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@HarvardCrimson HarvardAthletics Harvard Crimson Fan Harvard Athletics FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2016 Contact: Tim Williamson, [email protected] Harvard Wrestling Picks Up Road Win at Franklin & Marshall, 3218 LANCASTER, Pa. – Four Crimson grapplers pinned their opponents, as the Harvard wrestling team defeated Franklin & Marshall by a team score of 3218 Friday afternoon. The Crimson improves to 32 and 11 in the EIWA with the victory, while the Diplomats fall to 310 and 06. With Harvard trailing, 60, Jeffrey Ott got the Crimson on the scoreboard by pinning Scott Stevens just 44 seconds into their match at 133 lbs. At 141, No. 7 Todd Preston dropped his first dual match of the year, as No. 15 Rick Durso held on a for a 20 decision, giving the Diplomats a 96 edge. Starting at 149, the Crimson took a commanding lead, as Thomas Dutton pinned Jason Bing at the 1:54 mark, and Colby Knight followed by downing Sharron Townsend at 2:39 at 157, as Harvard went up, 18 9. In the next bout, Devon Gobbo returned to the lineup and picked up a technical fall against Michael Marano, 171, at 165 lbs. Josef Johnson put the match out of reach as he toppled Joshua Young, 105, making it 269 in favor of the Crimson. The Crimson earned its final victory of the match at 197 lbs., as Josh Popple took down Charles Kerkesner with a pin at 1:17, pushing the score to 3212. Harvard will visit Bucknell Saturday in a 2 p.m. match. Harvard 32, Franklin & Marshall 18 125: Aaron Maldoff (FM) won by forfeit, 06 133: Jeffrey Ott (H) pinned Scott Stevens, 0:44, 66 141: No. 15 Rick Durso (FM) dec. No. 7 Todd Preston (H), 20, 69 149: Thomas Dutton (H) pinned Jason Bing (FM), 1:54, 129 157: Colby Knight (H) pinned Sharron Townsend (FM), 2:39, 189 165: Devon Gobbo (H) tech. fall Michael Marano (FM), 171, 239 174: Josef Johnson (H) dec. Joshua Young (FM), 105, 269 184: Anthony Mancini (FM) dec. Logan Kirby, 74, 2612 197: Josh Popple (H) pinned Charles Kerkesner (FM), 1:17, 3212 285: Antonio Pelusi (FM) pinned Angus Cowell (H), 6:06, 3218
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@HarvardCrimson HarvardAthletics Harvard Crimson Fan Harvard Athletics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2016 Contact: Tim Williamson, [email protected]
Harvard Wrestling Picks Up Road Win at Franklin & Marshall, 32-‐18
LANCASTER, Pa. – Four Crimson grapplers pinned their opponents, as the Harvard wrestling team defeated Franklin & Marshall by a team score of 32-‐18 Friday afternoon. The Crimson improves to 3-‐2 and 1-‐1 in the EIWA with the victory, while the Diplomats fall to 3-‐10 and 0-‐6. With Harvard trailing, 6-‐0, Jeffrey Ott got the Crimson on the scoreboard by pinning Scott Stevens just 44 seconds into their match at 133 lbs. At 141, No. 7 Todd Preston dropped his first dual match of the year, as No. 15 Rick Durso held on a for a 2-‐0 decision, giving the Diplomats a 9-‐6 edge. Starting at 149, the Crimson took a commanding lead, as Thomas Dutton pinned Jason Bing at the 1:54 mark, and Colby Knight followed by downing Sharron Townsend at 2:39 at 157, as Harvard went up, 18-‐9. In the next bout, Devon Gobbo returned to the lineup and picked up a technical fall against Michael Marano, 17-‐1, at 165 lbs. Josef Johnson put the match out of reach as he toppled Joshua Young, 10-‐5, making it 26-‐9 in favor of the Crimson. The Crimson earned its final victory of the match at 197 lbs., as Josh Popple took down Charles Kerkesner with a pin at 1:17, pushing the score to 32-‐12.
Harvard will visit Bucknell Saturday in a 2 p.m. match.
Harvard 32, Franklin & Marshall 18 125: Aaron Maldoff (FM) won by forfeit, 0-‐6 133: Jeffrey Ott (H) pinned Scott Stevens, 0:44, 6-‐6 141: No. 15 Rick Durso (FM) dec. No. 7 Todd Preston (H), 2-‐0, 6-‐9 149: Thomas Dutton (H) pinned Jason Bing (FM), 1:54, 12-‐9 157: Colby Knight (H) pinned Sharron Townsend (FM), 2:39, 18-‐9 165: Devon Gobbo (H) tech. fall Michael Marano (FM), 17-‐1, 23-‐9 174: Josef Johnson (H) dec. Joshua Young (FM), 10-‐5, 26-‐9 184: Anthony Mancini (FM) dec. Logan Kirby, 7-‐4, 26-‐12 197: Josh Popple (H) pinned Charles Kerkesner (FM), 1:17, 32-‐12 285: Antonio Pelusi (FM) pinned Angus Cowell (H), 6:06, 32-‐18
