation semifinals, he downed James Layman of New York University by a 4-1 score but lost 11-4 to Steve Carbone of College of New Jersey in the consolation final. At 125 pounds, first-year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) lost 6-1 in his opening match to Kyle Christensen of New York University, then pinned Raymund Claudio of Scranton in 1:58 in a first-round consolation bout before falling 8-6 to Evan Velez of Hunter in consolation quarterfinal. At 133 pounds, sophomore Eric Rhoads (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) lost in a 17-5 major decision to Ray Sarinelli of College of New Jersey in a quarterfinal bout, then picked up an 8-6 overtime decision over Jerrid Hartman of York in consolation quarterfinal action. He then fell in the consolation semifinals to Josh Pauling of Wilkes by a 5-4 score. At 141 pounds, sophomore Drew Winegar (Chatsworth, NJ/Seneca) lost to John Stillo of Centenary 5-2 in quarterfinal action, then fell 7-6 to Adam Coleman of Hunter in a first-round consolation bout. In 157-pound action, junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) was seeded third but lost 3-2 on riding time to Taylor Green of King's in a quarterfinal bout. He downed Joseph Spiegal of Hunter 4-2 in a consolation quarterfinal, but fell 3-1 to Dan Dicolo of College of New Jersey in consolation semifinal action. At 165 pounds, sophomore Mike Lussier (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) pinned Ryan Trees of King's in 1:07 in a preliminary bout, but dropped a 14-5 decision to eventual champion Justin Bonatitus of College of New Jersey in quarterfinal action. He was then defeated in the consolation quarterfinals by Jared Duffy of Centenary in 3:57. At 174 pounds, sophomore Paul Connor (Tabernacle, NJ/Shawnee) won a preliminary bout over Jaime Arze of York by a 6-2 score, but was pinned by top-seeded Greg Osgoodby of College of New Jersey in 2:41 in quarterfinal action. He then defeated Derek Schisler of Centenary 6-4 in the consolation quarterfinals, but was pinned in 1:27 by Naum Shuminov of New York University in the consolation semifinals. At 184 pounds, first-year student Bill Meaney (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) defeated Ben Ostner of Centenary 3-2 in quarterfinal action, but was pinned in 2:48 by eventual champion Nick Coleman of New York University in the semifinals. In the consolation semifinals, he dropped a 6-4 overtime decision to Zach Wilkinson of King's. College of New Jersey placed eight wrestlers in the top three of their respective weight classes to win the team title with 90.5 points, followed by New York University (82.0 points) and Wilkes (71.5 points). Metropolitan Wrestling Conference Championships Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Consolation First Round Consolation Quarterfinals Consolation Semifinals Consolation Finals Team standings: College of New Jersey (TCNJ) 90.5; New York University (NYU) 82.0; Wilkes University (W) 71.5; York College (Y) 67.5; King's College (K) 58.0; Hunter College (H) 46.5; Elizabethtown College (E) 29.0; Centenary College (C) 29.0; University of Scranton (S) 9.5. Back to top 2/22/2008 Blue Jays to compete at Metropolitan Conference championships on Sunday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown College to Compete at Metropolitan Wrestling Conference Championships ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team will compete with nine other schools at the Metropolitan Wrestling Conference championships at Wilkes University on Sunday. The action is set to begin
at 10 a.m. with opening round action. The semi-finals are slated to
begin at 2 p.m., with the championship bouts slated to start at 4
p.m. Tickets for the event will be on sale at the door and are priced
at $5 for adults and $2 for students and senior citizens.
Competing along with Elizabethtown will be nationally-ranked teams from
New York University, The College of New Jersey, Wilkes, York College
and King’s College along with Centenary College, Hunter College, the
University of Scranton and Yeshiva College.
Last season The College of New Jersey claimed the team title with 89.5 points. York was second after totaling 83 points. King’s finished third with 75.5 points, followed by Hunter, Wilkes, NYU, Centenary and Scranton. Top contenders for the Blue Jays are sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School), who compiled an 18-6 record at 149 pounds, and junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), who has posted a 21-10 record at 157 pounds. Back to top 2/20/2008 Elizabethtown gains 21-20 in final home match FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabethtown Wrestling Gains Win Over Stevens ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team has been credited with a 21-20 victory over Stevens Institute of Technology, after Stevens was forced to forfeit the 184-pound weight class due to an ineligible wrestler. The match was originally held on Jan. 12 and saw the visiting Ducks earn a 20-18 victory. In the 184-pound bout, Blue Jay first-year student Josh Cook (Gardners, PA/Boiling Springs) claimed a 6-5 victory for three team points. However, the forfeit gives Elizabethtown six team points, swinging the match victory to the Blue Jays. With the win, Elizabethtown's record improves to 6-9 on the season heading into the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships at Wilkes University on Sunday. Back to top 2/19/2008 RJ Mount submits winning entry in online wrestling essay contest FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senior RJ Mount Submits Winning Entry in Wrestling Essay Contest ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior RJ Mount (Pine Brook, NJ/Montville Township) has been named one of two winners in an online essay contest on the topic "What I Love Most About College Wrestling" as sponsored by online wrestling fan Jim Brown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The winners will receive two all-session tickets to the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships in Cedar Rapids, as well as a three-night stay at the Cedar Rapids Marriott and two tickets for a performance at Penguin's Comedy Club. The winning essay by Mount is reprinted below, with permission: "To put it quite simply, I could express what I love the most about wrestling in a single solitary word: pride. Quoting Dan Gable, "Many have wrestled without great skill; none have wrestled without great pride.", this seems to sum up what wrestling means to those of us that never won a national title, or made All-American status, or even started for their respective team. To me, it sums up my career as a wrestler. I came from an area of modest wrestling talent in Northern New Jersey and never had a break out season, never had the upsets that headline newspapers. I was consistent, and to my family, coaches, and friends that was enough to be proud of. To me, I always found myself wanting more and more, disregarding things I had accomplished and never finding the satisfaction that everyone else seemed to have with themselves. For this, I chose to end my career as a wrestler after high school and play lacrosse in college. However, wrestling wasn't done with me. After a freshman year that left me spiritually spent with the passing of my grandparents, and disenfranchised with lacrosse to the point where I found myself coaching high school wrestling on a volunteer basis just to be apart of it again, I decided that my life was my own and I chose not only to transfer, but to wrestle again. Soon, I found myself in Elizabethtown, PA starting pretty much from square one again, but this time on terms I could accept as a person and an athlete. At Elizabethtown, I grew into a man. No longer did I feel a lack of accomplishment in what I did; I took pride in every moment I stepped on the mat, every minute I spent fighting and breathing hard. Wrestling now wasn't about consistency, or crowds, or my family, it was personal. To be honest, it was my outlet. Every time I felt my life slipping into a place where I could not control it, I found myself thinking about wrestling; the next move, the sweet feeling of a takedown that felt effortless, or the solace that the sport was always going to be there for me, regardless of whatever turn my life took. What had been a consistency, now had become a constant in my life. There is no gold medal at the end of this story; I am a college reserve wrestler. I compete in the practice room to make our starters better so that they can realize their goals. And despite there being no All-American certificate on my wall, I have never regretted coming back to wrestling, not for a single second. Through the double sessions, and weight cutting, and broken noses, and tough breaks, I take away the only thing worth taking away from something: pride. Wrestling has become my life's achievement and I am proud to be a wrestler. I'm proud to wear the shoes, do the pushups, and ice my shoulders after practice. Nothing has given me the sense of accomplishment that wrestling now bestows upon me. For that, I am proud." (RJ Mount has a 2-2 record this season and has seven career victories) Back to top 2/14/2008 Blue Jays dual-meet schedule with 30-12 loss at Lycoming ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Lycoming Defeats Elizabethtown 30-12 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- The Lycoming College wrestling team used four pins to post a 30-12 victory over Elizabethtown College in non-conference action on Thursday night. The Blue Jays (5-10 overall) won four bouts against the Warriors (9-6 overall), but Lycoming picked up three of its four pins in the first period to gain the win. After trailing 12-0, the Blue Jays picked up back-to-back wins from sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School), who posted a 7-1 victory over Mike Maurer at 149 pounds, and junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central), who improved to 21-10 on the season with a 6-4 win over Zach Frederick at 157 pounds. Also gaining victories were first-year student Bill Meaney (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) by an 8-6 score over Bryan Kopesky at 184 pounds, and sophomore Mike Daub (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) by a 9-4 score at 285 pounds over Troy Hansen. Lycoming 30, Elizabethtown 12 Back to top 2/9/2008 Wilkes edges Elizabethtown 20-15 in final home match ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Downed by Wilkes, 20-15 ELIZABETHTOWN,
Pa --- Elizabethtown College split bouts with Wilkes University, but
lost the bonus point matches for a final score of 20-15 in wrestling
action on Saturday afternoon. Back to top 2/7/2008 King's holds on for 25-20 victory over Elizabethtown ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Falls at Home to King's, 25-20 ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College dropped a Metropolitan Intercollegiate Wrestling Association bout with King's College on Thursday night, 25-20. First-year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) put the Blue Jays on the board first at 125lbs with an 11-10 decision over Rich Dorsey. Etown forfeited to David Morgan at 133lbs, and first-year student Jarrod Cawley (Fleetwood, PA/Oley Valley) lost by fall at 141lbs to give Kings a 12-3 advantage. Sophomore Bud Croswell (Newark, DE/Sanford School) exploded for 13 points in the 1st period on route to a 15-0 tech fall in 3:22 to close the gap to 12-8. The most exciting bout of the evening came at 157lbs, as junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) needed four extra minutes to win 3-2 in the fourth ride-out period. Sophomore Mike Lussier (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) needed just 2:45 to secure the fall over Ryan Trees at 165 pound to give the Blue Jays a 17-12 lead, but King's pulled within 17-16 at 174lbs on a 12-3 major decision by Mike Reilly over sophomore Paul Connor (Tabernacle, NJ/Shawnee). Etown fell behind 22-17 after 184lbs, as first year student Josh Cook (Gardners, PA/Boiling Springs) had built a 9-6 lead with only 15 seconds left in the 2nd period, but was put into a bad position by Zach Martinez of King's and gave up the defensive pin with one second left in the period. First-year student Bill Meaney (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp) closed the gap to 22-20 with a thrilling 6-2 decision in overtime over Zach Wiilkinson at 197lbs. Sophomore Tim Katzaman (Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing) dropped an 8-4 decision to Justin Bender to close the match. King's 25, Elizabethtown 20125: Marty Harnish (E) dec. Rich Dorsey 11-10 (3-0) 133: David Morgan (K) by forfeit (3-6) 141: Anthony Miele (K) pins Jarrod Cawley 1:18 (3-12) 149: Bud Croswell (E) tech fall Frankie Davis 15-0, 3:22 (8-12) 157: Jereme Heisey (E) dec. Taylor Green, 3-2 in 4 OT (11-12) 165: Mike Lussier (E) pins Ryan Trees 2:45 (17-12) 174: Mike Reilly (K) maj. dec. Paul Connor 12-3 (17-16) 184: Zach Martinez (K) pins Josh Cook 4:59 (17-22) 197: Bill Meaney (E) dec. Zach Wilkinson, 6-2 in OT (20-22) 285: Justin Bender (K) dec. Tim Katzaman, 8-4 (20-25) Back to top 2/2/2008 Elizabethtown places three, finishes 17th out of 27 at Wheaton ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WRESTLING Elizabethtown Finishes 17th at Wheaton Invitational WHEATON, Ill. --- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team finished 17th out of 27 schools at the two-day Pete Willson Invitational on the campus of Wheaton College. scoring 30.5 points as a team. Junior Jereme Heisey (Manheim, PA/Manheim Central) came in seventh at 157 pounds with three victories, including an 8-2 decision over Danny Stafford of Knox College in the seventh-place bout and a 7-5 win over Messiah College's Mike Bressler in fourth-round wrestlebacks. Sophomore Deron Sharp (Millville, NJ/Millville) placed seventh for the Blue Jays at 197 pounds, winning the seventh-place bout with a fall in 2:59 over Bernie Vazquez of Elmhurst College. Earlier, Sharp downed fourth-seeded Jon Schmidt of Wisconsin-Whitewater in fourth-round wrestlebacks by an 8-1 score. First-year student Marty Harnish (Marietta, PA/Donegal) finished eighth at 125 pounds after winning twice in wrestlebacks, including a pin in 5:28 in a fourth-round bout against Sammy Deligio of Milwaukee School of Engineering. Elizabethtown 30.5 points (17th of 27) |
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