KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown University won the first five bouts and cruised to a 36-10 win over visiting Division I Millersville.
The win was the Golden Bears sixth consecutive dual victory. KU won eight of the 10 bouts, including four via bonus victory, including pins by
Jackson Stabile (Lenhartsville, Pa./Hamburg) (Lenhartsville, Pa./Hamburg) and
Vinny Campanile (Stanhope, NJ/Lenape Valley) (Stanhope, N.J./Lenape Valley).
Complete Results
After
Desmond Moore (Easton, PA/Easton) (Easton, Pa./Easton) accepted a forfeit at 125,
Evan Yenolevich (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh (Edinboro)) (New Tripoli, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) and
Leonard Drummond (Easton, PA/Easton) (Easton, Pa./Easton) earned back-to-back decisions to give the Golden Bears a 12-0 lead.
Yenolevich won his sixth straight match and eighth in his last nine bouts with a 10-6 at 133 over Josh Ruppert, while Drummond took out Aaron Trimpey 8-3 at 141.
At 149, Stabile, a freshman, got back in the win column with a win by fall over Steve Hess in just 2:16. It was Stabile's third pin of 2011-12.
Bionojel Candelaria (Reading, Pa./Middletown) followed with his third technical fall victory of the year, dispatching Steve Hess 18-0 at 157.
At 174,
Ricky Pena (Reading, PA/Reading) (Reading, Pa./Reading) extended KU's lead to 27-6 with a major decision against Zach Pincus.
Giovanni Ortiz (Reading, PA/Reading) (Reading, Pa./Reading) recorded a shut out decision at 184, blanking Shane Smith 6-0.
Campanile needed just 1:06 to pin Miles Fischer for his 12th win by fall of the season. It was also the sophomore's fastest fall of 2011-12.
The Marauders won the bouts at 165 and 285.
It was KU's sixth straight win over Millersville. MU last won in the 2002-03 season.
The Golden Bears will look to keep the win streak alive when Shippensburg visits Keystone Arena on Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.