WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Nov. 13) – Waynesburg built up a 14-0 lead over Division II Shippensburg and then got a big pin from junior 184-pounder Corbin Semple en route to a 20-15 win over the Raiders on Friday night at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.

 

It was the second year in a row that the Yellow Jackets were able to down Shippensburg. The Jackets are now 1-0 in dual match competition, while the Raiders are 0-1.

 

Sophomore Rico Borz got the night started off right with an impressive 10-2 major decision victory over Justin Morris that put his team up 4-0. Freshman Brandon Grainy made his first collegiate dual match start a memorable one as he put the Jackets up 7-0 by beating Russell Davidson 6-2. Grainy actually trailed 2-0 after two periods, but rebounded with five points in the third period and a point for riding time.

 

Despite battling the flu, junior Nick Garber kept the winning ways going with a 15-4 major decision victory over Tom Wiechelt. Garber actually led the bout 11-1 after two periods.  

 

Sophomore 149-pounder Jesse Byerly made it 14-0 Jackets after holding on for an 8-6 win over a bigger, stronger opponent in Devan Jones.

 

Shippensburg was able to cut the lead down to 14-9 after three-straight decision wins, including a heart-breaking 9-8 win for David Sunderland over Waynesburg's Alex Evanoff, who managed to put Sunderland on his back in the third period, despite fighting off an illness.

 

That brought Semple to the mat to face highly touted freshman Keith Dahlheimer. The Waynesburg native looked like the sixth-ranked grappler in Division III as he stuck Dahlheimer to his back in just 2:41 and gave Waynesburg a 20-9 lead.

 

Ironically, the match was clinched during a Jacket loss as junior Matt Zimmerman wrestled a smart match and didn't give up bonus points to Brian Hindle. Hindle took the bout by the final of 6-1 with riding time, but Waynesburg sealed the victory on the night.

 

Waynesburg won't have long to celebrate the victory, as they hit the road tomorrow to take part in the Washington & Jefferson Open, an event which is expected to include the likes of West Virginia University, Penn State and Division II powerhouse Pitt-Johnstown.

 

The event is scheduled to get underway at 8 a.m.

 

 

Waynesburg 20, Shippensburg 15

 

125         Borz (WAY)            maj. dec. 10-2 (RT) Morris (SHI)                          4-0

133         Grainy (WAY)        dec. 6-2 (RT)        Davidson (SHI)                    7-0

141         Garber (WAY)       maj. dec. 15-4 (RT) Wiechelt                                                11-0

149         Byerly (WAY)         dec. 8-6 (RT)        Jones (SHI)                          14-0

157         Claar (SHI)            dec. 7-3                 Jon Sanko (WAY)            14-3       

165         Sunderland (SHI)                dec. 9-8                 Evanoff (WAY)                       14-6

174         Reese (SHI)         dec. 2-1                 Jared Roberts (WAY)     14-9

184         Semple (WAY)      fall 2:41                  Dahlheimer (SHI)                                20-9

197         Hindle (SHI)          dec. 6-1 (RT)        Zimmerman (WAY)             20-12

285         Zittle (SHI)             dec. 3-2                 Rich Janicki (WAY)         20-15

 

Pre-match Exhibitions:

141         Cody Renner (WAY)       dec. 3-1 Riley (SHI)