The Griffin wrestlers traveled to Painesville, OH to battle Lake Erie in a dual match on Saturday evening. Lake Erie was able to come away with a 23-13 victory. SHU falls to 2-1 in dual matches. SHU got on the board first with a decision victory from
Stephen Smith at 125 pounds. Lake Erie then picked up a major decision win at 133 pounds to take a 4-3 lead. SHU took the next two matches,
AJ Fisher (6-5) at 141 pounds and
Nick Nichols (8-7) at 149 pounds to take a 9-4 lead in the match. Lake Erie then began to take charge of the match and won 5 of the last 6 matches to take the 23-13 victory.
Zach Benzio was the only Griffin to win one of the last six matches. Benzio recorded a major decision victory (13-4) at 174 pounds. The team will return to action on December 15th at Mercyhurst Northeast.
Lake Erie College 23 Seton Hill 13
125 Stephen Smith (SHU) dec Ian Ross (LEC), 4-3
133 Austin Gillihan (LEC) maj. dec.
Mike Grant (SHU), 11-2
141 AJ Fisher (SHU) dec. Cobey Fehr (LEC), 6-5
149 Nick Nichols (SHU) dec. Natthan Ball (LEC), 8-7
157 Zach Vargo (LEC) maj. dec.
Adam Moranduzzo (SHU), 13-5
165 Matt Vandermeer (LEC) dec.
Brett Smith (SHU), 3-0
174 Zach Benzio (SHU) maj. dec. Dylan Zivcic (LEC), 13-4
184 Zev Green (LEC) dec.
Dylan Bushby (SHU), 4-2
197 Mike Samijlenko (LEC) dec.
Edwin Callender (SHU), 3-0
285 Almonte Patrick (LEC) pinned
Eric Minerd (SHU), 0:52