BLOOMSBURG--The Bloomsburg University wrestling team will travel to northwestern Pennsylvania for a matchup with longtime rival Edinboro University on Saturday at 7 p.m.
NOTES:
• The Huskies beat the Fighting Scots a year ago at the Nelson Field House, 19-18 on criteria. Bloomsburg fell behind 15-0 after the first four matches, but rallied to win five of the final six bouts to force a tie. The Huskies won the match on most total match points, 52-41 (criteria 3.15.1).
• The win for the Huskies last year over Edinboro was the ninth against 19 losses for Bloomsburg versus the Fighting Scots.
• Bloomsburg is 1-1 in the EWL this season. The Huskies had an eight-match EWL winning streak snapped last week in a 20-16 loss to Rider University. The Huskies winning streak in the EWL dated back to the 2011-12 season.
• A week ago the Huskies split a pair of matches losing to Rider and beating Hofstra, 24-21. In the match with Hofstra the Huskies trailed by six points with two bouts left.
Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) at 174 pounds then scored a win by fall at the buzzer ending the first period to tie the score at 21-21 before
Sam Shirey (Beaver Springs/Midd-West) gave the Huskies the win with a 5-3 victory.
• The Huskies continue to have six wrestlers ranked in various national polls:
Nick Wilcox (Greene, NY/Greene Central),
Bryce Busler (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley),
Josh Veltre (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia),
Mike Dessino (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex),
Richard Perry (Meriden, CT/Middletown) and
Justin Grant (Easton/Easton), are ranked nationally in their respective weight classes. Four of the six are ranked by Amateur Wrestling News (AWN).
• Bloomsburg is ranked 22nd in the Wrestling Report.Com poll and 24th by Intermat this week.