Elizabethtown, PA - The Falcons received falls from
Derek Beitz,
Kyle Koser, and
Lucas Malmberg to surge past the Blue Jays of Elizabethtown College 25-16 Friday evening.
The match started at 141 pounds where defending national champion and No. 1 ranked
Kaleb Loht earned six takedowns to earn a 15-6 major decision over Chad Lammer to give the Falcons an early 4-0 lead.
The Blue Jays answered with a 14-5 major decision by Mike Lammer over
Adam Peris and evened the score at 4 a piece. Elizabethtown continued their winning streak with a close 7-4 decision by Chris Kummerer over the Falcons
Josh Toal to take a 7-4 lead.
Messiah's
Derek Beitz responded with a quick takedown and turned his opponent to his back and earned a speedy 0:50 fall. The pin stole the lead from the Blue Jays, and gave the Falcons a 10-7 lead.
The Blue Jays Zeke Zimmer evened the score at ten a piece with a 10-6 decision over the Falcons
Ben Wise. Messiah dropped another decision at 184 pounds when Elizabethtown's Luke Fernandez defeated
Jeremy Bailes by a 9-2 decision.
At 197 pounds
Kyle Koser asserted his dominance early with a takedown and 5 near fall points in the first period. Koser finished the match with a fall in 3:30 and extended the Falcons lead to 16-13.
The most exciting match of the night came at the 285 pound weight class where Messiah's
Jason Wright defeated Elizabethtown's Jeremy Rieth 4-3 in triple overtime. Both wrestlers were tied at 1 a piece at the end of regulation. They went through two regulations of overtime until
Jason Wright earned the final escape point and captured the 4-3 sudden victory decision.
No. 2 nationally ranked
Lucas Malmberg continued his dominant wrestling with a fall in 4:12 over Phillip Torresanni and secured the Falcons team victory increasing the lead to 25-13.
Elizabethtown won the 133 pound weight class by decision and made the final score 25-16 in the Falcons favor.
Messiah improves to 18-1 and is currently ranked 8
th in NWCA (National Wrestling Coaches Association) rankings. The Falcons will be back in action tomorrow night when they travel to The College of New Jersey to wrestle the Lions.
*The match started at 141 pounds
Messiah 25
Elizabethtown 16
141 –
Kaleb Loht (M) maj. Chad Lammer (E) 15-7
149 – Mike Lammer (E) maj.
Adam Peris (M) 14-5
157 – Chris Kummerer (E) dec.
Josh Toal (M) 5-3
165 –
Derek Beitz (M) pin Rafi Sayada (E) 0:50
174 – Zeke Zimmer (E) dec.
Ben Wise (M) 10-6
184 – Luke Fernandez (E) dec.
Jeremy Bailes (M) 9-2
197 –
Kyle Koser (M) pin Ben Martin (E) 3:39
285 –
Jason Wright (M) dec. Jeremy Reith (E) 4-3 (TB3)
125 –
Lucas Malmberg (M) pin Philip Torresani (E) 4:12
133 – Bryan Pflanz (E) dec.
Marshall Myers (M) 6-1
