Dec. 9, 2009

BALTIMORE, MD - Visiting Elizabethtown won the first three matches to a take an early 10-0 lead and cruised to a 30-9 win over host Johns Hopkins in non-conference wrestling action at Goldfarb Gymnasium Wednesday night. The win improves Etown's record to 1-2, while Johns Hopkins slips to 0-1.

Etown's Will Bently and Eric Rhoads sandwiched victories by decision around a major decision by Marty Harnish in the first three bouts to stake Etown to the early 10-0 lead.

Johns Hopkins hopped back in the match with a 6-1 win by sophomore Michael Testa over Jarrod Cawley at 149 and a 5-2 victory by Eric Levenseller over Kyle Deeds at 165 to draw JHU within 14-6. Max Barsky had extended the 10-3 lead after Testa's win to 14-3 with a 14-6 major decision victory at 157.

Any hopes for a Johns Hopkins upset were dashed at 174 and 184 when Julian Meaney and Jim Gentile scored a major and a pin, respectively, to extend the lead to 24-6.

Freshman Reid Mosquera provided a thrilling win at 197 for Johns Hopkins as he erased an 8-7 deficit with a takedown of Paul Connor at the buzzer to score a 9-8 victory.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on January 5 when the Blue Jays travel to NYU to take on Centennary College (NJ) and the host Violets.

Elizabethtown-30, Johns Hopkins-9
125 - Will Bentley (E) dec. Adam Stevens (J), 12-5 (3-0)
133 - Marty Harnish (E) maj. dec. Chris Ruland (J), 9-0 (7-0)
141 - Eric Rhoads (E) dec. Matt Nelson (J), 6-2 (10-0)
149 - Michael Testa (J) dec. Jarrod Cawley (E), 6-1 (10-3)
157 - Max Barsky (E) maj. dec. Robbie Nedbor-Gross (J), 14-6 (14-3)
165 - Eric Levenseller (J) dec. Kyle Deeds (E), 5-2 (14-6)
174 - Julian Meaney (E) maj. dec. Andrew Giannascoli (J), 13-2 (18-6)
184 - Jim Gentile (E) pinned Stu Corless (J), 1:49 (24-6)
197 - Reid Mosquera (J) dec. Paul Connor (E), 9-8 (24-9)
285 - Deron Sharp (E) won by forfeit (30-9)

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