Ephs Lose Thriller to Wilkes

WILKES-BARRE, PA - It took all ten wrestlers today for the 27th ranked Wilke Colonels (15-5-1) to top the Ephs (9-7), 18-15. 

Tri-Captain Ethan Cohen '09 started the Ephs off with an 8-3 decision over Shaun Farnham.  Cohen responded after losing to Farnham earlier this year at the RIT Invitational.  Freshmen Corey Paulish kept the Ephs rolling with an 8-2 win over Josh Pauling.  The Ephs would win 4 of the first 5 matches jumping out to 12-3 lead.  

At 174, James McCarthy '11 got a huge 6-0 shutout over Joshua Lamb to give the Ephs a 15-6 lead. However, Wilkes rallied back winning the final three matches, including a pin in the final bout, to get the three point victory.

"We knew it would be a tight match coming in.  We lost some tough matches, but I thought the team wrestled really well," said Coach Dan DiCenzo.  "Wilkes is good team. I think as 27th in the country, they're probably underrated right now."

The Ephs next match will be a quad-meet at Roger Williams University on February 2 at noon. This maeet was originally slated to be h eld at WPI, but has been moved.

Wilkes 18 Williams 15

125 - Ethan Cohen (Williams) dec. Shaun Farnham, 8-3 (0-3)

133 - Corey Paulish (Williams) dec. Josh Pauling, 8-2 (0-6)

141 - Dylan Rittenburg (Williams) dec. Brandon Prentice, 6-0 (0-9)

149 - Erik Smith (Wilkes) dec. Nic Miragliulo, 5-3 (3-9)

157 - Carl Breitenstein (Williams) dec. Adam Penberthy, 4-2 (3-12)

165 - Frank Heffernan (Wilkes) dec. Doug Washington, 6-1 (6-12)

174 - James McCarthy (Williams) dec. Joshua Lamb, 6-0 (6-15)

184 - Shawn Bradley (Wilkes) dec. Nathan Shippee, 9-4 (9-15)

197 - Zach Pizarro (Wilkes) dec. Kyle Ayre, 11-5 (12-15)

285 - Andrew Feldman (Wilkes) pinned Tim Kiely, 5:30 (18-15)