Seton Hill hit the mats for their first two home matches of the season on Saturday afternoon.  SHU hosted Kutztown in the first match of the day and then battled Waynesburg in the second match of the day.  The Griffins opened up the day with a 22-18 PSAC victory over Kutztown.  SHU then closed out the day with a 25-15 victory over Waynesburg.  SHU improves to 3-1 in dual matches and 2-1 in PSAC matches.

Kutztown won the first two matches to take a quick 6-0 lead over the Griffins.  Joseph Alessandro got the Griffins on the board with a 17-1 tech fall  win at 141 pounds to trim the lead to 6-5.  Jake Willochell then earned a forfeit win at 149 pounds to give SHU an 11-6 advantage.  Ty Lydic then moved up a weight class to defeat the #2 wrestler in the country at 157 pounds by the score of 5-3.  Christian Bosco then continued the SHU run with a 17-6 win at 165 pounds to extend the SHU lead to 18-6.  Kutztown then won the next two matches to trim the lead to 18-14.  Jacob Temple then won his match at 197 pounds by the score of 19-6 to increase the SHU lead to 22-14.

After dropping the first match against Waynesburg, the Griffins rattled off five straight wins to take control of the match.  Rodney Sunday started the streak with a 17-3 win at 133 pounds.  Alessandro then earned his second win of the day with a pinfall (6:50) at 141 pounds.  Lydic followed with an 18-1 win to increase the SHU lead to 15-3.  Willochell earned a hard fought overtime win at 157 pounds with a 2-1 win.  Bosco then improved to 2-0 on the day with a 12-4 win at 165 pounds to give SHU a 22-3 lead.  After two Waynesburg wins, Temple earned his second win of the day at 197 pounds by a 6-1 score.

Seton Hill will take a break for the holidays before returning to the mats on the road at Shippensburg on January 5th.

SHU vs Kutztown

125 Austin Petril (Kutztown) over Collin Dees (Seton Hill) (Dec 5-1) 
133 Anthony Petril (Kutztown) over rodney sunday (Seton Hill) (SV-1 4-2) 
141 Joseph Alessandro (Seton Hill) over Travis Smith (Kutztown) (TF 17-1 5:38) 
149 Jake Willochell (Seton Hill) over Unknown (For.) 
157 Ty Lydic (Seton Hill) over Matt Martoccio (Kutztown) (Dec 5-3)
165 Christian Bosco (Seton Hill) over Cameron Scalio (Kutztown) (MD 17-6) 
174 Joseph Balboni (Kutztown) over Lou Maser (Seton Hill) (TF 23-7 7:00) 
184 Collin Schildt (Kutztown) over Morris Lawson (Seton Hill) (TB-1 5-4) 
197 Jake Temple (Seton Hill) over Julio Arredondo (Kutztown) (MD 19-6) 
285 Ryan Appleby (Kutztown) over Alex Soutiere (Seton Hill) (MD 15-6)

SHU vs Waynesburg

125 Tristan Buxton (Waynesburg) over Collin Dees (Seton Hill) (Dec 5-1) 
133 rodney sunday (Seton Hill) over Zach Swarrow (Waynesburg) (MD 17-3) 
141 Joseph Alessandro (Seton Hill) over Filippo Crivelli (Waynesburg) (Fall 6:53) 
149 Ty Lydic (Seton Hill) over Dennis Grindle (Waynesburg) (TF 18-1 4:21)
157 Jake Willochell (Seton Hill) over Nick Kusich (Waynesburg) (TB-1 2-1)
165 Christian Bosco (Seton Hill) over Landon Lohr (Waynesburg) (MD 12-4) 
174 Mike Millero (Waynesburg) over Luke Shaffer (Seton Hill) (Dec 7-2) 
184 Ryan Shank (Waynesburg) over Morris Lawson (Seton Hill) (Dec 5-2)
197 Jake Temple (Seton Hill) over Joshua Sneeringer (Waynesburg) (Dec 6-1) 
285 Jacob Evans (Waynesburg) over Alex Soutiere (Seton Hill) (Fall 4:39)