Missouri 25 Bucknell 16
Bucknell Wrestling has Strong Showing Against No. 5 Missouri, but Falls 25-16
LEWISBURG,
Pa. - In front of a large crowd inside Davis Gym, the Bucknell wrestling
team hosted No. 5 Missouri Sunday afternoon and had a solid showing despite a
25-16 loss to the Tigers. Highlighting the meet for Bucknell was a thrilling
overtime victory for
Andy Rendos (Brockway,
Pa./Brockway Area) over No. 1 Nick Marable at 165 pounds.
David Marble (Harpursville,
N.Y./Harpursville Central),
Kevin LeValley (Hugo,
Colo./Limon) and Lewisburg native
Derek Reber also posted
victories for Bucknell.
Opening its third season of competition after a four-year hiatus, Bucknell is
now 0-1 on the season, while Missouri, which defeated Lock Haven Saturday night
by a 32-9 margin, improved to 2-0.
While there were five ranked wrestlers that competed in the meet, the only bout
that featured a pair of ranked grapplers was at 165 where No. 17 Rendos faced
top-ranked Marable, who owned a 54-12 career record and was taken down just
twice last year. Both wrestlers earned an escape during regulation as the match
went into overtime tied 1-1. In the one-minute sudden-victory overtime period
Rendos nearly posted a takedown, but Marable was able to get out of bounds
first. Rendos then took Marable down in the first of two 30-second overtime
frames to go up 3-1. Neither wrestler scored in the final 30-second period as
Rendos picked up his 61st career win and tied the meet at 3-3.
The Tigers, who had two more ranked wrestlers in the four heaviest weight
classes, won convincingly at 174, 184, 197 and HWT.
Shane Riccio (Warren, N.J./Watchung
Hills) lost to No.4 Raymond Jordan at 174 by a 13-3 major decision, while
Jay Hahn (Malvern, Pa./Great
Valley) lost by technical fall (20-4) to No. 6 Maxwell Askren.
David Thompson (West
Liberty, Ohio/Graham Local) fell to Dorian Henderson by an 11-2 major decision
at 184, while Sean Lo Curto (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) was pinned by
Dominique Bradley in 1:45 at heavyweight. LoCurto typically wrestles at 197
pounds.
Bucknell, which lost to Missouri 30-9 last January, was trailing 22-3 with the
final four bouts to be contested. The Bison proceeded to win three of those four
to cut their final deficit to just nine.
Wrestling in front of a number of hometown supporters, Reber got things going
for Bucknell at 125 with a decisive 10-0 major decision over Troy Dolan. Reber
scored on a pair of takedowns, a reversal and a three-point near fall as Dolan
battled a slight ankle injury.
Marble, who is ranked 14th nationally at 133 pounds, recorded Bucknell's only
pin of the day. He was leading 6-3 at the time of the pin of Todd Schavrien,
which just beat the second-period horn (4:57).
Luke
Chohany (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita)
fought hard at 141 to extend the Bison streak to three consecutive wins, but he
dropped a 5-2 decision to Marcus Hoehn. Chohany and Hoehn were scoreless at the
end of the first period, but Hoehn recorded a pair of takedowns in the second
period.
LeValley concluded the meet on a high note as he posted an impressive 6-4 win
over Andrew Sherry. LeValley led 4-1 at the end of two periods before Sherry
battled back to tie the score at 4-all. LeValley then added a late escape and
earned one point for riding time for the victory.
Bucknell put up a solid showing as it had one freshman, four sophomores and five
juniors compete, while Missouri had two juniors and four seniors in its lineup.
Prior to the meet Ben Askren, a two-time national champion and a 2008 Olympian,
conducted a wrestling clinic in Davis Gym.
Bucknell will head to Annapolis, Md., for the Navy Open this Saturday, Nov. 22.
The Bison's next dual meet is against EIWA foe Army next Monday, Nov. 24, at 7
p.m. A live video broadcast will be available through Bison Vision.
No. 5 Missouri 25, Bucknell 16
125 - Derek Reber (B) maj. dec. Troy Dolan (M), 10-0
133 - No. 14 David Marble (B) pinned Todd Schavrien (M), 4:57
141 - Marcus Hoehn (M) dec. Luke Chohany (B), 5-2
149 - Kevin LeValley (B) dec. Andrew Sherry (M), 6-4
* 157 - Emmanuel Brooks (M) dec. Ryan Ochalek (B), 11-6
165 - No. 17 Andy Rendos (B) dec. No. 1 Nick Marable (M), 3-1 (TB-1)
174 - No. 4 Raymond Jordan (M) maj. dec. Shane Riccio (B), 13-3
184 - Dorian Henderson (M) maj. dec. David Thompson (B), 11-2
197 - No. 6 Maxwell Askren (M) tech. fall Jay Hahn (B), 20-4 (7:00)
285 - Dominique Bradley (M) pinned Sean LoCurto (B), 1:45
* - starting weight