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KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The Kutztown University wrestling team took to the mat Friday night at Keystone Arena for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) matchup against Millersville University. The Golden Bears went on to win 31-9, highlighted by #7 Evan Yenolevich (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh (Edinboro))'s return to competition.
 
Yenolevich, ranked seventh in the nation and second in the region at 133 pounds, hasn't wrestled in over two months since his squad upset #8 Pitt-Johnstown on Nov. 22. The redshirt senior was clearly anxious to get back into battle and wasted little time doing so. Yenolevich earned his first takedown three seconds into the match, immediately followed by a three-point nearfall. His opponent (Thomas Nulty) escaped, but Yenolevich countered with another quick takedown and a three-point nearfall to go up 10-1. Only 1:04 into the match, Yenolevich turned Nulty in the middle of the mat and pinned his opponent for the triumphant victory.
 
Kutztown (8-4, 3-1 PSAC) began the match up 12-0 after Nick Lamoreaux (Bethesda, MD/Milton Hershey) (125 lbs.) and Mitch Voelker (Shoemakersville, PA/Schuylkill Valley) (141 lbs.) kicked off the match with two wins by decision.
 
At 149 pounds, Jackson Stabile (Lenhartsville, Pa./Hamburg) stepped in for an injured Joe Esposito (Washington Township, N.J./Saint Augustine Prep), but dropped a tight 13-10 decision to Anthony White. Kutztown was forced to take an unexpected injury forfeit at 157 pounds, inching Millersville back into the match.
 
The Maraurders cut the deficit to 12-9, but two major decisions by Bo Candelaria (Reading, Pa./Middletown) and Andrew Kinney (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) in the 165- and 174-pound matches regained Kutztown's comfortable cushion.
 
Giovanni Ortiz (Reading, PA/Reading) and Brandan Clark (Audubon, Pa./Methacton) cruised to wins by decision in the next two bouts to put KU up 26-9. In the final bout, #1 Ziad Haddad (Orefield, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic (North Carolina)) dominated Elijah Flasher from the onset, ultimately earning the 17-0 technical-fall victory in 6:27 to improve to 14-0 on the season.
 
Kutztown will head west to Greensburg next Saturday, Feb. 8 to take on Seton Hill University at 3 p.m. and Alderson Broaddus University at 5 p.m.
 

Final Results
WT.	Name	Score
125	N. Lamoreaux (KU) dec. Sam Oberlander (MU), 5-1	3-0 KU
133	#7 E. Yenolevich (KU) pins Thomas Nulty (MU), 1:04	9-0 KU
141	M. Voelker (KU) dec. David Charles (MU), 4-1	12-0 KU
149	Anthony White (MU) dec. J. Stabile (KU), 13-10	12-3 KU
157	Zac Wawrzyniak-Bush (MU) wins by forfeit	12-9 KU
165	B. Candelaria (KU) maj. dec. Zach Pincus (MU), 14-2	16-9 KU
174	A. Kinney (KU) maj. dec. Mitchell Ball (MU), 11-0	20-9 KU
184	G. Ortiz (KU) dec. Shane Gilmore (MU), 6-1	23-9 KU
197	B. Clark (KU) dec. Aram Moffit (MU), 3-2	26-9 KU
285	#1 Z. Haddad (KU) tech. fall Elijah Flasher (MU), 17-0, 6:27	31-9 KU

 
 
Play-by-Play Summary:

125: Nick Lamoreaux (Bethesda, MD/Milton Hershey) (KU)
vs. Sam Oberlander (MU)
Both wrestlers battle as we have a scoreless first period…Lamoreaux defers, Oberlander chooses bottom to start second…Oberlander escapes nine seconds into period and leads 1-0…Oberlander leads 1-0 after second period with little action…Lamoreaux chooses bottom to start trird…Lamoreaux escapes and ties the match at 1-1 with 1:40 left in third…Lamoreaux takedown with one minute left and takes 3-1 lead…Two-point nearfall for Lamoreaux gives him 5-1 lead with 30 seconds left…Lamoreaux wins 5-1…Kutztown takes 3-0 lead.
 
 
133: #7 Evan Yenolevich (New Tripoli, PA/Northwestern Lehigh (Edinboro)) (KU)
vs. Thomas Nulty (MU)
Yenolevich earns takedown three seconds into match, and earns three-point nearfall for 5-0 lead…Nulty escapes, but Yenolevich follows with a takedown and three-point near fall to lead 8-1…score extended to 10-1, as Yenolevich turns Nulty in the middle of the mat for a pin in 1:04…Kutztown leads match 9-0.
 
 
141: Mitch Voelker (Shoemakersville, PA/Schuylkill Valley) (KU)
vs. David Charles (MU)
Scoreless first period…Voelker defers, Charles chooses bottom to start second…Charles escapes after 25 seconds and takes 1-0 lead…Charles leads 1-0 after second period…Voelker chooses bottom to start third…Voelker escapes eight seconds in and ties match at 1-1…Voelker with takedown at edge of match to take 3-1 lead…Voelker caution on restart with 41 seconds left…Voelker wins match 4-1 after 1:43 of riding time. Kutztown leads match 12-0.
 
 
149: Jackson Stabile (Lenhartsville, Pa./Hamburg) (KU)
vs. Anthony White (MU)
White uses swift kick at edge of mat to lead 2-0 early in match…Stabile escapes after 21 seconds to cut deficit to 2-1…Stabile with takedown in middle of mat to take 3-2 lead, followed by immediate escape as match is tied 3-3…White keeps action high with another takedown to lead 5-3…Stabile escapes as White leads 5-4…White earns takedown with two seconds left in match to lead 7-4 with 1:01 of riding time after first period…Stabile on bottom to start second period…Stabile escapes 30 seconds into second as White leads 7-5…wrestlers butt heads as White earns takedown with quick escape, White leads 9-6 after second period…White chooses bottom to start third period…White earns two-point reversal and leads 11-6…Stabile escapes and trails 11-7…White uses injury time with 1:16 left in third period and leading 11-7…Stabile chooses bottom after injury time, escapes and trails 11-8 with 1:00 left…Stabile with takedown at edge of mat with 32 seconds left and trails 11-10…White escapes and leads 12-10 with 20 seconds left…White earns 13-10 win with 1:24 of riding time…Kutztown leads 12-3.
 
 
157: Zac Wawrzyniak-Bush (MU) wins by forfeit
Kutztown leads 12-9.
 
 
165: Bo Candelaria (Reading, Pa./Middletown) (KU)
vs. Zach Pincus (MU)
Pincus earns elongated takedown with 30 seconds left in match to lead 2-0…Candelaria escapes and trails 2-1 after first period…Pincus defers, Candelaria chooses bottom to start second…Pincus caution at edge of mat, action brought back to middle of mat…Candelaria escapes and ties match at 2-2, followed by quick takedown to lead 4-2…Candelaria earns three-point nearfall in middle of mat to take 7-2 lead…Stalling on Pincus gives Candelaria 8-2 lead…Candelaria earns two-point nearfall to end second period and leads 10-2…Neutral to start third…Candelaria earns takedown with two-point nearfall to end match…Candelaria wins 14-2…Kutztown leads 16-9.
 
 
174: Andrew Kinney (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) (KU)
vs. Mitchell Ball (MU)
Kinney with first takedown of match 10 seconds in to lead 2-0…Kinney turns Ball in middle of mat to earn two-point nearfall and 4-0 lead with 1:40 left in first…Kinney with a second two-point nearfall to lead 6-0…Ball chooses neutral coming out of injury…Kinney leads 6-0 after first period…Kinney chooses bottom to start second period…Kinney reversal gives him 8-0 lead…Ball with stalling warning with 25 seconds left in second…Kinney leads 8-0 with 2:44 riding time after second…Neutral to start third period…Takedown in middle of mat by Kinney gives him 10-0 lead with 1:20 left in match…Kinney wins 11-0 after 4:19 of riding time…Kutztown leads match 20-9.
 
 
184: Giovanni Ortiz (Reading, PA/Reading) (KU)
vs. Shane Gilmore (MU)
Ortiz with first takedown of match to lead 2-0…stalemate ruled with 42 seconds left in period…Ortiz leads 2-0 after first period with 1:01 of riding time…Gilmore defers, Ortiz chooses bottom to start second…Ortiz escapes quickly after restart and leads 3-0…Ortiz grabs leg of Gilmore, stalemate ruled with 21 seconds left in second…Ortiz leads 3-0 after second…Gilmore chooses bottom to start third…Ortiz caution on second restart of period…Ortiz controls first 1:40 of third period before Gilmore escapes and trails 3-1…Ortiz takedown with 10 seconds left to lead 5-1, wins match 6-1 with 2:15 of riding time…Kutztown leads match 23-9.
 
 
197: Brandan Clark (Audubon, Pa./Methacton) (KU)
vs. Aram Moffit (MU)
Scoreless first period…Clark defers, Moffit chooses bottom to start second…Moffit escapes 29 seconds into period take 1-0 lead…Moffit leads 1-0 after second…Clark chooses bottom, escapes five seconds into period to tie match at 1-1…Clark with takedown to take 3-1 lead, followed by Moffit escape as Clark leads 3-2 with 32 seconds of riding time…Clark controls final 15 seconds as Clark wins match 3-2…Kutztown leads 26-9.
 
 
285: #1 Ziad Haddad (Orefield, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic (North Carolina)) (KU)
vs. Elijah Flasher (MU)
Haddad with first takedown to take 2-0 lead midway through first period…Haddad with two-point nearfall in middle of mat to take 4-0 lead in final minute of period…Another two-point nearfall for Haddad in final 10 seconds and leads 6-0 after first…Flasher choose top to start second…Haddad escapes 29 seconds into second period and leads 7-0…Haddad with takedown at edge of mat for 9-0 lead…11-0 lead for Haddad after two-point nearfall…Haddad leads 13-0 after second period following another nearfall…Haddad chooses top to start third…Midway through third period, Haddad turns Flasher for three-point nearfall to take 16-0 lead…Haddad wins match 17-0 after 3:35 of riding time…Kutztown wins match 31-9.