EDINBORO, Pa. – Freshman Zack DeLuca took fifth place in the heavyweight division and senior Michael Pavasko reached the third-place match at 174 as the Golden Eagles enjoyed a successful showing at the Edinboro Open on Saturday. 
 
Pavasko wrestled his way to the semifinals of the main bracket at 174, getting by each of his first three opponents to reach the final four of the field.  He started the day by defeating a familiar foe, beating Clarion teammate Slade Horner (wrestling unattached) by fall just a minute into their bout.  He made quick work of his next opponent as well, working Pittsburgh's Cam Jacobson for a 17-2 score and a win by technical fall. 
 
After Milik Dawkins was forced to withdraw from the next match due to a medical forfeit, Pavasko put on a strong showing against Edinboro's Fritz Hoehn in the semifinal match.  The two evenly-matched opponents put on a show, with Hoehn edging out Pavasko 6-5.  The senior from Munhall moved on to the third-place match where he lost via fall to Michigan's Myles Amine.
 
DeLuca also won his first two matches of the day, starting with a 7-2 decision over Rider's Ryan Cloud in the Round of 32.  He took a close decision with Bucknell's Chuck Boddy in his second match to move on to the quarterfinals but lost by fall to Hofstra's Mike Hughes to go to the consolation bracket. 
 
DeLuca wrestled his way into a top-five finish by winning each of his last three matches, starting with a win by fall over Lehigh's Christian Collucci.  He won his consolation semifinal by scoring a major decision over Buffalo's Ian James, and the Pittsburgh native claimed a 4-0 decision over West Virginia's Austin Myers in the fifth-place match.
 
Elsewhere, Travis Jones recorded a 4-2 day at 125 pounds, beating Cleveland State's Andrew Coghill by technical fall in the first round matchup and winning three straight in the consolation bracket to reach the semifinals of that field.  Evan Daley also reached a consolation semifinal, winning three straight before losing to Myers.
 
Travis Jones (125)
Round of 32 – Jones over Andrew Coghill (Cleveland State) TF 16-0
Round of 16 – Brendan Howard (Clarion unattached) over Jones 5-3
Cons. #1 – Jones over Ryan Burns (Va-sertc) Fall 1:01
Cons. #2 – Jones over Carlos Aucancela (Binghamton) Fall 2:54
Cons. of 4 – Jones over Patrick DeWitt (Clarion) Dec. 5-0
Cons. Semis – Ares Carpio (Arizona State) over Jones Fall 3:59
 
Patrick DeWitt (125)
Round of 32 – Jones over Keanan Bottorf (Lock Haven unattached) Dec. 7-1
Round of 16 – DeWitt over Nick Derosa (Cleveland State) Dec. 6-2
Quarters – Logan Griffin (Michigan State unattached) over DeWitt MD 11-2
Cons. of 4 – Travis Jones (Clarion) over DeWitt Dec. 5-0
 
Roshaun Cooley (133)
Round of 32 - Joe Wheeling (WVU) over Cooley TF 16-0
Cons. #1 – bye
Cons. #2 – Benjamin Ross (Pittsburgh unattached) over Cooley Dec. 5-0
 
Kyle Greenwald (133)
Round of 32 – Ian Lupole (Binghamton unattached) over Greenwald MD 8-0
Cons. #1 – bye
Cons. #2 – Sonny Simonetti (UNC) over Greenwald Dec. 4-0
 
Michael Pavasko (174)
Round of 64 – bye
Round of 32 – Pavasko over Slade Horner (Clarion unattached) Fall 1:00
Round of 16 – Pavasko over Cam Jacobson (Pittsburgh) TF 17-2
Quarters – Pavasko over Milik Dawkins (Finger Lakes WC) Medical Forfeit
Semis – Fritz Hoehn (Edinboro unattached) over Pavasko Dec. 6-5
3rd Place Match – Myles Amine (Michigan unattached) over Pavasko Fall 4:00
 
Nick Shawley (184)
Round of 32 - Xavier Dye (Cleveland State) over Shawley MD 18-5
Cons. #1 – bye
Cons. #2 – Ryan Wosick (Pennsylvania) over Shawley Dec. 7-2
 
Edgar Ruano (184)
Round of 32 – Trevor Allard (Bloomsburg) over Ruano TF 17-0
Cons. #1 – bye
Cons. #2 – Christopher Laird (Edinboro unattached) over Ruano Dec. 8-4
 
Evan Daley (285)
Round of 32 – Doug Vallaro (Lehigh) over Daley Dec. 5-2
Cons. #1 – bye
Cons. #2 – Daley over Lucas Chestnut (Pittsburgh) Dec. 6-1
Cons. #3 – Daley over Nolan Terrance (Buffal) Dec. 2-1
Cons. of 4 – Daley over #6 John Rizzo (Pittsburgh) Dec. 6-2
Cons. Semis - Austin Myers (WVU unattached) over Daley Dec. 10-4
 
Zack DeLuca (285)
Round of 32 – DeLuca over Ryan Cloud (Rider unattached) Dec. 7-2
Round of 16 – DeLuca over Chuck Boddy (Bucknell) Dec. 4-0
Quarters – Mike Hughes (Hofstra) over DeLuca Fall 1:47
Cons. of 4 – DeLuca over Christan Collucci (Lehigh unattached) Fall 2:14
Cons. Semis – DeLuca over Ian James (Buffalo unattached) MD 9-0
Fifth-Place Match – DeLuca over Austin Myers (WVU unattached) Dec. 4-0