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Wrestling Team Sixth at Body Bar Invitational

Frank Hickman Was Second at Body Bar Invitational
COMPLETE RESULTS

ITHACA,NY—The Bloomsburg University wrestling team finished sixth on Saturday at the Body Bar Invitational hosted by Cornell University. The Huskies totaled 78.5 points with Cornell, the fifth ranked team in the country (according to Intermat) winning the event with 186.5 points.
 
The Huskies had five place-winners on the day led by Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) at 157 pounds who took second. In addition, Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) was third at 174 pounds as was Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) at 285, while Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) at 133 took fourth with Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) at 197 pounds finishing fifth.
 
At 157 pounds Hickman, ranked 17th in Division I by Intermat, won his first three matches of the day, including a win by fall in 4:30 in his first bout of the day against Charles Aungst of Drexel. In the finals of the weight class Hickman took on number one ranked (Intermat) and two-time NCAA champion  Kyle Dake of Cornell and lost a hard fought 3-2 match. Up to that point in the tournament Dake had won two matches by fall and one my major decision.
 
In the 174 pound weight class Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) took third winning by fall in 4:58 over Billy Coggins of Virginia. Dessino had won his first three bouts before dropping a 2-1 decision to William George of Cornell in the semi-finals.
 
Wilcox took fourth at 133 pounds going 2-2 in the tournament. In the consolation finals Wilcox dropped a 2-1 decision to Matt Nelson of Virginia.
 
At 285 pounds Zac Walsh (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) finished fourth going 3-1 on the day with one of his losses coming to 16th-ranked Kyle Frey of Drexel by a score of 7-2. He took the third place bout with a 2-0 win over Ethan Hayes of Virginia.
 
At 197 pounds, Perry opened the day with a win by fall in just 1:23 over Justin Heisermen of Buffalo before running into Intermat's top ranked wrestler Cam Simaz of Cornell who beat him by fall. In the consolation bracket Perry won three matches, including a 6-2 win in the fifth place match.
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