Wrestling | 11/15/2015 4:16:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University wrestling match with Clarion came down to the final seconds of the final bout, but the Golden Eagles held on for a 24-19 win Sunday afternoon in an Eastern Wrestling League matchup at the Nelson Field House.
 
The Huskies trailed 21-13 going to the 197-pound matchup when Bloomsburg's Dominic Carfagno (West Paterson, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) earned a win by fall to close the gap. After a scoreless first period his opponent, Dustin Conti, chose bottom to start the second period. Carfagno then quickly turned Conti and got the pin just eight seconds into the period to make is 21-19.
 
With the match coming down to the 285-pound bout, Bloomsburg's Saul Wilkins (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./GAR) and Clarion's Evan Daley battled for seven minutes. The first period was scoreless with Daley then taking bottom after Wilkins deferred. Daley then escaped and led 1-0 going to third period. In the third Wilkins looked for chances to take a shot, but Daley kept moving. With 25 seconds to go, Daley was called for stalling giving Wilkins one more chance to score a takedown. On the attempt by Wilkins, Daley was able to counter and got the takedown himself to win the match 3-0 and clinch a team win for Clarion.
 
Bloomsburg raced out to a 6-0 lead after two matches with Jon Haas (Penfield, NY/Penfield) and Andy Schutz (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) winning by decision. After Clarion won by forfeit at 141, Ryan Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) and Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) picked up back-to-back wins for Bloomsburg with Colbert winning by major decision, 15-6.
 
Clarion won by DQ at 165, then earned victories at 174 and 184 to open the 21-13 lead and set up an exciting final two bouts.
 
Bloomsburg falls to 0-4, 0-1 EWL, while Clarion is 2-3, 1-0 EWL. The Huskies are back in action on Friday hosting Purdue at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Field House.
 
Clarion 24, Bloomsburg 19

125	Jon Haas (Penfield, NY/Penfield) (BU) over Patrick Dewitt (CU) (Dec 3-1)
133	Andy Schutz (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) (BU) over Mike Bartolo (CU) (Dec 6-5)
141	Brock Zacherl (CU) won by forfeit
149	Ryan Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) (BU) over Brodie Zacherl (CU) (Dec 5-3)
157	Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (BU) over Jake Keller (CU) (MD 15-6)
165	Evan Delong (CU) over Mathew Carr (Dalton, Pa./Abington Heights) (BU) (DQ)
174	Michael Pavasko (CU) over Kyle Wojtaszek (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) (BU) (Dec 7-3)
184	Dominic Rigous (CU) over Casey Glunt (Mercersburg, Pa./James Buchanan) (BU) (Fall 1:59)
197	Dominic Carfagno (West Paterson, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) (BU) over Dustin Conti (CU) (Fall 3:08)
285	Evan Daley (CU) over Saul Wilkins (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./GAR) (BU) (Dec 3-0)

 
 
 
MATCH-BY-MATCH
125-Jon Haas (Penfield, NY/Penfield) (BU) vs. Patrick DeWitt (CU) – Haas by decision (3-1)
The two were locked up for the first period with no scoring … DeWitt issued a stall warning late in the first period … both attempted to make moves in the opening three minutes but to no avail – scoreless after one … DeWitt scores first point of the match on an escape after choosing bottom to start the second period … Haas counters with a takedown late in the period to take a 2-1 lead … DeWitt holds off an escape attempt to take a 2-1 lead to the third period … Haas chooses bottom to start the third and earns a quick escape to take a 3-1 advantage … Haas able to hold off a last-minute move by DeWitt to earn the 3-1 decision.
 
133-Andy Schutz (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) (BU) vs. Michael Bartolo (CU) – Schutz by decision (6-5)
Schutz with a takedown one minute into the first period to take a quick 2-0 advantage … Bartolo escapes 20 seconds later to cut the lead in half … Bartolo earns another point late in the first period on a technical violation by Schutz … 2-2 after the first period … Schutz chooses defense to start the second period … Schutz with a great reversal midway through the second to take a 4-2 lead, but Bartolo escapes quickly to cut the lead to one … Schutz leads 4-3 after two periods … Bartolo chooses defense to start the third and escapes quickly to tie the match at 4-4 … Schutz with a takedown 40 seconds into the third to retake a two-point lead at 6-4 … Bartolo escapes again, cutting the lead to one … Schutz takes another shot to attempt to put the match away but is called a stalemate with nine seconds left … Bartolo with one last-ditch effort but Schutz holds off for a 6-5 decision
 
141-Forfeit (BU) vs. Brock Zacherl (CU)
Zacherl earns the forfeit win to tie the match at 6-6
 
149-Ryan Snow (Dexter, NY/General Brown) (BU) vs. Brodie Zacherl (CU) – Snow by decision (5-3)
Snow with a quick takedown in the first period to take a 2-0 lead … a caution warning called on Zacherl … questioning judgment against Clarion … Snow able to ride out Zacherl for the rest of the first period, earning a 2:25 advantage in riding time … Snow defers to Zacherl and Zacherl chooses neutral to start the second period … Snow able to escape an attack by Zacherl to keep a 2-0 advantage … Snow given a stall warning late in the second period … Snow chooses bottom to start the third period … Snow escapes 40 seconds into the third period to take a 3-0 advantage and still with 1:39 of riding time … Zacherl earns a quick takedown with 25 seconds left and Snow escapes but is given his second stall warning, earning another point for Zacherl … Snow able to hold off Zacherl, 5-3, with a riding time point.
 
157-Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (BU) vs. Jacob Keller (CU) – Colbert by major decision (15-6)
Quick takedown by Colbert 23 seconds into the match for a 2-0 lead … Keller counters with an escape to cut the lead in half … Colbert attempts an attack moments later but results in a stalemate … Colbert with another attack, this time resulting in another takedown for a 4-1 lead with a minute left in the first period … Keller escapes to again cut the lead in half … Colbert leads 4-2 after opening period … Colbert chooses bottom to start the second … Colbert with a nice reversal to get out of the hold and earn two more points … after Keller escapes, Colbert earns another takedown to take a commanding 8-3 lead with 1:20 left in the second … Keller again escapes to cut the lead to four … a move by Keller results in a nice reversal by Colbert and another takedown to end the second period … Keller chooses bottom to start the third with Colbert leading 10-4 … Colbert elects to give Keller the escape point to cut the lead to 10-5 … another takedown by Colbert early in the third gives him a 12-5 lead and over a minute of riding time … after a stalemate, Colbert gives Keller another escape to cut the lead to 12-6 … stall waring on Keller and another takedown for Colbert with 27 seconds left gives him a 14-6 advantage … Colbert rides out Keller the rest of the way to earn a 15-6 major decision win with the added riding time point.
 
165-Mathew Carr (Dalton, Pa./Abington Heights) (BU) vs. Evan DeLong (CU) – DeLong by disqualification
DeLong earns a quick takedown to take a 2-0 lead … the match moves to the center of the mat with DeLong continuing to earn riding time … DeLong over a minute of riding time and a stall warning issued on Carr … another stall warning on Carr gives DeLong another point to end the first period … DeLong defers and Carr takes top to start the second … a caution warning on Carr and an escape gives DeLong a 4-0 lead … once in neutral, DeLong with an immediate takedown for a 6-0 advantage early in the second … another stall warning on Carr gives DeLong another point … Carr gets his first point of the match with an escape … injury timeout with Carr to the Bloomsburg sideline to get checked on … injury time stops with 38 seconds left … DeLong chooses bottom and escapes quickly for an 8-1 lead … another takedown by DeLong puts him ahead 10-1 with 30 seconds left in the second … another stall warning against Carr gives DeLong an 11-1 lead … a second stall against Carr gives DeLong another point at the end of the second … Carr on bottom to start the third and escapes with 1:40 left in the third … DeLong quickly earns a takedown and ends the match … Carr ends up disqualified for stalling and earns Clarion six points.
 
174-Kyle Wojtaszek (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) (BU) vs. Michael Pavasko (CU) – Pavasko by decision (7-3)
Wojtaszek earns a quick takedown to start the match but then allows an escape and a takedown by Pavasko to fall behind 3-2 … Pavasko able to ride out Wojtaszek for the remainder of the first period … Pavasko defers and Wojtaszek chooses neutral to start the second … Pavasko with an impressive takedown 35 seconds into the period to take a 5-2 lead … Wojtaszek quickly escapes to cut the lead to 5-3 … the two remain neutral for the rest of the second as Pavasko heads to the third leading 5-3 … after choosing bottom, Pavasko quickly escapes for a 6-3 advantage … Wojtaszek counters an offensive by Pavasko but unable to make a move down the stretch … Pavasko earns a riding time in the process and a 7-3 victory.
 
184-Casey Glunt (Mercersburg, Pa./James Buchanan) (BU) vs. Dominic Rigous (CU) – Rigous by pinfall (1:59)
Rigous earns a takedown 50 seconds into the match to take a 2-0 lead … caution against Glunt … Rigous has Glunt in a bad position, gets a four-point nearfall, and then earns the pinfall with 1:01 left in the first period to end the match
 
197-Dominic Carfagno (West Paterson, NJ/St. Joseph Regional) (BU) vs. Dustin Conti (CU) – Carfagno by pinfall (3:08)
No scoring in the first minute … both men continue to feel it out in neutral … stall warning issued to Carfagno for going out of bounds trying to avoid a takedown … both men continue to battle in neutral, no score at the end of the first period … Conti chooses bottom to start the second … caution against Carfagno … another caution, this time to Conti … a great move by Carfagno rolls Conti over and pins him just eight seconds into the second period.
 
HWT-Saul Wilkins (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./GAR) (BU) vs. Evan Daley (CU) – Daley by decision (3-0)
No score after one minute in neutral … both wrestlers attempt to make moves in the next two minutes but to no avail … Wilkins defers to start the second, and Daley chooses bottom … Daley escapes for the first point of the match … back in neutral both continue to grapple … Wilkins takes down Daley but runs out of time, keeping the score 1-0 Daley after two periods … Wilkins chooses neutral to start the third … nothing going on in the first minute … Daley continuing to hold a 1-0 lead with 30 seconds left … stall warning against Daley … Wilkins makes a move but Daley counters and reverses it for a takedown to end it at 3-0.
 
Final: Clarion 24, Bloomsburg 19.