GREENSBURG, Pa. - Seton Hill edged Millersville by the narrowest of margins in Saturday's PSAC wrestling dual. The final score stood 21-21, but Seton Hill claimed the victory based on its six matches won to Millersville's four.
Millersville (4-7, 1-5 PSAC) received wins from
Devin Flannery at 133, Guy DeLeonardis at 165,
Anthony Yacovetti at 174 and
Jordan Espinosa at 285. Three of those four victories scored six teams points. Espinosa and DeLeonardis each scored falls. Seton Hill improved to 7-5 overall and 3-4 in PSAC competition.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Flannery got the Marauders the team lead in the second bout of the dual. He built an early 7-1 lead before his opponent, Bryce Wilkes was injured on a takedown. Wilkes could not return to the mat, giving Flannery an injury forfeit in the second period. Seton Hill scored narrow 5-2 and 5-3 decisions in the next two weight classes, and then got an all-important four-point major decision by just one point (14-6) at 157.
• Millersville rallied, though, and DeLeonardis scored his fourth pin of the season, sticking James Baxter 54 seconds into the second period. Yacovetti followed by grinding out a 2-0 decision. However, Seton Hill got its own close decision at 184, and a major decision at 197 put the Griffins in front 21-15. Espinosa delivered the six points Millersville needed to tie the score, pinning John Meyers in just 37 seconds, but the tiebreaker went to Seton Hill.
RESULTS
125 - Frank Bonura (Seton Hill) over
Bryce Beatty (Millersville) (MD 17-6)
133 -
Devin Flannery (Millersville) over Bryce Wilkes (Seton Hill) (Inj. 4:13)
141- Joel Cawoski (Seton Hill) over Timothy Uhler (Millersville) (Dec 5-2)
149 - Logan McKoy (Seton Hill) over
Elijah Tuckey (Millersville) (Dec 5-3)
157 - Tyler Alberts (Seton Hill) over
Jonathan Parrilla (Millersville) (MD 14-6)
165 - Guy DeLeonardis (Millersville) over James Baxter (Seton Hill) (Fall 4:06)
174 -
Anthony Yacovetti (Millersville) over Luke Ewing (Seton Hill) (Dec 2-0)
184 - Brandon Matthews (Seton Hill) over
Anthony Giampietro (Millersville) (Dec 5-3)
197 - Brendan Finnerty (Seton Hill) over Daniel Pereira (Millersville) (MD 11-0)
285 -
Jordan Espinosa (Millersville) over John Meyers (Seton Hill) (Fall 0:37)
NOTES
• DeLeonardis' win was his team-leading 19th of the season.
• Espinosa improved to 3-0 in dual action with his second fall of the season. It was the fastest of his career.
UP NEXT
• Millersville returns home on Friday, Feb. 11 for the Battle for the Rupp Cup against Franklin & Marshall. The Marauders will recognize the 10 members of the fan-selected
All-75th season team during the match.