JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The King University men's wrestling team travel to Pennsylvania to take on two of the top teams in the country on Saturday. The Tornado opened with a 26-21 win over Fairmont State University before falling to 19th-ranked Lake Erie College 37-6 and sixth-ranked University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown 37-12.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: 1-2
LOCATION: Sports Center; Johnstown, Pa.
RECORDS: King 5-6; Fairmont State 4-6; Lake Erie 2-2; Pitt-Johnstown 5-0
HOW IT HAPPENED – FAIRMONT STATE; W 26-21
- Fairmont Started with wins in the first three bouts to take a 12-0 lead before Austin Kolikas came up with pin for the Tornado at 149 pounds.
- Kilikas pinned Caleb Everhard in 52 seconds to cut the King deficit in half.
- Trent Mahoney followed with a 16-0 technical fall win over Navid Ighani at 157 pounds.
- At 165 pounds, Bo Perkins gave the Tornado a 15-12 lead with a 12-0 major decision over Jude Childers.
- Dallin Ewart followed with a 2:16 pin of fourth-ranked Nick Kelbaugh at 174 pounds, giving King a 21-12 lead with three matches remaining.
- Fairmont State won the next two bouts, evening the score at 21 going into the 285-pound match.
- Jacob Telles pinned Mason Atkinson in 4:36 to give King the 26-21 win after a one-point deduction.
HOW IT HAPPENED - #19 LAKE ERIE; L 37-6
- Lake Erie won the first six matches to open up a lead before Ewart got the Tornado on the board.
- Ewart defeated James Penfold 1-04 at 174 pounds before a pair of Storm victories.
- Telles again came up with a win for the Tornado at 285 pounds, defeating Honour Kline on a sudden victory 3-1.
- However, the Tornado fell 37-6.
HOW IT HAPPENED - #6 PITT-JOHNSTOWN; L 37-12
- Pitt-Johnstown opened with four straight wins before Mahoney pinned Kyler Crawford in 33:35 at 157 pounds.
- Ewart came up with another win, pinning Jambes Weber in 2:41 at 174 pounds.
- However, those were the only two wins for the Tornado as Pitt-Johnstown took the dual 37-12.
UP NEXT
- King is in action again on December 17-18 at the Midwest Classic hosted by the University of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Ind.
- Fairmont State is in action again on Saturday at the VMI tri-meet.
- Lake Erie returns to the mat on Friday at the Mercyhurst University Duals.
- Pitt-Johnstown is in action again on Friday at #17 Ashland University.
