Wrestling | 11/28/2014 10:58:00 PM

 
            (CLARION, PA.):  The Clarion University wrestling team will travel to Lawrenceville, N.J. on Sunday to wrestle EWL foe Rider at Noon, then stay and wrestle the University of Pennsylvania at 2pm, before returning to Clarion.
 
            The Clarion – Rider match will be available on C-93 (WCCR-FM – 92.7) in Clarion and on the internet on Redzonemdia.com with Rich Herman calling the action.
 
            The Golden Eagles opened the 2014-15 wrestling season hosting the Clarion Open on November 2 with three Clarion wrestlers in Saturday's lineup earning places including Daniel Sutherland (3^rd at 174), Michael Pavasko (4^th at 174) and Evan DeLong (4^th at 157). On November 15 Clarion participated in the Eastern Michigan duals and lost four dual matches to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (19-12), #17 Northwestern (39-6). Central Michigan (34-6) and Northern Illinois (31-7). Then on November 22, Clarion hosted four-time and defending NCAA D-I National Champion Penn State at Tippin Gym and lost a 44-0 decision in front of 2,875 fans.
 
            Clarion, led by Interim Head Coach Keith Ferraro, will likely feature a lineup that will include Seth Carr (2-6; R-Fr. McDonald/South Fayette) at 125, Matt Liggett (0-7; Fr. Chardon, Oh.) at 133; John Pezze (1-7; Jr. N. Huntingdon/Norwin) at 141; Sam Sherlock (3-7; Sr. West Mifflin) at 149; Evan DeLong (7-6; Fr. Kane) at 157; Slade Horner (5-6; Jr. Ridgway) at 165; Michael Pavasko (7-5; Jr. Munhall/Steel Valley) at 174; Daniel Sutherland (6-6; Sr. N. Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham) at 184, Ryan Darch (6-5; Sr. Batavia, N.Y.) at 197 and Evan Daley (6-5; So. Erie/Fort LeBoeuf) at 285.
 
            Rider, led by head coach Gary Taylor who is in his 37^th season leading the Broncs, has 407 Division I victories, second most in the NCAA among active coaches. He has a dual meet record of 407-230-5 and will likely feature the following lineup. J.R. Wert (5-4) at 125; Rob Deutsch (7-1) at 133; Chuck Zeisloft (6-2) at 141; B.J. Clagon (9-1) at 149; Chad Walsh (6-3) at 157; Connor Brennan (1-2) at 165; Ryan Wolfe (5-4) at 174; Clint Morrison (2-1) at 184; Don McNeil (5-4) at 197 and Greg Velasco (4-4) at 285.
 
            Rider is currently 3-1 on the season having opened up with a 28-9 win over Northern Illinois, a 29-6 loss to Illinois, a 312-9 win over SIUE and a 20-19 victory over Wisconsin on November 20^th.
 
            Penn is led by first year head coach Alex Tirapelle, who spent the last four seasons as an assistant at Stanford. A 006 graduate of Illinois, Tirapelle was a to-time All-American at Illinois, including a national runer-up finish as a freshman in 2003. He finished his career as the Illini's all-time wins leader with 128 and a winning percentage of 87.7%.
 
            Penn finished 10^th at the Keystone Classic and will open its dual met season on Sunday. The Penn lineup will include Marc Mastropietro (0-0) at 125; Caleb Richardson (10-2) at 133; Andrew LEnzi (3-2) or Jeff Canfora (5-3) at 141; #13 C.J. Cobb (0-0) at 149; Brooks Martino (4-3) at 157; Quinton Hiles (7-4) at 165; Joe Heyob (6-4) or Dan McDevitt (7-3) at 174; #3 Lorenzo Thomas at 184; Carson Stack (1-2) at 197 and Patrik Garren (2-3) at 285.
 
           
            CLARION NOTES: Rider leads the series history with the two schools 12-2 … Rider won the last dual meet on Dec. 21, 2013 by a 21-16 at Tippin Gym … Prior to that the last match was in 2011 and Rider won by a 22-18 margin … Clarion's last win vs Rider was in 2003 by a 21-15 score … Rider has won 9 straight against the Golden Eagles… Clarin last wrestle dPenn at North Allegheny High School on Jan. 23, 2010 and lost 24-18 … Clarion is 1-1 in series history against Penn.
 
#25 RIDER 21 CLARION 16
Dec. 21, 2013 – W.S.Tippin Gym
125 - #18 Robert Deutsch (RI) dec. Jonathan Mele (CL) 6-2
133- Sam Sherlock (CL) dec. Chuck Zeisloft (RI) 7-5 sv
141- Paul Kirchner (RI) dec. John Pezze (CL) 7-1
149 - #18 Justin Arthur (CL) wbf Curt Delia (RI) 4:01
157- Austin Matthews (CL) maj. dec. Wayne Stinson (RI) 10-1
165- #12 Ramon Santiago (RI) dec. Michael Pavasko (CL) 10-7
174- Conor Brennan (RI) dec. Ryan Darch (CL) 9-5
184 – Jim Resnick (RI) dec. Dustin Conti (CL) 9-8
197- Donald McNeil (RI) wbf Brandon Contreras (CL) 3:28
285- Evan Daley (CL) dec. Greg Velasco (RI) 6-0
CLARION: 4-6; 0-2 EWL
RIDER: 6-2; 2-1 EWL
Ref: Mike Millward