Feb. 7, 2014

GRANTHAM, PA -- Third-ranked Messiah jumped out to a 15-0 lead and won eight of 10 matches en route to a 33-9 victory against visiting Johns Hopkins in non-conference wrestling action Friday night.

Three nationally-ranked Falcons earned wins on the night to fuel the victory. Top-ranked Kaleb Loht pinned Evan Krumheuer at 141 and fifth-ranked Josh Thomson added an 11-0 major decision victory against Kyle Spangler at 184. Fourth-ranked Lucas Malmberg won by forfeit at 125 as Johns Hopkins' third-ranked Paul Bewak missed the match with a minor injury.

The Blue Jays scored wins at 149 and 174 to account for their nine points. Senior Duncan Crystal topped Greg Kabakjian, 4-2, at 149, and freshman Jared Forman needed just 2:05 to pin Jeremy Bailes at 174.

Forman's pin sliced the deficit to 21-9, but Thomson's major at 184 ignited a string of three straight wins by major decision to close the match for Messiah.

Johns Hopkins (7-5) returns to action on Saturday (Feb. 8) as the Blue Jays travel to Merchant Marine to take on Muhlenberg and the host Mariners in a pair of Centennial Conference duals.

#3 Messiah 33, Johns Hopkins 9
125 - #4 Lucas Malmberg (Mess) won by forfeit
133 - Kyle Coblentz (Mess) 7-5 dec. Ray Yagloski (JHU)
141 - #1 Kaleb Loht (Mess) fall 2:37 Evan Krumheuer (JHU)
149 - Duncan Crystal (JHU) 4-2 dec. Greg Kabakjian (Mess)
157 - Larry Cannon (Mess) 7-5 dec. Christian Salera (JHU)
165 - Kalann Washington (Mess) 2-1 dec. Welles Sakmar (JHU)
174 - Jared Foreman (JHU) fall 2:05 Jeremy Bailes (Mess)
184 - #5 Josh Thomson (Mess) 11-1 maj. dec. Kyle Spangler (JHU)
197 - Ben Kramer (Mess) 11-0 maj. dec. Kory Johnson (JHU)
285 - Charles Jones (Mess) 10-0 maj. dec. Joey Tilson (JHU)

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