Jan. 22, 2011

COLLEGEVILLE, PA - The Johns Hopkins wrestling team split a pair of Centennial Conference matches at Ursinus on Saturday as the Blue Jays fell to the host Bears, 29-12, before rebounding with a 43-9 win over Muhlenberg. Johns Hopkins now stands at 5-9 overall and 2-1 in the Centennial Conference.

Against Ursinus, the Blue Jays jumped to a 6-0 lead as freshman Ray Yagloski won his fifth straight match as he pinned LauraLee Lightwood Mater just over a minute into the second period. The Bears responded with four straight wins, including major decisions at 133 and 157, to take a 14-6 lead. Among the four losses for the Blue Jays in that run was a tough 4-1 setback for senior co-captain Rocky Barilla against defending Centennial Conference champion Connor McCormick at 149.

Senior Eric Levenseller drew the Blue Jays to within 14-9 with an 8-1 win over Bill Reick at 165 and classmate Patrick Stanley added a 4-1 win over Myles Tornetta at 174 to make it 14-12, but JHU was forced to forfeit at 184 and 197 and Ursinus' Bill Cornelly closed the match with a 7-2 win over Rick Danilkowicz to account for the 29-12 final score.

Five of the 10 matches in the Johns Hopkins-Muhlenberg match were won by forfeit with JHU taking four of the five. The Blue Jays also won four of the five matches actually wrestled with Jody Gowen's first-period pin of Patrick Gibson at 157 highlighting the action. Levenseller and Stanely both picked up wins - Levenseller with a 12-4 major decision against Jonathon Sternlicht and Stanley with a 7-1 win at 184 over Billy Sholly - to finish 2-0 on the day.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, January 29 when the Blue Jays host Washington & Lee at 1 pm in the final home match of the 2010-11 season.

Ursinus-29, Johns Hopkins-12
125 - Ray Yagloski (J) pinned LauraLee Lightwood-Mater, 4:01
133 - Alex Blank (U) def. Adam Stevens, 18-6
141 - Curtis Watkins (U) def. Duncan Crystal (J), 4-3
149 - Connor McCormick (U) def. Rocky Barilla (J), 4-1
157 - John Whitman (U) def. Jody Gowen (J), 10-2
165 - Eric Levenseller (J) def. Bill Reick (U), 8-1
174 - Patrick Stanley (J) def. Myles Tornetta (U), 4-1
184 - Nate Murren (U) won by forfeit
197 - Teddy Conrad (U) won by forfeit
285 - Bill Cornelly (U) def. Rick Danilkowicz, 7-2

Johns Hopkins-43, Muhlenberg-9
125 - Ray Yagloski (J) won by forfeit
133 - Adam Stevens (J) won by injury default over Bill Slevin
141 - Kevin Homan (M) def. Duncan Crystal (J), 7-4
149 - Rocky Barilla (J) won by forfeit
157 - Jody Gowen (J) pinned Patrick Gibson (M), 2:24
165 - Eric Levenseller (J) def. Jonathon Sternlicht (M), 12-4
174 - Hugh Bahe (J) won by forfeit
184 - Patrick Stanley (J) def. Bill Sholly (M), 7-1
197 - Robbie Nedbor-Gross (J) won by forfeit
285 - Nicholas Pallota (M) won by forfeit

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