COMPLETE RESULTS

LOCK HAVEN—Frank Hickman (Castle Hayne, NC/E.A. Laney) took first place at 157 pounds at the Mat Town Invitational on Thursday to lead the Bloomsburg University wrestling team to a fourth place finish. Hickman was one of six place winners for the Huskies with Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) taking third and Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley) fourth. In addition, Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central), Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) and Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) all took fifth. As a team the Huskies finished with 91.5 points with Michigan taking top honors with 141 points, while EWL-rival Pitt was second with 126 points and Kent State was third.
 
Hickman, ranked eighth by The Wrestling Report.com at 157 pounds, opened the day with an 18-2 win over Eric Fajardo of Columbia, then pinned Eric Norgard of Franklin and Marshall in 3:44 in the quarters. In the semi-finals Hickman pinned 30^th-ranked Brandon Zeerip of Michigan in 7:44 in a sudden victory. Then in the finals Hickman rolled to a 9-1 win over Jake O'Hara of Columbia and is now 17-2 on the season.
 
At 125 pounds Sean Boylan (Seaville, NJ/St. Marks) took third in the tournament finishing with a 9-4 win over Michael Gomez of Drexel in the consolation finals. The win was the second of the day for Boylan over Gomez who he beat 6-0 in the opening match of the day.
 
Busler, ranked 27^th, finished fourth at 149 pounds going 3-2 on the day. Busler dropped his consolation finals match to 25^th-ranked Owen Wilkinson by a 5-2 score.
 
At 133 pounds Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central) was fifth getting a win by medical forfeit. At 174 pounds Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) took fifth taking a 3-2 decision over Matt Fullowan of Franklin and Marshall. Dessino opened the day with a win by technical fall, 16-0, over 33^rd-ranked Stephen West of Columbia before falling to 19^th-ranked Ethan Headlee of Pitt in the semi-finals.
 
Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown), ranked 26^th, won his first two matches before falling to 15^th-ranked Max Huntley of Michigan in the semi-finals. He later dropped a match to 27^th-ranked Brandon Palik of Drexel before posting a 9-7 sudden victory over Colin Ely of Franklin and Marshall for fifth.
 
The Huskies will be back in action on Jan. 7 for the North Carolina State Duals.