Marauders preps for PSAC Wrestling Championships

Saturday, December 8

Kutztown, PA

10:00 AM

Millersville University

PSAC Championships

Marauders preps for PSAC Wrestling Championships

12/5/2018 2:00:00 PM | Wrestling

By: Ryan Small, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

PSAC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	Live Video	Live Stats
Saturday, Dec. 8	10 a.m.	Keystone Arena Kuztown, Pa.	P SAC Network	Trackwrestling
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PSAC Brackets
		Record: 1-3, 0-3 PSAC Roster \| Schedule \| Stats
		Tournament Central (PSAC) T ournament Central (Kuztown) Year-by-Year Champion All-Time Individual Champion

ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Marauders battle in-state competition at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships on Saturday Dec. 8. The conference championship meet features 12 teams and gets underway at 10 a.m., inside Keystone Arena, hosted by Kuztown University.
• Millersville joins fellow Division II programs East Stroudsburg, Gannon, Mercyhurst, Kuztown, Shippensburg, Seton Hill and Pitt-Johnstown. Also, competing are the PSAC's four Division I wrestling programs: Edinboro, Lock Haven, Clarion and Bloomsburg.
• A major change has been initiated to the PSAC Wrestling Championships, effective this season. There is no longer team scoring. The conference championships will still recognize individual weight-class champions.
• Last Friday was the final tune-up before the PSAC Championships. The Marauders lost their third conference dual against Mercyhurst, 35-5. Senior Colton Dull won the lone bout for the Marauders, winning a 19-2 technical fall. Millersville won its first dual of the season against Delaware Valley, 21-14, before losing to No. 6 Pitt-Johnstown (30-6) and No. 21 Seton Hill (29-13).
• 2018 All-American and fourth-ranked redshirt senior Shane Ruhnke (165) returns to the conference championships with a 2-1 start. Ruhnke takes the mat coming off a 10-4 loss against No. 10 Logan Grass of Mercyhurst. All of his first three duals were against nationally-ranked opponents, winning two of three. Ruhnke finished third place in last year's conference championship.
• There will be six Marauders making their conference championships debut including Connor Sheehan (125), Ryan McGuire (133), Alex Jablonski (141), Rob Saum (157) and Reece Muldoon (184).
• Senior Colton Dull (197), ranked sixth in Division II, has a team-leading four technical falls, which account for all of his wins.
• This will be the second time that the Marauders will be in a tournament environment this season. Two of the four Marauders who placed at the W&J Invitational are projected to start (McGuire and Muldoon). Muldoon has the best tournament record so far at 5-1.
• Three Marauders have four or more victories on their season including McGuire, Muldoon, and Dull.

PSAC HISTORY
Last Individual Winner: 1995-96, Jerry McCoy (285)
Best Finish in Last 10 Years: 2010-11, 6th/10
Team Titles: 2
Last Year: 2017-18 (10th/12)
2018 Head-to-Head vs. PSAC Teams: 0-3

• The Marauders last PSAC Championship came in 1950-51.

LAST YEAR'S PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
• The Marauders placed 10th out of 12 teams for its best finish since 2012. Ruhnke's third-place finish was the highest by a Marauder since 2010. Lock Haven broke Edinboro's eight consecutive title run.
• Zachary Yackenchick (285) went all the way to the third round of the consolation bracket where he lost 7-1 to Shippensburg's Derrick Berberick.
• Dull opened his championship run by grabbing a 16-0 technical fall win but finished 1-2. D.J. Mele also went 1-2.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• Lock Haven took the outright lead in team titles last season, earning its 20th in school history. Edinboro won the title for six consecutive seasons before last season. The Fighting Scots have won the title 18 times since the 1997-98 season with Clarion winning in 2010-11, Bloomsburg in 2004-05 and Lock Haven in 2000-01.
• 15 wrestlers throughout the conference have earned nationally ranked sport in the most recent NWCA Division II poll.
• The wrestlers to watch out for include top-ranked 184-pound Jeff Reimel of Kuztown and 149-pound Chris Eddins of Pitt-Johnstown. Eddins is coming off a national title last season. At 157, George McGuire of Gannon sits in fifth. Pitt-Johnstown's Joey Alessandro's earned fifth at 141.
• Adding to the field are the school's that are classified as Division I wrestling programs. Lock Haven's Chance Marstellar was named the last year's Most Outstanding Wrestler after he claimed the 165-pound individual title in dominating fashion. The Bald Eagles won four individual titles last season.

Tournament Schedule
7:45 a.m. - Medical check – West Balcony of the Arena
8:00 a.m. - Weigh in – West Balcony
10:00 a.m. - First & Second round matches (4 mats)
         First & Second round consolations
      Semifinals (2 mats), Third round consolations (1 mat)
      Semi-consolations – through semi-finals (3 mats)
      Coaches meeting, following the session
5:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies
6:30 p.m. - Championships (3 mats) 1 v. 2; 3 v. 4; 5 v. 6

PROJECTED STARTERS
125: Connor Sheehan
133: Ryan McGuire
141: Alex Jablonski
149: D.J. Mele
157: Rob Saum
165: #4 Shane Ruhnke
174: Reece Muldoon
184: Evan Morrill
197: #6 Colton Dull
285: David Wuestner